That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 
between permanent duty stations, for members of the 
Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 
for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–
377, and to the Department of Defense Military Retire-
ment Fund, $52,502,044,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 
between permanent duty stations, for members of the 
Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro-
vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for 
members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for 
payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, 
and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $40,053,124,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 
between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma-
rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 
provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec-
tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, and to the Department 
of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $16,631,053,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 
between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 
Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 
for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–
377, and to the Department of Defense Military Retire-
ment Fund, $38,141,269,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 
between permanent duty stations, for members of the 
Space Force on active duty and cadets; for members of 
the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments 
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, and to 
the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$1,349,349,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re-
serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 
7038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au-
thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code;
and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $5,672,023,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re-
serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 
United States Code, or while serving on active duty under 
section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con-
nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re-
serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 
10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart-
ment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund, 
$2,672,520,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 
Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 
10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 
under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 
in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon
leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 
of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$965,831,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force 
Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 
9038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au-
thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 
and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $2,625,741,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 
or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United 
States Code, or while serving on duty under section 
12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 
section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay-
ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $10,206,305,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na-
tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 
12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 
Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$5,351,895,000.
TITLE II 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author-
ized by law, $55,683,266,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) 
(increased by $2,000,000) (increased by $30,871,000) (re-
duced by $30,871,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (re-
duced by $10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (re-
duced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (re-
duced by $6,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced 
by $10,000,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by 
$7,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000): Provided, That not 
to exceed $12,478,000 may be used for emergencies and 
extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 
or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments 
may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity 
for confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 
Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $71,739,379,000 (in-
creased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (in-
creased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (in-
creased by $4,000,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (re-
duced by $10,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (re-
duced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced 
by 
$10,000,000): 
Provided, 
That 
not 
to 
exceed 
$15,055,000 may be used for emergencies and extraor-
dinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval or au-
thority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments may 
be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity for 
confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 
as authorized by law, $9,937,283,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as 
authorized by law, $61,628,846,000 (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$4,800,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000): Provided, That not to exceed $8,238,000 
may be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, 
to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Sec-
retary of the Air Force, and payments may be made upon 
the Secretary’s certificate of necessity for confidential 
military purposes.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Space Force, as 
authorized by law, $4,859,883,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), as authorized by law, $53,498,039,000 (re-
duced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced 
by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $4,500,000) (increased by 
$4,500,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by 
$15,000,000) (reduced by $7,500,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$11,900,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by
$3,500,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$7,000,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by 
$8,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $4,800,000) (reduced by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $4,500,000) (increased by 
$4,500,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by 
$7,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (reduced by 
$4,000,000) (reduced by $6,500,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$8,000,000) (reduced by $10,600,000) (reduced by 
$3,500,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $4,800,000) (reduced by 
$3,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$7,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,700,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$6,000,000) (reduced by $4,200,000) (reduced by 
$2,500,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$3,300,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by
$5,000,000) (reduced by $9,900,000) (reduced by 
$4,500,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$9,400,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by 
$6,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$4,000,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by 
$6,000,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$18,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by 
$4,800,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$14,200,000) (reduced by $4,500,000) (reduced by 
$7,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000): Provided, That not more than $2,981,000 
may be used for the Combatant Commander Initiative
reduction and modification of National Security Systems: 
Provided further, That the amounts provided in the pre-
vious proviso may be transferred to accounts under the 
headings ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’, ‘‘Procurement’’, 
and ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation’’: Pro-
vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso shall be merged with and available for the 
same purpose and for the same period as the appropria-
tions to which the funds are transferred: Provided further, 
That any transfer authority provided in the preceding pro-
viso is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
by law: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
this heading, not less than $86,500,000 shall be made 
available for fourth estate network optimization and tran-
sition costs: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, $27,693,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available only for expenses relating to 
certain classified activities, and may be transferred as nec-
essary by the Secretary of Defense to operation and main-
tenance appropriations or research, development, test and 
evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and to be 
available for the same time period as the appropriations 
to which transferred: Provided further, That any ceiling 
on the investment item unit cost of items that may be pur-
chased with operation and maintenance funds not apply
to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided under this heading, 
$2,371,949,000, of which $1,274,174,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, shall be available to 
provide support and assistance to foreign security forces 
or other groups or individuals to conduct, support or facili-
tate counterterrorism, crisis response, or other Depart-
ment of Defense security cooperation programs: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quar-
terly 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 paragraph: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided elsewhere in this Act. 
COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 
For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 
Train and Equip Fund’’, $357,516,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That such funds 
shall be available to the Secretary of Defense in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, in-
cluding training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, 
and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renova-
tion; construction for facility fortification and humane 
treatment; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, ir-
regular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or pre-
paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 
State of Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated or associated 
groups: Provided further, That amounts made available 
under this heading shall be available to provide assistance 
only for activities in a country designated by the Secretary 
of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
as having a security mission to counter the Islamic State 
of Iraq and Syria, and following written notification to the 
congressional defense committees of such designation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall en-
sure that prior to providing assistance to elements of any 
forces or individuals, such elements or individuals are ap-
propriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing such 
elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups 
associated with the Government of Iran; and receiving 
commitments from such elements 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 from this appropriation account, notify 
the congressional defense committees in writing of the de-
tails of any such obligation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, 
including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, 
including the Government of Iraq and other entities, to
carry out assistance authorized under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That contributions of funds for the purposes 
provided herein from any foreign government or other en-
tity may be credited to this Fund, to remain available until 
expended, and used for such purposes: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize such con-
tributions when providing any assistance for construction 
for facility fortification: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary 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 pro-
vision of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise 
limit the provision of such assistance and a notice of and 
justification for such waiver is submitted to the congres-
sional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate: Provided further, That 
the United States may accept equipment procured using 
funds provided under this heading that was transferred 
to security forces, irregular forces, or groups participating, 
or preparing to participate in activities to counter the Is-
lamic State of Iraq and Syria and returned by such forces 
or groups to the United States, and such equipment may 
be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense upon
written notification to the congressional defense commit-
tees: Provided further, That equipment procured using 
funds provided under this heading, or under the heading, 
‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, and not yet 
transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups 
participating, or preparing to participate in activities to 
counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria may be treated 
as stocks of the Department of Defense when determined 
by the Secretary to no longer be required for transfer to 
such forces or groups and upon written notification to the 
congressional defense committees: Provided further, That 
stipend support for the Kurdish Peshmerga may only be 
reduced commensurate with support provided from other 
sources, including Iraqi national funds: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading 
may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air de-
fense systems: Provided further, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional 
defense committees on the use of funds provided under 
this heading, including, but not limited to, the number of 
individuals trained, the nature and scope of support and 
sustainment provided to each group or individual, the area 
of operations for each group, and the contributions of 
other countries, groups, or individuals.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re-
pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $3,169,603,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re-
pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $1,291,205,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re-
serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; 
recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $330,276,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; 
repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $3,906,202,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL 
GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and admin-
istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 
hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 
hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc-
tures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per-
sonnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel ex-
penses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 
Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 
division, regimental, and battalion commanders while in-
specting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 
regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, Na-
tional Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army 
National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of re-
pair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and
equipment (including aircraft), $8,209,300,000 (increased 
by $5,000,000). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and admin-
istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 
hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 
hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc-
tures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 
National Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, 
modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 
equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 
the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 
travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same basis as 
authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 
active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 
while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 
Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 
Chief, National Guard Bureau, $7,152,065,000. 
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, $148,070,000, 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, 
to be merged with and to be available for the same pur-
poses and for the same time period as this appropriation: 
Provided further, That amounts transferred back under 
the preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropria-
tions made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) 
of title 10, United States Code, are available until trans-
ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 
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, $357,949,000 (re-
duced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to re-
main 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, 
to be merged with and to be available for the same pur-
poses and for the same time period as this appropriation: 
Provided further, That amounts transferred back under 
the preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropria-
tions made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e)
of title 10, United States Code, are available until trans-
ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 
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, $342,149,000, 
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, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as 
this appropriation: Provided further, That amounts trans-
ferred back under the preceding proviso, and amounts 
credited to appropriations made under this heading pursu-
ant to section 2703(e) of title 10, United States Code, are 
available until transferred under conditions set forth in 
the preceding provisos: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority 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, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes
and for the same time period as this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That amounts transferred back under the 
preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropriations 
made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) of 
title 10, United States Code, are available until trans-
ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 
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, 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, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and for the same time period as this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That amounts transferred back under the 
preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropriations 
made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) of 
title 10, United States Code, are available until trans-
ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided 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), $117,988,000, 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, $61,776,000: 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, 
$2,980,039,000 
(reduced 
by 
$9,000,000) (increased by $9,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,700,000) (increased by $7,700,000) (increased by 
$14,200,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 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, 
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, $6,667,478,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT 
VEHICLES, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles,
equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces-
sories 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 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; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 
purposes, $3,254,797,000 (increased by $17,000,000) (re-
duced by $17,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000), to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
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, $2,877,887,000, 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, 
$7,676,155,000 (reduced by $7,000,000) (increased by 
$7,000,000) (reduced by $7,500,000) (increased by 
$7,500,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by
$30,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 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, 
$17,989,351,000, 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, $7,374,268,000, 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, $1,104,072,000 (increased by 
$8,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000), 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, $5,274,513,000; 
Columbia 
Class 
Submarine 
(AP), 
$5,215,766,000 (reduced by $16,000,000) (in-
creased by $16,000,000); 
Carrier 
Replacement 
Program 
(CVN–80), 
$1,658,738,000; 
Carrier 
Replacement 
Program 
(CVN–81), 
$1,622,935,000; 
Virginia Class Submarine, $6,238,305,000; 
Virginia 
Class 
Submarine 
(AP), 
$5,158,976,000; 
CVN Refueling Overhauls, $1,821,655,000; 
DDG–1000 Program, $52,358,000; 
DDG–51 Destroyer, $5,069,403,000; 
FFG–Frigate, $100,000,000; 
Medium Landing Ship, $225,000,000; 
TAO Fleet Oiler, $1,657,391,000;
Towing, 
Salvage, 
and 
Rescue 
Ship, 
$141,500,000; 
T–AGOS Surtass Ship, $424,945,000; 
LCU 1700, $48,194,000; 
Ship to Shore Connector, $320,000,000; 
Service Craft, $210,355,000; 
LCAC SLEP, $56,109,000; 
Auxiliary Vessels, $206,019,000; 
For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 
first destination transportation, $733,864,000; and 
Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro-
grams, $699,210,000. 
In all: $36,935,236,000, 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, $14,932,187,000 (re-
duced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (in-
creased by $4,000,000) (reduced by $13,900,000) (in-
creased by $13,900,000), to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2028: Provided, That such funds 
are also available for the maintenance, repair, and mod-
ernization 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, $4,047,138,000 (increased by $17,000,000) 
(reduced by $17,000,000), to remain available for obliga-
tion 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, 
$21,414,080,000 (increased by $5,000,000), 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, $4,282,581,000, 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, $706,389,000 (increased by 
$3,500,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 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, 
$31,313,050,000 (increased by $4,200,000), 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, $3,721,695,000, 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, 
$5,626,275,000 (increased by $9,700,000) (reduced by 
$9,700,000) (reduced by $5,900,000) (increased by 
$5,900,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (increased by 
$8,000,000) (reduced by $7,700,000), 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: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts appropriated under this head-
ing $150,000,000 shall be for biomanufacturing.
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, $13,561,058,000 (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$6,000,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$4,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$4,600,000) (increased by $4,600,000) (increased by 
$7,800,000) (reduced by $7,800,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$8,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (increased by
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$4,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by 
$6,000,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$8,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$20,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$7,800,000) (increased by $7,800,000) (reduced by 
$11,000,000) (increased by $11,000,000) (reduced by 
$4,500,000) (increased by $4,500,000) (reduced by 
$9,700,000) (increased by $9,700,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$7,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (reduced by 
$3,900,000) (increased by $3,900,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by
$7,500,000) (increased by $7,500,000) (increased by 
$3,100,000) (reduced by $3,100,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000) (increased by 
$15,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$15,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $11,200,000) (increased by 
$7,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $4,800,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$7,500,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$3,300,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $9,900,000) (increased by 
$6,000,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$4,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (increased by 
$6,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $18,000,000) (increased by 
$4,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$4,800,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$12,000,000) (increased by $12,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$13,300,100) (reduced by $13,300,100) (increased by 
$7,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (increased by 
$8,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000) (reduced by 
$15,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000) (reduced by 
$15,000,000) (increased by $4,500,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$30,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 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, $27,038,433,000 (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$3,500,000) (increased by $3,500,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by
$4,200,000) (increased by $4,200,000) (increased by 
$7,800,000) (reduced by $7,800,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$8,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$4,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000) (increased by 
$10,500,000) (reduced by $10,500,000) (reduced by 
$12,000,000) (increased by $12,000,000) (increased by 
$8,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$8,100,000) (reduced by $8,100,000) (increased by 
$9,000,000) (reduced by $9,000,000) (reduced by 
$6,100,000) (increased by $6,100,000) (reduced by 
$9,000,000) (increased by $9,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $7,500,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $3,500,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$7,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$6,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$15,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $9,400,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$6,000,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (increased by 
$15,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by
$3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$7,500,000) (increased by $7,500,000) (reduced by 
$12,000,000) (increased by $12,000,000) (increased by 
$7,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That funds appropriated in 
this paragraph which are available for the V–22 may be 
used to meet unique operational requirements of the Spe-
cial 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, $51,120,258,000 (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$6,000,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by
$12,700,000) (reduced by $12,700,000) (increased by 
$4,850,000) (reduced by $4,850,000) (reduced by 
$3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$12,000,000) (increased by $12,000,000) (reduced by 
$6,000,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $6,500,000) (increased by 
$7,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$2,500,000) (increased by $4,500,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (increased by 
$4,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$6,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$15,000,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $9,850,000) (increased by 
$9,850,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (increased by 
$7,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 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, $19,133,651,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$8,400,000) (increased by $8,400,000) (increased by 
$7,500,000) (reduced by $7,500,000) (increased by 
$8,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by 
$2,500,000) (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by 
$8,800,000) (increased by $8,800,000) (reduced by 
$15,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$25,000,000) (increased by $25,000,000) (increased by 
$25,000,000) (reduced by $25,000,000) (reduced by 
$15,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000), 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, 
$36,491,467,000 (increased by $8,000,000) (reduced by 
$8,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$8,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$7,500,000) (increased by $7,500,000) (reduced by 
$6,000,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$12,500,000) (increased by $12,500,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$7,500,000) (reduced by $7,500,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by 
$11,900,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $11,200,000) (increased by 
$8,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,600,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (increased by $ 
7,500,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$7,500,000) (reduced by $7,500,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$24,100,000) (increased by $24,100,000), to remain avail-
able 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-
ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, 
and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 
testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 
connection 
therewith, 
$348,709,000 
(increased 
by 
$7,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000), to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
of the amounts appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $15,000,000 shall be for cyber assessments. 
TITLE V 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For 
the 
Defense 
Working 
Capital 
Funds, 
$1,682,921,000. 
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, $40,917,184,000 (increased by
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000); of which $38,766,742,000 (reduced by 
$1,680,000) (increased by $1,680,000) shall be for oper-
ation 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 (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) may be available 
for contracts entered into under the TRICARE program; 
of which $354,821,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2028, shall be for procurement; and 
of which $1,795,621,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (in-
creased by $7,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (in-
creased by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000), 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 $700,000,000 (increased by $15,000,000) (reduced 
by $15,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (increased by 
$4,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) 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 (reduced by $1,000,000) shall be avail-
able for HIV prevention educational activities undertaken 
in connection with United States military training, exer-
cises, and humanitarian assistance activities conducted 
primarily in African nations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees quarterly reports on the current status 
of the electronic health record program: Provided further, 
That the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
perform quarterly performance 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, (Public Law 99-145; 50 U.S.C. 
1521), $213,282,000, of which $3,243,000 shall be for op-
eration and maintenance for the Chemical Stockpile 
Emergency 
Preparedness 
Program, 
consisting 
of 
$2,340,000 for activities on military installations 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 evaluation. 
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, $1,149,304,000 (in-
creased by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000), of 
which $678,737,000 (increased by $2,000,000) shall be 
for counter-narcotics support; $135,567,000 shall be for 
the drug demand reduction program; $305,000,000 (in-
creased by $2,000,000) 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 trans-
ferred: 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: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading may be used 
to support a new start program or project only after writ-
ten prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses and activities of the Office of the In-
spector General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 
4 of title 5, United States Code, $517,599,000, of which 
$511,895,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies 
and extraordinary expenses to be expended upon the ap-
proval or authority of the Inspector General, and pay-
ments may be made upon the Inspector General’s certifi-
cate 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 evalua-
tion.
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, $642,000,000. 
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 may 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 by 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) may 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 accounts: 
(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 a special access program without prior 
notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres-
sional defense committees.
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 the Army that such 
action is beneficial for graduate medical education pro-
grams conducted at Army medical facilities located in Ha-
waii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the provi-
sion of medical services at such facilities and transpor-
tation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for 
civilian patients from American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Is-
lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and 
Guam. 
SEC. 8012. 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. 8013. 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. 8014. (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 2026 (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. 8015. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be available for the 
purchase by the Department of Defense (and its depart-
ments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and 
mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring chain are 
manufactured in the United States from components 
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, and testing of chain and welding (includ-
ing the forging and shot blasting process): Provided fur-
ther, That for the purpose of this section substantially all 
of the components 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 manufactured in the United States exceeds the aggre-
gate cost of the components produced or manufactured 
outside the United States: Provided further, That when
adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet De-
partment 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 certi-
fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate that such 
an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability 
for national security purposes. 
SEC. 8016. 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. 8017. 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. 8018. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap-
propriated or made available by 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. 8019. Of the funds made available by this Act 
under 
the 
heading 
‘‘Procurement, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$35,169,000 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.
(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. 8021. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $19,861,000 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. 8022. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Defense Media Activity may not be used for any national 
or international political or psychological activities. 
SEC. 8023. (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. 8024. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be used to estab-
lish a new Department of Defense (department) federally 
funded research and development center (FFRDC), either 
as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by 
an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a non-
profit membership corporation 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. 8025. 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. 8026. 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. 8027. 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. 8028. (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. 8029. None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel 
plate for use in any Government-owned facility or property 
under the control of the Department of Defense which 
were not melted and rolled in the United States or Can-
ada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions 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 Sec-
retary of the military department responsible for the pro-
curement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case 
basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appro-
priations 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: Provided 
further, That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts 
which are in being as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 8030. (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. 8031. 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. 8032. 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. 8033. (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. 8034. 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. 8035. 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. 8036. 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. 8037. Up to $8,132,000 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. 8038. 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. 8039. (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 2026 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material 
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2026 
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 2026 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. 8040. 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. 8041. (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. 8042. (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 con-
tracts or contracts for depot maintenance as pro-
vided 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. 
SEC. 8043. 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. 8044. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by 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. 8045. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year 
thereafter, funds appropriated for operation and mainte-
nance of the Military Departments, Combatant Com-
mands and Defense Agencies shall be available for reim-
bursement of pay, allowances and other expenses which 
would otherwise be incurred against appropriations for the 
National Guard and Reserve when members of the Na-
tional Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or counter-
intelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 
Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the 
activities and programs included within the National Intel-
ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 
Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 
from established Reserve and National Guard personnel 
and training procedures. 
SEC. 8046. (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. 8047. 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. 8048. 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. 8049. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense under this Act may 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. 8050. 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. 8051. (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. 8052. (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. 8053. (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. 8054. 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. 8055. 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. 8056. 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. 8057. 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. 8058. 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)’’, or
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‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to an 
entity performing demilitarization services for the Depart-
ment of Defense under a contract that requires the entity 
to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of 
Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) ren-
dered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; 
or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a con-
tract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture 
of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Per-
manent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by 
the Department of State. 
SEC. 8059. 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. 8060. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’,
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$194,452,598 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. 8061. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act may be used to implement a change to—
(1) the appropriations account structure for the 
National Intelligence Program budget, including 
through the creation of a new appropriation or new 
appropriation account; or 
(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.
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(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. 
(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.