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(1) the Secretary has identified a solution to fix 
the remote vision systems of KC–46A aircraft; and 
(2) such solution resolves all issues identified in 
the category 1 deficiency reports for such systems, 
except for issues relating to the panoramic system. 
(b) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.—The actions described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) Approving the incorporation of version 2.0 
of the KC–46A remote vision system into production 
aircraft. 
(2) Retrofitting aircraft with version 2.0 of the 
KC–46A remote vision system. 
SEC. 163. PROHIBITION ON DECOMMISSIONING OF KC–135 
STRATOTANKERS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 
for the Air Force may be used to decommission a KC- 
135 Stratotanker. 
SEC. 164. FUNDING FOR ADVANCED PROCUREMENT FOR F– 
15EX AIRCRAFT. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 101 for procure-
ment, Air Force, as specified in the corresponding funding 
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table in section 4101, for F–15EX Advanced Procure-
ment, line 006, is hereby increased by $30,600,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 201 for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, as specified in 
the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for ad-
vanced component development and prototypes, environ-
mental security technical certification program (PE 
0603851D8Z), 
line 
076, 
is 
hereby 
reduced 
by 
$30,600,000. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of the Air Force 
shall ensure that any F–15EX aircraft procured using 
funds made available pursuant the increase under sub-
section (a) are allocated to the Air National Guard to re-
capitalize fighter aircraft with the priority given to A–10 
squadrons without an identified replacement aircraft. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, 
and Multiservice Matters 
SEC. 181. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR DO-
MESTICALLY PROCESSED RARE EARTH ELE-
MENTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 
Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, 
and from amounts made available by discretionary appro-
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priations Acts from the National Defense Stockpile Trans-
action Fund (as established under section 9(a) of the Stra-
tegic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act ((50 U.S.C. 
98h(a))) after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more multiyear 
contracts for the procurement of rare earth elements that 
are processed in the United States by qualified domestic 
sources. 
(b) APPLICATION OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MA-
TERIALS STOCK PILING ACT.—A multiyear contract en-
tered into under this section shall be deemed to be an ac-
quisition under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock 
Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.) of materials determined 
to be a strategic or critical material under section 3(a) 
of such Act. 
(c) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The 
Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more con-
tracts, beginning in fiscal year 2024, for advance procure-
ment associated with the domestically processed rare earth 
elements for which authorization to enter into a multiyear 
procurement contract is provided under subsection (a). 
(d) CONDITION
FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) 
shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after 
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fiscal year 2024 is subject to the availability of appropria-
tions or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘processed’’ means the processing 
or recycling of a rare earth material or magnet, in-
cluding the separation, reduction, metallization, 
alloying, milling, pressing, strip casting, and sinter-
ing of a rare earth element. 
(2) The term ‘‘qualified domestic source’’ 
means a domestic source (as defined in section 702 
of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4552)). 
(3) The term ‘‘rare earth element’’ means any 
of the following: 
(A) Cerium. 
(B) Dysprosium. 
(C) Erbium. 
(D) Europium. 
(E) Gadolinium. 
(F) Holmium. 
(G) Lanthanum. 
(H) Lutetium. 
(I) Neodymium. 
(J) Praseodymium. 
(K) Promethium. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2670 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of 
the Department of Defense and for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 18, 2023 
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Washington) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense and for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Depart-
ment of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024’’. 
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TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2024 for procurement for the Army, the Navy 
and the Marine Corps, the Air Force and the Space Force, 
and Defense-wide activities, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4101. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2024 for the use of the Department of Defense 
for research, development, test, and evaluation, as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4201. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2024 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 
maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 
4301. 
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(A) in subsection (b)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘de-
signed’’ and inserting ‘‘designated’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(4)(A), by striking 
‘‘clause (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’. 
(6) The second section 398 (relating to pilot pro-
gram for sharing cyber capabilities and related infor-
mation with foreign operational partners) is redesig-
nated as section 398a. 
(7) Section 398a, as so redesignated, is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking 
‘‘paragraph (a)’’ inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(1)’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘clause (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
(8) Section 491(c) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
a’’ and inserting ‘‘a’’. 
(9) Section 526a is amended by redesignating 
the second subsection (i) as subsection (j). 
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(67) Swasey Peak (approximately 91,000 
acres). 
(68) The Toad (approximately 11,250 acres). 
(69) Thomas Range (approximately 41,000 
acres). 
(70) 
Tule 
Valley 
(approximately 
102,000 
acres). 
(71) Tule Valley South (approximately 19,000 
acres). 
(72) Tunnel Springs (approximately 23,000 
acres). 
(73) Wah Wah Mountains Central (approxi-
mately 61,000 acres). 
(74) Wah Wah Mountains North (approxi-
mately 93,500 acres). 
(75) Wah Wah Mountains South (approxi-
mately 18,000 acres). 
(76) White Rock Range (approximately 5,000 
acres). 
(77) Wild Horse Pass (approximately 35,750 
acres). 
SEC. 102. GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE WILDERNESS 
AREAS. 
(a) GRAND STAIRCASE AREA.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
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(10) Section 701(l)(1)(B) is amended by redesig-
nating clauses (A) through (B) as clauses (i) through 
(iii). 
(11) Section 1074h(c)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 491 of title 14’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2732 
of title 14’’. 
(12) Section 1076a(d)(1)(E)(i) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘)’’ after ‘‘subsection (e)(3)’’. 
(13) The section heading for section 1090a is 
amended by striking the period after ‘‘disorders’’. 
(14) Section 1090b(e)(1)(B)(ii) is amended by 
striking ‘‘ensure’’ and inserting ‘‘ensuring’’. 
(15) Section 1134a(b) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 491 of title 14’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2732 
of title 14’’. 
(16) Section 1370 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘to’’ be-
fore ‘‘ ‘active duty’ ’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘1370e(e)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘1370(e)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘reference to ‘chapter 
71’ of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘reference to 
‘chapter 71 of this title’ ’’. 
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988 
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(17) Section 1789(c)(3) is amended by striking 
‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(1) or (2)’’. 
(18) Section 2200g(a) is amended by inserting 
‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’. 
(19) Section 2228(c)(2) is amended by striking 
‘‘;;’’ and inserting ‘‘;’’. 
(20) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 134 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 2249. 
(21) Section 2275(g)(3) is amended by striking 
‘‘sections’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’. 
(22) Section 2700(2) is amended by striking 
‘‘The term’’ and inserting ‘‘The terms’’. 
(23) Section 2864(f) is amended by redesignating 
paragraph (6) as paragraph (4). 
(24) Section 2878(f)(2)(D)(iii) is amended by 
striking ‘‘An report’’ and inserting ‘‘A report’’. 
(25) The item relating to section 3106 in the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 205 is 
amended by inserting a period at the end. 
(26) Section 3304(g) is amended by inserting 
‘‘under’’ before ‘‘this section’’. 
(27) Section 3323(b)(2) is amended by striking 
the period after ‘‘notwithstanding’’. 
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under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 
fiscal year 2030, which shall become available 
for obligation on July 1, 2030, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2031; 
‘‘(H) $42,263,698,000 or 31.8 percent of 
the amount determined under paragraph (2), 
whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2031, and 
there are hereby appropriated $33,701,415,000 
or 25.4 percent of the amount determined 
under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 
fiscal year 2031, which shall become available 
for obligation on July 1, 2031, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2032; 
‘‘(I) $48,443,379,000 or 35.7 percent of 
the amount determined under paragraph (2), 
whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2032, and 
there are hereby appropriated $43,258,828,000 
or 31.9 percent of the amount determined 
under paragraph (2), whichever is greater, for 
fiscal year 2032, which shall become available 
for obligation on July 1, 2032, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2033; and 
‘‘(J) $55,526,635,000 or 40.0 percent of 
the amount determined under paragraph (2), 
whichever is greater, for fiscal year 2033 and 
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after the date that is 270 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
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(A) the covered entity has a reasonable be-
lief that the receiving covered entity is suffi-
ciently solvent to compensate victims or pay 
fines for violations of this Act; 
(B) a contract between the covered entity 
and receiving covered entity requires that the 
receiving covered entity complies with this Act, 
and the covered entity has reason to believe the 
receiving covered entity is compliant with this 
Act; and 
(C) a contract between the covered entity 
and the receiving covered entity prohibits the 
receiving covered entity from using the dis-
closed personal information for any purpose 
other than provided in the contract; or 
(2) the covered entity has— 
(A) entered into an agreement with the re-
ceiving covered entity that— 
(i) requires the receiving covered enti-
ty to comply with this Act; 
(ii) prohibits the receiving covered en-
tity from using the disclosed personal in-
formation for any purpose other than pro-
vided in the contract; 
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989 
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(28) Section 3601(b)(4) is amended by inserting 
‘‘note’’ before ‘‘prec.’’. 
(29) Section 3702 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(4) is amended by 
striking ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) of such paragraph’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2) of such sub-
section’’. 
(30) Section 4014(b) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 4142(b) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
4125(b) of this title’’. 
(31) Section 4024 is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 2303(a) of this title’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘section 3063 of this title’’. 
(32) By striking the second section 4094. 
(33) Section 4092(c)(2) is amended by striking 
‘‘the the’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’. 
(34) Section 4273(b)(5)(A) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘4736’’ and inserting ‘‘4376’’. 
(35) Section 4351(c)(1)(B)(iv) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 4355(4) of this title’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (e)(4)’’. 
(36) Section 4820(b) is amended— 
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ice, that the digital service is targeted to chil-
dren, as demonstrated by— 
‘‘(i) the subject matter of the digital 
service; 
‘‘(ii) the visual content of the digital 
service; 
‘‘(iii) the use of animated characters 
or child-oriented activities for children, and 
related incentives, on the digital service; 
‘‘(iv) the music or other audio content 
on the digital service; 
‘‘(v) the age of models on the digital 
service; 
‘‘(vi) the presence on the digital serv-
ice of— 
‘‘(I) child celebrities; or 
‘‘(II) celebrities who appeal to 
children; 
‘‘(vii) the language used on the digital 
service; 
‘‘(viii) advertising content or pro-
motional materials used on, or used to ad-
vertise or promote, the digital service; 
‘‘(ix) reliable empirical evidence relat-
ing to— 
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(B) Paragraph (36)(A)(iii) is amended by 
striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 14043e–2(6))’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 12473(6))’’. 
(2) Section 103(a)(2)(K) of the Workforce In-
novation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3113(a)(2)(K)) is amended by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 
17532)’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 60532)’’. 
(3) Section 121(b)(1)(B)(xii) of the Workforce 
Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3151(b)(1)(B)(xii)) is amended by striking ‘‘(42 
U.S.C. 17532)’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 60532)’’. 
(4) Section 129(a)(1) of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)) is 
amended as follows: 
(A) Subparagraph (B)(iii)(V) is amended 
by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 14043e–2(6))’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 12473(6))’’. 
(B) Subparagraph (C)(iv)(IV) is amended 
by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 14043e–2(6))’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 12473(6))’’. 
(5) Section 144(a)(3)(C) of the Workforce In-
novation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3194(a)(3)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 
14043e–2(6))’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(34 
U.S.C. 
12473(6))’’. 
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(1) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2019 
through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024 through 
2028’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (I), by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (J)(ii), by strik-
ing the period at the end and inserting a 
semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(K) to support the purchase of general 
purpose equipment; or 
‘‘(L) to support the logistics required for 
the redemption of Federal nutrition benefits at 
direct producer-to-consumer markets.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5)(E)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘An eligible entity’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), an eligible entity’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.— 
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(i) Paragraph (1) is amended by 
striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(4))’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(4))’’; 
(ii) Paragraph (2) is amended by 
striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 3796c–1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 10286)’’; and 
(iii) Paragraph (3) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 10282)’’ after ‘‘section 
1202 of such title I’’. 
(17) Section 247 of the Tribal Law and Order 
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–211, 34 U.S.C. 10381 
note) is amended as follows: 
(A) Subsection (b) is amended by striking 
‘‘(42 U.S.C. 3796dd)’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 
U.S.C. 10381)’’. 
(B) Subsection (d)(2) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 3796dd)’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 
U.S.C. 10381)’’. 
(18) Section 2001(d)(2)(A)(i) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10441(d)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking 
‘‘(42 U.S.C. 13925(a))’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 
12291(a))’’. 
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(C) the economic and educational outcomes 
of such activities; 
(D) the types of information that sister 
city partnerships make publicly available, in-
cluding information relating to contracts and 
activities; 
(E) the means by which United States 
communities safeguard freedom of expression 
within sister city partnerships; and 
(F) the oversight practices that United 
States communities implement to mitigate the 
risks of foreign espionage and economic coer-
cion within sister city partnerships; 
(2) assess— 
(A) the extent to which United States com-
munities ensure transparency regarding sister 
city partnership contracts and activities; 
(B) the extent to which sister city partner-
ships involve economic arrangements that make 
United States communities vulnerable to malign 
market practices; 
(C) the extent to which sister city partner-
ships involve educational arrangements that di-
minish the freedom of expression; 
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ernmental Affairs of the Senate an evaluation of 
such report. 
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‘‘(B) The approximately 6.7-mile segment 
from Graves Creek to Cannings Creek, as a sce-
nic river. 
‘‘(C) The approximately 1.0-mile segment 
from Cannings Creek to private land in T. 24 
N., R. 8 W., sec. 33, as a recreational river. 
‘‘(246) QUEETS
RIVER, 
WASHINGTON.—The 
segment of the Queets River from the headwaters to 
the Olympic National Park boundary to be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of the Interior, except that 
portions of the river outside the boundaries of Olym-
pic National Park shall be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, including the following seg-
ments of the mainstem and certain tributaries in the 
following classes: 
‘‘(A) The approximately 28.6-mile segment 
of the Queets River from the headwaters to the 
confluence with Sams River, as a wild river. 
‘‘(B) The approximately 16.0-mile segment 
of the Queets River from the confluence with 
Sams River to the Olympic National Park 
boundary, as a scenic river. 
‘‘(C) The approximately 15.7-mile segment 
of the Sams River from the headwaters to the 
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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3848 
AN ACT 
To make certain improvements in the laws adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relat-
ing to homelessness, and for other purposes.
‘‘(C) upon receipt of an allegation by the 
petitioner pursuant to section 703(e), shall 
make a determination under section 703(e) with 
respect to the investigation; 
‘‘(D) shall issue a final determination 
under section 705(a) not later than 75 days 
after issuing the preliminary determination 
under subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(E) shall extend the date of the final de-
termination under section 705(a) if requested 
by the petitioner; and 
‘‘(2) with respect to a successive investigation 
under section 732(f)— 
‘‘(A) shall issue a preliminary determina-
tion under section 733(b) not later than 140 
days after initiating the investigation; 
‘‘(B) may not postpone under section 
733(c) such deadline for the issuance of a pre-
liminary determination unless requested by the 
petitioner; 
‘‘(C) upon receipt of an allegation by the 
petitioner pursuant to section 733(e), shall 
make a determination under section 733(e) with 
respect to the investigation; 
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