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‘‘(14) Program lead software.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 1706 of such 
title is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘for each major 
defense acquisition program and each major auto-
mated information system program’’ and inserting 
‘‘for each acquisition program’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (c). 
SEC. 882. BALANCING SECURITY AND INNOVATION IN SOFT-
WARE DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR SOLICITATIONS OF COMMER-
CIAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SOLUTIONS.—The Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in co-
ordination with the Chief Information Officer of the De-
partment of Defense, shall develop requirements for inclu-
sion in solicitations for both commercial and developmental 
solutions, and for the evaluation of bids, of appropriate soft-
ware security criteria, including— 
(1) delineation of what processes were or will be 
used for a secure software development lifecycle, in-
cluding management of supply chain and third-party 
software sources and component risks; and 
(2) an associated vulnerability management plan 
or tools.
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(b) SECURITY REVIEW OF CODE.—The Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in co-
ordination with the Chief Information Officer of the De-
partment of Defense, shall develop processes for security re-
view of code for the purpose of publication and other proce-
dures necessary to fully implement the pilot program re-
quired under section 875 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 10 
U.S.C. 2223 note). 
(c) COORDINATION WITH SOFTWARE ACQUISITION 
PATHWAY EFFORTS.—The requirements and procedures re-
quired under subsections (a) and (b) shall be developed in 
conjunction with the Department of Defense’s efforts to in-
corporate input and finalize the procedures described in the 
Interim Procedures for Operation of the Software Acquisi-
tion Pathway. 
SEC. 883. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON INTELLEC-
TUAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND LICENS-
ING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 2021, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report evaluating the 
implementation of the Department of Defense’s Instruction 
on Intellectual Property Acquisition and Licensing (DODI
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5010.44), established under section 2322 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall assess the following: 
(1) The extent to which the Department of De-
fense is fulfilling the core principles established in 
DODI 5010.44. 
(2) The extent to which the Defense Acquisition 
University, Department of Defense components, and 
program offices are carrying out their responsibilities 
under DODI 5010.44. 
(3) The progress of the Department in estab-
lishing an IP Cadre, including the extent to which 
such experts are executing their roles and responsibil-
ities. 
(4) The performance of the Department in assess-
ing and demonstrating the implementation of DODI 
5010.44, including the effectiveness of the IP Cadre; 
(5) The effect implementation of DODI 5010.44 
has had on particular acquisitions; 
(6) Any other matters the Comptroller General 
determines appropriate.
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SEC. 884. PILOT PROGRAM EXPLORING THE USE OF CON-
SUMPTION-BASED SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS 
SOFTWARE-INTENSIVE WARFIGHTING CAPA-
BILITY. 
(a) FINDING.—In its final report, the Section 809 
Panel recommended the adoption of consumption-based ap-
proaches at the Department of Defense, stating, ‘‘More 
things will be sold as a service in the future. XaaS could 
really mean everything in the context of the Internet of 
things (IoT). Consumption-based solutions are appearing 
in many industry sectors, from last mile transportation 
(e.g., bike shares and electric scooters) to agriculture (e.g., 
tractor-as-a-service for farmers in developing countries). 
Most smart phone users are familiar with software updates 
that provide bug fixes or new features. A more extreme ex-
ample of technology innovation enabled by the IoT is the 
ability to deliver physical performance improvements to ve-
hicles through over-the-air software updates. . . In the not- 
so-distant future, cloud computing and the IoT will enable 
consumption-based solution offerings and delivery models 
that are hard to imagine today.’’ 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress— 
(1) that the Department of Defense should take 
advantage of ‘‘as-a-service’’ or ‘‘aaS’’ approaches in 
commercial 
capability 
development, 
particularly
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where the capability is software-defined, and cloud- 
enabled; 
(2) to support the Department of Defense’s com-
mitment to new approaches to development and ac-
quisition of software; 
(3) that the Department should explore a variety 
of approaches, to include the use of consumption- 
based solutions for software-intensive warfighting ca-
pability; and 
(4) that, in conducting activities under the pilot 
program established under this program, the Depart-
ment should use the Software pathway under the new 
Adaptive Acquisition Framework. 
(c) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to establish 
a pilot program to explore the use of consumption-based so-
lutions to address software-intensive warfighting capa-
bility. 
(d) SELECTION
OF INITIATIVES.—The Secretary of 
each military department and the commander of each com-
batant command with acquisition authority shall propose 
for selection by the Secretary of Defense for the pilot pro-
gram at least one and not more than three initiatives that 
are well-suited to explore consumption-based solutions to 
address software-intensive warfighting capability. The ini-
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tiatives may be new or existing programs of record and 
shall 
focus 
on 
software-defined 
or 
machine-enabled 
warfighting applications, and may include applications 
that— 
(1) rapidly analyze sensor data; 
(2) secure warfighter networks, including multi- 
level security; 
(3) swiftly transport information across various 
networks and network modalities; or 
(4) otherwise enable joint all-domain operational 
concepts, including in a contested environment. 
(e) CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.—Contracts for con-
sumption-based solutions entered into pursuant to the pilot 
program shall provide for— 
(1) the solution to be measurable on a frequent 
interval customary for the type of solution; 
(2) the contractor to notify the government when 
consumption reaches 75 percent and 90 percent of the 
contract funded amount; and 
(3) discretion for the contracting officer to add 
new features or capabilities without additional com-
petition for the contract, provided that the amount of 
the new features or capabilities does not exceed 25 
percent of the total contract value.
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(f) DURATION OF INITIATIVES.—Each initiative car-
ried out under the pilot program shall be carried out during 
the three-year period following selection of the initiative. 
(g) MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PILOT PRO-
GRAM.—The Director of the Office of Cost Assessment and 
Program Evaluation shall establish continuous monitoring 
to evaluate the pilot program established under subsection 
(c), including collecting data on cost, schedule, and per-
formance from the program office, the user community, and 
the contractors. 
(h) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than January 
31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on initia-
tives selected for the pilot program, roles and respon-
sibilities for implementing the pilot program, and the 
monitoring and evaluation approach for the pilot. 
(2) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than April 
15, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the 
progress of the initiatives. 
(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the cost, schedule, and perform-
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ance outcomes of the initiatives. The report shall also 
include lessons learned about the use of consumption- 
based solutions for software-intensive capabilities and 
any recommendations for statutory or regulatory 
changes to facilitate their use. 
(i) CONSUMPTION-BASED SOLUTION DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘consumption-based solution’’ means 
any combination of software, hardware or equipment, and 
labor or services that provides a seamless capability that 
is metered and billed based on actual usage and predeter-
mined pricing per resource unit, and includes the ability 
to rapidly scale capacity up or down. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 891. SAFEGUARDING DEFENSE-SENSITIVE UNITED 
STATES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TECH-
NOLOGY, AND OTHER DATA AND INFORMA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish, enforce, and track actions being taken to protect 
defense-sensitive United States intellectual property, tech-
nology, and other data and information, including hard-
ware and software, from acquisition by the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China.
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(b) LIST OF CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall establish and maintain a list of critical 
national security technology. 
(c) RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT OF DEFENSE IN-
DUSTRIAL BASE EMPLOYEES WITH CHINESE COMPA-
NIES.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide for mecha-
nisms to restrict employees or former employees of the de-
fense industrial base that contribute to the technology ref-
erenced in subsection (b) from working directly for compa-
nies wholly owned by, or under the direction of, the Govern-
ment of the Peoples Republic of China. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
REPORT.—Not 
later than May 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on progress in implementing the measures de-
scribed in subsections (a) through (c). 
(2) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
REPORT.— Not 
later than December 1, 2021, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report reviewing the report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) and providing an assess-
ment of the effectiveness of the measures implemented 
under this section.
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(3) FORM.—The reports required under this sub-
section shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may contain classified annexes. 
SEC. 892. DOMESTIC COMPARATIVE TESTING ACTIVITIES. 
Section 2350a(g)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘and conventional defense equip-
ment, munitions, and technologies manufactured and devel-
oped domestically’’ after ‘‘in subsection (a)(2)’’. 
SEC. 893. REPEAL OF APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2870 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by section 865 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116– 
92), is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of subchapter III of chapter 
169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 2870. 
(2) OBSOLETE PROVISION.—Section 865 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2020 (Public Law 116–92) is repealed.
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TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE 
ORGANIZATION 
AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary 
of Defense and Related Matters 
SEC. 901. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR SPE-
CIAL OPERATIONS AND LOW INTENSITY CON-
FLICT AND RELATED MATTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) CLARIFICATION OF CHAIN OF ADMINISTRA-
TIVE COMMAND.—Section 138(b)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and 
(iii) of subparagraph (B) as subclauses (I), (II), 
and (III), respectively; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; 
(D) in clause (i) of subparagraph (A), as 
redesignated by this paragraph, by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘through 
the administrative chain of command specified 
in section 167(f) of this title;’’ and 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
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office to be known as the ‘Secretariat for Special Op-
erations’. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Secretariat 
is to assist the Assistant Secretary in exercising au-
thority, direction, and control with respect to the spe-
cial operations-peculiar administration and support 
of the special operations command, including the 
readiness and organization of special operations 
forces, resources and equipment, and civilian per-
sonnel as specified in such section. 
‘‘(3) DIRECTOR.—The Director of the Secretariat 
for Special Operations shall be appointed by the Sec-
retary of Defense from among individuals qualified to 
serve as the Director. The Director shall have a grade 
of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE CHAIN OF COMMAND.—For 
purposes of the support of the Secretariat for the As-
sistant Secretary in the fulfillment of the responsibil-
ities referred to in paragraph (1), the administrative 
chain of command is as specified in section 167(f) of 
this title. No officer below the Secretary of Defense or 
the Deputy Secretary of Defense (other than the As-
sistant Secretary) may intervene to exercise author-
ity, direction, or control over the Secretariat in its
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support of the Assistant Secretary in the discharge of 
such responsibilities. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL OPERATIONS POLICY AND OVERSIGHT 
COUNCIL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to fulfill the respon-
sibilities specified in section 138(b)(2)(A)(i) of this 
title, there shall also be within the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and 
Low Intensity Conflict a team known as the ‘Special 
Operation Policy and Oversight Council’. The team is 
lead by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special 
Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, or the Assist-
ant Secretary’s designee.. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Council is to 
integrate the functional activities of the headquarters 
of the Department of Defense in order to most effi-
ciently and effectively provide for special operations 
forces and capabilities. In fulfilling this purpose, the 
Council shall develop and continuously improve pol-
icy, joint processes, and procedures that facilitate the 
development, acquisition, integration, employment, 
and sustainment of special operations forces and ca-
pabilities. 
‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Council shall include 
the following:
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‘‘(A) The Assistant Secretary, who shall act 
as leader of the Council. 
‘‘(B) Appropriate senior representatives of 
each of the following: 
‘‘(i) The Under Secretary of Defense 
for Research and Engineering. 
‘‘(ii) The Under Secretary of Defense 
for Management and Support. 
‘‘(iii) The Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller). 
‘‘(iv) The Under Secretary of Defense 
for Personnel and Readiness. 
‘‘(v) The Under Secretary of Defense 
for Intelligence. 
‘‘(vi) The General Counsel of the De-
partment of Defense. 
‘‘(vii) The other Assistant Secretaries 
of Defense under the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Policy. 
‘‘(viii) The military departments. 
‘‘(ix) The Joint Staff. 
‘‘(x) The United States Special Oper-
ations Command. 
‘‘(xi) Such other officials or Agencies, 
elements, or components of the Department
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of Defense as the Secretary of Defense con-
siders appropriate. 
‘‘(4) OPERATION.—The Council shall operate 
continuously.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 139b 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘139b. Secretariat for Special Operations; Special Operations Policy and Over-
sight Council.’’. 
(c) DOD DIRECTIVE ON RESPONSIBILITIES OF ASD 
SOLIC.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall publish a Department of Defense direc-
tive establishing policy and procedures related to the 
exercise of authority, direction, and control of all spe-
cial-operations peculiar administrative matters relat-
ing to the organization, training, and equipping of 
special operations forces by the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity 
Conflict as specified by section 138(b)(2)(A)(i) of title 
10, United States Code, as amended by subsection 
(a)(1). 
(2) MATTERS FOR INCLUDING.—The directive re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
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(A) A specification of responsibilities for co-
ordination on matters affecting the organization, 
training, and equipping of special operations 
forces. 
(B) An identification and specification of 
updates to applicable documents and instruc-
tions of the Department of Defense. 
(C) Mechanisms to ensure the inclusion of 
the Assistant Secretary in all Departmental gov-
ernance forums affecting the organization, train-
ing, and equipping of special operations forces. 
(D) Such other matters as the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
(3) APPLICABILITY.— The directive required by 
paragraph (1) shall apply throughout the Department 
of Defense to all components of the Department of De-
fense. 
(4) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 
FUNDING
PENDING
PUBLICATION.—Of the amounts 
authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal 
year 2021 for operation and maintenance, Defense- 
wide, and available for the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense, not more than 75 percent may be obligated 
or expended until the date that is 15 days after the
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date on which the Secretary publishes the directive re-
quired by paragraph (1). 
SEC. 902. REDESIGNATION AND CODIFICATION IN LAW OF 
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Economic Ad-
justment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense is 
hereby redesignated as the ‘‘Office of Local Defense 
Community Cooperation’’. 
(2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the 
United States to the office referred to in paragraph 
(1) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Office of 
Local Defense Community Cooperation’’. 
(b) CODIFICATION IN LAW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 146. Office of Local Defense Community Coopera-
tion 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is an Office of Local Defense 
Community Cooperation in the Office of the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by the Di-
rector of the Office of Local Defense Community Coopera-
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tion, who shall be assigned to such position by the Under 
Secretary from among civilian employees of the Department 
of Defense who are qualified to serve in the position. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—Subject to the authority, direction, 
and control of the Under Secretary, the Office shall— 
‘‘(1) in cooperation with the other components, of 
the Department of Defense be the primary office with-
in the Department for the provision of assistance to 
States, counties, municipalities, regions, and commu-
nities intended to— 
‘‘(A) foster greater cooperation with mili-
tary installations in order to enhance the mili-
tary mission, achieve facility and infrastructure 
savings and reduced operating costs, address en-
croachment and compatible land use issues, sup-
port military families, and increase military, ci-
vilian, and industrial readiness and resiliency; 
and 
‘‘(B) address impacts caused by changes in 
defense programs, including basing decisions, de-
fense industry expansions or contractions, in-
creases or reductions in Federal civilian or con-
tractor personnel, and expansions, realignments, 
and closures of military installations;
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‘‘(2) provide support to the Economic Adjust-
ment Committee within the Executive Office of the 
President, or any successor interagency coordination 
body; and 
‘‘(3) perform such other functions as the Sec-
retary of Defense may prescribe. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
June 1 each year, the Director of the Office of Local Defense 
Community Cooperation shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the activities of the Office 
during the preceding year, including the assistance pro-
vided pursuant to subsection (c)(1) during such year.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘146. Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation.’’. 
SEC. 903. MODERNIZATION OF PROCESS USED BY THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO IDENTIFY, TASK, 
AND MANAGE CONGRESSIONAL REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ANALYSIS REQUIRED.—The Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Legislative Affairs shall conduct an analysis of 
the process used by the Department of Defense to identify 
reports to Congress required by annual national defense au-
thorization Acts, assign responsibility for preparation of 
such reports, and manage the completion and delivery of
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such reports to Congress for the purpose of identifying 
mechanisms to optimize and otherwise modernize the proc-
ess. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
conduct the analysis required by subsection (a) with the as-
sistance of and in consultation with the Chief Data Officer 
of the Department of Defense and the Director of the Defense 
Digital Service. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The analysis required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A business process reengineering of the proc-
ess described in subsection (a). 
(2) An assessment of applicable commercially 
available analytics tools, technologies, and services in 
connection with such business process reengineering. 
(3) Such other actions as the Assistant Secretary 
considers appropriate for purposes of the analysis. 
(d) BRIEFING.—Not later than November 15, 2020, the 
Assistant Secretary shall brief the congressional defense 
committees on the results of the analysis required by sub-
section (a). The briefing shall address the following: 
(1) The results of the analysis and of the busi-
ness process reengineering described in subsection 
(c)(1).
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(2) A description of the actions being taken, and 
to be taken, to optimize and otherwise improve the 
process described in subsection (a). 
(3) Such recommendations for administrative 
and legislative action as the Assistant Secretary con-
siders appropriate to facilitate the optimization and 
improvement of the process described in subsection (a) 
as a result of the analysis and the business process re-
engineering. 
(4) Such other matters as the Assistant Secretary 
considers appropriate in connection with the anal-
ysis, the business process reengineering and the opti-
mization and improvement of the process described in 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 904. INCLUSION OF VICE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL 
GUARD BUREAU AS AN ADVISOR TO THE 
JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL. 
Section 181(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND
VICE 
CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU’’ after ‘‘OF 
STAFF’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘of the Chiefs of Staff’’ and in-
serting ‘‘of— 
‘‘(A) the Chiefs of Staff’’;
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(3) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) the Vice Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau when matters involving non-Federalized 
National Guard capabilities in support of home-
land defense or civil support missions are under 
consideration by the Council.’’. 
SEC. 905. ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ARC-
TIC REGION WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE SEC-
RETARY OF DEFENSE. 
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for International 
Security Affairs shall assign responsibility for the Arctic 
region to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the 
Western Hemisphere or any other Deputy Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense the Secretary of Defense considers appro-
priate. 
Subtitle B—Department of Defense 
Management Reform 
SEC. 911. TERMINATION OF POSITION OF CHIEF MANAGE-
MENT OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) TERMINATION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The position of Chief Manage-
ment Officer of the Department of Defense is termi-
nated, effective on the date specified by the Secretary 
of Defense, which date may not be later than Sep-
tember 30, 2022. 
(2) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a notice on the effective date 
specified pursuant to paragraph (1). 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL OF ESTABLISHING AUTHOR-
ITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 132a of title 10, 
United States Code, is repealed. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 132a. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the effective date 
specified pursuant to subsection (a)(1).
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SEC. 912. REPORT ON ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES, 
DUTIES, AND AUTHORITIES OF CHIEF MAN-
AGEMENT OFFICER TO OTHER OFFICERS OR 
EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days before the effec-
tive date specified pursuant to section 911(a)(1), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
report setting forth the following: 
(1) The position and title of each officer or em-
ployee of the Department of Defense, and the compo-
nent of such officer or employee, in whom the Sec-
retary will vest responsibility and authority to per-
form responsibilities and duties, and exercise authori-
ties, assigned to the Chief Management Officer of the 
Department of Defense, whether by statute or by di-
rective, instruction, policy, or practice of the Depart-
ment of Defense, on the termination of the position of 
Chief Management Officer under section 911. 
(2) A description of the responsibilities, duties, 
and authorities, if any, assigned to the Chief Manage-
ment Officer by statute that the Secretary rec-
ommends for discontinuation or modification, and a 
justification for such recommendation.
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(3) A description of the responsibilities, duties, 
and authorities, if any, assigned to the Chief Manage-
ment Officer by directive, instruction, policy, or prac-
tice of the Department that the Secretary recommends 
for discontinuation or modification, and a justifica-
tion for such recommendation. 
(4) A description of the general process and 
timeline for the effective transfer of each responsi-
bility, duty, and authority assigned to the Chief Man-
agement Officer by statute or by policy, instruction, 
or practice of the Department to the officer or em-
ployee in whom such responsibility, duty, and author-
ity will be vested as described in paragraph (1). 
(5) A description of the manner and timeline in 
which the resources of the Chief Management Officer, 
including funding and human capital, will be re-
aligned or repurposed to other organizations in the 
Office of the Secretary of Defense or to other compo-
nents of the Department. 
(6) A description of the general process and 
timeline for the assignment of responsibility of each 
issue under the jurisdiction of the Chief Management 
Officer current identified by the Comptroller General 
of the United States as ‘‘high risk’’ to an officer or 
employee in the Department who is specifically
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charged by the Secretary to initiate and sustain 
progress toward resolution of such issue. 
(7) 
Such 
recommendations 
(including 
rec-
ommendations for legislative action) as the Secretary 
considers appropriate for additional authorities and 
resources (including funding and human capital re-
sources) necessary to ensure that each officer or em-
ployee, in whom the Secretary vests responsibility and 
authority as described in paragraph (1) is capable of 
exercising such responsibility and authority effec-
tively. 
(8) Such other matters in connection with the 
termination of the position of Chief Management Offi-
cer, and the transition of the responsibilities, duties, 
and authorities of the Chief Management Officer in 
connection with such termination, as the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
(b) VESTING OF CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES, 
AND AUTHORITIES IN PARTICULAR OFFICERS.—In setting 
forth matters under paragraph (1) of subsection (a), the re-
port required by that subsection shall address, in par-
ticular, the following: 
(1) Vesting of responsibilities, duties, and au-
thorities of the Chief Management Officer in the Dep-
uty Secretary of Defense in the Deputy Secretary’s
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capacity as the Chief Operating Officer of the Depart-
ment of Defense for purposes of functions specified in 
section 1123 of title 31, United States Code. 
(2) Vesting of responsibilities, duties, and au-
thorities of the Chief Management Officer in the Per-
formance Improvement Officer of the Department of 
Defense under section 142a of title 10, United States 
Code (as added by section 913 of this Act), for pur-
poses of functions specified in section 1124 of title 31, 
United States Code. 
(c) OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES AND AUTHORI-
TIES.—In addition to any other responsibilities, duties, and 
authorities of the Chief Management Officer, the report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall specifically address respon-
sibilities, duties, and authorities of the Chief Management 
Officer with respect to the following: 
(1) Establishment of policies for, and the direc-
tion and management of, enterprise business oper-
ations and shared business services of the Depart-
ment, as set forth in section 132a(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, and section 921(b) of the John S. 
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2222 note). 
(2) Exercise of authority, direction, and control 
over the Defense Agencies and Department of Defense
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Field Activities for shared business services and budg-
et review, assessment, certification, and reporting, as 
set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 132a of 
title 10, United States Code, and section 192 of that 
title. 
(3) Minimization of duplication of efforts, maxi-
mization of efficiency and effectiveness, and establish-
ment of metrics for performance among and for all 
components of the Department, as set forth in section 
132a(b) of title 10, United States Code. 
(4) Issuance and maintenance of guidance on 
covered defense business systems, development and 
maintenance of the defense business enterprise archi-
tecture, exercise of authorities and responsibilities 
with respect to common enterprise data, leadership of 
and matters within the Defense Business Council, and 
service as the appropriate approval official in the 
case of certain covered defense business systems and 
programs, as set forth in section 2222 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(5) The Financial Improvement and Audit Re-
mediation Plan, as set forth in section 240b of title 
10, United States Code. 
(6) Receipt of audit reports, as set forth in sec-
tion 240d of title 10, United States Code.
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(7) Discharge by the Department of the annual 
reviews required by section 11319 of title 40, United 
States Code. 
(8) Business transformation efforts of the defense 
commissary system and the exchange stores system, as 
set forth in section 631 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 
116–92). 
(9) Analysis of Department business manage-
ment and operations datasets, as set forth in section 
922 of the John S. McCain National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2222 
note). 
(10) Reviews, reports, and other actions required 
by sections 924, 925, 926, 927, and 1624 of the John 
S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2019, to the extent such reviews, reports, 
and actions have not been completed as of the date of 
the report under subsection (a). 
(11) Science and technology activities in support 
of business systems information technology acquisi-
tion as set forth in section 217 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 
U.S.C. 2445a note).
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(12) Relationships with the Chief Management 
Officers of the military departments, and the develop-
ment and update of a strategic management plan for 
the Department, as set forth in section 904 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
(Public Law 110–181) and the amendments made by 
that section. 
SEC. 913. PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OFFICER OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OFFICER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 142 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 142a. Performance Improvement Officer of the De-
partment of Defense 
‘‘(a) There is an Performance Improvement Officer of 
the Department of Defense, who is designated as provided 
in section 1124(a)(1) of title 31. 
‘‘(b) The Performance Improvement Officer shall— 
‘‘(1) perform the duties and responsibilities, and 
exercise the powers set forth in section 1124 of title 
31; and 
‘‘(2) perform such additional duties and respon-
sibilities, and exercise such other powers, as the Sec-
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retary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense 
may prescribe. 
‘‘(c) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of 
the Secretary of Defense, the Performance Improvement Of-
ficer reports, without intervening authority, directly to the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense, in the Deputy Secretary’s role 
as the Chief Operating Officer of the Department of Defense 
under section 1123 of title 31. 
‘‘(d) The Performance Improvement Officer may com-
municate views on matters within the responsibility of the 
Officer directly to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, without 
obtaining the approval or concurrence of any other officer 
in the Department of Defense.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of section 
at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 142 the 
following new item: 
‘‘142a. Performance Improvement Officer of the Department of Defense.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on such date as the 
Secretary of Defense shall specify for purposes of this 
section, which date may not be later than one day be-
fore the effective date specified by the Secretary pur-
suant to section 911(a)(1).
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(2) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a notice on the effective date 
specified pursuant to paragraph (1). 
SEC. 914. ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES 
AND DUTIES TO PARTICULAR OFFICERS OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF DEP-
UTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE.—Section 132 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), 
and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c)(1) In accordance with section 1123 of title 31, the 
Deputy Secretary performs the duties, has the responsibil-
ities, and exercises the powers of the Chief Operating Officer 
of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(2) Subject to the authority, direction, and control 
of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary shall su-
pervise the Performance Improvement Officer of the Depart-
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ment of Defense in the Officer’s performance of duties and 
responsibilities specified in section 142a of this title.’’. 
(2) DESIGNATION OF PRIORITY DEFENSE BUSI-
NESS SYSTEMS.—Section 2222(h)(5)(B) of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘the Chief Management Offi-
cer of the Department of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense, or such other officer of 
the Department of Defense as the Secretary or the 
Deputy Secretary may designate,’’. 
(b) PERIODIC REVIEWS OF DEFENSE AGENCIES AND 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FIELD ACTIVITIES IN CONNEC-
TION WITH BUSINESS ENTERPRISE REFORM.—Section 
192(c) of such title is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3), as redesig-
nated by section 923(a)(1) of the John S. McCain Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
(Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1930), as paragraph 
(4); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2), as 
added by section 923(a)(2) of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2019, as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 
(3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by para-
graph (2) of this subsection—
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 
Chief Management Officer of the Department of 
Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary, the Dep-
uty Secretary of Defense, or an officer of the De-
partment of Defense designated by the Secretary 
or the Deputy Secretary’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the 
Chief Management Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
officer conducting such review’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘the 
Chief Management Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Secretary’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘the Chief Management Officer’’ each place it 
appears in subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting 
‘‘the officer conducting such review’’. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITY OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE (COMPTROLLER) FOR FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT AND 
AUDIT REMEDIATION PLAN.—Subsection (a) of section 
240b of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller) shall, together with such other officers and 
employees of the Department of Defense as the Secretary 
of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense may des-
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ignate, shall maintain a plan to be known as the ‘Financial 
Improvement and Audit Remediation Plan’.’’. 
(d) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OFFICER FUNC-
TIONS FOR DEFENSE BUSINESS SYSTEMS.—Section 2222 
of such title is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)(6)(C), by inserting ‘‘and the 
Performance Improvement Officer of the Department 
of Defense’’ after ‘‘The Director of Cost Assessment 
and Program Evaluation’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2)(B)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (i) through 
(iii) as clauses (ii) through (iv), respectively; 
and 
(B) by inserting before clause (ii), as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1), the following new 
clause (i): 
‘‘(i) The Performance Improvement Of-
ficer of the Department of Defense.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the effective date specified in sec-
tion 911(a)(1).
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SEC. 915. ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES 
OF CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER TO OFFI-
CERS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE TO BE DESIGNATED. 
(a) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 
United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 240d(d)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘the 
Chief Management Officer of the Department of De-
fense’’ and inserting ‘‘any other officer or employee of 
the Department of Defense that the Secretary of De-
fense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense may des-
ignate for purposes of this section’’. 
(2) Section 2222 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Chief Management 
Officer of the Department of Defense,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and the Chief Man-
agement Officer of each of the military de-
partments’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief Man-
agement Officer of each of the military de-
partments, and other appropriate officers or 
employees of the Department and its compo-
nents’’; 
(B) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
Chief Management Officer of the Depart-
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ment of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘such offi-
cers or employees of the Department of De-
fense as the Secretary shall designate’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (6)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘The Chief 
Management Officer of the De-
partment of Defense’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Such officers of the Depart-
ment of Defense as the Secretary 
shall designate’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘such officers’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘The Chief Management Offi-
cer and the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller)’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Under Secretary of Defense (Comp-
troller) and such other officers of the 
Department as the Secretary shall des-
ignate’’; 
(C) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘the 
Chief Management Office and the Chief Informa-
tion Office of the Department of Defense’’ and
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inserting ‘‘the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department of Defense and such other officers or 
employees of the Department of Defense as the 
Secretary may designate’’; and 
(D) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘the 
Chief Management Officer of the Department of 
Defense’’ each place it appears in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B)(ii) and inserting ‘‘an officer or em-
ployee of the Department of Defense designated 
by the Secretary’’. 
(b) TITLE
40, UNITED
STATES
CODE.—Section 
11319(d)(4) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘the Chief Management Officer of the Department 
of Defense (of any successor to such Officer)’’ and inserting 
‘‘the officer of the Department of Defense designated by the 
Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense for 
such purpose’’. 
(c) PUBLIC LAW 116–92.—Section 631(a) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub-
lic Law 116–92) is amended by striking ‘‘the Chief Manage-
ment Officer of the Department of Defense’’ and inserting 
‘‘such officer of the Department of Defense as the Secretary 
of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense may des-
ignate’’.
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(d) PUBLIC LAW 115–232.—The John S. McCain Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub-
lic Law 115–232) is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 921(b)(1) (10 U.S.C. 2222 note)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 
Chief Management Officer of the Department of 
Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘such officer or employee 
of the Department of Defense as the Secretary of 
Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall 
designate’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
striking ‘‘CMO’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Chief Management 
Officer’’ the first place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the Secretary shall, acting through 
such officer or employee of the Department 
as the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary 
shall designate’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘by the Chief Manage-
ment Officer’’. 
(2) In section 922 (10 U.S.C. 2222 note)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The 
Chief Management Officer of the Department of 
Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘An officer or employee
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of the Department of Defense designated by the 
Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of 
Defense’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘The Chief 
Management Officer’’ and inserting 
‘‘The officer or employee designated 
pursuant to subsection (a)’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘The Chief Management Offi-
cer’’ and inserting ‘‘such officer or em-
ployee’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 
Chief Management Officer shall take appro-
priate actions’’ and inserting ‘‘all appro-
priate actions shall be taken’’. 
(3) In section 924 (10 U.S.C. 191 note)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer of the Department of De-
fense’’ in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
and inserting ‘‘such officer of the Department of 
Defense as the Secretary or Defense or the Dep-
uty Secretary of Defense shall designate’’;
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(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘the Chief Management Of-
ficer’’ and inserting ‘‘the officer designated 
pursuant to subsection (a)’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘the Chief Management Officer’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘such officer’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Chief Management 
Officer’’ the first place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the officer designated pursuant to 
subsection (a)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Chief Management 
Officer’’ the second place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘such officer’’. 
(4) In section 925(a) (132 Stat. 1932), by strik-
ing ‘‘the Chief Management Officer of the Department 
of Defense’’ in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
and inserting ‘‘such officer of the Department of De-
fense as the Secretary or Defense or the Deputy Sec-
retary of Defense shall designate’’. 
(5) In section 926(a) (132 Stat. 1932), by strik-
ing ‘‘the Chief Management Officer of the Department 
of Defense’’ in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
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and inserting ‘‘such officer of the Department of De-
fense as the Secretary or Defense or the Deputy Sec-
retary of Defense shall designate’’. 
(6) In section 927 (132 Stat. 1933)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer of the Department of De-
fense’’ and inserting ‘‘such officer of the Depart-
ment of Defense as the Secretary or Defense or 
the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall designate’’; 
and 
(B) in subsections (c) and (d), by striking 
‘‘the Chief Management Officer’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘the officer designated 
pursuant to subsection (a)’’. 
(7) In section 1624(a) (10 U.S.C. 2222 note)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer of the Department of De-
fense’’ and inserting ‘‘such officer of the Depart-
ment of Defense as the Secretary or Defense or 
the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall designate’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Chief Management Of-
ficer’’ each place it appears in paragraphs (2), 
(3), and (4) and inserting ‘‘the officer designated 
pursuant to paragraph (1)’’; and
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(C) by inserting ‘‘and Security’’ after ‘‘for 
Intelligence’’ each place it appears. 
(e) PUBLIC LAW 114–92.—The National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) 
is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 217— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Dep-
uty Chief Management Officer, and the Chief In-
formation Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief In-
formation Officer, and any other officer of the 
Department of Defense designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of De-
fense for such purpose’’; and 
(B) in subsections (b), (f)(1)(A)(ii), and 
(f)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘the Deputy Chief Manage-
ment Officer’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘any officer designated pursuant to sub-
section (a)’’. 
(2) In section 881(a) (10 U.S.C. 2302 note), by 
striking ‘‘the Deputy Chief Management Officer,’’. 
(f) PUBLIC LAW 110–81.—Section 904 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public 
Law 110–81; 122 Stat. 273)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer and Deputy Chief Management
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Officer of the Department of Defense’’ and inserting 
‘‘such officer of the Department of Defense as the Sec-
retary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense 
shall designate’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer of the Department of De-
fense’’ and inserting ‘‘such officer of the Depart-
ment of Defense as the Secretary of Defense or 
the Deputy Secretary of Defense may designate 
for purposes of this subsection’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the officer 
designated pursuant to paragraph (1)’’. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the effective date specified in sec-
tion 911(a)(1). 
SEC. 916. DEFINITION OF ENTERPRISE BUSINESS OPER-
ATIONS FOR TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE. 
Effective on the effective date specified in section 
911(a)(1) of this Act, section 101(e) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) ENTERPRISE BUSINESS OPERATIONS.—The 
term ‘enterprise business operations’—
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‘‘(A) means activities that constitute cross- 
cutting business operations used by multiple 
components of the Department of Defense, but ex-
cludes activities that are directly tied to a single 
military department or Department of Defense 
component; and 
‘‘(B) includes business-support functions 
designated by the Secretary of Defense or the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense, including aspects of 
financial management, healthcare, acquisition 
and procurement, supply chain and logistics, 
certain information technology, real property, 
and human resources operations.’’. 
SEC. 917. ANNUAL REPORT ON ENTERPRISE BUSINESS OP-
ERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
March 31 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to Congress a report that includes the following: 
(1) Each proposed budget for the enterprise busi-
ness operations of a Defense Agency or Department of 
Defense Field Activity for the fiscal year beginning in 
the year in which such report is submitted. 
(2) An identification of each proposed budget de-
scribed in paragraph (1) that does not achieve re-
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quired levels of efficiency and effectiveness for enter-
prise business operations. 
(3) A discussion of the actions that the Secretary 
proposes to take, including recommendations for legis-
lative action that the Secretary considers appropriate, 
to address inadequate levels of efficiency and effective-
ness for enterprise business operations achieved by the 
proposed budgets described in paragraph (1). 
(4) Any additional comments that the Secretary 
considers appropriate regarding inadequate levels of 
efficiency and effectiveness for enterprise business op-
erations achieved by the proposed budgets described in 
paragraph (1). 
(b) SUBMITTAL.—The Secretary may submit a report 
required by subsection (a) through the Deputy Secretary of 
Defense. 
(c) ENTERPRISE BUSINESS OPERATIONS DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘enterprise business operations’’ 
has the meaning given that term in paragraph (9) of section 
101(e) of title 10, United States Code (as added by section 
916 of this Act). 
SEC. 918. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 
United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 131(b)—
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(A) by striking paragraph (2); 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (9) as paragraphs (2) through (8), re-
spectively; and 
(C) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (F) as subparagraphs (B) through 
(G), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting before subparagraph 
(B), as redesignated by clause (i), the fol-
lowing new subparagraph (A): 
‘‘(A) The Performance Improvement Officer of 
the Department of Defense.’’. 
(2) In section 133a(c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Chief Man-
agement Officer of the Department of Defense’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and the Deputy Secretary of De-
fense’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer,’’. 
(3) In section 133b(c)—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer of the Department of De-
fense,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer,’’. 
(4) In section 137a(d), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer of the Department of Defense,’’. 
(5) In section 138(d), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer of the Department of Defense,’’. 
(6) In section 240b(b)(1)(C)(ii), by striking ‘‘, 
the Chief Management Officer,’’. 
(b) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE LEVEL II.—Section 5313 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
item relating to the Chief Management Officer of the De-
partment of Defense. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the effective date specified in sec-
tion 911(a)(1).
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Subtitle C—Space Force Matters 
PART I—AMENDMENTS TO INTEGRATE THE 
SPACE FORCE INTO LAW 
SEC. 931. CLARIFICATION OF SPACE FORCE AND CHIEF OF 
SPACE OPERATIONS AUTHORITIES. 
(a) COMPOSITION OF SPACE FORCE.—Section 9081 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking sub-
section (b) and inserting the following new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The Space Force consists of— 
‘‘(1) the Regular Space Force; 
‘‘(2) all persons appointed or enlisted in, or con-
scripted into, the Space Force, including those not as-
signed to units, necessary to form the basis for a com-
plete and immediate mobilization for the national de-
fense in the event of a national emergency; and 
‘‘(3) all Space Force units and other Space Force 
organizations, including installations and supporting 
and auxiliary combat, training, administrative, and 
logistic elements.’’. 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—Section 9081 of title 10, United 
States Code, is further amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Space Force shall be organized, 
trained, and equipped to—
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‘‘(1) provide freedom of operation for the United 
States in, from, and to space; 
‘‘(2) conduct space operations; and 
‘‘(3) protect the interests of the United States in 
space.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (d). 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF CHIEF OF SPACE OPERATIONS 
AUTHORITIES.—Section 9082 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘general 
officers of the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘general, 
flag, or equivalent officers of the Space Force’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) The President may appoint an officer as Chief 
of Space Operations only if— 
‘‘(A) the officer has had significant experience in 
joint duty assignments; and 
‘‘(B) such experience includes at least one full 
tour of duty in a joint duty assignment (as defined 
in section 664(d) of this title) as a general, flag, or 
equivalent officer of the Space Force.
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‘‘(4) The President may waive paragraph (3) in the 
case of an officer if the President determines such action 
is necessary in the national interest.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘grade of gen-
eral’’ and inserting ‘‘grade in the Space Force equiva-
lent to the grade of general in the Army, Air Force, 
and Marine Corps, or admiral in the Navy’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (5): 
‘‘(5) perform duties prescribed for the Chief of 
Space Operations by sections 171 and 2547 of this 
title and other provision of law; and’’. 
(d) REPEAL
OF
OFFICER
CAREER
FIELD
FOR 
SPACE.—Section 9083 of title 10, United States Code, is 
repealed. 
(e) REGULAR SPACE FORCE.—Chapter 908 of title 10, 
United States Code, as amended by subsection (d), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new section 
9083:
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‘‘§ 9083. Regular Space Force: composition 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Regular Space Force is the 
component of the Space Force that consists of persons whose 
continuous service on active duty in both peace and war 
is contemplated by law, and of retired members of the Reg-
ular Space Force. 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The Regular Space Force in-
cludes— 
‘‘(1) the officers and enlisted members of the Reg-
ular Space Force; and 
‘‘(2) the retired officers and enlisted members of 
the Regular Space Force.’’. 
(f) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 908 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 9083 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘9083. Regular Space Force: composition.’’. 
SEC. 931A. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF SPACE OPERATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 908 of title 10, United 
States Code, as amended by section 931(e) of this Act, is 
further amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 9083 as section 
9085; and 
(2) by inserting after section 9082 the following 
new sections:
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‘‘§ 9083. Office of the Chief of Space Operations: func-
tion; composition 
‘‘(a) FUNCTION.—There is in the executive part of the 
Department of the Air Force an Office of the Chief of Space 
Operations to assist the Secretary of the Air Force in car-
rying out the responsibilities of the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The Office of the Chief of Space 
Operations is composed of the following: 
‘‘(1) The Chief of Space Operations. 
‘‘(2) Such other offices and officials as may be 
established by law or as the Secretary of the Air Force 
may establish or designate. 
‘‘(3) Other members of the Space Force and Air 
Force assigned or detailed to the Office of the Chief 
of Space Operations. 
‘‘(4) Civilian employees in the Department of the 
Air Force assigned or detailed to the Office of the 
Chief of Space Operations. 
‘‘(c) ORGANIZATION.—Except as otherwise specifically 
prescribed by law, the Office of the Chief of Space Oper-
ations shall be organized in such manner, and the members 
of the Office of the Chief of Space Operations shall perform 
such duties and have such titles, as the Secretary of the Air 
Force may prescribe.
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‘‘§ 9084. Office of the Chief of Space Operations: gen-
eral duties 
‘‘(a) PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—The Office of the 
Chief of Space Operations shall furnish professional assist-
ance to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Chief of Space 
Operations, and other personnel of the Office of the Sec-
retary of the Air Force or the Office of the Chief of Space 
Operations. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—Under the authority, direction, 
and control of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Office 
of the Chief of Space Operations shall— 
‘‘(1) subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 
9014 of this title, prepare for such employment of the 
Space Force, and for such recruiting, organizing, sup-
plying, equipping (including research and develop-
ment), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, 
administering, and maintaining of the Space Force, 
as will assist in the execution of any power, duty, or 
function of the Secretary of the Air Force or the Chief 
of Space Operations; 
‘‘(2) investigate and report upon the efficiency of 
the Space Force and its preparation to support mili-
tary operations by commanders of the combatant 
commands;
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‘‘(3) prepare detailed instructions for the execu-
tion of approved plans and supervise the execution of 
those plans and instructions; 
‘‘(4) as directed by the Secretary of the Air Force 
or the Chief of Space Operations, coordinate the ac-
tion of organizations of the Space Force; and 
‘‘(5) perform such other duties, not otherwise as-
signed by law, as may be prescribed by the Secretary 
of the Air Force.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 908 of such title, as amended by sec-
tion 931(f) of this Act, is further amended by striking the 
item related to section 9083 and inserting the following the 
following new items: 
‘‘9083. Office of the Chief of Space Operations: function; composition. 
‘‘9084. Office of the Chief of Space Operations: general duties. 
‘‘9085. Regular Space Force: composition.’’. 
SEC. 932. AMENDMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR 
FORCE PROVISIONS IN TITLE 10, UNITED 
STATES CODE. 
(a) SUBTITLE.— 
(1) HEADING.—The heading of subtitle D of title 
10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Subtitle D—Air Force and Space 
Force’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SUBTITLES.—The table of subtitles 
at the beginning of such title is amended is amended
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by striking the item relating to subtitle D and insert-
ing the following new item: 
‘‘D. Air Force and Space Force ........................................................ 9011’’. 
(b) ORGANIZATION.— 
(1) SECRETARY
OF
THE
AIR
FORCE.—Section 
9013 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘and offi-
cers of the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Officers of the Air 
Force’’; and 
(B) in subsection (g)(1), by inserting ‘‘, 
members of the Space Force,’’ after ‘‘members of 
the Air Force’’. 
(2) OFFICE
OF
THE
SECRETARY
OF
THE
AIR 
FORCE.—Section 9014 of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph 
(4) and inserting the following new paragraph 
(4) 
‘‘(4) The Inspector General of the Department of 
the Air Force.’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and 
the Air Staff’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air 
Staff, and the Office of the Chief of Space 
Operations’’;
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(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 
the Office of the Chief of Space Operations’’ 
after ‘‘the Air Staff’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘to 
the Chief of Staff and to the Air Staff’’ and 
all that follows through the end and insert-
ing ‘‘to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force 
and the Air Staff, and to the Chief of Space 
Operations and the Office of the Chief of 
Space Operations, and shall ensure that 
each such office or entity provides the Chief 
of Staff and Chief of Space Operations such 
staff support as the Chief concerned con-
siders necessary to perform the Chief’s du-
ties and responsibilities.’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (4)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘and the Office of 
the Chief of Space Operations’’ after 
‘‘the Air Staff’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘and the Chief of 
Space Operations’’ after ‘‘Chief of 
Staff’’; 
(C) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and 
the Air Staff’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air
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Staff, and the Office of the Chief of Space 
Operations’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 
‘‘and the Office of the Chief of Space Oper-
ations’’ after ‘‘the Air Staff’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘to 
the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and to 
the Air Staff’’ and all that follows through 
the end and inserting ‘‘to the Chief of Staff 
of the Air Force and the Air Staff, and to 
the Chief of Space Operations and the Office 
of the Chief of Space Operations, and shall 
ensure that each such office or entity pro-
vides the Chief of Staff and Chief of Space 
Operations such staff support as the Chief 
concerned considers necessary to perform the 
Chief’s duties and responsibilities.’’; and 
(D) in subsection (e)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and the Air Staff’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, the Air Staff, and the Office of 
the Chief of Space Operations’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘to the other’’ and in-
serting ‘‘to any of the others’’. 
(3) SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE: SUCCESSORS 
TO DUTIES.—Section 9017(4) of such title is amended
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by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘of the 
Air Force and the Chief of Space Operations, in the 
order prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force and 
approved by the Secretary of Defense’’. 
(4) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Section 9020 of such 
title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘Department of the’’ 
after ‘‘Inspector General of the’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or the general, flag, 
or equivalent officers of the Space Force’’ 
after ‘‘general officers of the Air Force’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘or the Chief of Staff’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, the Chief of Staff of the Air 
Force, or the Chief of Space Operations’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘Department of the’’ before ‘‘Air Force’’; 
and 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or 
the Chief of Staff’’ and inserting ‘‘, the 
Chief of Staff, or the Chief of Space Oper-
ations’’ ; and
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(C) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘or the 
Space Force’’ before ‘‘for a tour of duty’’. 
(5) THE AIR STAFF: FUNCTION; COMPOSITION.— 
Section 9031(b)(8) of such title is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘of the Air Force’’. 
(6) SURGEON
GENERAL: 
APPOINTMENT; 
DU-
TIES.—Section 9036(b) of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of 
the Air Force on all health and medical matters 
of the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the 
Air Force, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, 
and the Chief of Space Operations on all health 
and medical matters of the Air Force and the 
Space Force’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and the Space Force’’ 
after ‘‘of the Air Force’’ the first place it 
appears; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and members of the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘of the Air Force’’ the 
second place it appears. 
(7) JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL, DEPUTY JUDGE 
ADVOCATE
GENERAL: APPOINTMENT; DUTIES.—Sec-
tion 9037 of such title is amended—
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(A) in subsection (e)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 
the Space Force’’ after ‘‘of the Air Force’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘the 
Secretary of the Air Force or the Chief of Staff 
of the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 
the Air Force, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, 
or the Chief of Space Operations’’. 
(8) CHIEF
OF
CHAPLAINS: APPOINTMENT; DU-
TIES.—Section 9039(a) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘in the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘for the Air 
Force and the Space Force’’. 
(9) PROVISION OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL FUNC-
TIONS FOR THE SPACE FORCE.—Section 9063 of such 
title is amended— 
(A) in subsections (a) through (i), by strik-
ing ‘‘in the Air Force’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘in the Air Force and the Space 
Force’’; and 
(B) in subsection (i), as amended by sub-
paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or the Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘members of the Air Force’’. 
(c) PERSONNEL.— 
(1) GENDER-FREE BASIS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF 
ORIGINAL ENLISTMENTS.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9132 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
the Regular Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air 
Force’’. 
(B) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
9132 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 9132. Regular Air Force and Regular Space Force: 
gender-free basis for acceptance of origi-
nal enlistments’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 913 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 9132 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘9132. Regular Air Force and Regular Space Force: gender-free basis for accept-
ance of original enlistments.’’. 
(2) REENLISTMENT AFTER SERVICE AS AN OFFI-
CER.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9138 of such 
title is amended in subsection (a)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or the Regular Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’ both 
places it appears; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 
after ‘‘officer of the Air Force’’ both places 
it appears.
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(B) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
9132 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 9132. Regular Air Force and Regular Space Force: 
reenlistment after service as an officer’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 913 of such 
title, as amended by paragraph (1)(C), is further 
by striking the item relating to section 9138 and 
inserting the following new item: 
‘‘9138. Regular Air Force and Regular Space Force: reenlistment after service as 
an officer.’’. 
(3) APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR AIR FORCE 
AND REGULAR SPACE FORCE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9160 of such 
title is amended— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or the Regular Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 
before the period. 
(B) CHAPTER
HEADING.—The heading of 
chapter 915 of such title is amended to read as 
follows:
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‘‘CHAPTER 915—APPOINTMENTS IN THE 
REGULAR AIR FORCE AND THE REG-
ULAR SPACE FORCE’’. 
(C) TABLES OF CHAPTERS.—The table of 
chapters at the beginning of subtitle D of such 
title, and at the beginning of part II of subtitle 
D of such title, are each amended by striking the 
item relating to chapter 915 and inserting the 
following new item: 
‘‘915. Appointments in the Regular Air Force and the 
Regular Space Force ................................................ 9151’’. 
(4) RETIRED
COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS: STA-
TUS.—Section 9203 of such title is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 
(5) DUTIES: CHAPLAINS; ASSISTANCE REQUIRED 
OF COMMANDING OFFICERS.—Section 9217(a) of such 
title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 
after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 
(6) RANK: COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS
SERVING 
UNDER TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS.—Section 9222 of 
such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’ both places it appears. 
(7) REQUIREMENT OF EXEMPLARY CONDUCT.— 
Section 9233 of such title is amended—
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘and in the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the 
Air Force’’; and 
(B) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by inserting 
‘‘or the Space Force, respectively’’ after ‘‘the Air 
Force’’. 
(8) ENLISTED MEMBERS: OFFICERS NOT TO USE 
AS SERVANTS.—Section 9239 of such title is amended 
by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’ 
both places it appears. 
(9) PRESENTATION
OF
UNITED
STATES
FLAG 
UPON RETIREMENT.—Section 9251(a) of such title is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 
‘‘member of the Air Force’’. 
(10) SERVICE CREDIT: REGULAR ENLISTED MEM-
BERS; SERVICE AS AN OFFICER TO BE COUNTED AS 
ENLISTED
SERVICE.—Section 9252 of such title is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or the Regular Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘in the Space Force,’’ after 
‘‘in the Air Force,’’. 
(11) WHEN
SECRETARY
MAY
REQUIRE
HOS-
PITALIZATION.—Section 9263 of such title is amended
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by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘member of 
the Air Force’’. 
(12) DECORATIONS AND AWARDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 937 of such title 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 
after ‘‘the Air Force’’ each place it appears in 
the following provisions: 
(i) Section 9271. 
(ii) Section 9272. 
(iii) Section 9273. 
(iv) Section 9276. 
(v) Section 9281 other than the first 
place it appears in subsection (a). 
(vi) Section 9286(a) other than the 
first place it appears. 
(B) MEDAL OF HONOR; AIR FORCE CROSS; 
DISTINGUISHED-SERVICE
MEDAL: 
DELEGATION 
OF
POWER
TO
AWARD.—Section 9275 of such 
title is amended by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘, or to an equivalent com-
mander of a separate space force or higher unit 
in the field’’. 
(13) TWENTY YEARS OR MORE: REGULAR OR RE-
SERVE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—Section 9311(a) of
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such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘officer of the Air Force’’. 
(14) TWENTY TO THIRTY YEARS: ENLISTED MEM-
BERS.—Section 9314 of such title is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘member of the Air 
Force’’. 
(15) THIRTY
YEARS
OR
MORE: REGULAR
EN-
LISTED
MEMBERS.—Section 9317 of such title is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air 
Force’’. 
(16) THIRTY YEARS OR MORE: REGULAR COMMIS-
SIONED
OFFICERS.—Section 9318 of such title is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air 
Force’’. 
(17) FORTY YEARS OR MORE: AIR FORCE OFFI-
CERS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9324 of such 
title is amended in subsections (a) and (b) by in-
serting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 
(B) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
9324 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 9324. Forty years or more: Air Force officers and 
Space Force officers’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 941
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of such title is amended by striking the item re-
lating to section 9324 and inserting the following 
new item: 
‘‘9324. Forty years or more: Air Force officers and Space Force officers.’’. 
(18) COMPUTATION OF YEARS OF SERVICE: VOL-
UNTARY RETIREMENT; ENLISTED MEMBERS.—Section 
9325(a) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 
(19) COMPUTATION OF YEARS OF SERVICE: VOL-
UNTARY RETIREMENT; REGULAR AND RESERVE COM-
MISSIONED OFFICERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9326(a) of such 
title is amended— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 
‘‘of the Air Force’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or 
the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air 
Force, or the Space Force’’. 
(B) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Such sec-
tion 9326(a) is further amended by striking 
‘‘his’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 
officer’s’’. 
(20) COMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY: LAW APPLI-
CABLE.—Section 9329 of such title is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’.
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(21) RETIRED GRADE.— 
(A) HIGHER GRADE AFTER 30 YEARS OF 
SERVICE: WARRANT
OFFICERS
AND
ENLISTED 
MEMBERS.—Section 9344 of such title is amend-
ed— 
(i) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or 
the Space Force’’ after ‘‘member of the Air 
Force’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b)— 
(I) in paragraphs (1) and (3), by 
inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 
‘‘Air Force’’ each place it appears; and 
(II) in paragraph (2), by insert-
ing ‘‘or the Regular Space Force’’ after 
‘‘Regular Air Force’’. 
(B) RESTORATION TO FORMER GRADE: RE-
TIRED WARRANT OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEM-
BERS.—Section 9345 of such title is amended by 
inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘member of 
the Air Force’’. 
(C) RETIRED LISTS.—Section 9346 of such 
title is amended— 
(i) in subsections (a) and (d), by in-
serting ‘‘or the Regular Space Force’’ after 
‘‘Regular Air Force’’;
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(ii) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting 
before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, or for 
commissioned officers of the Space Force 
other than of the Regular Space Force’’; and 
(iii) in subsections (b)(2) and (c), by 
inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air 
Force’’. 
(22) RECOMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY TO RE-
FLECT
ADVANCEMENT
ON
RETIRED
LIST.—Section 
9362(a) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 
(23) FATALITY
REVIEWS.—Section 9381(a) of 
such title is amended in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 
(d) TRAINING.— 
(1) MEMBERS OF AIR FORCE: DETAIL AS STU-
DENTS, OBSERVERS, AND
INVESTIGATORS
AT
EDU-
CATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, INDUSTRIAL
PLANTS, AND 
HOSPITALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9401 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and 
members of the Space Force’’ after ‘‘mem-
bers of the Air Force’’;
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(ii) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or 
the Regular Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular 
Air Force’’; 
(iii) in subsection (c),by inserting ‘‘or 
Reserve of the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Reserve 
of the Air Force’’; 
(iv) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘or 
the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’; and 
(v) in subsection (f)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘or the Regular 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air 
Force’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or the Space 
Force Reserve’’ after ‘‘the reserve com-
ponents of the Air Force’’. 
(B) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Subsection 
(c) of such section 9401 is further amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Reserve’s’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Reserve’’, 
(C) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
9401 is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘§ 9401. Members of Air Force and Space Force: detail 
as students, observers and investigators at 
educational 
institutions, 
industrial 
plants, and hospitals’’. 
(D) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 951 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 9401 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘9401. Members of Air Force and Space Force: detail as students, observers, and 
investigators at educational institutions, industrial plants, and 
hospitals.’’. 
(2) 
ENLISTED
MEMBERS
OF
AIR
FORCE: 
SCHOOLS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9402 of such 
title is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a)— 
(I) in the first sentence, by insert-
ing ‘‘and enlisted members of the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘members of the 
Air Force’’; and 
(II) in the third sentence, by in-
serting ‘‘and Space Force officers’’ 
after ‘‘Air Force officers’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or 
the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’ each 
place it appears.
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(B) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
9402 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 9402. Enlisted members Air Force or Space Force: 
schools’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 951 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 9402 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘9402. Enlisted members of Air Force or Space Force: schools.’’. 
(3) SERVICE SCHOOLS: LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR 
INSTRUCTORS.—Section 9406 of such title is amended 
by inserting ‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 
(4) DEGREE GRANTING AUTHORITY FOR UNITED 
STATES
AIR
FORCE
INSTITUTE
OF
TECHNOLOGY.— 
Section 9414(d)(1) of such title is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘needs of the Air 
Force’’. 
(5) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF 
TECHNOLOGY: ADMINISTRATION.—Section 9414b(a)(2) 
is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 
‘‘the Air Force’’ each place it appears; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 
the equivalent grade in the Space Force’’ after 
‘‘brigadier general’’.
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(6) COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE: 
ASSOCIATE DEGREES.—Section 9415 of such title is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a) in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘in the Air 
Force’’ and inserting ‘‘in the Department of the 
Air Force’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 
the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘other than’’ and all that follows through 
the end and inserting ‘‘other than the Air 
Force or the Space Force who are serving as 
instructors at Department of the Air Force 
training schools.’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by inserting 
‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 
(7) AIR FORCE ACADEMY ESTABLISHMENT; SU-
PERINTENDENT; FACULTY.—Section 9431(a) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘Air Force cadets’’ and 
inserting ‘‘cadets’’. 
(8) AIR FORCE ACADEMY SUPERINTENDENT; FAC-
ULTY: APPOINTMENT AND DETAIL.—Section 9433(a)
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of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 
(9) AIR FORCE ACADEMY PERMANENT PROFES-
SORS; DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9436 of such 
title is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a)— 
(I) in the first sentence, by insert-
ing ‘‘in the Air Force or the equivalent 
grade in the Space Force’’ after ‘‘colo-
nel’’; 
(II) in the second sentence, by in-
serting ‘‘and a permanent professor 
appointed from the Regular Space 
Force has the grade equivalent to the 
grade of colonel in the Regular Air 
Force’’ after ‘‘grade of colonel’’; and 
(III) in the third sentence, by in-
serting ‘‘in the Air Force or the equiva-
lent grade in the Space Force’’ after 
‘‘lieutenant colonel’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b)— 
(I) in the first sentence, ‘‘in the 
Air Force or the equivalent grade in
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the Space Force’’ after ‘‘colonel’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(II) in the second sentence, by in-
serting ‘‘and a person appointed from 
the Regular Space Force has the grade 
equivalent to the grade of colonel in the 
Regular Air Force’’ after ‘‘grade of 
colonel’’. 
(B) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Subsections 
(a) and (b) of such section 9436 are further 
amended by striking ‘‘he’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘such person’’. 
(10) CADETS: APPOINTMENT; NUMBERS, TERRI-
TORIAL DISTRIBUTION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9442 of such 
title is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Air Force Cadets’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘cadets’’; 
and 
(ii) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting 
‘‘or the Regular Space Force’’ after ‘‘Reg-
ular Air Force’’. 
(B) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—Subsection 
(b)(4) of such section 9442 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’.
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(11) CADETS: AGREEMENT TO SERVE AS OFFI-
CER.—Section 9448(a) of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 
the Regular Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air 
Force’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting before 
the semicolon the following: ‘‘or as a Reserve in 
the Space Force for service in the Space Force 
Reserve’’. 
(12) CADETS: ORGANIZATION; SERVICE; INSTRUC-
TION.—Section 9449 of such title is amended by strik-
ing subsection (d). 
(13) CADETS: HAZING.—Section 9452(c) of such 
title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘an Air Force cadet’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a cadet’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force’’. 
(14) CADETS: DEGREE
AND
COMMISSION
ON 
GRADUATION.—Section 9453(b) of such title is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or in the equivalent grade in 
the Regular Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’. 
(15) SUPPORT OF ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.—Sec-
tion 9462(c)(2) of such title is amended by striking
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‘‘personnel of the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘personnel 
of the Department of the Air Force’’. 
(16) SCHOOLS
AND
CAMPS: ESTABLISHMENT: 
PURPOSE.—Section 9481 of such title is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, the Space Force,’’ after 
‘‘members of the Air Force,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force Re-
serve’’ after ‘‘the Air Force Reserve’’. 
(17) SCHOOLS AND CAMPS: OPERATION.—Section 
9482 of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or the 
Regular Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (7), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 
(e) SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT.— 
(1) EQUIPMENT: BAKERIES, SCHOOLS, KITCHENS, 
AND MESS HALLS.—Section 9536 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 
‘‘the Air Force’’. 
(2) RATIONS.—Section 9561 of such title is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)—
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(i) in the first sentence, by inserting 
‘‘and the Space Force ration’’ after ‘‘the Air 
Force ration’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by inserting 
‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 
(3) CLOTHING.—Section 9562 of such title is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and members of the Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 
(4) CLOTHING: REPLACEMENT WHEN DESTROYED 
TO PREVENT CONTAGION.—Section 9563 of such title 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 
‘‘member of the Air Force’’. 
(5) COLORS, STANDARDS, AND GUIDONS OF DE-
MOBILIZED
ORGANIZATIONS: DISPOSITION.—Section 
9565 of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or the Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘organizations of the Air Force’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’.
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(6) UTILITIES: PROCEEDS FROM OVERSEAS OP-
ERATIONS.—Section 9591 of such title is amended by 
inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 
(7) QUARTERS: HEAT AND LIGHT.—Section 9593 
of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘and members 
of the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 
(8) AIR FORCE MILITARY HISTORY INSTITUTE: 
FEE
FOR
PROVIDING
HISTORICAL
INFORMATION
TO 
THE PUBLIC.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9594 of such 
title is amended— 
(i) in subsections (a) and (d), by in-
serting ‘‘Department of the’’ before ‘‘Air 
Force Military History’’ each place it ap-
pears; and 
(ii) in subsection (e)(1)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘Department of 
the’’ before ‘‘Air Force Military His-
tory’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘and the Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘materials of the Air 
Force’’. 
(B) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
9594 is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘§ 9594. Department of the Air Force Military History 
Institute: fee for providing historical in-
formation to the public’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 967 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 9594 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘9594. Department of the Air Force Military History Institute: fee for providing 
historical information to the public.’’. 
(9) SUBSISTENCE AND OTHER SUPPLIES: MEM-
BERS OF ARMED FORCES; VETERANS; EXECUTIVE OR 
MILITARY DEPARTMENTS AND EMPLOYEES; PRICES.— 
Section 9621 of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘and members of the Space Force’’ after 
‘‘the Air Force’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 
‘‘and officers of the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the 
Air Force’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’; 
(C) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’;
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(D) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or Ma-
rine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or 
Space Force’’; 
(E) in subsection (e)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 
after ‘‘the Air Force’’ the first place it ap-
pears; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force, 
respectively’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’ the sec-
ond place it appears; 
(F) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘or the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’; and 
(G) in subsection (h)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 
after ‘‘the Air Force’’ the first place it ap-
pears; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or members of the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘members of the Air 
Force’’. 
(10) RATIONS: 
COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS
IN 
FIELD.—Section 9622 of such title is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and commissioned officers of the Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘officers of the Air Force’’.
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(11) MEDICAL SUPPLIES: CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 
OF THE AIR FORCE.—Section 9624(a) of such title is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘air base’’ and inserting 
‘‘Air Force or Space Force military installa-
tion’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Air Force when’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Department of the Air Force when’’. 
(12) ORDNANCE PROPERTY: OFFICERS OF ARMED 
FORCES; CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF AIR FORCE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9625 of such 
title is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or 
the Space Force’’ after ‘‘officers of the Air 
Force’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the 
Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘the Department 
of the Air Force’’. 
(B) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘§ 9625. Ordnance property: officers of the armed 
forces; civilian employees of the Depart-
ment of the Air Force; American National 
Red 
Cross; 
educational 
institutions; 
homes for veterans’ orphans’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 969 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 9625 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘9625. Ordnance property: officers of the armed forces; civilian employees of the 
Department of the Air Force; American National Red Cross; 
educational institutions; homes for veterans’ orphans.’’. 
(13) SUPPLIES: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
Section 9627 of such title is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 
‘‘for the Air Force’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 
‘‘officer of the Air Force’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘air science and tactics’’ 
and inserting ‘‘science and tactics’’. 
(14) 
SUPPLIES: 
MILITARY
INSTRUCTION 
CAMPS.—Section 9654 of such title is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘an 
Air Force’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘air science and tactics’’ 
and inserting ‘‘science and tactics’’.
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(15) DISPOSITION
OF
EFFECTS
OF
DECEASED 
PERSONS
BY
SUMMARY
COURT-MARTIAL.—Section 
9712(a)(1) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 
(16) ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS: LAND FOR MO-
BILIZATION, TRAINING, SUPPLY BASE, OR AVIATION 
FIELD.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9771 of such 
title is amended in paragraph (2) by inserting 
‘‘or space mission-related facility’’ after ‘‘avia-
tion field’’. 
(B) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
9771 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 9771. Acceptance of donations: land for mobiliza-
tion, training, supply base, aviation field, 
or space mission-related facility’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 979 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 9771 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘9771. Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, 
aviation field, or space mission-related facility.’’. 
(17) ACQUISITION
AND
CONSTRUCTION: 
AIR 
BASES AND DEPOTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9773 of such 
title is amended—
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(i) in subsection (a)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘permanent air 
bases’’ and inserting ‘‘permanent Air 
Force and Space Force military instal-
lations’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘existing air 
bases’’ and inserting ‘‘existing installa-
tions’’; and 
(III) by inserting ‘‘or the Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘training of the Air 
Force’’; 
(ii) in subsections (b) and (c), by strik-
ing ‘‘air bases’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘installations’’; 
(iii) in subsection (b)(7), by inserting 
‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’; 
(iv) in subsection (c)— 
(I) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’; 
and 
(II) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by 
inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 
‘‘the Air Force’’ both places it appears; 
and
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(v) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘air 
base’’ and inserting ‘‘installation’’. 
(B) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
9773 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 9773. Acquisition and construction: installations 
and depots’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 979 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 9773 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘9773. Acquisition and construction: installations and depots.’’. 
(18) EMERGENCY
CONSTRUCTION: FORTIFICA-
TIONS.—Section 9776 of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘air base’’ and inserting ‘‘installation’’. 
(19) USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.—Section 9779 
of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘economy of the Air Force’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘support of the Air Force’’. 
(20) DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY AT MIS-
SILE
SITES.—Section 9781(a)(2) of such title is 
amended—
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
partment of the Air Force’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Air 
Force’’ the first two places it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘Department of the Air Force’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Air 
Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of the Air 
Force’’. 
(21) MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF REAL PROP-
ERTY.—Section 9782 of such title is amended in sub-
sections (c) and (d) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 
after ‘‘the Air Force’’ both places it appears. 
(22) SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS: REMISSION OR 
CANCELLATION
OF
INDEBTEDNESS
OF
MEMBERS.— 
Section 9837(a) of such title is amended by inserting 
‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘member of the Air 
Force’’. 
(23) FINAL
SETTLEMENT
OF
OFFICER’S
AC-
COUNTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9840 of such 
title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 
(B) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Such sec-
tion 9840 is further amended—
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(i) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘the officer’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘the officer’s’’. 
(24) PAYMENT OF SMALL AMOUNTS TO PUBLIC 
CREDITORS.—Section 9841 of such title is amended 
by inserting ‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘official of Air 
Force’’. 
(25) SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS OF LINE OFFI-
CERS.—Section 9842 of such title is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 
(f) SERVICE OF INCUMBENTS IN CERTAIN POSITIONS 
WITHOUT REAPPOINTMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The individual serving in a 
position under a provision of law specified in para-
graph (2) as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
may continue to serve in such position after that date 
without further appointment as otherwise provided by 
such provision of law, notwithstanding the amend-
ment of such provision of law by subsection (b). 
(2) PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The provisions of law 
specified in this paragraph are the provisions of title 
10, United States Code, as follows: 
(A) Section 9020, relating to the Inspector 
General of the Department of the Air Force.
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(B) Section 9036. relating to the Surgeon 
General of the Air Force. 
(C) Section 9037(a), relating to the Judge 
Advocate General of the Air Force. 
(D) Section 9037(d), relating to the Deputy 
Judge Advocate General of the Air Force. 
(E) Section 9039, relating to the Chief of 
Chaplains for the Air Force and the Space 
Force. 
SEC. 933. AMENDMENTS TO OTHER PROVISIONS OF TITLE 
10, UNITED STATES CODE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101(b)(13) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended in paragraph (13), by 
striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, 
or Space Force’’. 
(b) OTHER PROVISIONS OF SUBTITLE A.— 
(1) SPACE
FORCE I.—Subtitle A of title 10, 
United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), is 
further amended by striking ‘‘and Marine Corps’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, 
and Space Force’’ in the following provisions: 
(A) Section 116(a)(1) in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A). 
(B) Section 533(a)(2). 
(C) Section 646.
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(D) Section 661(a). 
(E) Section 712(a). 
(F) Section 717(c)(1). 
(G) Subsections (c) and (d) of section 741. 
(H) Section 743. 
(I) Section 1111(b)(4). 
(J) Subsections (a)(2)(A) and (c)(2)(A)(ii) 
of section 1143. 
(K) Section 1174(j). 
(L) Section 1463(a)(1). 
(M) Section 1566. 
(N) Section 2217(c)(2). 
(O) Section 2259(a). 
(P) Section 2640(j). 
(2) SPACE FORCE II.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Such subtitle is further 
amended by striking ‘‘Marine Corps,’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, Space 
Force,’’ in the following provisions: 
(i) Section 123(a). 
(ii) Section 172(a). 
(iii) Section 518. 
(iv) Section 747. 
(v) Section 749. 
(vi) Section 1552(c)(1).
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(vii) Section 2632(c)(2)(A). 
(viii) Section 2686(a). 
(ix) Section 2733(a). 
(B) HEADING.—The heading of section 747 
of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 747. Command: when different commands of Army, 
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space 
Force, and Coast Guard join’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 43 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 747 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘747. Command: when different commands of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 
Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard join.’’. 
(3) SPACE FORCE III.—Such subtitle is further 
amended by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space 
Force’’ in the following provisions: 
(A) Section 125(b). 
(B) Section 541(a). 
(C) Section 601(a). 
(D) Section 603(a). 
(E) Section 619(a). 
(F) Section 619a(a). 
(G) Section 624(c). 
(H) Section 625(b).
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(I) Subsections (a) and (d) of section 631. 
(J) Section 632(a). 
(K) Section 637(a)(2). 
(L) Section 638(a). 
(M) Section 741(d). 
(N) Section 771. 
(O) Section 772. 
(P) Section 773. 
(Q) Section 1123. 
(R) Section 1143(d). 
(S) Section 1174(a)(2). 
(T) Section 1251(a). 
(U) Section 1252(a). 
(V) Section 1253(a). 
(W) Section 1375. 
(X) Section 1413a(h). 
(Y) Section 1551. 
(Z) Section 1561(a). 
(AA) Section 1731(a)(1)(A)(ii). 
(BB) Section 2102(a). 
(CC) Section 2103a(a)(2). 
(DD) Section 2104(b)(5). 
(EE) Section 2107. 
(FF) Section 2421. 
(GG) Section 2631(a).
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(HH) Section 2787(a). 
(4) REGULAR SPACE FORCE I.—Such subtitle is 
further amended by striking ‘‘or Regular Marine 
Corps’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Regular 
Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force’’ in the fol-
lowing provisions: 
(A) Section 531(c). 
(B) Section 532(a) in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1). 
(C) Subsections (a)(1), (b)(1), and (f) of sec-
tion 533. 
(D) Section 633(a). 
(E) Section 634(a). 
(F) Section 635. 
(G) Section 636(a). 
(H) Section 647(c). 
(I) Section 688(b)(1). 
(J) Section 1181. 
(5) REGULAR SPACE FORCE II.—Such subtitle is 
further amended by striking ‘‘Regular Marine Corps,’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Regular Marine 
Corps, Regular Space Force,’’ in the following provi-
sions: 
(A) Section 505. 
(B) Section 506.
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(C) Section 508. 
(6) TRANSFER, ETC. OF
FUNCTIONS, POWERS, 
AND DUTIES.—Section 125(b) of such title, as amend-
ed by paragraph (3)(A), is further amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or 9062(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘9062(c), or 9081’’. 
(7) JOINT STAFF MATTERS.— 
(A) APPOINTMENT
OF
CHAIRMAN; GRADE 
AND RANK.—Section 152 of such title is amend-
ed— 
(i) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking 
‘‘or the Commandant of the Marine Corps’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Commandant of the Ma-
rine Corps, or the Chief of Space Oper-
ations’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘or, 
in the case of the Navy, admiral’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, in the case of the Navy, admiral, 
or, in the case of an officer of the Space 
Force, the equivalent grade,’’. 
(B) INCLUSION OF SPACE FORCE ON JOINT 
STAFF.—Section 155(a) of such title is amend-
ed— 
(i) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘the 
Space Force and’’ before ‘‘the Coast Guard’’;
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(ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 
the following new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) Officers of the Space Force assigned to serve on 
the Joint Staff shall be selected by the Chairman in a num-
ber that, to the extent practicable, bears the same proportion 
to the numbers of officers of the armed forces selected under 
paragraph (2) as the number of Regular members of the 
Space Force bears to the number of Regular members of 
the armed forces specified in that paragraph (with the Navy 
and the Marine Corps treated as a single armed force for 
purposes of this paragraph).’’. 
(8) ARMED FORCES POLICY COUNCIL.—Section 
171(a) of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (15), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (16), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(17) the Chief of Space Operations.’’. 
(9) JOINT
REQUIREMENTS
OVERSIGHT
COUN-
CIL.—Section 181(c)(1) of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
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‘‘(F) A Space Force officer in the grade 
equivalent to the grade of general in the Army, 
Air Force, or Marine Corps, or admiral in the 
Navy.’’. 
(10) UNFUNDED
PRIORITIES.—Section 222a(b) 
of such title is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) The Chief of Space Operations.’’. 
(11) THEATER
SECURITY
COOPERATION
EX-
PENSES.—Section 312(b)(3) of such title is amended 
by inserting ‘‘the Chief of Space Operations,’’ after 
‘‘the Commandant of the Marine Corps,’’. 
(12) WESTERN HEMISPHERE INSTITUTE.—Sec-
tion 343(e)(1)(E) of such title is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘for the Air Force’’. 
(13) ORIGINAL
APPOINTMENTS
OF
COMMIS-
SIONED OFFICERS.—Section 531(a) of such title is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and in 
the grades of ensign, lieutenant (junior grade), 
and lieutenant in the Regular Navy’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘in the grades of ensign, lieutenant (junior
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grade), and lieutenant in the Regular Navy, and 
in the equivalent grades in the Regular Space 
Force’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and in 
the grades of lieutenant commander, commander, 
and captain in the Regular Navy’’ and inserting 
‘‘in the grades of lieutenant commander, com-
mander, and captain in the Regular Navy, and 
in the equivalent grades in the Regular Space 
Force’’. 
(14) SERVICE CREDIT UPON ORIGINAL APPOINT-
MENT
AS
A
COMMISSIONED
OFFICER.—Section 
533(b)(2) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or 
captain in the Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘, captain in the 
Navy, or an equivalent grade in the Space Force’’. 
(15) SENIOR
JOINT
OFFICER
POSITIONS: REC-
OMMENDATIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.— 
Section 604(a)(1)(A) of such title is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and the name of at least one Space Force of-
ficer’’ after ‘‘Air Force officer’’. 
(16) 
FORCE
SHAPING
AUTHORITY.—Section 
647(a)(2) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘of that 
armed force’’.
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(17) MEMBERS: REQUIRED
SERVICE.—Section 
651(b) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘of his 
armed force’’. 
(18) CAREER FLEXIBILITY TO ENHANCE RETEN-
TION OF MEMBERS.—Section 710(c)(1) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘the armed force concerned’’ and 
inserting ‘‘an armed force’’. 
(19) SENIOR MEMBERS OF MILITARY STAFF COM-
MITTEE OF UNITED NATIONS.—Section 711 of such 
title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 
after ‘‘Air Force’’. 
(20) RANK: CHIEF OF SPACE OPERATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 743 of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘and the Commandant of 
the Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘the Com-
mandant of the Marine Corps, and the Chief of 
Space Operations’’. 
(B) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
743 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 743. Rank: Chief of Staff of the Army; Chief of 
Naval Operations; Chief of Staff of the Air 
Force; Commandant of the Marine Corps; 
Chief of Space Operations’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 43 of such title
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is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 743 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘743. Rank: Chief of Staff of the Army; Chief of Naval Operations; Chief of Staff 
of the Air Force; Commandant of the Marine Corps; Chief of 
Space Operations.’’. 
(21) UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE.— 
Chapter 47 of such title (the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice) is amended— 
(A) in section 822(a)(7) (article 22(a)(7)), 
by striking ‘‘Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Ma-
rine Corps, or the commanding officer of a cor-
responding unit of the Space Force’’; 
(B) in section 823(a) (article 23(a))— 
(i) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘Air Force base’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Air Force or Space 
Force military installation’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘or the Air 
Force’’ and inserting ‘‘the Air Force, 
or the Space Force’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or 
a corresponding unit of the Space Force’’ 
after ‘‘Air Force’’; and 
(C) in section 824(a)(3) (article 24(a)(3)), 
by inserting ‘‘or a corresponding unit of the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’.
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(22) SERVICE AS CADET OR MIDSHIPMAN NOT 
COUNTED
FOR
LENGTH
OF
SERVICE.—Section 
971(b)(2) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or Air 
Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, Air Force, or Space Force’’. 
(23) REFERRAL BONUS.—Section 1030(h)(3) of 
such title is amended by inserting ‘‘and the Space 
Force’’ after ‘‘concerning the Air Force’’. 
(24) RETURN TO ACTIVE DUTY FROM TEMPORARY 
DISABILITY.—Section 1211(a) of such title is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘or the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
the Air Force, or the Space Force’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or the Air Force, who’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Air Force, or the Space 
Force who’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or the Air Force, as’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Air Force, or the Space 
Force, as’’. 
(25) YEARS
OF
SERVICE.—Section 1405(c) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘or Air Force’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, Air Force, or Space Force’’.
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(26) RETIRED PAY BASE FOR PERSONS WHO BE-
CAME MEMBERS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 8, 1980.—Sec-
tion 1406 of such title is amended— 
(A) in the heading of subsection (e), by in-
serting ‘‘AND SPACE FORCE’’ after ‘‘AIR FORCE’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (i)(3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by redesignating clause (v) as 
clause (vi); and 
(II) by inserting after clause (iv) 
the following new clause (v): 
‘‘(v) Chief of Space Operations.’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by redesignating clause (v) as 
clause (vi); and 
(II) by inserting after clause (iv) 
the following new clause (v): 
‘‘(v) The senior enlisted advisor of the 
Space Force.’’. 
(27) SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
MILITARY 
PERSONNEL IN THE ACQUISITION FIELD.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1722a(a) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘and the Com-
mandant of the Marine Corps (with respect to
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the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, 
respectively)’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Commandant 
of the Marine Corps, and the Chief of Space Op-
erations (with respect to the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force, respec-
tively)’’. 
(B) CLARIFYING
AMENDMENT.—Such sec-
tion 1722a(a) is further amended by striking 
‘‘the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment’’. 
(28) 
SENIOR
MILITARY
ACQUISITION
ADVI-
SORS.—Section 1725(e)(1)(C) of such title is amended 
by inserting ‘‘and Space Force’’ before the period. 
(29) MILITARY FAMILY READINESS COUNCIL.— 
Section 1781a(b)(1) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Marine Corps, and Air Force’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Air Force, Marine Corps, and 
Space Force’’. 
(30) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SPE-
CIALLY SELECTED MEMBERS.—Section 2107 of such 
title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘or as a’’ and inserting 
‘‘, as a’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or as an officer in 
the equivalent grade in the Space Force’’ 
after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the 
reserve component of the armed force in 
which he is appointed as a cadet or mid-
shipman’’ and inserting ‘‘the reserve compo-
nent of an armed force’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘re-
serve component of that armed force’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘reserve com-
ponent of an armed force’’; and 
(C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘second 
lieutenant or ensign’’ and inserting ‘‘second lieu-
tenant, ensign, or an equivalent grade in the 
Space Force’’. 
(31) SPACE RAPID CAPABILITIES OFFICE.—Sec-
tion 2273a(d) of such title is amended by striking 
paragraph (3). 
(32) 
ACQUISITION-RELATED
FUNCTIONS
OF 
CHIEFS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—Section 2547(a) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘and the Com-
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mandant of the Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Chief of 
Space Operations’’. 
(33) AGREEMENTS RELATED TO MILITARY TRAIN-
ING, TESTING, AND OPERATIONS.—Section 2684a(i) of 
such title is amended by inserting ‘‘Space Force,’’ be-
fore ‘‘or Defense-wide activities’’ each place it ap-
pears. 
(c) PROVISIONS OF SUBTITLE B.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or Marine 
Corps’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Marine 
Corps, or Space Force’’ in the following provisions: 
(A) Section 7452(c). 
(B) Section 7621(d). 
(2) COMPUTATION OF YEARS OF SERVICE.—Sec-
tion 7326(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘or the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air Force, or 
the Space Force’’. 
(d) PROVISIONS OF SUBTITLE C.— 
(1) CADETS; HAZING.—Section 8464(f) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or 
Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or 
Space Force’’. 
(2) SALES PRICES.—
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 8802 of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘or the Air Force’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, the Air Force, or the Space 
Force’’. 
(B) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
8802 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 8802. Sales: members of Army, Air Force, and Space 
Force; prices’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 879 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 8802 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘8802. Sales: members of Army, Air Force, and Space Force; prices.’’. 
(3) SALES
TO
CERTAIN
VETERANS.—Section 
8803 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or the Ma-
rine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘the Marine Corps, or the 
Space Force’’. 
(4) SUBSISTENCE AND OTHER SUPPLIES.—Sec-
tion 8806(d) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or 
Air Force or Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘, Air 
Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force’’. 
(5) SCOPE
OF
CHAPTER
ON
PRIZE.—Section 
8851(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or the 
Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air Force, or the 
Space Force’’.
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SEC. 934. AMENDMENTS TO PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING 
TO PAY AND ALLOWANCES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by inserting 
‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’ each place it 
appears; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(C), by inserting ‘‘and the 
Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 
(b) BASIC PAY RATES.— 
(1) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—Footnote 2 of the 
table titled ‘‘COMMISSIONED OFFICERS’’ in sec-
tion 601(c) of the John Warner National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 
109–364; 37 U.S.C. 1009 note) is amended by insert-
ing after ‘‘Commandant of the Marine Corps,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Chief of Space Operations,’’. 
(2) ENLISTED
MEMBERS.—Footnote 2 of the 
table titled ‘‘ENLISTED MEMBERS’’ in section 
601(c) of the John Warner National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109– 
364; 37 U.S.C. 1009 note) is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘the senior enlisted advisor of the Space 
Force,’’.
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(c) 
PAY
GRADES: 
ASSIGNMENT
TO; 
GENERAL 
RULES.—Section 201(a) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) For the purpose’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), for the pur-
pose’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) For the purpose of computing their basic pay, 
commissioned officers of the Space Force are assigned to 
the pay grades in the table in paragraph (1) by grade or 
rank in the Air Force that is equivalent to the grade or 
rank in which such officers are serving in the Space Force.’’. 
(d) PAY OF SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS.—Section 
210(c) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (5): 
‘‘(5) The senior enlisted advisor of the Space 
Force.’’. 
(e) ALLOWANCES OTHER THAN TRAVEL AND TRANS-
PORTATION ALLOWANCES.— 
(1) PERSONAL MONEY ALLOWANCE.—Section 414 
of title 37, United States Code, is amended—
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(A) in subsection (a)(5), by inserting ‘‘Chief 
of Space Operations,’’ after ‘‘Commandant of the 
Marines Corps,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘the sen-
ior enlisted advisor of the Space Force,’’ after 
‘‘the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps,’’. 
(2) CLOTHING
ALLOWANCE: 
ENLISTED
MEM-
BERS.—Section 418(d) of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or Ma-
rine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or 
Space Force’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or the 
Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘the Marine Corps, 
or the Space Force’’. 
(f) TRAVEL
AND
TRANSPORTATION
ALLOWANCES: 
PARKING EXPENSES.—Section 481i(b) of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force’’. 
(g) LEAVE.— 
(1) ADDITION OF SPACE FORCE.—Chapter 9 of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marines Corps,’’ each place it 
appears in the following provisions: 
(A) Subsections (b)(1) and (e)(1) of section 
501.
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(B) Section 502(a). 
(C) Section 503(a). 
(2) ADDITION OF REGULAR SPACE FORCE.—Sec-
tion 501(b)(5)(C) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘or Regular Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Regular 
Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force’’. 
(3) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 9 of 
such title is further amended as follows: 
(A) In section 501(b)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘the member’s’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
member’’. 
(B) In section 502— 
(i) by striking ‘‘his designated rep-
resentative’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the Secretary’s designated rep-
resentative’’; 
(ii) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘he’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 
member’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (b), by striking 
‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the member’s’’. 
(h) ALLOTMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF PAY.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (a), (c), and (d) 
of section 701 of title 37, United States Code, are each 
amended by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Such section 701 
is further amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘his’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the officer’s’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘his’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the person’s’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘his pay, 
and if he does so’’ and inserting ‘‘the member’s 
pay, and if the member does so’’. 
(3) HEADING.—The heading of such section 701 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 701. Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 
Corps, and Space Force; contract sur-
geons’’. 
(4) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 13 of such title is amend-
ed by striking the item relating to section 701 and in-
serting the following new item: 
‘‘701. Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force; 
contract surgeons.’’. 
(i) FORFEITURE OF PAY.—
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(1) FORFEITURE
FOR
ABSENCE
FOR
INTEM-
PERATE USE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 802 of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or 
Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or 
Space Force’’. 
(B) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Such sec-
tion 802 is further amended by striking ‘‘his’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the mem-
ber’s’’. 
(2) 
FORFEITURE
WHEN
DROPPED
FROM 
ROLLS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 803 of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘or the Air Force’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, the Air Force, or the Space Force’’. 
(B) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
803 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 803. Commissioned officers of the Army, Air Force, 
or Space Force: forfeiture of pay when 
dropped from rolls’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 15 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 803 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘803. Commissioned officers of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force: forfeiture 
of pay when dropped from rolls.’’.
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(j) EFFECT ON PAY OF EXTENSION OF ENLISTMENT.— 
Section 906 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’. 
(k) ADMINISTRATION OF PAY.— 
(1) PROMPT PAYMENT REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1005 of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and 
of the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air Force, 
and the Space Force’’. 
(B) HEADING.—The heading of such section 
1005 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1005. Army, Air Force, and Space Force: prompt 
payments required’’. 
(C) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 15 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 803 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘1005. Army, Air Force, and Space Force: prompt payments required.’’. 
(2) DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1007 of such 
title is amended— 
(i) in subsections (b), (d), (f), and (g), 
by striking ‘‘or the Air Force’’ and inserting 
‘‘, the Air Force, or the Space Force’’; and
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(ii) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘or 
Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine 
Corps, or Space Force’’. 
(B) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Such sec-
tion 1007 is further amended— 
(i) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘him’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the member’’; 
(ii) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘his’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 
member’s’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (f)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘his’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the officer’s’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘he’’ both places 
it appears and inserting ‘‘the officer’’. 
SEC. 935. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PROVISIONS OF LAW 
ON VETERANS’ BENEFITS. 
(a) ADDITION OF SPACE SERVICE TO REFERENCES TO 
MILITARY, NAVAL, OR AIR SERVICE.—Title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or air service’’ and 
inserting ‘‘air, or space service’’ each place it appears in 
the following provisions: 
(1) Paragraphs (2), (5), (12), (16), (17), (18), 
(24), and (32) of section 101. 
(2) Section 105(a).
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(3) Section 106(b). 
(4) Section 701. 
(5) Paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 1101. 
(6) Section 1103. 
(7) Section 1110. 
(8) Subsections (b)(1) and (c)(1) of section 1112. 
(9) Section 1113(b). 
(10) Section 1131. 
(11) Section 1132. 
(12) Section 1133. 
(13) Section 1137. 
(14) Section 1141. 
(15) Section 1153. 
(16) Section 1301. 
(17) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 1302. 
(18) Section 1310(b). 
(19) Section 1521(j). 
(20) Section 1541(h). 
(21) Subsections (a)(2)(B) and (e)(3) of section 
1710. 
(22) Section 1712(a). 
(23) Section 1712A(c). 
(24) Section 1717(d)(1). 
(25) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 1720A. 
(26) Section 1720D(c)(3).
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(27) Section 1720E(a). 
(28) Section 1720G(a)(2)(B). 
(29) Subsections (b)(2), (e)(1), and (e)(4) of sec-
tion 1720I. 
(30) Section 1781(a)(3). 
(31) Section 1783(b)(1). 
(32) Section 1922(a). 
(33) Section 2002(b)(1). 
(34) Section 2101A(a)(1). 
(35) Subsections (a)(1)(C) and (d) of section 
2301. 
(36) Section 2302(a). 
(37) Section 2303(b)(2). 
(38) Subsections (b)(4)(A) and (g)(2) of section 
2306. 
(39) Section 2402(a)(1). 
(40) Section 3018B(a). 
(41) Section 3102(a)(1)(A)(ii). 
(42) Subsections (a) and (b)(2)(A) of section 
3103. 
(43) Section 3113(a). 
(44) Section 3501(a). 
(45) Section 3512(b)(1)(B)(iii). 
(46) Section 3679(c)(2)(A). 
(47) Section 3701(b)(2).
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(48) Section 3712(e)(2). 
(49) Section 3729(c)(1). 
(50) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
3901(1). 
(51) Subsections (c)(1)(A) and (d)(2)(B) of sec-
tion 5103A. 
(52) Section 5110(j). 
(53) Section 5111(a)(2)(A). 
(54) Section 5113(b)(3)(C). 
(55) Section 5303(e). 
(56) Section 6104(c). 
(57) Section 6105(a). 
(58) Subsections (a)(1) and (b)(3) of section 
6301. 
(59) Section 6303(b). 
(60) Section 6304(b)(1). 
(61) Section 8301. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) ARMED FORCES.—Paragraph (10) of section 
101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Air Force,’’. 
(2) 
SECRETARY
CONCERNED.—Paragraph 
(25)(C) of such section is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
the Space Force’’ before the semicolon.
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(3) SPACE FORCE RESERVE.—Paragraph (27) of 
such section is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 
through (G) as subparagraphs (F) through (H), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the 
following new subparagraph (E): 
‘‘(E) the Space Force Reserve;’’. 
(c) PLACEMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN MILITARY INSTAL-
LATIONS.—Section 701 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘and Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Air 
Force, and Space Force’’. 
(d) CONSIDERATION TO BE ACCORDED TIME, PLACE, 
AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF SERVICE.—Section 1154(b) of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or air or-
ganization’’ and inserting ‘‘air, or space organization’’. 
(e) PREMIUM PAYMENTS.—Section 1908 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘Space 
Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’. 
(f) SECRETARY CONCERNED FOR GI BILL.—Section 
3020(l)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ before the semicolon. 
(g) DEFINITIONS FOR POST-9/11 GI BILL.—Section 
3301(2)(C) of title 38,United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’.
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(h) PROVISION OF CREDIT PROTECTION AND OTHER 
SERVICES.—Section 5724(c)(2) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force’’. 
SEC. 936. AMENDMENTS TO OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE 
UNITED STATES CODE. 
(a) TITLE 5; DEFINITION OF ARMED FORCES.—Sec-
tion 2101(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’ the following: ‘‘Space 
Force,’’. 
(b) TITLE 14.— 
(1) VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT.—Section 2152 of 
title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or 
Space Force’’. 
(2) COMPUTATION
OF
LENGTH
OF
SERVICE.— 
Section 2513 of such title is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘Air Force,’’ the following: ‘‘Space Force,’’. 
(c) TITLE 18; FIREARMS AS NONMAILABLE.—Section 
1715 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘Space Force,’’ 
after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’. 
(d) TITLE 31.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS RELATING TO CLAIMS.—Section 
3701(a)(7) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’.
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(2) COLLECTION
AND
COMPROMISE.—Section 
3711(f) of such title is amended in paragraphs (1) 
and (3) by inserting ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine 
Corps,’’ each place it appears. 
(e) TITLE 41; HONORABLE DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE 
IN LIEU OF BIRTH CERTIFICATE.—Section 6309(a) of title 
41, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘Space 
Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’. 
(f) TITLE 51; POWERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN 
PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS.—Section 20113(l) of title 
51, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘SERV-
ICES’’ and inserting ‘‘FORCES’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and Marine Corps’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Marine Corps, and Space Force’’. 
SEC. 937. APPLICABILITY TO OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW. 
(a) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AUTHORITY.—The au-
thority of the Secretary of Defense with respect to the Air 
Force or members of the Air Force under any covered provi-
sion of law may be exercised by the Secretary with respect 
to the Space Force or members of the Space Force. 
(b) SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE AUTHORITY.—The 
authority of the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to 
the Air Force or members of the Air Force under any cov-
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ered provision of law may be exercised with respect to the 
Space Force or members of the Space Force. 
(c) BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS.—A member of the Space 
Force shall be eligible for any benefit under a covered provi-
sion of law that is available to a member of the Air Force 
under the same terms and conditions as the provision of 
law applies to members of the Air Force. 
(d) COVERED PROVISION OF LAW DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘covered provision of law’’ means a provi-
sion of law other than a provision of title 5, 10, 14, 18, 
31, 37, 38, 41, or 51, United States Code. 
PART II—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 941. MATTERS RELATING TO RESERVE COMPONENTS 
FOR THE SPACE FORCE. 
(a) LIMITATION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF SPACE NA-
TIONAL GUARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Space National Guard 
may not be established as a reserve component of the 
Space Force until the Secretary of Defense certifies in 
writing, to the congressional defense committees that 
a Space National Guard is the organization best suit-
ed to discharge in an effective and efficient manner 
the missions intended to be assigned to the Space Na-
tional Guard.
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(2) BASIS
FOR
CERTIFICATION.—The certifi-
cation must be based on the results of a study con-
ducted for purposes of this subsection by the Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve 
Affairs. 
(3) 
PROPOSED
MISSIONS.—The 
certification 
shall include a description of each mission proposed 
to be assigned to the Space National Guard in con-
nection with the certification. 
(b) SPACE FORCE RESERVE.— 
(1) INCLUSION WITHIN SPACE FORCE.—Section 
9081(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘, including the Regular Space Force 
and the Space Force Reserve,’’ after ‘‘space forces’’. 
(2) 
NAMED
RESERVE
COMPONENT.—Section 
10101 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (8); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (7): 
‘‘(7) The Space Force Reserve.’’. 
(3) COMPOSITION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 1003 of such 
title is amended—
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(i) by redesignating section 10114 as 
section 10115; and 
(ii) by inserting after section 10113 the 
following new section 10114: 
‘‘§ 10114. Space Force Reserve: composition 
‘‘The Space Force Reserve is a reserve component of 
the Space Force to provide a reserve for active duty. It con-
sists of the members of the officers’ section of the Space 
Force Reserve and of the enlisted section of the Space Force 
Reserve.’’. 
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 1003 of such 
title is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 10114 and inserting the following new 
items: 
‘‘10114. Space Force Reserve: composition. 
‘‘10115. Coast Guard Reserve.’’. 
(4) SPACE FORCE RESERVE COMMAND.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 1006 of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 10175. Space Force Reserve Command 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMAND.—The Secretary 
of the Air Force, with the advice and assistance of the Chief 
of Space Operations, shall establish a Space Force Reserve
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Command. The Space Force Reserve Command shall be op-
erated as a separate command of the Space Force. 
‘‘(b) COMMANDER.—The Chief of Space Force Reserve 
is the Commander of the Space Force Reserve Command. 
The commander of the Space Force Reserve Command re-
ports directly to the Chief of Space Operations. 
‘‘(c) ASSIGNMENT OF FORCES.—The Secretary of the 
Air Force— 
‘‘(1) shall assign to the Space Force Reserve 
Command all forces of the Space Force Reserve sta-
tioned in the continental United States other than 
forces assigned to the unified combatant command for 
special operations forces established pursuant to sec-
tion 167 of this title; and 
‘‘(2) except as otherwise directed by the Secretary 
of Defense in the case of forces assigned to carry out 
functions of the Secretary of the Air Force specified 
in section 9013 of this title, shall assign to the com-
batant commands all such forces assigned to the 
Space Force Reserve Command under paragraph (1) 
in the manner specified by the Secretary of Defense.’’. 
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 1006 of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘10175. Space Force Reserve Command.’’.
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(c) MILITARY PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.—Any au-
thority in title 10, United States Code, may be applied to 
a member of the Space Force Reserve in the same manner 
as such authority is applied to a similarly situated member 
of the Air Force Reserve. In the application of such author-
ity to a member of the Space Force Reserve, any reference 
to a grade of a member of in the Air Force or Air Force 
Reserve shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent grade in 
the Space Force or Space Force Reserve. 
(d) REPORT ON INTEGRATION OF SPACE FORCE RE-
SERVE INTO LAW.—Not later than 270 days 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 or Representatives a report setting forth the 
amendments to title 10, United States Code, and any other 
laws, necessary to fully integrate the Space Force Reserve 
into statutory authorities on the personnel, activities, mis-
sions, and management of the Space Force. 
SEC. 942. TRANSFERS OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PER-
SONNEL TO THE SPACE FORCE. 
(a) PROHIBITION
ON INVOLUNTARY TRANSFER.—A 
member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the 
Department of Defense may not be transferred to the mili-
tary or civilian part of the Space Force, as the case may 
be, without the consent of such member or employee.
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(b) STATUS WITHIN SPACE FORCE UPON TRANS-
FER.—Any member of the Armed Forces or civilian em-
ployee of the Department of Defense who is transferred to 
the Space Force shall, after transfer, have the status of 
member or civilian employee, as the case may be, of the 
Space Force. 
(c) DETAIL OR ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) PERMANENT NATURE OF DETAIL OR ASSIGN-
MENT.—The detail or assignment of any member of 
the Armed Forces to the Space Force on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act shall be permanent, 
and shall be treated as a transfer to which subsection 
(b) applies. 
(2) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NATURE.—Any mem-
ber undergoing a detail or assignment described in 
paragraph (1) shall execute a written acknowledg-
ment, before undergoing such detail or assignment, of 
the permanent nature of the detail or assignment by 
reason of paragraph (1). 
SEC. 943. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF MILITARY INSTAL-
LATIONS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE 
SPACE FORCE. 
(a) LIMITATION.—A military installation (whether or 
not under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Air 
Force) may not be transferred to the jurisdiction or com-
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mand of the Space Force until the Secretary of the Air 
Force briefs the congressional defense committees on the re-
sults of a business case analysis, conducted by the Secretary 
in connection with the transfer, of the cost and efficacy of 
the transfer. 
(b) TIMING OF BRIEFING.—The briefing on a business 
case analysis conducted pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
provided not later than 15 days after the date of the comple-
tion of the business case analysis by the Secretary. 
SEC. 944. CLARIFICATION OF PROCUREMENT OF COMMER-
CIAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERV-
ICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 963 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting before section 9532 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 9531. Procurement of commercial satellite commu-
nications services 
‘‘The Secretary of the Air Force shall be responsible 
for the procurement of commercial satellite communications 
services for the Department of Defense.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 963 of such title is amended by insert-
ing before the item relating to section 9532 the following 
new item: 
‘‘9531. Procurement of commercial satellite communications services.’’.
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SEC. 945. TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM AUTHORIZED 
DAILY AVERAGE OF MEMBERS IN PAY GRADES 
E–8 AND E–9. 
Section 517 of title 10, United States Code, shall not 
apply to the Space Force until October 1, 2023. 
SEC. 946. APPLICATION OF ACQUISITION DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT 
TO 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
AIR 
FORCE EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO ACQUISI-
TION POSITIONS WITHIN THE SPACE FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 81 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 1599i. Application of acquisition demonstration 
project to Department of the Air Force em-
ployees assigned to acquisition positions 
within the Space Force 
‘‘For purposes of the demonstration project authorized 
by section 1762 of this title, the Secretary of Defense may 
apply the provisions of such section, including any regula-
tions, procedures, waivers, or guidance implementing such 
section, to employees of the Department of the Air Force 
assigned to acquisition positions within the Space Force.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item:
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‘‘1599i. Application of acquisition demonstration project to Department of the Air 
Force employees assigned to acquisition positions within the 
Space Force.’’. 
SEC. 947. AIR AND SPACE FORCE MEDAL. 
(a) SUPERSEDURE OF AIRMAN’S MEDAL WITH AIR 
AND SPACE FORCE MEDAL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9280 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Airman’s Medal’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Air and Space 
Force Medal’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘or 
the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 
(2) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such sec-
tion is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 9280. Air and Space Force Medal: award; limita-
tions’’. 
(3) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 937 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 9280 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘9280. Air and Space Force Medal: award; limitations.’’. 
(b) DIFFERENTIATION
IN DESIGN.—The President 
shall ensure that the design of the Air and Space Force 
Medal and accompanying ribbon (and any related bar or 
device) awarded under section 9280 of title 10, United 
States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), differs in an
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appropriate manner from the design of the Airman’s Medal 
and accompanying ribbon, bar, or device awarded under 
section 9280 of title 10, United States Code, as such section 
was in effect on the date before the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Subtitle D—Organization and Man-
agement of Other Department of 
Defense Offices and Elements 
SEC. 951. ANNUAL REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD 
OPERATING AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 134 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 2245 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2246. Establishment of field operating agencies: an-
nual report 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
January 31 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on each, 
if any, field operating agency established during the pre-
ceding year. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include, for each field operating agency covered by 
such report, the following: 
‘‘(1) The name of such agency. 
‘‘(2) The physical location of such agency.
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‘‘(3) The title and grade (whether military or ci-
vilian) of the head of such agency. 
‘‘(4) The chain of command, supervision, or au-
thority through which the head of such agency reports 
to the Office of the Secretary of Defense or the mili-
tary department or Armed Forces headquarters, as 
applicable. 
‘‘(5) The mission of such agency. 
‘‘(6) The number of personnel authorized to be 
assigned to such agency, and the number of such au-
thorizations encumbered by military personnel and 
civilian employees of the Department of Defense or 
military department, as applicable. 
‘‘(7) The purpose underlying the establishment of 
such agency. 
‘‘(8) Any cost savings or other efficiencies that 
have accrued, or are anticipated to accrue, to the De-
partment of Defense or any of its components in con-
nection with the establishment and operation of such 
agency.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 134 of such title 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2245 the following new item: 
‘‘2246. Establishment of field operating agencies: annual report.’’.
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SEC. 952. BRIEFING ON ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES ON ACTIVE DUTY TO THE 
JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, with appropriate rep-
resentatives of the Armed Forces, shall brief the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives on the feasibility and the current status of as-
signing members of the Armed Forces on active duty to the 
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) of the Depart-
ment of Defense. The briefing shall include an assessment 
of such assignment on each of the following: 
(1) The strengthening of ties between the Joint 
Artificial Intelligence Center and operational forces 
for purposes of— 
(A) identifying tactical and operational use 
cases for artificial intelligence (AI); 
(B) improving data collection; and 
(C) establishing effective liaison between the 
Center and operational forces for identification 
and clarification of concerns in the widespread 
adoption and dissemination of artificial intel-
ligence.
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(2) The creation of opportunities for additional 
non-traditional broadening assignments for members 
on active duty. 
(3) The career trajectory of active duty members 
so assigned, including potential negative effects on ca-
reer trajectory. 
(4) The improvement and enhancement of the ca-
pacity of the Center to influence Department-wide 
policies that affect the adoption of artificial intel-
ligence. 
SEC. 953. THREATS TO UNITED STATES FORCES FROM 
SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS WORLD-
WIDE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) United States military forces face an ever in-
creasing and constantly evolving threat from small 
unmanned aerial systems in operations worldwide, 
whether in the United States or abroad. 
(2) The Department of Defense is already doing 
important work to address the threats from small un-
manned aerial systems worldwide, though the need for 
engagement in that area continues. 
(b) EXECUTIVE AGENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army is 
the executive agent of the Department of Defense for
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programs, projects, and activities to counter small 
unmanned aerial systems (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems 
Program’’). 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Secretary 
as executive agent shall be as follows: 
(A) To develop the strategy required by sub-
section (c). 
(B) To carry out such other activities to 
counter threats to United States forces worldwide 
from small unmanned aerial systems as the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of the Army 
consider appropriate. 
(3) STRUCTURE.—The Secretary as executive 
agent shall carry out the functions specified in para-
graph (2) through such administrative structures as 
the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(c) STRATEGY TO COUNTER THREATS FROM SMALL 
UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Army, as executive agent for the Counter-Small Un-
manned Aerial Systems Program, shall develop and submit 
to relevant committees of Congress a strategy for the Armed 
Forces to effectively counter threats from small unmanned
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aerial systems worldwide. The report shall be submitted in 
classified form. 
(d) REPORT ON EXECUTIVE AGENT ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Army, as executive agent for the 
Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Program, 
shall submit to Congress a report on the Counter- 
Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Program. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description and assessment of the 
structure and activities of the executive agent as 
established and put in place by the Secretary, 
including the following: 
(i) Any obstacles hindering the effective 
discharge of its functions and activities, in-
cluding limitations in authorities or policy. 
(ii) The changes, if any, to airspace 
management, rules of engagement, and 
training plans that are required in order to 
optimize the use by the Armed Forces of 
counter-small unmanned aerial systems. 
(B) An assessment of the implementation of 
the strategy required by subsection (c), and a de-
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scription of any updates to the strategy that are 
required in light of evolving threats to the Armed 
Forces from small unmanned aerial systems. 
(e) REPORT ON THREAT FROM SMALL UNMANNED 
AERIAL SYSTEMS.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the submittal of the strategy required by 
subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
that sets forth a direct comparison between the threats 
United States forces in combat settings face from 
small unmanned aerial systems and the capabilities 
of the United States to counter such threats. The re-
port shall be submitted in classified form. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall prepare 
the report required by paragraph (1) in coordination 
with the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency 
and with such other appropriate officials of the intel-
ligence community, and such other officials in the 
United States Government, as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(3) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An evaluation and assessment of the 
current and evolving threat being faced by
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United States forces from small unmanned aer-
ial systems. 
(B) A description of the counter-small un-
manned aerial system systems acquired by the 
Department of Defense as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act, and an assessment whether 
such systems are adequate to meet the current 
and evolving threat described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(4) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
(f) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF COUNTER-SMALL 
UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS PROGRAM.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the submittal of the strategy required by subsection 
(c), the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into 
a contract with a Federally funded research and de-
velopment center to conduct an assessment of the effi-
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cacy of the Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems 
Program. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The assessment conducted pur-
suant to paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An identification of metrics to assess 
progress in the implementation of the strategy 
required by subsection (c), which metrics shall 
take into account the threat assessment required 
for purposes of subsection (e). 
(B) An assessment of progress, and key 
challenges, in the implementation of the strategy 
using such metrics, and recommendations for 
improvements in the implementation of the 
strategy. 
(C) An assessment of the extent to which the 
Department of Defense is coordinating ade-
quately with other departments and agencies of 
the United States Government, and other appro-
priate entities, in the development and procure-
ment of counter-small unmanned aerial systems 
for the Department. 
(D) An assessment of the extent to which the 
designation of the Secretary of the Army as exec-
utive agent for the Counter-Small Unmanned 
Aerial 
Systems 
Program 
has 
reduced
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redundancies and increased efficiencies in pro-
curement of counter-small unmanned aerial sys-
tems. 
(E) An assessment whether United States 
technological progress on counter-small un-
manned aerial systems is sufficient to maintain 
a competitive edge over the small unmanned aer-
ial systems technology available to United States 
adversaries. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
entry into the contract referred to in paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report setting forth the results of the as-
sessment required under the contract. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this division for fiscal year 
2021 between any such authorizations for that fiscal 
year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of au-
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thorizations so transferred shall be merged with and 
be available for the same purposes as the authoriza-
tion to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), the total amount of authorizations that the 
Secretary may transfer under the authority of this 
section may not exceed $4,000,000,000. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR TRANSFERS BETWEEN MILI-
TARY
PERSONNEL
AUTHORIZATIONS.—A transfer of 
funds between military personnel authorizations 
under title IV shall not be counted toward the dollar 
limitation in paragraph (2). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) to transfer authorizations— 
(1) may only be used to provide authority for 
items that have a higher priority than the items from 
which authority is transferred; and 
(2) may not be used to provide authority for an 
item that has been denied authorization by Congress. 
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority 
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred 
by an amount equal to the amount transferred.
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(d) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 1002. APPLICATION OF FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT AND 
AUDIT REMEDIATION PLAN TO FISCAL YEARS 
FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
Section 240b(a)(2)(A)(iii) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2018’’ and 
all that follows and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year after fis-
cal year 2020 occurs by not later than March 31 following 
such fiscal year;’’. 
SEC. 1003. INCENTIVES FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT BY THE 
COMPONENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE OF UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINIONS ON 
THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 
(a) INCENTIVES REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Comptroller) shall, acting through the 
Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the Department of De-
fense, develop and issue guidance to incentivize the achieve-
ment by each department, agency, and other component of 
the Department of Defense of unqualified audit opinions on 
their financial statements. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall sub-
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mit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report set-
ting forth a description and assessment of current and pro-
posed incentives for the achievement of unqualified audit 
opinions as described in subsection (a). 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on the Budget, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on the Budget, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives. 
Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities 
SEC. 1011. CODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT TASK 
FORCES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 
CONDUCTING 
COUNTERTERRORISM 
OR 
COUNTER-TRANSNATIONAL 
ORGANIZED 
CRIME ACTIVITIES. 
(a) CODIFICATION
OF SECTION 1022 OF FY 2004 
NDAA.—Chapter 15 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end a new section 285 consisting 
of— 
(1) a heading as follows:
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‘‘§ 285. Authority for joint task forces to support law 
enforcement agencies conducting counter-
terrorism or counter-transnational orga-
nized crime activities’’; and 
(2) a text consisting of the text of section 1022 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2004 (10 U.S.C. 271 note). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH 
CODIFICATION.—Section 285 of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘During fiscal 
years 2006 through 2022, funds for drug interdiction’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Funds for drug interdiction’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘of each year 
in which the authority in subsection (a) is in effect’’ 
and inserting ‘‘each year’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking the para-
graph designation and all that follows through 
‘‘Support’’ in paragraph (2)(A) and inserting 
‘‘(1) Support’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
paragraph (2); and 
(C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and
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(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of title 
10, United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘of this 
title’’; and 
(B) by striking the second paragraph (2). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 15 of such title is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘285. Authority for joint task forces to support law enforcement agencies con-
ducting counterterrorism or counter-transnational organized 
crime activities.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 1022 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 is 
repealed. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and 
Shipyards 
SEC. 1021. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE 
USED VESSELS WITH FUNDS IN THE NA-
TIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND. 
Section 2218(f)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (G); and 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (E).
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SEC. 1022. WAIVER DURING WAR OR THREAT TO NATIONAL 
SECURITY OF RESTRICTIONS ON OVERHAUL, 
REPAIR, OR MAINTENANCE OF VESSELS IN 
FOREIGN SHIPYARDS. 
Section 8680 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection: (c) 
‘‘(c) WAIVER.—(1) The Secretary of the Navy may 
waive the restrictions in subsections (a) and (b) for the du-
ration of a period of threat to the national security interests 
of the United States upon a written determination by the 
Secretary that such a waiver is necessary in the national 
security interest of the United States. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 15 days after making a determina-
tion under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide to 
the congressional defense committees a written notification 
on the determination. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘period of threat to 
the national security interests of the United States’ means 
the following: 
‘‘(A) A period of war. 
‘‘(B) Any other period determined by Secretary 
of Defense in which the national security interests of
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the United States are threatened by the application, 
or the imminent danger of application, of physical 
force by any foreign government or agency against the 
United States, citizens of the United States, the prop-
erty of citizens of the United States, or the commer-
cial interests of citizens of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 1023. MODIFICATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY ON PRO-
HIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RETIRE-
MENT OF CERTAIN LEGACY MARITIME MINE 
COUNTERMEASURE PLATFORMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1046(b)(1) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public law 
115–91; 131 Stat. 1556) is amended by striking ‘‘certifies’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, with the concurrence of the Director of 
Operational Test and Evaluation, certifies in writing’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and shall apply with respect to waivers under 
subsection (b)(1) of section 1046 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 of the prohibition 
under subsection (a) of that section that occur on or after 
that date.
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SEC. 1024. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REIMBURSE-
MENT OF EXPENSES FOR CERTAIN NAVY 
MESS OPERATIONS AFLOAT. 
Section 1014(b) of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4585), as most recently amended by sec-
tion 1023(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 966), is 
further amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 1025. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACTIONS NECESSARY 
TO ACHIEVE A 355-SHIP NAVY. 
It is the sense of Congress that to achieve the national 
policy of the United States to have available, as soon as 
practicable, not fewer than 355 battle force ships— 
(1) the Navy must be adequately resourced to in-
crease the size of the Navy in accordance with the na-
tional policy, which includes the associated ships, air-
craft, personnel, sustainment, and munitions; 
(2) across fiscal years 2021 through 2025, the 
Navy should start construction on not fewer than— 
(A) 12 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers; 
(B) 10 Virginia-class submarines; 
(C) 2 Columbia-class submarines; 
(D) 3 San Antonio-class amphibious ships; 
(E) 1 LHA-class amphibious ship;
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(F) 6 John Lewis-class fleet oilers; and 
(G) 5 guided missile frigates; 
(3) new guided missile frigate construction 
should increase to a rate of between two and four 
ships per year once design maturity and construction 
readiness permit; 
(4) the Columbia-class submarine program 
should be funded with additions to the Navy budget 
significantly above the historical average, given the 
critical single national mission that these vessels will 
perform and the high priority of the shipbuilding 
budget for implementing the National Defense Strat-
egy; 
(5) stable shipbuilding rates of construction 
should be maintained for each vessel class, utilizing 
multi-year or block buy contract authorities when ap-
propriate, until a deliberate transition plan is identi-
fied; and 
(6) prototyping of potential new shipboard sub-
systems should be accelerated to build knowledge sys-
tematically, and, to the maximum extent practicable, 
shipbuilding prototyping should occur at the sub-
system-level in advance of ship design.
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Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
SEC. 1031. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS 
DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STA-
TION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO THE 
UNITED STATES. 
Section 1033 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115– 
232; 132 Stat. 1953), as amended by section 1043 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(Public Law 116–92), is further amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
SEC. 1032. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
TO CLOSE OR RELINQUISH CONTROL OF 
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA-
NAMO BAY, CUBA. 
Section 1036 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 
1551), as most recently amended by section 1045 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Pub-
lic Law 116–92), is further amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2018, 2019, or 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2018 
through 2021’’.
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SEC. 1033. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS 
DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STA-
TION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES. 
Section 1035 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115– 
232; 132 Stat. 1954), as amended by section 1042 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(Public Law 116–92), is further amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
SEC. 1034. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
TO CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN 
THE UNITED STATES TO HOUSE DETAINEES 
TRANSFERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL 
STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
Section 1034(a) of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232; 132 Stat. 1954), as amended by section 1044 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2020 (Public Law 116–92), is further amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’.
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Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 
Authorities and Limitations 
SEC. 1041. INCLUSION OF DISASTER-RELATED EMERGENCY 
PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES AMONG LAW EN-
FORCEMENT ACTIVITIES AUTHORITIES FOR 
SALE OR DONATION OF EXCESS PERSONAL 
PROPERTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) INCLUSION.—Subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 2576a 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘disaster-related emergency preparedness,’’ after ‘‘counter-
terrorism,’’. 
(b) PREFERENCE IN TRANSFERS.—Subsection (d) of 
such section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) PREFERENCE
FOR CERTAIN TRANSFERS.—In 
considering applications for the transfer of personal prop-
erty under this section, the Secretary shall give a preference 
to applications indicating that the transferred property will 
be used in the counterdrug, counterterrorism, disaster-re-
lated emergency preparedness, or border security activities 
of the recipient agency. Applications that request vehicles 
used for disaster-related emergency preparedness, such as 
high-water rescue vehicles, should receive the highest pref-
erence.’’.
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SEC. 1042. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE CLANDESTINE ACTIVITIES THAT 
SUPPORT OPERATIONAL PREPARATION OF 
THE ENVIRONMENT. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to subsections (b) through 
(d), the Secretary of Defense may expend up to $15,000,000 
in any fiscal year for clandestine activities for any purpose 
the Secretary determines to be proper for preparation of 
the environment for operations of a confidential nature. 
Such a determination is final and conclusive upon the ac-
counting officers of the United States. The Secretary may 
certify the amount of any such expenditure authorized by 
the Secretary that the Secretary considers advisable not to 
specify, and the Secretary’s certificate is sufficient voucher 
for the expenditure of that amount. 
(b) FUNDS.—Funds for expenditures under this section 
in a fiscal year shall be derived from amounts authorized 
to be appropriated for that fiscal year for operation and 
maintenance, Defense-wide. 
(c) LIMITATION ON DELEGATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense may not delegate the authority under this section 
with respect to any expenditure in excess of $100,000. 
(d) EXCLUSION OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—This section does not con-
stitute authority to conduct, or expend funds for, in-
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telligence, counterintelligence, or intelligence-related 
activities. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms 
‘‘intelligence’’ and ‘‘counterintelligence’’ have the 
meaning given those terms in section 3 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than December 31 
each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on expenditures 
made under this section during the fiscal year preceding 
the year in which the report is submitted. Each report shall 
include, for each expenditure under this section during the 
fiscal year covered by such report— 
(1) the amount and date of such expenditure; 
(2) a detailed description of the purpose for 
which such expenditure was made; 
(3) an explanation why other authorities avail-
able to the Department of Defense could not be used 
for such expenditure; and 
(4) any other matters the Secretary considers ap-
propriate.
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SEC. 1043. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF MILITARY 
COMMISSIONS UNDER CHAPTER 47A OF TITLE 
10, UNITED STATES CODE, TO PUNISH CON-
TEMPT. 
(a) CLARIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 47A 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 949o–1. Contempt 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO PUNISH.—(1) With respect to any 
proceeding under this chapter, a judicial officer specified 
in paragraph (2) may punish for contempt any person 
who— 
‘‘(A) uses any menacing word, sign, or gesture in 
the presence of the judicial officer during the pro-
ceeding; 
‘‘(B) disturbs the proceeding by any riot or dis-
order; or 
‘‘(C) willfully disobeys a lawful writ, process, 
order, rule, decree, or command issued with respect to 
the proceeding. 
‘‘(2) A judicial officer referred to in paragraph (1) is 
any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Any judge of the United States Court of 
Military Commission Review.
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‘‘(B) Any military judge detailed to a military 
commission or any other proceeding under this chap-
ter. 
‘‘(b) PUNISHMENT.—The punishment for contempt 
under subsection (a) may not exceed confinement for 30 
days, a fine of $1,000, or both. 
‘‘(c) REVIEW.—(1) A punishment under this section— 
‘‘(A) is not reviewable by the convening author-
ity of a military commission under this chapter; 
‘‘(B) if imposed by a military judge, shall con-
stitute a judgment, subject to review in the first in-
stance only by the United States Court of Military 
Commission Review and then only by the United 
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
Circuit; and 
‘‘(C) if imposed by a judge of the United States 
Court of Military Commission Review, shall con-
stitute a judgment of the court subject to review only 
by the United States Court of Appeals for the District 
of Columbia Circuit. 
‘‘(2) In reviewing a punishment for contempt imposed 
under this section, the reviewing court shall affirm such 
punishment unless the court finds that imposing such pun-
ishment was an abuse of the discretion of the judicial officer 
who imposed such punishment.
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‘‘(3) A petition for review of punishment for contempt 
imposed under this section shall be filed not later than 60 
days after the date on which the authenticated record upon 
which the contempt punishment is based and any contempt 
proceedings conducted by the judicial officer are served on 
the person punished for contempt. 
‘‘(d) PUNISHMENT NOT CONVICTION.—Punishment for 
contempt is not a conviction or sentence within the meaning 
of section 949m of this title. The imposition of punishment 
for contempt is not governed by other provisions of this 
chapter applicable to military commissions, except that the 
Secretary of Defense may prescribe procedures for contempt 
proceedings and punishments, pursuant to the authority 
provided in section 949a of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of subchapter IV of such chap-
ter is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item: 
‘‘949o–1. Contempt.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 950t of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (31); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (32) as para-
graph (31). 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The amendments made 
by subsections (a) and (b) shall not be construed to affect
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the lawfulness of any punishment for contempt adjudged 
prior to the effective date of such amendments. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to conduct 
by a person that occurs on or after such date. 
SEC. 1044. PROHIBITION ON ACTIONS TO INFRINGE UPON 
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF PEACEABLE 
ASSEMBLY AND PETITION FOR REDRESS OF 
GRIEVANCES. 
Amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
shall not be used for any program, project, or activity, or 
any use of personnel, to conduct actions against United 
States citizens that infringe upon their rights under the 
First Amendment to the Constitution peaceably to assemble 
and/or to petition the Government for a redress of griev-
ances. 
SEC. 1045. ARCTIC PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOP-
MENT. 
(a) ARCTIC PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense and 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall begin 
planning and implementing such changes as may be 
necessary for requirements, training, equipment, doc-
trine, and capability development of the Armed
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Forces should an expanded role of the Armed Forces 
in the Arctic be determined by the Secretary to be in 
the national security interests of the United States. 
(2) TRAINING.—In carrying out paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall direct the Armed Forces to carry 
out training in the Arctic or training relevant to car-
rying out military operations in the Arctic. 
(b) ARCTIC RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If pursuant to subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Defense determines that an expanded 
role for the Armed Forces is in the national security 
interests of the United States, the Secretary shall es-
tablish a research and development program on the 
current and future requirements and needs of the 
Armed Forces for operations in the Arctic. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The program required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Development of materiel solutions for 
operating in extreme weather environments of 
the Arctic, including equipment for individual 
members of the Armed Forces, ground vehicles, 
and communications systems. 
(B) Development of a plan for fielding fu-
ture weapons platforms able to operate in Arctic
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conditions for surface combatants, submarines, 
aviation platforms, assault craft unit connectors, 
auxiliaries, littoral craft, unmanned aerial vehi-
cles, and any other systems that may be needed 
in the Arctic. 
(C) Development of capabilities to monitor, 
assess, and predict environmental and weather 
conditions in the Arctic and their effect on mili-
tary operations. 
(D) Determining requirements for logistics 
and sustainment of the Armed Forces operating 
in the Arctic. 
SEC. 1046. CONSIDERATION OF SECURITY RISKS IN CER-
TAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE 
FOR FUTURE OVERSEAS BASING DECISIONS 
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
The Secretary of Defense shall take into account the 
security risks of 5G and 6G telecommunications network 
architecture, including the use of telecommunications equip-
ment provided by at-risk vendors such as Huawei Tech-
nologies Company, Ltd., and the Zhongxing Telecommuni-
cations Equipment Corporation (ZTE), in all future over-
seas stationing decisions of the Department of Defense, in-
cluding—
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(1) security risks from threats to operational and 
information security of United States military per-
sonnel and equipment; and 
(2) the sufficiency of potential mitigation by the 
Department and the host nation concerned of such se-
curity risks, including through cost-sharing agree-
ments related to such mitigation. 
SEC. 1047. FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING PROGRAMS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Secure United States Bases Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE DEFENSE COMMITTEES.—The 
term ‘‘appropriate defense committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—The term ‘‘covered 
individuals’’ means any foreign national (except for-
eign nationals of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, 
and the United Kingdom who have been granted a se-
curity clearance that is reciprocally accepted by the 
United States for access to classified information) 
who—
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(A) is seeking physical access to a Depart-
ment of Defense installation or facility within 
the United States; and 
(B)(i) is selected, nominated, or accepted for 
training or education for a period of more than 
30 days occurring on a Department of Defense 
installation or facility within the United States; 
or 
(ii) is an immediate family member accom-
panying any foreign national who has been se-
lected, nominated, or accepted for such training 
or education. 
(3) IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
MEMBER.—The term 
‘‘immediate family member’’ means— 
(A) spouse; 
(B) parents and stepparents; 
(C) siblings, stepsiblings, and half-siblings; 
and 
(D) children and stepchildren. 
(4) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United States’’ 
means the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Guam. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF VETTING PROCEDURES; MONI-
TORING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN MILITARY TRAIN-
ING.—
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(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
VETTING
PROCE-
DURES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall establish procedures to 
vet covered individuals for eligibility for physical 
access to Department of Defense installations 
and facilities within the United States, includ-
ing— 
(i) biographic and biometric screening 
of covered individuals; 
(ii) continuous review of whether cov-
ered individuals should continue to be au-
thorized such physical access; 
(iii) biographic checks of the covered 
individual’s immediate family members; 
and 
(iv) any other measures that the Sec-
retary of Defense determines appropriate for 
vetting. 
(B) INFORMATION
REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall identify the information 
required to conduct the vetting. 
(C) COLLECTION
OF
INFORMATION.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall—
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(i) collect information to vet individ-
uals under the procedures established under 
this subsection; and 
(ii) as required for the effective imple-
mentation of this section, shall seek to enter 
into agreements with the relevant Federal 
departments and agencies to facilitate the 
sharing of information in the possession of 
such departments and agencies concerning 
the covered individuals. 
(2) DETERMINATION AUTHORITY.— 
(A) REVIEW.—The results of vetting— 
(i) will be reviewed within the Depart-
ment of Defense by an organization with an 
assigned security and counterintelligence 
mission; and 
(ii) will be the basis for that organiza-
tion’s recommendation regarding whether 
physical access should be authorized by the 
appropriate authority. 
(B) EFFECT OF DENIAL.—If the organiza-
tion recommends that a covered individual not 
be authorized physical access to Department of 
Defense installations and facilities within the 
United States, such physical access may only be
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authorized for such covered individual by the 
Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of 
Defense. 
(C) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall be notified of any covered individuals who 
are not authorized physical access based on the 
results of the vetting under this subsection. 
(3) ADDITIONAL SECURITY MEASURES.—Begin-
ning on the date that is 181 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall— 
(A) ensure that all Department of Defense 
Common Access Cards issued to foreign nationals 
in the United States— 
(i) comply with the credentialing 
standards issued by the Office of Personnel 
Management; and 
(ii) include a visual indicator, as re-
quired by the standard developed by the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology; 
(B) ensure that physical access by covered 
individuals is limited, as appropriate, to De-
partment of Defense installations or facilities 
within the United States that are directly associ-
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ated with their training or education or nec-
essary to access authorized benefits; 
(C) establish a policy regarding the posses-
sion of firearms on Department of Defense prop-
erty by covered individuals; and 
(D) ensure that covered individuals who 
have been granted physical access are incor-
porated into the Department of Defense Insider 
Threat Program. 
(4) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall notify the appropriate congressional committees 
of the establishment of the procedures required under 
paragraph (1). 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall provide a briefing to the appropriate con-
gressional committees regarding the establishment of 
any Department of Defense policy or guidance related 
to the implementation of this section. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees regarding the impact and effects of 
this section, including—
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(A) any positive or negative impacts on the 
training of foreign military students; 
(B) the effectiveness of the vetting proce-
dures implemented in preventing harm to United 
States military personnel or communities; 
(C) how any of the negative impacts have 
been mitigated; and 
(D) a proposed plan to mitigate any ongo-
ing negative impacts to the vetting and training 
of foreign military students by the Department 
of Defense. 
SEC. 1048. REPORTING OF ADVERSE EVENTS RELATING TO 
CONSUMER PRODUCTS ON MILITARY INSTAL-
LATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall en-
sure that any adverse event related to a consumer product 
that occurs on a military installation is reported on the 
internet website saferproducts.gov. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADVERSE EVENT.—The term ‘‘adverse event’’ 
means— 
(A) any event that indicates that a con-
sumer product— 
(i) fails to comply with an applicable 
consumer product safety rule or with a vol-
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untary consumer product safety standard 
upon which the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission has relied under section 9 of 
the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
U.S.C. 2058); 
(ii) fails to comply with any other 
rule, regulation, standard, or ban under 
that Act or any other Act enforced by the 
Commission; 
(iii) contains a defect which could cre-
ate a substantial product hazard described 
in section 15(a)(2) of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2064(a)(2)); or 
(iv) creates an unreasonable risk of se-
rious injury or death; or 
(B) any other harm described in subsection 
(b)(1)(A) of section 6A of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2055a) and required to be 
reported in the database established under sub-
section (a) of that section. 
(2) CONSUMER PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘consumer 
product’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
3 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2052).
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SEC. 1049. INCLUSION OF UNITED STATES NAVAL SEA 
CADET CORPS AMONG YOUTH AND CHARI-
TABLE ORGANIZATIONS AUTHORIZED TO RE-
CEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL 
GUARD. 
Section 508(d) of title 32, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as para-
graph (15); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (14): 
‘‘(14) The United States Naval Sea Cadet 
Corps.’’. 
SEC. 1050. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY FOR THE 
REGULATION OF DANGEROUS DOGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
through the Veterinary Service Activity of the Department 
of Defense, shall establish a standardized policy applicable 
across all military communities for the regulation of dan-
gerous dogs that is— 
(1) breed-neutral; and 
(2) consistent with advice from professional vet-
erinary and animal behavior experts in regard to ef-
fective regulation of dangerous dogs. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall prescribe regulations implementing the policy 
established under subsection (a). 
(2) BEST
PRACTICES.—The regulations pre-
scribed under paragraph (1) shall include strategies, 
for implementation within all military communities, 
for the prevention of dog bites that are consistent with 
the following best practices: 
(A) Enforcement of comprehensive, non- 
breed-specific regulations relating to dangerous 
dogs, with emphasis on identification of dan-
gerous dog behavior and chronically irresponsible 
owners. 
(B) Enforcement of animal control regula-
tions, such as leash laws and stray animal con-
trol policies. 
(C) Promotion and communication of re-
sources for pet spaying and neutering. 
(D) Investment in community education 
initiatives, such as teaching criteria for pet selec-
tion, pet care best practices, owner responsibil-
ities, and safe and appropriate interaction with 
dogs.
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(c) MILITARY COMMUNITIES DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘military communities’’ means— 
(1) all installations of the Department; and 
(2) all military housing, including privatized 
military housing under subchapter IV of chapter 169 
of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 1051. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE BASING OF KC–46A 
AIRCRAFT 
OUTSIDE 
THE 
CONTIGUOUS 
UNITED STATES. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the 
Air Force, as part of the strategic basing process for KC– 
46A aircraft at installations outside the contiguous United 
States (OCONUS), should— 
(1) consider the benefits derived from basing such 
aircraft at locations that— 
(A) support day-to-day air refueling oper-
ations, operations plans of multiple combatant 
commands, and flexibility for contingency oper-
ations; 
(B) have— 
(i) a strategic location that is essential 
to the defense of the United States and its 
interests;
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(ii) receivers for boom or probe-and- 
drogue combat training opportunities with 
joint and international partners; and 
(iii) sufficient airfield and airspace 
availability and capacity to meet require-
ments; 
(C) possess facilities that take full advan-
tage of existing infrastructure to provide— 
(i) runway, hangars, and aircrew and 
maintenance operations; and 
(ii) sufficient fuel receipt, storage, and 
distribution for 5-day peacetime operating 
stock; and 
(D) minimize overall construction and oper-
ational costs; 
(2) prioritize United States responsiveness and 
flexibility to continued long-term great power com-
petition and other major threats, as outlined in the 
2017 National Security Strategy and the 2018 Na-
tional Defense Strategy; and 
(3) take into account the advancement of adver-
sary weapons systems, with respect to both capacity 
and range.
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SEC. 1052. EFFICIENT USE OF SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED 
INFORMATION FACILITIES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall issue revised 
guidance authorizing and directing Government agencies 
and their appropriately cleared contractors to process, store, 
use, and discuss sensitive compartmented information 
(SCI) at facilities previously approved to handle such infor-
mation, without need for further approval by agency or by 
site. Such guidance shall apply to controlled access pro-
grams of the intelligence community and to special access 
programs of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 1053. ASSISTANCE FOR FARMER AND RANCHER 
STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH OF INDIVID-
UALS IN RURAL AREAS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) according to the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, the suicide rate is 45 percent greater 
in rural areas of the United States than the suicide 
rate in urban areas of the United States; 
(2) farmers face social isolation, the potential for 
financial losses, barriers to seeking mental health
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services, and access to lethal means to commit suicide; 
and 
(3) as commodity prices fall and farmers face 
uncertainty, reports of farmer suicides are increasing. 
(c) PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT CAMPAIGN TO 
ADDRESS FARM AND RANCH MENTAL HEALTH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
shall carry out a public service announcement cam-
paign to address the mental health of farmers and 
ranchers. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The public service an-
nouncement campaign under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude television, radio, print, outdoor, and digital 
public service announcements. 
(3) CONTRACTOR.—The Secretary may enter into 
a contract or other agreement with a third party to 
carry out the public service announcement campaign 
under paragraph (1). 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this subsection $3,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
(d) EMPLOYEE
TRAINING
PROGRAM
TO
MANAGE 
FARMER AND RANCHER STRESS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of the Department 
of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
6912 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 224B. EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROGRAM TO MANAGE 
FARMER AND RANCHER STRESS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
voluntary program to train employees of the Farm Service 
Agency, the Risk Management Agency, and the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service in the management of stress 
experienced by farmers and ranchers, including the detec-
tion of stress and suicide prevention. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date on which the Secretary submits a report on the 
results of the pilot program being carried out by the Sec-
retary as of the date of enactment of this section to train 
employees of the Department in the management of stress 
experienced by farmers and ranchers, and based on the rec-
ommendations contained in that report, the Secretary shall 
develop a training program to carry out subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not less frequently than once every 2 
years, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a re-
port describing the implementation of this section.’’.
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(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Subtitle A of the Department of Agri-
culture Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended 
by redesignating section 225 (7 U.S.C. 6925) as 
section 224A. 
(B) Section 296(b) of the Department of Ag-
riculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
7014(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(11) The authority of the Secretary to carry out 
section 224B.’’. 
(e) TASK FORCE FOR ASSESSMENT OF CAUSES OF 
MENTAL STRESS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR RESPONSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convene a 
task force of agricultural and rural stakeholders at the 
national, State, and local levels— 
(A) to assess the causes of mental stress in 
farmers and ranchers; and 
(B) to identify best practices for responding 
to that mental stress. 
(2) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the task 
force convened under paragraph (1) shall submit to 
the Secretary a report containing the assessment and
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best practices under subparagraphs (A) and (B), re-
spectively, of that paragraph. 
(3) COLLABORATION.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the task force convened under paragraph (1) 
shall collaborate with nongovernmental organizations 
and State and local agencies. 
SEC. 1054. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON 
THE TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE PROPERTY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ACTIVITIES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL TRAINING
OF RECIPIENT AGENCY 
PERSONNEL
REQUIRED.—Subsection (b)(6) of section 
2576a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including 
respect for the rights of citizens under the Constitution of 
the United States and de-escalation of force’’. 
(b) CERTAIN PROPERTY NOT TRANSFERRABLE.—Such 
section is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection (e): 
‘‘(d) PROPERTY NOT TRANSFERRABLE.—The Sec-
retary may not transfer to a Tribal, State, or local law 
enforcement agency under this section the following:
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‘‘(1) Bayonets. 
‘‘(2) Grenades (other than stun and flash-bang 
grenades). 
‘‘(3) Weaponized tracked combat vehicles. 
‘‘(4) Weaponized drones.’’. 
Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 
SEC. 1061. REPORT ON POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO CER-
TAIN MILITARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 1, 
2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report setting forth the re-
sults of a review and assessment, obtained by the Sec-
retary for purposes of the report, of the potential ef-
fects on the military education provided by the edu-
cational institutions of the Department of Defense 
specified in subsection (b) of the actions described in 
subsection (c). 
(2) CONDUCTING
ORGANIZATION.—The review 
and assessment required for purposes of the report 
shall be performed by an organization selected by the 
Secretary from among organizations independent of
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the Department that have expertise in the analysis of 
matters in connection with higher education. 
(b) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
OF
THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE.—The educational institutions of the 
Department of Defense specified in this subsection are the 
following: 
(1) The senior level service schools and inter-
mediate level service schools (as such terms are de-
fined in section 2151(b) of title 10, United States 
Code). 
(2) The Air Force Institute of Technology. 
(3) The National Defense University. 
(4) The Joint Special Operations University. 
(5) The Army Armament Graduate School. 
(6) Any other military educational institution of 
the Department specified by the Secretary for pur-
poses of this section. 
(c) ACTIONS.—The actions described in this subsection 
with respect to the educational institutions of the Depart-
ment of Defense specified in subsection (b) are the following: 
(1) Modification of admission and graduation 
requirements. 
(2) Expansion of use of case studies in curricula 
for professional military education.
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(3) Reduction or expansion of degree-granting 
authority. 
(4) Reduction or expansion of the acceptance of 
research grants. 
(5) Reduction of the number of attending stu-
dents generally. 
(6) Modification of military personnel career 
milestones in order to prioritize instructor positions. 
(7) Increase in educational and performance re-
quirements for military personnel selected to be in-
structors. 
(8) Expansion of ‘‘visiting’’ or ‘‘adjunct’’ fac-
ulty. 
(9) Modification of civilian faculty management 
practices, including employment practices. 
(10) Reduction of the number of attending stu-
dents through the sponsoring of education of an in-
creased number of students at non-Department of De-
fense institutions of higher education. 
(11) Modification of enlisted personnel manage-
ment and career milestones to increase attendance at 
non-Department of Defense institutions of higher edu-
cation
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(d) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—In addition to the mat-
ters described in subsection (a), the review and report under 
this section shall also include the following: 
(1) A comparison of admission standards and 
graduation requirements of the educational institu-
tions of the Department of Defense specified in sub-
section (b) with admission standards and graduation 
requirements of public and private institutions of 
higher education that are comparable to the edu-
cational institutions of the Department of Defense. 
(2) A comparison of the goals and missions of 
the educational institutions of the Department of De-
fense specified in subsection (b) with the goals and 
missions of such public and private institutions of 
higher education. 
(3) Any other matters the Secretary considers 
appropriate for purposes of this section. 
(e) JCS EVALUATION OF REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT.— 
Not later than 90 days after the date on which the report 
required by subsection (a) is submitted to Congress, the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall, in consultation 
with the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report setting forth any evalua-
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tion by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the review and assess-
ment covered by the report under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1062. REPORTS ON STATUS AND MODERNIZATION OF 
THE NORTH WARNING SYSTEM. 
(a) REPORT ON STATUS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the status of the North Warning 
System. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description and assessment of the sta-
tus and operational integrity of the infrastruc-
ture of the North Warning System. 
(B) An assessment of the technology cur-
rently used by the North Warning System com-
pared with the technology considered necessary 
by the Commander of the North American Aero-
space Defense Command to detect current and 
anticipated threats. 
(C) An assessment of the infrastructure and 
ability of the Alaska Radar System to integrate 
into the broader North Warning System.
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(D) An assessment of the ability of the 
North Warning System to integrate with current 
and anticipated space-based sensor platforms. 
(b) REPORT ON PLAN FOR MODERNIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report setting forth a plan for the modernization of 
the capabilities provided by the current North Warn-
ing System. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) A detailed timeline for the moderniza-
tion of the North Warning System based on the 
status of the system as reported pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
(B) The technological advancements nec-
essary for ground-based North Warning System 
sites to address current and anticipated threats 
(as specified by the Commander of the North 
American Aerospace Defense Command). 
(C) An assessment of the number of future 
North Warning System sites required in order to 
address current and anticipated threats (as so 
specified).
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(D) Any new or complementary technologies 
required to accomplish the mission of the North 
Warning System. 
(E) The cost and schedule, by year, of the 
plan. 
SEC. 1063. STUDIES ON THE FORCE STRUCTURE FOR MA-
RINE CORPS AVIATION. 
(a) STUDIES REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall provide for performance of three studies on the force 
structure for Marine Corps aviation through 2030. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITY FOR STUDIES.—One of the three 
studies performed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be per-
formed by each of the following: 
(1) The Secretary of the Navy, in consultation 
with the Commandant of the Marine Corps. 
(2) An appropriate Federally funded research 
and development center (FFRDC), as selected by the 
Secretary for purposes of this section. 
(3) An appropriate organization described in 
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 which is exempt from taxation under section 
501(a) of such code, as selected by the Secretary for 
purposes of this section. 
(c) PERFORMANCE.—
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(1) INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE.—Each study 
performed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be per-
formed independently of each other such study, 
(2) MATTERS
TO
BE
CONSIDERED.—In per-
forming a study pursuant to subsection, the officer or 
entity performing the study take into account, within 
the context of the current force structure for Marine 
Corps aviation, the following: 
(A) The 2018 National Defense Strategy 
and the 2018 National Military Strategy. 
(B) The Marine Corps Force Design 2030. 
(C) Potential roles and missions for Marine 
Corps aviation given new operating concepts for 
the Marine Corps. 
(D) The potential for increased require-
ments for survivable and dispersed strike air-
craft. 
(E) The potential for increased require-
ments for tactical or intratheater lift, amphib-
ious lift, or surface connectors. 
(d) STUDY RESULTS.—The results of each study per-
formed pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The various force structures for Marine Corps 
aviation through 2030 considered under such study,
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together with the assumptions and possible scenarios 
identified for each such force structure. 
(2) A recommendation for the force structure for 
Marine Corps aviation through 2030, including the 
following in connection with such force structure: 
(A) Numbers and type of aviation assets, 
numbers and types of associated unmanned as-
sets, and basic capabilities of each such asset. 
(B) A description and assessment of the de-
viation of such force structure from the most re-
cent Marine Corps Aviation Plan. 
(C) Any other information required for as-
sessment of such force structure, including sup-
porting analysis. 
(3) A presentation and discussion of minority 
views among participants in such study. 
(e) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2021, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report setting forth the re-
sults of each study performed pursuant to subsection 
(a). 
(2) FORM.—The report under this subsection 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex.
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SEC. 1064. STUDY ON UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF FEMALE 
VETERANS WHO SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY IN 
THE ARMED FORCES AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, 
2001. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, shall 
conduct a study on why Post-9/11 Veterans who are 
female are at higher risk of unemployment than all 
other groups of female veterans and their non-veteran 
counterparts. 
(2) CONDUCT OF STUDY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct the study under paragraph (1) primarily 
through the Center for Women Veterans under 
section 318 of title 38, United States Code. 
(B) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the 
study conducted under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary may consult with— 
(i) other Federal agencies, such as the 
Department of Defense, the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, and the Small Busi-
ness Administration; 
(ii) foundations; and
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(iii) entities in the private sector. 
(3) ELEMENTS OF STUDY.—The study conducted 
under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to 
Post-9/11 Veterans who are female, at a minimum, 
an analysis of the following: 
(A) Rank at time of separation from the 
Armed Forces. 
(B) Geographic location upon such separa-
tion. 
(C) Educational level upon such separation. 
(D) The percentage of such veterans who en-
rolled in an education or employment training 
program of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
or the Department of Labor after such separa-
tion. 
(E) Industries that have employed such vet-
erans. 
(F) Military occupational specialties avail-
able to such veterans. 
(G) Barriers to employment of such vet-
erans. 
(H) Causes to fluctuations in employment 
of such veterans. 
(I) Current employment training programs 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the De-
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partment of Labor that are available to such vet-
erans. 
(J) Economic indicators that impact unem-
ployment of such veterans. 
(K) Health conditions of such veterans that 
could impact employment. 
(L) Whether there are differences in the 
analyses conducted under subparagraphs (A) 
through (K) based on the race of such veteran. 
(M) The difference between unemployment 
rates of Post-9/11 Veterans who are female com-
pared to unemployment rates of Post-9/11 Vet-
erans who are male, including an analysis of po-
tential causes of such difference. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
completing the study under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ 
Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on 
such study. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) The analyses conducted under sub-
section (a)(3).