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SEC. 1080A. REPORT ON THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RE-
SERVE 
COMPONENTS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES. 
(a) 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 com-
mittees a report on the National Guard and the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include a plan to— 
(1) ensure that each military department has 
access to trained, experienced, and ready members 
of the National Guard and reserve components of 
the Armed Forces for any mission less than war; 
(2) capitalize on the gains made in the readi-
ness of the National Guard and the reserve compo-
nents during the previous 10-year period; and 
(3) ensure the total force is able to sustain 
commitments throughout the world using the unique 
skills and capabilities of the National Guard and the 
reserve components in a predictable and consistent 
manner. 
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Subtitle H—Miscellaneous 
Authorities and Limitations 
SEC. 1081. EXEMPTION FROM FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 
ACT FOR DATA FILES OF THE MILITARY 
FLIGHT OPERATIONS QUALITY ASSURANCE 
SYSTEMS OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS. 
(a) EXEMPTION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 134 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 2254 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2254a. Data files of military flight operations qual-
ity assurance systems: exemption from 
disclosure under Freedom of Information 
Act 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO EXEMPT CERTAIN DATA FILES 
FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER FOIA.— 
‘‘(1) The Secretary of Defense may exempt in-
formation contained in any data file of the military 
flight operations quality assurance system of a mili-
tary department from disclosure under section 
552(b)(3) of title 5. 
‘‘(2) In this section, the term ‘data file’ means 
a file of the military flight operations quality assur-
ance (in this section referred to as ‘MFOQA’) sys-
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tem that contains information acquired or generated 
by the MFOQA system, including— 
‘‘(A) any data base containing raw 
MFOQA data; and 
‘‘(B) any analysis or report generated by 
the MFOQA system or which is derived from 
MFOQA data. 
‘‘(3) Information that is exempt under para-
graph (1) from disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of 
title 5 shall be exempt from such disclosure even if 
such information is contained in a data file that is 
not exempt in its entirety from such disclosure. 
‘‘(4) The provisions of paragraph (1) may not 
be superseded except by a provision of law which is 
enacted after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion and which specifically cites and repeals or modi-
fies those provisions. 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe regulations for the administration of this section. 
Such regulations shall ensure consistent application of the 
authority in subsection (a) across the military depart-
ments and shall specifically identify officials in each mili-
tary department who shall be delegated the Secretary’s au-
thority under this section.’’. 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of subchapter II of such chap-
ter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 2254 the following new item: 
‘‘2254a. Data files of military flight operations quality assurance systems: ex-
emption from disclosure under Freedom of Information Act.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 2254a of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall 
apply to any information entered into any data file of the 
military flight operations quality assurance system before, 
on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1082. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT AND FIELDING 
OF LIGHT ATTACK ARMED RECONNAISSANCE 
AIRCRAFT. 
(a) REQUIRED REVIEW.— 
(1) REVIEW.—In the report on the quadrennial 
roles and missions review required to be submitted 
not later than the date on which the President sub-
mits the budget for fiscal year 2013, pursuant to 
section 118b of title 10, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Defense shall specifically review the ca-
pability of the elements of the Department of De-
fense (including any office, agency, activity, or com-
mand described in section 111(b) of such title) that 
are responsible for conducting light attack and 
armed reconnaissance missions or fulfilling requests 
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of partner nations for training in the conduct of 
such missions. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—In conducting the 
review under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 
(A) identify any gaps in the ability of the 
Department to conduct light attack and armed 
reconnaissance missions or to fulfill requests of 
partner nations for training in the conduct of 
such missions; 
(B) identify any unnecessary duplication of 
efforts between the elements of the Department 
to procure or field aircraft to conduct light at-
tack and armed reconnaissance missions or to 
fulfill requests of partner nations to train in the 
conduct of such missions, including any 
planned— 
(i) developmental efforts; 
(ii) operational evaluations; or 
(iii) 
acquisition 
of 
such 
aircraft 
through procurement or lease; and 
(C) include findings and recommendations 
the Secretary considers appropriate to address 
any gaps identified under subparagraph (A) or 
unnecessary duplication of efforts identified 
under subparagraph (B). 
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(b) LIMITATION.—Except as provided by subsection 
(c) and (d), none of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2012 may be obligated or expended for the procure-
ment or fielding of light attack armed reconnaissance air-
craft until the date on which— 
(1) the Joint Requirements Oversight Council 
validates the requirements for the development or 
procurement of such aircraft to address a gap identi-
fied under subsection (a)(2)(A); and 
(2) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion, Technology, and Logistics approves the acquisi-
tion strategy for such aircraft. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS FOR PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED 
PROGRAMS.—The limitation in subsection (b) does not 
apply to a program for which funding was authorized to 
be appropriated for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2012. 
(d) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive 
the limitation in subsection (b) if the Secretary submits 
to the congressional defense committees written certifi-
cation that the procurement or fielding of light attack 
armed reconnaissance aircraft is necessary to support on-
going contingency operations in Afghanistan or Iraq. 
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SEC. 1083. USE OF STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUNDS 
FOR CIVILIANS AND NON-DEFENSE AGENCY 
PERSONNEL. 
Of the funds made available to the National Guard 
for the State Partnership Program, up to $3,000,000 may 
be made available to pay travel and per diem costs associ-
ated with the participation of United States and foreign 
civilian and non-defense agency personnel in authorized 
National Guard State Partnership Program events con-
ducted both in the United States and in foreign partner 
countries. 
SEC. 1084. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR MAN-
UFACTURING BEYOND LOW RATE INITIAL 
PRODUCTION AT CERTAIN PROTOTYPE INTE-
GRATION FACILITIES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act may be used for manufac-
turing beyond low rate initial production at a prototype 
integration facility of any of the following: 
(1) The Tank Automotive Research, Develop-
ment and Engineering Center. 
(2) The United States Army Communications- 
Electronics Command. 
(3) The United States Army Aviation and Mis-
sile Command. 
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(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Army for Acqui-
sition, Logistics, and Technology may waive the prohibi-
tion under subsection (a) for a fiscal year if— 
(1) the Assistant Secretary determines that the 
waiver is necessary— 
(A) for reasons of national security; or 
(B) to rapidly acquire equipment to re-
spond to combat emergencies; and 
(2) the Assistant Secretary submits to Congress 
a notification of the waiver together with the reasons 
for the waiver. 
(c) LOW-RATE INITIAL PRODUCTION.—For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘‘low-rate initial production’’ shall 
be determined in accordance with section 2400 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 1085. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DEPLOYMENT 
OF NATIONAL GUARD TO SOUTHWESTERN 
BORDER OF UNITED STATES. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the deployment 
of National Guard personnel (as defined in section 101(c) 
of title 10, United States Code) along the southwestern 
border of the United States for the purposes of assisting 
United States Customs and Border Protection in securing 
the international border between the United States and 
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Mexico, should continue through the end of fiscal year 
2011. 
SEC. 1086. REAUTHORIZATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE 
FUNDS FOR REINTEGRATION ACTIVITIES IN 
AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of section 1216 of 
the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4392) 
is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2012’’. 
(b) EXPIRATION.—Subsection (e) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2012’’. 
SEC. 1087. RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN DESIGNATED 
HOSTILE FIRE AREAS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the rules 
of engagement applicable to members of the Armed Forces 
assigned to duty in any hostile fire area designated for 
purposes of section 310 or 351(a)(1) of title 37, United 
States Code— 
(1) fully protect the members’ right to bear 
arms; and 
(2) authorize the members to fully defend them-
selves from hostile actions. 
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Subtitle I—Other Matters 
SEC. 1091. TREATMENT UNDER FREEDOM OF INFORMA-
TION ACT OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECU-
RITY INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding after section 130e, as 
added by section 1055, the following new section: 
‘‘§ 130f. Treatment under Freedom of Information Act 
of critical infrastructure security infor-
mation 
‘‘(a) EXEMPTION.—Department of Defense critical 
infrastructure security information that, if disclosed, may 
result in the disruption, degradation, or destruction of op-
erations, property, or facilities of the Department of De-
fense, shall be exempt from disclosure pursuant to section 
552(b)(3) of title 5, if the Secretary of Defense determines 
that the public interest consideration in the disclosure of 
such information does not outweigh preventing the disclo-
sure of such information. 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION PROVIDED TO STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS.—Department of Defense critical infra-
structure security information obtained by a State or local 
government from a Federal agency shall remain under the 
control of the Federal agency, and a State or local law 
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authorizing or requiring such a government to disclose in-
formation shall not apply to such critical infrastructure 
security information. 
‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CRITICAL INFRA-
STRUCTURE SECURITY INFORMATION DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘Department of Defense critical infra-
structure security information’ means sensitive but unclas-
sified information related to critical infrastructure infor-
mation owned or operated by or on behalf of the Depart-
ment of Defense that could substantially facilitate the ef-
fectiveness of an attack designed to destroy equipment, 
create maximum casualties, or steal particularly sensitive 
military weapons including information regarding the se-
curing and safeguarding of explosives, hazardous chemi-
cals, or pipelines. 
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe regulations to implement this section. Such regu-
lations shall ensure the consistent application of the ex-
emption in subsection (a) across the military departments 
and that specifically identify officials in each military de-
partment who shall be delegated the Secretary’s authority 
under this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
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‘‘130f. Treatment under Freedom of Information Act of certain critical infra-
structure security information.’’. 
SEC. 1092. EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF HUMANITARIAN 
DEMINING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO IN-
CLUDE STOCKPILED CONVENTIONAL MUNI-
TIONS ASSISTANCE. 
Section 407 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 
stockpiled conventional munitions assistance’’ 
after ‘‘demining assistance’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘, 
stockpiled conventional munitions,’’ after ‘‘land-
mines’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘, and 
whether such assistance was primarily related to the 
humanitarian demining efforts or stockpiled conven-
tional munitions assistance’’ after ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 
and 
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘humanitarian demining assist-
ance’, as it relates to training and support, means 
detection and clearance of landmines and other ex-
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plosive remnants of war, and includes activities re-
lated to the furnishing of education, training, and 
technical assistance with respect to explosive safety, 
the detection and clearance of landmines and other 
explosive remnants of war, and the disposal, demili-
tarization, physical security, and stockpile manage-
ment of potentially dangerous stockpiles of explosive 
ordnance. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘stockpiled conventional muni-
tions assistance’, as it relates to the support of hu-
manitarian assistance efforts, means training and 
support in the disposal, demilitarization, physical se-
curity, and stockpile management of potentially dan-
gerous stockpiles of explosive ordnance, and includes 
activities related to the furnishing of education, 
training, and technical assistance with respect to ex-
plosive safety, the detection and clearance of land-
mines and other explosive remnants of war, and the 
disposal, demilitarization, physical security, and 
stockpile management of potentially dangerous 
stockpiles of explosive ordnance.’’. 
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SEC. 1093. MANDATORY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STAND-
ING ADVISORY PANEL ON IMPROVING CO-
ORDINATION AMONG THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND 
THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON MATTERS OF 
NATIONAL SECURITY. 
Section 1054 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4605) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘may’’ and in-
serting ‘‘shall’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘should be’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘shall be ap-
pointed by not later than March 30, 2012.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘If the advisory panel is es-
tablished under subsection (a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘By not later than March 30, 2012’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, not later than 60 days 
after the date of the final appointment of the 
members of the advisory panel pursuant to sub-
section (b)(5),’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (e) and redesignating 
subsections (f) through (i) as subsections (e) 
through (h), respectively; 
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(5) in subsection (f)(2), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘Not later than December 31 of the year in 
which the interim report is submitted under para-
graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than December 
31 of each year during which the advisory panel op-
erates’’; 
(6) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2016’’; and 
(7) in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by 
striking paragraph (3). 
SEC. 1094. NUMBER OF NAVY CARRIER AIR WINGS AND 
CARRIER AIR WING HEADQUARTERS. 
The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that the Navy 
maintains— 
(1) a minimum of 10 carrier air wings; and 
(2) for each such carrier air wing, a dedicated 
and fully staffed headquarters. 
SEC. 1095. DISPLAY OF ANNUAL BUDGET REQUIREMENTS 
FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING AND INDI-
VIDUAL EQUIPMENT. 
(a) SUBMISSION WITH ANNUAL BUDGET JUSTIFICA-
TION DOCUMENTS.—For fiscal year 2013 and each subse-
quent fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the President, for inclusion with the budget materials 
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submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, a budget justification display that 
covers all programs and activities associated with the pro-
curement of organizational clothing and individual equip-
ment. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS
FOR BUDGET DISPLAY.—The 
budget justification display under subsection (a) for a fis-
cal year shall include the following: 
(1) The funding requirements in each budget 
activity and for each Armed Force for organizational 
clothing and individual equipment. 
(2) The amount in the budget for each of the 
Armed Forces for organizational clothing and equip-
ment for that fiscal year. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘organi-
zational clothing and individual equipment’’ means an 
item of organizational clothing or equipment prescribed 
for wear or use with the uniform. 
SEC. 1096. NATIONAL ROCKET PROPULSION STRATEGY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Secretary of Defense has undertaken 
numerous reviews of the solid rocket motor and liq-
uid rocket engine propulsion industrial base, includ-
ing pursuant to— 
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(2) Multiple departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government rely on the solid rocket motor 
and liquid rocket engine propulsion industrial base, 
including the Department of Defense, the National 
Reconnaissance Office, and the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, and decisions made by 
one agency may have severe ramifications on others. 
(3) The planned end in 2011 of the Space 
Shuttle program and the decision in 2010 by the 
President to terminate the Constellation program of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
have led to increased costs for rocket propulsion sys-
tems for defense and intelligence programs that rely 
on the rocket propulsion industrial base. 
(4) According to the Air Force, the fiscal year 
2012 budget request for the Evolved Expendable 
Launch Vehicle has increased by 50 percent over the 
fiscal year 2011 request in part due to the uncer-
tainty in the launch industrial and supplier base re-
sulting from decisions by the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration. 
(5) According to the Navy, the unit cost for 
Trident II D5 rocket motors has increased 80 per-
cent, in large part as a result of the elimination of 
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investment by the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in solid rocket motors. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the sustainment of the solid rocket motor 
and liquid rocket engine industrial base is a national chal-
lenge that spans multiple departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government and requires the attention of the 
President. 
(c) STRATEGY
REQUIRED.—The President shall 
transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
national rocket propulsion strategy for the United States, 
including— 
(1) a description and assessment of the effects 
to programs of the Department of Defense and intel-
ligence community that rely on the solid rocket 
motor and liquid rocket engine industrial base 
caused by the end of the Space Shuttle program and 
termination of the Constellation program; 
(2) a description of the plans of the President, 
the Secretary of Defense, the intelligence commu-
nity, and the Administrator of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration to mitigate the 
impact of the end of the Space Shuttle program and 
termination of the Constellation program on the 
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solid rocket motor and liquid rocket engine propul-
sion industrial base of the United States; 
(3) a consolidated plan that outlines key deci-
sion points for the current and next-generation mis-
sion requirements of the United States with respect 
to tactical and strategic missiles, missile defense 
interceptors, targets, and satellite and human 
spaceflight launch vehicles; 
(4) options and recommendations for synchro-
nizing plans, programs, and budgets for research 
and development, procurement, operations, and 
workforce among the appropriate departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government to strengthen 
the solid rocket motor and liquid rocket engine pro-
pulsion industrial base of the United States; and 
(5) any other relevant information the Presi-
dent considers necessary. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The Committees on Armed Services, 
Science, Space, and Technology, Appropriations, and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives. 
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(2) The Committees on Armed Services, Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation, Appropriations, 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-
ate. 
SEC. 1097. INCLUSION OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AS PART OF 
MILITARY MEMORIALS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 21 of title 36, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 2115. Inclusion of religious symbols as part of mili-
tary memorials 
‘‘(a) INCLUSION OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AUTHOR-
IZED.—To recognize the religious background of members 
of the United States Armed Forces, religious symbols may 
be included as part of— 
‘‘(1) a military memorial that is established or 
acquired by the United States Government; or 
‘‘(2) a military memorial that is not established 
by the United States Government, but for which the 
American Battle Monuments Commission cooperated 
in the establishment of the memorial. 
‘‘(b) MILITARY MEMORIAL DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘military memorial’ means a memorial or 
monument commemorating the service of the United 
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States Armed Forces. The term includes works of archi-
tecture and art described in section 2105(b) of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2115. Inclusion of religious symbols as part of military memorials.’’. 
SEC. 1098. UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS AND NATIONAL 
AIRSPACE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a 
program to integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the 
national airspace system at six test ranges. 
(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the 
program under subsection (a), the Administrator shall— 
(1) safely designate nonexclusionary airspace 
for integrated manned and unmanned flight oper-
ations in the national airspace system; 
(2) develop certification standards and air traf-
fic requirements for unmanned flight operations at 
test ranges; 
(3) coordinate with and leverage the resources 
of the Department of Defense and the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration; 
(4) address both civil and public unmanned air-
craft systems; 
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(5) ensure that the program is coordinated with 
the Next Generation Air Transportation System; 
and 
(6) provide for verification of the safety of un-
manned aircraft systems and related navigation pro-
cedures before integration into the national airspace 
system. 
(c) LOCATIONS.—In determining the location of a 
test range for the program under subsection (a), the Ad-
ministrator shall— 
(1) take into consideration geographic and cli-
matic diversity; 
(2) take into consideration the location of 
ground infrastructure and research needs; and 
(3) consult with the Department of Defense and 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of completing each of the pilot projects, the Administrator 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report setting forth the Administrator’s findings and 
conclusions concerning the projects that includes a de-
scription and assessment of the progress being made in 
establishing special use airspace to fill the immediate need 
of the Department of Defense to develop detection tech-
niques for small unmanned aircraft systems and to vali-
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date sensor integration and operation of unmanned air-
craft systems. 
(e) DURATION.—The program under subsection (a) 
shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, and the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘test range’’ means a defined geo-
graphic area where research and development are 
conducted. 
SEC. 1098A. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON MAINTENANCE, RE-
PAIR, AND OVERHAUL CAPABILITY OF NAVY 
UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
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efforts being made to establish maintenance, repair, and 
overhaul capability for Navy unmanned aerial systems. 
SEC. 1099. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE KILLING 
OF OSAMA BIN LADEN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Osama bin Laden was responsible for order-
ing the attacks of September 11, 2001, that killed 
almost 3,000 American citizens. 
(2) Osama bin Laden and his terrorist organi-
zation, al-Qaeda, have been responsible for carrying 
out attacks on innocent men and women around the 
world. 
(3) The United States Special Operations Com-
mand organizes, trains, and equips Special Oper-
ations Forces and is providing those forces to the 
United States Central Command under whose oper-
ational control they serve. 
(4) Special Operations forces were able to com-
plete the mission to kill Osama bin Laden without 
United States casualties. 
(5) The killing of Osama bin Laden represents 
a milestone victory in bringing to justice the master-
mind of September 11, 2001. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Special Operations Forces provide a tre-
mendous service to the Nation; and 
(2) the killing of Osama bin Laden is a major 
victory for international justice and for the United 
States in the war against terrorism and radical ex-
tremists. 
SEC. 1099A. GRANTS TO CERTAIN REGULATED COMPANIES 
FOR SPECIFIED ENERGY PROPERTY NOT 
SUBJECT TO NORMALIZATION RULES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section 
1603(f) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax 
Act of 2009 is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than sub-
section (d)(2) thereof)’’ after ‘‘section 50 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in section 1603 
of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 
2009. 
SEC. 1099B. SUBMITTAL OF INFORMATION REGARDING IN-
DIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES 
NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
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shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and House of Representatives, and other appro-
priate committees of Congress, the following information 
in connection with individuals formerly or currently de-
tained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba in the custody or under the effective control of the 
Department of Defense: 
(1) Information compiled in coordination with 
the Director of National Intelligence relating to in-
formation or reports on the locations of individuals 
who were formerly detained at Guantanamo. 
(2) Information compiled in coordination with 
the Attorney General and the Director of National 
Intelligence relating to the full Task Force assess-
ments prepared for each such individual by the 
Guantanamo Task Force established pursuant to 
Executive Order No. 13492 and any Department of 
Defense memoranda regarding the process for the 
review and transfer of such individuals. 
(3) Information compiled in coordination with 
the Director of National Intelligence regarding any 
subsequent threat assessment prepared by any ele-
ment of the intelligence community on any such in-
dividual who remains in detention or for whom a de-
cision to release or transfer is pending. 
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(b) FORM OF SUBMISSION.—All information required 
to be submitted under this section shall be submitted— 
(1) consistent with the protection of intelligence 
sources and methods; or 
(2) if disclosure would compromise such protec-
tion, directly to the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate in 
unredacted form. 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-
tees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) with respect to information described in 
paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (a), the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) with respect to information described in 
paragraph (2) of such subsection, the Committee on 
the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
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SEC. 1099C. EXHUMATION AND TRANSFER OF REMAINS OF 
DECEASED 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES BURIED IN TRIPOLI, LIBYA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Defense shall take whatever 
steps may be necessary to— 
(1) exhume the remains of any deceased mem-
bers of the Armed Forces of the United States bur-
ied at a burial site described in subsection (b); 
(2) transfer such remains to an appropriate 
forensics laboratory to be identified; 
(3) in the case of any remains that are identi-
fied, transport the remains to a veterans cemetery 
located in proximity, as determined by the Secretary, 
to the closest living family member of the deceased 
individual or at another cemetery as determined by 
the Secretary; 
(4) for any member of the Armed Forces whose 
remains are identified, provide a military funeral 
and burial; and 
(5) in the case of any remains that are unable 
to be identified, transport the remains to Arlington 
National Cemetery for interment at the Tomb of the 
Unknowns. 
(b) BURIAL SITES DESCRIBED.—The burial sites de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
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(1) The mass burial site containing the remains 
of five United States sailors located in Protestant 
Cemetery in Tripoli, Libya. 
(2) The mass burial site containing the remains 
of eight United States sailors located near the walls 
of the Tripoli Castle in Tripoli, Libya. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 
the date on which NATO’s Operation Unified Protector 
or any successor operation terminates. 
SECTION 1099D. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE RE-
COVERY OF THE REMAINS OF CERTAIN MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES KILLED IN 
THURSTON ISLAND, ANTARCTICA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Commencing August 26, 1946, though late 
February 1947 the United States Navy Antarctic 
Developments Program Task Force 68, codenamed 
‘‘Operation Highjump’’ initiated and undertook the 
largest ever-to-this-date exploration of the Antarctic 
continent. 
(2) The primary mission of the Task Force 68 
organized by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd Jr. 
USN, (Ret) and led by Rear Admiral Richard H. 
Cruzen, USN, was to do the following: 
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(A) Establish the Antarctic research base 
Little America IV. 
(B) In the defense of the United States of 
America from possible hostile aggression from 
abroad - to train personnel test equipment, de-
velop techniques for establishing, maintaining 
and utilizing air bases on ice, with applicability 
comparable to interior Greenland, where condi-
tions are similar to those of the Antarctic. 
(C) Map and photograph a full two-thirds 
of the Antarctic Continent during the classified, 
hazardous duty/volunteer-only operation involv-
ing 4700 sailors, 23 aircraft and 13 ships in-
cluding the first submarine the U.S.S. Sennet, 
and the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Philippine 
Sea, brought to the edge of the ice pack to 
launch (6) Navy ski-equipped, rocket-assisted 
R4Ds. 
(D) Consolidate and extend United States 
sovereignty over the largest practicable area of 
the Antarctic continent. 
(E) Determine the feasibility of estab-
lishing, maintaining and utilizing bases in the 
Antarctic and investigating possible base sites. 
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(3) While on a hazardous duty/all volunteer 
mission vital to the interests of National Security 
and while over the eastern Antarctica coastline 
known as the Phantom Coast, the PBM–5 Martin 
Mariner ‘‘Flying Boat’’ ‘‘George 1’’ entered a 
whiteout over Thurston Island. As the pilot at-
tempted to climb, the aircraft grazed the glacier’s 
ridgeline and exploded within 5 seconds instantly 
killing Ensign Maxwell Lopez, Navigator and Wen-
dell ‘‘Bud’’ Hendersin, Aviation Machinists Mate 1st 
Class while Frederick Williams, Aviation Radioman 
1st Class died several hours later. Six other crewmen 
survived including the Captain of the ‘‘George 1’s’’ 
seaplane tender U.S.S. Pine Island. 
(4) The bodies of the dead were protected from 
the desecration of Antarctic scavenging birds 
(Skuas) by the surviving crew wrapping the bodies 
and temporarily burying the men under the star-
board wing engine nacelle. 
(5) Rescue requirements of the ‘‘George-1’’ sur-
vivors forced the abandonment of their crewmates’ 
bodies. 
(6) Conditions prior to the departure of Task 
Force 68 precluded a return to the area to the re-
cover the bodies. 
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(7) For nearly 60 years Navy promised the 
families that they would recover the men: ‘‘If the 
safety, logistical, and operational prerequisites allow 
a mission in the future, every effort will be made to 
bring our sailors home.’’. 
(8) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command 
twice offered to recover the bodies of this crew for 
Navy. 
(9) A 2004 NASA ground penetrating radar 
overflight commissioned by Navy relocated the crash 
site three miles from its crash position. 
(10) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Com-
mand offered to underwrite the cost of an aerial 
ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey of the crash 
site area by NASA. 
(11) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Com-
mand studied the recovery with the recognized recov-
ery authorities and national scientists and deter-
mined that the recovery is only ‘‘medium risk’’. 
(12) National Science Foundation and sci-
entists from the University of Texas, Austin, regu-
larly visit the island. 
(13) The crash site is classified as a ‘‘perishable 
site’’, meaning a glacier that will calve into the 
Bellingshausen Sea. 
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(14) The National Science Foundation main-
tains a presence in area - of the Pine Island Glacier. 
(15) The National Science Foundation Director 
of Polar Operations will assist and provide assets for 
the recovery upon the request of Congress. 
(16) The United States Coast Guard is pres-
ently pursuing the recovery of 3 WWII air crewmen 
from similar circumstances in Greenland. 
(17) On Memorial Day, May 25, 2009, Presi-
dent Barak Obama declared: ‘‘. . . the support of 
our veterans is a sacred trust. . . we need to serve 
them as they have served us. . . that means bring-
ing home all our POWs and MIAs. . .’’. 
(18) The policies and laws of the United States 
of America require that our armed service personnel 
be repatriated. 
(19) The fullest possible accounting of United 
States fallen military personnel means repatriating 
living American POWs and MIAs, accounting for, 
identifying, and recovering the remains of military 
personnel who were killed in the line of duty, or pro-
viding convincing evidence as to why such a repatri-
ation, accounting, identification, or recovery is not 
possible. 
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shall submit to the congressional committees speci-
fied in paragraph (2) a notification of— 
(A) the name of the country with respect 
to which the activity will be implemented; and 
(B) the budget, implementation timeline 
with milestones, and completion date for the ac-
tivity. 
(2) 
SPECIFIED
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The congressional committees specified in 
this paragraph are— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to constitute an authorization or 
extension of any of the provisions of law described in sub-
section (d). 
(i) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—The authority to 
carry out the program authorized under subsection (a) ter-
minates at the close of September 30, 2015. An activity 
under the program directed before that date may be com-
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