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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6018 
Making supplemental appropriations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2023 
Ms. TENNEY (for herself, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, and Mr. KUSTOFF) 
introduced the bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to theCommittee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
Making supplemental appropriations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and 
for other purposes, namely: 
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY PROGRAMS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $4,400,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, to respond to the situation 
in Israel and for related expenses: Provided, That amounts 
made available by under this heading shall be available 
for transfer to accounts under the headings ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance’’, ‘‘Procurement’’, ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation’’, and ‘‘Revolving and Manage-
ment Funds’’ for replacement, through new procurement 
or repair of existing unserviceable equipment, of defense 
articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, and 
for reimbursement for defense services of the Department 
of Defense and military education and training, provided 
to or identified for provision to Israel or to foreign coun-
tries that have provided support to Israel at the request 
of the United States: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading may also be transferred 
to accounts under the heading ‘‘Procurement’’ for expan-
sion of public and private plants, including the land nec-
essary therefor, and procurement and installation of 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in such plants, 
for the purpose of increasing production of critical muni-
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tions: Provided further, That of amounts made available 
under this heading may also be transferred to accounts 
under the heading ‘‘Procurement’’ and ‘‘Research, Devel-
opment, Test and Evaluation’’ for the acquisition of crit-
ical defense articles: Provided further, That funds trans-
ferred pursuant to a transfer authority provided under 
this heading shall be merged with and available for the 
same purposes and for the same time period as the appro-
priations to which the funds are transferred: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the con-
gressional defense committees of the details of such trans-
fers not less than 15 days before any such transfer: Pro-
vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 
of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 
necessary for the purposes provided under this heading, 
such amounts may be transferred back and merged with 
this appropriation: Provided further, That amounts may 
be transferred between appropriations made under this 
heading: Provided further, That any transfer authority 
provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That 
such amount in this paragraph is designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, 
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That such amounts shall be available only if the President 
designates such amount as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 
MILITARY PROGRAMS PROCUREMENT 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
munition, Army’’, $801,400,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026, to respond to the situation in Israel 
and for related expenses: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
Provided further, That such amount shall be available only 
if the President designates such amount as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for Procurement, Defense- 
Wide, $4,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, for the Secretary of Defense to provide 
to the Government of Israel for the procurement of the 
Iron Dome and David’s Sling defense systems to counter 
shortrange rocket threats: Provided, That such funds shall 
be transferred pursuant to an exchange of letters and are 
in addition to funds provided pursuant to the U.S.-Israel 
Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended: Pro-
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vided further, That nothing under this heading shall be 
construed to apply to amounts made available in prior ap-
propriations Acts for the procurement of the Iron Dome 
and David’s Sling defense systems: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, 
That such amounts shall be available only if the President 
designates such amount as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 
MILITARY PROGRAMS RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, 
AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, 
Test 
and 
Evaluation, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$1,200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026, for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov-
ernment of Israel for the development of the Iron Beam 
defense system to counter short-range rocket threats: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be transferred pursuant to 
an exchange of letters: Provided further, That nothing in 
the preceding proviso shall be construed to apply to 
amounts made available in prior appropriations Acts for 
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the development of the Iron Beam defense system: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 
further, That such amounts shall be available only if the 
President designates such amount as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 
TITLE VIII–GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 8001. Section 12001 of the Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287), as 
amended by Public Law 115–141, is amended as follows: 
(1) In paragraph (2) of subsection (a), by strik-
ing ‘‘armor’’ and all that follows through the end of 
the paragraph and inserting ‘‘defense articles that 
are in the inventory of the Department of Defense 
as of the date of transfer, are intended for use as 
reserve stocks for Israel, and are located in a stock-
pile for Israel as of the date of transfer’’. 
(2) In subsection (b), by striking ‘‘at least 
equal to the fair market value of the items trans-
ferred’’ and inserting ‘‘in an amount to be deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense’’. 
(3) In subsection (c), by inserting before the 
comma in the first sentence the following: ‘‘, or as 
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