Systems capability of the Air Force, except the term does 
not include any activities under the legacy E–8C program 
or the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System re-
capitalization program of the Air Force. 
SEC. 215. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR F– 
35 CONTINUOUS CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT 
AND DELIVERY. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 for the 
F–35 continuous capability development and delivery pro-
gram, not more than 75 percent may be obligated or ex-
pended until a period of 15 days has elapsed following the 
date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
congressional defense committees a detailed cost estimate 
and baseline schedule for the program, which shall include 
any information required for a major defense acquisition 
program under section 2435 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in subsection (a) 
does not apply to any funds authorized to be appropriated 
or otherwise made available for the development of the F– 
35 dual capable aircraft capability.
SEC. 216. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PEND-
ING REPORT ON AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOP-
MENT AND SOFTWARE OPERATIONS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the of funds described in sub-
section (d), not more than 75 percent may be obligated 
or expended until a period of 30 days has elapsed following 
the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force submits 
the report required under subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT.—Subject to subsection (c), the Sec-
retary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report that includes a description 
of each of the following: 
(1) The specific cost-estimating tools and meth-
odologies used to formulate Air Force budgets for 
software application development using Agile Soft-
ware Development and Software Operations (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘‘Agile DevOps’’) in sup-
port of modernization and upgrade activities for Air 
Operations Centers. 
(2) The types of contracts used to execute Agile 
DevOps activities and the rationale for using each 
type of contract. 
(3) How intellectual property ownership issues 
associated with software applications developed with 
Agile DevOps processes will be addressed to ensure 
future sustainment, maintenance, and upgrades to
software applications after the applications are field-
ed. 
(4) The Secretary’s strategy for ensuring that 
software applications developed for Air Operations 
Centers are transportable and translatable among all 
the Centers to avoid any duplication of efforts. 
(5) Any tools and software applications that 
have been developed for the Air Operations Centers 
and the costs and cost categories associated with de-
veloping each such tool and software application. 
(c) REVIEW.—Before submitting the report under 
subsection (b), the Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure 
that the report is reviewed and approved by the Director 
of Defense Pricing and the Defense Procurement and Ac-
quisition Policy. 
(d) FUNDS DESCRIBED.—The funds described in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) Funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 
for research, development, test, and evaluation, Air 
Force, for Air and Space Operations Centers (PE 
0207410F, Project 674596). 
(2) Funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019
for other procurement, Air Force, for Air and Space 
Operations Centers. 
SEC. 217. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
CERTAIN HIGH ENERGY LASER ADVANCED 
TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2019 for the Department of Defense for High 
Energy Laser Advanced Technology (PE 0603924D8Z), 
not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended 
until the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits 
to the congressional defense committees— 
(1) a logical roadmap and detailed assessment 
of the high energy laser programs of the Depart-
ment of Defense; and 
(2) a justification for the $33,533,000 of in-
creased funding for high energy laser programs au-
thorized in the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91). 
(b) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—The limitation in 
subsection (a) shall not be construed to apply to any other 
high energy laser program of the Department of Defense 
other than the program element specified in such sub-
section.
SEC. 218. PLAN FOR ELIMINATION OR TRANSFER OF THE 
STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES OFFICE OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2019, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a plan— 
(1) to eliminate the Strategic Capabilities Office 
of the Department of Defense by not later than Oc-
tober 1, 2020; or 
(2) to transfer the functions of the Strategic 
Capabilities Office to another organization or ele-
ment of the Department by not later than October 
1, 2020. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A timeline for the potential elimination or 
transfer of the activities, functions, programs, plans, 
and resources of the Strategic Capabilities Office. 
(2) A strategy for mitigating risk to the pro-
grams of the Strategic Capabilities Office while the 
elimination or transfer is carried out. 
(3) A strategy for implementing the lessons 
learned and best practices of the Strategic Capabili-
ties Office across the organizations and elements of
the Department of Defense to promote enterprise- 
wide innovation. 
(c) FORM OF PLAN.—The plan required under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 219. NATIONAL SECURITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
STRATEGY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Not later than February 4, 2019, 
the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a 
strategy (to be known as the ‘‘National Security Science 
and Technology Strategy’’) to prioritize the science and 
technology efforts and investments of the Department of 
Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) include specific goals for the science and 
technology programs of the Department of Defense 
in which personnel and resources of the Department 
are invested; 
(2) be aligned with the National Defense Strat-
egy and Government-wide strategic science and tech-
nology priorities, including the defense budget prior-
ities of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
of the President;
(3) align the acquisition priorities, programs, 
and timelines of the Department with the acquisition 
priorities, programs, and timelines of defense enter-
prise laboratories and services; 
(4) contain an assessment of high priority 
emerging technology programs of the Department, 
including programs relating to hypersonics, directed 
energy, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence; 
(5) identify high priority research and engineer-
ing requirements and gaps; 
(6) include recommendations for changes in au-
thorities, regulations, policies, or any other relevant 
areas, that would support the achievement of the 
goals set forth in the strategy; and 
(7) contain such other information as the Sec-
retary of Defense determines to be appropriate. 
(c) ANNUAL SUBMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 4, 
2019, and annually thereafter through December 31, 
2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees the most recent 
version of the strategy developed under subsection 
(a). 
(2) FORM OF SUBMISSION.—Each strategy sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 14 days after the date 
on which the initial strategy under subsection (a) is com-
pleted, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
Engineering shall provide to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a briefing on the implementation of the strategy. 
SEC. 220. MODIFICATION OF CVN–73 TO SUPPORT FIELDING 
OF MQ–25 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE. 
The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that the air-
craft carrier designated CVN–73 is modified to support 
the fielding of the MQ–25 unmanned aerial vehicle before 
the date on which the refueling and complex overhaul of 
the aircraft carrier is completed. 
SEC. 220A. ESTABLISHMENT OF INNOVATORS DATABASE IN 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall establish an innovators database within the Depart-
ment of Defense in accordance with this section. 
(b) MAINTENANCE OF DATABASE.—The Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall 
maintain the database and ensure that it is periodically 
updated.
(c) ELEMENTS OF DATABASE.— The database estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) be coordinated across the Department of 
Defense enterprise to focus on small business 
innovators that receive funds under the Small Busi-
ness Innovation Research program or the Small 
Business Technology Transfer program; and 
(2) include appropriate information about each 
participant, including a description of— 
(A) the need or requirement applicable to 
the participant; 
(B) the participant’s technology with ap-
propriate technical detail and appropriate pro-
tections of proprietary information or data; 
(C) any prior business of the participant 
with the Department; and 
(D) whether the participant’s technology 
was incorporated into a program of record. 
(d) USE OF DATABASE.—After the database is estab-
lished under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall 
encourage program offices across the Department of De-
fense to consult the database before initiating a Request 
for Information or a Request for Proposal to determine 
whether an organic technology exists or is being developed 
currently by a an entity supported by the Department
(which may include a company, academic consortium, or 
other entity). 
SEC. 220B. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE TEST AND EVALUATION RESOURCES. 
Section 196(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: ‘‘(1) Not less often than once every two fiscal 
years, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research 
and Engineering, in coordination with the Director 
of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Secretaries 
of the military departments, and the heads of De-
fense Agencies with test and evaluation responsibil-
ities, shall complete a strategic plan reflecting the 
future needs of the Department of Defense with re-
spect to test and evaluation facilities and resources. 
Each strategic plan shall cover the period of thirty 
fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year in which 
the plan is submitted under paragraph (3). The 
strategic plan shall be based on a comprehensive re-
view of both funded and unfunded test and evalua-
tion requirements of the Department, future threats 
to national security, and the adequacy of the test 
and evaluation facilities and resources of the Depart-
ment to meet those future requirements and 
threats.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘needed to 
meet such requirements’’ and inserting ‘‘needed to 
meet current and future requirements based on cur-
rent and emerging threats, including, at minimum, 
missile defense, cyberspace operations, direct energy, 
and hypersonics,’’. 
SEC. 220C. COLLABORATION BETWEEN DEFENSE LABORA-
TORIES, INDUSTRY, AND ACADEMIA; OPEN 
CAMPUS PROGRAM. 
(a) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
may carry out activities to prioritize innovative collabora-
tion between Department of Defense laboratories, indus-
try, and academia. 
(b) OPEN CAMPUS PROGRAM.—In carrying out sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, may 
develop and implement an open campus program for the 
Laboratory which shall be modeled after the open campus 
program of the Army Research Laboratory.
SEC. 220D. ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR 
PERSONNEL OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
LABORATORIES. 
In order to promote a strong, lasting foundation for 
the national innovation ecosystem and increase the posi-
tive economic and social impact of federally funded re-
search, the Secretary of Defense may— 
(1) carry out a program (commonly known as 
an ‘‘I-Corps program’’) under which entrepreneur-
ship and commercialization education, training, and 
mentoring is provided to personnel of Department of 
Defense laboratories; and 
(2) determine eligibility requirements for the 
program. 
SEC. 220E. PROCESS FOR COORDINATION OF STUDIES AND 
ANALYSIS RESEARCH OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
The Secretary of Defense shall implement a Depart-
ment of Defense-wide process under which the heads of 
the military departments and Defense Agencies respon-
sible for managing requests for studies and analysis re-
search are required to coordinate annual research requests 
and ongoing research efforts to minimize duplication and 
reduce costs.
SEC. 220F. JET NOISE REDUCTION PROGRAM OF THE NAVY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy, acting 
through the Director of the Office of Naval Research, may 
carry out a jet noise reduction program to study the phys-
ics of, and reduce, jet noise produced by high-performance 
military aircraft. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out the program under 
subsection (a), the Secretary may— 
(1) identify material and non-material solutions 
to reduce jet noise; 
(2) develop and transition such solutions to the 
fleet; 
(3) communicate relevant discoveries to the ci-
vilian aviation community; and 
(4) support the development of theoretical noise 
models, computational prediction tools, noise control 
strategies, diagnostic tools, and enhanced source lo-
calization. 
SEC. 220G. PERMANENT EXTENSION AND CODIFICATION OF 
AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT TECHNOLOGY PRO-
TECTION FEATURES ACTIVITIES DURING RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF DEFENSE 
SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting before section 2358 
the following new section:
‘‘§ 2357. Technology protection features activities 
‘‘(a) ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary of Defense may 
carry out activities to develop and incorporate technology 
protection features in a designated system during the re-
search and development phase of such system. 
‘‘(b) COST-SHARING.—Any contract for the design or 
development of a system resulting from activities under 
subsection (a) for the purpose of enhancing or enabling 
the exportability of the system, either for the development 
of program protection strategies for the system or the de-
sign and incorporation of exportability features into the 
system, shall include a cost-sharing provision that requires 
the contractor to bear half of the cost of such activities, 
or such other portion of such cost as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate upon showing of good cause. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘designated system’ means any 
system (including a major system, as defined in sec-
tion 2302(5) of title 10, United States Code) that 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment designates for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘technology protection features’ 
means the technical modifications necessary to pro-
tect critical program information, including anti- 
tamper technologies and other systems engineering
activities intended to prevent or delay exploitation of 
critical technologies in a designated system.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 139 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting before the item relating to 
section 2358 the following new item: 
‘‘2357. Technology protection features activities.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 243 of the Ike 
Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2011 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 220H. STEM JOBS ACTION PLAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Jobs in science, technology, engineering, 
and math in addition to maintenance and manufac-
turing (collectively referred to in this section as 
‘‘STEM’’) make up a significant portion of the 
workforce of the Department of Defense. 
(2) These jobs exist within the organic indus-
trial base, research, development, and engineering 
centers, life-cycle management commands, and logis-
tics centers of the Department. 
(3) Vital to the continued support of the mis-
sion of all of the military services, the Department 
needs to maintain its STEM workforce. 
(4) It is known that the demographics of per-
sonnel of the Department indicate that many of the
STEM personnel of the Department will be eligible 
to retire in the next few years. 
(5) Decisive action is needed to replace STEM 
personnel as they retire to ensure that the military 
does not further suffer a skill and knowledge gap 
and thus a serious readiness gap. 
(b) ASSESSMENTS AND PLAN OF ACTION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, in conjunction with the Secretary of 
each military department, shall— 
(1) perform an assessment of the STEM work-
force for organizations within the Department of 
Defense, including the numbers and types of posi-
tions and the expectations for losses due to retire-
ments and voluntary departures; 
(2) identify the types and quantities of STEM 
jobs needed to support future mission work; 
(3) determine the shortfall between lost STEM 
personnel and future requirements; 
(4) analyze and explain the appropriateness and 
impact of using reimbursable and working capital 
fund dollars for new STEM hires; 
(5) identify a plan of action to address the 
STEM jobs gap, including hiring strategies and 
timelines for replacement of STEM employees; and
(6) deliver to Congress, not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2019, a report specifying such plan of ac-
tion. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other 
Matters 
SEC. 221. REPORT ON SURVIVABILITY OF AIR DEFENSE AR-
TILLERY. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2019, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report on the efforts of the Army to 
improve the survivability of air defense artillery, with a 
particular focus on the efforts of the Army to improve pas-
sive and active nonkinetic capabilities and training with 
respect to such artillery. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An analysis of the utility of relevant passive 
and active non-kinetic integrated air and missile de-
fense capabilities, including tactical mobility, new 
passive and active sensors, signature reduction, con-
cealment, and deception systems, and electronic war-
fare and high-powered radio frequency systems. 
(2) An analysis of the utility of relevant active 
kinetic capabilities, such as a new, long-range
counter-maneuvering threat missile and additional 
indirect fire protection capability units to defend Pa-
triot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense bat-
teries. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 222. REPORT ON T–45 AIRCRAFT PHYSIOLOGICAL EPI-
SODE MITIGATION ACTIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2019, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on modifications 
made to T–45 aircraft and associated ground equipment 
to mitigate the risk of physiological episodes among T– 
45 aircraft crewmembers. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) a list of all modifications to the T–45 air-
craft and associated ground equipment carried out 
during fiscal years 2017 through 2019 to mitigate 
the risk of physiological episodes among T–45 crew-
members; 
(2) the results achieved by such modifications 
as determined by relevant testing and operational 
activities;
(3) the cost of such modifications; and 
(4) any plans of the Navy for future modifica-
tions. 
SEC. 223. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF THE AIR FORCE TO 
MITIGATE 
PHYSIOLOGICAL 
EPISODES 
AF-
FECTING AIRCRAFT CREWMEMBERS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2019, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on all efforts 
of the Air Force to reduce the occurrence of, and mitigate 
the risk posed by, physiological episodes affecting crew-
members of covered aircraft. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) information on the rate of physiological epi-
sodes affecting crewmembers of covered aircraft; 
(2) a description of the specific actions carried 
out by the Air Force to address such episodes, in-
cluding a description of any upgrades or other modi-
fications made to covered aircraft to address such 
episodes; 
(3) schedules and cost estimates for any up-
grades or modifications identified under paragraph 
(3); and
(4) an explanation of any organizational or 
other changes to the Air Force carried out to ad-
dress such physiological episodes. 
(c) COVERED AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered aircraft’’ means— 
(1) F–35A aircraft of the Air Force; 
(2) T–6A aircraft of the Air Force; and 
(3) any other aircraft of the Air Force as deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Air Force. 
SEC. 224. BRIEFING ON USE OF QUANTUM SCIENCES FOR 
MILITARY APPLICATIONS AND OTHER PUR-
POSES. 
(a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense com-
mittees a briefing on the strategy of the Secretary for 
using quantum sciences for military applications and other 
purposes. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The briefing under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) a description of the knowledge-base of the 
Department of Defense with respect to quantum 
sciences, plans to defend against quantum based at-
tacks, and any plans of the Secretary of Defense to 
enhance such knowledge-base;
(2) a plan that describes how the Secretary in-
tends to use quantum sciences for military applica-
tions and to meet other needs of the Department; 
and 
(3) an assessment of the efforts of foreign pow-
ers to use quantum sciences for military applications 
and other purposes. 
(c) FORM OF BRIEFING.—The briefing under sub-
section (a) may be provided in classified or unclassified 
form. 
SEC. 225. REPORT ON DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT EXPERI-
MENTAL. 
Not later than May 1, 2019, the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Research and Engineering shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on Defense In-
novation Unit Experimental (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Unit’’). Such a report shall include the following: 
(1) The integration of the Unit into the broader 
Department of Defense research and engineering 
community to coordinate and de-conflict activities of 
the Unit with similar activities of the military de-
partments, Defense Agencies, Department of De-
fense laboratories, the Defense Advanced Research 
Project Agency, and other entities.
(2) The metrics used to measure the effective-
ness of the Unit and the results of these metrics. 
(3) The number and types of transitions by the 
Unit to the military departments or fielded to the 
warfighter. 
(4) The use of other transaction authority by 
the Unit to include the process, procedures, docu-
mentation, and oversight of awards made using such 
authority. 
(5) The impact of the Unit’s initiatives, out-
reach, and investments on Department of Defense 
access to technology leaders and technology not oth-
erwise accessible to the Department including— 
(A) identification of the number of non- 
traditional companies with Department of De-
fense contracts resulting directly from the 
Unit’s initiatives, investments, or outreach; 
(B) the number of innovations delivered 
into the hands of the warfighter; and 
(C) how the Department is notifying its in-
ternal components about participation in the 
Unit. 
(6) How the Department of Defense is docu-
menting and institutionalizing lessons learned and 
best practices of the Unit to alleviate the systematic
problems with technology access and timely contract 
execution. 
SEC. 226. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR DIVERTOR TEST 
TOKAMAK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division G, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 7701 for Depart-
ment of Energy National Security Programs, as specified 
in the corresponding funding table in section 7701, for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, inertial con-
finement fusion ignition and high yield, is hereby in-
creased by $3,000,000 (to be used for divertor test 
tokamak research and development). 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division G, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 7101 for procurement, as 
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 
7101, for procurement of ammunition, Air Force, flares 
(Line 015) is hereby reduced by $3,000,000. 
SEC. 227. BRIEFING ON INNOVATIVE MOBILE SECURITY 
TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that— 
(1) government-owned mobile technologies re-
main at risk for targeting or data breaches placing
at risk information that could harm national secu-
rity; and 
(2) further, these vulnerabilities exist because 
current technologies do not possess the necessary se-
curity features required to mitigate the threats of 
credential theft, active surveillance from micro-
phones and cameras, and tracking of user move-
ments and location. 
(b) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a briefing on— 
(1) threats posed by credential theft, active sur-
veillance from microphones and cameras, and track-
ing of user movements and location; 
(2) the commercial availability of technologies 
to mitigate these threats; and 
(3) strategies and feasibilities of deploying mo-
bile security technologies within the Department.
SEC. 228. MODIFICATION OF FUNDING CRITERIA UNDER 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNI-
VERSITIES 
AND 
MINORITY 
INSTITUTIONS 
PROGRAM. 
Section 2362(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘Pri-
ority’’ and inserting ‘‘Criteria’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘give priority in providing’’ and 
inserting ‘‘limit’’. 
SEC. 229. REPORT ON OA–X LIGHT ATTACK AIRCRAFT AP-
PLICABILITY TO PARTNER NATION SUPPORT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than February 1, 
2019, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the OA–X 
light attack aircraft experiment and how the program in-
corporates partner nation requirements. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include a description of— 
(1) how the OA–X light attack experiment will 
support partner nations’ low-cost counter terrorism 
light attack capability; 
(2) the extent to which the attributes of afford-
ability, interoperability, sustainability, simplicity of 
maintenance and operations are included in the re-
quirements for the OA–X; and
(3) how Federal Aviation Administration certifi-
cation and a reasonable path for military type cer-
tifications for commercial derivative aircraft are 
factored into foreign military sales for a partner na-
tion. 
SEC. 230. FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CANINE PLAS-
MA FOR HEMORRHAGIC CONTROL. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division G, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, as speci-
fied in the corresponding funding table in section 7201, 
for the United States Special Operations Command is 
hereby increased by $5,000,000 for the development of 
freeze-dried canine plasma for hemorrhagic control. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division G, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 101 for procurement, De-
fense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 7101, for the United States Special Operations 
Command is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
SEC. 231. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PARTNERSHIPS FOR 
NEXT GENERATION HYPERSONICS CAPABILI-
TIES. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the 
Air Force should consider entering into long-term partner-
ships with institutions of higher education, similar to the 
partnerships between such institutions and the Army and 
the Navy, to conduct research and science and engineering 
education for next generation hypersonics capabilities. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are here by authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2019 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 
maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 
7301.
Subtitle B—Energy and 
Environment 
SEC. 311. INCLUSION OF CONSIDERATION OF ENERGY AND 
CLIMATE RESILIENCY EFFORTS IN MASTER 
PLANS FOR MAJOR MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS. 
Section 2864 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) energy and climate resiliency efforts.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘energy and climate resiliency’ 
means anticipation, preparation for, and adaptation 
to utility disruptions and changing environmental 
conditions and the ability to withstand, respond to 
and recover rapidly from utility disruptions while en-
suring the sustainment of mission-critical oper-
ations.’’. 
SEC. 312. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF ELECTRICAL 
ENERGY DERIVED FROM GEOTHERMAL RE-
SOURCES FOR PROJECTS AT MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS WHERE RESOURCES ARE LO-
CATED. 
Subsection (b) of section 2916 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Proceeds’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
proceeds’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In the case of proceeds from a sale of electrical 
energy generated from any geothermal energy resource— 
‘‘(A) 50 percent shall be credited to the appro-
priation account described in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) 50 percent shall be deposited in a special 
account in the Treasury established by the Secretary 
concerned which shall be available, for military con-
struction projects described in paragraph (2) or for 
installation energy or water security projects directly 
coordinated with local area energy or groundwater
governing authorities, for the military installation in 
which the geothermal energy resource is located.’’. 
SEC. 313. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZED PERIODS OF PER-
MITTED INCIDENTAL TAKINGS OF MARINE 
MAMMALS IN THE COURSE OF SPECIFIED AC-
TIVITIES BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protec-
tion Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Upon request’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided by clause (ii), 
upon request’’; 
(2) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as 
clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (i) the following 
new clause (ii): 
‘‘(ii) In the case of a request described in clause (i) 
made by the Department of Defense, such clause shall be 
applied— 
‘‘(I) in the matter preceding clause (I), by sub-
stituting ‘ten consecutive years’ for ‘five consecutive 
years’; and 
‘‘(II) in clause (I), by substituting ‘ten-year’ for 
‘five-year’.’’.
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SEC. 314. STATE MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF 
SPECIES. 
(a) SAGE-GROUSE AND PRAIRIE-CHICKEN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 10-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the conservation status of each of the Greater Sage- 
grouse (Centrocerus urophasianus) and the Lesser 
Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) under 
section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533) shall be not-warranted for listing. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT DETERMINATIONS.—In deter-
mining conservation efficacy for purposes of making 
any determination of such status after such 10-year 
period, the Secretary of the Interior shall fully con-
sider all conservation actions of States, Federal 
agencies, and military installations. 
(b) AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE.—Notwithstanding 
the final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice entitled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for the 
American Burying Beetle’’ (54 Fed. Reg. 29652 (July 13, 
1989)), the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus 
americanus) may not be listed as a threatened species or 
endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
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(c) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of statute or regulation, this section shall not 
be subject to judicial review. 
SEC. 315. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL 
RESTORATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The Department of Defense has identified 
nearly 39,500 sites that fall under the installation 
restoration program sites and munitions response 
sites. 
(2) The installation response program addresses 
contamination from hazardous substances, pollut-
ants, or contaminants and active military installa-
tions, formerly used defense site properties, and base 
realignment and closure locations in the United 
States. 
(3) Munitions response sites are known or sus-
pected to contain unexploded ordnance, discarded 
military munitions, or munitions constitutes are ad-
dressed through the military munitions response 
program. 
(4) The installation restoration program sites 
and munitions response sites have had significant 
impacts on state and local governments that have
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had to bear the increased costs of environmental 
degradation, notably groundwater contamination, 
and local populations that have had to live with the 
consequences of contaminated drinking, including in-
creased health concerns and decreasing property val-
ues. 
(5) Through the end of fiscal year 2017, the 
Department of Defense had achieved response com-
plete at 86 percent of installation restoration pro-
gram sites and munitions response sites, but 
projects that it will fall short of meeting its goal of 
90 percent by the end of fiscal year 2018. 
(6) The fiscal year 2019 budget request for en-
vironmental restoration and base realignment and 
closure amounted to nearly $1,318,320,000, a de-
crease of $53,429,000 from the amount authorized 
in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91). 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the environmental restoration and base re-
alignment and closure programs are important for 
the protection of the environment, the health of the 
military and civilian personnel and their families 
who live and work on military installations, to en-
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sure that current and legacy military operations do 
not adversely affect the health or environments of 
surrounding communities; 
(2) the Department of Defense and the Armed 
Forces should seek to reduce the financial burden on 
state and local government who are bearing signifi-
cant costs of cleanup stemming from defense related 
activities; 
(3) the Department of Defense and the Armed 
Forces should expedite and streamline cleanup at lo-
cations where contamination is having a direct im-
pact on civilian access to clean drinking water; 
(4) the Department of Defense and the Armed 
Forces should continue to engage with and help 
allay local community concerns about the safety of 
the drinking water due to environmental degradation 
caused by defense related activities; and 
(5) the Department of Defense should seek op-
portunities to accelerate environmental restoration 
efforts where feasible, to include programming addi-
tional resources for response actions, investing in 
technology solutions that may expedite response ac-
tions, improving contracting procedures, increasing 
contracting capacity, and seeking opportunities for 
partnerships and other cooperative approaches.
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(c) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Energy, Installations, and Environment shall 
provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and House of Representatives on initiatives 
being pursued to accelerate environmental restoration ef-
forts. 
SEC. 316. PRODUCTION AND USE OF NATURAL GAS AT 
FORT KNOX. 
(a) PRODUCTION AND USE OF NATURAL GAS AT 
FORT KNOX.—Chapter 449 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 4782. Natural gas: production, treatment, manage-
ment, and use at Fort Knox, Kentucky 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—(1) The Secretary of the Army 
may provide for the production, treatment, management, 
and use of natural gas located under Fort Knox, Ken-
tucky, without regard to section 3 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 352). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary is authorized to enter into a con-
tract with an appropriate entity to carry out paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USES.—Any natural gas pro-
duced under subsection (a) may be used only to support
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activities and operations at Fort Knox and may not be 
sold for use elsewhere. 
‘‘(c) OWNERSHIP OF FACILITIES.—The Secretary of 
the Army may take ownership of any gas production and 
treatment equipment and facilities and associated infra-
structure from an entity with which the Secretary has en-
tered into a contract under subsection (a) in accordance 
with the terms of the contract. 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—The authority of the Sec-
retary of the Army under this section is effective as of 
August 2, 2007.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘4782. Natural gas: production, treatment, management, and use at Fort Knox, 
Kentucky.’’. 
SEC. 317. EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL DEFENSE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 136 of title 10, United 
States Code, as amended by section 851, is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2284. EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL DEFENSE 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out a program to be known as the ‘Explosive Ord-
nance Disposal Defense Program’ (in this section referred
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to as the ‘Program’) under which the Secretary shall en-
sure close and continuous coordination between military 
departments on matters relating to explosive ordnance dis-
posal support for commanders of geographic and func-
tional combatant commands. 
‘‘(b) ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND
AUTHORI-
TIES.—The plan under subsection (a) shall include provi-
sions under which— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(A) assign the responsibility for the direc-
tion, coordination, integration of the explosive 
ordnance disposal defense program within the 
Department of Defense; 
‘‘(B) designate the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, Biological De-
fense Programs as the key individual for the ex-
plosive ordnance disposal defense program that 
develops and oversees policy, plans, programs 
and budgets, and issues guidance and provides 
direction on Department of Defense explosive 
ordnance disposal activities; 
‘‘(C) designate the Secretary of the Navy, 
or a designee of the Secretary’s choice, as the 
executive agent for the Department of Defense 
that provides oversight of the joint program ex-
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ecutive officer whom coordinates and integrates 
joint requirements for explosive ordnance dis-
posal and carries out joint research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation and procurement ac-
tivities on behalf of the military departments 
and combatant commands with respect to explo-
sive ordnance disposal; 
‘‘(D) designate the Director of the Defense 
Threat Reduction Agency as the responsible 
combat support agency that will exercise fund 
management responsibility of the Department 
of Defense-Wide Program Element for explosive 
ordnance disposal research, development, test 
and evaluation, transactions other than con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, and grants re-
lated to section 2371 of title 10 during research 
projects including rapid prototyping and limited 
procurement urgent activities, and acquisition; 
‘‘(E) designate an Army explosive ord-
nance disposal-qualified general officer as the 
responsible senior leader of the Defense Threat 
Reduction Agency’s Joint Improvised-Threat 
Defeat Organization that serves as the Chair-
man of the Department of Defense explosive 
ordnance disposal defense program board;
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‘‘(2) the Secretary of each military department 
shall assess the needs of the military department 
concerned with respect to explosive ordnance dis-
posal and may carry out research, development, test 
and evaluation activities, including other trans-
actions and procurement activities to address mili-
tary department unique needs such as weapon sys-
tems, manned and unmanned vehicles and platforms, 
cyber and communication equipment and the inte-
gration of explosive ordnance disposal sets, kits and 
outfits and department’s developed explosive ord-
nance disposal tools, equipment, sets, kits and out-
fits. 
‘‘(c) 
ANNUAL
BUDGET
JUSTIFICATION
DOCU-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress with the defense budget materials a con-
solidated budget justification display, in classified 
and unclassified form, that includes all of activities 
of the Department of Defense relating to the Pro-
gram. 
‘‘(2) The budget display under paragraph (1) 
for a fiscal year shall include a single program ele-
ment for each of the following:
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‘‘(A) Civilian and military pay. 
‘‘(B) Research, development, test, and 
evaluation. 
‘‘(C) Procurement. 
‘‘(D) Other transaction agreements. 
‘‘(E) Military construction. 
‘‘(3) The budget display shall include funding 
data for each of the military department’s respective 
activities related to explosive ordnance disposal, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) operations and maintenance; and 
‘‘(B) overseas contingency operations. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘explosive ordnance’ means any 
munitions containing explosives, nuclear fission or 
fusion materials, or biological or chemical agents, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) bombs and warheads; 
‘‘(B) guided and ballistic missiles; 
‘‘(C) artillery, mortar, rocket, and small 
arms munitions; 
‘‘(D) mines, torpedoes, and depth charges; 
‘‘(E) demolition charges; 
‘‘(F) pyrotechnics; 
‘‘(G) clusters and dispensers;
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‘‘(H) cartridge and propellant actuated de-
vices; 
‘‘(I) electro-explosives devices; 
‘‘(J) clandestine and improvised explosive 
devices, including improvised nuclear, chemical 
and biological devices; and 
‘‘(K) similar or related items or compo-
nents explosive in nature. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘disposal’ means, with respect to 
explosive ordnance, the assessment, sampling, detec-
tion, identification, verification, field evaluation, de-
feat, disablement, neutralization, or rendering-safe, 
war-head packaging, recovery, exploitation, and final 
disposition of ordnance.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter, as amended by section 
851, is further amended by adding at end the following 
new section: 
‘‘2284. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Defense Program.’’. 
SEC. 318. JOINT STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF WIND FARMS 
ON WEATHER RADARS AND MILITARY OPER-
ATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
enter into an arrangement with the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to conduct a study on the im-
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pact wind farms have on weather radars and subsequently 
Department of Defense operations and readiness. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The potential impacts of wind farms on 
NEXRAD radars and other Federal radars used by 
the Department of Defense, the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, and the National 
Weather Service for weather forecasts and warnings. 
(2) The subsequent impacts of wind farms on 
Department of Defense aviation readiness, includ-
ing— 
(A) Department of Defense air traffic con-
trol radars; 
(B) minimum vectoring altitudes, in par-
ticular around military flight training bases; 
(C) air-to-ground drop zones; 
(D) 
air-to-ground 
bombing 
and 
test 
ranges; 
(E) military operating areas that extend to 
the surface; 
(F) military training routes; 
(G) over-the-horizon radars; and 
(H) Department of Defense weather ra-
dars.
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(3) Examples of when interference from the 
wind farms has affected the ability of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to forecast 
or warn for dangerous weather. 
(4) Recommendations to reduce, mitigate, or 
eliminate the potential impacts. 
(5) An analysis of the distance that wind tur-
bines need to be away from the radars to ensure no 
impact. 
(6) Recommendations for addressing the im-
pacts to NEXRADs and weather radar due to in-
creasing turbine heights. 
(7) Recommendations to reduce or eliminate 
impacts of existing wind turbines, including those 
projects that are being repowered by developers to 
increase turbine heights. 
(8) Recommendations to ensure wind farms do 
not impact the ability of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric 
Administration 
and 
the 
National 
Weather Service to warn or forecast hazardous 
weather. 
(9) The cumulative impacts of multiple wind 
farms near a single radar on the ability of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and
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the National Weather Service to warn or forecast 
hazardous weather. 
(10) Recommendations to reduce or eliminate 
the cumulative impacts of multiple wind farms. 
(11) An analysis of whether certain wind tur-
bine projects, based on project layout, turbine ori-
entation, number of turbines, density of turbines, 
proximity to radar, or turbine height result in great-
er impacts to the missions of Department of De-
fense, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration, and the National Weather Service, and 
if so, how can those projects be better cited to re-
duce or eliminate NEXRAD impacts. 
(c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 12 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the study conducted pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 319. CORE SAMPLING AT JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, 
TEXAS. 
(a) SITE INVESTIGATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
of the Air Force shall conduct a core sampling study along 
the proposed route of the W–6 wastewater treatment line 
on Air Force real property, in compliance with best engi-
neering practices, to determine if any regulated or haz-
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ardous substances are present in the soil along the pro-
posed route. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a report on the results of the core samples taken pursuant 
to subsection (a). 
Subtitle C—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 321. EXAMINATION OF NAVAL VESSELS. 
Section 7304(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) Any naval vessel examined under this section on 
or after October 1, 2019, shall be examined without prior 
notice provided to the crew of the vessel. 
‘‘(3) Any report generated relating to an examination 
under this section shall be unclassified and made publicly 
available.’’.
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SEC. 322. OVERHAUL AND REPAIR OF NAVAL VESSELS IN 
FOREIGN SHIPYARDS. 
(a) TREATMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS WITHOUT DES-
IGNATED
HOMEPORTS.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 
7310 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘For the pur-
pose of this section, a naval vessel that does not have a 
designated homeport shall be treated in the same manner 
as a vessel with a homeport in the United States or 
Guam.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF VOYAGE REPAIR.—Such section 
is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘as 
defined’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Volume 
III’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (5); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered naval vessel’ means any 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) A naval vessel. 
‘‘(B) Any other vessel under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of the Navy.
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‘‘(C) A vessel not described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B) that is operated pursuant to 
a contract entered into by the Secretary of the 
Navy and the Maritime Administration or the 
United States Transportation Command in sup-
port of Department of Defense operations. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘voyage repair’ means repair per-
formed solely for the corrective maintenance of mis-
sion or safety essential items necessary for a vessel 
to deploy or continue its deployment.’’. 
SEC. 323. LIMITATION ON LENGTH OF OVERSEAS FORWARD 
DEPLOYMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS. 
(a) LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 633 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7320. Limitation on length of overseas forward de-
ployment of naval vessels 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy shall 
ensure that no naval vessel is forward deployed overseas 
for a period in excess of ten years. At the end of a period 
of overseas forward deployment, the vessel shall be as-
signed a homeport in the United States. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Navy may waive 
the limitation under subsection (a) with respect to a naval
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vessel if the Secretary submits to the congressional de-
fense committees notice in writing of— 
‘‘(1) the waiver of such limitation with respect 
to the vessel; 
‘‘(2) the date on which the period of overseas 
forward deployment of the vessel is expected to end; 
and 
‘‘(3) the factors used by the Secretary to deter-
mine that a longer period of deployment would pro-
mote the national defense or be in the public inter-
est.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘7320. Limitation on length of overseas forward deployment of naval vessels.’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CURRENTLY DEPLOYED VES-
SELS.—In the case of any naval vessel that has been for-
ward deployed overseas for a period in excess of ten years 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Navy shall ensure that such vessel is assigned a 
homeport in the United States by not later than three 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall provide to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives a briefing on the plan of the Secretary for the rota-
tion of forward deployed naval vessels. 
SEC. 324. TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF WORKLOAD CAR-
RYOVER FORMULA. 
During the period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2021, in 
carrying out chapter 9, volume 2B (relating to Instruc-
tions for the Preparation of Exhibit Fund-11a Carryover 
Reconciliation) of Department of Defense regulation 
7000.14-R, entitled ‘‘Financial Management Regulation 
(FMR)’’, in addition to any other applicable exemptions, 
the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that with respect 
to each military department depot or arsenal, outlay 
rates— 
(1) reflect the timing of when during a fiscal 
year appropriations have historically funded work-
load; and 
(2) account for the varying repair cycle times of 
the workload supported. 
SEC. 325. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR IMPLEMEN-
TATION OF ELEMENTS OF MASTER PLAN FOR 
REDEVELOPMENT OF FORMER SHIP REPAIR 
FACILITY IN GUAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by
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this Act or otherwise made available for the Navy for fiscal 
year 2019 may be obligated or expended for any construc-
tion, alteration, repair, or development of the real property 
consisting of the Former Ship Repair Facility in Guam. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation under subsection 
(a) does not apply to any project that directly supports 
depot-level ship maintenance capabilities, including the 
mooring of a floating dry dock. 
(c) FORMER SHIP REPAIR FACILITY IN GUAM.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘Former Ship Repair Facility in 
Guam’’ means the property identified by that name under 
the base realignment and closure authority carried out 
under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 
1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 
USC 2687 note). 
SEC. 326. BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS FOR PROPOSED RELO-
CATION OF J85 ENGINE REGIONAL REPAIR 
CENTER. 
(a) BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of 
the Air Force shall prepare a business case analysis on 
the proposed relocation of the J85 Engine Regional Re-
pair Center. Such analysis shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An overview of each alternative considered 
for the J85 Engine Regional Repair Center.
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(2) The one-time and annual costs associated 
with each such alternative. 
(3) The effect of each such alternative on work-
load capacity, capability, schedule, throughput, and 
costs. 
(4) The effect of each such alternative on Gov-
ernment-furnished parts, components, and equip-
ment, including mitigation strategies to address 
known limitations to T38 production throughput, es-
pecially such limitations caused by Government-fur-
nished parts, equipment, or transportation. 
(5) The effect of each such alternative on the 
transition of the Air Force to the T-X training air-
craft. 
(6) A detailed rationale for the selection of an 
alternative considered as part of the business case 
analysis under this section. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RELOCA-
TION.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act, or otherwise made available for the Air Force, 
may be obligated or expended for any action to relocate 
the J85 Engine Regional Repair Center until the date that 
is 150 days after the date on which the Secretary of the 
Air Force provides to the Committees on Armed Services
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of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on 
the business case analysis required by subsection (a). 
SEC. 327. ARMY ADVANCED AND ADDITIVE MANUFAC-
TURING CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of the Army shall 
establish a Center of Excellence on Advanced and Additive 
Manufacturing at an arsenal (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the 
Center’’). 
(b) PURPOSES.—The Center established in section 
(a) shall— 
(1) support the efforts of the Army to imple-
ment advanced and additive manufacturing tech-
niques and capabilities across the Army industrial 
facilities (as defined by section 4544(j) of title 10, 
United States Code); 
(2) identify improvements to sustainment meth-
ods for component parts and other logistics needs; 
(3) identify and implement appropriate cyber 
protections to ensure viability of advanced and addi-
tive manufacturing within the Army organic indus-
trial base in consultation with the Army Cyber Cen-
ter of Excellence and other appropriate government 
and private sector entities; and
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(4) aid in the procurement of advanced and ad-
ditive manufacturing equipment and support services 
including training. 
(c) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army 
may use public-private partnerships and other trans-
actional activity pursuant to section 2371 of title 10, 
United States Code, with covered entities to facili-
tate the development of advanced and additive man-
ufacturing techniques in support of Army industrial 
facilities. 
(2) TERMS
OF
PARTNERSHIPS
AND
AGREE-
MENTS.—Public-private 
partnerships 
and 
other 
transactional activity under paragraph (1)— 
(A) shall facilitate development and imple-
mentation of advanced and additive manufac-
turing techniques and capabilities that support 
the Army organic industrial base; 
(B) may support necessary workforce de-
velopment and support efforts to sustain ad-
vanced and additive manufacturing in the Army 
organic industrial base; 
(C) shall facilitate appropriate sharing of 
information in the adaptation of advanced and
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additive manufacturing into the Army organic 
industrial base; 
(D) shall facilitate implementation of ap-
propriate cyber protections into advanced and 
additive manufacturing tools and techniques; 
and 
(E) may include the use of on-the-job 
training to ensure participants are able to learn 
the skills necessary for successful careers in ad-
ditive manufacturing. 
(d) DEFINITION OF COVERED ENTITY.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered entity’’ includes— 
(1) community and technical colleges; 
(2) research universities; 
(3) State and local governments; 
(4) economic development entities; 
(5) non-profit technical associations in ad-
vanced manufacturing; and 
(6) non-profit organizations with a focus on im-
proving the defense industrial base. 
SEC. 328. REPORT ON PILOT PROGRAM FOR MICRO-REAC-
TORS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
develop and submit to the Committee on Armed Services
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and the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed 
Services and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources in the Senate a report describing the requirements 
for, and components of, a pilot program to provide resil-
ience for critical national security infrastructure at De-
partment of Defense and Department of Energy facilities 
by contracting with a commercial entity to site, construct, 
and operate at least one licensed micro-reactor at a facility 
identified under the report by December 31, 2027. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—As necessary to develop the re-
port required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
consult with— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense; 
(2) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and 
(3) the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) identification of potential locations to site, 
construct, and operate a micro-reactor at a Depart-
ment of Defense or Department of Energy facility 
that contains critical national security infrastructure 
that the Secretary determines may not be energy re-
silient;
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(2) assessments of different nuclear tech-
nologies to provide energy resiliency for critical na-
tional security infrastructure; 
(3) a survey of potential commercial stake-
holders with which to enter into a contract under the 
pilot program to construct and operate a licensed 
micro-reactor; 
(4) options to enter into long-term contracting, 
including various financial mechanisms for such pur-
pose; 
(5) identification of requirements for micro-re-
actors to provide energy resilience to mission-critical 
functions at facilities identified under paragraph (1); 
(6) an estimate of the costs of the pilot pro-
gram; 
(7) a timeline with milestones for the pilot pro-
gram; 
(8) an analysis of the existing authority of the 
Department of Energy and Department of Defense 
to permit the siting, construction, and operation of 
a micro-reactor; and 
(9) recommendations for any legislative changes 
to the authorities analyzed under paragraph (8) nec-
essary for the Department of Energy and the De-
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partment of Defense to permit the siting, construc-
tion, and operation of a micro-reactor. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘critical national security infra-
structure’’ means any site or installation that the 
Secretary of Energy or the Secretary of Defense de-
termines supports critical mission functions of the 
national security enterprise. 
(2) The term ‘‘licensed’’ means holding a li-
cense under section 103 or 104 of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954. 
(3) The term ‘‘micro-reactor’’ means a nuclear 
reactor that has a power production capacity that is 
not greater than 50 megawatts. 
(4) The term ‘‘pilot program’’ means the pilot 
program described in subsection (a). 
(5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means Secretary of 
Energy. 
(e) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified appendix. 
(f) LIMITATIONS.—This Act does not authorize the 
Department of Energy or Department of Defense to enter 
into a contract with respect to the pilot program.
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SEC. 329. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF INCREASED AUTOMA-
TION OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE ON 
MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to Congress a report on the effects of the increased auto-
mation of the defense industrial base over the ten-year pe-
riod beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. Such report shall include, 
for the period covered by the report— 
(1) an estimate of the number of jobs in the 
United States manufacturing workforce expected to 
be eliminated due to automation in the defense sec-
tor; 
(2) an analysis describing any new types of jobs 
that are expected to be established as a result of an 
increasingly automated process, including an esti-
mate of the number of these types of jobs that are 
expected to be created; 
(3) an analysis of the potential threats to the 
national security of the United States that are 
unique to the automation of the defense industry; 
(4) a strategy to assist in providing workforce 
training and transition preparation for workers who 
may lose manufacturing jobs in the defense industry 
due to automation;
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(5) a description of any training necessary for 
workers affected by automation to more easily tran-
sition to new types of jobs within the defense manu-
facturing industry; and 
(6) any actions taken, or planned to be taken, 
by the Department of Defense to assist in worker 
transition. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
SEC. 331. MATTERS FOR INCLUSION IN QUARTERLY RE-
PORTS ON PERSONNEL AND UNIT READI-
NESS. 
Section 482 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘de-
ficiency’’ the following: ‘‘in the ground, sea, air, 
space, and cyber forces, and in such other such 
areas as determined by the Secretary of Defense,’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘ASSIGNED MISSION’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (3); 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) as 
paragraph (3); and
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(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) A report for the second or fourth quarter 
of a calendar year under this section shall also in-
clude an assessment by each commander of a geo-
graphic or functional combatant command of the 
readiness of the command to conduct operations in 
a multidomain battle that integrates ground, air, 
sea, space, and cyber forces.’’. 
SEC. 332. ANNUAL COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEWS OF 
READINESS OF ARMED FORCES TO CONDUCT 
FULL SPECTRUM OPERATIONS. 
(a) REVIEWS REQUIRED.—For each of calendar 
years 2018 through 2021, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct an annual review of the readi-
ness of the Armed Forces to conduct each of the following 
types of full spectrum operations: 
(1) Ground. 
(2) Sea. 
(3) Air. 
(4) Space. 
(5) Cyber. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REVIEW.—In conducting a review 
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall—
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(1) use standard methodology and reporting 
formats in order to show changes over time; 
(2) evaluate, using fiscal year 2017 as the base 
year of analysis— 
(A) force structure; 
(B) the ability of major operational units 
to conduct operations; and 
(C) the status of equipment, manning, and 
training; and 
(3) provide reasons for any variances in readi-
ness levels, including changes in funding, availability 
in parts, training opportunities, and operational de-
mands. 
(c) METRICS.—For purposes of the reviews required 
by this section, the Secretary of Defense shall identify and 
establish metrics for measuring readiness for the oper-
ations covered by subsection (a). In the first review con-
ducted under this section, the Comptroller General shall 
evaluate and determine the validity of such metrics. 
(d) ACCESS TO RELEVANT DATA.—For purposes of 
this section, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
the Comptroller General has access to all relevant data, 
including—
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(1) any assessments of the ability of the De-
partment of Defense and the Armed Forces to exe-
cute operational and contingency plans; 
(2) any internal Department readiness and 
force structure assessments; and 
(3) the readiness databases of the Department 
and the Armed Forces. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Not later than Feb-
ruary 28, 2019, and annually thereafter until 2022, 
the Comptroller General shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives an annual report on the review con-
ducted under subsection (a) for the year preceding 
the year during which the report is submitted. 
(2) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—At the discretion 
of the Comptroller General, the Comptroller General 
may submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and House of Representatives additional 
reports addressing specific mission areas within the 
operations covered by subsection (a) in order to pro-
vide an independent assessment of readiness in the 
areas of equipping, mapping, and training.
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SEC. 333. SURFACE WARFARE TRAINING IMPROVEMENT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) In 2017, there were three collisions and one 
grounding involving United States Navy ships in the 
Western Pacific. The two most recent mishaps in-
volved separate incidents of a Japan-based United 
States Navy destroyer colliding with a commercial 
merchant vessel, resulting in the combined loss of 17 
sailors. 
(2) The causal factors in these four mishaps 
are linked directly to a failure to take sufficient ac-
tion in accordance with the rules of good seaman-
ship. 
(3) Because risks are high in the maritime envi-
ronment, there are widely accepted standards for 
safe seamanship and navigation. In the United 
States, the International Convention on Standards 
of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (herein-
after in this section referred to as the ‘‘STCW’’) for 
Seafarers, standardizes the skills and foundational 
knowledge a maritime professional must have in sea-
manship and navigation. 
(4) Section 568 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
114–328; 130 Stat. 2139) endorsed the STCW proc-
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ess and required the Secretary of Defense to maxi-
mize the extent to which Armed Forces service, 
training, and qualifications are creditable toward 
meeting merchant mariner licenses and certifi-
cations. 
(5) The Surface Warfare Officer Course Cur-
riculum is being modified to include ten individual 
Go/No Go Mariner Assessments/Competency Check 
Milestones to ensure standardization and quality of 
the surface warfare community. 
(6) The Military-to-Mariner Transition report 
of September 2017 notes the Army maintains an ex-
tensive STCW qualifications program and that a 
similar Navy program does not exist. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Secretary of the Navy should establish 
a comprehensive individual proficiency assessment 
process and include such an assessment prior to all 
operational surface warfare officer tour assignments; 
and 
(2) the Secretary of the Navy should signifi-
cantly expand the STCW qualifications process to 
improve seamanship and navigation individual skills 
training for surface warfare candidates, surface war-
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fare officers, quartermasters and operations special-
ists to include an increased set of courses that di-
rectly correspond to STCW standards. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2019, the 
Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report that includes each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A detailed description of the surface war-
fare officer assessments process. 
(2) A list of programs that have been approved 
for credit toward merchant mariner credentials. 
(3) A complete gap analysis of the existing sur-
face warfare training curriculum and STCW. 
(4) A complete gap analysis of the existing sur-
face warfare training curriculum and the 3rd mate 
unlimited licensing requirement. 
(5) An assessment of surface warfare options to 
complete the 3rd mate unlimited license and the 
STCW qualification. 
SEC. 334. REPORT ON OPTIMIZING SURFACE NAVY VESSEL 
INSPECTIONS AND CREW CERTIFICATIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Navy shall submit to Congress a report on optimizing 
surface Navy vessel inspections and crew certifications to
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reduce the burden of inspection type visits that vessels un-
dergo. Such report shall include— 
(1) an audit of all surface Navy vessel inspec-
tions, certifications, and required and recommended 
assist visits; 
(2) an analysis of such inspections, certifi-
cations, and visits for redundancies, as well as any 
necessary items not covered; 
(3) recommendations to streamline surface ves-
sel inspections, certifications, and required and rec-
ommended assist visits to optimize effectiveness, im-
prove material readiness, and restore training readi-
ness; and 
(4) recommendations for congressional action to 
address the needs of the Navy as identified in the 
report. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL
BRIEFING.—Not later than 
January 31, 2019, the Secretary of the Navy shall provide 
to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the 
House Committee on Armed Services an interim briefing 
on the matters to be included in the report required by 
subsection (a).
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SEC. 335. REPORT ON DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND 
REPAIR. 
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
heads of each of the military departments and the Chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on labor hours and 
depot maintenance, which shall include— 
(1) the amount of public and private funding of 
depot-level maintenance and repair (as defined in 
section 2460 of title 10 United State Code) for the 
Department of Defense, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
Air Force, Special Operations Command, and any 
other unified command identified by the Secretary, 
expressed by commodity group by percentage and 
actual numbers in terms of dollars and direct labor 
hours; 
(2) within each category of depot level mainte-
nance and repair for each entities, the amount of the 
subset of depot maintenance workload that meets 
the description under section 2464 of title 10, 
United States Code, that is performed in the public 
and private sectors by direct labor hours and by dol-
lars; 
(3) of the subset referred to in paragraph (2), 
the amount of depot maintenance workload per-
formed in the public and private sector by direct
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labor hour and by dollars for each entity that would 
otherwise be considered core workload under such 
section 2462, but is not considered core because a 
weapon system or equipment has not been declared 
a program of record; and 
(4) the projections for the upcoming future 
years defense program, including the distinction be-
tween the Navy and the Marine Corps for the De-
partment of the Navy, as well as any unified com-
mand, including the Special Operations Command. 
SEC. 336. REPORT ON PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 
REQUIREMENTS 
FOR 
CIVIL 
RESPONSE 
TEAMS TO VOLCANIC ACTIVITY. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, and the Director of the 
United States Geological Survey, shall submit to Congress 
a report on personal protective equipment requirements 
for civil defense response teams to volcanic activity and 
civilian communities in the vicinity of active volcanic activ-
ity, including protection against sulfur dioxide gas. 
(b) TRANSFER OF EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED.—If the 
Secretary of Defense determines that the Department of
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Defense is in possession of excess personal protective 
equipment that is not needed for current and future 
planned operational requirements, the Secretary may 
transfer such excess equipment to State and local civil de-
fense agencies upon request from the governor or equiva-
lent official of a State. 
(c) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ means each of the several States of the United 
States, the District of Columbia, and any territory, com-
monwealth, or possession of the United States. 
SEC. 337. REPORT ON WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION CAPABILI-
TIES OF ACTIVE AND RESERVE COMPO-
NENTS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the Sense of Con-
gress that wildfires endanger national security. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a report on the wildfire suppres-
sion capabilities within the active and reserve components 
of the Armed Forces, including the Modular Airborne Fire 
Fighting System Program, and interagency cooperation 
with the Forest Service and the Department of the Inte-
rior.
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SEC. 338. REPORT ON RELOCATION OF STEAM TURBINE 
PRODUCTION 
FROM 
NIMITZ-CLASS 
AND 
FORD-CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, AND VIR-
GINIA-CLASS 
AND 
COLUMBIA-CLASS 
SUB-
MARINES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics, and Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, shall de-
velop and submit to Congress a report describing the po-
tential impacts on national defense and the manufacturing 
base resulting from contractors or subcontracts relocating 
steam turbine production for Nimitz-class and Ford-class 
aircraft carriers, and Virginia-class and Columbia-class 
submarines. Such report shall address each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The overall risk of moving production on 
our national security including likelihood of produc-
tion delay or reduction in quality of steam turbines. 
(2) The impact on natural security from a delay 
in production of aircraft carriers and submarines. 
(3) The impacts on regional suppliers the cur-
rent production of steam turbines draw on and their 
ability to perform other contracts should a relocation 
happen.
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(4) The impact on the national industrial and 
manufacturing base and loss of a critically skilled 
workforce resulting from a relocation of production. 
(5) The risk of moving production on total cost 
of the acquisition. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 341. COAST GUARD REPRESENTATION ON EXPLOSIVE 
SAFETY BOARD. 
Section 172(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and Marine Corps’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Marine Corps, and Coast Guard’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘When the Coast Guard is not operating as 
a service in the Department of the Navy, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall appoint an officer 
of the Coast Guard to serve as a voting member of 
the board.’’. 
SEC. 342. SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK BOUNDARY 
ADJUSTMENT AND PARKER’S CROSSROADS 
BATTLEFIELD DESIGNATION. 
(a) AREAS TO BE ADDED TO SHILOH NATIONAL 
MILITARY PARK.— 
(1) ADDITIONAL AREAS.—The boundary of Shi-
loh National Military Park is modified to include the
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areas that are generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Shiloh National Military Park, Proposed Boundary 
Adjustment’’, numbered 304/80,011, and dated July 
2014, as follows: 
(A) Fallen Timbers Battlefield. 
(B) Russell House Battlefield. 
(C) Davis Bridge Battlefield. 
(2) ACQUISITION
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 
may acquire lands described in paragraph (1) by do-
nation, purchase from willing sellers with donated or 
appropriated funds, or exchange. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—Any lands acquired 
under this section shall be administered as part of 
the Park. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATED AREA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Parker’s Crossroads Battle-
field in the State of Tennessee is hereby established 
as an affiliated area of the National Park System. 
(2) DESCRIPTION.—The affiliated area shall 
consist of the area generally depicted within the 
‘‘Proposed Boundary’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Parker’s 
Crossroads Battlefield, Proposed Boundary’’, num-
bered 903/80,073, and dated July 2014. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The affiliated area shall 
be managed in accordance with this section and all
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laws generally applicable to units of the National 
Park System. 
(4) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The City of Park-
ers Crossroads and the Tennessee Historical Com-
mission shall jointly be the management entity for 
the affiliated area. 
(5) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may provide technical assistance and enter 
into cooperative agreements with the management 
entity for the purpose of providing financial assist-
ance with marketing, marking, interpretation, and 
preservation of the affiliated area. 
(6) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Noth-
ing in this section authorizes the Secretary to ac-
quire property at the affiliated area or to assume 
overall financial responsibility for the operation, 
maintenance, or management of the affiliated area. 
(7) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the management entity, shall de-
velop a general management plan for the affili-
ated area. The plan shall be prepared in accord-
ance with section 100502 of title 54, United 
States Code.
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(B) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 3 
years after the date that funds are made avail-
able for this section, the Secretary shall provide 
a copy of the completed general management 
plan to the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate. 
(c) PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION.— 
(1) NO
USE
OF
CONDEMNATION.—The Sec-
retary may not acquire by condemnation any land or 
interests in land under this section or for the pur-
poses of this section. 
(2) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER.—No non- 
Federal property may be included in the Shiloh Na-
tional Military Park without the written consent of 
the owner. 
(3) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing in 
this section, the establishment of the Shiloh Na-
tional Military Park, or the management plan for 
the Shiloh National Military Park shall be construed 
to create buffer zones outside of the Park. That ac-
tivities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected from 
areas within the Shiloh National Military Park shall 
not preclude, limit, control, regulate, or determine
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the conduct or management of activities or uses out-
side of the Park. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘affiliated area’’ means the Park-
er’s Crossroads Battlefield established as an affili-
ated area of the National Park System under sub-
section (b). 
(2) The term ‘‘Park’’ means Shiloh National 
Military Park, a unit of the National Park System. 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
SEC. 343. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CRITICAL MIN-
ERALS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the final composition 
of the critical minerals list, as ordered by Executive Order 
No. 
13817, 
should 
include 
aggregates, 
copper, 
molybendum, gold, zinc, nickel, lead, silver, and certain 
fertilizer compounds in addition to the 35 minerals in-
cluded in the draft list, as published on February 16, 
2018, for public comment. 
SEC. 344. STUDY ON PHASING OUT OPEN BURN PITS. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a study on the feasibility of phas-
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ing out the use of open burn pits by using technology in-
cinerators. 
(b) OPEN BURN PIT DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘open burn pit’’ means an area of land— 
(1) that is designated by the Secretary of De-
fense to be used for disposing solid waste by burning 
in the outdoor air; and 
(2) does not contain a commercially manufac-
tured incinerator or other equipment specifically de-
signed and manufactured for the burning of solid 
waste. 
SEC. 345. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
CHANGES TO MILITARY UNIFORM COMPO-
NENTS. 
(a) DLA NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of a mili-
tary department shall notify the Commander of the De-
fense Logistics Agency of plans to make changes to a serv-
ice member uniform or service member uniform compo-
nent. Such notification shall be made not less than three 
years prior to the uniform change. 
(b) CONTRACTOR NOTIFICATION.—The Commander 
of the Defense Logistics Agency shall notify a contractor 
when one of the military services plans to make a change 
to a military uniform component that is provided by that 
contractor. Such a notification shall be made not less than
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12 months prior to any announcement of a public solicita-
tion for the manufacture of the new uniform components. 
(c) WAIVER.—If the Secretary of a military depart-
ment or the Commander of the Defense Logistics Agency 
determines that the notification requirement under sub-
section (a) would adversely impact operational safety, 
force protection, or national security interests of the 
United States, the secretary or the Commander may waive 
such requirement. 
SEC. 346. ASSESSMENT, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION OF 
SECURITY COOPERATION. 
(a) ASSESSMENT, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION 
OF SECURITY COOPERATION ACTIVITIES.—Of the amount 
for Operations and Maintenance, Defense-wide made 
available to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency for 
fiscal year 2019, not less than $12,000,000 shall be allo-
cated for the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation of 
security cooperation activities in accordance with section 
383 of title 10, United States Code. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Of the amount 
for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide made avail-
able to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2019 
for activities under section 333 of title 10, United States 
Code, not more than 50 percent may be expended until 
the Secretary presents to Congress a written plan for the
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expenditure of the amount allocated under subsection (a), 
including— 
(1) a description of the activities planned for 
fiscal year 2019 for the evaluation of security co-
operation programs across the security cooperation 
enterprise, including through chapter 16 of title 10, 
United States Code, the Afghanistan Security 
Forces Fund, the Counter-ISIL Fund, the coopera-
tive threat reduction program, and other security co-
operation authorities as appropriate; and 
(2) a description of the activities planned for 
fiscal year 2019 for the training, support, and orga-
nization of the Department to effectively carry out 
responsibilities under section 383 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(c) OFFSET.—In section 7301 of division G, relating 
to operation and maintenance, Navy, reduce the amount 
for administration, Line 510, by $6,000,000. 
SEC. 347. JOINT TASK FORCE FOR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE 
DISPOSAL AND COUNTERING IMPROVISED 
EXPLOSIVE 
DEVICES 
IN 
UNITED 
STATES 
NORTHERN COMMAND. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2019, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the con-
gressional defense committees an unclassified plan on how
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the United States Northern Command will organize a 
Joint Task Force for Explosive Ordnance Disposal and 
Countering Improvised Explosive Devices, over the full 
range of military operations, including— 
(1) combatant commander’s daily operational 
requirements on joint mission command of explosive 
ordnance disposal force planning; 
(2) protection of the Commander in Chief and 
critical infrastructures; and 
(3) immediate response assistance to civil au-
thorities on improvised explosive devices, military 
munitions, and explosives technical advice provided 
at the incident scene. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 
shall include each of the following: 
(1) An identification of the person to whom the 
commander of the joint task force reports. 
(2) A description of how the Joint Task Force 
on Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Countering Im-
provised Explosive Devices would implement its re-
sponsibilities under sections 377, 380, 381, 382 and 
383 of title 10 United States Code, and Department 
of Defense Directives 5111.13 and 5111.18. 
(3) An example of the standing execution order 
of the Joint Chiefs that would identify the rotation
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of tactical units as forces for the Joint Task Force 
for Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Countering 
Improvised Explosive Devices during each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2025. 
(4) A description of whether, in leveraging, in-
tegrating, and aligning United States Government 
efforts, the joint task force plans to detail the explo-
sive ordnance disposal qualified liaison personnel of 
the joint task force to, or host liaison personnel 
from, or a combination thereof at any of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The National Joint Terrorism Task 
Force. 
(B) The National Explosives Task Force. 
(C) The Critical Incident Response Group. 
(D) The Terrorist Explosive Device Ana-
lytical Center. 
(E) The Bomb Data Center. 
(F) The National Center for Explosives 
Training and Research. 
(G) The Hazardous Devices School. 
(H) The Office of Bombing Prevention.
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TITLE IV—MILITARY 
PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 
duty personnel as of September 30, 2019, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 487,500. 
(2) The Navy, 335,400. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 186,100. 
(4) The Air Force, 329,100. 
SEC. 402. REVISIONS IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END 
STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS. 
Section 691(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and in-
serting the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) For the Army, 487,500. 
‘‘(2) For the Navy, 335,400. 
‘‘(3) For the Marine Corps, 186,100. 
‘‘(4) For the Air Force, 329,100.’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve 
components as of September 30, 2019, as follows:
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(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 343,500. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 199,500. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 59,100. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 38,500. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 107,100. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 70,000. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000. 
(b) 
END
STRENGTH
REDUCTIONS.—The 
end 
strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Re-
serve of any reserve component shall be proportionately 
reduced by— 
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of 
such component which are on active duty (other 
than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 
(2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 
Reserve of such component who are on active duty 
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
(c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 
individual members of the Selected Reserve of any reserve
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(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2019 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities 
and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, 
not otherwise provided for, for military personnel, as spec-
ified in the funding table in section 7401. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The au-
thorization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes 
any other authorization of appropriations (definite or in-
definite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2019.
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TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Regular Component 
Management 
SEC. 501. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO AWARD CON-
STRUCTIVE SERVICE CREDIT FOR ADVANCED 
EDUCATION, 
EXPERIENCE, 
OR 
TRAINING, 
UPON ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT AS A COM-
MISSIONED OFFICER. 
(a) ACTIVE-DUTY
LIST
APPOINTMENTS.—Section 
533(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘with cyberspace-re-
lated experience or advanced education’’ 
and inserting ‘‘with advanced education, 
special experience, or special training in a 
designated field’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘critically’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘in a particular cyber-
space-related field’’ and inserting ‘‘in such 
designated field’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘operational’’; and
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(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘in a cyberspace-re-
lated field’’ and inserting ‘‘in such des-
ignated field’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘operational’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) The amount of constructive service credited an 
officer under this subsection may not exceed the amount 
required for the officer to be eligible for an original ap-
pointment in the grade of— 
‘‘(A) colonel in the Army, Air Force, or Marine 
Corps; or 
‘‘(B) captain in the Navy.’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘designated field’ in-
cludes the following: 
‘‘(A) Cyberspace. 
‘‘(B) Any scientific or technical field designated 
by the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(C) Any other field designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense as a field— 
‘‘(i) that requires a high level of skill; and
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‘‘(ii) that an insufficient number of officers 
possess in the military department concerned.’’. 
(b) 
RESERVE
ACTIVE-STATUS
LIST
APPOINT-
MENTS.—Section 12207 of such title is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b) or (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b), (e), or 
(g)’’; 
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘or (e)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(e), or (g)’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing new subsection (g): 
‘‘(g)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Defense, if the Secretary of a military depart-
ment determines that the number of commissioned officers 
serving on the reserve active-status list in an armed force 
under the jurisdiction of such Secretary with advanced 
education, special experience, or special training in a des-
ignated field is below the number needed, such Secretary 
may credit any person receiving an original appointment 
with a period of constructive service for the following: 
‘‘(A) Any period of advanced education in such 
designated field beyond the baccalaureate degree
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level if such advanced education is directly related to 
the needs of the armed force concerned. 
‘‘(B) Special experience or special training in 
such designated field if such experience or training 
is directly related to the needs of the armed force 
concerned. 
‘‘(2) The amount of constructive service credited an 
officer under this subsection may not exceed the amount 
required for the officer to be eligible for an original ap-
pointment in the grade of— 
‘‘(A) colonel in the Army, Air Force, or Marine 
Corps; or 
‘‘(B) captain in the Navy. 
‘‘(3) Constructive service credited an officer under 
this subsection is in addition to any service credited that 
officer under subsection (a) and shall be credited at the 
time of the original appointment of the officer. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘designated field’ 
means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Cyberspace. 
‘‘(B) Any scientific or technical field designated 
by the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(C) Any other field designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense as a field— 
‘‘(i) that requires a high level of skill; and
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‘‘(ii) that an insufficient number of officers 
possess in the military department concerned.’’. 
SEC. 502. SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS CAREER PATHS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 602 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 6933. Surface warfare officers: career paths 
‘‘Any naval officer who is commissioned as a surface 
warfare officer on or after January 1, 2021, shall be as-
signed to one of the following career paths: 
‘‘(1) Ship engineering systems. 
‘‘(2) Ship operations and combat systems.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘6933. Surface warfare officers: career paths.’’. 
SEC. 503. AUTHORITY OF SELECTION BOARDS TO REC-
OMMEND OFFICERS OF PARTICULAR MERIT 
BE PLACED AT THE TOP OF THE PROMOTION 
LIST. 
(a) RECOMMENDATION BY SELECTION BOARD.—Sec-
tion 616 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection (g): 
‘‘(g)(1) A selection board may recommend an officer 
of particular merit from among officers recommended for 
promotion under subsection (a) to be placed at the top
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of a promotion list established by the Secretary of the mili-
tary department concerned under section 624(a)(1) of this 
title. 
‘‘(2) A selection board may make a recommendation 
under this subsection only if such recommendation is ap-
propriate in the opinion of a majority of the members of 
the selection board. 
‘‘(3) A selection board may make recommendations 
under this subsection for no more than the number equal 
to 20 percent of the maximum number of officers that the 
board is authorized to recommend for promotion. If the 
number determined under this paragraph is less than one, 
the board may recommend one such officer. 
‘‘(4) A selection board that recommends under this 
subsection that more than one officer be placed at the top 
of a promotion list shall recommend the order in which 
such officers should be promoted.’’. 
(b) ACTION BY SECRETARY CONCERNED ON REC-
OMMENDATION OF SELECTION BOARD.—Section 618(a) 
of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘to law or regulation or to 
guidelines’’ and inserting ‘‘to law, regulation, or 
guidelines’’ each place it appears; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or, in the case of a rec-
ommendation under section 616(g) of this title, the
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determination of the Secretary concerned’’ after 
‘‘section 615(b) of this title’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘law, regula-
tion, and such guidelines’’ and inserting ‘‘law, regu-
lation, such guidelines, and the determination of the 
Secretary concerned,’’. 
(c) 
PRIORITY
IN
PROMOTION
LIST.—Section 
624(a)(1) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘, subject 
to section 616(g) of this title’’ after ‘‘active-duty list’’. 
SEC. 504. DEFERRED DEPLOYMENT FOR MEMBERS WHO 
GIVE BIRTH. 
Section 701 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) A member of the armed forces who gives birth 
may not be deployed during the period of 12 months be-
ginning on the date of such birth except— 
‘‘(1) at the election of such member; and 
‘‘(2) with the approval of a health care provider 
employed at a military medical treatment facility.’’.
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SEC. 505. CODIFICATION OF LOWERED GRADE FOR RE-
TIRED OFFICERS OR PERSONS WHO COM-
MITTED MISCONDUCT IN A LOWER GRADE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 1370 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘NEXT’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘An’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) An’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In the case of an officer or person whom the 
Secretary concerned determines committed misconduct in 
a lower grade, the Secretary concerned may determine the 
officer or person has not served satisfactorily in any grade 
equal to or higher than that lower grade.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘higher’’ and inserting 
‘‘different’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘except as provided in 
paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to para-
graph (2) and subsection (b)’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘An offi-
cer’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (b), an of-
ficer’’; and
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(3) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘higher’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘different’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, subject to subsection 
(b),’’ before ‘‘shall’’. 
SEC. 506. RETENTION OF MILITARY TECHNICIANS WHO 
LOSE DUAL STATUS UNDER CERTAIN CIR-
CUMSTANCES. 
Section 10216(g) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘as the result 
of a combat-related disability (as defined in section 
1413a of this title), the person may be retained’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for any reason other than a disquali-
fication described in subparagraph (B), the Sec-
retary shall appoint that person to a position under 
section 3101 of title 5, in accordance with section 
2102(a) of that title,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the com-
bat-related’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (3).
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SEC. 507. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON ACCESSION OF 
CANDIDATES WITH AUDITORY IMPAIRMENTS 
AS AIR FORCE OFFICERS. 
(a) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Begin-
ning not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall carry 
out a demonstration program to assess the feasibility and 
advisability of permitting individuals with auditory impair-
ments (including deafness) to access as officers of the Air 
Force. 
(b) CANDIDATES.— 
(1) NUMBER OF CANDIDATES.—The total num-
ber of individuals with auditory impairments who 
may participate in the demonstration program shall 
be not fewer than 15 individuals or more than 20 in-
dividuals. 
(2) MIX
AND
RANGE
OF
AUDITORY
IMPAIR-
MENTS.—The individuals who participate in the 
demonstration program shall include individuals who 
are deaf and individuals who have a range of other 
auditory impairments. 
(3) QUALIFICATION FOR ACCESSION.—Any indi-
vidual who is chosen to participate in the demonstra-
tion program shall meet all essential qualifications 
for accession as an officer in the Air Force, other