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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8062. During the current fiscal year, not to ex-
ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 
in title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 
the military department concerned to its central fund es-
tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec-
tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8063. In addition to amounts provided else-
where in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 
the Department of Defense, to remain available for obliga-
tion until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, that upon the determination of the 
Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter-
est, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the 
Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction 
and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the 
needs of military family members when confronted with 
the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military bene-
ficiary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8064. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be
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available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for 
Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 
section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 
SEC. 8065. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 
and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 
operational and administrative control of United States 
Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That 
the command and control relationships which existed on 
October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written 
modification has been proposed to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided further, That the proposed modification may 
be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an 
objection is received from either the House or Senate Ap-
propriations Committees: Provided further, That any pro-
posed modification may not preclude the ability of the 
commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to 
meet operational requirements. 
SEC. 8066. Any notice that is required to be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by section 804(a) 
of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization
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Act for Fiscal Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to 
that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on 
Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8067. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-
Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 
Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $60,000,000 
shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov-
ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 
defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub-
ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree-
ment; $127,000,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic 
Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise mis-
sile defense research and development under the SRBMD 
program; $40,000,000 shall be for co-production activities 
of SRBMD systems in the United States and in Israel 
to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent with each 
nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, subject to the 
U.S.-Israeli 
co-production 
agreement 
for 
SRBMD; 
$100,000,000 shall be for an upper-tier component to the 
Israeli 
Missile 
Defense 
Architecture, 
of 
which 
$100,000,000 shall be for co-production activities of 
Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United States and in
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Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent 
with each nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, sub-
ject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for Arrow 
3 Upper Tier; and $173,000,000 shall be for the Arrow 
System Improvement Program including development of 
a long range, ground and airborne, detection suite. 
SEC. 8068. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 
$699,210,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 
to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases. 
SEC. 8069. Funds appropriated by this Act for intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities are deemed to be 
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec-
tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)) until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. 
SEC. 8070. None of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 
program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 
or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 
of national security and only after written prior notifica-
tion to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8071. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure-
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ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 
missile defense system. 
SEC. 8072. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for the purpose of decommissioning any Littoral 
Combat Ship. 
SEC. 8073. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 
31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 
made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and 
Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same 
purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship-
building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 
prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 
to the total amount of the appropriation. 
SEC. 8074. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 
the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 
the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the 
levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force 
shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 
perform other missions in support of national defense re-
quirements during the non-hurricane season. 
SEC. 8075. None of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in-
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formation unless the information has been lawfully col-
lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for-
eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 
pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 
in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 
Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple-
mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 
SEC. 8076. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act for programs of the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 
research and technology, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027. 
SEC. 8077. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel-
ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 
2026: Provided, That the report shall include—
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level;
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(2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re-
programming or transfer until the report identified in sub-
section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 
committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 
certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 
as an emergency requirement. 
SEC. 8078. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to 
the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Devel-
opment Account in or for fiscal year 2026 to a military 
department or Defense Agency pursuant to section 
1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, shall be cov-
ered by and subject to section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8079. (a) None of the funds provided for the 
National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro-
priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi-
ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac-
cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that—
(1) creates a new start effort;
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(2) terminates a program with appropriated 
funding of $10,000,000 or more; 
(3) transfers funding into or out of the Na-
tional Intelligence Program; or 
(4) transfers funding between appropriations, 
unless the congressional intelligence committees are 
notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 
of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 
urgent national security requirements. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 
section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 
decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac-
companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 
committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds; this notification period may be re-
duced for urgent national security requirements. 
SEC. 8080. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 
available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 
(c), post on the public website of that agency any report 
required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any
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other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 8081. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 
any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 
$1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to—
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its 
employees or independent contractors that requires, 
as a condition of employment, that the employee or 
independent contractor agree to resolve through ar-
bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 
out of sexual assault or harassment, including as-
sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 
distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su-
pervision, or retention; or
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(2) take any action to enforce any provision of 
an existing agreement with an employee or inde-
pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 
or independent contractor resolve through arbitra-
tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex-
ual assault or harassment, including assault and 
battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 
false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 
or retention. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed-
eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 
each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 
not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 
agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 
contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 
For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon-
tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 
$1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 
respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements 
with employees or independent contractors that may not 
be enforced in a court of the United States.
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(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 
subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 
subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per-
sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 
harm to national security interests of the United States, 
and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 
longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina-
tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 
waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 
and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 
waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 
avoid harm to national security interests of the United 
States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con-
gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 
under this subsection not less than 15 business days be-
fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter-
mination may be awarded. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8082. From within the funds appropriated for 
operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro-
gram in this Act, up to $165,000,000, shall be available 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704
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of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (Public Law 111–84): Provided, That for purposes 
of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper-
ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 
Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 
Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 
Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 
Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That additional 
funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op-
eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 
to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8083. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available may be used by the De-
partment of Defense or a component thereof in contraven-
tion of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 8084. Notwithstanding price or other limita-
tions applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying ve-
hicles, appropriations available to the Department of De-
fense may be used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light
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armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or 
for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 
per vehicle; and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit 
of $75,000 per vehicle for use by military and civilian em-
ployees of the Department of Defense in the United States 
Central Command area of responsibility. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8085. Upon a determination by the Director of 
National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 
the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 
of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made 
available in this Act for the National Intelligence Pro-
gram: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 
be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore-
seen intelligence requirements, than those for which origi-
nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which 
funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro-
vided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings 
of funds using authority provided in this section shall be 
made prior to June 30, 2026. 
SEC. 8086. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $206,019,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2030, may be used for the purchase of two used sealift
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vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established 
under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 
(46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 
available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 
Maritime Administration account of the United States De-
partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi-
ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 
Fleet: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
2218 of title 10, United States Code, none of these funds 
shall be transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund 
for execution. 
SEC. 8087. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 
awards on a public website in a searchable format. 
SEC. 8088. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Security Agency to—
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 
702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 
person; or 
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 
such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 
United States Code) of any electronic communica-
tion of a United States person from a provider of 
electronic communication services to the public pur-
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suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978. 
SEC. 8089. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 
officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 
approves or implements the transfer of administrative re-
sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 
project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 
of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with-
out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 
this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex-
pressly provided for in Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental 
appropriations for the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8090. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $785,052,000, 
to remain available until expended, may be used for any 
purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 
established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 
Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such 
amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 
Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 
United States Department of Transportation for pro-
grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na-
tional Defense Reserve Fleet.
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SEC. 8091. (a) None of the funds provided in this 
Act for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to 
award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of 
the following components unless those components are 
manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment 
(including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 
equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propel-
lers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; 
and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and subse-
quent ships of the fleet. 
(b) None of the funds provided in this Act for the 
FFG–Frigate program shall be used to award a new con-
tract that provides for the acquisition of the following 
components unless those components are manufactured in 
the United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; 
electronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; 
pumps; propulsion and machinery control systems; totally 
enclosed lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard 
cranes; auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion pro-
pellers: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall in-
corporate United States manufactured propulsion engines 
and propulsion reduction gears into the FFG–Frigate pro-
gram beginning not later than with the eleventh ship of 
the program.
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SEC. 8092. None of the funds provided in this Act 
for requirements development, performance specification 
development, concept design and development, ship con-
figuration development, systems engineering, naval archi-
tecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis, 
industry studies, preliminary design, development of the 
Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals 
solicitation package, or related activities for the T–
ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T–
AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used 
to award a new contract for such activities unless these 
contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equip-
ment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manu-
factured in the United States. 
SEC. 8093. No amounts credited or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act to the Department of 
Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may 
be transferred to: 
(1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 
under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 
2302 note); or 
(2) credited to a military-department specific 
fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na-
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tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016. 
SEC. 8094. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex-
penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 
of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 
topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 
by Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo-
sures 3 and 14b). 
SEC. 8095. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be used to main-
tain or establish a computer network unless such network 
is designed to block access to pornography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 
or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in-
cluding intelligence activities. 
SEC. 8096. None of the funds provided for, or other-
wise made available, in this or any other Act, may be obli-
gated or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide 
motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other 
than small arms and munitions appropriate for customary 
ceremonial honors, operational military units, or oper-
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ational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 
providing such units, platforms, or equipment would un-
dermine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equip-
ment. 
SEC. 8097. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 
to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Fed-
eral agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable 
Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment 
of the corporation described in such subsection and has 
made a determination that such suspension or debarment 
is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal 
Government. 
SEC. 8098. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV 
of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the ta-
bles titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 
the explanatory statement regarding this Act, may be used
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for expenses for the agile research, development, test and 
evaluation, procurement, production, modification, and op-
eration and maintenance, only for the following Software 
and Digital Technology Pilot programs—
(1) Defensive CYBER (PE 0608041A); 
(2) 
Risk 
Management 
Information 
(PE 
0608013N); 
(3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control 
(PE 0608231N); 
(4) Space Domain Awareness/Planning/Tasking 
SW (PE 1208248SF); 
(5) Global Command and Control System (PE 
0303150K); and 
(6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z). 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior 
Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obli-
gated or expended to initiate additional Software and Dig-
ital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2026. 
SEC. 8099. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 
the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force: 
Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
limit or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, and coordina-
tion between the National Reconnaissance Office and the
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Space Force or any other elements of the Department of 
Defense. 
SEC. 8100. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 
enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 
United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 
(done at New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 
Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 
note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 
regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of Public Law 
109–148. 
SEC. 8101. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 
arms, training, intelligence, or other assistance to the Azov 
Battalion, the Third Separate Assault Brigade, or any 
successor organization.
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SEC. 8102. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 
not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec-
tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa-
tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 
of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, such con-
tributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropria-
tions or fund which incurred such obligations. 
SEC. 8103. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$1,274,174,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be available for International Security Co-
operation Programs and other programs to provide sup-
port and assistance to foreign security forces or other 
groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 
counterterrorism, crisis response, or building partner ca-
pacity programs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 
available in this section, notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the details of any planned obliga-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall 
provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 
the use and status of funds made available in this section.
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SEC. 8104. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$267,298,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be available to reimburse countries other than 
Pakistan under section 1226 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
note), of which not less than $150,000,000 shall be for 
Jordan: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 
less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made available 
in this section, notify the congressional defense commit-
tees in writing of the details of any planned obligation and 
the nature of the expenses incurred: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate on the use and status 
of funds made available in this section. 
SEC. 8105. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be for the Taiwan Security Cooperation Initia-
tive: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 
Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of State, to provide assistance, including new pro-
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curement of defense articles, services, and military edu-
cation and training to Taiwan: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 
congressional defense committees on the use and status 
of funds made available in this section. 
SEC. 8106. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used in contraven-
tion of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 8107. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act for excess defense articles, 
assistance under section 333 of title 10, United States 
Code, or peacekeeping operations for the countries des-
ignated annually to be in violation of the standards of the 
Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–
457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may be used to support any mili-
tary training or operation that includes child soldiers, as 
defined by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, un-
less such assistance is otherwise permitted under section 
404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. 
SEC. 8108. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
for any member of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, or the 
Taliban.
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SEC. 8109. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. 
SEC. 8110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun-
tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which 
the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 
331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in 
accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8111. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 
be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 
or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 
contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 
agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 
or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 
of Rosoboronexport. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita-
tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel-
ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 
interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ-
ing to the congressional defense committees that—
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(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 
lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 
existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern-
ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 
(2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 
have withdrawn from Ukraine; and 
(3) agents of the Russian Federation have 
ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con-
trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 
Ukraine. 
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of De-
fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 
Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 
Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 
later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 
is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen-
eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing the results of the review conducted 
with respect to such waiver. 
SEC. 8112. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 
congressional defense committees in writing not more than 
30 days after the receipt of any contribution of funds re-
ceived from the government of a foreign country for any 
purpose relating to the stationing or operations of the 
United States Armed Forces: Provided, That such notifi-
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cation shall include the amount of the contribution; the 
purpose for which such contribution was made; and the 
authority under which such contribution was accepted by 
the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That not fewer 
than 15 days prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees in writing a notification of the planned use of such 
contributions, including whether such contributions would 
support existing or new stationing or operations of the 
United States Armed Forces. 
SEC. 8113. (a) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, 
in coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 
days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, 
a report on the use of operation and maintenance funds 
for activities or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that have 
been designated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned 
activities for fiscal year 2026. 
(b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall also 
include—
(1) the title, date, and location, of each activity 
and exercise covered by the report; 
(2) an identification of the military department 
and units that participated in each such activity or
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exercise (including an estimate of the number of 
participants); 
(3) the total cost of the activity or exercise, by 
budget line item (with a breakdown by cost element 
such as transportation); and 
(4) a short explanation of the objective of the 
activity or exercise. 
(c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
SEC. 8114. Concurrent with any exercise of the draw-
down authority provided by Section 506 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318), the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit a written report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate that contains a description of the defense 
articles and defense services to be furnished, including the 
quantity, approximate value, and a timeline for the deliv-
ery of such defense articles and defense services, as well 
as an estimate of the cost to replace such article or an 
equivalent capability. 
SEC. 8115. Not later than 15 days after the date on 
which any foreign base that involves the stationing or op-
erations of the United States Armed Forces, including a 
temporary base, permanent base, or base owned and oper-
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ated by a foreign country, is opened or closed, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the opening or closing of such 
base: Provided, That such notification shall also include 
information on any personnel changes, costs, and savings 
associated with the opening or closing of such base. 
SEC. 8116. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli-
gated or expended by the United States Government for 
any of the following purposes: 
(1) To establish any military installation or 
base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 
stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any 
oil resource of Iraq or Syria. 
SEC. 8117. Up to $500,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for the Defense Security Co-
operation Agency may be used to support the armed forces 
of Jordan. 
SEC. 8118. Beginning on the date that is 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act or otherwise made avail-
able for the United States Northern Command may be 
used to carry out any activity with respect to Mexico, ex-
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cept for activities directly related to the planning and 
operational requirements established under Executive 
Order 14167 (90 Fed. Reg. 8613; relating to Clarifying 
the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity 
of the United States) or a successor directive: Provided, 
That any such funds that are unobligated as of such date 
and that were previously made available to the United 
States Northern Command for activities with respect to 
Mexico (other than the activities to which the exception 
in the preceding provision of this section applies) shall in-
stead be made available to the United States Southern 
Command to carry out activities with respect to Mexico 
in a manner consistent with applicable law and subject to 
approval of a revised Unified Command Plan by the Presi-
dent: Provided further, That the preceding provisions of 
this section shall not apply if the President determines 
that reassignment of responsibility for Mexico from the 
United States Northern Command to the United States 
Southern Command is not necessary or appropriate and 
the Secretary of Defense, not later than 30 days after such 
determination is made, submits a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate detailing the rationale for keeping Mexico 
in the area of responsibility of the United States Northern 
Command, including operational, strategic, and diplomatic
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considerations: Provided further, That nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to limit the President’s authority 
as Commander in Chief to assign command responsibil-
ities or direct military operations. 
SEC. 8119. In addition to amounts appropriated in 
title II or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 
$1,500,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 
of Defense and made available for transfer to the oper-
ation and maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, Ma-
rine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force (including Na-
tional Guard and Reserve) for purposes of improving mili-
tary readiness: Provided, That the transfer authority pro-
vided under this section is in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this section 
may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Sec-
retary of Defense provides the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
detailed execution plan for such funds. 
SEC. 8120. The amounts appropriated in title II of 
this Act are hereby reduced by $750,000,000 to reflect 
excess cash balances in Department of Defense Working 
Capital Funds, as follows: 
(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$100,000,000;
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(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 
$450,000,000; and 
(3) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force’’, $200,000,000. 
SEC. 8121. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made 
available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 
Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for 
fiscal year 2026 pursuant to the transfer authority in sec-
tion 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 
Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the 
amounts specified, and for the projects and activities spec-
ified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Alloca-
tion of Funds: CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2026’’ 
in the explanatory statement regarding this Act. 
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo-
cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 
year under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appro-
priations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of 
Defense: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter pre-
ceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, appor-
tionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing adminis-
tration of programs allocated using funds transferred from 
the CHIPS for America Defense Fund, which may be allo-
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cated pursuant to the transfer authority in section 
102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that 
are no more than the allocation for such purposes in sub-
section (a) of this section. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds 
allocated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the 
terms and conditions contained in the provisos in section 
8005 of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be reallo-
cated pursuant to this subsection only for those require-
ments necessary to carry out section 9903(b) of the Wil-
liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate proposed 
allocations by account and by program, project, or activity, 
with detailed justifications, for amounts made available 
under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for 
fiscal year 2027. 
(e) The Department of Defense shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal-
ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 
America Defense Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to
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subsection (a) of this section, including all uncommitted, 
committed, and unobligated funds. 
SEC. 8122. In carrying out the program described in 
the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted 
Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Se-
verely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 
Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance 
issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of 
Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except 
that—
(1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 
and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not 
apply; and 
(2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage 
without 
limitation 
on 
the 
duration 
of 
such 
cryopreservation and storage. 
SEC. 8123. The Secretary of Defense may obligate 
funds made available by this Act for procurement or for 
research, development, test and evaluation for the F–35 
Joint Strike Fighter to modify not fewer than nine F–
35 aircraft, including at least three F–35 aircraft of each 
variant, for any test configuration: Provided, That the
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Secretary of Defense shall, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, 
notify the congressional defense committees not fewer 
than 30 days prior to obligating funds under this section: 
Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to 
the authority provided in this section shall be made in ac-
cordance with section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8124. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli-
gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F–35 air-
craft. 
SEC. 8125. The Secretary of Defense may use up to 
$650,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act to the Department of Defense 
for the rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and 
associated support services pursuant to section 3601 of 
title 10, United States Code, but only for the purposes 
specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection 
(c)(3)(B) of such section and subject to the applicable lim-
its specified in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection 
and, in the case of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject 
to a limit of $50,000,000, or for the purposes specified 
in section 229 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) and subject 
to a limit of $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary
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of Defense shall notify the congressional defense commit-
tees promptly of all uses of this authority. 
SEC. 8126. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense Credit Program Account’’ established 
pursuant to section 149(e)(5) of title 10, United States 
Code, $97,770,000, to remain available until expended, to 
carry out a pilot program on capital assistance to support 
defense investment in the industrial base as authorized by 
section 149(e) of such title, of which up to $32,566,000 
may be used for administrative expenses and project-spe-
cific transaction costs: Provided, That costs of loans and 
loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 
loans and loan guarantees, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That such amounts are available to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of loans, and total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 
to exceed $4,390,000,000: Provided further, That, for the 
purposes of carrying out the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
may request, and the Secretary shall promptly provide 
documentation and information relating to a project re-
ceiving capital assistance as authorized under section 
149(e) of such title.
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SEC. 8127. Notwithstanding section 8053 of this Act, 
amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research, De-
velopment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ of this 
Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables titled 
Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the report 
accompanying this Act for ‘‘Defense Innovation Unit 
(DIU) Fielding’’ line 294A, may be used for expenses for 
agile research, development, test and evaluation, procure-
ment, production, modification, and operation and mainte-
nance requirements, including the initial acquisition of 
end-items for operational use: Provided, That none of 
these funds may be obligated or expended until 15 days 
after the Secretary of Defense provides the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a detailed execution plan for such funds. 
SEC. 8128. Amounts appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ of this Act, as detailed in 
budget activity one in the tables titled Explanation of 
Project Level Adjustments in the explanatory statement 
regarding this Act for ‘‘Major Equipment, OSD’’ line 2 
for ‘‘Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innova-
tive Technologies (APFIT)’’, that exceed the amounts re-
quested may, in addition to such uses as are otherwise 
authorized by law, be used for the procurement of software 
(including software-only solutions), the research, develop-
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ment, test, and evaluation of software (including software-
only solutions), and operation and maintenance of soft-
ware (including software-only solutions): Provided, That 
not less frequently than biannually through September 30, 
2028, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the con-
gressional defense committees a briefing on transition out-
comes for APFIT acquisition awards made using amounts 
appropriated in this Act and previous Acts. 
SEC. 8129. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available may be used to support, 
directly or indirectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or 
any laboratory owned or controlled by the governments of 
the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the 
Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Repub-
lic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Re-
public of Venezuela under the Maduro regime, or any 
other country determined by the Secretary of Defense, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to be a 
foreign adversary. 
SEC. 8130. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to fund any 
work to be performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. 
SEC. 8131. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to
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or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who—
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8132. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 
any individual detained at United States Naval Station 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 
individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 
or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec-
tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 
of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). 
SEC. 8133. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 
used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 
United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 
individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 
detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef-
fective control of the Department of Defense.
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(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
and who—
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is—
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 8134. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 
of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba. 
SEC. 8135. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to enforce 
any COVID-19 mask mandates. 
SEC. 8136. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to require 
a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of
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the Department of Defense to receive a vaccination 
against COVID-19. 
SEC. 8137. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to require 
vaccination against COVID-19 as a prerequisite for stu-
dent attendance at a Department of Defense Education 
Activity school. 
SEC. 8138. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used, with regards 
to a member of the Armed Forces with a minor dependent 
child enrolled in an Exceptional Family Member Program 
(EFMP)—
(1) to provide gender transition procedures, in-
cluding surgery or medication, to such child through 
such EFMP; 
(2) to provide a referral for a procedure de-
scribed in paragraph (1) to such child through such 
EFMP; or 
(3) to approve a change of duty station for such 
member through such EFMP for the purpose of pro-
viding such child with access to procedures described 
in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 8139. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 
title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law,
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none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 
accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 
conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 
a union of one man and one woman. 
(b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As used in 
subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action 
taken by the Federal Government to—
(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 
of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 
in subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-
cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or
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other similar position or status from or to such per-
son; 
(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
degree from an educational program, from or to 
such person; or 
(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-
ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-
stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 
and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-
paigns from or to such person. 
(c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.—
The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li-
censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 
that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec-
tively, for such purposes but for a determination against 
such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per-
son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 
religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 8140. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to—
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(1) classify or facilitate the classification of any 
communications by a United States person as mis-
, dis-, or mal- information; or 
(2) partner with or fund nonprofit or other or-
ganizations that pressure or recommend private 
companies to censor lawful and constitutionally pro-
tected speech of United States persons, including 
recommending the censoring or removal of content 
on social media platforms. 
SEC. 8141. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 
any program, project, or activity that promotes or ad-
vances Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with 
Critical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea 
or concept that condones an individual being discriminated 
against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based 
on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discom-
fort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological dis-
tress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well 
as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently 
superior to another race, the United States or its institu-
tions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual 
as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue 
of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral char-
acter as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an
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individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed 
in the past by other members of the same race or sex, 
or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created 
by a particular race to oppress another race. 
SEC. 8142. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to imple-
ment, administer, or otherwise carry out the Department 
of Defense memorandum dated October 20, 2022, or any 
successor to such memorandum, or to propose, promul-
gate, or implement any substantially similar rule or policy. 
SEC. 8143. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used or transferred 
to another Federal agency, board, or commission to re-
cruit, hire, or promote any person who has been convicted 
of a Federal or State child pornography charge, has been 
convicted of any other Federal or State sexual assault 
charge, or has been formally disciplined for using Federal 
resources to access, use, or sell child pornography. 
SEC. 8144. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to promote, 
host, facilitate, or support events on United States mili-
tary installations or as part of military recruiting pro-
grams that violate the Department of Defense Joint Eth-
ics Regulation or bring discredit upon the military, such
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as a drag queen story hour for children or the use of drag 
queens as military recruiters. 
SEC. 8145. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for surgical 
procedures or hormone therapies for the purposes of gen-
der affirming care. 
SEC. 8146. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 
section 147 of title 10, United States Code, or section 
554(a) or 913(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283). 
SEC. 8147. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to implement, 
administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the Diversity, Eq-
uity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Strategic Plan of the De-
partment of Defense, or Executive Order 13985 of Janu-
ary 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing 
racial equity and support for under-served communities 
through the Federal Government), Executive Order 14035 
of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to diver-
sity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal 
workforce), Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 
(88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to further advancing racial 
equity and support for underserved communities through 
the Federal government), or shall be used to execute ac-
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tivities that promote or perpetuate divisive concepts re-
lated to race or sex, such as the concepts that one race 
or sex is inherently superior to another, or that an individ-
ual’s moral character or worth is determined by their race 
or sex. 
SEC. 8148. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for any office 
of diversity, equity, or inclusion. 
SEC. 8149. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to NewsGuard Technologies Inc. 
SEC. 8150. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used in contraven-
tion of Department of Defense Instruction 3216.01, ‘‘Use 
of Animals in DoD Conducted and Supported Research 
and Training’’, dated March 20, 2019. 
SEC. 8151. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 
prepare to divest more than eight U-2 aircraft. 
SEC. 8152. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 
prepare to divest any F-15 aircraft unless the Secretary 
of Defense certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that such 
aircraft will be replaced in a manner that maintains the
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current total aircraft assigned at a given unit and the 
readiness of such unit. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8153. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 
funds from any available Department of the Navy appro-
priation (except military construction) to any available 
Navy ship construction appropriation for the purpose of 
liquidating necessary changes resulting from inflation, 
market fluctuations, or rate adjustments for any ship con-
struction program appropriated in law: Provided, That the 
Secretary may transfer not to exceed $40,000,000 under 
the authority provided by this section: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall, not less than 30 days prior to 
the transfer of any funds, notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate in writing of the details of any proposed transfer: Pro-
vided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to this 
section shall retain the same period of availability as when 
originally appropriated: Provided further, That the trans-
fer authority provided under this section is in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this 
Act. 
SEC. 8154. The total amount appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act is hereby reduced by 
$3,000,000,000 to reflect savings and efficiencies attrib-
151
utable to proposed appropriations set forth in title II of 
H.R. 1 (as engrossed in the House of Representatives on 
May 22, 2025): Provided, That such reduction may not 
be derived from amounts appropriated by this Act for the 
National Intelligence Program or the Military Intelligence 
Program. 
SEC. 8155. The total amount appropriated or other-
wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 
by $1,000,000,000 to reflect savings due to favorable bulk 
fuel rates: Provided, That such reduction may not be de-
rived from amounts appropriated by this Act for the Na-
tional Intelligence Program or the Military Intelligence 
Program. 
SEC. 8156. The total amount appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act is hereby reduced by 
$3,750,000,000 to reflect savings resulting from Depart-
ment of Defense cooperation with the Department of Gov-
ernment Efficiency: Provided, That such reduction may 
not be derived from amounts appropriated by this Act for 
the National Intelligence Program or the Military Intel-
ligence Program. 
SEC. 8157. The total amount appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act is hereby reduced by 
$1,000,000,000 to reflect savings attributable to effi-
ciencies, streamlining of functions, and management im-
152
provements in the Department of Defense: Provided, That 
such reduction may not be derived from amounts appro-
priated by this Act for the National Intelligence Program 
or the Military Intelligence Program. 
SEC. 8158. (a) In the event a law affecting the budg-
et of the Department of Defense is enacted through the 
reconciliation process under section 310 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 pur-
suant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, the concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of 
Defense shall, not later than 45 days after the enactment 
of such law and at the time of the submittal to Congress 
of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2027 and 
each fiscal year thereafter pursuant to section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate the following with respect to amounts made avail-
able by such law: 
(1) Proposed allocations by account and by pro-
gram, project, or activity, with detailed justifica-
tions. 
(2) P-1 and R-1 budget justification documents, 
which shall identify the allocation of funds by pro-
gram, project, and activity.
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(3) Budget justification documents, to be 
known as —1 and O-1, which shall identify the allo-
cation of funds by budget activity, activity group, 
and sub-activity group. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal-
ances of projects and activities funded using amounts de-
scribed in subsection (a), including all uncommitted, com-
mitted, and unobligated funds. 
SEC. 8159. (a) The total amount appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may not be used for 
the salary or expenses of more than 75 full-time equivalent 
personnel, including Government employees and employees 
of Federal contractors, for Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation. 
(b) Any reduction in full-time equivalent personnel by 
operation of subsection (a) shall not apply to any per-
sonnel—
(1) performing cost assessment functions; or 
(2) capability enabling functions, including de-
fense industrial base, economic, and manpower anal-
ysis. 
SEC. 8160. The Secretary of Defense shall obligate 
funds made available by this Act and prior appropriations
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Acts under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test, 
and Evaluation, Navy’’ for the Next Generation Fighter 
program in a manner that achieves accelerated Initial 
Operational Capability for the Next Generation Fighter 
aircraft: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and on a quarterly basis 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees reports on the status of 
such program. 
SEC. 8161. Amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evalua-
tion, Defense-Wide’’ for the Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency shall remain available until September 
30, 2027, as detailed in the tables titled Explanation of 
Project Level Adjustments in the explanatory statement 
accompanying this Act: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate quarterly 
reports on the execution of such funds, detailed at the 
project level. 
SEC. 8162. In addition to any other funds made 
available for such purposes, there is appropriated 
$90,000,000, for an additional amount for the ‘‘National 
Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund’’, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028, for activities pursuant to the
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Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 
U.S.C. 98 et seq.): Provided, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this section $10,000,000 shall be for tita-
nium requirements: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this section may be obligated or ex-
pended until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense pro-
vides the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a detailed execution plan 
for such funds. 
SEC. 8163. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, not less than 
$80,000,000 shall be made available for the establishment 
of a Platform Supply Vessel Pilot Program (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) for the purpose of vali-
dating Service requirements necessary to meet at-sea and 
in-shore logistics operations: Provided, That the Program 
shall evaluate options to time charter no less than six, and 
enter into a contractual agreement for no less than two 
time charters: Provided further, That the condition of the 
time charter should consider existing United States-built 
platform supply vessels that are documented under the 
laws of the United States, owned by a citizen of the United 
States under 46 U.S.C. 50501, configured for logistics 
support in the Indo-Pacific region that can meet the regu-
latory and physical requirements to transport nearly
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500,000 gallons of various standard fuels, and provide up 
to 10,000 square feet of combined deck space for trans-
port of military equipment and personnel for delivery in 
and out of shallow draft ports in the Indo-Pacific region: 
Provided further, The Secretary of the Navy shall provide 
a briefing within 180 days after the enactment of this Act 
to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on 
the status of the Program and the effectiveness of using 
PSVs to fill this critical need. 
SEC. 8164. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used—
(1) to transfer the headquarters functions of 
the United States Southern Command from Miami, 
Florida to another location; or 
(2) in the event the United States Southern 
Command is merged with another combatant com-
mand, to transfer the headquarters functions admin-
istered by the United States Southern Command 
prior to such merger from Miami, Florida to another 
location. 
SEC. 8165. Funds made available for the UH-60 
Blackhawk aircraft program under this Act and prior ap-
propriations Acts under the headings ‘‘Aircraft Procure-
ment, Army’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Army’’ shall be obligated only for the purposes
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for which such funds were appropriated and such funds 
may not be reprogrammed or transferred for other pur-
poses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act or prior appropria-
tions Acts may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the 
UH-60 Blackhawk aircraft program or to prepare to 
pause, cancel, or terminate such program. 
SEC. 8166. Funds made available for the E–7 
Wedgetail aircraft program under this Act and prior ap-
propriations Acts under the headings ‘‘Aircraft Procure-
ment, Air Force’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Air Force’’ shall be obligated only for the pur-
poses for which such funds were appropriated and such 
funds may not be reprogrammed or transferred for other 
purposes: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act or prior appropria-
tions Acts may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the 
E–7 Wedgetail aircraft program or to prepare to pause, 
cancel, or terminate such program. 
SEC. 8167. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be used in contravention to the Posse Comitatus 
Act of 1878. 
SEC. 8168. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used to discontinue or restrict access to sexual assault fo-
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rensic examinations that were available to civilian per-
sonnel as of January 20, 2025. 
SEC. 8169. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the transmittal of classified informa-
tion or war or operational plans over unsecured networks. 
SEC. 8170. Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
publish on the public website of the Department of De-
fense a report itemizing all expenses and contracts associ-
ated with the planning and execution of the military pa-
rade in Washington, D.C. for the Army’s 250th birthday, 
including but not limited to post-event cleaning and re-
pairs. 
SEC. 8171. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$12,000,000 shall be for the Irregular Warfare Center. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 8172. $0. 
SEC. 8173. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for the purpose of decommissioning any vessel that 
is part of the Army Prepositioned Stocks-Afloat. 
SEC. 8174. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to close—
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(1) the Rock Island Arsenal Museum located in 
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois; 
(2) the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark 
and Museum located in Lawton, Oklahoma; or 
(3) the United States Army Transportation 
Museum located at Fort Eustis, Virginia. 
SEC. 8175. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be expended to create, 
procure, or display any map that depicts Taiwan, Kinmen, 
Matsu, Penghu, Wuciou, Green Island, or Orchid Island 
as part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 18 (legis-
lative day July 17), 2025. 
Attest:
Clerk.