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SEC. 1412. ADDITIONAL SECURITY OF STRATEGIC MATE-
RIALS SUPPLY CHAINS. 
Section 2(b) of the Strategic and Critical Materials 
Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98a) is amended by inserting 
‘‘or a single point of failure’’ after ‘‘foreign sources’’. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 1421. REDUCTION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES WITH-
IN THE PENTAGON RESERVATION MAINTE-
NANCE REVOLVING FUND. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall transfer 
$26,000,000 from the unobligated balances of the Pen-
tagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund estab-
lished under section 2674(e) of title 10, United States 
Code, to the Miscellaneous Receipts Fund of the United 
States Treasury. 
SEC. 1422. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM-
ONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN JAMES A. 
LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated for section 1406 and 
available for the Defense Health Program for operation 
and maintenance, $139,204,000 may be transferred by the 
Secretary of Defense to the Joint Department of Defense– 
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Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of sec-
tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). 
For purposes of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, 
any funds so transferred shall be treated as amounts au-
thorized and appropriated specifically for the purpose of 
such a transfer. 
(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For the pur-
poses of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility oper-
ations for which funds transferred under subsection (a) 
may be used are operations of the Captain James A. 
Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the 
North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy 
Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities des-
ignated as a combined Federal medical facility under an 
operational agreement covered by section 706 of the Dun-
can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 
SEC. 1423. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2013 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Trust Fund the sum of $67,590,000 for the operation of 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
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TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF 
ADDITIONAL 
APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR OVERSEAS CON-
TINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Additional Appropriations 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to authorize appropria-
tions for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2013 
to provide additional funds for overseas contingency oper-
ations being carried out by the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1502. PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2013 for procurement accounts for the Army, 
the Navy and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and De-
fense-wide activities, as specified in the funding table in 
section 4102. 
SEC. 1503. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2013 for the use of the Department of Defense 
for research, development, test, and evaluation, as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4202. 
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SEC. 1504. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2013 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 
maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 
4302. 
SEC. 1505. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2013 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for military per-
sonnel, as specified in the funding table in section 4402. 
SEC. 1506. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2013 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1507. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2013 for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health 
Program, as specified in the funding table in section 4502. 
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SEC. 1508. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2013 for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction 
and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4502. 
SEC. 1509. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2013 for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Defense, as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4502. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1521. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 
title are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act. 
SEC. 1522. SPECIAL 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 title for fiscal year 2013 
between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 
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(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authoriza-
tions so transferred shall be merged with and be 
available for the same purposes as the authorization 
to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The total amount of author-
izations that the Secretary may transfer under the 
authority of this subsection may not exceed 
$3,000,000,000. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Transfers under this 
section shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 
as transfers under section 1001. 
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer author-
ity provided by this section is in addition to the transfer 
authority provided under section 1001. 
SEC. 1523. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS IN OVERSEAS 
CONTINGENCY 
OPERATIONS 
TRANSFER 
FUND. 
Amounts appropriated to the Overseas Contingency 
Operations Transfer Fund pursuant to the authorizations 
of appropriations contained in this title and available for 
use or transfer to cover expenses directly relating to over-
seas contingency operations by the United States Armed 
Forces may be used only for an item or activity specified 
in the overseas contingency operations portion of the 
budget submitted to Congress by the President under sec-
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tion 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 
2013. 
Subtitle C—Limitations and Other 
Matters 
SEC. 1531. JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT 
FUND. 
(a) USE AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 1514 of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 
Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2439), as in effect before the 
amendments made by section 1503 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4649), shall apply to the 
funds made available to the Department of Defense for 
the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund for 
fiscal year 2013. In providing prior notice to the congres-
sional defense committees of the obligation of funds from 
the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund for 
such fiscal year, as required by paragraph (4) of such sub-
section (c), the Secretary of Defense shall include the mar-
ket research or associated analysis of alternatives con-
ducted in the process of taking action to initiate any 
project for which the total obligation of funds from the 
Fund will exceed $10,000,000. 
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(b) MONTHLY OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENDITURE RE-
PORTS.—Not later than 15 days after the end of each 
month of fiscal year 2013, the Secretary of Defense shall 
provide to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund ex-
plaining monthly commitments, obligations, and expendi-
tures by line of action. 
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS IN 
JIEDDF.—Funds in the Joint Improvised Explosive De-
vice Defeat Fund shall be available, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State, for the purpose of monitoring, 
disrupting, and interdicting the movement of explosive de-
vice precursors from a country that borders Afghanistan 
to a location within Afghanistan. For a country in which 
the actions and activities described in the preceding sen-
tence are carried out, such funds may, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State, also be used to train and 
equip the security forces of that country that support mis-
sions to monitor, disrupt, and interdict the movement of 
explosive device precursors into Afghanistan. 
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SEC. 1532. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF PROJECT AUTHORITY 
AND 
RELATED 
REQUIREMENTS 
OF 
TASK 
FORCE FOR BUSINESS AND STABILITY OPER-
ATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1535 of 
the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4426), 
as amended by section 1534 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112– 
81; 125 Stat. 1658), is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘October 31, 
2011, and October 31, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘Octo-
ber 31, 2011, October 31, 2012, and October 31, 
2013’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2013’’. 
(b) SCOPE OF PROJECTS.—Paragraph (3) of such 
subsection, as so amended, is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘private investment, mining sec-
tor development, industrial development, and other 
projects’’ and inserting ‘‘mining and natural re-
source industry development’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘focus on improving the com-
mercial viability of’’ and inserting ‘‘complement’’. 
(c) FUNDING.—Paragraph (4) of such subsection, as 
so amended, is further amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’. 
(2) by striking ‘‘The amount’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees.’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The amount of funds 
used under authority of subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) may not exceed $150,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2012, except that not more than 
50 percent of such amount may be obli-
gated until the plan required by subsection 
(b) is submitted to the appropriate con-
gressional committees; and 
‘‘(ii) may not exceed $50,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2013, except that no such funds 
may be obligated until the Secretary noti-
fies the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that the activities of the Task Force 
for Business and Stability Operations in 
Afghanistan will be transitioned to the De-
partment of State by September 30, 
2013.’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘The funds’’ and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY.—The funds’’. 
SEC. 1533. LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN AF-
GHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING LIMITATIONS ON 
AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS
IN AFGHANISTAN SECURITY 
FORCES FUND.—Funds available to the Department of 
Defense for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund for fis-
cal year 2013 shall be subject to the conditions contained 
in subsections (b) through (g) of section 1513 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
(Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 428), as amended by sec-
tion 1531(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 
124 Stat. 4424). 
(b) AFGHAN PUBLIC PROTECTION FORCE.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds available 
to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2013 
for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund may be 
obligated or expended for the Afghan Public Protec-
tion Force (in this subsection referred to as the 
‘‘APPF’’) until the Secretary of Defense certifies in 
writing to the congressional defense committees the 
following: 
(A) Each subcontract, task order, or deliv-
ery order entered into with the APPF under a 
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contract of the Department of Defense, or any 
agreement between the United States and Af-
ghanistan for services of the APPF for the De-
partment of Defense, will include— 
(i) standard format, content, and li-
ability clauses to ensure consistent levels of 
security and dispute resolution mecha-
nisms; 
(ii) a requirement for members of the 
APPF to adhere to the APPF Code of 
Conduct, including principles of conduct 
for such personnel, minimum vetting re-
quirements, and management and over-
sight commitments; 
(iii) authority for the prime contractor 
or, in the case of an agreement, the United 
States, to independently conduct biometric 
screening; 
(iv) authority for the prime contractor 
or, in the case of an agreement, the United 
States— 
(I) to direct the APPF, at its 
own expense, to remove or replace any 
personnel performing on a subcontract 
or such agreement who fail to meet 
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