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‘‘(iii) notwithstanding clause (i) or clause (ii), there 
is risk of imminent harm to other individuals; 
‘‘(G) assist the victim in contacting and reporting an 
incident of sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking to the Academy or 
law enforcement, if requested to do so by the victim who 
has been fully and accurately informed about what proce-
dures shall occur if information is shared; and 
‘‘(H) submit to the Director of the Maritime Adminis-
tration Office of Civil Rights an annual report summarizing 
how the resources supplied to the coordinator were used 
during the prior year, including the number of victims 
assisted by the coordinator. 
‘‘(b) OVERSIGHT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) REPORTING.—Each sexual assault response coordi-
nator shall— 
‘‘(i) report directly to the Superintendent; and 
‘‘(ii) have concurrent reporting responsibility to the 
Executive Director of the Maritime Administration on 
matters related to the Maritime Administration and 
the Department of Transportation and upon belief that 
the Academy leadership is acting inappropriately 
regarding sexual assault prevention and response mat-
ters. 
‘‘(B) SUPPORT.—The Maritime Administration Office of 
Civil Rights shall provide support to the sexual assault 
response coordinator at the Academy on all sexual harass-
ment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking prevention matters. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON INVESTIGATION BY THE ACADEMY.— 
Any request by a victim for an accommodation, as described 
in subsection (a)(5)(E), made by a sexual assault response 
coordinator shall not trigger an investigation by the Academy, 
even if such coordinator deals only with matters relating to 
sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION
ON
RETALIATION.—A sexual assault 
response coordinator, victim advocate, or companion may not 
be disciplined, penalized, or otherwise retaliated against by 
the Academy for representing the interests of the victim, even 
if such interests are in conflict with the interests of the 
Academy.’’. 
(b) ACCESS OF ACADEMY CADETS TO DOD SAFE OR EQUIVALENT 
HELPLINE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation shall 
arrange for cadets at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy to have access to, and use of, the Department of 
Defense SAFE Helpline or an equivalent helpline to report 
incidents of sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
(2) TRAINING.—The training provided to personnel of the 
helpline to which cadets at the Academy are given access shall 
include training on the resources available to cadets at the 
Academy in connection with sexual assault, sexual harassment, 
domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
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(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘dating 
violence’’, ‘‘domestic violence’’, ‘‘sexual assault’’, and ‘‘stalking’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 51318 of title 
46, United States Code. 
(c) REPEAL OF DUPLICATE REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (c) of sec-
tion 51319 of title 46, United States Code, as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(1), is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (5); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5); and 
(3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘(3), 
(4), and (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3) and (4)’’. 
SEC. 3516. PROTECTION OF CADETS AT THE UNITED STATES MER-
CHANT 
MARINE 
ACADEMY 
FROM 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULT 
ONBOARD COMMERCIAL VESSELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 513 of title 46, United States Code, 
as amended by section 3512 of this title, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 51322. Protection of cadets from sexual assault onboard 
vessels 
‘‘(a) RIDING GANGS.— 
‘‘(1) 
CERTIFICATION
OF
COMPLIANCE.—The 
Maritime 
Administrator shall require the owner or operator of any 
commercial vessel that is carrying a cadet from the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy to certify compliance of the 
vessel with the International Convention for Safety of Life 
at Sea, 1974 (32 UST 47) and section 8106 of this title. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
FOR
CADETS.—The Maritime Adminis-
trator shall ensure that the Academy informs cadets preparing 
for Sea Year of the obligations that vessel owners and operators 
have to provide for the security of individuals aboard a vessel 
under United States law, including chapter 81 and section 
70103(c) of this title. 
‘‘(b) CHECKS OF COMMERCIAL VESSELS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not less frequently than biennially, 
staff of the Academy or staff of the Maritime Administration 
shall conduct both random and targeted unannounced checks 
of not less than 10 percent of the commercial vessels that 
host a cadet from the Academy. 
‘‘(2) REMOVAL OF STUDENTS.—If staff of the Academy or 
staff of the Maritime Administration determine that a commer-
cial vessel is in violation of the sexual assault policy developed 
by the Academy through a check conducted under paragraph 
(1), the staff may— 
‘‘(A) remove any cadet of the Academy from the vessel; 
and 
‘‘(B) report the violation to the owner or operator of 
the vessel. 
‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT TRAINING RECORDS.— 
The Maritime Administrator shall require the owner or operator 
of a commercial vessel, or the seafarer union for a commercial 
vessel, to maintain records of sexual assault training for the crew 
and passengers of any vessel hosting a cadet from the Academy. 
‘‘(d) SEA YEAR SURVEY.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Maritime Administrator shall 
require each cadet from the Academy, upon completion of the
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cadet’s Sea Year, to complete a survey regarding the environ-
ment and conditions during the Sea Year of the vessel to 
which the cadet was assigned. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—The Maritime Administrator shall 
make available to the public for each year— 
‘‘(A) the questions used in the survey required by para-
graph (1); and 
‘‘(B) the aggregated data received from such surveys.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter 
513 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by section 3512 
of this title, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new item: 
‘‘51322. Protection of cadets from sexual assault onboard vessels.’’. 
SEC. 3517. TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGA-
TORS. 
Each employee of the Office of Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Transportation who conducts investigations and who is 
assigned to the Regional Investigations Office in New York, New 
York, shall— 
(1) participate in specialized training in conducting sexual 
assault investigations; and 
(2) attend at least 1 Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center (FLETC) sexual assault investigation course, or equiva-
lent sexual assault investigation training course, as determined 
by the Inspector General, each year. 
DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 
SEC. 4001. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS IN FUNDING TABLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever a funding table in this division 
specifies a dollar amount authorized for a project, program, or 
activity, the obligation and expenditure of the specified dollar 
amount for the project, program, or activity is hereby authorized, 
subject to the availability of appropriations. 
(b) MERIT-BASED DECISIONS.—A decision to commit, obligate, 
or expend funds with or to a specific entity on the basis of a 
dollar amount authorized pursuant to subsection (a) shall— 
(1) be based on merit-based selection procedures in accord-
ance with the requirements of sections 2304(k) and 2374 of 
title 10, United States Code, or on competitive procedures; 
and 
(2) comply with other applicable provisions of law. 
(c) 
RELATIONSHIP
TO
TRANSFER
AND
PROGRAMMING 
AUTHORITY.—An amount specified in the funding tables in this 
division may be transferred or reprogrammed under a transfer 
or reprogramming authority provided by another provision of this 
Act or by other law. The transfer or reprogramming of an amount 
specified in such funding tables shall not count against a ceiling 
on such transfers or reprogrammings under section 1001 or section 
1512 of this Act or any other provision of law, unless such transfer 
or reprogramming would move funds between appropriation 
accounts. 
(d) APPLICABILITY TO CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—This section applies 
to any classified annex that accompanies this Act.
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(e) ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.—No oral or written 
communication concerning any amount specified in the funding 
tables in this division shall supersede the requirements of this 
section. 
TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 4101. Procurement. 
Sec. 4102. Procurement for overseas contingency operations. 
SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT. 
SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Line 
Item 
FY 2018 
Request 
Conference 
Authorized 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
FIXED WING 
002 
UTILITY F/W AIRCRAFT .................................................................
75,115 
75,115 
004 
MQ–1 UAV ..........................................................................................
30,206 
90,206 
UFR: ER Improved Gray Eagle Air Vehicles ............................
[60,000 ] 
ROTARY 
005 
HELICOPTER, LIGHT UTILITY (LUH) ..........................................
108,383 
108,383 
006 
AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN ...........................................
725,976 
764,976 
UFR: Procures remanufactured AH64Es ..................................
[39,000 ] 
007 
ADVANCE PROCUREMENT (CY) ...............................................
170,910 
170,910 
008 
AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIB NEW BUILD ...................................
374,100 
647,800 
UFR: Procures AH–64E ..............................................................
[273,700 ] 
009 
ADVANCE PROCUREMENT (CY) ...............................................
71,900 
71,900 
010 
UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) ........................................
938,308 
1,046,308 
Unfunded requirement—additional 5 for ARNG ......................
[108,000 ] 
011 
ADVANCE PROCUREMENT (CY) ...............................................
86,295 
86,295 
012 
UH–60 BLACK HAWK A AND L MODELS ....................................
76,516 
93,216 
Unfunded requirement—UH–60Vs ............................................
[16,700 ] 
013 
CH–47 HELICOPTER ........................................................................
202,576 
557,076 
Emergent requirements—additional 4 CH–47F Block I ..........
[108,000 ] 
Unfunded requirement—additional 4 MH–47Gs ......................
[246,500 ] 
014 
ADVANCE PROCUREMENT (CY) ...............................................
17,820 
17,820 
MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 
015 
MQ–1 PAYLOAD (MIP) .....................................................................
5,910 
21,910 
UFR: Procures of Common Sensor Payloads .............................
[16,000 ] 
016 
UNIVERSAL GROUND CONTROL EQUIPMENT (UAS) .............
15,000 
15,000 
017 
GRAY EAGLE MODS2 ......................................................................
74,291 
74,291 
018 
MULTI SENSOR ABN RECON (MIP) .............................................
68,812 
98,287 
UFR: Procures of Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) upgrades ...
[29,475 ] 
019 
AH–64 MODS .....................................................................................
238,141 
382,941 
Unfunded requirement ................................................................
[144,800 ] 
020 
CH–47 CARGO HELICOPTER MODS (MYP) .................................
20,166 
81,166 
Unfunded requirement ................................................................
[61,000 ] 
021 
GRCS SEMA MODS (MIP) ................................................................
5,514 
5,514 
022 
ARL SEMA MODS (MIP) ...................................................................
11,650 
11,650 
023 
EMARSS SEMA MODS (MIP) ..........................................................
15,279 
15,279 
024 
UTILITY/CARGO AIRPLANE MODS ..............................................
57,737 
57,737 
025 
UTILITY HELICOPTER MODS .......................................................
5,900 
40,709 
Unfunded requirement ................................................................
[34,809 ] 
026 
NETWORK AND MISSION PLAN ...................................................
142,102 
142,102 
027 
COMMS, NAV SURVEILLANCE ......................................................
166,050 
207,630 
Unfunded requirement—ARC–201D encrypted radios ............
[41,580 ] 
028 
GATM ROLLUP ..................................................................................
37,403 
37,403 
029 
RQ–7 UAV MODS ..............................................................................
83,160 
194,160 
UFR: Procures Shadow V2 BLK III systems ............................
[111,000 ] 
030 
UAS MODS .........................................................................................
26,109 
26,429 
UFR: Procures OSRVT systems .................................................
[320 ] 
GROUND SUPPORT AVIONICS 
031 
AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT ..................................
70,913 
70,913 
032 
SURVIVABILITY CM ........................................................................
5,884 
5,884 
033 
CMWS ..................................................................................................
26,825 
51,825 
UFR: Limited Interim Missile Warning System (LIMWS) 
Quick Reaction Capability.
[25,000 ]