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duced in the United States or its possessions, except to
the extent that the Secretary of the Department concerned
shall determine that satisfactory quality and sufficient
quantity of any articles or items of individual equipment,
tents, tarpaulins, covers, or clothing or any form of cotton
or other natural fiber products, woven silk and woven silk
blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric
or coated synthetic fabric, canvas products, wool, or spe-
cialty metals including stainless steel flatware, grown, re-
processed, reused, or produced in the United States or its
possessions cannot be procured as and when needed at
United States market prices and except procurements out-
side the United States in support of combat operations,
procurements by vessels in foreign waters, and emergency
procurements by establishments located outside the
United States for the personnel attached thereto: Pro-
vided, That nothing herein shall preclude the procurement
of specialty metals or chemical warfare protective clothing
produced outside the United States or its possessions
when such procurement is necessary to comply with agree-
ments with foreign governments requiring the United
States to purchase supplies from foreign sources for the
purposes of offsetting sales made by the United States
Government or United States firms under approved pro-
grams serving defense requirements or where such pro-
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curement is necessary in furtherance of agreements with
foreign governments in which both governments agree to
remove barriers to purchases of supplies produced in the
other country or services performed by sources of the
other country, so long as such agreements with foreign
governments comply, where applicable, with the require-
ments of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act and
with section 2457 of title 10, United States Code.’’.
TITLE VIII—DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE MANAGEMENT
Subtitle A—General Management
SEC. 801. AUTHORITY TO PAY CERTAIN EXPENSES RELAT-
ING TO HUMANITARIAN AND CIVIC ASSIST-
ANCE FOR CLEARANCE OF LANDMINES.
Section 401(c) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’
and inserting in lieu thereof $10,000,000’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph (5):
‘‘(5) Not more than ten percent of funds avail-
able for the activities described in subsection (e)(5)
may be used to pay for the pay and allowances of
Reserve Component personnel performing duty in
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connection with training and activities related to the
clearing of landmines for humanitarian purposes.’’.
SEC. 802. COLLECTION OF DISHONORED CHECKS ISSUED
TO THE DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY.
Section 2486 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding the following new subsection at the
end:
‘‘(f) DISHONORED CHECK COLLECTION.—(1) The
Secretary of Defense, consistent with commercial super-
market practices, may impose a surcharge for dishonored
checks. Such surcharge is authorized notwithstanding any
other law relating to the collection of funds due the Gov-
ernment. Any surcharge collected as a result of this sec-
tion shall be deposited to the commissary trust revolving
fund. Appropriated funds may be used to pay any costs
incurred in the collection of dishonored checks but only
to the extent that such accounts are reimbursed for the
payment of such costs from the commissary trust revolv-
ing fund.
‘‘(2) Authorized patrons receiving compensation from
the United States are deemed to have consented to the
recoupment of dishonored checks of their authorized fam-
ily members from their pay or entitlements. Dishonored
checks may be collected through—
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‘‘(A) deductions from military pay or entitle-
ments;
‘‘(B) deductions from other obligations from the
United States due the maker or sponsor of the
maker of the check; or
‘‘(C) when such collection or voluntary redemp-
tion is unsuitable, the Agency may utilize a commer-
cial organization to collect amounts due as a con-
sequence of the dishonored check.’’.
SEC. 803. REVISION OF INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS RE-
LATING TO THE ARMED FORCES RETIRE-
MENT HOME.
Section 418 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home
Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 418) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘§ 418. Inspection of retirement home
‘‘The Inspectors General of the Military Departments
shall—
‘‘(1) conduct, at three-year intervals on an al-
ternating basis, an inspection of the Retirement
Home to include the records of the Home; and
‘‘(2) submit to the Retirement Home Board,
the Secretary of Defense, and Chairpersons of the
National Security Committee of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Armed Services Committee of
(271) Section 6059(b)(3)(B) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the requirements’’ and in-
serting ‘‘that the requirements’’, and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting a comma. 
(272) Section 6091(b)(2)(B)(ii) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end. 
(273) Section 6103(l)(7) is amended by striking 
‘‘OF 1977’’ in the heading thereof. 
(274) Section 6103(l)(10)(A) is amended by 
striking ‘‘request made under subsection (f)(5)’’ and 
inserting 
‘‘notice 
submitted 
under 
subsection 
(f)(5)(C)’’. 
(275) Section 6103(l)(10) is amended by strik-
ing so much of subparagraph (B) as precedes ‘‘Any’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) RESTRICTION ON USE OF DISCLOSED 
INFORMATION.—(i)’’. 
(276) Section 6103(l)(16)(A) is amended by 
striking ‘‘subsection 6103(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 6103(b)(6)’’. 
(277) Section 6103(p)(3)(A) is amended by 
striking ‘‘subsections’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 
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amount of the contract) because of the award
of such a contract.
‘‘(B) An examination of the potential economic
effect of performance of the function by a private
contractor—
‘‘(i) on employees who would be affected by
such a change in performance; and
‘‘(ii) on the local community and the Gov-
ernment, if more than 75 employees perform
the function.
‘‘(C) An examination of the effect of perform-
ance of the function by a private contractor on the
military mission of the function.
‘‘(4) If the commercial or industrial type function at
issue involves a working-capital fund in the Department
of Defense and the study concerns the possible procure-
ment by a requisitioning agency of services or supplies
from a private contractor instead of the working-capital
fund, in lieu of the comparison required by paragraph (3),
the study shall include a comparison of the sources of the
services or supplies to determine which source is more
cost-effective for the requisitioning agency.
‘‘(5) An individual or entity at a facility where a com-
mercial or industrial type function is studied for possible
change in performance may raise an objection to the study
bined with another supply function or any service function,
including any base operating support function, for purposes
of competition or contracting, until—
(1) the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress
a report—
(A) notifying Congress of the proposed com-
bined competition or contract; and
(B) explaining why a combined competition
or contract is the best method by which to
achieve cost savings and efficiencies to the Gov-
ernment; and
(2) the Comptroller General reviews the report
and submits to Congress a briefing regarding whether
the cost savings and efficiencies identified in the re-
port are achievable.
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—If a civil engi-
neering supplies function covered by subsection (c) is pro-
posed for combination with a supply or service function
that is subject to the study and reporting requirements of
section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary
of Defense may include the report required under subsection
(c) as part of the report under such section.
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(3) The survey shall be completed, and the results
submitted to the Secretary of Defense, not later than No-
vember 30, 1998.
(b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—(1) After consider-
ation of the survey results, the Secretary of Defense may
conduct a demonstration project at seven military installa-
tions in the United States (two Army installations, two
Air Force installations, two Navy installations, and one
Marine Corps installation) to evaluate the merit of selling
malt beverages and wine in commissary stores as exchange
store merchandise. Under the demonstration project, the
Secretary may sell malt beverages and wine in commissary
stores as exchange store merchandise notwithstanding the
general requirement that merchandise sold in, at, or by
commissary stores be commissary store inventory.
(2) The demonstration project may only be conducted
in States where it is legal to sell malt beverages and wine
in grocery stores.
(3) Not later than February 1, 1999, the Secretary
of Defense shall determine whether to conduct the dem-
onstration project. Any such demonstration project shall
be completed not later than September 30, 2000.
(c) REPORT.—(1) If the Secretary of Defense con-
ducts a demonstration project under subsection (b), the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the
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individual were an employee enrolled in the same health
benefits plan and level of benefits.
‘‘(i) EFFECT OF CANCELLATION.—The cancellation
by a covered beneficiary of coverage under the Federal
Employee Health Benefits program shall be irrevocable
during the term of the demonstration project.
‘‘(j) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—(1) The Secretary of
Defense and the Director of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement shall jointly submit to Congress a report contain-
ing the information described in paragraph (2)—
‘‘(A) not later than the date that is 15 months
after the date that the Secretary begins to imple-
ment the demonstration project; and
‘‘(B) not later than the date that is 39 months
after the date that the Secretary begins to imple-
ment the demonstration project.
‘‘(2) The reports required by paragraph (1) shall in-
clude—
‘‘(A) information on the number of eligible cov-
ered beneficiaries who opt to participate in the dem-
onstration project;
‘‘(B) an analysis of the percentage of eligible
covered beneficiaries who participate in the dem-
onstration project as compared to usage rates for
similarly situated Federal retirees;
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‘‘(C) information on eligible covered bene-
ficiaries who opt to participate in the demonstration
project who did not have Medicare Part B coverage
before opting to participate in the project;
‘‘(D) an analysis of the enrollment rates and
cost of health services provided to eligible covered
beneficiaries who opt to participate in the dem-
onstration project as compared with other enrollees
in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
under title 5, United States Code;
‘‘(E) an analysis of how the demonstration
project affects the accessibility of health care in mili-
tary medical treatment facilities, and a description
of any unintended effects on the treatment priorities
in those facilities in the demonstration area;
‘‘(F) an analysis of any problems experienced
by the Department of Defense in managing the dem-
onstration project;
‘‘(G) a description of the effects of the dem-
onstration project on medical readiness and training
at military medical treatment facilities located in the
demonstration area, and a description of the prob-
able effects that making the project permanent
would have on medical readiness and training;
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Subtitle D—Other Matters
SEC. 141. ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DESTRUC-
TION OF ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
(a) PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT.—(1) The program
manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assess-
ment program shall continue to manage the development
and testing (including demonstration and pilot-scale facil-
ity testing) of technologies for the destruction of lethal
chemical munitions that are potential or demonstrated al-
ternatives to the baseline incineration program. In per-
forming such management, the program manager shall act
independently of the program manager for Chemical De-
militarization and shall report to the Secretary of the
Army, or his designee.
(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
and Technology and the Secretary of the Army shall joint-
ly submit to Congress, not later than December 1, 1998,
a plan for the transfer of oversight of the Assembled
Chemical Weapons Assessment program from the Under
Secretary to the Secretary.
(3) Oversight of the Assembled Chemical Weapons
Assessment program shall be transferred pursuant to the
plan submitted under paragraph (2) not later than 60
days after the date of the submission of the notice re-
quired under section 152(f)(2) of the National Defense
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‘‘(A) Determination (subject to the provisions
of section 1878 and to such review by the Secretary
as may be provided for by the contracts) the amount
of the payments required pursuant to this part to be
made to providers of services.
‘‘(B) Making payments described in subpara-
graph (A).
‘‘(C) Provision of consultative services to insti-
tutions or agencies to enable them to establish and
maintain fiscal records necessary for purposes of
this part and otherwise to qualify as providers of
services.
‘‘(D) Serving as a center for, and communicate
to individuals entitled to benefits under this part
and to providers of services, any information or in-
structions furnished to the agency or organization by
the Secretary, and serve as a channel of communica-
tion from individuals entitled to benefits under this
part and from providers of services to the Secretary.
‘‘(E) Making such audits of the records of pro-
viders of services as may be necessary to ensure that
proper payments are made under this part.
‘‘(F) Performance of the functions described
under subsection (d).
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‘‘(B) For any grant awarded or contract, cooperative
agreement, or other transaction entered into on a basis
other than a cost-sharing basis because of a determination
made under subparagraph (A), the transaction file for the
project concerned must document the rationale for the de-
termination.
‘‘(C) The Secretary of Defense may delegate the au-
thority to make determinations under subparagraph (A)
only to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
and Technology or a service acquisition executive, as ap-
propriate.’’.
(c) COST SHARE GOAL.—Section 2525(d) of such
title is amended—
(1) by striking out paragraph (4); and
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘At least’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘As a goal, at least’’;
(B) by striking out ‘‘shall’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘should’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with
the Secretaries of the military departments and
upon recommendation of the Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition and Technology,
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(1) The term ‘‘information technology’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 5002 of the
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401).
(2) The term ‘‘national security system’’ has
the meaning given that term in section 5142 of the
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1452).
(3) The term ‘‘mission critical’’ means an infor-
mation technology or national security system of the
Department of Defense identified as mission critical
in the table prepared by the Joint Chiefs of Staff en-
titled ‘‘Mission Critical Systems (All Services/Agen-
cies)’’, dated March 20, 1998, or in the table printed
by the Defense Integrated Support Tool entitled
‘‘Year 2000 Information on Mission Critical Sys-
tems’’, dated March 19, 1998.
(4) The terms ‘‘awareness’’, ‘‘assessment’’,
‘‘renovation’’, and ‘‘validation’’ have the meanings
given the terms in the Department of Defense ‘‘Year
2000 Management Plan’’, version 1.0, released in
April 1997.
SEC. 315. EVALUATION OF YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE AS PART
OF TRAINING EXERCISES PROGRAMS.
(a) REPORT ON EVALUATION PLAN.—Not later than
December 15, 1998, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to Congress a report containing a plan to include a simu-
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SEC. 112. M1A2 SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM STEP 1
PROGRAM.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for the
Army in section 101 for weapons and tracked combat vehi-
cles, $20,300,000 shall be available only for the Step 1
program for the M1A2 System Enhancement Program.
Subtitle C—Navy Programs
SEC. 121. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.
(a) AUTHORITY
FOR SPECIFIED NAVY AIRCRAFT
PROGRAMS.—Beginning with the fiscal year 1999 pro-
gram year, the Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance
with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter
into a multiyear procurement contract for procurement for
the following programs:
(1) The AV–8B aircraft program.
(2) The T–45TS aircraft program.
(3) The E–2C aircraft program.
(b) AUTHORITY FOR MARINE CORPS MEDIUM TAC-
TICAL VEHICLE REPLACEMENT.—Beginning with the fis-
cal year 1999 program year, the Secretary of the Navy
may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United
States Code, enter into a multiyear procurement contract
to procure the Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Re-
placement.
shall be subject to a civil penalty for each such failure
of not to exceed—
(1) $250,000, in the case of an employer who
is an individual, or
(2) $500,000, in any other case.
(c) FAILURE
TO
PAY
DEDUCTED
WAGES
TO
S.A.F.E. ACCOUNT.—If an amount deducted under a
S.A.F.E. account payroll deduction program from the
wages of an employee who is an eligible individual is not
timely paid in full to the designated S.A.F.E. account in
accordance with section 102, the covered employer failing
to make such payment—
(1) shall be subject to a civil penalty for each
such failure of not to exceed—
(A) $250,000, in the case of an employer
who is an individual, or
(B) $500,000, in any other case, and
(2) shall be liable to the employee for interest
on the unpaid amount at a rate equal to 10 percent-
age points in excess of the Federal short-term rate
under section 1274(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, calculated from the last day by which
such amount was required to be so paid to the date
on which such amount is paid into the designated
S.A.F.E. account.
‘‘(J) the extent to which efforts shall be
made to include small businesses in the pro-
posed research and development of assistive
technology or universally designed technology
through increased usage of the Small Business
Innovative Research Program as defined in sec-
tion 9(e) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(e));
‘‘(K) the extent to which the proposed re-
search and development of assistive technology
or universally designed technology will result in
the production of actual products for the mar-
ketplace for assistive technology or universally
designed technology end-users;
‘‘(L) the extent to which the applicant
identifies secondary benefits or applications of
the assistive technology or universally designed
technology involved, or agrees to make match-
ing contributions (in cash or in kind, fairly
evaluated) toward the cost of the research and
development, in partnership with representa-
tives of industry, government, and educational
institutions; and
‘‘(M) the extent to which proposed re-
search and development of universally designed
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Union Calendar No. 16 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 5 
[Report No. 114–24, Part I] 
To support State and local accountability for public education, protect State 
and local authority, inform parents of the performance of their children’s 
schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 
Mr. KLINE (for himself and Mr. ROKITA) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in 
addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
FEBRUARY 20, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Ms. FOXX, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. MESSER, Mr. 
BYRNE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. GUTH-
RIE, Mr. ALLEN, and Mr. CURBELO of Florida 
FEBRUARY 20, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Education and the Workforce with an 
amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
FEBRUARY 20, 2015 
The Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 3, 2015] 
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of the performance of their children’s schools, and for 
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lected in accordance with section 2(2)), to provide services
to schools, libraries, and health care providers under sec-
tion 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 254(h)) in accordance with the regulations of the
Commission under such section as in effect on the date
of enactment of this Act.
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ment, authorized by section 2401(a) of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1990
(division B of Public Law 101–189; 106 Stat.
1640), $17,954,000.
(4) For unspecified minor construction projects
under section 2805 of title 10, United States Code,
$16,094,000.
(5) For contingency construction projects of the
Secretary of Defense under section 2804 of title 10,
United States Code, $9,390,000.
(6) For architectural and engineering services
and construction design under section 2807 of title
10, United States Code, $39,866,000.
(7) For Energy Conservation projects author-
ized by section 2403, $46,950,000.
(8) For base closure and realignment activities
as authorized by 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),
$1,730,704,000.
(9) For military family housing functions:
(A) For improvement of military family
housing and facilities, $345,000.
(B) For support of military housing (in-
cluding functions described in section 2833 of
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FR 9507 and 61 FR 49178, shall be continued indefinitely
and become effective upon enactment of this Act.
SEC. 742. (a) The first sentence of section 509(f)(4)(A)
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1479(f)(4)(A)) is
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘fis-
cal year 1999’’.
(b) Section 515(b)(4) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1485(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30,
1998’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.
(c) The first sentence of section 515(w)(1) of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485(w)(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘fiscal year 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year
1999’’.
(d) Section 538 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1490p–2) is amended—
(1) in subsection (t), by striking ‘‘fiscal year
1998’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 1999’’; and
(2) in subsection (u), by striking ‘‘September 30,
1998’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.
SEC. 743. METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES RE-
SEARCH. (a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Agriculture, act-
ing through the Agricultural Research Service, shall conduct
a review of the methyl bromide alternatives research con-
ducted by the Secretary that describes—