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(B) by redesignating subsections (o) and (p) 
as subsections (n) and (o), respectively. 
(3) Section 2828 (10 U.S.C. 7291 note) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) METERING
RE-
QUIRED.—’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (b). 
(4) Section 2867 (10 U.S.C. 2223a note) is 
amended by striking subsection (d). 
(u) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 
FISCAL YEAR 2013.—The National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239) is amended 
as follows: 
(1) Section 126 (126 Stat. 1657) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION RE-
QUIRED.—’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (b). 
(2) Section 144 (126 Stat. 1663) is amended by 
striking subsection (c). 
(3) Section 716 (10 U.S.C. 1074g note) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (e); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) 
as subsections (e) and (f), respectively.
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(4) Section 738(e) (10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘REPORTS REQUIRED.—’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘Not later than’’ 
and inserting ‘‘REPORT.—Not later than’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2). 
(5) Section 865 (126 Stat. 1861) is repealed. 
(6) Section 917 (126 Stat. 1878) is repealed. 
(7) Subsection (c) of section 921 (126 Stat. 
1878) is repealed. 
(8) Subsection (c) of section 1079 (10 U.S.C. 221 
note) is repealed. 
(9) Section 1211(d) (126 Stat. 1983) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (3). 
(10) Section 1273 (22 U.S.C. 2421f) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking subsection (d); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (d). 
(11) Section 1276 (10 U.S.C. 2350c note) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (e); and
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(B) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) 
as subsections (e) and (f), respectively. 
(v) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 
FISCAL YEAR 2014.—The National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66) is amended 
as follows: 
(1) Section 907(c)(3) (10 U.S.C. 1564 note) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘METRICS.—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘In developing the strategy’’ and 
inserting ‘‘METRICS.—In developing the strat-
egy’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B). 
(2) Section 923 (10 U.S.C. prec. 421 note) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (b); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), 
and (e) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respec-
tively. 
(3) Section 1249 (127 Stat. 925) is repealed. 
(4) Section 1611 (127 Stat. 947) is amended by 
striking subsection (d). 
(5) Section 2916 (127 Stat. 1028) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) PROGRAM OF DECON-
TAMINATION REQUIRED.—’’; and
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(B) by striking subsection (b). 
(w) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 
FISCAL YEAR 2015.—The Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291) is amended as fol-
lows: 
(1) Section 232 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking subsection (e); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) 
as subsections (e) and (f), respectively. 
(2) Section 914(d) (5 U.S.C. 5911 note) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (2). 
(3) Section 1052(b) (128 Stat. 3497) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); 
(B) by striking ‘‘REPORTS REQUIRED.—’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘Not later than’’ 
and inserting ‘‘REPORT.—Not later than’’; and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and
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indenting the left margin of such paragraphs, as 
so redesignated, two ems from the left margin. 
(4) Section 1207 (10 U.S.C. 2342 note) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (d); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) 
as subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 
(5) Section 1209 (128 Stat. 3542) is amended by 
striking subsection (d). 
(6) Section 1236 (128 Stat. 3559) is amended by 
striking subsection (d). 
(7) Section 1325 (50 U.S.C. 3715) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (e); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) 
as subsections (e) and (f), respectively. 
(8) Section 1341 (50 U.S.C. 3741) is repealed. 
(9) Section 1342 (50 U.S.C. 3742) is repealed. 
(10) Section 1532(b) (128 Stat. 3613) is amend-
ed by striking paragraph (5). 
(11) Section 1534 (128 Stat. 3616) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking subsection (g); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (g).
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(12) Section 1607 (128 Stat. 3625) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking subsection (b); 
(B) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) 
as subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and 
(C) in subsection (c), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘requirements 
under subsections (a) and (b)’’ and inserting 
‘‘requirement in subsection (a)’’. 
(x) INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM PREVEN-
TION ACT OF 2004.—Section 3002(c) of the Intelligence Re-
form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 
3343(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 1069. ANNUAL REPORTS ON APPROVAL OF EMPLOY-
MENT OR COMPENSATION OF RETIRED GEN-
ERAL OR FLAG OFFICERS BY FOREIGN GOV-
ERNMENTS FOR EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE PUR-
POSES. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 908 of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORTS ON APPROVALS FOR RETIRED 
GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS.—(1) Not later than Janu-
ary 31 each year, the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees
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and Members of Congress a report on each approval under 
subsection (b) for employment or compensation described in 
subsection (a) for a retired member of the armed forces in 
a general or flag officer grade that was issued during the 
preceding year. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the appropriate committees 
and Members of Congress are— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(C) the Majority Leader and the Minority 
Leader of the Senate; and 
‘‘(D) the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
and the Minority Leader of the House of Representa-
tives.’’. 
(b) SCOPE OF FIRST REPORT.—The first report sub-
mitted pursuant to subsection (d) of section 908 of title 37, 
United States Code (as added by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion), after the date of the enactment of this Act shall cover 
the five-year period ending with the year before the year 
in which such report is submitted.
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SEC. 1070. ANNUAL REPORT ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN 
CONNECTION WITH UNITED STATES MILI-
TARY OPERATIONS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than May 
1 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on civilian cas-
ualties caused as a result of United States military oper-
ations during the preceding year. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall set forth the following: 
(1) A list of all the United States military oper-
ations during the year covered by such report that 
were confirmed to have resulted in civilian casualties. 
(2) For each military operation listed pursuant 
to paragraph (1), the following: 
(A) The date. 
(B) The location. 
(C) The type of operation. 
(D) The confirmed number of civilian cas-
ualties. 
(c) FORM.—Each report under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(d) SUNSET.—The requirement to submit a report 
under subsection (a) shall expire on the date that is five 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 1071. REPORT ON LARGE-SCALE, JOINT EXERCISES IN-
VOLVING THE AIR AND LAND DOMAINS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) General Milley has stated that the Army 
would experience ‘‘High Military Risk’’ against 
emerging threats or great power conflict. 
(2) General Goldfein has stated that ‘‘for 15 con-
secutive years, the Army’s been decisively committed 
to Iraq and Afghanistan and other counter terrorist, 
counter insurgency type operations. In order to do 
that, [the Air Force] essentially came off of a core 
warfare fighting skills of combined arms maneuver 
against a near peer or a higher end threat’’. 
(3) The United States has grown accustomed to 
technological supremacy and weapons overmatch to 
deter and defeat potential adversaries. 
(4) The Department of Defense conducts several 
large-scale, joint exercises that stress interoperability 
in contested air and sea domains, including the VAL-
IANT SHIELD, NORTHERN EDGE, and RIMPAC 
exercises, yet few large-scale, joint Army and Air 
Force exercises exist to stress interoperability in con-
tested air and land domains. 
(5) Large-scale, joint training exercises that 
stress interoperability across domains are a vital part
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of establishing and maintaining military readiness 
for conflicts involving near-peer competitors. 
(6) It is to the benefit of the United States and 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to 
train to contested air and land operations in order to 
increase joint and coalition readiness, as well as to 
correct capability gaps in the European theatre of op-
erations that may be discovered during these exercises. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the following: 
(1) Existing large-scale, joint exercises involving 
the air and land domains. 
(2) Plans to expand the scale and scope of the ex-
ercises described in paragraph (1). 
(3) Plans to conduct new large-scale, joint exer-
cises in the domains referred to in paragraph (1). 
(c) POTENTIAL LOCATIONS FOR EXPANDED OR NEW 
EXERCISES.—The report under subsection (b) shall include 
an analysis of potential locations for the expanded or new 
exercises covered by the plans described in paragraphs (2) 
and (3) of that subsection, with priority given to locations 
that facilitate training by and with—
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(1) sufficient overlapping airspace and ground 
range capabilities and capacity to meet the training 
requirements for operating within an anti-access area 
denial (A2/AD) environment for air and ground oper-
ations; 
(2) the ability to host bilateral and multilateral 
training opportunities with international partners in 
both the air and land domains; 
(3) limited encroachments that adversely impact 
training or operations; 
(4) robust use of the electromagnetic spectrum, 
including global positioning system (GPS), atmos-
pheric, and communications-jamming; 
(5) minimization of adversary intelligence collec-
tion capabilities; 
(6) realistic replication of diverse geographic, 
topographic, and weather environments in which a 
near-peer combined air and ground campaign might 
occur; 
(7) existing facilities to support personnel, oper-
ations, and logistics associated with the flying mis-
sions and ground maneuver missions; and 
(8) minimization of overall construction and 
operational costs.
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tic region when and where necessary, in all sea-
sons and weather conditions. 
(E) An analysis of any cost increases or 
schedule adjustments that may result from ice- 
hardening existing or new Navy vessels. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the date on which 
the Secretary submits the report required by subsection (a), 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a review of the re-
port, including any matters in connection with the report 
and the review that the Comptroller General considers ap-
propriate. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) and the 
review under subsection (b) shall each be submitted in un-
classified form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 1073. BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS ON ESTABLISHMENT 
OF ACTIVE DUTY ASSOCIATION AND ADDI-
TIONAL 
PRIMARY 
AIRCRAFT 
AUTHORIZA-
TIONS FOR THE 168TH AIR REFUELING WING. 
(a) BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of the 
Air Force shall conduct a business case analysis on the es-
tablishment of an active or classic association with the 
168th Air Refueling Wing.
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The business case analysis conducted 
under subsection (a) shall address the following: 
(1) Consideration of the addition of two F–35A 
squadrons at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, in 
2020, and an examination of future shortfalls in air 
refueling requirements due to such additional air-
craft. 
(2) An analysis of potential benefits of adding 
four primary aircraft authorizations (PAA) for KC– 
135R tanker aircraft to the 168th Air Refueling 
Wing. 
(3) Identification of efficiencies and cost savings 
to be achieved by the 168th Air Refueling Wing after 
an active or classic association is in place in com-
parison with temporarily assigned tanker augmenta-
tion rotations. 
(4) A detailed comparison of the costs and bene-
fits of an active association for the 168th Air Refuel-
ing Wing with a classic association for the Wing. 
(5) An analysis of the effects of the augmented 
airlift capability arising from additional tanker as-
sets for the 168th Air Refueling Wing in better facili-
tating rapid deployment of 5th Generation Fighters, 
necessary support equipment and personnel, and 
other rapid response forces.
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report on the business case analysis conducted 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1074. REPORT ON NAVY CAPACITY TO INCREASE PRO-
DUCTION OF ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE AND 
SEARCH AND RESCUE ROTARY WING AIR-
CRAFT IN LIGHT OF INCREASE IN THE SIZE 
OF THE SURFACE FLEET TO 355 SHIPS. 
Not later than September 15, 2017, the Secretary of 
the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report describing and assessing the capacity of the 
Navy, in light of an increase in the size of the surface fleet 
of the Navy to 355 ships, to increase production of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Anti-submarine warfare rotary wing air-
craft. 
(2) Search and rescue rotary wing aircraft. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 1081. PROTECTION AGAINST MISUSE OF NAVAL SPE-
CIAL WARFARE COMMAND INSIGNIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 663 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section:
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‘‘§ 7882. Protection against misuse of insignia of 
Naval Special Warfare Command 
‘‘(a) PROTECTION AGAINST MISUSE.—Subject to sub-
section (b), no person may use any covered Naval Special 
Warfare insignia in connection with any promotion, good, 
service, or other commercial activity when a particular use 
would be likely to suggest a false affiliation, connection, or 
association with, endorsement by, or approval of, the 
United States Government, the Department of Defense, or 
the Department of the Navy. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
the use of a covered Naval Special Warfare insignia for pur-
poses such as criticism, comment, news reporting, analysis, 
research, or scholarship. 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF DISCLAIMERS.—Any determina-
tion of whether a person has violated this section shall be 
made without regard to any use of a disclaimer of affili-
ation, connection, or association with, endorsement by, or 
approval of the United States Government, the Department 
of Defense, the Department of the Navy, or any subordinate 
organization thereof to the extent consistent with inter-
national obligations of the United States. 
‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT.—Whenever it appears to the At-
torney General that any person is engaged in, or is about 
to engage in, an act or practice that constitutes or will con-
stitute conduct prohibited by this section, the Attorney Gen-
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eral may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of 
the United States to enjoin such act or practice, and such 
court may take such injunctive or other action as is war-
ranted to prevent the act, practice, or conduct. 
‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to limit the authority of the Sec-
retary of the Navy to register any symbol, name, phrase, 
term, acronym, or abbreviation otherwise capable of reg-
istration under the provisions of the Act of July 5, 1946, 
popularly known as the Lanham Act or the Trademark Act 
of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.). 
‘‘(f) COVERED NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE INSIGNIA 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered Naval Special 
Warfare insignia’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(1) The Naval Special Warfare insignia com-
prising or consisting of the design of an eagle holding 
an anchor, trident, and flint-lock pistol. 
‘‘(2) The Special Warfare Combatant Craft 
Crewman insignia comprising or consisting of the de-
sign of the bow and superstructure of a Special Oper-
ations Craft on a crossed flint-lock pistol and enlisted 
cutlass, on a background of ocean swells. 
‘‘(3) Any colorable imitation of the insignia re-
ferred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), in a manner 
which could reasonably be interpreted or construed as
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conveying the false impression that an advertisement, 
solicitation, business activity, or product is in any 
manner approved, endorsed, sponsored, or authorized 
by, or associated with, the United States Government, 
the Department of Defense, or the Department of the 
Navy.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 663 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘7882. Protection against misuse of insignia of Naval Special Warfare Com-
mand.’’. 
SEC. 
1082. 
COLLABORATIONS 
BETWEEN 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES AND CERTAIN NON-FEDERAL ENTI-
TIES ON SUPPORT OF ARMED FORCES MIS-
SIONS ABROAD. 
(a) FINDING.—The Senate finds that qualified non- 
Federal entities have contributed to enhance the effectiveness 
of the mission of the Department of Defense through the pro-
vision of private humanitarian, economic, and other non- 
lethal assistance from United States citizens in response to 
local needs identified by members of the Armed Forces in 
areas in which the Armed Forces are deployed abroad. 
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
that United States military commanders should collaborate 
with and, consistent with applicable laws and regulations, 
provide transportation, lodging, and other logistical sup-
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port to qualified non-Federal entities to advance missions 
of the Armed Forces abroad. 
(c) GUIDANCE ON COLLABORATIONS.— 
(1) REVIEW OF CURRENT GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review 
of the guidance of the Department of Defense applica-
ble to collaborations between United States military 
commanders and qualified non-Federal entities for 
support of missions of the Armed Forces abroad. 
(2) ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE.—If the Secretary de-
termines pursuant to the review that additional guid-
ance is required in connection with collaborations de-
scribed in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, issue such additional guidance as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate in light of the review, 
consistent with applicable law. 
(3) BRIEFING.—Not later than 150 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a brief-
ing on the findings of the review, including rec-
ommendations for such legislative action as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to facilitate collabora-
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tion between United States military commanders and 
qualified non-Federal entities for support of missions 
of the Armed Forces abroad. 
(d) QUALIFIED NON-FEDERAL ENTITY DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘qualified non-Federal entity’’ means 
an organization that— 
(1) is based in the United States; 
(2) has an independent board of directors and is 
subject to independent financial audits; 
(3) is privately-funded; 
(4) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from tax-
ation under section 501(a) of such Code; 
(5) provides international humanitarian, eco-
nomic, or other non-lethal assistance; 
(6) is a Private Voluntary Organization reg-
istered with the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development; and 
(7) has a stated mission of supporting the safety 
and security of members of the Armed Forces, civilian 
personnel of the United States, and United States 
missions abroad. 
SEC. 1083. FEDERAL CHARTER FOR SPIRIT OF AMERICA. 
(a) FEDERAL CHARTER.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Part B of subtitle II of title 
36, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
chapter 2003 the following new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 2005—SPIRIT OF AMERICA 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘200501. Organization. 
‘‘200502. Purposes. 
‘‘200503. Powers. 
‘‘200504. Duty to maintain tax-exempt status. 
‘‘200505. Annual report. 
‘‘§ 200501. Organization 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL CHARTER.—Spirit of America (in this 
chapter ‘the corporation’), a nonprofit corporation, is a fed-
erally chartered corporation. 
‘‘(b) EXPIRATION OF CHARTER.—If the corporation 
does not comply with the provisions of this chapter, the 
charter granted by this chapter expires. 
‘‘(c) SCOPE OF CHARTER.—Nothing in the charter 
granted by this chapter shall be construed as conferring spe-
cial rights or privileges upon the corporation, or as placing 
upon the Department of Defense any obligation with respect 
to the corporation. 
‘‘(d) NO CLAIM OF GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL OR AU-
THORITY.—The corporation may not claim approval of 
Congress, or the authority of the United States, for any ac-
tivity of the corporation.
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‘‘§ 200502. Purposes 
‘‘The purposes of the corporation are as provided in 
its constitution and bylaws and include the following patri-
otic, charitable, and inspirational purposes: 
‘‘(1) To respond to the needs of local populations 
abroad, as identified by members of the Armed Forces 
and diplomats of the United States abroad. 
‘‘(2) To provide privately-funded humanitarian, 
economic, and other nonlethal assistance to address 
such needs. 
‘‘(3) To support the safety and success of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and diplomats of the United 
States abroad. 
‘‘(4) To connect the people of the United States 
more closely to the members of the Armed Forces and 
diplomats of the United States abroad, and to the 
missions carried out by such personnel abroad. 
‘‘(5) To demonstrate the goodwill of the people of 
the United States to peoples around the world. 
‘‘§ 200503. Powers 
‘‘The corporation may— 
‘‘(1) adopt and amend a constitution, by-laws, 
and regulations to carry out the purposes of the cor-
poration; 
‘‘(2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
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‘‘(3) establish and maintain offices to conduct its 
activities; 
‘‘(4) enter into contracts; 
‘‘(5) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer 
property as necessary and appropriate to carry out 
the purposes of the corporation; 
‘‘(6) establish, regulate, and discontinue subordi-
nate State and territorial subdivisions and local 
chapters or posts; 
‘‘(7) publish a magazine and other publications 
(including through the Internet); 
‘‘(8) sue and be sued; and 
‘‘(9) do any other act necessary and proper to 
carry out the purposes of the corporation as provided 
in its constitution, by-laws, and regulations. 
‘‘§ 200504. Duty to maintain tax-exempt status 
‘‘The corporation shall maintain its status as an orga-
nization exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986. 
‘‘§ 200505. Annual report 
‘‘The corporation shall submit an annual report to 
Congress on the activities of the corporation during the 
prior fiscal year. The report shall be submitted as the same 
time as the report of the audit required by section 10101
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of this title. The report may not be printed as public docu-
ment.’’. 
(2) TABLES OF CHAPTERS.—The table of chap-
ters at the beginning of title 36, United States Code, 
and at the beginning of subtitle II of such title, are 
each amended by inserting after the item relating to 
chapter 2003 the following new item: 
‘‘2005. Spirit of America ......................................................................
200501.’’. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION
OF
CORPORATION
ASSISTANCE 
ABROAD THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) ACCEPTANCE AND COORDINATION OF ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Department of Defense (including mem-
bers of the Armed Forces) may, in the discretion of 
the Secretary of Defense and in accordance with guid-
ance issued by the Secretary— 
(A) accept from Spirit of America, a feder-
ally-chartered corporation under chapter 2005 of 
title 36, United States Code (as added by sub-
section (a)), humanitarian, economic, and other 
nonlethal assistance funded by private funds in 
the carrying out of the purposes of the corpora-
tion; and 
(B) respond to requests from the corporation 
for the identification of the needs of local popu-
lations abroad for assistance, and coordinate 
with the corporation in the provision and dis-
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tribution of such assistance, in the carrying out 
of such purposes. 
(2) DISTRIBUTION
OF
ASSISTANCE
TO
LOCAL 
POPULATIONS.—In accordance with guidance issued 
by the Secretary, members of the Armed Forces 
abroad may provide to local populations abroad hu-
manitarian, economic, and other nonlethal assistance 
provided to the Department by the corporation pursu-
ant to this subsection. 
(3) SCOPE OF GUIDANCE.—The guidance issued 
pursuant to this subsection shall ensure that any as-
sistance distributed pursuant to this subsection shall 
be for purposes of supporting the mission or missions 
of the Department and the Armed Forces for which 
such assistance is provided by the corporation. 
(4) DOD SUPPORT
FOR
CORPORATION
ACTIVI-
TIES.—In accordance with guidance issued by the 
Secretary, the Department and the Armed Forces 
may— 
(A) provide transportation, lodging, storage, 
and other logistical support— 
(i) to personnel of the corporation 
(whether in the United States or abroad) 
who are carrying out the purposes of the 
corporation; and
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(ii) in connection with the acceptance 
and distribution of assistance provided by 
the corporation; and 
(B) use assets of the Department and the 
Armed Forces in the provision of support de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
SEC. 1084. RECONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS FOR DISABILITY 
COMPENSATION FOR VETERANS WHO WERE 
THE SUBJECTS OF MUSTARD GAS OR LEW-
ISITE EXPERIMENTS DURING WORLD WAR II. 
(a) RECONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS FOR DISABILITY 
COMPENSATION IN CONNECTION WITH EXPOSURE TO MUS-
TARD GAS OR LEWISITE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
shall reconsider all claims for compensation described 
in paragraph (2) and make a new determination re-
garding each such claim. 
(2) CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION DESCRIBED.— 
Claims for compensation described in this paragraph 
are claims for compensation under chapter 11 of title 
38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs determines are in connection with full-body 
exposure to mustard gas or lewisite during active 
military, naval, or air service during World War II
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and that were denied before the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(3) PRESUMPTION OF EXPOSURE.—In carrying 
out paragraph (1), if the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs or the Secretary of Defense makes a determina-
tion regarding whether a veteran experienced full- 
body exposure to mustard gas or lewisite, such Sec-
retary— 
(A) shall presume that the veteran experi-
enced full-body exposure to mustard gas or lew-
isite, as the case may be, unless proven other-
wise; and 
(B) may not use information contained in 
the DoD and VA Chemical Biological Warfare 
Database or any list of known testing sites for 
mustard gas or lewisite maintained by the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs or the Department 
of Defense as the sole reason for determining that 
the veteran did not experience full-body exposure 
to mustard gas or lewisite. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and not less fre-
quently than once every 90 days thereafter, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report specifying any
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claims reconsidered under paragraph (1) that were 
denied during the 90-day period preceding the sub-
mittal of the report, including the rationale for each 
such denial. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense shall 
jointly establish a policy for processing future claims for 
compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States 
Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are 
in connection with exposure to mustard gas or lewisite dur-
ing active military, naval, or air service during World War 
II. 
(c) INVESTIGATION AND REPORT BY SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) for purposes of determining whether a site 
should be added to the list of the Department of De-
fense of sites where mustard gas or lewisite testing oc-
curred, investigate and assess sites where— 
(A) the Army Corps of Engineers has un-
covered evidence of mustard gas or lewisite test-
ing; or 
(B) more than two veterans have submitted 
claims for compensation under chapter 11 of title
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38, United States Code, in connection with expo-
sure to mustard gas or lewisite at such site and 
such claims were denied; and 
(2) submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report on experiments conducted by the De-
partment of Defense during World War II to assess 
the effects of mustard gas and lewisite on people, 
which shall include— 
(A) a list of each location where such an ex-
periment occurred, including locations inves-
tigated and assessed under paragraph (1); 
(B) the dates of each such experiment; and 
(C) the number of members of the Armed 
Forces who were exposed to mustard gas or lew-
isite in each such experiment. 
(d) INVESTIGATION AND REPORT BY SECRETARY OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall— 
(1) investigate and assess— 
(A) the actions taken by the Secretary to 
reach out to individuals who had been exposed to 
mustard gas or lewisite in the experiments de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2)(A); and
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(B) the claims for disability compensation 
under laws administered by the Secretary that 
were filed with the Secretary and the percentage 
of such claims that were denied by the Secretary; 
and 
(2) submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress— 
(A) a report on the findings of the Secretary 
with respect to the investigations and assess-
ments carried out under paragraph (1); and 
(B) a comprehensive list of each location 
where an experiment described in subsection 
(c)(2)(A) was conducted. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘active military, naval, or air 
service’’, ‘‘veteran’’, and ‘‘World War II’’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Special 
Committee on Aging of the Senate; and
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(B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives. 
(3) The term ‘‘full-body exposure’’, with respect 
to mustard gas or lewisite, has the meaning given 
that term by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 1085. PRIZE COMPETITION TO IDENTIFY ROOT CAUSE 
OF PHYSIOLOGICAL EPISODES ON NAVY, MA-
RINE CORPS, AND AIR FORCE TRAINING AND 
OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Under the authority of section 
2374a of title 10, United States Code, and section 24 of 
the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3719), the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air 
Force, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the heads 
of any other appropriate Federal agencies that have experi-
ence in prize competitions, and when appropriate, in co-
ordination with private organizations, may establish a 
prize competition designed to accelerate identification of the 
root cause or causes of physiological episodes experienced 
in Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force training and oper-
ational aircraft.
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 
2018 to carry out this section. 
(c) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Any funds made 
available pursuant to this section are in addition to any 
other amount made available for research on identification 
of root cause or causes of physiological episodes experienced 
in Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force training and oper-
ational aircraft. 
SEC. 1086. EXCEPTION TO THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL WAIV-
ER DOCTRINE FOR CLEANUP OF VEHICLE 
CRASHES. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEANUP.—Notwithstanding 
the interdepartmental waiver doctrine, the Secretary of De-
fense may, at the request of the affected Federal department 
or agency, expend funds necessary for cleanup resulting 
from an activity of the Department of Defense involving 
a vehicle crash on land or other property under the jurisdic-
tion of another Federal department or agency. 
(b) SCOPE.—The authority under subsection (a) in-
cludes expenditures necessary to complete cleanup to meet 
the regulations of the affected department or agency, which 
may be different than the regulations applicable to the De-
partment.
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SEC. 1087. TRANSFER OF SURPLUS FIREARMS TO CORPORA-
TION FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRAC-
TICE AND FIREARMS SAFETY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40728(h) of title 36, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary may transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall transfer’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall determine a 
reasonable schedule for the transfer of such surplus 
pistols.’’. 
(b) SALE OF M1911/M1911A1 PISTOLS.— 
(1) SALE.—Any M1911/M1911A1 pistols sold 
under the Civilian Marksmanship Program under 
subchapter II of chapter 407 of title 36, United States 
Code, shall be sold at fair market value. 
(2) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—Any proceeds 
of the sale of M1911/M1911A1 pistols pursuant to 
paragraph (1), less transfer and storage costs, shall be 
covered over into the Treasury as miscellaneous re-
ceipts. 
SEC. 1088. PREVENTION OF CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PRO-
VIDERS FROM PROVIDING NON-DEPARTMENT 
HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary of Veterans Affairs shall deny or revoke the eligibility 
of a health care provider to provide non-Department health 
care services to veterans if the Secretary determines that 
the health care provider— 
(1) was removed from employment with the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs due to conduct that vio-
lated a policy of the Department relating to the deliv-
ery of safe and appropriate health care; 
(2) violated the requirements of a medical license 
of the health care provider; 
(3) had a Department credential revoked and the 
grounds for such revocation impacts the ability of the 
health care provider to deliver safe and appropriate 
health care; or 
(4) violated a law for which a term of imprison-
ment of more than one year may be imposed. 
(b) PERMISSIVE ACTION.—On and after the date that 
is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary may deny, revoke, or suspend the eligibility of 
a health care provider to provide non-Department health 
care services if the Secretary has reasonable belief that such 
action is necessary to immediately protect the health, safety, 
or welfare of veterans and—
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(1) the health care provider is under investiga-
tion by the medical licensing board of a State in 
which the health care provider is licensed or practices; 
(2) the health care provider has entered into a 
settlement agreement for a disciplinary charge relat-
ing to the practice of medicine by the health care pro-
vider; or 
(3) the Secretary otherwise determines that such 
action is appropriate under the circumstances. 
(c) SUSPENSION.—The Secretary shall suspend the eli-
gibility of a health care provider to provide non-Depart-
ment health care services to veterans if the health care pro-
vider is suspended from serving as a health care provider 
of the Department. 
(d) INITIAL
REVIEW
OF
DEPARTMENT
EMPLOY-
MENT.—Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, with respect to each health care provider 
providing non-Department health care services, the Sec-
retary shall review the status of each such health care pro-
vider as an employee of the Department and the history 
of employment of each such health care provider with the 
Department to determine whether the health care provider 
is described in any of subsections (a) through (c). 
(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 
two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
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Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
Congress a report on the implementation by the Secretary 
of this section, including the following: 
(1) The aggregate number of health care pro-
viders denied or suspended under this section from 
participation in providing non-Department health 
care services. 
(2) An evaluation of any impact on access to 
health care for patients or staffing shortages in pro-
grams of the Department providing non-Department 
health care services. 
(3) An explanation of the coordination of the De-
partment with the medical licensing boards of States 
in implementing this section, the amount of involve-
ment of such boards in such implementation, and ef-
forts by the Department to address any concerns 
raised by such boards with respect to such implemen-
tation. 
(4) Such recommendations as the Comptroller 
General considers appropriate regarding harmonizing 
eligibility criteria between health care providers of the 
Department and health care providers eligible to pro-
vide non-Department health care services.
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(f) NON-DEPARTMENT HEALTH CARE SERVICES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘non-Department health 
care services’’ means services— 
(1) provided under subchapter I of chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, at non-Department fa-
cilities (as defined in section 1701 of such title); 
(2) provided under section 101 of the Veterans 
Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Pub-
lic Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note); 
(3) purchased through the Medical Community 
Care account of the Department; or 
(4) purchased with amounts deposited in the Vet-
erans Choice Fund under section 802 of the Veterans 
Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014. 
SEC. 1089. DECLASSIFICATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE OF CERTAIN INCIDENTS OF EXPOSURE 
OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall de-
classify documents related to any known incident in which 
not fewer than 100 members of the Armed Forces were ex-
posed to a toxic substance that resulted in at least one case 
of a disability that a member of the medical profession has 
determined to be associated with that toxic substance.
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(b) LIMITATION.—The declassification required by sub-
section (a) shall be limited to information necessary for an 
individual who was potentially exposed to a toxic substance 
to determine the following: 
(1) Whether that individual was exposed to that 
toxic substance. 
(2) The potential severity of the exposure of that 
individual to that toxic substance. 
(3) Any potential health conditions that may 
have resulted from exposure to that toxic substance. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of Defense is not re-
quired to declassify documents under subsection (a) if the 
Secretary determines that declassification of those docu-
ments would materially and immediately threaten the secu-
rity of the United States. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ARMED FORCES.—The term ‘‘Armed Forces’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 101 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(2) EXPOSED.—The term ‘‘exposed’’ means, with 
respect to a toxic substance, that an individual came 
into contact with that toxic substance in a manner 
that could be hazardous to the health of that indi-
vidual, that may include if that toxic substance was 
inhaled, ingested, or touched the skin or eyes.
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(3) EXPOSURE.—The term ‘‘exposure’’ means, 
with respect to a toxic substance, an event during 
which an individual was exposed to that toxic sub-
stance. 
(4) TOXIC
SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘‘toxic sub-
stance’’ means any substance determined by the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
to be harmful to the environment or hazardous to the 
health of an individual if inhaled or ingested by or 
absorbed through the skin of that individual. 
SEC. 1089A. CARRIAGE OF CERTAIN PROGRAMMING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘local commercial television sta-
tion’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
614(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
534(h)); 
(2) the term ‘‘multichannel video programming 
distributor’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 522); 
(3) the term ‘‘qualified noncommercial edu-
cational television station’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 615(l) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 535(l));
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(4) the term ‘‘retransmission consent’’ means the 
authority granted to a multichannel video program-
ming distributor under section 325(b) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) to re-
transmit the signal of a television broadcast station; 
and 
(5) the term ‘‘television broadcast station’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 76.66(a) of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) CARRIAGE
OF
CERTAIN
CONTENT.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, a multichannel video 
programming distributor may not be directly or indirectly 
required, including as a condition of obtaining retrans-
mission consent, to— 
(1) carry non-incidental video content from a 
local commercial television station, qualified non-
commercial educational television station, or tele-
vision broadcast station to the extent that such con-
tent is owned, controlled, or financed (in whole or in 
part) by the Government of the Russian Federation; 
or 
(2) lease, or otherwise make available, channel 
capacity to any person for the provision of video pro-
gramming that is owned, controlled, or financed (in
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whole or in part) by the Government of the Russian 
Federation. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed as applying to the editorial use by a local 
commercial television station, qualified noncommercial edu-
cational television station, or television broadcast station 
of programming that is owned, controlled, or financed (in 
whole or in part) by the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion. 
Subtitle H—Modernizing 
Government Technology 
SEC. 1091. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Modernizing Gov-
ernment Technology Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘MGT Act’’. 
SEC. 1092. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of General Services. 
(2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Tech-
nology Modernization Board established under section 
1094(c)(1). 
(3) CLOUD COMPUTING.—The term ‘‘cloud com-
puting’’ has the meaning given the term by the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology in
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NIST Special Publication 800–145 and any amend-
atory or superseding document thereto. 
(4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
(5) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Tech-
nology Modernization Fund established under section 
1094(b)(1). 
(6) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘in-
formation technology’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code. 
(7) IT WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—The term ‘‘IT 
working capital fund’’ means an information tech-
nology system modernization and working capital 
fund established under section 1093(b)(1). 
(8) LEGACY
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
SYS-
TEM.—The term ‘‘legacy information technology sys-
tem’’ means an outdated or obsolete system of infor-
mation technology. 
SEC. 1093. ESTABLISHMENT OF AGENCY INFORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY 
SYSTEMS 
MODERNIZATION 
AND WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
agency’’ means each agency listed in section 901(b) of title 
31, United States Code.
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(b) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM MODERNIZA-
TION AND WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The head of a covered 
agency may establish within the covered agency an 
information technology system modernization and 
working capital fund for necessary expenses described 
in paragraph (3). 
(2) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The following amounts 
may be deposited into an IT working capital fund: 
(A) Reprogramming and transfer of funds 
made available in appropriations Acts enacted 
after the date of enactment of this Act, including 
the transfer of any funds for the operation and 
maintenance of legacy information technology 
systems, in compliance with any applicable re-
programming law or guidelines of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives or transfer authority 
specifically provided in appropriations law. 
(B) Amounts made available to the IT 
working capital fund through discretionary ap-
propriations made available after the date of en-
actment of this Act.
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(3) USE
OF
FUNDS.—An IT working capital 
fund established under paragraph (1) may only be 
used— 
(A) to improve, retire, or replace existing 
information technology systems in the covered 
agency to enhance cybersecurity and to improve 
efficiency and effectiveness across the life of a 
given workload, procured using full and open 
competition among all commercial items to the 
greatest extent practicable; 
(B) to transition legacy information tech-
nology systems at the covered agency to commer-
cial cloud computing and other innovative com-
mercial platforms and technologies, including 
those serving more than 1 covered agency with 
common requirements; 
(C) to assist and support covered agency ef-
forts to provide adequate, risk-based, and cost-ef-
fective information technology capabilities that 
address evolving threats to information security; 
(D) to reimburse funds transferred to the 
covered agency from the Fund with the approval 
of the Chief Information Officer, in consultation 
with the Chief Financial Officer, of the covered 
agency; and