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(4) an explanation of any organizational or 
other changes to the Air Force carried out to ad-
dress such physiological episodes. 
(c) COVERED AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered aircraft’’ means— 
(1) F–35A aircraft of the Air Force; 
(2) T–6A aircraft of the Air Force; and 
(3) any other aircraft of the Air Force as deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Air Force. 
SEC. 224. BRIEFING ON USE OF QUANTUM SCIENCES FOR 
MILITARY APPLICATIONS AND OTHER PUR-
POSES. 
(a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense com-
mittees a briefing on the strategy of the Secretary for 
using quantum sciences for military applications and other 
purposes. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The briefing under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) a description of the knowledge-base of the 
Department of Defense with respect to quantum 
sciences, plans to defend against quantum based at-
tacks, and any plans of the Secretary of Defense to 
enhance such knowledge-base; 
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(2) a plan that describes how the Secretary in-
tends to use quantum sciences for military applica-
tions and to meet other needs of the Department; 
and 
(3) an assessment of the efforts of foreign pow-
ers to use quantum sciences for military applications 
and other purposes. 
(c) FORM OF BRIEFING.—The briefing under sub-
section (a) may be provided in classified or unclassified 
form. 
SEC. 225. REPORT ON DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT EXPERI-
MENTAL. 
Not later than May 1, 2019, the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Research and Engineering shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on Defense In-
novation Unit Experimental (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Unit’’). Such a report shall include the following: 
(1) The integration of the Unit into the broader 
Department of Defense research and engineering 
community to coordinate and de-conflict activities of 
the Unit with similar activities of the military de-
partments, Defense Agencies, Department of De-
fense laboratories, the Defense Advanced Research 
Project Agency, and other entities. 
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(2) The metrics used to measure the effective-
ness of the Unit and the results of these metrics. 
(3) The number and types of transitions by the 
Unit to the military departments or fielded to the 
warfighter. 
(4) The use of other transaction authority by 
the Unit to include the process, procedures, docu-
mentation, and oversight of awards made using such 
authority. 
(5) The impact of the Unit’s initiatives, out-
reach, and investments on Department of Defense 
access to technology leaders and technology not oth-
erwise accessible to the Department including— 
(A) identification of the number of non- 
traditional companies with Department of De-
fense contracts resulting directly from the 
Unit’s initiatives, investments, or outreach; 
(B) the number of innovations delivered 
into the hands of the warfighter; and 
(C) how the Department is notifying its in-
ternal components about participation in the 
Unit. 
(6) How the Department of Defense is docu-
menting and institutionalizing lessons learned and 
best practices of the Unit to alleviate the systematic 
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problems with technology access and timely contract 
execution. 
SEC. 226. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR DIVERTOR TEST 
TOKAMAK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division G, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 7701 for Depart-
ment of Energy National Security Programs, as specified 
in the corresponding funding table in section 7701, for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, inertial con-
finement fusion ignition and high yield, is hereby in-
creased by $3,000,000 (to be used for divertor test 
tokamak research and development). 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division G, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 7101 for procurement, as 
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 
7101, for procurement of ammunition, Air Force, flares 
(Line 015) is hereby reduced by $3,000,000. 
SEC. 227. BRIEFING ON INNOVATIVE MOBILE SECURITY 
TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that— 
(1) government-owned mobile technologies re-
main at risk for targeting or data breaches placing 
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at risk information that could harm national secu-
rity; and 
(2) further, these vulnerabilities exist because 
current technologies do not possess the necessary se-
curity features required to mitigate the threats of 
credential theft, active surveillance from micro-
phones and cameras, and tracking of user move-
ments and location. 
(b) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a briefing on— 
(1) threats posed by credential theft, active sur-
veillance from microphones and cameras, and track-
ing of user movements and location; 
(2) the commercial availability of technologies 
to mitigate these threats; and 
(3) strategies and feasibilities of deploying mo-
bile security technologies within the Department. 
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SEC. 228. MODIFICATION OF FUNDING CRITERIA UNDER 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNI-
VERSITIES 
AND 
MINORITY 
INSTITUTIONS 
PROGRAM. 
Section 2362(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘Pri-
ority’’ and inserting ‘‘Criteria’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘give priority in providing’’ and 
inserting ‘‘limit’’. 
SEC. 229. REPORT ON OA–X LIGHT ATTACK AIRCRAFT AP-
PLICABILITY TO PARTNER NATION SUPPORT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than February 1, 
2019, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the OA–X 
light attack aircraft experiment and how the program in-
corporates partner nation requirements. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include a description of— 
(1) how the OA–X light attack experiment will 
support partner nations’ low-cost counter terrorism 
light attack capability; 
(2) the extent to which the attributes of afford-
ability, interoperability, sustainability, simplicity of 
maintenance and operations are included in the re-
quirements for the OA–X; and 
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(3) how Federal Aviation Administration certifi-
cation and a reasonable path for military type cer-
tifications for commercial derivative aircraft are 
factored into foreign military sales for a partner na-
tion. 
SEC. 230. FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CANINE PLAS-
MA FOR HEMORRHAGIC CONTROL. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division G, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, as speci-
fied in the corresponding funding table in section 7201, 
for the United States Special Operations Command is 
hereby increased by $5,000,000 for the development of 
freeze-dried canine plasma for hemorrhagic control. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division G, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 101 for procurement, De-
fense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 7101, for the United States Special Operations 
Command is hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 
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SEC. 231. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PARTNERSHIPS FOR 
NEXT GENERATION HYPERSONICS CAPABILI-
TIES. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the 
Air Force should consider entering into long-term partner-
ships with institutions of higher education, similar to the 
partnerships between such institutions and the Army and 
the Navy, to conduct research and science and engineering 
education for next generation hypersonics capabilities. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are here by authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2019 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 
7301. 
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Subtitle B—Energy and 
Environment 
SEC. 311. INCLUSION OF CONSIDERATION OF ENERGY AND 
CLIMATE RESILIENCY EFFORTS IN MASTER 
PLANS FOR MAJOR MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS. 
Section 2864 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) energy and climate resiliency efforts.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘energy and climate resiliency’ 
means anticipation, preparation for, and adaptation 
to utility disruptions and changing environmental 
conditions and the ability to withstand, respond to 
and recover rapidly from utility disruptions while en-
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suring the sustainment of mission-critical oper-
ations.’’. 
SEC. 312. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF ELECTRICAL 
ENERGY DERIVED FROM GEOTHERMAL RE-
SOURCES FOR PROJECTS AT MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS WHERE RESOURCES ARE LO-
CATED. 
Subsection (b) of section 2916 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Proceeds’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
proceeds’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In the case of proceeds from a sale of electrical 
energy generated from any geothermal energy resource— 
‘‘(A) 50 percent shall be credited to the appro-
priation account described in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) 50 percent shall be deposited in a special 
account in the Treasury established by the Secretary 
concerned which shall be available, for military con-
struction projects described in paragraph (2) or for 
installation energy or water security projects directly 
coordinated with local area energy or groundwater 
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governing authorities, for the military installation in 
which the geothermal energy resource is located.’’. 
SEC. 313. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZED PERIODS OF PER-
MITTED INCIDENTAL TAKINGS OF MARINE 
MAMMALS IN THE COURSE OF SPECIFIED AC-
TIVITIES BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protec-
tion Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Upon request’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided by clause (ii), 
upon request’’; 
(2) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as 
clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (i) the following 
new clause (ii): 
‘‘(ii) In the case of a request described in clause (i) 
made by the Department of Defense, such clause shall be 
applied— 
‘‘(I) in the matter preceding clause (I), by sub-
stituting ‘ten consecutive years’ for ‘five consecutive 
years’; and 
‘‘(II) in clause (I), by substituting ‘ten-year’ for 
‘five-year’.’’. 
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SEC. 314. STATE MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF 
SPECIES. 
(a) SAGE-GROUSE AND PRAIRIE-CHICKEN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 10-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the conservation status of each of the Greater Sage- 
grouse (Centrocerus urophasianus) and the Lesser 
Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) under 
section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533) shall be not-warranted for listing. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT DETERMINATIONS.—In deter-
mining conservation efficacy for purposes of making 
any determination of such status after such 10-year 
period, the Secretary of the Interior shall fully con-
sider all conservation actions of States, Federal 
agencies, and military installations. 
(b) AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE.—Notwithstanding 
the final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice entitled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for the 
American Burying Beetle’’ (54 Fed. Reg. 29652 (July 13, 
1989)), the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus 
americanus) may not be listed as a threatened species or 
endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
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(c) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of statute or regulation, this section shall not 
be subject to judicial review. 
SEC. 315. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL 
RESTORATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The Department of Defense has identified 
nearly 39,500 sites that fall under the installation 
restoration program sites and munitions response 
sites. 
(2) The installation response program addresses 
contamination from hazardous substances, pollut-
ants, or contaminants and active military installa-
tions, formerly used defense site properties, and base 
realignment and closure locations in the United 
States. 
(3) Munitions response sites are known or sus-
pected to contain unexploded ordnance, discarded 
military munitions, or munitions constitutes are ad-
dressed through the military munitions response 
program. 
(4) The installation restoration program sites 
and munitions response sites have had significant 
impacts on state and local governments that have 
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had to bear the increased costs of environmental 
degradation, notably groundwater contamination, 
and local populations that have had to live with the 
consequences of contaminated drinking, including in-
creased health concerns and decreasing property val-
ues. 
(5) Through the end of fiscal year 2017, the 
Department of Defense had achieved response com-
plete at 86 percent of installation restoration pro-
gram sites and munitions response sites, but 
projects that it will fall short of meeting its goal of 
90 percent by the end of fiscal year 2018. 
(6) The fiscal year 2019 budget request for en-
vironmental restoration and base realignment and 
closure amounted to nearly $1,318,320,000, a de-
crease of $53,429,000 from the amount authorized 
in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91). 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the environmental restoration and base re-
alignment and closure programs are important for 
the protection of the environment, the health of the 
military and civilian personnel and their families 
who live and work on military installations, to en-
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sure that current and legacy military operations do 
not adversely affect the health or environments of 
surrounding communities; 
(2) the Department of Defense and the Armed 
Forces should seek to reduce the financial burden on 
state and local government who are bearing signifi-
cant costs of cleanup stemming from defense related 
activities; 
(3) the Department of Defense and the Armed 
Forces should expedite and streamline cleanup at lo-
cations where contamination is having a direct im-
pact on civilian access to clean drinking water; 
(4) the Department of Defense and the Armed 
Forces should continue to engage with and help 
allay local community concerns about the safety of 
the drinking water due to environmental degradation 
caused by defense related activities; and 
(5) the Department of Defense should seek op-
portunities to accelerate environmental restoration 
efforts where feasible, to include programming addi-
tional resources for response actions, investing in 
technology solutions that may expedite response ac-
tions, improving contracting procedures, increasing 
contracting capacity, and seeking opportunities for 
partnerships and other cooperative approaches. 
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(c) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Energy, Installations, and Environment shall 
provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and House of Representatives on initiatives 
being pursued to accelerate environmental restoration ef-
forts. 
SEC. 316. PRODUCTION AND USE OF NATURAL GAS AT 
FORT KNOX. 
(a) PRODUCTION AND USE OF NATURAL GAS AT 
FORT KNOX.—Chapter 449 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 4782. Natural gas: production, treatment, manage-
ment, and use at Fort Knox, Kentucky 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—(1) The Secretary of the Army 
may provide for the production, treatment, management, 
and use of natural gas located under Fort Knox, Ken-
tucky, without regard to section 3 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 352). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary is authorized to enter into a con-
tract with an appropriate entity to carry out paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USES.—Any natural gas pro-
duced under subsection (a) may be used only to support 
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activities and operations at Fort Knox and may not be 
sold for use elsewhere. 
‘‘(c) OWNERSHIP OF FACILITIES.—The Secretary of 
the Army may take ownership of any gas production and 
treatment equipment and facilities and associated infra-
structure from an entity with which the Secretary has en-
tered into a contract under subsection (a) in accordance 
with the terms of the contract. 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—The authority of the Sec-
retary of the Army under this section is effective as of 
August 2, 2007.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘4782. Natural gas: production, treatment, management, and use at Fort Knox, 
Kentucky.’’. 
SEC. 317. EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL DEFENSE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 136 of title 10, United 
States Code, as amended by section 851, is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2284. EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL DEFENSE 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out a program to be known as the ‘Explosive Ord-
nance Disposal Defense Program’ (in this section referred 
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to as the ‘Program’) under which the Secretary shall en-
sure close and continuous coordination between military 
departments on matters relating to explosive ordnance dis-
posal support for commanders of geographic and func-
tional combatant commands. 
‘‘(b) ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND
AUTHORI-
TIES.—The plan under subsection (a) shall include provi-
sions under which— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(A) assign the responsibility for the direc-
tion, coordination, integration of the explosive 
ordnance disposal defense program within the 
Department of Defense; 
‘‘(B) designate the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, Biological De-
fense Programs as the key individual for the ex-
plosive ordnance disposal defense program that 
develops and oversees policy, plans, programs 
and budgets, and issues guidance and provides 
direction on Department of Defense explosive 
ordnance disposal activities; 
‘‘(C) designate the Secretary of the Navy, 
or a designee of the Secretary’s choice, as the 
executive agent for the Department of Defense 
that provides oversight of the joint program ex-
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ecutive officer whom coordinates and integrates 
joint requirements for explosive ordnance dis-
posal and carries out joint research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation and procurement ac-
tivities on behalf of the military departments 
and combatant commands with respect to explo-
sive ordnance disposal; 
‘‘(D) designate the Director of the Defense 
Threat Reduction Agency as the responsible 
combat support agency that will exercise fund 
management responsibility of the Department 
of Defense-Wide Program Element for explosive 
ordnance disposal research, development, test 
and evaluation, transactions other than con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, and grants re-
lated to section 2371 of title 10 during research 
projects including rapid prototyping and limited 
procurement urgent activities, and acquisition; 
‘‘(E) designate an Army explosive ord-
nance disposal-qualified general officer as the 
responsible senior leader of the Defense Threat 
Reduction Agency’s Joint Improvised-Threat 
Defeat Organization that serves as the Chair-
man of the Department of Defense explosive 
ordnance disposal defense program board; 
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‘‘(2) the Secretary of each military department 
shall assess the needs of the military department 
concerned with respect to explosive ordnance dis-
posal and may carry out research, development, test 
and evaluation activities, including other trans-
actions and procurement activities to address mili-
tary department unique needs such as weapon sys-
tems, manned and unmanned vehicles and platforms, 
cyber and communication equipment and the inte-
gration of explosive ordnance disposal sets, kits and 
outfits and department’s developed explosive ord-
nance disposal tools, equipment, sets, kits and out-
fits. 
‘‘(c) 
ANNUAL
BUDGET
JUSTIFICATION
DOCU-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress with the defense budget materials a con-
solidated budget justification display, in classified 
and unclassified form, that includes all of activities 
of the Department of Defense relating to the Pro-
gram. 
‘‘(2) The budget display under paragraph (1) 
for a fiscal year shall include a single program ele-
ment for each of the following: 
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‘‘(A) Civilian and military pay. 
‘‘(B) Research, development, test, and 
evaluation. 
‘‘(C) Procurement. 
‘‘(D) Other transaction agreements. 
‘‘(E) Military construction. 
‘‘(3) The budget display shall include funding 
data for each of the military department’s respective 
activities related to explosive ordnance disposal, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) operations and maintenance; and 
‘‘(B) overseas contingency operations. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘explosive ordnance’ means any 
munitions containing explosives, nuclear fission or 
fusion materials, or biological or chemical agents, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) bombs and warheads; 
‘‘(B) guided and ballistic missiles; 
‘‘(C) artillery, mortar, rocket, and small 
arms munitions; 
‘‘(D) mines, torpedoes, and depth charges; 
‘‘(E) demolition charges; 
‘‘(F) pyrotechnics; 
‘‘(G) clusters and dispensers; 
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‘‘(H) cartridge and propellant actuated de-
vices; 
‘‘(I) electro-explosives devices; 
‘‘(J) clandestine and improvised explosive 
devices, including improvised nuclear, chemical 
and biological devices; and 
‘‘(K) similar or related items or compo-
nents explosive in nature. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘disposal’ means, with respect to 
explosive ordnance, the assessment, sampling, detec-
tion, identification, verification, field evaluation, de-
feat, disablement, neutralization, or rendering-safe, 
war-head packaging, recovery, exploitation, and final 
disposition of ordnance.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter, as amended by section 
851, is further amended by adding at end the following 
new section: 
‘‘2284. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Defense Program.’’. 
SEC. 318. JOINT STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF WIND FARMS 
ON WEATHER RADARS AND MILITARY OPER-
ATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
enter into an arrangement with the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to conduct a study on the im-
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pact wind farms have on weather radars and subsequently 
Department of Defense operations and readiness. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The potential impacts of wind farms on 
NEXRAD radars and other Federal radars used by 
the Department of Defense, the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, and the National 
Weather Service for weather forecasts and warnings. 
(2) The subsequent impacts of wind farms on 
Department of Defense aviation readiness, includ-
ing— 
(A) Department of Defense air traffic con-
trol radars; 
(B) minimum vectoring altitudes, in par-
ticular around military flight training bases; 
(C) air-to-ground drop zones; 
(D) 
air-to-ground 
bombing 
and 
test 
ranges; 
(E) military operating areas that extend to 
the surface; 
(F) military training routes; 
(G) over-the-horizon radars; and 
(H) Department of Defense weather ra-
dars. 
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(3) Examples of when interference from the 
wind farms has affected the ability of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to forecast 
or warn for dangerous weather. 
(4) Recommendations to reduce, mitigate, or 
eliminate the potential impacts. 
(5) An analysis of the distance that wind tur-
bines need to be away from the radars to ensure no 
impact. 
(6) Recommendations for addressing the im-
pacts to NEXRADs and weather radar due to in-
creasing turbine heights. 
(7) Recommendations to reduce or eliminate 
impacts of existing wind turbines, including those 
projects that are being repowered by developers to 
increase turbine heights. 
(8) Recommendations to ensure wind farms do 
not impact the ability of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric 
Administration 
and 
the 
National 
Weather Service to warn or forecast hazardous 
weather. 
(9) The cumulative impacts of multiple wind 
farms near a single radar on the ability of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and 
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the National Weather Service to warn or forecast 
hazardous weather. 
(10) Recommendations to reduce or eliminate 
the cumulative impacts of multiple wind farms. 
(11) An analysis of whether certain wind tur-
bine projects, based on project layout, turbine ori-
entation, number of turbines, density of turbines, 
proximity to radar, or turbine height result in great-
er impacts to the missions of Department of De-
fense, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration, and the National Weather Service, and 
if so, how can those projects be better cited to re-
duce or eliminate NEXRAD impacts. 
(c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 12 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the study conducted pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 319. CORE SAMPLING AT JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, 
TEXAS. 
(a) SITE INVESTIGATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
of the Air Force shall conduct a core sampling study along 
the proposed route of the W–6 wastewater treatment line 
on Air Force real property, in compliance with best engi-
neering practices, to determine if any regulated or haz-
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ardous substances are present in the soil along the pro-
posed route. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a report on the results of the core samples taken pursuant 
to subsection (a). 
Subtitle C—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 321. EXAMINATION OF NAVAL VESSELS. 
Section 7304(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) Any naval vessel examined under this section on 
or after October 1, 2019, shall be examined without prior 
notice provided to the crew of the vessel. 
‘‘(3) Any report generated relating to an examination 
under this section shall be unclassified and made publicly 
available.’’. 
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SEC. 322. OVERHAUL AND REPAIR OF NAVAL VESSELS IN 
FOREIGN SHIPYARDS. 
(a) TREATMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS WITHOUT DES-
IGNATED
HOMEPORTS.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 
7310 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘For the pur-
pose of this section, a naval vessel that does not have a 
designated homeport shall be treated in the same manner 
as a vessel with a homeport in the United States or 
Guam.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF VOYAGE REPAIR.—Such section 
is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘as 
defined’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Volume 
III’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (5); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered naval vessel’ means any 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) A naval vessel. 
‘‘(B) Any other vessel under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of the Navy. 
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‘‘(C) A vessel not described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B) that is operated pursuant to 
a contract entered into by the Secretary of the 
Navy and the Maritime Administration or the 
United States Transportation Command in sup-
port of Department of Defense operations. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘voyage repair’ means repair per-
formed solely for the corrective maintenance of mis-
sion or safety essential items necessary for a vessel 
to deploy or continue its deployment.’’. 
SEC. 323. LIMITATION ON LENGTH OF OVERSEAS FORWARD 
DEPLOYMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS. 
(a) LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 633 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7320. Limitation on length of overseas forward de-
ployment of naval vessels 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy shall 
ensure that no naval vessel is forward deployed overseas 
for a period in excess of ten years. At the end of a period 
of overseas forward deployment, the vessel shall be as-
signed a homeport in the United States. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Navy may waive 
the limitation under subsection (a) with respect to a naval 
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vessel if the Secretary submits to the congressional de-
fense committees notice in writing of— 
‘‘(1) the waiver of such limitation with respect 
to the vessel; 
‘‘(2) the date on which the period of overseas 
forward deployment of the vessel is expected to end; 
and 
‘‘(3) the factors used by the Secretary to deter-
mine that a longer period of deployment would pro-
mote the national defense or be in the public inter-
est.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘7320. Limitation on length of overseas forward deployment of naval vessels.’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CURRENTLY DEPLOYED VES-
SELS.—In the case of any naval vessel that has been for-
ward deployed overseas for a period in excess of ten years 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Navy shall ensure that such vessel is assigned a 
homeport in the United States by not later than three 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall provide to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives a briefing on the plan of the Secretary for the rota-
tion of forward deployed naval vessels. 
SEC. 324. TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF WORKLOAD CAR-
RYOVER FORMULA. 
During the period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2021, in 
carrying out chapter 9, volume 2B (relating to Instruc-
tions for the Preparation of Exhibit Fund-11a Carryover 
Reconciliation) of Department of Defense regulation 
7000.14-R, entitled ‘‘Financial Management Regulation 
(FMR)’’, in addition to any other applicable exemptions, 
the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that with respect 
to each military department depot or arsenal, outlay 
rates— 
(1) reflect the timing of when during a fiscal 
year appropriations have historically funded work-
load; and 
(2) account for the varying repair cycle times of 
the workload supported. 
SEC. 325. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR IMPLEMEN-
TATION OF ELEMENTS OF MASTER PLAN FOR 
REDEVELOPMENT OF FORMER SHIP REPAIR 
FACILITY IN GUAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
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this Act or otherwise made available for the Navy for fiscal 
year 2019 may be obligated or expended for any construc-
tion, alteration, repair, or development of the real property 
consisting of the Former Ship Repair Facility in Guam. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation under subsection 
(a) does not apply to any project that directly supports 
depot-level ship maintenance capabilities, including the 
mooring of a floating dry dock. 
(c) FORMER SHIP REPAIR FACILITY IN GUAM.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘Former Ship Repair Facility in 
Guam’’ means the property identified by that name under 
the base realignment and closure authority carried out 
under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 
1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 
USC 2687 note). 
SEC. 326. BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS FOR PROPOSED RELO-
CATION OF J85 ENGINE REGIONAL REPAIR 
CENTER. 
(a) BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of 
the Air Force shall prepare a business case analysis on 
the proposed relocation of the J85 Engine Regional Re-
pair Center. Such analysis shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An overview of each alternative considered 
for the J85 Engine Regional Repair Center. 
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(2) The one-time and annual costs associated 
with each such alternative. 
(3) The effect of each such alternative on work-
load capacity, capability, schedule, throughput, and 
costs. 
(4) The effect of each such alternative on Gov-
ernment-furnished parts, components, and equip-
ment, including mitigation strategies to address 
known limitations to T38 production throughput, es-
pecially such limitations caused by Government-fur-
nished parts, equipment, or transportation. 
(5) The effect of each such alternative on the 
transition of the Air Force to the T-X training air-
craft. 
(6) A detailed rationale for the selection of an 
alternative considered as part of the business case 
analysis under this section. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RELOCA-
TION.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act, or otherwise made available for the Air Force, 
may be obligated or expended for any action to relocate 
the J85 Engine Regional Repair Center until the date that 
is 150 days after the date on which the Secretary of the 
Air Force provides to the Committees on Armed Services 
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of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on 
the business case analysis required by subsection (a). 
SEC. 327. ARMY ADVANCED AND ADDITIVE MANUFAC-
TURING CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of the Army shall 
establish a Center of Excellence on Advanced and Additive 
Manufacturing at an arsenal (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the 
Center’’). 
(b) PURPOSES.—The Center established in section 
(a) shall— 
(1) support the efforts of the Army to imple-
ment advanced and additive manufacturing tech-
niques and capabilities across the Army industrial 
facilities (as defined by section 4544(j) of title 10, 
United States Code); 
(2) identify improvements to sustainment meth-
ods for component parts and other logistics needs; 
(3) identify and implement appropriate cyber 
protections to ensure viability of advanced and addi-
tive manufacturing within the Army organic indus-
trial base in consultation with the Army Cyber Cen-
ter of Excellence and other appropriate government 
and private sector entities; and 
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(4) aid in the procurement of advanced and ad-
ditive manufacturing equipment and support services 
including training. 
(c) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army 
may use public-private partnerships and other trans-
actional activity pursuant to section 2371 of title 10, 
United States Code, with covered entities to facili-
tate the development of advanced and additive man-
ufacturing techniques in support of Army industrial 
facilities. 
(2) TERMS
OF
PARTNERSHIPS
AND
AGREE-
MENTS.—Public-private 
partnerships 
and 
other 
transactional activity under paragraph (1)— 
(A) shall facilitate development and imple-
mentation of advanced and additive manufac-
turing techniques and capabilities that support 
the Army organic industrial base; 
(B) may support necessary workforce de-
velopment and support efforts to sustain ad-
vanced and additive manufacturing in the Army 
organic industrial base; 
(C) shall facilitate appropriate sharing of 
information in the adaptation of advanced and 
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additive manufacturing into the Army organic 
industrial base; 
(D) shall facilitate implementation of ap-
propriate cyber protections into advanced and 
additive manufacturing tools and techniques; 
and 
(E) may include the use of on-the-job 
training to ensure participants are able to learn 
the skills necessary for successful careers in ad-
ditive manufacturing. 
(d) DEFINITION OF COVERED ENTITY.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered entity’’ includes— 
(1) community and technical colleges; 
(2) research universities; 
(3) State and local governments; 
(4) economic development entities; 
(5) non-profit technical associations in ad-
vanced manufacturing; and 
(6) non-profit organizations with a focus on im-
proving the defense industrial base. 
SEC. 328. REPORT ON PILOT PROGRAM FOR MICRO-REAC-
TORS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
develop and submit to the Committee on Armed Services 
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and the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed 
Services and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources in the Senate a report describing the requirements 
for, and components of, a pilot program to provide resil-
ience for critical national security infrastructure at De-
partment of Defense and Department of Energy facilities 
by contracting with a commercial entity to site, construct, 
and operate at least one licensed micro-reactor at a facility 
identified under the report by December 31, 2027. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—As necessary to develop the re-
port required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
consult with— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense; 
(2) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and 
(3) the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) identification of potential locations to site, 
construct, and operate a micro-reactor at a Depart-
ment of Defense or Department of Energy facility 
that contains critical national security infrastructure 
that the Secretary determines may not be energy re-
silient; 
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(2) assessments of different nuclear tech-
nologies to provide energy resiliency for critical na-
tional security infrastructure; 
(3) a survey of potential commercial stake-
holders with which to enter into a contract under the 
pilot program to construct and operate a licensed 
micro-reactor; 
(4) options to enter into long-term contracting, 
including various financial mechanisms for such pur-
pose; 
(5) identification of requirements for micro-re-
actors to provide energy resilience to mission-critical 
functions at facilities identified under paragraph (1); 
(6) an estimate of the costs of the pilot pro-
gram; 
(7) a timeline with milestones for the pilot pro-
gram; 
(8) an analysis of the existing authority of the 
Department of Energy and Department of Defense 
to permit the siting, construction, and operation of 
a micro-reactor; and 
(9) recommendations for any legislative changes 
to the authorities analyzed under paragraph (8) nec-
essary for the Department of Energy and the De-
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partment of Defense to permit the siting, construc-
tion, and operation of a micro-reactor. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘critical national security infra-
structure’’ means any site or installation that the 
Secretary of Energy or the Secretary of Defense de-
termines supports critical mission functions of the 
national security enterprise. 
(2) The term ‘‘licensed’’ means holding a li-
cense under section 103 or 104 of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954. 
(3) The term ‘‘micro-reactor’’ means a nuclear 
reactor that has a power production capacity that is 
not greater than 50 megawatts. 
(4) The term ‘‘pilot program’’ means the pilot 
program described in subsection (a). 
(5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means Secretary of 
Energy. 
(e) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified appendix. 
(f) LIMITATIONS.—This Act does not authorize the 
Department of Energy or Department of Defense to enter 
into a contract with respect to the pilot program. 
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SEC. 329. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF INCREASED AUTOMA-
TION OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE ON 
MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to Congress a report on the effects of the increased auto-
mation of the defense industrial base over the ten-year pe-
riod beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. Such report shall include, 
for the period covered by the report— 
(1) an estimate of the number of jobs in the 
United States manufacturing workforce expected to 
be eliminated due to automation in the defense sec-
tor; 
(2) an analysis describing any new types of jobs 
that are expected to be established as a result of an 
increasingly automated process, including an esti-
mate of the number of these types of jobs that are 
expected to be created; 
(3) an analysis of the potential threats to the 
national security of the United States that are 
unique to the automation of the defense industry; 
(4) a strategy to assist in providing workforce 
training and transition preparation for workers who 
may lose manufacturing jobs in the defense industry 
due to automation; 
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(5) a description of any training necessary for 
workers affected by automation to more easily tran-
sition to new types of jobs within the defense manu-
facturing industry; and 
(6) any actions taken, or planned to be taken, 
by the Department of Defense to assist in worker 
transition. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
SEC. 331. MATTERS FOR INCLUSION IN QUARTERLY RE-
PORTS ON PERSONNEL AND UNIT READI-
NESS. 
Section 482 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘de-
ficiency’’ the following: ‘‘in the ground, sea, air, 
space, and cyber forces, and in such other such 
areas as determined by the Secretary of Defense,’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘ASSIGNED MISSION’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (3); 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
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(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) A report for the second or fourth quarter 
of a calendar year under this section shall also in-
clude an assessment by each commander of a geo-
graphic or functional combatant command of the 
readiness of the command to conduct operations in 
a multidomain battle that integrates ground, air, 
sea, space, and cyber forces.’’. 
SEC. 332. ANNUAL COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEWS OF 
READINESS OF ARMED FORCES TO CONDUCT 
FULL SPECTRUM OPERATIONS. 
(a) REVIEWS REQUIRED.—For each of calendar 
years 2018 through 2021, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct an annual review of the readi-
ness of the Armed Forces to conduct each of the following 
types of full spectrum operations: 
(1) Ground. 
(2) Sea. 
(3) Air. 
(4) Space. 
(5) Cyber. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REVIEW.—In conducting a review 
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall— 
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SEC. 813. REPEAL OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Title 10, United States Code, is amended as fol-
lows: 
(1) SECTION 118A.—Section 118a is amended 
by striking subsection (d). 
(2) SECTION 1116.—Section 1116 is amended 
by striking subsection (d). 
(3) SECTION 2275.— 
(A) REPEAL.—Section 2275 is repealed. 
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 135 is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
2275. 
(4) SECTION 2276.—Section 2276 is amended 
by striking subsection (e). 
(5) SECTION 10543.— 
(A) REPEAL.—Section 10543 is repealed. 
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 1013 is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
10543. 
(b) NDAA FOR FY 2007.—Section 122 of the John 
Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2104), as 
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