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(2) OTHER
INFORMATION.—The information 
described in paragraphs (2) through (5) of sub-
section (c) may be submitted in classified form. 
(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDEPENDENT RISK AS-
SESSMENTS.—Each independent risk assessment re-
quired by subsection (c)(5) shall be submitted in 
unaltered format. 
SEC. 915. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
THE ARMY PENDING SUBMITTAL OF PLAN ON 
THE PROPOSED INTEGRATION OF THE JOINT 
MUNITIONS 
COMMAND 
AND 
THE 
ARMY 
SUSTAINMENT COMMAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2026 for the Army may be obligated or ex-
pended to restructure the Joint Munitions Command and 
the Army Sustainment Command (referred to in this sec-
tion collectively as the ‘‘Commands’’) until the Secretary 
of the Army submits to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
regarding the proposed plan of the Secretary to integrate 
the Commands. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following:
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(1) A detailed comparison of the old organiza-
tional structures of the Commands compared with 
the proposed new integration construct for such or-
ganizational structures, including any changes to re-
porting chains, leadership roles, and workforce. 
(2) The planned timeline for implementation of 
such integration. 
(3) Any plans for changing the numbers, duty 
locations, or responsibilities of personnel under the 
Commands. 
(4) A mission justification for the proposed in-
tegration. 
(5) An assessment of the short-term and long- 
term impacts of the proposed integration on the 
readiness of the Army and the Department of De-
fense to conduct the missions of the Commands and 
the plan of the Army for mitigating those impacts. 
SEC. 916. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO REDUCE IN RANK 
THE BILLETS OF THE COMMANDING OFFI-
CERS OF CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS 
OF THE AIR FORCE. 
(a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Air Force 
may not reduce the rank of the billet of the commanding 
officer of a military installation, described in subsection 
(b), below O-7, until 90 days after such Secretary submits
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to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives a report described in subsection 
(c). 
(b) MILITARY INSTALLATION DESCRIBED.—A mili-
tary installation described in this subsection— 
(1) is the home station of more than one wing 
of the Air Force, regardless of component; 
(2) is a training site for pilots of an armed 
force of an ally or partner country; and 
(3) contains a national test and training range. 
(c) REPORT.—A report described in this subsection 
shall include an explanation of how the Secretary decided 
to make a reduction described in subsection (a), taking 
into consideration— 
(1) cost, workload, and workforce requirements; 
and 
(2) operational effect. 
SEC. 917. DETERMINATION OF LEAD ORGANIZATION RE-
SPONSIBLE FOR APPROVAL AND VALIDATION 
OF CERTAIN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS 
AND COMPONENTS. 
(a) DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall determine— 
(1) whether the Defense Innovation Unit should 
continue to be the organization within the Depart-
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ment of Defense with primary responsibility for the 
execution of the Blue UAS Cleared List and the 
Blue UAS Framework (collectively referred to in 
this section as the ‘‘Blue UAS Initiatives’’); or 
(2) whether another organization within the De-
partment should assume primary responsibility for 
executing the Blue UAS Initiatives. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—In making the 
determination required under subsection (a), the Secretary 
of Defense shall— 
(1) conduct a thorough analysis of the Blue 
UAS Initiatives as executed by the Defense Innova-
tion Unit at the time of the determination; 
(2) assess whether the Unit, as of the time of 
the determination, has adequate resources and capa-
bilities (including personnel, funding, and authori-
ties) to effectively scale and execute the Initiatives 
across the Department of Defense; and 
(3) identify one or more other organizations 
within the Department of Defense that could more 
effectively scale and execute the Initiatives across 
the Department. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
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shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port that includes— 
(1) the Secretary’s final determination under 
subsection (a); 
(2)(A) in the event the Secretary determines 
that the Defense Innovation Unit should continue to 
have primary responsibility for the Blue UAS Initia-
tives as described in subsection (a)(1), a strategy for 
providing the Unit with any additional resources (in-
cluding funding, personnel, and authorities) needed 
for the Unit to effectively execute and scale the Ini-
tiatives across the Department of Defense; or 
(B) in the event the Secretary determines that 
another organization within the Department should 
assume primary responsibility administering and 
executing the Initiatives as described in subsection 
(a)(2), a plan with milestones for transferring the 
Initiatives (including all associated funding, per-
sonnel, and authorities) from the Unit to such other 
organization; and 
(3) a strategy for decreasing unit costs for plat-
forms under the Initiatives, including— 
(A) benchmarks to assess progress in re-
ducing the cost of secure unmanned aircraft 
system end products; and
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(B) a timeline for meeting such cost reduc-
tion goals. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—Following the submittal of 
the report required under subsection (c), the Secretary of 
Defense shall commence implementation of the resourcing 
strategy described in subsection (c)(2)(A) or the transfer 
plan described in subsection (c)(2)(B) (as the case may 
be). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Blue UAS Cleared List’’ means 
the initiative executed by the Defense Innovation 
Unit (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) 
pursuant to which the Unit maintains a list of ap-
proved small unmanned aircraft systems that— 
(A) are validated as cyber-secure and safe 
to fly; and 
(B) comply with applicable requirements 
of— 
(i) section 848 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 4871 
note); 
(ii) section 817(b) of the James M. 
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act
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for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 
263; 10 U.S.C. 4871 note); and 
(iii) the American Security Drone Act 
of 2023 (subtitle B of title XVIII of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 41 
U.S.C. note prec. 3901)). 
(2) The term ‘‘Blue UAS Framework’’ means 
the initiative executed by the Defense Innovation 
Unit (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) 
pursuant to which the Unit validates unmanned air-
craft system components, subcomponents, modules, 
and software for use by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 918. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ADVISORY SUB-
COMMITTEE 
TO 
REVIEW 
TECHNOLOGIES, 
PROCESSES, AND INVESTMENT RELATED TO 
COMBINED JOINT ALL-DOMAIN COMMAND 
AND CONTROL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
may establish a subcommittee (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘Subcommittee’’) under the board of advisors es-
tablished pursuant to section 233 of the William M. (Mac) 
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note)
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to review technologies to achieve combined joint all-domain 
command and control. 
(b) MEMBERS.—The Subcommittee shall consist of a 
subset of the members of the board of advisors described 
in subsection (a). 
(c) AREAS OF REVIEW.—The Subcommittee may re-
view: 
(1) Processes for integrating joint effects chains 
to support priority operational challenges. 
(2) Data architectures, including potential roles 
for artificial intelligence and machine learning tech-
nologies. 
(3) Methods for achieving a platform-agnostic 
joint common operating picture through data acces-
sibility, interoperability, and integration into com-
batant command workflows, to assist the incorpora-
tion of commercial communications technologies. 
(4) Networking technologies, including potential 
roles for artificial intelligence and machine learning. 
(5) Enterprise and edge cloud technologies. 
(6) Interoperability technologies, including soft-
ware programs like the System-of-Systems Tech-
nology Integration Tool Chain for Heterogeneous 
Electronic Systems (commonly referred to as 
‘‘STITCHES’’).
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(7) Interoperability technologies to integrate ve-
hicles out of the Replicator project with relevant bat-
tle networks. 
(8) Any other matters determined relevant by 
the Secretary of Defense. 
(d) TERMINATION.—The Subcommittee shall termi-
nate on December 31, 2029. 
SEC. 919. ELIGIBILITY OF CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 
BUREAU FOR APPOINTMENT AS CHAIRMAN 
OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. 
Section 152(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, 
as amended by section 911 of this title, is further amended 
by striking ‘‘or the Commandant of the Coast Guard’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Commandant of the Coast Guard, or the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau’’. 
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 
2026 between any such authorizations for that fiscal
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year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of au-
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 $6,000,000,000. 
(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
TRANSFERS
BETWEEN 
MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS.—A trans-
fer of funds between military personnel authoriza-
tions 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 Con-
gress. 
(c) EFFECT
ON
AUTHORIZATION
AMOUNTS.—A 
transfer made from one account to another under the au-
thority of this section shall be deemed to increase the 
amount authorized for the account to which the amount
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is transferred by an amount equal to the amount trans-
ferred. 
(d) NOTICE
TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 1002. RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNDER SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE (COMPTROLLER). 
Section 135(c)(3)(B) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, and defense business systems 
that affect the auditability of financial statements’’ after 
‘‘accounting’’. 
SEC. 1003. ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE 
FINANCIAL 
IMPROVEMENT 
AND 
AUDIT REMEDIATION PLAN AND REPORT. 
(a) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS FOR PLAN.—Subsection 
(a)(2)(A) of section 240b of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clauses: 
‘‘(vi) meeting resource requirements, 
including personnel, training, and informa-
tion technology infrastructure; and
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‘‘(vii) identifying long-range goals and 
measurable objectives, including audit cycle 
timelines, control testing frequency, and 
independent third-party validation bench-
marks.’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS
FOR REPORT.—Sub-
section (b)(1)(B) of such section is amended by adding 
at the end the following new clauses: 
‘‘(ix) A description of progress made 
with respect to audit-related system mod-
ernization efforts, including rationalization 
of business systems. 
‘‘(x) The number and scope of auto-
mated processes implemented, including 
reconciliation, inventory validation, and in-
ternal controls.’’. 
SEC. 1004. CONSOLIDATION OF REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE 
FINANCIAL 
IMPROVEMENT 
AND 
AUDIT REMEDIATION PLAN. 
(a) FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT AND AUDIT REMEDI-
ATION PLAN.—Section 240b(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, as amended by section 1003(b), is further amend-
ed—
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(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding at the end 
the following new clause: 
‘‘(ix) A detailed estimate of the fund-
ing required for the next fiscal year to pro-
cure, obtain, or otherwise implement each 
process, system, and technology identified 
to address the corrective action plan or 
plans of each department, agency, compo-
nent, or element of the Department of De-
fense, and the corrective action plan of the 
Department as a whole, for purposes of 
this chapter during such fiscal year.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 
(B) and inserting the following new subparagraph 
(B): 
‘‘(B) The January 31 briefing under sub-
paragraph (A) shall include a ranking of all of 
the military departments and Defense Agencies 
in order of how advanced each is in achieving 
auditable financial statements, as required by 
law.’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3):
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‘‘(3) ANNUAL
REPORT
BY
BOTTOM
QUAR-
TILE.—Not later than June 30 of each year, the 
head of each military department and Defense Agen-
cy that was ranked in the bottom quartile of the re-
port submitted under paragraph (2)(B) for that year 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report that includes the following information for 
that military department or Defense Agency: 
‘‘(A) A description of the material weak-
nesses of the military department or Defense 
Agency. 
‘‘(B) The underlying causes of such weak-
nesses. 
‘‘(C) A plan for remediating such weak-
nesses. 
‘‘(D) The total number of open audit no-
tices of findings and recommendations (in this 
paragraph referred to as ‘NFRs’) for the most 
recently concluded fiscal year and the preceding 
two fiscal years, where applicable. 
‘‘(E) The number of repeat or reissued 
NFRs from the most recently concluded fiscal 
year.
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‘‘(F) The number of NFRs that were pre-
viously forecasted to be closed during the most 
recently concluded fiscal year that remain open. 
‘‘(G) The number of closed NFRs during 
the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years. 
‘‘(H) The number of material weaknesses 
that were validated by external auditors as fully 
resolved or downgraded during the current fis-
cal year relative to prior fiscal years. 
‘‘(I) A breakdown, by fiscal year, of which 
open NFRs are forecasted to be closed. 
‘‘(J) Explanations for any unfavorable 
trends in the information included under para-
graphs (1) through (9).’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by para-
graph (3) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘the critical 
capabilities described in the Department of Defense 
report titled ‘Financial Improvement and Audit 
Readiness (FIAR) Plan Status Report’ and dated 
May 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘the financial statement 
audit priorities designated by the Secretary of De-
fense for the fiscal year in which the report is sub-
mitted’’.’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS ON FUNDING FOR CORREC-
TIVE ACTION PLANS.—Section 1009 of the National De-
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fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 
116–92; 10 U.S.C. 240b note) is amended by striking sub-
section (c). 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT
ON AUDITABLE FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS.—Title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking section 240h. 
SEC. 1005. CONCURRENT REPORTING DATE FOR ANNUAL 
UPDATE TO DEFENSE BUSINESS SYSTEMS 
AUDIT REMEDIATION PLAN AND DEPART-
MENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
ANNUAL 
FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS. 
Section 240g(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—On the same date as the 
date of the submission of the audited financial statements 
of the Department of Defense required pursuant to section 
240a of this title each year, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees an up-
dated annual report on the Defense Business Systems 
Audit Remediation Plan under subsection (a).’’.
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SEC. 1006. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
TRAVEL 
EXPENSES 
OF 
OFFICE 
OF 
SEC-
RETARY OF DEFENSE UNTIL COMPLETION OF 
CERTAIN AUDIT REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2026 for operation and maintenance, defense- 
wide, and available for the Office of the Secretary of De-
fense for travel expenses, not more than 75 percent may 
be obligated or expended until the earlier of the following: 
(1) The first date on which at least eleven cov-
ered reporting entities have received an unmodified 
audit opinion with respect to the financial state-
ments of that entity undergoing audit for the pre-
ceding fiscal year. 
(2) The date on which a Department of De-
fense-wide material weakness identified in the an-
nual report on the implementation of the Financial 
Improvement and Audit Remediation Plan required 
under section 240b of title 10, United States Code, 
for fiscal year 2024, is closed or otherwise resolved 
in a manner other than through consolidation. 
(b) COVERED REPORTING ENTITY DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘covered reporting entity’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘government-wide reporting enti-
ty’’ in the document of the Federal Accounting Standards
918 
Advisory Board titled ‘‘Statement of Federal Financial 
Accounting Standards 47: Reporting Entity’’ and issued 
December 30, 2014, or such successor document. 
SEC. 1007. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR AMOUNTS 
MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO TITLE II OF 
PUBLIC LAW 119–21. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS.—At the time of the submittal 
to Congress of the budget of the President for each of 
fiscal years 2027 through 2029 pursuant to section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate the 
following with respect to amounts made available by title 
II of Public Law 119–21: 
(1) Proposed allocations by account and by pro-
gram, project, or activity, with detailed justifica-
tions. 
(2) P–1 and R–1 budget justification docu-
ments, which shall identify the allocation of funds by 
program, project, and activity. 
(3) Budget justification documents, to be 
known as M–1 and O–1, which shall identify the al-
location of funds by budget activity, activity group, 
and sub-activity group.
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(b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly re-
ports on the status of balances of projects and activities 
funded using amounts described in subsection (a), includ-
ing all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds. 
SEC. 1008. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPENDING REDUC-
TIONS IN ABSENCE OF SUBMITTED FINAN-
CIAL STATEMENTS OR FAILURE TO ACHIEVE 
UNQUALIFIED OR QUALIFIED INDEPENDENT 
AUDIT OPINION. 
(a) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
this section applies to the Department of Defense, 
including military departments and Defense Agen-
cies thereof. 
(2) SEPARATE
APPLICABILITY.—If a military 
department or Defense Agency is identified by the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget as 
required to have its own audited financial statement 
under section 3515 of title 31, United States Code, 
that military department and Defense Agency shall 
be treated separately from the Department of De-
fense for purposes of application of this section.
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(b) ADJUSTMENTS
FOR
FINANCIAL
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On March 2 of each fiscal 
year, the discretionary budget authority available for 
the Department of Defense (or a military depart-
ment or Defense Agency covered by subsection 
(a)(2)) for such fiscal year shall be adjusted as pro-
vided in paragraph (2). 
(2) ADJUSTMENT.—If the Department of De-
fense (or a military department or Defense Agency 
covered by subsection (a)(2)) has not submitted a fi-
nancial statement for the previous fiscal year, or if 
such financial statement has not received either an 
unqualified or a qualified audit opinion by an inde-
pendent external auditor, the discretionary budget 
authority available for the Department of Defense, 
the military department, or the Defense Agency (as 
the case may be) shall be reduced by .5 percent, 
with the reduction applied proportionately to each 
account (other than an account listed in subsection 
(d) or an account for which a waiver is made under 
subsection (d)). 
(3) 
MINIMIZES
NATIONAL
SECURITY
EF-
FECTS.—Consistent with applicable laws, the Sec-
retary of Defense may make any reduction under
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paragraph (2) in a manner that minimizes any effect 
on national security. 
(4) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—An amount equal to 
the total amount of any reduction under paragraph 
(2) shall be retained in the general fund of the 
Treasury for the purposes of deficit reduction. 
(c) ACCOUNTS EXCLUDED.—The following accounts 
are excluded from any reductions referred to in subsection 
(b)(2): 
(1) Military personnel, reserve personnel, and 
National Guard personnel accounts of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(2) The Defense Health Program account of 
the Department of Defense. 
(d) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 
(b)(2) with respect to an account if the President certifies 
that applying the subsection to that account would harm 
national security or members of the Armed Forces who 
are deployed in combat zones. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
on which an adjustment is made under subsection (b), the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit to Congress a report that includes a description 
of the amount and account of each adjustment. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The terms ‘‘financial statement’’ and ‘‘ex-
ternal independent auditor’’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 3521(e) of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘unqualified’’, with respect to the 
audit status of a financial statement, includes the 
characterizations clean and unmodified. 
(2) The term ‘‘qualified’’, with respect to the 
audit status of a financial statement, includes the 
characterization modified. 
SEC. 1009. CLEAN AUDIT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish a timeline to achieve a clean financial audit for 
the Department of Defense. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress an annual report on progress and barriers to compli-
ance with subsection (a). 
SEC. 1010. USE OF TECHNOLOGY USING ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE TO FACILITATE AUDIT OF THE FI-
NANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. 
(a) USE OF AI TECHNOLOGY FOR AUDITS.—The 
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Sec-
retary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force
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shall encourage, to the greatest extent practicable, the use 
of technology that uses artificial intelligence or machine 
learning for the purpose of facilitating audits of the finan-
cial statements of the Department of Defense. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF AI TECHNOLOGY FOR AU-
DITS.—The Director of the Chief Digital and Artificial In-
telligence Office of the Department, in coordination with 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi-
neering and the Inspector General of the Department, 
shall oversee the adoption of artificial intelligence and ma-
chine learning technologies in support of financial man-
agement and enterprise business operations. 
Subtitle B—Naval Vessels 
SEC. 1011. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN DESIGN INFORMATION 
IN ANNUAL NAVAL VESSEL CONSTRUCTION 
PLANS. 
Section 231(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(H) 
through (J) as subparagraphs (I) through (K), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) If 50 percent or more of the vessels in the 
naval vessel force provided for under the naval vessel
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construction plan are to be designed by one or more 
foreign firms (as such term is defined in section 
4852(d) of this title)— 
‘‘(i) an identification of each such foreign 
firm; and 
‘‘(ii) a description of the benefit to the 
United States Government of including in such 
force the naval vessels so designed.’’. 
SEC. 1012. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS IN THE NA-
TIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND TO PUR-
CHASE 
CERTAIN 
USED 
FOREIGN 
CON-
STRUCTED VESSELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2218 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘(other than an excluded vessel)’’ after 
‘‘any used vessel’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘(other than an excluded vessel)’’ after ‘‘a 
used vessel’’; 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 
inserting the following new subparagraph 
(C):
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‘‘(C) The Secretary may only use the authority under 
this paragraph to purchase more than 10 foreign-con-
structed vessels if, for each such vessel so purchased after 
the tenth vessel, the Secretary purchases two vessels under 
paragraph (4).’’. 
(iv) in subsection (D), by striking 
‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘this 
paragraph’’; 
(v) by striking subparagraph (E) and 
redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) 
as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph (4): 
‘‘(4) A vessel purchased under this paragraph is a 
vessel— 
‘‘(A) purchased using funds in the National De-
fense Sealift Fund 
‘‘(B) constructed in a ship yard located in the 
United States; and 
‘‘(C) the construction of which is managed by 
a commercial vessel construction manager.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (k), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
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‘‘(6) The term ‘excluded vessel’ means a vessel 
that was— 
‘‘(A) constructed or substantially modified 
by an entity located in the People’s Republic of 
China; or 
‘‘(B) constructed by a Chinese military 
company, as such term is defined in section 
1260H(d)(1) of the William M. (Mac) Thorn-
berry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 
U.S.C. 113 note).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 2218 of title 
10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), 
is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘section 
11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 
U.S.C. 4405)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 57100 of title 
46’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘section 
1424(b) of Public Law 101–510 (104 Stat. 1683)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 1424(b) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Pub-
lic Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 8661 note)’’; 
(3) in subsection (k)—
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(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 1424 of Public Law 101–510 (104 Stat. 
1683)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1424 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 
8661 note)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 
(50 U.S.C. 4405)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
57100 of title 46’’. 
SEC. 1013. REQUIREMENTS FOR AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE 
SHIP FORCE STRUCTURE. 
Section 8062 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) the Navy adjusts scheduled maintenance 
and repair actions to maintain the minimum number 
of available amphibious warfare ships to meet oper-
ational requirements.’’; and
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(2) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘amphibious warfare ship’ means 
a ship that is classified as an amphibious assault 
ship (general purpose) (LHA), an amphibious as-
sault ship (multi-purpose) (LHD), an amphibious 
transport dock (LPD), or a dock landing ship 
(LSD). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘available’, with respect to an 
amphibious warfare ship, means that the ship— 
‘‘(A) does not have a temporary critical 
limiting restriction preventing the conduct of 
training and operations; 
‘‘(B) is not in a maintenance phase; 
‘‘(C) is not conducting post-delivery test 
and trials; and 
‘‘(D) is not preparing to decommission.’’. 
SEC. 1014. DEFINITION OF SHORT-TERM WORK FOR PUR-
POSES OF NAVY CONSTRUCTION OF COMBAT-
ANT AND ESCORT VESSELS AND ASSIGNMENT 
OF VESSEL PROJECTS. 
Section 8669a(c)(4) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘12 months’’ and inserting ‘‘18 
months’’.
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SEC. 1015. NAVY SENIOR TECHNICAL AUTHORITY. 
Section 8669b of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by amending subpara-
graph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) reports directly to the program execu-
tive officer.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Each Sen-
ior’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Each Senior Technical Authority shall also be 
responsible for the determination that all design require-
ments for a vessel class are directly related to a key per-
formance parameter or key system attribute established 
in the capability development document for the vessel 
class. Any requirements that the Senior Technical Author-
ity determines are unnecessary to meet a key performance 
parameter or key system attribute shall not be approved.’’. 
SEC. 1016. ALTERNATIVE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY FOR 
UNITED STATES NAVAL SHIPS. 
Chapter 863 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
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‘‘§ 8698. Alternative contracting authority for United 
States Naval Ships 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Navy may 
enter into an agreement with an appropriate vessel con-
struction manager, other than the Department of the 
Navy, under which the vessel construction manager shall 
enter into a contract for the construction of a vessel to 
be designated as a United States Naval Ship and operated 
by civilian or commercial mariners. 
‘‘(b) DESIGN STANDARDS AND CONSTRUCTION PRAC-
TICES.—To the maximum extent practicable, the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall ensure that a vessel constructed 
pursuant to this section is constructed using commercial 
design standards and commercial construction practices.’’. 
SEC. 1017. INCLUSION OF NAVY AMPHIBIOUS SHIP MAINTE-
NANCE AS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM IN OPER-
ATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The budget of the President sub-
mitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2027 and each subse-
quent fiscal year, shall display Navy amphibious ship 
maintenance as one or more separate line items under 
each subactivity within operation and maintenance, Navy. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2026 FUNDS.— 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for oper-
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ation and maintenance, Navy for ship maintenance, the 
Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that such funds are 
allocated to provide, on a per capita basis, an equal or 
greater amount of funding for each amphibious warfare 
ship that enters into maintenance availability during fiscal 
year 2026 relative to the amount of funding provided for 
each surface combatant ship. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘amphibious warfare ship’’— 
(A) means a ship designed with organic ca-
pability to engage in all the doctrinal types of 
amphibious operations across multiple domains 
and having characteristics that enable long du-
ration, inter-theater, distributed maritime oper-
ations; and 
(B) includes any— 
(i) amphibious assault ship; 
(ii) amphibious assault ship (multi- 
purpose); 
(iii) amphibious transport dock ; and 
(iv) dock landing ship. 
(2) The term ‘‘surface combatant ship’’— 
(A) means a surface ship that is designed 
primarily to engage in attacks against airborne, 
surface, subsurface, and shore targets; and
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(B) includes any— 
(i) guided missile cruiser; 
(ii) guided missile destroyer; 
(iii) guided missile frigate; and 
(iv) littoral combat ship. 
SEC. 1018. METRICS FOR BASIC AND FUNCTIONAL DESIGN 
FOR SHIP CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Navy shall select a metric to measure the progression of 
basic and functional design with respect to the construc-
tion of ships. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the selec-
tion of a metric under subsection (a), the Secretary of the 
Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on such metric that includes the justification for 
the selection of the metric. 
(c) BASIC AND FUNCTIONAL DESIGN.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘basic and functional design’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 8669c(1) of title 10, United 
States Code.
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SEC. 1019. AUTHORITY FOR SINGLE AWARD INDEFINITE DE-
LIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT 
FOR DESTROYER MAINTENANCE. 
The Secretary of the Navy shall seek to enter into 
a multi-year, single award indefinite delivery indefinite 
quantity contract to provide for the maintenance of the 
DDG–1000 class of destroyers. 
SEC. 1020. EVALUATION OF SITES FOR SHIPBUILDING AND 
SHIP REPAIR. 
(a) EVALUATION OF SITES.— 
(1) RESPONSIBILITY.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall delegate to the Direct Re-
porting Program Manager of the Maritime Indus-
trial Base Program primary responsibility for defin-
ing the requirements for evaluating sites to meet the 
capacity and needs of the Navy for shipbuilding and 
repair. 
(2) EVALUATION
REQUIREMENTS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary 
delegates to the Program Manager under paragraph 
(1), the Program Manager shall establish evaluation 
requirements to be applied to sites being considered 
as sites for private or public shipyards and other de-
fense-production capabilities. In establishing such re-
quirements, the Program Manager shall consider—
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(A) the objective of accelerating United 
States shipbuilding efforts in both naval and ci-
vilian fleets; 
(B) how establishing or augmenting a site 
at an evaluated site could help meet Navy ship-
building and ship repair requirements; 
(C) whether a single site, smaller and more 
dispersed sites, or both would be optimal for 
augmenting shipbuilding and ship repair; 
(D) whether the best approach to meeting 
the timeline and capacity requirements for ship-
building and ship repair would be constructing 
new sites, using existing infrastructure, or both; 
and 
(E) whether a site meets the criteria under 
subsection (b). 
(b) CRITERIA.—The criteria under this subsection 
with respect to a site are that the site— 
(1) has the amount of space necessary to meet 
Navy requirements; 
(2) has adequate transportation infrastructure, 
such as road and rail access, or that such infrastruc-
ture can reasonably be provided at the site; 
(3) has a readily available technical and manual 
skilled workforce for naval and commercial ship
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building, ship repair, and advanced manufacturing 
activities; 
(4) is geographically close to local institutions 
that can facilitate workforce development, including 
higher education and technical training and appren-
ticeships; 
(5) has private partners that are interested and 
able to undertake the development of a shipyard at 
the site; 
(6) possesses deep water construction and draft 
capabilities, as required by the Navy, to construct or 
repair vessels identified in Navy shipbuilding and 
ship repair requirements; 
(7) is in close proximity to existing Department 
facilities and personnel; and 
(8) such other criteria as the Program Manager 
determines appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
on which the Program Manager establishes the evaluation 
requirements under subsection (b), the Program Manager 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port that includes— 
(1) a list of sites that meet the evaluation re-
quirements; or
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(2) a certification that no site exists that meets 
such requirements. 
SEC. 1021. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO RETIRE OR 
DECOMMISSION NAVY OCEANOGRAPHIC RE-
SEARCH VESSELS. 
The Secretary of the Navy may not retire or decom-
mission an oceanographic research vessel, or otherwise re-
duce the number of such vessels maintained by the Navy 
to fewer than six, before the date on which the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives a plan to provide for 
the maintenance and recapitalization of the oceanographic 
research fleet. 
SEC. 1022. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING OF 
VESSEL FOR BATTLE OF DAI DO. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the 
Navy should name an amphibious or expeditionary class 
vessel for the Battle of Dai Do. 
SEC. 1023. OVERHAUL, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF VES-
SELS 
IN 
THE 
COMMONWEALTH 
OF 
THE 
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 
Subsection (a) of section 8680 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the United States or Guam’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the United
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States, Guam, or the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands’’; and 
(2) in the heading for such subsection, by strik-
ing ‘‘UNITED STATES
OR GUAM’’ and inserting 
‘‘UNITED STATES, GUAM, OR COMMONWEALTH OF 
THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS’’. 
SEC. 1024. MARITIME REDUNDANT AND RESILIENT COMMU-
NICATIONS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the scale and complexity of modern warfare 
will require each military service to invest in resilient 
network management to ensure information can be 
sensed, processed and understood, and acted upon to 
enable critical operations; 
(2) edge computing is essential to tenets of 
Joint All-Domain Command and Control (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘JADC2’’) and the 
JADC2 cross-service procurement programs, such as 
Project Overmatch, Advanced Battle Management 
System, and Project Convergence, to allow for real- 
time decision-making when immediate action is vital, 
rather than relying on centralized data centers or 
the cloud;
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(3) the Chief of Naval Operations has identified 
resilient data integrity and distribution as an un-
funded priority for fiscal year 2026, with a focus on 
enabling warfighters to execute fight from the mari-
time operations center (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘MOC’’) scenarios; 
(4) experimentation underway by the Naval In-
formation Warfare Center Atlantic and the United 
States Fourth Fleet on behalf of United States 
Naval Forces Southern Command would provide 
MOCs with machine-assisted dynamic bandwidth al-
location and advanced computing power throughout 
their network architecture to manage vast hybrid 
sensor constellations conducting activity-based mari-
time domain awareness; 
(5) if successful, the project would significantly 
enhance hybrid fleet operations and network resil-
ience, while significantly increasing the scale and 
complexity of operations that a MOC can support; 
and 
(6) the Secretary of the Navy, in collaboration 
with the commander of United States Naval Forces 
Southern Command, and the Director of the De-
fense Innovation Unit, should initiate planning for 
follow-on phases in which advanced capabilities for
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agile communications, remote asset management, 
and disconnected operations support will dem-
onstrate even greater resiliency and decision superi-
ority. 
(b) EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy, 
in coordination with the Chief of Naval Operations, 
and the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit 
shall evaluate the experimentation described in sub-
section (a) that is underway in the United States 
Fourth Fleet. 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on the 
results of the evaluation conducted under para-
graph (1). 
(B) CONTENTS.—The report shall— 
(i) summarize the status of such ex-
perimentation, including the relationship 
and benefit to Project Overmatch; 
(ii) provide a schedule for any further 
development, testing, and production nec-
essary for fielding and deployment of edge
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computing and enterprise network manage-
ment capability to all United States fleets, 
prioritizing heavily-sensored theaters, such 
as the Indo-Pacific and United States Cen-
tral Command, and the funding required 
for each phase; 
(iii) identify a Department of Defense 
activity responsible for program manage-
ment; and 
(iv) recommend an acquisition strat-
egy, including establishment of a program 
of record, to accelerate fielding to the max-
imum extent practicable. 
SEC. 1025. REPORT ON NAVY SHIP REPAIR CAPABILITIES IN 
GUAM. 
Not later than April 1, 2026, the Secretary of the 
Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on ship repair capabilities in Guam. Such report 
shall include— 
(1) an assessment of the feasibility of leasing 
facilities controlled by the Department of the Navy 
in Guam for the purpose of mooring a dry dock; 
(2) an assessment of the feasibility of con-
ducting increased ship repair for Military Sealift 
Command in Guam;
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(3) an identification of the authorities or the 
Department of the Navy to provide technical assist-
ance to maritime services firms based in Guam seek-
ing Navy Sea Systems Command certifications; and 
(4) such other matters as the Secretary deter-
mines relevant. 
SEC. 1026. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING AN 
AIRCRAFT 
CARRIER 
AFTER 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The first USS United States was one of the 
original six frigates authorized by the Naval Act of 
1794, launched in 1797. It saw action in the Quasi- 
War with France and the War of 1812. 
(2) In addition to the frigate, there was a pro-
posed Civil War ironclad that never got built, and 
the aircraft carrier USS United States (CVA-58) 
was canceled in 1949. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of the Navy should name an air-
craft carrier USS United States.
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Subtitle C—Counterterrorism 
SEC. 1031. REVISIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AU-
THORITY FOR JOINT TASK FORCES TO SUP-
PORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR 
FEDERAL AGENCIES CONDUCTING COUNTER-
TERRORISM AND COUNTER TRANSNATIONAL 
ORGANIZED CRIME ACTIVITIES. 
(a) CODIFICATION IN TITLE 10.—Chapter 15 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
a new section consisting of— 
(1) a heading as follows: 
‘‘§ 285. Authority for joint task forces to support law 
enforcement agencies or other Federal 
agencies 
conducting 
counter-terrorism 
and 
counter 
transnational 
organized 
crime activities’’; and 
(2) a text consisting of the text of section 1022 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 10 U.S.C. 271 
note). 
(b) REVISIONS.—Section 285 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), is amended as 
follows: 
(1) Subsection (a) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
to another department or agency of the Federal
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Government’’ after ‘‘law enforcement agencies’’ each 
place it appears. 
(2) Subsection (b) is amended by striking 
‘‘During fiscal years 2006 through 2024, funds’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Funds’’. 
(3) Such section is further amended— 
(A) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘this 
subparagraph’’ and inserting ‘‘this paragraph’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘title 
10, United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘this 
title’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF CODIFIED PROVISION.—Section 1022 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004 (Public Law 108–136; 10 U.S.C. 271 note) is re-
pealed. 
SEC. 1032. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVID-
UALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL 
STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO THE 
UNITED STATES. 
Section 1033 of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232; 132 Stat. 1953) is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’.
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SEC. 1033. 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) is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’. 
SEC. 1034. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVID-
UALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL 
STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO CER-
TAIN COUNTRIES. 
Section 1035 of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232; 132 Stat. 1954) is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’. 
SEC. 1035. 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) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2018 through 
2025’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2018 through 2026’’.
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SEC. 1036. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF ARMED FORCES 
TO 
DETAIN 
CITIZENS 
OF 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES. 
Section 1021(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 10 
U.S.C. 801 note) is amended, in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, other than a citizen of the 
United States,’’ after ‘‘any person’’. 
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous 
Authorities and Limitations 
SEC. 1041. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE AS-
SISTANCE IN SUPPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE ACCOUNTING FOR MISSING UNITED 
STATES GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL. 
Section 408 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and procure 
goods and services from’’ after ‘‘assistance to’’; and 
(2) 
in 
subsection 
(d)(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000’’. 
SEC. 1042. EXPEDITED ACCESS TO CERTAIN MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND 
CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. 
Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
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‘‘§ 2698. Expedited access to military installations for 
Members of Congress and certain Con-
gressional employees 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the Secretary shall establish procedures to ensure 
that— 
‘‘(1) a Member of Congress seeking access to a 
covered installation is granted such access if such 
Member presents a covered identification card; and 
‘‘(2) any Congressional employees accom-
panying a Member of Congress granted access under 
paragraph (1) are granted the same access. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITED PROCEDURES.—Under such proce-
dures, the Secretary may not require a Member of Con-
gress to schedule a grant of access to a covered installation 
under subsection (a) prior to the arrival of such Member 
and accompanying Congressional employees, if applicable, 
at such covered installation. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Congressional employee’ has the 
meaning given such term in paragraph (5) of section 
2107 of title 5. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered identification card’ 
means a valid identification badge issued by the ap-
propriate office of the House of Representatives or 
the Senate, as the case may be, which identifies the
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individual to which such identification badge was 
issued as a current Member of Congress. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘covered installation’ means a 
military installation located in the United States or 
Guam at which the presentation of an issued De-
partment of Defense common access card is the sole 
requirement for a member of the Armed Forces to 
be granted access to such military installation. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘Member of Congress’ means— 
‘‘(A) a Senator; or 
‘‘(B) a Representative in, or Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, Congress.’’. 
SEC. 1043. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO 
ENTER INTO CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE CER-
TAIN ASSISTANCE TO SECURE THE SOUTH-
ERN LAND BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Section 1059(a) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 284 note; Public 
Law 114–92) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘United 
States Customs and Border Protection’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—In providing as-
sistance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary may enter into 
a contract for the provision of any of the following 
services: 
‘‘(A) Detection and monitoring. 
‘‘(B) Warehousing and logistical supply 
chain. 
‘‘(C) Transportation. 
‘‘(D) Vehicle maintenance. 
‘‘(E) Training other than lead or primary 
instructor. 
‘‘(F) Intelligence analysis. 
‘‘(G) Linguist. 
‘‘(H) Data entry. 
‘‘(I) Aviation.’’. 
SEC. 1044. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO RELOCATE 
OR OTHERWISE REMOVE THE MARITIME IN-
DUSTRIAL BASE PROGRAM. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be used to relo-
cate or otherwise remove the Maritime Industrial Base 
Program from under the jurisdiction of the Assistant Sec-
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retary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acqui-
sition. 
SEC. 1045. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF GRAY EAGLE 
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the Secretary of the Army may not retire, divest, or 
otherwise take any action that would— 
(1) reduce the number, configuration, or capa-
bility of any MQ–1C Gray Eagle Extended Range 
unmanned aircraft system that is in the Army inven-
tory as of the date of the enactment of this Act; or 
(2) prevent the Army from maintaining such 
systems in the current or improved configurations 
and capabilities of such systems. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under subsection 
(a) shall not apply if the Chairman of the Joint Require-
ments Oversight Council submits to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a written certification that— 
(1) a capability of equal or greater effectiveness 
will be fielded and operational prior to, or concur-
rently with, the retirement of any MQ–1C Gray 
Eagle unmanned aircraft system; and 
(2) such retirement will not result in a reduc-
tion in the overall capacity available to the com-
manders of the combatant commands.
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(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees (as 
defined in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United 
States Code); and 
(2) the congressional intelligence committees 
(as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)). 
SEC. 1046. OVERSIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES SOUTHERN 
COMMAND. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense may 
be obligated or expended to carry out an action described 
in subsection (b) until a period of 90 days has elapsed 
following the date on which the Secretary of Defense sub-
mits the certification and analysis required under sub-
section (c) with respect to such action. 
(b) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.—The actions described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) Modifying or combining the responsibilities 
of the Commander of the United States Southern 
Command, as set forth in chapter 6 of title 10,
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United States Code, with those of any other com-
mander designated under such authority. 
(2) Appointing an officer in a grade below O– 
10 to serve as the Commander of the United States 
Southern Command. 
(c) CERTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees each of the following with respect to any 
action described in subsection (b) that is proposed to be 
taken by the Secretary: 
(1) A certification that, in the determination of 
the Secretary, the action is in the national security 
interest of the United States and will be undertaken 
only after appropriate consultations with Central 
American, South American, and other international 
partners on shared security objectives in the West-
ern Hemisphere and its surrounding waters. 
(2) An analysis of the effect of such action on 
the security of the United States. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the certification 
and analysis required under subsection (c) with respect 
to an action described in subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Defense shall consult with the Commander of the United 
States Southern Command and the commander of any
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other geographic combatant command expected to be af-
fected by the action. 
(e) FORM.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION.—The certification required 
by subsection (c)(1) shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form. 
(2) ANALYSIS.—The analysis described in sub-
section (c)(2) may be submitted in classified form. 
SEC. 1047. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER T–37 AIRCRAFT TO 
ARIZONA AVIATION HISTORICAL GROUP. 
(a) TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY T–37.—The Secretary 
of the Air Force may convey, without consideration, to the 
Arizona Aviation Historical Group, Phoenix, Arizona (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘foundation’’), all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to five re-
tired T–37B Trainer Aircraft. A conveyance under this 
section shall be made by means of a conditional deed of 
gift. 
(b) CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER.—A conveyance au-
thorized under subsection (a) shall be subject to the fol-
lowing conditions: 
(1) Prior to conveyance, all military specific or 
unique equipment, as determined by the Secretary, 
on the aircraft shall be removed. 
(2) The Secretary is not required to—
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(A) repair or alter the condition of the air-
craft before conveying ownership; or 
(B) guarantee or ensure the airworthiness 
of any conveyed aircraft. 
(3) The Secretary shall determine which air-
craft to convey. 
(c) CONDITION OF PROPERTY.—Any aircraft con-
veyed under this section shall be conveyed in ‘‘as is’’ condi-
tion. The Secretary shall make no representation or war-
ranty concerning the condition, fitness for any particular 
purpose, or compliance with any laws or regulations of 
such aircraft. 
(d) REVERTER UPON BREACH OF CONDITIONS.— 
The Secretary shall include in an instrument of convey-
ance for an aircraft conveyed under this section— 
(1) a condition that the foundation does not 
convey any ownership interest in, or transfer posses-
sion of, the aircraft to another party without the 
prior approval of the Secretary; 
(2) a condition that the foundation operate and 
maintain the aircraft in compliance with all applica-
ble limitations and maintenance requirements im-
posed by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration; and
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(3) a condition that if the Secretary determines 
at any time that the foundation has violated a condi-
tion under paragraph (1) or (2), all right, title, and 
interest in and to the aircraft, including any repair 
or alteration of the aircraft, shall revert to the 
United States, and the United States shall have the 
right of immediate possession of the aircraft. 
(e) CONVEYANCE
AT NO COST
TO
THE UNITED 
STATES.—Any conveyance of an aircraft authorized by 
this section shall be made at no cost to the United States. 
Any costs associated with such a conveyance, including the 
costs of inspection or removal of equipment prior to con-
veyance, the cost of determining compliance with the re-
quirements of this section and any instrument of convey-
ance made pursuant to this section, and the costs of the 
operation, sustainment, transportation, ground support 
equipment, and disposal of any aircraft conveyed under 
this section shall be borne by the foundation. 
(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
in connection with a conveyance made under this section 
as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter-
ests of the United States. 
(g) CLARIFICATION OF LIABILITY.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, upon the conveyance of owner-
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ship of the T–37B Trainers to the foundation under sub-
section (a), the United States shall not be liable for any 
death, injury, loss, or damage that results from any use 
of that aircraft by any person other than the United 
States. 
SEC. 1048. AUTHORIZATION OF EASTERN REGIONAL RANGE 
COMPLEX FOR MULTI-DOMAIN OPERATIONS 
AND 
ROBOTIC 
AUTONOMOUS 
SYSTEMS 
TRAINING, 
TESTING, 
AND 
EXPERIMEN-
TATION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Defense, act-
ing through the Secretaries of the military departments, 
may designate and develop an Eastern Regional Range 
Complex to serve as a joint training, testing, and experi-
mentation hub for multi-domain operations and robotic 
autonomous systems, including unmanned aircraft sys-
tems and counter-unmanned aircraft systems capabilities, 
to address growing threats from potential adversaries. 
(b) LOCATION.—The Eastern Regional Range Com-
plex shall encompass the territories of the States of Maine, 
Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, 
Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary-
land, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Caro-
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Ken-
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tucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Indiana, and 
Alabama. 
(c) ACTIVITIES.—The Eastern Regional Range Com-
plex shall be used— 
(1) to conduct joint, multi-domain, non-kinetic 
electromagnetic warfare, cyber and information oper-
ations training within live, virtual, and constructive 
environments, leveraging common networks with ac-
cess to available spectrum; 
(2) support integrated multi-domain operations 
training involving air, land, sea, cyber, and space 
components; 
(3) conduct joint service and interagency 
robotic autonomous system training, experimentation 
and testing, including the development of tactics, 
techniques and procedures for unmanned aircraft 
systems and counter-unmanned aircraft systems; 
(4) evaluate emerging technologies and proto-
types and tactics, techniques and procedures for the 
operation, detection, defeat, and attribution of 
robotic autonomous systems in contested cyber and 
electromagnetic spectrum environments; and 
(5) facilitate the integration of mature proto-
type experimentation and live-fire exercises for rapid
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fielding of capabilities aligned with the Joint 
Warfighting Concept. 
(d) COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that activities conducted at 
the Eastern Regional Range Complex are coordinated 
with— 
(1) the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft 
Systems Office. 
(2) the Joint Staff (J–7); 
(3) the Office of the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Research and Engineering; and 
(4) other entities with functions or missions rel-
evant to the activities carried out at the Complex, 
which may include— 
(A) relevant combatant commands and 
service components: 
(B) allies and partners of the United 
States participating in multi-domain operations; 
(C) the Defense Innovation Unit; 
(D) State National Guard commands; 
(E) the Office of Naval Research; and 
(F) such other key stakeholders as the 
Secretary determines appropriate. 
(e) INFRASTRUCTURE
AND OTHER RESOURCES.— 
The Secretary of Defense may—
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(1) carry out military construction, infrastruc-
ture improvements, and technology installation, as 
necessary, to facilitate the activities described in 
subsection (b), including through the provision of 
range instrumentation, telemetry, cyber range inte-
gration, and electromagnetic spectrum operations 
support; and 
(2) consult with the Federal Communications 
Commission and the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration to recommend spec-
trum access requirements in support of joint and 
service training, testing, and experimentation within 
the Eastern Regional Range Complex and the West-
ern Regional Range Complex, including access to ap-
propriate live environments capable of supporting 
electromagnetic attack training, experimentation, 
and testing. 
SEC. 1049. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT 
ALLOW ANTISEMITIC DEMONSTRATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2026 for the Department of Defense may be provided to 
an institution of higher education if—
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(1) an antisemitic demonstration has occurred 
on the campus of the institution; and 
(2) the administration of the institution has 
failed to take action to mitigate and prevent further 
antisemitic demonstrations. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘antisemitic demonstration’’ 
means any public display of antisemitism. 
(2) The term ‘‘antisemitism’’ means a certain 
perception of Jews, which may be expressed as ha-
tred toward Jews, including rhetorical and physical 
manifestations directed toward individuals or their 
property, community institutions, or religious facili-
ties. 
SEC. 1050. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING CER-
TIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN 
CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2026 for Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
wide, and available for the Office of the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Policy for travel, not more than 90 percent 
may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of De-
fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 
that the Department of Defense is compliant with the re-
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quirements of section 1067 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118– 
159; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 
(b) ELEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION.—A certification 
under subsection (a) shall include each of the following: 
(1) a written statement that a copy of each exe-
cute order required to be submitted to the congres-
sional defense committees under such section has 
been transmitted to the congressional defense com-
mittees; and 
(2) a description of the mechanism established 
to facilitate the provision to the congressional de-
fense committees of all future briefings required 
under such section, and the compliance with the dis-
closure and notice requirements under such section, 
within the time frames required by such section. 
SEC. 1051. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FROM CAR-
RYING OUT A HIRING FREEZE, REDUCTION IN 
FORCE, OR HIRING DELAY WITHOUT CAUSE 
AT A PUBLIC SHIPYARD. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 
for the Department of Defense may be used to— 
(1) carry out a hiring freeze at a public ship-
yard;
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(2) carry out a reduction in force at a public 
shipyard; or 
(3) delay without cause the filling of a vacant 
Federal civilian employee position at a public ship-
yard. 
SEC. 1052. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR DEACTIVA-
TION OF EXPEDITIONARY COMBAT AVIATION 
BRIGADES. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 
for the Army may be obligated or expended to retire, de-
activate, schedule to deactivate, or proceed with any action 
that would reduce the capabilities, resources, aircraft, or 
personnel available, as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, for the Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades be-
fore the earlier of the following dates: 
(1) The date that is 90 days after the date on 
which the Secretary of the Army submits to the con-
gressional defense committees a plan to offset any 
loss 
of 
mission 
associated 
with 
air 
mobil-
ity,aeromedical 
evacuation, 
reconnaissance, 
and 
logistical support provided, as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act, by the Expeditionary Combat 
Aviation Brigades that includes reassignment op-
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tions for potentially displaced soldiers at such bri-
gades. 
(2) The date that is 30 days after the date on 
which the Secretary of the Army submits to the con-
gressional defense committees a plan for the recapi-
talization of the aircraft used by the Expeditionary 
Combat Aviation Brigades that is specific with re-
spect to each unit and geographical location of such 
brigades. 
SEC. 1053. USE OF NONELECTRIC VEHICLES BY EMPLOY-
EES AT YUMA PROVING GROUND. 
Department of Defense employees at the Yuma Prov-
ing Ground, Yuma, Arizona, may use nonelectric vehicles 
in the performance of their duties. 
SEC. 1054. PROCESS TO FURNISH CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC 
DATA REGARDING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretaries concerned, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Education, State edu-
cational agencies, local educational agencies, and experts 
in student data and privacy, shall, not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, establish 
a data sharing process that enables a State educational 
agency to—
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(1) access data described in subsection (b) at-
tributable to individuals who graduated high school 
in the State of such State educational agency; and 
(2) integrate such data into— 
(A) such State’s statewide longitudinal 
data system; or 
(B) an alternate data system operated by 
such State. 
(b) DATA DESCRIBED.—The data described in this 
paragraph may include the following information: 
(1) With respect to an individual who is a mem-
ber of an Armed Force who graduated from sec-
ondary school: 
(A) The highest level of education at-
tained. 
(B) The name and location of the edu-
cational institution where the member received 
education described in subparagraph (A). 
(C) The name and location of the sec-
ondary school from which the individual grad-
uated. 
(D) Score on the Armed Forces Qualifica-
tion Test. 
(E) The date the member joined an Armed 
Force.
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(F) The Armed Force of the member. 
(G) Rank. 
(H) The area of expertise or military occu-
pational specialty. 
(I) The date of separation, if applicable. 
(J) Any other information determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary concerned. 
(2) With respect to an individual who grad-
uated from secondary school and whose application 
to join an Armed Force was denied: 
(A) The highest level of education at-
tained. 
(B) The name and location of the school 
where the individual received education de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(C) The name and location of the sec-
ondary school from which the individual grad-
uated. 
(D) Score on the Armed Forces Qualifica-
tion Test. 
(c) PRIVACY.— 
(1) 
CONFIDENTIALITY.—Data 
transmitted 
through the data sharing process under subsection 
(a) shall be transmitted confidentially and using the
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most current standards for data security at the time 
of transmission. 
(2) PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY AND 
DATA SECURITY.—The Secretaries concerned shall 
carry out subsection (a) in a manner that protects 
individual privacy and data security, in accordance 
with applicable Federal, State, and local privacy 
laws. 
(3) DATA
SECURITY
PRACTICES.—Each Sec-
retary concerned and each State educational agency 
that accesses data under subsection (a) shall estab-
lish, implement, and maintain reasonable data secu-
rity practices to protect— 
(A) the confidentiality, integrity, and avail-
ability of data; and 
(B) data against unauthorized access. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Defense; or 
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(2) The terms ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’, and ‘‘State educational agency’’ 
have the meanings given such terms in section 8101 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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SEC. 1055. REVOCATION OF SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR 
CERTAIN PERSONS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Defense shall suspend or re-
voke a security clearance or eligibility for access to classi-
fied information for any retired or separated member of 
the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Department 
of Defense who engages in an activity described in sub-
section (b). 
(b) ACTIVITIES
DESCRIBED.—The activities de-
scribed in this subsection are lobbying activities or lob-
bying contacts for or on behalf of any entity that is— 
(1) identified by the Secretary of Defense in the 
most recent report submitted under section 1260H 
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 
U.S.C. 113 note) as a Chinese military company; or 
(2) included in the Non-SDN Chinese Military- 
Industrial Complex Companies List published by the 
Department of the Treasury. 
(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may, for pe-
riods not to exceed 180 days, waive the application of the 
prohibition in subsection (a) for an individual if the Sec-
retary certifies to the congressional defense committees 
that doing so is in the national security interest of the 
United States.
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
101(a) of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘lobbying activities’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3 of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602). 
(3) The term ‘‘lobbying contact’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 3 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602), except that 
clause (iv) of paragraph (8)(B)(iv) of such section 
shall not apply. 
SEC. 1056. CEREMONIAL HORSES ADOPTION PROGRAM OF 
THE ARMY. 
Section 2583(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A military 
animal’’ and inserting, ‘‘Except as provided in para-
graph (3), a military animal’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) If the Secretary of the Army determines that 
an adoption or transfer of a horse used in any ceremonial 
horse program of the Army is justified under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall follow the recommended priority
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order in paragraph (1) except that the Secretary shall give 
first priority to making the horse available for transfer 
to a State, local, municipal, or Tribal law enforcement 
agency capable of humanely caring for the horse (includ-
ing by demonstrating the capability to adequately care, 
house, and train the horse).’’. 
SEC. 1057. ELIMINATION OF DISCRETION OF MILITARY 
CHAIN OF COMMAND AND SENIOR CIVILIAN 
LEADERSHIP WITH RESPECT TO DISPLAY OF 
FLAGS. 
Section 1052(d)(1)(N) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118– 
31; 10 U.S.C. 2661 note) is amended by striking subpara-
graph (N). 
Subtitle E—Reports 
SEC. 1061. MOBILITY CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS STUDY. 
Section 1068 of the Servicemember Quality of Life 
Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118–159) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 23, 2025’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)—
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(i) in the paragraph headling, by 
striking ‘‘BRIEFING’’ and inserting ‘‘BRIEF-
INGS’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and not later than 
six months after the date of the enactment 
of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2026’’ after ‘‘this Act’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘one 
year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘December 23, 2025’’. 
SEC. 1062. EXTENSION OF BRIEFING REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING 
CIVIL 
AUTHORITIES 
AT 
THE 
SOUTHWEST BORDER. 
Section 1070 of the James M. Inhofe National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 
117–263; 136 Stat. 2791), as amended by section 1063 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2025 (Public Law 118–159), is further amended by strik-
ing ‘‘through December 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘through 
December 31, 2026’’.
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SEC. 1063. PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES WITH 
RESPECT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
BY 
CERTAIN 
OFFICERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT 
FOLLOWING 
SEPARATION 
FROM MILITARY SERVICE OR EMPLOYMENT 
WITH THE DEPARTMENT. 
Section 1045 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 
note prec. 971) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘two-year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘five-year’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘one-year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘three-year’’. 
SEC. 1064. ANNUAL REPORT ON REQUESTS OF COMBATANT 
COMMANDS FOR REMOTE SENSING DATA. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 
2026, and annually thereafter for a five-year period, the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in consultation with 
the commanders of the combatant commands, shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report on the requests 
of the combatant commands for data and information de-
rived from remote sensing. 
(b) MATTERS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to the two-year period preceding
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the date of the submission of that report and for each 
combatant command, the following information: 
(1) An identification of the number of requests 
of that combatant command for data or information 
derived from remote sensing made to personnel of 
the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency during 
such period, if any, including the number of any 
such requests denied, accepted but not completely 
fulfilled, and completely fulfilled, respectively. 
(2) With respect to any such requests, an as-
sessment of whether the time to provide the data or 
information requested was sufficient for the tactical 
purpose for which the data or information was re-
quested. 
(3) An identification of the number of any such 
requests not completely fulfilled and the reason, if 
any, given by personnel of the National Geospatial- 
Intelligence Agency for such lack of fulfillment. 
SEC. 1065. NOTIFICATION OF WAIVERS UNDER DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTIVE 3000.09. 
(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 
days after issuing any waiver under Department of De-
fense Directive 3000.09 (relating to autonomy in weapon 
systems), or any successor directive, the Secretary of De-
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fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
written notification of such waiver. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each notification submitted under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The rationale for the waiver. 
(2) A description of the autonomous weapon 
system or technology covered by the waiver. 
(3) The anticipated duration of the waiver. 
(c) FORM.—The notification required under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
include a classified annex as necessary. 
SEC. 1066. ANNUAL REPORT ON GUAM CIVILIAN-MILITARY 
PROJECTS. 
Not later than December 31 each year, the Com-
mander of Joint Region Marianas, in consultation with the 
governor of Guam, shall submit to Congress a report on 
specific projects in Guam that support military readiness 
and public interests in Guam. Such report may include 
projects carried out— 
(1) pursuant to section 2391(d), section 2802, 
section 2805, or section 2815 of title 10, United 
States Code, or other authorities determined by the 
Commander; or 
(2) using amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for operation and maintenance, for Joint Re-
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gion Marianas Operations and Maintenance funds or 
authorities under which the Department of Defense 
transfers funds to other Federal agencies. 
SEC. 1067. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY POWER AND IL-
LICIT ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN DRUG CAR-
TELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
until the date specified in subsection (f), the Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the 
Director of National Intelligence, the Attorney General, 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
military power and illicit activities of the cartels specified 
in subsection (b). Each such report shall include each of 
the following: 
(1) A detailed assessment of the organizational 
structure, leadership hierarchy, and key operational 
figures of each cartel, including, with respect to any 
individuals affiliated with the cartel, the roles of 
such individuals in conducting military and para-
military activities. 
(2) An evaluation of the military and para-
military capabilities of each cartel, including the
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size, structure, and sophistication of the armed 
forces or militias of the cartel, including— 
(A) a description of the types and quan-
tities of weapons, equipment, and technology 
(including drones, encrypted communications, 
and advanced surveillance systems) used by the 
cartel; 
(B) an assessment of the recruitment, 
training, and operational tactics of the cartel, 
including an identification of any cross-border 
operations and coordination with other criminal 
or terrorist organizations 
(3) A description of the geographic areas, both 
within the United States and internationally, where 
the cartels operate or exert control of territory or in-
fluence, including the control of such cartels over 
border regions and smuggling routes. 
(4) An assessment of the direct and indirect 
threats posed by the cartels to the national security 
of the United States and its allies. 
(5) A summary of current efforts by the Armed 
Forces, law enforcement, and intelligence community 
of the United States to counter the activities of the 
cartels, including interagency coordination and co-
operation with foreign governments.
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(6) Recommendations for additional authorities, 
resources, or strategies to enhance the efforts of the 
United States to disrupt and dismantle the military 
capabilities of the cartels. 
(b) SPECIFIED CARTELS.—A cartel specified in this 
subsection is any organization or entity that is engaged 
in the production and trafficking of narcotics that— 
(1) the Secretary of State has designated as a 
foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189); 
(2) is subject to sanctions under Executive 
Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note, relating to 
blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 
persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 
terrorism); 
(3) is subject to sanctions under Executive 
Order 14059 (relating to imposing sanctions on for-
eign persons involved in the global illicit drug trade); 
or 
(4) is determined to a transnational criminal 
organization pursuant to the Fentanyl Eradication 
and Narcotics Deterrence Act (division E of Public 
Law 118–50; 21 U.S.C. 2341 note).
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(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified portion 
of the report required under subsection (a) shall be made 
publicly available on a website of the Department of De-
fense. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
(f) DATE SPECIFIED.—The date specified in this sub-
section is December 31, 2030. 
SEC. 1068. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BRIEFING ON 
PULSED LASERS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives a briefing on—
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(1) the efficacy and feasibility of pulsed lasers 
to defend both tactical and strategic facilities and 
installations against offensive unmanned aerial sys-
tems, especially in swarms, in the near term; and 
(2) pulsed laser defensive capabilities against 
intermediate to long-range missile threats in the me-
dium term. 
SEC. 1069. REPORTS ON INSTALLATION OF CERTAIN COLLI-
SION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS IN MILITARY RO-
TARY-WING AIRCRAFT. 
(a) REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF INSTALLING TRAF-
FIC ALERT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS IN ALL 
MILITARY ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the 
feasibility of installing a traffic alert and collision 
avoidance system in each military rotary-wing air-
craft. Such report shall include— 
(A) an analysis of the cost associated with 
installing a traffic alert and collision avoidance 
system in each military rotary-wing aircraft; 
(B) an analysis of the effect of installing 
such systems in such aircraft on the safety of 
civilian airspace;
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(C) an identification of any changes to the 
configuration of the cockpit of such aircraft 
that would be necessary in order to install such 
systems; 
(D) any implications the installation of 
such systems would have for combat, training, 
or domestic security operations; and 
(E) if the Secretary determines that the 
installation of such systems in such aircraft is 
not feasible, recommendations regarding similar 
systems or capabilities that could be installed 
instead. 
(2) TRAFFIC ALERT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE 
SYSTEM
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘traffic alert and collision avoidance system’’ means 
a collision avoidance system in compliance with sec-
tion 121.356 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, or any successor regulation. 
(b) REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF INSTALLING AUTO-
MATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE–BROADCAST IN CAPA-
BILITIES IN ALL MILITARY ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT.— 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the feasibility of installing automatic de-
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pendent surveillance–broadcast IN capability in each mili-
tary rotary-wing aircraft. Such report shall include— 
(1) an analysis of the cost associated with in-
stalling automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast 
IN capability in each military rotary-wing aircraft; 
(2) an analysis of the effect of installing such 
capabilities in such aircraft on the safety of civilian 
airspace; 
(3) an identification of any changes to the con-
figuration of the cockpit of such aircraft that would 
be necessary in order to install such capabilities; 
(4) any implications the installation of such ca-
pabilities would have for combat, training, or domes-
tic security operations; and 
(5) if the Secretary determines that the instal-
lation of such capabilities in such aircraft is not fea-
sible, recommendations regarding similar systems or 
capabilities that could be installed instead. 
SEC. 1070. CYBERSECURITY AND RESILIENCE ANNEX IN 
STRATEGIC RAIL CORRIDOR NETWORK AS-
SESSMENTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the Strategic Rail Corridor Network (here-
inafter referred to as ‘‘STRACNET’’) is a crucial
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asset for military mobility and logistics, increasingly 
targeted by cyber threats; 
(2) cybersecurity vulnerabilities in rail infra-
structure could disrupt defense operations and na-
tional security during a crisis; 
(3) resilience against cyberattacks and physical 
disruptions is essential to maintain the operational 
integrity of the Strategic Rail Corridor Network; 
and 
(4) regular assessments with a dedicated cyber-
security and resilience annex are necessary to ad-
dress evolving risks and ensure network reliability. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that integrating cybersecurity and infrastructure re-
silience into the Strategic Rail Corridor Network assess-
ments in crucial to protecting this vital defense transpor-
tation network. 
(c) CYBERSECURITY AND RESILIENCE ANNEX.—The 
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Transportation and the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, shall include in each assessment of the Strategic Rail 
Corridor Network carried out after the date of the enact-
ment of this section an annex containing an evaluation of 
the cybersecurity and the resilience of the physical infra-
structure of the Strategic Rail Corridor that includes—
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(1) a description of potential cyber threats and 
vulnerabilities affecting the Strategic Rail Corridor 
Network operations; 
(2) an assessment of the resilience of the Stra-
tegic Rail Corridor Network against cyberattacks 
and other disruptive actions by an adversary of the 
United States; 
(3) recommended actions to be taken by Con-
gress and Federal agencies to improve the cyberse-
curity defenses and the resilience of the physical in-
frastructure of the Strategic Rail Corridor Network; 
and 
(4) a description of the timelines and resource 
requirements to implement the recommendations 
under paragraph (3). 
SEC. 1070A. REPORT ON DOD-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS OF 
HIGHER EDUCATION HOSTING CONFUCIUS 
INSTITUTES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives a report identifying each in-
stitution of higher education that has— 
(1) received funding from the Department of 
Defense; and
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(2) hosted a Confucius Institute while in receipt 
of such funding. 
SEC. 1070B. REPORT ON AVIATION FLEET MAINTENANCE, 
AIRCRAFT AVAILABILITY RATES, AND PLANS 
TO REDUCE DOWNTIME. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on avia-
tion fleet maintenance backlogs, aircraft availability rates, 
and plans to reduce downtime, with a focus on bases in 
Florida. 
SEC. 1070C. STUDY ON IMPROVEMENT OF ARMY CON-
TRACTED SEALIFT ASSETS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) there is reason for concern with respect to 
the adequacy, availability, and alignment of lift as-
sets—both strategic and tactical—within the area of 
operations of the United States Indo-Pacific Com-
mand; and 
(2) given ongoing operational requirements, 
contested logistics challenges, and the need for rapid 
mobility in support of both deterrence and contin-
gency operations, a comprehensive analysis of cur-
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rent and projected Army sealift capacity is war-
ranted. 
(b) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of 
the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on options for expanding a reserve contracted wartime 
sealift capacity in the Indo-Pacific region. In producing 
the report, the Assistant Secretary shall take into consid-
eration the effects of contested logistics environments, 
anti-access/area denial threats, and the necessity of dis-
tributed operations under both steady-state and high-end 
conflict conditions. The report shall include each of the 
following: 
(1) An identification of each Army contracted 
sealift asset available during fiscal year 2025 in the 
area of operations of the United States Indo-Pacific 
Command. 
(2) An evaluation of current and projected mis-
sion requirements and operational tempo through 
fiscal year 2028, including an analysis of whether 
the existing Army contracted sealift assets are suffi-
cient to meet the needs of the United States Indo- 
Pacific Command and United States Army Pacific in 
both peacetime and conflict scenarios.
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(3) Recommendations for improving the con-
tracted sealift capability, capacity, and responsive-
ness of the sealift capacity of the Army in the area 
of operations of the United States Indo-Pacific Com-
mand, including through— 
(A) budgeting changes to ensure stable 
and reliable sources of funding; 
(B) improved coordination with the con-
tracted options of other military departments; 
(C) on-call contracting during quickly esca-
lating crisis and conflict; 
(D) posture adjustments; 
(E) force structure changes; and 
(F) interoperability improvements with al-
lies and partners. 
SEC. 1070D. STUDY ON PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND ALLIED SHIP-
YARD CAPABILITIES FOR INDO-PACIFIC RE-
GION CONFLICTS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Navy, in coordination with the Commander of the 
United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall conduct a 
study to assess the capacity of each United States public 
and private shipyard, and each foreign shipyard of an al-
lied or partner country, to support battle damage repair
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in the event of an armed conflict in the Indo-Pacific re-
gion. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the major infrastructure, 
facilities, and equipment of United States public and 
private shipyards in the Indo-Pacific region capable 
of use by the United States Armed Forces for battle 
damage repair during an armed conflict with a near- 
peer competitor in such region. 
(2) An evaluation of the workforce of United 
States public and private shipyards in the Indo-Pa-
cific region, including the availability, training, and 
projected needs of such workforce to support such 
battle damage repair. 
(3) An assessment of the public and private 
personnel, infrastructure, facilities, and equipment 
of foreign shipyards of allied or partner countries in 
the Indo-Pacific region capable of supporting the 
United States Armed Forces with respect to such 
battle damage repair. 
(4) An analysis of supply chain resilience and 
vulnerabilities relating to such battle damage repair. 
(5) Recommendations for strategic investments 
or policy changes necessary to expand or modernize
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public or private shipyard capacity to support such 
battle damage repair. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date on which the Secretary concludes the study 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report containing the 
results of such study and any recommendations the Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
SEC. 1070E. UTILIZATION OF OFFICE SPACE BY THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REPORT TO GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRA-
TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall annually submit a 
written report to the Administrator of the General Serv-
ices Administration that includes the following: 
(1) Monthly total occupancy of office space. 
(2) The actual utilization of office space. 
(3) Monthly space utilization rates. 
(4) Any other office space utilization data con-
sidered important by the Administrator of the Gen-
eral Services Administration. 
(b) FINALIZED PROCEDURES FOR THE RETURN OF 
OFFICE SPACE TO THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRA-
TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall draft and finalize 
written procedures that provide for the return of office 
space to the General Services Administration if the occu-
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pancy of the Department of Defense falls below a 60 per-
cent space utilization rate for 6 months within any 1-year 
period. 
(c) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.— 
This section shall not apply to office space properties used 
by an element of the intelligence community. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘actual utilization’’ means the 
percentage of capacity used based on the space utili-
zation rate. 
(2) The term ‘‘capacity’’ means a usable office 
space calculated by the square feet of such space di-
vided by 150. 
(3) The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
(4) The term ‘‘occupancy’’ means the total 
number of employees performing duties in-person, in 
office space, at least 5 days per week on a recurring 
basis. 
(5) The term ‘‘space utilization rate’’ means 
total usable square feet divided by occupancy.
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SEC. 1070F. BIENNIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE NAVAL AIR 
WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 1 of 
each of 2026, 2028, and 2030, the Secretary of the Navy 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees an 
assessment of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Di-
vision. 
(b) CONTENT.—In each assessment submitted under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall include, for the period 
covered by the assessment, a description of— 
(1) any challenges with respect to completing 
the mission of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weap-
ons Division; and 
(2) the plan of the Secretary to address such 
challenges. 
SEC. 1070G. EXTENSION OF BIENNIAL ASSESSMENTS OF 
AIR FORCE TEST CENTER. 
Section 1067 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘2026, 2028, and 
2030’’. 
SEC. 1070H. REPORT ON PROPOSED WESTERN HEMI-
SPHERE COMMAND. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—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-
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mittees a report on the proposed establishment of a West-
ern Hemisphere Command through the consolidation of 
United States Army North and United States Army 
South. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) a detailed description of the proposed mis-
sion and command structure of the Western Hemi-
sphere Command; 
(2) an explanation of how the proposed com-
mand would support or enhance homeland defense, 
civil support, disaster response, and regional security 
cooperation 
operations 
currently 
conducted 
by 
United States Army North and United States Army 
South; 
(3) an assessment of the anticipated relation-
ship between the Western Hemisphere Command 
and the United States Northern Command and the 
United States Southern Command; 
(4) an evaluation of how the proposed structure 
would improve coordination with interagency, inter-
national, and State partners; and 
(5) an assessment of potential headquarters lo-
cations for the Western Hemisphere Command, in-
cluding an analysis of the operational, strategic, and
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fiscal benefits of retaining the headquarters at Joint 
Base San Antonio–Fort Sam Houston, Texas, tak-
ing into account— 
(A) the central location of San Antonio in 
the Western Hemisphere, including its prox-
imity to the border between the United States 
and Mexico, which enhances border security op-
erations and regional defense cooperation; 
(B) the longstanding investments of the 
city of San Antonio in military infrastructure, 
including more than $158,000,000 toward Joint 
Base San Antonio infrastructure priorities; 
(C) co-located intelligence, communica-
tions, logistics, and national security infrastruc-
ture, including National Security Administra-
tion Texas and one of the largest concentra-
tions of cybersecurity professionals in the 
United States; 
(D) the presence of the 16th Air Force 
(Air Forces Cyber) which is the operational 
headquarters of the Air Force for integrated 
cyber, electronic warfare, and information oper-
ations and is recognized as one of the pre-
eminent cyber defense entities in the United 
States;
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(E) premier Department of Defense health 
infrastructure at Brooke Army Medical Center 
and a pipeline for future medical professionals 
at the University of Texas Health Science Cen-
ter at San Antonio; and 
(F) any other matters the Secretary of De-
fense considers relevant. 
SEC. 1070I. REPORT ON MODERNIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
FOR THE THUNDERBIRDS DEMONSTRATION 
TEAM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, 
based at Nellis Air Force Base, serve a critical role 
in enhancing military recruitment, national unity, 
and airpower education; 
(2) the Thunderbirds represent the highest 
standards of professionalism, precision, and public 
engagement; and 
(3) continued investment in the aircraft, train-
ing, and personnel of the Thunderbirds is essential 
to preserving their global reputation and mission 
readiness. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force
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shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port evaluating the current and projected aircraft mod-
ernization and sustainment needs of the United States Air 
Force 
Thunderbirds, 
including 
F–16 
platform 
sustainment timelines, readiness rates, and transition con-
siderations for future aircraft platforms. 
SEC. 1070J. REPORT ON PROLIFERATION OF CHINESE MED-
ICAL DEVICE TECHNOLOGY IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2025, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report on the proliferation of Chinese 
medical device technology in the Department of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall including the following: 
(1) An assessment of the extent to which Chi-
nese medical technology has been and is being used 
in Department of Defense medical facilities, and, to 
the extent practicable, an assessment of use by non- 
Department medical facilities that provide medical 
care to members of the Armed Forces and their 
families. 
(2) An analysis of the national security 
vulnerabilities associated with using Chinese medical
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device technology in Department of Defense medical 
facilities and in non-Department medical facilities 
that provide medical care to members of the Armed 
Forces and their families. 
(3) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
relevant. 
SEC. 1070K. REPORT ON ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION 
ENCLAVES BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE AND CONGRESS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report outlining 
the cost, schedule, and implementation plan to establish 
a system of classified and unclassified communication en-
claves between the Department of Defense and Congress, 
as annotated in the Commission on Planning, Program-
ming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform’s 2024 final re-
port, that— 
(1) enables more robust communication between 
the Department of Defense and Congress; 
(2) includes a common set of reports and budg-
et materials that can be readily searched, sorted, 
and retrieved for analysis across all security classi-
fication levels; and
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proved personnel within the Armed Forces, subject 
to applicable security standards and oversight. 
(5) A proposal to designate shared commercial 
classified facilities as valid places to work for all 
types of classified work authorized by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(6) A proposal to develop and establish a se-
cure, centralized, digital platform for the manage-
ment of sensitive compartmented information facility 
lifecycle processes, including— 
(A) submission and tracking of construc-
tion security plans, requests for information, 
fixed facility checklists, and co-use authoriza-
tions; and 
(B) utilization of artificial intelligence and 
machine-learning tools for construction security 
plan validation, interagency compliance, and 
document version control. 
(7) A list of any additional authorities, appro-
priations, or other resources necessary to implement 
the plan required by this section.
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(B) by striking ‘‘the Bashar al-Assad re-
gime,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Russian Federation, 
elements of the former Bashar al-Assad re-
gime,’’; and 
(C) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘Ansarallah,’’ 
after 
‘‘Hamas,’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘regardless of whether they 
are surface-to-surface or anti-ship missiles.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘regardless of whether they 
are surface-to-surface or anti-ship missiles.’’. 
(c) TERMINATION.—Subsection (d) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2026’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 
Subtitle D—Reports and Strategies 
SEC. 1241. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF ANNUAL RE-
PORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOP-
MENTS INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION. 
Section 1234 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3936) is amended—
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number, and subactivity group title; 
and 
(bb) a description of the specific 
manner in which each such amount 
would be used. 
(IV) With respect to military per-
sonnel accounts— 
(aa) amounts displayed by ac-
count, budget activity, budget sub-
activity, and budget subactivity title; 
and 
(bb) a description of the require-
ments for each such amount. 
(V) With respect to each project 
under military construction accounts (in-
cluding unspecified minor military con-
struction and amounts for planning and 
design), the country, location, project title, 
and project amount for each fiscal year. 
(VI) With respect to any expenditure 
or proposed appropriation not described in 
subclauses (I) through (V), a level of detail 
equivalent to or greater than the level of 
detail provided in the future-years defense
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, each military 
resale entity shall— 
(A) develop and make public the certifi-
cation form such resale entity will require a 
manfacturer to submit to meet the requirement 
under subsection (a); and 
(B) provide instructions on how such cer-
tification form shall be submitted to the rel-
evant military resale entity. 
(2) SUBMISSION IN CASE OF FAILURE TO PUB-
LISH FORM.—If a military resale entity fails to pre-
pare and make public such certification form, a 
manufacturer may submit information necessary to 
prove compliance with the requirements of this sec-
tion. 
(e) CHANGES TO CERTIFICATION FORM.—A manu-
facturer that submits a certification form under subsection 
(a) shall notify each relevant military resale entity to 
which such certification was submitted not later than 30 
days after making any material change to the certification 
form, including— 
(1) the issuance or denial of a marketing au-
thorization or other order by the Secretary pursuant