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tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub-
lic Law 114–328), as redesignated by subsection (a)(3) of 
this section, is amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 
SEC. 214. PRIZES FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVE-
MENTS. 
Section 2374a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘in recognition 
of’’ and inserting ‘‘and other types of prizes that the 
Secretary determines are appropriate to recognize’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘cash’’ both 
places it appears; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and from State and local 
governments’’ and inserting ‘‘, from State and 
local governments, and from the private sector’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The Secretary may not give any special consid-
eration to any private sector entity in return for 
a donation.’’; and 
(4) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) USE OF PRIZE AUTHORITY.—Use of prize author-
ity under this section shall be considered the use of competi-
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tive procedures for the purposes of section 2304 of this 
title.’’. 
SEC. 215. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF COMPETITIVE 
PROCEDURES TO INCLUDE COMPETITIVE SE-
LECTION FOR AWARD OF RESEARCH AND DE-
VELOPMENT PROPOSALS. 
Section 2302(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘basic research’’ and inserting ‘‘re-
search and development’’. 
SEC. 216. INCLUSION OF MODELING AND SIMULATION IN 
TEST AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES FOR PUR-
POSES OF PLANNING AND BUDGET CERTIFI-
CATION. 
Section 196 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1), in the first sentence, by 
inserting ‘‘, including modeling and simulation capa-
bilities’’ after ‘‘and resources’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting ‘‘, including 
modeling and simulation activities,’’ after ‘‘evalua-
tion activities’’. 
SEC. 217. DIFFERENTIATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT ACTIVITIES FROM SERVICE ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of activities and 
programs carried out by the Department of Defense, re-
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search and development activities, including activities 
under the Small Business Innovation Research Program 
(SBIR) or the Small Business Technology Transfer Pro-
gram (STTR), shall be considered as separate and distinct 
from contract service activities. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
issue updated guidance to carry out this section. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section: 
(A) The term ‘‘advisory and assistance serv-
ice’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1105(g)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 
(B) The term ‘‘research and development ac-
tivities’’— 
(i) means— 
(I) creative work undertaken on a 
systematic basis in order to increase 
the stock of knowledge, including the 
knowledge of man, culture, and society; 
and 
(II) the use of the stock of knowl-
edge described in subparagraph (A) to 
devise new applications; and
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(ii) includes activities described in sec-
tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638). 
(C) The term ‘‘contract service activities’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘contract serv-
ices’’ in section 2330(c) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(D) The terms ‘‘Small Business Innovation 
Research Program’’ and ‘‘Small Business Tech-
nology Transfer Program’’ have the meanings 
given such terms in section 9(e) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)). 
(2) DEFINITION OF SERVICES FOR PURPOSES OF 
REQUIREMENTS
RELATING
TO
TRACKING
OF
PUR-
CHASES OF SERVICES.—Section 2330a(h) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SERVICES.—The term ‘services’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘contract services’ in section 
2330(c) of this title.’’. 
SEC. 218. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RE-
INVENTION LABORATORIES. 
Section 1105(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 10 U.S.C.
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2358 note) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs: 
‘‘(20) The Air Force Office of Scientific Re-
search. 
‘‘(21) The 711th Human Performance Wing of 
the Air Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(22) The Air Vehicles Directorate of the Air 
Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(23) The Directed Energy Directorate of the Air 
Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(24) The Information Directorate of the Air 
Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(25) The Materials and Manufacturing Direc-
torate of the Air Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(26) The Munitions Directorate of the Air Force 
Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(27) The Propulsion Directorate of the Air 
Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(28) The Sensors Directorate of the Air Force 
Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(29) The Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air 
Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(30) The Naval Facilities Engineering and Ex-
peditionary Warfare Center.’’.
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SEC. 219. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTED ENERGY 
WEAPON SYSTEM PROTOTYPING AND DEM-
ONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, act-
ing through the Under Secretary, shall establish a program 
on the prototyping and demonstration of directed energy 
weapon systems to build and maintain the military superi-
ority of the United States by— 
(1) accelerating the fielding of directed energy 
weapon systems that would help counter technological 
advantages of potential adversaries of the United 
States; and 
(2) supporting the military departments, the 
combatant commanders, the United States Special 
Operations Command, and the Missile Defense Agen-
cy in developing prototypes and demonstrating oper-
ational utility of high energy lasers and high powered 
microwave weapon systems. 
(b) GUIDELINES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-
retary shall issue guidelines for the operation of the 
program established under subsection (a), including— 
(A) criteria for an application for funding 
by a military department, defense agency, or a 
combatant command;
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(B) the priorities, if any, to be provided to 
field directed energy weapon system technologies 
developed by research funding of the Department 
or industry; and 
(C) criteria for evaluation of an application 
for funding or changes to policies or acquisition 
and business practices by such a department, 
agency, or command for purposes of improving 
the effectiveness and efficiency of the Program. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Funding for a military de-
partment, defense agency, or combatant command 
under the program established under subsection (a) 
may only be available for advanced technology devel-
opment, prototyping, and demonstrations in which 
the Department of Defense maintains management of 
the technical baseline and a primary emphasis on 
technology transition and evaluating military utility 
to enhance the likelihood that the particular directed 
energy weapon system will meet the Department end 
user’s need. 
(c) APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than once 
each year, the Under Secretary shall solicit from the 
heads of the military departments, the defense agen-
cies, and the combatant commands applications for
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funding under the program established under sub-
section (a) to be used to enter into contracts, coopera-
tive agreements, or other transaction agreements en-
tered into pursuant to section 2371b of title 10, 
United States Code, with appropriate entities for the 
fielding or commercialization of technologies. 
(2) TREATMENT
PURSUANT
TO
CERTAIN
CON-
GRESSIONAL RULES.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to require any official of the Department of 
Defense to provide funding under the program to any 
congressional earmark as defined pursuant to clause 
9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives or any congressionally directed spending item as 
defined pursuant to paragraph 5 of rule XLIV of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate. 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) and subject to the availability of appro-
priations for such purpose, of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made avail-
able for fiscal year 2018 for research, development, 
test, and evaluation, defense-wide, $200,000,000 shall 
be available to the Under Secretary to allocate to the 
military departments, the defense agencies, and the
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combatant commands to carry out the program estab-
lished under subsection (a). 
(2) LIMITATION.—Not more than half of the 
amounts made available under paragraph (1) may be 
allocated as described in such paragraph until the 
Under Secretary— 
(A) develops the strategic plan required by 
section 219(a)(2)(A) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note); and 
(B) submits such strategic plan to the con-
gressional defense committees. 
(e) DESIGNATION OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING AS THE OFFICIAL WITH 
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND DEM-
ONSTRATION OF DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS.—Section 
219(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘Not later’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘The Under Secretary 
of Defense for Research and Engineering shall serve’’. 
(f) UNDER SECRETARY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘Under Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Research and Engineering in the Under Sec-
retary’s capacity as the official with principal responsi-
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bility for the development and demonstration of directed en-
ergy weapons pursuant to section 219(a)(1) of such Act 
(Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note), as amended 
by subsection (e). 
SEC. 220. AUTHORITY FOR THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING TO 
PROMOTE INNOVATION IN THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
The Secretary of Defense shall establish procedures 
under which the Under Secretary of Defense for Research 
and Engineering may request a time-limited review and 
if necessary require coordination on and modification of 
proposed directives, rules, regulations, and other policies 
that in Under Secretary’s view would adversely affect the 
ability of the innovation, research, and engineering enter-
prise of the Department of Defense to effectively and effi-
ciently execute its missions, including policies and practices 
concerning the following: 
(1) Personnel and talent management. 
(2) Financial management and budgeting. 
(3) Infrastructure, installations, and military 
construction. 
(4) Acquisition. 
(5) Management.
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(6) Such other areas as the Secretary may des-
ignate. 
SEC. 221. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR F– 
35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER FOLLOW-ON MOD-
ERNIZATION. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 or any 
other fiscal year for the Department of Defense may be obli-
gated for F–35 Joint Strike Fighter Follow-On Moderniza-
tion until the Secretary of Defense provides the final report 
required under section 224(d) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328). 
SEC. 
222. 
IMPROVEMENT 
OF 
UPDATE 
PROCESS 
FOR 
POPULATING MISSION DATA FILES USED IN 
ADVANCED COMBAT AIRCRAFT. 
(a) IMPROVEMENTS TO UPDATE PROCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
take such actions as may be necessary to improve the 
process used to update the mission data files used in 
advanced combat aircraft of the United States so that 
such updates can occur more quickly. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In improving the process 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure the 
following:
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(A) That under such process, updates to the 
mission data files are developed, operationally 
tested, and loaded onto systems of advanced com-
bat aircraft while in theaters of operation in a 
time-sensitive manner to allow for the distin-
guishing of threats, including distinguishing 
friends from foes, loading and delivery of weapon 
suites, and coordination with allied and coali-
tion armed forces. 
(B) When updates are made to the mission 
data files, all areas of responsibility (AoRs) are 
included. 
(C) The process includes best practices relat-
ing to such mission data files that have been 
identified by industry and allies of the United 
States. 
(D) The process improves the exchange of 
information between weapons systems of the 
United States and weapon systems of allies and 
partners of the United States, with respect to 
such mission data files. 
(b) CONSULTATION AND PILOT PROGRAMS.—In car-
rying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult the in-
novation organizations resident in the Department of De-
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fense and may consider carrying out a pilot program under 
another provision of this Act. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 2018, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the actions taken by the Secretary under sub-
section (a)(1) and how the process described in such sub-
section has been improved. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other 
Matters 
SEC. 231. COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION PLAN FOR LOW PROB-
ABILITY OF DETECTION DATA LINK NET-
WORKS. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and the 
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy and the Sec-
retary of the Air Force, develop a plan to procure a secure, 
low probability of detection data link network capability 
with the ability to effectively operate in hostile jamming 
environments while preserving the low observable character-
istics of the relevant platforms, between existing and 
planned— 
(1) fifth-generation combat aircraft; 
(2) fifth-generation and fourth-generation combat 
aircraft;
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(3) fifth-generation and fourth-generation combat 
aircraft and appropriate support aircraft and other 
network nodes for command, control, communications, 
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance pur-
poses; and 
(4) fifth-generation and fourth-generation combat 
aircraft and their associated network-enabled preci-
sion weapons. 
(b) ADDITIONAL PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) nonproprietary and open systems approaches 
compatible with the Rapid Capabilities Office Open 
Mission Systems initiative of the Air Force and the 
Future Airborne Capability Environment initiative 
of the Navy; 
(2) a competitive acquisition process, to include 
comparative flight demonstrations in realistic air-
borne environments; and 
(3) low risk and affordable solutions with mini-
mal impact or changes to existing host platforms, and 
minimal overall integration costs. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than February 15, 2018, the 
Under Secretary and the Vice Chairman shall provide to 
the congressional defense committees written documentation 
and briefing on the plan developed under subsection (a).
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(d) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2018 for operations and maintenance for the Office 
of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of the Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, not more than 85 percent may 
be obligated or expended until a period of 15 days has 
elapsed following the date on which the Under Secretary 
and Vice Chairman submits to the congressional defense 
committees the plan required by subsection (a). 
SEC. 232. CLARIFICATION OF SELECTION DATES FOR PILOT 
PROGRAM FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVAL-
UATION CENTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
Section 233 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘the enact-
ment of this Act’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘such submittal’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘propose and 
implement’’ and inserting ‘‘submit to the Assistant 
Secretary concerned a proposal on, and implement,’’.
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SEC. 233. REQUIREMENT FOR A PLAN TO BUILD A PROTO-
TYPE FOR A NEW GROUND COMBAT VEHICLE 
FOR THE ARMY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan 
to build a prototype for a new ground combat vehicle for 
the Army. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A description of how the Secretary intends to 
exploit the latest enabling component technologies that 
have the potential to dramatically change basic com-
bat vehicle design and improve lethality, protection, 
mobility, range, and sustainment, including an anal-
ysis of capabilities of the most advanced foreign 
ground combat vehicles and whether any have charac-
teristics that should inform the development of the 
Army’s prototype vehicle, including whether any 
United States allies or partners have advanced capa-
bilities that could be directly incorporated in the pro-
totype. 
(2) The schedule, cost, key milestones, and lead-
ership plan to rapidly design and build the prototype 
ground combat vehicle.
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SEC. 234. PLAN FOR SUCCESSFULLY FIELDING THE INTE-
GRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE BATTLE 
COMMAND SYSTEM. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a plan to successfully field a suitable, survivable, and effec-
tive Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command 
System program. 
(b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act for research, development, test, 
and evaluation may be obligated by the Secretary of the 
Army for the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense and 
the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command 
System until the date on which the plan is submitted under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 235. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HYPERSONIC WEAPONS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States has gained a thorough un-
derstanding of hypersonic technology over the course 
of seven decades of experimentation. 
(2) The requirements for technological break-
throughs in hypersonics have largely been established, 
allowing pursuit of hypersonic glide weapons without 
a prohibitive budget effect.
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(3) The Department of Defense has several 
hypersonic research and development efforts under-
way, including conventional prompt global strike 
(CPS) weapons system, the Hypersonic Air-Breathing 
Weapon Concept, and the Tactical Boost Glide pro-
gram. 
(4) In testimony before the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate on April 4, 2017, the Com-
mander of United States Strategic Command, Gen-
eral John Hyten, identified the conventional prompt 
global strike weapons system as the ‘‘leading tech-
nology maturation effort in the realm of hypersonics’’ 
and stated that his command sees ‘‘an operational 
need for a CPS capabilities by the mid-2020s.’’. 
(5) Hypersonic weapons present a radical 
change in warfare, because they can circumvent many 
of the challenges associated with contested warfare 
and integrated air defenses. 
(6) Hypersonic weapons may provide solutions 
to difficult problem sets, such as anti-access area de-
nial schemes, deeply buried or hardened target sets, 
and mobile high value target sets. 
(7) Other countries are aggressively pursuing 
hypersonic weapons at an alarming rate that threat-
en to outpace the United States if the United States
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does not more aggressively pursue development of 
hypersonic weapons. 
(8) The Air Force has a $10,000,000 requirement 
on the Unfunded Priority List for hypersonic proto-
typing. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the Department of Defense should expedite 
testing, evaluation, and acquisition of hypersonic 
weapon systems to meet the stated needs of the 
warfighter; 
(2) testing of such weapon systems should in-
clude flight testing, ground based testing, and under-
water launch testing; 
(3) the Department of Defense should adhere to 
the requirement in section 1688 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328) to proceed to a Milestone A decision on 
the conventional prompt global strike weapons system 
not later than September 30, 2020, or the date that 
is 240 days after the successful completion of inter-
mediate range flight 2 of such system; 
(4) the United States cannot afford to lose its 
advantage over foreign countries in developing 
hypersonic weapons; and
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(5) the Department of Defense should focus on 
the next generation of weapon systems, including 
third offset technologies, such as hypersonics. 
SEC. 236. IMPORTANCE OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COL-
LEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY- 
SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) historically Black colleges and universities 
(HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions play a 
vital role in educating low-income and underrep-
resented students in areas of national need; 
(2) HBCUs and minority-serving institutions 
presently are collaborating with the Department of 
Defense in research and development efforts that con-
tribute to the defense readiness and national security 
of the Nation; 
(3) by their research these institutions are help-
ing to develop the next generation of scientists and 
engineers who will help lead the Department of De-
fense in addressing high-priority national security 
challenges; and 
(4) it is important to further engage HBCUs 
and minority-serving institutions in university re-
search and innovation, especially in prioritizing soft-
ware development and cyber security by utilizing ex-
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isting Department of Defense labs, and collaborating 
with existing programs that help attract candidates, 
including programs like the Air Force Minority Lead-
ers Programs, which recruit Americans from diverse 
background to serve their country through service in 
our Nation’s military. 
(b) INCREASE.—Funds authorized to be appropriated 
in Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense- 
wide, PE 61228D8Z, section 4201, for Basic Research, His-
torically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institu-
tions, Line 006, are hereby increased by $12,000,000. 
(c) OFFSET.—Funding in section 4101 for Other Pro-
curement, Army, for Automated Data Processing Equip-
ment, Line 108, is hereby reduced by $12,000,000. 
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 2018 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—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 311. SENTINEL LANDSCAPES PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior, may establish and carry out a pro-
gram to preserve sentinel landscapes. The program shall be 
known as the ‘‘Sentinel Landscapes Partnership’’. 
(b) DESIGNATION OF SENTINEL LANDSCAPES.—The 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, may, as the 
Secretary determines appropriate, collectively designate one 
or more sentinel landscapes. 
(c) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The Secretaries 
may coordinate actions between their departments and with 
other agencies and private organizations to more efficiently 
work together for the mutual benefit of conservation, work-
ing lands, and national defense, and to encourage private 
landowners to engage in voluntary land management and 
conservation activities that contribute to the sustainment 
of military installations, ranges, and airspace. 
(d) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture and the Secretary of the Interior may give to any 
eligible landowner or agricultural producer within a des-
ignated sentinel landscape priority consideration for par-
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ticipation in any easement, grant, or assistance programs 
administered by that Secretary’s department. Participation 
in any such program pursuant to this section shall be vol-
untary. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The term ‘‘mili-
tary installation’’ has the same meaning as provided 
in section 670(1) of title 16, United States Code. 
(2) STATE-OWNED NATIONAL GUARD INSTALLA-
TION.—The term ‘‘State-owned National Guard in-
stallation’’ has the same meaning as provided in sec-
tion 670(3) of title 16, United States Code. 
(3) SENTINEL LANDSCAPE.—The term ‘‘sentinel 
landscape’’ means a landscape-scale area encom-
passing— 
(A) one or more military installations or 
state-owned National Guard installations and 
associated airspace; and 
(B) the working or natural lands that serve 
to protect and support the rural economy, the 
natural environment, outdoor recreation, and the 
national defense test and training missions of 
the military- or State-owned National Guard in-
stallation or installations.
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(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 312(b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
(Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 729; 10 U.S.C. 2684a note) 
is repealed. 
SEC. 312. INCREASED PERCENTAGE OF SUSTAINMENT 
FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR REALIGNMENT TO 
RESTORATION 
AND 
MODERNIZATION 
AT 
EACH INSTALLATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may au-
thorize an installation commander to realign up to 7.5 per-
cent of an installation’s sustainment funds to restoration 
and modernization. 
(b) SUNSET.—The authority under subsection (a) shall 
expire at the close of September 30, 2022. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘sustainment’’, ‘‘restora-
tion’’, and ‘‘modernization’’ have the meanings given the 
terms in the Department of Defense Financial Management 
Regulation. 
Subtitle C—Reports 
SEC. 321. PLAN FOR MODERNIZED, DEDICATED DEPART-
MENT OF THE NAVY ADVERSARY AIR TRAIN-
ING ENTERPRISE. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Chief of Naval Operations 
and the Commandant of the Marine Corps shall develop a 
plan—
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(1) to establish a modernized, dedicated adver-
sary air training enterprise for the Department of the 
Navy in order to— 
(A) maximize warfighting effectiveness and 
synergies of the current and planned fourth and 
fifth generation combat air forces through opti-
mized training and readiness; and 
(B) harness intelligence analysis, emerging 
live-virtual-constructive 
training 
technologies, 
range infrastructure improvements, and results 
of experimentation and prototyping efforts in 
operational concept development; 
(2) to explore all available opportunities to chal-
lenge the combat air forces of the Department of the 
Navy with threat representative adversary-to-friendly 
aircraft ratios, known and emerging adversary tac-
tics, and high-fidelity replication of threat airborne 
and ground capabilities; and 
(3) to execute all means available to achieve 
training and readiness goals and objectives of the 
Navy and Marine Corps with demonstrated institu-
tional commitment to the adversary air training en-
terprise through the application of Department of the 
Navy policy and resources, partnering with the other
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Armed Forces, allies, and friends, and employing the 
use of industry contracted services. 
(b) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan required under sub-
section (a) shall include enterprise goals, objectives, concepts 
of operations, phased implementation timelines, analysis of 
expected readiness improvements, prioritized resource re-
quirements, and such other matters as the Chief of Naval 
Operations and Commandant of the Marine Corps consider 
appropriate. 
(c) SUBMITTAL OF PLAN AND BRIEFING.—Not later 
than March 1, 2018, the Chief of Naval Operations and 
Commandant of the Marine Corps shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a written plan and briefing on the plan 
required under subsection (a). 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 331. DEFENSE SITING CLEARINGHOUSE. 
(a) CODIFICATION.—Chapter 7 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 183 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 183a. Defense Siting Clearinghouse for review of 
mission obstructions 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish a Defense Siting Clearinghouse (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘Clearinghouse’).
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‘‘(2) The Clearinghouse shall be— 
‘‘(A) organized under the authority, direction, 
and control of an Assistant Secretary of Defense des-
ignated by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) assigned such personnel and resources as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to carry out this 
section. 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—(1) The Clearinghouse shall coordi-
nate Department of Defense review of applications for en-
ergy projects filed with the Secretary of Transportation 
pursuant to section 44718 of title 49 and received by the 
Department of Defense from the Secretary of Transpor-
tation. 
‘‘(2) The Clearinghouse shall accelerate the develop-
ment of planning tools necessary to determine the accept-
ability to the Department of Defense of proposals included 
in an application for an energy project submitted pursuant 
to such section. 
‘‘(3) The Clearinghouse shall perform such other func-
tions as the Secretary of Defense assigns. 
‘‘(c) REVIEW OF PROPOSED ACTIONS.—(1) Not later 
than 30 days after receiving from the Secretary of Trans-
portation a proper application for an energy project under 
section 44718 of title 49 that may have an adverse impact 
on military operations and readiness, the Clearinghouse
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shall conduct a preliminary review of such application. The 
review shall— 
‘‘(A) assess the likely scope, duration, and level 
of risk of any adverse impact of such energy project 
on military operations and readiness; and 
‘‘(B) identify any feasible and affordable actions 
that could be taken by the Department, the developer 
of such energy project, or others to mitigate the ad-
verse impact and to minimize risks to national secu-
rity while allowing the energy project to proceed with 
development. 
‘‘(2) If the Clearinghouse determines under paragraph 
(1) that an energy project will have an adverse impact on 
military operations and readiness, the Clearinghouse shall 
issue to the applicant a notice of presumed risk that de-
scribes the concerns identified by the Department in the pre-
liminary review and requests a discussion of possible miti-
gation actions. 
‘‘(3) At the same time that the Clearinghouse issues 
to the applicant a notice of presumed risk under paragraph 
(2), the Clearinghouse shall provide the same notice to the 
governor of the State in which the project is located and 
request that the governor provide the Clearinghouse any 
comments the governor believes of relevance to the applica-
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of the governor in the Secretary’s evaluation of whether the 
project presents an unacceptable risk to the national secu-
rity of the United States and shall include the comments 
with the determination provided to the Secretary of Trans-
portation pursuant to section 44718(f) of title 49. 
‘‘(4) The Clearinghouse shall develop, in coordination 
with other departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment, an integrated review process to ensure timely notifi-
cation and consideration of energy projects filed with the 
Secretary of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of 
title 49 that may have an adverse impact on military oper-
ations and readiness. 
‘‘(5) The Clearinghouse shall establish procedures for 
the Department of Defense for the coordinated consideration 
of and response to a request for a review received from an-
other Federal agency, a State government, an Indian tribal 
government, a local government, a landowner, or the devel-
oper of an energy project, including guidance to personnel 
at each military installation in the United States on how 
to initiate such procedures and ensure a coordinated De-
partment response. 
‘‘(6) The Clearinghouse shall develop procedures for 
conducting early outreach to parties carrying out energy 
projects that could have an adverse impact on military op-
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parties actions being taken by the Department of Defense 
under this section. The procedures shall provide for filing 
by such parties of a project area and preliminary project 
layout at least one year before expected construction of any 
project proposed within a military training route or within 
line-of-sight of any air route surveillance radar or airport 
surveillance radar operated or used by the Department of 
Defense in order to provide adequate time for analysis and 
negotiation of mitigation options. Material marked as pro-
prietary or competition sensitive by a party filing for this 
preliminary review shall be protected from public release 
by the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(d) COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.—(1) The Secretary of 
Defense shall develop a comprehensive strategy for address-
ing the military impacts of projects filed with the Secretary 
of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of title 49. 
‘‘(2) In developing the strategy required by paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) assess of the magnitude of interference 
posed by projects filed with the Secretary of Trans-
portation pursuant to section 44718 of title 49; 
‘‘(B) for the purpose of informing preliminary 
reviews under subsection (c)(1) and early outreach ef-
forts under subsection (c)(5), identify geographic 
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or which may be filed in the future, with the Sec-
retary of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of 
title 49 where such projects could have an adverse im-
pact on military operations and readiness and cat-
egorize the risk of adverse impact in such areas; and 
‘‘(C) specifically identify feasible and affordable 
long-term actions that may be taken to mitigate ad-
verse impacts of projects filed, or which may be filed 
in the future, with the Secretary of Transportation 
pursuant to section 44718 of title 49, on military op-
erations and readiness, including— 
‘‘(i) investment priorities of the Department 
of Defense with respect to research and develop-
ment; 
‘‘(ii) modifications to military operations to 
accommodate applications for such projects; 
‘‘(iii) recommended upgrades or modifica-
tions to existing systems or procedures by the 
Department of Defense; 
‘‘(iv) acquisition of new systems by the De-
partment and other departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government and timelines for field-
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‘‘(v) modifications to the projects for which 
such applications are filed, including changes in 
size, location, or technology. 
‘‘(e) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DETERMINATION OF 
UNACCEPTABLE RISK.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may 
not object to an energy project filed with the Secretary of 
Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of title 49, except 
in a case in which the Secretary of Defense determines, after 
giving full consideration to mitigation actions identified 
pursuant to this section, that such project, in isolation or 
cumulatively with other projects, would result in an unac-
ceptable risk to the national security of the United States. 
Such a determination shall constitute a finding pursuant 
to section 44718(f) of title 49. 
‘‘(2)(A) Not later than 30 days after making a deter-
mination of unacceptable risk under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on such determination and the 
basis for such determination. Such report shall include an 
explanation of the operational impact that led to the deter-
mination, a discussion of the mitigation options considered, 
and an explanation of why the mitigation options were not 
feasible or did not resolve the conflict. The Secretary of De-
fense may provide public notice through the Federal Reg-
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‘‘(B) The Secretary of Defense shall notify the appro-
priate State agency of a determination made under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense may only delegate the 
responsibility for making a determination of unacceptable 
risk under paragraph (1) to the Deputy Secretary of De-
fense, an under secretary of defense, or a deputy under sec-
retary of defense. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORITY
TO
ACCEPT
CONTRIBUTIONS
OF 
FUNDS.—The Secretary of Defense is authorized to request 
and accept a voluntary contribution of funds from an ap-
plicant for a project filed with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation pursuant to section 44718 of title 49. Amounts so 
accepted shall remain available until expended for the pur-
pose of offsetting the cost of measures undertaken by the Sec-
retary of Defense to mitigate adverse impacts of such a 
project on military operations and readiness or to conduct 
studies of potential measures to mitigate such impacts. 
‘‘(g) EFFECT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAZARD 
ASSESSMENT.—An action taken pursuant to this section 
shall not be considered to be a substitute for any assessment 
or determination required of the Secretary of Transpor-
tation under section 44718 of title 49. 
‘‘(h) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to affect or limit the application of, or any
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obligation to comply with, any environmental law, includ-
ing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘adverse impact on military oper-
ations and readiness’ means any adverse impact upon 
military operations and readiness, including flight 
operations, research, development, testing, and evalua-
tion, and training, that is demonstrable and is likely 
to impair or degrade the ability of the armed forces 
to perform their warfighting missions. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘energy project’ means a project 
that provides for the generation or transmission of 
electrical energy. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘landowner’ means a person that 
owns a fee interest in real property on which a pro-
posed energy project is planned to be located. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘military installation’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2801(c)(4) of this 
title. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘military readiness’ includes any 
training or operation that could be related to combat 
readiness, including testing and evaluation activities. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘military training route’ means a 
training route developed as part of the Military
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Training Route Program, carried out jointly by the 
Federal Aviation Administration and the Secretary of 
Defense, for use by the armed forces for the purpose 
of conducting low-altitude, high-speed military train-
ing. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘unacceptable risk to the national 
security of the United States’ means the construction, 
alteration, establishment, or expansion, or the pro-
posed construction, alteration, establishment, or ex-
pansion, of a structure or sanitary landfill that 
would— 
‘‘(A) significantly endanger safety in air 
commerce, related to the activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense; 
‘‘(B) significantly interfere with the effi-
cient use and preservation of the navigable air-
space and of airport traffic capacity at public- 
use airports, related to the activities of the De-
partment of Defense; or 
‘‘(C) significantly impair or degrade the ca-
pability of the Department of Defense to conduct 
training, research, development, testing, and 
evaluation, and operations or to maintain mili-
tary readiness.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) REPEAL OF EXISTING PROVISION.—Section 
358 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (49 U.S.C. 44718 note) is 
repealed. 
(2) CROSS-REFERENCE
IN
TITLE
49, UNITED 
STATES CODE.—Section 44718(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and in accord-
ance with section 183a(e) of title 10’’ after ‘‘conducted 
under subsection (b)’’. 
(3) 
REFERENCE
TO
REGULATIONS.—Section 
44718(g) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘211.3 of title 32, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, as in effect on January 6, 2014’’ both places it 
appears and inserting ‘‘183a(i) of title 10’’. 
(4) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of title 10 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 183 the following new item: 
‘‘183a. Defense Siting Clearinghouse for review of mission obstructions.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING RULES AND REGULA-
TIONS.—Notwithstanding the amendments made by sub-
section (a), any rule or regulation promulgated to carry 
out section 358 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (49 U.S.C. 44718 note), 
that is in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act shall continue in effect and apply to the extent
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such rule or regulation is consistent with the authority 
under section 183a of title 10, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a), until such rule or regulation is otherwise 
amended or repealed. 
SEC. 332. TEMPORARY INSTALLATION REUTILIZATION AU-
THORITY 
FOR 
ARSENALS, 
DEPOTS, 
AND 
PLANTS. 
(a) MODIFIED AUTHORITY.—In the case of a military 
manufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant, the Secretary of the 
Army may authorize leases and contracts under section 
2667 of title 10, United States Code, for a term of up to 
25 years, notwithstanding subsection (b)(1) of such section, 
if the Secretary determines that a lease or contract of that 
duration will promote the national defense for the purpose 
of— 
(1) helping to maintain the viability of the mili-
tary manufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant and any 
military installations on which it is located; 
(2) eliminating, or at least reducing, the cost of 
Government ownership of the military manufacturing 
arsenal, depot, or plant, including the costs of oper-
ations and maintenance, the costs of environmental 
remediation, and other costs; and 
(3) leveraging private investment at the military 
manufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant through long-
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term facility use contracts, property management 
contracts, leases, or other agreements that support 
and advance the preceding purposes. 
(b) DELEGATION AND REVIEW PROCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army 
may delegate the authority provided by this section to 
the commander of the major subordinate command of 
the Army that has responsibility for the military 
manufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant or, if part of 
a larger military installation, the installation as a 
whole. The commander may approve a lease or con-
tract under such authority on a case-by-case basis or 
a class basis. 
(2) NOTICE OF APPROVAL.—Upon any approval 
of a lease or contract by a commander pursuant to 
a delegation of authority under paragraph (1), the 
commander shall notify the Army real property man-
ager and Congress of the approval. 
(3) REVIEW PERIOD.—Any lease or contract that 
is approved utilizing the delegation authority under 
paragraph (1) is subject to a 90-day hold period so 
that the Army real property manager may review the 
lease or contract pursuant to paragraph (4). 
(4) DISPOSITION OF REVIEW.—If the Army real 
property manager disapproves of a contract or lease
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submitted for review under paragraph (3), the agree-
ment shall be null and void upon transmittal by the 
real property manager to the delegating authority of 
a written disapproval, including a justification for 
such disapproval, within the 90-day hold period. If 
no such disapproval is transmitted within the 90-day 
hold period, the agreement shall be deemed approved. 
(5) APPROVAL OF REVISED AGREEMENT.—If, not 
later than 60 days after receiving a disapproval 
under paragraph (4), the delegating authority sub-
mits to the Army real property manager a new con-
tract or lease that addresses the concerns of the Army 
real property manager outlined in such disapproval, 
the new contract or lease shall be deemed approved 
unless the Army real property manager transmits to 
the delegating authority a disapproval of the new con-
tract or lease within 30 days of such submission. 
(c) MILITARY MANUFACTURING ARSENAL, DEPOT, OR 
PLANT DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘military man-
ufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant’’ means a Government- 
owned, Government-operated defense plant of the Army that 
manufactures weapons, weapon components, or both. 
(d) SUNSET.—The authority under this section shall 
terminate at the close of September 30, 2020. Any contracts
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entered into on or before such date shall continue in effect 
according to their terms. 
SEC. 333. PILOT PROGRAM FOR OPERATION AND MAINTE-
NANCE BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Along with the budget for fiscal 
years 2019, 2020, and 2021 submitted by the President pur-
suant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military 
departments shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives an 
annex for the following Operation and Maintenance sub- 
activity groups (SAG): 
(1) For the Army: 
(A) SAG 111 – Maneuver Units. 
(B) SAG 123 – Land Forces Depot Mainte-
nance. 
(C) SAG 131 – Base Operations Support. 
(D) SAG 322 – Flight Training. 
(2) For the Navy: 
(A) SAG 1A5A – Aircraft Depot Mainte-
nance. 
(B) SAG 1B1B – Mission and Other Ship 
Operations. 
(C) SAG 1B4B – Ship Depot Maintenance. 
(D) SAG BSS1 – Base Operating Support.
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(3) For the Marine Corps: 
(A) SAG 1A1A – Operational Forces. 
(B) SAG 1A3A – Depot Maintenance. 
(C) SAG 1B1B – Field Logistics. 
(D) SAG BSS1 – Base Operating Support. 
(4) For the Air Force: 
(A) SAG 011A – Primary Combat Forces. 
(B) SAG 011Y – Flying Hour Program. 
(C) SAG 011Z – Base Support. 
(D) SAG 021M – Depot Maintenance. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The annex required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) A summary by appropriation account with 
subtotals for Department of Defense components. 
(2) A summary of each appropriation account 
by budget activity, activity group, and sub-activity 
group with budget activity and activity group sub-
totals and an appropriation total. 
(3) A detailed sub-activity group by program ele-
ment and expense aggregate listing in budget activity 
and activity group sequence. 
(4) A rollup document by sub-activity group 
with accompanying program element funding with 
the PB–61 program element tags included.
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(5) A summary of each depot maintenance facil-
ity with information on workload, work force, sources 
of funding, and expenses similar to the exhibit on 
Mission Funded Naval Shipyards included with the 
2012 Navy Budget Justification. 
(6) A summary of contractor logistics support 
for each program element, including a measure of 
workload and unit cost. 
(c) FORMATTING.—The annex required under sub-
section (a) shall be formatted in accordance with relevant 
Department of Defense financial management regulations 
that provide guidance for budget submissions to Congress. 
SEC. 334. SERVICEWOMEN’S COMMEMORATIVE PARTNER-
SHIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may pro-
vide not more than $5,000,000 in financial support for the 
acquisition, installation, and maintenance of exhibits, fa-
cilities, historical displays, and programs at military serv-
ice memorials and museums that highlight the role of 
women in the military. The Secretary may enter into a 
contract, partnership, or grant with a non-profit organiza-
tion for the purpose of performing such acquisition, instal-
lation, and maintenance. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The contracts, partnerships, or grants 
shall be limited to serving the purposes of—
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(1) preserving the history of the 3,000,000 
women who have served in the United States Armed 
Forces; 
(2) managing an archive of artifacts, historic 
memorabilia, and documents related to servicewomen; 
(3) maintaining a women veterans’ oral history 
program; and 
(4) conducting other educational programs re-
lated to women in service. 
SEC. 335. AUTHORITY FOR AGREEMENTS TO REIMBURSE 
STATES 
FOR 
COSTS 
OF 
SUPPRESSING 
WILDFIRES ON STATE LANDS CAUSED BY DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACTIVITIES UNDER 
LEASES AND OTHER GRANTS OF ACCESS TO 
STATE LANDS. 
Section 2691 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) The Secretary of Defense may, in any lease, per-
mit, license, or other grant of access for use of lands owned 
by a State, agree to reimburse the State for the reasonable 
costs of the State in suppressing wildland fires caused by 
the activities of the Department of Defense under such lease, 
permit, license, or other grant of access.’’.
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SEC. 336. REPURPOSING AND REUSE OF SURPLUS ARMY 
FIREARMS. 
(a) REQUIRED TRANSFER.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and subject to 
subsection (c), the Secretary of the Army shall transfer to 
Rock Island Arsenal all excess firearms, related spare parts 
and components, small arms ammunition, and ammuni-
tion components currently stored at Defense Distribution 
Depot, Anniston, Alabama, that are no longer actively 
issued for military service and that are otherwise prohibited 
from commercial sale, or distribution, under Federal law. 
(b) REPURPOSING AND REUSE.—The items specified 
for transfer under subsection (a) shall be melted and 
repurposed for military use as determined by the Secretary 
of the Army, including— 
(1) the reforging of new firearms or their compo-
nents; and 
(2) force protection barriers and security 
bollards. 
(c) ITEMS EXEMPT FROM TRANSFER.—M–1 Garand, 
caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 pistols, and caliber .22 rimfire 
rifles are not subject to the transfer requirement under sub-
section (a).
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SEC. 337. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY MARKSMANSHIP 
AWARDS. 
Section 40728 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZED NAVY TRANSFERS.—(1) Notwith-
standing subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary of the Navy 
may transfer to the corporation, in accordance with the pro-
cedures prescribed in this subchapter, M–1 Garand and cal-
iber .22 rimfire rifles held within the inventories of the 
United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps 
and stored at Defense Distribution Depot, Anniston, Ala-
bama, or Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana, 
as of the date of the enactment of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. 
‘‘(2) The items specified for transfer under paragraph 
(1) shall be used as awards for competitors in marksman-
ship competitions held by the United States Marine Corps 
or the United States Navy and may not be resold.’’. 
SEC. 338. MODIFICATION OF THE SECOND DIVISION MEMO-
RIAL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Second Indianhead Divi-
sion Association, Inc., Scholarship and Memorials Founda-
tion, an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of that Code, may place additional 
commemorative elements or engravings on the raised plat-
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form or stone work of the existing Second Division Memo-
rial located in President’s Park, between 17th Street North-
west and Constitution Avenue in the District of Columbia, 
to further honor the members of the Second Infantry Divi-
sion who have given their lives in service to the United 
States. 
(b) APPLICATION OF COMMEMORATIVE WORKS ACT.— 
Chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’), shall apply 
to the design and placement of the commemorative elements 
or engravings authorized under subsection (a). 
(c) FUNDING.—Federal funds may not be used for 
modifications of the Second Division Memorial authorized 
under subsection (a). 
Subtitle E—Energy and 
Environment 
SEC. 341. AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT ENVIRONMENTAL 
RESTORATION 
ACTIVITIES 
AT 
NATIONAL 
GUARD AND RESERVE LOCATIONS. 
Section 2701(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT ACTIVITIES AT 
NATIONAL
GUARD
AND
RESERVE
LOCATIONS.—The 
Secretary may carry out activities under this section 
at National Guard and Reserve locations.’’.
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SEC. 342. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ENERGY PER-
FORMANCE GOALS. 
Section 2911(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and to re-
duce the future demand and the requirements for the 
use of energy’’ after ‘‘consumption of energy’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘to reduce the 
future demand and the requirements for the use of en-
ergy’’ and inserting ‘‘to enhance energy resilience to 
ensure the Department of Defense has the ability to 
prepare for and recover from energy disruptions that 
impact mission assurance on military installations’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(13) Opportunities to leverage third-party fi-
nancing to address installation energy needs.’’. 
SEC. 343. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL STUDY ON 
HEALTH 
IMPLICATIONS 
OF 
PER- 
AND 
POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES CONTAMI-
NATION IN DRINKING WATER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Sub-
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stances and Disease Registry and in consultation with the 
Department of Defense, shall— 
(1) commence a study on the human health im-
plications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
(PFAS) contamination in drinking water, ground 
water, and any other sources of water and relevant 
exposure vectors, including the cumulative human 
health implications of multiple types of PFAS con-
tamination at levels above and below health advisory 
levels; 
(2) not later than 5 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act (or 7 years after such date of enact-
ment after providing notice to the appropriate con-
gressional committees of the need for the delay)— 
(A) complete such study and make any ap-
propriate recommendations; and 
(B) submit a report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees on the results of such 
study; and 
(3) not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 
submission of the report under paragraph (2)(B), sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on the progress of the study. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
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(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $7,000,000 to carry out this section. 
(2) OFFSET.—The amount authorized to be ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of 
Defense by section 301 for operation and maintenance 
is hereby reduced by $7,000,000, with the amount of 
such decrease to be allocated to operation and mainte-
nance, Navy, SAG BSIT, as specified in the funding 
tables in section 4301. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Committee on Heath, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Energy and Commerce and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 344. ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT AND REMEDIATION 
AT RED HILL BULK FUEL STORAGE FACILITY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that—
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(1) the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility lo-
cated on Oahu, Hawaii is a national strategic asset 
that— 
(A) supports combatant commander theater 
security requirements; 
(B) supports contingency operations; 
(C) provides essential and timely support to 
the United States and allies’ military mobiliza-
tions and disaster response efforts in the Indo- 
Asia-Pacific and around the world; and 
(D) is routinely used to support normal 
transit of Navy and Air Force movements in the 
region; 
(2) the facility in its current form cannot be rep-
licated anywhere else in the world; 
(3) moving the fuel to another storage facility in 
the Indo-Asia-Pacific would have implications for the 
United States military force structure in the State of 
Hawaii and put at risk billions of dollars in annual 
economic activity that the Armed Forces bring to the 
State of Hawaii; 
(4) if the facility were closed, the United States 
Armed Forces would be unable to support the Na-
tional Military Strategy, including the goals of the
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United States Pacific Commander, and national secu-
rity interests would be significantly undermined; 
(5) constant vigilance is required to ensure that 
facility degradation and fuel leaks do not pose a 
threat to the people of Hawaii, especially the drinking 
water on Oahu; and 
(6) despite its importance, the facility continues 
to face long-term challenges without robust and con-
sistent funding that provides the Navy and the De-
fense Logistics Agency with the resources needed to 
improve the tanks and associated infrastructure. 
(b) BUDGET SUBMISSIONS.— 
(1) ANNUAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Navy, shall ensure that the budget justification 
materials submitted to Congress in support of the De-
partment of Defense budget for any fiscal year (as 
submitted with the budget of the President under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) includes 
a description of how the Department will use funds 
to support any deliverables that the parties of the Ad-
ministrative Order on Consent/Statement of Work 
have identified as necessary to mitigate and prevent 
fuel leaks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility 
on Oahu, Hawaii.
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(2) FUTURE
YEARS
DEFENSE
BUDGET.—The 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Navy, shall ensure that each future-years 
defense program submitted to Congress under section 
221 of title 10, United States Code, describes how the 
Department 
will 
use 
funds 
to 
support 
any 
deliverables that the parties of the Administrative 
Order on Consent/Statement of Work have identified 
as necessary to mitigate and prevent fuel leaks at the 
Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility on Oahu, Ha-
waii, in the period covered by the future-years defense 
program. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT/STATEMENT 
OF WORK DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Adminis-
trative Order on Consent/Statement of Work’’ means a le-
gally enforceable agreement between the United States De-
partment of the Navy (Navy), the Defense Logistics Agency 
(DLA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA), Region 9, and the State of Hawaii Department of 
Health (DOH) that the parties voluntarily entered into on 
September 28, 2015 [EPA DKT NO. RCRA 7003–R9– 
2015–01/DOH DKT NO. 15–UST–EA–01].
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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, 2018, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 481,000. 
(2) The Navy, 327,900. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 186,000. 
(4) The Air Force, 325,100. 
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, 2018, as follows: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 343,500. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 199,500. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 59,000. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 38,500. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 106,600. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 69,800. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000.
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(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 
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,
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as of September 30, 2018, 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, 30,155. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 16,261. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 10,101. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,260. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 3,588. 
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 2018 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, 22,294. 
(2) For the Army Reserve, 6,492. 
(3) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 19,135.
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(4) For the Air Force Reserve, 8,880. 
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2018 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 
NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) NATIONAL GUARD.—The number of non-dual 
status technicians employed by the National Guard as 
of September 30, 2018, may not exceed the following: 
(A) For the Army National Guard of the 
United States, 0. 
(B) For the Air National Guard of the 
United States, 0. 
(2) ARMY RESERVE.—The number of non-dual 
status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as 
of September 30, 2018, may not exceed 0. 
(3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non- 
dual status technicians employed by the Air Force 
Reserve as of September 30, 2018, may not exceed 0. 
(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.
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SEC. 415. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU-
THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2018, 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. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 
SEC. 416. NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 
ON FULL-TIME DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RE-
SERVES WITHIN THE NATIONAL GUARD BU-
REAU. 
Within the personnel authorized by paragraphs (1) 
and (5) of section 412, the number of personnel under each 
such paragraph who may serve with the National Guard 
Bureau may not exceed the number equal to six percent of 
the number authorized by such paragraph.
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Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2018 
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 2018. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
SEC. 501. CLARIFICATION OF BASELINES FOR AUTHORIZED 
NUMBERS OF GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS 
ON ACTIVE DUTY AND IN JOINT DUTY AS-
SIGNMENTS. 
(a) ACTIVE-DUTY BASELINE.—Subsection (h)(2) of sec-
tion 526 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘the lower of’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘the statutory limit of general officers or flag officers of that 
armed force under subsection (a).’’.
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(b) JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT BASELINE.—Subsection 
(i)(2) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘the lower of’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the statutory limit on 
general officer and flag officer positions that are joint duty 
assignments under subsection (b)(1).’’. 
SEC. 502. AUTHORITY OF PROMOTION BOARDS TO REC-
OMMEND OFFICERS OF PARTICULAR MERIT 
BE PLACED AT THE TOP OF THE PROMOTION 
LIST. 
(a) AUTHORITY
OF PROMOTION BOARDS TO REC-
OMMEND OFFICERS OF PARTICULAR MERIT BE PLACED AT 
TOP OF PROMOTION LIST.—Section 616 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(g)(1) In selecting the officers to be recommended for 
promotion, a selection board may, when authorized by the 
Secretary of the military department concerned, recommend 
officers of particular merit, from among those officers se-
lected for promotion, to be placed at the top of the pro-
motion list promulgated by the Secretary under section 
624(a)(1) of this title. 
‘‘(2) The number of such officers placed at the top of 
the promotion list may not exceed the number equal to 20 
percent of the maximum number of officers that the board 
is authorized to recommend for promotion in such competi-
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tive category. If the number determined under this sub-
section is less than one, the board may recommend one such 
officer. 
‘‘(3) No officer may be recommended to be placed at 
the top of the promotion list unless the officer receives the 
recommendation of at least a majority of the members of 
a board for such placement. 
‘‘(4) For the officers recommended to be placed at the 
top of the promotion list, the board shall recommend the 
order in which these officers should be promoted.’’. 
(b) OFFICERS OF PARTICULAR MERIT APPEARING AT 
TOP OF PROMOTION LIST.—Section 624(a)(1) of such title 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, except such officers of particular 
merit who were approved by the President and rec-
ommended by the board to be placed at the top of the pro-
motion list under section 616(g) of this title as these officers 
shall be placed at the top of the promotion list in the order 
recommended by the board’’ after ‘‘officers on the active- 
duty list’’. 
SEC. 503. CLARIFICATION TO EXCEPTION FOR REMOVAL OF 
OFFICERS FROM LIST OF OFFICERS REC-
OMMENDED 
FOR 
PROMOTION 
AFTER 
MONTHS WITHOUT APPOINTMENT. 
Section 629(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘the Senate is not able to obtain the
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information necessary’’ and inserting ‘‘the military depart-
ment concerned is not able to obtain and provide to the 
Senate the information the Senate requires’’. 
SEC. 504. FLEXIBILITY IN PROMOTION OF OFFICERS TO PO-
SITIONS OF STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE TO THE 
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS AND 
DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE 
NAVY. 
(a) STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE TO COMMANDANT OF THE 
MARINE CORPS.—Section 5046(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary of the Navy elects to convene a 
selection board under section 611(a) of this title to consider 
eligible officers for selection to appointment as Staff Judge 
Advocate, the Secretary may, in connection with such con-
sideration for selection— 
‘‘(A) treat any section in chapter 36 of this title 
referring to promotion to the next higher grade as if 
such section referred to promotion to a higher grade; 
and
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‘‘(B) waive section 619(a)(2) of this title if the 
Secretary determines that the needs of the Marine 
Corps require the waiver.’’. 
(b) DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL
OF
THE 
NAVY.—Section 5149(a) of such title is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) If the Secretary of the Navy elects to convene a 
selection board under section 611(a) of this title to consider 
eligible officers for selection to appointment as Deputy 
Judge Advocate General, the Secretary may, in connection 
with such consideration for selection— 
‘‘(A) treat any section in chapter 36 of this title 
referring to promotion to the next higher grade as if 
such section referred to promotion to a higher grade; 
and 
‘‘(B) waive section 619(a)(2) of this title if the 
Secretary determines that the needs of the Navy re-
quire the waiver.’’. 
SEC. 505. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR SPECIFICATION 
OF NUMBER OF OFFICERS WHO MAY BE REC-
OMMENDED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT BY A 
SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT BOARD. 
Section 638a of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c)—
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(A) by striking paragraph (1); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (4) as paragraphs (1) through (3), re-
spectively; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 
SEC. 506. EXTENSION OF SERVICE-IN-GRADE WAIVER AU-
THORITY FOR VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF 
CERTAIN GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS FOR 
PURPOSES OF ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY IN OF-
FICER PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. 
Section 1370(a)(2)(G) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 
SEC. 507. INCLUSION OF PRINCIPAL MILITARY DEPUTY TO 
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY, AND LOGIS-
TICS AMONG OFFICERS SUBJECT TO REPEAL 
OF STATUTORY SPECIFICATION OF GENERAL 
OFFICER GRADE. 
Section 3016(b)(5)(B) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘a lieutenant general’’ and inserting 
‘‘an officer’’.
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SEC. 508. CLARIFICATION OF EFFECT OF REPEAL OF STATU-
TORY SPECIFICATION OF GENERAL OR FLAG 
OFFICER GRADE FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS IN 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) RETENTION OF GRADE OF INCUMBENTS IN POSI-
TIONS ON EFFECTIVE DATE.—Effective as of December 23, 
2016, and as if included in the enactment of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328) to which it relates, section 502 of that Act 
(130 Stat. 2102) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(tt) RETENTION OF GRADE OF INCUMBENTS IN POSI-
TIONS ON EFFECTIVE DATE.—The grade of service of an 
officer serving as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
in a position whose statutory grade is affected by an 
amendment made by this section may not be reduced after 
that date by reason of such amendment as long as the officer 
remains in continuous service in such position after that 
date.’’. 
(b) CLARIFYING AMENDMENT TO CHIEF OF VETERI-
NARY CORPS OF THE ARMY REPEAL.—Section 3084 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking the last sen-
tence.
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SEC. 509. GRANDFATHERING OF RETIRED GRADE OF AS-
SISTANT JUDGE ADVOCATES GENERAL OF 
THE NAVY AS OF REPEAL OF STATUTORY 
SPECIFICATION OF GENERAL AND FLAG OFFI-
CERS GRADES IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the amendments 
made by section 502(gg)(2) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), 
the officer holding a position specified in subsection (b) as 
of December 23, 2016, in the grade of rear admiral (lower 
half) or brigadier general, as applicable, may be retired 
after that date in such grade with the retired pay of such 
grade (unless entitled to higher pay under another provision 
of law). 
(b) SPECIFIED POSITIONS.—The positions specified in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) The Assistant Judge Advocate General of the 
Navy provided for by section 5149(b) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(2) The Assistant Judge Advocate General of the 
Navy provided for by section 5149(c) of title 10, 
United States Code.
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SEC. 510. SERVICE CREDIT FOR CYBERSPACE EXPERIENCE 
OR ADVANCED EDUCATION UPON ORIGINAL 
APPOINTMENT AS A COMMISSIONED OFFI-
CER. 
(a) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT AS A RESERVE OFFI-
CER.—Section 12207 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘or (e)’’ 
after ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
of Defense, if the Secretary of a military department deter-
mines that the number of commissioned officers with cyber-
space-related experience or advanced education in reserve 
active-status in an armed force under the jurisdiction of 
such Secretary is critically below the number needed, such 
Secretary may credit any person receiving an original ap-
pointment as a reserve commissioned officer with a period 
of constructive service for the following: 
‘‘(A) Special experience or training in a par-
ticular cyberspace-related field if such experience or 
training is directly related to the operational needs of 
the armed force concerned.
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‘‘(B) Any period of advanced education in a 
cyberspace-related field beyond the baccalaureate de-
gree level if such advanced education is directly re-
lated to the operational needs of the armed force con-
cerned. 
‘‘(2) Constructive service credited an officer under this 
subsection shall not exceed one year for each year of special 
experience, training, or advanced education, and not more 
than three years total constructive service may be credited. 
‘‘(3) Constructive service credited an officer under this 
subsection is in addition to any service credited that officer 
under subsection (a) and shall be credited at the time of 
the original appointment of the officer. 
‘‘(4) The authority to award constructive service credit 
under this subsection expires on December 31, 2023.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by striking ‘‘or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (d), 
or (e)’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY IN CONNECTION WITH 
ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR OFFICERS.—Section 
533(g)(4) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2023’’.
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SEC. 510A. AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS TO OPT-OUT OF PRO-
MOTION BOARD CONSIDERATION. 
(a) ACTIVE-DUTY LIST OFFICERS.—Section 619 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) An officer excluded under subsection (e).’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) AUTHORITY TO PERMIT OFFICERS TO OPT OUT 
OF SELECTION BOARD CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense may authorize the Secretary of a military depart-
ment to provide that an officer under the jurisdiction of 
that Secretary may, upon the officer’s request and with the 
approval of the Secretary concerned, be excluded from con-
sideration by a selection board convened under section 
611(a) of this title to consider officers for promotion to the 
next higher grade. The Secretary concerned may only ap-
prove such a request if— 
‘‘(1) the basis for the request is to allow an offi-
cer to complete a broadening assignment, advanced 
education, another assignment of significant value to 
the Department of Defense, or a career progression re-
quirement delayed by the assignment of education;
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‘‘(2) the Secretary concerned determines the ex-
clusion from consideration is in the best interest of 
the military department concerned; and 
‘‘(3) the officer has not previously failed of selec-
tion for promotion to the grade for which the officer 
requests the exclusion from consideration.’’. 
(b) RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST OFFICERS.—Sec-
tion 14301 of such title is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘PREVIOUSLY SELECTED OFFICERS NOT ELIGI-
BLE’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN OFFICERS NOT’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) An officer excluded under subsection (j).’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) AUTHORITY TO PERMIT OFFICERS TO OPT OUT 
OF SELECTION BOARD CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense may authorize the Secretary of a military depart-
ment to provide that an officer under the jurisdiction of 
that Secretary may, upon the officer’s request and with the 
approval of the Secretary concerned, be excluded from con-
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sideration by a selection board convened under section 
14101(a) of this title to consider officers for promotion to 
the next higher grade. The Secretary concerned may only 
approve such a request if— 
‘‘(1) the basis for the request is to allow an offi-
cer to complete a broadening assignment, advanced 
education, another assignment of significant value to 
the Department of Defense, or a career progression re-
quirement delayed by the assignment or education; 
‘‘(2) the Secretary concerned determines the ex-
clusion from consideration is in the best interest of 
the military department concerned; and 
‘‘(3) the officer has not previously failed of selec-
tion for promotion to the grade for which the officer 
requests the exclusion from consideration.’’. 
SEC. 510B. REAUTHORIZATION OF AUTHORITY TO ORDER 
RETIRED MEMBERS TO ACTIVE DUTY IN 
HIGH-DEMAND, LOW-DENSITY ASSIGNMENTS. 
Section 688a(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘after December 21, 2011.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘outside a period as follows: 
‘‘(1) The period beginning on December 2, 2002, 
and ending on December 31, 2011.
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‘‘(2) The period beginning on the date of the en-
actment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 and ending on December 31, 2022.’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. CONSOLIDATION OF AUTHORITIES TO ORDER 
MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES TO PERFORM DUTY. 
Section 515 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 810) 
is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (b), by 
striking ‘‘such legislation as would be necessary to 
amend titles 10, 14, 32, and 37 of the United States 
Code and other provisions of law in order to imple-
ment the Secretary’s approach by October 1, 2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘legislation implementing the alternate 
approach by April 30, 2019’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) ATTRIBUTES OF ALTERNATE APPROACH.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall ensure the alternate approach de-
scribed in subsection (b)— 
‘‘(1) reduces the number of statutory authorities 
by which members of the reserve components of the
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Armed Forces may be ordered to perform duty to not 
more than 8 statutory authorities grouped into 4 duty 
categories to which specific pay and benefits may be 
aligned, which categories shall include— 
‘‘(A) one duty category that shall generally 
reflect active service performed in support of con-
tingency type operations or other military ac-
tions in support of the commander of a combat-
ant command; 
‘‘(B) a second duty category that shall— 
‘‘(i) generally reflect active service not 
described in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) consist of training, administra-
tion, operational support, and full-time 
support of the reserve components; 
‘‘(C) a third duty category that shall— 
‘‘(i) generally reflect duty performed 
under direct military supervision while not 
in active service; and 
‘‘(ii) include duty characterized by 
partial-day service; and 
‘‘(D) a fourth duty category that shall— 
‘‘(i) generally reflect remote duty com-
pleted while not under direct military su-
pervision; and
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‘‘(ii) include completion of correspond-
ence courses and telework; 
‘‘(2) distinguishes among duty performed under 
titles 10, 14, and 32, United States Code, and ensures 
that the reasons the members of the reserve compo-
nents are utilized under the statutory authorities 
which exist prior to the alternate approach are pre-
served and can be tracked as separate and distinct 
purposes; 
‘‘(3) minimizes, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, disruptions in pay and benefits for members, 
and adheres to the principle that a member should re-
ceive pay and benefits commensurate with the nature 
and performance of the member’s duties; 
‘‘(4) ensures the Secretary has the flexibility to 
meet emerging requirements and to effectively manage 
the force; and 
‘‘(5) aligns Department of Defense programming 
and budgeting to the types of duty members per-
form.’’.
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SEC. 512. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF COMPLEX INVES-
TIGATIONS WITHIN THE NATIONAL GUARD 
BUREAU. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 1101 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 10509. Office of Complex Investigations 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the National Guard 
Bureau an Office of Complex Investigations (in this section 
referred to as the ‘Office’) under the authority, direction, 
and control of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 
‘‘(b) DISPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall 
be organized, trained, equipped, and managed to conduct 
administrative investigations in order to assist the States 
in the organization, maintenance, and operation of the Na-
tional Guard as follows: 
‘‘(1) In investigations of allegations of sexual as-
sault involving members of the National Guard. 
‘‘(2) In investigations in circumstances involving 
members of the National Guard in which other law 
enforcement agencies within the Department of De-
fense do not have, or have limited, jurisdiction or au-
thority to investigate. 
‘‘(3) In investigations in such other cir-
cumstances involving members of the National Guard
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as the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may di-
rect. 
‘‘(c) SCOPE OF INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY.—Individ-
uals performing investigations described in subsection 
(b)(1) are authorized— 
‘‘(1) to have access to all records, reports, audits, 
reviews, documents, papers, recommendations, or 
other material available to the applicable establish-
ment which relate to programs and operations with 
respect to the National Guard; and 
‘‘(2) to request such information or assistance as 
may be necessary for carrying out those duties from 
any Federal, State, or local governmental agency or 
unit thereof.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 1101 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘10509. Office of Complex Investigations.’’. 
SEC. 513. REVIEW OF EFFECTS OF PERSONNEL REQUIRE-
MENTS AND LIMITATIONS ON THE AVAIL-
ABILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL 
GUARD FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF FUNERAL 
HONORS DUTY FOR VETERANS. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall undertake a review of the effects of the personnel re-
quirements and limitations described in subsection (b) with
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respect to the members of the National Guard in order to 
determine whether or not such requirements unduly limit 
the ability of the Armed Forces to meet the demand for per-
sonnel to perform funeral honors in connection with funer-
als of veterans. 
(b) PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.— 
The personnel requirements and limitations described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) Requirements, such as the ceiling on the au-
thorized number of members of the National Guard on 
active duty pursuant to section 115(b)(2)(B) of title 
10, United States Code, or end-strength limitations, 
that may operate to limit the number of members of 
the National Guard available for the performance of 
funeral honors duty. 
(2) Any other requirements or limitations appli-
cable to the reserve components of the Armed Forces 
in general, or the National Guard in particular, that 
may operate to limit the number of members of the 
National Guard available for the performance of fu-
neral honors duty. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report on the review undertaken
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pursuant to subsection (a). The report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A description of the review. 
(2) Such recommendations as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate in light of the review for legislative 
or administrative action to expand the number of 
members of the National Guard available for the per-
formance of funeral honors functions at funerals of 
veterans. 
SEC. 514. TRAINING FOR NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL ON 
WILDFIRE RESPONSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army and the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall, in consultation with the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, provide for training 
of appropriate personnel of the National Guard on wildfire 
response, with preference given to States with the most acres 
of Federal forestlands administered by the U.S. Forest Serv-
ice or the Department of the Interior. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense 
a total of $10,000,000, in addition to amounts authorized 
to be appropriated by sections 421 and 301, in order to 
carry out the training required by subsection (a) and pro-
vide related equipment.
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(c) OFFSET.—In the funding table in section 4101, in 
the item relating to Fuzes, Procurement of Ammunition, 
Air Force, decrease the amount in the Senate Authorized 
column by $10,000,000. 
SEC. 515. PLAN TO MEET DEMAND FOR CYBERSPACE CA-
REER FIELDS IN THE RESERVE COMPONENTS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to Congress a report setting forth a plan 
for meeting the increased demand for cyberspace career 
fields in the reserve components of the Armed Forces. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan shall take into account the 
following: 
(1) The availability of qualified local workforces. 
(2) Potential best practices of private sector com-
panies involved in cyberspace and of educational in-
stitutions with established cyberspace-related aca-
demic programs. 
(3) The potential for Total Force Integration 
throughout the defense cyber community. 
(4) Recruitment strategies to attract individuals 
with critical cyber training and skills to join the re-
serve components.
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(c) METRICS.—The plan shall include appropriate 
metrics for use in the evaluation of the implementation of 
the plan. 
Subtitle C—General Service 
Authorities 
SEC. 516. REPORT ON POLICIES FOR REGULAR AND RE-
SERVE OFFICER CAREER MANAGEMENT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2018, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report setting forth the results of a review, 
undertaken by the Secretary for purposes of the report, of 
the policies of the Department of Defense for the career 
management of regular and reserve officers of the Armed 
Forces pursuant to the Defense Officer Personnel Manage-
ment Act (commonly referred to as ‘‘DOPMA’’) and the Re-
serve Officer Personnel Management Act (commonly re-
ferred to as ‘‘ROPMA’’). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include recommendations for the following: 
(1) Mechanisms to increase the ability of officers 
to repeatedly transition between active duty and re-
serve active-status throughout the course of their mili-
tary careers.
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(2) Mechanisms to provide the Armed Forces ad-
ditional flexibility in managing the populations of of-
ficers in the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and 
colonel and Navy grades of lieutenant commander, 
commander, and captain. 
(3) Mechanisms to use the modernized retirement 
system provided by part I of subtitle D of title VI of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) to encourage officers 
to pursue careers of lengths that vary from the tradi-
tional 20-year military career. 
(4) Mechanisms to provide for alternative career 
tracks for officers that encourage and facilitate the re-
cruitment and retention of officers with technical ex-
pertise. 
(5) Mechanisms for a career and promotion path 
for officers in cyber-related specialties. 
(6) Mechanism to ensure the officer corps does 
not become disproportionately weighted toward offi-
cers serving in the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, 
and colonel and Navy grades of lieutenant com-
mander, commander, and captain. 
(7) Any other mechanisms or matters the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to improve the effective
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recruitment, management, and retention of regular 
and reserve officers of the Armed Forces. 
(c) SCOPE OF REPORT.—If any recommendation of the 
Secretary in the report required by subsection (a) requires 
legislative or administrative action for implementation, the 
report shall include a proposal for legislative action, or a 
description of administrative action, as applicable, to im-
plement such recommendation. 
SEC. 517. RESPONSIBILITY OF CHIEFS OF STAFF OF THE 
ARMED FORCES FOR STANDARDS AND QUALI-
FICATIONS 
FOR 
MILITARY 
SPECIALTIES 
WITHIN THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(d), responsibility within an Armed Force for establishing, 
approving, and modifying the criteria, standards, and 
qualifications for military speciality codes within that 
Armed Force shall be vested solely in the Chief of Staff of 
that Armed Force. 
(b) MILITARY SPECIALTY CODES.—For purposes of 
this section, a military specialty code is as follows: 
(1) A Military Occupational Speciality Code 
(MOS) and any other military specialty or military 
occupational specialty of the Army, in the case of the 
Army.
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(2) A Naval Enlisted Code (NEC), Unrestricted 
Duty code, Restricted Duty code, Restricted Line duty 
code, Staff Corps code, Limited Duty code, Warrant 
Officer code, and any other military specialty or 
military occupational specialty of the Navy, in the 
case of the Navy. 
(3) An Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) and 
any other military specialty or military occupational 
specialty of the Air Force, in the case of the Air 
Force. 
(4) A Military Occupational Speciality Code 
(MOS) and any other military specialty or military 
occupational specialty of the Marine Corps, in the 
case of the Marine Corps. 
(c) CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MARINE CORPS.—For pur-
poses of this section, the Commandant of the Marine Corps 
shall be deemed to be the Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps. 
(d) GENDER INTEGRATION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to terminate, alter, or revise the authority 
of the Secretary of Defense to establish, approve, modify, 
or otherwise regulate gender-based criteria, standards, and 
qualifications for military specialties within the Armed 
Forces.
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SEC. 518. CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW OF CHARACTERIZATION 
OF TERMS OF DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF 
SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
(a) CODIFICATION OF CURRENT CONFIDENTIAL PROC-
ESS.— 
(1) CODIFICATION.—Chapter 79 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 1554a a new section 1554b consisting of— 
(A) a heading as follows: 
‘‘§ 1554b. Confidential review of characterization of 
terms of discharge of members of the 
armed forces who are survivors of sex-re-
lated offenses’’; and 
(B) a text consisting of the text of section 
547 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 
Stat. 3375; 10 U.S.C. 1553 note). 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 79 of such title is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1554a the following new item: 
‘‘1554b. Confidential review of characterization of terms of discharge of members 
of the armed forces who are survivors of sex-related offenses.’’.
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(3) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 547 of the 
Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 is re-
pealed. 
(b) TERMINOLOGY.—Subsection (a) of section 1554b of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of 
this section, is amended by striking ‘‘victim’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘survivor’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY TO INDIVIDUALS 
WHO ALLEGE THEY WERE A SURVIVOR OF A SEX-RELATED 
OFFENSE DURING MILITARY SERVICE.—Subsection (a) of 
such section 1554b, as so added, is further amended by in-
serting after ‘‘sex-related offense’’ the following: ‘‘, or alleges 
that the individual was the survivor of a sex-related of-
fense,’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section 1554b, 
as so added, is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Armed Forces’’ each place it ap-
pears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ‘‘armed 
forces’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘boards for the correction of 
military records of the military department con-
cerned’’ and inserting ‘‘boards of the military de-
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partment concerned established in accordance 
with this chapter’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘such an offense’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a sex-related offense’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘boards for the 
correction of military records’’ and inserting ‘‘boards 
of the military department concerned established in 
accordance with this chapter’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘title 10, 
United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking 
‘‘such title’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’. 
SEC. 519. IMPROVEMENTS TO CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND 
PROCEDURES 
OF 
DISCHARGE 
REVIEW 
BOARDS. 
(a) REPEAL OF 15-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON 
MOTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR REVIEW.—Subsection (a) of 
section 1553 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the second sentence. 
(b) TELEPHONIC PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE.—Sub-
section (c) of such section is amended in the second sentence 
by striking ‘‘or by affidavit’’ and inserting ‘‘, by affidavit,
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or by telephone or video conference (to the extent reasonable 
and technically feasible)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2018. 
SEC. 520. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RELATED 
TO DISPOSITION OF CLAIMS REGARDING DIS-
CHARGE OR RELEASE OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES WHEN THE CLAIMS INVOLVE 
SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
(a) BOARDS
FOR
THE CORRECTION
OF MILITARY 
RECORDS.—Section 1552(h) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) The number and disposition of claims de-
cided during the calendar quarter preceding the cal-
endar quarter in which such information is made 
available in which sexual assault is alleged to have 
contributed, whether in whole or in part, to the origi-
nal characterization of the discharge or release of the 
claimant.’’. 
(b) DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARDS.—Section 1553(f) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The number and disposition of claims de-
cided during the calendar quarter preceding the cal-
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endar quarter in which such information is made 
available in which sexual assault is alleged to have 
contributed, whether in whole or in part, to the origi-
nal characterization of the discharge or release of the 
former member.’’. 
SEC. 520A. MODIFICATION OF BASIS FOR EXTENSION OF PE-
RIOD 
FOR 
ENLISTMENT 
IN 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES UNDER THE DELAYED ENTRY PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 513(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4); 
(2) by designating the second sentence of para-
graph (1) as paragraph (2) and indenting the left 
margin of such paragraph (2), as so designated, two 
ems from the left margin; 
(3) in paragraph (2), as so designated, by insert-
ing ‘‘described in paragraph (1)’’ after ‘‘the 365-day 
period’’; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2), as des-
ignated by this section, the following new paragraph 
(3): 
‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary concerned may extend by up to 
an additional 365 days the period of extension under para-
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graph (2) for a person who enlists under section 504(b)(2) 
of this title if the Secretary determines that the period of 
extension under this paragraph is required for the perform-
ance of adequate background and security reviews of that 
person. 
‘‘(B) The authority to make an extension under this 
paragraph shall expire on December 31, 2019. The expira-
tion of such authority shall not effect the validity of any 
extension made in accordance with this paragraph on or 
before that date.’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by para-
graph (1) of this section, by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice 
Matters 
SEC. 521. REVISION TO MANUAL FOR COURTS-MARTIAL 
WITH RESPECT TO DISSEMINATION OF VIS-
UAL DEPICTIONS OF PRIVATE AREAS OR SEX-
UALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT WITHOUT THE 
CONSENT OF THE PERSON DEPICTED. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ENUMERATE OFFENSE
FOR 
PURPOSES OF GENERAL PUNITIVE ARTICLE.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
part IV of the Manual for Courts-Martial shall be amended 
to include as an enumerated offense under section 934 of
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title 10, United States Code (article 134 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), the distribution of a visual depic-
tion of the private area of a person or of sexually explicit 
conduct involving a person that was— 
(1) photographed, videotaped, filmed, or recorded 
by any means with the consent of such person; and 
(2) distributed by another person who knew or 
should have known that the depicted person did not 
consent to such distribution. 
(b) PRIVATE AREA DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘private area’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 920c(d) of title 10, United States Code (article 120c(d) 
of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). 
SEC. 522. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS IN 
CONNECTION WITH REFORM OF THE UNI-
FORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 
(a) ARTICLES 1, 6b, AND 137.— 
(1) Section 801 of title 10, United States Code 
(article 1 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 
is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
striking ‘‘chapter:’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter (the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice):’’. 
(2) Section 806b(b) of title 10, United States 
Code (article 6b(b) of the Uniform Code of Military
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Justice), is amended by striking ‘‘(the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice)’’. 
(3) Section 937 of title 10, United States Code 
(article 137 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 
as amended by section 5503 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
114–328), is further amended by striking ‘‘(the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice)’’ each place it appears 
as follows: 
(A) In subsection (a)(1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A). 
(B) In subsection (b), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A). 
(C) In subsection (d), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1). 
(b) ARTICLE 6b.—Section 806b(e)(3) of title 10, 
United States Code (article 6b(e)(3) of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), is amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘President,’’ the following: 
‘‘subject to section 830a of this title (article 30a).’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and, to the extent practicable,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘To the extent practicable, such a peti-
tion’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘before the court.’’ and inserting 
‘‘before the Court of Criminal Appeals.’’.
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(c) ARTICLE 30a.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 830a 
of title 10, United States Code (article 30a of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as added by section 5202 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘, or otherwise act on,’’ after ‘‘to review’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) Pre-referral matters under subsections (c) 
and (e) of section 806b of this title (article 6b).’’. 
(d) ARTICLE 39.—Subsection (a)(4) of section 839 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 39 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5222(1) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
is amended by striking ‘‘in non-capital cases unless the ac-
cused requests sentencing by members under section 825 of 
this title (article 25)’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 
853(b)(1) of this title (article 53(b)(1))’’. 
(e) ARTICLE 43.—Subsection (i) of section 843 of title 
10, United States Code (article 43 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), as added by section 5225(c) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is
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amended by striking ‘‘DNA EVIDENCE.—’’ and inserting 
‘‘DNA EVIDENCE.—’’. 
(f) ARTICLE 48.—Subsection (c)(1) of section 848 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 48 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5230 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is 
further amended by striking ‘‘section 866(g) of this title (ar-
ticle 66(g))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 866(h) of this title (arti-
cle 66(h))’’. 
(g) ARTICLE 53.—Subsection (b)(1)(B) of section 853 
of title 10, United States Code (article 53 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 5236 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017, is further amended by striking ‘‘in a trial’’. 
(h) ARTICLE 53a.—Subsection (d) of section 853a of 
title 10, United States Code (article 53a of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as added by section 5237 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
is amended by striking ‘‘military judge’’ the second place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘court-martial’’. 
(i) ARTICLE 56.—Subsection (d)(1) of section 856 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 56 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5301 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is 
further amended—
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(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting after ‘‘concerned,’’ the following: ‘‘under 
standards and procedures set forth in regulations pre-
scribed by the President,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after 
‘‘(B)’’ the following: ‘‘as determined in accordance 
with standards and procedures prescribed by the 
President,’’. 
(j) ARTICLE 58a.— 
(1) Subsection (a) of section 858a of title 10, 
United States Code (article 58a of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5303(1) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017, is further amended in the matter after 
paragraph (3) by inserting after ‘‘reduces’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, if such a reduction is authorized by regula-
tion prescribed by the President,’’. 
(2) The heading of such section (article) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 858a. Art 58a. Sentences: reduction in enlisted 
grade’’. 
(k) ARTICLE 58b.—Subsection (b) of section 858b of 
title 10, United States Code (article 58b of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), is amended in the first sentence 
by striking ‘‘section 860 of this title (article 60)’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘section 860a or 860b of this title (article 60a or 
60b)’’. 
(l) ARTICLE 62.—Subsection (b) of section 862 of title 
10, United States Code (article 62 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), is amended by striking ‘‘, notwith-
standing section 866(c) of this title (article 66(c))’’. 
(m) ARTICLE 63.—Subsection (b) of section 863 of title 
10, United States Code (article 63 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), as added by section 5327 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is amended 
by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, subject 
to such limitations as the President may prescribe by regu-
lation.’’. 
(n) ARTICLE 64.—Subsection (a) of section 864 of title 
10, United States Code (article 64 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), as amended by section 5328(a) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is 
further amended by striking ‘‘(a) (a) IN GENERAL.—’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’. 
(o) ARTICLE 65.—Subsection (b)(1) of section 865 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 65 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5329 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is 
further amended by striking ‘‘section 866(b)(2) of this title
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(article 66(b)(2))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 866(b)(3) of this 
title (article 66(b)(3))’’. 
(p) ARTICLE 66.—Subsection (e)(2)(C) of section 866 
of title 10, United States Code (article 66 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 5330 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017, is further amended by inserting after ‘‘required’’ the 
following: ‘‘by regulation prescribed by the President or’’. 
(q) ARTICLE 69.—Subsection (c)(1)(A) of section 869 
of title 10, United States Code (article 69 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 5233 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017, is further amended by inserting a comma after ‘‘in 
part’’. 
(r) ARTICLE 82.—Subsection (b) of section 882 of title 
10, United States Code (article 82 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), as amended by section 5403 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is 
further amended by striking ‘‘section 99’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 899’’. 
(s) ARTICLE 103a.—Section 8312(b)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘article 106a’’ 
and inserting ‘‘article 103a’’. 
(t) ARTICLE 119a.—Subsection (b) of section 919a of 
title 10, United States Code (article 119a of the Uniform
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Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 
5401(13)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017, is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘928a, 926, and 928’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘926, 928, and 928a’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘128a 126, and 128’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘126, 128, and 128a’’. 
(u) ARTICLE 120.—Subsection (g)(2) of section 920 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 120 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 5430(b) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017, is further amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘brest’’ and inserting ‘‘breast’’. 
(v) ARTICLE 128.—Subsection (b)(2) of section 928 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 128 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 5441 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017, is further amended by striking the comma after ‘‘sub-
stantial bodily harm’’. 
(w) ARTICLE 132.—Subsection (b)(2) of section 932 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 132 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as added by section 5450 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 1034(h)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 1034(j)’’.
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(x) ARTICLE 146.—Subsection (f) of section 946 of title 
10, United States Code (article 146 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5521 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is 
further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking the sentence be-
ginning ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting the following 
new sentence: ‘‘The analysis under this paragraph 
shall be included in the assessment required by para-
graph (1).’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following new paragraph (5): 
‘‘(5) REPORTS.—With respect to each review and 
assessment under this subsection, the Panel shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each re-
port— 
‘‘(A) shall set forth the results of the review 
and assessment concerned, including the findings 
and recommendations of the Panel; and 
‘‘(B) shall be submitted not later than De-
cember 31 of the calendar year in which the re-
view and assessment is concluded.’’. 
(y) TABLES OF SECTIONS.—
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(1) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter II of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(1) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended in the items relating to sections 810 and 
812 (articles 10 and 12) by striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter V of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(2) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘825.’’ the second place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘825a.’’; and 
(B) in the items relating to sections 825a, 
826a, and 829 (articles 25a, 26a, and 29), by 
striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter VI of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(3) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘830.’’ the second place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘830a.’’; and 
(B) in the items relating to sections 830a 
and 832 through 835 (articles 30a and 32 
through 35), by striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(4) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter VII of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(4) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended in the items relating to sections 846 through 
848, 850, 852, 853, and 853a (articles 46 through 48, 
50, 52, 53, and 53a) by striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(5) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter VIII of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(5) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended by striking the item relating to section 858a 
(article 58a) and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘858a. 58a. Sentences: reduction in enlisted grade.’’. 
(6) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter IX of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(6) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further
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amended in the items relating to sections 860 through 
861, 864 through 866, and 869 (articles 60 through 
61, 64 through 66, and 69) by striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(7) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter X of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5452 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended— 
(A) in the items relating to sections 877 
through 934 (articles 77 through 134), by strik-
ing ‘‘Art.’’; 
(B) in the item relating to section 887a (ar-
ticle 87a), by striking ‘‘Resistence’’ and inserting 
‘‘Resistance’’; 
(C) in the item relating to section 908 (arti-
cle 108), by striking ‘‘of the United States–Loss’’ 
and inserting ‘‘of United States–Loss,’’; and 
(D) in the item relating to section 909 (ar-
ticle 109), by striking ‘‘of the’’ and inserting 
‘‘of’’. 
(8) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter XI of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(7) of the National Defense
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Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended in the items relating to sections 936 and 
940a (articles 136 and 140a) by striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(9) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter XII of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(8) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended in the items relating to sections 946 and 
946a (articles 146 and 146a) by striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(z) OTHER PROVISIONS OF TITLE 10 IN CONNECTION 
WITH UCMJ REFORM.— 
(1) Section 673(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 920, 920a, or 
920c of this title (article 120, 120a, or 120c of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 920, 920c, or 930 of this title (article 120, 
120c, or 130 of the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice)’’. 
(2) Section 674(a) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 920, 920a, 920b, 920c, or 925 of this 
title (article 120, 120a, 120b, 120c, or 125 of the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 920, 920b, 920c, or 930 of this title (article 120,
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120b, 120c, or 130 of the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice)’’. 
(3) Section 1034(c)(2)(A) of such title is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘sections 920 through 920c of this title 
(articles 120 through 120c of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 920, 920b, 
920c, or 930 of this title (article 120, 120b, 120c, or 
130 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice)’’. 
(4) Section 1044e(g)(1) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 920, 920a, 920b, 920c, or 925 of 
this title (article 120, 120a, 120b, 120c, or 125 of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 920, 920b, 920c, or 930 of this title (article 
120, 120b, 120c, or 130 of the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice)’’. 
(5) Section 1059(e) of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘the approval of’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘as approved,’’ and inserting ‘‘entry of judgment 
under section 860c of this title (article 60c of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice) if the sen-
tence’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘by a 
court-martial’’ the second place it appears and 
all that follows through ‘‘include any such pun-
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ishment,’’ and inserting ‘‘for a dependent-abuse 
offense and the conviction is disapproved or is 
otherwise not part of the judgment under section 
860c of this title (article 60c of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice) or the punishment is 
disapproved or is otherwise not part of the judg-
ment under such section (article),’’. 
(6) Section 1408(h)(10)(A) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘the approval’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting ‘‘entry of judgment under section 
860c of this title (article 60c of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice).’’. 
(aa) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect immediately after the coming 
into effect of the amendments made by division E of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
as provided for in section 5542 of that Act. 
SEC. 523. PRIORITY OF REVIEW BY COURT OF APPEALS FOR 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES 
OF 
DECISIONS 
OF 
COURTS OF CRIMINAL APPEALS ON PETI-
TIONS 
FOR 
ENFORCEMENT 
OF 
VICTIMS’ 
RIGHTS. 
(a) PRIORITY.—Section 806b(e)(3) of title 10, United 
States Code (article 6b(e)(3) of the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice), as amended by section 522(b) of this Act, is
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further amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘Review of any decision on such a petition by the 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces shall have priority 
in the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, as determined 
under the rules of the Court of Appeals for the Armed 
Forces.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect immediately after the coming 
into effect of the following (in the order specified): 
(1) The amendments made by division E of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328), as provided for in sec-
tion 5542 of that Act. 
(2) The amendments made by section 522(b) of 
this Act, as provided in section 522(aa) of this Act. 
SEC. 524. ASSISTANCE OF DEFENSE COUNSEL IN ADDI-
TIONAL POST-TRIAL MATTERS FOR ACCUSED 
CONVICTED BY COURT-MARTIAL. 
(a) ASSISTANCE.—Subsection (c)(2) of section 838 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 38 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), is amended by striking ‘‘section 860 
of this title (article 60)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 860, 860a, 
or 860b of this title (article 60, 60a, or 60b)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect immediately after the coming
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into effect of the amendments made by division E of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328), as provided for in section 5542 of 
that Act. 
SEC. 525. ENUMERATION OF ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON 
ACCEPTANCE OF PLEA AGREEMENTS BY MILI-
TARY JUDGES OF GENERAL OR SPECIAL 
COURTS-MARTIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 853a of 
title 10, United States Code (article 53a of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as added by section 5237 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(4) is prohibited by law; or 
‘‘(5) is contrary to, or is inconsistent with, a 
regulation prescribed by the President with respect to 
terms, conditions, or other aspects of plea agree-
ments.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect immediately after the coming 
into effect of the amendments made by division E of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
as provided for in section 5542 of that Act. 
SEC. 526. ADDITIONAL PROCEEDINGS BY COURTS OF CRIMI-
NAL APPEALS BY ORDER OF UNITED STATES 
COURT 
OF 
APPEALS 
FOR 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f)(3) of section 866 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 66 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5330 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub-
lic Law 114–328), is further amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘Court’’ the first place it 
appears the following: ‘‘of Criminal Appeals’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘If the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces 
determines that additional proceedings are war-
ranted, the Court of Criminal Appeals shall order a 
hearing or other proceeding in accordance with the 
direction of the Court of Appeals for the Armed 
Forces.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect immediately after the coming
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into effect of the amendments made by division E of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
as provided for in section 5542 of that Act. 
SEC. 527. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY AND EFFEC-
TIVE DATES FOR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS 
AMENDMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH UNI-
FORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM. 
(a) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS.—Ef-
fective as of December 23, 2016, and immediately after the 
enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), to which such 
amendment relates, section 5225(f) of that Act is amended 
by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’. 
(b) CHILD ABUSE OFFENSES.—With respect to offenses 
committed before the date designated by the President under 
section 5542(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017, subsection (b)(2)(B) of section 843 
of title 10, United States Code (article 43 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), shall be applied as in effect on 
December 22, 2016. 
(c) FRAUDULENT ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT OF-
FENSES.—With respect to the period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 and ending on the day before the date 
designated by the President under section 5542(a) of that
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Act, in the application of subsection (h) of section 843 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 43 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as added by section 5225(b) of that 
Act, the reference in such subsection (h) to section 904a(1) 
of title 10, United States Code (article 104a(1) of the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice), shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to section 883(1) of title 10, United States Code (ar-
ticle 83(1) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). 
SEC. 528. MODIFICATION OF YEAR OF INITIAL REVIEW BY 
MILITARY JUSTICE REVIEW PANEL OF UNI-
FORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM 
AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f)(1) of section 946 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 146 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 5521 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328), is further amended by striking 
‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect immediately after the coming 
into effect of the amendments made by division E of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
as provided for in section 5542 of that Act.
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SEC. 529. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN 
PROVISIONS OF LAW TO CIVILIAN JUDGES OF 
THE UNITED STATES COURT OF MILITARY 
COMMISSION REVIEW. 
Section 950f(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5)(A) For purposes of sections 203, 205, 207, 208, 
and 209 of title 18, the term ‘special Government employee’ 
shall include a judge of the Court appointed under para-
graph (3). 
‘‘(B) A person appointed as a judge of the Court under 
paragraph (3) shall be considered to be an officer or em-
ployee of the United States with respect to such person’s 
status as a judge, but only during periods in which such 
person is performing the duties of such a judge. Any provi-
sion of law that prohibits or limits the political or business 
activities of an employee of the United States shall only 
apply to such a judge during such periods.’’. 
SEC. 530. ENHANCEMENT OF EFFECTIVE PROSECUTION 
AND DEFENSE IN COURTS-MARTIAL AND RE-
LATED MATTERS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL ELEMENT IN PROGRAM FOR EFFEC-
TIVE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE.—Subsection (a)(1) of 
section 542 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2126; 
10 U.S.C. 827 note) is amended by inserting before the
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semicolon the following: ‘‘or there is adequate supervision 
and oversight of trial counsel and defense counsel so detailed 
to ensure effective prosecution and defense in the court-mar-
tial’’. 
(b) ASSIGNMENT OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES TO SUPER-
VISE LESS EXPERIENCED JUDGE ADVOCATES IN PROSECU-
TION AND DEFENSE.—Such section is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) ASSIGNMENT OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES TO SU-
PERVISE LESS EXPERIENCED JUDGE ADVOCATES IN PROS-
ECUTION AND DEFENSE.— 
‘‘(1) ASSIGNMENT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
concerned may assign the function of supervising and 
overseeing prosecution or defense in courts-martial by 
less experienced judge advocates to civilian employees 
of the military department concerned or the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, as applicable, who have 
extensive litigation expertise. 
‘‘(2) STATUS AS SUPERVISOR.—A civilian em-
ployee assigned to supervise and oversee the prosecu-
tion or defense in a court-martial pursuant to this 
subsection is not required to be detailed to the case,
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but must be reasonably available for consultation dur-
ing court-martial proceedings.’’. 
(c) PILOT PROGRAMS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP-
MENTAL PROCESS FOR JUDGE ADVOCATES.—Subsection (d) 
of such section, as redesignated by subsection (b)(1) of this 
section, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), striking ‘‘establishing’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘a military justice 
career track for judge advocates under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary.’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (4): 
‘‘(4) ELEMENTS.—Each pilot program shall in-
clude the following: 
‘‘(A) A military justice career track for 
judge advocates that leads to judge advocates 
with military justice expertise in the grade of 
colonel, or in the grade of captain in the case of 
judge advocates of the Navy. 
‘‘(B) The use of skill identifiers to identify 
judge advocates for participation in the pilot 
program from among judge advocates having ap-
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propriate skill and experience in military justice 
matters. 
‘‘(C) Guidance for promotion boards consid-
ering the selection for promotion of officers par-
ticipating in the pilot program in order to en-
sure that judge advocates who are participating 
in the pilot program have the same opportunity 
for promotion as all other judge advocate officers 
being considered for promotion by such boards. 
‘‘(D) Such other matters as the Secretary 
concerned considers appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 531. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES JU-
RISDICTION TO REVIEW INTERLOCUTORY AP-
PEALS OF DECISIONS ON CERTAIN PETITIONS 
FOR WRITS OF MANDAMUS. 
Section 806b(e) of title 10, United States Code (article 
6b(e) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(4)’’and inserting ‘‘paragraph (5)’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (4):
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‘‘(4) The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces may 
review for legal error a grant or denial of a petition for 
a writ of mandamus under this subsection by the Court of 
Criminal Appeals, upon petition of a victim of an offense 
under this chapter or of the accused, and on good cause 
shown. Any such review shall, to the extent practicable, have 
priority over all other proceedings of the Court of Appeals.’’. 
SEC. 532. PUNITIVE ARTICLE ON WRONGFUL BROADCAST 
OR DISTRIBUTION OF INTIMATE VISUAL IM-
AGES OR VISUAL IMAGES OF SEXUALLY EX-
PLICIT 
CONDUCT 
UNDER 
THE 
UNIFORM 
CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Subchapter X of chapter 47 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 917 (article 117 of the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice) the following new section (article): 
‘‘§ 917a. Art. 117a. Wrongful broadcast or distribution 
of intimate visual images 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Any person subject to this chap-
ter who— 
‘‘(1) knowingly and wrongfully broadcasts or 
distributes an intimate visual image of another per-
son or a visual image of sexually explicit conduct in-
volving a person who—
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‘‘(A) is at least 18 years of age at the time 
the intimate visual image or visual image of sex-
ually explicit conduct was created; 
‘‘(B) is identifiable from the intimate visual 
image or visual image of sexually explicit con-
duct itself, or from information displayed in 
connection with the intimate visual image or 
visual image of sexually explicit conduct; and 
‘‘(C) does not explicitly consent to the 
broadcast or distribution of the intimate visual 
image or visual image of sexually explicit con-
duct; 
‘‘(2) knows or reasonably should have known 
that the intimate visual image or visual image of sex-
ually explicit conduct was made under circumstances 
in which the person depicted in the intimate visual 
image or visual image of sexually explicit conduct re-
tained a reasonable expectation of privacy regarding 
any broadcast or distribution of the intimate visual 
image or visual image of sexually explicit conduct; 
and 
‘‘(3) knows or reasonably should have known 
that the broadcast or distribution of the intimate vis-
ual image or visual image of sexually explicit conduct 
is likely—
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‘‘(A) to cause harm, harassment, intimida-
tion, emotional distress, or financial loss for the 
person depicted in the intimate visual image or 
visual image of sexually explicit conduct; or 
‘‘(B) to harm substantially the depicted per-
son with respect to that person’s health, safety, 
business, calling, career, financial condition, rep-
utation, or personal relationships, 
is guilty of wrongful distribution of intimate visual images 
or visual images of sexually explicit conduct and shall be 
punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section (article): 
‘‘(1) BROADCAST.—The term ‘broadcast’ means 
to electronically transmit a visual image with the in-
tent that it be viewed by a person or persons. 
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTE.—The term ‘distribute’ means 
to deliver to the actual or constructive possession of 
another person, including transmission by mail or 
electronic means. 
‘‘(3) INTIMATE VISUAL IMAGE.—The term ‘inti-
mate visual image’ means a visual image that depicts 
a private area of a person. 
‘‘(4) PRIVATE AREA.—The term ‘private area’ 
means the naked or underwear-clad genitalia, anus, 
buttocks, or female areola or nipple.
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‘‘(5) REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY.— 
The term ‘reasonable expectation of privacy’ refers to 
circumstances in which a reasonable person would be-
lieve that an intimate visual image of the person, or 
a visual image of sexually explicit conduct involving 
the person, would not be broadcast or distributed to 
another person. 
‘‘(6) SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT.—The term 
‘sexually explicit conduct’ means actual or simulated 
genital-genital contact, oral-genital contact, anal-gen-
ital contact, or oral-anal contact, whether between 
persons of the same or opposite sex, bestiality, mas-
turbation, or sadistic or masochistic abuse. 
‘‘(7) VISUAL IMAGE.—The term ‘visual image’ 
means the following: 
‘‘(A) Any developed or undeveloped photo-
graph, picture, film or video. 
‘‘(B) Any digital or computer image, pic-
ture, film, or video made by any means, includ-
ing those transmitted by any means, including 
streaming media, even if not stored in a perma-
nent format. 
‘‘(C) Any digital or electronic data capable 
of conversion into a visual image.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of subchapter X of chapter 47 of title 10, 
United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
917 (article 117) the following new item: 
‘‘917a. 117a. Wrongful broadcast or distribution of intimate visual images.’’. 
SEC. 533. REPORT ON AVAILABILITY OF POSTSECONDARY 
CREDIT FOR SKILLS ACQUIRED DURING MILI-
TARY SERVICE. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Secretaries of Veterans Affairs, Education, and Labor, shall 
submit to Congress a report on the transfer of skills into 
equivalent postsecondary credits or technical certifications 
for members of the armed forces leaving the military. Such 
report shall describe each the following: 
(1) Each skill that may be acquired during mili-
tary service that is eligible for transfer into an equiv-
alent postsecondary credit or technical certification. 
(2) The academic level of the equivalent postsec-
ondary credit or technical certification for each such 
skill. 
(3) Each academic institution that awards an 
equivalent postsecondary credit or technical certifi-
cation for such skills, including—
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(A) each such academic institution’s status 
as a public or private institution, and as a non- 
profit or for-profit institution; and 
(B) the number of veterans that applied to 
such academic institution who were able to re-
ceive equivalent postsecondary credits or tech-
nical certifications in the preceding fiscal year, 
and the academic level of the credits or certifi-
cations. 
(4) The number of members of the armed forces 
who left the military in the preceding fiscal year, and 
the number of such members who met with an aca-
demic or technical training advisor as part of the 
member’s participation in the Transition Assistance 
Program of the Department of Defense. 
Subtitle 
E—Member 
Education, 
Training, Transition, and Resil-
ience 
SEC. 541. READY, RELEVANT LEARNING INITIATIVE OF THE 
NAVY. 
(a) CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later than Octo-
ber 1, 2017, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of the 
Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and House of Representatives a certification 
on the status of implementation of the Ready, Relevant
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Learning initiative of the Navy for each applicable enlisted 
rating. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each certification under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A certification by the Commander of the 
United States Fleet Forces Command that the block 
learning and modernized delivery methods of the 
Ready, Relevant Learning initiative to be imple-
mented during the fiscal year beginning in which 
such certification is submitted will meet or exceed the 
existing training delivery approach for all associated 
training requirements. 
(2) A certification by the Secretary that the con-
tent re-engineering necessary to meet all training ob-
jectives and transition from the traditional training 
curriculum to the modernized delivery format to be 
implemented during such fiscal year will be complete 
prior to such transition, including full functionality 
of all required course software and hardware. 
(3) A detailed cost estimate of transitioning to 
the block learning and modernized delivery ap-
proaches to be implemented during such fiscal year 
with funding listed by purpose, amount, appropria-
tions account, budget program element or line item, 
and end strength adjustments.
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(4) A detailed phasing plan associated with 
transitioning to the block learning and modernized 
delivery approaches to be implemented during such 
fiscal year, including the current status, timing, and 
identification of reductions in ‘‘A’’ school and ‘‘C’’ 
school courses, curricula, funding, and personnel. 
(5) A certification by the Secretary that— 
(A) the contracting strategy associated with 
transitioning to the modernized delivery ap-
proach to be implemented during such fiscal year 
has been completed; and 
(B) contracting actions contain sufficient 
specification detail to enable a low risk approach 
to receiving the deliverable end item or items on- 
budget, on-schedule, and with satisfactory per-
formance. 
SEC. 542. ELEMENT IN PRESEPARATION COUNSELING FOR 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ON AS-
SISTANCE 
AND 
SUPPORT 
SERVICES 
FOR 
CAREGIVERS 
OF 
CERTAIN 
VETERANS 
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1142(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
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‘‘(18) A description, developed in consultation 
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, of the assist-
ance and support services for family caregivers of eli-
gible veterans under the program conducted by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 
1720G of title 38, including the veterans covered by 
the program, the caregivers eligible for assistance and 
support through the program, and the assistance and 
support available through the program.’’. 
(b) PARTICIPATION OF POTENTIAL CAREGIVERS IN AP-
PROPRIATE PRESEPARATION COUNSELING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with proce-
dures established by the Secretary of Defense, each 
Secretary of a military department shall take appro-
priate actions to achieve the following: 
(A) To determine whether each member of 
the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of such 
Secretary who is undergoing preseparation coun-
seling pursuant to section 1142 of title 10, 
United States Code (as amended by subsection 
(a)), and who may require caregiver services 
after separation from the Armed Forces has iden-
tified an individual to provide such services after 
the member’s separation.
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(B) In the case of a member described in 
subparagraph (A) who has identified an indi-
vidual to provide caregiver services after the 
member’s separation, at the election of the mem-
ber, to permit such individual to participate in 
appropriate 
sessions 
of 
the 
member’s 
preseparation counseling in order to inform such 
individual of— 
(i) the assistance and support services 
available to caregivers of members after sep-
aration from the Armed Forces; and 
(ii) the manner in which the member’s 
transition to civilian life after separation 
may likely affect such individual as a care-
giver. 
(2) CAREGIVERS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, individuals who provide caregiver services re-
fers to individuals (including a spouse, partner, par-
ent, sibling, adult child, other relative, or friend) who 
provide physical or emotional assistance to former 
members of the Armed Forces during and after their 
transition from military life to civilian life following 
separation from the Armed Forces. 
(3) DEADLINE FOR COMMENCEMENT.—Each Sec-
retary of a miliary department shall commence the
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actions required pursuant to this subsection by not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 543. DISCHARGE IN THE SELECTED RESERVE OF THE 
COMMISSIONED 
SERVICE 
OBLIGATION 
OF 
MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY GRADUATES 
WHO PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL ATH-
LETICS. 
(a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section 
4348(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) That, if upon graduation the cadet obtains 
employment as a professional athlete in lieu of the ac-
ceptance of an appointment tendered under para-
graph (2), the cadet— 
‘‘(A) will accept an appointment as a com-
missioned officer as a Reserve in the Army for 
service in the Army Reserve; and 
‘‘(B) will remain in that reserve component 
as a member of the Selected Reserve until com-
pletion of the commissioned service obligation of 
the cadet.’’. 
(b) UNITED
STATES
NAVAL
ACADEMY.—Section 
6959(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(5) That, if upon graduation the midshipman 
obtains employment as a professional athlete in lieu 
of the acceptance of an appointment tendered under 
paragraph (2), the midshipman— 
‘‘(A) will accept an appointment as a com-
missioned officer as a Reserve in the Navy for 
service in the Navy Reserve or the Marine Corps 
Reserve; and 
‘‘(B) will remain in that reserve component 
as a member of the Selected Reserve until com-
pletion of the commissioned service obligation of 
the midshipman.’’. 
(c) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section 
9348(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) That, if upon graduation the cadet obtains 
employment as a professional athlete in lieu of the ac-
ceptance of an appointment tendered under para-
graph (2), the cadet— 
‘‘(A) will accept an appointment as a com-
missioned officer as a Reserve in the Air Force 
for service in the Air Force Reserve; and 
‘‘(B) will remain in that reserve component 
as a member of the Selected Reserve until com-
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pletion of the commissioned service obligation of 
the cadet.’’. 
(d) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The Secretaries 
of the military departments shall promptly revise the cadet 
and midshipman service agreements under sections 4348, 
6959, and 9348 of title 10, United States Code, to reflect 
the amendments made by this section. The revised agree-
ment shall apply to cadets and midshipmen who are attend-
ing the United States Military Academy, the United States 
Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and to persons who 
begin attendance at such military service academies on or 
after that date. 
SEC. 544. PILOT PROGRAMS ON APPOINTMENT IN THE EX-
CEPTED SERVICE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE 
OF 
PHYSICALLY 
DISQUALIFIED 
FORMER CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary of a military 
department may carry out a pilot program under 
which former cadets or midshipmen described in 
paragraph (2) (in this section referred to as ‘‘eligible 
individuals’’) under the jurisdiction of such Secretary 
may be appointed by the Secretary of Defense in the
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excepted service under section 3320 of title 5, United 
States Code, in the Department of Defense. 
(2) CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (3), a former cadet or mid-
shipman described in this paragraph is any former 
cadet at the United States Military Academy or the 
United States Air Force Academy, and any former 
midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, 
who— 
(A) completed the prescribed course of in-
struction and graduated from the applicable 
service academy; and 
(B) is determined to be medically disquali-
fied to complete a period of active duty in the 
Armed Forces prescribed in an agreement signed 
by such cadet or midshipman in accordance with 
section 4348, 6959, or 9348 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(3) EXCEPTION.—A former cadet or midshipman 
whose medical disqualification as described in para-
graph (2)(B) is the result of the gross negligence or 
misconduct of the former cadet or midshipman is not 
an eligible individual for purposes of appointment 
under a pilot program.
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(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the pilot programs is 
to evaluate the feasibility and advisability of permitting eli-
gible individuals who cannot accept a commission or com-
plete a period of active duty in the Armed Forces prescribed 
by the Secretary of the military department concerned to 
fulfill an obligation for active duty service in the Armed 
Forces through service as a civilian employee of the Depart-
ment of Defense 
(c) POSITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The positions to which an eli-
gible individual may be appointed under a pilot pro-
gram are existing positions within the Department of 
Defense in grades up to GS–9 under the General 
Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States 
Code (or equivalent). The authority in subsection (a) 
does not authorize the creation of additional posi-
tions, or create any vacancies to which eligible indi-
viduals may be appointed under a pilot program. 
(2) TERM POSITIONS.—Any appointment under 
a pilot program shall be to a position having a term 
of five years or less. 
(d) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.— 
(1) RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF ELIGIBLE 
INDIVIDUALS.—The authority in subsection (a) may 
be used only to the extent necessary to recruit and re-
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tain on a non-competitive basis cadets and mid-
shipmen who are relieved of an obligation for active 
duty in the Armed Forces due to becoming medically 
disqualified from serving on active duty in the Armed 
Forces, and may not be used to appoint any other in-
dividuals in the excepted service. 
(2) 
VOLUNTARY
ACCEPTANCE
OF
APPOINT-
MENTS.—A pilot program may not be used as an im-
plicit or explicit basis for compelling an eligible indi-
vidual to accept an appointment in the excepted serv-
ice in accordance with this section. 
(e) RELATIONSHIP
TO REPAYMENT PROVISIONS.— 
Completion of a term appointment pursuant to a pilot pro-
gram shall relieve the eligible individual concerned of any 
repayment obligation under section 303a(e) or 373 of title 
37, United States Code, with respect to the agreement of 
the individual described in subsection (b)(2)(B). 
(f) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to appoint eli-
gible individuals in the excepted service under a pilot 
program shall expire on the date that is four years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) EFFECT ON EXISTING APPOINTMENTS.—The 
termination by paragraph (1) of the authority in sub-
section (a) shall not affect any appointment made
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under that authority before the termination date spec-
ified in paragraph (1) in accordance with the terms 
of such appointment. 
SEC. 545. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR AT-
TENDANCE OF AIR FORCE ENLISTED PER-
SONNEL AT AIR FORCE OFFICER PROFES-
SIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION IN-RESIDENCE 
COURSES. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise available for the Department of 
the Air Force may be obligated or expended for the purpose 
of the attendance of Air Force enlisted personnel at Air 
Force officer professional military education (PME) in-resi-
dence courses until the later of— 
(1) the date on which the Secretary of the Air 
Force submits to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and 
to the Comptroller General of the United States, a re-
port on the attendance of such personnel at such 
courses as described in subsection (b); 
(2) the date on which the Comptroller General 
submits to such committees the report setting forth an 
assessment of the report under paragraph (1) as de-
scribed in subsection (c); or
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(3) 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE REPORT.—The re-
port of the Secretary described in subsection (a)(1) shall 
include the following: 
(1) The purpose of the attendance of Air Force 
enlisted personnel at Air Force officer professional 
military education in-residence courses. 
(2) The objectives for the attendance of such en-
listed personnel at such officer professional military 
education courses. 
(3) The required prerequisites for such enlisted 
personnel to attend such officer professional military 
education courses. 
(4) The process for selecting such enlisted per-
sonnel to attend such officer professional military 
education courses. 
(5) The impact of the attendance of such enlisted 
personnel at such officer professional military edu-
cation courses on the availability of officer allocations 
for the attendance of officers at such courses. 
(6) The impact of the attendance of such enlisted 
personnel at such officer professional military edu-
cation courses on the morale and retention of officers 
attending such courses.
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(7) The resources required for such enlisted per-
sonnel to attend such officer professional military 
education courses. 
(8) The impact on unit and overall Air Force 
manning levels of the attendance of such enlisted per-
sonnel at such officer professional military education 
courses, especially at the statutorily-limited end 
strengths of grades E–8 and E–9. 
(9) The extent to which graduation by such en-
listed personnel from such officer professional mili-
tary education courses is a requirement for Air Force 
or joint assignments. 
(10) The planned assignment utilization for Air 
Force enlisted graduates of such officer professional 
military education courses. 
(11) Any other matters in connection with the 
attendance of such enlisted personnel at such officer 
professional military education courses that the Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date the Secretary submits the report described in 
subsection (a)(1), the Comptroller General shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen-
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ate and the House of Representatives a briefing on an 
assessment of the report by the Comptroller General. 
As soon as practicable after the briefing, the Comp-
troller General shall submit to such committees a re-
port on such assessment for purposes of subsection 
(a)(2). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of whether the conclu-
sions and assertions included in the report of the 
Secretary under subsection (a) are comprehen-
sive, fully supported, and sufficiently detailed. 
(B) An identification of any shortcomings, 
limitations, or other reportable matters that af-
fect the quality of the findings or conclusions of 
the report of the Secretary. 
SEC. 546. PILOT PROGRAM ON INTEGRATION OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE AND NON-FEDERAL EF-
FORTS FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT OF MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOLLOWING 
TRANSITION FROM ACTIVE DUTY TO CIVILIAN 
LIFE. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct a pilot program to assess the feasability and
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advisability of assisting members of the Armed Forces 
described in subsection (c) who are undergoing the 
transition from active duty in the Armed Forces to 
civilian life by accelerating and improving their ac-
cess to employment following their transition to civil-
ian life through the coordination, integration, and 
leveraging of existing programs and authorities of the 
Department of Defense for such purposes with pro-
grams and resources of State and local agencies, in-
stitutions of higher education, employers, and other 
public, private, and nonprofit entities applicable to 
the pilot program. 
(2) EXISTING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND RE-
SOURCES.—For purposes of this section, existing pro-
grams and resources of State and local agencies, in-
stitutions of higher education, employers, and other 
public, private, and nonprofit entities described in 
paragraph (1) in the vicinity of a location of the 
pilot program are referred to as the ‘‘existing commu-
nity programs and resources’’ in that vicinity. 
(b) GOALS.—The goals of the pilot program shall be 
as follows: 
(1) To facilitate the coordination of existing 
community programs and resources in the locations of 
the pilot program in order to identify a model for the
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coordination of such programs and authorities that 
can be replicated nationwide in communities in 
which members of the Armed Forces described in sub-
section (c) are undergoing the transition from active 
duty to civilian life. 
(2) To identify mechanisms by which the De-
partment of Defense and existing community pro-
grams and resources may work with employers and 
members of the Armed Forces described in subsection 
(c) in order to— 
(A) identify workforce needs that may be 
satisfiable by such members following their tran-
sition to civilian life; 
(B) identify military occupational skills 
that may satisfy the workforce needs identified 
pursuant to subparagraph (A); and 
(C) identify gaps in the training of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces that may require reme-
diation in order to satisfy workforce needs iden-
tified pursuant to subparagraph (A), and iden-
tify mechanisms by which members of the Armed 
Forces described in subsection (c) may receive 
training to remediate such gaps. 
(3) To identify mechanisms to assist members of 
the Armed Forces described in subsection (c) in bridg-
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ing geographical gaps between their final military in-
stallations and nearby metropolitan areas in which 
employment and necessary training are likely to be 
available to such members during or following their 
transition to civilian life. 
(c) COVERED MEMBERS.—The members of the Armed 
Forces described in this subsection are the following: 
(1) Regular members of the Armed Forces who 
are within 180 days of discharge or release from the 
Armed Forces. 
(2) Members of the reserve components of the 
Armed Forces (whether National Guard or Reserve) 
who are on active duty for a period of more than 365 
days and are within 180 days of release from such ac-
tive duty. 
(d) LOCATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the pilot program at not less than five locations se-
lected by the Secretary for purposes of the pilot pro-
gram. 
(2) SELECTION REQUIREMENTS.—Each location 
selected pursuant to paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) include a military installation—
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(i) that has a well-established military- 
civilian community relationship with the 
civilian communities nearby; and 
(ii) at which serves an appropriate 
population of members of the Armed Forces 
described in subsection (c); 
(B) have a large employment or industry 
base that supports a variety of occupational op-
portunities; 
(C) have appropriate institutional infra-
structure for the provision of worker training; 
and 
(D) take place in a different geographic re-
gion of the United States. 
(e) ELEMENTS.—At each location selected for the pilot 
program there shall be the following: 
(1) A mechanism to identify existing community 
programs and resources for participation in the pilot 
program, including programs and resources that are 
currently working with programs and authorities of 
the Department of Defense to assist members of the 
Armed Forces described in subsection (c), and, espe-
cially, programs and resources that are recognized as 
engaging in best practices in working with such pro-
grams and authorities of the Department.
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(2) A mechanism to assess the willingness of em-
ployers in the vicinity of such location to participate 
in the pilot program and employ members of the 
Armed Forces participating in the pilot program fol-
lowing their transition to civilian life. 
(3) A mechanism to assess the willingness of the 
State in which such location is located to recognize 
military training for credit for professional and occu-
pational licenses. 
(4) A civilian community coordinator for the 
pilot program, who shall be responsible for implemen-
tation and execution of the pilot program for the De-
partment, and for coordinating existing community 
programs and resources, at such location by— 
(A) pursuing a multi-faceted outreach and 
engagement strategy that leverages relationships 
with appropriate public, private, and nonprofit 
entities in the vicinity of such location for pur-
poses of the pilot program; 
(B) developing and implementing a pro-
gram using existing resources, infrastructure, 
and experience to maximize the benefits of the 
pilot program for members of the Armed Forces 
participating in the pilot program by mini-
mizing the time required for completion of train-
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ing provided to such members under the pilot 
program, which program shall— 
(i) compliment continuing Department 
efforts to assist members of the Armed 
Forces in their transition from active duty 
in the Armed Forces to civilian life and to 
coordinate with existing veteran employ-
ment programs for purposes of such efforts; 
(ii) provide for the cultivation of a net-
work of partners among the entities de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) in order to 
maximize the number of opportunities for 
civilian employment for members of the 
Armed Forces participating in the pilot 
program following their transition to civil-
ian life; 
(iii) provide for the use of comprehen-
sive assessments of the military experience 
gained by members of the Armed Forces 
participating in the pilot program in order 
to assist them in obtaining civilian employ-
ment relating to their military occupations 
following their transition to civilian life; 
(iv) seek to secure for members of the 
Armed Forces participating in the pilot
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program maximum credit for prior mili-
tary service in their pursuit of civilian em-
ployment following their transition to civil-
ian life; 
(v) seek to eliminate unnecessary and 
redundant elements of the training provided 
for purposes of the pilot program to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces participating in 
the pilot program; 
(vi) seek to minimize the time required 
for members of the Armed Forces partici-
pating in the pilot program in obtaining 
skills, credentials, or certifications required 
for civilian employment following their 
transition to civilian life; and 
(vii) provide for the continuous collec-
tion of data and feedback from employers in 
the vicinity of such location in order to tai-
lor training provided to members of the 
Armed Forces for purposes of the pilot pro-
gram to meet the needs of such employers. 
(5) A plan of action for delivering additional 
training and credentialing modules for members of 
the Armed Forces described in subsection (c) in order 
to seek to provide such members with skills that are
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in high demand in the vicinity and region of such lo-
cation. 
(f) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the commencement of the pilot pro-
gram, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a report on the pilot program. The re-
port shall include, for each location selected for the 
pilot program pursuant to subsection (d), the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A full description of the pilot program, 
including— 
(i) the number of members of the 
Armed Forces participating in the pilot 
program; 
(ii) the outreach to public, private, and 
nonprofit entities conducted for purposes of 
the pilot program to encourage such entities 
to participate in the pilot program; 
(iii) the entities participating in the 
pilot program, set forth by employment sec-
tor; 
(iv) the number of members partici-
pating in the pilot program who obtained
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employment with an entity participating in 
the pilot program, set forth by employment 
sector; 
(v) a description of any additional 
training provided to members participating 
in the pilot program for purposes of the 
pilot program, including the amount of 
time required for such additional training; 
and 
(vi) a description of the cost of the 
pilot program. 
(B) A current assessment of the effect of the 
pilot program on Department of Defense and 
community efforts to assist members of the 
Armed Forces described in subsection (c) in ob-
taining civilian employment following their 
transition to civilian life. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days be-
fore the date on which the pilot program terminates, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives an update of the report submitted under 
paragraph (1). 
(g) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed to authorize the Secretary to hire additional em-
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ployees for the Department of Defense to carry out the pilot 
program. 
(h) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary to 
carry out the pilot program shall terminate on the date that 
is two years after the date on which the pilot program com-
mences. 
SEC. 547. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF SUICIDE PREVENTION 
AND RESILIENCE PROGRAM FOR THE NA-
TIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES. 
Section 10219(g) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘Oc-
tober 1, 2020’’. 
SEC. 548. SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE 
TRAINING FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS ENLISTED 
IN THE ARMED FORCES UNDER A DELAYED 
ENTRY PROGRAM. 
(a) TRAINING REQUIRED.—Commencing not later 
than January 1, 2018, each Secretary concerned shall, inso-
far as practicable, provide training on sexual assault pre-
vention and response to each individual under the jurisdic-
tion of such Secretary who is enlisted in the Armed Forces 
under a delayed entry program such that each such indi-
vidual completes such training before the date of commence-
ment of basic training or initial active duty for training 
in the Armed Forces.
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(b) ELEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The training provided pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall meet such requirements as 
the Secretary of Defense shall establish for purposes of 
this section. Such training shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, be uniform across the Armed Forces. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROVISION AND NA-
TURE OF TRAINING.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the training should— 
(A) be provided through in-person instruc-
tion, whenever possible; and 
(B) include instruction on the proper use of 
social media. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘delayed entry program’’ means 
the following: 
(A) The Future Soldiers Program of the 
Army. 
(B) The Delayed Entry Program of the 
Navy and the Marine Corps. 
(C) The program of the Air Force for the 
delayed entry of enlistees into the Air Force. 
(D) The program of the Coast Guard for the 
delayed entry of enlistees into the Coast Guard.
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(E) Any successor program to a program 
referred to in subparagraphs (A) through (D). 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(a)(9) of title 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 549. USE OF ASSISTANCE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR 
NON-TRADITIONAL EDUCATION TO DEVELOP 
CYBERSECURITY AND COMPUTER CODING 
SKILLS. 
(a) BRIEFING ON USE REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall provide the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
briefing on the feasability and advisability of the enactment 
into law of the authority described in subsection (b). 
(b) AUTHORITY.—The authority described in this sub-
section is authority for a member of the Armed Forces who 
is eligible for tuition assistance under the Department of 
Defense Tuition Assistance (TA) Program to use such as-
sistance at or with an educational institution described in 
subsection (c) for courses or programs of education of such 
educational institution in connection with the following: 
(1) Cybersecurity skills or related skills. 
(2) Computer coding skills or related skills.
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(c) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An educational institution de-
scribed in this subsection is an educational institu-
tion not otherwise approved for participation in the 
Department of Defense Tuition Assistance Program 
that receives approval from the Department of De-
fense for participation in the program for courses or 
programs of education described in subsection (b). 
(2) APPROVAL.—Any approval of the participa-
tion of an educational institution in the Program 
under this subsection would be granted by the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in 
accordance with such guidance as the Under Sec-
retary would issue for purposes of this section. 
(3) 
MEMORANDA
OF
UNDERSTANDING.—The 
Under Secretary would enter into a memorandum of 
understanding with each educational institution ap-
proved for participation in the Program pursuant to 
this subsection regarding the participation of such 
educational institution in the Program. Each memo-
randum of understanding would set forth such terms 
and conditions regarding the participation of the edu-
cational institution concerned in the Program, in-
cluding terms and conditions applicable to the courses 
or programs for which tuition assistance under the
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Program could be used, as the Under Secretary would 
consider appropriate for purposes of this section. 
(d) COURSES AND PROGRAMS.—The courses and pro-
grams of education for which tuition assistance could be 
used pursuant to the authority in subsection (b) would in-
clude the following: 
(1) Massive online open courses (MOOCs). 
(2) Short-term certification courses, including 
so-called computer coding ‘‘boot camps’’. 
(3) Such other non-traditional courses and pro-
grams of education leading to skills specified in sub-
section (b) as the Under Secretary would consider ap-
propriate for purposes of this section. 
SEC. 550. SENSE OF SENATE ON INCREASING ENROLLMENT 
IN SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING 
CORPS PROGRAMS AT MINORITY-SERVING IN-
STITUTIONS. 
(a) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
that the Armed Forces should take appropriate actions to 
increase enrollment in Senior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps (SROTC) programs at minority-serving institutions. 
(b) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means 
an institution of higher education described in section
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371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1067q(a)). 
Subtitle 
F—Defense 
Dependents’ 
Education and Military Family 
Readiness Matters 
PART I—DEFENSE DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATION 
MATTERS 
SEC. 551. IMPACT AID FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DIS-
ABILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount authorized to be ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2018 pursuant to section 301 and 
available for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide 
activities as specified in the funding table in section 4301, 
$10,000,000 shall be available for payments under section 
363 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public 
Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A–77; 20 U.S.C. 7703a). 
(b) USE OF CERTAIN AMOUNT.—Of the amount avail-
able under subsection (a) for payments as described in that 
subsection, $5,000,000 shall be available for such payments 
to local educational agencies determined by the Secretary 
of Defense, in the discretion of the Secretary, to have higher 
concentrations of military children with severe disabilities.
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SEC. 552. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DE-
PENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI-
VILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE
TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT 
NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2018 
by section 301 and available for operation and maintenance 
for Defense-wide activities as specified in the funding table 
in section 4301, $25,000,000 shall be available only for the 
purpose of providing assistance to local educational agen-
cies under subsection (a) of section 572 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109–163; 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 
(b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 7013(9) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)). 
SEC. 553. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO THE TRANSITION AND SUPPORT OF 
MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS TO LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 
Section 574(c)(3) of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (20 U.S.C. 7703b
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note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
PART II—MILITARY FAMILY READINESS MATTERS 
SEC. 556. HOUSING TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES, AND THEIR SPOUSES 
AND OTHER DEPENDENTS, UNDERGOING A 
PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION WITHIN 
THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) HOUSING TREATMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 403 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 403a. Housing treatment for certain members of the 
armed forces, and their spouses and other 
dependents, 
undergoing 
a 
permanent 
change of station within the United States 
‘‘(a) HOUSING TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS 
WHO HAVE A SPOUSE OR OTHER DEPENDENTS.— 
‘‘(1) HOUSING TREATMENT REGULATIONS.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations that 
permit a member of the armed forces described in 
paragraph (2) who is undergoing a permanent change 
of station within the United States to request the 
housing treatment described in subsection (b) during 
the covered relocation period of the member.
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‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—A member described 
in this paragraph is any member who— 
‘‘(A) has a spouse who is gainfully em-
ployed or enrolled in a degree, certificate or li-
cense granting program at the beginning of the 
covered relocation period; 
‘‘(B) has one or more dependents attending 
an elementary or secondary school at the begin-
ning of the covered relocation period; 
‘‘(C) has one or more dependents enrolled in 
the Exceptional Family Member Program; or 
‘‘(D) is caring for an immediate family 
member with a chronic or long-term illness at 
the beginning of the covered relocation period. 
‘‘(b) HOUSING TREATMENT.— 
‘‘(1) CONTINUATION
OF
HOUSING
FOR
THE 
SPOUSE AND OTHER DEPENDENTS.—If a spouse or 
other dependent of a member whose request under sub-
section (a) is approved resides in Government-owned 
or Government-leased housing at the beginning of the 
covered relocation period, the spouse or other depend-
ent may continue to reside in such housing during a 
period determined in accordance with the regulations 
prescribed pursuant to this section.
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‘‘(2) EARLY HOUSING ELIGIBILITY.—If a spouse 
or other dependent of a member whose request under 
subsection (a) is approved is eligible to reside in Gov-
ernment-owned or Government-leased housing fol-
lowing the member’s permanent change of station 
within the United States, the spouse or other depend-
ent may commence residing in such housing at any 
time during the covered relocation period. 
‘‘(3) TEMPORARY USE OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED 
OR
GOVERNMENT-LEASED
HOUSING
INTENDED
FOR 
MEMBERS WITHOUT A SPOUSE OR DEPENDENT.—If a 
spouse or other dependent of a member relocates at a 
time different from the member in accordance with a 
request approved under subsection (a), the member 
may be assigned to Government-owned or Govern-
ment-leased housing intended for the permanent hous-
ing of members without a spouse or dependent until 
the member’s detachment date or the spouse or other 
dependent’s arrival date, but only if such Govern-
ment-owned or Government-leased housing is avail-
able without displacing a member without a spouse or 
dependent at such housing. 
‘‘(4) EQUITABLE BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUS-
ING.—If a spouse or other dependent of a member re-
locates at a time different from the member in accord-
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ance with a request approved under subsection (a), 
the amount of basic allowance for housing payable 
may be based on whichever of the following areas the 
Secretary concerned determines to be the most equi-
table: 
‘‘(A) The area of the duty station to which 
the member is reassigned. 
‘‘(B) The area in which the spouse or other 
dependent resides, but only if the spouse or other 
dependent resides in that area when the member 
departs for the duty station to which the member 
is reassigned, and only for the period during 
which the spouse or other dependent resides in 
that area. 
‘‘(C) The area of the former duty station of 
the member, but only if that area is different 
from the area in which the spouse or other de-
pendent resides. 
‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATED TO CERTAIN 
BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING PAYMENTS.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to limit the payment or the 
amount of basic allowance for housing payable under sec-
tion 403(d)(3)(A) of this title to a member whose request 
under subsection (a) is approved.
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‘‘(d) INAPPLICABILITY TO COAST GUARD.—This sec-
tion does not apply to members of the Coast Guard. 
‘‘(e) HOUSING TREATMENT EDUCATION.—The regula-
tions prescribed pursuant to this section shall ensure the 
relocation assistance programs under section 1056 of title 
10 include, as part of the assistance normally provided 
under such section, education about the housing treatment 
available under this section. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED RELOCATION PERIOD.—(A) Sub-
ject to subparagraph (B), the term ‘covered relocation 
period’, when used with respect to a permanent 
change of station of a member of the armed forces, 
means the period that— 
‘‘(i) begins 180 days before the date of the 
permanent change of station; and 
‘‘(ii) ends 180 days after the date of the per-
manent change of station. 
‘‘(B) The regulations prescribed pursuant to this 
section may provide for a shortening or lengthening 
of the covered relocation period of a member for pur-
poses of this section. 
‘‘(2) DEPENDENT.—The term ‘dependent’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 401 of this title.
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‘‘(3) PERMANENT
CHANGE
OF
STATION.—The 
term ‘permanent change of station’ means a perma-
nent change of station described in section 452(b)(2) 
of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 7 such title is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 403 the following new item: 
‘‘403a. Housing treatment for certain members of the armed forces, and their 
spouses and other dependents, undergoing a permanent change 
of station within the United States.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2018. 
SEC. 557. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE FOR CHILDCARE SERVICES PRO-
VIDERS FOR DEPARTMENT CHILD DEVELOP-
MENT CENTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may, 
without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 
33 of title 5, United States Code, recruit and appoint quali-
fied childcare services providers to positions within the De-
partment of Defense child development centers. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall carry out this 
section in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary for purposes of this section. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary 
shall prescribe the regulations required by subsection (b),
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and commence implementation of subsection (a), by not 
later than May 1, 2018. 
(d) CHILDCARE SERVICES PROVIDER DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘childcare services provider’’ means 
a person who provides childcare services for dependent chil-
dren of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employ-
ees of the Department of Defense in child development cen-
ters on Department installations. 
SEC. 558. REPORT ON EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING FOR 
CHILDCARE SERVICES OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
Not later than March 1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting 
forth an assessment, undertaken by the Secretary for pur-
poses of the report, of the feasibility and advisability of the 
following: 
(1) Expanding the operating hours of childcare 
facilities of the Department of Defense in order to 
meet childcare services requirements for swing-shift, 
night-shift, and weekend workers. 
(2) Using contracts with private-sector childcare 
services providers to expand the availability of 
childcare services for members of the Armed Forces at 
locations outside military installations at costs simi-
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lar to the current costs for childcare services through 
child development centers on military installations. 
(3) Contracting with private-sector childcare 
services providers to operate childcare facilities of the 
Department on military installations. 
(4) Expanding childcare services as described in 
paragraphs (1) through (3) to members of the Na-
tional Guard and Reserves in a manner that does not 
substantially raise costs of childcare services for the 
military departments or conflict with others who have 
a higher priority for space in childcare services pro-
grams, such as members of the Armed Forces on ac-
tive duty. 
SEC. 559. REPORT ON REVIEW OF GENERAL SCHEDULE PAY 
GRADES 
OF 
CHILDCARE 
SERVICES 
PRO-
VIDERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2018, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on a review, undertaken by the Sec-
retary for purposes of the report, of the General Schedule 
pay grades for childcare services provider positions within 
the Department of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REVIEW.—The review undertaken 
for purposes of subsection (a) shall include the following:
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(1) A comparison of the compensation provided 
for current General Schedule pay grades for childcare 
services provider positions within the Department 
with the compensation provided to childcare services 
providers in the private sector providing similar 
childcare services. 
(2) An assessment of the mix of General Schedule 
pay grades currently required by the Department to 
most effectively recruit and retain childcare services 
providers for military dependents. 
(3) A comparison of the budget implications of 
the current General Schedule pay grade mix with the 
General Schedule pay grade mix determined pursuant 
to paragraph (2) to be required by the Department to 
most effectively recruit and retain childcare services 
providers for military dependents. 
SEC. 560. PILOT PROGRAM ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNER-
SHIPS FOR TELEWORK FACILITIES ON MILI-
TARY INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Commencing not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to assess 
the feasability and advisability of providing telework facili-
ties for military spouses on military installations outside
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the United States. The Secretary shall consult with the host 
nation or nations concerned in carrying out the pilot pro-
gram. 
(b) NUMBER OF INSTALLATIONS.—The Secretary shall 
carry out the pilot program at not less than two military 
installations outside the United States selected by the Sec-
retary for purposes of the pilot program. 
(c) DURATION.—The duration of the pilot program 
shall be a period selected by the Secretary, but not more 
than three years. 
(d) ELEMENTS.—The pilot program shall include the 
following elements: 
(1) The pilot program shall be conducted as one 
or more public-private partnerships between the De-
partment of Defense and a private corporation or 
partnership of private corporations. 
(2) The corporation or corporations partici-
pating in the pilot program shall contribute to the 
carrying out of the pilot program an amount equal 
to the amount committed by the Secretary to the pilot 
program at the time of its commencement. 
(3) The Secretary shall enter into one or more 
memoranda of understanding with the corporation or 
corporations participating in the pilot program for 
purposes of the pilot program, including the amounts
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to be contributed by such corporation or corporations 
pursuant to paragraph (2). 
(4) The telework undertaken by military spouses 
under the pilot program may only be for United 
States companies. 
(5) The pilot program shall permit military 
spouses to provide administrative, informational tech-
nology, professional, and other necessary support to 
companies through telework from Department instal-
lations outside the United States. 
(e) FUNDING.—Of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 2018 by section 401 and available 
for military personnel as specified in the funding table in 
section 4401, up to $1,000,000 may be available to carry 
out the pilot program, including entry into memoranda of 
understanding pursuant to subsection (d)(3) and payment 
by the Secretary of the amount committed by the Secretary 
to the pilot program pursuant to subsection (d)(2). 
SEC. 561. REPORT ON MECHANISMS TO FACILITATE THE 
OBTAINING BY MILITARY SPOUSES OF PRO-
FESSIONAL LICENSES OR CREDENTIALS IN 
OTHER STATES. 
Not later than March 1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting
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forth an assessment of the feasability and advisability of 
the following: 
(1) The development and maintenance of a joint 
Federal-State clearing house to process the profes-
sional license and credential information of military 
spouses in order— 
(A) to facilitate the matching of such infor-
mation with State professional licensure and 
credentialing requirements; and 
(B) to provide military spouses information 
on the actions required to obtain professional li-
censes or credentials in other States. 
(2) The establishment of a joint Federal-State 
taskforce dedicated to the elimination of unnecessary 
or duplicative professional licensure and credentialing 
requirements among the States. 
(3) The development and maintenance of an 
Internet website that serves as a one-stop resource on 
professional licenses and credentials for military 
spouses that sets forth license and credential require-
ments for common professions in the States and pro-
vides assistance and other resources for military 
spouses seeking to obtain professional licenses or cre-
dentials in other States.
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SEC. 562. ADDITIONAL MILITARY CHILDCARE MATTERS. 
(a) HOURS OF OPERATION OF CHILDCARE DEVELOP-
MENT CENTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The hours of operation of each 
childcare development center (CDC) of the Depart-
ment of Defense shall, to the extent practicable, be set 
and maintained in manner that takes into account 
the demands and circumstances of members of the 
Armed Forces, including members of the reserve com-
ponents, who use such center in facilitation of the 
performance of their military duties. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—The 
demands and circumstances to be taken into account 
under paragraph (1) for purposes of setting and 
maintaining the hours of operation of a childcare de-
velopment center shall include the following: 
(A) Mission requirements of units whose 
members use such center. 
(B) The unpredictability of work schedules, 
and fluctuations in day-to-day work hours, of 
such members. 
(C) The potential for frequent and pro-
longed absences of such members for training, op-
erations, and deployments. 
(D) The location of such center on the mili-
tary installation concerned, including the loca-
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tion in connection with duty locations of mem-
bers and applicable military family housing. 
(E) The geographic separation of such mem-
bers from their extended family. 
(F) The impact on the ability of such mem-
bers to perform their military duties of employ-
ment of their spouses or educational pursuits of 
their spouses. 
(G) Such other matters as the Secretary of 
the military department concerned considers ap-
propriate for purposes of this subsection. 
(b) CHILDCARE COORDINATORS
FOR MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS.— 
(1) CHILDCARE
COORDINATORS.—Each Sec-
retary of a military department shall provide for a 
childcare coordinator at each military installation 
under the jurisdiction of such Secretary at which are 
stationed significant numbers of members of the 
Armed Forces with accompanying dependent children, 
as determined by such Secretary. 
(2) NATURE OF POSITION.—The childcare coordi-
nator for a military installation may be an indi-
vidual appointed to that position on full-time or 
part-time basis or an individual appointed to another 
position whose duties in such other position are con-
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sistent with the discharge by the person of the duties 
of childcare coordinator. 
(3) DUTIES.—Each childcare coordinator for an 
installation shall carry out the duties as follows: 
(A) Act as an advocate for military families 
at the installation on childcare matters both on- 
installation and off-installation. 
(B) Work with the commander of the instal-
lation in order to seek to ensure that the 
childcare development centers at the installation, 
together with any other available childcare op-
tions on or in the vicinity of the installation— 
(i) provide a quality of care (including 
a caregiver-to-child ratio) commensurate 
with best practices of private providers of 
childcare services; and 
(ii) are responsive to the childcare 
needs of members stationed at the installa-
tion and their families. 
(C) 
Work 
with 
private 
providers 
of 
childcare services in the vicinity of the installa-
tion in order to— 
(i) track vacancies in the childcare fa-
cilities of such providers;
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(ii) seek to increase the availability of 
affordable childcare services for such mem-
bers; and 
(iii) otherwise ease the use of such serv-
ices by such members. 
(D) Such other duties as the Secretary of 
the military department concerned shall specify. 
SEC. 563. MECHANISMS TO FACILITATE THE OBTAINING BY 
MILITARY SPOUSES OF OCCUPATIONAL LI-
CENSES OR CREDENTIALS IN OTHER STATES. 
Not later than March 1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense 
shall— 
(1) develop and maintain a joint Federal-State 
clearing house to process the occupational license and 
credential information of military spouses in order— 
(A) to facilitate the matching of such infor-
mation with State occupational licensure and 
credentialing requirements; and 
(B) to provide military spouses information 
on the actions required to obtain occupational li-
censes or credentials in other States; 
(2) develop and maintain an Internet website 
that serves as a one-stop resource on occupational li-
censes and credentials for military spouses that sets 
forth license and credential requirements for common
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occupations in the States and provides assistance and 
other resources for military spouses seeking to obtain 
occupational licenses or credentials in other States; 
and 
(3) submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a re-
port setting forth an assessment of the feasibility and 
advisability of the establishment of a joint Federal- 
State task force dedicated to the elimination of unnec-
essary or duplicative occupational licensure and 
credentialing requirements among the States, includ-
ing through the use of alternative, less restrictive and 
burdensome forms of occupational regulation. 
Subtitle G—Decorations and 
Awards 
SEC. 571. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF THE ARMY TO 
AWARD 
THE 
PERSONNEL 
PROTECTION 
EQUIPMENT 
AWARD 
OF 
THE 
ARMY 
TO 
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMY. 
Notwithstanding any requirement in section 1125 of 
title 10, United States Code, relating to the award of 
awards only to current members of the Armed Forces, the 
Secretary of the Army may award the Personnel Protection 
Equipment (PPE) award of the Army to former members 
of the Army.
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SEC. 572. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF DISTINGUISHED 
SERVICE CROSS TO SPECIALIST FRANK M. 
CRARY FOR ACTS OF VALOR IN VIETNAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time limi-
tations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 
Armed Forces, the President may award the Distinguished 
Service Cross under section 3742 of such title to Specialist 
Frank M. Crary for the acts of valor in Vietnam described 
in subsection (b). 
(b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of Frank M. 
Crary on April 7, 1966, as a member of the Army serving 
in the grade of Specialist in Vietnam while serving with 
Company D, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 12th Cavalry Regi-
ment, 1st Cavalry Division. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
SEC. 581. MODIFICATION OF SUBMITTAL DATE OF COMP-
TROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
REPORT ON INTEGRITY OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM. 
Section 536(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2124) is amended by striking ‘‘18 months after the date
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of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2018’’. 
SEC. 582. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ACCOMPANIED AND 
UNACCOMPANIED TOURS OF DUTY IN RE-
MOTE LOCATIONS WITH HIGH FAMILY SUP-
PORT COSTS. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report setting forth a com-
parative analysis, undertaken by the Secretary for purposes 
of the report, of accompanied tours of duty and unaccom-
panied tours of duty of members of the Armed Forces in 
remote locations with high family support costs (including 
facility construction and operation costs), including the fol-
lowing: 
(1) United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba. 
(2) Kwajalein Atoll. 
(3) Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. 
SEC. 583. AUTHORIZATION OF SUPPORT FOR BEYOND YEL-
LOW RIBBON PROGRAMS. 
Section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 
10101 note) is amended—
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(1) by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as 
subsections (l) and (m), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following 
new subsection (k): 
‘‘(k) SUPPORT FOR BEYOND YELLOW RIBBON PRO-
GRAMS.—The Secretary of Defense may award grants to 
States to carry out programs that provide deployment cycle 
information, services, and referrals to members of reserve 
components of the Armed Forces, members of active compo-
nents of the Armed Forces, and the families of such members 
throughout the deployment cycle. Such programs may in-
clude the provision of access to outreach services, including 
the following: 
‘‘(1) Employment counseling. 
‘‘(2) Behavioral health counseling. 
‘‘(3) Suicide prevention. 
‘‘(4) Housing advocacy. 
‘‘(5) Financial counseling. 
‘‘(6) Referrals to for the receipt of other serv-
ices.’’.
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TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
SEC. 601. FISCAL YEAR 2018 INCREASE IN MILITARY BASIC 
PAY. 
(a) WAIVER OF SECTION 1009 ADJUSTMENT.—The ad-
justment to become effective during fiscal year 2018 re-
quired by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, in 
the rates of monthly basic pay authorized members of the 
uniformed services shall not be made. 
(b) INCREASE IN BASIC PAY.—Effective on January 
1, 2018, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of the 
uniformed services are increased by 2.1 percent. 
SEC. 602. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TEM-
PORARY INCREASE IN RATES OF BASIC AL-
LOWANCE FOR HOUSING UNDER CERTAIN 
CIRCUMSTANCES. 
Section 403(b)(7)(E) of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2018’’.
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SEC. 603. ADJUSTMENT TO BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUS-
ING AT WITH DEPENDENTS RATE OF CERTAIN 
MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(p) INELIGIBILITY FOR WITH DEPENDENTS RATE OF 
CERTAIN MEMBERS.—A member who is married to another 
member, is assigned to the same geographic location as such 
other member, and has one or more dependent children with 
such other member is not eligible for a basic allowance for 
housing at the with dependents rate.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2017, and 
shall, except as provided in paragraph (2), apply 
with respect to allowances for basic housing payable 
for months beginning on or after that date. 
(2) PRESERVATION OF CURRENT BAH FOR MEM-
BERS WITH UNINTERRUPTED ELIGIBILITY FOR BAH.— 
Notwithstanding the amendment made by subsection 
(a), the monthly amount of basic allowance for hous-
ing payable to a member of the uniformed services 
under section 403 of title 37, United States Code, as 
of September 30, 2017, shall not be reduced by reason 
of the amendment so long as the member retains un-
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interrupted eligibility for such basic allowance for 
housing within an area of the United States or with-
in an overseas location (as applicable). 
SEC. 604. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT TO 
DETERMINE ALTERNATIVE PAY ADJUSTMENT 
IN ANNUAL BASIC PAY OF MEMBERS OF THE 
UNIFORMED SERVICES. 
(a) MODIFICATION.—Section 1009(e) of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or serious eco-
nomic conditions affecting the general welfare’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and— 
(1) if the date of the enactment of this Act occurs 
before September 1 of a year, shall apply with respect 
to plans for alternative pay adjustments for any year 
beginning after such year; and 
(2) if the date of the enactment of this Act occurs 
after August 31 of a year, shall apply with respect to 
plans for alternative pay adjustments for any year 
beginning after the year following such year.
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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 RESERVE 
FORCES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States Code, 
are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2018’’: 
(1) Section 308b(g), relating to Selected Reserve 
reenlistment bonus. 
(2) Section 308c(i), relating to Selected Reserve 
affiliation or enlistment bonus. 
(3) Section 308d(c), relating to special pay for 
enlisted members assigned to certain high-priority 
units. 
(4) Section 308g(f)(2), relating to Ready Reserve 
enlistment bonus for persons without prior service. 
(5) Section 308h(e), relating to Ready Reserve 
enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 
prior service. 
(6) Section 308i(f), relating to Selected Reserve 
enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 
prior service.
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(7) Section 478a(e), relating to reimbursement of 
travel expenses for inactive-duty training outside of 
normal commuting distance. 
(8) Section 910(g), relating to income replace-
ment payments for reserve component members expe-
riencing extended and frequent mobilization for active 
duty service. 
SEC. 612. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR HEALTH 
CARE PROFESSIONALS. 
(a) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections 
of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2018’’: 
(1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse officer 
candidate accession program. 
(2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of 
education loans for certain health professionals who 
serve in the Selected Reserve. 
(b) TITLE 37 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections of 
title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2018’’: 
(1) Section 302c–1(f), relating to accession and 
retention bonuses for psychologists. 
(2) Section 302d(a)(1), relating to accession 
bonus for registered nurses.
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(3) Section 302e(a)(1), relating to incentive spe-
cial pay for nurse anesthetists. 
(4) Section 302g(e), relating to special pay for 
Selected Reserve health professionals in critically 
short wartime specialties. 
(5) Section 302h(a)(1), relating to accession 
bonus for dental officers. 
(6) Section 302j(a), relating to accession bonus 
for pharmacy officers. 
(7) Section 302k(f), relating to accession bonus 
for medical officers in critically short wartime spe-
cialties. 
(8) Section 302l(g), relating to accession bonus 
for dental specialist officers in critically short war-
time specialties. 
SEC. 613. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PAY AND 
BONUS AUTHORITIES FOR NUCLEAR OFFI-
CERS. 
The following sections of title 37, United States Code, 
are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2018’’: 
(1) Section 312(f), relating to special pay for 
nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active 
service.
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(2) Section 312b(c), relating to nuclear career 
accession bonus. 
(3) Section 312c(d), relating to nuclear career 
annual incentive bonus. 
SEC. 614. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO TITLE 37 CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL 
PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORI-
TIES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States Code, 
are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2018’’: 
(1) Section 331(h), relating to general bonus au-
thority for enlisted members. 
(2) Section 332(g), relating to general bonus au-
thority for officers. 
(3) Section 333(i), relating to special bonus and 
incentive pay authorities for nuclear officers. 
(4) Section 334(i), relating to special aviation 
incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers. 
(5) Section 335(k), relating to special bonus and 
incentive pay authorities for officers in health profes-
sions. 
(6) Section 336(g), relating to contracting bonus 
for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the Senior Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps.