years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense 
FFRDC during that fiscal year and the associated budget 
estimates. 
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs 
is hereby reduced by $88,400,000. 
SEC. 8024. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, 
or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa-
cility or property under the control of the Department of 
Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 
States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re-
strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 
9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 
or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 
of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the military department responsible 
for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case- 
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 
to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order 
to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro-
vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to
contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 8025. For the purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 
Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 
Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub-
committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 8026. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 
maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 
as well as the production of components and other De-
fense-related articles, through competition between De-
partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri-
vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu-
tive of the military department or Defense Agency con-
cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success-
ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in-
direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur-
ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 
76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 
section.
SEC. 8027. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 
consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 
determines that a foreign country which is party to an 
agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 
terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 
types of products produced in the United States that are 
covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 
rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer-
ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 
in that foreign country. 
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 
reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under-
standing, between the United States and a foreign country 
pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec-
tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 
in that country. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con-
gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 
purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2016. Such 
report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 
for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 
any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade 
Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any 
international agreement to which the United States is a 
party.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 8028. During the current fiscal year, amounts 
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 
Facility Investment Recovery Account established by sec-
tion 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
of 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall 
be available until expended for the payments specified by 
section 2921(c)(2) of that Act. 
SEC. 8029. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 
cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 
tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 
Washington relocatable military housing units located at 
Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 
Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the 
needs of the Air Force. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at 
no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub-
section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 
that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 
Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located
in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 
such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 
housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 
of time, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re-
solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 
housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re-
quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 
(b). 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means 
any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 
published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 
104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a– 
1). 
SEC. 8030. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions which are available to the Department of Defense 
for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 
items having an investment item unit cost of not more 
than $250,000. 
SEC. 8031. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a 
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in
accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 
Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 2006; or 
(2) close, downgrade from host to extension 
center, or place on probation a Senior Reserve Offi-
cers’ Training Corps program in accordance with the 
information paper of the Department of the Army 
titled ‘‘Army Senior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps (SROTC) Program Review and Criteria’’, 
dated January 27, 2014. 
SEC. 8032. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 
of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 
of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 
purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir-
ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur-
ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 
to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 
during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an 
investment item would be chargeable during the current 
fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 
Defense for procurement. 
(b) The fiscal year 2017 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material 
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2017