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Union Calendar No. 71 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1735 
[Report No. 114–102] 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of 
the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2015 
Mr. THORNBERRY (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Washington) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
MAY 5, 2015 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 13, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense and for military 
construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 
CONTENTS. 
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into four divi-
sions as follows: 
(1) Division A—Department of Defense Author-
izations. 
(2) Division B—Military Construction Author-
izations. 
(3) Division C—Department of Energy National 
Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations. 
(4) Division D—Funding Tables. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
Sec. 111. Limitation on availability of funds for AN/TPQ–53 radar systems. 
Sec. 112. Prioritization of upgraded UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters within Army 
National Guard. 
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Sec. 113. Report on options to accelerate replacement of UH–60A Blackhawk heli-
copters of Army National Guard. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
Sec. 121. Modification to multiyear procurement authority for Arleigh Burke 
class destroyers and associated systems. 
Sec. 122. Procurement authority for aircraft carrier programs. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
Sec. 131. Limitation on availability of funds for executive communications up-
grades for C–20 and C–37 aircraft. 
Sec. 132. Backup inventory status of A–10 aircraft. 
Sec. 133. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of A–10 aircraft. 
Sec. 134. Prohibition on retirement of EC–130H aircraft. 
Sec. 135. Limitation on availability of funds for divestment or transfer of KC– 
10 aircraft. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters 
Sec. 141. Limitation on availability of funds for Joint Battle Command–Plat-
form. 
Sec. 142. Strategy for replacement of A/MH–6 Mission Enhanced Little Bird air-
craft to meet special operations requirements. 
Sec. 143. Independent assessment of United States Combat Logistic Force require-
ments. 
Sec. 144. Report on use of different types of enhanced 5.56 mm ammunition by 
the Army and the Marine Corps. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 211. Extension of defense research and development rapid innovation pro-
gram. 
Sec. 212. Limitation on availability of funds for medical countermeasures pro-
gram. 
Sec. 213. Limitation on availability of funds for F–15 infrared search and track 
capability development. 
Sec. 214. Independent assessment of F135 engine program. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 221. Expansion of education partnerships to support technology transfer and 
transition. 
Sec. 222. Strategies for engagement with historically black colleges and univer-
sities and minority-serving institutions of higher education. 
Sec. 223. Plan for advanced weapons technology war games. 
Sec. 224. Comptroller General Review of autonomic logistics information system 
for F–35 Lightening II aircraft. 
Sec. 225. Briefing on shallow water combat submersible program. 
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TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 
Sec. 311. Limitation on procurement of drop-in fuels. 
Sec. 312. Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas. 
Sec. 313. Revision to scope of statutorily required review of projects relating to 
potential obstructions to aviation so as to apply only to energy 
projects. 
Sec. 314. Exclusions from definition of ‘‘chemical substance’’ under Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act. 
Sec. 315. Exemption of Department of Defense from alternative fuel procurement 
requirement. 
Sec. 316. Limitation on plan, design, refurbishing, or construction of biofuels re-
fineries. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment 
Sec. 321. Assignment of certain new requirements based on determinations of 
cost-efficiency. 
Sec. 322. Inclusion in annual technology and industrial capability assessments of 
a determination about defense acquisition program require-
ments. 
Sec. 323. Amendment to limitation on authority to enter into a contract for the 
sustainment, maintenance, repair, or other overhaul of the F117 
engine. 
Sec. 324. Pilot programs for availability of working-capital funds for product im-
provements. 
Sec. 325. Report on equipment purchased from foreign entities that could be man-
ufactured in United States arsenals or depots. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 333. Improvements to Department of Defense excess property disposal. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Sec. 402. Revisions in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2016 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty 
for operational support. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
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TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Equitable treatment of junior officers excluded from an all-fully-quali-
fied-officers list because of administrative error. 
Sec. 502. Authority to defer until age 68 mandatory retirement for age of a gen-
eral or flag officer serving as Chief or Deputy Chief of Chaplains 
of the Army, Navy, or Air Force. 
Sec. 503. Implementation of Comptroller General recommendation on the defini-
tion and availability of costs associated with general and flag 
officers and their aides. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Clarification of purpose of reserve component special selection boards as 
limited to correction of error at a mandatory promotion board. 
Sec. 512. Ready Reserve continuous screening regarding key positions disquali-
fying Federal officials from continued service in the Ready Re-
serve. 
Sec. 513. Exemption of military technicians (dual status) from civilian employee 
furloughs. 
Sec. 514. Annual report on personnel, training, and equipment requirements for 
the non-Federalized National Guard to support civilian authori-
ties in prevention and response to non-catastrophic domestic dis-
asters. 
Sec. 515. National Guard civil and defense support activities and related matters. 
Subtitle C—Consolidation of Authorities to Order Members of Reserve 
Components to Perform Duty 
Sec. 521. Administration of reserve duty. 
Sec. 522. Reserve duty authorities. 
Sec. 523. Purpose of reserve duty. 
Sec. 524. Training and other duty performed by members of the National Guard. 
Sec. 525. Conforming and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 526. Effective date and implementation. 
Subtitle D—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 531. Temporary authority to develop and provide additional recruitment in-
centives. 
Sec. 532. Expansion of authority to conduct pilot programs on career flexibility 
to enhance retention of members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 533. Modification of notice and wait requirements for change in ground com-
bat exclusion policy for female members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 534. Role of Secretary of Defense in development of gender-neutral occupa-
tional standards. 
Sec. 535. Burdens of proof applicable to investigations and reviews related to pro-
tected communications of members of the Armed Forces and pro-
hibited retaliatory actions. 
Sec. 536. Revision of name on military service record to reflect change in gender 
identity after separation from the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 537. Establishment of breastfeeding policy for the Department of the Army. 
Sec. 538. Sense of the House of Representatives regarding Secretary of Defense re-
view of section 504 of title 10, United States Code, regarding en-
listing certain aliens in the Armed Forces. 
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Subtitle E—Military Justice, Including Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence 
Prevention and Response 
Sec. 541. Improvements to Special Victims’ Counsel program. 
Sec. 542. Department of Defense civilian employee access to Special Victims’ 
Counsel. 
Sec. 543. Access to Special Victims’ Counsel for former dependents of members 
and former members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 544. Representation and assistance from Special Victims’ Counsel in retalia-
tory proceedings. 
Sec. 545. Timely notification to victims of sex-related offenses of the availability 
of assistance from Special Victims’ Counsel. 
Sec. 546. Participation by victim in punitive proceedings and access to records. 
Sec. 547. Victim access to report of results of preliminary hearing under Article 
32 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 548. Minimum confinement period required for conviction of certain sex-re-
lated offenses committed by members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 549. Strategy to prevent retaliation against members of the Armed Forces 
who report or intervene on behalf of the victim in instances of 
sexual assault. 
Sec. 550. Improved Department of Defense prevention and response to sexual as-
saults in which the victim is a male member of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 551. Sexual assault prevention and response training for administrators and 
instructors of the Junior and Senior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps. 
Sec. 552. Modification of Manual for Courts-Martial to require consistent prepa-
ration of the full record of trial. 
Sec. 553. Inclusion of additional information in annual reports regarding De-
partment of Defense sexual assault prevention and response. 
Sec. 554. Retention of case notes in investigations of sex-related offenses involving 
members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps. 
Sec. 555. Additional guidance regarding release of mental health records of De-
partment of Defense medical treatment facilities in cases involv-
ing any sex-related offense. 
Sec. 556. Public availability of records of certain proceedings under the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 557. Revision of Department of Defense Directive-type Memorandum 15-003, 
relating to Registered Sex Offender Identification, Notification, 
and Monitoring in the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 558. Improved implementation of changes to Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice. 
Subtitle F—Member Education, Training, and Transition 
Sec. 561. Availability of preseparation counseling for members of the Armed 
Forces discharged or released after limited active duty. 
Sec. 562. Availability of additional training opportunities under Transition As-
sistance Program. 
Sec. 563. Enhancements to Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program. 
Sec. 564. Appointments to military service academies from nominations made by 
Delegates in Congress from the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands. 
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Sec. 565. Recognition of additional involuntary mobilization duty authorities ex-
empt from five-year limit on reemployment rights of persons 
who serve in the uniformed services. 
Sec. 566. Job Training and Post-Service Placement Executive Committee. 
Sec. 567. Direct employment pilot program for members of the National Guard 
and Reserve. 
Sec. 568. Program regarding civilian credentialing for skills required for certain 
military occupational specialties. 
Subtitle G—Defense Dependents’ Education and Military Family Readiness 
Matters 
Sec. 571. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that ben-
efit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department 
of Defense civilian employees. 
Sec. 572. Extension of authority to conduct family support programs for imme-
diate family members of members of the Armed Forces assigned 
to special operations forces. 
Sec. 573. Support for efforts to improve academic achievement and transition of 
military dependent students. 
Sec. 574. Study regarding feasibility of using DEERS to track dependents of 
members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civil-
ian employees who are elementary or secondary education stu-
dents. 
Sec. 575. Sense of Congress regarding support for dependents of members of the 
Armed Forces attending specialized camps. 
Subtitle H—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 581. Authorization for award of the Distinguished-Service Cross for acts of 
extraordinary heroism during the Korean War. 
Sec. 582. Limitation on authority of Secretaries of the military departments re-
garding revocation of combat valor awards. 
Sec. 583. Award of Purple Heart to members of the Armed Forces who were vic-
tims of the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, bombing. 
Subtitle I—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 591. Authority for United States Air Force Institute of Technology to charge 
and retain tuition for instruction of persons other than Air 
Force personnel detailed for instruction at the Institute. 
Sec. 592. Honoring certain members of the reserve components as veterans. 
Sec. 593. Support for designation of 2015 as the Year of the Military Diver. 
Sec. 594. Transfer and adoption of military animals. 
Sec. 595. Coordination with non-government suicide prevention organizations 
and agencies to assist in reducing suicides. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Extension of authority to provide temporary increase in rates of basic 
allowance for housing under certain circumstances. 
Sec. 602. Prohibition on per diem allowance reductions based on the duration of 
temporary duty assignment or civilian travel. 
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Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for re-
serve forces. 
Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 
health care professionals. 
Sec. 613. One-year extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear offi-
cers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of authorities relating to title 37 consolidated special 
pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities. 
Sec. 615. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other title 37 
bonuses and special pays. 
Sec. 616. Increase in maximum annual amount of nuclear officer bonus pay. 
Sec. 617. Modification to special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities for 
officers. 
Sec. 618. Repeal of obsolete special travel and transportation allowance for sur-
vivors of deceased members of the Armed Forces from the Viet-
nam conflict. 
Subtitle C—Modernization of Military Retirement System 
Sec. 631. Full participation for members of the uniformed services in Thrift Sav-
ings Plan. 
Sec. 632. Modernized retirement system for members of the uniformed services. 
Sec. 633. Continuation pay for full TSP members with 12 years of service. 
Sec. 634. Effective date and implementation. 
Subtitle D—Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits 
and Operations 
Sec. 641. Preserving Assured Commissary Supply to Asia and the Pacific. 
Sec. 642. Prohibition on replacement or consolidation of defense commissary and 
exchange systems pending submission of required report on de-
fense commissary system. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 651. Improvement of financial literacy and preparedness of members of the 
Armed Forces. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Care Benefits 
Sec. 701. Joint uniform formulary for transition of care. 
Sec. 702. Access to broad range of methods of contraception approved by the Food 
and Drug Administration for members of the Armed Forces and 
military dependents at military treatment facilities. 
Sec. 703. Access to contraceptive method for duration of deployment. 
Sec. 704. Access to infertility treatment for members of the Armed Forces and de-
pendents. 
Subtitle B—Health Care Administration 
Sec. 711. Unified medical command. 
Sec. 712. Licensure of mental health professionals in TRICARE program. 
Sec. 713. Reports on proposed realignments of military medical treatment facili-
ties. 
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Sec. 714. Pilot program for operation of network of retail pharmacies under 
TRICARE pharmacy benefits program. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 721. Extension of authority for DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive 
Fund. 
Sec. 722. Extension of authority for Joint Department of Defense-Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND 
RELATED MATTERS 
Sec. 800. Sense of Congress on the desired tenets of the defense acquisition system. 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 
Sec. 801. Report on linking and streamlining requirements, acquisition, and 
budget processes within Armed Forces. 
Sec. 802. Required review of acquisition-related functions of the Chiefs of Staff 
of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 803. Independent study of matters related to bid protests. 
Sec. 804. Procurement of commercial items. 
Sec. 805. Modification to information required to be submitted by offeror in pro-
curement of major weapon systems as commercial items. 
Sec. 806. Amendment relating to multiyear contract authority for acquisition of 
property. 
Sec. 807. Compliance with inventory of contracts for services. 
Subtitle B—Workforce Development and Related Matters 
Sec. 811. Amendments to Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Develop-
ment Fund. 
Sec. 812. Dual-track military professionals in operational and acquisition speci-
alities. 
Sec. 813. Provision of joint duty assignment credit for acquisition duty. 
Sec. 814. Requirement for acquisition skills assessment biennial strategic work-
force plan. 
Sec. 815. Mandatory requirement for training related to the conduct of market re-
search. 
Sec. 816. Independent study of implementation of defense acquisition workforce 
improvement efforts. 
Sec. 817. Extension of demonstration project relating to certain acquisition per-
sonnel management policies and procedures. 
Subtitle C—Weapon Systems Acquisition and Related Matters 
Sec. 821. Sense of Congress on the desired characteristics for the weapon systems 
acquisition system. 
Sec. 822. Acquisition strategy required for each major defense acquisition pro-
gram and major system. 
Sec. 823. Revision to requirements relating to risk management in development 
of major defense acquisition programs and major systems. 
Sec. 824. Modification to requirements relating to determination of contract type 
for major defense acquisition programs and major systems. 
Sec. 825. Required determination before Milestone A approval or initiation of 
major defense acquisition programs. 
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Sec. 826. Required certification and determination before Milestone B approval 
of major defense acquisition programs. 
Subtitle D—Industrial Base Matters 
Sec. 831. Codification and amendment of Mentor-Protege Program. 
Sec. 832. Amendments to data quality improvement plan. 
Sec. 833. Notice of contract consolidation for acquisition strategies. 
Sec. 834. Clarification of requirements related to small business contracts for 
services. 
Sec. 835. Review of Government access to intellectual property rights of private 
sector firms. 
Sec. 836. Requirement that certain ship components be manufactured in the na-
tional technology and industrial base. 
Sec. 837. Policy regarding solid rocket motors used in tactical missiles. 
Sec. 838. FAR Council membership for Administrator of Small Business Admin-
istration. 
Sec. 839. Surety bond requirements and amount of guarantee. 
Sec. 840. Certification requirements for procurement center representatives, Busi-
ness Opportunity Specialists, and commercial market represent-
atives. 
Sec. 841. Including subcontracting goals in agency responsibilities. 
Sec. 842. Modifications to requirements for qualified HUBZone small business 
concerns located in a base closure area. 
Sec. 843. Joint venturing and teaming. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 851. Additional responsibility for Director of Operational Test and Evalua-
tion. 
Sec. 852. Use of recent prices paid by the Government in the determination of 
price reasonableness. 
Sec. 853. Codification of other transaction authority for certain prototype 
projects. 
Sec. 854. Amendments to certain acquisition thresholds. 
Sec. 855. Revision of method of rounding when making inflation adjustment of 
acquisition-related dollar thresholds. 
Sec. 856. Repeal of requirement for stand-alone manpower estimates for major de-
fense acquisition programs. 
Sec. 857. Examination and guidance relating to oversight and approval of serv-
ices contracts. 
Sec. 858. Streamlining of requirements relating to defense business systems. 
Sec. 859. Consideration of strategic materials in preliminary design review. 
Sec. 860. Procurement of personal protective equipment. 
Sec. 861. Amendments concerning detection and avoidance of counterfeit elec-
tronic parts. 
Sec. 862. Revision to duties of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for De-
velopmental Test and Evaluation and the Deputy Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Systems Engineering. 
Sec. 863. Extension of limitation on aggregate annual amount available for con-
tract services. 
Sec. 864. Use of lowest price, technically acceptable evaluation method for pro-
curement of audit or audit readiness services. 
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TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Sec. 901. Redesignation of the Department of the Navy as the Department of the 
Navy and Marine Corps. 
Sec. 902. Change of period for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff review of 
the unified command plan. 
Sec. 903. Update of statutory specification of functions of the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff relating to joint force development activi-
ties. 
Sec. 904. Sense of Congress on the United States Marine Corps. 
Sec. 905. Additional requirements for streamlining of Department of Defense 
management headquarters. 
Sec. 906. Sense of Congress on performance management and workforce incentive 
system. 
Sec. 907. Guidelines for conversion of functions performed by civilian or con-
tractor personnel to performance by military personnel. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. Authority to transfer funds to the National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration to sustain nuclear weapons modernization and naval re-
actors. 
Sec. 1003. Accounting standards to value certain property, plant, and equipment 
items. 
Subtitle B—Counter-Drug Activities 
Sec. 1011. Extension of authority to provide additional support for counter-drug 
activities of certain foreign governments. 
Sec. 1012. Statement of policy on Plan Central America. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1021. Restrictions on the overhaul and repair of vessels in foreign shipyards. 
Sec. 1022. Extension of authority for reimbursement of expenses for certain Navy 
mess operations afloat. 
Sec. 1023. Availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of Ticonderoga 
class cruisers or dock landing ships. 
Sec. 1024. Limitation on the use of funds for removal of ballistic missile defense 
capabilities from Ticonderoga class cruisers. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
Sec. 1031. Permanent authority to provide rewards through Government per-
sonnel of allied forces and certain other modifications to Depart-
ment of Defense program to provide rewards. 
Sec. 1032. Congressional notification of sensitive military operations. 
Sec. 1033. Repeal of semiannual reports on obligation and expenditure of funds 
for combating terrorism program. 
Sec. 1034. Reports to Congress on contact between terrorists and individuals for-
merly detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba. 
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Sec. 1035. Inclusion in reports to Congress information about recidivism of indi-
viduals formerly detained at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1036. Prohibition on the use of funds for the transfer or release of individ-
uals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1037. 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. 
Sec. 1038. Prohibition on use of funds to transfer or release individuals detained 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to 
combat zones. 
Sec. 1039. Requirements for certifications relating to the transfer of detainees at 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to for-
eign countries and other foreign entities. 
Sec. 1040. Submission to Congress of certain documents relating to transfer of in-
dividuals detained at Guantanamo to Qatar. 
Sec. 1041. Submission of unredacted copies of documents relating to the transfer 
of certain individuals detained at Guantanamo to Qatar. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1051. Enhancement of authority of Secretary of Navy to use National Sea- 
Based Deterrence Fund. 
Sec. 1052. Department of Defense excess property program. 
Sec. 1053. Limitation on transfer of certain AH–64 Apache helicopters from 
Army National Guard to regular Army and related personnel 
levels. 
Sec. 1054. Space available travel for environmental morale leave by certain 
spouses and children of deployed members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 1055. Information-related and strategic communications capabilities engage-
ment pilot program. 
Sec. 1056. Prohibition on use of funds for retirement of helicopter sea combat 
squadron 84 and 85 aircraft. 
Sec. 1057. Limitation on availability of funds for destruction of certain land-
mines. 
Sec. 1058. Limitation on availability of funds for modifying command and con-
trol of United States Pacific Fleet. 
Sec. 1059. Prohibition on the closure of United States Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba. 
Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 
Sec. 1061. Provision of defense planning guidance and contingency planning 
guidance information to Congress. 
Sec. 1062. Modification of certain reports submitted by Comptroller General of 
the United States. 
Sec. 1063. Report on implementation of the geographically distributed force 
laydown in the area of responsibility of United States Pacific 
Command. 
Sec. 1064. Independent study of national security strategy formulation process. 
Sec. 1065. Study and report on role of Department of Defense in formulation of 
long-term strategy. 
Sec. 1066. Report on potential threats to members of the Armed Forces of United 
States Naval Forces Central Command and United States Fifth 
Fleet in Bahrain. 
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Subtitle G—Repeal or Revision of National Defense Reporting Requirements 
Sec. 1071. Repeal or revision of reporting requirements related to military per-
sonnel issues. 
Sec. 1072. Repeal or revision of reporting requirements relating to readiness. 
Sec. 1073. Repeal or revision of reporting requirements related to naval vessels 
and Merchant Marine. 
Sec. 1074. Repeal or revision of reporting requirements related to nuclear, pro-
liferation, and related matters. 
Sec. 1075. Repeal or revision of reporting requirements related to missile defense. 
Sec. 1076. Repeal or revision of reporting requirements related to acquisition. 
Sec. 1077. Repeal or revision of reporting requirements related to civilian per-
sonnel. 
Sec. 1078. Repeal or revision of miscellaneous reporting requirements. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
Sec. 1081. Technical and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 1082. Executive agent for the oversight and management of alternative com-
pensatory control measures. 
Sec. 1083. Navy support of Ocean Research Advisory Panel. 
Sec. 1084. Level of readiness of Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers. 
Sec. 1085. Authorization of transfer of surplus firearms to Corporation for the 
Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety . 
Sec. 1086. Modification of requirements for transferring aircraft within the Air 
Force inventory. 
Sec. 1087. Reestablishment of Commission to Assess the Threat to the United 
States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack. 
Sec. 1088. Department of Defense strategy for countering unconventional warfare. 
Sec. 1089. Mine countermeasures master plan. 
Sec. 1090. Congressional notification and briefing requirement on ordered evacu-
ations of United States embassies and consulates involving the 
use of United States Armed Forces. 
Sec. 1091. Determination and disclosure of transportation costs incurred by Sec-
retary of Defense for congressional trips outside the United 
States. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 
Sec. 1101. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, bene-
fits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a 
combat zone. 
Sec. 1102. Authority to provide additional allowances and benefits for defense 
clandestine service employees. 
Sec. 1103.
Extension of rate of overtime pay for Department of the Navy em-
ployees performing work aboard or dockside in support of the 
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier forward deployed in Japan. 
Sec. 1104. Modification to temporary authorities for certain positions at Depart-
ment of Defense research and engineering facilities. 
Sec. 1105. Preference eligibility for members of reserve components of the armed 
forces appointed to competitive service; clarification of appeal 
rights. 
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TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. One-year extension of logistical support for coalition forces supporting 
certain United States military operations. 
Sec. 1202. Strategic framework for Department of Defense security cooperation. 
Sec. 1203. Modification and two-year extension of National Guard State Partner-
ship Program. 
Sec. 1204. Extension of authority for non-reciprocal exchanges of defense per-
sonnel between the United States and foreign countries. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Afghanistan and Pakistan 
Sec. 1211. Commanders’ Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1212. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of certain 
coalition nations for support provided to United States military 
operations. 
Sec. 1213. Sense of Congress on United States policy and strategy in Afghani-
stan. 
Sec. 1214. Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in 
countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1215. Extension of authority to transfer defense articles and provide defense 
services to the military and security forces of Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1216. Sense of Congress regarding assistance for Afghan translators, inter-
preters, and administrative aids. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Syria and Iraq 
Sec. 1221. Extension of authority to support operations and activities of the Of-
fice of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 
Sec. 1222. Comprehensive strategy for the Middle East and to counter Islamic ex-
tremism. 
Sec. 1223. Modification of authority to provide assistance to counter the Islamic 
State of Iraq and the Levant. 
Sec. 1224. Report on United States Armed Forces deployed in support of Oper-
ation Inherent Resolve. 
Sec. 1225. Modification of authority to provide assistance to the vetted Syrian 
opposition. 
Sec. 1226. Assistance to the Government of Jordan for border security operations. 
Sec. 1227. Report on efforts of Turkey to fight terrorism. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to Iran 
Sec. 1231. Extension of annual report on military power of Iran. 
Sec. 1232. Sense of Congress on the Government of Iran’s nuclear program and 
its malign military activities. 
Sec. 1233. Report on military posture required in the Middle East to deter Iran 
from developing a nuclear weapon. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the Russian Federation 
Sec. 1241. Notifications and updates relating to testing, production, deployment, 
and sale or transfer to other states or non-state actors of the 
Club-K cruise missile system by the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1242. Notifications of deployment of nuclear weapons by Russian Federation 
to territory of Ukrainian Republic. 
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Sec. 1243. Non-compliance by the Russian Federation with its obligations under 
the INF Treaty. 
Sec. 1244. Modification of notification and assessment of proposal to modify or 
introduce new aircraft or sensors for flight by the Russian Fed-
eration under Open Skies Treaty. 
Sec. 1245. Sense of Congress on support for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. 
Sec. 1246. Sense of Congress on support for Georgia. 
Subtitle F—Matters Relating to the Asia-Pacific Region 
Sec. 1251. Sense of Congress recognizing the 70th anniversary of the end of Allied 
military engagement in the Pacific theater. 
Sec. 1252. Sense of Congress regarding consolidation of United States military 
facilities in Okinawa, Japan. 
Sec. 1253. Strategy to promote United States interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific 
region. 
Sec. 1254. Sense of Congress on the United States alliance with Japan. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 1261. Non-conventional assisted recovery capabilities. 
Sec. 1262. Amendment to the annual report under Arms Control and Disar-
mament Act. 
Sec. 1263. Permanent authority for NATO special operations headquarters. 
Sec. 1264. Extension of authorization to conduct activities to enhance the capa-
bility of foreign countries to respond to incidents involving 
weapons of mass destruction. 
Sec. 1265. Limitation on availability of funds for research, development, test, and 
evaluation, Air Force, for arms control implementation. 
Sec. 1266. Modification of authority for support of special operations to combat 
terrorism. 
Sec. 1267. United States-Israel anti-tunnel defense cooperation. 
Sec. 1268. Efforts of the Department of Defense to prevent and respond to gender- 
based violence globally. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds. 
Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1402. National Defense Sealift Fund. 
Sec. 1403. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense. 
Sec. 1404. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1405. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1406. Defense Health Program. 
Sec. 1407. National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund. 
Subtitle B—National Defense Stockpile 
Sec. 1411. Extension of date for completion of destruction of existing stockpile of 
lethal chemical agents and munitions. 
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Subtitle C—Working-Capital Funds 
Sec. 1421. Limitation on furlough of Department of Defense employees paid 
through working-capital funds. 
Sec. 1422. Working-capital fund reserve account for petroleum market price fluc-
tuations. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 1431. Authority for transfer of funds to Joint Department of Defense-Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 
for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois. 
Sec. 1432. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Procurement. 
Sec. 1503. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1504. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 1505. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1506. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1507. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1508. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1509. Defense Health program. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1521. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1522. Special transfer authority. 
Subtitle C—European Reassurance Initiative and Related Matters 
Sec. 1531. Statement of policy regarding European Reassurance Initiative. 
Sec. 1532. Assistance and sustainment to the military and national security 
forces of Ukraine. 
Subtitle D—Limitations, Reports, and Other Matters 
Sec. 1541. Continuation of existing limitation on use of Afghanistan Security 
Forces Fund. 
Sec. 1542. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. 
TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, CYBER, AND INTELLIGENCE 
MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
Sec. 1601. Major force program and budget for national security space programs. 
Sec. 1602. Modification to development of space science and technology strategy. 
Sec. 1603. Rocket propulsion system development program. 
Sec. 1604. Modification to prohibition on contracting with Russian suppliers of 
rocket engines for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program. 
Sec. 1605. Delegation of authority regarding purchase of Global Positioning Sys-
tem user equipment. 
Sec. 1606. Acquisition strategy for evolved expendable launch vehicle program. 
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Sec. 1607. Procurement of wideband satellite communications. 
Sec. 1608. Limitation on availability of funds for weather satellite follow-on sys-
tem. 
Sec. 1609. Modification of pilot program for acquisition of commercial satellite 
communication services. 
Sec. 1610. Prohibition on reliance on China and Russia for space-based weather 
data. 
Sec. 1611. Evaluation of exploitation of space-based infrared system against ad-
ditional threats. 
Sec. 1612. Plan on full integration and exploitation of overhead persistent infra-
red capability. 
Sec. 1613. Options for rapid space reconstitution. 
Sec. 1614. Sense of Congress on space defense. 
Sec. 1615. Sense of Congress on missile defense sensors in space. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 1621. Executive agent for open-source intelligence tools. 
Sec. 1622. Waiver and congressional notification requirements related to facilities 
for intelligence collection or for special operations abroad. 
Sec. 1623. Prohibition on National Intelligence Program consolidation. 
Sec. 1624. Limitation on availability of funds for Distributed Common Ground 
System of the Army. 
Sec. 1625. Limitation on availability of funds for Distributed Common Ground 
System of the United States Special Operations Command. 
Sec. 1626. Limitation on availability of funds for Office of the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Intelligence. 
Sec. 1627. Clarification of annual briefing on the intelligence, surveillance, and 
reconnaissance requirements of the combatant commands. 
Sec. 1628. Department of Defense intelligence needs. 
Sec. 1629. Report on management of certain programs of Defense intelligence ele-
ments. 
Sec. 1630. Government Accountability Office review of intelligence input to the 
defense acquisition process. 
Subtitle C—Cyberspace-Related Matters 
Sec. 1641. Codification and addition of liability protections relating to reporting 
on cyber incidents or penetrations of networks and information 
systems of certain contractors. 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 
Sec. 1651. Organization of nuclear deterrence functions of the Air Force. 
Sec. 1652. Assessment of threats to National Leadership Command, Control, and 
Communications System. 
Sec. 1653. Procurement authority for certain parts of intercontinental ballistic 
missile fuzes. 
Sec. 1654. Annual briefing on the costs of forward-deploying nuclear weapons in 
Europe. 
Sec. 1655. Sense of Congress on importance of cooperation and collaboration be-
tween United States and United Kingdom on nuclear issues. 
Sec. 1656. Sense of Congress on organization of Navy for nuclear deterrence mis-
sion. 
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Subtitle E—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 1661. Prohibitions on providing certain missile defense information to Rus-
sian Federation. 
Sec. 1662. Prohibition on integration of missile defense systems of China into 
missile defense systems of United States. 
Sec. 1663. Prohibition on integration of missile defense systems of Russian Fed-
eration into missile defense systems of United States and NATO. 
Sec. 1664. Limitation on availability of funds for long-range discriminating 
radar. 
Sec. 1665. Limitations on availability of funds for Patriot lower tier air and 
missile defense capability of the Army. 
Sec. 1666. Integration and interoperability of air and missile defense capabilities 
of the United States. 
Sec. 1667. Integration of allied missile defense capabilities. 
Sec. 1668. Missile defense capability in Europe. 
Sec. 1669. Availability of funds for Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system. 
Sec. 1670. Israeli Cooperative Missile Defense Program co-development and po-
tential co-production. 
Sec. 1671. Development and deployment of multiple-object kill vehicle for missile 
defense of the United States homeland. 
Sec. 1672. Boost phase defense system. 
Sec. 1673. East Coast homeport of sea-based X-band radar. 
Sec. 1674. Plan for medium range ballistic missile defense sensor alternatives for 
enhanced defense of Hawaii. 
Sec. 1675. Research and development of non-terrestrial missile defense layer. 
Sec. 1676. Aegis Ashore capability development. 
Sec. 1677. Briefings on procurement and planning of left-of-launch capability. 
DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 2001. Short title. 
Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by 
law. 
Sec. 2003. Effective date. 
TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2102. Family housing. 
Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army. 
Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2013 project. 
Sec. 2106. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects. 
Sec. 2107. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 
Sec. 2108. Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2016 projects. 
TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2202. Family housing. 
Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. 
Sec. 2205. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects. 
Sec. 2206. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 
Sec. 2207. Townsend Bombing Range expansion, phase 2. 
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TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2302. Family housing. 
Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. 
Sec. 2305. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2010 project. 
Sec. 2306. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 project. 
Sec. 2307. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 project. 
Sec. 2308. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2012 project. 
Sec. 2309. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2013 project. 
Sec. 2310. Limitation on project authorization to carry out certain fiscal year 
2016 project. 
TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2402. Authorized energy conservation projects. 
Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. 
Sec. 2404. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2012 project. 
Sec. 2405. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects. 
Sec. 2406. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 
Sec. 2407. Modification and extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal 
year 2014 project. 
TITLE XXV—NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY 
INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. 
TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
Subtitle A—Project Authorizations and Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and 
land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 2611. Modification and extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal 
year 2013 project. 
Sec. 2612. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects. 
Sec. 2613. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 
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TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure ac-
tivities funded through Department of Defense base closure ac-
count. 
Sec. 2702. Prohibition on conducting additional Base Realignment and Closure 
(BRAC) round. 
TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing 
Changes 
Sec. 2801. Revision of congressional notification thresholds for reserve facility ex-
penditures and contributions to reflect congressional notification 
thresholds for minor construction and repair projects. 
Sec. 2802. Authority for acceptance and use of contributions from Kuwait for 
construction, maintenance, and repair projects mutually bene-
ficial to the Department of Defense and Kuwait military forces. 
Sec. 2803. Defense laboratory modernization pilot program. 
Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities Administration 
Sec. 2811. Enhancement of authority to accept conditional gifts of real property 
on behalf of military service academies. 
Sec. 2812. Consultation requirement in connection with Department of Defense 
major land acquisitions. 
Sec. 2813. Additional master plan reporting requirements related to main oper-
ating bases, forward operating sites, and cooperative security lo-
cations of Central Command and Africa Command Areas of Re-
sponsibility. 
Sec. 2814. Force-structure plan and infrastructure inventory and assessment of 
infrastructure necessary to support the force structure. 
Subtitle C—Provisions Related to Asia-Pacific Military Realignment 
Sec. 2821. Restriction on development of public infrastructure in connection with 
realignment of Marine Corps forces in Asia-Pacific region. 
Sec. 2822. Annual report on Government of Japan contributions toward realign-
ment of Marine Corps forces in Asia-Pacific region. 
Subtitle D—Land Conveyances 
Sec. 2831. Land exchange authority, Mare Island Army Reserve Center, Vallejo, 
California. 
Sec. 2832. Land exchange, Navy outlying landing field, Naval Air Station, Whit-
ing Field, Florida. 
Sec. 2833. Release of property interests retained in connection with land convey-
ance, Fort Bliss Military Reservation, Texas. 
Subtitle E—Military Land Withdrawals 
Sec. 2841. Withdrawal and reservation of public land, Naval Air Weapons Sta-
tion China Lake, California. 
Sec. 2842. Bureau of Land Management withdrawn military lands efficiency and 
savings. 
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Subtitle F—Military Memorials, Monuments, and Museums 
Sec. 2851. Renaming site of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical 
Park, Ohio. 
Sec. 2852. Extension of authority for establishment of commemorative work in 
honor of Brigadier General Francis Marion. 
Sec. 2853. Amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 2861. Modification of Department of Defense guidance on use of airfield 
pavement markings. 
Sec. 2862. Protection and recovery of Greater Sage Grouse. 
TITLE XXIX—OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2901. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition project. 
Sec. 2902. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2903. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2904. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2905. Authorization of appropriations. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security Programs Authorizations 
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 3111. Authorized personnel levels of National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion. 
Sec. 3112. Full-time equivalent contractor personnel levels. 
Sec. 3113. Improvement to accountability of Department of Energy employees 
and projects. 
Sec. 3114. Cost-benefit analyses for competition of management and operating 
contracts. 
Sec. 3115. Nuclear weapon design responsiveness program. 
Sec. 3116. Disposition of weapons-usable plutonium. 
Sec. 3117. Prohibition on availability of funds for fixed site radiological portal 
monitors in foreign countries. 
Sec. 3118. Prohibition on availability of funds for provision of defense nuclear 
nonproliferation assistance to Russian Federation. 
Sec. 3119. Limitation on authorization of production of special nuclear material 
outside the United States by foreign country with nuclear naval 
propulsion program. 
Sec. 3120. Limitation on availability of funds for development of certain nuclear 
nonproliferation technologies. 
Sec. 3121. Limitation on availability of funds for unilateral disarmament. 
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Sec. 3122. Use of best practices for capital asset projects and nuclear weapon 
life extension programs. 
Subtitle C—Plans and Reports 
Sec. 3131. Root cause analyses for certain cost overruns. 
Sec. 3132. Extension and modification of certain annual reports on nuclear non-
proliferation. 
Sec. 3133. Governance and management of nuclear security enterprise. 
Sec. 3134. Assessments on nuclear proliferation risks and nuclear nonprolifera-
tion opportunities. 
Sec. 3135. Independent review of laboratory-directed research and development 
programs. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 3141. Transfer, decontamination, and decommissioning of nonoperational fa-
cilities. 
Sec. 3142. Research and development of advanced naval nuclear fuel system based 
on low-enriched uranium. 
Sec. 3143. Plutonium pit production capacity. 
Sec. 3144. Analysis of alternatives for Mobile Guardian Transporter program. 
Sec. 3145. Development of strategy on risks to nonproliferation caused by addi-
tive manufacturing. 
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
Sec. 3201. Authorization. 
Sec. 3202. Administration of Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES 
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for national security aspects of the 
Merchant Marine for fiscal year 2016. 
Sec. 3502. Sense of Congress regarding Maritime Security Fleet program. 
Sec. 3503. Update of references to the Secretary of Transportation regarding un-
employment insurance and vessel operators. 
Sec. 3504. Reliance on classification society certification for purposes of eligi-
bility for certificate of inspection. 
DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 
Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. 
TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 4101. Procurement. 
Sec. 4102. Procurement for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Sec. 4201. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 4202. Research, development, test, and evaluation for overseas contingency 
operations. 
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TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Sec. 4301. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 4302. Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 4303. Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations for 
base requirements. 
TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
Sec. 4401. Military personnel. 
Sec. 4402. Military personnel for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 4501. Other authorizations. 
Sec. 4502. Other authorizations for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 4601. Military construction. 
Sec. 4602. Military construction for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 4701. Department of Energy national security programs. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2016 for procurement for the Army, the Navy and 
the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide activi-
ties, as specified in the funding table in section 4101. 
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Subtitle B—Army Programs 
SEC. 111. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR AN/ 
TPQ–53 RADAR SYSTEMS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2016 for AN/TPQ–53 radar systems, not more than 
75 percent may be obligated or expended until a period of 
30 days has elapsed following the date on which the Assist-
ant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Technology, and 
Logistics submits to the congressional defense committees 
the review under subsection (b). 
(b) REVIEW.—The Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall— 
(1) review the appropriateness of the current del-
egation of milestone decision authority for the AN/ 
TPQ–53 radar program to the Program Executive Of-
ficer for Missiles and Space; and 
(2) submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees such review. 
SEC. 
112. 
PRIORITIZATION 
OF 
UPGRADED 
UH-60 
BLACKHAWK HELICOPTERS WITHIN ARMY NA-
TIONAL GUARD. 
(a) PRIORITIZATION OF UPGRADES.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall issue guidance 
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regarding the fielding of upgraded UH–60 Blackhawk heli-
copters to units of the Army National Guard. Such guid-
ance shall prioritize for such fielding the units of the Army 
National Guard with assigned UH–60 helicopters that have 
the most flight hours and the highest annual usage rates 
within the UH–60 fleet of the Army National Guard, con-
sistent with the force generation unit readiness require-
ments of the Army. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after which the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau issues the guidance 
under subsection (a), the Chief shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report that details such guid-
ance. 
SEC. 113. REPORT ON OPTIONS TO ACCELERATE REPLACE-
MENT OF UH–60A BLACKHAWK HELICOPTERS 
OF ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. 
Not later than March 1, 2016, the Secretary of the 
Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing detailed options for the potential accel-
eration of the replacement of all UH–60A helicopters of the 
Army National Guard by not later than September 30, 
2020. The report shall include the following: 
(1) The additional funding and quantities re-
quired, listed by each of fiscal years 2017 through 
2020, for H–60M production, UH–60A-to-L RECAP, 
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and UH-60L-to-V RECAP that is necessary to 
achieve such replacement of all UH-60A helicopters 
by September 30, 2020. 
(2) Any industrial base limitations that may af-
fect such acceleration, including with respect to the 
production schedules for the other variants of the 
UH–60 helicopter. 
(3) The potential effects of such acceleration on 
the planned replacement of all UH–60A helicopters of 
the regular components of the Armed Forces by Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
(4) Identification of any additional funding or 
resources required to train members of the National 
Guard to operate and maintain UH–60M aircraft in 
order to achieve such replacement of all UH-60A heli-
copters by September 30, 2020. 
(5) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
SEC. 121. MODIFICATION TO MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT 
AUTHORITY FOR ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DE-
STROYERS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS. 
Section 123(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 
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1655) is amended by inserting ‘‘or Flight III’’ after ‘‘Flight 
IIA’’. 
SEC. 122. PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR AIRCRAFT CAR-
RIER PROGRAMS. 
(a) PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY IN SUPPORT OF CON-
STRUCTION OF FORD CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY
FOR
ECONOMIC
ORDER
QUAN-
TITY.—The Secretary of the Navy may procure mate-
riel and equipment in support of the construction of 
the Ford class aircraft carriers designated CVN–80 
and CVN–81 in economic order quantities when cost 
savings are achievable. 
(2) LIABILITY.—Any contract entered into under 
paragraph (1) shall provide that any obligation of the 
United States to make a payment under the contract 
is subject to the availability of appropriations for 
that purpose, and that total liability to the Govern-
ment for termination of any contract entered into 
shall be limited to the total amount of funding obli-
gated at time of termination. 
(b) REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL OF NIMITZ 
CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy 
may carry out the nuclear refueling and complex 
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overhaul of each of the following Nimitz class aircraft 
carriers: 
(A) U.S.S. George Washington (CVN–73). 
(B) U.S.S. John C. Stennis (CVN–74). 
(C) U.S.S. Harry S. Truman (CVN–75). 
(D) U.S.S. Ronald Reagan (CVN–76). 
(E) U.S.S. George H.W. Bush (CVN–77). 
(2) USE OF INCREMENTAL FUNDING.—With re-
spect to any contract entered into under paragraph 
(1) for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of 
a Nimitz class aircraft carrier, the Secretary may use 
incremental funding for a period not to exceed six 
years after advance procurement funds for such nu-
clear refueling and complex overhaul effort are first 
obligated. 
(3) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—Any contract entered into under paragraph 
(1) shall provide that any obligation of the United 
States to make a payment under the contract for a 
fiscal year after fiscal year 2016 is subject to the 
availability of appropriations for that purpose for 
that later fiscal year. 
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Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
SEC. 131. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR EX-
ECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS UPGRADES FOR 
C–20 AND C–37 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided by subsection 
(b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 for the 
Air Force may be obligated or expended to upgrade the exec-
utive communications of C–20 and C–37 aircraft until the 
date on which the Secretary of the Air Force certifies in 
writing to the congressional defense committees that such 
upgrades do not— 
(1) cause such aircraft to exceed any weight lim-
itation; or 
(2) reduce the operational capability of such air-
craft. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the limitation 
in subsection (a) if the Secretary— 
(1) determines that such waiver is necessary for 
the national security interests of the United States; 
and 
(2) notifies the congressional defense committees 
of such waiver. 
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SEC. 132. BACKUP INVENTORY STATUS OF A–10 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) MAXIMUM NUMBER.—In carrying out section 
133(b)(2)(A) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3315), 
the Secretary of the Air Force may not move more than 
18 A–10 aircraft in the active component to backup flying 
status pursuant to an authorization made by the Secretary 
of Defense under such section. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Such 
section 
133(b)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘36’’ and inserting 
‘‘18’’. 
SEC. 133. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
RETIREMENT OF A–10 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
RETIREMENT.—Except as provided by section 132, none of 
the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or other-
wise made available for fiscal year 2016 for the Air Force 
may be obligated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, 
or place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status 
any A–10 aircraft. 
(b) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON RETIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by section 
132, and in addition to the limitation in subsection 
(a), during the period before December 31, 2016, the 
Secretary of the Air Force may not retire, prepare to 
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retire, or place in storage or on backup flying status 
any A–10 aircraft. 
(2) MINIMUM
INVENTORY
REQUIREMENT.—The 
Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure the Air Force 
maintains a minimum of 171 A–10 aircraft des-
ignated as primary mission aircraft inventory. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN MANNING LEVELS.—None of 
the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or other-
wise made available for fiscal year 2016 for the Air Force 
may be obligated or expended to make significant reduc-
tions to manning levels with respect to any A–10 aircraft 
squadrons or divisions. 
(d) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON SIGNIFICANT REDUC-
TIONS IN MANNING LEVELS.—-In addition to the limitation 
in subsection (c), during the period before December 31, 
2016, the Secretary of the Air Force may not make signifi-
cant reductions to manning levels with respect to any A– 
10 aircraft squadrons or divisions. 
(e) STUDY ON REPLACEMENT CAPABILITY REQUIRE-
MENTS
OR MISSION PLATFORM
FOR
THE A–10 AIR-
CRAFT.— 
(1) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force shall commission an appropriate entity 
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(II) The ability to effectively tar-
get and destroy moving, camouflaged, 
or dug-in troops, and artillery. 
(III) The ability to engage, target, 
and destroy tanks and armored per-
sonnel carriers, including with respect 
to the carrying capacity of armor- 
piercing weaponry, including mounted 
cannons and missiles. 
(IV) The ability to remain within 
visual range of friendly forces and tar-
gets to facilitate responsiveness to 
ground forces and minimize re-attack 
times. 
(V) The ability to safely conduct 
close air support beneath low cloud 
ceilings and in reduced visibilities at 
low airspeeds in the presence of the air 
defenses found with enemy ground ma-
neuver units. 
(VI) The ability of the pilot and 
aircraft to survive direct hits from 
small arms, machine guns, MANPADs, 
and lower caliber anti-aircraft artil-
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lery organic or attached to enemy 
ground forces and maneuver units. 
(VII) The ability to communicate 
effectively with ground forces and 
downed pilots, including in commu-
nications jamming or satellite-denied 
environments. 
(VIII) The ability to execute the 
missions described in subclauses (I), 
(II), (III), and (IV) in a GPS- or sat-
ellite-denied environment with or with-
out sensors. 
(IX) The ability to deliver mul-
tiple lethal firing passes and sustain 
long 
loiter 
endurance 
to 
support 
friendly forces throughout extended 
ground engagements. 
(X) The ability to operate from 
unprepared dirt, grass, and narrow 
road runways and to generate high 
sortie rates under these austere condi-
tions. 
(ii) Identification and assessment of 
gaps in the ability of existing and pro-
grammed mission platforms in providing 
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required capabilities to conduct missions 
specified in clause (i) in both contested and 
uncontested battle environments. 
(iii) Assessment of operational effec-
tiveness of existing and programmed mis-
sion platforms to conduct missions specified 
in clause (i) in both contested and 
uncontested battle environments. 
(iv) Assessment of probability of likeli-
hood of conducting missions requiring 
troops-in-contact/close air support oper-
ations specified in clause (i) in contested 
environments as compared to uncontested 
environments. 
(v) Any other matters the independent 
entity or the Secretary of the Air Force de-
termines to be appropriate. 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2016, the Secretary of the Air Force 
shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report that includes the assessment re-
quired under paragraph (1). 
(B) FORM.—The report required under sub-
paragraph (A) may be submitted in classified 
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form, but shall also contain an unclassified exec-
utive summary and may contain an unclassified 
annex. 
(3) NONDUPLICATION OF EFFORT.—If any infor-
mation required under paragraph (1) has been in-
cluded in another report or notification previously 
submitted to Congress by law, the Secretary of the Air 
Force may provide a list of such reports and notifica-
tions at the time of submitting the report required 
under paragraph (2) in lieu of including such infor-
mation in the report required under paragraph (2). 
SEC. 134. PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT OF EC–130H AIR-
CRAFT. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
RETIREMENT.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2016 for the Air Force may be obligated or expended 
to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on backup 
aircraft inventory status any EC–130H aircraft. 
(b) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION
ON RETIREMENT.—In 
addition to the limitation in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Air Force may not retire, prepare to retire, or place 
in storage or on backup flying status any EC–130H air-
craft until a period of 60 days has elapsed following the 
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date on which the Secretary submits the report under sub-
section (c)(3)(A). 
(c) STUDY ON REPLACEMENT CAPABILITY REQUIRE-
MENTS OR MISSION PLATFORM FOR THE EC–130H AIR-
CRAFT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force shall commission an assessment of the required 
capabilities or mission platform to replace the EC– 
130H aircraft. This assessment would represent pre-
paratory work to inform an analysis of alternatives. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required under 
paragraph (1) shall include each of the following: 
(A) Future needs analysis for the current 
EC–130H aircraft electronic warfare mission set 
to include suppression of sophisticated enemy air 
defense systems, advanced radar jamming, avoid-
ing radar detection, communications, sensing, 
satellite navigation, command and control, and 
battlefield awareness. 
(B) A review of operating concepts for air-
borne electronic attack. 
(C) An assessment of upgrades to the elec-
tronic warfare systems of EC–130H aircraft, the 
costs of such upgrades, and expected upgrades 
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through 2025, and the expected service life of 
EC–130H aircraft. 
(D) A review of the global proliferation of 
more sophisticated air defenses and advanced 
commercial digital electronic devices which 
counter the airborne electronic attack capabilities 
of the United States by state and non-state ac-
tors. 
(E) An assessment of the ability of the cur-
rent EC–130H fleet to meet to meet tasking re-
quirements of the combatant commanders. 
(F) Any other matters the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
(3) REPORT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2016, the Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report 
that includes the assessments required under sub-
paragraph (1). 
(B) FORM.—The report under subpara-
graph (A) may be submitted in classified form, 
but shall also contain an unclassified executive 
summary and may contain an unclassified 
annex. 
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(4) NONDUPLICATION OF EFFORT.—If any infor-
mation required under paragraph (1) has been in-
cluded in another report or notification previously 
submitted to the congressional defense committees by 
law, the Secretary of the Air Force may provide a list 
of such reports and notifications at the time of sub-
mitting the report required under paragraph (1) in-
stead of including such information in such report. 
SEC. 135. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DI-
VESTMENT OR TRANSFER OF KC–10 AIR-
CRAFT. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 for the 
Air Force may be obligated or expended during such fiscal 
year to divest or transfer, or prepare to divest or transfer, 
KC–10 aircraft. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, 
and Multiservice Matters 
SEC. 141. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
JOINT BATTLE COMMAND–PLATFORM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2016 for joint battle command–platform equipment, 
not more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended 
until a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date 
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on which the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisi-
tion, Technology, and Logistics submits to the congressional 
defense committees the report under subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2016, the As-
sistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Technology, 
and Logistics shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report that provides a detailed test and evaluation 
plan to address the effectiveness, suitability, and surviv-
ability shortfalls of the joint battle command–platform 
identified by the Director of Operational Test and Evalua-
tion in the fiscal year 2014 report of the Director submitted 
to Congress. 
SEC. 142. STRATEGY FOR REPLACEMENT OF A/MH–6 MIS-
SION ENHANCED LITTLE BIRD AIRCRAFT TO 
MEET SPECIAL OPERATIONS REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy 
for replacing A/MH–6 Mission Enhanced Little Bird air-
craft to meet the rotary-wing, light attack, reconnaissance 
requirements particular to special operations. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An updated schedule and display of pro-
grammed A/MH–6 Block 3.0 modernization and up-
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grades, showing usable life of the fleet, and the antici-
pated service life extensions of all A/MH–6 platforms. 
(2) A description of current and future rotary- 
wing, light attack, reconnaissance requirements and 
platforms particular to special operations, including 
key performance parameters of future platforms. 
(3) The feasibility of military department-com-
mon platforms satisfying future rotary-wing, light at-
tack, reconnaissance requirements particular to spe-
cial operations. 
(4) The feasibility of commercially available 
platforms satisfying future rotary-wing, light attack, 
reconnaissance requirements particular to special op-
erations. 
(5) The anticipated funding requirements for the 
special operation forces major force program for the 
development and procurement of an A/MH–6 replace-
ment platform if military department-common plat-
forms described in paragraph (3) are not available or 
if commercially available platforms described in 
paragraph (4) are leveraged. 
(6) Any other matters the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
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SEC. 143. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF UNITED STATES 
COMBAT LOGISTIC FORCE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
seek to enter into an agreement with a federally fund-
ed research and development center with appropriate 
expertise and analytical capability to conduct an as-
sessment of the anticipated future demands of the 
combat logistics force ships of the Navy and the chal-
lenges such ships may face when conducting and sup-
porting future naval operations in contested maritime 
environments. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the programmed abil-
ity of the United States Combat Logistic Force 
to support the Navy and the naval forces of allies 
of the United States that are operating in a dis-
persed manner and not concentrated in carrier 
or expeditionary strike groups, in accordance 
with the concept of distributed lethality of the 
Navy. 
(B) An assessment of the programmed abil-
ity of the United States Combat Logistic Force 
to support the Navy and the naval forces of allies 
of the United States that are engaged in major 
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combat operations against an adversary pos-
sessing maritime anti-access and area-denial ca-
pabilities, including anti-ship ballistic and 
cruise missiles, land-based maritime strike air-
craft, submarines, and sea mines. 
(C) An assessment of the programmed abil-
ity of the United States Combat Logistic Force 
to support distributed and expeditionary air op-
erations from an expanded set of alternative and 
austere air bases in accordance with concepts 
under development by the Air Force and the Ma-
rine Corps. 
(D) An assessment of gaps and deficiencies 
in the capability and capacity of the United 
States Combat Logistic Force to conduct and 
support operations of the United States and al-
lies under the conditions described in subpara-
graphs (A), (B), and (C). 
(E) Recommendations for adjustments to 
the programmed ability of the United States 
Combat Logistic Force to address capability and 
capacity gaps and deficiencies described in sub-
paragraph (D). 
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(F) Any other matters the federally funded 
research and development center considers appro-
priate. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2016, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report that includes the 
assessment under subsection (a) and any other mat-
ters the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(c) SUPPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
the federally funded research and development center that 
conducts the assessment under subsection (a) with timely 
access to appropriate information, data, resources, and 
analyses necessary for the center to conduct such assessment 
thoroughly and independently. 
SEC. 144. REPORT ON USE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF EN-
HANCED 5.56 MM AMMUNITION BY THE ARMY 
AND THE MARINE CORPS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2016, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the use in combat of two different 
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types of enhanced 5.56 mm ammunition by the Army and 
the Marine Corps. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An explanation of the reasons for the Army 
and the Marine Corps to use in combat two different 
types of enhanced 5.56 mm ammunition. 
(2) An explanation of the appropriateness, effec-
tiveness, and suitability issues that may arise from 
the use of such different types of ammunition. 
(3) An explanation of any additional costs that 
have resulted from the use of such different types of 
ammunition. 
(4) An explanation of any future plans of the 
Army or the Marine Corps to eventually transition to 
using in combat one standard type of enhanced 5.56 
mm ammunition. 
(5) If there are no plans described in paragraph 
(4), an analysis of the potential benefits of a transi-
tion described in such paragraph, including the 
timeline for such a transition to occur. 
(6) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
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TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2016 for the use of the Department of Defense for 
research, development, test, and evaluation as specified in 
the funding table in section 4201. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, 
Restrictions, and Limitations 
SEC. 211. EXTENSION OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
OPMENT RAPID INNOVATION PROGRAM. 
Subsection (d) of section 1073 of the Ike Skeleton Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (10 
U.S.C. 2359 note) is amended by striking ‘‘through 2015’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through 2020’’. 
SEC. 212. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2016 for research, development, test, and evaluation, 
Defense-wide, for advanced development and manufacturing 
activities under the medical countermeasure program, not 
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more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until 
45 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense 
submits to the congressional defense committees the report 
under subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on the advanced de-
velopment and manufacturing activities under the medical 
countermeasure program that includes the following: 
(1) An overall description of the program, in-
cluding validated Department of Defense require-
ments. 
(2) Program goals, proposed metrics of perform-
ance, and anticipated procurement and operations 
and maintenance costs during the period covered by 
the current future years defense program under sec-
tion 221 of title 10, United States Code. 
(3) The results of any analysis of alternatives 
and efficiency reviews conducted by the Secretary that 
justifies the manufacturing and privately financed 
construction of an advanced manufacturing and de-
velopment facility rather than using other programs 
and facilities of the Federal Government or industry 
facilities for advanced development and manufac-
turing of medical countermeasures. 
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(4) An independent cost-benefit analysis that jus-
tifies the manufacturing and privately financed con-
struction of an advanced manufacturing and develop-
ment facility described in paragraph (3). 
(5) If no independent cost-benefit analysis makes 
the justification described in paragraph (4), an expla-
nation for why such manufacturing and privately fi-
nanced construction cannot be so justified. 
(6) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense 
determines appropriate. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later than 
60 days after the date on which the Secretary submits the 
report under subsection (b), the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a review of such report. 
SEC. 213. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR F– 
15 INFRARED SEARCH AND TRACK CAPA-
BILITY DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2016 for research, development, test, and evaluation, 
Air Force, for F–15 infrared search and track capability, 
not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended 
until a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date 
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on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congres-
sional defense committees the report under subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2016, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the requirements and cost estimates 
for the development and procurement of infrared search and 
track capability for F/A–18 and F–15 aircraft of the Navy 
and the Air Force. The report shall include the following: 
(1) A comparison of the requirements between 
the F/A–18 and F–15 aircraft infrared search and 
track development efforts of the Navy and the Air 
Force. 
(2) An explanation of any differences between the 
F/A–18 and F–15 aircraft infrared search and track 
capability development efforts of the Navy and the 
Air Force. 
(3) A summary of the schedules and required 
funding to develop and field such capability. 
(4) An explanation of any need for the Navy and 
the Air Force to field different F/A–18 and F–15 air-
craft infrared search and track systems. 
(5) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
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SEC. 214. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF F135 ENGINE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall seek 
to enter into a contract with a federally funded research 
and development center to conduct an assessment of the 
F135 engine program. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the reliability, growth, and 
cost reduction efforts with respect to the F135 engine 
program, including— 
(A) a detailed description of the reliability 
and cost history of the engine; 
(B) the identification of key reliability and 
cost challenges to the program as of the date of 
the assessment; and 
(C) the identification of any potential op-
tions for addressing such challenges. 
(2) In accordance with subsection (c), a thorough 
assessment of the incident on June 23, 2014, con-
sisting of an F135 engine failure and subsequent fire, 
including— 
(A) the identification and definition of the 
root cause of the incident; 
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(B) the identification of potential actions or 
design changes needed to address such root cause; 
and 
(C) the associated cost, schedule, and per-
formance implications of such incident to both 
the F135 engine program and the F–35 Joint 
Strike Fighter program. 
(c) CONDUCT OF ASSESSMENT.—The federally funded 
research and development center selected to conduct the as-
sessment under subsection (a) shall carry out subsection 
(b)(2) by analyzing data collected by the F–35 Joint Pro-
gram Office, other elements of the Federal Government, or 
contractors. Nothing in this section may be construed as 
affecting the plans of the Secretary to dispose of the aircraft 
involved in the incident described in such subsection (b)(2). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than March 15, 2016, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing the assessment conducted under sub-
section (a). 
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Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 221. EXPANSION OF EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS TO 
SUPPORT 
TECHNOLOGY 
TRANSFER 
AND 
TRANSITION. 
Section 2194(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘mathematics,’’ the following: 
‘‘technology transfer or transition,’’. 
SEC. 222. STRATEGIES FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH HISTORI-
CALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 
AND MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS OF 
HIGHER EDUCATION. 
(a) MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.— 
(1) STRATEGY.—The Secretaries of the military 
departments shall each develop a strategy for how to 
engage with and support the development of scientific, 
technical, engineering, and mathematics capabilities 
of covered educational institutions in carrying out 
section 2362 of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each strategy under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) Goals and vision for maintaining a 
credible and sustainable program relating to the 
engagement and support under the strategy. 
(B) Metrics to enhance scientific, technical, 
engineering, and mathematics capabilities at 
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covered educational institutions, including with 
respect to measuring progress towards increasing 
the success of such institutions to compete for 
broader research funding sources other than set- 
aside funds. 
(C) Promotion of mentoring opportunities 
between covered educational institutions and 
other research institutions. 
(D) Regular assessment of activities that 
are used to develop, maintain, and grow sci-
entific, technical, engineering, and mathematics 
capabilities. 
(E) Inclusion of faculty of covered edu-
cational institutions into program reviews, peer 
reviews, and other similar activities. 
(F) Targeting of undergraduate, graduate, 
and postgraduate students at covered educational 
institutions for inclusion into research or intern-
ship opportunities within the military depart-
ment. 
(b) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall develop and implement a strategy for how to 
engage with and support the development of scientific, tech-
nical, engineering, and mathematics capabilities of covered 
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educational institutions pursuant to the strategies devel-
oped under subsection (a). 
(c) SUBMISSION.— 
(1) MILITARY
DEPARTMENTS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretaries of the military departments shall each 
submit to the congressional defense committees the 
strategy developed by the Secretary under subsection 
(a)(1). 
(2) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees the strategy developed under 
subsection (b). 
(d) COVERED INSTITUTION DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered educational institution’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 2362(e) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 223. PLAN FOR ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY 
WAR GAMES. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, in co-
ordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
shall develop a plan for integrating advanced weapons tech-
nologies into exercises carried out individually and jointly 
by the military departments to improve the development 
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and experimentation of various concepts for employment by 
the Armed Forces. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) Identification of specific exercises to be car-
ried out individually or jointly by the military de-
partments under the plan. 
(2) Identification of emerging advanced weapons 
technologies based on joint and individual rec-
ommendations of the military departments, including 
with respect to directed-energy weapons, hypersonic 
strike systems, autonomous systems, or other tech-
nologies as determined by the Secretary. 
(3) A schedule for integrating either prototype 
capabilities or table-top exercises into relevant exer-
cises. 
(4) A method for capturing lessons learned and 
providing feedback both to the developers of the ad-
vanced weapons technology and the military depart-
ments. 
(c) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees the plan under sub-
section (a). 
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SEC. 224. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF AUTONOMIC 
LOGISTICS INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR F–35 
LIGHTENING II AIRCRAFT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2016, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on the autonomic lo-
gistics information system for the F–35 Lightening II air-
craft program. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
include, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) The fielding status, in terms of units 
equipped with various software and hardware con-
figurations, for the autonomic logistics information 
system element of the F–35 Lightening II aircraft 
program, as of the date of the report. 
(2) The development schedule for upgrades to the 
autonomic logistics information system, and an as-
sessment of the ability of the F–35 Lightening II air-
craft program to maintain such schedule. 
(3) The views of maintenance personnel and 
other personnel involved in operating and maintain-
ing F–35 Lightening II aircraft in testing and oper-
ational units. 
(4) The effect of the autonomic logistics informa-
tion system program on the operational availability 
of the F–35 Lightening II aircraft program. 
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(5) Improvements, if any, regarding the time re-
quired for maintenance personnel to input data and 
use the autonomic logistics information system. 
(6) The ability of the autonomic logistics infor-
mation system to be deployed on both ships and to 
forward land-based locations, including any limita-
tions of such a deployable version. 
(7) The cost estimates for development and field-
ing of the autonomic logistics information system pro-
gram and an assessment of the capability of the pro-
gram to address performance problems within the 
planned resources. 
(8) Other matters regarding the autonomic logis-
tics information system that the Comptroller General 
determines of critical importance to the long-term vi-
ability of the system. 
SEC. 225. BRIEFING ON SHALLOW WATER COMBAT SUB-
MERSIBLE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the first article de-
livery date of the shallow water combat submersible pro-
gram of the United States Special Operations Command, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional 
defense committees a briefing on such program. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following elements: 
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(1) An updated acquisition strategy, schedule, 
and costs for the shallow water combat submersible 
program. 
(2) Major milestones for the program during the 
period beginning with the delivery of additional arti-
cles and ending on the full operational capability 
date. 
(3) Performance of contractors and subcontrac-
tors under the program. 
(4) Integration with dry deck shelter and other 
diving technologies. 
(5) Any other element the Secretary or the Com-
mander of the United States Special Operations Com-
mand determine appropriate. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4301. 
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Subtitle B—Energy and 
Environment 
SEC. 311. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF DROP-IN 
FUELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 173 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2922h. Limitation on procurement of drop-in fuels 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the Secretary of Defense may not make a bulk purchase 
of a drop-in fuel for operational purposes unless the fully 
burdened cost of that drop-in fuel is cost-competitive with 
the fully burdened cost of a traditional fuel available for 
the same purpose. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—(1) Subject to the requirements of 
paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may waive the lim-
itation under subsection (a) with respect to a purchase. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after issuing a waiver 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees notice of the waiver. Any such 
notice shall include each of the following: 
‘‘(A) The rationale of the Secretary for issuing 
the waiver. 
‘‘(B) A certification that the waiver is in the na-
tional security interest of the United States. 
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‘‘(C) The expected fully burdened cost of the pur-
chase for which the waiver is issued. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘drop-in fuel’ means a neat or 
blended liquid hydrocarbon fuel designed as a direct 
replacement for a traditional fuel with comparable 
performance characteristics and compatible with ex-
isting infrastructure and equipment. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘traditional fuel’ means a liquid 
hydrocarbon fuel derived or refined from petroleum. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘operational purposes’— 
‘‘(A) means for the purposes of conducting 
military operations, including training, exer-
cises, large scale demonstrations, and moving 
and sustaining military forces and military 
platforms; and 
‘‘(B) does not include research, development, 
testing, evaluation, fuel certification, or other 
demonstrations. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘fully burdened cost’ means the 
commodity price of the fuel plus the total cost of all 
personnel and assets required to move and, when nec-
essary, protect the fuel from the point at which the 
fuel is received from the commercial supplier to the 
point of use.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2922g the following new 
item: 
‘‘2922h. Limitation on procurement of drop-in fuels.’’. 
SEC. 312. SOUTHERN SEA OTTER MILITARY READINESS 
AREAS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOUTHERN SEA OTTER 
MILITARY READINESS AREAS.—Chapter 631 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 7235. Establishment of the Southern Sea Otter Mili-
tary Readiness Areas 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall establish areas, to be known as ‘Southern Sea Otter 
Military Readiness Areas’, for national defense purposes. 
Such areas shall include each of the following: 
‘‘(1) The area that includes Naval Base Ventura 
County, San Nicolas Island, and Begg Rock and the 
adjacent and surrounding waters within the following 
coordinates: 
‘‘N. Latitude/W. Longitude 
33°27.8′/119°34.3′
33°20.5′/119°15.5′
33°13.5′/119°11.8′
33°06.5′/119°15.3′
33°02.8′/119°26.8′
33°08.8′/119°46.3′
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‘‘N. Latitude/W. Longitude 
33°17.2′/119°56.9′
33°30.9′/119°54.2′. 
‘‘(2) The area that includes Naval Base Coro-
nado, San Clemente Island and the adjacent and sur-
rounding waters running parallel to shore to 3 nau-
tical miles from the high tide line designated by part 
165 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, on May 
20, 2010, as the San Clemente Island 3NM Safety 
Zone. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE SOUTHERN SEA OTTER 
MILITARY READINESS AREAS.— 
‘‘(1) INCIDENTAL TAKINGS UNDER ENDANGERED 
SPECIES ACT OF 1973.—Sections 4 and 9 of the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533, 1538) 
shall not apply with respect to the incidental taking 
of any southern sea otter in the Southern Sea Otter 
Military Readiness Areas in the course of conducting 
a military readiness activity. 
‘‘(2) INCIDENTAL TAKINGS UNDER MARINE MAM-
MAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1972.—Sections 101 and 102 
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1371, 1372) shall not apply with respect to the 
incidental taking of any southern sea otter in the 
Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas in the 
course of conducting a military readiness activity. 
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‘‘(3) TREATMENT AS SPECIES PROPOSED TO BE 
LISTED.—For purposes of conducting a military 
readiness activity, any southern sea otter while with-
in the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas 
shall be treated for the purposes of section 7 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) as 
a member of a species that is proposed to be listed as 
an endangered species or a threatened species under 
section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533). 
‘‘(c) REMOVAL.—Nothing in this section or any other 
Federal law shall be construed to require that any southern 
sea otter located within the Southern Sea Otter Military 
Readiness Areas be removed from the Areas. 
‘‘(d) REVISION OR TERMINATION OF EXCEPTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Interior may revise or terminate the 
application of subsection (b) if the Secretary of the Interior, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, determines 
that military activities occurring in the Southern Sea Otter 
Military Readiness Areas are impeding the southern sea 
otter conservation or the return of southern sea otters to 
optimum sustainable population levels. 
‘‘(e) MONITORING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall conduct monitoring and research within the 
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Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas to de-
termine the effects of military readiness activities on 
the growth or decline of the southern sea otter popu-
lation and on the near-shore ecosystem. Monitoring 
and research parameters and methods shall be deter-
mined in consultation with the Service. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 24 months after 
the date of the enactment of this section and every 
three years thereafter, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
report to Congress and the public on monitoring un-
dertaken pursuant to paragraph (1). 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) SOUTHERN SEA OTTER.—The term ‘south-
ern sea otter’ means any member of the subspecies 
Enhydra lutris nereis. 
‘‘(2) TAKE.—The term ‘take’— 
‘‘(A) when used in reference to activities 
subject to regulation by the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), shall have 
the meaning given such term in that Act; and 
‘‘(B) when used in reference to activities 
subject to regulation by the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) 
shall have the meaning given such term in that 
Act. 
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‘‘(3) INCIDENTAL TAKING.—The term ‘incidental 
taking’ means any take of a southern sea otter that 
is incidental to, and not the purpose of, the carrying 
out of an otherwise lawful activity. 
‘‘(4) MILITARY READINESS ACTIVITY.—The term 
‘military readiness activity’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 315(f) of the Bob Stump Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 
(16 U.S.C. 703 note) and includes all training and 
operations of the armed forces that relate to combat 
and the adequate and realistic testing of military 
equipment, vehicles, weapons, and sensors for proper 
operation and suitability for combat use. 
‘‘(5) OPTIMUM SUSTAINABLE POPULATION.—The 
term ‘optimum sustainable population’ means, with 
respect to any population stock, the number of ani-
mals that will result in the maximum productivity of 
the population or the species, keeping in mind the 
carrying capacity of the habitat and the health of the 
ecosystem of which they form a constituent element.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘7235. Establishment of the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1 of Public 
Law 99–625 (16 U.S.C. 1536 note) is repealed. 
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SEC. 313. REVISION TO SCOPE OF STATUTORILY REQUIRED 
REVIEW OF PROJECTS RELATING TO POTEN-
TIAL OBSTRUCTIONS TO AVIATION SO AS TO 
APPLY ONLY TO ENERGY PROJECTS. 
(a) SCOPE OF SECTION.—Section 358 of the Ike Skel-
ton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4200; 49 U.S.C. 
44718 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘from State 
and local officials or the developer of a renewable en-
ergy development or other energy project’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘from a State government, an Indian tribal gov-
ernment, a local government, a landowner, or the de-
veloper of an energy project’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(4), by striking ‘‘readiness, 
and’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘readiness 
and to clearly communicate actions being taken by 
the Department of Defense to the party requesting an 
early project review under this section.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘as high, 
medium, or low’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection 
(k); and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (i) the following 
new subsection (j): 
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‘‘(j) APPLICABILITY OF SECTION.—This section does 
not apply to a non-energy project.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (k) of such section, as 
redesignated by paragraph (4) of subsection (a), is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘energy project’ means a project 
that provides for the generation or transmission of 
electrical energy. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘non-energy project’ means a 
project that is not an energy project. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘landowner’ means a person or 
other legal entity that owns a fee interest in real 
property on which a proposed energy project is 
planned to be located.’’. 
SEC. 314. EXCLUSIONS FROM DEFINITION OF ‘‘CHEMICAL 
SUBSTANCE’’ 
UNDER 
TOXIC 
SUBSTANCES 
CONTROL ACT. 
Section 3(2)(B)(v) of the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2602(2)(B)(v)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and any component of such an article (in-
cluding, without limitation, shot, bullets and other projec-
tiles, propellants when manufactured for or used in such 
an article, and primers), and’’. 
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SEC. 315. EXEMPTION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FROM 
ALTERNATIVE 
FUEL 
PROCUREMENT 
RE-
QUIREMENT. 
Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S.C. 17142) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘This section 
shall not apply to the Department of Defense.’’. 
SEC. 316. LIMITATION ON PLAN, DESIGN, REFURBISHING, 
OR CONSTRUCTION OF BIOFUELS REFIN-
ERIES. 
The Secretary of Defense may not enter into a contract 
for the planning, design, refurbishing, or construction of a 
biofuels refinery any other facility or infrastructure used 
to refine biofuels unless such planning, design, refurbishing, 
or construction is specifically authorized by law. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 321. ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN NEW REQUIREMENTS 
BASED ON DETERMINATIONS OF COST-EFFI-
CIENCY. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 146 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2463 the 
following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 2463a. ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN NEW REQUIRE-
MENTS 
BASED 
ON 
DETERMINATIONS 
OF 
COST-EFFICIENCY. 
‘‘(a) ASSIGNMENTS BASED ON DETERMINATIONS OF 
COST-EFFICIENCY.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph 
(2) and subject to subsection (b), the assignment of perform-
ance of a new requirement by the Department of Defense 
to members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees, or con-
tractors shall be based on a determination of which sector 
of the Department’s workforce can perform the new require-
ment in the most cost-efficient manner, based on an anal-
ysis of the costs to the Federal Government in accordance 
with Department of Defense Instruction 7041.04 (‘ ‘‘Esti-
mating and Comparing the Full Costs of Civilian and Ac-
tive Duty Military Manpower and Contract Support’’ ’) or 
successor guidance, consistent with the needs of the Depart-
ment with respect to factors other than cost, including qual-
ity, reliability, and timeliness. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a 
new requirement that is inherently governmental, closely 
associated with inherently governmental functions, critical, 
or required by law to be performed by members of the 
Armed Forces or Department of Defense civilian employees. 
‘‘(3) Nothing in this section may be construed as affect-
ing the requirements of the Department of Defense under 
policies and procedures established by the Secretary of De-
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fense under section 129a of this title for determining the 
most appropriate and cost-efficient mix of military, civil-
ian, and contractor personnel to perform the mission of the 
Department of Defense. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER DURING AN EMERGENCY OR EXIGENT 
CIRCUMSTANCES.—The head of an agency may waive sub-
section (a) for a specific new requirement in the event of 
an emergency or exigent circumstances, as long as the head 
of an agency, within 60 days of exercising the waiver, sub-
mits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives notice of the specific new re-
quirement involved, where such new requirement is being 
performed, and the date on which it would be practical to 
subject such new requirement to the requirements of sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(c) PROVISIONS RELATING TO ASSIGNMENT OF CIVIL-
IAN PERSONNEL.—If a new requirement is assigned to a 
Department of Defense civilian employee consistent with the 
requirements of this section— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Defense may not— 
‘‘(A) impose any constraint or limitation 
on the size of the civilian workforce in terms of 
man years, end strength, full-time equivalent po-
sitions, or maximum number of employees; or 
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‘‘(B) require offsetting funding for civilian 
pay or benefits or require a reduction in civilian 
full-time equivalents or civilian end-strengths; 
and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary may assign performance of 
such requirement without regard to whether the em-
ployee is a temporary, term, or permanent employee. 
‘‘(d) NEW REQUIREMENT DESCRIBED.—For purposes 
of this section, a new requirement is an activity or function 
that is not being performed, as of the date of consideration 
for assignment of performance under this section, by mili-
tary personnel, civilian personnel, or contractor personnel 
at a Department of Defense component, organization, in-
stallation, or other entity. For purposes of the preceding 
sentence, an activity or function that is performed at such 
an entity and that is re-engineered, reorganized, modern-
ized, upgraded, expanded, or changed to become more effi-
cient but is still essentially providing the same service shall 
not be considered a new requirement.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2463 the following new item: 
‘‘2463a. Assignment of certain new requirements based on determinations of cost- 
efficiency.’’. 
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SEC. 322. INCLUSION IN ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUS-
TRIAL CAPABILITY ASSESSMENTS OF A DE-
TERMINATION ABOUT DEFENSE ACQUISITION 
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 2505(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) determine the extent to which the require-
ments associated with defense acquisition programs 
can be satisfied by the present and projected perform-
ance capacities of industries supporting the sectors or 
capabilities in the assessment and evaluate the rea-
sons for any variance from applicable preceding de-
terminations;’’. 
SEC. 323. AMENDMENT TO LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO 
ENTER 
INTO 
A 
CONTRACT 
FOR 
THE 
SUSTAINMENT, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, OR 
OTHER OVERHAUL OF THE F117 ENGINE. 
Section 341 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3345) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics’’ and all that 
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follows through ‘‘is paying’’ and inserting ‘‘Senior 
Acquisition Executive of the Air Force has determined 
that the Air Force has obtained sufficient data to es-
tablish that the Air Force is paying’’; and 
(2) by striking the sentence beginning with ‘‘The 
Secretary may waive’’. 
SEC. 324. PILOT PROGRAMS FOR AVAILABILITY OF WORK-
ING-CAPITAL FUNDS FOR PRODUCT IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAMS REQUIRED.—During fiscal year 
2016, each of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acqui-
sition, Logistics, and Technology, the Assistant Secretary 
of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, 
and the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition 
shall initiate a pilot program pursuant to section 330 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 68), as amended by 
section 332 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 1697). 
(b) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—A min-
imum of $5,000,000 of working-capital funds shall be used 
for each of the pilot programs initiated under subsection 
(a) for fiscal year 2016. 
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SEC. 325. REPORT ON EQUIPMENT PURCHASED FROM FOR-
EIGN ENTITIES THAT COULD BE MANUFAC-
TURED IN UNITED STATES ARSENALS OR DE-
POTS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the budget of the President for fiscal year 2017 
is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 
31, Unites States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
equipment, weapons, weapons systems, components, sub-
components, and end-items purchased from foreign entities 
that identifies those items which could be manufactured in 
the military arsenals of the United States or the military 
depots of the United States to meet the goals of subsection 
(a) or section 2464 of title 10, United States Code, as well 
as a plan for moving that workload into such arsenals or 
depots. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall include each of the following: 
(1) An identification of items purchased by for-
eign manufacturers— 
(A) described in section 8302(a)(1) of title 
41, United States Code, and purchased from a 
foreign manufacturer by reason of an exception 
under 
section 
8302(a)(2)(A) 
or 
section 
8302(a)(2)(B) of such title; 
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(B) described in section 2533b(a)(1) of title 
10, United States Code, and purchased from a 
foreign manufacturer by reason of an exception 
under section 2533b(b); and 
(C) described in section 2534(a) of such title 
and purchased from a foreign manufacturer by 
reason of a waiver exercised under paragraph 
(1), (2), (4), or (5) of section 2534(d) of such 
title. 
(2) An assessment of the skills required to manu-
facture the items identified in paragraph (1) and a 
comparison of those skills with skills required to meet 
the critical capabilities identified by the Army Report 
to Congress on Critical Manufacturing Capabilities 
and Capacities dated August 2013 and the core logis-
tics capabilities identified by each military service 
pursuant to section 2464 of title 10, United States 
Code, as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(3) An identification of the tooling, equipment, 
and facilities upgrades necessary for a military arse-
nal or depot to perform the manufacturing workload 
identified under paragraph (1). 
(4) An identification of workload identified in 
paragraph (1) most appropriate for transfer to mili-
tary arsenals or depots to meet the goals of subsection 
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(a) or the requirements of section 2464 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(5) Such other information the Secretary con-
siders necessary for adherence to paragraphs (4) and 
(5). 
(6) An explanation of the rationale for con-
tinuing to sole-source manufacturing workload identi-
fied in paragraph (1) from a foreign source rather 
than a military arsenal, depot, or other organic facil-
ity. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 333. IMPROVEMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
EXCESS PROPERTY DISPOSAL. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than June 30, 2016, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a plan for the improved management 
and oversight of the systems, processes, and controls in-
volved in the disposition of excess non-mission essential 
equipment and materiel by the Defense Logistics Agency 
Disposition Services. 
(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—At a minimum, the plan 
shall address each of the following: 
(1) Backlogs of unprocessed property at disposi-
tion sites that do not meet Defense Logistics Agency 
Disposition Services goals. 
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(2) Customer wait times. 
(3) Procedures governing the disposal of service-
able items in order to prevent the destruction of excess 
property eligible for utilization, transfer, or donation 
before potential recipients are able to view and obtain 
the property. 
(4) Validation of materiel release orders. 
(5) Assuring adequate physical security for the 
storage of equipment. 
(6) The number of personnel required to effec-
tively manage retrograde sort yards. 
(7) Managing any potential increase in the 
amount of excess property to be processed. 
(8) Improving the reliability of Defense Logistics 
Agency Disposition Services data. 
(9) Procedures for ensuring no property is of-
fered for public sale until all requirements for utiliza-
tion, transfer, and donation are met. 
(10) Validation of physical inventory against 
database entries. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—By not later than 
September 30, 2016, the Secretary shall provide to the con-
gressional defense committees a briefing on the actions 
taken to implement the plan required under subsection (a). 
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TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 
duty personnel as of September 30, 2016, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 475,000. 
(2) The Navy, 329,200. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 184,000. 
(4) The Air Force, 320,715. 
SEC. 402. REVISIONS IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END 
STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS. 
Section 691(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and insert-
ing the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) For the Army, 475,000. 
‘‘(2) For the Navy, 329,200. 
‘‘(3) For the Marine Corps, 184,000. 
‘‘(4) For the Air Force, 317,000.’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve com-
ponents as of September 30, 2016, as follows: 
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(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 342,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 198,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 57,400. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 38,900. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 105,500. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 69,200. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000. 
(b) END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS.—The end strengths 
prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any 
reserve component shall be proportionately reduced by— 
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 
component which are on active duty (other than for 
training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 
(2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 
Reserve of such component who are on active duty 
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
(c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 
individual members of the Selected Reserve of any reserve 
component are released from active duty during any fiscal 
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year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 
the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be in-
creased proportionately by the total authorized strengths of 
such units and by the total number of such individual mem-
bers. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), 
the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, 
as of September 30, 2016, the following number of Reserves 
to be serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in 
the case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose 
of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or 
training the reserve components: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 30,770. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 16,261. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 9,934. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,260. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 14,748. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 3,032. 
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SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 
(DUAL STATUS). 
The minimum number of military technicians (dual 
status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2016 for the reserve 
components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith-
standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 
be the following: 
(1) For the Army National Guard of the United 
States, 26,099. 
(2) For the Army Reserve, 7,395. 
(3) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 22,104. 
(4) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,814. 
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2016 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 
NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) NATIONAL
GUARD.—Within the limitation 
provided in section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code, the number of non-dual status techni-
cians employed by the National Guard as of Sep-
tember 30, 2016, may not exceed the following: 
(A) For the Army National Guard of the 
United States, 1,600. 
(B) For the Air National Guard of the 
United States, 350. 
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(2) ARMY RESERVE.—The number of non-dual 
status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as 
of September 30, 2016, may not exceed 595. 
(3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non- 
dual status technicians employed by the Air Force 
Reserve as of September 30, 2016, may not exceed 90. 
(b) NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘non-dual status technician’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 415. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU-
THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2016, the maximum number of 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who 
may be serving at any time on full-time operational sup-
port duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, is the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 17,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,000. 
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(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 
for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not oth-
erwise provided for, for military personnel, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4401. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The author-
ization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes any 
other authorization of appropriations (definite or indefi-
nite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2016. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
SEC. 501. EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF JUNIOR OFFICERS 
EXCLUDED FROM AN ALL-FULLY-QUALIFIED- 
OFFICERS LIST BECAUSE OF ADMINISTRA-
TIVE ERROR. 
(a) 
OFFICERS
ON
ACTIVE-DUTY
LIST.—Section 
624(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(E) If the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned determines that one or more officers or former offi-
cers were not placed on an all-fully-qualified-list under this 
paragraph because of administrative error, the Secretary 
may prepare a supplemental all-fully-qualified-officers list 
containing the names of any such officers for approval in 
accordance with this paragraph.’’. 
(b) OFFICERS ON RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST.— 
Section 14308(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(E) If the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned determines that one or more officers or former offi-
cers were not placed on an all-fully-qualified-list under this 
paragraph because of administrative error, the Secretary 
may prepare a supplemental all-fully-qualified-officers list 
containing the names of any such officers for approval in 
accordance with this paragraph.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SPECIAL SELEC-
TION BOARD AUTHORITY.— 
(1) REGULAR COMPONENTS.—Section 628(a)(1) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or the name of a person that should have been 
placed on an all-fully-qualified-officers list under sec-
tion 624(a)(3) of this title was not so placed,’’. 
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(2) 
RESERVE
COMPONENTS.—Section 
14502(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘or whose name was not placed on an 
all-fully-qualified-officers 
list 
under 
section 
14308(b)(4) of this title because of administrative 
error,’’. 
SEC. 502. AUTHORITY TO DEFER UNTIL AGE 68 MANDATORY 
RETIREMENT FOR AGE OF A GENERAL OR 
FLAG OFFICER SERVING AS CHIEF OR DEP-
UTY CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS OF THE ARMY, 
NAVY, OR AIR FORCE. 
(a) DEFERRAL AUTHORITY.—Section 1253 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) DEFERRED RETIREMENT
OF CHAPLAINS.—(1) 
The Secretary of the military department concerned may 
defer the retirement under subsection (a) of an officer serv-
ing in a general or flag officer grade who is the Chief of 
Chaplains or Deputy Chief of Chaplains of that officer’s 
armed force. 
‘‘(2) A deferment of the retirement of an officer referred 
to in paragraph (1) may not extend beyond the first day 
of the month following the month in which the officer be-
comes 68 years of age. 
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‘‘(3) The authority to defer the retirement of an officer 
referred to in paragraph (1) expires December 31, 2020. 
Subject to paragraph (2), a deferment granted before that 
date may continue on and after that date.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
1253 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1253. Age 64: regular commissioned officers in gen-
eral and flag officer grades; exceptions’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 63 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 1253 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘1253. Age 64: regular commissioned officers in general and flag officer grades; 
exceptions.’’. 
SEC. 503. IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL 
RECOMMENDATION ON THE DEFINITION AND 
AVAILABILITY OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH 
GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS AND THEIR 
AIDES. 
(a) DEFINITION OF COSTS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall direct the Director, Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation, in coordination with the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the Secretaries of 
the military departments, to define the costs that could be 
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associated with general and flag officers, such as security 
details, Government air travel, enlisted and officer aide 
housing costs, additional support staff, official residences, 
and any other associated costs incurred due to the nature 
of their position, for the purpose of providing a consistent 
approach to estimating and managing the full costs associ-
ated with these officers and aides. 
(b) REPORT ON COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH GENERAL 
AND FLAG OFFICERS AND AIDES.—Not later than June 30, 
2016, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report describing the costs associated with 
general and flag officers and their enlisted and officer aides. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. CLARIFICATION OF PURPOSE OF RESERVE COM-
PONENT SPECIAL SELECTION BOARDS AS 
LIMITED TO CORRECTION OF ERROR AT A 
MANDATORY PROMOTION BOARD. 
Section 14502(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘a selection board’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘a mandatory promotion board convened 
under section 14101(a) of this title’’; and 
(B) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by strik-
ing ‘‘selection board’’ and inserting ‘‘mandatory 
promotion board’’; and 
(2) in the first sentence of paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Such board’’ and inserting 
‘‘The special selection board’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘selection board’’ and in-
serting ‘‘mandatory promotion board’’. 
SEC. 512. READY RESERVE CONTINUOUS SCREENING RE-
GARDING KEY POSITIONS DISQUALIFYING 
FEDERAL 
OFFICIALS 
FROM 
CONTINUED 
SERVICE IN THE READY RESERVE. 
Section 10149 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) That members who also occupy a Federal 
key position whose mobilization in an emergency 
would seriously impair the capability of the parent 
Federal agency or office to function effectively are not 
retained in the Ready Reserve.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(c) In this section, the term ‘Federal key position’ 
means a Federal position that shall not be vacated during 
a national emergency or mobilization without seriously im-
pairing the capability of the parent Federal agency or office 
to function effectively. There are four categories of Federal 
key positions, the first three of which are, by definition, key 
positions while the fourth category requires a case-by-case 
determination and designation, as follows: 
‘‘(1) The Vice President of the United States or 
any official specified in the order of presidential suc-
cession in section 19 of title 3. 
‘‘(2) The heads of the Federal agencies appointed 
by the President with the consent of the Senate, except 
that this paragraph does not include any position on 
a multi-member board or commission. Such a posi-
tion may be designated as a Federal key position only 
in accordance with paragraph (4). 
‘‘(3) Article III Judges. However, each Article 
III Judge, who is a member of the Ready Reserve and 
desires to remain in the Ready Reserve, must have his 
or her position reviewed by the Chief Judge of the af-
fected Judge’s Circuit. If the Chief Judge determines 
that mobilization of the Article III Judge concerned 
will not seriously impair the capability of the Judge’s 
court to function effectively, the Chief Judge will pro-
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vide a certification to that effect to the Secretary con-
cerned. Concurrently, the affected Judge will provide 
a statement to the Secretary concerned requesting con-
tinued service in the Ready Reserve and acknowl-
edging that he or she may be involuntarily called to 
active duty under the laws of the United States and 
the directives and regulations of the Department of 
Defense and pledging not to seek to be excused from 
such orders based upon his or her judicial duties. 
‘‘(4) Other Federal positions determined by the 
head of a Federal Agency.’’. 
SEC. 513. EXEMPTION OF MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL 
STATUS) FROM CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE FUR-
LOUGHS. 
Section 10216(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘reductions’’ the following: ‘‘(in-
cluding temporary reductions by furlough or otherwise)’’. 
SEC. 514. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND 
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NON- 
FEDERALIZED NATIONAL GUARD TO SUP-
PORT CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES IN PREVEN-
TION AND RESPONSE TO NON-CATASTROPHIC 
DOMESTIC DISASTERS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Section 10504 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘REPORT.—’’ 
and inserting ‘‘REPORT ON STATE OF THE NATIONAL 
GUARD.—(1)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF REPORT TO 
CONGRESS.—’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘annual report of the Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau’’ and inserting ‘‘annual re-
port required by paragraph (1)’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section (b): 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORT ON NON-FEDERALIZED SERVICE 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND EQUIPMENT 
REQUIREMENTS.—(1) Not later than January 31 of each 
of calendar years 2016 through 2022, the Chief of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees and the officials specified in paragraph 
(5) a report setting forth the personnel, training, and equip-
ment required by the National Guard during the next fiscal 
year to carry out its mission, while not Federalized, to pro-
vide prevention, protection mitigation, response, and recov-
ery activities in support of civilian authorities in connec-
tion with non-catastrophic natural and man-made disas-
ters. 
‘‘(2) To determine the annual personnel, training, and 
equipment requirements of the National Guard referred to 
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in paragraph (1), the Chief of the National Guard Bureau 
shall take into account, at a minimum, the following: 
‘‘(A) Core civilian capabilities gaps for the pre-
vention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery 
activities in connection with natural and man-made 
disasters, as collected by the Department of Homeland 
Security from the States. 
‘‘(B) Threat and hazard identifications and risk 
assessments of the Department of Defense, the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, and the States. 
‘‘(3) Personnel, training, and equipment requirements 
shall be collected from the States, validated by the Chief of 
the National Guard Bureau, and be categorized in the re-
port required by paragraph (1) by each of the following: 
‘‘(A) Emergency support functions of the Na-
tional Response Framework. 
‘‘(B) Federal Emergency Management Agency re-
gions. 
‘‘(4) The annual report required by paragraph (1) 
shall be prepared in consultation with the chief executive 
of each State, other appropriate civilian authorities, and 
the Council of Governors. 
‘‘(5) In addition to the congressional defense commit-
tees, the annual report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted to the following officials: 
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‘‘(A) The Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(C) The Council of Governors. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary of the Army. 
‘‘(E) The Secretary of the Air Force. 
‘‘(F) The Commander of the United States 
Northern Command. 
‘‘(G) The Commander of the United States Cyber 
Command.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such sec-
tion is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 10504. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: annual 
reports’’. 
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 1011 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 10504 and inserting the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘10504. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: annual reports.’’. 
SEC. 515. NATIONAL GUARD CIVIL AND DEFENSE SUPPORT 
ACTIVITIES AND RELATED MATTERS. 
(a) OPERATIONAL USE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 32, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 116. OPERATIONAL USE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—This section authorizes the oper-
ational use of the National Guard and recognizes that the 
basic premise of both the National Incident Management 
System and the National Response Framework is that— 
‘‘(1) incidents are typically managed at the local 
level first; and 
‘‘(2) local jurisdictions retain command, control, 
and authority over response activities for their juris-
dictional areas. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE TO CIVILIAN FIREFIGHTING ORGANI-
ZATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE
AUTHORIZED.—Members and 
units of the National Guard shall be authorized to 
support firefighting operations, missions, or activities, 
including aerial firefighting employment of the Mod-
ular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS), under-
taken in support of a civilian authority or a State 
or Federal agency. 
‘‘(2) ROLE OF GOVERNOR AND STATE ADJUTANT 
GENERAL.—For the purposes of paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) the Governor of a State shall be the 
principal civilian authority; and 
‘‘(B) the adjutant general of the State shall 
be the principal military authority, when acting 
in his or her State capacity, and has the pri-
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mary authority to mobilize members and units 
of the National Guard of the State in any duty 
status under this title the adjutant general deems 
appropriate to employ necessary forces when 
funds to perform such operations, missions, or 
activities are reimbursed.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘116. Operational use of the National Guard.’’. 
(b) ACTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE (AGR) SUPPORT.— 
Section 328(b) of title 32, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘duty as specified in section 
116(b) of this title or may perform’’ after ‘‘subsection 
(a) may perform’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(A) and (B)’’ after ‘‘ specified 
in section 502(f)(2)’’. 
(c) 
FEDERAL
TECHNICIANS
SUPPORT.—Section 
709(a)(3) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘duty as specified in section 116(b) of this title 
or’’ after ‘‘(3) the performance of’’. 
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Subtitle C—Consolidation of Au-
thorities to Order Members of 
Reserve Components to Perform 
Duty 
SEC. 521. ADMINISTRATION OF RESERVE DUTY. 
Chapter 1209 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting before section 12301 the fol-
lowing subchapter heading: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—ADMINISTRATION OF RESERVE 
DUTY’’. 
(2) by striking sections 12301, 12302, 12303, 
12304, 12310, 12319 and 12322; 
(3) in subsections (a) and (b) of section 12305, 
by striking ‘‘section 12301, 12302, or 12304 of this 
title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12341 of this title for a 
purpose specified under subsections (a) through (e) of 
section 12351(a) of this title’’; 
(4) in section 12306— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section 
12301’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12351’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 12301(a) of this title’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 12341 of this title for the purpose 
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specified in section 12351(a) of this title’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 12301(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
12351(a)’’; 
(5) in section 12307, by striking ‘‘12301(a)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘12351(a)’’; 
(6) in section 12318— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section 
12302 or 12304 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 12341 of this title for a purpose specified 
under subsection (b) or (c) of section 12351’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 12310’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 12353(c)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 12302 or 
12304’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b) or (c) 
of section 12351’’; and 
(7) by inserting after section 12321 the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 12323. Policies and procedures 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating shall prescribe such policies and procedures for 
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the armed forces under their respective jurisdictions as the 
Secretary considers necessary to carry out this chapter. 
‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—When members of the 
Ready Reserve are ordered to active duty pursuant to sec-
tion 12351(b) of this title, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit a report, at least once a year, to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives describing the policies and procedures pre-
scribed under subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 522. RESERVE DUTY AUTHORITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1209 of title 10, United 
States Code, is further amended by inserting after section 
12323, as added by section 521(7) of this Act, the following 
new subchapter: ‘‘ 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—RESERVE DUTY AUTHORITIES 
‘‘§ 12341. Active duty 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ORDER A MEMBER TO PERFORM 
ACTIVE DUTY.—At any time, the Secretary concerned may 
order a member of a reserve component under the Sec-
retary’s jurisdiction to active duty, or retain the member 
on active duty, subject to the purpose and limitations de-
scribed in subsections (b) and (c). 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE AND LIMITATIONS.—The purposes and 
limitations referred to in subsection (a) are as follows: 
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‘‘(1) PURPOSE OF ORDER.—To account for man-
power utilization and expenditure of appropriations, 
each order shall cite the purpose of the order to active 
duty as provided under subchapter III of this chapter. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—A member of a reserve com-
ponent shall not be ordered to active duty or retained 
on active duty beyond the limitations and restrictions 
specified in the purpose of the order to active duty. 
‘‘(c) CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF DUTY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—When the purpose for the 
member to serve on active duty changes, the order to 
active duty shall be amended to cite the new purpose 
and applicable funding code, but the member shall re-
main on the same order to active duty. 
‘‘(2) CONTINUOUS
FEDERAL
SERVICE.—If a 
member is released from active duty and subsequently 
ordered to active duty or full-time National Guard 
duty with a break in service of 24 hours or fewer, the 
period of service shall be treated as continuous Fed-
eral service for the purposes of pay and benefits, un-
less otherwise specified in law. 
‘‘§ 12342. Call to Federal service 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO CALL A MEMBER INTO FEDERAL 
SERVICE.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may call into 
Federal service the militia of any State, and use such 
of the armed forces, as the President considers nec-
essary for the purposes specified in chapter 15 of this 
title. 
‘‘(2) STATE REQUEST REQUIRED.—A call into 
Federal service for the purposes specified in section 
331 of this title shall only be made upon the request 
of the legislature of a State or of the Governor of a 
State if the legislature cannot be convened. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL GUARD IN FEDERAL SERVICE.—The 
President may call into Federal service members and units 
of the National Guard of any State in such numbers as 
the President considers necessary for the purposes specified 
in section 12406 of this title. 
‘‘§ 12343. Inactive duty 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ORDER A MEMBER TO PERFORM 
INACTIVE DUTY.—Under regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Defense or the Secretary of the Department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating, the Secretary con-
cerned may, at any time, order a member of a reserve com-
ponent under the Secretary’s jurisdiction to perform inac-
tive duty, subject to the purpose and limitations described 
in subsection (b). 
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‘‘(b) PURPOSE AND LIMITATIONS.—The purpose and 
limitations referred to in subsection (a) are as follows: 
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—To account for manpower utili-
zation and expenditure of appropriations, the Sec-
retary concerned shall document the purpose for inac-
tive duty. 
‘‘(2) HOSTILE
FIRE
OR
IMMINENT
DANGER 
AREA.—Inactive duty shall not be performed in des-
ignated hostile fire or imminent danger area. 
‘‘(3) DURATION.—Each period of inactive duty 
shall be for duration of at least two hours. 
‘‘(4) COMPENSATION.—Compensation under sec-
tion 206 of title 37 and service credit under section 
12732(a)(2)(E) of this title shall not exceed two peri-
ods of inactive duty in a calendar day.’’. 
(b) REDESIGNATION OF INACTIVE DUTY TO ENCOM-
PASS OPERATIONAL
AND OTHER DUTIES PERFORMED 
WHILE IN AN ACTIVE DUTY STATUS.— 
(1) REFERENCES.—Any reference that is made 
in any law, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to inactive-duty training, 
as such term applies to members of the reserve compo-
nents of the uniformed services, shall be deemed to be 
a reference to inactive duty. 
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(2) DEFINITION OF UNIFORMED SERVICES.—In 
this subsection the term ‘‘uniformed services’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 523. PURPOSE OF RESERVE DUTY. 
Chapter 1209 of title 10, United States Code, is further 
amended by inserting after section 12343, as added by sec-
tion 522(a), the following new subchapter: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—PURPOSE OF RESERVE DUTY 
‘‘§ 12351. Reserve component: required duty 
‘‘(a) MOBILIZATION
OF
THE
RESERVE
COMPO-
NENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In time of war or of na-
tional emergency declared by Congress, or when other-
wise authorized by law, an authority designated by 
the Secretary concerned may, without the consent of 
the persons affected, order any unit, and any member 
not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, 
of a reserve component under the jurisdiction of that 
Secretary to active duty under section 12341 of this 
title for the duration of the war or emergency and for 
six months thereafter. However a member on an inac-
tive status list or in a retired status may not be or-
dered to active duty under this subsection unless the 
Secretary concerned, with the approval of the Sec-
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retary of Defense in the case of the Secretary of a 
military department, determines that there are not 
enough qualified Reserves in an active status or in 
the inactive National Guard in the required category 
who are readily available. 
‘‘(2) EXPANSIONS.—So far as practicable, during 
any expansion of the active armed forces that requires 
that units and members of the reserve components be 
ordered to active duty as provided in paragraph (1), 
members of units organized and trained to serve as 
units who are ordered to that duty without their con-
sent shall be so ordered with their units. However, 
members of those units may be reassigned after being 
so ordered to active duty. 
‘‘(3) PERIOD OF TIME.—The period of time al-
lowed between the date when a Reserve ordered to ac-
tive duty pursuant to paragraph (1) is alerted for 
that duty and the date when the Reserve is required 
to enter upon that duty shall be determined by the 
Secretary concerned based upon military require-
ments at that time. 
‘‘(b) READY RESERVE MOBILIZATION.—In time of na-
tional emergency declared by the President after January 
1, 1953, or when otherwise authorized by law, an authority 
designated by the Secretary concerned may, without the 
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consent of the persons concerned, order any unit, and any 
member not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, 
in the Ready Reserve under the jurisdiction of that Sec-
retary to active duty under section 12341 of this title for 
not more than 24 consecutive months. Not more than 
1,000,000 members of the Ready Reserve may be on active 
duty, without their consent, under this section at any one 
time. 
‘‘(c) CALL-UP OF THE SELECTED RESERVE AND CER-
TAIN INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE MEMBERS; OTHER 
THAN DURING WAR OR NATIONAL EMERGENCY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the provi-
sions of subsection (b) or any other provision of law, 
when the President determines that it is necessary to 
augment the active forces for any operational mission 
or that it is necessary to provide assistance referred 
to in paragraph (2), the President may authorize the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Depart-
ment in which the Coast Guard is operating, without 
the consent of the members concerned, to order any 
unit, and any member not assigned to a unit orga-
nized to serve as a unit, of the Selected Reserve, or 
any member in the Individual Ready Reserve mobili-
zation category and designated as essential under reg-
ulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, under 
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their respective jurisdictions, to active duty under sec-
tion 12341 of this title for not more than 365 days. 
‘‘(2) EMERGENCIES.—The augmentation under 
paragraph (1) includes providing assistance in re-
sponding to an emergency involving— 
‘‘(A) a use or threatened use of a weapon of 
mass destruction; or 
‘‘(B) a terrorist attack or threatened ter-
rorist attack in the United States that results, or 
could result, in significant loss of life or prop-
erty. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTION LIMITATION.—No unit or mem-
ber of a reserve component may be ordered to active 
duty pursuant to this subsection to perform any of 
the functions authorized by chapter 15 of this title or 
section 12406 of this title or, except as provided in 
paragraph (2), to provide assistance to the Federal 
Government or a State in time of a serious natural 
or manmade disaster, accident, or catastrophe. 
‘‘(4) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.—Not more than 
200,000 members of the Selected Reserve and the Indi-
vidual Ready Reserve may be on active duty pursu-
ant to this subsection at any one time, of whom not 
more than 30,000 may be members of the Individual 
Ready Reserve. 
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‘‘(5) RESPONSE
CAPABILITIES.—No unit or 
member of a reserve component may be ordered to ac-
tive duty pursuant to this subsection to provide as-
sistance referred to in paragraph (2) unless the Presi-
dent determines that the requirements for responding 
to an emergency referred to in that subsection have 
exceeded, or will exceed, the response capabilities of 
local, State, and Federal civilian agencies. 
‘‘(6) TERMINATION.—Whenever any unit of the 
Selected Reserve or any member of the Selected Re-
serve not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a 
unit, or any member of the Individual Ready Reserve, 
is ordered to active duty pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the service of all units or members so ordered to active 
duty may be terminated by— 
‘‘(A) order of the President; or 
‘‘(B) law. 
‘‘(7) REPORT.—Whenever the President author-
izes the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the 
Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to 
order any unit or member of the Selected Reserve or 
Individual Ready Reserve to active duty, pursuant to 
paragraph (1), the President shall, within 24 hours 
after exercising such authority, submit to Congress a 
report setting forth the circumstances necessitating the 
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action taken under this section and describing the an-
ticipated use of these units or members. 
‘‘(8) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing con-
tained in this subsection shall be construed as amend-
ing or limiting the application of the provisions of 
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL ACTIVE DUTY.—At any time, an author-
ity designated by the Secretary concerned may, without the 
consent of the persons affected, order any unit, and any 
member not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, 
in an active status in a reserve component under the juris-
diction of that Secretary to active duty under section 12341 
of this title for not more than 15 days a year. However, 
units and members of the Army National Guard of the 
United States or the Air National Guard of the United 
States may not be ordered to active duty under this sub-
section without the consent of the governor of the State (or, 
in the case of the District of Columbia National Guard, the 
commanding general of the District of Columbia National 
Guard). The consent of a Governor may not be withheld 
(in whole or in part) with regard to active duty outside 
the United States, its territories, and its possessions, be-
cause of any objection to the location, purpose, type, or 
schedule of such active duty. 
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‘‘(e) READY RESERVE: UNSATISFACTORY PARTICIPA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO ORDER TO ACTIVE DUTY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the President may order 
to active duty under section 12341 of this title 
any member of the Ready Reserve of an armed 
force who— 
‘‘(i) is not assigned to, or participating 
satisfactorily in, a unit of the Ready Re-
serve; 
‘‘(ii) has not fulfilled the member’s 
statutory reserve obligation; and 
‘‘(iii) has not served on active duty for 
a total of 24 months. 
‘‘(B) DURATION AND EXTENSION.—A mem-
ber who is ordered to active duty pursuant to 
paragraph (1) may be required to serve on active 
duty until the member’s total service on active 
duty equals 24 months. If the member’s enlist-
ment or other period of military service would 
expire before the member has served the required 
period under this paragraph, the enlistment or 
other period of military service may be extended 
until the member has served the required period. 
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‘‘(2) FAILURE TO PERFORM SATISFACTORILY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A member of the Ready 
Reserve covered by section 12352 of this title who 
fails in any year to perform satisfactorily the 
training duty prescribed in that section, as de-
termined by the Secretary concerned under regu-
lations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
may be ordered without the member’s consent to 
perform additional active duty for training 
under section 12341 of this title for not more 
than 45 days. If the failure occurs during the 
last year of the member’s required membership 
in the Ready Reserve, the member’s membership 
is extended until the member performs that addi-
tional active duty for training, but not for more 
than six months. 
‘‘(B) ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OR AIR NA-
TIONAL GUARD.—A member of the Army Na-
tional Guard of the United States or the Air Na-
tional Guard of the United States who fails in 
any year to perform satisfactorily the training 
duty prescribed by or under law for members of 
the Army National Guard or the Air National 
Guard, as the case may be, as determined by the 
Secretary concerned, may, upon the request of 
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the Governor of the State (or, in the case of the 
District of Columbia, the commanding general of 
the District of Columbia National Guard) be or-
dered, without the member’s consent, to perform 
additional active duty for training under section 
12341 of this title for not more than 45 days. A 
member ordered to active duty under this sub-
section shall be ordered to duty as a Reserve of 
the Army or as a Reserve of the Air Force, as 
the case may be. However, the consent of a Gov-
ernor may not be withheld (in whole or in part) 
with regard to active duty outside the United 
States, its territories, and its possessions, because 
of any objection to the location, purpose, type, or 
schedule of such active duty. 
‘‘(f) CAPTIVE STATUS.—A member of a reserve compo-
nent may be ordered to active duty under section 12341 
of this title without the member’s consent if the Secretary 
concerned determines that the member is in a captive sta-
tus. A member ordered to active duty under this section 
may not be retained on active duty, without the member’s 
consent, for more than 30 days after the member’s captive 
status is terminated. 
‘‘(g) MUSTER DUTY.—A member of the Ready Reserve 
may be ordered without the member’s consent to muster 
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duty under section 12343 of this title one time each year. 
A member ordered to muster duty under this section shall 
be required to perform a minimum of two hours of muster 
duty on the day of muster. The muster duty shall be subject 
to the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) PERIOD
OF
TIME.—The period which a 
member may be required to devote to muster duty 
under this section, including round-trip travel to and 
from the location of that duty, may not total more 
than one day each calendar year. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT AS INACTIVE DUTY AND TRAV-
EL.—Except as specified in paragraph (3), muster 
duty (and travel directly to and from that duty) 
under this section shall be treated as inactive duty 
(and travel directly to and from that duty) for the 
purposes of this title and the provisions of title 37 
(other than section 206(a) of title 37) and title 38, in-
cluding provisions relating to the determination of 
eligibility for and the receipt of benefits and entitle-
ments provided under those titles for Reserves per-
forming inactive duty and for their dependents and 
survivors. 
‘‘(3) NOT
CREDITED
FOR
RETIRED
PAY
PUR-
POSES.—Muster duty under this subsection shall not 
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be credited in determining entitlement to, or in com-
puting, retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title. 
‘‘(h) CONSIDERATION FOR MOBILIZATION.—To achieve 
fair treatment between members in the Ready Reserve who 
are being considered for recall to duty without their consent 
pursuant to subsection (b), (c) or (e)(1), consideration shall 
be given to— 
‘‘(1) the length and nature of previous service, to 
assure such sharing of exposure to hazards as the na-
tional security and military requirements will rea-
sonably allow; 
‘‘(2) the frequency of assignments during service 
career; 
‘‘(3) family responsibilities; and 
‘‘(4) employment necessary to maintain the na-
tional health, safety, or interest. 
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CAPTIVE STATUS.—The term ‘captive sta-
tus’ means the status of a member of the armed forces 
who is in a missing status (as defined in section 
551(2) of title 37) which occurs as the result of a hos-
tile action and is related to the member’s military 
status. 
‘‘(2) INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE MOBILIZATION 
CATEGORY.—The term ‘Individual Ready Reserve mo-
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bilization category’ means, in the case of any reserve 
component, the category of the Individual Ready Re-
serve described in section 10144(b) of this title. 
‘‘(3) WEAPONS
OF
MASS
DESTRUCTION.—The 
term ‘weapon of mass destruction’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 1403 of the Defense Against 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 
2302). 
‘‘§ 12352. Reserve component: required training 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—Except as specifically provided in 
regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or 
by the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating, each person who is enlisted, inducted, 
or appointed in an armed force, and who becomes a member 
of the Ready Reserve under any provision of law except sec-
tion 513 or 10145(b) of this title, shall be required, while 
in the Ready Reserve, to maintain readiness as determined 
by the Secretary concerned by— 
‘‘(1) participating in at least 48 scheduled drills 
or training periods during each year pursuant to sec-
tion 12343 of this title and serve on active duty for 
training under section 12341 of this title for not less 
than 14 days (exclusive of travel time) during each 
year; or 
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‘‘(2) serving on active duty for training under 
section 12341 of this title for not more than 30 days 
during each year. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS.—A member 
who has served on active duty for one year or longer may 
not be required to perform a period of active duty for train-
ing if the first day of that period falls during the last 120 
days of the member’s required membership in the Ready 
Reserve. 
‘‘§ 12353. Reserve component: optional duty 
‘‘(a) ACTIVE DUTY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At any time, an authority 
designated by the Secretary concerned may order a 
member of a reserve component under his jurisdiction 
to active duty under section 12341 of this title, or re-
tain the member on active duty, with the consent of 
that member for training, to provide operational sup-
port or perform other duty as determined by the Sec-
retary concerned. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—Such duty includes service on 
active duty for the purpose specified in section or sec-
tion 802(d), 1491, 3038, 5143, 5144, 8038, 10211, 
10301 through 10305, 10502, 10505, 10506, 10507, 
12402, or 12405 of this title. 
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‘‘(3) ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OR AIR NATIONAL 
GUARD.—However, a member of the Army National 
Guard of the United States or the Air National 
Guard of the United States may not be ordered to ac-
tive duty under this subsection without the consent of 
the Governor or other appropriate authority of the 
State concerned. The consent of a Governor may not 
be withheld (in whole or in part) with regard to ac-
tive duty outside the United States, its territories, 
and its possessions, because of any objection to the lo-
cation, purpose, type, or schedule of such active duty. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVE DUTY FOR HEALTH CARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—When authorized by the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of a military depart-
ment may, with the consent of the member, order a 
member of a reserve component to active duty under 
section 12341 of this title— 
‘‘(A) to receive authorized medical care; 
‘‘(B) to be medically evaluated for disability 
or other purposes; or 
‘‘(C) to complete a required Department of 
Defense health care study, which may include an 
associated medical evaluation of the member. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT FOR OR RECOVERY FROM AN 
INJURY, ILLNESS OR DISEASE.—A member of a uni-
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formed service described in paragraph (1)(B) or 
(2)(B) of section 1074a(a) of this title may be ordered 
to active duty under section 12341 of this title, and 
a member of a uniformed service described in para-
graph (1)(A) or (2)(A) of section 1074a may be con-
tinued on active duty under section 12341 of this 
title, for a period of more than 30 days while the 
member is being treated for (or recovering from) an 
injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated in 
the line of duty as described in any of such para-
graphs. 
‘‘(3) RETENTION ON ACTIVE DUTY.—A member 
ordered to active duty under this subsection may, 
with the member’s consent, be retained on active duty, 
if the Secretary concerned considers it appropriate, 
for medical treatment for a condition associated with 
the study or evaluation, if that treatment of the mem-
ber is otherwise authorized by law. 
‘‘(4) ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OR AIR NATIONAL 
GUARD.—However, a member of the Army National 
Guard of the United States or the Air National 
Guard of the United States may not be ordered to ac-
tive duty under this subsection without the consent of 
the Governor or other appropriate authority of the 
State concerned. 
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‘‘(c) ORGANIZING, ADMINISTERING, ETC., RESERVE 
COMPONENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 
may order a member of a reserve component under 
the Secretary’s jurisdiction to active duty pursuant to 
section 12341 of this title to perform Active Guard 
and Reserve duty to organize, administer, recruit, in-
struct, or train the reserve components. 
‘‘(2) RESERVE
GRADE; ELIGIBILITY
FOR
PRO-
MOTION.—A Reserve ordered to active duty under 
paragraph (1) shall be ordered in the Reserve’s reserve 
grade. While so serving, the Reserve continues to be el-
igible for promotion as a Reserve, if otherwise quali-
fied. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—A Reserve on active 
duty under this subsection may perform the following 
additional duties to the extent that the performance 
of those duties does not interfere with the performance 
of the Reserve’s primary Active Guard and Reserve 
duties described in paragraph (1): 
‘‘(A) 
SUPPORTING
RESERVE
COMPO-
NENTS.—Supporting operations or missions as-
signed in whole or in part to the reserve compo-
nents. 
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‘‘(B) SUPPORTING UNITS.—Supporting op-
erations or missions performed or to be per-
formed by— 
‘‘(i) a unit composed of elements from 
more than one component of the same 
armed force; or 
‘‘(ii) a joint forces unit that includes— 
‘‘(I) one or more reserve compo-
nent units; or 
‘‘(II) a member of a reserve com-
ponent whose reserve component as-
signment is in a position in an ele-
ment of the joint forces unit. 
‘‘(C) ADVISING.—Advising the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the com-
manders of the combatant commands regarding 
reserve component matters. 
‘‘(D) INSTRUCTION OR TRAINING.—Instruct-
ing or training in the United States, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, or possessions of the 
United States of— 
‘‘(i) active-duty members of the armed 
forces; 
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‘‘(ii) members of foreign military forces 
(under the same authorities and restrictions 
applicable to active-duty members pro-
viding such instruction or training); 
‘‘(iii) Department of Defense con-
tractor personnel; or 
‘‘(iv) Department of Defense civilian 
employees. 
‘‘(4) 
OPERATIONS
RELATING
TO
DEFENSE 
AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND TER-
RORIST ATTACKS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (3), a Reserve on active duty as described 
in paragraph (1), or a Reserve who is a member 
of the National Guard serving on full-time Na-
tional Guard duty under section 502(f) of title 
32 in connection with functions referred to in 
paragraph (1), may, subject to subparagraph 
(C), perform duties in support of emergency pre-
paredness programs to prepare for or to respond 
to any emergency involving any of the following: 
‘‘(i) WEAPONS
OF
MASS
DESTRUC-
TION.—The use or threatened use of a weap-
on of mass destruction (as defined in section 
1403 of the Defense Against Weapons of 
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Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 
2302) in the United States. 
‘‘(ii) TERRORIST ATTACK OR THREAT-
ENED TERRORIST ATTACK.—A terrorist at-
tack or threatened terrorist attack in the 
United States that results, or could result, 
in catastrophic loss of life or property. 
‘‘(iii) RELEASE
OF
CERTAIN
MATE-
RIALS.—The intentional or unintentional 
release of nuclear, biological, radiological, 
or toxic or poisonous chemical, materials in 
the United States that results, or could re-
sult, in catastrophic loss of life or property. 
‘‘(iv) NATURAL
OR
MAN-MADE
DIS-
ASTER.—A natural or manmade disaster in 
the United States that results in, or could 
result in, catastrophic loss of life or prop-
erty. 
‘‘(B) COSTS.—The costs of the pay, allow-
ances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for a Reserve performing 
duties under the authority of paragraph (1) shall 
be paid from the appropriation that is available 
to pay such costs for other members of the reserve 
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component of that Reserve who are performing 
duties as described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(C) CIVIL
SUPPORT
TEAM.—A Reserve 
may perform duty described in subparagraph 
(A) only while assigned to a reserve component 
weapons of mass destruction civil support team. 
‘‘(D) ANNUAL END STRENGTH AUTHORIZA-
TION
AND
JUSTIFICATION
MATERIAL.—Reserves 
on active duty who are performing duties de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall be counted 
against the annual end strength authorizations 
required by sections 115(a)(1)(B) and 115(a)(2) 
of this title. The justification material for the de-
fense budget request for a fiscal year shall iden-
tify the number and component of the Reserves 
programmed to be performing duties described in 
subparagraph (A) during that fiscal year. 
‘‘(E) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—A reserve 
component weapons of mass destruction civil 
support team, and any Reserve assigned to such 
a team, may not be used to respond to an emer-
gency described in subparagraph (A) unless the 
Secretary of Defense has certified to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
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Representatives of that team, or that Reserve, 
possesses the requisite skills, training, and equip-
ment to be proficient in all mission require-
ments. 
‘‘(F) REQUEST FOR LEGISLATION.—If the 
Secretary of Defense submits to Congress any re-
quest for the enactment of legislation to modify 
the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (C), 
the Secretary shall provide with the request— 
‘‘(i) justification for each such re-
quested modification; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary’s plan for sus-
taining the qualifications of the personnel 
and teams described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(G) DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘United States’ includes 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and 
the Virgin Islands. 
‘‘(5) TRAINING.—A Reserve on active duty as de-
scribed in this subsection may be provided training 
consistent with training provided to other members 
on active duty, as the Secretary concerned sees fit. 
‘‘(d) INACTIVE DUTY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At any time, an authority 
designated by the Secretary concerned may require a 
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member of a reserve component under the Secretary’s 
jurisdiction, with the consent of the member, to per-
form inactive duty under section 12343 of this title 
to provide readiness training, perform administrative 
function to prepare for unit training, perform funeral 
honors functions at the funeral of a veteran as defined 
in section 1491 of this title (other than for members 
of the Army National Guard of the United States or 
the Air National Guard of the United States who per-
form funeral honors duty under section 502(g) of title 
32), or perform other inactive duty as determined by 
the Secretary concerned. 
‘‘(2) PAY.—As directed by the Secretary con-
cerned, a member performing funeral honors functions 
may be paid— 
‘‘(A) the allowance under section 495 of title 
37; or 
‘‘(B) compensation under section 206 of 
title 37. 
‘‘(3) 
TRAVEL
AND
TRANSPORTATION
EX-
PENSES.—A member who performs funeral honors 
functions may be reimbursed for travel and transpor-
tation expenses incurred in conjunction with such 
duty as authorized under section 495 of title 37 if 
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such duty is performed at a location 50 miles or more 
from the member’s residence.’’. 
SEC. 524. TRAINING AND OTHER DUTY PERFORMED BY 
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 
(a) CHAPTER HEADING.—The chapter heading for 
chapter 5 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘AND OTHER DUTY’’ after ‘‘TRAIN-
ING’’; 
(b) OTHER AMENDMENTS.—Section 502 of title 32, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘§ 502. Required training, field exercises, and other 
duty’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘drill’’ and inserting 
‘‘training’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘under subsection (g)’’ 
before ‘‘at least’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘under 
subsection (f)(1)’’ before ‘‘at least’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘drill’’ each 
place the term appears and inserting ‘‘training’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘drill’’ and inserting ‘‘training’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘one and 
one-half hours’’ and inserting ‘‘two hours’’; 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘drill’’ each 
place the term appears and inserting ‘‘training’’; 
(6) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, which regulations 
shall conform to regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense for Reserve compo-
nent members,’’ after ‘‘as the case may be,’’; 
and 
(ii) in the matter following subpara-
graph (B), by inserting ‘‘to full-time Na-
tional Guard duty’’ after ‘‘be ordered’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) Support for funerals of veterans of the 
armed forces pursuant to section 1491 of title 
10.’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (8); and 
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(D) by inserting after paragraph (2), as 
amended by subparagraph (B), the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) FULL-TIME NATIONAL GUARD DUTY.—Full- 
time National Guard duty shall not be performed on 
land outside the United States, its territories or pos-
sessions. 
‘‘(4) PURPOSE OF CALL ORDER.—To account for 
manpower utilization and expenditure of appropria-
tions, each order to full-time National Guard duty 
shall cite the purpose of the call or order as provided 
in this section or section 112, 114, 316, 503, 504, 505, 
509, or 904 of this title. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS.—A mem-
ber of the National Guard shall not be ordered to full- 
time National Guard duty or retained on full-time 
National Guard duty beyond the limitations and re-
strictions specified in the purpose of the order to full- 
time National Guard duty. 
‘‘(6) AMENDED ORDERS.—When the purpose for 
the member to serve on full-time National Guard duty 
changes, the order to full-time National Guard duty 
shall be amended to cite the new purpose and appli-
cable funding code, but the member shall remain on 
the same order to full-time National Guard duty. 
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‘‘(7) CONTINUOUS
FEDERAL
SERVICE.—If a 
member is released from full-time National Guard 
duty and subsequently ordered to active duty with a 
break in service of 24 hours or fewer, the period of 
service shall be treated as continuous Federal service 
for the purposes of pay and benefits unless otherwise 
specified in law.’’; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) INACTIVE DUTY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary 
of the Air Force, as the case may be, which shall con-
form to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of De-
fense for reserve component members, a member of the 
National Guard may be required to perform inactive 
duty, in addition to that prescribed under subsection 
(a), to provide additional readiness training, perform 
administrative function to prepare for unit training, 
perform funeral honors functions for veterans of the 
armed forces pursuant to section 1491 of title 10, or 
perform other inactive duty as authorized by the Sec-
retary concerned. 
‘‘(2) DOCUMENTATION.—To account for man-
power utilization and expenditure of appropriations, 
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the purpose for inactive duty and the associated fund-
ing code shall be documented. 
‘‘(3) DESIGNATED HOSTILE FIRE OR IMMINENT 
DANGER AREA.—Inactive duty shall not be performed 
in designated hostile fire or imminent danger area. 
‘‘(4) LAND OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, ITS 
TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS.—Inactive duty shall 
not be performed on land outside the United States, 
its territories or possessions. 
‘‘(5) DURATION OF INACTIVE DUTY.—Each pe-
riod of inactive duty shall be for duration of at least 
two hours. 
‘‘(6) DURATION OF COMPENSATION AND SERVICE 
CREDIT.—Compensation under section 206 of title 37 
and service credit under section 12732(a)(2)(E) of 
title 10 shall not exceed two periods of inactive duty 
in a calendar day. 
‘‘(7) PAY FOR PERFORMING FUNERAL HONORS.— 
As directed by the Secretary concerned, a member 
performing funeral honors functions may be paid— 
‘‘(A) the allowance under section 495 of title 
37; or 
‘‘(B) compensation under section 206 of 
title 37.’’. 
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SEC. 525. CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5, UNITED 
STATES CODE.— (1) Paragraph (2) of section 5517(d) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘under 
section 10147’’ and inserting ‘‘as provided under section 
12352’’. 
(2) Section 6323 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1) of subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘inactive-duty training’’ and 
inserting ‘‘inactive duty’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘funeral honors duty (as de-
scribed in section 12503 of title 10 and section 
115 of title 32)’’ and inserting ‘‘funeral honors 
functions (as described in section 12353 of title 
10 and section 114 of title 32)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1) subsection (d), by striking 
‘‘section 12301(b) or 12301(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
12341 of title 10 for the purposes specified in section 
12351(d) or 12353(a)’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 7, UNITED 
STATES CODE.—Paragraph (1) of section 332(a) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1982(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘12301(a), 12301(g), 
12302, 12304, 12306, or 12406,’’ and inserting ‘‘12341 for 
the purpose specified in section 12306, 12342, 12351(a)(1), 
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12351(b), 12351(c), or 12351(f), 12342 for the purpose spec-
ified in section 12406,’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED 
STATES CODE.— (1) Section 101 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B) of subsection (a)(13), 
by striking ‘‘section 688, 12301(a), 12302, 12304, 
12304a, 12305, or12406 of this title, chapter 15 of 
this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 688 or 12341 of this 
title for the purpose specified in section 12304a, 
12305, 12351(a)(1), 12351(b), 12351(c) of this title, 
section 12342 of this title for the purpose specified in 
section 12406, chapter 15 of this title’’; 
(B) in paragraph (16) of subsection (b), by strik-
ing ‘‘section 12301(d) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 12341 of this title for the purpose specified in 
section 12353(c) of this title’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5) of subsection (d)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘502(f) of title 32 for the 
purpose specified in section’’ after ‘‘under sec-
tion’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘505 of title 32’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘505 of such title’’; 
(D) in paragraph (7) of subsection (d)— 
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(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘inactive-duty training’’ and in-
serting ‘‘inactive duty’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 206 of title 37’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
12352(a)(1) of this title, section 502(a)(1) of title 
32,’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘under 
section 
12353(d) of this title or section 502(g) of 
title 32’’ after ‘‘special additional duties au-
thorized’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘, or other activities 
that a member may perform when author-
ized by the designated authority’’ before the 
period. 
(2) Section 115 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 12301(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12341’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 12301(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12341’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (D)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘section 12301(g)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 12341’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘as provided under 
section 12351(f) of such title’’ before the 
semicolon; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (E)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘12301(h) or 12322’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 12341’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘as provided under 
section 12353(b) of this title’’ before the 
semicolon; 
(B) in subsection (i)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 
12301(a) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
12341 of this title for the purpose specified in 
section 12351(a) of this title’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 
12301(b) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
12341 of this title for the purpose specified in 
section 12351(d) of this title’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 
12302 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12341 
of this title for the purpose specified in section 
12351(b) of this title’’; 
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(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘section 
12304 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12341 
of this title for the purpose specified in section 
12351(c) of this title’’; 
(v) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘section 
12342 of this title for the purpose specified in’’ 
after ‘‘Federal service under’’; 
(vi) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘section 
12342 of this title for the purpose specified in’’ 
after ‘‘ Federal service under’’; and 
(vii) in paragraph (11), by inserting 
‘‘12341 for the purpose specified in section’’ after 
‘‘active duty under section’’. 
(3) Section 331 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘under section 12342 of this title’’ 
after ‘‘call into Federal service’’. 
(4) Section 332 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘under section 12342 of this title’’ 
after ‘‘call into Federal service’’. 
(5) Paragraph (3) of section 511(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 10147(a)(1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 12352(a)(1)’’. 
(6) Subparagraph (B) of section 523(b)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘12341 of this 
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title for the purpose specified in section’’ after ‘‘on active 
duty under section’’. 
(7) Subparagraph (B) of section 641(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘section 12341 
for the purpose described in’’ after ‘‘on active duty under’’. 
(8) Section 802 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended in each of subsections (a)(3), (d)(2)(B), and 
(d)(5)(B), by striking ‘‘inactive-duty training’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘inactive duty’’. 
(9) Subsection (d) of section 803 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘inactive-duty train-
ing’’ each place the term appears and inserting ‘‘inactive 
duty’’. 
(10) The matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection 
(a) and the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection 
(b) of section 936 of title 10, United States Code, are each 
amended by striking ‘‘inactive-duty training’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘inactive duty’’. 
(11) Paragraph (1) of section 976(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘inactive-duty train-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘inactive duty’’. 
(12) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1061(b) of title 
10, United States Code, are each amended by striking ‘‘in-
active-duty training’’ and inserting ‘‘inactive duty’’. 
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(13) Subsection (a) of section 1074a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended in each of paragraphs (1)(B), 
(2)(B), and (3) by striking ‘‘inactive-duty training’’ each 
place the term appears and inserting ‘‘inactive duty’’. 
(14) Subsection (a) of section 1074a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended further— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(C) by striking paragraph (4). 
(15) Subsection (a) of section 1076 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) in each paragraphs (2)(B)(i), (2)(B)(ii), and 
(2)(C), by striking ‘‘inactive-duty training’’ each 
place the term appears and inserting ‘‘inactive duty’’; 
and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 
(E). 
(16) Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 1086(c)(2)(B) of 
title 10, United States Code, are each amended by striking 
‘‘inactive duty training’’ and inserting ‘‘inactive duty’’. 
(17) Paragraph (2) of section 1175(e) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘inactive duty 
training’’ and inserting ‘‘inactive duty’’. 
(18) Section 1175a(j) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘under section 12341 of this 
title for the purpose specified in section 
12351(a)(1), 
12351(b), 
12351(c), 
12351(d), 
12351(e)(1), or 12351(f) of this title’’ after ‘‘in-
voluntarily recalled to active duty’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘in accordance with section 
12301(a), 12301(b), 12301(g), 12302, 12303, or 
12304 of this title or’’ and inserting ‘‘under’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘12301(d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘12353(a)’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘12319, or 12503’’ and in-
serting ‘‘12351(g)’’; and 
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