H. Res. 441 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 12, 2013. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution the 
House shall be considered to have taken from the Speaker’s 
table the bill, H.R. 3304, with the Senate amendments there-
to, and to have— 
(1) concurred in the Senate amendment to the title; 
(2) concurred in the first three Senate amendments 
to the text of the bill; and 
(3) concurred in the fourth Senate amendment to 
the text of the bill with the following amendment: 
In lieu of striking the matter proposed to be strick-
en on page 3, line 9, by the amendment of the Senate 
to the text of the bill, strike ‘‘requested’’ on page 3, line 
9, and insert the following: 
to award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of such title 
to Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army for the acts 
of valor during the Vietnam Conflict described in subsection 
(b).
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(b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor re-
ferred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then Specialist 
Four Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army serving with 
3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry, 
196th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division on January 
17, 1970, during the Vietnam Conflict. 
SEC. 3. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2014’’. 
SEC. 4. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CON-
TENTS. 
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into four divisions 
as follows: 
(1) Division A—Department of Defense Authoriza-
tions. 
(2) Division B—Military Construction Authoriza-
tions. 
(3) Division C—Department of Energy National 
Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations. 
(4) Division D—Funding Tables. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees. 
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT
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Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
Sec. 111. Limitation on availability of funds for Stryker vehicle program. 
Sec. 112. Study on multiyear, multivehicle procurement authority for tactical 
vehicles. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
Sec. 121. CVN–78 class aircraft carrier program. 
Sec. 122. Repeal of requirements relating to procurement of future surface 
combatants. 
Sec. 123. Multiyear procurement authority for E–2D aircraft program. 
Sec. 124. Limitation on availability of funds for Littoral Combat Ship. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
Sec. 131. Repeal of requirement for maintenance of certain retired KC–135E 
aircraft. 
Sec. 132. Multiyear procurement authority for C–130J aircraft. 
Sec. 133. Prohibition on cancellation or modification of avionics modernization 
program for C–130 aircraft. 
Sec. 134. Prohibition of procurement of unnecessary C–27J aircraft by the Air 
Force. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters 
Sec. 141. Personal protection equipment procurement. 
Sec. 142. Repeal of certain F–35 reporting requirements. 
Sec. 143. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of RQ–4 Global 
Hawk unmanned aircraft systems and A–10 aircraft. 
Sec. 144. MC–12 Liberty Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance air-
craft. 
Sec. 145. Competition for evolved expendable launch vehicle providers. 
Sec. 146. Reports on personal protection equipment and health and safety risks 
associated with ejection seats. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 211. Modification of requirements on biennial strategic plan for the De-
fense Advanced Research Projects Agency. 
Sec. 212. Limitation on availability of funds for ground combat vehicle engi-
neering and manufacturing phase. 
Sec. 213. Limitation and reporting requirements for unmanned carrier- 
launched surveillance and strike system program. 
Sec. 214. Limitation on availability of funds for Air Force logistics trans-
formation. 
Sec. 215. Limitation on availability of funds for defensive cyberspace operations 
of the Air Force.
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Sec. 216. Limitation on availability of funds for precision extended range muni-
tion program. 
Sec. 217. Long-range standoff weapon requirement; prohibition on availability 
of funds for noncompetitive procedures for offensive anti-sur-
face warfare weapon contracts of the Navy. 
Sec. 218. Review of software development for F–35 aircraft. 
Sec. 219. Evaluation and assessment of the distributed common ground system. 
Sec. 220. Operationally responsive space. 
Sec. 221. Sustainment or replacement of Blue Devil intelligence, surveillance, 
and reconnaissance capabilities. 
Subtitle C—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 231. Improvements to acquisition accountability reports on ballistic missile 
defense system. 
Sec. 232. Prohibition on use of funds for MEADS program. 
Sec. 233. Prohibition on availability of funds for integration of certain missile 
defense systems; report on regional ballistic missile defense. 
Sec. 234. Availability of funds for co-production of Iron Dome short-range 
rocket defense system in the United States. 
Sec. 235. Additional missile defense radar for the protection of the United 
States homeland. 
Sec. 236. Evaluation of options for future ballistic missile defense sensor archi-
tectures. 
Sec. 237. Plans to improve the ground-based midcourse defense system. 
Sec. 238. Report on potential future homeland ballistic missile defense options. 
Sec. 239. Briefings on status of implementation of certain missile defense mat-
ters. 
Sec. 240. Sense of Congress and report on NATO and missile defense burden- 
sharing. 
Sec. 241. Sense of Congress on deployment of regional ballistic missile defense 
capabilities. 
Sec. 242. Sense of Congress on procurement of capability enhancement II 
exoatmospheric kill vehicle. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 251. Annual Comptroller General report on the amphibious combat vehicle 
acquisition program. 
Sec. 252. Annual Comptroller General of the United States report on the acqui-
sition program for the VXX Presidential Helicopter. 
Sec. 253. Report on strategy to improve body armor. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 261. Establishment of Communications Security Review and Advisory 
Board. 
Sec. 262. Extension and expansion of mechanisms to provide funds for defense 
laboratories for research and development of technologies for 
military missions. 
Sec. 263. Extension of authority to award prizes for advanced technology 
achievements. 
Sec. 264. Five-year extension of pilot program to include technology protection 
features during research and development of certain defense 
systems. 
Sec. 265. Briefing on biometrics activities of the Department of Defense.
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Sec. 266. Sense of Congress on importance of aligning common missile com-
partment of Ohio-class replacement program with the United 
Kingdom’s Vanguard successor program. 
Sec. 267. Sense of Congress on counter-electronics high power microwave mis-
sile project. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. 
Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 
Sec. 311. Deadline for submission of reports on proposed budgets for activities 
relating to operational energy strategy. 
Sec. 312. Facilitation of interagency cooperation in conservation programs of 
the Departments of Defense, Agriculture, and Interior to avoid 
or reduce adverse impacts on military readiness activities. 
Sec. 313. Reauthorization of Sikes Act. 
Sec. 314. Clarification of prohibition on disposing of waste in open-air burn 
pits. 
Sec. 315. Limitation on availability of funds for procurement of drop-in fuels. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment 
Sec. 321. Strategic policy for prepositioned materiel and equipment. 
Sec. 322. Department of Defense manufacturing arsenal study and report. 
Sec. 323. Consideration of Army arsenals’ capabilities to fulfill manufacturing 
requirements. 
Sec. 324. Strategic policy for the retrograde, reconstitution, and replacement of 
operating forces used to support overseas contingency oper-
ations. 
Sec. 325. Littoral Combat Ship Strategic Sustainment Plan. 
Sec. 326. Strategy for improving asset tracking and in-transit visibility. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 331. Additional reporting requirements relating to personnel and unit 
readiness. 
Sec. 332. Modification of authorities on prioritization of funds for equipment 
readiness and strategic capability. 
Sec. 333. Revision to requirement for annual submission of information regard-
ing information technology capital assets. 
Sec. 334. Modification of annual corrosion control and prevention reporting re-
quirements. 
Subtitle E—Limitations and Extensions of Authority 
Sec. 341. Certification for realignment of forces at Lajes Air Force Base, 
Azores. 
Sec. 342. Limitation on performance of Department of Defense flight dem-
onstration teams outside the United States. 
Sec. 343. Limitation on funding for United States Special Operations Com-
mand National Capital Region. 
Sec. 344. Limitation on availability of funds for Trans Regional Web Initiative. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters
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Sec. 351. Gifts made for the benefit of military musical units. 
Sec. 352. Revised policy on ground combat and camouflage utility uniforms. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Sec. 402. Revisions in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels and 
in annual limitation on certain end strength reductions. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2014 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active 
duty for operational support. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy Generally 
Sec. 501. Congressional notification requirements related to increases in num-
ber of general and flag officers on active duty or in joint duty 
assignments. 
Sec. 502. Service credit for cyberspace experience or advanced education upon 
original appointment as a commissioned officer. 
Sec. 503. Selective early retirement authority for regular officers and selective 
early removal of officers from reserve active-status list. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Suicide prevention efforts for members of the reserve components. 
Sec. 512. Removal of restrictions on the transfer of officers between the active 
and inactive National Guard. 
Sec. 513. Limitations on cancellations of deployment of certain reserve compo-
nent units and involuntary mobilizations of certain Reserves. 
Sec. 514. Review of requirements and authorizations for reserve component 
general and flag officers in an active status. 
Sec. 515. Feasibility of establishing a unit of the National Guard in American 
Samoa and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands. 
Subtitle C—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 521. Provision of information under Transition Assistance Program about 
disability-related employment and education protections. 
Sec. 522. Medical examination requirements regarding post-traumatic stress 
disorder or traumatic brain injury before administrative sepa-
ration. 
Sec. 523. Establishment and use of consistent definition of gender-neutral occu-
pational standard for military career designators.
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Sec. 524. Sense of Congress regarding the Women in Service Implementation 
Plan. 
Sec. 525. Provision of military service records to the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs in an electronic format. 
Sec. 526. Review of Integrated Disability Evaluation System. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice Matters, Other Than Sexual Assault Prevention 
and Response and Related Reforms 
Sec. 531. Modification of eligibility for appointment as Judge on the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 532. Enhancement of protection of rights of conscience of members of the 
Armed Forces and chaplains of such members. 
Sec. 533. Inspector General investigation of Armed Forces compliance with reg-
ulations for the protection of rights of conscience of members 
of the Armed Forces and their chaplains. 
Sec. 534. Survey of military chaplains views on Department of Defense policy 
regarding chaplain prayers outside of religious services. 
Subtitle E—Member Education and Training 
Sec. 541. Additional requirements for approval of educational programs for 
purposes of certain educational assistance under laws adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Defense. 
Sec. 542. Enhancement of mechanisms to correlate skills and training for mili-
tary occupational specialties with skills and training required 
for civilian certifications and licenses. 
Sec. 543. Report on the Troops to Teachers program. 
Sec. 544. Secretary of Defense report on feasibility of requiring automatic oper-
ation of current prohibition on accrual of interest on direct stu-
dent loans of certain members of the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle F—Defense Dependents’ Education and Military Family Readiness 
Matters 
Sec. 551. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that 
benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and De-
partment of Defense civilian employees. 
Sec. 552. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities. 
Sec. 553. Treatment of tuition payments received for virtual elementary and 
secondary education component of Department of Defense edu-
cation program. 
Sec. 554. Family support programs for immediate family members of members 
of the Armed Forces assigned to special operations forces. 
Sec. 555. Sense of Congress on parental rights of members of the Armed 
Forces in child custody determinations. 
Subtitle G—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 561. Repeal of limitation on number of medals of honor that may be 
awarded to the same member of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 562. Standardization of time-limits for recommending and awarding Medal 
of Honor, Distinguished-Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force 
Cross, and Distinguished-Service Medal. 
Sec. 563. Recodification and revision of Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast 
Guard Medal of Honor Roll requirements. 
Sec. 564. Prompt replacement of military decorations.
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Sec. 565. Review of eligibility for, and award of, Purple Heart to victims of the 
attacks at recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, and at 
Fort Hood, Texas. 
Sec. 566. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to former members 
of the Armed Forces previously recommended for award of the 
Medal of Honor. 
Sec. 567. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor for acts of valor dur-
ing the Vietnam War. 
Sec. 568. Authorization for award of the Distinguished-Service Cross for acts 
of valor during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. 
Sec. 569. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant 
Alonzo H. Cushing for acts of valor during the Civil War. 
Subtitle H—Other Studies, Reviews, Policies, and Reports 
Sec. 571. Report on feasibility of expanding performance evaluation reports to 
include 360-degree assessment approach. 
Sec. 572. Report on Department of Defense personnel policies regarding mem-
bers of the Armed Forces with HIV or Hepatitis B. 
Sec. 573. Policy on military recruitment and enlistment of graduates of sec-
ondary schools. 
Sec. 574. Comptroller General report on use of determination of personality 
disorder or adjustment disorder as basis to separate members 
from the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters 
Sec. 581. Accounting for members of the Armed Forces and Department of De-
fense civilian employees listed as missing and related reports. 
Sec. 582. Expansion of privileged information authorities to debriefing reports 
of certain recovered persons who were never placed in a miss-
ing status. 
Sec. 583. Revision of specified senior military colleges to reflect consolidation 
of North Georgia College and State University and Gainesville 
State College. 
Sec. 584. Review of security of military installations, including barracks, tem-
porary lodging facilities, and multi-family residences. 
Sec. 585. Authority to enter into concessions contracts at Army National Mili-
tary Cemeteries. 
Sec. 586. Military salute during recitation of pledge of allegiance by members 
of the Armed Forces not in uniform and by veterans. 
Sec. 587.
Improved climate assessments and dissemination of results. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Extension of authority to provide temporary increase in rates of basic 
allowance for housing under certain circumstances. 
Sec. 602. Recognition of additional means by which members of the National 
Guard called into Federal service for a period of 30 days or 
less may initially report for duty for entitlement to basic pay. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 
reserve forces.
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Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 
health care professionals. 
Sec. 613. One-year extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear 
officers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of authorities relating to title 37 consolidated spe-
cial pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities. 
Sec. 615. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other title 
37 bonuses and special pays. 
Sec. 616. One-year extension of authority to provide incentive pay for members 
of precommissioning programs pursuing foreign language pro-
ficiency. 
Sec. 617. Authority to provide bonus to certain cadets and midshipmen enrolled 
in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
Sec. 618. Health Professions Stipend Program to obtain commissioned officers 
in the reserve components. 
Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances 
Sec. 621. Technical and standardizing amendments to Department of Defense 
travel and transportation authorities in connection with reform 
of such authorities. 
Subtitle D—Disability, Retired Pay, and Survivor Benefits 
Sec. 631. Clarification of prevention of retired pay inversion in the case of 
members whose retired pay is computed using high-three. 
Sec. 632. Periodic notice to members of the Ready Reserve on early retirement 
credit earned for significant periods of active Federal status or 
active duty. 
Sec. 633. Improved assistance for Gold Star spouses and other dependents. 
Subtitle E—Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits 
and Operations 
Sec. 641. Expansion of protection of employees of nonappropriated fund instru-
mentalities from reprisals. 
Sec. 642. Modernization of titles of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities for 
purposes of certain civil service laws. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 651. Authority to provide certain expenses for care and disposition of 
human remains that were retained by the Department of De-
fense for forensic pathology investigation. 
Sec. 652. Study of the merits and feasibility of providing transitional com-
pensation and other transitional benefits to dependents of 
members separated for violation of the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Care Benefits 
Sec. 701. Future availability of TRICARE Prime for certain beneficiaries en-
rolled in TRICARE Prime. 
Sec. 702. Mental health care treatment through telemedicine. 
Sec. 703. Comprehensive policy on improvements to care and transition of 
members of the Armed Forces with urotrauma.
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Sec. 704. Pilot program on investigational treatment of members of the Armed 
Forces for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress 
disorder. 
Subtitle B—Health Care Administration 
Sec. 711. Authority of Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences to 
enter into contracts and agreements and make grants to other 
nonprofit entities. 
Sec. 712. Pilot program on increased third-party collection reimbursements in 
military medical treatment facilities. 
Sec. 713. Electronic health records of the Department of Defense and the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 721. Display of budget information for embedded mental health providers 
of the reserve components. 
Sec. 722. Report on role of Department of Veterans Affairs in certain Centers 
of Excellence. 
Sec. 723. Report on memorandum regarding traumatic brain injuries. 
Sec. 724. Report on provision of advanced prosthetics and orthotics to members 
of the Armed Forces and veterans. 
Sec. 725. Comptroller General reports on TRICARE recovery audit program 
and availability of compounded pharmaceuticals. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, 
AND RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 
Sec. 801. Enhanced transfer of technology developed at Department of Defense 
laboratories. 
Sec. 802. Extension of limitation on aggregate annual amount available for 
contract services. 
Sec. 803. Identification and replacement of obsolete electronic parts. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and 
Limitations 
Sec. 811. Government-wide limitations on allowable costs for contractor com-
pensation. 
Sec. 812. Inclusion of additional cost estimate information in certain reports. 
Sec. 813. Amendment relating to compelling reasons for waiving suspension or 
debarment. 
Sec. 814. Extension of pilot program on acquisition of military purpose non-
developmental items. 
Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs 
Sec. 821. Synchronization of cryptographic systems for major defense acquisi-
tion programs. 
Sec. 822. Assessment of dedicated ground control system before Milestone B 
approval of major defense acquisition programs constituting a 
space program. 
Sec. 823. Additional responsibility for product support managers for major 
weapon systems.
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Sec. 824. Comptroller General review of Department of Defense processes for 
the acquisition of weapon systems. 
Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Contracts in Support of Contingency 
Operations in Iraq or Afghanistan 
Sec. 831. Prohibition on contracting with the enemy. 
Sec. 832. Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in 
countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan. 
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense Management 
Sec. 901. Revisions to composition of transition plan for defense business enter-
prise architecture. 
Sec. 902. Comptroller General report on potential relocation of Federal Govern-
ment tenants onto military installations in the United States. 
Sec. 903. Clarification of authority for the command acquisition executive of 
the United States Special Operations Command. 
Sec. 904. Streamlining of Department of Defense management headquarters. 
Sec. 905. Update of statutory statement of functions of the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff relating to doctrine, training, and edu-
cation. 
Sec. 906. Modification of reference to major Department of Defense head-
quarters activities instruction. 
Sec. 907. Personnel security. 
Subtitle B—Space Activities 
Sec. 911. National security space satellite reporting policy. 
Sec. 912. National security space defense and protection. 
Sec. 913. Space acquisition strategy. 
Sec. 914. Space control mission report. 
Sec. 915. Responsive launch. 
Sec. 916. Limitation on use of funds for Space Protection Program. 
Sec. 917. Eagle Vision system. 
Subtitle C—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 921. Revision of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in commercial 
activities as security for intelligence collection activities. 
Sec. 922. Department of Defense intelligence priorities. 
Sec. 923. Defense Clandestine Service. 
Sec. 924. Prohibition on National Intelligence Program consolidation. 
Subtitle D—Cyberspace-Related Matters 
Sec. 931. Modification of requirement for inventory of Department of Defense 
tactical data link systems. 
Sec. 932. Authorities, capabilities, and oversight of the United States Cyber 
Command. 
Sec. 933. Mission analysis for cyber operations of Department of Defense. 
Sec. 934. Modification of requirement for Report on Department of Defense 
Progress in Defending the Department and the Defense Indus-
trial Base from Cyber Events.
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Sec. 935. Additional requirements relating to the software licenses of the De-
partment of Defense. 
Sec. 936. Cyber outreach and threat awareness for small businesses. 
Sec. 937. Joint Federated Centers for Trusted Defense Systems for the De-
partment of Defense. 
Sec. 938. Supervision of the acquisition of cloud computing capabilities. 
Sec. 939. Cyber vulnerabilities of Department of Defense weapon systems and 
tactical communications systems. 
Sec. 940. Control of the proliferation of cyber weapons. 
Sec. 941. Integrated policy to deter adversaries in cyberspace. 
Sec. 942. National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance 
Education matters. 
Subtitle E—Total Force Management 
Sec. 951. Reviews of appropriate manpower performance. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. Budgetary effects of this Act. 
Sec. 1003. Audit of Department of Defense fiscal year 2018 financial state-
ments. 
Sec. 1004. Authority to transfer funds to the National Nuclear Security Admin-
istration to sustain nuclear weapons modernization. 
Subtitle B—Counter-Drug Activities 
Sec. 1011. Extension of authority to support unified counter-drug and counter-
terrorism campaign in Colombia. 
Sec. 1012. Extension of authority for joint task forces to provide support to law 
enforcement agencies conducting counter-terrorism activities. 
Sec. 1013. Extension and expansion of authority to provide additional support 
for counter-drug activities of certain foreign governments. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1021. Modification of requirements for annual long-range plan for the con-
struction of naval vessels. 
Sec. 1022. Clarification of sole ownership resulting from ship donations at no 
cost to the Navy. 
Sec. 1023. Availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of Ticonderoga 
class cruisers or dock landing ships. 
Sec. 1024. Extension and remediation of Navy contracting actions. 
Sec. 1025. Report comparing costs of DDG 1000 and DDG 51 Flight III ships. 
Sec. 1026. Report on naval vessels and the Force Structure Assessment. 
Sec. 1027. Modification of policy relating to major combatant vessels of the 
strike forces of the Navy. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
Sec. 1031. Clarification of procedures for use of alternate members on military 
commissions. 
Sec. 1032. Modification of Regional Defense Combating Terrorism Fellowship 
Program reporting requirement.
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Sec. 1033. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the 
United States to house detainees transferred from United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1034. Prohibition on the use of funds for the transfer or release of individ-
uals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1035. Transfers to foreign countries of individuals detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1036. Report on information relating to individuals detained at Parwan, 
Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1037. Grade of chief prosecutor and chief defense counsel in military com-
missions established to try individuals detained at Guanta-
namo. 
Sec. 1038. Report on capability of Yemeni government to detain, rehabilitate, 
and prosecute individuals detained at Guantanamo who are 
transferred to Yemen. 
Sec. 1039. Report on attachment of rights to individuals detained at Guanta-
namo if transferred to the United States. 
Subtitle E—Sensitive Military Operations 
Sec. 1041. Congressional notification of sensitive military operations. 
Sec. 1042. Counterterrorism operational briefings. 
Sec. 1043. Report on process for determining targets of lethal or capture oper-
ations. 
Subtitle F—Nuclear Forces 
Sec. 1051. Notification required for reduction or consolidation of dual-capable 
aircraft based in Europe. 
Sec. 1052. Council on Oversight of the National Leadership Command, Control, 
and Communications System. 
Sec. 1053. Modification of responsibilities and reporting requirements of Nu-
clear Weapons Council. 
Sec. 1054. Modification of deadline for report on plan for nuclear weapons 
stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery 
systems, and nuclear weapons command and control system. 
Sec. 1055. Prohibition on elimination of nuclear triad. 
Sec. 1056. Implementation of New START Treaty. 
Sec. 1057. Retention of capability to redeploy multiple independently targetable 
reentry vehicles. 
Sec. 1058. Report on New START Treaty. 
Sec. 1059. Report on implementation of the recommendations of the Palomares 
Nuclear Weapons Accident Revised Dose Evaluation Report. 
Sec. 1060. Sense of Congress on further strategic nuclear arms reductions with 
the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1061. Sense of Congress on compliance with nuclear arms control treaty 
obligations. 
Sec. 1062. Senses of Congress on ensuring the modernization of the nuclear 
forces of the United States. 
Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1071. Enhancement of capacity of the United States Government to ana-
lyze captured records. 
Sec. 1072. Strategic plan for the management of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Sec. 1073. Extension of authority to provide military transportation services to 
certain other agencies at the Department of Defense reim-
bursement rate. 
Sec. 1074. Notification of modifications to Army force structure. 
Sec. 1075. Aircraft joint training. 
Subtitle H—Studies and Reports 
Sec. 1081. Online availability of reports submitted to Congress. 
Sec. 1082. Oversight of combat support agencies. 
Sec. 1083. Inclusion in annual report of description of interagency coordination 
relating to humanitarian demining technology. 
Sec. 1084. Repeal and modification of reporting requirements. 
Sec. 1085. Repeal of requirement for Comptroller General assessment of De-
partment of Defense efficiencies. 
Sec. 1086. Review and assessment of United States Special Operations Forces 
and United States Special Operations Command. 
Sec. 1087. Reports on unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 1088. Report on foreign language support contracts for the Department of 
Defense. 
Sec. 1089. Civil Air Patrol. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters 
Sec. 1091. Technical and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 1092. Reduction in costs to report critical changes to major automated in-
formation system programs. 
Sec. 1093. Extension of authority of Secretary of Transportation to issue non- 
premium aviation insurance. 
Sec. 1094. Extension of Ministry of Defense Advisor Program and authority to 
waive reimbursement of costs of activities for certain non-
governmental personnel. 
Sec. 1095. Amendments to certain national commissions. 
Sec. 1096. Strategy for future military information operations capabilities. 
Sec. 1097. Sense of Congress on collaboration on border security. 
Sec. 1098. Transfer of aircraft to other departments for wildfire suppression 
and other purposes; tactical airlift fleet of the Air Force. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 
Sec. 1101. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on pre-
mium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian 
employees working overseas. 
Sec. 1102. One-year extension of discretionary authority to grant allowances, 
benefits, and gratuities to personnel on official duty in a com-
bat zone. 
Sec. 1103. Extension of voluntary reduction-in-force authority for civilian em-
ployees of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1104. Extension of authority to make lump-sum severance payments to 
Department of Defense employees. 
Sec. 1105. Revision to amount of financial assistance under Department of De-
fense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation 
(SMART) Defense Education Program and assessment of 
STEM and other programs. 
Sec. 1106. Extension of program for exchange of information-technology per-
sonnel.
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Sec. 1107. Temporary authorities for certain positions at Department of De-
fense research and engineering facilities. 
Sec. 1108. Compliance with law regarding availability of funding for civilian 
personnel. 
Sec. 1109. Extension of enhanced appointment and compensation authority for 
civilian personnel for care and treatment of wounded and in-
jured members of the Armed Forces. 
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. Modification and extension of authorities relating to program to 
build the capacity of foreign military forces. 
Sec. 1202. Global Security Contingency Fund. 
Sec. 1203. Training of general purpose forces of the United States Armed 
Forces with military and other security forces of friendly for-
eign countries. 
Sec. 1204. Authority to conduct activities to enhance the capability of foreign 
countries to respond to incidents involving weapons of mass de-
struction. 
Sec. 1205. Authorization of National Guard State Partnership Program. 
Sec. 1206. United States security and assistance strategies in Africa. 
Sec. 1207. Assistance to the Government of Jordan for border security oper-
ations. 
Sec. 1208. Support of foreign forces participating in operations to disarm the 
Lord’s Resistance Army. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq 
Sec. 1211. Commanders’ Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1212. One-year extension of authority to use funds for reintegration activi-
ties in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1213. Extension of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition na-
tions for support provided to United States military operations. 
Sec. 1214. Extension and modification of authority to support operations and 
activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 
Sec. 1215. One-year extension and modification of authority for program to de-
velop and carry out infrastructure projects in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1216. Requirement to withhold Department of Defense assistance to Af-
ghanistan in amount equivalent to 100 percent of all taxes as-
sessed by Afghanistan to extent such taxes are not reimbursed 
by Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1217. Extension of certain authorities for support of foreign forces sup-
porting or participating with the United States Armed Forces. 
Sec. 1218. Extension and improvement of the Iraqi special immigrant visa pro-
gram. 
Sec. 1219. Improvement of the Afghan special immigrant visa program. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Afghanistan Post 2014 
Sec. 1221. Report on plans to disrupt and degrade Haqqani Network activities 
and finances. 
Sec. 1222. Completion of accelerated transition of security responsibility from 
United States Armed Forces to the Afghan National Security 
Forces. 
Sec. 1223. Defense intelligence plan.
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Sec. 1224. Limitation on availability of funds for certain authorities for Af-
ghanistan. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to Iran 
Sec. 1231. Report on United States military partnership with Gulf Cooperation 
Council countries. 
Sec. 1232. Additional elements in annual report on military power of Iran. 
Sec. 1233. Integrated air and missile defense programs at training locations in 
Southwest Asia. 
Subtitle E—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 1241. Two-year extension of authorization for non-conventional assisted 
recovery capabilities. 
Sec. 1242. Element on 5th generation fighter program in annual report on mili-
tary and security developments involving the People’s Republic 
of China. 
Sec. 1243. Report on posture and readiness of the Armed Forces to respond 
to an attack or other contingency against United States diplo-
matic facilities overseas. 
Sec. 1244. Limitation on establishment of Regional Special Operations Forces 
Coordination Centers. 
Sec. 1245. Additional reports on military and security developments involving 
the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
Sec. 1246. Sense of Congress on missile defense cooperation with the Russian 
Federation and limitations on providing certain missile defense 
information to the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1247. Amendments to annual report under Arms Control and Disar-
mament Act. 
Sec. 1248. Report on actions to reduce support for ballistic missile prolifera-
tion. 
Sec. 1249. Reports on international agreements relating to the Department of 
Defense. 
Sec. 1250. Revision of statutory references to former NATO support organiza-
tions and related NATO agreements. 
Sec. 1251. Executive agreements with the Russian Federation relating to bal-
listic missile defense. 
Sec. 1252. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 1253. Limitation on availability of funds to implement the Arms Trade 
Treaty. 
Sec. 1254. Report on military and security developments involving the Russian 
Federation. 
Sec. 1255. Prohibition on use of funds to enter into contracts or agreements 
with Rosoboronexport. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
Sec. 1301. Specification of cooperative threat reduction programs and funds. 
Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. 
Sec. 1303. Extension of authority for utilization of contributions to the cooper-
ative threat reduction program. 
Sec. 1304. Strategy to modernize cooperative threat reduction and prevent the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related mate-
rials in the Middle East and North Africa region. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
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Subtitle A—Military Programs 
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1402. National Defense Sealift Fund. 
Sec. 1403. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense. 
Sec. 1404. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1405. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1406. Defense Health Program. 
Subtitle B—National Defense Stockpile 
Sec. 1411. Use of National Defense Stockpile for the conservation of a strategic 
and critical materials supply. 
Sec. 1412. Authority to acquire additional materials for the National Defense 
Stockpile. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 1421. Authority for transfer of funds to Joint Department of Defense–De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illi-
nois. 
Sec. 1422. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement 
Home. 
Sec. 1423. Cemeterial expenses. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Additional Appropriations 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Procurement. 
Sec. 1503. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1504. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 1505. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1506. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1507. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1508. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1509. Defense Health Program. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1521. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1522. Special transfer authority. 
Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, and Other Matters 
Sec. 1531. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
Sec. 1532. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. 
Sec. 1533. Future role of Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organiza-
tion. 
Sec. 1534. Extension of authority for Task Force for Business and Stability 
Operations in Afghanistan. 
TITLE XVI—INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Defense Industrial Base Matters
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Sec. 1601. Periodic audits of contracting compliance by Inspector General of 
Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1602. Foreign space activities. 
Sec. 1603. Proof of Concept Commercialization Pilot Program. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Small Business Concerns 
Sec. 1611. Advancing small business growth. 
Sec. 1612. Amendments relating to Procurement Technical Assistance Coopera-
tive Agreement Program. 
Sec. 1613. Reporting on goals for procurement contracts awarded to small busi-
ness concerns. 
Sec. 1614. Credit for certain small business subcontractors. 
Sec. 1615. Inapplicability of requirement to review and justify certain con-
tracts. 
TITLE XVII—SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE 
AND RELATED REFORMS 
Subtitle A—Reform of Uniform Code of Military Justice 
Sec. 1701. Extension of crime victims’ rights to victims of offenses under the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 1702. Revision of Article 32 and Article 60, Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice. 
Sec. 1703. Elimination of five-year statute of limitations on trial by court-mar-
tial for additional offenses involving sex-related crimes. 
Sec. 1704. Defense counsel interview of victim of an alleged sex-related offense 
in presence of trial counsel, counsel for the victim, or a Sexual 
Assault Victim Advocate. 
Sec. 1705. Discharge or dismissal for certain sex-related offenses and trial of 
such offenses by general courts-martial. 
Sec. 1706. Participation by victim in clemency phase of courts-martial process. 
Sec. 1707. Repeal of the offense of consensual sodomy under the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice. 
Sec. 1708. Modification of Manual for Courts-Martial to eliminate factor relat-
ing to character and military service of the accused in rule on 
initial disposition of offenses. 
Sec. 1709. Prohibition of retaliation against members of the Armed Forces for 
reporting a criminal offense. 
Subtitle B—Other Amendments to Title 10, United States Code 
Sec. 1711. Prohibition on service in the Armed Forces by individuals who have 
been convicted of certain sexual offenses. 
Sec. 1712. Issuance of regulations applicable to the Coast Guard regarding con-
sideration of request for permanent change of station or unit 
transfer by victim of sexual assault. 
Sec. 1713. Temporary administrative reassignment or removal of a member of 
the Armed Forces on active duty who is accused of committing 
a sexual assault or related offense. 
Sec. 1714. Expansion and enhancement of authorities relating to protected 
communications of members of the Armed Forces and prohib-
ited retaliatory actions. 
Sec. 1715. Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory per-
sonnel actions taken in response to making protected commu-
nications regarding sexual assault.
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Sec. 2801. Modification and extension of authority to utilize unspecified minor 
military construction authority for laboratory revitalization 
projects. 
Sec. 2802. Repeal of separate authority to enter into limited partnerships with 
private developers of housing. 
Sec. 2803. Military construction standards to improve force protection. 
Sec. 2804. Application of cash payments received for utilities and services. 
Sec. 2805. Repeal of advance notification requirement for use of military hous-
ing investment authority. 
Sec. 2806. Additional element for annual report on military housing privatiza-
tion projects. 
Sec. 2807. Policies and requirements regarding overseas military construction 
and closure and realignment of United States military installa-
tions in foreign countries. 
Sec. 2808. Extension and modification of temporary, limited authority to use 
operation and maintenance funds for construction projects in 
certain areas outside the United States. 
Sec. 2809. Limitation on construction projects in European Command area of 
responsibility. 
Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities Administration 
Sec. 2811. Development of master plans for major military installations. 
Sec. 2812. Authority for acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses 
associated with real property leases and easements. 
Sec. 2813. Modification of authority to enter into long-term contracts for re-
ceipt of utility services as consideration for utility systems con-
veyances. 
Sec. 2814. Report on efficient utilization of Department of Defense real prop-
erty. 
Sec. 2815. Conditions on Department of Defense expansion of Pin˜on Canyon 
Maneuver Site, Fort Carson, Colorado. 
Subtitle C—Provisions Related to Asia-Pacific Military Realignment 
Sec. 2821.
Change from previous calendar year to previous fiscal year for pe-
riod covered by annual report of Interagency Coordination 
Group of Inspectors General for Guam Realignment. 
Sec. 2822. Realignment of Marines Corps forces in Asia-Pacific Region. 
Subtitle D—Land Conveyances 
Sec. 2831. Real property acquisition, Naval Base Ventura County, California. 
Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, former Oxnard Air Force Base, Ventura County, 
California. 
Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. 
Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania. 
Sec. 2835. Land conveyance, Camp Williams, Utah. 
Sec. 2836. Conveyance, Air National Guard radar site, Francis Peak, Wasatch 
Mountains, Utah. 
Sec. 2837. Land conveyances, former United States Army Reserve Centers, 
Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters
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Sec. 2841. Repeal of annual Economic Adjustment Committee reporting re-
quirement. 
Sec. 2842. Establishment of military divers memorial. 
TITLE XXIX—WITHDRAWAL, RESERVATION, AND TRANSFER OF 
PUBLIC LANDS TO SUPPORT MILITARY READINESS AND SECU-
RITY 
Sec. 2901. Short title. 
Sec. 2902. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 2911. General applicability; definitions. 
Sec. 2912. Maps and legal descriptions. 
Sec. 2913. Access restrictions. 
Sec. 2914. Changes in use. 
Sec. 2915. Brush and range fire prevention and suppression. 
Sec. 2916. Ongoing decontamination. 
Sec. 2917. Water rights. 
Sec. 2918. Hunting, fishing, and trapping. 
Sec. 2919. Limitation on extensions and renewals. 
Sec. 2920. Application for renewal of a withdrawal and reservation. 
Sec. 2921. Limitation on subsequent availability of land for appropriation. 
Sec. 2922. Relinquishment. 
Sec. 2923. Immunity of the United States. 
Subtitle B—Limestone Hills Training Area, Montana 
Sec. 2931. Withdrawal and reservation of public land. 
Sec. 2932. Management of withdrawn and reserved land. 
Sec. 2933. Special rules governing minerals management. 
Sec. 2934. Grazing. 
Sec. 2935. Payments in lieu of taxes. 
Sec. 2936. Duration of withdrawal and reservation. 
Subtitle C—Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, 
California 
Sec. 2941. Withdrawal and reservation of public land. 
Sec. 2942. Management of withdrawn and reserved land. 
Sec. 2943. Public access. 
Sec. 2944. Resource management group. 
Sec. 2945. Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. 
Sec. 2946. Duration of withdrawal and reservation. 
Subtitle D—White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and Fort Bliss, Texas 
Sec. 2951. Withdrawal and reservation of public land. 
Sec. 2952. Grazing. 
Subtitle E—Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California 
Sec. 2961. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction of public land. 
Sec. 2962. Management and use of transferred land. 
Sec. 2963. Effect of termination of military use. 
Sec. 2964. Temporary extension of existing withdrawal period. 
Sec. 2965. Water rights.
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Sec. 2966. Realignment of range boundary and related transfer of title. 
Subtitle F—Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California 
Sec. 2971. Withdrawal and reservation of public land. 
Sec. 2972. Management of withdrawn and reserved land. 
Sec. 2973. Assignment of management responsibility to Secretary of the Navy. 
Sec. 2974. Geothermal resources. 
Sec. 2975. Wild horses and burros. 
Sec. 2976. Continuation of existing agreement. 
Sec. 2977. Management plans. 
Sec. 2978. Termination of prior withdrawals. 
Sec. 2979. Duration of withdrawal and reservation. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security Programs Authorizations 
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 3111. Clarification of principles of National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion. 
Sec. 3112. Cost estimation and program evaluation by National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration. 
Sec. 3113. Enhanced procurement authority to manage supply chain risk. 
Sec. 3114. Limitation on availability of funds for National Nuclear Security 
Administration. 
Sec. 3115. Limitation on availability of funds for Office of the Administrator 
for Nuclear Security. 
Sec. 3116. Establishment of Center for Security Technology, Analysis, Re-
sponse, and Testing. 
Sec. 3117. Authorization of modular building strategy as an alternative to the 
replacement project for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research 
Building, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. 
Sec. 3118. Comparative analysis of warhead life extension options. 
Sec. 3119. Extension of authority of Secretary of Energy to enter into trans-
actions to carry out certain research projects. 
Sec. 3120. Increase in construction design threshold. 
Subtitle C—Plans and Reports 
Sec. 3121. Annual report and certification on status of security of atomic en-
ergy defense facilities. 
Sec. 3122. Modifications to annual reports regarding the condition of the nu-
clear weapons stockpile. 
Sec. 3123. Inclusion of integrated plutonium strategy in nuclear weapons stock-
pile stewardship, management, and infrastructure plan. 
Sec. 3124. Modifications to cost-benefit analyses for competition of manage-
ment and operating contracts.
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Sec. 3125. Modification of deadlines for certain reports relating to program on 
scientific engagement for nonproliferation. 
Sec. 3126. Modification of certain reports on cost containment for uranium ca-
pabilities replacement project. 
Sec. 3127. Plan for tank farm waste at Hanford Nuclear Reservation. 
Sec. 3128. Plan for improvement and integration of financial management of 
nuclear security enterprise. 
Sec. 3129. Plan for developing exascale computing and incorporating such com-
puting into the stockpile stewardship program. 
Sec. 3130. Study and plan for extension of certain pilot program principles. 
Sec. 3131. Study of potential reuse of nuclear weapon secondaries. 
Sec. 3132. Repeal of certain reporting requirements. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 3141. Clarification of role of Secretary of Energy. 
Sec. 3142. Modification of deadlines for Congressional Advisory Panel on the 
Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise. 
Sec. 3143. Department of Energy land conveyance. 
Sec. 3144. Technical amendment to Atomic Energy Act of 1954. 
Sec. 3145. Technical corrections to the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion Act. 
Sec. 3146. Technical corrections to the Atomic Energy Defense Act. 
Sec. 3147. Sense of Congress on B61–12 life extension program. 
Sec. 3148. Sense of Congress on establishment of an advisory board on toxic 
substances and worker health. 
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
Sec. 3201. Authorization. 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES 
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for national security aspects of the 
Merchant Marine for fiscal year 2014. 
Sec. 3502. 5-year reauthorization of vessel war risk insurance program. 
Sec. 3503. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 3504. Treatment of funds for intermodal transportation maritime facility, 
Port of Anchorage, Alaska. 
Sec. 3505. Strategic seaports. 
DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 
Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. 
TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 4101. Procurement. 
Sec. 4102. Procurement for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 
EVALUATION 
Sec. 4201. Research, development, test, and evaluation.
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Sec. 4202. Research, development, test, and evaluation for overseas contingency 
operations. 
TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Sec. 4301. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 4302. Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
Sec. 4401. Military personnel. 
Sec. 4402. Military personnel for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 4501. Other authorizations. 
Sec. 4502. Other authorizations for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 4601. Military construction. 
TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 4701. Department of energy national security programs. 
SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional de-
fense committees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 6. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in 
the House section of the Congressional Record on or about 
December 11, 2013, by the Chairman of the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives, shall have 
the same effect with respect to the implementation of this Act 
as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of 
conference.
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gistics that successful completion of the test evaluation 
master plan for both seaframes and each mission module 
will demonstrate operational effectiveness and oper-
ational suitability. 
(3) A certification that the Joint Requirements 
Oversight Council— 
(A) has reviewed the capabilities of the legacy 
systems that the Littoral Combat Ship is planned 
to replace and has compared such capabilities to the 
capabilities to be provided by the Littoral Combat 
Ship; 
(B) has assessed the adequacy of the current 
capabilities development document for the Littoral 
Combat Ship to meet the requirements of the com-
batant commands and to address future threats as 
reflected in the latest assessment by the defense in-
telligence community; and 
(C) has either validated the current capabilities 
development document or directed the Secretary to 
update the current capabilities development docu-
ment based on the performance of the Littoral 
Combat Ship and mission modules to date. 
(4) A report on the expected performance of each 
seaframe variant and mission module against the current 
or updated capabilities development document.
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(5) Certification that a capability production docu-
ment will be completed for each mission module before 
operational testing. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of Naval 
Operations, in coordination with the Director of Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation, shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the current con-
cept of operations and expected survivability attributes 
of each of the Littoral Combat Ship seaframes. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall set forth the following: 
(A) A review of the current concept of oper-
ations of the Littoral Combat Ship and a compari-
son of such concept of operations with the original 
concept of operations of the Littoral Combat Ship. 
(B) An assessment of the ability of the Littoral 
Combat Ship to carry out the core missions of the 
Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower of 
the Navy. 
(C) A comparison of the combat capabilities 
for the three missions assigned to the Littoral Com-
bat Ship seaframes (anti-surface warfare, mine 
countermeasures, and anti-submarine warfare) with
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the combat capabilities for each of such missions of 
the systems the Littoral Combat Ship is replacing. 
(D) An assessment of expected survivability of 
the Littoral Combat Ship seaframes in the context 
of the planned employment of the Littoral Combat 
Ship as described in the concept of operations. 
(E) The current status of operational testing 
for the seaframes and the mission modules of the 
Littoral Combat Ship. 
(F) An updated test and evaluation master 
plan for the Littoral Combat Ship. 
(G) A review of survivability testing, modeling, 
and simulation conducted to date on the two 
seaframes of the Littoral Combat Ship. 
(H) An updated assessment of the endurance 
of the Littoral Combat Ship at sea with respect to 
maintenance, fuel use, and sustainment of crew and 
mission modules. 
(I) An assessment of the adequacy of current 
ship manning plans for the Littoral Combat Ship 
and an assessment of the impact that increased 
manning has on design changes and the endurance 
of the Littoral Combat Ship. 
(J) A list of the casualty reports to date on 
each Littoral Combat Ship, including a description
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of the impact of such casualties on the design or 
ability of that Littoral Combat Ship to perform as-
signed missions. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in classified form and unclassified 
form. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
SEC. 131. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR MAINTENANCE OF 
CERTAIN RETIRED KC–135E AIRCRAFT. 
Section 135 of the John Warner National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 
120 Stat. 2114), as amended by section 131 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4377), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 132. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR C–130J 
AIRCRAFT. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.—Sub-
ject to section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force may enter into one or more multiyear 
contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2014 program year, 
for the procurement of C–130J aircraft for the Department 
of the Air Force and the Department of the Navy.
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(b) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAYMENTS.— 
A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide 
that any obligation of the United States to make a payment 
under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2014 is 
subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose 
for such later fiscal year. 
SEC. 133. PROHIBITION ON CANCELLATION OR MODIFICATION 
OF AVIONICS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM FOR C– 
130 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2014 for the Air Force may be used to— 
(1) take any action to cancel or modify the avionics 
modernization program of record for C–130 aircraft; or 
(2) initiate an alternative communication, naviga-
tion, surveillance, and air traffic management program 
for C–130 aircraft that is designed or intended to re-
place the avionics modernization program described in 
paragraph (1). 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 
April 1, 2014, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a suffi-
ciency review of the cost-benefit analysis conducted under 
section 143(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1662), in-
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future-years defense program submitted in that fiscal year 
under section 221. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR BUDGET DISPLAY.—The con-
solidated budget justification display under subsection (a) for 
a fiscal year shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) The amount for personal protection equipment 
included in both the base budget of the President and 
any overseas contingency operations budget of the Presi-
dent. 
‘‘(2) A brief description of each category of personal 
protection equipment for each military department 
planned to be procured and developed. 
‘‘(3) For each category planned to be procured 
using funds made available for operation and mainte-
nance (whether under the base budget or any overseas 
contingency operations budget)— 
‘‘(A) the relevant appropriations account, 
budget activity, and subactivity group for the cat-
egory; and 
‘‘(B) the funding profile for the fiscal year as 
requested, including cost and quantities, and an es-
timate of projected investments or procurements for 
each of the subsequent five fiscal years. 
‘‘(4) For each category planned to be developed 
using funds made available for research, development,
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test, and evaluation (whether under the base budget or 
any overseas contingency operations budget)— 
‘‘(A) the relevant appropriations account, pro-
gram, project or activity; program element number, 
and line number; and 
‘‘(B) the funding profile for the fiscal year as 
requested and an estimate of projected investments 
for each of the subsequent five fiscal years. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The terms ‘budget’ and ‘defense budget mate-
rials’ have the meaning given those terms in section 234 
of this title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘category of personal protection 
equipment’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) Body armor components. 
‘‘(B) Combat helmets. 
‘‘(C) Combat protective eyewear. 
‘‘(D) Other items as determined appropriate by 
the Secretary.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the 
item relating to section 235 the following new item: 
‘‘236. Personal protection equipment procurement: display of budget informa-
tion.’’.
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SEC. 142. REPEAL OF CERTAIN F–35 REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
Section 122 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 
Stat. 4157) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(b). 
SEC. 143. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RE-
TIREMENT OF RQ–4 GLOBAL HAWK UNMANNED 
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND A–10 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of Defense may 
be obligated or expended to make significant changes to 
manning levels with respect to covered aircraft or to re-
tire, prepare to retire, or place in storage a covered air-
craft. 
(2) COVERED AIRCRAFT.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘covered aircraft’’ means the following: 
(A) A–10 aircraft (except for such aircraft that 
the Secretary of the Air Force, as of April 9, 2013, 
plans to retire). 
(B) RQ–4 Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned 
aircraft systems.
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(b) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF CER-
TAIN A–10 AIRCRAFT.—In addition to the limitation in sub-
section (a)(1), during the period preceding December 31, 
2014, the Secretary of the Air Force may not retire, prepare 
to retire, or place in storage A–10 aircraft (except for such 
aircraft that the Secretary, as of April 9, 2013, plans to re-
tire). 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on all high-altitude airborne 
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems op-
erated, or planned for future operation, by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) the intelligence, surveillance, and recon-
naissance capabilities of each high-altitude intel-
ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance system 
covered by the report; 
(B) the plans to upgrade such capabilities in 
the future;
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(C) the fully-burdened cost-per-flight-hour of 
each such system; 
(D) the number of requests for each such sys-
tem made by commanders of the combatant com-
mands during the five-year period prior to the re-
port, including the percentage of such requests that 
have been fulfilled to meet the requirements of such 
commanders; 
(E) a description of the assumptions used by 
the Secretary in carrying out this subsection; and 
(F) any other information that the Secretary 
considers appropriate with respect to the analysis of 
high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and recon-
naissance systems. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent
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Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to limit or otherwise affect the requirement to 
maintain the operational capability of RQ–4 Block 30 Global 
Hawk unmanned aircraft systems under section 154(b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1666). 
SEC. 144. MC–12 LIBERTY INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND 
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Beginning on the date that is 60 days 
after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the 
report under subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may transfer 
MC–12 Liberty intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
aircraft from the Air Force to the Army in accordance with 
the plan developed under subsection (b)(1). 
(b) PLAN.— 
(1) PLAN
REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall develop a plan for the potential transfer of MC–12 
Liberty intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance air-
craft from the Air Force to the Army pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by paragraph 
(1) shall—
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(A) ensure that any transfer described in such 
paragraph does not adversely affect ongoing intel-
ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations, 
including such operations in Afghanistan; 
(B) identify the appropriate size, composition, 
and configuration of the fleet of MC–12 Liberty in-
telligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft 
required by the Army; 
(C) identify the appropriate size, composition, 
configuration, and disposition of the remaining fleet 
of MC–12 Liberty intelligence, surveillance, and re-
connaissance aircraft required by the Air Force; 
(D) provide for the modification of the MC–12 
Liberty intelligence, surveillance, and reconnais-
sance aircraft that are transferred to the Army pur-
suant to the plan in order to meet the long-term 
needs of the Army; and 
(E) for any aircraft that are so transferred, in-
clude a time line for the orderly transfer of the air-
craft in a manner consistent with subparagraph 
(A). 
(c) EFFECT ON OTHER PROGRAMS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
PROCUREMENT.—None of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for
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fiscal year 2014 for the Army may be obligated or ex-
pended to procure additional aircraft under the En-
hanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveil-
lance System program during fiscal year 2014. 
(2) CONVERSION OF AIRCRAFT.—The Secretary of 
the Army shall convert aircraft described in paragraph 
(3) to the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance 
and Surveillance System program configuration to meet 
the requirements of the Army. The Secretary shall carry 
out this paragraph using funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2013 or 2014 for the Enhanced Medium Altitude 
Reconnaissance and Surveillance System program. 
(3) AIRCRAFT DESCRIBED.—The aircraft described 
in this paragraph are the following: 
(A) MC–12 Liberty intelligence, surveillance, 
and reconnaissance aircraft of the Air Force that 
are transferred to the Army pursuant to subsection 
(a). 
(B) Army Medium Altitude Multi-Intelligence 
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance C–12 
Quick Reaction Capability aircraft. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date on which 
the budget of the President for fiscal year 2015 is sub-
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mitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, the Secretary shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
plan required by subsection (b)(1). 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 145. COMPETITION FOR EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH 
VEHICLE PROVIDERS. 
(a) PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force 
shall develop a plan to implement the new acquisition 
strategy for the evolved expendable launch vehicle pro-
gram described in the acquisition decision memorandum 
dated November 27, 2012.
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(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The plan to implement 
the new acquisition strategy for the evolved expendable 
launch vehicle program under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude a general description of how the Secretary will con-
duct competition with respect to awarding a contract to 
certified evolved expendable launch vehicle providers. 
Such description may include the following with respect 
to such acquisition strategy: 
(A) The proposed cost, schedule, and perform-
ance. 
(B) Mission assurance activities. 
(C) The manner in which the contractor will 
operate under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
(D) The effect of other contracts in which the 
contractor is entered into with the Federal Govern-
ment, including the evolved expendable launch vehi-
cle launch capability contract, the space station 
commercial resupply services contracts, and other 
relevant contracts regarding national security space 
and strategic programs. 
(E) Any other areas the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
(b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—At the same time that the Sec-
retary issues a draft of the request for proposals with re-
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spect to a contract for the evolved expendable launch ve-
hicle provider, the Secretary shall— 
(A) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that includes the plan under 
subsection (a)(1); or 
(B) provide to such committees a briefing on 
such plan. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means the following: 
(A) The congressional defense committees. 
(B) The Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate. 
(C) The Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 146. REPORTS ON PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT 
AND HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS ASSOCIATED 
WITH EJECTION SEATS. 
(a) STUDY ON PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall enter into a contract with a federally funded
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research and development center to conduct a study to 
identify and assess cost-effective and efficient alternative 
means for the procurement and research and develop-
ment of personal protection equipment that supports and 
promotes competition and innovation in the personal 
protection equipment industrial base. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date on which the contract is entered into under 
paragraph (1), the federally funded research and devel-
opment center conducting the study under such para-
graph shall submit to the Secretary the study, including 
any findings and recommendations. 
(3) REPORT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the Secretary receives the 
study under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port that includes the study under paragraph (1), 
the matters described in subparagraph (B), and any 
related findings, recommendations, comments, and 
plans of the Secretary. 
(B) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under 
subparagraph (A) shall include the following: 
(i) The findings and recommendations of 
the federally funded research and development
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center submitted to the Secretary under para-
graph (2). 
(ii) An assessment of current and future 
technologies that could markedly improve body 
armor, including by decreasing weight, increas-
ing survivability, and making other relevant 
improvements. 
(iii) An analysis of the capability of the 
personal protection equipment industrial base 
to leverage such technologies to produce the 
next generation body armor. 
(iv) An assessment of alternative body 
armor acquisition models, including different 
types of contracting and budgeting practices of 
the Department of Defense. 
(4) PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘personal protection equipment’’ in-
cludes— 
(A) body armor components; 
(B) combat helmets; 
(C) combat protective eyewear; 
(D) environmental and fire-resistant clothing; 
and 
(E) other individual equipment items as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary.
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(b) REPORT ON HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS ASSOCI-
ATED WITH EJECTION SEATS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report setting forth an assessment of the 
risks to the health and safety of members of the Armed 
Forces of the ejection seats currently in operational use 
by the Air Force. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of whether aircrew mem-
bers wearing advanced helmets, night vision sys-
tems, helmet-mounted cueing system, or other hel-
met-mounted devices or attachments are at in-
creased risk of serious injury or death during a 
high-speed ejection sequence. 
(B) An analysis of how ejection seats currently 
in operational use provide protection against head, 
neck, and spinal cord injuries during an ejection se-
quence. 
(C) An analysis of initiatives to decrease the 
risk of death or serious injury during an ejection se-
quence.
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(D) The status of any testing or qualifications 
on upgraded ejection seats that may reduce the risk 
of death or serious injury during an ejection se-
quence. 
TITLE 
II—RESEARCH, 
DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 211. Modification of requirements on biennial strategic plan for the De-
fense Advanced Research Projects Agency. 
Sec. 212. Limitation on availability of funds for ground combat vehicle engi-
neering and manufacturing phase. 
Sec. 213. Limitation and reporting requirements for unmanned carrier- 
launched surveillance and strike system program. 
Sec. 214. Limitation on availability of funds for Air Force logistics trans-
formation. 
Sec. 215. Limitation on availability of funds for defensive cyberspace operations 
of the Air Force. 
Sec. 216. Limitation on availability of funds for precision extended range muni-
tion program. 
Sec. 217. Long-range standoff weapon requirement; prohibition on availability 
of funds for noncompetitive procedures for offensive anti-sur-
face warfare weapon contracts of the Navy. 
Sec. 218. Review of software development for F–35 aircraft. 
Sec. 219. Evaluation and assessment of the distributed common ground system. 
Sec. 220. Operationally responsive space. 
Sec. 221. Sustainment or replacement of Blue Devil intelligence, surveillance, 
and reconnaissance capabilities. 
Subtitle C—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 231. Improvements to acquisition accountability reports on ballistic missile 
defense system. 
Sec. 232. Prohibition on use of funds for MEADS program. 
Sec. 233. Prohibition on availability of funds for integration of certain missile 
defense systems; report on regional ballistic missile defense. 
Sec. 234. Availability of funds for co-production of Iron Dome short-range 
rocket defense system in the United States. 
Sec. 235. Additional missile defense radar for the protection of the United 
States homeland. 
Sec. 236. Evaluation of options for future ballistic missile defense sensor archi-
tectures. 
Sec. 237. Plans to improve the ground-based midcourse defense system. 
Sec. 238. Report on potential future homeland ballistic missile defense options.
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Sec. 239. Briefings on status of implementation of certain missile defense mat-
ters. 
Sec. 240. Sense of Congress and report on NATO and missile defense burden- 
sharing. 
Sec. 241. Sense of Congress on deployment of regional ballistic missile defense 
capabilities. 
Sec. 242. Sense of Congress on procurement of capability enhancement II 
exoatmospheric kill vehicle. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 251. Annual Comptroller General report on the amphibious combat vehicle 
acquisition program. 
Sec. 252. Annual Comptroller General of the United States report on the acqui-
sition program for the VXX Presidential Helicopter. 
Sec. 253. Report on strategy to improve body armor. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 261. Establishment of Communications Security Review and Advisory 
Board. 
Sec. 262. Extension and expansion of mechanisms to provide funds for defense 
laboratories for research and development of technologies for 
military missions. 
Sec. 263. Extension of authority to award prizes for advanced technology 
achievements. 
Sec. 264. Five-year extension of pilot program to include technology protection 
features during research and development of certain defense 
systems. 
Sec. 265. Briefing on biometrics activities of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 266. Sense of Congress on importance of aligning common missile com-
partment of Ohio-class replacement program with the United 
Kingdom’s Vanguard successor program. 
Sec. 267. Sense of Congress on counter-electronics high power microwave mis-
sile project. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2014 for the use of the Department of Defense for 
research, development, test, and evaluation as specified in the 
funding table in section 4201.
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Subtitle B—Program Requirements, 
Restrictions, and Limitations 
SEC. 211. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS ON BIENNIAL 
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE DEFENSE ADVANCED 
RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY. 
(a) ELEMENTS OF STRATEGIC PLAN.—Subsection (b) of 
section 2352 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) The strategic objectives of that agency, and 
the linkage between such objectives and the missions of 
the armed forces.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘goals’’ and in-
serting ‘‘objectives’’; 
(3) by striking paragraph (3); 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 
(5) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by paragraph 
(4) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘for the programs of 
that agency’’ and inserting ‘‘for programs demonstrating 
military systems to one or more of the armed forces’’. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—Sub-
section (c) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary 
of Defense shall’’ and inserting ‘‘Director shall, in coordina-
tion with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics,’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to biennial strategic plans 
submitted under section 2352 of title 10, United States Code, 
as amended by this section, after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 212. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
GROUND COMBAT VEHICLE ENGINEERING AND 
MANUFACTURING PHASE. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for the 
Army may be obligated or expended for post-Milestone B en-
gineering and manufacturing phase development activities for 
the ground combat vehicle program until a period of 30 days 
has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary of the 
Army submits to the congressional defense committees a re-
port that includes the following: 
(1) An independent assessment of the draft mile-
stone B documentation for the ground combat vehicle 
that— 
(A) is performed by the Director of Cost As-
sessment and Program Evaluation, the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, 
or other similar official; and 
(B) analyzes whether there is a sufficient busi-
ness case to proceed with the engineering and man-
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ufacturing development phase for the ground com-
bat vehicle using only one contractor. 
(2) A certification by the Secretary that the ground 
combat vehicle program has— 
(A) feasible, fully defined, and stable require-
ments; 
(B) been demonstrated in a relevant environ-
ment in accordance with section 2366b(a)(3)(D) of 
title 10, United States Code, and achieved tech-
nology readiness or maturity; 
(C) independent and high-confidence cost esti-
mates; 
(D) sufficient funding available during fiscal 
year 2014 and sufficient funding planned for the 
period covered by the current future-years defense 
plan; and 
(E) a realistic and achievable schedule. 
SEC. 213. LIMITATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR 
UNMANNED CARRIER-LAUNCHED SURVEILLANCE 
AND STRIKE SYSTEM PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF AIR VEHICLES.—The 
Secretary of Defense may not acquire more than six air vehi-
cles of the unmanned carrier-launched surveillance and strike 
system prior to receiving milestone B approval (as defined in 
section 2366(e)(7) of title 10, United States Code) for engi-
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neering and manufacturing development and low-rate initial 
production. 
(b) QUARTERLY COST REPORTS.—Beginning 90 days 
after the date on which the unmanned carrier-launched sur-
veillance and strike system receives milestone A approval, and 
each 90-day period thereafter until such system receives mile-
stone B approval, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report that includes, 
at a minimum— 
(1) the current cost estimate and schedule, as of the 
date of the report, for all segments of the unmanned 
carrier-launched surveillance and strike system program; 
(2) any changes to such cost estimate or schedule 
from the previous report; and 
(3) an explanation for any changes to the cost esti-
mate or schedule or to the key performance parameters 
or key system attributes used for such program. 
(c) BUDGET DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT.—In the 
budget materials submitted to the President by the Secretary 
of Defense in connection with the submission to Congress, 
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, of 
the budget for fiscal year 2015, and each subsequent fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall include individual project lines for 
each program segment of the unmanned carrier-launched sur-
veillance and strike system, within program element
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0604404N, that articulate all costs, contractual actions, and 
other information associated with technology development for 
each such program segment. 
(d) ANNUAL GAO REVIEW.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall annually conduct a review of the ac-
quisition program for the unmanned carrier-launched 
surveillance and strike system. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of each year, 
the Comptroller General shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the review under 
paragraph (1). 
(3) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph (2) 
shall include such matters as the Comptroller General 
considers appropriate to fully inform the congressional 
defense committees of the status of the unmanned car-
rier-launched surveillance and strike system program. 
Such matters should include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The extent to which the unmanned carrier- 
launched surveillance and strike system program is 
meeting cost, schedule, and performance goals. 
(B) The progress and results of developmental 
testing.
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(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of how the Application Software 
Assurance Center of Excellence is used to support the 
software assurance activities of the Air Force and other 
elements of the Department of Defense, including pursu-
ant to section 933 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 10 
U.S.C. 2224 note). 
(2) A description of the resources used to support 
the Center of Excellence from the beginning of the Cen-
ter through fiscal year 2014. 
(3) The plan of the Secretary for sustaining the 
Center of Excellence during the period covered by the fu-
ture-years defense program submitted in 2013 under 
section 221 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 216. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PRECI-
SION EXTENDED RANGE MUNITION PROGRAM. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for the De-
partment of Defense, not more than 50 percent may be obli-
gated or expended for the precision extended range munition 
program until the date on which the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees written certification that—
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(1) such program is necessary to meet a valid oper-
ational need that cannot be met by the existing precision 
guided mortar munition of the Army, other indirect fire 
weapons, or aerial-delivered joint fires; and 
(2) a sufficient business case exists to proceed with 
the development and production of such program. 
SEC. 217. LONG-RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON REQUIREMENT; 
PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
NONCOMPETITIVE PROCEDURES FOR OFFENSIVE 
ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE WEAPON CONTRACTS OF 
THE NAVY. 
(a) LONG-RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force 
shall develop a follow-on air-launched cruise missile to 
the AGM–86 that— 
(A) achieves initial operating capability for 
conventional missions prior to the retirement of the 
conventionally armed AGM–86; 
(B) achieves initial operating capability for nu-
clear missions prior to the retirement of the nu-
clear-armed AGM–86; and 
(C) is capable of internal carriage and employ-
ment for both conventional and nuclear missions on 
the next-generation long-range strike bomber.
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(2) CONSECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT.—In developing a 
follow-on air-launched cruise missile to the AGM–86 in 
accordance with paragraph (1), the Secretary may carry 
out development and production activities with respect to 
nuclear missions prior to carrying out such activities 
with respect to conventional missions if the Secretary de-
termines such consecutive order of development and pro-
duction activities to be cost effective. 
(b) OFFENSIVE ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE WEAPON CON-
TRACTS OF THE NAVY.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), none of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2014 for the offensive anti-surface warfare weapon 
may be used to enter into or modify a contract using 
procedures other than competitive procedures (as defined 
in section 2302(2) of title 10, United States Code). 
(2) EXEMPTION; WAIVER.— 
(A) EXEMPTED ACTIVITIES.—The prohibition 
in paragraph (1) shall not apply to funds specified 
in such paragraph that are made available for the 
development, testing, and fielding of aircraft- 
launched offensive anti-surface warfare weapons ca-
pabilities.
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(B) NATIONAL
SECURITY
WAIVER
AUTHOR-
ITY.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the pro-
hibition in paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-
mines that such a waiver is in the national security 
interests of the United States. 
SEC. 218. REVIEW OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR F–35 AIR-
CRAFT. 
(a) SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall establish an 
independent team consisting of subject matter experts to 
review the development of software for the F–35 aircraft 
program (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘software 
development program’’), including by reviewing the 
progress made with respect to— 
(A) managing the software development pro-
gram; and 
(B) delivering critical software capability in ac-
cordance with current program milestones. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than March 3, 2014, the 
Under Secretary shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the review under para-
graph (1). Such report shall include the following:
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(A) An assessment by the independent team 
with respect to whether the software development 
program— 
(i) has been successful in meeting the key 
milestone dates occurring before the date of 
the report; and 
(ii) will be successful in meeting the estab-
lished program schedule. 
(B) Any recommendations of the independent 
team with respect to improving the software devel-
opment program to ensure that, in support of the 
start of initial operational testing, the established 
program schedule is met on time. 
(C) If the independent team determines that 
the software development program will be unable to 
deliver the full complement of software within the 
established program schedule, any potential alter-
natives that the independent team considers appro-
priate to deliver such software within such schedule. 
(b) AUTONOMIC
LOGISTICS
INFORMATION
SYSTEM 
SUSTAINMENT REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary, in 
consultation with the Joint Strike Fighter Joint Program Of-
fice, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on current plans, as of the date of the report, for long-
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term sustainment of the autonomic logistics information sys-
tem of F–35 aircraft. Such report shall include the following: 
(1) Current plans for acquisition of technical data 
rights to autonomic logistics information system soft-
ware and the potential competitive sustainment of ele-
ments of the autonomic logistics information system. 
(2) How sustainment of the autonomic logistics in-
formation system may take advantage of public-private 
partnerships authorized by section 2474 of title 10, 
United States Code, including schedules for actions nec-
essary for such sustainment. 
(3) Any current plan to select, designate, and acti-
vate any Government-owned and Government-operated 
site to serve as the autonomic logistics operating unit. 
(4) Current plans to ensure that the autonomic lo-
gistics information system provides total asset visibility 
and accountability, including asset valuation and track-
ing, and for potential integration with other automated 
logistics systems. 
SEC. 219. EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT OF THE DISTRIBUTED 
COMMON GROUND SYSTEM. 
(a) PROJECT CODES FOR BUDGET SUBMISSIONS.—In 
the budget submitted by the President to Congress under sec-
tion 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 
2015 and each subsequent fiscal year, each capability compo-
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nent within the distributed common ground system program 
shall be set forth as a separate project code within the pro-
gram element line, and each covered official shall submit sup-
porting justification for the project code within the program 
element descriptive summary. 
(b) ANALYSIS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall 
conduct an analysis of capability components that are 
compliant with the intelligence community data stand-
ards and could be used to meet the requirements of the 
distributed common ground system program. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The analysis required under para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Revalidation of the distributed common 
ground system program requirements based on cur-
rent program needs, recent operational experience, 
and the requirement for nonproprietary solutions 
that adhere to open-architecture principles. 
(B) Market research of current commercially 
available tools to determine whether any such tools 
could potentially satisfy the requirements described 
in subparagraph (A). 
(C) Analysis of the competitive acquisition op-
tions for any tools identified in subparagraph (B).
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(3) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees the results of the analysis conducted under para-
graph (1). 
(c) COVERED OFFICIAL DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered official’’ means the following: 
(1) The Secretary of the Army, with respect to mat-
ters concerning the Army. 
(2) The Secretary of the Navy, with respect to mat-
ters concerning the Navy. 
(3) The Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to 
matters concerning the Air Force. 
(4) The Commandant of the Marine Corps, with re-
spect to matters concerning the Marine Corps. 
(5) The Commander of the United States Special 
Operations Command, with respect to matters con-
cerning the United States Special Operations Command. 
SEC. 220. OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) it remains the policy of the United States, as 
expressed in section 913(a) of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 
Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2355), to demonstrate, acquire,
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and deploy an effective capability for operationally re-
sponsive space to support military users and operations 
from space, which shall consist of— 
(A) responsive satellite payloads and busses 
built to common technical standards; 
(B) low-cost space launch vehicles and sup-
porting range operations that facilitate the timely 
launch and on-orbit operations of satellites; 
(C) responsive command and control capabili-
ties; and 
(D) concepts of operations, tactics, techniques, 
and procedures that permit the use of responsive 
space assets for combat and military operations 
other than war; and 
(2) the Operationally Responsive Space Program 
Office has demonstrated through multiple launches since 
2009 an ability to accomplish many of the policy objec-
tives of the Operationally Responsive Space Program 
through specific missions, but has not executed a mis-
sion that leverages all policy objectives of such Program 
in a single mission. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2014 for the Department of Defense for the space-based in-
frared systems space modernization initiative wide-field-of-
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view testbed, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or 
expended until the Executive Agent for Space of the Depart-
ment of Defense certifies to the congressional defense com-
mittees that the Secretary of Defense is carrying out the 
Operationally Responsive Space Program Office in accord-
ance with section 2273a of title 10, United States Code. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Executive Agent for Space of 
the Department of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report regarding a potential mission 
that would seek to leverage all policy objectives of the Oper-
ationally Responsive Space Program in a single mission. 
SEC. 221. SUSTAINMENT OR REPLACEMENT OF BLUE DEVIL IN-
TELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAIS-
SANCE CAPABILITIES. 
(a) PLAN TO RETAIN CAPABILITY.—The Secretary of 
the Air Force shall develop a plan to sustain the operational 
capabilities of the Blue Devil 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and 
Reconnaissance Systems (in this section referred to as ‘‘Blue 
Devil 1 system’’), including precision signal geolocation, by— 
(1) procuring the existing Blue Devil 1 system; 
(2) developing a new system; or 
(3) basing a new system on capabilities that are 
adapted and integrated from existing programs and pro-
grams being developed.
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(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on— 
(1) the potential cost of procuring, operating, and 
sustaining current Blue Devil 1 systems for fiscal years 
2014 through 2019, including costs relating to procure-
ment, research and development, personnel, operation 
and maintenance, and military construction; 
(2) the ability of other current platforms and sub-
systems as of the date of the report to provide intel-
ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support similar 
to the support provided by the current Blue Devil 1 sys-
tem; and 
(3) a listing of programs of the Air Force and other 
programs of the Department of Defense in development 
as of the date of the report that could provide such simi-
lar support in the future. 
(c) REQUIREMENT TO COORDINATE.—In preparing the 
report under subsection (b), the Secretary shall— 
(1) coordinate with the Commander of the United 
States Special Operations Command regarding the oper-
ational needs of the United States Special Operations 
Command; and
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(2) coordinate with the Director of the Defense Ad-
vanced Research Projects Agency with respect to infor-
mation regarding the transfer to the Air Force of the 
technology developed under the wide-area network detec-
tion program for operational integration of wide-area 
motion imagery and near-vertical direction-finding data 
for effective target detection, identification, and tracking 
for potential incorporation, as practical and appropriate, 
into other platforms. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives. 
Subtitle C—Missile Defense Programs 
SEC. 231. IMPROVEMENTS TO ACQUISITION ACCOUNTABILITY 
REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYS-
TEM. 
(a) IMPROVEMENT TO OPERATIONS AND SUSTAINMENT 
COST ESTIMATES.—In preparing the acquisition account-
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ability reports on the ballistic missile defense system required 
by section 225 of title 10, United States Code, the Director 
of the Missile Defense Agency shall improve the quality of 
cost estimates relating to operations and sustainment that 
are included in such reports under subsection (b)(3)(A) of 
such section, including with respect to the confidence levels 
of such cost estimates. 
(b) OPERATIONS AND SUSTAINMENT RESPONSIBILITY.— 
Section 225 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) OPERATIONS
AND
SUSTAINMENT
COST
ESTI-
MATES.—The Director shall ensure that each life-cycle cost 
estimate included in an acquisition baseline pursuant to sub-
section (b)(3)(A) includes— 
‘‘(1) all of the operations and sustainment costs for 
which the Director is responsible; and 
‘‘(2) 
a 
description 
of 
the 
operations 
and 
sustainment functions and costs for which a military de-
partment is responsible.’’. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Missile Defense Agency shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report outlining the plans of the
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Director to improve the quality of cost estimates pursu-
ant to subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include— 
(A) a description of the actions planned to im-
prove the quality of cost estimates included in the 
acquisition accountability reports on the ballistic 
missile defense system required by section 225 of 
title 10, United States Code; 
(B) the schedule for such planned actions, in-
cluding the planned schedule for meeting the re-
quirements of subsection (e) of such section 225, as 
added by subsection (b); 
(C) a description of any steps taken during the 
previous year to improve the quality of such cost es-
timates; 
(D) an assessment of how the planned im-
provements compare to the best practices and cost- 
estimation guidelines recommended by the Comp-
troller General of the United States for cost esti-
mates of the ballistic missile defense system; 
(E) any other matters the Director considers 
appropriate; and
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(F) the views of the Comptroller General of the 
United States with respect to the contents of the re-
port. 
(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form. 
SEC. 232. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR MEADS PRO-
GRAM. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for the 
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for the 
medium extended air defense system. 
SEC. 233. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INTE-
GRATION OF CERTAIN MISSILE DEFENSE SYS-
TEMS; REPORT ON REGIONAL BALLISTIC MISSILE 
DEFENSE. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON INTEGRATION OF CERTAIN SYS-
TEMS.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that missile defense systems of the People’s Re-
public of China should not be integrated into the missile 
defense systems of the United States or the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of Defense may
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be obligated or expended to integrate missile defense sys-
tems of the People’s Republic of China into missile de-
fense systems of the United States. 
(b) REPORT
ON REGIONAL BALLISTIC MISSILE DE-
FENSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the status and progress of regional 
missile defense programs and efforts. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the overall risk assessment 
from the most recent Global Ballistic Missile De-
fense Assessment of regional missile defense capa-
bilities relative to meeting the operational needs of 
the commanders of the geographic combatant com-
mands, including the need for force protection of 
forward-deployed forces and capabilities of the 
United States and for the defense of allies and part-
ners of the United States. 
(B) An assessment of whether and how the 
currently planned phased, adaptive approach to mis-
sile defense in Europe and other planned regional 
missile defense approaches and capabilities of the
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United States meet the integrated priorities of the 
commanders of the geographic combatant com-
mands to achieve the operational requirements of 
the commanders to defend against the ballistic mis-
sile threat to deployed forces of the United States 
and allies of the United States, including a descrip-
tion of planned force structure deployment options 
to increase missile defense capabilities in the area 
of responsibility of a commander, if needed, in the 
event of warning of an imminent ballistic missile at-
tack. 
(C) A detailed explanation of the current and 
planned concept of operations for the phased, 
adaptive approach to missile defense in Europe, in-
cluding— 
(i) arrangements for allocating the com-
mand of assets of such approach between the 
Commander of the United States European 
Command and the Supreme Allied Com-
mander, Europe; 
(ii) an explanation of the circumstances 
under which such command would be allocated 
to each commander; and 
(iii) a description of the prioritization of 
defense of both the deployed forces of the
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United States and the territory of the member 
states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion using available missile defense interceptor 
inventory. 
(D) A description of the progress made in the 
development and testing of elements of systems in-
tended for deployment in phases 2 and 3 of the 
phased, adaptive approach to missile defense in Eu-
rope, including the standard missile–3 block IB, the 
standard missile–3 block IIA interceptors, and the 
Aegis Ashore system, and any areas where work re-
mains to ensure such phases are ready for deploy-
ment as specified in the 2010 Ballistic Missile De-
fense Review. 
(E) A description of the manner in which ele-
ments of regional missile defense architectures, such 
as forward-based X-band radars in Japan, Israel, 
Turkey, and the area of responsibility of the Com-
mander of the United States Central Command, 
contribute to the enhancement of the homeland de-
fense of the United States. 
(F) A description of the manner in which en-
hanced integration of offensive military capabilities 
and defensive missile defense capabilities, including 
the potential for improved intelligence, surveillance,
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and reconnaissance, will fit into regional missile de-
fense planning and force structure assessments. 
(G) A description of how the contributions of 
allies and partners of the United States that have 
purchased missile defense technology of the United 
States could aid in reducing the costs of deployment 
of regional missile defense capabilities of the United 
States, and how the systems of such allies and part-
ners could be better networked and integrated to 
provide mutual force multiplication benefits. 
(H) A description of how the Secretary of De-
fense is working with allies and partners of the 
United States that have purchased air and missile 
defense technology of the United States to integrate 
the capabilities of such allies and partners provided 
by such technology with the air and missile defense 
systems and networks of the United States to pro-
vide mutual benefit. 
(I) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex.
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ing initial operating capability by not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2019, including by improving— 
(A) the exo-atmospheric kill vehicle for the 
ground-based interceptor; 
(B) the command, control, battle management, 
and communications system; and 
(C) the sensor and communications architec-
ture of the ballistic missile defense system; and 
(2) a plan to carry out such options that gives pri-
ority to including such improved capabilities in at least 
some of the 14 ground-based interceptors that will be 
procured by the Director, as announced by the Secretary 
of Defense on March 15, 2013. 
(b) IMPROVED HIT ASSESSMENT.—The Director, in con-
sultation with the Commander of the United States Strategic 
Command and the Commander of the United States North-
ern Command, shall take appropriate steps to develop an in-
terim capability for improved hit assessment for the ground- 
based midcourse defense system that can be integrated into 
near-term exo-atmospheric kill vehicle upgrades and refur-
bishment. 
(c) REPORT
ON IMPROVED CAPABILITIES.—Not later 
than April 1, 2014, the Director, the Commander of the 
United States Strategic Command, and the Commander of
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(A) develop and implement a public outreach 
plan to inform the public of the land uses changes 
and safety restrictions affecting the land withdrawn 
and reserved by section 2941; and 
(B) advise the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of the Navy with respect to the issues 
associated with the multiple uses of the Shared Use 
Area. 
(2) SITING PROCESS.—The Resource Management 
Group shall determine the location of the company objec-
tive areas. In siting the two areas, the Resource Man-
agement Group will seek information from representa-
tives of relevant State agencies, Off Highway Vehicle 
and other recreation interest groups, and environmental 
advocacy groups. The Resource Management Group shall 
consider potential recreational and conservation uses of 
the area when making their location determination. 
(c) MEETINGS.—The Resource Management Group 
shall— 
(1) meet at least once a year; and 
(2) solicit input from relevant State agencies, pri-
vate off-highway vehicle interest groups, event managers, 
environmental advocacy groups, and others relating to 
the management and facilitation of recreational use 
within the Shared Use Area.