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SEC. 1301. SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
FUNDS. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2018 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS 
DEFINED.—In this title, the term ‘‘fiscal year 2018 Cooperative 
Threat Reduction funds’’ means the funds appropriated pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriations in section 301 and made 
available by the funding table in section 4301 for the Department 
of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program established 
under section 1321 of the Department of Defense Cooperative 
Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3711). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated pursuant to 
the authorization of appropriations in section 301 and made avail-
able by the funding table in section 4301 for the Department 
of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program shall be available 
for obligation for fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2020. 
SEC. 1302. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the $324,600,000 authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 in section 
301 and made available by the funding table in division D for 
the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program 
established under section 1321 of the Department of Defense 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3711), the following 
amounts may be obligated for the purposes specified: 
(1) For strategic offensive arms elimination, $12,100,000. 
(2) For chemical weapons destruction, $5,000,000. 
(3) For global nuclear security, $17,900,000. 
(4) For cooperative biological engagement, $172,800,000. 
(5) For proliferation prevention, $89,800,000. 
(6) For activities designated as Other Assessments/ 
Administrative Costs, $27,000,000. 
(b) MODIFICATION TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—The Depart-
ment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3701 
et seq.) is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 1321(g)(1) (50 U.S.C. 3711(g)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘15 days’’. 
(2) Section 1324 (50 U.S.C. 3714) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and 
inserting ‘‘15 days’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and 
inserting ‘‘15 days’’. 
(3) Section 1335(a) (50 U.S.C. 3735(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘or expended’’. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1402. Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense. 
Sec. 1403. Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities defense-wide. 
Sec. 1404. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1405. Defense Health Program. 
Sec. 1406. National Defense Sealift Fund. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 1411. Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of Defense-Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for Cap-
tain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois.
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Sec. 1412. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
Sec. 1413. Armed Forces Retirement Home matters. 
Sec. 1414. Authority to dispose of certain materials from and to acquire additional 
materials for the National Defense Stockpile. 
Sec. 1415. Acquisition reporting on major chemical demilitarization programs of the 
Department of Defense. 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2018 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for 
working capital and revolving funds, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1402. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 
DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2018 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Chem-
ical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4501. 
(b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated under sub-
section (a) are authorized for— 
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions 
in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense 
Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and 
(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the 
United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such 
Act. 
SEC. 1403. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2018 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, 
Defense-wide, as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1404. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2018 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2018 for the Defense Health Program, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4501, for use of the Armed Forces and other activi-
ties and agencies of the Department of Defense in providing for 
the health of eligible beneficiaries. 
SEC. 1406. NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2018 for the National Defense Sealift Fund, as specified in the 
funding table in section 4501.
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Subtitle B—Other Matters 
SEC. 1411. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
MEDICAL FACILITY DEMONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN 
JAMES A. LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated by section 1405 and available for the Defense 
Health Program for operation and maintenance, $115,500,000 may 
be transferred by the Secretary of Defense to the Joint Department 
of Defense–Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of section 1704 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). For purposes of subsection 
(a)(2) of such section 1704, any funds so transferred shall be treated 
as amounts authorized and appropriated specifically for the purpose 
of such a transfer. 
(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For the purposes of sub-
section (b) of such section 1704, facility operations for which funds 
transferred under subsection (a) may be used are operations of 
the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting 
of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy 
Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities designated as 
a combined Federal medical facility under an operational agreement 
covered by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 4500). 
SEC. 1412. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARMED FORCES 
RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2018 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund the 
sum of $64,300,000 for the operation of the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home. 
SEC. 1413. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME MATTERS. 
(a) TERMINATION OF OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNDER 
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS.— 
(1) SENIOR MEDICAL ADVISOR.—Section 1513A of the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 413a) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness,’’ in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1); and 
(B) in subsection (c)(4), by striking ‘‘the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Defense’’. 
(2) OMBUDSMEN.—Section 1517(e)(2) of such Act (24 U.S.C. 
417(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Personnel and Readiness’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary of Defense’’. 
(3) INSPECTIONS.—Section 1518 of such Act (24 U.S.C. 418) 
is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness,’’; and
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(B) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Defense’’. 
(b) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 1516 of such Act (24 U.S.C. 
416) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘15 members,’’ and 
all that follows and inserting ‘‘15 members.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting 
‘‘may’’. 
(c) ADMINISTRATORS.—Section 1517(b) of such Act (24 U.S.C. 
417(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of Defense.’’. 
SEC. 1414. AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS FROM 
AND TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE 
NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE. 
(a) DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.—Pursuant to section 5(b) of the Stra-
tegic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98d(b)), 
the National Defense Stockpile Manager may dispose of not more 
than 25 short tons of materials transferred from another depart-
ment or agency of the United States to the National Defense Stock-
pile under section 4(b) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 98c(b)) that the 
National Defense Stockpile Manager determines is no longer 
required from the stockpile. 
(b) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Using funds available in the National 
Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund, the National Defense 
Stockpile Manager may acquire the following materials deter-
mined to be strategic and critical materials required to meet 
the defense, industrial, and essential civilian needs of the 
United States: 
(A) Electrolytic manganese metal. 
(B) Antimony. 
(2) AMOUNT OF AUTHORITY.—The National Defense Stock-
pile Manager may use up to $9,000,000 in the National Defense 
Stockpile Transaction Fund for acquisition of the materials 
specified in paragraph (1). 
(3) FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—The authority under para-
graph (1) is available for purchases during fiscal year 2018 
through fiscal year 2027. 
SEC. 1415. ACQUISITION REPORTING ON MAJOR CHEMICAL DEMILI-
TARIZATION 
PROGRAMS 
OF 
THE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE. 
(a) REPORTING
ON MAJOR PROGRAMS.—Acquisition reporting 
on each major program within the chemical demilitarization pro-
grams of the Department of Defense, including construction in 
connection with such program, shall— 
(1) comply with reporting guidelines for an Acquisition 
Category 1 (ACAT 1) system; and 
(2) be reported separately from acquisition reporting on 
the other major program within the chemical demilitarization 
programs of the Department of Defense.
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(b) MAJOR PROGRAM WITHIN THE CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION 
PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘major program within the chemical demilitariza-
tion programs of the Department of Defense’’ means each program 
as follows: 
(1) Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant program, 
Colorado. 
(2) Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant 
program, Kentucky. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDI-
TIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR OVER-
SEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 1501. Purpose and treatment of certain authorizations of appropriations. 
Sec. 1502. Overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 1503. Procurement. 
Sec. 1504. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1505. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 1506. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1507. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1508. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1509. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1510. Defense Health program. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1511. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1512. Special transfer authority. 
Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, and Other Matters 
Sec. 1521. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
Sec. 1522. Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Fund. 
Sec. 1523. Comptroller General report on feasibility of separation of expenditures. 
Sec. 1524. Guidelines for budget items to be covered by overseas contingency oper-
ations accounts. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE AND TREATMENT OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS 
OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to authorize appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 to provide additional 
funds for overseas contingency operations being carried out by 
the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1502. OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2018 for the Department of Defense for overseas contingency oper-
ations in such amounts as may be designated as provided in section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
SEC. 1503. PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2018 for procurement accounts for the Army, the Navy and the 
Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide activities, as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4102.
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available to the Department of Defense in this title for fiscal 
year 2018 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so 
transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
same purposes as the authorization to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The total amount of authorizations that 
the Secretary may transfer under the authority of this sub-
section may not exceed $2,500,000,000. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Transfers under this section shall 
be subject to the same terms and conditions as transfers under 
section 1001. 
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer authority provided 
by this section is in addition to the transfer authority provided 
under section 1001. 
Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, and 
Other Matters 
SEC. 1521. AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) CONTINUATION
OF PRIOR AUTHORITIES
AND NOTICE
AND 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Funds available to the Department 
of Defense for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund for fiscal 
year 2018 shall be subject to the conditions contained in subsections 
(b) through (g) of section 1513 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 428), 
as amended by section 1531(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 
Stat. 4424). 
(b) EQUIPMENT DISPOSITION.— 
(1) ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.—Subject to para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Defense may accept equipment that 
is procured using amounts in the Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund authorized under this Act and is intended for transfer 
to the security forces of Afghanistan, but is not accepted by 
such security forces. 
(2) CONDITIONS
ON
ACCEPTANCE
OF
EQUIPMENT.—Before 
accepting any equipment under the authority provided by para-
graph (1), the Commander of United States forces in Afghani-
stan shall make a determination that the equipment was pro-
cured for the purpose of meeting requirements of the security 
forces of Afghanistan, as agreed to by both the Government 
of Afghanistan and the United States, but is no longer required 
by such security forces or was damaged before transfer to 
such security forces. 
(3) ELEMENTS OF DETERMINATION.—In making a determina-
tion under paragraph (2) regarding equipment, the Commander 
of United States forces in Afghanistan shall consider alter-
natives to Secretary of Defense acceptance of the equipment. 
An explanation of each determination, including the basis for 
the determination and the alternatives considered, shall be 
included in the relevant quarterly report required under para-
graph (5). 
(4) TREATMENT
AS
DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
STOCKS.— 
Equipment accepted under the authority provided by paragraph 
(1) may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense
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upon notification to the congressional defense committees of 
such treatment. 
(5) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON EQUIPMENT DISPOSITION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and every 90-day period 
thereafter during which the authority provided by para-
graph (1) is exercised, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report describing 
the equipment accepted during the period covered by such 
report under the following: 
(i) This subsection. 
(ii) Section 1521(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
114–328; 130 Stat. 2575). 
(iii) Section 1531(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 
114–92; 129 Stat. 1088). 
(iv) Section 1532(b) of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 
3613). 
(v) Section 1531(d) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 
113–66; 127 Stat. 938; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note). 
(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subparagraph (A) 
shall include a list of all equipment that was accepted 
during the period covered by the report and treated as 
stocks of the Department of Defense and copies of the 
determinations made under paragraph (2), as required by 
paragraph (3). 
(c) SECURITY OF AFGHAN WOMEN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund for fiscal 
year 2018, it is the goal that $41,000,000, but in no event 
less than $10,000,000, shall be used for— 
(A) the recruitment, integration, retention, training, 
and treatment of women in the Afghan National Defense 
and Security Forces; and 
(B) the recruitment, training, and contracting of female 
security personnel for future elections. 
(2) TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—Such programs 
and activities may include— 
(A) efforts to recruit women into the Afghan National 
Defense and Security Forces, including the special oper-
ations forces; 
(B) programs and activities of the Afghan Ministry 
of Defense Directorate of Human Rights and Gender 
Integration and the Afghan Ministry of Interior Office of 
Human Rights, Gender and Child Rights; 
(C) development and dissemination of gender and 
human rights educational and training materials and pro-
grams within the Afghan Ministry of Defense and the 
Afghan Ministry of Interior; 
(D) efforts to address harassment and violence against 
women within the Afghan National Defense and Security 
Forces;
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(E) improvements to infrastructure that address the 
requirements of women serving in the Afghan National 
Defense and Security Forces, including appropriate equip-
ment for female security and police forces, and transpor-
tation for policewomen to their station; 
(F) support for Afghanistan National Police Family 
Response Units; and 
(G) security provisions for high-profile female police 
and army officers. 
(d) ASSESSMENT
OF
AFGHANISTAN
PROGRESS
ON
SECURITY 
OBJECTIVES.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than June 1, 2018, 
the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, submit to the Committee on Armed Services 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an assessment 
describing the progress of the Government of the Islamic 
Republic of Afghanistan toward meeting shared security objec-
tives. In conducting such assessment, the Secretary of Defense 
shall consider each of the following: 
(A) The extent to which the Government of Afghanistan 
has taken steps toward increased accountability and 
reducing corruption within the Ministries of Defense and 
Interior. 
(B) The extent to which the capability and capacity 
of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces have 
improved as a result of Afghanistan Security Forces Fund 
investment, including through training. 
(C) The extent to which the Afghan National Defense 
and Security Forces have been able to increase pressure 
on the Taliban, al-Qaeda, the Haqqani network, and other 
terrorist organizations, including by re-taking territory, 
defending territory, and disrupting attacks. 
(D) Whether or not the Government of Afghanistan 
is ensuring that supplies, equipment, and weaponry sup-
plied by the United States are appropriately distributed 
to security forces charged with fighting the Taliban and 
other terrorist organizations. 
(E) Such other factors as the Secretaries consider 
appropriate. 
(2) 
WITHHOLDING
OF
ASSISTANCE
FOR
INSUFFICIENT 
PROGRESS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines, in coordination with the Secretary of State, pursuant 
to the assessment under paragraph (1) that the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan has made insufficient progress, the 
Secretary of Defense may withhold assistance for the 
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces until such 
time as the Secretary determines sufficient progress has 
been made. 
(B) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—If the Secretary of Defense 
withholds assistance under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall, in coordination with the Secretary of State, provide 
notice to Congress not later than 30 days after making 
the decision to withhold such assistance. 
(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF FUND.—
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(1) QUALITY STANDARDS FOR IG PRODUCTS.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (3), each product published or issued by 
an Inspector General relating to the oversight of programs 
and activities funded under the Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund shall be prepared— 
(A) in accordance with the Generally Accepted Govern-
ment Auditing Standards/Government Auditing Standards 
(GAGAS/GAS), as issued and updated by the Government 
Accountability Office; or 
(B) if not prepared in accordance with the standards 
referred to in subparagraph (A), in accordance with the 
Quality Standards for Inspection and Evaluation issued 
by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
Efficiency (commonly referred to as the ‘‘CIGIE Blue 
Book’’). 
(2) SPECIFICATION
OF
QUALITY
STANDARDS
FOLLOWED.— 
Each product published or issued by an Inspector General 
relating to the oversight of programs and activities funded 
under the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund shall cite within 
such product the quality standards followed in conducting and 
reporting the work concerned. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Lead Inspector General for Operation 
Freedom’s Sentinel may waive the applicability of paragraph 
(1) to a specific product relating to the oversight by an Inspector 
General of activities and programs funded under the Afghani-
stan Security Forces Fund if the Lead Inspector General deter-
mines that the waiver would facilitate timely efforts to promote 
efficiency and effectiveness and prevent, detect, and deter fraud, 
waste, and abuse. Any product published or issued pursuant 
to a waiver under this paragraph shall include a statement 
that work for such product was not conducted in accordance 
with the standards referred to in paragraph (1) and an expla-
nation why such standards were not employed. 
SEC. 1522. JOINT IMPROVISED-THREAT DEFEAT FUND. 
(a) USE
AND TRANSFER
OF FUNDS.—Subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 1514 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2439), 
as in effect before the amendments made by section 1503 of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4649), shall apply to the 
funds made available for fiscal year 2018 to the Department of 
Defense for the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Fund. 
(b) INTERDICTION OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE PRECURSOR 
CHEMICALS.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the funds made available 
to the Department of Defense for the Joint Improvised-Threat 
Defeat Fund for fiscal year 2018, $15,000,000 may be available 
to the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of State, to provide training, equipment, supplies, and 
services to ministries and other entities of foreign governments 
that the Secretary has identified as critical for countering the 
flow of improvised explosive device precursor chemicals. 
(2) PROVISION THROUGH OTHER UNITED STATES AGENCIES.— 
If jointly agreed upon by the Secretary of Defense and the 
head of another department or agency of the United States
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Government, the Secretary of Defense may transfer funds avail-
able under paragraph (1) to such department or agency for 
the provision by such department or agency of training, equip-
ment, supplies, and services to ministries and other entities 
of foreign governments as described in that paragraph. 
(3) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—None of the funds made avail-
able pursuant to paragraph (1) may be obligated or expended 
to supply training, equipment, supplies, or services to a foreign 
country before the date that is 15 days after the date on 
which the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State, submits to the Committee on Armed Services 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives a notice that 
contains— 
(A) the foreign country for which training, equipment, 
supplies, or services are proposed to be supplied; 
(B) a description of the training, equipment, supplies, 
and services to be provided using such funds; 
(C) a detailed description of the amount of funds pro-
posed to be obligated or expended to supply such training, 
equipment, supplies or services, including any funds pro-
posed to be obligated or expended to support the participa-
tion of another department or agency of the United States 
and a description of the training, equipment, supplies, or 
services proposed to be supplied; 
(D) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the efforts 
of the foreign country identified under subparagraph (A) 
to counter the flow of improvised explosive device precursor 
chemicals; and 
(E) an overall plan for countering the flow of precursor 
chemicals in the foreign country identified under subpara-
graph (A). 
(4) EXPIRATION.—The authority provided by this subsection 
expires on December 31, 2018. 
SEC. 1523. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF 
SEPARATION OF EXPENDITURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a report assessing the 
feasibility of separating expenditures of amounts appropriated for 
overseas contingency operations from expenditures of all other 
amounts appropriated for the Department of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include each of the following: 
(1) A review of the processes the Department of Defense 
currently employs to separate expenditures of amounts appro-
priated for overseas contingency operations from expenditures 
of all other amounts appropriated for the Department of 
Defense. 
(2) A review of the processes the Department of the 
Treasury currently employs to separate expenditures of 
amounts appropriated for overseas contingency operations from 
expenditures of all other amounts appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense.
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(3) A comparison between each of the processes described 
in paragraphs (1) and (2) and generally accepted accounting 
principles. 
(4) A description of the costs and requirements associated 
with implementing proposed alternatives to the processes 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) for more effectively sepa-
rating expenditures of amounts appropriated for overseas 
contingency operations from expenditures of all other amounts 
appropriated for the Department of Defense. 
(5) Any related information the Comptroller General con-
siders appropriate. 
SEC. 1524. GUIDELINES FOR BUDGET ITEMS TO BE COVERED BY OVER-
SEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS ACCOUNTS. 
Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director 
of Management and Budget, shall update the guidelines regarding 
the budget items that may be covered by overseas contingency 
operations accounts. 
TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, 
CYBER, AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
Sec. 1601. Space acquisition and management and oversight. 
Sec. 1602. Codification, extension, and modification of limitation on construction on 
United States territory of satellite positioning ground monitoring sta-
tions of foreign governments. 
Sec. 1603. Foreign commercial satellite services: cybersecurity threats and 
launches. 
Sec. 1604. Extension of pilot program on commercial weather data. 
Sec. 1605. Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle modernization and sustainment of 
assured access to space. 
Sec. 1606. Demonstration of backup and complementary positioning, navigation, 
and timing capabilities of Global Positioning System. 
Sec. 1607. Enhancement of positioning, navigation, and timing capacity. 
Sec. 1608. Commercial satellite communications pathfinder program. 
Sec. 1609. Launch support and infrastructure modernization. 
Sec. 1610. Limitation on availability of funding for Joint Space Operations Center 
mission system. 
Sec. 1611. Limitation on use of funds for Delta IV launch vehicle. 
Sec. 1612. Air Force space contractor responsibility watch list. 
Sec. 1613. Certification and briefing on operational and contingency plans for loss 
or degradation of space capabilities. 
Sec. 1614. Report on protected satellite communications. 
Sec. 1615. Sense of Congress on establishment of Space Flag training event. 
Sec. 1616. Sense of Congress on coordinating efforts to prepare for space weather 
events. 
Sec. 1617. Sense of Congress on National Space Defense Center. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 1621. Security clearances for facilities of certain companies. 
Sec. 1622. Extension of authority to engage in certain commercial activities. 
Sec. 1623. Submission of audits of commercial activity funds. 
Sec. 1624. Clarification of annual briefing on the intelligence, surveillance, and re-
connaissance requirements of the combatant commands. 
Sec. 1625. Consideration of service by recipients of Boren scholarships and fellow-
ships in excepted service positions as service by such recipients under 
career appointments for purposes of career tenure. 
Sec. 1626. Review of support provided by Defense intelligence elements to acquisi-
tion activities of the Department. 
Sec. 1627. Establishment of Chairman’s controlled activity within Joint Staff for in-
telligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. 
Sec. 1628. Requirements relating to multi-use sensitive compartmented information 
facilities.
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Sec. 1629. Limitation on availability of funds for certain counterintelligence activi-
ties. 
Subtitle C—Cyberspace-Related Matters 
PART I—GENERAL CYBER MATTERS 
Sec. 1631. Notification requirements for sensitive military cyber operations and 
cyber weapons. 
Sec. 1632. Modification to quarterly cyber operations briefings. 
Sec. 1633. Policy of the United States on cyberspace, cybersecurity, and cyber war-
fare. 
Sec. 1634. Prohibition on use of products and services developed or provided by 
Kaspersky Lab. 
Sec. 1635. Modification of authorities relating to establishment of unified combat-
ant command for cyber operations. 
Sec. 1636. Modification of definition of acquisition workforce to include personnel 
contributing to cybersecurity systems. 
Sec. 1637. Integration of strategic information operations and cyber-enabled infor-
mation operations. 
Sec. 1638. Exercise on assessing cybersecurity support to election systems of 
States. 
Sec. 1639. Measurement of compliance with cybersecurity requirements for indus-
trial control systems. 
Sec. 1640. Strategic Cybersecurity Program. 
Sec. 1641. Plan to increase cyber and information operations, deterrence, and de-
fense. 
Sec. 1642. Evaluation of agile or iterative development of cyber tools and applica-
tions. 
Sec. 1643. Assessment of defense critical electric infrastructure. 
Sec. 1644. Cyber posture review. 
Sec. 1645. Briefing on cyber capability and readiness shortfalls. 
Sec. 1646. Briefing on cyber applications of blockchain technology. 
Sec. 1647. Briefing on training infrastructure for cyber mission forces. 
Sec. 1648. Report on termination of dual-hat arrangement for Commander of the 
United States Cyber Command. 
PART II—CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION 
Sec. 1649. Cyber Scholarship Program. 
Sec. 1649A. Community college cyber pilot program and assessment. 
Sec. 1649B. Federal Cyber Scholarship-for-Service program updates. 
Sec. 1649C. Cybersecurity teaching. 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 
Sec. 1651. Annual assessment of cyber resiliency of nuclear command and control 
system. 
Sec. 1652. Collection, storage, and sharing of data relating to nuclear security en-
terprise. 
Sec. 1653. Notifications regarding dual-capable F–35A aircraft. 
Sec. 1654. Oversight of delayed acquisition programs by Council on Oversight of 
the National Leadership Command, Control, and Communications Sys-
tem. 
Sec. 1655. Establishment of Nuclear Command and Control Intelligence Fusion 
Center. 
Sec. 1656. Security of nuclear command, control, and communications system from 
commercial dependencies. 
Sec. 1657. Oversight of aerial-layer programs by Council on Oversight of the Na-
tional Leadership Command, Control, and Communications System. 
Sec. 1658. Security classification guide for programs relating to nuclear command, 
control, and communications and nuclear deterrence. 
Sec. 1659. Evaluation and enhanced security of supply chain for nuclear command, 
control, and communications and continuity of government programs. 
Sec. 1660. Procurement authority for certain parts of intercontinental ballistic mis-
sile fuzes. 
Sec. 1661. Presidential National Voice Conferencing System and Phoenix Air-to- 
Ground Communications Network. 
Sec. 1662. Limitation on pursuit of certain command and control concept. 
Sec. 1663. Prohibition on availability of funds for mobile variant of ground-based 
strategic deterrent missile. 
Sec. 1664. Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the 
United States. 
Sec. 1665. Modification to annual report on plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, 
nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nu-
clear weapons command and control system.
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Sec. 1666. Establishment of procedures for implementation of Nuclear Enterprise 
Review. 
Sec. 1667. Report on impacts of nuclear proliferation. 
Sec. 1668. Certification that the Nuclear Posture Review addresses deterrent effect 
and operation of United States nuclear forces in current and future se-
curity environments. 
Sec. 1669. Plan to manage Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment 
System and multi-domain sensors. 
Sec. 1670. Certification requirement with respect to strategic radiation hardened 
trusted microelectronics. 
Sec. 1671. Nuclear Posture Review. 
Sec. 1672. Sense of Congress on importance of independent nuclear deterrent of 
United Kingdom. 
Subtitle E—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 1676. Administration of missile defense and defeat programs. 
Sec. 1677. Condition for proceeding beyond low-rate initial production. 
Sec. 1678. Preservation of the ballistic missile defense capacity of the Army. 
Sec. 1679. Modernization of Army lower tier air and missile defense sensor. 
Sec. 1680. Defense of Hawaii from North Korean ballistic missile attack. 
Sec. 1681. Designation of location of continental United States interceptor site. 
Sec. 1682. Aegis Ashore anti-air warfare capability. 
Sec. 1683. Development of persistent space-based sensor architecture. 
Sec. 1684. Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli Cooperative 
Missile Defense Program co-development and co-production. 
Sec. 1685. Boost phase ballistic missile defense. 
Sec. 1686. Ground-based interceptor capability, capacity, and reliability. 
Sec. 1687. Limitation on availability of funds for ground-based midcourse defense 
element of the ballistic missile defense system. 
Sec. 1688. Plan for development of space-based ballistic missile intercept layer. 
Sec. 1689. Sense of Congress on the state of the missile defense of the United 
States. 
Sec. 1690.
Sense of Congress and report on ground-based midcourse defense test-
ing. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 1691. Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States From Electro-
magnetic Pulse Attacks and Similar Events. 
Sec. 1692. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. 
Sec. 1693. Conventional prompt global strike weapons system. 
Sec. 1694. Business case analysis regarding ammonium perchlorate. 
Sec. 1695. Report on industrial base for large solid rocket motors and related tech-
nologies. 
Sec. 1696. Pilot program on enhancing information sharing for security of supply 
chain. 
Sec. 1697. Pilot program on electromagnetic spectrum mapping. 
Sec. 1698. Use of commercial items in Distributed Common Ground Systems. 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
SEC. 1601. SPACE ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT. 
(a) AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 135 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 2279c. Air Force Space Command 
‘‘(a) COMMANDER.—(1) The head of the Air Force Space Com-
mand shall be the Commander of the Air Force Space Command, 
who shall be appointed in accordance with section 601 of this 
title. The officer serving as Commander, while so serving, has 
the grade of general without vacating the permanent grade of 
the officer. 
‘‘(2) The Commander shall be appointed to serve a term of 
six years. The Secretary may propose to promote the individual 
serving as the Commander during that term of appointment.
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‘‘(3) The incumbent Commander may serve as the first Com-
mander after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—In addition to the authorities and respon-
sibilities assigned to the Commander before the date of the enact-
ment of this section, the Commander has the sole authority with 
respect to each of the following: 
‘‘(1) Organizing, training, and equipping personnel and 
operations of the space forces of the Air Force. 
‘‘(2) Subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Air 
Force, serving as the service acquisition executive under section 
1704 of this title for defense space acquisitions. 
‘‘(3) In consultation with the Chief Information Officer of 
the Department of Defense, procurement of commercial satellite 
communications services for the Department of Defense for 
such services entered into on or after the date that is one 
year after the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for such 
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 2279b the following new item: 
‘‘2279c. Air Force Space Command.’’. 
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in subsection (b)(1) 
of section 2279c of title 10, United States Code, as added 
by paragraph (1), may be construed to prohibit or otherwise 
affect the authority of the Secretary of the Air Force to provide 
to the space forces of the Air Force the services of the Depart-
ment of the Air Force relating to basic personnel functions, 
the United States Air Force Academy, recruitment, and basic 
training. 
(b) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN POSITIONS AND ENTITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act— 
(A) the position, and the office of, the Principal Depart-
ment of Defense Space Advisor (previously known as the 
Department of Defense Executive Agent for Space) shall 
be terminated; 
(B) the duties, responsibilities, and personnel of such 
office specified in subparagraph (A) shall be transferred 
to a single official selected by the Deputy Secretary of 
Defense, without delegation, except the Deputy Secretary 
may not select the Secretary of the Air Force nor the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; 
(C) any reference in Federal law, regulations, guidance, 
instructions, or other documents of the Federal Government 
to the Principal Department of Defense Space Advisor or 
the Department of Defense Executive Agent for Space shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the official selected by 
the Deputy Secretary under subparagraph (B); 
(D) the position, and the office of, the Deputy Chief 
of Staff of the Air Force for Space Operations shall be 
terminated; and 
(E) the Defense Space Council shall be terminated. 
(2) PRINCIPAL ADVISOR ON SPACE CONTROL.— 
(A) REPEAL.—Section 2279a of title 10, United States 
Code, is repealed.
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(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 135 of such title is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 2279a. 
(b) REDESIGNATION OF OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE PRO-
GRAM OFFICE AS SPACE RAPID CAPABILITIES OFFICE; REPORTING 
TO AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2273a of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘Operationally 
Responsive Space Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Space 
Rapid Capabilities’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Air Force Space and Missile Sys-
tems Center of the Department of Defense’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Air Force Space Command’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Operationally Responsive Space 
Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Space Rapid Capabilities’’; 
(C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Air Force Space 
and Missile Systems Center’’ and inserting ‘‘Air Force Space 
Command’’; 
(D) in subsections (c) and (f), by striking ‘‘operationally 
responsive space’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘space 
rapid capabilities’’; 
(E) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘operationally responsive space’’ and inserting 
‘‘space rapid capabilities’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘capabilities for 
operationally responsive space’’ and inserting ‘‘space 
rapid capabilities’’; 
(iii) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking ‘‘oper-
ationally responsive space’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘space rapid capabilities’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘operationally 
responsive space capabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘space 
rapid capabilities’’. 
(F) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘Operationally 
Responsive Space’’ and inserting ‘‘Space Rapid Capabili-
ties’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 135 of such title is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 2273a and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘2273a. Space Rapid Capabilities Office.’’. 
(c) REVIEW OF STRUCTURE.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The Deputy Secretary of Defense shall con-
duct a review and identify a recommended organizational and 
management structure for the national security space compo-
nents of the Department of Defense, including the Air Force 
Space Command, that implements the organizational policy 
guidance expressed in this section and the amendments made 
by this section. 
(2) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2018, the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees an interim report on the review and rec-
ommended organizational and management structure for the 
national security space components of the Department of
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Defense, including the Air Force Space Command, under para-
graph (1). 
(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than August 1, 2018, the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a final report on the review and rec-
ommended organizational and management structure for the 
national security space components of the Department of 
Defense, including the Air Force Space Command, under para-
graph (1), including— 
(A) a proposed implementation plan for how the Deputy 
Secretary would implement the recommendations; 
(B) recommendations for revisions to appointments and 
qualifications, duties and powers, and precedent in the 
Department; 
(C) recommendations for such legislative and adminis-
trative action, including conforming and other amendments 
to law, as the Deputy Secretary considers appropriate to 
implement the plan; and 
(D) any other matters that the Deputy Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
(4) PROHIBITION ON DELEGATION.—The Deputy Secretary 
of Defense may not delegate the authority to carry out this 
subsection. 
(d) INDEPENDENT PLAN TO ESTABLISH MILITARY DEPARTMENT.— 
(1) PLAN.—Not later than 45 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall 
seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research 
and development center that is not closely affiliated with the 
Department of the Air Force to develop a plan to establish 
a separate military department responsible for the national 
security space activities of the Department of Defense. Such 
plan shall include recommendations for legislative language. 
(2) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than August 1, 2018, the 
Deputy Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees an interim report on the plan developed under 
paragraph (1). 
(3) FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2018, 
the Deputy Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a final report containing the plan developed under 
paragraph (1), without change. 
SEC. 1602. CODIFICATION, EXTENSION, AND MODIFICATION OF LIMITA-
TION ON CONSTRUCTION ON UNITED STATES TERRITORY 
OF SATELLITE POSITIONING GROUND MONITORING STA-
TIONS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) CODIFICATION, EXTENSION, AND MODIFICATION.—Chapter 
135 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2279c. Limitation on construction on United States terri-
tory of satellite positioning ground monitoring 
stations of certain foreign governments. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in subsection (a) shall not 
apply to foreign governments that are allies of the United States. 
‘‘(c) SUNSET.—The limitation in subsection (a) shall terminate 
on December 31, 2023.’’.
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(b) TRANSFER OF PROVISION.—Subsection (b) of section 1602 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
(Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2281 note) is— 
(1) transferred to section 2279c of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a); 
(2) inserted as the first subsection of such section; 
(3) redesignated as subsection (a); and 
(4) amended— 
(A) by amending the subsection heading to read as 
follows: ‘‘LIMITATION’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (6). 
SEC. 1603. FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SATELLITE SERVICES: CYBERSECU-
RITY THREATS AND LAUNCHES. 
(a) CYBERSECURITY RISKS.—Subsection (a) of section 2279 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting: ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) entering into such contract would create an unaccept-
able cybersecurity risk for the Department of Defense.’’. 
(b) LAUNCHES.—Such section is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as sub-
sections (c) through (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new sub-
section (b): 
‘‘(b) LAUNCHES AND MANUFACTURERS.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—In addition to the prohibition in sub-
section (a), and except as provided in paragraph (2) and in 
subsection (c), the Secretary may not enter into a contract 
for satellite services with any entity if the Secretary reasonably 
believes that such satellite services will be provided using sat-
ellites that will be— 
‘‘(A) designed or manufactured in a covered foreign 
country, or by an entity controlled in whole or in part 
by, or acting on behalf of, the government of a covered 
foreign country; or 
‘‘(B) launched using a launch vehicle that is designed 
or manufactured in a covered foreign country, or that is 
provided by the government of a covered foreign country 
or by an entity controlled in whole or in part by, or acting 
on behalf of, the government of a covered foreign country, 
regardless of the location of the launch (unless such location 
is in the United States). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in paragraph (1) shall not 
apply with respect to— 
‘‘(A) a launch that occurs prior to December 31, 2022; 
or 
‘‘(B) a contract or other agreement relating to launch 
services that, prior to the date that is 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this subsection, was either 
fully paid for by the contractor or covered by a legally 
binding commitment of the contractor to pay for such serv-
ices.
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‘‘(3) LAUNCH
VEHICLE
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘launch vehicle’ means a fully integrated space launch 
vehicle.’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (f) of section 2279 of title 10, 
United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)(A), is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered foreign country’ means any of the 
following: 
‘‘(A) A country described in section 1261(c)(2) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2019). 
‘‘(B) The Russian Federation. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘cybersecurity risk’ means threats to and 
vulnerabilities of information or information systems and any 
related consequences caused by or resulting from unauthorized 
access, use, disclosure, degradation, disruption, modification, 
or destruction of such information or information systems, 
including such related consequences caused by an act of ter-
rorism.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section 2279 is fur-
ther amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘services’’ and 
inserting ‘‘services and foreign launches’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 
(C) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘launch or other’’; 
(D) in subsection (c), as redesignated by subsection 
(b)(1), by striking ‘‘prohibition in subsection (a)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘prohibitions in subsection (a) and (b)’’; and 
(E) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘prohibition under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘prohibi-
tion under subsection (a) or (b)’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 2279 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘2279. Foreign commercial satellite services and foreign launches.’’. 
(e) APPLICATION.—Except as otherwise specifically provided, the 
amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to con-
tracts for satellite services awarded by the Secretary of Defense 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 
1604. 
EXTENSION 
OF 
PILOT 
PROGRAM 
ON 
COMMERCIAL 
WEATHER DATA. 
Section 1613 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting 
‘‘two years’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Committees on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate 
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives.’’. 
SEC. 1605. EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE MODERNIZATION 
AND SUSTAINMENT OF ASSURED ACCESS TO SPACE. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE.—Using funds 
described in paragraph (3), the Secretary of Defense may only 
obligate or expend funds to carry out the evolved expendable 
launch vehicle program to— 
(A) develop a domestic rocket propulsion system to 
replace non-allied space launch engines; 
(B) develop the necessary interfaces to, or integration 
of, such domestic rocket propulsion system with an existing 
or planned launch vehicle; and 
(C) develop capabilities necessary to enable existing 
or planned commercially available space launch vehicles 
or infrastructure that are primarily for national security 
space missions to meet the assured access to space require-
ments pursuant to section 2273 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in this section, none 
of the funds described in paragraph (3) shall be obligated or 
expended for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program. 
(3) FUNDS DESCRIBED.—The funds described in this para-
graph are the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force, for the 
evolved expendable launch vehicle program. 
(4) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) shall terminate on the 
date on which the Secretary of the Air Force certifies to the 
congressional defense committees that a successful full-scale 
test of a domestic rocket engine has occurred. 
(b) OTHER AUTHORITIES.—Nothing in this section shall affect 
or prohibit the Secretary from procuring launch services of evolved 
expendable launch vehicle launch systems, including with respect 
to any associated operation and maintenance of capabilities and 
infrastructure relating to such systems. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days before any date 
on which the Secretary publishes a draft or final request for pro-
posals, or obligates funds, for the development under subsection 
(a)(1), the Secretary shall notify the congressional defense commit-
tees of such proposed draft or final request for proposals or proposed 
obligation, as the case may be. If such proposed draft or final 
request for proposals or proposed obligation relates to intelligence 
requirements, the Secretary shall also notify the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(d) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the