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H. R. 2670—58 
(2) the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees and the Comptroller General of the 
United States the matrices described in subsection (b) relating 
to the Next Generation Air Dominance piloted fighter aircraft 
and the autonomous, uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft 
programs of the Navy and the Marine Corps. 
(b) MATRICES DESCRIBED.—The matrices described in this sub-
section are the following: 
(1) ENGINEERING
MANUFACTURING
AND
DEVELOPMENT 
GOALS.—A matrix that identifies, in six month increments, 
key milestones, development and testing events, and specific 
performance goals for the engineering manufacturing and 
development phase (referred to in this section as the ‘‘EMD 
phase’’) of the programs described in subsection (a), and which 
shall be subdivided, at a minimum, according to the following: 
(A) Technology readiness levels of major components 
and subsystems and key demonstration and testing events. 
(B) Design maturity. 
(C) Software maturity. 
(D) Subsystem and system-level integration maturity. 
(E) Manufacturing readiness levels for critical manu-
facturing operations and key demonstration and testing 
events. 
(F) Manufacturing operations. 
(G) System verification, validation, and key flight test 
events. 
(H) Reliability. 
(I) Availability for flight operations. 
(J) Maintainability. 
(2) COST.—A matrix expressing, in six month increments, 
the total cost for the Secretary’s service cost position for the 
EMD phase and low initial rate of production lots of the pro-
grams described in subsection (a) and a matrix expressing 
the total cost for the prime contractor’s estimate for such EMD 
phase and production lots, both of which shall be phased over 
the entire EMD period and subdivided according to the costs 
of the following: 
(A) Air vehicle. 
(B) Propulsion. 
(C) Mission systems. 
(D) Vehicle subsystems. 
(E) Air vehicle software. 
(F) Systems engineering. 
(G) Program management. 
(H) System test and evaluation. 
(I) Support and training systems. 
(J) Contract fee. 
(K) Engineering changes. 
(L) Direct mission support, including Congressional 
General Reductions. 
(M) Government testing. 
(N) Ancillary aircraft equipment. 
(O) Initial spares. 
(P) Contractor support. 
(Q) Modifications. 
(c) SEMIANNUAL UPDATE OF MATRICES.—
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‘‘(4) A description of any other matters the Secretary consid-
ered in determining to designate the competitive category for 
purposes of this chapter. 
‘‘§ 15102. Selection for promotion 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this section, the selec-
tion for promotion of officers in any competitive category of officers 
designated for purposes of this chapter shall be governed by the 
provisions under chapter 1403 of this title. 
‘‘(b) NO RECOMMENDATION FOR PROMOTION OF OFFICERS BELOW 
PROMOTION ZONE.—Section 14301(d) of this title shall not apply 
to the selection for promotion of officers described in subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(c) RECOMMENDATION FOR OFFICERS TO BE EXCLUDED FROM 
FUTURE CONSIDERATION FOR PROMOTION.—In making recommenda-
tions pursuant to chapter 1403 of this title for purposes of the 
administration of this chapter, a selection board convened under 
section 14101(a) of this title may recommend that an officer consid-
ered by the board be excluded from future consideration for pro-
motion under this chapter. 
‘‘§ 15103. Eligibility for consideration for promotion 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by this section, eligibility 
for promotion of officers in any competitive category of officers 
designated for purposes of this chapter shall be governed by the 
provisions of sections 14301, 14303, and 14304 of this title. 
‘‘(b) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
TIME-IN-GRADE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Sections 14303 and 14304 of this title shall not apply 
to the promotion of officers described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) INAPPLICABILITY
TO OFFICERS ABOVE
AND BELOW PRO-
MOTION ZONE.—The following provisions of this title shall not apply 
to the promotion of officers described in subsection (a): 
‘‘(1) The reference in section 14301(b) to an officer above 
the promotion zone. 
‘‘(2) Section 14301(d). 
‘‘(d) INELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.—The following officers 
are not eligible for promotion under this chapter: 
‘‘(1) An officer described in section 14301(c) of this title. 
‘‘(2) An officer not included within the promotion zone. 
‘‘(3) An officer who has failed of promotion to a higher 
grade the maximum number of times specified for opportunities 
for promotion for such grade within the competitive category 
concerned pursuant to section 15104 of this title. 
‘‘(4) An officer recommended by a selection board to be 
removed from consideration for promotion in accordance with 
section 15102(c) of this title. 
‘‘§ 15104. Opportunities for consideration for promotion 
‘‘(a) SPECIFICATION OF NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSID-
ERATION FOR PROMOTION.—In designating a competitive category 
of officers pursuant to section 15101 of this title, the Secretary 
of a military department shall specify the number of opportunities 
for consideration for promotion to be afforded officers of the armed 
force concerned within the category for promotion to each grade 
above the grade of first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade), 
as applicable.
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‘‘(b) LIMITED AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF MILITARY DEPART-
MENT TO MODIFY NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES.—The Secretary of 
a military department may modify the number of opportunities 
for consideration for promotion to be afforded officers of an armed 
force within a competitive category for promotion to a particular 
grade, as previously specified by the Secretary pursuant subsection 
(a) of this subsection, not more frequently than once every five 
years. 
‘‘(c) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO 
MODIFY NUMBER
OF OPPORTUNITIES.—The Secretary of Defense 
may modify the number of opportunities for consideration for pro-
motion to be afforded officers of an armed force within a competitive 
category for promotion to a particular grade, as previously specified 
or modified pursuant to any provision of this section, at the discre-
tion of the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES SPECIFIED.— 
The number of opportunities for consideration for promotion to 
be afforded officers of an armed force within a competitive category 
for promotion to a particular grade, as specified or modified pursu-
ant to any provision of this section, may not exceed five opportuni-
ties. 
‘‘(e) EFFECT OF CERTAIN REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF OPPORTUNI-
TIES SPECIFIED.—If, by reason of a reduction in the number of 
opportunities for consideration for promotion under this section, 
an officer would no longer have one or more opportunities for 
consideration for promotion that were available to the officer before 
the reduction, the officer shall be afforded one additional oppor-
tunity for consideration for promotion after the reduction. 
‘‘§ 15105. Promotions 
‘‘Sections 14307 through 14317 of this title shall apply in pro-
motions of officers in competitive categories of officers designated 
for purposes of this chapter. 
‘‘§ 15106. Failure of selection for promotion 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this section, sections 
14501 through 14513 of this title shall apply to promotions of 
officers in competitive categories of officers designated for purposes 
of this chapter. 
‘‘(b) INAPPLICABILITY OF FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION 
TO OFFICERS ABOVE PROMOTION ZONE.—The reference in section 
14501 of this title to an officer above the promotion zone shall 
not apply in the promotion of officers described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL SELECTION BOARD MATTERS.—The reference in 
section 14502(a)(1) of this title to a person above the promotion 
zone shall not apply in the promotion of officers described in sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(d) EFFECT OF FAILURE OF SELECTION.—In the administration 
of this chapter pursuant to subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) an officer described in subsection (a) shall not be 
deemed to have failed twice of selection for promotion for pur-
poses of section 14502(b) of this title until the officer has 
failed selection of promotion to the next higher grade the max-
imum number of times specified for opportunities for promotion 
to such grade within the competitive category concerned pursu-
ant to section 15104 of this title; and
H. R. 2670—118 
SEC. 524. VERIFICATION OF THE FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE OF 
FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNSELORS IN THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
(a) VERIFICATION OF FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE.—Section 992 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘installation by any means elected 
by the Secretary from among the following:’’ and 
inserting ‘‘installation—’’; 
(iii) in subclause (I)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘Through’’ and inserting 
‘‘through’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘Defense.’’ and inserting 
‘‘Defense;’’; 
(iv) in subclause (II)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘By contract’’ and inserting ‘‘by 
contract’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘Internet.’’ and inserting 
‘‘Internet; or’’; and 
(v) in subclause (III)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘Through’’ and inserting 
‘‘through’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘counseling.’’ and inserting 
‘‘counseling; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) may not provide financial services through any indi-
vidual unless such individual agrees to submit financial disclo-
sures annually to the Secretary.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘installation by any 
of the means set forth in subparagraph (A)(ii), as elected by 
the Secretary concerned.’’ and inserting ‘‘installation in accord-
ance with the requirements established under subparagraph 
(A)(ii) and (iii).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b)(4)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’; and 
(B) by inserting at the end the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(B) In carrying out the requirements of subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary concerned shall establish a requirement that each 
financial services counselor under paragraph (2)(A)(i), and any other 
individual providing counseling on financial services under para-
graph (2), submit financial disclosures annually to the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary concerned shall review all financial disclo-
sures submitted pursuant to subparagraph (B) to ensure the coun-
selor, or the individual providing counseling, is free from conflict 
as required under this paragraph. 
‘‘(D) If the Secretary concerned determines that a financial 
services counselor under paragraph (2)(A)(i), or any other individual 
providing counseling on financial services under paragraph (2), 
is not free from conflict as required under this paragraph, the 
Secretary shall ensure that the counselor, or the individual pro-
viding counseling, does not provide such services until such time 
as the Secretary determines that such conflict is resolved.’’.
H. R. 2670—222 
‘‘(A) a review of strategic portfolio reviews completed 
in the fiscal year preceding submission of the report and 
a description of such reviews planned for the fiscal year 
that begins after submission of the report; 
‘‘(B) a review of analyses of alternatives completed 
in the fiscal year preceding submission of the report and 
a description of such analyses planned for the fiscal year 
that begins after submission of the report; and 
‘‘(C) a review of defense program projections completed 
in the fiscal year preceding submission of the report and 
a description of such projections planned for the fiscal 
year that begins after submission of the report. 
‘‘(2) FORM.—Each report required by paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in classified form, but shall include an unclassified 
summary. 
‘‘(3) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 15 days after the submis-
sion of each report required by paragraph (1), the Director 
of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall provide to 
the congressional defense committees a briefing on the contents 
of the report. 
‘‘(h) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.—Beginning not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and on a quarterly 
basis thereafter, the Director of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation shall provide to the congressional defense committees 
a briefing on the activities carried out by Director during the 
preceding quarter an any ongoing activities of the Director as 
of the date of briefing.’’. 
(b) PILOT PROGRAM ON ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 1, 2024, the Director 
of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall establish 
a pilot program on alternative analysis (referred to in this 
subsection as the ‘‘pilot program’’). 
(2) STRUCTURE.—Under the pilot program, the Director 
shall establish three analytical groups focused on programmatic 
analysis in the following: 
(A) Year 1 of the future-years defense program under 
section 221 of title 10, United States Code, beginning with 
fiscal year 2025. 
(B) Years 2 through 5 of the future-years defense pro-
gram. 
(C) Years outside the future-years defense program. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall ensure that at least 
one strategic portfolio review or an equivalent analytical effort 
is conducted each year under the pilot program. 
(4) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall terminate on 
September 30, 2028. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF ANALYSIS WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 1, 2024, the Secretary 
of Defense shall establish within the Department of Defense 
a working group to be known as the ‘‘Analysis Working Group’’. 
(2) PERSONNEL.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
that the Analysis Working Group possesses sufficient full-time 
equivalent support personnel to carry out the duties of the 
Group, including expansive coordination activities across the 
Department of Defense. 
(3) MEMBERSHIP.—
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(I) by striking ‘‘REPORTS’’ and inserting 
‘‘REPORT’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘MANAGE’’ and inserting ‘‘MAN-
AGER’’; 
(ii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘90 days after the conclusion 
of the fourth quarter of each fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘February 15 of each fiscal year’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘a report’’ and inserting ‘‘an 
Annual Operations and Materials Plan’’; 
(iii) by amending subparagraph (E) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(E) a statement and explanation of the financial status 
of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund and 
anticipated appropriations to be made to the Fund, and 
obligations to be made from the fund, during the current 
fiscal year;’’; and 
(iv) by striking subparagraphs (G) and (H) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(G) an annual materials plan for the operation of 
the stockpile during the next fiscal year and the succeeding 
four fiscal years and planned expenditures from the 
National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund and antici-
pated receipts from disposal of stockpile materials, which 
shall include— 
‘‘(i) details of all planned expenditures from the 
National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund during 
such period and of anticipated receipts from the pro-
posed disposals of stockpile materials during such 
period; 
‘‘(ii) details regarding materials development and 
research projects to be conducted during the fiscal 
years covered by the report using moneys in the 
National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund pursuant 
to section 9(b)(2)(G); and 
‘‘(iii) with respect to each development and 
research project described in clause (ii), the report 
shall specify the amount planned to be expended from 
the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund, the 
material intended to be developed, the potential mili-
tary or defense industrial applications for that mate-
rial, and the development and research methodologies 
to be used; 
‘‘(H) any proposed expenditure or disposal detailed in 
the annual materials plan for any such fiscal year, and 
any expenditure or disposal proposed in connection with 
any transaction submitted for such fiscal year to the appro-
priate committees of Congress pursuant to section 5(a)(2) 
that is not obligated or executed in that fiscal year may 
not be obligated or executed until such proposed expendi-
ture or disposal is resubmitted in a subsequent annual 
materials plan or is resubmitted to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress in accordance with section 5(a)(2), as 
appropriate; and 
‘‘(I) a summary of the implementation and findings 
of the pilot program established under section 6(g)(1), 
including—
H. R. 2670—511 
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY.—Officers on a promotion list 
shall be promoted by appointment in the manner specified 
in section 20201 of this title. 
‘‘(2) TIMING.—Officers on a promotion list for a competitive 
category shall be promoted to the next higher grade in accord-
ance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air 
Force. 
‘‘(3) ORDER.—Except as provided in subsections (e) and 
(f), promotions shall be made in the order in which the names 
of officers appear on the promotion list and after officers pre-
viously selected for promotion in that competitive category have 
been promoted. 
‘‘(4) PROMOTIONS TO GRADE OF FIRST LIEUTENANT.—Officers 
to be promoted to the grade of first lieutenant shall be promoted 
in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
of the Air Force. 
‘‘(c) PROMOTION OF FIRST LIEUTENANTS ON AN ALL-FULLY-QUALI-
FIED OFFICERS LIST.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (f), offi-
cers on the Space Force officer list in the grade of first lieutenant 
who are on an approved all-fully-qualified-officers list shall be pro-
moted to the grade of captain in accordance with regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Air Force. 
‘‘(2) An all-fully-qualified-officers list shall be considered to 
be approved for purposes of subparagraph (A) when the list is 
approved by the President. When so approved, such a list shall 
be treated in the same manner as a promotion list under this 
chapter. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of the Air Force may make a recommendation 
to the President for approval of an all-fully-qualified-officers list 
only when the Secretary determines that all officers on the list 
are needed in the next higher grade to accomplish mission objec-
tives. 
‘‘(4) For purposes of this paragraph, an all-fully-qualified-offi-
cers list is a list of all officers on the Space Force officer list 
in a grade who the Secretary of the Air Force determines— 
‘‘(A) are fully qualified for promotion to the next higher 
grade; and 
‘‘(B) would be eligible for consideration for promotion to 
the next higher grade by a selection board convened under 
section 20211 of this title upon the convening of such a board. 
‘‘(5) If the Secretary of the Air Force determines that one 
or more officers or former officers were not placed on an all-fully- 
qualified-list under this subsection because of administrative error, 
the Secretary may prepare a supplemental all-fully-qualified-officers 
list containing the names of any such officers for approval in accord-
ance with this subsection. 
‘‘(d) DATE OF RANK.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL
RULE.—The date of rank of an officer 
appointed to a higher grade under this section is determined 
under section 741(d) of this title. 
‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENTS.—The date of rank of an officer 
appointed to a higher grade under this section may be adjusted 
in the same manner as an adjustment may be made under 
section 741(d)(4) of this title in the date of rank of an officer 
appointed to a higher grade under section 624(a) of this title. 
In any use of the authority under the preceding sentence,
H. R. 2670—522 
‘‘(1) in any applicable yearly period, attain the number 
of points under section 12732(a)(2) of this title that are pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Air Force; and 
‘‘(2) conform to such other standards and qualifications 
as the Secretary may prescribe for officers of the Space Force. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON MINIMUM NUMBER OF POINTS.—The Sec-
retary may not prescribe a minimum of more than 50 points under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) RESULT OF FAILURE TO COMPLY.—A Space Force officer 
who fails to attain the number of points prescribed under subsection 
(a)(1), or to conform to the standards and qualifications prescribed 
under subsection (a)(2), may be referred to a board convened under 
section 20501(a) of this title. 
‘‘§ 20404. Selection of officers for early retirement or dis-
charge 
‘‘(a) CONSIDERATION FOR EARLY RETIREMENT.—The Secretary 
of the Air Force may convene selection boards under section 
20211(b) of this title to consider for early retirement officers on 
the space force officer list as follows: 
‘‘(1) Officers in the grade of lieutenant colonel who have 
failed of selection for promotion at least one time and whose 
names are not on a list of officers recommended for promotion. 
‘‘(2) Officers in the grade of colonel who have served in 
that grade for at least two years and whose names are not 
on a list of officers recommended for promotion. 
‘‘(3) Officers, other than those described in paragraphs 
(1) and (2), holding a grade below the grade of colonel— 
‘‘(A) who are eligible for retirement under section 20601 
of this title or who after two additional years or less of 
active service would be eligible for retirement under that 
section; and 
‘‘(B) whose names are not on a list of officers rec-
ommended for promotion. 
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION FOR DISCHARGE.— 
‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Air Force may convene selection 
boards under section 20211 of this title to consider for discharge 
officers on the space force officer list— 
‘‘(A) who have served at least one year of active status 
in the grade currently held; 
‘‘(B) whose names are not on a list of officers rec-
ommended for promotion; and 
‘‘(C) who are not eligible to be retired under any provi-
sion of law (other than by reason of eligibility pursuant 
to section 4403 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1993) and are not within two years of 
becoming so eligible. 
‘‘(2) An officer who is recommended for discharge by a 
selection board convened pursuant to the authority of para-
graph (1) and whose discharge is approved by the Secretary 
of the Air Force shall be discharged on a date specified by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) Selection of officers for discharge under paragraph 
(1) shall be based on the needs of the service. 
‘‘(c) DISCHARGES AND RETIREMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE INVOL-
UNTARY.—The discharge or retirement of an officer pursuant to