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SEC. 6602. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ESTABLISHING AN 
AWARD PROGRAM FOR THE CYBER COMMU-
NITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
should consider— 
(1) establishing an award program for employees 
of the Department of Defense who carry out the cyber 
missions or functions of the Department of Defense; 
(2) all award options under law or policy, in-
cluding compensation, time off, and status awards; 
(3) awards based upon operational impact and 
meritorious service; 
(4) providing the largest possible opportunity for 
such members or employees to earn such rewards 
without regard to type of position, grade, years of 
service, experience or past performance; 
(5) individual and organization rewards; and 
(6) other factors, as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate, that would reward and provide incentive to 
cyber personnel or organizations. 
SEC. 6603. REVIEW OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR AND RADI-
OLOGICAL TERRORISM PREVENTION STRAT-
EGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy, acting 
through the Administrator for Nuclear Security, shall enter 
into an arrangement with the National Academy of
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Sciences to assess and recommend improvements to the 
strategies of the United States for preventing, countering, 
and responding to nuclear and radiological terrorism, spe-
cifically terrorism involving the use of nuclear weapons, im-
provised nuclear devices, or radiological dispersal or expo-
sure devices, or the sabotage of nuclear facilities. 
(b) REVIEW.—The assessment conducted under sub-
section (a) shall address the adequacy of the strategies of 
the United States described in that subsection and identify 
technical, policy, and resource gaps with respect to— 
(1) identifying national and international nu-
clear and radiological terrorism risks and critical 
emerging threats; 
(2) preventing state and non-state actors from 
acquiring the technologies, materials, and critical ex-
pertise needed to mount nuclear or radiological at-
tacks; 
(3) countering efforts by state and non-state ac-
tors to mount such attacks; 
(4) responding to nuclear and radiological ter-
rorism incidents to attribute their origin and help 
manage their consequences; and 
(5) other important matters identified by the 
National Academy of Sciences that are directly rel-
evant to those strategies.
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(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The assessment conducted 
under subsection (a) shall include recommendations to the 
Secretary of Energy, Congress, and such other Federal enti-
ties as the National Academy of Sciences considers appro-
priate, for preventing, countering, and responding to nu-
clear and radiological terrorism, including recommenda-
tions for— 
(1) closing technical, policy, or resource gaps; 
(2) improving cooperation and appropriate inte-
gration among Federal entities and Federal, State, 
and tribal governments; 
(3) improving cooperation between the United 
States and other countries and international organi-
zations; and 
(4) other important matters identified by the 
National Academy of Sciences that are directly rel-
evant to the strategies of the United States described 
in subsection (a). 
(d) LIAISONS.—The Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Sec-
retary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence 
shall appoint appropriate liaisons to the National Academy 
of Sciences with respect to supporting the timely conduct 
of the assessment required by subsection (a).
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(e) ACCESS TO MATERIALS.—The Secretary of Energy, 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Secretary of State, and the Director of National 
Intelligence shall provide access to the National Academy 
of Sciences to materials relevant to the assessment required 
by subsection (a). 
(f) CLEARANCES.—The Secretary of Energy and the 
Director of National Intelligence shall ensure that appro-
priate members and staff of the National Academy of 
Sciences have the necessary clearances, obtained in an expe-
dited manner, to conduct the assessment required by sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 6604. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NATIONAL SPACE DE-
FENSE CENTER. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Space is a warfighting domain. 
(2) Deterrence of adversaries of the United 
States, preserving the space domain, and defending 
against threats to space systems requires coordination 
across the Department of Defense, including the mili-
tary departments, and the intelligence community. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that—
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(1) the National Space Defense Center is critical 
to defending and securing the space domain in order 
to protect all United States assets in space; 
(2) integration between the intelligence commu-
nity and the Department of Defense within the Na-
tional Space Defense Center is essential to detecting, 
assessing, and reacting to evolving space threats; and 
(3) the Department of Defense, including the 
military departments, and the elements of the intel-
ligence community should seek ways to bolster inte-
gration with respect to space threats through work at 
the National Space Defense Center. 
(c) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
SEC. 6605. PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY 
DEPARTMENT OR CORPS SEPARATE FROM OR 
SUBORDINATE TO THE CURRENT MILITARY 
DEPARTMENTS. 
No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise available for fiscal year 2018 for the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used to establish a military depart-
ment or corps separate from or subordinate to the current 
military departments, including a Space Corps in the De-
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partment of the Air Force, or a similar such corps in any 
other military department. 
SEC. 6606. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON IRON DOME SHORT- 
RANGE 
ROCKET 
DEFENSE 
SYSTEM 
AND 
ISRAELI 
COOPERATIVE 
MISSILE 
DEFENSE 
PROGRAM. 
Paragraph (2) of section 1651(c) shall have no force 
or effect. 
SEC. 6607. REPORT ON INTEGRATION OF MODERNIZATION 
AND SUSTAINMENT OF NUCLEAR TRIAD. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) On January 27, 2017, President Donald 
Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum on Re-
building the United States Armed Forces, which em-
phasized the need for a ‘‘modern, robust, flexible, re-
silient, ready, and appropriately tailored’’ nuclear 
deterrent. 
(2) On January 31, 2017, Secretary of Defense 
James Mattis issued a memorandum entitled ‘‘Imple-
mentation Guidance for Budget Directives in the Na-
tional Security Presidential Memorandum on Re-
building the U.S. Armed Forces’’, which called for 
‘‘an ambitious reform agenda, which will include hor-
izontal integration across DoD components to im-
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prove efficiency and take advantage of economies of 
scale’’. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Lo-
gistics (or a successor in the Office of the Secretary 
of Defense with responsibility for acquisition pro-
grams), in coordination with the Secretary of the 
Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force, shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the potential to achieve greater efficiency by inte-
grating elements of acquisition programs related to 
the modernization and sustainment of the nuclear 
triad. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall, at a minimum— 
(A) identify any opportunities for improved 
efficiency in program management, cost, and 
schedule to be created by increasing integration, 
co-location, and commonality between the stra-
tegic deterrent programs and their systems, sub-
systems, technologies, and engineering processes; 
and
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(B) identify any risks to program manage-
ment, cost, and schedule, as well as mission and 
capability, created by the opportunities identi-
fied under subparagraph (A). 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in classified form, but with an 
unclassified summary. 
SEC. 6608. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 
STATES REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE 
CRITICAL 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES OBTAINED FROM 
SUPPLIERS CLOSELY LINKED TO A LEADING 
CYBER-THREAT ACTOR. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on any critical tele-
communications equipment, technologies, or services ob-
tained or used by the Department of Defense or its contrac-
tors or subcontrators that is— 
(1) manufactured by a foreign supplier, or a 
contractor or subcontractor of such supplier, that is 
closely linked to a leading cyber-threat actor; or 
(2) from an entity that incorporates or utilizes 
information technology manufactured by a foreign
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supplier, or a contractor or subcontractor of such sup-
plier, that is closely linked to a leading cyber-threat 
actor. 
(b) FORM.—The report shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may include a classified annex. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘leading cyber-threat actor’’ means 
a country identified as a leading threat actor in 
cyberspace in the report entitled ‘‘Worldwide Threat 
Assessment of the US Intelligence Community’’, dated 
May 11, 2017, and includes the People’s Republic of 
China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea, and the Russian Federa-
tion. 
(2) The term ‘‘closely linked’’, with respect to a 
foreign supplier, contractor, or subcontrator and a 
leading cyber-threat actor, means the foreign supplier, 
contractor, or subcontractor— 
(A) has ties to the military forces of such 
actor; 
(B) has ties to the intelligence services of 
such actor; 
(C) is the beneficiary of significant low in-
terest or no-interest loans, loan forgiveness, or 
other support of such actor; or
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(D) is incorporated or headquartered in the 
territory of such actor. 
TITLE LXXVIII—MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION 
AND 
GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7801. CERTIFICATION RELATED TO CERTAIN ACQUISI-
TIONS OR LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY. 
Section 2662(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, as well as the 
certification described in paragraph (5).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) For purposes of paragraph (2), the certification 
described in this paragraph with respect to an acquisition 
or lease of real property is a certification that the Secretary 
concerned— 
‘‘(A) evaluated the feasibility of using space in 
property under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
Defense to satisfy the purposes of the acquisition or 
lease; and 
‘‘(B) determined that— 
‘‘(i) space in property under the jurisdic-
tion of the Department of Defense is not reason-
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ably available to be used to satisfy the purposes 
of the acquisition or lease; 
‘‘(ii) acquiring the property or entering 
into the lease would be more cost-effective than 
the use of the Department of Defense property; or 
‘‘(iii) the use of the Department of Defense 
property would interfere with the ongoing mili-
tary mission of the property.’’. 
SEC. 7802. ENERGY SECURITY FOR MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS IN EUROPE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) United States military installations in Eu-
rope are potentially vulnerable to supply disruptions 
from foreign governments, especially the Government 
of the Russian Federation, which could use control of 
energy supplies in a hostile or weaponized manner. 
(2) The Government of the Russian Federation 
has previously shown its willingness to aggressively 
use energy supplies as a weapon to pressure foreign 
nations, including Ukraine. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense shall take 
appropriate measures, to the extent practicable, to— 
(1) reduce the dependency of all United States 
military installations in Europe on energy sourced 
inside Russia; and
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(2) ensure that all United States military instal-
lations in Europe are able to sustain operations in 
the event of a supply disruption. 
(c) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
December 31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall certify 
to the congressional defense committees whether or not every 
United States military installation in Europe— 
(1) is dependent to the minimum extent prac-
ticable on energy sourced inside the Russian Federa-
tion; and 
(2) has the ability to sustain operations during 
an energy supply disruption. 
(d) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 
180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall brief the 
congressional defense committees on progress in achieving 
the goals described in subsection (b), including— 
(1) an assessment of the operational risks of en-
ergy supply disruptions; 
(2) a description of mitigation measures identi-
fied to address such operational risks; 
(3) an assessment of the feasibility, estimated 
costs, and schedule of diversified energy solutions; and
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(4) an assessment of the minimum practicable 
usage of energy sourced inside Russia on United 
States military installations in Europe. 
(e) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
and make publicly available an interim report on progress 
in achieving the goals described in subsection (b), including 
the assessments described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 
subsection (d). 
(f) DEFINITION OF ENERGY SOURCED INSIDE RUS-
SIA.—In this section, the term ‘‘energy sourced inside Rus-
sia’’ means energy that is produced, owned, or facilitated 
by companies that are located in the Russian Federation 
or owned or controlled by the Government of the Russian 
Federation. 
SEC. 7803. LAND CONVEYANCE, MOUNTAIN HOME AIR 
FORCE BASE, IDAHO. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 
Air Force may convey to the City of Mountain Home, Idaho 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘City’’), all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real 
property, including improvements thereon, consisting of ap-
proximately 4.25 miles of railroad spur located near Moun-
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tain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, as further described in 
subsection (c), for the purpose of economic development. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) CONSIDERATION
REQUIRED.—As consider-
ation for the land conveyed under subsection (a), the 
City shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to 
the fair market value of the land, as determined by 
an appraisal approved by the Secretary. The City 
shall provide an amount that is acceptable to the Sec-
retary, whether by cash payment, in-kind consider-
ation as described under paragraph (2), or a com-
bination thereof. 
(2) IN-KIND CONSIDERATION.—In-kind consider-
ation provided by the City under paragraph (1) may 
include the acquisition, construction, provision, im-
provement, maintenance, repair, or restoration (in-
cluding environmental restoration), or combination 
thereof, of any facility or infrastructure under the ju-
risdiction of the Secretary. 
(3) 
TREATMENT
OF
CONSIDERATION
RE-
CEIVED.—Consideration in the form of cash payment 
received by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall 
be deposited in the separate fund in the Treasury de-
scribed in section 572(a)(1) of title 40, United States 
Code.
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(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) FINALIZING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon 
as practicable after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall finalize a 
map and the legal description of the property to be 
conveyed under subsection (a). 
(2) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force may correct any minor errors in the map or 
the legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal descrip-
tion shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion. 
(d) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT
REQUIRED.—The Secretary may 
require the City to cover all costs (except costs for en-
vironmental remediation of the property) to be in-
curred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary 
for costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the 
conveyance under this section, including survey costs, 
costs for environmental documentation, and any other 
administrative costs related to the conveyance. If 
amounts are collected from the City in advance of the 
Secretary incurring the actual costs, and the amount 
collected exceeds the costs actually incurred by the
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Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary 
shall refund the excess amount to the City. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received under paragraph (1) as reimburse-
ment for costs incurred by the Secretary to carry out 
the conveyance under subsection (a) shall be credited 
to the fund or account that was used to cover the costs 
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the convey-
ance, or to an appropriate fund or account currently 
available to the Secretary for the purposes for which 
the costs were paid. Amounts so credited shall be 
merged with amounts in such fund or account and 
shall be available for the same purposes, and subject 
to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in 
such fund or account. 
(e) USE RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve a 
right to temporarily use, for urgent reasons of national de-
fense and at no cost to the United States, all or a portion 
of the railroad spur conveyed under subsection (a). 
(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests 
of the United States.
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SEC. 7804. ANNUAL LOCALITY ADJUSTMENT OF DOLLAR 
THRESHOLDS APPLICABLE TO UNSPECIFIED 
MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORI-
TIES. 
Section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) ADJUSTMENT OF DOLLAR LIMITATIONS FOR LO-
CATION.—Each fiscal year, the Secretary concerned shall 
adjust the dollar limitations specified in this section appli-
cable to an unspecified minor military construction project 
inside the United States to reflect the area construction cost 
index for military construction projects published by the 
Department of Defense during the prior fiscal year for the 
location of the project.’’. 
TITLE LXXXI—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 8101. ALBUQUERQUE COMPLEX UPGRADES CONSTRUC-
TION PROJECT. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection (b) is en-
acted in coordination with section 3101, to which it relates. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT AL-
BUQUERQUE
COMPLEX
UPGRADES
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for Nu-
clear Security may enter into an incrementally fund-
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ed contract for Project 16–D–515, the Albuquerque 
Complex upgrades construction project, Albuquerque, 
New Mexico. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The total cost for the Albu-
querque Complex upgrades construction project may 
not exceed $174,700,000. 
(3) FUNDING OF INCREMENTS.— 
(A) INCREMENT 1.—The amount authorized 
to be appropriated by section 3101 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2754) for 
fiscal year 2017 and available for Project 16–D– 
515 as specified in the funding table in section 
4701 of that Act (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2890) shall be deemed to be an amount author-
ized to be appropriated for increment 1 of the 
Albuquerque Complex upgrades construction 
project. 
(B) INCREMENT 2.—The amount authorized 
to be appropriated by this section for fiscal year 
2018 and available for Project 16–D–515 as 
specified in the funding table in section 4701 of 
this Act shall be available for increment 2 of the 
Albuquerque Complex upgrades construction 
project.
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TITLE 
LXXXII—DEFENSE 
NU-
CLEAR 
FACILITIES 
SAFETY 
BOARD 
SEC. 8201. AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsections (b) and (c) 
are enacted in coordination with section 3201, to which 
they relate. 
(b) CERTIFICATION OF SUFFICIENCY OF BUDGET RE-
QUESTS.—Not later than 10 days after the date on which 
the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted 
to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a let-
ter— 
(1) certifying that the requested budget is suffi-
cient for the conduct of the safety reviews that the 
Board intends to conduct in that fiscal year; or 
(2) if the Board is unable to make the certifi-
cation described in paragraph (1), including a list of 
such reviews and the estimated level of additional 
funding required to conduct such reviews. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 
was chartered by Congress with an important mission
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to provide independent recommendations and advice 
to the President and the Secretary of Energy to pro-
tect public health and employee safety at defense nu-
clear facilities of the Department of Energy; 
(2) the role of the Board has necessarily evolved 
as the mission of the Department has changed over 
time, but the Board will continue to be vitally impor-
tant as the Department continues major efforts to 
modernize the nuclear weapons stockpile and update 
its infrastructure in the 21st century; and 
(3) any significant change to the Board and its 
mission can only be considered by the Board as a 
whole with oversight by Congress and requires legisla-
tive changes approved by Congress. 
DIVISION F—FURTHER 
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 
TITLE CI—PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 10101. INTERIM COMBAT SERVICE RIFLE. 
(a) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the 
Army is authorized to expedite acquiring a commercially 
available off-the-shelf item, non-developmental item, or Gov-
ernment-off-the-shelf materiel solution for an Interim Com-
bat Service Rifle for purposes of defeating the evolving 
threat that has placed the United States Armed Forces at 
increased risk.
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(b) ACCELERATION OF RELATED PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To ensure a complete capa-
bility is fielded simultaneously with the acquisition 
program authorized under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary is also authorized to use funding under the 
program to accelerate by one year the Squad Des-
ignated Marksman Rifle program and by two years 
the Advanced Armor Piercing ammunition program. 
(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—The authority 
under this subsection does not supersede the require-
ment to develop a Next Generation Squad Weapon. 
TITLE 
CII—RESEARCH, 
DEVEL-
OPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION 
SEC. 10201. SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVA-
TION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The ability of the Department of Defense to 
respond to national security challenges would benefit 
by increased workforce exposure to, and under-
standing of, modern problem-solving techniques and 
innovative methodologies. 
(2) Presenting national security problems to uni-
versities and education centers will increase diverse 
stakeholder participation in the rapid development of
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solutions to national security challenges and improve 
Department of Defense recruitment of young tech-
nologists and engineers with critical skill sets, includ-
ing cyber capabilities. 
(3) National security innovation and entrepre-
neurial education would provide a unique pathway 
for veterans, Federal employees, and military per-
sonnel to leverage their training, experience, and ex-
pertise to solve emerging national security challenges 
while learning cutting-edge business innovation meth-
odologies. 
(4) The benefits to be derived from supporting 
national security innovation and entrepreneurial 
education programs include— 
(A) enabling veterans and members of the 
Armed Forces to apply their battlefield knowl-
edge in a team environment to develop innova-
tive solutions to some of the United States’ most 
challenging national security problems; 
(B) encouraging students, university fac-
ulty, veterans, and other technologists and engi-
neers to develop new and vital skill sets to solve 
real-world national security challenges while in-
troducing them to public service opportunities; 
and
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(C) providing an alternative pathway for 
the Department of Defense to achieve critical 
agency objectives, such as acquisition reform and 
the rapid deployment of new and essential capa-
bilities to America’s warfighters. 
(b) SUPPORT AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may, 
acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Re-
search and Engineering, support national security in-
novation and entrepreneurial education programs. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Support under paragraph (1) 
may include the following: 
(A) Materials to recruit participants, in-
cluding veterans, for programs described in 
paragraph (1). 
(B) Model curriculum for such programs. 
(C) Training materials for such programs. 
(D) Best practices for the conduct of such 
programs. 
(E) Experimental learning opportunities 
for program participants to interact with oper-
ational forces and better understand national se-
curity challenges.
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(F) Exchanges and partnerships with De-
partment of Defense science and technology ac-
tivities. 
(G) Activities consistent with the Proof of 
Concept Commercialization Pilot Program estab-
lished under section 1603 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public 
Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2359 note). 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection (b), 
the Secretary may consult with the heads of such Federal 
agencies, universities, and public and private entities en-
gaged in the development of advanced technologies as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
(d) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary may— 
(1) develop and maintain metrics to assess na-
tional security innovation and entrepreneurial edu-
cation activities to ensure standards for programs 
supported under subsection (b) are consistent and 
being met; and 
(2) ensure that any recipient of an award under 
the Small Business Technology Transfer program, the 
Small Business Innovation Research program, and 
science and technology programs of the Department of 
Defense has the option to participate in training 
under a national security innovation and entrepre-
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neurial education program supported under sub-
section (b). 
(e) PARTICIPATION
BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
AND 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—The Secretary may 
encourage Federal employees and members of the Armed 
Forces to participate in a national security innovation and 
entrepreneurial education program supported under sub-
section (b) in order to gain exposure to modern innovation 
and entrepreneurial methodologies. 
SEC. 10202. INEFFECTIVENESS OF CODIFICATION AND EN-
HANCEMENT OF AUTHORITIES TO PROVIDE 
FUNDS FOR DEFENSE LABORATORIES FOR 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECH-
NOLOGIES FOR MILITARY MISSIONS. 
Section 212 shall have no force or effect. 
SEC. 10203. CODIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF AU-
THORITIES TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR DE-
FENSE LABORATORIES FOR RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR MILI-
TARY MISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2362 the 
following new section:
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‘‘§ 2363. Mechanisms to provide funds for defense lab-
oratories for research and development of 
technologies for military missions 
‘‘(a) MECHANISMS TO PROVIDE FUNDS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of 
the military departments, shall establish mechanisms under 
which the director of a defense laboratory may use an 
amount of funds equal to not less than two percent and 
not more than four percent of all funds available to the de-
fense laboratory for the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) To fund innovative basic and applied re-
search that is conducted at the defense laboratory and 
supports military missions. 
‘‘(B) To fund development programs that sup-
port the transition of technologies developed by the de-
fense laboratory into operational use. 
‘‘(C) To fund workforce development activities 
that improve the capacity of the defense laboratory to 
recruit and retain personnel with necessary scientific 
and engineering expertise that support military mis-
sions. 
‘‘(D) To fund the repair or minor military con-
struction of the laboratory infrastructure and equip-
ment, in accordance with subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) The mechanisms established under paragraph (1) 
shall provide that funding shall be used under paragraph
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(1) at the discretion of the director of a defense laboratory 
in consultation with the science and technology executive 
of the military department concerned. 
‘‘(3) After consultation with the science and technology 
executive of the military department concerned, the director 
of a defense laboratory may charge customer activities a 
fixed percentage fee, in addition to normal costs of perform-
ance, in order to obtain funds to carry out activities author-
ized by this subsection. The fixed fee may not exceed four 
percent of costs. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROJECTS.—Funds shall be available in accordance with 
subsection (a)(1)(D) only if— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary notifies the congressional de-
fense committees of the total cost of the project before 
the date on which the Secretary uses the mechanism 
under such subsection for such project; and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary ensures that the project com-
plies with the applicable cost limitations in— 
‘‘(A) section 2805(d) of this title, with re-
spect to revitalization and recapitalization 
projects; and 
‘‘(B) section 2811 of this title, with respect 
to repair projects.
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‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF AUTHORITY.—Not 
later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the use of the authority under subsection (a) during 
the preceding year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 139 of such title is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 2362 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘2363. Mechanisms to provide funds for defense laboratories for research and de-
velopment of technologies for military missions.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 219 of 
the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. 2358 
note), is hereby repealed. 
(2) Section 2805(d)(1)(B) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘under section 219(a) of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. 2358 
note)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2363(a) of this title’’. 
SEC. 10204. ANNUAL REPORT ON UNFUNDED REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR LABORATORY MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION PROJECTS. 
The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and En-
gineering shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees each year, at the time the budget of the President for
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the fiscal year beginning in such year is submitted to Con-
gress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
a reporting listing unfunded requirements on major and 
minor military construction projects for Department of De-
fense science and technology laboratories and facilities and 
test evaluation facilities. 
SEC. 10205. VERY-LOW PROFILE HARDWARE TO INTERACT 
WITH THE MOBILE USER OBJECTIVE SYSTEM 
AND OTHER SYSTEMS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—The amount authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2018 by section 201 for re-
search, development, test, and evaluation is hereby in-
creased by $8,000,000, with the amount of the increase to 
be available for the Joint Tactical Information Distribution 
System (PE 0604771D8Z). 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—The amount available under sub-
section (a) shall be available for the Secretary of Defense 
to study and demonstrate very-low profile hardware, such 
as antennas and chipsets, with software, encryption, and 
cyber and network management tools necessary to interact 
with the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) and other 
systems that are considered part of the Internet of things 
to provide command, control, communications, and cyber 
restoral capabilities.
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(c) OFFSET.—The amount authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 2018 by section 301 for operation 
and maintenance is hereby decreased by $8,000,000, with 
the amount of the decrease to be applied as an increase to 
the reduction from fuel savings in the funding table in sec-
tion 4301. 
TITLE CIII—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
SEC. 10301. REPORT ON RELEASE OF RADIUM OR RADIO-
ACTIVE MATERIAL INTO THE GROUNDWATER 
NEAR THE INDUSTRIAL RESERVE PLANT IN 
BETHPAGE, NEW YORK. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 
an addendum to the report submitted to Congress in June 
2017 entitled ‘‘2017 Annual Report For Groundwater Im-
pacts at Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant Bethpage, 
New York’’ that would detail any releases by the Depart-
ment of Defense of radium or radioactive material into the 
groundwater within a 75-mile radius of the industrial re-
serve plant in Bethpage, New York. 
SEC. 10302. SENSE ON CONGRESS ON THE SMALL TURBINE 
ENGINE INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
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(1) The United States small turbine engine in-
dustry has been innovating, developing, producing, 
and sustaining small gas turbine engines in a com-
petitive market for more than 75 years. 
(2) The United States small turbine engine in-
dustrial base has made the United States the knowl-
edge leader in low cost, no maintenance engine de-
signs with unmatched field reliability. 
(3) The United States small turbine engine in-
dustrial base is at a critical juncture, as military re-
quirements have tapered and missile programs, in 
misguided attempts to save money, are narrowing 
production contracts to a single vendor causing two 
of the three existing small turbine engine manufactur-
ers to go out of business. 
(4) The departure of these companies from the 
United States small turbine engine industry will 
leave only one viable, proven source for small turbine 
engines for the Department of Defense. 
(5) In 2016, a number of engine failures were 
encountered that severely diminished the throughput 
of the F107–WR–101 engine maintenance process for 
the AGM–86 Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM), 
thereby putting the weapon system at major readiness 
risk.
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(6) The narrowing of the United States small 
turbine engine industrial base would leave the De-
partment with a sole source United States supplier 
resulting in a loss of manufacturing and testing ca-
pability that would be extremely detrimental to both 
the United States industrial base and national secu-
rity by creating a single point of failure, increasing 
engine procurement and testing prices by eliminating 
competition, raising new engine development and air 
vehicle program risk, and eliminating capabilities 
and expertise that would require decades and millions 
of dollars to reconstitute. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the Department of Defense should— 
(1) allocate sufficient funding to properly sus-
tain the F107 turbine engine in order to ensure this 
vital weapon is viable until a replacement is fielded; 
and 
(2) contract with multiple, capable engine manu-
facturers to stabilize and revitalize the United States 
small turbine engine industrial base.
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SEC. 10303. REPORT ON OPTIMIZATION OF TRAINING IN 
AND MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL USE AIR-
SPACE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bases, 
Ranges, and Airspace Directorate of the Air Force shall, 
in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration, submit to Congress a report on opti-
mization of training in and management of special use air-
space that includes the following: 
(1) Best practices for the management of special 
use airspace including such practices that— 
(A) result in cost savings relating to train-
ing; 
(B) increase training opportunities for air-
men; 
(C) increase joint use of such airspace; 
(D) improve coordination with respect to 
such airspace with— 
(i) the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion; 
(ii) Indian tribes; and 
(iii) private landowners and other 
stakeholders; or
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(E) improve the coordination of large force 
exercises, including the use of waivers or other 
exceptional measures. 
(2) An assessment of whether the capacity of 
ranges, including limitations on flight operations, is 
adequate to meet current and future training needs. 
(3) An assessment of whether the establishment of 
a dedicated squadron for the purpose of coordinating 
the use of a special use airspace at the installation lo-
cated in that airspace would improve the achievement 
of the objectives described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of paragraph (1). 
(4) Recommendations for improving the manage-
ment and utilization of special use airspace to meet 
the objectives described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(E) of paragraph (1) and to address any gaps in ca-
pacity identified under paragraph (2). 
(b) SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘special use airspace’’ means special use air-
space designated under part 73 of title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
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SEC. 10304. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL STUDY ON 
HEALTH 
IMPLICATIONS 
OF 
PER- 
AND 
POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES CONTAMI-
NATION IN DRINKING WATER. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section is enacted 
in coordination with section 343. 
(b) EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry and in consultation 
with the Department of Defense, shall conduct an ex-
posure assessment of no less than 8 current or former 
domestic military installations known to have per- 
and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamina-
tion in drinking water, ground water, and any other 
sources of water and relevant exposure vectors. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The exposure assessment re-
quired under this subsection shall— 
(A) include— 
(i) for each military installation cov-
ered under the exposure assessment, a statis-
tical sample to be determined by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services in 
consultation with the relevant State health 
departments; and
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(ii) bio-monitoring for assessing the 
contamination described in paragraph (1); 
and 
(B) produce findings, which shall be— 
(i) used to help design the study de-
scribed in 343(a)(1); and 
(ii) released to the appropriate con-
gressional committees not later than 1 year 
after the conclusion of such exposure assess-
ment. 
(3) TIMING.—The exposure assessment required 
under this subsection shall— 
(A) begin not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act; and 
(B) conclude not later than 2 years after 
such date of enactment. 
TITLE CV—MILITARY 
PERSONNEL POLICY 
SEC. 10501. FLEXIBILITY IN PROMOTION OF DEPUTY JUDGE 
ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE AIR FORCE. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section is enacted 
in coordination with section 504. 
(b) DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE OF THE AIR FORCE.— 
Section 8037(e) of title 10, United States Code,, is amend-
ed—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary of the Air Force elects to convene 
a selection board under section 611(a) of this title to con-
sider eligible officers for selection to appointment as Deputy 
Judge Advocate General, the Secretary may, in connection 
with such consideration for selection— 
‘‘(A) treat any section in chapter 36 of this title 
referring to promotion to the next higher grade as if 
such section referred to promotion to a higher grade; 
and 
‘‘(B) waive section 619(a)(2) of this title if the 
Secretary determines that the needs of the Air Force 
require the waiver.’’. 
SEC. 10502. INEFFECTIVENESS OF PILOT PROGRAM ON IN-
TEGRATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
AND NON-FEDERAL EFFORTS FOR CIVILIAN 
EMPLOYMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES FOLLOWING TRANSITION FROM AC-
TIVE DUTY TO CIVILIAN LIFE. 
Section 546 shall have no force or effect.
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SEC. 10503. PILOT PROGRAM ON INTEGRATION OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE AND NON-FEDERAL EF-
FORTS FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT OF MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOLLOWING 
TRANSITION FROM ACTIVE DUTY TO CIVILIAN 
LIFE. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct a pilot program to assess the feasability and 
advisability of assisting members of the Armed Forces 
described in subsection (c) who are undergoing the 
transition from active duty in the Armed Forces to 
civilian life by accelerating and improving their ac-
cess to employment following their transition to civil-
ian life through the coordination, integration, and 
leveraging of existing programs and authorities of the 
Department of Defense for such purposes with pro-
grams and resources of State and local agencies, in-
stitutions of higher education, employers, and other 
public, private, and nonprofit entities applicable to 
the pilot program. 
(2) EXISTING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND RE-
SOURCES.—For purposes of this section, existing pro-
grams and resources of State and local agencies, in-
stitutions of higher education, employers, and other 
public, private, and nonprofit entities described in
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(C) identify gaps in the available pre-em-
ployment testing and training of members of the 
Armed Forces that may require remediation in 
order to satisfy workforce needs identified pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A), and identify mecha-
nisms by which members of the Armed Forces de-
scribed in subsection (c) may receive testing or 
training to remediate such gaps. 
(3) To identify mechanisms to assist members of 
the Armed Forces described in subsection (c) in bridg-
ing geographical gaps between their final military in-
stallations and nearby metropolitan areas in which 
employment and necessary training are likely to be 
available to such members during or following their 
transition to civilian life. 
(4) To provide workforce training, in coordina-
tion with junior, community or technical colleges in 
the vicinity of the locations of the pilot program, pri-
vate industry, and nonprofit organizations, for mem-
bers of the Armed Forces participating in the pilot 
program to transition to jobs in the clean energy in-
dustry, including cyber and grid security, natural 
gas, solar, wind, and geothermal fields. 
(c) COVERED MEMBERS.—The members of the Armed 
Forces described in this subsection are the following:
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(1) Regular members of the Armed Forces who 
are within 180 days of discharge or release from the 
Armed Forces. 
(2) Members of the reserve components of the 
Armed Forces (whether National Guard or Reserve) 
who are on active duty for a period of more than 365 
days and are within 180 days of release from such ac-
tive duty. 
(d) LOCATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the pilot program at not less than five locations se-
lected by the Secretary for purposes of the pilot pro-
gram. 
(2) SELECTION REQUIREMENTS.—Each location 
selected pursuant to paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) include a military installation— 
(i) that has a well-established military- 
civilian community relationship with the 
civilian communities nearby; and 
(ii) at which serves an appropriate 
population of members of the Armed Forces 
described in subsection (c); 
(B) have a large employment or industry 
base that supports a variety of occupational op-
portunities;
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(C) have appropriate institutional infra-
structure for the provision of worker training; 
and 
(D) take place in a different geographic re-
gion of the United States. 
(e) ELEMENTS.—At each location selected for the pilot 
program there shall be the following: 
(1) A mechanism to identify existing community 
programs and resources for participation in the pilot 
program, including programs and resources that are 
currently working with programs and authorities of 
the Department of Defense to assist members of the 
Armed Forces described in subsection (c), and, espe-
cially, programs and resources that are recognized as 
engaging in best practices in working with such pro-
grams and authorities of the Department. 
(2) A mechanism to assess the willingness of em-
ployers in the vicinity of such location to participate 
in the pilot program and employ members of the 
Armed Forces participating in the pilot program fol-
lowing their transition to civilian life. 
(3) A mechanism to assess the willingness of the 
State in which such location is located to recognize 
military training for credit for professional and occu-
pational licenses.
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(4) A civilian community coordinator for the 
pilot program, who shall be responsible for implemen-
tation and execution of the pilot program for the De-
partment, and for coordinating existing community 
programs and resources, at such location by— 
(A) pursuing a multi-faceted outreach and 
engagement strategy that leverages relationships 
with appropriate public, private, and nonprofit 
entities in the vicinity of such location for pur-
poses of the pilot program; 
(B) developing and implementing a pro-
gram using existing public and private re-
sources, infrastructure, and experience to maxi-
mize the benefits of the pilot program for mem-
bers of the Armed Forces participating in the 
pilot program by minimizing the time required 
for completion of training provided to such mem-
bers under the pilot program, which program 
shall— 
(i) compliment continuing Department 
efforts to assist members of the Armed 
Forces in their transition from active duty 
in the Armed Forces to civilian life and to 
coordinate with existing veteran employ-
ment programs for purposes of such efforts;
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(ii) provide for the cultivation of a net-
work of partners among the entities de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) in order to 
maximize the number of opportunities for 
civilian employment for members of the 
Armed Forces participating in the pilot 
program following their transition to civil-
ian life; 
(iii) provide for the use of comprehen-
sive assessments of the military experience 
gained by members of the Armed Forces 
participating in the pilot program in order 
to assist them in obtaining civilian employ-
ment relating to their military occupations 
following their transition to civilian life, 
and to determine the pre-employment test-
ing that could be readily added to veterans 
workforce training programs to assist in 
that effort; 
(iv) seek to secure for members of the 
Armed Forces participating in the pilot 
program maximum credit for prior mili-
tary service in their pursuit of civilian em-
ployment following their transition to civil-
ian life;
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(v) seek to eliminate unnecessary and 
redundant elements of the training provided 
for purposes of the pilot program to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces participating in 
the pilot program; 
(vi) seek to minimize the time required 
for members of the Armed Forces partici-
pating in the pilot program in obtaining 
skills, credentials, pre-employment testing, 
or certifications required for civilian em-
ployment following their transition to civil-
ian life; and 
(vii) provide for the continuous collec-
tion of data and feedback from employers in 
the vicinity of such location in order to tai-
lor training provided to members of the 
Armed Forces for purposes of the pilot pro-
gram to meet the needs of such employers. 
(5) A plan of action for delivering additional 
training and credentialing modules for members of 
the Armed Forces described in subsection (c) in order 
to seek to provide such members with skills that are 
in high demand in the vicinity and region of such lo-
cation. 
(f) REPORTS.—
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(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the commencement of the pilot pro-
gram, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a report on the pilot program. The re-
port shall include, for each location selected for the 
pilot program pursuant to subsection (d), the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A full description of the pilot program, 
including— 
(i) the number of members of the 
Armed Forces participating in the pilot 
program; 
(ii) the outreach to public, private, and 
nonprofit entities conducted for purposes of 
the pilot program to encourage such entities 
to participate in the pilot program; 
(iii) the entities participating in the 
pilot program, set forth by employment sec-
tor; 
(iv) the number of members partici-
pating in the pilot program who obtained 
employment with an entity participating in 
the pilot program, set forth by employment 
sector;
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(v) a description of any additional 
training or pre-employment testing pro-
vided to members participating in the pilot 
program for purposes of the pilot program, 
including the amount of time required for 
such additional training or testing; and 
(vi) a description of the cost of the 
pilot program, including any cost borne by 
private entities. 
(B) A current assessment of the effect of the 
pilot program on Department of Defense and 
community efforts to assist members of the 
Armed Forces described in subsection (c) in ob-
taining civilian employment following their 
transition to civilian life. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days be-
fore the date on which the pilot program terminates, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives an update of the report submitted under 
paragraph (1). 
(g) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed to authorize the Secretary to hire additional em-
ployees for the Department of Defense to carry out the pilot 
program.
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(h) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary to 
carry out the pilot program shall terminate on the date that 
is two years after the date on which the pilot program com-
mences. 
TITLE CVI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
SEC. 10601. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE USE BY EXCHANGE 
STORES OF SMALL BUSINESSES AS SUP-
PLIERS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Exchange stores, as non-appropriated fund 
instrumentalities of the Department of Defense, are 
not required to give any preference to particular ven-
dors or suppliers. 
(2) Even so, exchange stores are uniquely posi-
tioned to feature products from small businesses, espe-
cially veteran-owned small businesses. 
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
to urge the Department to work with the military exchange 
services to develop strategies for featuring products of small 
businesses, particularly products of veteran-owned small 
businesses, in military exchange stores.
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SEC. 10602. GARNISHMENT TO SATISFY JUDGMENT REN-
DERED FOR PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, OR EMO-
TIONALLY ABUSING A CHILD. 
(a) GARNISHMENT AUTHORITY.—Section 1408 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) GARNISHMENT TO SATISFY A JUDGMENT REN-
DERED
FOR PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, OR EMOTIONALLY 
ABUSING A CHILD.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any pay-
ment of retired pay that would otherwise be made to a mem-
ber shall be paid (in whole or in part) by the Secretary 
concerned to another person if and to the extent expressly 
provided for in the terms of a child abuse garnishment 
order. 
‘‘(2) A court order providing for the payment of child 
support or alimony or, with respect to a division of prop-
erty, specifically providing for the payment of an amount 
of the disposable retired pay from a member to the spouse 
or a former spouse of the member, shall be given priority 
over a child abuse garnishment order. The total amount of 
the disposable retired pay of a member payable under a 
child abuse garnishment order shall not exceed 25 percent 
of the member’s disposable retired pay. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘court order’ includes 
a child abuse garnishment order.
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‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘child abuse garnish-
ment order’ means a final decree issued by a court that— 
‘‘(A) is issued in accordance with the laws of the 
jurisdiction of that court; and 
‘‘(B) provides in the nature of garnishment for 
the enforcement of a judgment rendered against the 
member for physically, sexually, or emotionally abus-
ing a child. 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, a judgment ren-
dered for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a 
child is any legal claim perfected through a final enforceable 
judgment, which claim is based in whole or in part upon 
the physical, sexual, or emotional abuse of an individual 
under 18 years of age, whether or not that abuse is accom-
panied by other actionable wrongdoing, such as sexual ex-
ploitation or gross negligence. 
‘‘(6) If the Secretary concerned is served with more 
than one court order with respect to the retired pay of a 
member, the disposable retired pay of the member shall be 
available to satisfy such court orders on a first-come, first- 
served basis, subject to the order of precedence specified in 
paragraph (2), with any such process being satisfied out 
of such monies as remain after the satisfaction of all such 
processes which have been previously served.
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‘‘(7) The Secretary concerned shall not be required to 
vary normal pay and disbursement cycles for retired pay 
in order to comply with a child abuse garnishment order.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—Subsection (l) of 
section 1408 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), shall apply with respect to a court order re-
ceived by the Secretary concerned on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, regardless of the date of the court 
order. 
SEC. 10603. ELEMENT IN NEXT QUADRENNIAL REVIEW OF 
MILITARY COMPENSATION ON VALUE AS-
SIGNED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MILITARY COM-
PENSATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall ensure that the 
first quadrennial review of the principals and concepts of 
the compensation system for members of the uniformed serv-
ices under section 1008(b) of title 37, United States Code, 
after the date of the enactment of this Act includes a review 
of the comparative value members of the Armed Forces as-
sign to various aspects of military compensation, including 
immediate and deferred cash compensation and in-kind 
compensation. 
(b) SURVEYS.—The review required by subsection (a) 
shall be based on an analysis of one or more surveys, con-
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ducted for purposes of the review, of representative popu-
lations of members of the Armed Forces, including regular 
members of the Armed Forces and members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces. 
(c) INCLUSION IN REPORT.—The President shall in-
clude the results of the review required by subsection (a) 
in the first report submitted to Congress pursuant to section 
1008(b) of title 37, after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
TITLE CVII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 10701. REQUIREMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT BY DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO ENTITIES CAR-
RYING OUT STATE VACCINATION PROGRAMS 
FOR COSTS OF VACCINES PROVIDED TO COV-
ERED BENEFICIARIES. 
Section 719 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 
1074g note) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AU-
THORIZATION OF REIMBURSEMENT’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘REIMBURSEMENT’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘may’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall’’.