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In the Senate of the United States, 
December 12, 2012. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4310) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize appropria-
tions for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other pur-
poses.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 
CONTENTS. 
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into seven divi-
sions as follows: 
(1) Division A–Department of Defense Author-
izations.
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(2) Division B–Military Construction Authoriza-
tions. 
(3) Division C–Department of Energy National 
Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations. 
(4) Division D–Funding Tables. 
(5) Division E–Housing Assistance for Veterans. 
(6) Division F–Stolen Valor Act. 
(7) Division G–Miscellaneous. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees. 
Sec. 4. Scoring of budgetary effects. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for Army CH–47F helicopters. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
Sec. 121. Refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. 
Sec. 122. Ford class aircraft carriers. 
Sec. 123. Limitation on availability of amounts for second Ford class aircraft 
carrier. 
Sec. 124. Multiyear procurement authority for Virginia class submarine program. 
Sec. 125. Multiyear procurement authority for Arleigh Burke class destroyers and 
associated systems. 
Sec. 126. Authority for relocation of certain AEGIS weapon system assets be-
tween and within the DDG–51 class destroyer and AEGIS 
Ashore programs in order to meet mission requirements. 
Sec. 127. Designation of mission modules of the Littoral Combat Ship as a major 
defense acquisition program. 
Sec. 128. Transfer of certain fiscal year 2012 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy 
and Marine Corps funds. 
Sec. 129. Transfer of certain fiscal year 2012 Procurement, Marine Corps funds 
for procurement of weapons and combat vehicles.
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Sec. 130. Sense of Congress on Marine Corps amphibious lift and presence re-
quirements. 
Sec. 131. Sense of Senate on Department of Navy fiscal year 2014 budget request 
for tactical aviation aircraft. 
Sec. 132. SPIDERNet/Spectral Warrior Hardware. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
Sec. 141. Reduction in number of aircraft required to be maintained in strategic 
airlift aircraft inventory. 
Sec. 142. Treatment of certain programs for the F–22A Raptor aircraft as major 
defense acquisition programs. 
Sec. 143. Avionics systems for C–130 aircraft. 
Sec. 144. Procurement of space-based infrared system satellites. 
Sec. 145. Transfer of certain fiscal year 2011 and 2012 funds for Aircraft Pro-
curement for the Air Force. 
Subtitle E—Joint and Multiservice Matters 
Sec. 151. Multiyear procurement authority for V–22 joint aircraft program. 
Sec. 152. Limitation on availability of funds for full-rate production of 
Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form/Fit radios under the 
Joint Tactical Radio System program. 
Sec. 153. Shallow Water Combat Submersible program. 
Sec. 154. AC–130 aircraft electro-optical and infrared sensors. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 211. Next Generation Foundry for the Defense Microelectronics Activity. 
Sec. 212. Advanced rotorcraft initiative. 
Sec. 213. Transfer of certain fiscal year 2012 Navy research, development, test, 
and evaluation funds. 
Sec. 214. Authority for Department of Defense laboratories to enter into education 
partnerships with educational institutions in United States ter-
ritories and possessions. 
Sec. 215. Transfer of certain fiscal year 2012 Air Force research, development, 
test, and evaluation funds. 
Sec. 216. Relocation of C–band radar from Antigua to H.E. Holt Station in 
Western Australia to enhance space situational awareness capa-
bilities. 
Sec. 217. Detailed Digital Radio Frequency Modulation Countermeasures Studies 
and Simulations. 
Subtitle C—Missile Defense Matters 
Sec. 231. Homeland ballistic missile defense. 
Sec. 232. Regional ballistic missile defense. 
Sec. 233. Missile defense cooperation with Russia. 
Sec. 234. Next generation Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehicle. 
Sec. 235. Modernization of the Patriot air and missile defense system. 
Sec. 236. Medium Extended Air Defense System. 
Sec. 237. Availability of funds for Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program.
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Sec. 238. Readiness and flexibility of intercontinental ballistic missile force. 
Sec. 239. Sense of Congress on the submittal to Congress of the homeland defense 
hedging policy and strategy report of the Secretary of Defense. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 251. Mission Packages for the Littoral Combat Ship. 
Sec. 252. Comptroller General of the United States annual reports on the acquisi-
tion program for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle. 
Sec. 253. Conditional requirement for report on amphibious assault vehicles for 
the Marine Corps. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 271. Transfer of administration of Ocean Research and Resources Advisory 
Panel from Department of the Navy to National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration. 
Sec. 272. Sense of Senate on increasing the cost-effectiveness of training exercises 
for members of the Armed Forces. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. 
Subtitle B—Energy and Environmental Provisions 
Sec. 311. Department of Defense guidance on environmental exposures at mili-
tary installations. 
Sec. 312. Funding of agreements under the Sikes Act. 
Sec. 313. Report on property disposals and additional authorities to assist local 
communities around closed military installations. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment 
Sec. 321. Repeal of certain provisions relating to depot-level maintenance. 
Sec. 322. Expansion and reauthorization of multi-trades demonstration project. 
Sec. 323. Rating chains for system program managers. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 331. Annual report on Department of Defense long-term corrosion strategy. 
Sec. 332. Modified deadline for Comptroller General review of annual report on 
prepositioned materiel and equipment. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 341. Savings to be achieved in civilian workforce and contractor employee 
workforce of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 342. NATO Special Operations Headquarters. 
Sec. 343. Repeal of redundant authority to ensure interoperability of law enforce-
ment and emergency responder training. 
Sec. 344. Sense of the Congress on Navy Fleet requirements.
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TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Sec. 402. Additional Marine Corps personnel for the Marine Corps Security 
Guard Program. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2013 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty 
for operational support. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Policy 
Sec. 501. Extension of relaxation of limitation on selective early discharges. 
Sec. 502. Exception to 30-year retirement for regular Navy warrant officers in 
the grade of chief warrant officer, W–5. 
Sec. 503. Modification of definition of joint duty assignment to include all in-
structor assignments for joint training and education. 
Sec. 504. Sense of Senate on inclusion of assignments as academic instructor at 
the military service academies as joint duty assignments. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Authority for appointment of persons who are lawful permanent resi-
dents as officers of the National Guard. 
Sec. 512. Reserve component suicide prevention and resilience program. 
Sec. 513. Report on mechanisms to ease the reintegration into civilian life of 
members of the National Guard and the Reserves following a de-
ployment on active duty. 
Subtitle C—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 521. Diversity in the Armed Forces and related reporting requirements. 
Sec. 522. Modification of authority to conduct programs on career flexibility to 
enhance retention of members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 523. Authority for additional behavioral health professionals to conduct pre- 
separation medical examinations for post-traumatic stress dis-
order. 
Sec. 524. Quarterly reports on involuntary separation of members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 525. Review of eligibility of victims of domestic terrorism for award of the 
Purple Heart and the Defense Medal of Freedom. 
Sec. 526. Extension of temporary increase in accumulated leave carryover for 
members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 527. Prohibition on waiver for commissioning or enlistment in the Armed 
Forces for any individual convicted of a felony sexual offense.
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Sec. 528. Research study on resilience in members of the Army. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice and Legal Matters Generally 
Sec. 531. Clarification and enhancement of the role of the Staff Judge Advocate 
to the Commandant of the Marine Corps. 
Sec. 532. Additional information in reports on annual surveys of the committee 
on the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Subtitle E—Sexual Assault, Hazing, and Related Matters 
Sec. 541. Authority to retain or recall to active duty reserve component members 
who are victims of sexual assault while on active duty. 
Sec. 542. Additional elements in comprehensive Department of Defense policy on 
sexual assault prevention and response. 
Sec. 543. Hazing in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 544. Retention of certain forms in connection with Restricted Reports on sex-
ual assault involving members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 545. Prevention and response to sexual harassment in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 546. Enhancement of annual reports regarding sexual assaults involving 
members of the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle F—Education and Training 
Sec. 551. Inclusion of the School of Advanced Military Studies Senior Level 
Course as a senior level service school. 
Sec. 552. Modification of eligibility for associate degree programs under the Com-
munity College of the Air Force. 
Sec. 553. Support of Naval Academy athletic programs. 
Sec. 554. Grade of commissioned officers in uniformed medical accession pro-
grams. 
Sec. 555. Authority for service commitment for Reservists who accept fellowships, 
scholarships, or grants to be performed in the Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 556. Repeal of requirement for eligibility for in-State tuition of at least 50 
percent of participants in Senior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps program. 
Sec. 557. Modification of requirements on plan to increase the number of units 
of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
Sec. 558. Consolidation of military department authority to issue arms, tentage, 
and equipment to educational institutions not maintaining 
units of the Junior ROTC. 
Sec. 559. Modification of requirement for reports in Federal Register on institu-
tions of higher education ineligible for contracts and grants for 
denial of ROTC or military recruiter access to campus. 
Sec. 560. Comptroller General of the United States report on the Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps. 
Sec. 561. Report on Department of Defense efforts to standardize educational 
transcripts issued to separating members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 562. Comptroller General of the United States reports on joint professional 
military education matters. 
Sec. 563. Troops-to-Teachers program enhancements. 
Subtitle G—Defense Dependents’ Education and Military Family Readiness 
Matters 
Sec. 571. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities.
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Sec. 572. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that ben-
efit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department 
of Defense civilian employees. 
Sec. 573. Amendments to the Impact Aid program. 
Sec. 574. Military spouses. 
Sec. 575. Modification of authority to allow Department of Defense domestic de-
pendent elementary and secondary schools to enroll certain stu-
dents. 
Sec. 576. Sense of Congress regarding support for Yellow Ribbon Day. 
Sec. 577. Report on future of family support programs of the Department of De-
fense. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
Sec. 581. Family briefings concerning accountings for members of the Armed 
Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees listed as 
missing. 
Sec. 582. Enhancement of authority to accept gifts and services. 
Sec. 583. Clarification of authorized Fisher House residents at the Fisher House 
for the Families of the Fallen and Meditation Pavilion at Dover 
Air Force Base, Delaware. 
Sec. 584. Report on accuracy of data in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Re-
porting System. 
Sec. 585. Posthumous honorary promotion of Sergeant Paschal Conley to second 
lieutenant in the Army. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Rates of basic allowance for housing for Army National Guard and Air 
National Guard members on full-time National Guard duty. 
Sec. 602. Payment of benefit for nonparticipation of eligible members in Post-De-
ployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program due to Govern-
ment error. 
Sec. 603. Extension of authority to provide temporary increase in rates of basic 
allowance for housing under certain circumstances. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for re-
serve forces. 
Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 
health care professionals. 
Sec. 613. One-year extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear offi-
cers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of authorities relating to title 37 consolidated special 
pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities. 
Sec. 615. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other title 37 
bonuses and special pays. 
Sec. 616. Increase in amount of officer affiliation bonus for officers in the Se-
lected Reserve. 
Sec. 617. Increase in maximum amount of incentive bonus for reserve component 
members who convert military occupational specialty to ease 
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Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances 
Sec. 631. Permanent change of station allowances for members of Selected Reserve 
units filling a vacancy in another unit after being involuntarily 
separated. 
Sec. 632. Authority for comprehensive program for space-available travel on De-
partment of Defense aircraft. 
Subtitle D—Disability, Retired Pay, and Survivor Benefits 
Sec. 641. Repeal of requirement for payment of Survivor Benefit Plan premiums 
when participant waives retired pay to provide a survivor an-
nuity under Federal Employees Retirement System and termi-
nation of payment of Survivor Benefit Plan annuity. 
Sec. 642. Repeal of automatic enrollment in Family Servicemembers’ Group Life 
Insurance for members of the Armed Forces married to other 
members. 
Sec. 643. Clarification of computation of combat-related special compensation for 
chapter 61 disability retirees. 
Subtitle E—Military Lending Matters 
Sec. 651. Enhancement of protections on consumer credit for members of the 
Armed Forces and their dependents. 
Sec. 652. Additional enhancements of protections on consumer credit for members 
of the Armed Forces and their dependents. 
Sec. 653. Relief in civil actions for violations of protections on consumer credit 
extended to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents. 
Sec. 654. Modification of definition of dependent for purposes of limitations on 
terms of consumer credit extended to members of the Armed 
Forces and their dependents. 
Sec. 655. Enforcement of protections on consumer credit for members of the 
Armed Forces and their dependents. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 661. Transitional compensation for dependent children who are carried dur-
ing pregnancy at time of dependent-abuse offense. 
Sec. 662. Report on issuance by Armed Forces Medical Examiner of death certifi-
cates for members of the Armed Forces who die on active duty 
abroad. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE Program 
Sec. 701. Extension of TRICARE Standard coverage and TRICARE dental pro-
gram for members of the Selected Reserve who are involuntarily 
separated. 
Sec. 702. Inclusion of certain over-the-counter drugs in TRICARE uniform for-
mulary. 
Sec. 703. Expansion of evaluation of the effectiveness of the TRICARE program. 
Sec. 704. Report on the future availability of TRICARE Prime throughout the 
United States. 
Sec. 705. Certain treatment of developmental disabilities, including autism, 
under the TRICARE program.
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Sec. 706. Sense of Congress on health care for retired members of the uniformed 
services. 
Subtitle B—Other Health Care Benefits 
Sec. 711. Use of Department of Defense funds for abortions in cases of rape and 
incest. 
Sec. 712. Availability of certain fertility preservation treatments for members of 
the Armed Forces on active duty. 
Sec. 713. Modification of requirements on mental health assessments for members 
of the Armed forces deployed in connection with a contingency 
operation. 
Subtitle C—Health Care Administration 
Sec. 721. Clarification of applicability of certain authority and requirements to 
subcontractors employed to provide health care services to the 
Department of Defense. 
Sec. 722. Research program to enhance Department of Defense efforts on mental 
health in the National Guard and Reserves through community 
partnerships. 
Subtitle D—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 731. Reports on performance data on Warriors in Transition programs. 
Sec. 732. Report on Department of Defense support of members of the Armed 
Forces who experience traumatic injury as a result of vaccina-
tions required by the Department. 
Sec. 733. Plan to eliminate gaps and redundancies in programs of the Depart-
ment of Defense on psychological health and traumatic brain in-
jury among members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 734. Report on implementation of recommendations of the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States on prevention of hearing loss among 
members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 735. Sense of Senate on mental health counselors for members of the Armed 
Forces, veterans, and their families. 
Sec. 736. Prescription drug take-back program for members of the Armed Forces 
and their dependents. 
Subtitle E—Mental Health Care Matters 
Sec. 751. Enhancement of oversight and management of Department of Defense 
suicide prevention and resilience programs. 
Sec. 752. Comprehensive program on prevention of suicide among members of the 
Armed Forces. 
Sec. 753. Quality review of Medical Evaluation Boards, Physical Evaluation 
Boards, and Physical Evaluation Board Liaison Officers. 
Sec. 754. Assessment of adequacy of mental health care benefits under the 
TRICARE program. 
Sec. 755. Sharing between Department of Defense and Department of Veterans 
Affairs of records and information retained under the medical 
tracking system for members of the Armed Forces deployed over-
seas. 
Sec. 756. Participation of members of the Armed Forces in peer support coun-
seling programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 757. Research and medical practice on mental health conditions. 
Sec. 758. Disposal of controlled substances.
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Sec. 759. Transparency of mental health care services. 
Sec. 760. Expansion of Vet Center program to include furnishing counseling to 
certain members of the Armed Forces and their family members. 
Sec. 761. Authority for Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health 
care through facilities other than Vet Centers to immediate fam-
ily members of members of the Armed Forces deployed in connec-
tion with a contingency operation. 
Sec. 762. Organization of the Readjustment Counseling Service in Department of 
Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 763. Recruiting mental health providers for furnishing of mental health serv-
ices on behalf of the Department of Veterans Affairs without 
compensation from the Department. 
Sec. 764. Peer support. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND 
RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs 
Sec. 801. Limitation on use of cost-type contracts. 
Sec. 802. Acquisition strategies for major subsystems and subassemblies on major 
defense acquisition programs. 
Sec. 803. Management structure for developmental test and evaluation. 
Sec. 804. Assessments of potential termination liability of contracts for the devel-
opment or production of major defense acquisition programs. 
Sec. 805. Technical change regarding programs experiencing critical cost growth 
due to change in quantity purchased. 
Sec. 806. Repeal of requirement to review ongoing programs initiated before en-
actment of Milestone B certification and approval process. 
Subtitle B—Acquisition Policy and Management 
Sec. 821. One-year extension of temporary limitation on aggregate annual 
amount available for contract services. 
Sec. 822. Prohibition of excessive pass-through contracts and charges in the acqui-
sition of services. 
Sec. 823. Availability of amounts in Defense Acquisition Workforce Development 
Fund for temporary members of workforce. 
Sec. 824. Department of Defense policy on contractor profits. 
Sec. 825. Modification of authorities on internal controls for procurements on be-
half of the Department of Defense by certain non-defense agen-
cies. 
Sec. 826. Extension of pilot program on management of supply-chain risk. 
Sec. 827. Sense of Senate on the continuing progress of the Department of Defense 
in implementing its Item Unique Identification Initiative. 
Subtitle C—Amendments Relating to General Contracting Authorities, 
Procedures, and Limitations 
Sec. 841. Applicability of Truth in Negotiations Act to major systems and related 
subsystems, components, and support services. 
Sec. 842. Maximum amount of allowable costs of compensation of contractor em-
ployees. 
Sec. 843. Department of Defense access to and use of contractor internal audit 
reports. 
Sec. 844. Enhancement of whistleblower protections for contractor employees. 
Sec. 844A. Whistleblower protections for non-defense contractors.
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Sec. 845. Extension of contractor conflict of interest limitations. 
Sec. 846. Repeal of sunset for certain protests of task and delivery order con-
tracts. 
Sec. 847. Reports on use of indemnification agreements. 
Sec. 848. Contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by 
women. 
Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Wartime Contracting 
Sec. 860. Short title. 
Sec. 861. Responsibility within Department of Defense for contract support for 
overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 862. Annual reports on contract support for overseas contingency operations 
involving combat operations. 
Sec. 863. Inclusion of contract support in certain requirements for Department 
of Defense planning, joint professional military education, and 
management structure. 
Sec. 864. Risk assessment and mitigation for contractor performance of critical 
functions in support of overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 865. Extension and modification of reports on contracting in Iraq and Af-
ghanistan. 
Sec. 866. Extension of temporary authority to acquire products and services in 
countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan. 
Sec. 867. Compliance with Berry amendment required for uniform components 
supplied to Afghanistan military or Afghanistan National Po-
lice. 
Sec. 868. Sense of Senate on the contributions of Latvia and other North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization member nations to the success of the North-
ern Distribution Network. 
Sec. 869. Responsibilities of inspectors general for overseas contingency oper-
ations. 
Sec. 870. Agency reports and inspector general audits of certain information on 
overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 871. Oversight of contracts and contracting activities for overseas contin-
gency operations in responsibilities of Chief Acquisition Officers 
of Federal agencies. 
Sec. 872. Reports on responsibility within Department of State and the United 
States Agency for International Development for contract sup-
port for overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 873. Professional education for Department of State personnel on acquisition 
for Department of State support and participation in overseas 
contingency operations. 
Sec. 874. Database on price trends of items and services under Federal contracts. 
Sec. 875. Information on corporate contractor performance and integrity through 
the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information 
System. 
Sec. 876. Inclusion of data on contractor performance in past performance data-
bases for executive agency source selection decisions. 
Sec. 877. Public availability of database of senior Department of Defense officials 
seeking employment with defense contractors. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 881. Requirements and limitations for suspension and debarment officials of 
the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the 
United States Agency for International Development.
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Sec. 881A. Additional bases for suspension or debarment. 
Sec. 882. Uniform contract writing system requirements. 
Sec. 883. Comptroller General of the United States review of use by the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States 
Agency for International Development of urgent and compelling 
exception to competition. 
Sec. 884. Authority to provide fee-for-service inspection and testing by Defense 
Contract Management Agency for certain critical equipment in 
the absence of a procurement contract. 
Sec. 885. Disestablishment of Defense Materiel Readiness Board. 
Sec. 886. Modification of period of wait following notice to Congress of intent to 
contract for leases of certain vessels and vehicles. 
Sec. 887. Extension of other transaction authority. 
Sec. 888. Subcontractor notifications. 
Sec. 889. Report by the suspension and debarment officials of the military de-
partments and the Defense Logistics Agency. 
Sec. 889A. Study on army small arms and ammunition acquisition. 
Sec. 889B. Annual report on defense contracting fraud. 
Sec. 889C. Plan to increase number of contractors eligible for contracts under Air 
Force NETCENTS-2 contract. 
Sec. 889D. Inclusion of information on common grounds for sustaining bid pro-
tests in annual Government Accountability Office reports to 
Congress. 
Sec. 889E. Small business HUBZones. 
Subtitle F—Ending Trafficking in Government Contracting 
Sec. 891. Short title. 
Sec. 892. Definitions. 
Sec. 893. Contracting requirements. 
Sec. 894. Compliance plan and certification requirement. 
Sec. 895. Monitoring and investigation of trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 896. Notification to inspectors general and cooperation with Government. 
Sec. 897. Expansion of fraud in foreign labor contracting to include attempted 
fraud and work outside the United States. 
Sec. 898. Improving Department of Defense accountability for reporting traf-
ficking in persons claims and violations. 
Sec. 899. Rules of construction. 
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense Management 
Sec. 901. Definition and report on terms ‘‘preparation of the environment’’ and 
‘‘operational preparation of the environment’’ for joint doctrine 
purposes. 
Sec. 902. Expansion of duties and responsibilities of the Nuclear Weapons Coun-
cil. 
Sec. 903. Failure of the Department of Defense to obtain audits with an unquali-
fied opinion on its financial statements by fiscal year 2017. 
Sec. 904. Information for Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department 
of Defense from the military departments and Defense Agencies 
for defense business system investment reviews.
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Subtitle B—Space Activities 
Sec. 911. Operationally Responsive Space Program Office. 
Sec. 912. Commercial space launch cooperation. 
Sec. 913. Reports on integration of acquisition and capability delivery schedules 
for components for major satellite acquisition programs and 
funding for such programs. 
Sec. 914. Department of Defense representation in dispute resolution regarding 
surrender of Department of Defense bands of electromagnetic fre-
quencies. 
Subtitle C—Intelligence-Related and Cyber Matters 
Sec. 921. Authority to provide geospatial intelligence support to security alliances 
and international and regional organizations. 
Sec. 922. Army Distributed Common Ground System. 
Sec. 923. Rationalization of cyber networks and cyber personnel of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
Sec. 924. Next-generation host-based cyber security system for the Department of 
Defense. 
Sec. 925. Improvements of security, quality, and competition in computer soft-
ware procured by the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 926. Competition in connection with Department of Defense data link sys-
tems. 
Sec. 927. Integration of critical signals intelligence capabilities. 
Sec. 928. Collection and analysis of network flow data. 
Sec. 929. Department of Defense use of National Security Agency cloud com-
puting database and intelligence community cloud computing 
infrastructure and services. 
Sec. 930. Electro-optical imagery. 
Sec. 931. Software licenses of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 932. Defense Clandestine Service. 
Sec. 933. Authority for short-term extension of lease for aircraft supporting the 
Blue Devil intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance pro-
gram. 
Sec. 934. Sense of Senate on potential security risks to Department of Defense 
networks. 
Sec. 935. Sense of Congress on the United States Cyber Command. 
Sec. 936. Reports to Department of Defense on penetrations of networks and in-
formation systems of certain contractors. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 941. National Language Service Corps. 
Sec. 942. Report on education and training and promotion rates for pilots of re-
motely piloted aircraft. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. Authority to transfer funds to the National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration to sustain nuclear weapons modernization. 
Sec. 1003. Audit readiness of Department of Defense statements of budgetary re-
sources. 
Sec. 1004. Report on effects of budget sequestration on the Department of Defense.
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Sec. 1005. Report on balances carried forward by the Department of Defense at 
the end of fiscal year 2012. 
Sec. 1006. Transfer of certain fiscal year 2012 and 2013 funds. 
Subtitle B—Counter-Drug Activities 
Sec. 1011. Extension of authority for joint task forces to provide support to law 
enforcement agencies conducting counter-terrorism activities. 
Sec. 1012. Requirement for biennial certification on provision of support for 
counter-drug activities to certain foreign governments. 
Sec. 1013. Authority to support the unified counterdrug and counterterrorism 
campaign in Colombia. 
Sec. 1014. Quarterly reports on use of funds in the Drug Interdiction and 
Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide account. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1021. Retirement of naval vessels. 
Sec. 1022. Termination of a Maritime Prepositioning Ship squadron. 
Sec. 1023. Sense of Congress on recapitalization for the Navy and Coast Guard. 
Sec. 1024. Notice to Congress for the review of proposals to name naval vessels. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
Sec. 1031. Extension of certain prohibitions and requirements relating to detain-
ees at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1032. Prohibition on use of funds for the transfer or release of individuals 
from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1033. Prohibition on the indefinite detention of citizens and lawful perma-
nent residents. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1041. Enhancement of responsibilities of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff regarding the National Military Strategy. 
Sec. 1042. Modification of authority on training of special operations forces with 
friendly foreign forces. 
Sec. 1043. Extension of authority to provide assured business guarantees to car-
riers participating in Civil Reserve Air Fleet. 
Sec. 1044. Participation of veterans in the Transition Assistance Program of the 
Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1045. Modification of the Ministry of Defense Advisor Program. 
Sec. 1046. Interagency collaboration on unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 1047. Sense of Senate on notice to Congress on unfunded priorities. 
Sec. 1048. Enhancement of authorities on admission of defense industry civilians 
to certain Department of Defense educational institutions and 
programs. 
Sec. 1049. Military working dog matters. 
Sec. 1050. Prohibition on funds to enter into contracts or agreements with 
Rosoboronexport. 
Sec. 1051. Sense of Congress on the Joint Warfighting Analysis Center. 
Sec. 1052. Transition Assistance Advisor program. 
Subtitle F—Reports 
Sec. 1061. Report on strategic airlift aircraft. 
Sec. 1062. Repeal of biennial report on the Global Positioning System.
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Sec. 1063. Repeal of annual report on threat posed by weapons of mass destruc-
tion, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles. 
Sec. 1064. Report on program on return of rare earth phosphors from Depart-
ment of Defense fluorescent lighting waste to the domestic rare 
earth supply chain. 
Sec. 1065. Report on establishment of joint Armed Forces historical storage and 
preservation facility. 
Sec. 1066. Study on Bradley Fighting Vehicle industrial base. 
Sec. 1067. Report on military resources necessary to execute United States Force 
Posture Strategy in the Asia Pacific Region. 
Sec. 1068. Report on planned efficiency initiatives at Space and Naval Warfare 
Systems Command. 
Sec. 1069. Study on ability of national air and ground test and evaluation infra-
structure facilities to support defense hypersonic test and evalua-
tion activities. 
Sec. 1069A. Report on simulated tactical flight training in a sustained gravity 
environment. 
Sec. 1069B. Report on Department of Defense support for United States diplo-
matic security. 
Sec. 1069C. Comptroller General of the United States report on Department of 
Defense spending for conferences and conventions. 
Subtitle G—Nuclear Matters 
Sec. 1071. Strategic delivery systems. 
Sec. 1072. Requirements definition for combined warhead for certain missile sys-
tems. 
Sec. 1073. Congressional Budget Office estimate of costs of nuclear weapons and 
delivery systems. 
Sec. 1074. Briefings on dialogue between the United States and the Russian Fed-
eration on nuclear arms, missile defense, and long-range conven-
tional strike systems. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
Sec. 1081. Redesignation of the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies as the 
William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies. 
Sec. 1082. Technical amendments to repeal statutory references to United States 
Joint Forces Command. 
Sec. 1083. Sense of Congress on non-United States citizens who are graduates of 
United States educational institutions with advanced degrees in 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 
Sec. 1084. Sense of Senate on the maintenance by the United States of a triad 
of strategic nuclear delivery systems. 
Sec. 1085. Plan to partner with State and local entities to address veterans 
claims backlog. 
Sec. 1086. Sense of the Senate on protection of Department of Defense airfields, 
training airspace, and air training routes. 
Sec. 1087. Extension of authorities to carry out a program of referral and coun-
seling services to veterans at risk of homelessness who are 
transitioning from certain institutions. 
Sec. 1088. Sense of Congress that the bugle call commonly known as Taps should 
be designated as the National Song of Military Remembrance. 
Sec. 1089. Reports on the potential security threat posed by Boko Haram. 
Sec. 1090. National Veterans Business Development Corporation. 
Sec. 1091. White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss.
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Sec. 1092. Transport for female genital mutilation. 
Sec. 1093. Renewal of expired prohibition on return of veterans memorial objects 
without specific authorization in law. 
Sec. 1094. Transfer of excess aircraft to other departments. 
Sec. 1095. Reauthorization of sale of aircraft and parts for wildfire suppression 
purposes. 
Sec. 1096. Protection of veterans’ memorials. 
Sec. 1097. Transportation of individuals to and from facilities of Department of 
Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 1098. National public awareness and participation campaign for Veterans’ 
History Project of American Folklife Center. 
Sec. 1099. Technical amendments relating to the termination of the Armed Forces 
Institute of Pathology under defense base closure and realign-
ment. 
Sec. 1099A. Improved enumeration of members of the Armed Forces in any tab-
ulation of total population by Secretary of Commerce. 
Sec. 1099B. State consideration of military training in granting certain State 
certifications and licenses as a condition on the receipt of funds 
for veterans employment and training. 
Sec. 1099C. Amendments to law enforcement officer safety provisions of title 18. 
Sec. 1099D. Modernization of absentee ballot mail delivery system. 
Sec. 1099E. State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 
Sec. 1101. Authority for transportation of family household pets of civilian per-
sonnel during evacuation of non-essential personnel. 
Sec. 1102. Expansion of experimental personnel program for scientific and tech-
nical personnel at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agen-
cy. 
Sec. 1103. One-year extension of discretionary authority to grant allowances, ben-
efits, and gratuities to personnel on official duty in a combat 
zone. 
Sec. 1104. Federal Employees Retirement System age and retirement treatment 
for certain retirees of the Armed Forces. 
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. Extension of authority to build the capacity of foreign military forces 
and modification of notice in connection with initiation of ac-
tivities. 
Sec. 1202. Extension of authority for non-reciprocal exchange of defense personnel 
between the United States and foreign countries. 
Sec. 1203. Authority to build the capacity of certain counterterrorism forces in 
Yemen and East Africa. 
Sec. 1204. Limitation on availability of funds for State Partnership Program. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan 
Sec. 1211. Commanders’ Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1212. Extension of authority to support operations and activities of the Of-
fice of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 
Sec. 1213. One-year extension and modification of authority to use funds for re-
integration activities in Afghanistan.
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Sec. 1214. One-year extension and modification of authority for program to de-
velop and carry out infrastructure projects in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1215. Extension of Pakistan Counterinsurgency Fund. 
Sec. 1216. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of certain 
coalition nations for support provided to United States military 
operations. 
Sec. 1217. Extension and modification of logistical support for coalition forces 
supporting certain United States military operations. 
Sec. 1218. Strategy for supporting the achievement of a secure presidential elec-
tion in Afghanistan in 2014. 
Sec. 1219. Independent assessment of the Afghan National Security Forces. 
Sec. 1220. Report on Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program. 
Sec. 1221. Completion of accelerated transition of United States combat and mili-
tary and security operations to the Government of Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1222. Sense of Congress commending the Enduring Strategic Partnership 
Agreement between the United States and Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1223. Congressional review of bilateral security agreement with Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1224. Authority to transfer defense articles and provide defense services to 
the military and security forces of Afghanistan and certain other 
countries. 
Subtitle C—Reports 
Sec. 1231. Review and reports on Department of Defense efforts to build the ca-
pacity of and partner with foreign security forces. 
Sec. 1232. Additional elements in annual report on military and security devel-
opments involving the People’s Republic of China. 
Sec. 1233. Report on implementation by Government of Bahrain of recommenda-
tions in Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of In-
quiry. 
Sec. 1234. Reports on Syria. 
Sec. 1235. Report on military activities to deny or significantly degrade the use 
of air power against civilian and opposition groups in Syria. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 1241. Improved administration of the American, British, Canadian, and 
Australian Armies’ Program. 
Sec. 1242. United States participation in Headquarters Eurocorps. 
Sec. 1243. Department of Defense participation in European program on multi-
lateral exchange of air transportation and air refueling services. 
Sec. 1244. Authority to establish program to provide assistance to foreign civil-
ians for harm incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces 
in foreign countries. 
Sec. 1245. Sustainability requirements for certain capital projects in connection 
with overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 1246. Efforts to remove Joseph Kony from power and end atrocities com-
mitted by the Lord’s Resistance Army. 
Sec. 1247. Imposition of sanctions with respect to support for the rebel group 
known as M23. 
Sec. 1248. Program on repair, overhaul, and refurbishment of defense articles for 
sale or transfer to eligible foreign countries and entities. 
Sec. 1249. Plan for promoting the security of Afghan women and girls during the 
security transition process. 
Sec. 1250. Sense of Congress on the Israeli Iron Dome defensive weapon system. 
Sec. 1251. Sense of the Senate on the situation in the Senkaku Islands.
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Sec. 1252. Bilateral defense trade relationship with India. 
Subtitle E—Iran Sanctions 
Sec. 1261. Short title. 
Sec. 1262. Definitions. 
Sec. 1263. Declaration of policy on human rights. 
Sec. 1264. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the energy, shipping, and ship-
building sectors of Iran. 
Sec. 1265. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the sale, supply, or transfer of 
certain materials to or from Iran. 
Sec. 1266. Imposition of sanctions with respect to the provision of underwriting 
services or insurance or reinsurance for activities or persons 
with respect to which sanctions have been imposed. 
Sec. 1267. Imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign financial institutions 
that facilitate financial transactions on behalf of specially des-
ignated nationals. 
Sec. 1268. Inclusion of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting on the list of 
human rights abusers. 
Sec. 1269. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons engaged in the diver-
sion of goods intended for the people of Iran. 
Sec. 1270. Waiver requirement related to exceptional circumstances preventing 
significant reductions in crude oil purchases. 
Sec. 1271. Statute of limitations for civil actions regarding terrorist acts. 
Sec. 1272. Report on use of certain Iranian seaports by foreign vessels and use 
of foreign airports by sanctioned Iranian air carriers. 
Sec. 1273. Implementation; penalties. 
Sec. 1274. Applicability to certain natural gas projects. 
Sec. 1275. Rule of construction. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and funds. 
Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1402. National Defense Sealift Fund. 
Sec. 1403. Defense Health Program. 
Sec. 1404. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense. 
Sec. 1405. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1406. Defense Inspector General. 
Subtitle B—National Defense Stockpile 
Sec. 1411. Release of materials needed for national defense purposes from the 
Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpile. 
Subtitle C—Chemical Demilitarization Matters 
Sec. 1421. Supplemental chemical agent and munitions destruction technologies 
at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, and Blue Grass Army 
Depot, Kentucky.
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Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 1431. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
Sec. 1432. Additional Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams. 
Sec. 1433. Policy of the United States with respect to a domestic supply of crit-
ical and essential minerals. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR OVERSEAS 
CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Procurement. 
Sec. 1503. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1504. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 1505. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1506. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1507. Defense Health Program. 
Sec. 1508. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1509. Defense Inspector General. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1521. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1522. Special transfer authority. 
Subtitle C—Limitations and Other Matters 
Sec. 1531. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
Sec. 1532. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. 
Sec. 1533. Plan for transition in funding of United States Special Operations 
Command from supplemental funding for overseas contingency 
operations to recurring funding under the future-years defense 
program. 
Sec. 1534. Extension of authority on Task Force for Business and Stability Oper-
ations in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1535. Assessments of training activities and intelligence activities of the 
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization. 
Sec. 1536. Submittal to Congress of risk assessments on changes in United States 
troop levels in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1537. Report on insider attacks in Afghanistan and their effect on the 
United States transition strategy for Afghanistan. 
TITLE XVI—MILITARY COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT 
MODERNIZATION COMMISSION 
Sec. 1601. Short title. 
Sec. 1602. Purpose. 
Sec. 1603. Definitions. 
Sec. 1604. Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission. 
Sec. 1605. Commission hearings and meetings. 
Sec. 1606. Principles and procedure for Commission recommendations. 
Sec. 1607. Consideration of Commission recommendations by the President and 
Congress. 
Sec. 1608. Pay for members of the Commission. 
Sec. 1609. Executive Director.
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Sec. 1610. Staff. 
Sec. 1611. Contracting authority. 
Sec. 1612. Judicial review precluded. 
Sec. 1613. Termination. 
Sec. 1614. Funding. 
TITLE XVII—NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE 
AIR FORCE 
Sec. 1701. Short title. 
Sec. 1702. Establishment of Commission. 
Sec. 1703. Duties of the Commission. 
Sec. 1704. Powers of the Commission. 
Sec. 1705. Commission personnel matters. 
Sec. 1706. Termination of the Commission. 
Sec. 1707. Funding. 
Sec. 1708. Limitation on availability of funds for reductions to the Air National 
Guard and the Air Force Reserve. 
Sec. 1709. Funding for maintenance of force structure of the Air Force pending 
Commission recommendations. 
Sec. 1710. Retention of core functions of the Electronic Systems Center at 
Hanscom Air Force Base pending future structure study. 
Sec. 1711. Air Force assessments of the effects of proposed movements of airframes 
on joint readiness training. 
TITLE XVIII—FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS 
Subtitle A—Fire Grants Reauthorization 
Sec. 1801. Short title. 
Sec. 1802. Amendments to definitions. 
Sec. 1803. Assistance to firefighters grants. 
Sec. 1804. Staffing for adequate fire and emergency response. 
Sec. 1805. Sense of Congress on value and funding of Assistance to Firefighters 
and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response pro-
grams. 
Sec. 1806. Report on amendments to Assistance to Firefighters and Staffing for 
Adequate Fire and Emergency Response programs. 
Sec. 1807. Studies and reports on the state of fire services. 
Subtitle B—Reauthorization of United States Fire Administration 
Sec. 1811. Short title. 
Sec. 1812. Clarification of relationship between United States Fire Administra-
tion and Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
Sec. 1813. Modification of authority of Administrator to educate public about fire 
and fire prevention. 
Sec. 1814. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 1815. Removal of limitation. 
TITLE XIX—MEMORIAL TO SLAVES AND FREE BLACK PERSONS 
WHO SERVED IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 
Sec. 1901. Finding. 
Sec. 1902. Definitions. 
Sec. 1903. Memorial authorization. 
Sec. 1904. Repeal of joint resolutions.
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TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
Subtitle A—Project Authorizations and Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and 
land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 2611. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2009 project. 
Sec. 2612. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2010 projects. 
Sec. 2613. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2011 project. 
TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure ac-
tivities funded through Department of Defense Base Closure Ac-
count 1990. 
Sec. 2702. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure ac-
tivities funded through Department of Defense Base Closure Ac-
count 2005. 
Sec. 2703. Technical amendments to section 2702 of fiscal year 2012 Act. 
Sec. 2704. Criteria for decisions involving certain base closure and realignment 
activities. 
Sec. 2705. Modification of notice requirements in advance of permanent reduction 
of sizable numbers of members of the Armed Forces at military 
installations. 
Sec. 2706. Report on reorganization of Air Force Materiel Command organiza-
tions. 
TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing 
Changes 
Sec. 2801. Authorized cost and scope variations. 
Sec. 2802. Comptroller General report on in-kind payments. 
Sec. 2803. Extension of temporary, limited authority to use operation and main-
tenance funds for construction projects in certain areas outside 
the United States. 
Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities Administration 
Sec. 2811. Authority to accept as consideration for leases of non-excess property 
of military departments and Defense Agencies real property in-
terests and natural resource management services related to 
agreements to limit encroachment. 
Sec. 2812. Clarification of parties with whom Department of Defense may con-
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Subtitle C—Energy Security 
Sec. 2821. Guidance on financing for renewable energy projects. 
Sec. 2822. Continuation of limitation on use of funds for Leadership in Energy 
and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold or Platinum certifi-
cation. 
Subtitle D—Land Conveyances 
Sec. 2831. Land conveyance, local training area for Browning Army Reserve 
Center, Utah. 
Sec. 2832. Use of proceeds, land conveyance, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 2841. Clarification of authority of Secretary to assist with development of 
public infrastructure in connection with the establishment or ex-
pansion of a military installation. 
Sec. 2842. Petersburg National Battlefield boundary modification. 
Sec. 2843. Congressional notification with respect to oversight and maintenance 
of base cemeteries following closure of overseas military installa-
tions. 
Sec. 2844. Additional exemptions from certain requirements applicable to funding 
for data servers and centers. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security Programs Authorizations 
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 3111. Replacement project for Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. 
Sec. 3112. Submittal to Congress of selected acquisition reports and independent 
cost estimates on nuclear weapon systems undergoing life exten-
sion. 
Sec. 3113. Two-year extension of schedule for disposition of weapons-usable pluto-
nium at Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina. 
Sec. 3114. Program on scientific engagement for nonproliferation. 
Sec. 3115. Repeal of requirement for annual update of Department of Energy de-
fense nuclear facilities workforce restructuring plan. 
Sec. 3116. Quarterly reports to Congress on financial balances for atomic energy 
defense activities. 
Sec. 3117. Transparency in contractor performance evaluations by the National 
Nuclear Security Administration leading to award fees. 
Sec. 3118. Expansion of authority to establish certain scientific, engineering, and 
technical positions.
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Sec. 3119. Modification and extension of authority on acceptance of contributions 
for acceleration of removal or security of fissile materials, radio-
logical materials, and related equipment at vulnerable sites 
worldwide. 
Sec. 3120. Cost containment for Y–12 Uranium Processing Facility, Y–12 Na-
tional Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 
Sec. 3121. Authority to restore certain formerly Restricted Data to the Restricted 
Data category. 
Sec. 3122. Renewable energy. 
Subtitle C—Reports 
Sec. 3131. Report on actions required for transition of regulation of non-nuclear 
activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration to 
other Federal agencies. 
Sec. 3132. Report on consolidation of facilities of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration. 
Sec. 3133. Regional radiological security zones. 
Sec. 3134. Report on legacy uranium mines. 
Sec. 3135. Comptroller General of the United States review of projects carried out 
by Office of Environmental Management of the Department of 
Energy pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 3141. Sense of Congress on oversight of the nuclear security enterprise. 
Subtitle E—American Medical Isotopes Production 
Sec. 3151. Short title. 
Sec. 3152. Definitions. 
Sec. 3153. Improving the reliability of domestic medical isotope supply. 
Sec. 3154. Exports. 
Sec. 3155. Report on disposition of exports. 
Sec. 3156. Domestic medical isotope production. 
Sec. 3157. Annual Department reports. 
Sec. 3158. National Academy of Sciences report. 
Sec. 3159. Repeal. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 3161. Congressional advisory panel on the governance structure of the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration and its relationship to 
other Federal agencies. 
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
Sec. 3201. Authorization. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 3501. Short title. 
Sec. 3502. Container-on-barge transportation. 
Sec. 3503. Short sea transportation. 
Sec. 3504. Maritime environmental and technical assistance. 
Sec. 3505. Identification of actions to enable qualified United States flag capacity 
to meet national defense requirements.
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Sec. 3506. Maritime workforce study. 
Sec. 3507. Maritime administration vessel recycling contract award practices. 
Sec. 3508. Requirement for barge design. 
Sec. 3509. Eligibility to receive surplus training equipment. 
DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 
Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. 
TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 4101. Procurement. 
Sec. 4102. Procurement for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Sec. 4201. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 4202. Research, development, test, and evaluation for overseas contingency 
operations. 
TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Sec. 4301. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 4302. Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
Sec. 4401. Military personnel. 
Sec. 4402. Military personnel for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 4501. Other authorizations. 
Sec. 4502. Other authorizations for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 4601. Military construction. 
TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 4701. Department of Energy national security authorizations. 
DIVISION E—HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS 
TITLE L—HOUSING ASSISSTANCE FOR VETERANS 
Sec. 5001. Short title. 
Sec. 5002. Definitions. 
Sec. 5003. Establishment of a pilot program. 
DIVISION F—STOLEN VALOR ACT 
TITLE LI—STOLEN VALOR ACT 
Sec. 5011. Short title. 
Sec. 5012. Findings. 
Sec. 5013. Military medals or decorations. 
Sec. 5014. Severability.
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DIVISION G—MISCELLANEOUS 
TITLE LII—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 5021. Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program. 
Sec. 5022. Scientific framework for recalcitrant cancers. 
Sec. 5023. United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. 
Sec. 5024. Removal of action. 
TITLE LIII—GAO MANDATES REVISION ACT 
Subtitle A—GAO Mandates Revision Act 
Sec. 5301. Short title. 
Sec. 5302. Repeals and modifications. 
Subtitle B—Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act 
Sec. 5311. Short title. 
Sec. 5312. Definitions. 
Sec. 5313. Improving the determination of improper payments by Federal agen-
cies. 
Sec. 5314. Improper payments information. 
Sec. 5315. Do not pay initiative. 
Sec. 5316. Improving recovery of improper payments. 
Subtitle C—Sense of Congress Regarding Spectrum. 
Sec. 5317. Sense of Congress regarding spectrum. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional de-
fense committees’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 4. SCORING OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, 
submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that
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such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on pas-
sage. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2013 for procurement for the Army, the Navy and 
the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide activi-
ties, as specified in the funding table in section 4101. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR 
ARMY CH–47F HELICOPTERS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 
Subject to section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, the 
Secretary of the Army may enter into a multiyear contract 
or contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2013 program 
year, for the procurement of airframes for CH–47F heli-
copters. 
(b) 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 fiscal
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year 2013 is subject to the availability of appropriations 
for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
SEC. 121. REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL OF THE 
U.S.S. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
(a) AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FROM SCN ACCOUNT.—Of 
the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2013 by section 101 and available for shipbuilding and con-
version as specified in the funding table in section 4101, 
$1,613,392,000 is authorized to be available for the com-
mencement of the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul 
of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln (CVN–72) during fiscal 
year 2013. The amount authorized to be made available in 
the preceding sentence is the first increment in the two-year 
sequence of incremental funding planned for the nuclear re-
fueling and complex overhaul of that vessel. 
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may enter into a contract during fiscal year 2013 
for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. 
Abraham Lincoln. 
(c) CONDITION
FOR
OUT-YEAR
CONTRACT
PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (b) shall 
provide that any obligation of the United States to make 
a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal
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year 2013 is subject to the availability of appropriations 
for that purpose for that later fiscal year. 
SEC. 122. FORD CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. 
(a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY
FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF 
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS DESIGNATED CVN–78, CVN–79, AND 
CVN–80.—In the fiscal year immediately following the last 
fiscal year of the contract for advance procurement for a 
CVN–21 class aircraft carrier designated CVN–78, CVN– 
79 or CVN–80, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into 
a contract for the construction of such aircraft carrier to 
be funded in the fiscal year of such contract for construction 
and the succeeding four fiscal years, in the case of the vessel 
designated CVN–78, and the succeeding five fiscal years, in 
the case of the vessels designated CVN–79 and CVN–80. 
(b) 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 any subsequent fiscal year 
is subject to the availability of appropriations for that pur-
pose for such subsequent fiscal year. 
(c) REPEAL
OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION.—Section 
121 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2104) 
is repealed.
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SEC. 123. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS FOR 
SECOND FORD CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the amount authorized to be ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 101 and available 
for shipbuilding and conversion for the second Ford class 
aircraft carrier as specified in the funding table in section 
4101, not more than 50 percent of such amount may be 
obligated or expended until the Secretary of the Navy sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees a report setting 
forth a description of the program management and cost 
control measures that will be employed in constructing the 
second Ford class aircraft carrier. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report described in subsection (a) 
shall include a plan to do the following with respect to the 
Ford class aircraft carriers: 
(1) To maximize planned work in shops and 
early stages of construction. 
(2) To sequence construction of structural units 
to maximize the effects of lessons learned. 
(3) To incorporate design changes to improve 
producibility for the Ford class aircraft carriers. 
(4) To increase the size of erection units to elimi-
nate disruptive unit breaks and improve unit align-
ment and fairness. 
(5) To increase outfitting levels for assembled 
units before erection in the dry-dock.
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(6) To increase overall ship completion levels at 
each key construction event. 
(7) To improve facilities in a manner that will 
lead to improved productivity. 
(8) To ensure the shipbuilder initiates plans that 
will improve productivity through capital improve-
ments that would provide targeted return on invest-
ment, including— 
(A) increasing the amount of temporary 
and permanent covered work areas; 
(B) adding ramps and service towers for 
improved access to work sites and the dry-dock; 
and 
(C) increasing lift capacity to enable con-
struction of larger, more fully outfitted super- 
lifts. 
SEC. 124. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR VIR-
GINIA CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 
Subject to section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, the 
Secretary of the Navy may enter into multiyear contracts, 
beginning with the fiscal year 2014 program year, for pro-
curement of Virginia class submarines and Government- 
furnished equipment associated with the Virginia class sub-
marine program.
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(b) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The 
Secretary may enter into one or more contracts, beginning 
in fiscal year 2013, for advance procurement associated 
with the vessels and equipment for which authorization to 
enter into a multiyear procurement contract is provided 
under subsection (a). 
(c) 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 fiscal 
year 2013 is subject to the availability of appropriations 
or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
(d) LIMITATION ON TERMINATION LIABILITY.—con-
tract for construction of vessels or equipment, entered into 
in accordance with subsection (a) shall include a clause that 
limits the liability of the Government to the contractor for 
any termination of the contract. The maximum liability 
of the Government under the clause shall be the amount ap-
propriated for the vessels or equipment covered by the con-
tract. Additionally, in the event of cancellation, the max-
imum liability of the Government shall include the amount 
of the unfunded cancellation ceiling in the contract. 
(e) AUTHORITY TO EXPAND MULTIYEAR PROCURE-
MENT.—The Secretary may employ incremental funding for 
the procurement of Virginia class submarines and Govern-
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ment-furnished equipment associated with the Virginia 
class submarines to be procured during fiscal years 2013 
through 2018 if the Secretary— 
(1) determines that such an approach will per-
mit the Navy to procure an additional Virginia class 
submarine in fiscal year 2014; and 
(2) intends to use the funding for that purpose. 
SEC. 125. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR 
ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYERS AND AS-
SOCIATED SYSTEMS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 
Subject to section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, the 
Secretary of the Navy may enter into multiyear contracts, 
beginning with the fiscal year 2013 program year, for the 
procurement of up to 10 Arleigh Burke class Flight IIA 
guided missile destroyers, as well as the AEGIS Weapon 
Systems, MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems, and Commer-
cial Broadband Satellite Systems associated with those ves-
sels. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The 
Secretary may enter into one or more contracts, beginning 
in fiscal year 2013, for advance procurement associated 
with the vessels and systems for which authorization to 
enter into a multiyear procurement contract is provided 
under subsection (a).
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(c) 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 fiscal 
year 2013 is subject to the availability of appropriations 
or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
SEC. 126. AUTHORITY FOR RELOCATION OF CERTAIN AEGIS 
WEAPON 
SYSTEM 
ASSETS 
BETWEEN 
AND 
WITHIN THE DDG–51 CLASS DESTROYER AND 
AEGIS ASHORE PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO 
MEET MISSION REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.— 
(1) TRANSFER TO AEGIS ASHORE SYSTEM.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of the Navy may transfer AEGIS Weapon Sys-
tem (AWS) equipment with ballistic missile defense 
(BMD) capability to the Missile Defense Agency for 
use in the AEGIS Ashore System of the Agency for 
installation in the country designated as Host Nation 
#1 (HN–1) by transferring to the Agency such equip-
ment procured with amounts authorized to be appro-
priated to the SCN account for fiscal years 2010 and 
2011 for the DDG–51 Class Destroyer Program. 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS IN EQUIPMENT DELIVERIES.—
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(4) TREATMENT OF TRANSFER IN FUNDING DE-
STROYER
CONSTRUCTION.—Notwithstanding 
the 
source of funds for any equipment transferred under 
paragraph (3), the Secretary shall fund all work nec-
essary to complete construction and outfitting of any 
destroyer in which such equipment is installed in the 
same manner as if such equipment had been acquired 
using amounts in the SCN account. 
(5) SCN ACCOUNT DEFINED.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘‘SCN account’’ means the Shipbuilding and 
Conversion, Navy account. 
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to repeal or otherwise modify in 
any way the limitation on obligation or expenditure of 
funds for missile defense interceptors in Europe as specified 
in section 223 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 Public Law 111–383; 124 
Stat. 4168). 
SEC. 127. DESIGNATION OF MISSION MODULES OF THE LIT-
TORAL COMBAT SHIP AS A MAJOR DEFENSE 
ACQUISITION PROGRAM. 
(a) DESIGNATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall— 
(1) designate the effort to develop and produce 
all variants of the mission modules in support of the
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Littoral Combat Ship program as a major defense ac-
quisition program under section 2430 of title 10, 
United States Code; and 
(2) with respect to the development and produc-
tion of each variant, submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report setting forth such cost, 
schedule, and performance information as would be 
provided if such effort were a major defense acquisi-
tion program, including Selected Acquisition Reports, 
unit cost reports, and program baselines. 
(b) ADDITIONAL QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
on a quarterly basis a report on the development and pro-
duction of each variant of the mission modules in support 
of the Littoral Combat Ship, including cost, schedule, and 
performance, and identifying actual and potential problems 
with such development or production and potential mitiga-
tion plans to address such problems. 
SEC. 128. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2012 PRO-
CUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MA-
RINE CORPS FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent provided in appro-
priations Acts, the Secretary of the Navy may transfer from 
fiscal year 2012 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and
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Marine Corps funds, $88,300,000 to other, higher priority 
programs of the Navy and the Marine Corps. 
(b) COVERED FUNDS.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘fiscal year 2012 Procurement of Ammunition, 
Navy and Marine Corps funds’’ means amounts authorized 
to be appropriated for fiscal year 2012 by section 101 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1317) and available 
for Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps 
as specified in the funding table in section 4101 of that 
Act. 
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority 
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred 
by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORITY.—The transfer au-
thority in this section is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act. 
SEC. 129. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2012 PRO-
CUREMENT, MARINE CORPS FUNDS FOR PRO-
CUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND COMBAT VEHI-
CLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent provided in appro-
priations Acts, the Secretary of the Navy may transfer from
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fiscal year 2012 Procurement, Marine Corps funds for pro-
curement of weapons and combat vehicles, $135,200,000 to 
other, higher priority programs of the Navy and the Marine 
Corps. 
(b) COVERED FUNDS.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘fiscal year 2012 Procurement, Marine Corps 
funds for procurement of weapons and combat vehicles’’ 
means amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2012 by section 101 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 
Stat. 1317) and available for Procurement, Marine Corps 
for the procurement of weapons and combat vehicles as spec-
ified in the funding table in section 4101 of that Act. 
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority 
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred 
by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORITY.—The transfer au-
thority in this section is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act. 
SEC. 130. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MARINE CORPS AMPHIB-
IOUS LIFT AND PRESENCE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
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(1) The United States Marine Corps is a combat 
force which leverages maneuver from the sea as a force 
multiplier allowing for a variety of operational tasks 
ranging from major combat operations to humani-
tarian assistance. 
(2) The United States Marine Corps is unique in 
that, while embarked upon Naval vessels, they bring 
all the logistic support necessary for the full range of 
military operations, operating ‘‘from the sea’’ they re-
quire no third party host nation permission to con-
duct military operations. 
(3) The Department of the Navy has a require-
ment for 38 amphibious assault ships to meet this full 
range of military operations. 
(4) Due to fiscal constraints only, that require-
ment of 38 vessels was reduced to 33 vessels, which 
adds military risk to future operations. 
(5) The Department of the Navy has been unable 
to meet even the minimal requirement of 30 oper-
ationally available vessels and has submitted a ship-
building and ship retirement plan to Congress which 
will reduce the force to 28 vessels. 
(6) Experience has shown that early engineering 
and design of naval vessels has significantly reduced
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the acquisition costs and life-cycle costs of those ves-
sels. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the Department of Defense should carefully 
evaluate the maritime force structure necessary to exe-
cute demand for forces by the commanders of the com-
batant commands; 
(2) the Department of the Navy carefully evalu-
ate amphibious lift capabilities to meet current and 
projected requirements; 
(3) the Department of the Navy should consider 
prioritization of investment in and procurement of 
the next generation of amphibious assault ships, as a 
component of the balanced battle force; 
(4) the next generation amphibious assault ships 
should maintain survivability protection; 
(5) operation and maintenance requirements 
analysis, as well as the potential to leverage a com-
mon hull form design, should be considered to reduce 
total ownership cost and acquisition cost; and 
(6) maintaining a robust amphibious ship build-
ing industrial base is vital for the future of the na-
tional security of the United States.
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SEC. 131. SENSE OF SENATE ON DEPARTMENT OF NAVY FIS-
CAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET REQUEST FOR TAC-
TICAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT. 
It is the sense of Senate that, if the budget request of 
the Department of the Navy for fiscal year 2014 for F–18 
aircraft includes a request for funds for more than 13 new 
F–18 aircraft, the budget request of the Department of the 
Navy for fiscal year 2014 for F–35 aircraft should include 
a request for funds for not fewer than 6 F–35B aircraft 
and 4 F–35C aircraft, presuming that development, testing, 
and production of the F–35 aircraft are proceeding accord-
ing to current plans. 
SEC. 132. SPIDERNET/SPECTRAL WARRIOR HARDWARE. 
(a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR OTHER PROCUREMENT, 
NAVY.—The amount authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2013 by section 101 is hereby increased by 
$2,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available 
for amounts authorized to be appropriated by that section 
and available for other procurement, Navy, Satellite Com-
munications, line 085, Satellite Communications Systems, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4101. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT.—To the extent pro-
vided in appropriations Acts, the amount authorized and 
made available by subsection (a) may be obligated and ex-
pended for a new program to procure SPIDERNet/Spectral 
Warrior Hardware and installation in order to provide a
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cloud network for Spectral Warrior terminals in support 
of requirements of the commanders of the combatant com-
mands. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
SEC. 141. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT REQUIRED 
TO BE MAINTAINED IN STRATEGIC AIRLIFT 
AIRCRAFT INVENTORY. 
(a) REDUCTION IN INVENTORY REQUIREMENT.—Sec-
tion 8062(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Effective October 1, 2011, the’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘301 aircraft’’ and inserting 
‘‘275 aircraft’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION
OF
CERTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 137(d)(3)(B) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 
123 Stat. 2221) is amended by striking ‘‘316 strategic air-
lift aircraft’’ and inserting ‘‘275 strategic airlift aircraft’’. 
(c) PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN RETIRED C–5 AIR-
CRAFT.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall preserve each 
C–5 aircraft retired by the Secretary after September 30, 
2012, such that the aircraft— 
(1) is stored in flyable condition; 
(2) can be returned to service; and
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(3) is not used to supply parts to other aircraft 
unless specifically authorized by the Secretary of De-
fense upon a request by the Secretary of the Air 
Force. 
SEC. 142. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS FOR THE F– 
22A RAPTOR AIRCRAFT AS MAJOR DEFENSE 
ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall treat 
the programs referred to in subsection (b) for the F–22A 
Raptor aircraft as a major defense acquisition program for 
which Selected Acquisition Reports shall be submitted to 
Congress in accordance with the requirements of section 
2432 of title 10, United States Code. 
(b) COVERED PROGRAMS.—The programs referred to 
in this subsection for the F–22A Raptor aircraft are the 
following: 
(1) Any modernization program through Incre-
ment 3.2A. 
(2) The Reliability and Maintainability Matura-
tion Program (RAMMP) and the Structural Repair 
Program (SRP II). 
(3) The modernization Increment 3.2B and any 
future F–22A Raptor aircraft modernization program 
that would otherwise, if a standalone program, qual-
ify for treatment as a major defense acquisition pro-
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gram for purposes of chapter 144 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 143. AVIONICS SYSTEMS FOR C–130 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) AVIONICS
MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary of the Air Force shall take no action to can-
cel or modify the Avionics Modernization Program 
(AMP) for the C–130 aircraft until 30 days after the 
date of the submittal to the congressional defense com-
mittees of the report required by subsection (b). 
(2) CNS/ATM PROGRAM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take 
no action described in subparagraph (B) until 
30 days after the date of the submittal to the 
congressional defense committees of the report re-
quired by subsection (b). 
(B) COVERED
ACTIONS.—An action de-
scribed in this subparagraph is an action to 
begin an alternative communication, navigation, 
surveillance, and air traffic management (CNS/ 
ATM) program for the C–130 aircraft that is de-
signed or intended— 
(i) to meet international communica-
tion, navigation, surveillance, and air traf-
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fic management standards for the fleet of C– 
130 aircraft; or 
(ii) to replace the current Avionics 
Modernization Program for the C–130 air-
craft. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees report on the 
results of a study to be conducted by the Office of Cost As-
sessment and Program Evaluation of the Department of De-
fense on the following: 
(1) The costs and schedule to complete the cur-
rent program of record for the Avionics Moderniza-
tion Program for the C–130 aircraft, as anticipated 
at the time of the last certification on that program 
under section 2433a of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) The total cost and schedule, from start to 
completion, of any proposed alternative communica-
tion, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic manage-
ment program for the C–130 aircraft. 
(3) The projected manpower savings to be de-
rived from the current program of record for the Avi-
onics Modernization Program for the C–130 aircraft 
in comparison with the projected manpower savings 
to be derived from any proposed alternative commu-
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nication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic 
management program for the C–130 aircraft. 
SEC. 144. PROCUREMENT OF SPACE-BASED INFRARED SYS-
TEM SATELLITES. 
(a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force may procure two space-based infrared system 
satellites by entering into a fixed-price contract for 
such procurement. 
(2) COST REDUCTION.—The Secretary may in-
clude in a contract entered into under paragraph (1) 
the following: 
(A) The procurement of material and equip-
ment in economic order quantities if the procure-
ment of such material and equipment in such 
quantities will result in cost savings. 
(B) Cost reduction initiatives. 
(3) USE OF INCREMENTAL FUNDING.—The Sec-
retary may use incremental funding for a contract 
entered into under paragraph (1) for a period not to 
exceed six fiscal years. 
(4) LIABILITY.—A contract entered into under 
paragraph (1) shall provide that— 
(A) any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under the contract is subject to
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the availability of appropriations for that pur-
pose; and 
(B) the total liability of the Federal Govern-
ment for the termination of the contract shall be 
limited to the total amount of funding obligated 
at the time of the termination of the contract. 
(b) LIMITATION OF COSTS.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c), and excluding amounts described in para-
graph (2), the total amount obligated or expended for 
the procurement of two space-based infrared system 
satellites authorized by subsection (a) may not exceed 
$3,900,000,000. 
(2) EXCLUSION.—The amounts described in this 
paragraph are amounts associated with the following: 
(A) Plans. 
(B) Technical data packages. 
(C) Post-delivery and program-related sup-
port costs. 
(D) Technical support for obsolescence stud-
ies. 
(c) ADJUSTMENT TO LIMITATION AMOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may increase 
the limitation set forth in subsection (b)(1) by the 
amount of an increase described in paragraph (2) if
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the Secretary submits to the congressional defense 
committees written notification of the increase made 
to that limitation. 
(2) INCREASE
DESCRIBED.—An increase de-
scribed in this paragraph is one of the following: 
(A) An increase in costs that is attributable 
to economic inflation after September 30, 2012. 
(B) An increase in costs that is attributable 
to compliance with changes in Federal, State, or 
local laws enacted after September 30, 2012. 
(C) An increase in the cost of a space-based 
infrared system satellite that is attributable to 
the insertion of a new technology into the sat-
ellite that was not built into such satellites pro-
cured before fiscal year 2013, if the Secretary de-
termines, and certifies to the congressional de-
fense committees, that insertion of the new tech-
nology into the satellite is— 
(i) expected to decrease the life-cycle 
cost of the satellite; or 
(ii) required to meet an emerging 
threat that poses grave harm to the national 
security of the United States. 
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(1) REPORT ON CONTRACTS.—Not later than 30 
days after the date on which the Secretary enters into 
a contract under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the contract that includes the following: 
(A) The total cost savings resulting from the 
authority provided by subsection (a). 
(B) The type and duration of the contract. 
(C) The total value of the contract. 
(D) The funding profile under the contract 
by year. 
(E) The terms of the contract regarding the 
treatment of changes by the Federal Government 
to the requirements of the contract, including 
how any such changes may affect the success of 
the contract. 
(2) PLAN FOR USING COST SAVINGS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary 
enters into a contract under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a plan for using the cost savings described in 
paragraph (1)(A) to improve the capability of mili-
tary infrared and early warning satellites that in-
cludes a description of the following:
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(A) The available funds, by year, resulting 
from such cost savings. 
(B) The specific activities or subprograms 
to be funded using such cost savings and the 
funds, by year, allocated to each such activity or 
subprogram. 
(C) The objectives for each such activity or 
subprogram. 
(D) The criteria used by the Secretary to 
determine which such activities or subprograms 
to fund. 
(E) The method by which the Secretary will 
determine which such activities or subprograms 
to fund, including whether that determination 
will be on a competitive basis. 
(F) The plan for encouraging participation 
in such activities and subprograms by small 
businesses. 
(G) The process for determining how and 
when such activities and subprograms would 
transition to an existing program or be estab-
lished as a new program of record. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SPACE VEHICLE 
NUMBER 5 FOR SPACE VEHICLE NUMBER 6.—The Sec-
retary may obligate and expend amounts authorized to be
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appropriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 101 for pro-
curement for the Air Force as specified in the funding table 
in section 4101 and available for the advanced procurement 
of long-lead parts and the replacement of obsolete parts for 
space-based infrared system satellite space vehicle number 
5 for the advanced procurement of long-lead parts and the 
replacement of obsolete parts for space-based infrared sys-
tem space vehicle number 6. 
(f) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary should not enter into a fixed-price con-
tract under subsection (a) for the procurement of two space- 
based infrared system satellites unless the Secretary deter-
mines that entering into such a contract will save the Air 
Force not less than 20 percent over the cost of procuring 
two such satellites separately. 
SEC. 145. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2011 AND 
2012 FUNDS FOR AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT 
FOR THE AIR FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent provided in appro-
priations Acts, the Secretary of the Air Force may transfer 
from fiscal year 2011 and 2012 Aircraft Procurement, Air 
Force funds, an aggregate of $920,748,000 to other, higher 
priority programs of the Air Force.
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(b) COVERED FUNDS.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘fiscal year 2011 and 2012 Aircraft Procurement, 
Air Force funds’’ means— 
(1) amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2011 by section 103(1) of the Ike Skelton 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4152) for air-
craft procurement for the Air Force; and 
(2) amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2012 by section 101 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public 
Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1317) and available for Air-
craft Procurement, Air Force as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4101 of that Act. 
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority 
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred 
by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORITY.—The transfer au-
thority in this section is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act.
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Subtitle E—Joint and Multiservice 
Matters 
SEC. 151. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR V–22 
JOINT AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 
Subject to section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, the 
Secretary of the Navy may enter into a multiyear contract 
or contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2013 program 
year, for the procurement of V–22 aircraft for the Depart-
ment of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and 
the United States Special Operations Command. 
(b) 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 fiscal 
year 2013 is subject to the availability of appropriations 
for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
SEC. 152. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
FULL-RATE 
PRODUCTION 
OF 
HANDHELD, 
MANPACK, AND SMALL FORM/FIT RADIOS 
UNDER THE JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM 
PROGRAM. 
Amounts available for the Joint Tactical Radio Sys-
tem (JTRS) program may not be obligated or expended for 
full-rate production of the Handheld, Manpack, and Small
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Form/Fit (HMS) radios under that program until the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, 
and Logistics certifies to the congressional defense commit-
tees that the acquisition strategy for such radios provides, 
to the maximum extent practicable, for full and open com-
petition in the acquisition of such radios. 
SEC. 153. SHALLOW WATER COMBAT SUBMERSIBLE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the 
United States Special Operations Command shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report setting 
forth the following: 
(1) A description of the efforts of the contractor 
under the Shallow Water Combat Submersible 
(SWCS) program and the United States Special Op-
erations Command to improve the accuracy of the 
tracking of the schedule and costs of the program. 
(2) The revised timeline for the initial and full 
operational capability of the Shallow Water Combat 
Submersible. 
(3) A current estimate of the cost to meet the 
basis of issue requirement under the program. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—
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(1) QUARTERLY REPORTS REQUIRED.—The Com-
mander of the United States Special Operations Com-
mand shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees on a quarterly basis updates on the metrics 
from the earned value management system with which 
the Command is tracking the schedule and cost per-
formance of the contractor of the Shallow Water Com-
bat Submersible program. 
(2) SUNSET.—The requirement in paragraph (1) 
shall cease on the date the Shallow Water Combat 
Submersible has completed operational testing and 
has been found to be operationally effective and oper-
ationally suitable. 
SEC. 154. AC–130 AIRCRAFT ELECTRO-OPTICAL AND INFRA-
RED SENSORS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR PROCUREMENT, DE-
FENSE-WIDE.—The amount authorized to be appropriated 
for fiscal year 2013 by section 101 is hereby increased by 
$6,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available 
for amounts authorized to be appropriated by that section 
and available for procurement, Defense-wide, other procure-
ment programs, line 079, Combat mission requirements, as 
specified in the funding table in section 4101. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT.—To the extent pro-
vided in appropriations Acts, the amount authorized and
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made available by subsection (a) may be obligated and ex-
pended for a new program to procure color electro-optical 
and infrared imaging sensors for AC–130 aircraft used by 
the United States Special Operations Command in ongoing 
contingency operations. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2013 for the use of the Department of Defense for 
research, development, test, and evaluation as specified in 
the funding table in section 4201. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, 
Restrictions, and Limitations 
SEC. 211. NEXT GENERATION FOUNDRY FOR THE DEFENSE 
MICROELECTRONICS ACTIVITY. 
Amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2013 by section 201 and available for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation for the Next Generation Foundry 
for the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) (PE 
#603720S) as specified in the funding table in section 4201 
may not be obligated or expended for that purpose until
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60 days after the date on which the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Research and Engineering— 
(1) develops a microelectronics strategy as de-
scribed in the Senate report to accompany S. 1235 of 
the 112th Congress (S. Rept. 112–26) and an estimate 
of the full life-cycle costs for the upgrade of the Next 
Generation Foundry; and 
(2) submits the strategy and cost estimate re-
quired by paragraph (1) to the congressional defense 
committees. 
SEC. 212. ADVANCED ROTORCRAFT INITIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall, in 
consultation with the military departments, the Defense Ad-
vanced Research Projects Agency, and industry (including 
the Vertical Lift Consortium (VLC)), submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report setting forth a strategy 
for the use of integrated platform design teams and agile 
prototyping approaches for the development of advanced 
rotorcraft capabilities. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) Mechanisms for establishing agile proto-
typing practices and programs, including rotorcraft
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X-planes, and an identification of the resources re-
quired for such purposes. 
(2) A restructuring of the Joint Multi-role 
(JMR) development program of the Army to include 
more technology demonstration platforms with chal-
lenge goals of significant reductions in cost and time 
to flight. 
(3) A restructuring of the X-Plane Rotorcraft 
program of the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
Agency to develop performance objectives beyond the 
Joint Multi-role development program, including at 
least two competing teams. 
(4) Approaches, including competitive prize 
awards, to encourage the development of advanced 
rotorcraft capabilities to address challenge problems 
such as nap-of-earth automated flight, urban oper-
ation near buildings, slope landings, automated auto-
rotation or power-off recovery, and automated selec-
tion of landing areas. 
SEC. 213. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2012 NAVY 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVAL-
UATION FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent provided in appro-
priations Acts, the Secretary of the Navy may transfer from 
fiscal year 2012 Navy research, development, test, and eval-
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uation funds, $8,832,000 to other, higher priority programs 
of the Navy. 
(b) COVERED FUNDS.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘fiscal year 2012 Navy research, development, test, 
and evaluation funds’’ means amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2012 by section 201 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub-
lic Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1329) and available for Re-
search, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4201 of that Act. 
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority 
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred 
by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORITY.—The transfer au-
thority in this section is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act. 
SEC. 214. AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LAB-
ORATORIES 
TO 
ENTER 
INTO 
EDUCATION 
PARTNERSHIPS WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTI-
TUTIONS IN UNITED STATES TERRITORIES 
AND POSSESSIONS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of section 2194 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘,
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the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession of the 
United States’’ after ‘‘institutions of the United States’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (f)(2) of 
such section is amended by inserting ‘‘(20 U.S.C. 7801)’’ 
before the period. 
SEC. 215. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2012 AIR 
FORCE 
RESEARCH, 
DEVELOPMENT, 
TEST, 
AND EVALUATION FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent provided in appro-
priations Acts, the Secretary of the Air Force may transfer 
from fiscal year 2012 Air Force research, development, test, 
and evaluation funds, $78,426,000 to other, higher priority 
programs of the Air Force. 
(b) COVERED FUNDS.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘fiscal year 2012 Air Force research, development, 
test, and evaluation funds’’ means amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2012 by section 201 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 
(Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1329) and available for Re-
search, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force as 
specified in the funding table in section 4201 of that Act. 
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority 
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
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thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred 
by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORITY.—The transfer au-
thority in this section is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act. 
SEC. 216. RELOCATION OF C–BAND RADAR FROM ANTIGUA 
TO H.E. HOLT STATION IN WESTERN AUS-
TRALIA TO ENHANCE SPACE SITUATIONAL 
AWARENESS CAPABILITIES. 
To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 
by section 201 and available for research, development, test, 
and evaluation for Space Situation Awareness Systems 
(PE 0604425F) for System Development and Demonstra-
tion as specified in the funding table in section 4201, 
$3,000,000 may be obligated and expended for a new pro-
gram for the relocation and research and development ac-
tivities to enhance Space Situational Awareness capabili-
ties through— 
(1) the repurposing of the C–Band Radar at An-
tigua; 
(2) the relocation of that radar to the H.E. Holt 
Station in Western Australia;
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(3) upgrades of the hardware and software of 
that radar to meet Space Situational Awareness mis-
sion needs; 
(4) operational testing of that radar; and 
(5) transfer of jurisdiction of that radar to the 
Air Force Space Command for operations and 
sustainment by September 30, 2016. 
SEC. 217. DETAILED DIGITAL RADIO FREQUENCY MODULA-
TION COUNTERMEASURES STUDIES AND SIM-
ULATIONS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR RDT&E, ARMY.—The 
amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 
by section 201 is hereby increased by $38,000,000, with the 
amount of the increase to be available for amounts author-
ized to be appropriated by that section and available for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, Army, for sys-
tem development and demonstration (PE 0605457A) Army 
Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD), as specified 
in the funding table in section 4201. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT.—To the extent pro-
vided in appropriations Acts, the amount authorized and 
made available by subsection (a) may be obligated and ex-
pended for a new program to conduct detailed digital radio 
frequency modulation (DRFM) countermeasures studies 
and simulations to develop algorithms to address this threat
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change in support of the accelerated fielding of a new capa-
bility in Patriot, Sentinel, and Integrated Air and Missile 
Defense (IAMD) for the requirements of the commanders of 
the combatant commands. 
Subtitle C—Missile Defense Matters 
SEC. 231. HOMELAND BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Ballistic Missile Defense Review of Feb-
ruary 2010 stated as its first policy priority that ‘‘the 
United States will continue to defend the homeland 
against the threat of limited ballistic missile attack’’ 
and that ‘‘an essential element of the United States’ 
homeland ballistic missile defense strategy is to hedge 
against future uncertainties, including both the un-
certainty of future threat capabilities and the tech-
nical risks inherent to our own development plans’’. 
(2) The United States currently has an oper-
ational Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) sys-
tem with 30 Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs) de-
ployed in Alaska and California, protecting the 
United States against the potential future threat of 
limited ballistic missile attack from countries such as 
North Korea and Iran. 
(3) As Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy Bradley Roberts
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testified before the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate on April 25, 2012, ‘‘[w]ith 30 GBIs in 
place, the United States is in an advantageous posi-
tion vis-a`-vis the threats from North Korea and 
Iran,’’ and ‘‘neither has successfully tested an ICBM 
or demonstrated an ICBM-class warhead’’. 
(4) Deputy Assistant Secretary Roberts testified 
that maintaining this advantageous position ‘‘re-
quires continued improvement to the GMD system, 
including enhanced performance by the GBIs and the 
deployment of new sensors. It also requires the devel-
opment of the Precision Tracking Space System 
(PTSS) to handle larger raid sizes and the Standard 
Missile-3 (SM–3) Block IIB as the ICBM threat from 
states like Iran and North Korea matures. These ef-
forts will help to ensure that the United States pos-
sesses the capability to counter the projected threat for 
the foreseeable future’’. 
(5) As its highest priority, the Missile Defense 
Agency is designing a correction to the problem that 
caused a December 2010 flight test failure of the 
Ground-based Midcourse Defense system using the Ca-
pability Enhancement II (CE–II) model of exo-atmos-
pheric kill vehicle, and plans to demonstrate the cor-
rection in two flight tests before resuming production
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or assembly of additional Capability Enhancement II 
kill vehicles. 
(6) The Department of Defense has a program to 
improve the performance and reliability of the 
Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, including a 
plan to test every component of the Ground-Based 
Interceptors for reliability. According to Department 
of Defense officials, the goal of the Ground-Based In-
terceptor reliability program is to double the number 
of threat Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) 
that our current inventory of Ground-Based Intercep-
tors could defeat, thereby effectively doubling the ca-
pability of our current Ground-based Midcourse De-
fense system. 
(7) The Missile Defense Agency, working with the 
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation and 
with United States Strategic Command, has devel-
oped a comprehensive Integrated Master Test Plan 
(IMTP) for missile defense, with flight tests for the 
Ground-based Midcourse Defense system planned 
through fiscal year 2022, including salvo testing, mul-
tiple simultaneous engagement testing, and oper-
ational testing. 
(8) The Director of Operational Test and Eval-
uation, who must review, approve, and sign each
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semi-annual version of the Integrated Master Test 
Plan, testified that the Test Plan is ‘‘a robust and 
rigorous test plan’’. He also testified that the current 
pace of Ground-based Midcourse Defense system test-
ing of one flight test per year is the ‘‘best that we’ve 
been able to achieve over a decade’’. 
(9) The Director of the Missile Defense Agency 
testified before the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate on April 25, 2012, that flight testing the 
Ground-based Midcourse Defense system more often 
than once per year could cause ‘‘greater risk of fur-
ther failure and setbacks to developing our homeland 
defense capability as rapidly as possible’’. 
(10) As part of its homeland defense hedging 
strategy, the Department of Defense has already de-
cided upon or implemented a number of actions to 
improve the missile defense posture of the United 
States in case the threat of Intercontinental Ballistic 
Missiles from North Korea or Iran emerges sooner or 
in greater numbers than anticipated. These include 
the following actions: 
(A) The Missile Defense Agency has com-
pleted construction of Missile Field-2 at Fort 
Greely, Alaska, with eight extra silos available to
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deploy additional operational Ground-Based 
Interceptors, if needed. 
(B) With its request for 5 additional 
Ground-Based Interceptors in the budget of the 
President for fiscal year 2013, the Missile De-
fense Agency plans to have enough test and spare 
Ground-Based Interceptors to emplace in the 8 
extra silos from 2014 through 2025, and will 
keep the Ground-Based Interceptor production 
line active for 5 additional years, thus allowing 
additional Ground-Based Interceptor purchases 
in the future, if needed. 
(C) The Department has decided not to de-
commission prototype Missile Field-1 at Fort 
Greely but, instead, to keep it in a storage status 
that would permit it to be refurbished and reac-
tivated within a few years if future threat devel-
opments make that necessary. 
(D) The Missile Defense Agency plans to 
build an in-flight interceptor communications 
terminal at Fort Drum, New York, to enhance 
the performance of Ground-Based Interceptors 
defending the eastern United States against pos-
sible future missile threats from Iran.
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(E) The Missile Defense Agency is con-
tinuing the development and testing of the two- 
stage Ground-Based Interceptor for possible de-
ployment in the future, if needed. 
(F) The Missile Defense Agency is upgrad-
ing early warning radars in Clear, Alaska, and 
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to enhance the ability 
to defend against potential multiple future Inter-
continental Ballistic Missile threats from North 
Korea and Iran. 
(G) The Missile Defense Agency is pursuing 
development of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB 
interceptor for Phase 4 of the European Phased 
Adaptive Approach. It is intended to augment 
the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system as a 
cost-effective first layer of defense of the home-
land against a possible future Intercontinental 
Ballistic Missile threat from Iran. 
(H) The Missile Defense Agency is pursuing 
development of the Precision Tracking Space 
System, a satellite sensor system to provide per-
sistent tracking of large numbers of missiles in 
flight, and fire-control quality targeting data to 
various missile defense interceptor systems. Ac-
cording to the Director of the Missile Defense
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Agency, ‘‘the greatest future enhancement for 
both homeland and regional defense in the next 
ten years is the development of the Precision 
Tracking Space System satellites’’. 
(11) As part of its homeland defense hedging 
strategy review, the Department of Defense is consid-
ering other options to enhance the future United 
States posture to defend the homeland, including the 
feasibility, advisability and affordability of deploying 
additional Ground-Based Interceptors, either in Alas-
ka or at a missile defense site on the East Coast of 
the United States. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) it is a national priority to defend the home-
land against the potential future threat of limited 
ballistic missile attack from countries such as North 
Korea and Iran; 
(2) the currently deployed Ground-based Mid-
course Defense system, with 30 Ground-Based Inter-
ceptors deployed in Alaska and California, provides 
protection of the United States homeland against the 
potential future threat of limited ballistic missile at-
tack from North Korea and Iran;
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(3) it is essential for the Ground-based Mid-
course Defense system to achieve the levels of reli-
ability, availability, sustainability, and operational 
performance that will allow it to continue providing 
protection of the United States homeland against lim-
ited ballistic missile attack; 
(4) the Missile Defense Agency should, as its 
highest priority, correct the problem that caused the 
December 2010 Ground-based Midcourse Defense sys-
tem flight test failure and demonstrate the correction 
in flight tests before resuming production of the Capa-
bility Enhancement-II kill vehicle, in order to provide 
confidence that the system will work as intended; 
(5) the Department of Defense should continue to 
enhance the performance and reliability of the 
Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, and enhance 
the capability of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, 
to provide improved capability to defend the home-
land against possible increased future missile threats 
from North Korea and Iran; 
(6) the Missile Defense Agency should continue 
its robust, rigorous, and realistic testing of the 
Ground-based Midcourse Defense system at a pace of 
one flight test per year, as described in the Integrated 
Master Test Plan, including salvo testing, multiple si-
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multaneous engagement testing, and operational test-
ing; 
(7) if successfully developed, the Standard Mis-
sile-3 Block IIB interceptor would provide an essen-
tial first layer of defense of the homeland against an 
emerging Intercontinental Ballistic Missile threat 
from Iran, using a cost-effective forward-based early 
intercept system that could permit holding Ground- 
Based Interceptors in reserve, and if such interceptor 
could be deployed on ships, it would also provide a 
significant enhancement to defense against possible 
future threats from North Korea; 
(8) the Precision Tracking Space System has the 
potential to improve dramatically the capability of 
homeland and regional missile defense systems 
against large numbers of missiles launched simulta-
neously, and should remain a high priority for devel-
opment; 
(9) the Department of Defense has taken a num-
ber of prudent, affordable, cost-effective, and oper-
ationally significant steps to hedge against the possi-
bility of future growth in the missile threat to the 
homeland from North Korea and Iran; and 
(10) the Department of Defense should continue 
to evaluate the evolution of the long-range missile
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threat from North Korea and Iran and consider other 
possibilities for prudent, affordable, cost-effective, and 
operationally significant steps to improve the posture 
of the United States to defend the homeland against 
possible future growth in the threat. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the status of efforts to 
improve the homeland ballistic missile defense capa-
bility of the United States. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required 
by paragraph (1)) shall include the following: 
(A) A detailed description of the actions 
taken or planned to improve the reliability, 
availability, and capability of the Ground-based 
Midcourse Defense system. 
(B) A description of any improvements 
achieved as a result of the actions described in 
subparagraph (A). 
(C) A description of the results of the two 
planned flight tests of the Ground-based Mid-
course Defense system (Control Test Vehicle flight 
test-1, and GMD Flight Test–06b) intended to
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demonstrate the success of the correction of the 
problem that caused the flight test failure of De-
cember 2010, and the status of any decision to 
resume production of the Capability Enhance-
ment-II kill vehicle. 
(D) A detailed description of actions taken 
or planned to improve the homeland defense pos-
ture of the United States to hedge against poten-
tial future Intercontinental Ballistic Missile 
threat growth from North Korea and Iran. 
(E) Any other matters the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—The report shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
SEC. 232. REGIONAL BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) In the introduction to the Ballistic Missile 
Defense Review of February 2010, Secretary of De-
fense Robert Gates states that ‘‘I have made defending 
against near-term regional threats a top priority of 
our missile defense plans, programs and capabilities’’. 
(2) In describing the threat of regional ballistic 
missiles, the report of the Ballistic Missile Defense Re-
view states that ‘‘there is no uncertainty about the ex-
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istence of regional threats. They are clear and present. 
The threat from short-range, medium-range, and in-
termediate-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs, MRBMs, 
and IRBMs) in regions where the United States de-
ploys forces and maintains security relationships is 
growing at a particularly rapid pace’’. 
(3) In testimony before the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate on April 25, 2012, Dr. Bradley 
Roberts, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy stated, with re-
spect to regional missile defense, that ‘‘the need arises 
from the rapidly emerging threats to our armed forces 
in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia from re-
gional missile proliferators and the basic challenge 
such proliferation poses to the safety and security of 
our forces and allies and to our power projection 
strategy’’. 
(4) Iran has the largest inventory of regional 
ballistic missiles in the Middle East, with hundreds 
of missiles that can reach southeastern Europe and 
all of the Middle East, including Israel. Iran is im-
proving its existing missiles and developing new and 
longer-range missiles. 
(5) North Korea has a large and growing inven-
tory of short-range and medium-range ballistic mis-
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siles that can reach United States forces and allies in 
South Korea and Japan. North Korea is improving 
its existing missiles and developing new and longer- 
range missiles. 
(6) In September 2009, President Barack Obama 
announced that he had accepted the unanimous rec-
ommendation of the Secretary of Defense and the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff to establish a European Phased 
Adaptive Approach to missile defense, designed to 
protect deployed United States forces and allies and 
partners in Europe against the large and growing 
threat of ballistic missiles from Iran. 
(7) In November 2010, at the Lisbon Summit, 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) de-
cided to adopt the core mission of missile defense of 
its population, territory and forces. The North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization agreed to enhance its missile 
defense command and control system, the Active Lay-
ered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense, to provide a 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization command and 
control capability. This is in addition to contribu-
tions of missile defense capability from individual na-
tions. 
(8) During 2011, the United States successfully 
implemented Phase 1 of the European Phased Adapt-
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ive Approach, including deployment of an AN/TPY– 
2 radar in Turkey, deployment of an Aegis Ballistic 
Missile Defense ship in the eastern Mediterranean Sea 
with Standard Missile-3 Block IA interceptors, and 
establishment of a missile defense command and con-
trol system in Germany. 
(9) During 2011, the United States successfully 
negotiated all the international agreements with 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies needed to 
permit future phases of the European Phased Adapt-
ive Approach, including agreements with Romania 
and Poland to permit the deployment of Aegis Ashore 
missile defense systems on their territory, an agree-
ment with Turkey to permit deployment of an AN/ 
TPY–2 radar on its territory, and an agreement with 
Spain to permit the forward stationing of four Aegis 
Ballistic Missile Defense ships at Rota. 
(10) Phase 2 of the European Phased Adaptive 
Approach is planned for deployment in 2015, and is 
planned to include the deployment of Standard Mis-
sile-3 Block IB interceptors on Aegis Ballistic Missile 
Defense ships and at an Aegis Ashore site in Roma-
nia. 
(11) Phase 3 of the European Phased Adaptive 
Approach is planned for deployment in 2018, and is
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planned to include the deployment of Standard Mis-
sile-3 Block IIA interceptors on Aegis Ballistic Missile 
Defense ships and at an Aegis Ashore site in Poland. 
(12) Phase 4 of the European Phased Adaptive 
Approach is planned for deployment in 2020, and is 
planned to include the deployment of Standard Mis-
sile-3 Block IIB interceptors at Aegis Ashore sites. 
This interceptor is intended to protect both Europe 
and the United States against potential future long- 
range ballistic missiles from Iran. 
(13) At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
Summit in Chicago in 2012, the North Atlantic Trea-
ty Organization plans to announce it has achieved an 
‘‘interim capability’’ for the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization missile defense system, including initial 
capability of its Active Layered Theater Ballistic 
Missile Defense system at a command and control fa-
cility in Germany. 
(14) The United States has a robust program of 
missile defense cooperation with Israel, including 
joint development of the Arrow Weapon System and 
the new Arrow-3 upper tier interceptor, designed to 
defend Israel against ballistic missiles from Iran. 
These jointly developed missile defense systems are de-
signed to be interoperable with United States ballistic
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missile defenses, and these interoperable systems are 
tested in large military exercises. The United States 
has deployed an AN/TPY–2 radar in Israel to en-
hance missile defense against missiles from Iran. 
(15) The United States is working with the na-
tions of the Gulf Cooperation Council on enhanced 
national and regional missile defense capabilities 
against growing missile threats from Iran. As part of 
this effort, the United Arab Emirates plans to pur-
chase two batteries of the Terminal High Altitude Air 
Defense (THAAD) system, as well as other equipment. 
(16) The United States has a strong program of 
missile defense cooperation with Japan, including the 
co-development of the Standard Missile-3 (SM–3) 
Block IIA interceptor for the Aegis Ballistic Missile 
Defense system, intended to be deployed by Japan and 
in Phase 3 of the European Phased Adaptive Ap-
proach, Japan’s fleet of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense 
ships using the SM–3 Block IA interceptors, and the 
United States deployment of an AN/TPY–2 radar in 
Japan. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the threat from regional ballistic missiles, 
particularly from Iran and North Korea, is serious
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and growing, and puts at risk forward-deployed 
United States forces and allies and partners in Eu-
rope, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region; 
(2) the Department of Defense has an obligation 
to provide force protection of forward-deployed United 
States forces, assets, and facilities from regional bal-
listic missile attack; 
(3) the United States has an obligation to meet 
its security commitments to its allies, including bal-
listic missile defense commitments; 
(4) the Department of Defense has a balanced 
program of investment and capabilities to provide for 
both homeland defense and regional defense against 
ballistic missiles, consistent with the Ballistic Missile 
Defense Review and with the prioritized and inte-
grated needs of the commanders of the combatant 
commands; 
(5) the European Phased Adaptive Approach to 
missile defense is an appropriate and necessary re-
sponse to the existing and growing ballistic missile 
threat from Iran to forward deployed United States 
forces and allies and partners in Europe; 
(6) the Department of Defense— 
(A) should, as a high priority, continue to 
develop, test, and plan to deploy all four phases
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of the European Phased Adaptive Approach, in-
cluding all variants of the Standard Missile-3 
interceptor; and 
(B) should also continue with its other 
phased and adaptive regional missile defense ef-
forts tailored to the Middle East and the Asia- 
Pacific region; 
(7) European members of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization are making valuable contribu-
tions to missile defense in Europe, by hosting ele-
ments of United States missile defense systems on 
their territories, through individual national con-
tributions to missile defense capability, and by collec-
tive funding and development of the Active Layered 
Theater Ballistic Missile Defense system; and 
(8) the Department of Defense should continue 
with the development of the key enablers of enhanced 
regional missile defense, including the Precision 
Tracking Space System. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report describing the status and progress of 
regional missile defense programs and efforts.
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(2) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required 
by paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the adequacy of the ex-
isting and planned European Phased Adaptive 
Approach to provide force protection for forward 
deployed United States forces in Europe against 
ballistic missile threats from Iran, and an as-
sessment whether adequate force protection would 
be available absent the European Phased Adapt-
ive Approach. 
(B) An assessment whether the European 
Phased Adaptive Approach and other planned 
regional missile defense approaches of the United 
States meet the integrated priorities of the com-
manders of the regional combatant commands in 
an affordable and balanced manner. 
(C) A description of the progress made in 
the development and testing of elements of sys-
tems intended for deployment in Phases 2 
through 4 of the European Phased Adaptive Ap-
proach, including the Standard Missile-3 Block 
IB interceptor and the Aegis Ashore system. 
(D) A description of the manner in which 
elements of regional missile defense architectures, 
such as forward-based X-band radars in Turkey
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and Japan, contribute to the enhancement of 
homeland defense of the United States. 
(E) A description of the current and 
planned contributions of North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization allies, both collectively and indi-
vidually, to missile defense in Europe. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 233. MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) For more than a decade, the United States 
and Russia have discussed a variety of options for co-
operation on shared early warning and ballistic mis-
sile defense. For example, on May 1, 2001, President 
George W. Bush spoke of a ‘‘new cooperative relation-
ship’’ with Russia and said ‘‘it should be premised on 
openness, mutual confidence and real opportunities 
for cooperation, including the area of missile defense. 
It should allow us to share information so that each 
nation can improve its early warning capability, and 
its capability to defend its people and territory. And 
perhaps one day, we can even cooperate in a joint de-
fense’’.
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(2) Section 1231 of the Floyd D. Spence Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 
(as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 1654A– 
329) authorized the Department of Defense to estab-
lish in Russia a ‘‘joint center for the exchange of data 
from systems to provide early warning of launches of 
ballistic missiles and for notification of launches of 
such missiles’’, also known as the Joint Data Ex-
change Center (JDEC). 
(3) On March 31, 2008, Deputy Secretary of De-
fense Gordon England stated that ‘‘we have offered 
Russia a wide-ranging proposal to cooperate on mis-
sile defense—everything from modeling and simula-
tion, to data sharing, to joint development of a re-
gional missile defense architecture—all designed to 
defend the United States, Europe, and Russia from 
the growing threat of Iranian ballistic missiles. An 
extraordinary series of transparency measures have 
also been offered to reassure Russia. Despite some 
Russian reluctance to sign up to these cooperative 
missile defense activities, we continue to work toward 
this goal’’. 
(4) On July 6, 2009, President Barack Obama 
and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a 
joint statement on missile defense issues, which stated
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that ‘‘Russia and the United States plan to continue 
the discussion concerning the establishment of co-
operation in responding to the challenge of ballistic 
missile proliferation. . . We have instructed our ex-
perts to work together to analyze the ballistic missile 
challenges of the 21st century and to prepare appro-
priate recommendations’’. 
(5) The February 2010 report of the Ballistic 
Missile Defense Review established as one of its cen-
tral policy pillars that increased international missile 
defense cooperation is in the national security interest 
of the United States and, with regard to cooperation 
with Russia, the United States ‘‘is pursuing a broad 
agenda focused on shared early warning of missile 
launches, possible technical cooperation, and even 
operational cooperation’’. 
(6) at the November 2010 Lisbon Summit, the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) decided 
to develop a missile defense system to ‘‘protect NATO 
European populations, territory and forces’’ and also 
to seek cooperation with Russia on missile defense. In 
its Lisbon Summit Declaration, the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization reaffirmed its readiness to ‘‘in-
vite Russia to explore jointly the potential for linking 
current and planned missile defence systems at an
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appropriate time in mutually beneficial ways’’. The 
new NATO Strategic Concept adopted at the Lisbon 
Summit states that ‘‘we will actively seek cooperation 
on missile defense with Russia’’, that ‘‘NATO-Russia 
cooperation is of strategic importance’’, and that ‘‘the 
security of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
and Russia is intertwined’’. 
(7) In a December 18, 2010, letter to the leader-
ship of the Senate, President Obama wrote that the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization ‘‘invited Russia 
to cooperate on missile defense, which could lead to 
adding Russian capabilities to those deployed by 
NATO to enhance our common security against com-
mon threats. The Lisbon Summit thus demonstrated 
that the Alliance’s missile defenses can be strength-
ened by improving NATO-Russian relations. This 
comes even as we have made clear that the system we 
intend to pursue with Russia will not be a joint sys-
tem, and it will not in any way limit United States’ 
or NATO’s missile defense capabilities. Effective co-
operation with Russia could enhance the overall effi-
ciency of our combined territorial missile defenses, 
and at the same time provide Russia with greater se-
curity’’.
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(8) Section 221(a)(3) of the Ike Skelton National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Pub-
lic Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4167) states that it is the 
sense of Congress ‘‘to support the efforts of the United 
States Government and the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization to pursue cooperation with the Russian 
Federation on ballistic missile defense relative to Ira-
nian missile threats’’. 
(9) In a speech in Russia on March 21, 2011, 
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates cited ‘‘the NATO- 
Russian decision to cooperate on defense against bal-
listic missiles. We’ve disagreed before, and Russia still 
has uncertainties about the European Phased Adapt-
ive Approach, a limited system that poses no chal-
lenges to the large Russian nuclear arsenal. However, 
we’ve mutually committed to resolving these difficul-
ties in order to develop a roadmap toward truly effec-
tive anti-ballistic missile collaboration. This collabo-
ration may include exchanging launch information, 
setting up a joint data fusion center, allowing greater 
transparency with respect to our missile defense plans 
and exercises, and conducting a joint analysis to de-
termine areas of future cooperation’’. 
(10) In testimony to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate on April 13, 2011, Deputy As-
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sistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile 
Defense Policy Bradley H. Roberts stated that the 
United States has been pursuing a Defense Tech-
nology Cooperation Agreement with Russia since 
2004, and that such an agreement is necessary ‘‘for 
the safeguarding of sensitive information in support 
of cooperation’’ on missile defense, and to ‘‘provide 
the legal framework for undertaking cooperative ef-
forts’’. Further, Dr. Roberts stated that the United 
States would not provide any classified information 
to Russia without first conducting a National Disclo-
sure Policy review. He also stated that the United 
States is not considering sharing ‘‘hit-to-kill’’ tech-
nology with Russia. 
(11) In a March 2012 answer to a question from 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate on 
missile defense cooperation with Russia, Acting 
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Jim Miller 
wrote that ‘‘I support U.S.-Russian cooperation on 
missile defenses first and foremost because it could 
improve the effectiveness of U.S. and NATO missile 
defenses, thereby improving the protection of the 
United States, our forces overseas, and our Allies. 
Missile defense cooperation with Russia is in the secu-
rity interests of the United States, NATO, and Rus-
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sia, first and foremost because it could strengthen ca-
pabilities across Europe to intercept Iranian mis-
siles’’. He also wrote that ‘‘[t]he United States has 
pursued missile defense cooperation with Russia with 
the clear understanding that we would not accept con-
straints on missile defense, and that we would under-
take necessary qualitative and quantitative improve-
ments to meet U.S. Security needs’’. 
(12) In February 2012, an international group 
of independent experts known as the Euro-Atlantic 
Security Initiative issued a report proposing missile 
defense cooperation between the United States (with 
its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies) and 
Russia. The group, whose leaders included Stephen 
Hadley, the National Security Advisor to President 
George W. Bush, proposed that the nations share sat-
ellite and radar early warning data at joint coopera-
tion centers in order to improve their ability to de-
tect, track, and defeat medium-range and inter-
mediate-range ballistic missiles from the Middle East. 
(13) In a letter dated April 13, 2012, Robert 
Nabors, Assistant to the President and Director of the 
Office of Legislative Affairs, wrote that ‘‘it is Admin-
istration policy that we will only provide information 
to Russia that will enhance the effectiveness of our
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missile defenses. The Administration will not provide 
Russia with sensitive information that would in any 
way compromise our national security, including hit- 
to-kill technology and interceptor telemetry’’. 
(14) The United States and Russia already en-
gage in substantial cooperation on a number of inter-
national security efforts, including nuclear non-
proliferation, anti-piracy, counter-narcotics, nuclear 
security, counter-terrorism, and logistics resupply 
through Russia of coalition forces in Afghanistan. 
These areas of cooperation require each side to share 
and protect sensitive information, which they have 
both done successfully. 
(15) The United States currently has shared 
early warning agreements and programs of coopera-
tion with eight nations in addition to the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization. The United States has 
developed procedures and mechanisms for sharing 
early warning information with partner nations 
while ensuring the protection of sensitive United 
States information. 
(16) Russia and the United States each have 
missile launch early warning and detection and 
tracking sensors that could contribute to and enhance
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each others’ ability to detect, track, an defend against 
ballistic missile threats from Iran. 
(17) The Obama Administration has provided 
regular briefings to Congress on its discussions with 
Russia on possible missile defense cooperation. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) it is in the national security interest of the 
United States to pursue efforts at missile defense co-
operation with Russia that would enhance the secu-
rity of the United States, its North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization allies, and Russia, particularly against 
missile threats from Iran; 
(2) the United States should pursue ballistic 
missile defense cooperation with Russia on both a bi-
lateral basis and a multilateral basis with its North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, particularly 
through the NATO-Russia Council; 
(3) missile defense cooperation with Russia 
should not ‘‘in any way limit United States’ or 
NATO’s missile defense capabilities’’, as acknowledged 
in the December 18, 2010, letter from President 
Obama to the leadership of the Senate, and should be 
mutually beneficial and reciprocal in nature;
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(4) the United States should not provide Russia 
with sensitive missile defense information that would 
in any way compromise United States national secu-
rity, including ‘‘hit-to-kill’’ technology and inter-
ceptor telemetry; and 
(5) the United States should pursue missile de-
fense cooperation with Russia in a manner that en-
sures that— 
(A) United States classified information is 
appropriately safeguarded and protected from 
unauthorized disclosure; 
(B) prior to sharing classified information 
with Russia, the United States conducts a Na-
tional Disclosure Policy review and determines 
the types and levels of information that may be 
shared and whether any additional procedures 
are necessary to protect such information; 
(C) prior to entering into missile defense 
technology cooperation projects, the United 
States enters into a Defense Technology Coopera-
tion Agreement with Russia that establishes the 
legal framework for a broad spectrum of poten-
tial cooperative defense projects; and
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(D) such cooperation does not limit the mis-
sile defense capabilities of the United States or 
its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies. 
SEC. 234. NEXT GENERATION EXO-ATMOSPHERIC KILL VE-
HICLE. 
(a) PLAN FOR NEXT GENERATION KILL VEHICLE.— 
The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall develop a 
long-term plan for the Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) 
that addresses both modifications and enhancements to the 
current Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehicle and options for the 
competitive development of a next generation Exo-atmos-
pheric Kill Vehicle for the Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) 
of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system and 
any other interceptor that might be developed for the defense 
of the United States against long-range ballistic missiles. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF PARAMETERS
AND CAPABILI-
TIES.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Director shall 
define the desired technical parameters and perform-
ance capabilities for a next generation Exo-atmos-
pheric Kill Vehicle using an assessment conducted by 
the Director for that purpose that is designed to en-
sure that a next generation Exo-atmospheric Kill Ve-
hicle design—
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(A) enables ease of manufacturing, high tol-
erances to production processes and supply chain 
variability, and inherent reliability; 
(B) will be optimized to take advantage of 
the Ballistic Missile Defense System architecture 
and sensor system capabilities; 
(C) leverages all relevant kill vehicle devel-
opment activities and technologies, including 
from the current Standard Missile-3 Block IIB 
(SM–3 IIB) program and the previous Multiple 
Kill Vehicle technology development program; 
(D) seeks to maximize, to the greatest extent 
practicable, commonality between subsystems of 
a next generation Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehicle 
and other exo-atmospheric kill vehicle programs; 
and 
(E) meets Department of Defense criteria, 
as established in the February 2010 Ballistic 
Missile Defense Review, for affordability, reli-
ability, suitability, and operational effectiveness 
to defend against limited attacks from evolving 
and future threats from long-range missiles. 
(2) EVALUATION OF PAYLOADS.—The assessment 
required by paragraph (1) shall include an evaluation 
of the potential benefits and drawbacks of options for
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both unitary and multiple Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehi-
cle payloads. 
(3) STANDARD
MISSILE-3
BLOCK
IIB
INTER-
CEPTOR.—As part of the assessment required by para-
graph (1), the Director shall evaluate whether there 
are potential options and opportunities arising from 
the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB interceptor develop-
ment program for development of an exo-atmospheric 
kill vehicle, or kill vehicle technologies or components, 
that could be used for potential upgrades to the 
Ground-Based Interceptor or for a next generation 
Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehicle. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report setting forth the plan developed under sub-
section (a), including the results of the assessment 
under subsection (b), and an estimate of the cost and 
schedule of implementing the plan. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex.
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SEC. 235. MODERNIZATION OF THE PATRIOT AIR AND MIS-
SILE DEFENSE SYSTEM. 
(a) PLAN FOR MODERNIZATION.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a prioritized plan for support of the long-term 
requirements in connection with the modernization of the 
Patriot air and missile defense system. 
(b) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall also set forth the following: 
(1) An assessment of the integrated air and mis-
sile defense capabilities required to meet the demands 
of evolving and emerging threats. 
(2) A plan for the introduction of changes to the 
Patriot air and missile defense system program to 
achieve reductions in the life-cycle cost of the Patriot 
air and missile defense system. 
SEC. 236. MEDIUM EXTENDED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 for the 
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for 
the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). 
SEC. 237. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR IRON DOME SHORT- 
RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE PROGRAM. 
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2013 by section 201 for research, development, test,
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and evaluation, Defense-wide, and available for the Missile 
Defense Agency, $210,000,000 may be provided to the Gov-
ernment of Israel for the Iron Dome short-range rocket de-
fense program as specified in the funding table in section 
4201. 
SEC. 238. READINESS AND FLEXIBILITY OF INTERCONTI-
NENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE FORCE. 
The Secretary of Defense may, in a manner consistent 
with the obligations of the United States under inter-
national agreements— 
(1) retain intercontinental ballistic missile 
launch facilities currently supporting deployed stra-
tegic nuclear delivery vehicles within the limit of 800 
deployed and non-deployed strategic launchers; 
(2) maintain intercontinental ballistic missiles 
on alert or operationally deployed status; and 
(3) preserve intercontinental ballistic missile 
silos in operational or warm status. 
SEC. 239. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SUBMITTAL TO 
CONGRESS OF THE HOMELAND DEFENSE 
HEDGING POLICY AND STRATEGY REPORT OF 
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Section 233 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–
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81; 125 Stat. 1340) requires a homeland defense hedg-
ing policy and strategy report from the Secretary of 
Defense. 
(2) The report was required to be submitted not 
later than 75 days after the date of the enactment of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012, namely by March 16, 2012. 
(3) The Secretary of Defense has not yet sub-
mitted the report as required. 
(4) In March 2012, General Charles Jacoby, Jr., 
Commander of the United States Northern Command, 
the combatant command responsible for operation of 
the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system to defend 
the homeland against ballistic missile threats, testified 
before Congress that ‘‘I am confident in my ability to 
successfully defend the homeland from the current set 
of limited long-range ballistic missile threats’’, and 
that ‘‘[a]gainst current threats from the Middle East, 
I am confident we are well postured’’. 
(5) Phase 4 of the European Phased Adaptive 
Approach (EPAA) is intended to augment the cur-
rently deployed homeland defense capability of the 
Ground-based Midcourse Defense system against a po-
tential future Iranian long-range missile threat by de-
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ploying an additional layer of forward-deployed 
interceptors in Europe in the 2020 timeframe. 
(6) The Director of National Intelligence, James 
Clapper, has testified to Congress that, although the 
intelligence community does ‘‘not know if Iran will 
eventually decide to build nuclear weapons’’, it judges 
‘‘that Iran would likely choose missile delivery as its 
preferred method of delivering a nuclear weapon’’. He 
also testified that ‘‘Iran already has the largest inven-
tory of ballistic missiles in the Middle East, and it 
is expanding the scale, reach, and sophistication of its 
ballistic missile forces, many of which are inherently 
capable of carrying a nuclear payload’’. 
(7) The 2012 Annual Report to Congress on the 
Military Power of Iran by the Department of Defense 
states that, in addition to increasing its missile in-
ventories, ‘‘Iran has boosted the lethality and effec-
tiveness of its existing missile systems with accuracy 
improvements and new submunitions payloads’’, and 
that it continues to develop missiles that can strike 
Israel and Eastern Europe. It also states that ‘‘Iran 
has launched multistage space launch vehicles that 
could serve as a testbed for developing long-range bal-
listic missiles technologies’’, and that ‘‘[w]ith suffi-
cient foreign assistance, Iran may be technically ca-
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pable of flight-testing an intercontinental ballistic 
missile by 2015’’. 
(8) Despite the failure of its April 2012 satellite 
launch attempt, North Korea warned the United 
States in October 2012 that the United States main-
land is within range of its missiles. 
(9) The threat of limited ballistic missile attack 
against the United States homeland from countries 
such as North Korea and Iran is increasing. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that— 
(1) the homeland defense hedging policy and 
strategy report required by section 233 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 
is necessary to inform Congress on options to protect 
the United States homeland against the evolving bal-
listic missile threat, including potential options prior 
to the deployment of Phase 4 of the European Phased 
Adaptive Approach to missile defense; and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense should comply with 
the requirements of section 233 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 by sub-
mitting the homeland defense hedging policy and 
strategy report to Congress.
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Subtitle D—Reports 
SEC. 251. MISSION PACKAGES FOR THE LITTORAL COMBAT 
SHIP. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2013, the Secretary of the Navy shall, in consultation with 
the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the mine 
countermeasures warfare (MCM), antisubmarine warfare 
(ASW), and surface warfare (SUW) Mission Packages for 
the Littoral Combat Ship. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall set forth the following: 
(1) A plan for the Mission Packages dem-
onstrating that Preliminary Design Review for every 
capability increment precedes Milestone B or equiva-
lent approval for that increment. 
(2) A plan for demonstrating that the capability 
increment for each Mission Package, combined with a 
Littoral Combat Ship, on the basis of a Preliminary 
Design Review and post-Preliminary Design Review 
assessment, will achieve the capability specified for 
that increment. 
(3) A plan for demonstrating the survivability 
and lethality of the Littoral Combat Ship with its 
Mission Packages sufficiently early in the develop-
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ment phase of the system to minimize costs of con-
currency. 
SEC. 252. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE ACQUISITION PRO-
GRAM FOR THE AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHI-
CLE. 
(a) ANNUAL GAO REVIEW.—The Comptroller General 
of the United States shall conduct on an annual basis a 
review of the acquisition program for the Amphibious Com-
bat Vehicle (ACV). 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 of 
each year beginning in 2013, the Comptroller General 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on the review of the acquisition program for 
the Amphibious Combat Vehicle conducted under sub-
section (a). 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report on 
the review of the acquisition program for the Amphib-
ious Combat Vehicle shall include, to the extent ap-
propriate and feasible, the following: 
(A) An assessment of the extent to which the 
program is meeting development and procure-
ment cost, schedule, performance, and risk miti-
gation goals.
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(B) With respect to meeting the desired ini-
tial operational capability and full operational 
capability dates for the Amphibious Combat Ve-
hicle, an assessment of the progress and results 
of— 
(i) developmental and operational test-
ing of the vehicle; and 
(ii) plans for correcting deficiencies in 
vehicle performance, operational effective-
ness, reliability, suitability, and safety. 
(C) An assessment of procurement plans, 
production results, and efforts to improve manu-
facturing efficiency and supplier performance in 
connection with the Amphibious Combat Vehicle. 
(D) An assessment of the acquisition strat-
egy for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle, includ-
ing whether the strategy complies with acquisi-
tion management best-practices and the acquisi-
tion policy and regulations of the Department of 
Defense. 
(E) A risk assessment of the integrated mas-
ter schedule and the test and evaluation master 
plan of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle as it re-
lates to— 
(i) the probability of success;
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(ii) the funding required for the vehicle 
in comparison with the funding pro-
grammed for the vehicle; and 
(iii) development and production con-
currency. 
(3) ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
IN
FIRST
RE-
PORT.—In submitting to the congressional defense 
committees the first report under paragraph (1), the 
Comptroller General shall include, with respect to the 
Amphibious Combat Vehicle program, an assessment 
of the sufficiency and objectivity of the following doc-
uments: 
(A) The analysis of alternatives. 
(B) The initial capabilities document. 
(C) The capability development document. 
(4) INFORMATION IN SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.— 
(A) CERTAIN INFORMATION REQUIRED ONLY 
FOLLOWING
SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES.—A report 
under this subsection after the first report under 
paragraph (1) shall address the matters identi-
fied in subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of para-
graph (2) only to the extent that the Comptroller 
General determines that there have been signifi-
cant changes to the applicable plans, strategies,
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or schedules since the last report under this sub-
section addressing such matters. 
(B) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AFTER AP-
PROVAL
OR
CHANGE
OF
DOCUMENTS.—If any 
document specified in paragraph (3) is approved 
or changed after the first report under para-
graph (1), the Comptroller General shall provide 
an assessment of the sufficiency and objectivity 
of that document in the report to the congres-
sional defense committees under paragraph (1) 
submitted immediately following such approval 
or change. 
(5) TERMINATION.—No report is required under 
this subsection after the first report following the 
award of a contract for full rate production of the 
Amphibious Combat Vehicle. 
SEC. 253. CONDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT ON 
AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLES FOR THE 
MARINE CORPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the ongoing Marine Corps 
ground combat vehicle fleet mix study recommends the ac-
quisition of a separate Marine Personnel Carrier, the Sec-
retary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Marine 
Corps shall jointly submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report that includes the following:
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(1) A detailed description of the capability gaps 
that Marine Personnel Carriers are intended to miti-
gate and the capabilities that the Marine Personnel 
Carrier will be required to have to mitigate such 
gaps, and an assessment whether, and to what extent, 
Amphibious Combat Vehicles could mitigate such 
gaps. 
(2) A detailed explanation of the role of the Ma-
rine Personnel Carriers in fulfilling the forcible entry 
requirement for the two Marine Expeditionary Bri-
gades (MEBs) that make up the assault echelons of 
the three Marine Expeditionary Brigade force re-
quired to meet applicable war plans of the combatant 
commands. 
(3) A description of the fraction of the assault 
echelon of the brigades referred to in paragraph (2) 
that would be comprised of Marine Personnel Car-
riers. 
(4) An assessment of the direct operational risk 
associated with using ship-to-shore connectors to de-
liver Marine Personnel Carriers to shore in an am-
phibious assault. 
(5) An assessment of the indirect operational 
risk associated with using ship-to-shore connectors to
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deliver Marine Personnel Carriers rather than tanks 
and artillery and other tactical vehicles. 
(6) A comparative estimate of the acquisition 
and life-cycle costs of a split fleet of Amphibious Com-
bat Vehicles and Marine Personnel Carriers with the 
acquisition and life-cycle costs of a pure fleet of Am-
phibious Combat Vehicles. 
(b) SUBMITTAL DATE.—If required, the report under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than the later 
of— 
(1) the date that is 60 days after the date of the 
completion of the study referred to in subsection (a); 
or 
(2) February 1, 2013. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 271. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATION OF OCEAN RE-
SEARCH AND RESOURCES ADVISORY PANEL 
FROM DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY TO NA-
TIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN-
ISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 7903 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
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(A) by inserting ‘‘, through the Adminis-
trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration,’’ after ‘‘The Council’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and Resources’’ after 
‘‘Ocean Research’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Panel consisting’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Panel. The Panel shall consist’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘chairman’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator, on behalf of the Council’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘National 
Academy of Science’’ and inserting ‘‘National Acad-
emies of Science’’; 
(3) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF PANEL.—Subsection (b) of 
such section is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, through the Administrator of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion,’’ after ‘‘The Council’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs (2) and (3):
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‘‘(2) To advise the Council on the determination 
of scientific priorities and needs. 
‘‘(3) To provide the Council strategic advice re-
garding national ocean program execution and col-
laboration.’’. 
(c) FUNDING TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES OF PANEL.— 
Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of the Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Com-
merce’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7902(e)(1) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘Ocean Research Advisory 
Panel’’ and inserting ‘‘Ocean Research and Resources Advi-
sory Panel’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) HEADING AMENDMENT.—The heading of sec-
tion 7903 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 7903. Ocean Research and Resources Advisory 
Panel’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 665 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 7903 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘7903. Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel.’’. 
(f) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Ocean Re-
search Advisory Panel in any law, regulation, map, docu-
ment, record, or other paper of the United States shall be
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deemed to be a reference to the Ocean Research and Re-
sources Advisory Panel. 
SEC. 272. SENSE OF SENATE ON INCREASING THE COST-EF-
FECTIVENESS OF TRAINING EXERCISES FOR 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
It is the sense of the Senate that— 
(1) modeling and simulation will continue to 
play a critical role in the training of the members of 
the Armed Forces; 
(2) while increased modeling and simulation has 
reduced overall costs of training of members of the 
Armed Forces, there are still significant costs associ-
ated with the human resources required to execute cer-
tain training exercises where role-playing actors for 
certain characters such as opposing forces, the civil-
ian populace, other government agencies, and non- 
governmental organizations are required; 
(3) technological advances in areas such as vary-
ing levels of autonomy for systems, multi-player gam-
ing techniques, and artificial intelligence could reduce 
the number of personnel required to support certain 
training exercises for members of the Armed Forces, 
and thereby reduce the overall cost of the exercises; 
and
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(4) the Secretary of Defense should develop a 
plan to increase the use of emerging technologies in 
autonomous systems, the commercial gaming sector, 
and artificial intelligence for training exercises for 
members of the Armed Forces to increase training ef-
fectiveness and reduce costs. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2013 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4301. 
Subtitle B—Energy and 
Environmental Provisions 
SEC. 311. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GUIDANCE ON ENVI-
RONMENTAL EXPOSURES AT MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS. 
(a) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
issue to the appropriate military departments and other de-
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fense agencies written guidance on environmental exposures 
at military installations. The guidance shall— 
(1) set forth criteria for when and under what 
circumstances public health assessments by the Agen-
cy for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry shall be 
requested in connection with environmental contami-
nation at military installations, including past inci-
dents of environmental contamination; 
(2) establish procedures for tracking and docu-
menting the status and nature of responses to the 
findings and recommendations of the public health as-
sessments of the Agency of Toxic Substances and Dis-
ease Registry that involve contamination at military 
installations; and 
(3) prescribe appropriate actions with respect to 
the identification of military and civilian individuals 
who may have been exposed to contamination while 
living or working on military installations. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after issuing the 
guidance required under subsection (a), the Secretary of De-
fense shall transmit a copy of the guidance to the congres-
sional defense committees.
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SEC. 312. FUNDING OF AGREEMENTS UNDER THE SIKES 
ACT. 
Section 103a of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670c–1) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Funds’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In the case of a cooperative agreement under sub-
section (a)(2), such funds— 
‘‘(A) may be paid in a lump sum and include 
an amount intended to cover the future costs of the 
natural resource maintenance and improvement ac-
tivities provided for under the agreement; and 
‘‘(B) may be placed by the recipient in an inter-
est-bearing account, and any interest shall be applied 
for the same purposes as the principal.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS; AGREEMENT UNDER 
OTHER LAWS.—(1) Cooperative agreements and inter-
agency agreements entered into under this section shall be 
subject to the availability of funds. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, a coopera-
tive agreement under this section may be used to acquire
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property or services for the direct benefit or use of the 
United States Government.’’. 
SEC. 313. REPORT ON PROPERTY DISPOSALS AND ADDI-
TIONAL AUTHORITIES TO ASSIST LOCAL COM-
MUNITIES AROUND CLOSED MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the disposition of any not yet completed closure of 
an active duty military installation since 1988 in the 
United States that was not subject to the property disposal 
provisions contained in the Defense Base Closure and Re-
alignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 
101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) The status of property described in subsection 
(a) that is yet to be disposed of. 
(2) An assessment of the environmental condi-
tions of, and plans and costs for environmental reme-
diation for, each such property. 
(3) The anticipated schedule for the completion 
of the disposal of each such property.
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(4) An estimate of the costs, and a description 
of additional potential future financial liability or 
other impacts on the Department of Defense, if the 
authorities provided by Congress for military instal-
lations closed under defense base closure and realign-
ment (BRAC) are extended to military installations 
closed outside the defense base closure and realign-
ment process and for which property has yet to be 
disposed. 
(5) Such recommendations as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate for additional authorities to assist 
the Department in expediting the disposal of property 
at closed military installations in order to facilitate 
economic redevelopment for local communities. 
(c) MILITARY INSTALLATION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘military installation’’ means a base, camp, 
post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, 
or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Department 
of Defense, which is located within any of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Guam.
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Subtitle C—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 321. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO 
DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE. 
(a) REPEAL.— 
(1) Section 2460 of title 10, United States Code 
(as amended by section 321 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 
112–81)), is repealed. 
(2) Section 2464 of title 10, United States Code 
(as amended by section 327 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012), is repealed. 
(b) REVIVAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISIONS.— 
(1) The provisions of section 2460 of title 10, 
United States Code, as in effect on December 30, 2011 
(the day before the date of the enactment of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012), are hereby revived. 
(2)(A) The provisions of section 2464 of 10, 
United States Code, as in effect on that date, are 
hereby revived. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 146 of such title is amended by striking the
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item relating to section 2464 and inserting the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘2464. Core logistics capabilities.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 2366a of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘core depot-level main-
tenance and repair capabilities’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘core logistics capabilities’’. 
(2) Section 2366b(A)(3)(F) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘core depot-level 
maintenance and repair capabilities, as well as the 
associated logistics capabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘core 
logistics capabilities’’. 
(3) Section 801(c) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (125 Stat. 1483; 
10 U.S.C. 2366a note) is amended by striking ‘‘core 
depot-level maintenance and repair capabilities, as 
well as the associated logistics capabilities’’ and in-
serting ‘‘core logistics capabilities’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on December 
31, 2011, the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, immediately after 
the enactment of that Act.
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SEC. 322. EXPANSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF MULTI- 
TRADES DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
(a) EXPANSION.—Section 338 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (10 U.S.C. 5013 
note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AUTHORIZED.—In 
accordance with section 4703 of title 5, United States Code, 
the Secretary of a military department may carry out a 
demonstration project at facilities described in subsection 
(b) under which workers who are certified at the journey 
level as able to perform multiple trades shall be promoted 
by one grade level.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Logistics Cen-
ter, Navy Fleet Readiness Center,’’ and inserting ‘‘Lo-
gistics Complex, Navy Fleet Readiness Center, Navy 
shipyard, Marine Corps Logistics Base,’’. 
(b) REAUTHORIZATION.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2013’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2019’’.
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SEC. 323. RATING CHAINS FOR SYSTEM PROGRAM MAN-
AGERS. 
The Secretary of the Air Force, in managing system 
program management responsibilities for sustainment pro-
grams not assigned to a program executive officer or a di-
rect reporting program manager, shall comply with the De-
partment of Defense Instructions regarding assignment of 
program responsibility. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
SEC. 331. ANNUAL REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
LONG-TERM CORROSION STRATEGY. 
Section 2228(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 
including available validated data on return on 
investment for completed corrosion projects and 
activities’’ after ‘‘the strategy’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘For 
the fiscal year covered by the report and the pre-
ceding fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘For the pre-
ceding fiscal year covered by the report’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) For the preceding fiscal year covered by the 
report, a breakdown of the amount of funds used for
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military corrosion projects, the Technical Corrosion 
Collaboration pilot program, and other corrosion-re-
lated activities.’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
SEC. 332. MODIFIED DEADLINE FOR COMPTROLLER GEN-
ERAL 
REVIEW 
OF 
ANNUAL 
REPORT 
ON 
PREPOSITIONED MATERIEL AND EQUIPMENT. 
Section 2229a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘By not later than 120 days after the 
date on which a report is submitted under subsection (a), 
the Comptroller General shall review the report’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The Comptroller General shall review the report sub-
mitted under subsection (a)’’. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 341. SAVINGS TO BE ACHIEVED IN CIVILIAN WORK-
FORCE AND CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE WORK-
FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REQUIRED SAVINGS.—Commencing not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall begin the implementation of an effi-
ciencies plan for the civilian workforce and the service con-
tractor workforce of the Department of Defense which shall 
achieve savings in the funding for each such workforce over
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the period from fiscal year 2012 through fiscal year 2017 
that are not less, as a percentage of such funding, than the 
savings in funding for military personnel achieved by the 
planned reduction in military end strengths over the same 
period of time. 
(b) EXCLUSIONS.—The funding reduction required by 
subsection (a) shall not include funding for the following: 
(1) Civilian personnel expenses for personnel as 
follows: 
(A) Personnel in Mission Critical Occupa-
tions, as defined by the Civilian Human Capital 
Strategic Plan of the Department of Defense and 
the Acquisition Workforce Plan of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(B) Personnel employed at facilities pro-
viding core logistics capabilities pursuant to sec-
tion 2464 of title 10, United States Code. 
(C) Personnel in the Offices of the Inspec-
tors General of the Department of Defense. 
(2) Service contractor expenses for personnel as 
follows: 
(A) Personnel performing maintenance and 
repair of military equipment. 
(B) Personnel providing medical services.
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(C) Personnel performing financial audit 
services. 
(3) Personnel expenses for personnel in the civil-
ian personnel or service contractor workforce per-
forming such other critical functions as may be iden-
tified by the Secretary as requiring exemption in the 
interest of the national defense. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report including a comprehensive descrip-
tion of the plan required by subsection (a). 
(2) STATUS REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the end of each fiscal year from fiscal year 2013 
through fiscal year 2017, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report de-
scribing the implementation of the plan during the 
prior fiscal year. Each such report shall include a di-
rect comparison of the savings achieved under the 
plan to the savings achieved in the same fiscal year 
through reductions in military end strengths. In any 
case in which savings fall short of the annual target, 
the report shall include an explanation of the reasons 
for such shortfall.
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(3) EXEMPTIONS.—Each report under para-
graphs (1) and (2) shall specifically identify any ex-
emption granted by the Secretary under subsection 
(b)(3) in the period of time covered by the report. 
(d) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS OF FUNCTIONS.—The 
Secretary shall ensure that the savings required by this sec-
tion are not achieved through unjustified transfers of func-
tions between or among the military, civilian, and service 
contractor workforces of the Department of Defense. 
(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that an amount equal to 30 percent of the amount of the 
reductions in appropriated funds attributable to reduced 
budgets for the civilian and service contractor workforces 
of the Department by reason of the plan required by sub-
section (a) should be made available for costs of assisting 
military personnel separated from the Armed Forces in the 
transition from military service. 
(f) SERVICE CONTRACTOR WORKFORCE DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘service contractor workforce’’ means 
contractor employees performing contract services, as de-
fined in section 2330(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
other than contract services that are funded out of amounts 
available for overseas contingency operations.
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SEC. 342. NATO SPECIAL OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 138 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 2350n. NATO Special Operations Headquarters 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 and for subsequent fis-
cal years for the Department of Defense for operation and 
maintenance, up to $50,000,000 may be used for a fiscal 
year for the purposes set forth in subsection (b) for support 
of operations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) Special Operations Headquarters. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The Secretary of Defense may pro-
vide funds for the NATO Special Operations Head-
quarters— 
‘‘(1) to improve coordination and cooperation be-
tween the special operations forces of NATO member 
countries; 
‘‘(2) to facilitate joint operations by special oper-
ations forces of NATO member countries; 
‘‘(3) to support command, control, and commu-
nications capabilities peculiar to special operations 
forces of NATO member countries; 
‘‘(4) to promote special operations forces intel-
ligence and informational requirements within the 
NATO structure; and
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‘‘(5) to promote interoperability through the de-
velopment of common equipment standards, tactics, 
techniques, and procedures, and through execution of 
multinational education and training programs. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than April 1 of each 
year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report regarding Department 
of Defense support for the NATO Special Operations Head-
quarters. Each report shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) The total amount of funding provided to the 
NATO Special Operations Headquarters. 
‘‘(2) A summary of the activities funded with 
such support. 
‘‘(3) Other contributions, financial or in kind, 
provided in support of the NATO Special Operations 
Headquarters by other NATO member countries.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2350m the following new item: 
‘‘2350n. NATO Special Operations Headquarters.’’. 
SEC. 343. REPEAL OF REDUNDANT AUTHORITY TO ENSURE 
INTEROPERABILITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AND EMERGENCY RESPONDER TRAINING. 
Section 372 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; and
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(2) by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 344. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON NAVY FLEET RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) The Secretary of the Navy, in supporting the 
operational requirements of the combatant commands, 
should maintain in the operational capability of and 
perform the necessary maintenance on each cruiser 
and dock landing ship belonging to the Navy; 
(2) for retirements of ships owned by the Navy 
prior to their projected end of service life, the Chief 
of Naval Operations must explain to the Congres-
sional Defense Committees how the retention of each 
ship would degrade the overall readiness of the fleet 
and endanger United States National Security and 
the objectives of the combatant commanders; and 
(3) revitalizing the Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding 
plan should be a national priority, and a commensu-
rate amount of increased funding should be provided 
to the Navy in the Future Years Defense Program to 
help close the gap between requirements and the cur-
rent size of the fleet.
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TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 
duty personnel as of September 30, 2013, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 552,100. 
(2) The Navy, 322,700. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 197,300. 
(4) The Air Force, 329,597. 
SEC. 402. ADDITIONAL MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL FOR 
THE MARINE CORPS SECURITY GUARD PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop and implement a plan which shall increase 
the number of Marine Corps personnel assigned to the 
Marine Corps Embassy Security Group at Quantico, 
Virginia, and Marine Security Group Regional Com-
mands and Marine Security Group detachments at 
United States missions around the world by up to 
1,000 Marines during fiscal years 2014 through 2017. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the increase 
under paragraph (1) shall be to provide the end 
strength and resources necessary to support an in-
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crease in Marine Corps security at United States con-
sulates and embassies throughout the world, and in 
particular at locations identified by the Secretary of 
State as in need of increased security in light of 
threats to United States personnel and property by 
terrorists. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop and implement the plan required by subsection (a) 
in consultation with the Secretary of State pursuant to the 
responsibility of the Secretary of State for diplomatic secu-
rity under section 103 of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 
U.S.C. 4802), and in accordance with any current memo-
randum of understanding between the Department of State 
and the Marine Corps on the operational and administra-
tive supervision of the Marine Corps Security Guard Pro-
gram. 
(c) FUNDING.— 
(1) BUDGET
REQUESTS.—The budget of the 
President for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2013, 
as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, shall set forth as sepa-
rate line elements, under the amounts requested for 
such fiscal year for each of procurement, operation 
and maintenance, and military personnel to fully 
fund each of the following:
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(A) The Marine Corps. 
(B) The Marine Corps Security Guard Pro-
gram, including for the additional personnel 
under the Marine Corps Security Guard Pro-
gram as result of the plan required by subsection 
(a). 
(2) PRESERVATION
OF
FUNDING
FOR
USMC 
UNDER
NATIONAL
MILITARY
STRATEGY.—In deter-
mining the amounts to be requested for a fiscal year 
for the Marine Corps Security Guard Program and 
for additional personnel under the Marine Corps Se-
curity Guard Program under paragraph (1), the 
President shall ensure that amounts requested for the 
Marine Corps for that fiscal year do not degrade the 
readiness of the Marine Corps to fulfill the require-
ments of the National Military Strategy. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORTS ON PROGRAM.—Not later than Oc-
tober 1, 2014, and annually thereafter through Octo-
ber 1, 2017, the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of State, submit to Con-
gress a report on the Marine Corps Security Guard 
Program. Each report shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the expanded security 
support provided by Marine Corps Security
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Guards to the Department of State during the 
fiscal year ending on the date of such report, in-
cluding— 
(i) any increased internal security pro-
vided at United States embassies and con-
sulates throughout the world; 
(ii) any increased support for emer-
gency action planning, training, and advis-
ing of host nation security forces; and 
(iii) any expansion of intelligence col-
lection activities. 
(B) A description of the current status of 
Marine Corps personnel assigned to the Program 
as a result of the plan required by subsection (a). 
(C) A description of the Department of De-
fense resources required in the fiscal year ending 
on the date of such report to support the Marine 
Corps Security Guard program, including total 
end strength and key supporting programs that 
enable both its current and expanded mission 
during such fiscal year. 
(D) A reassessment of the mission of the 
Program, as well as procedural rules of engage-
ment under the Program, in light of current and 
emerging threats to United States diplomatic
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personnel, and a description and assessment of 
options to improve the Program to respond to 
such threats. 
(E) An assessment of the feasibility and ad-
visability of authorizing, funding, and admin-
istering the Program as a separate program 
within the Marine Corps, and if such actions are 
determined to be feasible and advisable, rec-
ommendations for legislative and administrative 
actions to provide for authorizing, funding, and 
administering the Program as a separate pro-
gram within the Marine Corps. 
(2) REPORT ON CHANGES IN SCOPE OF PROGRAM 
IN RESPONSE TO CHANGING THREATS.—If the Presi-
dent determines that a modification (whether an in-
crease or a decrease) in the scope of the Marine Corps 
Security Guard Program is necessary or advisable in 
light of any change in the nature of threats to United 
States embassies, consulates and other diplomatic fa-
cilities abroad, the President shall— 
(A) notify Congress of such modification 
and the change in the nature of threats prompt-
ing such modification; and 
(B) take such modification into account in 
requesting an end strength and funds for the
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Program for any fiscal year in which such modi-
fication is in effect. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve com-
ponents as of September 30, 2013, as follows: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 358,200. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 205,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 62,500. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,600. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 106,435. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 72,428. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 9,000. 
(b) END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS.—The end strengths 
prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any 
reserve component shall be proportionately reduced by— 
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 
component which are on active duty (other than for 
training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 
(2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected
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Reserve of such component who are on active duty 
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
(c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 
individual members of the Selected Reserve of any reserve 
component are released from active duty during any fiscal 
year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 
the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be in-
creased proportionately by the total authorized strengths of 
such units and by the total number of such individual mem-
bers. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), 
the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, 
as of September 30, 2013, the following number of Reserves 
to be serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in 
the case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose 
of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or 
training the reserve components: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 32,060. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 16,277. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 10,114.
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(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 14,871. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 2,888. 
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 
(DUAL STATUS). 
The minimum number of military technicians (dual 
status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2013 for the reserve 
components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith-
standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 
be the following: 
(1) For the Army Reserve, 8,445. 
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United 
States, 28,380. 
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 10,716. 
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 22,313. 
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2013 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 
NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) NATIONAL
GUARD.—Within the limitation 
provided in section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code, the number of non-dual status techni-
cians employed by the National Guard as of Sep-
tember 30, 2013, may not exceed the following:
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(A) For the Army National Guard of the 
United States, 1,600. 
(B) For the Air National Guard of the 
United States, 350. 
(2) ARMY RESERVE.—The number of non-dual 
status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as 
of September 30, 2013, may not exceed 595. 
(3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non- 
dual status technicians employed by the Air Force 
Reserve as of September 30, 2013, may not exceed 90. 
(b) NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘non-dual status technician’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 415. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU-
THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2013, the maximum number of 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who 
may be serving at any time on full-time operational sup-
port duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, is the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 17,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,000.
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(3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 
for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not oth-
erwise provided for, for military personnel, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4401. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The author-
ization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes any 
other authorization of appropriations (definite or indefi-
nite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2013. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Policy 
SEC. 501. EXTENSION OF RELAXATION OF LIMITATION ON 
SELECTIVE EARLY DISCHARGES. 
Section 638a(d)(2) of title 10 United States Code, is 
amended in subparagraphs (A) and (B) by striking ‘‘except
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that during the period beginning on October 1, 2006, and 
ending on December 31, 2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘except that 
through December 31, 2018,’’. 
SEC. 502. EXCEPTION TO 30-YEAR RETIREMENT FOR REG-
ULAR NAVY WARRANT OFFICERS IN THE 
GRADE OF CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER, W–5. 
(a) EXCEPTION
TO STATUTORY 30-YEAR RETIRE-
MENT.—Paragraph (1) of section 1305(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or a regular Navy warrant of-
ficer in the grade of chief warrant officer, W–5, ex-
empted under paragraph (3)’’ after ‘‘Army warrant 
officer’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the officer’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF STATUTORY RETIREMENT FROM 
30 TO 33 YEARS.—Such section is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In the case of a regular Navy warrant officer in 
the grade of chief warrant officer, W–5, the officer shall be 
retired 60 days after the date on which the officer completes 
33 years of total active service.’’.
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SEC. 503. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF JOINT DUTY 
ASSIGNMENT TO INCLUDE ALL INSTRUCTOR 
ASSIGNMENTS FOR JOINT TRAINING AND 
EDUCATION. 
Section 668(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘assignments for joint’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘Phase II’’ and inserting ‘‘student assign-
ments for joint training and education’’. 
SEC. 504. SENSE OF SENATE ON INCLUSION OF ASSIGN-
MENTS AS ACADEMIC INSTRUCTOR AT THE 
MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES AS JOINT 
DUTY ASSIGNMENTS. 
It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of De-
fense should include assignments in which military officers 
are assigned as instructors responsible for preparing and 
presenting academic courses on the faculty of the United 
States Military Academy, the United States Naval Acad-
emy, or the United States Air Force Academy as joint duty 
assignments. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. AUTHORITY FOR APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS 
WHO ARE LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS 
AS OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 
Section 313(b)(1) of title 32, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or an alien lawfully admitted for
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permanent residence (as that term is defined in section 
101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C.1101(a)(20))’’ before the semicolon. 
SEC. 512. RESERVE COMPONENT SUICIDE PREVENTION 
AND RESILIENCE PROGRAM. 
(a) CODIFICATION, TRANSFER
OF RESPONSIBILITY, 
AND EXTENSION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 1007 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 10219. Suicide prevention and resilience program 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall carry out a program to provide members of the 
National Guard and Reserves and their families with train-
ing in suicide prevention, resilience, and community heal-
ing and response to suicide. 
‘‘(b) SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING.—Under the 
program, the Secretary shall provide members of the Na-
tional Guard and Reserves with training in suicide preven-
tion. Such training may include— 
‘‘(1) describing the warning signs for suicide and 
teaching effective strategies for prevention and inter-
vention; 
‘‘(2) examining the influence of military culture 
on risk and protective factors for suicide; and
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‘‘(3) engaging in interactive case scenarios and 
role plays to practice effective intervention strategies. 
‘‘(c) COMMUNITY RESPONSE TRAINING.—Under the 
program, the Secretary shall provide the families and com-
munities of members of the National Guard and Reserves 
with training in responses to suicide that promote indi-
vidual and community healing. Such training may in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) enhancing collaboration among community 
members and local service providers to create an inte-
grated, coordinated community response to suicide; 
‘‘(2) communicating best practices for preventing 
suicide, including safe messaging, appropriate memo-
rial services, and media guidelines; 
‘‘(3) addressing the impact of suicide on the 
military and the larger community, and the increased 
risk that can result; and 
‘‘(4) managing resources to assist key commu-
nity and military service providers in helping the 
families, friends, and fellow servicemembers of a sui-
cide victim through the processes of grieving and heal-
ing. 
‘‘(d) COMMUNITY TRAINING ASSISTANCE.—The pro-
gram shall include the provision of assistance with such 
training to the local communities of those servicemembers
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and families, to be provided in coordination with local com-
munity programs. 
‘‘(e) COLLABORATION.—In carrying out the program, 
the Secretary shall collect and analyze ‘lessons learned’ and 
suggestions from State National Guard and Reserve organi-
zations with existing or developing suicide prevention and 
community response programs. 
‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—The program under this section 
shall terminate on October 1, 2015.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 1007 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘10219. Suicide prevention and resilience program.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION.—Subsection 
(i) of section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 10101 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 513. REPORT ON MECHANISMS TO EASE THE RE-
INTEGRATION INTO CIVILIAN LIFE OF MEM-
BERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND THE RE-
SERVES FOLLOWING A DEPLOYMENT ON AC-
TIVE DUTY. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct a study of the adequacy of mechanisms for the re-
integration into civilian life of members of the National 
Guard and the Reserves following a deployment on active 
duty in the Armed Forces, including whether permitting
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such members to remain on active duty for a limited period 
after such deployment (often referred to as a ‘‘soft landing’’) 
is feasible and advisable for facilitating and easing that re-
integration. 
(b) ELEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The study required by sub-
section (a) shall address the unique challenges mem-
bers of the National Guard and the Reserves face 
when reintegrating into civilian life following a de-
ployment on active duty in the Armed Forces and the 
adequacy of the policies, programs, and activities of 
the Department of Defense to assist such members in 
meeting such challenges. 
(2) PARTICULAR
ELEMENTS.—The study shall 
take into consideration the following: 
(A) Disparities in reintegration after de-
ployment between members of the regular compo-
nents of the Armed Forces and members of the 
reserve components of the Armed Forces, includ-
ing— 
(i) disparities in access to services, in-
cluding, but not limited to, health care, 
mental health counseling, job counseling, 
and family counseling;
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(ii) disparities in amounts of com-
pensated time provided to take care of per-
sonal affairs; 
(iii) disparities in amounts of time re-
quired to properly access services and to 
take care of personal affairs, including trav-
el time; and 
(iv) disparities in costs of uncompen-
sated events or requirements, including, but 
not limited to, travel costs and legal fees. 
(B) Disparities in reintegration policies 
and practices among the various Armed Forces 
and between the regular and reserve components 
of the Armed Forces. 
(C) Disparities in the lengths of time of de-
ployment between the regular and reserve compo-
nents of the Armed Forces. 
(D) Applicable medical studies on re-
integration, including studies on the rest and re-
cuperation needed to appropriately recover from 
combat and training stress. 
(E) Other applicable studies on reintegra-
tion policies and practices, including the rec-
ommendations made by such studies.
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(F) Appropriate recommendations for the 
elements of a program to assist members of the 
National Guard and the Reserves following a de-
ployment on active duty in the Armed Forces in 
reintegrating into civilian life, including means 
of ensuring that the program applies uniformly 
across the Armed Forces and between the regular 
components and reserve components of the Armed 
Forces. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the study 
required by subsection (a). The report shall set forth the 
results of the study, including the matters specified in sub-
section (b), and include such comments and recommenda-
tion in light of the study as the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
Subtitle C—General Service 
Authorities 
SEC. 521. DIVERSITY IN THE ARMED FORCES AND RELATED 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) PLAN TO ACHIEVE DIVERSITY IN THE ARMED 
FORCES.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop and im-
plement a plan to accurately measure the efforts of the De-
partment of Defense to achieve the goal of having a dynamic
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and sustainable 20–30 year pipeline that yields a diverse 
officer and enlisted corps for the Armed Forces that reflects 
the population of the United States eligible to serve in the 
Armed Forces across all the Armed Forces, and all grades 
of each Armed Force, that is able to prevail in its wars, 
prevent and deter conflicts, defeat adversaries and succeed 
in a wide-range of contingencies, and preserve and enhance 
the all volunteer force. Any metric established pursuant to 
this subsection may not be used in a manner that under-
mines the merit-based processes of the Department of De-
fense, including such processes for accession, retention, and 
promotion. Such metrics may not be combined with the 
identification of specific quotas based upon diversity char-
acteristics. The Secretary shall continue to account for di-
versified language and cultural skills among the total force 
of the military. 
(b) METRICS TO MEASURE PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING 
AND IMPLEMENTING PLAN.—In developing and imple-
menting the plan under subsection (a), the Secretary of De-
fense shall develop a standard set of metrics and collection 
procedures that are uniform across the armed forces. The 
metrics required by this subsection shall be designed— 
(1) to accurately capture the inclusion and capa-
bility aspects of the armed forces broader diversity 
plans, including race, ethnic, and gender specific
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groups, functional expertise, and diversified cultural 
and language skills so as to leverage and improve 
readiness; and 
(2) to be verifiable and systematically linked to 
strategic plans that will drive improvements. 
(c) DEFINITION OF DIVERSITY.—In developing and 
implementing the plan under subsection (a), each Secretary 
of a military department shall, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense, develop a definition of diversity that 
is reflective of the culture, mission, and core values of each 
Armed Force under the jurisdiction of such Secretary. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—Not less than annually, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall meet with the Secretaries of the mili-
tary departments, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and senior en-
listed members of the Armed Forces to discuss the progress 
being made toward developing and implementing the plan 
established under subsection (a). 
(e) REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN.—Not 
later than July 1, 2013, and biennially thereafter through 
July 1, 2017, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the following: 
(1) The progress made in implementing the plan 
required by subsection (a) to accurately measure the 
efforts of the Department of Defense to achieve its di-
versity goals.
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(2) The number of members of the Armed Forces, 
including reserve components, listed by sex and race 
or ethnicity for each grade under each military de-
partment. 
(3) The number of members of the Armed Forces, 
including reserve components, who were promoted 
during the years covered by the report, listed by sex 
and race or ethnicity for each grade under each mili-
tary department. 
(4) The number of members of the Armed Forces, 
including reserve components, who reenlisted or other-
wise extended the commitment to military service 
during the years covered by the report, listed by sex 
and race or ethnicity for each grade under each mili-
tary department. 
(5) The available pool of qualified candidates for 
the general officer grades of general and lieutenant 
general and the flag officer grades of admiral and vice 
admiral. 
(f) APPLICABILITY TO COAST GUARD.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall apply the provisions of this sec-
tion (other than subsection (d)) to the Coast Guard when 
it is not operating as a service in the Navy in order to 
achieve diversity in the Coast Guard in the same manner, 
under the same schedule, and subject to the same conditions