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pertise or other relevant experience in government, 
the private sector, or academia regarding— 
(A) health care; 
(B) medical records; 
(C) logistics; 
(D) information technology; or 
(E) other relevant subjects. 
(2) DISQUALIFICATION.—An individual may not 
be appointed to the Working Group if the individual 
has served on the Department of Veterans Affairs- 
Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee 
or any working group thereof. 
(3) EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENTS.—Not more 
than a total of four individuals who are employed by 
either the Department of Defense or the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs may be appointed to the 
Working Group to ensure that the efficiencies and 
best practices of the pilot program do not violate the 
policies of the Departments. Such an individual who 
is appointed may not serve as chairman of the 
Working Group or serve in any other supervisory or 
leadership role. 
(4) ADVISORS.—The Working Group shall seek 
advice from experts from nongovernmental organiza-
tions (including veterans service organizations, sur-
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vivors of members of the Armed Forces or veterans, 
and military organizations), the Internet technology 
industry, private sector hospital administrators, and 
other entities the Working Group determines appro-
priate. 
(5) CHAIRMAN.—Except as provided by para-
graph (3), the Department of Veterans Affairs-De-
partment of Defense Joint Executive Committee 
shall designate a member of the Working Group to 
serve as chairman of the Working Group. 
(6) PERIOD
OF
APPOINTMENT.—Members of 
the Working Group shall be appointed for the life of 
the Working Group. A vacancy shall not affect its 
powers. 
(7) VACANCY.—A vacancy on the Working 
Group shall be filled in the manner in which the 
original appointment was made. 
(8) APPOINTMENT
DEADLINE.—The appoint-
ment of members of the Working Group established 
in this section shall be made not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(9) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Each mem-
ber of the Working Group who is not an officer or 
employee of the United States shall be compensated 
at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual
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rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Exec-
utive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code, for each day (including travel time) 
during which the member is engaged in the perform-
ance of the duties of the Working Group. All mem-
bers of the Working Group who are officers or em-
ployees of the United States shall serve without com-
pensation in addition to that received for their serv-
ices as officers or employees of the United States. 
(k) MEETINGS.— 
(1) INITIAL
MEETING.—The Working Group 
shall hold its first meeting not later than 15 days 
after the date on which a majority of the members 
are appointed. 
(2) MINIMUM
NUMBER
OF
MEETINGS.—The 
Working Group shall meet not less than twice each 
year regarding the pilot program under subsection 
(b), including the progress, status, implementation, 
and execution of the pilot program. 
(l) TERMINATION OF WORKING GROUP.—The Work-
ing Group shall terminate on the date on which the Work-
ing Group submits the report under subsection (i)(3). 
(m) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the following:
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(A) The Committees on Veterans’ Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate. 
(B) The Committees on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘Integrated Disability Evaluation 
System’’ means the disability evaluation system used 
jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 593. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FULFILLING 
PROMISE TO LEAVE NO MEMBER OF THE 
ARMED FORCES UNACCOUNTED IN AFGHANI-
STAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The United States is a country of great 
honor and integrity. 
(2) The United States has made a sacred prom-
ise to members of the Armed Forces deployed over-
seas in defense of the United States that their sac-
rifice and service will never be forgotten. 
(3) The United States can never thank the 
proud members of the Armed Forces enough for 
their sacrifice and service on behalf of the United 
States.
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) abandoning the search efforts for members 
of the Armed Forces who are missing or captured in 
the line of duty now or in the future is unacceptable; 
(2) the United States has a responsibility to 
keep the promises made to members of the Armed 
Forces deployed overseas in defense of the United 
States, including the promise of the United States 
Soldier’s Creed and the Warrior Ethos, which state 
that ‘‘I will never leave a fallen comrade’’; and 
(3) while the United States continues to transi-
tion leadership roles in combat operations in Af-
ghanistan to the people of Afghanistan, the United 
States must continue to fulfill these important prom-
ises to any member of the Armed Forces who is in 
a missing status or captured as a result of service 
in Afghanistan now or in the future. 
SEC. 594. AUTHORITY FOR REMOVAL FROM NATIONAL 
CEMETERIES OF REMAINS OF DECEASED 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO 
HAVE NO KNOWN NEXT OF KIN. 
(a) REMOVAL AUTHORITY.—Section 1488 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
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‘‘(c) REMOVAL WHEN NO KNOWN NEXT OF KIN.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Army may authorize the removal 
of the remains of a member of the armed forces who has 
no known next of kin and is buried in an Army National 
Military Cemetery from the Army National Military Ceme-
tery for transfer to any other cemetery. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Army, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, may authorize the 
removal of the remains of a member of the armed forces 
who has no known next of kin and is buried in a cemetery 
of the National Cemetery System from that cemetery for 
transfer to any Army National Military Cemetery. 
‘‘(3) In this section, the term ‘Army National Mili-
tary Cemetery’ means a cemetery specified in section 
4721(b) of this title.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 
further amended— 
(1) by inserting before ‘‘If a cemetery’’ the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) REMOVAL UPON DISCONTINUANCE OF INSTAL-
LATION CEMETERY.—’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘his jurisdiction’’ and inserting 
‘‘the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned’’; and 
(3) by inserting before ‘‘With respect to’’ the 
following:
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‘‘(b) REMOVAL FROM TEMPORARY INTERMENT OR 
ABANDONED GRAVE OR CEMETERY.—’’. 
SEC. 595. ACCESS OF CONGRESSIONAL CASEWORKERS TO 
INFORMATION ABOUT DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS CASEWORK BROKERED TO 
OTHER OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT. 
If Department of Veterans Affairs casework is bro-
kered out to another office of the Department from its 
original submission site, a caseworker in a congressional 
office may contact the brokered office to receive an update 
on the constituent’s case, and that office of the Depart-
ment is required to update the congressional staffer re-
gardless of their thoughts on jurisdiction. 
SEC. 596. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROVISION OF CERTAIN IN-
FORMATION TO STATE VETERANS AGENCIES 
TO FACILITATE THE TRANSITION OF MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FROM MILI-
TARY SERVICE TO CIVILIAN LIFE. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Commencing not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot pro-
gram to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing 
the information described in subsection (b) on members 
of the Armed Forces who are separating from the Armed 
Forces to State veterans agencies as a means of facili-
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tating the transition of members of the Armed Forces 
from military service to civilian life. 
(b) COVERED INFORMATION.—The information de-
scribed in this subsection with respect to a member is as 
follows: 
(1) Department of Defense Form DD 214. 
(2) A personal email address. 
(3) A personal telephone number. 
(4) A mailing address. 
(c) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.—The participation 
of a member in the pilot program shall be at the election 
of the member. 
(d) FORM OF PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—Infor-
mation shall be provided to State veterans agencies under 
the pilot program in digitized electronic form. 
(e) USE OF INFORMATION.—Information provided to 
State veterans agencies under the pilot program may be 
shared by such agencies with appropriate county veterans 
service offices in such manner and for such purposes as 
the Secretary shall specify for purposes of the pilot pro-
gram. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 15 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the pilot program. The report 
shall include a description of the pilot program and such
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recommendations, including recommendations for con-
tinuing or expanding the pilot program, as the Secretary 
considers appropriate in light of the pilot program. 
SEC. 597. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE RECOV-
ERY OF THE REMAINS OF CERTAIN MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES KILLED IN THUR-
STON ISLAND, ANTARCTICA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Commencing August 26, 1946, though late 
February 1947 the United States Navy Antarctic 
Developments Program Task Force 68, codenamed 
‘‘Operation Highjump’’ initiated and undertook the 
largest ever-to-this-date exploration of the Antarctic 
continent. 
(2) The primary mission of the Task Force 68 
organized by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd Jr. 
USN, (Ret) and led by Rear Admiral Richard H. 
Cruzen, USN, was to do the following: 
(A) Establish the Antarctic research base 
Little America IV. 
(B) In the defense of the United States of 
America from possible hostile aggression from 
abroad - to train personnel test equipment, de-
velop techniques for establishing, maintaining
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and utilizing air bases on ice, with applicability 
comparable to interior Greenland, where condi-
tions are similar to those of the Antarctic. 
(C) Map and photograph a full two-thirds 
of the Antarctic Continent during the classified, 
hazardous duty/volunteer-only operation involv-
ing 4700 sailors, 23 aircraft and 13 ships in-
cluding the first submarine the U.S.S. Sennet, 
and the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Philippine 
Sea, brought to the edge of the ice pack to 
launch (6) Navy ski-equipped, rocket-assisted 
R4Ds 
(D) Consolidate and extend United States 
sovereignty over the largest practicable area of 
the Antarctic continent. 
(E) Determine the feasibility of estab-
lishing, maintaining and utilizing bases in the 
Antarctic and investigating possible base sites. 
(3) While on a hazardous duty/all volunteer 
mission vital to the interests of National Security 
and while over the eastern Antarctica coastline 
known as the Phantom Coast, the PBM–5 Martin 
Mariner ‘‘Flying Boat’’ ‘‘George 1’’ entered a 
whiteout over Thurston Island. As the pilot at-
tempted to climb, the aircraft grazed the glacier’s
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ridgeline and exploded within 5 seconds instantly 
killing Ensign Maxwell Lopez, Navigator and Wen-
dell ‘‘Bud’’ Hendersin, Aviation Machinists Mate 1st 
Class while Frederick Williams, Aviation Radioman 
1st Class died several hours later. Six other crewmen 
survived including the Captain of the ‘‘George 1’s’’ 
seaplane tender U.S.S. Pine Island. 
(4) The bodies of the dead were protected from 
the desecration of Antarctic scavenging birds 
(Skuas) by the surviving crew wrapping the bodies 
and temporarily burying the men under the star-
board wing engine nacelle. 
(5) Rescue requirements of the ‘‘George 1’’ sur-
vivors forced the abandonment of their crewmates’ 
bodies. 
(6) Conditions prior to the departure of Task 
Force 68 precluded a return to the area to the re-
cover the bodies. 
(7) For nearly 60 years Navy promised the 
families that they would recover the men: ‘‘If the 
safety, logistical, and operational prerequisites allow 
a mission in the future, every effort will be made to 
bring our sailors home.’’.
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(8) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command 
twice offered to recover the bodies of this crew for 
Navy. 
(9) A 2004 NASA ground penetrating radar 
overflight commissioned by Navy relocated the crash 
site three miles from its crash position. 
(10) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Com-
mand offered to underwrite the cost of an aerial 
ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey of the crash 
site area by NASA. 
(11) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Com-
mand studied the recovery with the recognized recov-
ery authorities and national scientists and deter-
mined that the recovery is only ‘‘medium risk’’. 
(12) National Science Foundation and sci-
entists from the University of Texas, Austin, regu-
larly visit the island. 
(13) The crash site is classified as a ‘‘perishable 
site’’, meaning a glacier that will calve into the 
Bellingshausen Sea. 
(14) The National Science Foundation main-
tains a presence in area of the Pine Island Glacier. 
(15) The National Science Foundation Director 
of Polar Operations will assist and provide assets for 
the recovery upon the request of Congress.
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(16) The United States Coast Guard is pres-
ently pursuing the recovery of 3 WWII air crewmen 
from similar circumstances in Greenland. 
(17) On Memorial Day, May 25, 2009, Presi-
dent Barack Obama declared: ‘‘* * * the support of 
our veterans is a sacred trust * * * we need to serve 
them as they have served us * * * that means bring-
ing home all our POWs and MIAs * * *’’. 
(18) The policies and laws of the United States 
of America require that our armed service personnel 
be repatriated. 
(19) The fullest possible accounting of United 
States fallen military personnel means repatriating 
living American POWs and MIAs, accounting for, 
identifying, and recovering the remains of military 
personnel who were killed in the line of duty, or pro-
viding convincing evidence as to why such a repatri-
ation, accounting, identification, or recovery is not 
possible. 
(20) It is the responsibility of the Federal Gov-
ernment to return to the United States for proper 
burial and respect all members of the Armed Forces 
killed in the line of duty who lie in lost graves. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—In light of the findings 
under subsection (a), Congress—
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(1) reaffirms its support for the recovery and 
return to the United States, the remains and bodies 
of all members of the Armed Forces killed in the 
line of duty, and for the efforts by the Joint POW/ 
MIA Accounting Command to recover the remains of 
members of the Armed Forces from all wars, con-
flicts and missions; 
(2) recognizes the courage and sacrifice of all 
members of the Armed Forces who participated in 
Operation Highjump and all missions vital to the 
national security of the United States of America; 
(3) acknowledges the dedicated research and ef-
forts by the US Geological Survey, the National 
Science Foundation, the Joint POW/MIA Account-
ing Command, the Fallen American Veterans Foun-
dation and all persons and organizations to identify, 
locate, and advocate for, from their temporary Ant-
arctic grave, the recovery of the well-preserved fro-
zen bodies of Ensign Maxwell Lopez, Naval Aviator, 
Frederick Williams, Aviation Machinist’s Mate 1ST 
Class, Wendell Hendersin, Aviation Radioman 1ST 
Class of the ‘‘George 1’’ explosion and crash; and 
(4) encourages the Department of Defense to 
review the facts, research and to pursue new efforts 
to undertake all feasible efforts to recover, identify,
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and return the well-preserved frozen bodies of the 
‘‘George 1’’ crew from Antarctica’s Thurston Island. 
SEC. 598. NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE JOINT 
OUTPATIENT CLINIC, MARINA, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Department of Veterans Af-
fairs and Department of Defense joint outpatient clinic 
to be constructed at the intersection of the proposed Ninth 
Street and the proposed First Avenue in Marina, Cali-
fornia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Major Gen-
eral William H. Gourley VA–DOD Outpatient Clinic’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, regula-
tion, map, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States to the Department of Veterans Affairs and Depart-
ment of Defense joint outpatient clinic referred to in sub-
section (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Major 
General William H. Gourley VA–DOD Outpatient Clinic’’. 
SEC. 599. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRESERVA-
TION OF SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF 
ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL STA-
TIONED OR RESIDING IN THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
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(1) The Second Amendment to the United 
States Constitution provides that the right of the 
people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. 
(2) Approximately 40,000 servicemen and 
women across all branches of the Armed Forces ei-
ther live in or are stationed on active duty within the 
Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Unless these 
individuals are granted a waiver as serving in a law 
enforcement role, they are subject to the District of 
Columbia’s onerous and highly restrictive laws on 
the possession of firearms. 
(3) Military personnel, despite being extensively 
trained in the proper and safe use of firearms, are 
therefore deprived by the laws of the District of Co-
lumbia of handguns, rifles, and shotguns that are 
commonly kept by law-abiding persons throughout 
the United States for sporting use and for lawful de-
fense of their persons, homes, businesses, and fami-
lies. 
(4) The District of Columbia has one of the 
highest per capita murder rates in the Nation, which 
may be attributed in part to previous local laws pro-
hibiting possession of firearms by law-abiding per-
sons who would have otherwise been able to defend
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themselves and their loved ones in their own homes 
and businesses. 
(5) The Gun Control Act of 1968 (as amended 
by the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act) and the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act provide 
comprehensive Federal regulations applicable in the 
District of Columbia as elsewhere. In addition, exist-
ing District of Columbia criminal laws punish pos-
session and illegal use of firearms by violent crimi-
nals and felons. Consequently, there is no need for 
local laws that only affect and disarm law-abiding 
citizens. 
(6) On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court of 
the United States in the case of District of Columbia 
v. Heller held that the Second Amendment protects 
an individual’s right to possess a firearm for tradi-
tionally lawful purposes, and thus ruled that the 
District of Columbia’s handgun ban and require-
ments that rifles and shotguns in the home be kept 
unloaded and disassembled or outfitted with a trig-
ger lock to be unconstitutional. 
(7) On July 16, 2008, the District of Columbia 
enacted the Firearms Control Emergency Amend-
ment Act of 2008 (D.C. Act 17–422; 55 DCR 
8237), which places onerous restrictions on the abil-
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ity of law-abiding citizens from possessing firearms, 
thus violating the spirit by which the Supreme Court 
of the United States ruled in District of Columbia 
v. Heller. 
(8) On February 26, 2009, the United States 
Senate adopted an amendment on a bipartisan vote 
of 62–36 by Senator John Ensign to S. 160, the 
District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 
2009, which would fully restore Second Amendment 
rights to the citizens of the District of Columbia. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that active duty military personnel who are stationed 
or residing in the District of Columbia should be permitted 
to exercise fully their rights under the Second Amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States and therefore 
should be exempt from the District of Columbia’s restric-
tions on the possession of firearms.
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TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
SEC. 601. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TEM-
PORARY INCREASE IN RATES OF BASIC AL-
LOWANCE FOR HOUSING UNDER CERTAIN 
CIRCUMSTANCES. 
Section 403(b)(7)(E) of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2015’’. 
SEC. 602. NO FISCAL YEAR 2015 INCREASE IN BASIC PAY 
FOR GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS. 
Section 203(a)(2) of title 37, United States Code, 
shall be applied for rates of basic pay payable for commis-
sioned officers in the uniformed services in pay grades O– 
7 through O–10 during calendar year 2015 by using the 
rate of pay for level II of the Executive Schedule in effect 
during 2014.
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Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special 
and Incentive Pays 
SEC. 611. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR RESERVE 
FORCES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’: 
(1) Section 308b(g), relating to Selected Re-
serve reenlistment bonus. 
(2) Section 308c(i), relating to Selected Reserve 
affiliation or enlistment bonus. 
(3) Section 308d(c), relating to special pay for 
enlisted members assigned to certain high-priority 
units. 
(4) Section 308g(f)(2), relating to Ready Re-
serve enlistment bonus for persons without prior 
service. 
(5) Section 308h(e), relating to Ready Reserve 
enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 
prior service. 
(6) Section 308i(f), relating to Selected Reserve 
enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 
prior service.
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(7) Section 478a(e), relating to reimbursement 
of travel expenses for inactive-duty training outside 
of normal commuting distance. 
(8) Section 910(g), relating to income replace-
ment payments for reserve component members ex-
periencing extended and frequent mobilization for 
active duty service. 
SEC. 612. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR HEALTH 
CARE PROFESSIONALS. 
(a) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections 
of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2015’’: 
(1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse offi-
cer candidate accession program. 
(2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of 
education loans for certain health professionals who 
serve in the Selected Reserve. 
(b) TITLE 37 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections 
of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2015’’: 
(1) Section 302c–1(f), relating to accession and 
retention bonuses for psychologists.
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(2) Section 302d(a)(1), relating to accession 
bonus for registered nurses. 
(3) Section 302e(a)(1), relating to incentive 
special pay for nurse anesthetists. 
(4) Section 302g(e), relating to special pay for 
Selected Reserve health professionals in critically 
short wartime specialties. 
(5) Section 302h(a)(1), relating to accession 
bonus for dental officers. 
(6) Section 302j(a), relating to accession bonus 
for pharmacy officers. 
(7) Section 302k(f), relating to accession bonus 
for medical officers in critically short wartime spe-
cialties. 
(8) Section 302l(g), relating to accession bonus 
for dental specialist officers in critically short war-
time specialties. 
SEC. 613. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PAY AND 
BONUS AUTHORITIES FOR NUCLEAR OFFI-
CERS. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’:
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(1) Section 312(f), relating to special pay for 
nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active 
service. 
(2) Section 312b(c), relating to nuclear career 
accession bonus. 
(3) Section 312c(d), relating to nuclear career 
annual incentive bonus. 
SEC. 614. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO TITLE 37 CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL 
PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORI-
TIES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’: 
(1) Section 331(h), relating to general bonus 
authority for enlisted members. 
(2) Section 332(g), relating to general bonus 
authority for officers. 
(3) Section 333(i), relating to special bonus and 
incentive pay authorities for nuclear officers. 
(4) Section 334(i), relating to special aviation 
incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers. 
(5) Section 335(k), relating to special bonus 
and incentive pay authorities for officers in health 
professions.
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(6) Section 336(g), relating to contracting 
bonus for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the 
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
(7) Section 351(h), relating to hazardous duty 
pay. 
(8) Section 352(g), relating to assignment pay 
or special duty pay. 
(9) Section 353(i), relating to skill incentive 
pay or proficiency bonus. 
(10) Section 355(h), relating to retention incen-
tives for members qualified in critical military skills 
or assigned to high priority units. 
SEC. 615. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO PAYMENT OF OTHER TITLE 37 BO-
NUSES AND SPECIAL PAYS. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’: 
(1) Section 301b(a), relating to aviation officer 
retention bonus. 
(2) Section 307a(g), relating to assignment in-
centive pay. 
(3) Section 308(g), relating to reenlistment 
bonus for active members.
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(4) Section 309(e), relating to enlistment 
bonus. 
(5) Section 316a(g), relating to incentive pay 
for members of precommissioning programs pur-
suing foreign language proficiency. 
(6) Section 324(g), relating to accession bonus 
for new officers in critical skills. 
(7) Section 326(g), relating to incentive bonus 
for conversion to military occupational specialty to 
ease personnel shortage. 
(8) Section 327(h), relating to incentive bonus 
for transfer between branches of the Armed Forces. 
(9) Section 330(f), relating to accession bonus 
for officer candidates. 
Subtitle C—Travel and 
Transportation 
SEC. 621. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS FOR 
THE PROVISION OF RELOCATION SERVICES. 
The Secretary of Defense may authorize the com-
mander of a military base to enter into a contract with 
an appropriate entity for the provision of relocation serv-
ices to members of the Armed Forces.
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SEC. 622. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A 
SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS FOR DISABLED VET-
ERANS WITH A SERVICE-CONNECTED, PER-
MANENT DISABILITY RATED AS TOTAL. 
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF TRANSPORTATION.—Section 
2641b of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) SPECIAL PRIORITY
FOR CERTAIN DISABLED 
VETERANS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall provide, 
at no additional cost to the Department of Defense and 
with no aircraft modification, transportation on scheduled 
and unscheduled military flights within the continental 
United States and on scheduled overseas flights operated 
by the Air Mobility Command on a space-available basis 
for any veteran with a service-connected, permanent dis-
ability rated as total. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1), in estab-
lishing space-available transportation priorities under the 
travel program, the Secretary shall provide transportation 
under paragraph (1) on the same basis as such transpor-
tation is provided to members of the armed forces entitled 
to retired or retainer pay.
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‘‘(3) The requirement to provide transportation on 
Department of Defense aircraft on a space-available basis 
on the priority basis described in paragraph (2) to vet-
erans covered by this subsection applies whether or not 
the travel program is established under this section. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the terms ‘veteran’ and ‘serv-
ice-connected’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 101 of title 38.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (f) of section 
2641b of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a), shall take effect at the end of the 90-day pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle D—Commissary and Non-
appropriated Fund Instrumen-
tality Benefits and Operations 
SEC. 631. AUTHORITY OF NONAPPROPRIATED FUND IN-
STRUMENTALITIES TO ENTER INTO CON-
TRACTS WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES 
AND INSTRUMENTALITIES TO PROVIDE AND 
OBTAIN CERTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES. 
Section 2492 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Federal department, agency, or in-
strumentality’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end of the section and inserting the following: ‘‘Fed-
eral department, agency, or instrumentality—
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‘‘(1) to provide or obtain goods and services 
beneficial to the efficient management and operation 
of the exchange system or that morale, welfare, and 
recreation system; or 
‘‘(2) to provide or obtain food services beneficial 
to the efficient management and operation of the 
dining facilities on military installations offering 
food services to members of the armed forces.’’. 
SEC. 632. REVIEW OF MANAGEMENT, FOOD, AND PRICING 
OPTIONS FOR DEFENSE COMMISSARY SYS-
TEM. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct a review, utilizing the services of an inde-
pendent organization experienced in grocery retail anal-
ysis, of the defense commissary system to determine the 
qualitative and quantitative effects of— 
(1) using variable pricing in commissary stores 
to reduce the expenditure of appropriated funds to 
operate the defense commissary system; 
(2) implementing a program to make available 
more private label products in commissary stores; 
(3) converting the defense commissary system 
to a nonappropriated fund instrumentality; and 
(4) eliminating or at least reducing second-des-
tination funding.
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(b) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS OF REVIEW.—The re-
view required by this section also shall consider the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The impact of changes to the operation of 
the defense commissary system on commissary pa-
trons, in particular junior enlisted members and jun-
ior officers and their dependents, that would result 
from displacing current value and name-brand prod-
ucts with private-label products. 
(2) The sensitivity of commissary patrons to 
pricing changes. 
(3) The feasibility of generating net revenue 
from pricing and stock assortment changes. 
(4) The relationship of higher prices and re-
duced patron savings to patron usage and accom-
panying sales, both on a national and regional basis. 
(5) The impact of changes to the operation of 
the defense commissary system on industry support; 
such as vendor stocking, promotions, discounts, and 
merchandising activities and programs. 
(6) The ability of the current commissary man-
agement and information technology systems to ac-
commodate changes to the existing pricing and man-
agement structure.
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(7) The product category management systems 
and expertise of the Defense Commissary Agency. 
(8) The impact of changes to the operation of 
the defense commissary system on military ex-
changes and other morale, welfare, and recreation 
programs for members of the Armed Forces. 
(9) The identification of management and legis-
lative changes that would be required in connection 
with changes to the defense commissary system. 
(10) An estimate of the time required to imple-
ment recommended changes to the current pricing 
and management model of the defense commissary 
system. 
(c) SUBMISSION.—Not later than February 1, 2015, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report containing the results of the review 
required by this section. 
SEC. 633. RESTRICTION ON IMPLEMENTING ANY NEW DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY TO LIMIT, 
RESTRICT, OR BAN THE SALE OF CERTAIN 
ITEMS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the 
military departments may not take any action to imple-
ment any new policy that would limit, restrict, or ban the
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sale of any legal consumer product category sold as of 
January 1, 2014, in the defense commissary system or ex-
change stores system on any military installation, domesti-
cally or overseas, or on any Department of Defense vessel 
at sea. 
SEC. 634. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS TO CLOSE 
COMMISSARY STORES. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be used to close 
any commissary store. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 641. ANONYMOUS SURVEY OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES REGARDING THEIR PREF-
ERENCES FOR MILITARY PAY AND BENEFITS. 
(a) SURVEY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall carry out a anonymous survey of random members 
of the Armed Forces regarding military pay and benefits 
for the purpose of soliciting information on the following: 
(1) The value that members of the Armed 
Forces place on the following forms of compensation 
relative to one another: 
(A) Basic pay. 
(B) Allowances for housing and subsist-
ence. 
(C) Bonuses and special pays.
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(D) Dependent healthcare benefits. 
(E) Healthcare benefits for retirees under 
65 years old. 
(F) Healthcare benefits for Medicare-eligi-
ble retirees. 
(G) Retirement pay. 
(2) How the members value different levels of 
pay or benefits, including the impact of co-payments 
or deductibles on the value of benefits. 
(3) Any other issues related to military pay and 
benefits as the Secretary of Defense considers ap-
propriate. 
(4) How information collected pursuant to a 
previous paragraph varies by age, rank, dependent 
status, and such other factors as the Secretary of 
Defense considers appropriate. 
(b) SUBMISSION
OF
RESULTS.—Not later than 
March 1, 2015, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress and make publicly available a report containing 
the results of the survey, including both the analyses and 
the raw data collected.
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SEC. 642. AVAILABILITY FOR PURCHASE OF DEPARTMENT 
OF 
VETERANS 
AFFAIRS 
MEMORIAL 
HEADSTONES AND MARKERS FOR MEMBERS 
OF 
RESERVE 
COMPONENTS 
WHO 
PER-
FORMED CERTAIN TRAINING. 
Section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i)(1) The Secretary shall make available for pur-
chase a memorial headstone or marker for the marked or 
unmarked grave of an individual described in paragraph 
(2) or for the purpose of commemorating such an indi-
vidual whose remains are unavailable. 
‘‘(2) An individual described in this paragraph is an 
individual who— 
‘‘(A) as a member of a National Guard or Re-
serve component performed inactive duty training or 
active duty for training for at least six years but did 
not serve on active duty; and 
‘‘(B) is not otherwise ineligible for a memorial 
headstone or marker on account of the nature of the 
individual’s separation from the Armed Forces or 
other cause. 
‘‘(3) A headstone or marker for the grave of an indi-
vidual may be purchased under this subsection by— 
‘‘(A) the individual;
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‘‘(B) the surviving spouse, child, sibling, or par-
ent of the individual; or 
‘‘(C) an individual other than the next of kin, 
as determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
‘‘(4) In establishing the prices of the headstones and 
markers made available for purchase under this section, 
the Secretary shall ensure the prices are sufficient to cover 
the costs associated with the production and delivery of 
such headstones and markers. 
‘‘(5) No person may receive any benefit under the 
laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
solely by reason of this subsection. 
‘‘(6) This subsection does not authorize any new bur-
ial benefit for any person or create any new authority for 
any individual to be buried in a national cemetery. 
‘‘(7) The Secretary shall coordinate with the Sec-
retary of Defense in establishing procedures to determine 
whether an individual is an individual described in para-
graph (2).’’.
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TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other 
Health Care Benefits 
SEC. 701. MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1074m of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) 
and (C) as subparagraph (C) and (D), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) Once during each 180-day period 
during which a member is deployed.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 
(iii); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) by personnel in deployed units 
whose responsibilities include providing
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unit health care services if such personnel 
are available and the use of such personnel 
for the assessments would not impair the 
capacity of such personnel to perform 
higher priority tasks; and’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1074m(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B) and (C)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subparagraph (C) and (D)’’. 
SEC. 702. CLARIFICATION OF PROVISION OF FOOD TO 
FORMER MEMBERS AND DEPENDENTS NOT 
RECEIVING INPATIENT CARE IN MILITARY 
MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. 
Section 1078b of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘A member’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘A member or former member’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (a)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘mem-
ber or dependent’’ and inserting ‘‘member, former 
member, or dependent’’.
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SEC. 703. AVAILABILITY OF BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT, 
SUPPLIES, AND COUNSELING UNDER THE 
TRICARE PROGRAM. 
Section 1079(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(18) Breastfeeding support, supplies (includ-
ing breast pumps and associated equipment), and 
counseling shall be provided as appropriate during 
pregnancy and the postpartum period.’’. 
SEC. 704. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT OF DEVELOP-
MENTAL DISABILITIES UNDER THE TRICARE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT OF DEVEL-
OPMENTAL DISABILITIES UNDER TRICARE.—Section 
1077 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g)(1) Subject to paragraph (4), in providing health 
care under subsection (a), the treatment of developmental 
disabilities (as defined by section 102(8) of the Develop-
mental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 
2000 (42 U.S.C. 15002(8))), including autism spectrum 
disorder, shall include behavioral health treatment, includ-
ing applied behavior analysis, when prescribed by a physi-
cian or psychologist.
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‘‘(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary 
shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) except as provided by subparagraph (B), 
behavioral health treatment is provided pursuant to 
this subsection— 
‘‘(i) in the case of such treatment provided 
in a State that requires licensing or certifi-
cation of applied behavioral analysts by State 
law, by an individual who is licensed or certified 
to practice applied behavioral analysis in ac-
cordance with the laws of the State; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of such treatment provided 
in a State other than a State described in 
clause (i), by an individual who is licensed or 
certified by a State or an accredited national 
certification board; and 
‘‘(B) applied behavior analysis or other behav-
ioral health treatment may be provided by an em-
ployee, contractor, or trainee of a person described 
in subparagraph (A) if the employee, contractor, or 
trainee meets minimum qualifications, training, and 
supervision requirements as set forth in applicable 
State law, by an appropriate accredited national cer-
tification board, or by the Secretary.
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‘‘(3)(A) This subsection shall not apply to a medicare 
eligible beneficiary (as defined in section 1111(b) of this 
title). 
‘‘(B) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 
as limiting or otherwise affecting the benefits provided to 
a covered beneficiary under— 
‘‘(i) this chapter; 
‘‘(ii) title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); or 
‘‘(iii) any other law. 
‘‘(4) In addition to the requirement under section 
1100(c)(1) of this title, with respect to retired members 
of the Coast Guard, the Commissioned Corps of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the 
Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, or de-
pendents of any such retired members, treatment shall be 
provided under this subsection in a fiscal year only to the 
extent that amounts are specifically provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts for the Defense Health Program 
Account for the provision of such treatment for such fiscal 
year.’’. 
(b) FUNDING MATTERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1100 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended—
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(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT OF DEVEL-
OPMENTAL
DISABILITIES.—(1) Funds for treatment 
under section 1077(g) of this title may be derived only 
from the Defense Health Program Account. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, such funds may not 
be reimbursed from any account that would otherwise pro-
vide funds for the treatment of retired members of the 
Coast Guard, the Commissioned Corps of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the Commis-
sioned Corps of the Public Health Service, or dependents 
of any such retired members. 
‘‘(2) As provided for in paragraph (4) of section 
1077(g), with respect to retired members of the Coast 
Guard, the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, or the Commissioned 
Corps of the Public Health Service, or dependents of any 
such retired members, treatment under such section shall 
be provided in a fiscal year only to the extent that 
amounts are specifically provided in advance in appropria-
tions Acts for the Defense Health Program Account for 
the provision of such treatment for such fiscal year.’’.
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(2) INCREASE AND OFFSET.— 
(A) 
INCREASE.—Notwithstanding 
the 
amounts set forth in the funding tables in divi-
sion D, the amount authorized to be appro-
priated in section 1405 for the Defense Health 
Program, as specified in the corresponding 
funding table in section 4501, for Private Sec-
tor Care is hereby increased by $20,000,000. 
(B) 
OFFSET.—Notwithstanding 
the 
amounts set forth in the funding tables in divi-
sion D, the amount authorized to be appro-
priated in section 4301 for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the corresponding fund-
ing table in section 4301, for the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense (Line 270) is hereby re-
duced by $20,000,000. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that amounts should be appropriated for behavioral 
health treatment of TRICARE beneficiaries, pursuant to 
the amendments made by this section, in a manner to en-
sure the appropriate and equitable access to such treat-
ment by all such beneficiaries.
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Subtitle B—Health Care 
Administration 
SEC. 711. COOPERATIVE HEALTH CARE AGREEMENTS BE-
TWEEN THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS AND 
NON-MILITARY HEALTH CARE ENTITIES. 
Section 713 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Secretary of 
Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary concerned’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary shall’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary concerned shall’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘if 
the Secretary establishing such agreement is 
the Secretary of Defense’’ before the semicolon; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or the 
military department concerned’’ after ‘‘the De-
partment of Defense’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) SECRETARY CONCERNED DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘Secretary concerned’ means— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of a military department; or
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‘‘(2) the Secretary of Defense.’’. 
SEC. 712. SURVEYS ON CONTINUED VIABILITY OF TRICARE 
STANDARD AND TRICARE EXTRA. 
Section 711(b)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is 
amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘on a biennial basis’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘paragraph (1) during 2017 and 
2020, and at such others times as requested by such 
committees or as the Comptroller General deter-
mines appropriate’’. 
SEC. 713. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OR ELIMINATION OF 
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION BILLETS. 
The Secretary of Defense may not transfer or elimi-
nate a graduate medical education billet from the military 
medical treatment facility to which the billet is assigned 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act unless the Sec-
retary— 
(1) conducts a Department-wide review of the 
implementation of the plan required by section 731 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 10 U.S.C. 1071 
note) that is based on not less than two years of car-
rying out such implementation;
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(2) conducts an examination of the most suc-
cessful incentives for recruiting and retaining med-
ical professionals to participate in the graduate med-
ical education programs of the military departments; 
(3) determines the assignment of such billets 
based on the review and examination conducted 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and 
(4) after the Secretary makes the determination 
under paragraph (3), certifies to the congressional 
defense committees that any proposed transfer or 
elimination of such billets— 
(A) meets the needs of the military depart-
ments and the patient population; and 
(B) takes into account the assignment in-
terests of the members of the Armed Forces 
who are participating (or who will participate) 
in the graduate medical education programs of 
the military departments. 
SEC. 714. REVIEW OF MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM MOD-
ERNIZATION STUDY. 
(a) LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
may not restructure or realign a military medical 
treatment facility until a 120-day period has elapsed 
following the date on which the Comptroller General
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of the United States is required to submit to the 
congressional defense committees the report under 
subsection (b)(3). 
(2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report that 
includes the following: 
(A) During the period from 2001 to 2012, 
for each military medical treatment facility con-
sidered under the modernization study directed 
by the Resource Management Decision of the 
Department of Defense numbered MP–D–01— 
(i) the average daily inpatient census; 
(ii) the average inpatient capacity; 
(iii) the top five inpatient admission 
diagnoses; 
(iv) each medical specialty available; 
(v) the average daily percent of staff-
ing available for each medical specialty; 
(vi) the beneficiary population within 
the catchment area; 
(vii) the budgeted funding level; 
(viii) whether the facility has a 
helipad capable of receiving medical evacu-
ation airlift patients arriving on the pri-
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mary evacuation aircraft platform for the 
military installation served; 
(ix) a determination of whether the ci-
vilian hospital system in which the facility 
resides is a Federally-designated under-
served medical community and the effect 
on such community from any reduction in 
staff or functions or downgrade of the fa-
cility; 
(x) if the facility serves a training 
center, a determination, made in consulta-
tion with the appropriate training direc-
torate, training and doctrine command, 
and forces command of each military de-
partment, of the risk with respect to high 
tempo, live-fire military operations, and the 
potential for a mass casualty event if the 
facility is downgraded to a clinic or re-
duced in personnel or capabilities; 
(xi) a site assessment by TRICARE 
to assess the network capabilities of 
TRICARE providers in the local area; 
(xii) the inpatient mental health avail-
ability; and
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(xiii) the average annual inpatient 
care directed to civilian medical facilities. 
(B) For each military medical treatment 
facility considered under such modernization 
study— 
(i) the civilian capacity by medical 
specialty in each catchment area; 
(ii) the distance in miles to the near-
est civilian emergency care department; 
(iii) the distance in miles to the clos-
est civilian inpatient hospital, listed by 
level of care and whether the facility is 
designated a sole community hospital; 
(iv) the availability of ambulance serv-
ice on the military installation and the dis-
tance in miles to the nearest civilian ambu-
lance service, including the average re-
sponse time to the military installation; 
(v) an estimate of the cost to restruc-
ture or realign the military medical treat-
ment facility, including with respect to bed 
closures and civilian personnel reductions; 
and
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(vi) if the military medical treatment 
facility is restructured or realigned, an es-
timate of— 
(I) the number of civilian per-
sonnel reductions, listed by series; 
(II) the number of local support 
contracts terminated; and 
(III) the increased cost of pur-
chased care. 
(C) The results of the study with respect 
to the recommendations of the Secretary to re-
structure or realign military medical treatment 
facilities. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall review the report under sub-
section (a)(2). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The review under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the methodology 
used by the Secretary of Defense in conducting 
the study. 
(B) An assessment of the adequacy of the 
data used by the Secretary with respect to such 
study.
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(3) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date on which the Secretary submits the report 
under subsection (a)(2), the Comptroller General 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the review under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 715. PROVISION OF WRITTEN NOTICE OF CHANGE TO 
TRICARE BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1097c 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1097d. TRICARE program: notice of change to ben-
efits 
‘‘(a) PROVISION OF NOTICE.—(1) If the Secretary 
makes a significant change to any benefits provided by the 
TRICARE program to covered beneficiaries, the Secretary 
shall provide individuals described in paragraph (2) with 
written notice explaining such changes. 
‘‘(2) The individuals described by this paragraph are 
covered beneficiaries and providers participating in the 
TRICARE program who may be affected by a significant 
change covered by a notification under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall provide notice under para-
graph (1) through electronic means.
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‘‘(b) TIMING OF NOTICE.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide notice under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) by the 
earlier of the following dates: 
‘‘(1) The date that the Secretary determines 
would afford individuals described in paragraph (2) 
of such subsection adequate time to understand the 
change covered by the notification. 
‘‘(2) The date that is 90 days before the date 
on which the change covered by the notification be-
comes effective. 
‘‘(3) The effective date of a significant change 
that is required by law. 
‘‘(c) SIGNIFICANT CHANGE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘significant change’ means a system-wide 
change— 
‘‘(1) in policy regarding services provided under 
the TRICARE program (not including the addition 
of new services or benefits); or 
‘‘(2) in payment rates of more than 20 per-
cent.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1097c the following new 
item: 
‘‘1097d. TRICARE program: notice of change to benefits.’’.
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(b) CLARIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND DU-
TIES OF SENIOR MEDICAL ADVISOR.—Subsection (c)(2) 
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘health care stand-
ards of the Department of Veterans Affairs’’ and inserting 
‘‘nationally recognized health care standards and require-
ments’’. 
SEC. 723. RESEARCH REGARDING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. 
The Secretary of Defense may carry out research, de-
velopment, test, and evaluation activities with respect to 
Alzheimer’s disease. 
SEC. 724. ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR HEALTH CARE PRO-
FESSIONAL STAFFING SERVICES. 
(a) ACQUISITION STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall develop and carry out an acquisition strategy 
with respect to entering into contracts for the serv-
ices of health care professional staff at military med-
ical treatment facilities. 
(2) 
ELEMENTS.—The 
acquisition 
strategy 
under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Identification of the responsibilities of 
the military departments and elements of the 
Department of Defense in carrying out such 
strategy.
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(B) Methods to analyze, using reliable and 
detailed data covering the entire Department, 
the amount of funds expended on contracts for 
the services of health care professional staff. 
(C) Methods to identify opportunities to 
consolidate requirements for such services and 
reduce cost. 
(D) Methods to measure cost savings that 
are realized by using such contracts instead of 
purchased care. 
(E) Metrics to determine the effectiveness 
of such strategy. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2015, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the status of implementing the acquisition 
strategy under paragraph (1) of subsection (a), including 
how each element under subparagraphs (A) through (E) 
of paragraph (2) of such subsection are being carried out. 
SEC. 725. PILOT PROGRAM ON MEDICATION THERAPY MAN-
AGEMENT UNDER TRICARE PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with section 
1092 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of De-
fense shall carry out a pilot program to evaluate the feasi-
bility and desirability of including medication therapy 
management as part of the TRICARE program.
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(b) ELEMENTS OF PILOT PROGRAM.—In carrying 
out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall ensure the following: 
(1) Patients who participate in the pilot pro-
gram are patients who— 
(A) have more than one chronic condition; 
and 
(B) are prescribed more than one medica-
tion. 
(2) Medication therapy management services 
provided under the pilot program are focused on im-
proving patient use and outcomes of prescription 
medications. 
(3) The design of the pilot considers best com-
mercial practices in providing medication therapy 
management services, including practices under the 
prescription drug program under part D of title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w– 
101 et seq.). 
(4) The pilot program includes methods to 
measure the effect of medication therapy manage-
ment services on— 
(A) patient use and outcomes of prescrip-
tion medications; and 
(B) the costs of health care.
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(c) LOCATIONS.— 
(1) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the pilot program under subsection (a) in not less 
than three locations. 
(2) FIRST LOCATION CRITERIA.—Not less than 
one location selected under paragraph (1) shall meet 
the following criteria: 
(A) The location is a pharmacy at a mili-
tary medical treatment facility. 
(B) The patients participating in the pilot 
program at such location generally receive pri-
mary care services from health care providers at 
such facility. 
(3) SECOND
LOCATION
CRITERIA.—Not less 
than one location selected under paragraph (1) shall 
meet the following criteria: 
(A) The location is a pharmacy at a mili-
tary medical treatment facility. 
(B) The patients participating in the pilot 
program at such location generally do not re-
ceive primary care services from health care 
providers at such facility. 
(4) THIRD
LOCATION
CRITERION.—Not less 
than one location selected under paragraph (1) shall
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be a pharmacy located at a location other than a 
military medical treatment facility. 
(d) DURATION.—The Secretary shall carry out the 
pilot program under subsection (a) for a period deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary that is not less than 
two years. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 30 months after the 
date on which the Secretary commences the pilot program 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the pilot 
program that includes— 
(1) information on the effect of medication 
therapy management services on— 
(A) patient use and outcomes of prescrip-
tion medications; and 
(B) the costs of health care; 
(2) the recommendations of the Secretary with 
respect to incorporating medication therapy manage-
ment into the TRICARE program; and 
(3) such other information as the Secretary de-
termines appropriate. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘medication therapy manage-
ment’’ means professional services provided by quali-
fied pharmacists to patients to improve the effective
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use and outcomes of prescription medications pro-
vided to the patients. 
(2) The term ‘‘TRICARE program’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 726. REPORT ON REDUCTION OF PRIME SERVICE 
AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 732 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 
112–239; 126 Stat. 1816), as amended by section 701 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (Public Law 113–66), is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, the 
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the status of reducing the 
availability of TRICARE Prime in regions described 
in subsection (d)(1)(B).
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‘‘(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) Details regarding the impact to af-
fected eligible beneficiaries with respect to the 
reduction of the availability of TRICARE 
Prime in regions described in subsection 
(d)(1)(B), including, with respect to each 
State— 
‘‘(i) the number of affected eligible 
beneficiaries who, as of the date of the re-
port, are enrolled in TRICARE Standard; 
‘‘(ii) the number of affected eligible 
beneficiaries who, as of the date of the re-
port; changed residences to remain eligible 
for TRICARE Prime in a new region; and 
‘‘(iii) the number of affected eligible 
beneficiaries who, as of the date of the re-
port, have made an election described in 
subsection (c)(1). 
‘‘(B) The estimated increase in annual 
costs per each affected eligible beneficiary 
counted under subparagraph (A) as compared 
to the estimated annual costs if a contract de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2)(A) did not affect
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the eligibility of the beneficiary for TRICARE 
Prime. 
‘‘(C) A description of the efforts of the 
Secretary to assess— 
‘‘(i) the impact on access to health 
care for affected eligible beneficiaries; and 
‘‘(ii) the satisfaction of such bene-
ficiaries with respect to access to health 
care under TRICARE Standard. 
‘‘(D) A description of the estimated cost 
savings realized by reducing the availability of 
TRICARE Prime in regions described in sub-
section (d)(1)(B).’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Subsection 
(b)(3)(A) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(1)(B)’’. 
SEC. 727. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON TRANSI-
TION OF CARE FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS 
DISORDER OR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2015, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees and Committees on 
Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report that assesses the transition of care for 
post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.
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(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The programs, policies, and regulations that 
affect the transition of care, particularly with re-
spect to individuals who are taking or have been pre-
scribed antidepressants, stimulants, antipsychotics, 
mood 
stabilizers, 
anxiolytic, 
depressants, 
or 
hallucinogens. 
(2) Upon transitioning to care furnished by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the extent to which 
the pharmaceutical treatment plan of an individual 
changes, and the factors determining such changes. 
(3) The extent to which the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs have 
worked together to identify and apply best pharma-
ceutical treatment practices. 
(4) A description of the off-formulary waiver 
process of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the 
extent to which the process is applied efficiently at 
the treatment level. 
(5) The benefits and challenges of combining 
the formularies across the Department of Defense 
and the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(6) Any other issues that the Comptroller Gen-
eral determines appropriate.
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(c) TRANSITION OF CARE DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘transition of care’’ means the transition of an 
individual from receiving treatment furnished by the Sec-
retary of Defense to treatment furnished by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 728. BRIEFING ON HOSPITALS IN ARREARS IN PAY-
MENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a briefing on the process 
used by the Defense Health Agency to collect payments 
from non-Department of Defense hospitals. Such briefing 
shall include a list of each hospital that is more than 90 
days in arrears in payments to the Secretary, including 
the amount of arrears (by 30-day increments) for each 
such hospital. 
SEC. 729. RESEARCH REGARDING BREAST CANCER. 
In carrying out research, development, test, and eval-
uation activities with respect to breast cancer, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall implement the recommendations 
of the Interagency Breast Cancer and Environmental Re-
search Coordinating Committee to prioritize prevention 
and increase the study of chemical and physical factors 
in breast cancer.
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SEC. 730. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ACCESS TO 
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BY MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) mental health and substance use disorders, 
traumatic brain injury, and suicide are being experi-
enced at alarming levels among members of the 
Armed Forces; 
(2) members of the Armed Forces should have 
adequate access to the support and care they need; 
(3) public-private mental health partnerships 
can provide the Department of Defense with an en-
hanced and unique capability to treat members of 
the Armed Forces; 
(4) the Department of Defense should fully im-
plement the pilot program authorized under section 
706 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (10 U.S.C. 10101 note; Public 
Law 112–239) for purposes of enhancing the efforts 
of the Department of Defense in research, treat-
ment, education, and outreach on mental health and 
substance use disorders and traumatic brain injury 
in members of the National Guard and Reserves.
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SEC. 731. EVALUATION OF WOUNDED WARRIOR CARE AND 
TRANSITION PROGRAM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that gaining new ideas and an objective perspective 
are critical to addressing issues regarding the treatment 
of wounded warriors. 
(b) EVALUATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
seek to enter into a contract with a private organization 
to evaluate the wounded warrior care and transition pro-
gram of the Department of Defense. Such evaluation shall 
identify deficiencies in the treatment of wounded warriors 
and offer recommendations to the Secretary of Defense 
and Congress to improve such treatment. The Secretary 
may not award a contract to a private organization to 
carry out such evaluation unless the private organization 
received less than 20 percent of the annual revenue of the 
organization during the previous five years from contracts 
with the Department of Defense or the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. 
(c) FUNDING.— 
(1) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts 
set forth in the funding tables in division D, the 
amount authorized to be appropriated in section 
1405 for the Defense Health Program, as specified 
in the corresponding funding table in section 4501, 
is hereby increased by $20,000,000.
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(2) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D— 
(A) the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated in section 101 for shipbuilding and con-
version, Navy, as specified in the corresponding 
funding table in section 4101, is hereby reduced 
by $10,000,000; and 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated in division C for weapons activities, as 
specified in the corresponding funding table in 
section 4701, for the B61 life extension pro-
gram and the W76 life extension program are 
each hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 
SEC. 732. IMPROVEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE. 
(a) EVALUATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND 
SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not less than once each 
year, the Secretary concerned (as defined in section 
101(a)(9) of title 10, United States Code) shall con-
tract with a third party unaffiliated with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs or the Department of De-
fense to conduct an evaluation of the mental health 
care and suicide prevention programs carried out 
under the laws administered by such Secretary.
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(2) ELEMENTS.—Each evaluation conducted 
under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) use metrics that are common among 
and useful for practitioners in the field of men-
tal health care and suicide prevention; 
(B) identify the most effective mental 
health care and suicide prevention programs 
conducted by the Secretary concerned; 
(C) propose best practices for caring for 
individuals who suffer from mental health dis-
orders or are at risk of suicide; and 
(D) make recommendations to improve the 
coordination and integration of mental health 
and suicide prevention services between the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs and the Depart-
ment of Defense to improve the delivery and ef-
fectiveness of such services. 
SEC. 733. PRIMARY BLAST INJURY RESEARCH. 
The peer-reviewed Psychological Health and Trau-
matic Brain Injury Research Program shall conduct a 
study on blast injury mechanics covering a wide range of 
primary blast injury conditions, including traumatic brain 
injury, in order to accelerate solution development in this 
critical area.
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SEC. 734. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO TREAT INFERTILITY OF 
MILITARY FAMILIES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on what steps the Secretary is taking to ensure that 
members of the Armed Forces and the dependents of such 
members have access to reproductive counseling and a full 
spectrum of treatments for infertility, including in vitro 
fertilization. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of treatment options avail-
able at military medical treatment facilities through-
out the military health system. 
(2) An identification of factors that might dis-
rupt treatment, including availability of options, lack 
of timely access to treatment, change in duty sta-
tion, or overseas deployments. 
(3) The number of members of the Armed 
Forces who have used specific treatment options, in-
cluding in vitro fertilization. 
(4) The number of dependents of members who 
have used specific treatment options, including in 
vitro fertilization.
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(5) An identification of non-Department of De-
fense treatment options for infertility that could ben-
efit members and the dependents of members. 
(6) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
SEC. 735. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON USE OF HYPERBARIC 
OXYGEN THERAPY TO TREAT TRAUMATIC 
BRAIN 
INJURY 
AND 
POST-TRAUMATIC 
STRESS DISORDER. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic 
stress disorder are the signature injuries of the wars 
in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
(2) Post-traumatic stress disorder is prevalent 
throughout the regular component of the Armed 
Forces. 
(3) For example, with respect to Camp 
Lejeune, North Carolina, which has a base popu-
lation of 41,753 active duty personnel, including 
38,020 marines and 3,533 sailors— 
(A) 6,616 patients with a principal diag-
nosis of post-traumatic stress disorder had at 
least one visit for post-traumatic stress disorder 
between February 2013 and April 2014; and
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(B) the Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, 
which had a total of approximately 600,000 
outpatient visits during 2013, recorded 15,043 
outpatient visits for which post-traumatic stress 
disorder was the primary reason for the visit 
between February 2013 and April 2014. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a medical 
treatment that can be used to treat active duty 
members of the Armed Forces for traumatic brain 
injury and post-traumatic stress disorder if— 
(A) such treatment is prescribed by a mili-
tary medical doctor; and 
(B) a hyperbaric chamber that is owned by 
the Department of Defense and cleared for clin-
ical use is locally available; and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense should increase 
awareness among members of the Armed Forces, in-
cluding military medical doctors, of hyperbaric oxy-
gen therapy to treat traumatic brain injury and 
post-traumatic stress disorder.
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TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POL-
ICY, ACQUISITION MANAGE-
MENT, AND RELATED MAT-
TERS 
Subtitle A—Amendments to Gen-
eral 
Contracting 
Authorities, 
Procedures, and Limitations 
SEC. 801. EXTENSION TO UNITED STATES TRANSPOR-
TATION COMMAND OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING 
TO 
PROHIBITION 
ON 
CONTRACTING 
WITH THE ENEMY. 
Section 831(i)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 
Stat. 813) is amended by inserting ‘‘United States Trans-
portation Command,’’ after ‘‘United States Southern 
Command,’’. 
SEC. 802. EXTENSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY FOR AD-
VANCED 
COMPONENT 
DEVELOPMENT 
OR 
PROTOTYPE UNITS. 
(a) 
EXTENSION
OF
TERMINATION.—Subsection 
(b)(4) of section 819 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 10 
U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’.
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(b) EXTENSION OF REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Sub-
section (c) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘March 
1, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘ March 1, 2018’’. 
SEC. 803. AMENDMENT RELATING TO AUTHORITY OF THE 
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS 
AGENCY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN PROTO-
TYPE PROJECTS. 
Section 845(a)(1) of Public Law 103–160 (10 U.S.C. 
2371 note) is amended by striking ‘‘weapons or weapon 
systems proposed to be acquired or developed by the De-
partment of Defense, or to improvement of weapons or 
weapon systems in use by the Armed Forces’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘enhancing the mission effectiveness of 
military personnel and the supporting platforms, systems, 
components, or materials proposed to be acquired or devel-
oped by the Department of Defense, or to improvement 
of platforms, systems, components, or materials in use by 
the Armed Forces’’. 
SEC. 804. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON AGGREGATE AN-
NUAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR CONTRACT 
SERVICES. 
Section 808 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 
1489), as amended by section 802 of the National Defense
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Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113– 
66; 127 Stat. 804) is further amended— 
(1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking ‘‘or 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2014, or 2015’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘and 2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2014, and 2015’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘or 2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2014, or 2015’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2015’’.’’. 
SEC. 805. MAXIMIZING COMPETITION IN DESIGN-BUILD 
CONTRACTS. 
(a) PUBLIC DESIGN-BUILD CONSTRUCTION PROCESS 
IMPROVEMENT.—Section 3309 of title 41, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and the con-
tract is in an amount of $1,000,000 or greater’’ 
after ‘‘appropriate for use’’; 
(2) by striking the second sentence of sub-
section (d) and inserting the following: ‘‘The max-
imum number specified in the solicitation shall not 
exceed 5 unless the head of the agency approves the 
contracting officer’s justification with respect to the 
solicitation that a number greater than 5 is in the 
Federal Government’s interest. The contracting offi-
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cer shall provide written documentation of how a 
maximum number exceeding 5 is consistent with the 
purposes and objectives of the two-phase selection 
procedures.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall require the head 
of each agency to appoint an individual who shall 
provide to the Director an annual compilation of 
each instance the agency awarded a contract pursu-
ant to this section in which— 
‘‘(A) more than 5 offerors were selected to 
submit competitive proposals pursuant to sub-
section (c)(4); or 
‘‘(B) the contract was awarded without 
using the two-phase selection procedures de-
scribed in subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—The Director shall pre-
pare an annual report containing the information 
provided by each executive agency under subpara-
graph (A). The report shall be accessible to the pub-
lic through electronic means, and the Director shall
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publish a notice of availability in the Federal Reg-
ister. 
‘‘(3) FISCAL YEARS COVERED; DEADLINE.—The 
Director shall submit to Congress the report pre-
pared under subparagraph (B) for the fiscal year 
during which this subsection is enacted, and each of 
the next 4 fiscal years, not later than 60 days after 
the end of each such fiscal year.’’. 
(b) DEFENSE DESIGN-BUILD CONSTRUCTION PROC-
ESS IMPROVEMENT.—Section 2305a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and the con-
tract is in an amount of $1,000,000 or greater’’ 
after ‘‘appropriate for use’’; 
(2) by striking the second sentence of sub-
section (d) and inserting the following: ‘‘The max-
imum number specified in the solicitation shall not 
exceed 5 unless the head of the agency approves the 
contracting officer’s justification with respect to an 
individual solicitation that a number greater than 5 
is in the Federal Government’s interest. The con-
tracting officer shall provide written documentation 
of how a maximum number exceeding 5 is consistent 
with the purposes and objectives of the two-phase se-
lection procedures.’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) REPORT.—(1) The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall require the head of each 
agency to appoint an individual who shall provide to the 
Director an annual compilation of each instance the agen-
cy awarded a contract pursuant to this section in which— 
‘‘(A) more than 5 offerors were selected to sub-
mit competitive proposals pursuant to subsection 
(c)(4); or 
‘‘(B) the contract was awarded without using 
the two-phase selection procedures described in sub-
section (c). 
‘‘(2) The Director shall prepare an annual report con-
taining the information provided by each executive agency 
under subparagraph (A). The report shall be accessible to 
the public through electronic means, and the Director 
shall publish a notice of availability in the Federal Reg-
ister. 
‘‘(3) The Director shall submit to Congress the report 
prepared under subparagraph (B) for the fiscal year dur-
ing which this subsection is enacted, and each of the next 
4 fiscal years, not later than 60 days after the end of each 
such fiscal year’’.
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(c) GAO REPORT.—Not later than the end of fiscal 
year 2021, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall issue a report analyzing the extent to which Federal 
agencies are in compliance with the reporting require-
ments in section 2305a(f) of title 10, United States Code, 
and section 3309(g) of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 806. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR USE OF SIM-
PLIFIED 
ACQUISITION 
PROCEDURES 
FOR 
CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS. 
Section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (divi-
sion D of Public Law 104–106; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) is 
amended by striking subsection (e). 
Subtitle B—Industrial Base 
Matters 
SEC. 811. THREE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AND AMENDMENTS 
TO TEST PROGRAM FOR NEGOTIATION OF 
COMPREHENSIVE SMALL BUSINESS SUBCON-
TRACTING PLANS. 
(a) THREE-YEAR EXTENSION.—Subsection (e) of 
section 834 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (15 U.S.C. 637 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2017’’.
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(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPREHEN-
SIVE SUBCONTRACTING PLANS.—Subsection (b) of section 
834 of such Act is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4), and in that paragraph by striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) Each comprehensive subcontracting plan of a 
contractor shall require that the contractor report to the 
Secretary of Defense on a semi-annual basis the following 
information: 
‘‘(A) The amount of first-tier subcontract dol-
lars awarded during the six-month period covered by 
the report to covered small business concerns, with 
the information set forth separately— 
‘‘(i) by North American Industrial Classi-
fication System code; 
‘‘(ii) by major defense acquisition program, 
as defined in section 2430(a) of title 10, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(iii) by contract, if the contract is for the 
maintenance, overhaul, repair, servicing, reha-
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bilitation, salvage, modernization, or modifica-
tion of supplies, systems, or equipment and the 
total value of the contract, including options, 
exceeds $100,000,000; and 
‘‘(iv) by military department. 
‘‘(B) The total number of subcontracts active 
under the test program during the six-month period 
covered by the report that would have otherwise re-
quired a subcontracting plan under paragraph (4) or 
(5) of section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(d)). 
‘‘(C) Costs incurred in negotiating, complying 
with, and reporting on comprehensive subcontracting 
plans. 
‘‘(D) Costs avoided by adoption of a com-
prehensive subcontracting plan. 
‘‘(E) Any other information required by the De-
partment of Defense to complete the study required 
by subsection (f).’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL CONSEQUENCE FOR FAILURE TO 
MAKE GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO COMPLY.— 
(1) AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (d) of section 
834 of such Act is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘COMPANY-WIDE’’ and in-
serting ‘‘COMPREHENSIVE’’ in the heading;
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(B) by striking ‘‘company-wide’’ and in-
serting ‘‘comprehensive subcontracting’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In 
addition, any such failure shall be a factor con-
sidered as part of the evaluation of past per-
formance of an offeror.’’. 
(2) REPEAL OF SUSPENSION OF SUBSECTION 
(D).—Section 402 of Public Law 101–574 (15 
U.S.C. 637 note) is repealed. 
(d) ADDITIONAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 
834(f) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘March 
1, 1994, and March 1, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2015’’. 
(2) CORRECTION
OF
REFERENCE
TO
COM-
MITTEE.—Such paragraph is further amended by 
striking ‘‘Committees’’ and all that follows through 
the end of such paragraph and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Committees on Armed Services and on 
Small Business of the House of Representatives and 
the Committees on Armed Services and on Small 
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate’’. 
(e) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—
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(1) COVERED
SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.— 
Subsection (g) of section 834 of such Act is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘cov-
ered small business concern’ includes each of the following: 
‘‘(1) A small business concern, as that term is 
defined under section 3(a) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632(a)); 
‘‘(2) A small business concern owned and con-
trolled by veterans, as that term is defined in section 
3(q)(3) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(3)). 
‘‘(3) A small business concern owned and con-
trolled by service-disabled veterans, as that term is 
defined in section 3(q)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
632(q)(2)). 
‘‘(4) A qualified HUBZone small business con-
cern, as that term is defined under section 3(p)(5) 
of such Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(5)). 
‘‘(5) A small business concern owned and con-
trolled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals, as that term is defined in section 
8(d)(3)(C) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C)). 
‘‘(6) A small business concern owned and con-
trolled by women, as that term is defined under sec-
tion 3(n) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 632(n)).’’.
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(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Subsection 
(a)(1) of section 834 of such Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘small business concerns and small business 
concerns owned and controlled by socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals’’ and inserting 
‘‘covered small business concerns’’. 
SEC. 812. IMPROVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE-DIS-
ABLED 
VETERAN-OWNED 
SMALL 
BUSI-
NESSES. 
(a) SMALL BUSINESS DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSI-
NESS CONCERN CONSOLIDATED.—Section 3(q) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND 
CONTROLLED
BY
SERVICE-DISABLED
VETERANS.— 
The term ‘small business concern owned and con-
trolled by service-disabled veterans’ means a small 
business concern— 
‘‘(A)(i) not less than 51 percent of which 
is owned by one or more service-disabled vet-
erans or, in the case of any publicly owned busi-
ness, not less than 51 percent of the stock of 
which is owned by one or more service-disabled 
veterans; and
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who acquires ownership rights in such small 
business concern shall, for the period described 
in subparagraph (B), be treated as if the sur-
viving spouse were that veteran for the purpose 
of maintaining the status of the small business 
concern as a small business concern owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans. 
‘‘(B) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) is the period be-
ginning on the date on which the service-dis-
abled veteran dies and ending on the earliest of 
the following dates: 
‘‘(i) The date on which the surviving 
spouse remarries. 
‘‘(ii) The date on which the surviving 
spouse relinquishes an ownership interest 
in the small business concern. 
‘‘(iii) The date that is ten years after 
the date of the veteran’s death. 
‘‘(C) 
APPLICATION
TO
SURVIVING 
SPOUSE.—Subparagraph (A) only applies to a 
surviving spouse of a veteran with a service-con-
nected disability if— 
‘‘(i) the veteran had a service-con-
nected disability rated as 100 percent dis-
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abling or died as a result of a service-con-
nected disability; and 
‘‘(ii) prior to the death of the veteran 
and during the period in which the sur-
viving spouse seeks to qualify under this 
paragraph, the small business concern is 
included in the database described in sec-
tion 8127(f) of title 38, United States 
Code.’’. 
(b) VETERANS AFFAIRS DEFINITION
OF SMALL 
BUSINESS CONCERN CONSOLIDATED.—Section 8127 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (h); and 
(2) in subsection (l)(2), by striking ‘‘means’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting the following: ‘‘has the meaning given 
that term under section 3(q) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)).’’. 
(c) SBA TO ASSUME CONTROL OF VERIFICATION OF 
OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL STATUS OF APPLICANTS FOR 
INCLUSION IN THE DATABASE OF SMALL BUSINESSES 
OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE DISABLED VET-
ERANS AND VETERANS.—The Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 631 et seq.), as amended by section 815, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
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‘‘SEC. 49. VETS FIRST PROGRAM. 
‘‘In order to increase opportunities for small business 
concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans 
and small business concerns owned and controlled by vet-
erans in the Federal marketplace, not later than 180 days 
after the effective date of this section, the Administrator 
shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs that transfers control and 
administration of the program under subsections (e) 
through (g) of section 8127 of title 38, United States 
Code, to the Administrator, consistent with the following: 
‘‘(1) Not later than 270 days after completing 
the memorandum of understanding, the Adminis-
trator shall make rules to carry out the memo-
randum. If the Administrator does not make such 
rules by such date, the Administrator may not exer-
cise the authority under section 7(a)(25)(A) until 
such time as those rules are made. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator shall assume authority 
and responsibility for maintenance and operation of 
the database and for verifications under the pro-
gram. Any verifications undertaken by the Adminis-
trator shall employ fraud prevention measures at the 
time of the initial application, through detection and 
monitoring processes after initial acceptance, by in-
vestigating allegations of potential fraud, removing
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firms that do not quality from the database, and re-
ferring cases for prosecution when appropriate. 
‘‘(3) Any appeal by a small business concern, at 
the time that verification is denied or a contract is 
awarded, of any determination under the program 
shall be heard by the Office of Hearings and Ap-
peals of the Small Business Administration. 
‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary shall, for a period of 6 
years commencing on a date agreed to in the com-
pleted memorandum, reimburse to the Administrator 
of the Small Business Administration any costs in-
curred by the Administrator for actions undertaken 
pursuant to the memorandum from fees collected by 
the Secretary of Veteran Affairs under multiple- 
award schedule contracts. The Administrator and 
the Secretary shall endeavor to ensure maximum ef-
ficiency in such actions. Any disputes between the 
Secretary and the Administrator shall be resolved by 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary and the Administrator may 
extend the term of the memorandum of under-
standing, except for the reimbursement requirement 
under subparagraph (A). The Secretary and the Ad-
ministrator may in a separate memorandum of un-
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derstanding provide for an extension of such reim-
bursement. 
‘‘(5) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, and every 180 days there-
after, the Secretary and the Administrator shall— 
‘‘(A) meet to discuss ways to improve col-
laboration under the memorandum to increase 
opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned 
small businesses and veteran-owned small busi-
nesses; and 
‘‘(B) consult with congressionally chartered 
Veterans Service Organizations to discuss ways 
to increase opportunities for service-disabled 
veteran-owned small businesses and veteran- 
owned small businesses. 
‘‘(6) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, and every 180 days there-
after, the Secretary and the Administrator shall re-
port to the Committee on Small Business and the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Small Busi-
ness and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate on the progress 
made by the Secretary and the Administrator imple-
menting this section.
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‘‘(7) In any meeting required under paragraph 
(5), the Secretary and the Administrator shall in-
clude in the discussion of ways to improve collabora-
tion under the memorandum to increase opportuni-
ties for small businesses owned and controlled by 
service-disabled veterans who are women or minori-
ties and small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by veterans who are women or minorities.’’. 
(d) MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING.—Section 
8127(f) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) Not later than 180 days after the effective date 
of this paragraph, the Secretary shall enter into a memo-
randum of understanding with the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration consistent with section 48 
of the Small Business Act, which shall specify the manner 
in which the Secretary shall notify the Administrator as 
to whether an individual is a veteran and if that veteran 
has a service-connected disability.’’. 
SEC. 813. PLAN FOR IMPROVING DATA ON BUNDLED AND 
CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTS. 
Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(s) DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.—
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tion, and to training procedures of relevant per-
sonnel on proper identification and mitigation 
of contract bundling and consolidation; 
‘‘(C) establish consequences for failure to 
properly identify contracts as bundled or con-
solidated; 
‘‘(D) establish requirements for periodic 
and statistically valid data verification and vali-
dation; and 
‘‘(E) assign clear data verification respon-
sibilities. 
‘‘(3) COMMITTEE
BRIEFING.—Once finalized 
and by not later than 90 days prior to implementa-
tion, the plan described in this subsection shall be 
presented to the Committee on Small Business of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate. 
‘‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than the 
first day of fiscal year 2017, the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration shall implement 
the plan described in this subsection. 
‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION.—The Administrator shall 
annually provide to the Committee on Small Busi-
ness of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of
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the Senate certification of the accuracy and com-
pleteness of data reported on bundled and consoli-
dated contracts. 
‘‘(6) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) STUDY.—Not later than the first day 
of fiscal year 2018, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall initiate a study on the 
effectiveness of the plan described in this sub-
section that shall assess whether contracts were 
accurately labeled as bundled or consolidated. 
‘‘(B) CONTRACTS
EVALUATED.—For the 
purposes of conducting the study described in 
subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General of 
the United States— 
‘‘(i) shall evaluate, for work in each of 
sectors 23, 33, 54, and 56 (as defined by 
the North American Industry Classification 
System), not fewer than 100 contracts in 
each sector; 
‘‘(ii) shall evaluate only those con-
tracts— 
‘‘(I) awarded by an agency listed 
in section 901(b) of title 31, United 
States Code; and
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‘‘(II) that have a Base and Exer-
cised Options Value, an Action Obli-
gation, or a Base and All Options 
Value exceeding $10,000,000; and 
‘‘(iii) shall not evaluate contracts that 
have used any set aside authority. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months 
after initiating the study required by subpara-
graph (A), the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall report to the Committee on 
Small Business of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Small Business and En-
trepreneurship of the Senate on the results 
from such study and, if warranted, any rec-
ommendations on how to improve the quality of 
data reported on bundled and consolidated con-
tracts. 
‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection the fol-
lowing definitions shall apply: 
‘‘(A) CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICER; SEN-
IOR
PROCUREMENT
EXECUTIVE.—The terms 
‘Chief Acquisition Officer’ and ‘senior procure-
ment executive’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 44 of this Act.
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‘‘(B) FEDERAL PROCUREMENT DATA SYS-
TEM DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘Base and Ex-
ercised Options Value’, ‘Action Obligation’, 
‘Base and All Options Value’, and ‘set aside au-
thority’ have the meanings given such terms by 
the Administrator for Federal Procurement Pol-
icy in the Federal procurement data system on 
October 1, 2013, or subsequent equivalent 
terms. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘a contract awarded as part of 
the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative’ shall 
mean a contract award pursuant to the process 
established 
by 
the 
Interagency 
Strategic 
Sourcing Leadership Council that was created 
by the Office of Management and Budget pur-
suant to Memorandum M–13–02 issued on De-
cember 5, 2012. 
‘‘(8) STUDY OF STRATEGIC SOURCING.— 
‘‘(A) STUDY.—Not later than the last day 
of fiscal year 2015, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall initiate a study on the 
affect of contracts awarded as part of the Fed-
eral Strategic Sourcing Initiative on the small 
business industrial base.
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‘‘(B) SCOPE.—For each North American 
Classification System Code assigned to a con-
tract awarded as part of the Federal Strategic 
Sourcing Initiative, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall examine the following: 
‘‘(i) The number of small business 
concerns participating as prime contractors 
in that North American Industrial Classi-
fication System code in the federal pro-
curement marketplace prior to the award 
of a contract awarded as part of the Fed-
eral Strategic Sourcing Initiative. 
‘‘(ii) The number of small business 
concerns participating as prime contractors 
in that North American Industrial Classi-
fication System code in the federal pro-
curement marketplace after the award of a 
contract awarded as part of the Federal 
Strategic Sourcing Initiative. 
‘‘(iii) The number of small business 
concerns anticipated to be participating as 
prime contractors in that North American 
Industrial Classification System code in 
the federal procurement marketplace at the 
time that the a contract awarded as part
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of the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative 
expires. 
‘‘(iv) The affect of any changes be-
tween subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) 
on the health of the small business indus-
trial base, and the sustainability of any 
savings achieved by contract awarded as 
part of the Federal Strategic Sourcing Ini-
tiative. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months 
after initiating the study required by subpara-
graph (A), the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall report to the Committee on 
Small Business of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Small Business and En-
trepreneurship of the Senate on the results 
from such study and, if warranted, any rec-
ommendations on how to mitigate any negative 
affects on the small business industrial base or 
the sustainability of savings.’’. 
SEC. 814. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO SMALL 
BUSINESSES ON CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF 
ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT. 
(a) ASSISTANCE
AT SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOP-
MENT CENTERS.—Section 21(c)(1) of the Small Business
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Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(1)) is amended by inserting at the 
end the following: ‘‘Applicants receiving grants under this 
section shall also assist small businesses by providing, 
where appropriate, education on the requirements applica-
ble to small businesses under the regulations issued under 
section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2778) and on compliance with those requirements.’’. 
(b) PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Sec-
tion 2418 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) An eligible entity assisted by the Department of 
Defense under this chapter also may furnish education on 
the requirements applicable to small businesses under the 
regulations issued under section 38 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) and on compliance with 
those requirements.’’. 
SEC. 815. PROHIBITION ON REVERSE AUCTIONS FOR COV-
ERED CONTRACTS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that, when used appropriately, reverse auctions may 
improve the Federal Government’s procurement of com-
mercially available commodities by increasing competition, 
reducing prices, and improving opportunities for small 
businesses.
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(b) USE OF REVERSE AUCTIONS.—The Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 47 as section 48; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 46 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 47. REVERSE AUCTIONS PROHIBITED FOR COVERED 
CONTRACTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a covered contract 
described in subsection (c), reverse auction methods may 
not be used— 
‘‘(1) if the covered contract is suitable for 
award to a small business concern; or 
‘‘(2) if the award is to be made under— 
‘‘(A) section 8(a); 
‘‘(B) section 8(m); 
‘‘(C) section 15(a); 
‘‘(D) section 15(j); 
‘‘(E) section 31; 
‘‘(F) section 36; or 
‘‘(G) section 8127 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON USING REVERSE AUCTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) NUMBER
OF
OFFERS; 
REVISIONS
TO 
BIDS.—A Federal agency may not award a covered 
contract using a reverse auction method if only one
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offer is received or if offerors do not have the ability 
to submit revised bids throughout the course of the 
auction. 
‘‘(2) OTHER
PROCUREMENT
AUTHORITY.—A 
Federal agency may not award a covered contract 
under a procurement provision other than those pro-
visions described in subsection (a)(2) if the justifica-
tion for using such procurement provision is to use 
reverse auction methods. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) COVERED CONTRACT.—The term ‘covered 
contract’ means a contract— 
‘‘(A) for services, including design and 
construction services; and 
‘‘(B) for goods in which the technical 
qualifications of the offeror constitute part of 
the basis of award. 
‘‘(2) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.— 
The term ‘design and construction services’ means— 
‘‘(A) site planning and landscape design; 
‘‘(B) architectural and interior design; 
‘‘(C) engineering system design;
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‘‘(D) performance of construction work for 
facility, infrastructure, and environmental res-
toration projects; 
‘‘(E) delivery and supply of construction 
materials to construction sites; 
‘‘(F) construction, alteration, or repair, in-
cluding painting and decorating, of public build-
ings and public works; and 
‘‘(G) architectural and engineering services 
as defined in section 1102 of title 40, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(3) REVERSE
AUCTION.—The term ‘reverse 
auction’ means, with respect to procurement by an 
agency, a real-time auction conducted through an 
electronic medium between a group of offerors who 
compete against each other by submitting offers for 
a contract or task order with the ability to submit 
revised offers throughout the course of the auction.’’. 
(c) CONTRACTS AWARDED BY SECRETARY OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS.—Section 8127(j) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The provisions of section 47(a) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) (relating to the pro-
hibition on using reverse auction methods to award a con-
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tract) shall apply to a contract awarded under this sec-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 816. IMPROVING FEDERAL SURETY BONDS. 
(a) SURETY BOND REQUIREMENTS.—Chapter 93 of 
subtitle VI of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 9310. INDIVIDUAL SURETIES. 
‘‘If another applicable law or regulation permits the 
acceptance of a bond from a surety that is not subject 
to sections 9305 and 9306 and is based on a pledge of 
assets by the surety, the assets pledged by such surety 
shall— 
‘‘(1) consist of eligible obligations described 
under section 9303(a); and 
‘‘(2) be submitted to the official of the Govern-
ment required to approve or accept the bond, who 
shall deposit the assets with a depository described 
under section 9303(b).’’; and 
(2) in the table of contents for such chapter, by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘9310. Individual sureties’’. 
(b) SBA SURETY
BOND
GUARANTEE.—Section 
411(c)(1) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 
(15 U.S.C. 694b(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘70’’ and 
inserting ‘‘90’’. 
(c) GAO STUDY.—
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(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall carry out a study on the fol-
lowing: 
(A) All instances during the 10-year period 
prior to the date of enactment of the Act in 
which a surety bond proposed or issued by a 
surety in connection with a Federal project 
was— 
(i) rejected by a Federal contracting 
officer; or 
(ii) accepted by a Federal contracting 
officer, but was later found to have been 
backed by insufficient collateral or to be 
otherwise deficient or with respect to which 
the surety did not perform. 
(B) The consequences to the Federal Gov-
ernment, subcontractors, and suppliers of the 
instances described under paragraph (1). 
(C) The percentages of all Federal con-
tracts that were awarded to new startup busi-
nesses (including new startup businesses that 
are small disadvantaged businesses or disadvan-
taged business enterprises), small disadvan-
taged businesses, and disadvantaged business 
enterprises as prime contractors in the 2-year
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period prior to and the 2-year period following 
the date of enactment of this Act, and an as-
sessment of the impact of this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act upon such per-
centages. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than the end of the 3- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall issue a re-
port to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Government Affairs of the Senate con-
taining all findings and determinations made in car-
rying out the study required under subsection (a). 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion: 
(A) DISADVANTAGED
BUSINESS
ENTER-
PRISE.—The term ‘‘disadvantaged business en-
terprise’’ has the meaning given that term 
under section 26.5 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(B) NEW STARTUP BUSINESS.—The term 
‘‘new startup business’’ means a business that 
was formed in the 2-year period ending on the 
date on which the business bids on a Federal 
contract that requires giving a surety bond.
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(C) SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS.— 
The term ‘‘small disadvantaged business’’ has 
the meaning given that term under section 
124.1002(b) of title 13, Code of Federal Regu-
lations. 
SEC. 817. PUBLICATION OF REQUIRED JUSTIFICATION 
THAT CONSOLIDATION OF CONTRACT RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
Section 44(c)(2)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 657q(c)(2)(A)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘This justification shall be published prior 
to the issuance of a solicitation.’’. 
SEC. 818. SMALL BUSINESS PRIME AND SUBCONTRACT 
PARTICIPATION GOALS RAISED; ACCOUNT-
ING OF SUBCONTRACTORS. 
(a) 
PRIME
CONTRACTING
GOALS.—Section 
15(g)(1)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(g)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘23 percent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘25 percent’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(vi) The Governmentwide goal for 
participation by small business concerns in 
subcontract awards shall be established at
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not less than 40 percent of the total value 
of all subcontract dollars awarded pursu-
ant to section 8(d) of this Act for each fis-
cal year.’’. 
(b) DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 
made by subsection (a)(2) of this section shall take effect 
only beginning on the date on which the Administrator 
of the Small Business Administration has promulgated 
any regulations necessary, and the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation has been revised, to implement section 1614 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 and the amendments made by such section. 
(c) REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISION PERTAINING TO 
ACCOUNTING
OF SUBCONTRACTORS.—Section 15(g) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is amended 
by striking paragraph (3). 
SEC. 819. SMALL BUSINESS CYBER EDUCATION. 
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration, may 
make every reasonable effort to promote an outreach and 
education program to assist small businesses (as defined 
in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) 
contracted by the Department of Defense to assist such 
businesses to—
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(1) understand the gravity and scope of cyber 
threats; 
(2) develop a plan to protect intellectual prop-
erty; and 
(3) develop a plan to protect the networks of 
such businesses. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 821. CERTIFICATION OF EFFECTIVENESS FOR AIR 
FORCE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CON-
TRACTING. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff shall conduct a review of the Air Force 
Network-Centric Solutions II (NETCENTS II) contract 
to ensure that it can effectively meet the requirements of 
the joint force when providing time- and task-critical in-
formation technology resources for hardware, applications, 
and services related to the warfighting mission area. The 
review shall examine— 
(1) 
the 
effectiveness 
of 
contracting 
for 
warfighting mission areas, such as nuclear command 
and control, space situational awareness, or inte-
grated threat warning, with effectiveness determined 
by the ability to consistently access domain experts 
and respond to emerging requirements in a timely 
manner; and
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(2) the efficiency of contracting for the 
warfighting mission area, with efficiency measured 
by the amount of time to get new task orders on 
contract. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Based on the findings of the 
review required by subsection (a), the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff shall provide a certification to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House 
of 
Representatives 
that 
the 
Air 
Force’s 
NETCENTS II contract is effective in delivering informa-
tion technology capabilities for the joint force. In pro-
viding this certification, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff shall also provide the complete findings of the re-
view required by subsection (a). 
SEC. 822. AIRLIFT SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 157 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2631a 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2631b. Airlift service 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in sub-
sections (b) and (c), the transportation of passengers or 
property by CRAF-eligible aircraft obtained by the Sec-
retary of Defense or the Secretary of a military depart-
ment through a contract for airlift service may only be 
provided by a covered air carrier.
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‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—The requirement under sub-
section (a) applies with respect to transportation that is— 
‘‘(1) interstate in the United States; 
‘‘(2) between a place in the United States and 
a place outside the United States; or 
‘‘(3) between two places outside the United 
States. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of De-
fense may waive the requirement under subsection (a) if 
the Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(1) no covered air carrier is capable of pro-
viding, and willing to provide, the relevant transpor-
tation; or 
‘‘(2) use of a covered air carrier is otherwise 
unreasonable. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) COVERED AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘cov-
ered air carrier’ means an air carrier that— 
‘‘(A) has aircraft in the Civil Reserve Air 
Fleet or offers to place CRAF-eligible aircraft 
in that fleet; and 
‘‘(B) holds a certificate issued under sec-
tion 41102 of title 49.
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‘‘(2) CRAF-ELIGIBLE
AIRCRAFT.—The term 
‘CRAF-eligible aircraft’ means an aircraft of a type 
that the Secretary of Defense has determined to be 
eligible to participate in the Civil Reserve Air 
Fleet.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2631a the following new 
item: 
‘‘2631b. Airlift service.’’. 
SEC. 823. COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR SENIOR 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICIALS SEEK-
ING EMPLOYMENT WITH DEFENSE CONTRAC-
TORS. 
Section 847 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 
1701 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) OFFICIAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall designate an official of the Department of De-
fense to ensure the compliance of this section.
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‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this subsection, such 
designated official shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the compliance of 
this section.’’. 
SEC. 824. PROCUREMENT OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
use best value tradeoff source selection methods to the 
maximum extent practicable when procuring an item of 
personal protective equipment or critical safety items. 
(b) 
PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘personal protective 
equipment’’ includes the following: 
(1) Body armor components. 
(2) Combat helmets. 
(3) Combat protective eyewear. 
(4) Environmental and fire resistant clothing. 
(5) Footwear. 
(6) Organizational clothing and individual 
equipment. 
(7) Other items as determined appropriate by 
the Secretary.
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SEC. 825. PROHIBITION ON FUNDS FOR CONTRACTS VIO-
LATING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 11246. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available to the Department 
of Defense may be used to enter into any contract with 
any entity if such contract would violate Executive Order 
No. 11246 (relating to nonretaliation for disclosure of 
compensation information), as amended by the announce-
ment of the President on April 8, 2014. 
SEC. 826. REQUIREMENT FOR POLICIES AND STANDARD 
CHECKLIST IN PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 2330a of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), (i), 
and (j) as subsections (h), (i), (j), and (k), respec-
tively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing new subsection (g): 
‘‘(g) REQUEST
FOR
SERVICE
CONTRACT
AP-
PROVAL.— The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness shall— 
‘‘(1) issue policies implementing a standard 
checklist to be completed before the issuance of a so-
licitation for any new contract for services or exer-
cising an option under an existing contract for serv-
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ices, including services provided under a contract for 
goods; and 
‘‘(2) ensure such policies and checklist are in-
corporated into the Department of Defense Supple-
ment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.’’. 
(b) 
ARMY
MODEL.—In 
implementing 
section 
2330a(g) of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a), the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness shall model, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, its policies and checklist on the policies and check-
list relating to services contract approval established and 
in use by the Department of the Army (as set forth in 
the request for services contract approval form updated 
as of August 2012, or any successor form). 
(c) DEADLINE.—The policies required under such 
section 2230a(g) shall be issued within 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the implementation of the stand-
ard checklist required under such section 2330a(g) for 
each of fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017 within 120 days 
after the end of each such fiscal year.
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SEC. 827. SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS FOR SMALL BUSINESS 
CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY 
WOMEN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (m) of section 8 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(7) AUTHORITY
FOR
SOLE
SOURCE
CON-
TRACTS
FOR
ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED 
SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERNS
OWNED
AND
CON-
TROLLED
BY
WOMEN.—A contracting officer may 
award a sole source contract under this subsection 
to any small business concern owned and controlled 
by women meeting the requirements of paragraph 
(2)(A) if— 
‘‘(A) such concern is determined to be a 
responsible contractor with respect to perform-
ance of the contract opportunity; 
‘‘(B) the anticipated award price of the 
contract (including options) will not exceed— 
‘‘(i) $6,500,000, in the case of a con-
tract opportunity assigned a standard in-
dustrial code for manufacturing; or 
‘‘(ii) $4,000,000, in the case of any 
other contract opportunity; and
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‘‘(C) in the estimation of the contracting 
officer, the contract award can be made at a 
fair and reasonable price. 
‘‘(8) AUTHORITY
FOR
SOLE
SOURCE
CON-
TRACTS
FOR
SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERNS
OWNED 
AND CONTROLLED BY WOMEN IN SUBSTANTIALLY 
UNDERREPRESENTED
INDUSTRIES.—A contracting 
officer may award a sole source contract under this 
subsection to any small business concern owned and 
controlled by women that meets the requirements of 
paragraph (2)(E) and is in an industry in which 
small business concerns owned and controlled by 
women are substantially underrepresented (as deter-
mined by the Administrator) if— 
‘‘(A) such concern is determined to be a 
responsible contractor with respect to perform-
ance of the contract opportunity; 
‘‘(B) the anticipated award price of the 
contract (including options) will not exceed— 
‘‘(i) $6,500,000, in the case of a con-
tract opportunity assigned a standard in-
dustrial code for manufacturing; or 
‘‘(ii) $4,000,000, in the case of any 
other contract opportunity; and
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‘‘(C) in the estimation of the contracting 
officer, the contract award can be made at a 
fair and reasonable price.’’. 
(b) REPORTING ON GOALS FOR SOLE SOURCE CON-
TRACTS FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND 
CONTROLLED BY WOMEN.—Clause (viii) of subsection 
15(h)(2)(E) of such Act is amended— 
(1) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) by redesignating subclause (V) as subclause 
(VIII); and 
(3) by inserting after subclause (IV) the fol-
lowing new subclauses: 
‘‘(V) through sole source con-
tracts awarded using the authority 
under subsection 8(m)(7); 
‘‘(VI) through sole source con-
tracts awarded using the authority 
under section 8(m)(8); 
‘‘(VII) by industry for contracts 
described in subclause (III), (IV), (V), 
or (VI); and’’. 
(c) DEADLINE
FOR REPORT
ON SUBSTANTIALLY 
UNDERREPRESENTED
INDUSTRIES
ACCELERATED.— 
Paragraph (2) of section 29(o) of such Act is amended
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by striking ‘‘5 years after the date of enactment’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2 years after the date of enactment’’. 
SEC. 828. DEBARMENT REQUIRED OF PERSONS CONVICTED 
OF FRAUDULENT USE OF ‘‘MADE IN AMER-
ICA’’ LABELS. 
(a) DEBARMENT REQUIRED.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 2410f of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘the Secretary shall’’ and all that follows 
through the period and inserting ‘‘the person shall be 
debarred from contracting with the Department of De-
fense unless the Secretary waives the debarment under 
subsection (b).’’. 
(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY
AND NOTIFICATION RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 2410f of such title is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(b) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.—The Sec-
retary may waive a debarment required by subsection (a) 
if the Secretary determines that the exercise of such a 
waiver would be in the national security interests of the 
United States.