1496 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Account 
State/Country and In-
stallation 
Project Title 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Air Force 
MacDill Air Force Base 
KC–46A ADAL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE 
HANGAR 
27,000 
27,000 
Air Force 
MacDill Air Force Base 
KC–46A ADAL APRON & HYDRANT FUEL-
ING PITS 
61,000 
61,000 
Air Force 
MacDill Air Force Base 
KC–46A ADAL FUEL SYSTEM MAINTE-
NANCE DOCK 
18,000 
18,000 
Air Force 
Patrick Space Force Base 
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INSPECTION 
15,000 
15,000 
Air Force 
Patrick Space Force Base 
COST 
TO 
COMPLETE: 
CONSOLIDATED 
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER 
15,000 
15,000 
Air Force 
Patrick Space Force Base 
FINAL DENIAL BARRIERS, SOUTH GATE 
12,000 
12,000 
Air Force 
Tyndall Air Force Base 
NATURAL DISASTER RECOVERY 
252,000 
Georgia 
Air Force 
Robins Air Force Base 
BATTLE MANAGEMENT COMBINED OPER-
ATIONS COMPLEX 
115,000 
115,000 
Guam 
Air Force 
Joint Region Marianas 
PDI: NORTH AIRCRAFT PARKING RAMP 
(INC) 
109,000 
109,000 
Japan 
Air Force 
Kadena Air Base 
PDI: HELO RESCUE OPS MAINTENANCE 
HANGAR (INC 3) 
46,000 
46,000 
Air Force 
Kadena Air Base 
PDI: THEATER A/C CORROSION CONTROL 
CTR (INC) 
42,000 
42,000 
Louisiana 
Air Force 
Barksdale Air Force Base 
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (P&D) 
2,000 
Air Force 
Barksdale Air Force Base 
DORMITORY (P&D) 
7,000 
Air Force 
Barksdale Air Force Base 
WEAPONS GENERATION FACILITY (INC 3) 
112,000 
112,000 
Mariana Islands 
Air Force 
Tinian 
PDI: AIRFIELD DEVELOPMENT, PHASE 1 
(INC 3) 
26,000 
26,000 
Air Force 
Tinian 
PDI: FUEL TANKS W/PIPELINE & HY-
DRANT (INC 3) 
20,000 
20,000 
Air Force 
Tinian 
PDI: PARKING APRON (INC 3) 
32,000 
32,000 
Massachusetts 
Air Force 
Hanscom Air Force Base 
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 
37,000 
37,000 
Air Force 
Hanscom Air Force Base 
MIT-LINCOLN LAB (WEST LAB CSL/MIF) 
(INC 4) 
70,000 
70,000 
Mississippi 
Air Force 
Columbus Air Force Base 
T–7A GROUND BASED TRAINING SYSTEM 
FACILITY 
30,000 
30,000 
Air Force 
Columbus Air Force Base 
T–7A UNIT MAINTENANCE TRAINING FA-
CILITY 
9,500 
9,500 
Air Force 
Keesler Air Force Base 
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (P&D) 
2,000 
Nebraska 
Air Force 
Offutt Air Force Base 
55 CES MAINTENANCE/WAREHOUSE (P&D) 
4,500 
Air Force 
Offutt Air Force Base 
BASE 
OPERATIONS/MOBILITY 
CENTER 
(P&D) 
5,000 
Air Force 
Offutt Air Force Base 
LOGISTICS 
READINESS 
SQUADRON 
TRANSPORTATION FACILITY (P&D) 
3,500 
Nevada 
Air Force 
Nellis Air Force Base 
F–35 COALITION HANGAR (P&D) 
5,500 
Air Force 
Nellis Air Force Base 
F–35 DATA LAB SUPPORT FACILITY (P&D) 
700 
New Mexico 
Air Force 
Cannon Air Force Base 
SATELLITE FIRE STATION (P&D) 
5,000 
Air Force 
Kirtland Air Force Base 
COST TO COMPLETE: WYOMING GATE UP-
GRADE FOR ANTITERRORISM COMPLI-
ANCE 
24,400 
Norway 
Air Force 
Rygge Air Station 
EDI: DABS-FEV STORAGE 
88,000 
88,000 
Air Force 
Rygge Air Station 
EDI: MUNITIONS STORAGE AREA 
31,000 
31,000 
Ohio 
Air Force 
Wright-Patterson Air 
Force Base 
ACQUISITION 
MANAGEMENT 
COMPLEX 
PHASE V (P&D) 
19,500 
Oklahoma 
Air Force 
Tinker Air Force Base 
KC–46 
3–BAY 
DEPOT 
MAINTENANCE 
HANGAR (INC 3) 
78,000 
78,000 
Air Force 
Vance Air Force Base 
CONSOLIDATED UNDERGRADUATE PILOT 
TRAINING CENTER (P&D) 
8,400 
Philippines 
Air Force 
Cesar Basa Air Base 
PDI: 
TRANSIENT 
AIRCRAFT 
PARKING 
APRON 
35,000 
35,000 
South Dakota 
Air Force 
Ellsworth Air Force Base 
B–21 FUEL SYSTEM MAINTENANCE DOCK 
75,000 
75,000 
Air Force 
Ellsworth Air Force Base 
B–21 PHASE HANGAR 
160,000 
160,000 
Air Force 
Ellsworth Air Force Base 
B–21 WEAPONS GENERATION FACILITY 
(INC) 
160,000 
160,000 
Spain 
Air Force 
Moro´n Air Base 
EDI: MUNITIONS STORAGE 
26,000 
26,000 
Texas
1497 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Account 
State/Country and In-
stallation 
Project Title 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Air Force 
Joint Base San Antonio- 
Lackland 
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 
20,000 
20,000 
United Kingdom 
Air Force 
Royal Air Force Fairford 
COST 
TO 
COMPLETE: 
EDI 
DABS-FEV 
STORAGE 
28,000 
Air Force 
Royal Air Force Fairford 
COST TO COMPLETE: EDI MUNITIONS 
HOLDING AREA 
20,000 
Air Force 
Royal Air Force Fairford 
EDI: RADR STORAGE FACILITY 
47,000 
47,000 
Air Force 
Royal Air Force 
Lakenheath 
EDI: RADR STORAGE FACILITY 
28,000 
28,000 
Air Force 
Royal Air Force 
Lakenheath 
SURETY DORMITORY 
50,000 
50,000 
Utah 
Air Force 
Hill Air Force Base 
F–35 T–7A EAST CAMPUS INFRASTRUC-
TURE 
82,000 
82,000 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Air Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
BARRACKS REPLACEMENT FUND 
50,000 
Air Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
EDI: PLANNING & DESIGN 
5,648 
5,648 
Air Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
338,985 
338,985 
Air Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
90,281 
90,281 
Air Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
UNSPECIFIED 
MINOR 
MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION 
64,900 
64,900 
Wyoming 
Air Force 
F.E. Warren Air Force 
Base 
COST 
TO 
COMPLETE: 
CONSOLIDATED 
HELO/TRF OPS/AMU AND ALERT FACIL-
ITY 
18,000 
Air Force 
F.E. Warren Air Force 
Base 
GBSD INTEGRATED COMMAND CENTER 
(INC 2) 
27,000 
27,000 
Air Force 
F.E. Warren Air Force 
Base 
GBSD INTEGRATED TRAINING CENTER 
85,000 
85,000 
Air Force 
F.E. Warren Air Force 
Base 
GBSD MISSILE HANDLING COMPLEX (INC 
2) 
28,000 
28,000 
Subtotal Military Construction, Air Force ..........................................................................
2,605,314 
3,071,814 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
Alabama 
Defense-Wide 
Redstone Arsenal 
GROUND TEST FACILITY INFRASTRUC-
TURE 
147,975 
77,975 
California 
Defense-Wide 
Marine Corps Air Sta-
tion Miramar 
AMBULATORY 
CARE 
CENTER—DENTAL 
CLINIC ADD//ALT 
103,000 
20,600 
Defense-Wide 
Marine Corps Air Sta-
tion Miramar 
ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ON-SITE 
GENERATION, 
AND 
MICROGRID 
IM-
PROVEMENTS 
30,550 
Defense-Wide 
Monterey 
COST TO COMPLETE: COGEN PLANT AT 
B236 
5,460 
Defense-Wide 
Naval Base Coronado 
COST TO COMPLETE: ATC OPERATIONS 
SUPPORT FACILITY 
11,400 
Defense-Wide 
Naval Base Coronado 
SOF NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND 
OPERATIONS 
SUPPORT 
FACILITY, 
PHASE 2 
51,000 
Defense-Wide 
Naval Base San Diego 
AMBULATORY 
CARE 
CENTER—DENTAL 
CLINIC REPLMT 
101,644 
22,185 
Defense-Wide 
Naval Base San Diego 
MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 
6,300 
Defense-Wide 
Naval Base Ventura 
County 
COST TO COMPLETE: GROUND MOUNTED 
SOLAR PV 
16,840 
Defense-Wide 
Vandenberg Space Force 
Base 
MICROGRID WITH BACKUP POWER 
57,000 
Colorado 
Defense-Wide 
Buckley Space Force 
Base 
REDUNDANT ELECTRICAL SUPPLY 
9,000 
Defense-Wide 
Buckley Space Force 
Base 
REPLACEMENT WATER WELL 
5,700 
Cuba 
Defense-Wide 
Guantanamo Bay Naval 
Station 
AMBULATORY CARE CENTER (INC 1) 
60,000 
60,000 
Delaware 
Defense-Wide 
Dover Air Force Base 
ARMED SERVICES WHOLE BLOOD PROC-
ESSING LABORATORY 
30,500 
Djibouti 
Defense-Wide 
Camp Lemonnier 
COST TO COMPLETE: ENHANCE ENERGY 
SECURITY AND CONTROL SYSTEMS 
5,200 
Georgia
1498 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Account 
State/Country and In-
stallation 
Project Title 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Defense-Wide 
Naval Submarine Base 
Kings Bay 
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION AND DIS-
TRIBUTION IMPROVEMENTS, PHASE 2 
49,500 
Germany 
Defense-Wide 
Baumholder 
HUMAN PERFORMANCE TRAINING CEN-
TER 
16,700 
Defense-Wide 
Baumholder 
SOF COMPANY OPERATIONS FACILITY 
41,000 
41,000 
Defense-Wide 
Baumholder 
SOF JOINT PARACHUTE RIGGING FACIL-
ITY 
23,000 
23,000 
Defense-Wide 
Kaiserslautern Air Base 
KAISERSLAUTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL 
21,275 
21,275 
Defense-Wide 
Ramstein Air Base 
RAMSTEIN MIDDLE SCHOOL 
181,764 
181,764 
Defense-Wide 
Rhine Ordnance Bar-
racks 
MEDICAL CENTER REPLACEMENT (INC 11) 
77,210 
77,210 
Defense-Wide 
Stuttgart 
ROBINSON BARRACKS ELEM SCHOOL RE-
PLACEMENT 
8,000 
8,000 
Hawaii 
Defense-Wide 
Joint Base Pearl Harbor- 
Hickam 
COST TO COMPLETE: FY20 500 KW PV COV-
ERED PARKING EV CHARGING STATION 
7,476 
Defense-Wide 
Joint Base Pearl Harbor- 
Hickam 
COST TO COMPLETE: PRIMARY ELEC-
TRICAL DISTRIBUTION 
13,040 
Honduras 
Defense-Wide 
Soto Cano Air Base 
FUEL FACILITIES 
41,300 
41,300 
Italy 
Defense-Wide 
Naples 
COST TO COMPLETE: SMART GRID 
7,610 
Japan 
Defense-Wide 
Fleet Activities Yokosuka 
KINNICK HIGH SCHOOL (INC) 
70,000 
70,000 
Defense-Wide 
Kadena Air Base 
PDI SOF MAINTENANCE HANGAR 
88,900 
88,900 
Defense-Wide 
Kadena Air Base 
PDI: SOF COMPOSITE MAINTENANCE FA-
CILITY 
11,400 
11,400 
Kansas 
Defense-Wide 
Forbes Field 
MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 
5,850 
Defense-Wide 
Fort Riley 
COST TO COMPLETE: POWER GENERA-
TION AND MICROGRID 
15,468 
Korea 
Defense-Wide 
K–16 Air Base 
K–16 EMERGENCY BACKUP POWER 
5,650 
Kuwait 
Defense-Wide 
Camp Arifjan 
COST TO COMPLETE: POWER GENERA-
TION AND MICROGRID 
8,197 
Defense-Wide 
Camp Buehring 
MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 
18,850 
Louisiana 
Defense-Wide 
Naval Air Station Joint 
Reserve Base New Or-
leans 
COST 
TO 
COMPLETE: 
DISTRIBUTION 
SWITCHGEAR 
6,453 
Maryland 
Defense-Wide 
Bethesda Naval Hospital 
MEDICAL CENTER ADDITION/ALTERATION 
(INC 7) 
101,816 
101,816 
Defense-Wide 
Fort Meade 
NSAW MISSION OPS AND RECORDS CEN-
TER (INC) 
105,000 
105,000 
Defense-Wide 
Fort Meade 
NSAW RECAP BUILDING 4 (INC) 
315,000 
315,000 
Defense-Wide 
Fort Meade 
NSAW RECAP BUILDING 5 (ECB 5) (INC) 
65,000 
65,000 
Defense-Wide 
Joint Base Andrews 
HYDRANT FUELING SYSTEM 
38,300 
38,300 
Missouri 
Defense-Wide 
Lake City Army Ammu-
nition Plant 
MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 
80,100 
Montana 
Defense-Wide 
Great Falls International 
Airport 
FUEL FACILITIES 
30,000 
30,000 
Nebraska 
Defense-Wide 
Offutt Air Force Base 
DEFENSE 
POW/MIA 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
AGENCY LABORATORY (P&D) 
5,000 
Defense-Wide 
Offutt Air Force Base 
MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 
41,000 
North Carolina 
Defense-Wide 
Fort Liberty (Camp 
Mackall) 
MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 
10,500 
Defense-Wide 
Marine Corps Base 
Camp Lejeune 
MARINE 
RAIDER 
BATTALION 
OPER-
ATIONS FACILITY 
70,000 
Oklahoma 
Defense-Wide 
Fort Sill 
MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 
76,650 
Pennsylvania 
Defense-Wide 
Fort Indiantown Gap 
COST TO COMPLETE: GEOTHERMAL AND 
SOLAR PV 
9,250 
Puerto Rico 
Defense-Wide 
Fort Buchanan 
MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 
56,000 
Defense-Wide 
Juana Dı´az 
COST TO COMPLETE: MICROGRID CON-
TROLS, 690 KW PV, 275KW GEN, 570 KWH 
BESS 
7,680 
Defense-Wide 
Ramey 
COST TO COMPLETE: MICROGRID CON-
TROL SYSTEM, 460 KW PV, 275KW GEN, 
660 KWH BESS 
6,360
1499 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Account 
State/Country and In-
stallation 
Project Title 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Spain 
Defense-Wide 
Naval Station Rota 
BULK TANK FARM, PHASE 1 
80,000 
80,000 
Texas 
Defense-Wide 
Fort Cavazos 
COST TO COMPLETE: POWER GENERA-
TION AND MICROGRID 
18,900 
Defense-Wide 
Fort Cavazos 
MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 
18,250 
Utah 
Defense-Wide 
Hill Air Force Base 
OPEN STORAGE 
14,200 
14,200 
Virginia 
Defense-Wide 
Fort Belvoir 
DIA HEADQUARTERS ANNEX 
185,000 
25,000 
Defense-Wide 
Hampton Roads 
COST TO COMPLETE: BACKUP POWER 
GENERATION 
1,200 
Defense-Wide 
Joint Expeditionary 
Base Little Creek— 
Fort Story 
SOF SDVT2 OPERATIONS SUPPORT FACIL-
ITY 
61,000 
61,000 
Defense-Wide 
Fort Belvoir (NGA Cam-
pus East) 
COST TO COMPLETE: CHILLED WATER 
REDUNDANCY 
550 
Defense-Wide 
Pentagon 
HVAC EFFICIENCY UPGRADES 
2,250 
Defense-Wide 
Pentagon 
SEC OPS AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FACS 
30,600 
30,600 
Washington 
Defense-Wide 
Joint Base Lewis- 
McChord 
POWER GENERATION AND MICROGRID 
49,850 
Defense-Wide 
Joint Base Lewis- 
McChord 
SOF CONSOLIDATED RIGGING FACILITY 
62,000 
62,000 
Defense-Wide 
Manchester 
BULK STORAGE TANKS, PHASE 2 
71,000 
71,000 
Defense-Wide 
Naval Undersea Warfare 
Center Keyport 
SOF COLD WATER TRAINING AUSTERE 
ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 
37,000 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
INDOPACOM UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILI-
TARY CONSTRUCTION 
62,000 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
ENERGY RESILIENCE AND CONSERV. IN-
VEST. PROG. 
548,000 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
ERCIP PLANNING & DESIGN 
86,250 
86,250 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
EXERCISE RELATED MINOR CONSTRUC-
TION 
11,107 
11,107 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
49,610 
49,610 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
32,579 
32,579 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
30,215 
30,215 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
25,130 
25,130 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
24,000 
24,000 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
8,568 
8,568 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
3,068 
3,068 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
2,000 
2,000 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
1,035 
1,035 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
590 
590 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 
19,271 
19,271 
Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 
3,000 
3,000 
Defense-Wide 
Various Worldwide Loca-
tions 
UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 
4,875 
4,875 
Wyoming 
Defense-Wide 
F.E. Warren Air Force 
Base 
MICROGRID AND BATTERY STORAGE 
25,000 
Subtotal Military Construction, Defense-Wide ..................................................................
2,984,682 
3,006,107 
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
Alabama 
Army National 
Guard 
Fort McClellan 
COST TO COMPLETE: ENLISTED BAR-
RACKS, TT 
7,000 
Army National 
Guard 
Huntsville 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
4,650 
Arizona 
Army National 
Guard 
Surprise Readiness Cen-
ter 
NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 
15,000 
15,000 
Arkansas
1500 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Account 
State/Country and In-
stallation 
Project Title 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Army National 
Guard 
Fort Chaffee 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
610 
California 
Army National 
Guard 
Bakersfield 
COST TO COMPLETE: VEHICLE MAINTE-
NANCE SHOP 
1,000 
Army National 
Guard 
Camp Roberts 
COST TO COMPLETE: AUTOMATED MULTI-
PURPOSE 
MACHINE 
GUN 
(MPMG) 
RANGE 
5,000 
Colorado 
Army National 
Guard 
Peterson Space Force 
Base 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
3,000 
Connecticut 
Army National 
Guard 
Putnam 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
6,125 
Florida 
Army National 
Guard 
Camp Blanding 
MULTIPURPOSE MACHINE GUN RANGE 
11,000 
Guam 
Army National 
Guard 
Barrigada 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
6,900 
Idaho 
Army National 
Guard 
Jerome 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
1,250 
Army National 
Guard 
Jerome County Regional 
Site 
NATIONAL 
GUARD 
VEHICLE 
MAINTE-
NANCE SHOP 
17,000 
17,000 
Illinois 
Army National 
Guard 
Bloomington 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 
5,250 
Army National 
Guard 
North Riverside Armory 
NATIONAL 
GUARD 
VEHICLE 
MAINTE-
NANCE SHOP 
24,000 
24,000 
Indiana 
Army National 
Guard 
Shelbyville 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER ADD/ALT 
5,000 
Kansas 
Army National 
Guard 
Topeka 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD/ 
RESERVE CENTER BUILDING 
5,856 
Kentucky 
Army National 
Guard 
Burlington 
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 
16,400 
Army National 
Guard 
Frankfort 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD/ 
RESERVE CENTER BUILDING 
2,000 
Louisiana 
Army National 
Guard 
Camp Beauregard 
COLLECTIVE TRAINING UNACCOMPANIED 
HOUSING OPEN-BAY (P&D) 
2,400 
Army National 
Guard 
Camp Beauregard 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
2,000 
Army National 
Guard 
Camp Minden 
COST TO COMPLETE: COLLECTIVE TRAIN-
ING UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING, OPEN 
BAY 
3,718 
Maine 
Army National 
Guard 
Northern Maine Range 
Complex 
AUTOMATED MULTIPURPOSE MACHINE 
GUN RANGE (P&D) 
2,800 
Army National 
Guard 
Saco 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 
7,420 
Massachusetts 
Army National 
Guard 
Camp Edwards 
COST TO COMPLETE: AUTOMATED MULTI-
PURPOSE 
MACHINE 
GUN 
(MPMG) 
RANGE 
3,000 
Mississippi 
Army National 
Guard 
Camp Shelby 
CAMP SHELBY JFTC RAILHEAD EXPAN-
SION (P&D) 
2,200 
Army National 
Guard 
Camp Shelby 
COST TO COMPLETE: MANEUVER AREA 
TRAINING EQUIPMENT SITE ADDITION 
5,425 
Army National 
Guard 
Southaven 
NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 
22,000 
Missouri 
Army National 
Guard 
Belle Fontaine 
NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 
28,000 
28,000 
Nebraska 
Army National 
Guard 
Bellevue 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
9,090 
Army National 
Guard 
Greenlief Training Site 
COLLECTIVE TRAINING UNACCOMPANIED 
HOUSING OPEN-BAY (P&D) 
1,200 
Army National 
Guard 
Mead Training Site 
COST TO COMPLETE: COLLECTIVE TRAIN-
ING UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING, OPEN 
BAY 
1,913 
Army National 
Guard 
North Platte 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 
400
1501 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Account 
State/Country and In-
stallation 
Project Title 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
New Hampshire 
Army National 
Guard 
Concord 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
200 
Army National 
Guard 
Littleton 
NATIONAL 
GUARD 
VEHICLE 
MAINTE-
NANCE SHOP ADD 
23,000 
23,000 
New Jersey 
Army National 
Guard 
Joint Base McGuire-Dix- 
Lakehurst 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
605 
New Mexico 
Army National 
Guard 
Rio Rancho Training 
Site 
NATIONAL 
GUARD 
VEHICLE 
MAINTE-
NANCE SHOP ADD 
11,000 
11,000 
New York 
Army National 
Guard 
Lexington Avenue Ar-
mory 
NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 
70,000 
North Carolina 
Army National 
Guard 
Salisbury 
ARMY AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITIES 
(P&D) 
2,200 
North Dakota 
Army National 
Guard 
Camp Grafton 
INSTITUTIONAL POST-INITIAL MILITARY 
TRAINING, UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING 
(P&D) 
1,950 
Army National 
Guard 
Dickinson 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
5,425 
Ohio 
Army National 
Guard 
Camp Perry Joint 
Training Center 
NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 
19,200 
19,200 
Army National 
Guard 
Columbus 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
4,000 
Oklahoma 
Army National 
Guard 
Ardmore 
COST TO COMPLETE: VEHICLE MAINTE-
NANCE SHOP 
400 
Oregon 
Army National 
Guard 
Washington County 
Readiness Center 
NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 
26,000 
26,000 
Pennsylvania 
Army National 
Guard 
Hermitage Readiness 
Center 
NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 
13,600 
13,600 
Army National 
Guard 
Moon Township 
COST TO COMPLETE: COMBINED SUP-
PORT MAINTENANCE SHOP 
3,100 
Puerto Rico 
Army National 
Guard 
Fort Allen 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
3,676 
Rhode Island 
Army National 
Guard 
Camp Fogarty Training 
Site 
COLLECTIVE TRAINING UNACCOMPANIED 
HOUSING OPEN-BAY (P&D) 
1,990 
Army National 
Guard 
North Kingstown 
NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 
30,000 
South Carolina 
Army National 
Guard 
Aiken County Readiness 
Center 
NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 
20,000 
20,000 
Army National 
Guard 
Joint Base Charleston 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
4,373 
Army National 
Guard 
McCrady Training Cen-
ter 
AUTOMATED MULTIPURPOSE MACHINE 
GUN RANGE 
7,900 
7,900 
South Dakota 
Army National 
Guard 
Sioux Falls 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
5,250 
Tennessee 
Army National 
Guard 
Campbell Army Air Field ARMY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWERS 
(P&D) 
2,500 
Army National 
Guard 
McMinnville 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
500 
Texas 
Army National 
Guard 
Fort Cavazos 
GENERAL INSTRUCTION BUILDING (P&D) 
2,685 
Army National 
Guard 
Fort Worth 
COST TO COMPLETE: AIRCRAFT MAINTE-
NANCE HANGAR ADD/ALT 
6,489 
Army National 
Guard 
Fort Worth 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 
381 
Utah 
Army National 
Guard 
Camp Williams 
COLLECTIVE TRAINING UNACCOMPANIED 
HOUSING, SENIOR NCO AND OFFICER 
(P&D) 
2,875 
Vermont 
Army National 
Guard 
Bennington 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER 
3,415 
Virgin Islands
1502 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Account 
State/Country and In-
stallation 
Project Title 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Army National 
Guard 
St. Croix 
COST TO COMPLETE: ARMY AVIATION 
SUPPORT FACILITY 
4,200 
Army National 
Guard 
St. Croix 
COST TO COMPLETE: READY BUILDING 
1,710 
Virginia 
Army National 
Guard 
Sandston Rc & FMS 1 
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR 
20,000 
20,000 
Army National 
Guard 
Troutville 
COST TO COMPLETE: COMBINED SUP-
PORT MAINTENANCE SHOP ADDITION 
2,415 
Army National 
Guard 
Troutville 
COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD 
READINESS CENTER ADDITION 
2,135 
West Virginia 
Army National 
Guard 
Parkersburg 
NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 
(P&D) 
3,300 
Wisconsin 
Army National 
Guard 
Viroqua 
NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 
18,200 
18,200 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Army National 
Guard 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
34,286 
34,286 
Army National 
Guard 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 
63,000 
63,000 
Subtotal Military Construction, Army National Guard ...............................................
340,186 
650,567 
ARMY RESERVE 
Alabama 
Army Reserve 
Birmingham 
ARMY RESERVE CENTER/AMSA/LAND 
57,000 
57,000 
Arizona 
Army Reserve 
San Tan Valley 
AREA MAINTENANCE SUPPORT ACTIVITY 
12,000 
12,000 
California 
Army Reserve 
Camp Pendleton 
COST TO COMPLETE: AREA MAINTENANCE 
SUPPORT ACTIVITY 
3,000 
Army Reserve 
Fort Hunter Liggett 
NETWORK ENTERPRISE CENTER 
40,000 
Florida 
Army Reserve 
Perrine 
COST TO COMPLETE: ARMY RESERVE 
CENTER 
3,000 
North Carolina 
Army Reserve 
Asheville 
COST TO COMPLETE: ARMY RESERVE 
CENTER 
12,000 
Ohio 
Army Reserve 
Wright-Patterson Air 
Force Base 
COST TO COMPLETE: ARMY RESERVE 
CENTER 
5,000 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Army Reserve 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
23,389 
23,389 
Army Reserve 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 
14,687 
14,687 
Subtotal Military Construction, Army Reserve .................................................................
107,076 
170,076 
NAVY RESERVE & MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
Michigan 
Navy Reserve & Ma-
rine Corps Reserve 
Battle Creek 
ORGANIC SUPPLY FACILITIES 
24,549 
24,549 
Virginia 
Navy Reserve & Ma-
rine Corps Reserve 
Marine Forces Reserve 
Dam Neck Virginia 
Beach 
G/ATOR SUPPORT FACILITIES 
12,400 
12,400 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Navy Reserve & Ma-
rine Corps Reserve 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
MCNR PLANNING & DESIGN 
6,495 
6,495 
Navy Reserve & Ma-
rine Corps Reserve 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
MCNR UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUC-
TION 
7,847 
7,847 
Subtotal Military Construction, Navy Reserve & Marine Corps Reserve .............
51,291 
51,291 
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
Alabama 
Air National Guard 
Montgomery Regional 
Airport 
F–35 ADAL SQ OPS BLDG 1303 
7,000 
7,000 
Alaska 
Air National Guard 
Eielson Air Force Base 
AMC STANDARD DUAL BAY HANGAR (P&D) 
3,700 
Air National Guard 
Joint Base Elmendorf- 
Richardson 
ADAL ALERT CREW FACILITY HGR 18 
7,000 
Arizona 
Air National Guard 
Tucson International 
Airport 
MCCA: AIRCRAFT ARRESTING SYSTEM 
(NEW RWY) 
11,600 
11,600
1503 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Account 
State/Country and In-
stallation 
Project Title 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Arkansas 
Air National Guard 
Ebbing Air National 
Guard Base 
3–BAY HANGAR 
54,000 
Air National Guard 
Ebbing Air National 
Guard Base 
AIRCREW FLIGHT EQUIPMENT/STEP 
9,300 
Air National Guard 
Ebbing Air National 
Guard Base 
SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM FACILITY 
12,700 
Colorado 
Air National Guard 
Buckley Space Force 
Base 
AIRCRAFT CORROSION CONTROL 
12,000 
12,000 
Indiana 
Air National Guard 
Fort Wayne Inter-
national Airport 
FIRE STATION 
8,900 
8,900 
Mississippi 
Air National Guard 
Field Air National 
Guard Base 
COST TO COMPLETE: 172ND AIRLIFT WING 
FIRE/CRASH RESCUE STATION 
8,000 
Missouri 
Air National Guard 
Rosecrans Air National 
Guard Base 
139TH AIRLIFT WING ENTRY CONTROL 
POINT (P&D) 
2,000 
Air National Guard 
Rosecrans Air National 
Guard Base 
ENTRY CONTROL POINT (P&D) 
2,000 
Oregon 
Air National Guard 
Portland International 
Airport 
SPECIAL TACTICS COMPLEX, PHASE 1 
22,000 
22,000 
Air National Guard 
Portland International 
Airport 
SPECIAL TACTICS COMPLEX, PHASE 2 
18,500 
18,500 
Air National Guard 
Portland International 
Airport 
SPECIAL TACTICS COMPLEX, PHASE 3 
20,000 
Air National Guard 
Portland International 
Airport 
SPECIAL TACTICS COMPLEX, PHASE 4 
11,000 
Pennsylvania 
Air National Guard 
Harrisburg International 
Airport 
ENTRY CONTROL FACILITY 
8,000 
Wisconsin 
Air National Guard 
Truax Field 
F–35: MM&I FAC, B701 
5,200 
Air National Guard 
Volk Air National Guard 
Base 
FIRE/CRASH RESCUE STATION (P&D) 
670 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Air National Guard 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
35,600 
35,600 
Air National Guard 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 
63,122 
63,122 
Subtotal Military Construction, Air National Guard ...................................................
178,722 
322,292 
AIR FORCE RESERVE 
Arizona 
Air Force Reserve 
Davis-Monthan Air Force 
Base 
GUARDIAN ANGEL POTFF FACILITY 
8,500 
California 
Air Force Reserve 
March Air Reserve Base 
KC–46 ADD/ALTER B1244 FUT/CARGO PAL-
LET STORAGE 
17,000 
17,000 
Air Force Reserve 
March Air Reserve Base 
KC–46 ADD/ALTER B6000 SIMULATOR FA-
CILITY 
8,500 
8,500 
Air Force Reserve 
March Air Reserve Base 
KC–46 
TWO 
BAY 
MAINTENANCE/FUEL 
HANGAR 
201,000 
201,000 
Guam 
Air Force Reserve 
Joint Region Marianas 
AERIAL PORT FACILITY 
27,000 
27,000 
Louisiana 
Air Force Reserve 
Barksdale Air Force Base 
307 BW MEDICAL FACILITY ADDITION 
7,000 
Ohio 
Air Force Reserve 
Youngstown Air Reserve 
Station 
BASE FIRE STATION (P&D) 
2,500 
Texas 
Air Force Reserve 
Naval Air Station Joint 
Reserve Base Fort 
Worth 
LRS WAREHOUSE 
16,000 
16,000 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Air Force Reserve 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
12,146 
12,146 
Air Force Reserve 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
UNSPECIFIED 
MINOR 
MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION 
9,926 
9,926 
Subtotal Military Construction, Air Force Reserve .........................................................
291,572 
309,572 
NATO SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
Worldwide Unspecified 
NATO 
NATO Security Invest-
ment Program 
NATO SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
293,434 
293,434
1504 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Account 
State/Country and In-
stallation 
Project Title 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Subtotal NATO Security Investment Program ..................................................................
293,434 
293,434 
INDOPACIFIC COMBATANT COMMAND 
Worldwide Unspecified 
MILCON, 
INDOPACOM 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
INDOPACOM 
MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
PILOT PROGRAM 
150,000 
Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Defense-Wide .............................................
150,000 
TOTAL INDOPACIFIC COMBATANT COMMAND ..........................................................
150,000 
TOTAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION ....................................................................................
14,345,019 
14,345,019 
FAMILY HOUSING 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
Georgia 
Fam Hsg Con, Army 
Fort Eisenhower 
FORT EISENHOWER MHPI EQUITY IN-
VESTMENT 
50,000 
50,000 
Germany 
Fam Hsg Con, Army 
Baumholder 
FAMILY HOUSING NEW CONSTRUCTION 
78,746 
78,746 
Kwajalein 
Fam Hsg Con, Army 
Kwajalein Atoll 
FAMILY HOUSING REPLACEMENT CON-
STRUCTION 
98,600 
98,600 
Missouri 
Fam Hsg Con, Army 
Fort Leonard Wood 
FORT LEONARD WOOD MHPI EQUITY IN-
VESTMENT 
50,000 
50,000 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Fam Hsg Con, Army 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
FAMILY HOUSING P&D 
27,549 
27,549 
Subtotal Family Housing Construction, Army ..................................................................
304,895 
304,895 
FAMILY HOUSING O&M, ARMY 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Army 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
FURNISHINGS 
12,121 
12,121 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Army 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
HOUSING PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT 
86,019 
86,019 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Army 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
LEASING 
112,976 
112,976 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Army 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
MAINTENANCE 
86,706 
86,706 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Army 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
MANAGEMENT 
41,121 
41,121 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Army 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
MISCELLANEOUS 
554 
554 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Army 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
SERVICES 
7,037 
7,037 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Army 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
UTILITIES 
38,951 
38,951 
Subtotal Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Army .................................
385,485 
385,485 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY & MARINE CORPS 
Guam 
Fam Hsg Con, Navy 
& Marine Corps 
Joint Region Marianas 
REPLACE ANDERSEN HOUSING, PHASE 8 
121,906 
121,906 
Fam Hsg Con, Navy 
& Marine Corps 
Naval Support Activity 
Andersen 
REPLACE 
ANDERSEN 
HOUSING 
(AF), 
PHASE 7 
83,126 
83,126 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Fam Hsg Con, Navy 
& Marine Corps 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
DESIGN, WASHINGTON DC 
4,782 
4,782 
Fam Hsg Con, Navy 
& Marine Corps 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
IMPROVEMENTS, WASHINGTON DC 
57,740 
57,740 
Fam Hsg Con, Navy 
& Marine Corps 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
USMC DPRI/GUAM PLANNING & DESIGN 
9,588 
9,588 
Subtotal Family Housing Construction, Navy & Marine Corps ...............................
277,142 
277,142 
FAMILY HOUSING O&M, NAVY & MARINE CORPS 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Navy & Marine 
Corps 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
FURNISHINGS 
17,744 
17,744 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Navy & Marine 
Corps 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
HOUSING PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT 
65,655 
65,655
1505 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Account 
State/Country and In-
stallation 
Project Title 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Navy & Marine 
Corps 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
LEASING 
60,214 
60,214 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Navy & Marine 
Corps 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
MAINTENANCE 
101,356 
101,356 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Navy & Marine 
Corps 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
MANAGEMENT 
61,896 
61,896 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Navy & Marine 
Corps 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
MISCELLANEOUS 
419 
419 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Navy & Marine 
Corps 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
SERVICES 
13,250 
13,250 
Fam Hsg O&M, 
Navy & Marine 
Corps 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
UTILITIES 
43,320 
43,320 
Subtotal Family Housing Operation & Maintenance, Navy & Marine Corps ...
363,854 
363,854 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
Alabama 
Fam Hsg Con, Air 
Force 
Maxwell Air Force Base 
MHPI RESTRUCTURE-AETC GROUP II 
65,000 
65,000 
Colorado 
Fam Hsg Con, Air 
Force 
U.S. Air Force Academy 
CONSTRUCTION 
IMPROVEMENT— 
CARLTON HOUSE 
9,282 
9,282 
Hawaii 
Fam Hsg Con, Air 
Force 
Joint Base Pearl Harbor- 
Hickam 
MHPI RESTRUCTURE-JOINT BASE PEARL 
HARBOR-HICKAM 
75,000 
75,000 
Mississippi 
Fam Hsg Con, Air 
Force 
Keesler Air Force Base 
MHPI RESTRUCTURE-SOUTHERN GROUP 
80,000 
80,000 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Fam Hsg Con, Air 
Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
PLANNING & DESIGN 
7,815 
7,815 
Subtotal Family Housing Construction, Air Force .........................................................
237,097 
237,097 
FAMILY HOUSING O&M, AIR FORCE 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Fam Hsg O&M, Air 
Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
FURNISHINGS 
12,884 
23,884 
Fam Hsg O&M, Air 
Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
HOUSING PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT 
31,803 
31,803 
Fam Hsg O&M, Air 
Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
LEASING 
5,143 
5,143 
Fam Hsg O&M, Air 
Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
MAINTENANCE 
135,410 
124,410 
Fam Hsg O&M, Air 
Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
MANAGEMENT 
68,023 
68,023 
Fam Hsg O&M, Air 
Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
MISCELLANEOUS 
2,377 
2,377 
Fam Hsg O&M, Air 
Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
SERVICES 
10,692 
10,692 
Fam Hsg O&M, Air 
Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
UTILITIES 
48,054 
48,054 
Subtotal Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Air Force ........................
314,386 
314,386 
FAMILY HOUSING O&M, DEFENSE-WIDE 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Fam Hsg O&M, De-
fense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
FURNISHINGS 
673 
673 
Fam Hsg O&M, De-
fense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
FURNISHINGS 
Fam Hsg O&M, De-
fense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
LEASING 
32,042 
32,042 
Fam Hsg O&M, De-
fense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
LEASING 
13,658 
13,658 
Fam Hsg O&M, De-
fense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
MAINTENANCE 
Fam Hsg O&M, De-
fense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
UTILITIES 
4,273 
4,273 
Fam Hsg O&M, De-
fense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
UTILITIES 
Subtotal Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Defense-Wide ................
50,785 
50,785
1506 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Account 
State/Country and In-
stallation 
Project Title 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Family Housing Im-
provement Fund 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES—FHIF 
6,611 
6,611 
Subtotal Family Housing Improvement Fund ...................................................................
6,611 
6,611 
UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Unaccompanied 
Housing Improve-
ment Fund 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES—UHIF 
496 
496 
Subtotal Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund ...............................................
496 
496 
TOTAL FAMILY HOUSING .........................................................................................................
1,940,751 
1,940,751 
DEFENSE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, ARMY 
Worldwide Unspecified 
BRAC, Army 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 
150,640 
150,640 
Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Army ..............................................................
150,640 
150,640 
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, NAVY 
Worldwide Unspecified 
BRAC, Navy 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 
108,818 
108,818 
Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Navy ..............................................................
108,818 
108,818 
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, AIR FORCE 
Worldwide Unspecified 
BRAC, Air Force 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 
123,990 
123,990 
Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Air Force .....................................................
123,990 
123,990 
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
Worldwide Unspecified 
BRAC, Defense-Wide 
Unspecified Worldwide 
Locations 
INT–4: DLA ACTIVITIES 
5,726 
5,726 
Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Defense-Wide .............................................
5,726 
5,726 
TOTAL DEFENSE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ........................................
389,174 
389,174 
TOTAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, FAMILY HOUSING, AND BRAC ..............
16,674,944 
16,674,944 
TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS. 
SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Program 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Discretionary Summary by Appropriation 
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Summary: 
Energy Programs 
Nuclear Energy ..............................................................................................
177,733 
177,733
1507 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Program 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Atomic Energy Defense Activities 
National Nuclear Security Administration: 
Weapons Activities ................................................................................
18,832,947 
19,108,947 
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ........................................................
2,508,959 
2,483,959 
Naval Reactors .......................................................................................
1,964,100 
1,964,100 
Federal Salaries and Expenses ............................................................
538,994 
538,994 
Total, National Nuclear Security Administration ................................
23,845,000 24,096,000 
Defense Environmental Cleanup ..................................................................
7,073,587 
7,073,587 
Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D ...........................................................
427,000 
Other Defense Activities ................................................................................
1,075,197 
1,075,197 
Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities .....................................................
32,420,784 32,244,784 
Total, Discretionary Funding ..........................................................................
32,598,517 32,422,517 
Nuclear Energy 
Safeguards and security ................................................................................................
177,733 
177,733 
Total, Nuclear Energy .........................................................................................
177,733 
177,733 
National Nuclear Security Administration 
Weapons Activities 
Stockpile management 
Stockpile major modernization 
B61 Life extension program .........................................................................
449,850 
449,850 
W88 Alteration program ...............................................................................
178,823 
178,823 
W80–4 Life extension program ....................................................................
1,009,929 
1,009,929 
W80–4 ALT Nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile ...........................
75,000 
Program increase ...................................................................................
(75,000) 
W87–1 Modification Program ......................................................................
1,068,909 
1,068,909 
W93 .................................................................................................................
389,656 
389,656 
Subtotal, Stockpile major modernization .................................................
3,097,167 
3,172,167 
Stockpile sustainment ............................................................................................................
1,276,578 
1,276,578 
Weapons dismantlement and disposition .............................................................................
53,718 
53,718 
Production operations ............................................................................................................
710,822 
710,822 
Nuclear enterprise assurance .................................................................................................
66,614 
66,614 
Total, Stockpile management ..........................................................................
5,204,899 
5,279,899 
Production Modernization 
Primary Capability Modernization 
Plutonium Modernization 
Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization 
Los Alamos Plutonium Operations .............................................
833,100 
833,100 
21–D–512 Plutonium Pit Production Project, LANL ...............
670,000 
670,000 
15–D–302 TA–55 Reinvestments Project, Phase 3, LANL ........
30,000 
30,000 
07–D–220-04 Transuranic Liquid Waste Facility, LANL .......
04–D–125 Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement 
Project, LANL ...........................................................................
227,122 
227,122 
Subtotal, Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization ...................................
1,760,222 
1,760,222 
Savannah River Plutonium Modernization 
Savannah River Plutonium Operations .....................................
62,764 
62,764 
21–D–511 Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility, 
SRS ............................................................................................
858,235 
858,235 
Subtotal, Savannah River Plutonium Modernization ........................
920,999 
920,999 
Enterprise Plutonium Support ............................................................................
87,779 
87,779 
Total, Plutonium Modernization ...................................................................
2,769,000 
2,769,000 
High Explosives & Energetics 
High Explosives & Energetics .....................................................
93,558 
93,558 
23–D–516 Energetic Materials Characterization Facility, 
LANL .........................................................................................
19,000 
Restore project .......................................................................
(19,000) 
21–D–510 HE Synthesis, Formulation, and Production, PX ..
110,000 
Restore project .......................................................................
(110,000) 
15–D–301 HE Science & Engineering Facility, PX .................
101,356 
101,356 
Subtotal, High Explosives & Energetics .....................................................
194,914 
323,914 
Total, Primary Capability Modernization ................................................
2,963,914 
3,092,914
1508 
† HR 2670 EAS 
SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Program 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Secondary Capability Modernization 
Secondary Capability Modernization ...........................................................................
666,914 
666,914 
18–D–690 Lithium Processing Facility, Y–12 ............................................................
210,770 
210,770 
06–D–141 Uranium Processing Facility, Y–12 ..........................................................
760,000 
760,000 
Total, Secondary Capability Modernization ............................................
1,637,684 
1,637,684 
Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment 
Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment .............................................................
592,992 
592,992 
18–D–650 Tritium Finishing Facility, SRS ..............................................................
Total, Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment ............................
592,992 
592,992 
Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization 
Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization .......................................................................
166,990 
166,990 
22–D–513 Power Sources Capability, SNL .................................................................
37,886 
37,886 
Total, Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization .......................................
204,876 
204,876 
Capability Based Investments ...............................................................................................
156,462 
156,462 
Total, Production Modernization ..................................................................
5,555,928 
5,684,928 
Stockpile research, technology, and engineering 
Assessment Science 
Assessment Science ........................................................................................
917,751 
926,751 
Program increase for Krypton Fluoride laser ....................................
(9,000) 
14–D–640 U1a Complex Enhancements Project, NNSS ............................
126,570 
126,570 
Total, Assessment Science ..................................................................................
1,044,321 
1,053,321 
Engineering and integrated assessments ..............................................................
440,456 
440,456 
Inertial confinement fusion ...................................................................................
601,650 
641,650 
Program increase ...........................................................................................
(40,000) 
Advanced simulation and computing ...................................................................
782,472 
792,472 
Program increase ...........................................................................................
(10,000) 
Weapon technology and manufacturing maturation ..........................................
327,745 
327,745 
Academic programs ...............................................................................................
152,271 
152,271 
Total, Stockpile research, technology, and engineering ....................
3,348,915 
3,407,915 
Infrastructure and operations 
Operating 
Operations of facilities ..................................................................................
1,053,000 
1,053,000 
Safety and Environmental Operations ........................................................
139,114 
139,114 
Maintenance and Repair of Facilities .........................................................
718,000 
718,000 
Recapitalization 
Infrastructure and Safety .....................................................................
650,012 
650,012 
Subtotal, Recapitalization ................................................................................
650,012 
650,012 
Total, Operating .....................................................................................................
2,560,126 
2,560,126 
Mission enabling construction 
22–D–510 Analytic Gas Laboratory, PX ....................................................
35,000 
35,000 
22–D–511 Plutonium Production Building, LANL ...................................
48,500 
48,500 
22–D–512 TA–46 Protective Force Facility, LANL ...................................
48,500 
48,500 
22–D–517 Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade, LANL .............................
75,000 
75,000 
22–D–518 Plutonium Modernization Ops & Waste Mngmt Office Bldg, 
LANL ..........................................................................................................
23–D–519 Special Material Facility, Y–12 ................................................
Total, Mission enabling construction ..........................................................
207,000 
207,000 
Total, Infrastructure and operations ..........................................................
2,767,126 
2,767,126 
Secure transportation asset 
Operations and equipment ....................................................................................
239,008 
239,008 
Program direction ..................................................................................................
118,056 
118,056 
Total, Secure transportation asset ...............................................................
357,064 
357,064 
Defense nuclear security 
Operations and maintenance ................................................................................
988,756 
991,756 
Program increase ...........................................................................................
(3,000) 
Construction: 
17–D–710 West End Protected Area Reduction Project, Y–12 ..................
28,000 
38,000 
Program increase ...................................................................................
(10,000) 
Subtotal, Construction ........................................................................................
28,000 
38,000 
Total, Defense nuclear security ......................................................................
1,016,756 
1,029,756 
Information technology and cybersecurity ........................................................
578,379 
578,379 
Legacy contractor pensions .......................................................................................
65,452 
65,452 
Total, Weapons Activities ...................................................................................
18,894,519 19,170,519 
Adjustments
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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Program 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Use of prior year balances ....................................................................................
–61,572 
–61,572 
Total, Adjustments ................................................................................................
–61,572 
–61,572 
Total, Weapons Activities ...................................................................................
18,832,947 19,108,947 
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 
Material Management and Minimization 
Conversion (formerly HEU Reactor Conversion) ................................................
116,675 
116,675 
Nuclear material removal ......................................................................................
47,100 
47,100 
Material disposition ...............................................................................................
282,250 
282,250 
Total, Material Management and Minimization ...................................
446,025 
446,025 
Global Material Security 
International nuclear security ..............................................................................
84,707 
84,707 
Radiological security .............................................................................................
258,033 
258,033 
Nuclear smuggling detection and deterrence ........................................................
181,308 
181,308 
Total, Global Material Security .....................................................................
524,048 
524,048 
Nonproliferation and Arms Control .............................................................................
212,358 
212,358 
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D 
Proliferation detection ...........................................................................................
290,388 
290,388 
Nonproliferation stewardship program ................................................................
107,437 
107,437 
Nuclear detonation detection .................................................................................
285,603 
285,603 
Forensics R&D .......................................................................................................
44,759 
44,759 
Nonproliferation fuels development ......................................................................
Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D ......................................
728,187 
728,187 
Nonproliferation Construction: 
18–D–150 Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project, SRS ..................................
77,211 
77,211 
Total, Nonproliferation Construction .........................................................
77,211 
77,211 
NNSA Bioassurance Program .......................................................................................
25,000 
Program reduction .................................................................................................
(–25,000) 
Legacy contractor pensions ...........................................................................................
22,587 
22,587 
Nuclear Counterterrorism and Incident Response Program 
Emergency Operations ..........................................................................................
19,123 
19,123 
Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation ........................................................
474,420 
474,420 
Total, Nuclear Counterterrorism and Incident Response Pro-
gram .........................................................................................................................
493,543 
493,543 
Subtotal, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ...........................................
2,528,959 
2,503,959 
Adjustments 
Use of prior year balances ....................................................................................
–20,000 
–20,000 
Total, Adjustments ................................................................................................
–20,000 
–20,000 
Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ..................................................
2,508,959 
2,483,959 
Naval Reactors 
Naval reactors development ...........................................................................................
838,340 
838,340 
Columbia-Class reactor systems development ...............................................................
52,900 
52,900 
S8G Prototype refueling ................................................................................................
Naval reactors operations and infrastructure ..............................................................
712,036 
712,036 
Program direction ..........................................................................................................
61,540 
61,540 
Construction: 
22–D–533 BL Component Test Complex .............................................................
22–D–531 KL Chemistry & Radiological Health Building ...............................
10,400 
10,400 
21–D–530 KL Steam and Condensate Upgrade .................................................
53,000 
53,000 
14–D–901 Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project, NRF ......................
199,300 
199,300 
24–D–530 NRF Medical Science Complex ..........................................................
36,584 
36,584 
Total, Construction ...............................................................................................
299,284 
262,700 
Total, Naval Reactors ..........................................................................................
1,964,100 
1,964,100 
Federal Salaries and Expenses 
Program direction ..........................................................................................................
538,994 
538,994 
Use of prior year balances .............................................................................................
Total, Federal Salaries and Expenses .........................................................
538,994 
538,994 
TOTAL, National Nuclear Security Administration ............................
23,845,000 24,096,000 
Defense Environmental Cleanup 
Closure sites administration .................................................................................
3,023 
3,023 
Richland
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(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Program 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
River corridor and other cleanup operations ......................................................
180,000 
180,000 
Central plateau remediation .................................................................................
684,289 
684,289 
Richland community and regulatory support .....................................................
10,100 
10,100 
18–D–404 Modification of Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility ...........
22–D–401 L–888 Eastern Plateau Fire Station ................................................
7,000 
7,000 
22–D–402 L–897 200 Area Water Treatment Facility ......................................
11,200 
11,200 
23–D–404 181D Export Water System Reconfiguration and Upgrade ............
27,149 
27,149 
23–D–405 181B Export Water System Reconfiguration and Upgrade ............
462 
462 
24–D–401 Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility Supercell 11 
Expans Proj .......................................................................................................
1,000 
1,000 
Total, Richland .......................................................................................................
921,200 
921,200 
Office of River Protection: 
Waste Treatment Immobilization Plant Commissioning ...................................
466,000 
466,000 
Rad liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition ..........................................
813,625 
813,625 
Construction: 
23–D–403 Hanford 200 West Area Tank Farms Risk Management 
Project ................................................................................................
15,309 
15,309 
15–D–409 Low Activity Waste Pretreatment System ........................
60,000 
60,000 
18–D–16 Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant—LBL/Di-
rect feed LAW ....................................................................................
01–D–16D High-Level Waste Facility ................................................
600,000 
600,000 
01–D–16E Pretreatment Facility ........................................................
20,000 
20,000 
Subtotal, Construction ........................................................................................
695,309 
695,309 
ORP Low-level waste offsite disposal ...................................................................
Total, Office of River Protection ....................................................................
1,974,934 
1,974,934 
Idaho National Laboratory: 
Idaho cleanup and waste disposition ...................................................................
377,623 
377,623 
Idaho community and regulatory support ..........................................................
2,759 
2,759 
Construction: 
22–D–403 Idaho Spent Nuclear Fuel Staging Facility .....................
10,159 
10,159 
22–D–404 Addl ICDF Landfill Disposal Cell and Evaporation 
Ponds Project .....................................................................................
46,500 
46,500 
22–D–402 Calcine Construction ..........................................................
10,000 
10,000 
Subtotal, Construction ........................................................................................
66,659 
66,659 
Total, Idaho National Laboratory ................................................................
447,041 
447,041 
NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites 
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ..........................................................
1,879 
1,879 
LLNL Excess Facilities D&D ...............................................................................
20,195 
20,195 
Separations Processing Research Unit ................................................................
15,300 
15,300 
Nevada Test Site ....................................................................................................
61,952 
61,952 
Sandia National Laboratory ................................................................................
2,264 
2,264 
Los Alamos National Laboratory .........................................................................
273,831 
273,831 
Los Alamos Excess Facilities D&D ......................................................................
13,648 
13,648 
Total, NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites ......................................................
389,069 
389,069 
Oak Ridge Reservation: 
OR Nuclear Facility D&D ....................................................................................
335,000 
335,000 
U233 Disposition Program ...................................................................................
55,000 
55,000 
OR cleanup and waste disposition .......................................................................
72,000 
72,000 
Construction: 
14–D–403 Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility ..........................
10,000 
10,000 
17–D–401 On-site Waste Disposal Facility ........................................
24,500 
24,500 
Subtotal, Construction ........................................................................................
34,500 
34,500 
OR community & regulatory support ..................................................................
5,500 
5,500 
OR technology development and deployment .......................................................
3,000 
3,000 
Total, Oak Ridge Reservation .........................................................................
505,000 
505,000 
Savannah River Site: 
Savannah River risk management operations ....................................................
453,109 
453,109 
Savannah River legacy pensions ..........................................................................
65,898 
65,898 
Savannah River community and regulatory support ........................................
12,389 
12,389 
Savannah River National Laboratory O&M .......................................................
42,000 
42,000 
Construction: 
20-D–401 Saltstone Disposal Unit #10, 11, 12 .................................
56,250 
56,250 
19–D–701 SR Security Systems Replacement ...................................
18–D–401 Saltstone Disposal Unit #8, 9 ..........................................
31,250 
31,250 
18–D–402 Emergency Operations Center Replacement, SR .............
34,733 
34,733
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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Program 
FY 2024 
Request 
Senate 
Authorized 
Subtotal, Construction ........................................................................................
122,233 
122,233 
Radioactive liquid tank waste stabilization ........................................................
880,323 
880,323 
Total, Savannah River Site ..............................................................................
1,575,952 
1,575,952 
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ..................................................................................
369,961 
369,961 
Construction: 
15–D–411 Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System, 
WIPP ..................................................................................................
44,365 
44,365 
15–D–412 Utility Shaft, WIPP ...........................................................
50,000 
50,000 
Total, Construction ...............................................................................................
94,365 
94,365 
Total, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant .................................................................
464,326 
464,326 
Program direction—Defense Environmental Cleanup ................................................
326,893 
326,893 
Program support—Defense Environmental Cleanup ..................................................
103,504 
103,504 
Safeguards and Security—Defense Environmental Cleanup .....................................
332,645 
332,645 
Technology development and deployment .....................................................................
30,000 
30,000 
Subtotal, Defense Environmental Cleanup ...............................................
7,073,587 
7,073,587 
TOTAL, Defense Environmental Cleanup .................................................
7,073,587 
7,073,587 
Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D .....................................................................
427,000 
Program reduction .........................................................................................................
(–427,000) 
Other Defense Activities 
Environment, health, safety and security 
Environment, health, safety and security mission support ................................
144,705 
144,705 
Program direction ..................................................................................................
86,558 
86,558 
Total, Environment, health, safety and security ....................................
231,263 
231,263 
Office of Enterprise Assessments 
Enterprise assessments ..........................................................................................
30,022 
30,022 
Program direction ..................................................................................................
64,132 
64,132 
Total, Office of Enterprise Assessments ......................................................
94,154 
94,154 
Specialized security activities .......................................................................................
345,330 
345,330 
Legacy Management 
Legacy Management Activities—Defense .............................................................
173,681 
173,681 
Program Direction .................................................................................................
22,621 
22,621 
Total, Legacy Management ...............................................................................
196,302 
196,302 
Defense-Related Administrative Support .....................................................................
203,649 
203,649 
Office of Hearings and Appeals ....................................................................................
4,499 
4,499 
Subtotal, Other Defense Activities .................................................................
1,075,197 
1,075,197 
Use of prior year balances .............................................................................................
Total, Other Defense Activities .......................................................................
1,075,197 
1,075,197 
DIVISION E—ADDITIONAL 
PROVISIONS 
TITLE LI—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
SEC. 5131. INVENTORY OF C–130 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) MINIMUM INVENTORY REQUIREMENT.—Section 
146(a)(3)(B) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Au-
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thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 
136 Stat. 2455) is amended by striking ‘‘2023’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2024’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF C–130 AIRCRAFT 
ASSIGNED TO NATIONAL GUARD.—Section 146(b)(1) of the 
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2455) 
is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal years 2023 and 2024’’. 
SEC. 5132. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN RE-
DUCTIONS TO B–1 BOMBER AIRCRAFT SQUAD-
RONS. 
Section 133(c)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 
Stat. 1574) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’. 
SEC. 5133. PROHIBITION ON DIVESTMENT OF F–15E AIR-
CRAFT. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act for any of fiscal years 2024 through 2029 may be obli-
gated or expended to divest any F–15E aircraft.
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TITLE LII—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION 
SEC. 5201. APPLICATION OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EX-
CHANGE PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE 
TO 
QUANTUM 
INFORMATION 
SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. 
In carrying out section 1599g of title 10, United States 
Code, the Secretary of Defense may establish public-private 
exchange programs, each with up to 10 program partici-
pants, focused on private sector entities working on quan-
tum information sciences and technology research applica-
tions. 
SEC. 5202. BRIEFING ON SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND RE-
SEARCH FOR TRANSFORMATION (SMART) DE-
FENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
Not later than three years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide Con-
gress with a briefing on participation and use of the pro-
gram under section 4093 of title 10, United States Code, 
with a particular focus on levels of interest from students 
engaged in studying quantum fields.
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SEC. 5203. IMPROVEMENTS TO DEFENSE QUANTUM INFOR-
MATION 
SCIENCE 
AND 
TECHNOLOGY 
RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Section 
234 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 
4001 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 
(g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following 
new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) FELLOWSHIPS.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—In carrying out 
the program required by subsection (a) and subject to 
the availability of appropriations to carry out this 
subsection, the Secretary may carry out a program of 
fellowships in quantum information science and tech-
nology research and development for individuals who 
have a graduate or post-graduate degree. 
‘‘(2) EQUAL ACCESS.—In carrying out the pro-
gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary may estab-
lish procedures to ensure that minority, geographi-
cally diverse, and economically disadvantaged stu-
dents have equal access to fellowship opportunities 
under such program.’’.
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(b) MULTIDISCIPLINARY PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNI-
VERSITIES.—Such section is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g), as redesig-
nated by subsection (a)(1), as subsection (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f), as added by 
subsection (a)(2), the following new subsection (g): 
‘‘(g) MULTIDISCIPLINARY PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNI-
VERSITIES.—In carrying out the program under subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Defense may develop partnerships with 
universities to enable students to engage in multidisci-
plinary courses of study.’’. 
SEC. 5204. IMPROVEMENTS TO NATIONAL QUANTUM INITIA-
TIVE PROGRAM. 
(a) INVOLVEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IN NATIONAL QUANTUM INITIA-
TIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) QUALIFICATIONS.—Subsection (b) of section 
104 of the National Quantum Initiative Act (15 
U.S.C. 8814) is amended by striking ‘‘and Federal 
laboratories’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal laboratories, and 
intelligence researchers’’. 
(2) INTEGRATION.—Such section is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (e) through 
(g) as subsection (f) through (h), respectively; 
and
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(B) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) INTEGRATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND 
INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The Advisory Committee 
shall take such actions as may be necessary, including by 
modifying policies and procedures of the Advisory Com-
mittee, to ensure the full integration of the Department of 
Defense and the intelligence community (as defined in sec-
tion 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003)) in activities of the Advisory Committee.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION
OF PURPOSE
OF MULTIDISCI-
PLINARY CENTERS FOR QUANTUM RESEARCH AND EDU-
CATION.—Section 302(c) of the National Quantum Initia-
tive Act (15 U.S.C. 8842(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) encouraging workforce collaboration, both 
with private industry and among Federal entities, in-
cluding Department of Defense components and the 
intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)).’’.
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(c) COORDINATION OF NATIONAL QUANTUM INFORMA-
TION SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTERS.—Section 402(d) of the 
National Quantum Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. 8852(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) other research entities of the Federal govern-
ment, including research entities in the intelligence 
community (as defined in section 3 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003));’’. 
(d) NATIONAL QUANTUM COORDINATION OFFICE, COL-
LABORATION WHEN REPORTING TO CONGRESS.—Section 
102 of the National Quantum Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. 
8812) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) COLLABORATION WHEN REPORTING
TO CON-
GRESS.—The Coordination Office shall ensure that when 
participants in the National Quantum Initiative Program 
prepare and submit reports to Congress that they do so in
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collaboration with each other and as appropriate Federal 
civilian, defense, and intelligence research entities.’’. 
(e) REPORTING TO ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES OF CON-
GRESS.—Paragraph (2) of section 2 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
8801) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation, the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources, the Committee on Armed 
Services, and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology, the Committee on Armed Services, 
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives.’’. 
SEC. 5205. ANNUAL REVIEW OF STATUS OF IMPLEMENTA-
TION PLAN FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING CA-
REER TRACKS. 
(a) ANNUAL REVIEW AND REPORT REQUIRED.—Not 
less frequently than once each year until December 31, 2029, 
the Secretary of Defense shall—
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(1) conduct an internal review of the status of 
the implementation of the plan submitted pursuant to 
section 230(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 
U.S.C. note prec. 501); and 
(2) submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees— 
(A) a summary of the status described in 
paragraph (1); 
(B) a report on the findings of the Sec-
retary with respect to the most recent review con-
ducted pursuant to such paragraph; and 
(C) a plan for how the Department of De-
fense will plan for digital engineering personnel 
needs in the coming years. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—The review conducted pursuant 
to subsection (a)(1) shall include consideration of the rapid 
rate of technological change in data science and machine 
learning. 
SEC. 5206. RAPID RESPONSE TO EMERGENT TECHNOLOGY 
ADVANCEMENTS OR THREATS. 
(a) AUTHORITIES.—Upon approval by the Secretary 
of Defense of a determination described in subsection (b), 
the Secretary of a military department may use the rapid 
acquisition and funding authorities established pursuant to
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section 3601 of title 10, United States Code, to initiate ur-
gent or emerging operational development activities for a 
period of up to one year, in order to— 
(1) leverage an emergent technological advance-
ment of value to the national defense to address a 
military service-specific need; or 
(2) provide a rapid response to an emerging 
threat identified by a military service. 
(b) DETERMINATION.—A determination described in 
this subsection is a determination by the Secretary of a 
military department submitted in writing to the Secretary 
of Defense that provides the following: 
(1) Identification of a compelling urgent or 
emergency national security need to immediately ini-
tiate development activity in anticipation of a pro-
gramming or budgeting action, in order to leverage 
an emergent technological advancement or provide a 
rapid response to an emerging threat. 
(2) Justification for why the effort cannot be de-
layed until the next submission of the budget of the 
President (under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code) without harming the national defense. 
(3) Funding is identified for the effort in the 
current fiscal year to initiative the activity.
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(4) An appropriate acquisition pathway and 
programmed funding for transition to continued de-
velopment, integration, or sustainment is identified to 
on-ramp this activity within two years. 
(c) ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall amend the procedures for the rapid ac-
quisition and deployment of capabilities needed in re-
sponse to urgent operational needs prescribed pursu-
ant to such section 3601 to carry out this section. 
Such updated procedures shall be provided to the con-
gressional defense committees concurrently with the 
promulgation to the rest of the Department of De-
fense. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED.—The pro-
cedures amended under paragraph (1) shall include 
the following requirements: 
(A) FUNDING.—(i) Subject to clause (ii), in 
any fiscal year in which a determination de-
scribed in subsection (b) is made, the Secretary 
of the military department making the deter-
mination may initiate the activities authorized 
under subsection (a) using any funds available 
to the Secretary for such fiscal year for—
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(I) procurement; or 
(II) research, development, test, and 
evaluation. 
(ii) The total cost of all developmental ac-
tivities within the Department of Defense, funded 
under this section, may not exceed $100,000,000 
for any fiscal year. 
(B) WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—(i) Subject to 
clause (ii), the Secretary of the military depart-
ment making a determination under subsection 
(b) may issue a waiver under subsection (d) of 
such section 3601. 
(ii) Chapter 221 of title 10, United States 
Code, may not be waived pursuant to clause (i). 
(C) TRANSITION.—(i) Any acquisition ini-
tiated under subsection (a) shall transition to an 
appropriate acquisition pathway for transition 
and integration of the development activity, or 
be transitioned to a newly established program 
element or procurement line for completion of 
such activity. 
(ii)(I) Transition shall be completed within 
one year of initiation, but may be extended one 
time only at the discretion of the Secretary of the 
military department for one additional year.
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(II) In the event an extension determination 
is made under subclause (I), the affected Sec-
retary of the military department shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees, not later 
than 30 days before the extension takes effect, 
written notification of the extension with a jus-
tification for the extension. 
(3) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Concurrent with 
promulgation to the Department of the amendments 
to the procedures under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
the procedures update by such amendments. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Within 15 days 
after the Secretary of Defense approves a determination de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Secretary of the military de-
partment making the determination shall provide written 
notification of such determination to the congressional de-
fense committees following the procedures for notification 
in subsections (c)(4)(D) and (c)(4)(F) of such section 3601. 
A notice under this subsection shall be sufficient to fulfill 
any requirement to provide notification to Congress for a 
new start program.
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TITLE LIII—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Briefings and Reports 
SEC. 5341. REPORT BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON AL-
TERNATIVES TO BURN PITS. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 
and Sustainment shall submit to Congress a report on in-
cinerators and waste-to-energy waste disposal alternatives 
to burn pits. 
TITLE LVI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 5631. MODIFICATIONS TO TRANSITIONAL COMPENSA-
TION FOR DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS SEPA-
RATED FOR DEPENDENT ABUSE. 
(a) COVERED PUNITIVE ACTIONS.—Subsection (b) of 
section 1059 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) who is—
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‘‘(A) convicted of a dependent-abuse offense 
in a district court of the United States or a 
State court; and 
‘‘(B) separated from active duty pursuant 
to a sentence of a court-martial, or administra-
tively separated, voluntarily or involuntarily, 
from active duty, for an offense other than the 
dependent-abuse offense.’’. 
(b) COMMENCEMENT OF PAYMENT.—Subsection (e)(1) 
of such section is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
inserting after ‘‘offense’’ the following: ‘‘or an of-
fense described in subsection (b)(3)(B)’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(if the 
basis’’ and all that follows through ‘‘offense)’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT CHILD.—Subsection 
(l) of such section is amended, in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘resulting in the separation of 
the former member or’’ and inserting ‘‘referred to in 
subsection (b) or’’; and
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(2) by striking ‘‘resulting in the separation of 
the former member and’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’. 
(d) DELEGATION OF DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO 
EXCEPTIONAL ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (m)(4) of such sec-
tion is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary concerned may delegate the author-
ity under paragraph (1) to authorize eligibility for benefits 
under this section for dependents and former dependents of 
a member or former member to the first general or flag offi-
cer (or civilian equivalent) in the chain of command of the 
member.’’. 
SEC. 5632. REPORT ON EFFECT OF PHASE-OUT OF REDUC-
TION OF SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN SURVIVOR 
ANNUITIES BY AMOUNT OF DEPENDENCY 
AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the effect of section 622 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(Public Law 116–92) and the amendments made by such 
section. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment on the effect that section 622 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) and the amendments
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made by such section had on beneficiaries and any 
unintended consequences that were a result of such 
section or amendments. 
(2) An evaluation of the authority that the Sec-
retary has in a situation when the Defense Finance 
Accounting Service cannot verify the eligibility of a 
spouse and payments are paused for the child. 
(3) Recommendations for legislative action to en-
sure the Secretary has the flexibility to make pay-
ments under subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, 
United States Code, to dependent children that are 
under the guardianship of someone other than the 
surviving spouse. 
(4) An assessment of the process of the Depart-
ment for determining eligibility for survivor benefits 
under subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United 
States Code, and dependency and indemnity com-
pensation under chapter 13 of title 38, United States 
Code, and the coordination between the Defense Fi-
nance Accounting Service and the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs for such benefits.
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TITLE LVII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other 
Health Care Benefits 
SEC. 5701. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HEARING AIDS 
TO INCLUDE CHILDREN OF CERTAIN RE-
TIRED MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERV-
ICES. 
Paragraph (16) of section 1077(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(16) Except as provided by subsection (g), a 
hearing aid, but only if the dependent has a profound 
hearing loss, as determined under standards pre-
scribed in regulations by the Secretary of Defense in 
consultation with the administering Secretaries, and 
only for the following dependents: 
‘‘(A) A dependent of a member of the uni-
formed services on active duty. 
‘‘(B) A dependent under subparagraph (D) 
or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title of a former 
member of the uniformed services who— 
‘‘(i) is entitled to retired or retainer 
pay, or equivalent pay; and 
‘‘(ii) is enrolled in family coverage 
under TRICARE Prime.’’.
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Subtitle B—Health Care 
Administration 
SEC. 5711. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT TO TRANSFER 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC 
HEALTH FUNCTIONS TO DEFENSE HEALTH 
AGENCY. 
Section 720(a) of the James M. Inhofe National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 
117–263; 10 U.S.C. 1073c note) is amended, in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘February 1, 2024’’ 
and inserting ‘‘February 1, 2025’’. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other 
Matters 
SEC. 5721. REPORT ON MILITARY MENTAL HEALTH CARE 
REFERRAL POLICIES. 
(a) REPORT.—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— 
(1) detailing the mental health care referral poli-
cies of the Armed Forces; and 
(2) the impact of removing primary care referral 
requirements for outpatient mental health care on— 
(A) military readiness;
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(B) the uptake of outpatient mental health 
care services by members of the Armed Forces; 
and 
(C) suicide prevention. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall include recommendations and legislative 
proposals— 
(1) to improve resources and access for out-
patient mental health care services by members of the 
Armed Forces; 
(2) to encourage the uptake of such services by 
such members; and 
(3) to maintain military readiness. 
SEC. 
5722. 
COMPTROLLER 
GENERAL 
STUDY 
ON 
BIO-
MEDICAL 
RESEARCH 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDED BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study on the management by the De-
partment of Defense of biomedical research and development 
funded by the Department, including a review of— 
(1) patents for drugs approved by the Food and 
Drug Administration that were supported with intra-
mural or extramural funding from the Department; 
(2) requirements of the Department for how 
grant recipients, contractors, and labs of the Depart-
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ment should disclose support by the Department in 
patents generated with funding from the Department; 
and 
(3) the data systems of the Department for cata-
loging information about patents generated with 
funding from the Department. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 31, 2024, the 
Comptroller General shall brief the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on 
the study conducted under subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a report on the study con-
ducted under subsection (a). 
SEC. 5723. REPORT ON PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH 
SERVICES VIA TELEHEALTH TO MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR DEPEND-
ENTS. 
Not later than March 31, 2024, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on 
the provision by the Department of Defense of mental health 
services via telehealth that includes the following:
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(1) A summary of relevant Federal and State 
laws and policies of the Department governing the 
provision of mental health services via telehealth to 
members of the Armed Forces and their dependents. 
(2) An explanation of any challenges experienced 
by members of the Armed Forces and their dependents 
in receiving continuing care from a provider when 
assigned to a new State or location outside the United 
States. 
(3) An assessment of the value of receiving con-
tinuing care from the same mental health provider for 
various mental health conditions. 
(4) A description of how the Department accom-
modates members of the Armed Forces who would ben-
efit from receiving continuing care from a specific 
mental health provider. 
(5) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
relevant. 
SEC. 5724. EXPANSION OF DOULA CARE FURNISHED BY DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
The text of section 706 is hereby deemed to read as 
follows:
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‘‘SEC. 706 EXPANSION OF DOULA CARE FURNISHED BY DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
‘‘(a) EXPANSION
OF
EXTRAMEDICAL
MATERNAL 
HEALTH PROVIDERS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—Section 
746 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116– 
283; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is amended— 
‘‘(1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) 
as subsections (f) through (i), respectively; and 
‘‘(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection (e): 
‘‘ ‘(e) COVERAGE
OF DOULA CARE.—The Secretary 
may add coverage of labor doula care to the demonstration 
project, or reimbursement for such care, for all beneficiaries 
under the TRICARE program, including access— 
‘‘ ‘(1) by members of the Armed Forces on active 
duty; 
‘‘ ‘(2) by beneficiaries outside the continental 
United States; and 
‘‘ ‘(3) at military medical treatment facilities.’. 
‘‘(b) HIRING OF DOULAS.—The hiring authority for 
each military medical treatment facility may hire a team 
of doulas to work in coordination with lactation support 
personnel or labor and delivery units at such facility.’’.
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TITLE LVIII—ACQUISITION POL-
ICY, ACQUISITION MANAGE-
MENT, AND RELATED MAT-
TERS 
Subtitle D—Small Business Matters 
SEC. 5841. COMPETITION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS 
FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall issue guidance ensuring that covered small businesses 
are better able to compete for Department of Defense con-
tracts. 
(b) 
EXEMPTIONS
FROM
CAPABILITY
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The guidance issued 
under subsection (a) shall provide that the Depart-
ment of Defense may waive capability requirements, 
including the waiver described in paragraph (2), to 
allow a covered small business that does not otherwise 
meet such requirements to bid on a contract, provided 
that it makes the certification described under para-
graph (3). 
(2) SPECIAL
CONSIDERATION
TO
PROVIDE
IN-
TERIM ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION FOR DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WITHOUT SE-
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CURITY
CLEARANCES.—Notwithstanding section 801 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3161) 
and the procedures established pursuant to such sec-
tion, the Secretary of Defense may issue a waiver pro-
viding a covered small business that has not been de-
termined eligible to access classified information pur-
suant to such procedures interim access to classified 
information under such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary considers appropriate. 
(3) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— In order to 
qualify for a waiver under paragraph (1), a covered 
small business shall certify that it will be able to meet 
the exempted capability requirements within 180 days 
after the contract award date. The certification shall 
include a detailed project and financial plan out-
lining the tasks to be completed, milestones to be 
achieved, and resources required. 
(4) MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The contracting officer 
for a contract awarded pursuant to a waiver 
under paragraph (1) shall closely monitor the 
contract performance of the covered small busi-
ness to ensure that sufficient progress is being 
made and that any issues that arise are prompt-
ly addressed.
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(B) FAILURE
TO
MEET
CAPABILITY
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—If a covered small business 
awarded a contract pursuant to a waiver under 
paragraph (1) fails to meet the requirements 
promised in the certification required under 
paragraph (3) within 180 days, the covered 
small business shall be subject to disqualification 
from consideration for future contracts of similar 
scope pursuant to ‘‘Termination for Default’’ 
provisions under subpart 49.4 of the Federal Ac-
quisition Regulation. 
(c) COVERED SMALL BUSINESS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘covered small business’’ means— 
(1) a nontraditional defense contractor, as that 
term is defined in section 3014 of title 10, United 
States Code; 
(2) a small business concern, as that term is de-
fined in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632(a)); and 
(3) any other contractor that has not been 
awarded a Department of Defense contract in the 
five-year period preceding the solicitation of sources 
by the Department of Defense.
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Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 5851. BRIEFING ON THE REDESIGNATION OF NA-
TIONAL SERIAL NUMBER (NSN) PARTS AS 
PROPRIETARY. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing 
to the congressional defense committees identifying which 
National Serial Number (NSN) parts in the Defense Logis-
tics Agency system have had their designation changed to 
proprietary over the previous 5 years, including a descrip-
tion of which parts were, or continue to be, produced by 
small businesses before the proprietary designation was ap-
plied, and the justification for the changes in designation. 
TITLE LX—OTHER MATTERS 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
SEC. 6031. ESTABLISHING A COORDINATOR FOR COUN-
TERING MEXICO’S CRIMINAL CARTELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, 
and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall designate an exist-
ing official within the executive branch to serve as senior- 
level coordinator to coordinate, in conjunction with other 
relevant agencies, all defense, diplomatic, intelligence, fi-
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nancial, and legal efforts to counter the drug- and human- 
trafficking activities of Mexico’s criminal cartels. 
(b) RETENTION OF AUTHORITY.—The designation of 
a coordinator under subsection (a) shall not deprive any 
agency of any authority to independently perform functions 
of that agency. 
(c) QUARTERLY REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 
days thereafter through January 31, 2029, the coordi-
nator designated under subsection (a) shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a detailed re-
port on the following: 
(A) Efforts taken during the previous quar-
ter to bolster defense cooperation with the Gov-
ernment of Mexico against Mexico’s criminal 
cartels, and any other activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense with respect to countering the 
cartels, including in cooperation with the Gov-
ernment of Mexico or interagency partners. 
(B) Diplomatic efforts, including numbers 
of demarches and meetings, taken during the 
previous quarter to highlight and counter the 
human rights abuses of Mexico’s criminal cartels, 
including human trafficking, sex trafficking,
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other exploitation of migrants, endangerment of 
children, and other abuses. 
(C) Diplomatic efforts taken during the pre-
vious quarter to improve cooperation with the 
Government of Mexico in countering Mexico’s 
criminal cartels, and a detailed list and assess-
ment of any actions that the Government of Mex-
ico has taken during the previous quarter to 
counter the cartels. 
(D) Diplomatic efforts taken during the pre-
vious quarter to improve cooperation with part-
ners and allies in countering Mexico’s criminal 
cartels. 
(E) Efforts taken during the previous quar-
ter to bolster the screening process at ports of 
entry to prevent members and associates of Mexi-
co’s criminal cartels, and individuals who are 
working for the cartels, from entering or traf-
ficking drugs, humans, and contraband into the 
United States. 
(F) Efforts taken during the previous quar-
ter to encourage the Government of Mexico to im-
prove its screening process along its own ports of 
entry in order to prevent illicit cash, weapons,
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and contraband that is destined for Mexico’s 
criminal cartels from entering Mexico. 
(G) Efforts taken during the previous quar-
ter to investigate and prosecute members and as-
sociates of Mexico’s criminal cartels, including 
members and associates operating from within 
the United States. 
(H) Efforts taken during the previous quar-
ter to encourage the Government of Mexico to in-
crease its investigation and prosecution of lead-
ers, members, and associates of Mexcio’s criminal 
cartels within Mexico. 
(I) Efforts taken during the previous quar-
ter to initiate or improve the sharing of intel-
ligence with allies and partners, including the 
Government of Mexico, for the purpose of coun-
tering Mexico’s criminal cartels. 
(J) Efforts taken during the previous quar-
ter to impose sanctions with respect to— 
(i) leaders, members, and associates of 
Mexico’s criminal cartels; and 
(ii) any companies, banks, or other in-
stitutions that facilitate the cartels’ human- 
trafficking, 
drug-trafficking, 
and 
other 
criminal enterprises.
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(K) The total number of personnel and re-
sources in the Department of Defense, the De-
partment of State, the Department of Homeland 
Security, the Department of Justice, and the De-
partment of the Treasury focused on countering 
Mexico’s criminal cartels. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 
on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs, and the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity, and the Committee on Financial Services 
of the House of Representatives.
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(2) MEXICO’S
CRIMINAL
CARTELS.—The term 
‘‘Mexico’s criminal cartels’’ means the following: 
(A) Criminal organizations the operations 
of which include human-trafficking, drug-traf-
ficking, and other types of smuggling operations 
across the southwest border of the United States 
and take place largely within Mexico, including 
the following: 
(i) The Sinaloa Cartel. 
(ii) The Jalisco New Generation Car-
tel. 
(iii) The Gulf Cartel. 
(iv) The Los Zetas Cartel. 
(v) The Northeast Cartel. 
(vi) The Juarez Cartel. 
(vii) The Tijuana Cartel. 
(viii) The Beltran-Leyva Cartel. 
(ix) The La Familia Michoacana, also 
known as the Knights Templar Cartel. 
(x) Las Moicas. 
(xi) La Empresa Nueva. 
(xii) MS–13. 
(xiii) The Medellin Cartel. 
(B) Any successor organization to an orga-
nization described in subparagraph (A).
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Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 
SEC. 6051. REPORT ON FOOD PURCHASING BY THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives and make publicly available on the 
website of the Department of Defense a report on the fol-
lowing for each of fiscal years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 
2022: 
(1) The total dollar amount spent by the Depart-
ment of Defense on food service operations worldwide 
for all personnel, contractors, and families, including 
all food service provided at or through— 
(A) all facilities, such as combat operations, 
military posts, medical facilities; 
(B) all vessels (air, land, and sea); 
(C) all entertainment and hosting oper-
ations such as officers’ clubs and other such fa-
cilities; and 
(D) all food programs provided to other 
Federal agencies, such as the Fresh Fruit and 
Vegetable Program of the Department of Agri-
culture and the Department of Defense.
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(2) The total dollar amount spent by the Depart-
ment for each category described in paragraph (1). 
(3) The dollar amount spend by the Department 
for each of— 
(A) the 25 largest food service contractors or 
operators; and 
(B) the top 10 categories of food, such as 
meat and poultry, seafood, eggs, dairy product, 
produce (fruits, vegetables, and nuts), grains and 
legumes, and processed and packaged foods. 
(4) The percentage of all food purchased by the 
Department that was a product of the United States, 
pursuant to section 4862 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(5) The dollar amount of third-party certified 
and verified foods (such as USDA Organic, Equitable 
Food Initiative, Fair Trade Certified, and other cat-
egories determined to be appropriate by the Sec-
retary) purchased by the Department. 
(6) The dollar amount of contracts for food serv-
ice, food, or food products entered into by the Depart-
ment with woman-, minority-, and veteran-owned 
businesses.
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Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 6071. IMPROVEMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE JOINT 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Ensuring Interagency Cooperation to Support Veterans 
Act of 2023’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 320 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Vet-
erans’ Employment and Training and such other offi-
cers and employees of the Department of Labor as the 
Secretary of Labor may designate; and 
‘‘(D) such officers and employees of other Execu-
tive agencies as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and 
the Secretary of Defense jointly determine, with the
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consent of the heads of the Executive agencies of such 
officers and employees, necessary to carry out the 
goals and objectives of the Committee.’’; 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The co-chairs of the Committee are the Deputy 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Personnel and Readiness.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Job Train-
ing and Post-Service Placement Executive Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘Transition Executive Com-
mittee’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) Develop, implement, and oversee such other 
joint actions, initiatives, programs, and policies as 
the two Secretaries determine appropriate and con-
sistent with the purpose of the Committee.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘JOB
TRAINING
AND
POST-SERVICE
PLACE-
MENT’’ and inserting ‘‘TRANSITION’’; 
(B) in the matter before paragraph (1)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘Job Training and 
Post-Service 
Placement’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Transition’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, in addition to such 
other activities as may assigned to the com-
mittee 
under 
subsection 
(d)(6)’’ 
after 
‘‘shall’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, tran-
sition from life in the Armed Forces to civilian 
life,’’ after ‘‘job training’’. 
SEC. 6072. GRAVE MARKERS AT SANTA FE NATIONAL CEME-
TERY, NEW MEXICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 612 of the Veterans Millen-
nium Health Care and Benefits Act (38 U.S.C. 2404 note; 
Public Law 106–117) is repealed. 
(b) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall conduct a study on the cost to replace the flat 
grave markers that were provided under such section at the 
Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico, with upright 
grave markers.
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SEC. 6073. MODIFICATION OF COMPENSATION FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE AFGHANISTAN WAR COMMIS-
SION. 
Section 1094(g)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 
Stat. 1942) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(A) NON-FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—A mem-
ber of the Commission who is not an officer or 
employee of the Federal Government shall be 
compensated at a rate equal to the daily equiva-
lent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed 
for level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each 
day (including travel time) during which the 
member is engaged in the performance of the du-
ties of the Commission. 
‘‘(B) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A member of the 
Commission who is an employee of the Fed-
eral Government may be compensated as 
provided for under subparagraph (a) for pe-
riods of time during which the member is 
engaged in the performance of the duties of 
the Commission that fall outside of ordi-
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nary agency working hours, as determined 
by the employing agency of such member. 
‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Noth-
ing in this paragraph shall be construed to 
authorize dual pay for work performed on 
behalf of the Commission and for a Federal 
agency during the same hours of the same 
day.’’. 
SEC. 6074. RED HILL HEALTH IMPACTS. 
(a) REGISTRY FOR IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS OF THE 
RED HILL INCIDENT.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
REGISTRY.—The Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services (referred to in 
this subsection as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall establish 
within the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry or the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention or through an award of a grant or contract, 
as the Secretary determines appropriate, a Red Hill 
Incident exposure registry to collect data on health 
implications of petroleum contaminated water for im-
pacted individuals on a voluntary basis. Such reg-
istry shall be complementary to, and not duplicative 
of, the Red Hill Incident Report of the Defense Occu-
pational and Environmental Health Readiness Sys-
tem.
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(2) OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordi-
nation with the Director of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, and in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, and such State and local au-
thorities or other partners as the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services considers appro-
priate, shall— 
(i) review the Federal programs and 
services available to individuals exposed to 
petroleum; 
(ii) review current research on petro-
leum exposure in order to identify addi-
tional research needs; and 
(iii) undertake any other review or ac-
tivities that the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter for 6 additional years, the Secretary 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the review and activities 
undertaken under subparagraph (A) that in-
cludes—
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(i) strategies for communicating and 
engaging with stakeholders on the Red Hill 
Incident; 
(ii) the number of impacted and poten-
tially impacted individuals enrolled in the 
registry established under paragraph (1); 
(iii) measures and frequency of follow- 
up to collect data and specimens related to 
exposure, health, and developmental mile-
stones as appropriate; and 
(iv) a summary of data and analyses 
on exposure, health, and developmental 
milestones for impacted individuals. 
(C) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B), the Secretary shall con-
sult with non-Federal experts, including individ-
uals with certification in epidemiology, toxi-
cology, mental health, pediatrics, and environ-
mental health, and members of the impacted 
community. 
(3) FUNDING.—Without regard to section 2215 of 
title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the De-
fense is authorized to provide, from amounts made 
available to such Secretary, such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2030 for
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the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry 
out this subsection. 
(b) RED HILL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES 
STUDY.— 
(1) CONTRACTS.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may contract with independent re-
search institutes or consultants, nonprofit or public 
entities, laboratories, or medical schools, as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate, that are not part of the 
Federal Government to assist with the feasibility as-
sessment required by paragraph (2). 
(2) FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
the results of a feasibility assessment to inform the de-
sign of the epidemiological study or studies to assess 
health outcomes for impacted individuals, which may 
include— 
(A) a strategy to recruit impacted individ-
uals to participate in the study or studies, in-
cluding incentives for participation; 
(B) a description of protocols and meth-
odologies to assess health outcomes from the Red 
Hill Incident, including data management pro-
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tocols to secure the privacy and security of the 
personal information of impacted individuals; 
and 
(C) the periodicity for data collection that 
takes into account the differences between health 
care practices among impacted individuals who 
are— 
(i) members of the Armed Forces on ac-
tive duty or spouses or dependents of such 
members; 
(ii) members of the Armed Forces sepa-
rating from active duty or spouses or de-
pendents of such members; 
(iii) veterans and other individuals 
with access to health care from the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs; and 
(iv) individuals without access to 
health care from the Department of Defense 
or the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
(D) a description of methodologies to ana-
lyze data received from the study or studies to 
determine possible connections between exposure 
to water contaminated during the Red Hill Inci-
dent and adverse impacts to the health of im-
pacted individuals;
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(E) an identification of exposures resulting 
from the Red Hill Incident that may qualify in-
dividuals to be eligible for participation in the 
study or studies as a result of those exposures; 
and 
(F) steps that will be taken to provide indi-
viduals impacted by the Red Hill Incident with 
information on available resources and services. 
(3) NOTIFICATIONS; BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 
one year after the completion of the feasibility assess-
ment under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall— 
(A) notify impacted individuals on the in-
terim findings of the study or studies; and 
(B) brief the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on the interim findings of the study or 
studies. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate;
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(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(E) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(F) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) IMPACTED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘impacted 
individual’’ means an individual who, at the time of 
the Red Hill Incident, lived or worked in a building 
or residence served by the community water system at 
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Oahu, Hawaii. 
(3) RED HILL INCIDENT.—The term ‘‘Red Hill 
Incident’’ means the release of fuel from the Red Hill 
Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, Oahu, Hawaii, into the 
sole-source basal aquifer located 100 feet below the fa-
cility, contaminating the community water system at 
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on November 20, 
2021.
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SEC. 
6075. 
PERMANENT 
AUTHORIZATION 
OF 
UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS ACT OF 1988. 
Section 2(f) of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 
(18 U.S.C. 922 note; Public Law 100–649) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘EFFECTIVE DATE AND SUNSET 
PROVISION’’ and all that follows through ‘‘This Act 
and the amendments’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amendments’’; 
and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 6076. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 
NON-GOVERNMENTAL RECOGNITION OF MILI-
TARY ENLISTEES TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY 
SUPPORT FOR MILITARY RECRUITMENT. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) publicly honoring and recognizing the young 
men and women who upon graduation from high- 
school enlist to serve in the Armed Forces is a mean-
ingful way to indicate national and local support for 
those enlistees prior to initial accession training, ex-
press gratitude to their families, and enhance the 
partnerships between military recruiters and high 
school administrators and guidance counselors; 
(2) the intrinsic value of these community cere-
monies should be formally recognized by the Office of
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the Secretary of Defense and the various military 
service recruiting commands; and 
(3) to the extent practicable, an appropriate level 
of joint military service support should be provided at 
these events, to include general officer and senior en-
listed adviser participation, ceremonial unit involve-
ment, musical support, and local recruiter presence. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 23, 2024, the 
Secretary of Defense shall brief the congressional defense 
committees on the extent of Department of Defense and 
military service coordination and support rendered for the 
recognition events described in subsection (a), which are ex-
ecuted at no cost to the Federal Government under the inde-
pendent, national direction of the ‘‘Our Community Sa-
lutes’’ organization, a registered 501(c)(3) organization. 
SEC. 6077. ADJUSTMENT OF THRESHOLD AMOUNT FOR 
MINOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs Minor Construction 
Threshold Adjustment Act of 2023’’. 
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF THRESHOLD AMOUNT.—Section 
8104(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) 
in 
paragraph 
(3)(A), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$20,000,000’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘the amount specified in paragraph (4)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4)(A) The amount specified in this paragraph is 
$30,000,000, as adjusted pursuant to this paragraph. 
‘‘(B)(i) The Secretary shall develop, through regula-
tions, a mechanism to adjust the amount under subpara-
graph (A) to account for relevant factors relating to con-
struction, cost of land, real estate, economic conditions, 
labor conditions, inflation, and other relevant factors the 
Secretary considers necessary to ensure such amount keeps 
pace with all economic conditions that impact the price of 
construction projects, to include planning, management, 
and delivery of the project. 
‘‘(ii) In developing the mechanism under clause (i), 
the Secretary may— 
‘‘(I) use a mechanism or index already relied 
upon by the Department for other relevant programs, 
a mechanism or index used by another Federal agen-
cy, or a commercial mechanism or index if such 
mechanism or index satisfactorily addresses the intent 
of this subparagraph; or
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‘‘(II) create a new mechanism or index if the 
Secretary considers it appropriate and necessary to 
do so. 
‘‘(C)(i) Not less frequently than once every two years, 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(I) adjust the amount under subparagraph (A); 
or 
‘‘(II) publish a notice in the Federal Register in-
dicating that no adjustment is warranted. 
‘‘(ii) Not later than 30 days before adjusting an 
amount pursuant to clause (i)(I) or publishing a notice 
pursuant to clause (i)(II), the Secretary shall notify the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ 
Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary shall determine a logical schedule 
for adjustments under this paragraph to take effect so that 
the amounts for and types of construction projects requested 
by the Department in the budget of the President under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31 are consistent with the threshold 
for construction projects as so adjusted.’’.
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SEC. 6078. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE 
MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR FORCE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The National Museum of the 
Mighty Eighth Air Force located at 175 Bourne Avenue, 
Pooler, Georgia (or any successor location), is designated 
as the official National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air 
Force of the United States (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘National Museum’’). 
(b) RELATION TO NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.—The Na-
tional Museum shall not be included as a unit of the Na-
tional Park System. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not 
be construed to appropriate, or authorize the appropriation 
of, Federal funds for any purpose related to the National 
Museum. 
SEC. 6079. REVISION OF REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSFER OF 
CERTAIN 
AIRCRAFT 
TO 
STATE 
OF 
CALI-
FORNIA FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION PUR-
POSES. 
(a) TRANSFER OF EXCESS COAST GUARD HC–130H 
AIRCRAFT.— 
(1) TRANSFER TO STATE OF CALIFORNIA.—If the 
Governor of the State of California submits to the 
Secretary of Homeland Security a written request to 
acquire, pursuant to this section, the Federal property 
described in this paragraph, the Secretary of Home-
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land Security shall transfer to the State of California 
without reimbursement— 
(A) all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the seven HC–130H air-
craft specified in paragraph (2); and 
(B) initial spares (calculated based on shelf 
stock support for seven HC–130H aircraft each 
flying 400 hours each year) and necessary 
ground support equipment for such aircraft. 
(2) AIRCRAFT SPECIFIED.—The aircraft specified 
in this paragraph are the HC–130H Coast Guard 
aircraft with serial numbers 1706, 1708, 1709, 1713, 
1714, 1719, and 1721. 
(3) TIMING; FAILURE TO SUBMIT REQUEST.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The transfers under 
paragraph (1) shall be made as soon as prac-
ticable after the date on which the Secretary of 
Homeland Security receives a request under such 
paragraph. 
(B) FAILURE TO SUBMIT REQUEST.—If the 
Governor of the State of California fails to sub-
mit a request under paragraph (1) before the 
date that is 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act—
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(i) paragraph (1) shall have no force 
or effect; and 
(ii) the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity may retain title and disposition of the 
Federal property described in paragraph 
(1). 
(4) MODIFICATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the transfers under para-
graph (1) may be carried out without further 
modifications by the United States to the air-
craft transferred under such paragraph. 
(B) DEMILITARIZED.—Before an aircraft 
may be transferred under paragraph (1), the air-
craft shall be demilitarized as determined nec-
essary by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(b) CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER.—Aircraft transferred 
to the State of California under subsection (a)(1)— 
(1) may be used only for wildfire suppression 
purposes; 
(2) may not be flown outside of, or otherwise re-
moved from, the United States unless dispatched by 
the National Interagency Fire Center in support of 
an international agreement to assist in wildfire sup-
pression efforts or for other disaster-related response
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purposes approved by the Governor of the State of 
California in writing in advance; 
(3) may be used for wildfire suppression pur-
poses only after the aircraft is modified to conform 
with the standards and requirements for firefighting 
aircraft set forth by the National Interagency Avia-
tion Committee and the Interagency Airtanker Board; 
and 
(4) may only be disposed of by the State of Cali-
fornia pursuant to the statutes and regulations gov-
erning disposal of aircraft provided to the State of 
California through the Federal Excess Personal Prop-
erty Program. 
(c) TRANSFER OF RESIDUAL KITS AND PARTS HELD 
BY AIR FORCE.—The Secretary of the Air Force may trans-
fer to the State of California, without reimbursement, any 
residual kits and parts held by the Secretary of the Air 
Force that were procured in anticipation of the transfer to 
the Secretary of the Air Force of the aircraft specified in 
subsection (a)(2). 
(d) COSTS AFTER TRANSFER.—Any costs of operation, 
maintenance, sustainment, and disposal of aircraft, initial 
spares, and ground support equipment transferred to the 
Governor of the State of California under this section that
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are incurred after the date of transfer shall be borne by the 
Governor of the State of California. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION 1098 OF FISCAL YEAR 2014 NDAA.— 
Section 1098 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 
Stat. 881), as amended by section 1083 of the John 
S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 
1989), is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (a); 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and sub-
ject to the certification requirement under sub-
section (f),’’; 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘or the 
Governor of California’’ each place it appears; 
(D) in subsection (e), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Promptly following the 
completion of the certification requirement 
under subsection (f) and notwithstanding’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘begin’’; and 
(E) by striking subsection (f).
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(2) SECTION 1083 OF FISCAL YEAR 2019 NDAA.— 
Section 1083 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232; 132 Stat. 1989) is repealed. 
SEC. 6080. EXTENSION OF ACTIVE DUTY TERM FOR ATTEND-
ING PHYSICIAN AT UNITED STATES CAPITOL. 
The present incumbent Attending Physician at the 
United States Capitol shall be continued on active duty 
until 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6081. DISCLOSURES BY DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND 
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 16(a)(1) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78p(a)(1)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘(including any such security of a foreign pri-
vate issuer, as that term is defined in section 240.3b–4 of 
title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regu-
lation)’’ after ‘‘pursuant to section 12’’. 
(b) EFFECT ON REGULATION.—If any provision of sec-
tion 240.3a12–3(b) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, 
or any successor regulation, is inconsistent with the amend-
ment made by subsection (a), that provision of such section 
240.3a12–3(b) (or such successor) shall have no force or ef-
fect. 
(c) ISSUANCE OR AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS.— 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
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Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall issue 
final regulations (or amend existing regulations of the Com-
mission) to carry out the amendment made by subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 6082. PREVENTING CHILD SEX ABUSE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Preventing Child Sex Abuse Act of 2023’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The sense of Congress is 
the following: 
(1) The safety of children should be a top pri-
ority for public officials and communities in the 
United States. 
(2) According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest Na-
tional Network, an individual in the United States is 
sexually assaulted every 68 seconds. And every 9 min-
utes, that victim is a child. Meanwhile, only 25 out 
of every 1,000 perpetrators will end up in prison. 
(3) The effects of child sexual abuse can be long- 
lasting and affect the victim’s mental health. 
(4) Victims are more likely than non-victims to 
experience the following mental health challenges: 
(A) Victims are about 4 times more likely 
to develop symptoms of drug abuse.
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(B) Victims are about 4 times more likely 
to experience post-traumatic stress disorder as 
adults. 
(C) Victims are about 3 times more likely 
to experience a major depressive episode as 
adults. 
(5) The criminal justice system should and has 
acted as an important line of defense to protect chil-
dren and hold perpetrators accountable. 
(6) However, the horrific crimes perpetuated by 
Larry Nassar demonstrate firsthand the loopholes that 
still exist in the criminal justice system. While Larry 
Nassar was found guilty of several State-level offenses, 
he was not charged federally for his illicit sexual con-
tact with minors, despite crossing State and inter-
national borders to commit this conduct. 
(7) The Department of Justice has also identified 
a growing trend of Americans who use charitable or 
missionary work in a foreign country as a cover for 
sexual abuse of children. 
(8) It is the intent of Congress to prohibit Amer-
icans from engaging in sexual abuse or exploitation 
of minors under the guise of work, including volunteer 
work, with an organization that affects interstate or 
foreign commerce, such as an international charity.
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(9) Federal law does not require that an abuser’s 
intention to engage in sexual abuse be a primary, sig-
nificant, dominant, or motivating purpose of the 
travel. 
(10) Child sexual abuse does not require physical 
contact between the abuser and the child. This is espe-
cially true as perpetrators turn increasingly to inter-
net platforms, online chat rooms, and webcams to 
commit child sexual abuse. 
(11) However, a decision of the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit found the 
use of a webcam to engage in sexually provocative ac-
tivity with a minor did not qualify as ‘‘sexual activ-
ity’’. 
(12) Congress can address this issue by amend-
ing the definition of the term ‘‘sexual activity’’ to 
clarify that it does not require interpersonal, physical 
contact. 
(13) It is the duty of Congress to provide clearer 
guidance to ensure that those who commit crimes 
against children are prosecuted to the fullest extent of 
the law. 
(c) INTERSTATE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE.—Section 
2423 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘with a moti-
vating purpose of engaging in any illicit sexual con-
duct with another person’’ and inserting ‘‘with intent 
to engage in any illicit sexual conduct with another 
person’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and 
(g) as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (i), respectively; 
(3) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘with a motivating purpose of engaging in any 
illicit sexual conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘with intent to 
engage in any illicit sexual conduct’’; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (g), as so redes-
ignated, the following: 
‘‘(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—As used in this sec-
tion, the term ‘intent’ shall be construed as any intention 
to engage in illicit sexual conduct at the time of the travel.’’. 
(d) ABUSE UNDER THE GUISE OF CHARITY.—Section 
2423 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by sub-
section (c) of this section, is amended— 
(1) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) ILLICIT SEXUAL CONDUCT IN CONNECTION WITH 
CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.—Any citizen of the United 
States or alien admitted for permanent residence who—
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‘‘(1) is an officer, director, employee, or agent of 
an organization that affects interstate or foreign com-
merce; 
‘‘(2) makes use of the mails or any means or in-
strumentality of interstate or foreign commerce 
through the connection or affiliation of the person 
with such organization; and 
‘‘(3) commits an act in furtherance of illicit sex-
ual conduct through the connection or affiliation of 
the person with such organization, 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 
30 years, or both.’’; 
(2) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d), or (e)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (i), as so redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘(f)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g)(2)’’. 
(e) SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH MINORS.—Section 2427 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘does not require interpersonal physical contact, and’’ be-
fore ‘‘includes’’. 
SEC. 6083. SENATE NATIONAL SECURITY WORKING GROUP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21 of Senate Resolution 64 
(113th Congress), agreed to March 5, 2013, is amended by 
striking subsection (d).
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect as though enacted on December 
31, 2022. 
SEC. 6084. RECOGNITION AS CORPORATION AND GRANT OF 
FEDERAL CHARTER FOR NATIONAL AMER-
ICAN INDIAN VETERANS, INCORPORATED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of subtitle II of title 36, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 
1503 the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 1504—NATIONAL AMERICAN 
INDIAN VETERANS, INCORPORATED 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘150401. Organization. 
‘‘150402. Purposes. 
‘‘150403. Membership. 
‘‘150404. Board of directors. 
‘‘150405. Officers. 
‘‘150406. Nondiscrimination. 
‘‘150407. Powers. 
‘‘150408. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges. 
‘‘150409. Restrictions. 
‘‘150410. Duty to maintain tax-exempt status. 
‘‘150411. Records and inspection. 
‘‘150412. Service of process. 
‘‘150413. Liability for acts of officers and agents. 
‘‘150414. Failure to comply with requirements. 
‘‘150415. Annual report. 
‘‘§ 150401 Organization 
‘‘The National American Indian Veterans, Incor-
porated, a nonprofit corporation organized in the United 
States (referred to in this chapter as the ‘corporation’), is 
a federally chartered corporation.
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‘‘§ 150402. Purposes 
‘‘The purposes of the corporation are those stated in 
the articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws of the 
corporation, and include a commitment— 
‘‘(1) to uphold and defend the Constitution of the 
United States while respecting the sovereignty of the 
American Indian Nations; 
‘‘(2) to unite under one body all American In-
dian veterans who served in the Armed Forces of 
United States; 
‘‘(3) to be an advocate on behalf of all American 
Indian veterans without regard to whether they served 
during times of peace, conflict, or war; 
‘‘(4) to promote social welfare (including edu-
cational, economic, social, physical, and cultural val-
ues and traditional healing) in the United States by 
encouraging the growth and development, readjust-
ment, self-respect, self-confidence, contributions, and 
self-identity of American Indian veterans; 
‘‘(5) to serve as an advocate for the needs of 
American Indian veterans and their families and sur-
vivors in their dealings with all Federal and State 
government agencies; 
‘‘(6) to promote, support, and utilize research, on 
a nonpartisan basis, pertaining to the relationship
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between American Indian veterans and American so-
ciety; and 
‘‘(7) to provide technical assistance to the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs regional areas that are not 
served by any veterans committee or organization or 
program by— 
‘‘(A) providing outreach service to Indian 
Tribes in need; and 
‘‘(B) training and educating Tribal Vet-
erans Service Officers for Indian Tribes in need. 
‘‘§ 150403. Membership 
‘‘Subject to section 150406, eligibility for membership 
in the corporation, and the rights and privileges of mem-
bers, shall be as provided in the constitution and bylaws 
of the corporation. 
‘‘§ 150404. Board of directors 
‘‘Subject to section 150406, the board of directors of 
the corporation, and the responsibilities of the board, shall 
be as provided in the constitution and bylaws of the cor-
poration and in conformity with the laws under which the 
corporation is incorporated. 
‘‘§ 150405. Officers 
‘‘Subject to section 150406, the officers of the corpora-
tion, and the election of such officers, shall be as provided 
in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation and in
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conformity with the laws of the jurisdiction under which 
the corporation is incorporated. 
‘‘§ 150406. Nondiscrimination 
‘‘In establishing the conditions of membership in the 
corporation, and in determining the requirements for serv-
ing on the board of directors or as an officer of the corpora-
tion, the corporation may not discriminate on the basis of 
race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or age. 
‘‘§ 150407. Powers 
‘‘The corporation shall have only those powers granted 
the corporation through its articles of incorporation, con-
stitution, and bylaws, which shall conform to the laws of 
the jurisdiction under which the corporation is incor-
porated. 
‘‘§ 150408. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, 
and badges 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The corporation shall have the sole 
and exclusive right to use the names ‘National American 
Indian Veterans, Incorporated’ and ‘National American In-
dian Veterans’, and such seals, emblems, and badges as the 
corporation may lawfully adopt. 
‘‘(b) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section interferes or 
conflicts with any established or vested rights.
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‘‘§ 150409. Restrictions 
‘‘(a) STOCK AND DIVIDENDS.—The corporation may 
not— 
‘‘(1) issue any shares of stock; or 
‘‘(2) declare or pay any dividends. 
‘‘(b) DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME OR ASSETS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The income or assets of the 
corporation may not— 
‘‘(A) inure to any person who is a member, 
officer, or director of the corporation; or 
‘‘(B) be distributed to any such person dur-
ing the life of the charter granted by this chap-
ter. 
‘‘(2) EFFECT.—Nothing in this subsection pre-
vents the payment of reasonable compensation to the 
officers of the corporation, or reimbursement for ac-
tual and necessary expenses, in amounts approved by 
the board of directors. 
‘‘(c) LOANS.—The corporation may not make any loan 
to any officer, director, member, or employee of the corpora-
tion. 
‘‘(d) NO FEDERAL ENDORSEMENT.—The corporation 
may not claim congressional approval or Federal Govern-
ment authority by virtue of the charter granted by this 
chapter for any of the activities of the corporation.
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‘‘§ 150410. Duty to maintain tax-exempt status 
‘‘The corporation shall maintain its status as an orga-
nization exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986. 
‘‘§ 150411. Records and inspection 
‘‘(a) RECORDS.—The corporation shall keep— 
‘‘(1) correct and complete books and records of 
accounts; 
‘‘(2) minutes of any proceeding of the corpora-
tion involving any of member of the corporation, the 
board of directors, or any committee having authority 
under the board of directors; and 
‘‘(3) at the principal office of the corporation, a 
record of the names and addresses of all members of 
the corporation having the right to vote. 
‘‘(b) INSPECTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—All books and records of the 
corporation may be inspected by any member having 
the right to vote, or by any agent or attorney of such 
a member, for any proper purpose, at any reasonable 
time. 
‘‘(2) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section con-
travenes— 
‘‘(A) the laws of the jurisdiction under 
which the corporation is incorporated; or
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‘‘(B) the laws of those jurisdictions within 
the United States and its territories within 
which the corporation carries out activities in 
furtherance of the purposes of the corporation. 
‘‘§ 150412. Service of process 
‘‘With respect to service of process, the corporation 
shall comply with the laws of— 
‘‘(1) the jurisdiction under which the corporation 
is incorporated; and 
‘‘(2) those jurisdictions within the United States 
and its territories within which the corporation car-
ries out activities in furtherance of the purposes of the 
corporation. 
‘‘§ 150413. Liability for acts of officers and agents 
‘‘The corporation shall be liable for the acts of the offi-
cers and agents of the corporation acting within the scope 
of their authority. 
‘‘§ 150414. Failure to comply with requirements 
‘‘If the corporation fails to comply with any of the re-
quirements of this chapter, including the requirement under 
section 150410 to maintain its status as an organization 
exempt from taxation, the charter granted by this chapter 
shall expire.
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‘‘§ 150415. Annual report 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The corporation shall submit to 
Congress an annual report describing the activities of the 
corporation during the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) SUBMITTAL DATE.—Each annual report under 
this section shall be submitted at the same time as the report 
of the audit of the corporation required by section 10101(b). 
‘‘(c) REPORT NOT PUBLIC DOCUMENT.—No annual 
report under this section shall be printed as a public docu-
ment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters for 
subtitle II of title 36, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to chapter 1503 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘1504. National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated ..................
150401’’. 
Subtitle H—Granting Recognition 
to Accomplished Talented Em-
ployees for Unwavering Loyalty 
Act 
SEC. 6091. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Granting Recogni-
tion to Accomplished Talented Employees for Unwavering 
Loyalty Act’’ or ‘‘GRATEFUL Act’’. 
SEC. 6092. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
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(1) In 1952, with the enactment of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), 
Congress established an immigrant visa program to 
reward foreign nationals who are United States Gov-
ernment employees for their service to the United 
States (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Government 
Employee Immigrant Visa program’’). 
(2) For 71 years, the Government Employee Im-
migrant Visa program has allowed foreign nationals 
with at least 15 years of exceptional service to the 
United States to immigrate to the United States with 
their families. 
(3) Such foreign national employees of the 
United States Government are the bulwark of United 
States foreign policy, risking their lives year after 
year through civil unrest, terrorism, natural disasters, 
and war. 
(4) The work of such foreign nationals— 
(A) ensures the safety and well-being of 
United States citizens; 
(B) provides security and logistics for vis-
iting delegations; and 
(C) supports United States Government op-
erations abroad.
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(5) Such foreign nationals include employees of 
the Department of State, the United States Agency for 
International Development, the Department of De-
fense, the Department of Homeland Security, the De-
partment of Justice, the Department of Commerce, 
and the Department of Agriculture. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the United States should preserve the immigrant visa 
program for foreign nationals who are employees of the 
United States Government abroad or of the American Insti-
tute in Taiwan, and who have provided exceptional service 
over a long term to the United States, by providing a dedi-
cated allocation of visas for such employees and their imme-
diate family members when visas are not immediately 
available in the corresponding visa category. 
SEC. 6093. VISA AVAILABILITY FOR GOVERNMENT EM-
PLOYEE IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal year 2024, sub-
ject to subsection (b), visas shall be made available to a 
special immigrant described in section 101(a)(27)(D) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(27)(D)) if a visa is not immediately available for 
issuance to the special immigrant under section 203(b)(4) 
of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)). 
(b) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—
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(1) FISCAL YEAR 2024.—For fiscal year 2024, not 
more than 3,500 visas shall be made available under 
subsection (a). 
(2) SUBSEQUENT
FISCAL
YEARS.—For fiscal 
year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, not more 
than 3,000 visas shall be made available under sub-
section (a). 
(c) TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN DIVERSITY VISAS.— 
Section 203(d)(2) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Cen-
tral America Relief Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 note; Public Law 
105–100) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) In no case shall the reduction under paragraph 
(1) for a fiscal year exceed the amount by which— 
‘‘(A) the sum of— 
‘‘(i) one-half of the total number of individ-
uals described in subclauses (I), (II), (III), and 
(IV) of section 309(c)(5)(C)(i) of the Illegal Im-
migration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note; Public Law 
104–208) who have adjusted their status to that 
of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence under section 202 of the Nicaraguan Ad-
justment and Central American Relief Act (Pub-
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lic Law 105–100; 8 U.S.C. 1255 note) as of the 
end of the previous fiscal year; and 
‘‘(ii) the total number of individuals de-
scribed in section 101(a)(27)(D) of the Immigra-
tion 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(27)(D)) for whom visas shall be made 
available for the applicable fiscal year under sec-
tion 1093(b) of the Granting Recognition to Ac-
complished Talented Employees for Unwavering 
Loyalty Act; exceeds 
‘‘(B) the total of the reductions in available visas 
under this subsection for all previous fiscal years.’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3)(A) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in a fiscal year 
following a fiscal year for which the total number of aliens 
described in subparagraph (B) is zero. 
‘‘(B) For a fiscal year, the total number of aliens de-
scribed in this subparagraph is the total number of individ-
uals described in section 101(a)(27)(D) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(D)) who have 
been issued visas during the previous fiscal year under the 
Granting Recognition to Accomplished Talented Employees 
for Unwavering Loyalty Act. 
‘‘(C) Nothing in this paragraph may be construed—
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‘‘(i) to repeal, modify, or render permanently in-
applicable paragraph (1); or 
‘‘(ii) to prevent the offsetting of the number of 
visas described in that paragraph for the purpose of 
providing visa availability for aliens described in 
subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(4) In the event that the number of visas available 
for a fiscal year under section 201(e) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(e)) is reduced to a 
number fewer than 50,000, not fewer than 3,000 visas shall 
be made available for individuals described in section 
1093(a) of the Granting Recognition to Accomplished Tal-
ented Employees for Unwavering Loyalty Act.’’. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
or the amendments made by this section may be construed 
to modify the number of visas available under section 
203(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)) to special immigrants described in sec-
tion 101(a)(27)(D) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(D)). 
Subtitle I—Additional Matters 
Relating to Artificial Intelligence 
SEC. 6096. REPORT ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REGULA-
TION IN FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, each of the Board of Gov-
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ernors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency, the National Credit Union Administration, and 
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall submit 
to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives a report on its gap in knowl-
edge relating to artificial intelligence, including an anal-
ysis on— 
(1) which tasks are most frequently being as-
sisted or completed with artificial intelligence in the 
institutions the agency regulates; 
(2) current governance standards in place for ar-
tificial intelligence use at the agency and current 
standards in place for artificial intelligence oversight 
by the agency; 
(3) potentially additional regulatory authorities 
required by the agency to continue to successfully exe-
cute its mission; 
(4) where artificial intelligence may lead to over-
lapping regulatory issues between agencies that re-
quire clarification; 
(5) how the agency is currently using artificial 
intelligence, how the agency plans to use such artifi-
cial intelligence the next 3 years, and the expected
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impact, including fiscal and staffing, of those plans; 
and 
(6) what resources, monetary or other resources, 
if any, the agency requires to both adapt to the 
changes that artificial intelligence will bring to the 
regulatory landscape and to adequately adopt and 
oversee the use of artificial intelligence across its oper-
ations described in paragraph (5). 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed to require an agency to include confiden-
tial supervisory information or pre-decisional or delibera-
tive non-public information in a report under this section. 
SEC. 6097. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BUG BOUNTY PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) PROGRAM FOR FOUNDATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE PRODUCTS BEING INCORPORATED BY DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the 
Department of Defense shall develop a bug bounty 
program for foundational artificial intelligence mod-
els being integrated into Department of Defense mis-
sions and operations.
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(2) COLLABORATION.—In developing the pro-
gram required by paragraph (1), the Chief may col-
laborate with the heads of other government agencies 
that have expertise in cybersecurity and artificial in-
telligence. 
(3) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Chief 
may carry out the program developed pursuant to 
subsection (a). 
(4) CONTRACTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
ensure, as may be appropriate, that whenever the De-
partment of Defense enters into any contract, the con-
tract allows for participation in the bug bounty pro-
gram developed pursuant to paragraph (1). 
(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to require— 
(A) the use of any foundational artificial 
intelligence model; or 
(B) the implementation of the program de-
veloped pursuant to paragraph (1) in order for 
the Department to incorporate a foundational 
artificial intelligence model. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Chief shall provide the con-
gressional defense committees a briefing on—
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(1) the development and implementation of bug 
bounty programs the Chief considers relevant to the 
matters covered by this section; and 
(2) long-term plans of the Chief with respect to 
such bug bounty programs. 
(c) DEFINITION OF FOUNDATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE MODEL.—In this section, the term ‘‘foundational 
artificial intelligence model’’ means an adaptive generative 
model that is trained on a broad set of unlabeled data sets 
that can be used for different tasks, with minimal fine-tun-
ing. 
SEC. 6098. VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS STUDY FOR ARTIFI-
CIAL INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED MILITARY AP-
PLICATIONS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Digital and 
Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) of the Department of 
Defense shall complete a study analyzing the vulnerabilities 
to the privacy, security, and accuracy of, and capacity to 
assess, artificial intelligence-enabled military applications, 
as well as research and development needs for such applica-
tions. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required by subsection (a) 
shall cover the following:
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(1) Research and development needs and transi-
tion pathways to advance explainable and interpret-
able artificial intelligence-enabled military applica-
tions, including the capability to assess the under-
lying algorithms and data models of such applica-
tions. 
(2) Assessing the potential risks to the privacy, 
security, and accuracy of underlying architectures 
and algorithms of artificial intelligence-enabled mili-
tary applications, including the following: 
(A) Individual foundational artificial intel-
ligence models, including the adequacy of exist-
ing testing, training, and auditing for such mod-
els to ensure models can be properly assessed over 
time. 
(B) The interactions of multiple artificial 
intelligence-enabled military applications, and 
the ability to detect and assess new, complex, 
and emergent behavior amongst individual 
agents, as well as the collective impact, including 
how such changes may affect risk to privacy, se-
curity, and accuracy over time. 
(C) The impact of increased agency in arti-
ficial intelligence-enabled military applications 
and how such increased agency may affect the
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ability to detect and assess new, complex, and 
emergent behavior, as well risks to the privacy, 
security, and accuracy of such applications over 
time. 
(3) Assessing the survivability and traceability 
of decision support systems that are integrated with 
artificial intelligence-enabled military applications 
and used in a contested environment, including— 
(A) potential benefits and risks to Depart-
ment of Defense missions and operations of im-
plementing such applications; and 
(B) other technical or operational con-
straints to ensure such decision support systems 
that are integrated with artificial intelligence- 
enabled military applications are able to adhere 
to the Department of Defense Ethical Principles 
for Artificial Intelligence. 
(4) Identification of existing artificial intel-
ligence metrics, developmental, testing and audit ca-
pabilities, personnel, and infrastructure within the 
Department of Defense, including test and evaluation 
facilities, needed to enable ongoing identification and 
assessment under paragraphs (1) through (3), and 
other factors such as—
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(A) implications for deterrence systems 
based on systems warfare; and 
(B) vulnerability to systems confrontation 
on the system and system-of-systems level. 
(5) Identification of gaps or research needs to 
sufficiently respond to the elements outlined in this 
subsection that are not currently, or not sufficiently, 
funded within the Department of Defense. 
(c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the study re-
quired by subsection (a), the Chief Digital and Artificial 
Intelligence Officer shall coordinate with the following: 
(1) The Director of the Defense Advanced Re-
search Projects Agency (DARPA). 
(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Research 
and Evaluation. 
(3) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. 
(4) The Director for Operational Test and Eval-
uation (DOT&E) of the Department. 
(5) As the Chief Digital and Artificial Intel-
ligence Officer considers appropriate, the following: 
(A) The Secretary of Energy. 
(B) The Director of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology. 
(C) The Director of the National Science 
Foundation.
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(D) The head of the National Artificial In-
telligence Initiative Office of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy. 
(E) Members and representatives of indus-
try. 
(F) Members and representatives of aca-
demia. 
(d) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Digital and 
Artificial Intelligence Officer shall provide the congressional 
defense committees a briefing on the interim findings of the 
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer with respect 
to the study being conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 
(e) FINAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Digital 
and Artificial Intelligence Officer shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a final report on the 
findings of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intel-
ligence Officer with respect to the study conducted 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) FORM.—The final report submitted pursuant 
to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
for, but may include a classified annex.
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(f) DEFINITION OF FOUNDATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE MODEL.—In this section, the term ‘‘foundational 
artificial intelligence model’’ means an adaptive generative 
model that is trained on a broad set of unlabeled data sets 
that can be used for different tasks, with minimal fine-tun-
ing. 
SEC. 6099. REPORT ON DATA SHARING AND COORDINATION. 
(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 ways to improve data sharing, interoperability, and 
quality, as may be appropriate, across the Department of 
Defense. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of policies, practices, and cul-
tural barriers that impede data sharing and inter-
operability, and lead to data quality issues, among 
components of the Department. 
(2) The impact a lack of appropriate levels of 
data sharing, interoperability, and quality has on 
Departmental collaboration, efficiency, interoper-
ability, and joint-decisionmaking.
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(3) A review of current efforts to promote appro-
priate data sharing, including to centralize data 
management, such as the ADVANA program. 
(4) A description of near-, mid-, and long-term 
efforts that the Office of the Secretary of Defense plans 
to implement to promote data sharing and interoper-
ability, including efforts to improve data quality. 
(5) A detailed plan to implement a data sharing 
and interoperability strategy that supports effective 
development and employment of artificial intel-
ligence-enabled military applications. 
(6) A detailed assessment of the implementation 
of the Department of Defense Data Strategy issued in 
2020, as well as the use of data decrees to improve 
management rigor in the Department when it comes 
to data sharing and interoperability. 
(7) Any recommendations for Congress with re-
spect to assisting the Department in these efforts.
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TITLE LXII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to 
Europe and the Russian Federation 
SEC. 6231. BLACK SEA SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT 
STRATEGY. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Black Sea Security Act of 2023’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BLACK SEA SECURITY.— 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) it is in the interest of the United States to 
support efforts to prevent the spread of further armed 
conflict in Europe by recognizing the Black Sea re-
gion as an arena of Russian aggression; 
(2) littoral states of the Black Sea are critical in 
countering aggression by the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation and contributing to the collective se-
curity of NATO; 
(3) the repeated, illegal, unprovoked, and violent 
attempts of the Russian Federation to expand its ter-
ritory and control access to the Mediterranean Sea 
through the Black Sea constitutes a threat to the na-
tional security of the United States and NATO; 
(4) the United States condemns attempts by the 
Russian Federation to change or alter boundaries in
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the Black Sea region by force or any means contrary 
to international law and to impose a sphere of influ-
ence across the region; 
(5) the United States condemns Russia’s illegit-
imate territorial claims, including those on the Cri-
mean Peninsula, along Ukraine’s territorial waters in 
the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, in the Black Sea’s 
international waters, and in the territories it is ille-
gally occupying in Ukraine; 
(6) the United States should continue to work 
within NATO and with NATO allies to develop a 
long-term strategy to enhance security, establish a 
permanent, sustainable presence along NATO’s east-
ern flank, and bolster the democratic resilience of its 
allies and partners in the region; 
(7) the United States should consider whether it 
should work within NATO and with NATO allies to 
develop a regular, rotational maritime presence in the 
Black Sea; 
(8) the United States should work with the Euro-
pean Union on coordinating a strategy to support 
democratic initiatives and economic prosperity in the 
region, which includes 2 European Union members 
and 4 European Union aspirant nations;
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(9) the United States should work to foster dia-
logue among countries within the Black Sea region to 
improve communication and intelligence sharing and 
increase cyber defense capabilities; 
(10) countries with historic and economic ties to 
Russia are looking to the United States and Europe 
to provide a positive economic presence in the broader 
region as a counterbalance to the Russian Federa-
tion’s malign influence in the region; 
(11) it is in the interest of the United States to 
support and bolster the economic ties between the 
United States and Black Sea states; 
(12) the United States should support the initia-
tive undertaken by central and eastern European 
states to advance the Three Seas Initiative Fund to 
strengthen transport, energy, and digital infrastruc-
ture connectivity in the region between the Adriatic 
Sea, Baltic Sea, and Black Sea; 
(13) there are mutually beneficial opportunities 
for increased investment and economic expansion, 
particularly on energy and transport infrastructure 
initiatives, between the United States and Black Sea 
states and the broader region;
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(14) improved economic ties between the United 
States and the Black Sea states and the broader re-
gion can lead to a strengthened strategic partnership; 
(15) the United States must seek to address the 
food security challenges arising from disruption of 
Ukraine’s Black Sea and Azov Sea ports, as this glob-
al challenge will have critical national security impli-
cations for the United States, our partners, and allies; 
(16) Turkey, in coordination with the United 
Nations, has played an important role in alleviating 
global food insecurity by negotiating two agreements 
to allow grain exports from Ukrainian ports through 
a safe corridor in the Black Sea; 
(17) Russia has a brutal history of using hunger 
as a weapon and must be stopped; and 
(18) countering the PRC’s coercive economic 
pursuits remains an important policy imperative in 
order to further integrate the Black Sea states into 
western economies and improve regional stability. 
(c) UNITED STATES POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
(1) to actively deter the threat of Russia’s further 
escalation in the Black Sea region and defend freedom 
of navigation in the Black Sea to prevent the spread 
of further armed conflict in Europe;
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(2) to advocate within NATO, among NATO al-
lies, and within the European Union to develop a 
long-term coordinated strategy to enhance security, 
establish a sustainable presence in the eastern flank, 
and bolster the democratic resilience of United States 
allies and partners in the region; 
(3) to consider whether to advocate within NATO 
and among NATO allies to develop a regular, rota-
tional maritime presence in the Black Sea; 
(4) to support and bolster the economic ties be-
tween the United States and Black Sea partners and 
mobilize the Department of State, the Department of 
Defense, and other relevant Federal departments and 
agencies by enhancing the United States presence and 
investment in Black Sea states; 
(5) to provide economic alternatives to the PRC’s 
coercive economic options that destabilize and further 
erode economic integration of the Black Sea states; 
(6) to ensure that the United States continues to 
support Black Sea states’ efforts to strengthen their 
democratic institutions to prevent corruption and ac-
celerate their advancement into the Euroatlantic com-
munity; and 
(7) to encourage the initiative undertaken by 
central and eastern European states to advance the
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Three Seas Initiative to strengthen transport, energy, 
and digital infrastructure connectivity in the region 
between the Adriatic Sea, Baltic Sea, and Black Sea. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; 
(D) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate; 
(E) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate; 
(F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; 
(G) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives; 
(H) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives; 
(I) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence of the House of Representatives; and
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(J) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives. 
(2) BLACK SEA STATES.—The term ‘‘Black Sea 
states’’ means Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, 
Ukraine, and Georgia. 
(3) PRC.—The term ‘‘PRC’’ means the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(e) BLACK SEA SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT STRAT-
EGY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the National Security Council, in coordi-
nation with the Department of State, the Department of 
Defense, and other relevant Federal departments and agen-
cies, shall direct an interagency strategy with a classified 
annex— 
(1) to increase coordination with NATO and the 
European Union; 
(2) to deepen economic ties; 
(3) to strengthen energy security; 
(4) to support efforts to bolster their democratic 
resilience; and 
(5) to enhance security assistance with our re-
gional partners in accordance with the values and in-
terests of the United States.
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(f) PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES.—The strategy author-
ized under subsection (e) shall have the following goals and 
objectives: 
(1) Ensuring the efficient and effective delivery 
of security assistance to regional partners in accord-
ance with the values and interests of the United 
States, prioritizing assistance that will bolster de-
fenses and improve interoperability with NATO 
forces. 
(2) Bolstering United States support for the re-
gion’s energy security and integration with Europe 
and reducing their dependence on Russia while sup-
porting energy diversification. 
(3) Mitigating the impact of economic coercion 
by the Russian Federation and the PRC on Black Sea 
states and identifying new opportunities for foreign 
direct investment from the United States and cooper-
ating countries and the enhancement of United States 
business ties with regional partners in accordance 
with the values and interests of the United States. 
(4) Increasing high-level engagement between the 
United States and regional partners, and reinforcing 
economic growth, financing quality infrastructure, 
and reinforcing trade with a focus on improving 
high-level economic cooperation.
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(5) Increasing United States coordination with 
the European Union and NATO to maximize effec-
tiveness and minimize duplication. 
(g) ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) SECURITY.—The strategy authorized under 
subsection (e) should include the following elements 
related to security: 
(A) A plan to increase interagency coordi-
nation on the Black Sea region. 
(B) An assessment of whether a United 
States-led initiative with NATO allies to in-
crease coordination, presence, and regional en-
gagement among Black Sea states is advisable. 
(C) An assessment of whether there is a 
need to increase security assistance or security 
cooperation with Black Sea states, focused on 
Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and 
Georgia. 
(D) An assessment of the value of estab-
lishing a United States or multinational head-
quarters on the Black Sea, responsible for plan-
ning, readiness, exercises, and coordination of 
military activity in the greater Black Sea re-
gion.
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(E) An assessment of the challenges and op-
portunities of establishing a regular, rotational 
NATO maritime presence in the Black Sea. 
(F) An overview of Foreign Military Fi-
nancing, International Military Education and 
Training, and other United States security as-
sistance to the Black Sea region. 
(G) 
A 
plan 
for 
combating 
Russian 
disinformation and propaganda in the Black 
Sea region that utilizes the resources of the 
United States Government. 
(H) A plan to promote greater freedom of 
navigation to allow for greater security and eco-
nomic Black Sea access. 
(2) ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.—The strategy au-
thorized under subsection (e) shall include the fol-
lowing elements related to economic prosperity: 
(A) A strategy to foster dialogue between ex-
perts from the United States and from the Black 
Sea states on economic expansion, foreign direct 
investment, strengthening rule of law initiatives, 
and mitigating economic coercion by Russia and 
the PRC. 
(B) A strategy for all the relevant Federal 
departments and agencies that contribute to
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United States economic statecraft to expand 
their presence and identify new opportunities for 
private investment with regional partners in ac-
cordance with the values and interests of the 
United States. 
(C) Assessments on energy diversification, 
focusing on the immediate need to replace energy 
supplies from Russia, and recognizing the long- 
term importance of broader energy diversifica-
tion. 
(D) Assessments of potential food security 
solutions, including sustainable, long-term ar-
rangements beyond the Black Sea Grain Initia-
tive. 
(3) DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE.—The strategy au-
thorized under subsection (e) shall include the fol-
lowing elements related to democratic resilience: 
(A) A strategy to increase independent 
media and United States-supported media ini-
tiatives to combat foreign malign influence in 
the Black Sea region. 
(B) Greater mobilization of initiatives 
spearheaded by the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
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ment to counter Russian propaganda and 
disinformation in the Black Sea region. 
(4) REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY.—The strategy au-
thorized under subsection (e) shall promote regional 
connectivity by sending high-level representatives of 
the Department of State or other agency partners 
to— 
(A) the Black Sea region not less frequently 
than twice per year; and 
(B) major regional fora on infrastructure 
and energy security, including the Three Seas 
Initiative Summit. 
(h) IDENTIFICATION OF NECESSARY PROGRAMS AND 
RESOURCES.—Not later than 360 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the interagency strategy shall iden-
tify any necessary program, policy, or budgetary resources 
required, by agency, to support the implementation of the 
Black Sea Security Strategy for fiscal years 2024, 2025, 
and 2026. 
(i) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS 
AND AGENCIES.—Nothing under this section may be con-
strued to authorize the National Security Council to assume 
any of the responsibilities or authorities of the head of any 
Federal department, agency, or office, including the foreign 
affairs responsibilities and authorities of the Secretary of
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State, to oversee the implementation of programs and poli-
cies under this section. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the 
Indo-Pacific Region 
SEC. 6241. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE RENEWAL OF THE 
COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION WITH THE 
REPUBLIC 
OF 
PALAU, 
THE 
FEDERATED 
STATES OF MICRONESIA, AND THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) in 1947, the United Nations entrusted the 
United States with the defense and security of the re-
gion that now comprises— 
(A) the Republic of Palau; 
(B) the Federated States of Micronesia; and 
(C) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; 
(2) in 1983, the United States signed Compacts 
of Free Association with the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands; 
(3) in 1985, the United States signed a Compact 
of Free Association with the Republic of Palau; 
(4) in 1986, Congress— 
(A) enacted the Compact of Free Association 
Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 
99–239), which approved the Compacts of Free
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Association with the Federated States of Micro-
nesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands; 
and 
(B) enacted Public Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 
1931 note), which approved the Compact of Free 
Association with the Republic of Palau; 
(5) in 2003, Congress enacted the Compact of 
Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
1921 note; Public Law 108–188), which approved and 
renewed the Compacts of Free Association with the 
Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands; 
(6) in 2010, the United States and the Republic 
of Palau agreed to terms for renewing the Compact of 
Free Association with the Republic of Palau in the 
Palau Compact Review Agreement, which was ap-
proved by Congress in section 1259C of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (48 
U.S.C. 1931 note; Public Law 115–91); 
(7) on January 11, 2023, the United States 
signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Re-
public of the Marshall Islands on funding priorities 
for the Compact of Free Association with the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands;
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(8) on May 22, 2023, the United States signed 
the U.S.-Palau 2023 Agreement, following the Com-
pact of Free Association Section 432 Review; 
(9) on May 23, 2023, the United States signed 
3 agreements relating to the U.S.–FSM Compact of 
Free Association, which included— 
(A) an Agreement to Amend the Compact, 
as amended; 
(B) a new fiscal procedures agreement; and 
(C) a new trust fund agreement; and 
(10) the United States is undergoing negotia-
tions relating to the Compact of Free Association with 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the close and strategic partnerships of the 
United States with the Republic of Palau, the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands are vital to international peace and 
security in the Indo-Pacific region; 
(2) the Compacts of Free Association with the 
Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micro-
nesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands form 
the political, economic, and security architecture that 
bolsters and sustains security and drives regional de-
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velopment and the prosperity of the larger Indo-Pa-
cific community of nations; 
(3) certain provisions of the current Compacts of 
Free Association with the Federated States of Micro-
nesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands expire 
on September 30, 2023; 
(4) certain provisions of the Compact of Free As-
sociation with the Republic of Palau expire on Sep-
tember 30, 2024; 
(5) it is in the national interest of the United 
States to successfully renegotiate and renew the Com-
pacts of Free Association with the Republic of Palau, 
the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands; and 
(6) enacting legislation to approve amended 
Compacts of Free Association with the Republic of 
Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands is the most impor-
tant way for Congress to support United States stra-
tegic partnerships with the 3 countries. 
SEC. 6242. ELIGIBILITY OF TAIWAN FOR THE STRATEGIC 
TRADE AUTHORIZATION EXCEPTION TO CER-
TAIN EXPORT CONTROL LICENSING REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
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(1) Taiwan has adopted high standards in the 
field of export controls. 
(2) Taiwan has declared its unilateral adherence 
to the Missile Technology Control Regime, the 
Wassenaar Arrangement, the Australia Group, and 
the Nuclear Suppliers Group. 
(3) At the request of President George W. Bush, 
section 1206 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 
U.S.C. 2321k note) required that Taiwan be treated 
as if it were designated as a major non-NATO ally 
(as defined in section 644(q) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403(q)). 
(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR STRATEGIC TRADE AUTHORIZA-
TION.—The President, consistent with the commitments of 
the United States under international arrangements, shall 
take steps so that Taiwan may be treated as if it were in-
cluded in the list of countries eligible for the strategic trade 
authorization exception under section 740.20(c)(1) of the 
Export Administration Regulations to the requirement for 
a license for the export, re-export, or in-country transfer 
of an item subject to controls under the Export Administra-
tion Regulations. 
(c) CRITERIA.—Before the President may treat Tai-
wan as eligible for the exception described in subsection (b),
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the President shall ensure that Taiwan satisfies any appli-
cable criteria normally required for inclusion in the Coun-
try Group A:5 list set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 
740 of the Export Administration Regulations, particularly 
with respect to alignment of export control policies with 
such policies of the United States. 
(d) EXPORT
ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Export Administration 
Regulations’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1742 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4801). 
SEC. 6243. AUDIT TO IDENTIFY DIVERSION OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE FUNDING TO CHINA’S RE-
SEARCH LABS. 
Section 1263 is deemed to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1263. AUDIT TO IDENTIFY DIVERSION OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE FUNDING TO CHINA’S RE-
SEARCH LABS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense 
Office of Inspector General shall conduct a study, and sub-
mit a report to Congress, regarding the amount of Federal 
funds awarded by the Department of Defense (whether di-
rectly or indirectly) through grants, contracts, subgrants, 
subcontracts, or any other type of agreement or collabora-
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tion, during the 10-year period immediately preceding such 
date of enactment, that— 
‘‘(1) was provided, whether purposely or inad-
vertently, to— 
‘‘(A) the People’s Republic of China; 
‘‘(B) the Communist Party of China; 
‘‘(C) the Wuhan Institute of Virology or any 
other organization administered by the Chinese 
Academy of Sciences; 
‘‘(D) EcoHealth Alliance Inc., including 
any subsidiaries and related organizations that 
are directly controlled by EcoHealth Alliance, 
Inc.; 
‘‘(E) the Academy of Military Medical 
Sciences or any of its research institutes, includ-
ing the Beijing Institute of Microbiology and 
Epidemiology; or 
‘‘(F) any other lab, agency, organization, 
individual, or instrumentality that is owned, 
controlled (directly or indirectly), or overseen 
(officially or unofficially) by any of the entities 
listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D); or 
‘‘(2) was used to fund research or experiments 
that could have reasonably resulted in the enhance-
ment of any coronavirus, influenza, Nipah, Ebola, or
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other pathogen of pandemic potential or chimeric 
versions of such a virus or pathogen in the People’s 
Republic of China or any other foreign country. 
‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION
OF COUNTRIES
AND PATHO-
GENS.—The report required under subsection (a) shall 
specify— 
‘‘(1) the countries in which the research or ex-
periments described in subsection (a)(2) was con-
ducted; and 
‘‘(2) the pathogens involved in such research or 
experiments.’’. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 6291. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON DIGITAL TRADE AND 
THE DIGITAL ECONOMY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Over half of the world’s population, totaling 
more than 5,000,000,000 people, use the internet. 
(2) The digital economy encompasses the eco-
nomic and social activity from billions of online con-
nections among people, businesses, devices, and data 
as a result of the internet, mobile technology, and the 
internet of things. 
(3) The Bureau of Economic Analysis found that 
the digital economy contributed nearly 10.3 percent of
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United States gross domestic product and supported 
8,000,000 United States jobs in 2020. 
(4) The digital sector added 1,400,000 new jobs 
between 2019 and 2022. 
(5) United States jobs supported by the digital 
economy have sustained annual wage growth at a 
rate of 5.9 percent since 2010, as compared to a 4.2 
percent for all jobs. 
(6) In 2021, United States exports of digital 
services surpassed $594,000,000,000, accounting for 
more than half of all United States services exports 
and generating a digital services trade surplus for the 
United States of $262,300,000,000. 
(7) Digital trade bolsters the digital economy by 
enabling the sale of goods on the internet and the sup-
ply of online services across borders and depends on 
the free flow of data across borders to promote com-
merce, manufacturing, and innovation. 
(8) Digital trade has become increasingly vital 
to United States workers and businesses of all sizes, 
including the countless small and medium-sized enter-
prises that use digital technology, data flows, and e- 
commerce to export goods and services across the 
world.
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(9) Digital trade has advanced entrepreneurship 
opportunities for women, people of color, and individ-
uals from otherwise underrepresented backgrounds 
and enabled the formation of innovative start-ups. 
(10) International supply chains are becoming 
increasingly digitized and data driven and businesses 
in a variety of industries, such as construction, 
healthcare, transportation, and aerospace, invested 
heavily in digital supply chain technologies in 2020. 
(11) United States Trade Representative Kath-
erine Tai said, ‘‘[T]here is no bright line separating 
digital trade from the digital economy—or the ‘tradi-
tional’ economy for that matter. Nearly every aspect 
of our economy has been digitized to some degree.’’. 
(12) Industries outside of the technology sector, 
such as manufacturing and agriculture, are inte-
grating digital technology into their businesses in 
order to increase efficiency, improve safety, reach new 
customers, and remain globally competitive. 
(13) The increasing reliance on digital tech-
nologies has modernized legacy processes, accelerated 
workflows, increased access to information and serv-
ices, and strengthened security in a variety of indus-
tries, leading to better health, environmental, and 
safety outcomes.
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(14) The COVID–19 pandemic has led to in-
creased uptake and reliance on digital technologies, 
data flows, and e-commerce. 
(15) Ninety percent of adults in the United 
States say that the internet has been essential or im-
portant for them personally during the COVID–19 
pandemic. 
(16) United States families, workers, and busi-
ness owners have seen how vital access to the internet 
has been to daily life, as work, education, medicine, 
and communication with family and friends have 
shifted increasingly online. 
(17) Many individuals and families, especially 
in rural and Tribal communities, struggle to partici-
pate in the digital economy because of a lack of access 
to a reliable internet connection. 
(18) New developments in technology must be de-
ployed with consideration to the unique access chal-
lenges of rural, urban underserved, and vulnerable 
communities. 
(19) Digital trade has the power to help level the 
playing field and uplift those in traditionally unrep-
resented or underrepresented communities. 
(20) Countries have negotiated international 
rules governing digital trade in various bilateral and
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plurilateral agreements, but those rules remain frag-
mented, and no multilateral agreement on digital 
trade exists within the World Trade Organization. 
(21) The United States, through free trade agree-
ments or other digital agreements, has been a leader 
in developing a set of rules and standards on digital 
governance and e-commerce that has helped allies and 
partners of the United States unlock the full economic 
and social potential of digital trade. 
(22) Congress recognizes the need for agreements 
on digital trade, as indicated by its support for a ro-
bust digital trade chapter in the United States-Mex-
ico-Canada Agreement. 
(23) Other countries are operating under their 
own digital rules, some of which are contrary to 
democratic values shared by the United States and 
many allies and partners of the United States. 
(24) Those countries are attempting to advance 
their own digital rules on a global scale. 
(25) Examples of the plethora of nontariff bar-
riers to digital trade that have emerged around the 
globe include— 
(A) overly restrictive data localization re-
quirements and limitations on cross border data
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flows that do not achieve legitimate public policy 
objectives; 
(B) intellectual property rights infringe-
ment; 
(C) policies that make market access contin-
gent on forced technology transfers or voluntary 
transfers subject to coercive terms; 
(D) web filtering; 
(E) economic espionage; 
(F) cybercrime exposure; and 
(G) government-directed theft of trade se-
crets. 
(26) Certain countries are pursuing or have im-
plemented digital policies that unfairly discriminate 
against innovative United States technology compa-
nies and United States workers that create and de-
liver digital products and services. 
(27) The Government of the People’s Republic of 
China is currently advancing a model for digital gov-
ernance and the digital economy domestically and 
abroad through its Digital Silk Road Initiative that 
permits censorship, surveillance, human and worker 
rights abuses, forced technology transfers, and data 
flow restrictions at the expense of human and worker
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rights, privacy, the free flow of data, and an open 
internet. 
(28) The 2022 Country Reports on Human 
Rights Practices of the Department of State high-
lighted significant human rights issues committed by 
the People’s Republic of China in the digital realm, 
including ‘‘arbitrary interference with privacy in-
cluding pervasive and intrusive technical surveillance 
and monitoring including the use of COVID–19 
tracking apps for nonpublic-health purposes; punish-
ment of family members for offenses allegedly com-
mitted by an individual; serious restrictions on free 
expression and media, including physical attacks on 
and criminal prosecution of journalists, lawyers, 
writers, bloggers, dissidents, petitioners, and others; 
serious restrictions on internet freedom, including site 
blocking’’. 
(29) The United States discourages digital 
authoritarianism, including practices that undermine 
human and worker rights and result in other social 
and economic coercion. 
(30) Allies and trading partners of the United 
States in the Indo-Pacific region have urged the 
United States to deepen economic engagement in the
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region by negotiating rules on digital trade and tech-
nology standards. 
(31) The digital economy has provided new op-
portunities for economic development, entrepreneur-
ship, and growth in developing countries around the 
world. 
(32) Negotiating strong digital trade principles 
and commitments with allies and partners across the 
globe enables the United States to unite like-minded 
economies around common standards and ensure that 
principles of democracy, rule of law, freedom of 
speech, human and worker rights, privacy, and a free 
and open internet are at the very core of digital gov-
ernance. 
(33) United States leadership and substantive 
engagement is necessary to ensure that global digital 
rules reflect United States values so that workers are 
treated fairly, small businesses can compete and win 
in the global economy, and consumers are guaranteed 
the right to privacy and security. 
(34) The United States supports rules that re-
duce digital trade barriers, promote free expression 
and the free flow of information, enhance privacy 
protections, protect sensitive information, defend
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human and worker rights, prohibit forced technology 
transfer, and promote digitally enabled commerce. 
(35) The United States supports efforts to co-
operate with allies and trading partners to mitigate 
the risks of cyberattacks, address potentially illegal or 
deceptive business activities online, promote financial 
inclusion and digital workforce skills, and develop 
rules to govern the use of artificial intelligence and 
other emerging and future technologies. 
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that— 
(1) the United States should negotiate strong, in-
clusive, forward-looking, and enforceable rules on dig-
ital trade and the digital economy with like-minded 
countries as part of a broader trade and economic 
strategy to address digital barriers and ensure that 
the United States values of democracy, rule of law, 
freedom of speech, human and worker rights, privacy, 
and a free and open internet are at the very core of 
the digital world and advanced technology; 
(2) in conducting such negotiations, the United 
States must— 
(A) pursue digital trade rules that—
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(i) serve the best interests of workers, 
consumers, and small and medium-sized en-
terprises; 
(ii) empower United States workers; 
(iii) fuel wage growth; and 
(iv) lead to materially positive eco-
nomic outcomes for all people in the United 
States; 
(B) ensure that any future agreement pre-
vents the adoption of non-democratic, coercive, or 
overly restrictive policies that would be obstacles 
to a free and open internet and harm the ability 
of the e-commerce marketplace to continue to 
grow and thrive; 
(C) coordinate sufficient trade-related as-
sistance to ensure that developing countries can 
improve their capacity and benefit from in-
creased digital trade; and 
(D) consult closely with all relevant stake-
holders, including workers, consumers, small and 
medium-sized enterprises, civil society groups, 
and human rights advocates; and 
(3) with respect to any negotiations for an agree-
ment facilitating digital trade, the United States 
Trade Representative and the heads of other relevant
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Federal agencies must consult closely and on a timely 
basis with Congress. 
SEC. 6292. ASSESSMENT OF CERTAIN UNITED STATES-ORI-
GIN TECHNOLOGY USED BY FOREIGN ADVER-
SARIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall conduct an assessment to evaluate the top five 
technologies that originate in the United States and are not 
currently subject to export controls as prioritized by the Di-
rector of National Intelligence, in order to identify and as-
sess the risk from those specified technologies that could be 
or are being used by foreign adversaries in foreign espio-
nage programs targeting the United States. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall 
submit a report on the assessment required by subsection 
(a) to— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 6293. VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE TRANSFER CER-
TIFICATION. 
(a) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 60 days prior to 
transferring one or more Virginia class submarines 
from the inventory of the United States Navy to the 
Government of Australia, under section 21 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761), the Presi-
dent shall certify to the appropriate congressional 
committees that— 
(A) any submarine transferred under such 
authority shall be used to support the joint secu-
rity interests and military operations of the 
United States and Australia; 
(B) Submarine Rotational Forces-West Full 
Operational Capability to support 4 rotationally 
deployed Virginia-class submarines and one As-
tute-class submarine has been achieved, includ-
ing the Government of Australia having dem-
onstrated the domestic capacity to fully perform 
all the associated activities necessary for the safe 
hosting and operation of nuclear-powered sub-
marines; and 
(C) 
Australia 
Sovereign-Ready 
Initial 
Operational Capability to support a Royal Aus-
tralian Navy Virginia-class submarine has been 
achieved, including the Government of Australia
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having demonstrated the domestic capacity to 
fully perform all the associated— 
(i) activities necessary for the safe 
hosting and operation of nuclear-powered 
submarines; 
(ii) crewing; 
(iii) operations; 
(iv) regulatory and emergency proce-
dures, including those specific to nuclear 
power plants; and 
(v) detailed planning for enduring Vir-
ginia-class submarine ownership, including 
each significant event leading up to and in-
cluding nuclear defueling. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ACTIVITIES
NECESSARY
FOR
THE
SAFE 
HOSTING OR OPERATION OF NUCLEAR-POWERED SUB-
MARINES.—The term ‘‘activities necessary for the safe 
hosting and operation of nuclear-powered sub-
marines’’ means each of the following activities as it 
relates to Virginia-class and Astute-class submarines, 
as appropriate, and in accordance with applicable 
United States Navy or other Government agency in-
structions, regulations, and standards: 
(A) Maintenance.
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(B) Training. 
(C) Technical oversight. 
(D) Safety certifications. 
(E) Physical, communications, operational, 
cyber, and other security measures. 
(F) Port operations and infrastructure sup-
port. 
(G) Storage, including spare parts, repair 
parts, and munitions. 
(H) Hazardous material handling and stor-
age. 
(I) Information technology systems. 
(J) Support functions, including those re-
lated to medical, quality-of-life, and family 
needs. 
(K) Such other related tasks as may be 
specified by the Secretary of Defense. 
(2) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Com-
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mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
TITLE LXV—SPACE ACTIVITIES, 
STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND 
INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 
Subtitle B—Nuclear Forces 
SEC. 6511. ANNUAL REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF LONG- 
RANGE STAND-OFF WEAPON. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2024, and annually thereafter until the date on which long- 
range stand-off weapon reaches initial operational capa-
bility, the Administrator for Nuclear Security, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chairman 
of the Nuclear Weapons Council, shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the joint development 
of the long-range stand-off weapon, including the missile 
developed by the Air Force and the W80–4 warhead life ex-
tension program conducted by the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An estimate of the date on which the long- 
range stand-off weapon will reach initial operational 
capability.
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(2) A description of any development milestones 
for the missile developed by the Air Force or the war-
head developed by the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration that depend on corresponding progress 
at the other agency. 
(3) A description of coordination efforts between 
the Air Force and the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration during the period covered by the report. 
(4) A description of any schedule delays pro-
jected by the Air Force or the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration and the anticipated effect such 
delays would have on the schedule of work of the other 
agency. 
(5) Plans to mitigate the effects of any delays de-
scribed in paragraph (4). 
(6) A description of any ways, including through 
the availability of additional funding or authorities, 
in which the development milestones described in 
paragraph (2) or the estimated date of initial oper-
ational capability referred to in paragraph (1), could 
be achieved more quickly. 
(7) An estimate of the acquisition costs for the 
long-range stand-off weapon and the W80–4 warhead 
life extension program.
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(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
TITLE LXVIII—FEND OFF 
FENTANYL ACT 
SEC. 6801. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Fentanyl Eradication 
and Narcotics Deterrence Off Fentanyl Act’’ or the ‘‘FEND 
Off Fentanyl Act’’. 
SEC. 6802. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the proliferation of fentanyl is causing an 
unprecedented surge in overdose deaths in the United 
States, fracturing families and communities, and ne-
cessitating a comprehensive policy response to combat 
its lethal flow and to mitigate the drug’s devastating 
consequences; 
(2) the trafficking of fentanyl into the United 
States is a national security threat that has killed 
hundreds of thousands of United States citizens; 
(3) transnational criminal organizations, in-
cluding cartels primarily based in Mexico, are the 
main purveyors of fentanyl into the United States 
and must be held accountable;
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(4) precursor chemicals sourced from the People’s 
Republic of China are— 
(A) shipped from the People’s Republic of 
China by legitimate and illegitimate means; 
(B) transformed through various synthetic 
processes to produce different forms of fentanyl; 
and 
(C) crucial to the production of illicit 
fentanyl by transnational criminal organiza-
tions, contributing to the ongoing opioid crisis; 
(5) the United States Government must remain 
vigilant to address all new forms of fentanyl precur-
sors and drugs used in combination with fentanyl, 
such as Xylazine, which attribute to overdose deaths 
of people in the United States; 
(6) to increase the cost of fentanyl trafficking, 
the United States Government should work collabo-
ratively across agencies and should surge analytic ca-
pability to impose sanctions and other remedies with 
respect to transnational criminal organizations (in-
cluding cartels), including foreign nationals who fa-
cilitate the trade in illicit fentanyl and its precursors 
from the People’s Republic of China; and 
(7) the Department of the Treasury should focus 
on fentanyl trafficking and its facilitators as one of
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the top national security priorities for the Depart-
ment. 
SEC. 6803. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’— 
(A) means— 
(i) any citizen or national of a foreign 
country; or 
(ii) any entity not organized under the 
laws of the United States or a jurisdiction 
within the United States; and 
(B) does not include the government of a 
foreign country. 
(3) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means
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that a person has actual knowledge, or should have 
known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result. 
(4) TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘trafficking’’, with 
respect to fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other re-
lated opioids, has the meaning given the term ‘‘opioid 
trafficking’’ in section 7203 of the Fentanyl Sanctions 
Act (21 U.S.C. 2302). 
(5) TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘‘transnational criminal organization’’ in-
cludes— 
(A) any organization designated as a sig-
nificant transnational criminal organization 
under part 590 of title 31, Code of Federal Regu-
lations; 
(B) any of the organizations known as— 
(i) the Sinaloa Cartel; 
(ii) the Jalisco New Generation Cartel; 
(iii) the Gulf Cartel; 
(iv) the Los Zetas Cartel; 
(v) the Juarez Cartel; 
(vi) the Tijuana Cartel; 
(vii) the Beltran-Leyva Cartel; or 
(viii) La Familia Michoacana; or
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(C) any other organization that the Presi-
dent determines is a transnational criminal or-
ganization; or 
(D) any successor organization to an orga-
nization described in subparagraph (B) or as 
otherwise determined by the President. 
(6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 
States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity; or 
(C) any person in the United States. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions Matters 
PART I—SANCTIONS IN RESPONSE TO NATIONAL 
EMERGENCY RELATING TO FENTANYL TRAF-
FICKING 
SEC. 6811. FINDING; POLICY. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that international traf-
ficking of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, or other related 
opioids constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to
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the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
United States, and is a national emergency. 
(b) POLICY.—It shall be the policy of the United States 
to apply economic and other financial sanctions to those 
who engage in the international trafficking of fentanyl, 
fentanyl precursors, or other related opioids to protect the 
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United 
States. 
SEC. 6812. USE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY AUTHORITIES; 
REPORTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President may exercise all au-
thorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
and 1704) to carry out this part. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on actions 
taken by the executive branch pursuant to this part 
and any national emergency declared with respect to 
the trafficking of fentanyl and trade in other illicit 
drugs, including— 
(A) the issuance of any new or revised regu-
lations, policies, or guidance;