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September 18, 2017 
Ordered to be printed as passed 
In the Senate of the United States, 
September 18, 2017. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2810) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize appropria-
tions for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other pur-
poses.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018’’.
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SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 
CONTENTS. 
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into six divi-
sions as follows: 
(1) Division A—Department of Defense Author-
izations. 
(2) Division B—Military Construction Author-
izations. 
(3) Division C—Department of Energy National 
Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations. 
(4) Division D—Funding Tables. 
(5) Division E—Additional Provisions. 
(6) Division F—Further Additional Provisions. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees. 
Sec. 4. Budgetary effects of this Act. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
Sec. 111. Transfer of excess High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles to for-
eign countries. 
Sec. 112. Limitation on availability of funds for Army Air-Land Mobile Tactical 
Communications and Data Network, including Warfighter Infor-
mation Network-Tactical (WIN–T). 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
Sec. 121. Multiyear procurement authority for Virginia class submarine program. 
Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyers.
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Sec. 123. Multiyear procurement authority for V–22 joint aircraft program. 
Sec. 124. Design and construction of amphibious ship replacement designated 
LX(R) or amphibious transport dock designated LPD–30. 
Sec. 125. Modification of cost limitation baseline for CVN–78 class aircraft car-
rier program. 
Sec. 126. Extension of limitation on use of sole-source shipbuilding contracts for 
certain vessels. 
Sec. 127. Certification of the enhanced multi mission parachute system for the 
United States Marine Corps. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
Sec. 131. Inventory requirement for Air Force fighter aircraft. 
Sec. 132. Comptroller General review of total force integration initiatives for re-
serve component rescue squadrons. 
Sec. 133. Authority to increase Primary Aircraft Authorization of Air Force and 
Air National Guard A–10 aircraft units for purposes of facili-
tating A–10 conversion. 
Sec. 134. Requirement for continuation of E–8 JSTARS recapitalization pro-
gram. 
Sec. 135. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of E–8 JSTARS air-
craft. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters 
Sec. 141. F–35 economic order quantity contracting authority. 
Sec. 142. Authority for Explosive Ordnance Disposal units to acquire new or 
emerging technologies and capabilities. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 211. Mechanisms for expedited access to technical talent and expertise at 
academic institutions to support Department of Defense mis-
sions. 
Sec. 212. Codification and enhancement of authorities to provide funds for defense 
laboratories for research and development of technologies for 
military missions. 
Sec. 213. Modification of laboratory quality enhancement program. 
Sec. 214. Prizes for advanced technology achievements. 
Sec. 215. Expansion of definition of competitive procedures to include competitive 
selection for award of research and development proposals. 
Sec. 216. Inclusion of modeling and simulation in test and evaluation activities 
for purposes of planning and budget certification. 
Sec. 217. Differentiation of research and development activities from service ac-
tivities. 
Sec. 218. Designation of additional Department of Defense science and technology 
reinvention laboratories. 
Sec. 219. Department of Defense directed energy weapon system prototyping and 
demonstration program. 
Sec. 220. Authority for the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi-
neering to promote innovation in the Department of Defense.
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Sec. 221. Limitation on availability of funds for F–35 Joint Strike Fighter Fol-
low-On Modernization. 
Sec. 222. Improvement of update process for populating mission data files used 
in advanced combat aircraft. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 231. Competitive acquisition plan for low probability of detection data link 
networks. 
Sec. 232. Clarification of selection dates for pilot program for the enhancement 
of the research, development, test, and evaluation centers of the 
Department of Defense. 
Sec. 233. Requirement for a plan to build a prototype for a new ground combat 
vehicle for the Army. 
Sec. 234. Plan for successfully fielding the Integrated Air and Missile Defense 
Battle Command System. 
Sec. 235. Sense of Congress on hypersonic weapons. 
Sec. 236. Importance of historically Black colleges and universities and minority- 
serving institutions. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Logistics and Sustainment 
Sec. 311. Sentinel Landscapes Partnership. 
Sec. 312. Increased percentage of sustainment funds authorized for realignment to 
restoration and modernization at each installation. 
Subtitle C—Reports 
Sec. 321. Plan for modernized, dedicated Department of the Navy adversary air 
training enterprise. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 331. Defense Siting Clearinghouse. 
Sec. 332. Temporary installation reutilization authority for arsenals, depots, and 
plants. 
Sec. 333. Pilot program for operation and maintenance budget presentation. 
Sec. 334. Servicewomen’s commemorative partnerships. 
Sec. 335. Authority for agreements to reimburse States for costs of suppressing 
wildfires on State lands caused by Department of Defense activi-
ties under leases and other grants of access to State lands. 
Sec. 336. Repurposing and reuse of surplus Army firearms. 
Sec. 337. Department of the Navy marksmanship awards. 
Sec. 338. Modification of the Second Division Memorial. 
Subtitle E—Energy and Environment 
Sec. 341. Authority to carry out environmental restoration activities at National 
Guard and Reserve locations. 
Sec. 342. Special considerations for energy performance goals. 
Sec. 343. Centers for Disease Control study on health implications of per- and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in drinking water.
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Sec. 344. Environmental oversight and remediation at Red Hill Bulk Fuel Stor-
age Facility. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2018 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty 
for operational support. 
Sec. 416. Number of members of the National Guard on full-time duty in support 
of the reserves within the National Guard Bureau. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Clarification of baselines for authorized numbers of general and flag of-
ficers on active duty and in joint duty assignments. 
Sec. 502. Authority of promotion boards to recommend officers of particular 
merit be placed at the top of the promotion list. 
Sec. 503. Clarification to exception for removal of officers from list of officers rec-
ommended for promotion after 18 months without appointment. 
Sec. 504. Flexibility in promotion of officers to positions of Staff Judge Advocate 
to the Commandant of the Marine Corps and Deputy Judge Ad-
vocate General of the Navy. 
Sec. 505. Repeal of requirement for specification of number of officers who may 
be recommended for early retirement by a Selective Early Re-
tirement Board. 
Sec. 506. Extension of service-in-grade waiver authority for voluntary retirement 
of certain general and flag officers for purposes of enhanced 
flexibility in officer personnel management. 
Sec. 507. Inclusion of Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics among officers 
subject to repeal of statutory specification of general officer 
grade. 
Sec. 508. Clarification of effect of repeal of statutory specification of general or 
flag officer grade for various positions in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 509. Grandfathering of retired grade of Assistant Judge Advocates General 
of the Navy as of repeal of statutory specification of general and 
flag officers grades in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 510. Service credit for cyberspace experience or advanced education upon 
original appointment as a commissioned officer. 
Sec. 510A. Authority for officers to opt-out of promotion board consideration. 
Sec. 510B. Reauthorization of authority to order retired members to active duty 
in high-demand, low-density assignments.
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Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Consolidation of authorities to order members of the reserve components 
of the Armed Forces to perform duty. 
Sec. 512. Establishment of Office of Complex Investigations within the National 
Guard Bureau. 
Sec. 513. Review of effects of personnel requirements and limitations on the avail-
ability of members of the National Guard for the performance 
of funeral honors duty for veterans. 
Sec. 514. Training for National Guard personnel on wildfire response. 
Sec. 515. Plan to meet demand for cyberspace career fields in the reserve compo-
nents of the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle C—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 516. Report on policies for regular and reserve officer career management. 
Sec. 517. Responsibility of Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces for standards and 
qualifications for military specialties within the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 518. Confidential review of characterization of terms of discharge of members 
of the Armed Forces who are survivors of sexual assault. 
Sec. 519. Improvements to certain authorities and procedures of discharge review 
boards. 
Sec. 520. Public availability of information related to disposition of claims re-
garding discharge or release of members of the Armed Forces 
when the claims involve sexual assault. 
Sec. 520A. Modification of basis for extension of period for enlistment in the 
Armed Forces under the Delayed Entry Program. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice Matters 
Sec. 521. Revision to Manual for Courts-Martial with respect to dissemination of 
visual depictions of private areas or sexually explicit conduct 
without the consent of the person depicted. 
Sec. 522. Technical and conforming amendments in connection with reform of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 523. Priority of review by Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces of decisions 
of Courts of Criminal Appeals on petitions for enforcement of 
victims’ rights. 
Sec. 524. Assistance of defense counsel in additional post-trial matters for accused 
convicted by court-martial. 
Sec. 525. Enumeration of additional limitations on acceptance of plea agreements 
by military judges of general or special courts-martial. 
Sec. 526. Additional proceedings by Courts of Criminal Appeals by order of 
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 527. Clarification of applicability and effective dates for statute of limita-
tions amendments in connection with Uniform Code of Military 
Justice Reform. 
Sec. 528. Modification of year of initial review by Military Justice Review Panel 
of Uniform Code of Military Justice reform amendments. 
Sec. 529. Clarification of applicability of certain provisions of law to civilian 
judges of the United States Court of Military Commission Re-
view. 
Sec. 530. Enhancement of effective prosecution and defense in courts-martial and 
related matters.
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Sec. 531. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces jurisdiction to review interlocu-
tory appeals of decisions on certain petitions for writs of man-
damus. 
Sec. 532. Punitive article on wrongful broadcast or distribution of intimate vis-
ual images or visual images of sexually explicit conduct under 
the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 533. Report on availability of postsecondary credit for skills acquired during 
military service. 
Subtitle E—Member Education, Training, Transition, and Resilience 
Sec. 541. Ready, Relevant Learning initiative of the Navy. 
Sec. 542. Element in preseparation counseling for members of the Armed Forces 
on assistance and support services for caregivers of certain vet-
erans through the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 543. Discharge in the Selected Reserve of the commissioned service obligation 
of military service academy graduates who participate in profes-
sional athletics. 
Sec. 544. Pilot programs on appointment in the excepted service in the Depart-
ment of Defense of physically disqualified former cadets and 
midshipmen. 
Sec. 545. Limitation on availability of funds for attendance of Air Force enlisted 
personnel at Air Force officer professional military education in- 
residence courses. 
Sec. 546. Pilot program on integration of Department of Defense and non-Federal 
efforts for civilian employment of members of the Armed Forces 
following transition from active duty to civilian life. 
Sec. 547. Two-year extension of suicide prevention and resilience program for the 
National Guard and Reserves. 
Sec. 548. Sexual assault prevention and response training for all individuals en-
listed in the Armed Forces under a delayed entry program. 
Sec. 549. Use of assistance under Department of Defense Tuition Assistance Pro-
gram for non-traditional education to develop cybersecurity and 
computer coding skills. 
Sec. 550. Sense of Senate on increasing enrollment in Senior Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps programs at minority-serving institutions. 
Subtitle F—Defense Dependents’ Education and Military Family Readiness 
Matters 
PART I—DEFENSE DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATION MATTERS 
Sec. 551. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities. 
Sec. 552. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that ben-
efit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department 
of Defense civilian employees. 
Sec. 553. One-year extension of authorities relating to the transition and support 
of military dependent students to local educational agencies. 
PART II—MILITARY FAMILY READINESS MATTERS 
Sec. 556. Housing treatment for certain members of the Armed Forces, and their 
spouses and other dependents, undergoing a permanent change 
of station within the United States. 
Sec. 557. Direct hire authority for Department of Defense for childcare services 
providers for Department child development centers.
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Sec. 558. Report on expanding and contracting for childcare services of the De-
partment of Defense. 
Sec. 559. Report on review of General Schedule pay grades of childcare services 
providers of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 560. Pilot program on public-private partnerships for telework facilities on 
military installations outside the United States. 
Sec. 561. Report on mechanisms to facilitate the obtaining by military spouses 
of professional licenses or credentials in other States. 
Sec. 562. Additional military childcare matters. 
Sec. 563. Mechanisms to facilitate the obtaining by military spouses of occupa-
tional licenses or credentials in other States. 
Subtitle G—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 571. Authority of Secretary of the Army to award the Personnel Protection 
Equipment award of the Army to former members of the Army. 
Sec. 572. Authorization for award of Distinguished Service Cross to Specialist 
Frank M. Crary for acts of valor in Vietnam. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
Sec. 581. Modification of submittal date of Comptroller General of the United 
States report on integrity of the Department of Defense whistle-
blower program. 
Sec. 582. Report to Congress on accompanied and unaccompanied tours of duty 
in remote locations with high family support costs. 
Sec. 583. Authorization of support for Beyond Yellow Ribbon programs. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2018 increase in military basic pay. 
Sec. 602. Extension of authority to provide temporary increase in rates of basic 
allowance for housing under certain circumstances. 
Sec. 603. Adjustment to basic allowance for housing at with dependents rate of 
certain members of the uniformed services. 
Sec. 604. Modification of authority of President to determine alternative pay ad-
justment in annual basic pay of members of the uniformed serv-
ices. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for re-
serve forces. 
Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 
health care professionals. 
Sec. 613. One-year extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear offi-
cers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of authorities relating to title 37 consolidated special 
pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities. 
Sec. 615. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other title 37 
bonuses and special pays. 
Sec. 616. Aviation bonus matters. 
Sec. 617. Special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities for enlisted mem-
bers who pilot remotely piloted aircraft.
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Sec. 618. Technical and conforming amendments relating to 2008 consolidation 
of special pay authorities. 
Subtitle C—Disability Pay, Retired Pay, and Survivor Benefits 
PART I—AMENDMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH RETIRED PAY REFORM 
Sec. 631. Adjustments to Survivor Benefit Plan for members electing lump sum 
payments of retired pay under the modernized retirement system 
for members of the uniformed services. 
Sec. 632. Technical correction regarding election to participate in modernized re-
tirement system for reserve component members experiencing a 
break in service. 
Sec. 633. Promotion of financial literacy concerning retirement among members 
of the Armed Forces. 
PART II—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 636. Authority for the Secretaries of the military departments to provide for 
care of remains of those who die on active duty and are interred 
in a foreign cemetery. 
Sec. 637. Technical corrections to use of member’s current pay grade and years 
of service in a division of property involving disposable retired 
pay. 
Sec. 638. Permanent extension and cost-of-living adjustments of special survivor 
indemnity allowances under the Survivor Benefit Plan. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 651. Construction of domestic source requirement for footwear furnished to 
enlisted members of the Armed Forces on initial entry into the 
Armed Forces. 
Sec. 652. Inclusion of Department of Agriculture in Transition Assistance Pro-
gram. 
Sec. 653. Review and update of regulations governing debt collectors interactions 
with unit commanders. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Care Benefits 
Sec. 701. TRICARE Advantage demonstration program. 
Sec. 702. Continued access to medical care at facilities of the uniformed services 
for certain members of the reserve components. 
Sec. 703. Modification of eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select and TRICARE 
Retired Reserve of certain members of the reserve components. 
Sec. 704. Expedited evaluation and treatment for prenatal surgery under the 
TRICARE program. 
Sec. 705. Specification that individuals under the age of 21 are eligible for hos-
pice care services under the TRICARE program. 
Sec. 706. Modifications of cost-sharing requirements for the TRICARE Pharmacy 
Benefits Program and treatment of certain pharmaceutical 
agents. 
Sec. 707. Consolidation of cost-sharing requirements under TRICARE Select and 
TRICARE Prime. 
Sec. 708. TRICARE technical amendments. 
Sec. 709. Contraception coverage parity under the TRICARE program.
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Subtitle B—Health Care Administration 
Sec. 721. Modification of priority for evaluation and treatment of individuals at 
military treatment facilities. 
Sec. 722. Selection of directors of military treatment facilities and tours of duty 
of such directors. 
Sec. 723. Clarification of administration of military medical treatment facilities. 
Sec. 724. Modification of execution of TRICARE contracting responsibilities. 
Sec. 725. Pilot program on establishment of integrated health care delivery sys-
tems. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 731. Extension of authority for Joint Department of Defense-Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund. 
Sec. 732. Additional emergency uses for medical products to reduce deaths and 
severity of injuries caused by agents of war. 
Sec. 733. Prohibition on conduct of certain medical research and development 
projects. 
Sec. 734. Modification of determination of average wait times at urgent care clin-
ics and pharmacies at military medical treatment facilities 
under pilot program. 
Sec. 735. Report on plan to improve pediatric care and related services for chil-
dren of members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 736. Inclusion of gambling disorder in health assessments and related re-
search efforts of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 737. Feasibility study on conduct of pilot program on mental health readi-
ness of part-time members of the reserve components of the 
Armed Forces. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND 
RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 
Sec. 801. Repeal of temporary suspension of public-private competitions for con-
version of Department of Defense functions to performance by 
contractors. 
Sec. 802. Technical and conforming amendments related to program management 
provisions. 
Sec. 803. Should-cost management. 
Sec. 804. Clarification of purpose of Defense acquisition. 
Sec. 805. Defense policy advisory committee on technology. 
Sec. 806. Report on extension of development, acquisition, and sustainment au-
thorities of the military departments to the United States Spe-
cial Operations Command. 
Sec. 807. Ensuring transparency in acquisition programs. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and 
Limitations 
Sec. 811. Waiver authority for purposes of expanding competition. 
Sec. 812. Increased simplified acquisition threshold applicable to Department of 
Defense procurements. 
Sec. 813. Increased threshold for cost or pricing data and truth in negotiations 
requirements.
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Sec. 814. Contract authority for advanced development of initial or additional 
prototype units. 
Sec. 815. Treatment of independent research and development costs on certain 
contracts. 
Sec. 816. Non-traditional contractor definition. 
Sec. 817. Repeal of domestic source restriction related to wearable electronics. 
Sec. 818. Use of outcome-based and performance-based requirements for services 
contracts. 
Sec. 819. Pilot program for longer term multiyear service contracts. 
Sec. 820. Identification of commercial services. 
Sec. 821. Government Accountability Office bid protest reforms. 
Sec. 822. Enhanced post-award debriefing rights. 
Sec. 823. Limitation on unilateral definitization. 
Sec. 824. Restriction on use of reverse auctions and lowest price technically ac-
ceptable contracting methods for safety equipment. 
Sec. 825. Use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection process. 
Sec. 826. Middle tier of acquisition for rapid prototype and rapid fielding. 
Sec. 827. Elimination of cost underruns as factor in calculation of penalties for 
cost overruns. 
Sec. 828. Contract closeout authority. 
Sec. 829. Service contracts of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 830. Department of Defense contractor workplace safety and accountability. 
Sec. 831. Department of Defense promotion of contractor compliance with exist-
ing law. 
Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs 
Sec. 835. Revisions to definition of major defense acquisition program. 
Sec. 836. Prohibition on use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection 
process for major defense acquisition programs. 
Sec. 837. Role of the Chief of the armed force in material development decision 
and acquisition system milestones. 
Subtitle D—Provisions Related to Acquisition Workforce 
Sec. 841. Training in commercial items procurement. 
Sec. 842. Modification of definition of acquisition workforce to include personnel 
engaged in the acquisition or development of cybersecurity sys-
tems. 
Sec. 843. Training and support for programs pursuing agile acquisition methods. 
Sec. 844. Credits to Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development 
Fund. 
Subtitle E—Provisions Related to Commercial Items 
Sec. 851. Modification to definition of commercial items. 
Sec. 852. Revision to definition of commercial item. 
Sec. 853. Commercial item determinations. 
Sec. 854. Preference for acquisition of commercial items. 
Sec. 855. Inapplicable laws and regulations. 
Subtitle F—Industrial Base Matters 
Sec. 861. Review regarding applicability of foreign ownership, control, or influ-
ence requirements of National Security Industrial Program to 
national technology and industrial base companies.
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Sec. 862. Pilot program on strengthening manufacturing in defense industrial 
base. 
Sec. 863. Sunset of certain provisions relating to the industrial base. 
Subtitle G—International Contracting Matters 
Sec. 865. Procurement exception relating to agreements with foreign governments. 
Sec. 866. Applicability of cost and pricing data certification requirements. 
Sec. 867. Enhancing program licensing. 
Subtitle H—Other Transactions 
Sec. 871. Other transaction authority. 
Sec. 872. Education and training for transactions other than contracts and 
grants. 
Sec. 873. Preference for use of other transactions and experimental authority. 
Sec. 874. Methods for entering into research agreements. 
Subtitle I—Development and Acquisition of Software Intensive and Digital 
Products and Services 
Sec. 881. Rights in technical data. 
Sec. 882. Defense Innovation Board analysis of software acquisition regulations. 
Sec. 883. Pilot to tailor software-intensive major programs to use agile methods. 
Sec. 884. Review and realignment of defense business systems to emphasize agile 
methods. 
Sec. 885. Software development pilot using agile best practices. 
Sec. 886. Use of open source software. 
Subtitle J—Other Matters 
Sec. 891. Improved transparency and oversight over Department of Defense re-
search, development, test, and evaluation efforts and procure-
ment activities related to medical research. 
Sec. 892. Rights in technical data related to medical research. 
Sec. 893. Oversight, audit, and certification from the Defense Contract Audit 
Agency for procurement activities related to medical research. 
Sec. 894. Requirements for Defense Contract Audit Agency report. 
Sec. 895. Prototype projects to digitize defense acquisition regulations, policies, 
and guidance, and empower user tailoring of acquisition process. 
Sec. 896. Pilot program for adoption of acquisition strategy for Defense Base Act 
insurance. 
Sec. 897. Phase III awards. 
Sec. 898. Pilot program for streamlined technology transition from the SBIR and 
STTR programs of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 899. Annual report on limitation of subcontractor intellectual property 
rights. 
Sec. 899A. Extension from 20 to 30 years of maximum total period for Depart-
ment of Defense contracts for storage, handling, or distribution 
of liquid fuels and natural gas. 
Sec. 899B. Exception for Department of Defense contracts from requirement that 
business operations conducted under government contracts accept 
and dispense $1 coins. 
Sec. 899C. Investing in rural small businesses.
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TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related Matters 
Sec. 901. Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 902. Realignment of responsibilities, duties, and powers of Chief Information 
Officer of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 903. Clarification of authority of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 
and Sustainment with respect to service acquisition programs 
for which the service acquisition executive is the milestone deci-
sion authority. 
Sec. 904. Executive Schedule matters relating to Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment. 
Sec. 905. Technical amendment. 
Sec. 906. Redesignation of Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readi-
ness as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Health. 
Sec. 907. Qualifications for appointment and additional duties and powers of 
certain officials within the Office of the Under Secretary of De-
fense (Comptroller). 
Sec. 908. Five-year period of relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of 
a regular component of the Armed Forces for appointment to 
Under Secretary of Defense positions. 
Sec. 909. Redesignation of Principal Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense as 
Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense and related matters. 
Sec. 910. Reduction of number and elimination of specific designations of Assist-
ant Secretaries of Defense. 
Sec. 911. Limitation on maximum number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries of De-
fense. 
Sec. 912. Modification of definition of OSD personnel for purposes of limitation 
on number of Office of Secretary of Defense personnel. 
Subtitle B—Organization of Other Department of Defense Offices and Elements 
Sec. 921. Reduction in authorized number of Assistant Secretaries of the military 
departments. 
Sec. 922. Qualifications for appointment of Assistant Secretaries of the military 
departments for financial management. 
Subtitle C—Organization and Management of the Department of Defense 
Generally 
Sec. 931. Reduction in limitation on number of Department of Defense SES posi-
tions. 
Sec. 932. Manner of carrying out reductions in major Department of Defense 
headquarters activities. 
Sec. 933. Certifications on cost savings achieved by reductions in major Depart-
ment of Defense headquarters activities. 
Sec. 934. Direct hire authority for the Department of Defense for personnel to as-
sist in business transformation and management innovation. 
Sec. 935. Data analytics capability for support of enhanced oversight and man-
agement of the Defense Agencies and Department of Defense 
Field Activities. 
Sec. 936. Enhanced use of data analytics to improve acquisition program out-
comes.
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Sec. 937. Pilot programs on data integration strategies for the Department of De-
fense. 
Sec. 938. Background and security investigations for Department of Defense per-
sonnel. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 951. Transfer of lead of Guam Oversight Council from the Deputy Secretary 
of Defense to the Secretary of the Navy. 
Sec. 952. Corrosion control and prevention executives matters. 
Sec. 953. Requirement for National Language Service Corps. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. Calculations for payments into Department of Defense Military Retire-
ment Fund using single level percentage of basic pay determined 
on Armed Force-wide rather than Armed Forces-wide basis. 
Sec. 1003. Certifications on audit readiness of the Department of Defense and the 
military departments, Defense Agencies, and other organizations 
and elements of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1004. Failure to obtain audit opinion on fiscal year full financial statements 
of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1005. Improper payment matters. 
Sec. 1006. Financial operations dashboard for the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1007. Comptroller General of the United States recommendations on audit 
capabilities and infrastructure and related matters. 
Sec. 1008. Information on Department of Defense funding in Department press 
releases and related public statements on programs, projects, and 
activities funded by the Department. 
Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities 
Sec. 1011. Extension and modification of authority to support a unified 
counterdrug and counterterrorism campaign in Colombia. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1016. Policy of the United States on minimum number of battle force ships. 
Sec. 1017. Operational readiness of Littoral Combat Ships on extended deploy-
ment. 
Sec. 1018. Authority to purchase used vessels to recapitalize the Ready Reserve 
Force and the Military Sealift Command surge fleet. 
Sec. 1019. Surveying ships. 
Sec. 1020. Pilot program on funding for national defense sealift vessels. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
Sec. 1031. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of indi-
viduals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, to the United States. 
Sec. 1032. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facili-
ties in the United States to house detainees transferred from 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Sec. 1033. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release to cer-
tain countries of individuals detained at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1034. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for realignment of forces at 
or closure of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba. 
Sec. 1035. Authority to transfer individuals detained at United States Naval Sta-
tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States temporarily 
for emergency or critical medical treatment. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1041. Matters relating to the submittal of future-years defense programs. 
Sec. 1042. Department of Defense integration of information operations and 
cyber-enabled information operations. 
Sec. 1043. Prohibition on lobbying activities with respect to the Department of 
Defense by certain officers of the Armed Forces and civilian em-
ployees of the Department within two years of separation from 
military service or employment with the Department. 
Sec. 1044. Definition of ‘‘unmanned aerial vehicle’’ for purposes of title 10, 
United States Code. 
Sec. 1045. Technical amendment relating to management of military technicians. 
Sec. 1046. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for retirement of legacy mari-
time mine countermeasure platforms. 
Sec. 1047. Sense of Congress on the basing of KC–46A aircraft outside the conti-
nental United States. 
Sec. 1048. Authorization to procure up to six polar-class icebreakers. 
Sec. 1049. Sense of Congress on use of test sites for research and development on 
countering unmanned aircraft systems. 
Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 
Sec. 1061. Assessment of global force posture. 
Sec. 1062. Army modernization strategy. 
Sec. 1063. Report on Army plan to improve operational unit readiness by reduc-
ing number of non-deployable soldiers assigned to operational 
units. 
Sec. 1064. Efforts to combat physiological episodes on certain Navy aircraft. 
Sec. 1065. Studies on aircraft inventories for the Air Force. 
Sec. 1066. Plan and recommendations for interagency vetting of foreign invest-
ments with potential impacts on national defense and national 
security. 
Sec. 1067. Report on authorities for the employment, use, and status of National 
Guard and Reserve technicians. 
Sec. 1068. Conforming repeals and technical amendments in connection with re-
ports of the Department of Defense whose submittal to Congress 
has previously been terminated by law. 
Sec. 1069. Annual reports on approval of employment or compensation of retired 
general or flag officers by foreign governments for Emoluments 
Clause purposes. 
Sec. 1070. Annual report on civilian casualties in connection with United States 
military operations. 
Sec. 1071. Report on large-scale, joint exercises involving the air and land do-
mains. 
Sec. 1072. Department of Defense review of Navy capabilities in the Arctic re-
gion.
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Sec. 1073. Business case analysis on establishment of active duty association and 
additional primary aircraft authorizations for the 168th Air Re-
fueling Wing. 
Sec. 1074. Report on Navy capacity to increase production of anti-submarine 
warfare and search and rescue rotary wing aircraft in light of 
increase in the size of the surface fleet to 355 ships. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 1081. Protection against misuse of Naval Special Warfare Command insig-
nia. 
Sec. 1082. Collaborations between the Armed Forces and certain non-Federal enti-
ties on support of Armed Forces missions abroad. 
Sec. 1083. Federal charter for Spirit of America. 
Sec. 1084. Reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who 
were the subjects of mustard gas or lewisite experiments during 
World War II. 
Sec. 1085. Prize competition to identify root cause of physiological episodes on 
Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force training and operational 
aircraft. 
Sec. 1086. Exception to the interdepartmental waiver doctrine for cleanup of ve-
hicle crashes. 
Sec. 1087. Transfer of surplus firearms to Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle 
Practice and Firearms Safety. 
Sec. 1088. Prevention of certain health care providers from providing non-De-
partment health care services to veterans. 
Sec. 1089. Declassification by Department of Defense of certain incidents of expo-
sure of members of the Armed Forces to toxic substances. 
Sec. 1089A. Carriage of certain programming. 
Subtitle H—Modernizing Government Technology 
Sec. 1091. Short title. 
Sec. 1092. Definitions. 
Sec. 1093. Establishment of agency information technology systems modernization 
and working capital funds. 
Sec. 1094. Establishment of technology modernization fund and board. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense Matters 
Sec. 1101. Pilot program on enhanced personnel management system for cyberse-
curity and legal professionals in the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1102. Inclusion of Strategic Capabilities Office and Defense Innovation Unit 
Experimental of the Department of Defense in personnel man-
agement authority to attract experts in science and engineering. 
Sec. 1103. Permanent authority for demonstration projects relating to acquisition 
personnel management policies and procedures. 
Sec. 1104. Establishment of senior scientific technical managers at Major Range 
and Test Facility Base facilities and Defense Test Resource 
Management Center. 
Sec. 1105. Extension of temporary direct hire authority for domestic defense in-
dustrial base facilities and the major range and test facilities 
base. 
Sec. 1106. Direct hire authority for financial management experts in the Depart-
ment of Defense workforce.
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Sec. 1107. Authority for waiver of requirement for a baccalaureate degree for po-
sitions in the Department of Defense on cybersecurity and com-
puter programming. 
Subtitle B—Government-wide Matters 
Sec. 1111. Elimination of foreign exemption provision in regard to overtime for 
Federal civilian employees temporarily assigned to a foreign 
area. 
Sec. 1112. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on pre-
mium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian 
employees working overseas. 
Sec. 1113. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, bene-
fits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a 
combat zone. 
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. Support of special operations for irregular warfare. 
Sec. 1202. Modification of authority on support of special operations to combat 
terrorism. 
Sec. 1203. Modifications of certain authority in connection with reform of defense 
security cooperation programs and activities. 
Sec. 1204. Global Security Contingency Fund matters. 
Sec. 1205. Defense Institute of International Legal Studies. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Afghanistan and Pakistan 
Sec. 1211. Extension of Commanders’ Emergency Response Program and related 
authorities. 
Sec. 1212. Extension of authority to transfer defense articles and provide defense 
services to the military and security forces of Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1213. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of certain 
coalition nations for support provided to United States military 
operations. 
Sec. 1214. Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in 
countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1215. Extension of semiannual report on enhancing security and stability in 
Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1216. Sense of Congress regarding the Afghan special immigrant visa pro-
gram. 
Sec. 1217. Special immigrant visas for Afghan allies. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Syria, Iraq, and Iran 
Sec. 1231. Modification of authority to provide assistance to counter the Islamic 
State of Iraq and Syria. 
Sec. 1232. Modification of authority to provide assistance to the vetted Syrian 
opposition. 
Sec. 1233. Extension and modification of authority to support operations and ac-
tivities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 
Sec. 1234. Modification and additional elements in annual report on the military 
power of Iran.
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Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the Russian Federation 
Sec. 1241. Extension of limitation on military cooperation between the United 
States and the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1242. Extension of limitation on availability of funds relating to activities 
to recognize the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Cri-
mea. 
Sec. 1243. Extension of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. 
Sec. 1244. Extension of authority on training for Eastern European national se-
curity forces in the course of multilateral exercises. 
Sec. 1245. Security assistance for Baltic nations for joint program for resiliency 
and deterrence against aggression. 
Sec. 1246. Annual report on military and security developments involving the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1247. Annual report on attempts of the Russian Federation to provide 
disinformation and propaganda to members of the Armed Forces 
by social media. 
Sec. 1248. Support of European Deterrence Initiative to deter Russian aggres-
sion. 
Sec. 1249. Sense of Congress on the European Deterrence Initiative. 
Sec. 1250. Enhancement of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. 
Sec. 1251. Sense of Congress on the importance of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization Intelligence Fusion Center. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the Asia-Pacific Region 
Sec. 1261. Asia-Pacific Stability Initiative. 
Sec. 1262. Expansion of military-to-military engagement with the Government of 
Burma. 
Sec. 1263. Agreement supplemental to Compact of Free Association with Palau. 
Sec. 1264. Workforce issues for relocation of Marines to Guam. 
Sec. 1265. United States policy with respect to freedom of navigation operations 
and overflight beyond the territorial seas. 
Sec. 1266. Sense of Congress on the importance of the rule of law in the South 
China Sea. 
Sec. 1267. Sense of Congress on the importance of the relationship between the 
United States and Japan. 
Sec. 1268. Sense of Congress on the importance of the United States alliance with 
the Republic of Korea. 
Sec. 1269. Sense of Congress on extended deterrence for the Korean Peninsula and 
Japan. 
Sec. 1270. Defense partnership between the United States and Taiwan. 
Sec. 1270A. Naval port of call exchanges between the United States and Taiwan. 
Sec. 1270B. Program to enhance the undersea warfare capabilities of Taiwan. 
Sec. 1270C. Invitation of Taiwan military forces to participate in joint military 
exercises. 
Sec. 1270D. Report on military exchanges between senior officers and officials of 
the United States and Taiwan. 
Subtitle F—Reports 
Sec. 1271. Submittal of Department of Defense Supplemental and Cost of War 
Execution reports on quarterly basis. 
Sec. 1272. Consolidation of reports on United States Armed Forces, civilian em-
ployees, and contractors deployed in support of Operation Inher-
ent Resolve and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
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Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 1281. Modification of availability of funds in Special Defense Acquisition 
Fund for precision guided munitions. 
Sec. 1282. Use of funds in the United States for certain United States-Israel anti- 
tunnel cooperation activities. 
Sec. 1283. Foreign military sales letters of request for pricing and availability. 
Sec. 1284. Sense of Congress on reaffirming strategic partnerships and allies. 
Sec. 1285. Sense of Congress on consideration of impact of marine debris in trade 
agreements. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds. 
Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1402. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense. 
Sec. 1403. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1404. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1405. Defense Health Program. 
Subtitle B—National Defense Stockpile 
Sec. 1411. Authority to dispose of certain materials from and to acquire addi-
tional materials for the National Defense Stockpile. 
Subtitle C—Chemical Demilitarization Matters 
Sec. 1421. Acquisition reporting on major chemical demilitarization programs of 
the Department of Defense. 
Subtitle D—Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Sec. 1431. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
Sec. 1432. Armed Forces Retirement Home matters. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 1441. Authority for transfer of funds to Joint Department of Defense-Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 
for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois. 
Sec. 1442. Enhancement of database of emergency response capabilities of the De-
partment of Defense. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 1503. Procurement. 
Sec. 1504. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1505. Operation and maintenance.
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Sec. 1506. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1507. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1508. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1509. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1510. Defense Health Program. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1521. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1522. Special transfer authority. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 1531. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, CYBER, AND INTELLIGENCE 
MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
Sec. 1601. Air Force Space Command. 
Sec. 1602. Air Force space contractor responsibility watch list. 
Sec. 1603. Presidential National Voice Conferencing System. 
Sec. 1604. Limitation on use of funds for Delta IV launch vehicle. 
Sec. 1605. Policy of the United States with respect to classification of space as 
a combat domain. 
Sec. 1606. Launch support and infrastructure modernization. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 1611. Extension of authority to engage in commercial activities as security 
for intelligence collection activities. 
Sec. 1612. Consideration of service by recipients of Boren scholarships and fellow-
ships in excepted service positions as service by such recipients 
under career appointments for purposes of career tenure. 
Subtitle C—Cyber Warfare, Cybersecurity, and Related Matters 
Sec. 1621. Policy of the United States on cyberspace, cybersecurity, and cyber 
warfare. 
Sec. 1622. Cyber posture review. 
Sec. 1623. Modification and clarification of requirements and authorities relating 
to establishment of unified combatant command for cyber oper-
ations. 
Sec. 1624. Annual assessment of cyber resiliency of nuclear command and control 
system. 
Sec. 1625. Strategic Cybersecurity Program. 
Sec. 1626. Evaluation of agile acquisition of cyber tools and applications. 
Sec. 1627. Report on cost implications of terminating dual-hat arrangement for 
Commander of United States Cyber Command. 
Sec. 1628. Modification of Information Assurance Scholarship Program. 
Sec. 1629. Measuring compliance of components of Department of Defense with 
cybersecurity requirements for securing industrial control sys-
tems. 
Sec. 1630. Exercise on assessing cybersecurity support to election systems of 
States. 
Sec. 1630A. Report on various approaches to cyber deterrence. 
Sec. 1630B. Prohibition on use of software platforms developed by Kaspersky Lab.
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Sec. 1630C. Report on cyber applications of blockchain technology. 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 
Sec. 1631. Collection, storage, and sharing of data relating to nuclear security en-
terprise. 
Sec. 1632. Establishment of procedures for implementation of Nuclear Enterprise 
Review. 
Sec. 1633. Procurement authority for certain parts of intercontinental ballistic 
missiles. 
Sec. 1634. Execution and programmatic oversight of nuclear command, control, 
and communications programs. 
Sec. 1635. Measures in response to noncompliance of the Russian Federation with 
its obligations under the INF Treaty. 
Sec. 1636. Certification that the Nuclear Posture Review addresses deterrent effect 
and operation of United States nuclear forces in current and fu-
ture security environments. 
Sec. 1637. Plan to manage Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment 
System and multi-domain sensors. 
Sec. 1638. Certification requirement with respect to strategic radiation hardened 
trusted foundry. 
Sec. 1639. Requirements for Nuclear Posture Review. 
Sec. 1640. Sense of Congress on Nuclear Posture Review. 
Subtitle E—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 1651. Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli Cooperative 
Missile Defense Program co-development and co-production. 
Sec. 1652. Development of persistent space-based sensor architecture. 
Sec. 1653. Ground-based interceptor capability, capacity and reliability. 
Sec. 1654. Sense of the Senate on the state of United States missile defense. 
Sec. 1655. Sense of the Senate and report on ground-based midcourse defense test-
ing. 
Subtitle F—Cyber Scholarship Opportunities 
Sec. 1661. Short title. 
Sec. 1662. Community college cyber pilot program and assessment. 
Sec. 1663. Federal Cyber Scholarship-for Service program updates. 
Sec. 1664. Cybersecurity teaching. 
DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 2001. Short title. 
Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by 
law. 
Sec. 2003. Effective date. 
TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2102. Family housing. 
Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army. 
Sec. 2104. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 project. 
Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 project. 
Sec. 2106. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2014 project. 
Sec. 2107. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2015 projects.
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TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2202. Family housing. 
Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. 
Sec. 2205. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2014 projects. 
Sec. 2206. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2015 projects. 
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2302. Family housing. 
Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. 
Sec. 2305. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 
projects. 
Sec. 2306. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2015 projects. 
TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2402. Authorized energy conservation projects. 
Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. 
Sec. 2404. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 project. 
Sec. 2405. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2014 projects. 
Sec. 2406. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2015 projects. 
TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 
Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. 
Subtitle B—Host Country In-kind Contributions 
Sec. 2511. Republic of Korea funded construction projects. 
Sec. 2512. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 
projects. 
TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
Subtitle A—Project Authorizations and Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and 
land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve.
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Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 2611. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 project. 
Sec. 2612. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2014 projects. 
Sec. 2613. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2015 projects. 
TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure ac-
tivities funded through Department of Defense Base Closure Ac-
count. 
Sec. 2702. Prohibition on conducting additional base realignment and closure 
(BRAC) round. 
TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing 
Changes 
Sec. 2801. Authority to use expiring funds for certain military construction 
projects. 
Sec. 2802. Extension of temporary, limited authority to use operation and main-
tenance funds for construction projects in certain areas outside 
the United States. 
Sec. 2803. Authorized cost increases. 
Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities Administration 
Sec. 2811. Authority to use energy cost savings for energy resilience, mission as-
surance, and weather damage repair and prevention measures. 
Sec. 2812. Modification of unspecified minor military construction project au-
thority to cover correction of deficiencies that are threats to in-
stallation resilience. 
Sec. 2813. Land exchange valuation of property with reduced development that 
limits encroachment on military installations. 
Sec. 2814. Access to military installations by transportation network companies. 
Subtitle C—Land Conveyances 
Sec. 2821. Land conveyance, Natick Soldier Systems Center, Massachusetts. 
Sec. 2822. Land conveyance, Army and Air Force Exchange Service property, 
Dallas, Texas. 
Sec. 2823. Land conveyances, certain former peacekeeper ICBM facilities in Wyo-
ming. 
Sec. 2824. Land exchange, Naval Industrial Ordnance Reserve Plant, Sunnyvale, 
California. 
Sec. 2825. Land exchange, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. 
Subtitle D—Project Management and Oversight Reforms 
Sec. 2831. Notification requirement for certain cost overruns and schedule delays. 
Sec. 2832. Limited authority for private sector supervision of military construc-
tion projects in event of extensive cost overruns or project delays. 
Sec. 2833. Annual report on cost overruns and schedule delays. 
Sec. 2834. Report on design errors and omissions related to Fort Bliss hospital 
replacement project.
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Sec. 2835. Report on cost increase and delay related to USSTRATCOM command 
and control facility project at Offutt Air Force Base. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 2841. Annual Department of Defense energy management reports. 
Sec. 2842. Aggregation of energy efficiency and energy resilience projects in life 
cycle cost analyses. 
Sec. 2843. Authority of the Secretary of the Air Force to accept lessee improve-
ments at Air Force Plant 42. 
Sec. 2844. Prohibition on use of funds for Kwajalein project. 
Sec. 2845. Energy resilience. 
Sec. 2846. Consideration of energy security and energy resilience in awarding en-
ergy and fuel contracts for military installations. 
Sec. 2847. Requirement to address energy resilience in exercising utility system 
conveyance authority. 
Sec. 2848. In-kind lease payments; prioritization of utility services that promote 
energy resilience. 
Sec. 2849. Disclosure of beneficial ownership by foreign persons of high security 
space leased by the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 2850. Establishment of a visitor services facility on the Arlington Ridge 
tract. 
Sec. 2851. Joint use of Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta, Georgia, with civil 
aviation. 
TITLE XXIX—OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2901. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2902. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2903. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 2904. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2015 projects. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security Programs and Authorizations 
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 
Sec. 3104. Nuclear energy. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 3111. Assessment and development of prototype nuclear weapons of foreign 
countries. 
Sec. 3112. Use of funds for construction and project support activities relating to 
MOX facility. 
Sec. 3113. Repeal, consolidation, and modification of reporting requirements. 
Sec. 3114. National Nuclear Security Administration personnel system. 
Sec. 3115. Annual reports on unfunded priorities of National Nuclear Security 
Administration.
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TITLE LII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Sec. 5201. Reauthorization of Department of Defense Established Program To 
Stimulate Competitive Research. 
Sec. 5202. Pilot program to improve incentives for technology transfer from De-
partment of Defense laboratories. 
TITLE LIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Sec. 5301. Comptroller General report on Department of Defense installation ac-
cess control initiatives. 
Sec. 5302. Comprehensive plan for sharing depot-level maintenance best practices. 
Sec. 5303. Facilities demolition plan of the Army. 
TITLE LV—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Sec. 5501. Criminal background checks of employees of the military child care 
system and providers of child care services and youth program 
services for military dependents. 
Sec. 5502. Review of TAP for women. 
Sec. 5503. Annual report on participation in the Transition Assistance Program 
for members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 5504. Modification of deadline for submittal by officers of written commu-
nications to promotion selection boards on matters of importance 
to their selection. 
Sec. 5505. Standardization of authorities in connection with repeal of statutory 
specification of general officer grade for the Dean of the Aca-
demic Board of the United States Military Academy and the 
Dean of the Faculty of the United States Air Force Academy. 
Sec. 5506. Civilian training for National Guard pilots and sensor operator air-
crews of MQ–9 unmanned aerial vehicles. 
Sec. 5507. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to Garlin M. Conner 
for acts of valor during World War II. 
Sec. 5508. Educational opportunities for military children in science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics. 
TITLE LLVI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Sec. 5601. Report on use of second-destination transportation to transport fresh 
fruit and vegetables to commissaries in the Asia-Pacific region. 
Sec. 5602. Report on management of military commissaries and exchanges. 
TITLE LVII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Sec. 5701. Study on safe opioid prescribing practices. 
Sec. 5702. Specification that individuals under the age of 21 are eligible for hos-
pice care services under the TRICARE program. 
Sec. 5703. Regular update of prescription drug pricing standard under 
TRICARE retail pharmacy program. 
Sec. 5704. Longitudinal medical study on blast pressure exposure of members of 
the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 5705. Authorization of physical therapist assistants and occupational ther-
apy assistants to provide services under the TRICARE program.
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TITLE LIX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Sec. 5901. Designation of office within Office of the Secretary of Defense to over-
see use of food assistance programs by members of the Armed 
Forces on active duty. 
TITLE LX—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 6001. Air Force pilot program on education and training and certification 
of secondary and post-secondary students as aircraft technicians. 
Sec. 6002. Collaboration between Federal Aviation Administration and Depart-
ment of Defense on unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 6003. Report on defense of combat logistics and strategic mobility forces. 
Sec. 6004. Report on the circumstances surrounding the 2016 attacks on the 
U.S.S. Mason. 
Sec. 6005. Office of Special Counsel reauthorization. 
Sec. 6006. Rule of construction on certifications on audit readiness of the Depart-
ment of Defense and the military departments, Defense Agencies, 
and other organizations and elements of the Department of De-
fense. 
Sec. 6007. Certifications on reliability of the financial statements of the Depart-
ment of Defense and the military departments, Defense Agencies, 
and other organizations and elements of the Department of De-
fense. 
Sec. 6008. Streamlining of requirements in connection with audits and the reli-
ability of the financial statements of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 6009. Rankings of auditability of financial statements of the organizations 
and elements of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 6010. Report on implementation of Comptroller General of the United States 
recommendations for the Department of Defense, Department of 
State, and United States Agency for International Development. 
Sec. 6011. Report on airports used by Mahan Air. 
Sec. 6012. OPEN Government data. 
Sec. 6013. Briefing on plans to develop and improve additive manufacturing ca-
pabilities. 
TITLE LXII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Sec. 6201. Advancements in defense cooperation between the United States and 
India. 
Sec. 6202. Comptroller General of the United States report. 
Sec. 6203. Human rights vetting of Afghan National Defense and Security 
Forces. 
Sec. 6204. Additional matter for sense of Congress on extended deterrence for the 
Korean peninsula and Japan. 
Sec. 6205. Study on United States interests in the Freely Associated States. 
Sec. 6206. Plan to enhance the extended deterrence and assurance capabilities of 
the United States in the Asia-Pacific region. 
Sec. 6207. Rule of construction on provisions relating to the Ukraine Security As-
sistance Initiative. 
Sec. 6208. Extension of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. 
Sec. 6209. Extension of authority on training for Eastern European national se-
curity forces in the course of multilateral exercises. 
Sec. 6210. Security assistance for Baltic nations for joint program for resiliency 
and deterrence against aggression.
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Sec. 6211. Annual report on military and security developments involving the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 6212. Annual report on attempts of the Russian Federation to provide 
disinformation and propaganda to members of the Armed Forces 
by social media. 
Sec. 6213. Support of European Deterrence Initiative to deter Russian aggres-
sion. 
Sec. 6214. Sense of Congress on the European Deterrence Initiative. 
Sec. 6215. Enhancement of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. 
Sec. 6216. Assessment of the expanding global influence of China and its impact 
on the national security interests of the United States. 
Sec. 6217. Ineffectiveness of expansion of military-to-military engagement with 
the Government of Burma. 
TITLE LXVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, CYBER, AND INTELLIGENCE 
MATTERS 
Sec. 6601. Sense of Congress on use of Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility 
Program and Department of Defense Information Technology 
Exchange Program to obtain personnel with cyber skills and 
abilities for the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 6602. Sense of Congress on establishing an award program for the cyber 
community of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 6603. Review of United States nuclear and radiological terrorism prevention 
strategy. 
Sec. 6604. Sense of Congress on National Space Defense Center. 
Sec. 6605. Prohibition on establishment of military department or corps separate 
from or subordinate to the current military departments. 
Sec. 6606. Rule of construction on Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system 
and Israeli Cooperative Missile Defense Program. 
Sec. 6607. Report on integration of modernization and sustainment of nuclear 
triad. 
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. 
TITLE LXXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
Sec. 7801. Certification related to certain acquisitions or leases of real property. 
Sec. 7802. Energy security for military installations in Europe. 
Sec. 7803. Land conveyance, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. 
Sec. 7804. Annual locality adjustment of dollar thresholds applicable to unspec-
ified minor military construction authorities. 
TITLE LXXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 8101. Albuquerque Complex upgrades construction project. 
TITLE LXXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
Sec. 8201. Authorization.
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DIVISION F—FURTHER ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 
TITLE CI—PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 10101. Interim Combat Service Rifle. 
TITLE CII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Sec. 10201. Support for national security innovation and entrepreneurial edu-
cation. 
Sec. 10202. Ineffectiveness of codification and enhancement of authorities to pro-
vide funds for defense laboratories for research and development 
of technologies for military missions. 
Sec. 10203. Codification and enhancement of authorities to provide funds for de-
fense laboratories for research and development of technologies 
for military missions. 
Sec. 10204. Annual report on unfunded requirements for laboratory military con-
struction projects. 
Sec. 10205. Very-low profile hardware to interact with the Mobile User Objective 
System and other systems. 
TITLE CIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Sec. 10301. Report on release of radium or radioactive material into the ground-
water near the industrial reserve plant in Bethpage, New York. 
Sec. 10302. Sense on Congress on the small turbine engine industrial base. 
Sec. 10303. Report on optimization of training in and management of special use 
airspace. 
Sec. 10304. Centers for Disease Control study on health implications of per- and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in drinking water. 
TITLE CV—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Sec. 10501. Flexibility in promotion of Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Air 
Force. 
Sec. 10502. Ineffectiveness of pilot program on integration of Department of De-
fense and non-Federal efforts for civilian employment of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces following transition from active duty 
to civilian life. 
Sec. 10503. Pilot program on integration of Department of Defense and non-Fed-
eral efforts for civilian employment of members of the Armed 
Forces following transition from active duty to civilian life. 
TITLE CVI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Sec. 10601. Sense of Senate on the use by exchange stores of small businesses as 
suppliers. 
Sec. 10602. Garnishment to satisfy judgment rendered for physically, sexually, or 
emotionally abusing a child. 
Sec. 10603. Element in next quadrennial review of military compensation on 
value assigned by members of the Armed Forces to various as-
pects of military compensation. 
TITLE CVII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Sec. 10701. Requirement for reimbursement by Department of Defense to entities 
carrying out State vaccination programs for costs of vaccines 
provided to covered beneficiaries.
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Sec. 10702. Eligibility for certain health care benefits of members of the Selected 
Reserve ordered to active duty for preplanned missions in sup-
port of the combatant commands. 
TITLE CVIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, 
AND RELATED MATTERS 
Sec. 10801. Responsibilities of commercial market representatives. 
Sec. 10802. Modification to the HUBZone program. 
Sec. 10803. Report on defense contracting fraud. 
Sec. 10804. Government micro-purchase threshold matters. 
TITLE CIX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Sec. 10901. Report on implementation of requirements in connection with the or-
ganization of the Department of Defense for management of spe-
cial operations forces and special operations. 
Sec. 10902. Report on the need for a Joint Chemical-Biological Defense Logistics 
Center. 
TITLE CX—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Additional General Provisions 
Sec. 11001. Expansion of availability from the Department of Veterans Affairs of 
counseling and treatment for sexual trauma for members of the 
Armed Forces. 
Sec. 11002. Report on the global food system and vulnerabilities relevant to De-
partment of Defense missions. 
Sec. 11003. Ineffectiveness of Department of Defense integration of information 
operations and cyber-enabled information operations. 
Sec. 11004. Department of Defense integration of information operations and 
cyber-enabled information operations. 
Sec. 11005. Report on cyber capability and readiness shortfalls of Army Combat 
Training Centers. 
Sec. 11006. Report on the audit of the full financial statements of the Department 
of Defense. 
Sec. 11007. Report on hurricane damage to Department of Defense assets. 
Sec. 11008. Establishment of center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitiga-
tion, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating 
to exposure to burn pits and other environmental exposures. 
Subtitle B—Government Purchase and Travel Cards 
Sec. 11021. Short title. 
Sec. 11022. Definitions. 
Sec. 11023. Expanded use of data analytics. 
Sec. 11024. Guidance on improving information sharing to curb improper pay-
ments. 
Sec. 11025. Interagency Charge Card Data Management Group. 
Sec. 11026. Reporting requirements. 
TITLE CXII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Sec. 11201. Sense of Congress on cybersecurity cooperation with Ukraine. 
Sec. 11202. North Korea strategy.
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Sec. 11203. Plan on improvement of ability of foreign governments participating 
in United States institutional capacity building programs to 
protect civilians. 
Sec. 11204. Report on the capabilities and activities of the Islamic State of Iraq 
and Syria and other violent extremist groups in Southeast Asia. 
Sec. 11205. Sense of Congress on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. 
Sec. 11206. Clarification of authority to support border security operations of 
certain foreign countries. 
TITLE CXVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, CYBER, AND INTELLIGENCE 
MATTERS 
Sec. 11601. Requirements relating to multi-use sensitive compartmented informa-
tion facilities. 
Sec. 11602. Ineffectiveness of prohibition on use of software platforms developed 
by Kaspersky Lab. 
Sec. 11603. Prohibition on use of software platforms developed by Kaspersky Lab. 
Sec. 11604. Report on significant security risks of defense critical electric infra-
structure. 
Sec. 11605. Report on progress made in implementing the Cyber Excepted Per-
sonnel System. 
Sec. 11606. Report on acquisition strategy to recapitalize the existing system for 
undersea fixed surveillance. 
Sec. 11607. Comprehensive review of maritime intelligence, surveillance, recon-
naissance, and targeting. 
Sec. 11608. Report on training infrastructure for cyber forces. 
TITLE CXXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
Sec. 12801. Technical correction to authority for return of certain lands at Fort 
Wingate, New Mexico, to original inhabitants. 
Sec. 12802. Energy resilience. 
TITLE CXXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 13101. Plutonium capabilities. 
TITLE CXXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 13501. Ineffectiveness of Martime Administration provisions. 
Sec. 13502. Authorization of the Maritime Administration. 
Sec. 13503. Removal adjunct professor limit at United States Merchant Marine 
Academy. 
Sec. 13504. Acceptance of guarantees in conjunction with partial donations for 
major projects of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. 
Sec. 13505. Authority to pay conveyance or transfer expenses in connection with 
acceptance of a gift to the United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy. 
Sec. 13506. Authority to participate in Federal, State or other research grants. 
Sec. 13607. Assistance for small shipyards and maritime communities. 
Sec. 13508. Domestic maritime centers of excellence. 
Sec. 13509. Access to satellite communication devices during Sea Year program. 
Sec. 13510. Actions to address sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking at the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy.
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Sec. 13511. Sexual assault prevention and response staff. 
Sec. 13512. Protection of students from sexual assault onboard vessels. 
Sec. 13513. Training requirement for sexual assault investigators. 
TITLE CXXXI—FUNDING TABLES 
Sec. 14001. Funding tables. 
Sec. 14002. Additional funding table matters. 
Sec. 14003. Expansion of SkillBridge initiative to include participation by Fed-
eral agencies. 
Sec. 14004. Temporary extension of extended period of protections for members of 
uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, 
and eviction. 
Sec. 14005. Report on compliance with runway clear zone requirements. 
Sec. 14006. Limitation on cancellation of designation of Secretary of the Air 
Force as Department of Defense Executive Agent for a certain 
Defense Production Act Program. 
Sec. 14007. Report on the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures 
Center (NBACC) and Limitation on Use of Funds. 
Sec. 14008. Buy American Act training for Defense acquisition workforce. 
Sec. 14009.
Sec. 14010. Recognition of the National Museum of World War II Aviation. 
Sec. 14011. Increased term limit for intergovernmental support agreements to 
provide installation support services. 
Sec. 14012. Report on utilization of small businesses for Federal contracts. 
Sec. 14013. Venue for prosecution of maritime drug trafficking. 
Sec. 14014. Sense of Congress on fire protection in Department of Defense facili-
ties. 
Sec. 14015.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purposes of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, 
jointly submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Commit-
tees, provided that such statement has been submitted prior
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to the vote on passage in the House acting first on the con-
ference report or amendment between the Houses. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2018 for procurement for the Army, the Navy and 
the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide activi-
ties, as specified in the funding table in section 4101. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
SEC. 111. TRANSFER OF EXCESS HIGH MOBILITY MULTI-
PURPOSE WHEELED VEHICLES TO FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES. 
(a) TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 153 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 2581 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2581a. Transfer of excess High Mobility Multipur-
pose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) to for-
eign countries 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS.—(1) Before an excess High Mo-
bility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) is trans-
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ferred on a grant or sales basis to a foreign country for 
the purpose of operation by that country, the Secretary of 
Defense shall ensure that the HMMWV receives the same 
new, modernized powertrain and a modernized, armored or 
armor-capable crew compartment restored to like-new con-
dition that the HMMWV would receive if it were to be mod-
ernized for operational use by the armed forces. 
‘‘(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘the 
same new, modernized powertrain’— 
‘‘(A) means a fully-functioning new powertrain 
system; and 
‘‘(B) does not mean an individual part, compo-
nent, subassembly, assembly, or subsystem integral to 
the functioning of the powertrain system such as a 
new engine or transmission. 
‘‘(3) Any work performed pursuant to paragraph (1) 
shall be performed in the United States and shall be covered 
by section 2460(b)(1) of this title. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—Subject to the requirements of sub-
section (c), the Secretary may waive the requirements of 
subsection (a)(1) if the Secretary determines in writing that 
such an exception is required by the national security inter-
ests of the United States. 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION.—(1) If the Secretary makes a 
written determination under subsection (b), the Secretary
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may not transfer excess HMMWVs until 30 days after the 
Secretary has provided notice of the proposed transfer to 
the congressional defense committees. The notification shall 
include— 
‘‘(A) the total quantity of HMMWVs, the serial 
and model numbers of each individual HMMWV, and 
the age, condition, and expected useful life of each in-
dividual HMMWV to be transferred; 
‘‘(B) the recipient of the HMMWVs, the intended 
use of the HMMWVs, and a description of the na-
tional security interests of the United States necessi-
tating the transfer; 
‘‘(C) an explanation of why it is not in the na-
tional security interests of the United States to make 
the transfer in accordance with the requirements of 
subsection (a); 
‘‘(D) the impact on the national technology and 
industrial base and, particularly, any reduction of 
the opportunities of entities in the national tech-
nology and industrial base to sell new or used 
HMMWVs to the countries to which the proposed 
transfer of HMMWVs is to take place; and 
‘‘(E) the names of all entities in the national 
technology and industrial base consulted as part of 
the determination in subsection (D), as well as the
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(3) Shipbuilding. 
(4) Explosives detection and defeat. 
(5) Undersea warfare. 
(6) Trusted electronics. 
(7) Unmanned systems. 
(8) Directed energy. 
(9) Energy, power, and propulsion. 
(10) Management science and operations re-
search. 
(11) Artificial intelligence. 
(12) Data analytics. 
(13) Business systems. 
(14) Technology transfer and transition. 
(15) Biological engineering and genetic enhance-
ment. 
(16) High performance computing. 
(17) Materials science and engineering. 
(18) Quantum information sciences. 
(19) Special operations activities. 
(20) Modeling and simulation. 
(21) Autonomous systems. 
(22) Model based engineering. 
(23) Such other areas as the Secretary considers 
appropriate.
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(f) SUNSET.—The authorities under this section shall 
expire on September 30, 2020. 
(g) ARRANGEMENTS
ESTABLISHED
UNDER
SUB-
SECTION (A)(1) DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘ar-
rangement established under subsection (a)(1)’’ means a 
multi-institution task order contract, consortia, cooperative 
agreement, or other arrangement established under sub-
section (a)(1). 
SEC. 212. CODIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORI-
TIES TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR DEFENSE LAB-
ORATORIES FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR MILITARY MIS-
SIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2362 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 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
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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 revitalization recapitalization, 
or minor military construction of the laboratory in-
frastructure and equipment, in accordance with sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(2) The mechanisms established under paragraph (1) 
shall provide that funding shall be used under paragraph 
(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
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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.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, 
funds available under a mechanism under subsection 
(a)(1)(D) that are solely intended to carry out a laboratory 
infrastructure project shall be available for such project 
until expended. 
‘‘(2) Funds shall be available in accordance with para-
graph (1) for a project referred to in such paragraph only 
if the Secretary notifies the congressional defense commit-
tees of the total cost of the project before the date on which 
the Secretary uses a mechanism under subsection (a)(1)(D) 
for such project. 
‘‘(3) Funds may accumulate under a mechanism 
under subsection (a) for a project referred to in paragraph 
(1) for not more than five years. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall ensure that a project referred 
to in paragraph (1) for which funds are made available 
in accordance with such paragraph complies with the ap-
plicable cost limitations in the following provisions of law: 
‘‘(A) Section 2805(d) of this title, with respect to 
revitalization and recapitalization projects.
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‘‘(B) Section 2811 of this title, with respect to 
repair projects. 
‘‘(C) Section 2802 of this title, with respect to 
construction projects that exceed the cost specified in 
subsection (a)(2) of section 2805 of this title for cer-
tain unspecified minor military construction projects 
for laboratories. 
‘‘(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
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Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. 2358 
note)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2363(a) of this title’’. 
SEC. 213. MODIFICATION OF LABORATORY QUALITY EN-
HANCEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 211 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 
328) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
semicolon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) new interpretations of existing statutes 
and regulations that would enhance the ability of 
a director of a science and technology reinven-
tion laboratory to manage the facility and dis-
charge the mission of the laboratory;’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) Each panel described in paragraph (1), (2), 
or (3) of subsection (b) shall submit to the panel described 
in paragraph (4) of such subsection (relating to governance 
and oversight processes) the following:
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‘‘(i) The findings of the panel with respect to the 
review conducted by the panel under subsection 
(a)(1)(C). 
‘‘(ii) The recommendations made by the panel 
under such subsection. 
‘‘(iii) 
Such 
comments, 
findings, 
and 
rec-
ommendations as the panel may have received by a 
science and technology reinvention laboratory with re-
spect to— 
‘‘(I) the review conducted by the panel 
under such subsection; or 
‘‘(II) recommendations made by the panel 
under such subsection. 
‘‘(B)(i) The panel described in subsection (b)(4) shall 
review and refashion such recommendations as the panel 
may receive under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) In reviewing and refashioning recommendations 
under clause (i), the panel may, as the panel considers ap-
propriate, consult with the science and technology executive 
of the affected service. 
‘‘(C) The panel described in subsection (b)(4) shall sub-
mit to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and En-
gineering the recommendations made by the panel under 
subsection (a)(1)(C) and the recommendations refashioned 
by the panel under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph.’’;
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(3) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsection (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) INTERPRETATION OF PROVISIONS OF LAW.—(1) 
The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineer-
ing, acting under the guidance of the Secretary, shall issue 
regulations regarding the meaning, scope, implementation, 
and applicability of any provision of a statute relating to 
a science and technology reinvention laboratory. 
‘‘(2) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), 
the Under Secretary shall, to the degree practicable, empha-
size providing the maximum operational flexibility to the 
directors of the science and technology reinvention labora-
tories to discharge the missions of their laboratories. 
‘‘(3) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), 
the Under Secretary shall seek recommendations from the 
panel described in subsection (b)(4).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—(1) Subsections (a), 
(c)(1)(C), and (d)(2) of such section are amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 
(2) Subparagraph (C) of section 342(b)(3) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Pub-
lic Law 103–337), as amended by section 211(f) of the Na-
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tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub-
lic Law 114–328), as redesignated by subsection (a)(3) of 
this section, is amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 
SEC. 214. PRIZES FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVE-
MENTS. 
Section 2374a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘in recognition 
of’’ and inserting ‘‘and other types of prizes that the 
Secretary determines are appropriate to recognize’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘cash’’ both 
places it appears; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and from State and local 
governments’’ and inserting ‘‘, from State and 
local governments, and from the private sector’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The Secretary may not give any special consid-
eration to any private sector entity in return for 
a donation.’’; and 
(4) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) USE OF PRIZE AUTHORITY.—Use of prize author-
ity under this section shall be considered the use of competi-
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tive procedures for the purposes of section 2304 of this 
title.’’. 
SEC. 215. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF COMPETITIVE 
PROCEDURES TO INCLUDE COMPETITIVE SE-
LECTION FOR AWARD OF RESEARCH AND DE-
VELOPMENT PROPOSALS. 
Section 2302(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘basic research’’ and inserting ‘‘re-
search and development’’. 
SEC. 216. INCLUSION OF MODELING AND SIMULATION IN 
TEST AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES FOR PUR-
POSES OF PLANNING AND BUDGET CERTIFI-
CATION. 
Section 196 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1), in the first sentence, by 
inserting ‘‘, including modeling and simulation capa-
bilities’’ after ‘‘and resources’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting ‘‘, including 
modeling and simulation activities,’’ after ‘‘evalua-
tion activities’’. 
SEC. 217. DIFFERENTIATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT ACTIVITIES FROM SERVICE ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of activities and 
programs carried out by the Department of Defense, re-
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search and development activities, including activities 
under the Small Business Innovation Research Program 
(SBIR) or the Small Business Technology Transfer Pro-
gram (STTR), shall be considered as separate and distinct 
from contract service activities. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
issue updated guidance to carry out this section. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section: 
(A) The term ‘‘advisory and assistance serv-
ice’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1105(g)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 
(B) The term ‘‘research and development ac-
tivities’’— 
(i) means— 
(I) creative work undertaken on a 
systematic basis in order to increase 
the stock of knowledge, including the 
knowledge of man, culture, and society; 
and 
(II) the use of the stock of knowl-
edge described in subparagraph (A) to 
devise new applications; and
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(ii) includes activities described in sec-
tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638). 
(C) The term ‘‘contract service activities’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘contract serv-
ices’’ in section 2330(c) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(D) The terms ‘‘Small Business Innovation 
Research Program’’ and ‘‘Small Business Tech-
nology Transfer Program’’ have the meanings 
given such terms in section 9(e) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)). 
(2) DEFINITION OF SERVICES FOR PURPOSES OF 
REQUIREMENTS
RELATING
TO
TRACKING
OF
PUR-
CHASES OF SERVICES.—Section 2330a(h) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SERVICES.—The term ‘services’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘contract services’ in section 
2330(c) of this title.’’. 
SEC. 218. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RE-
INVENTION LABORATORIES. 
Section 1105(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 10 U.S.C.
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2358 note) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs: 
‘‘(20) The Air Force Office of Scientific Re-
search. 
‘‘(21) The 711th Human Performance Wing of 
the Air Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(22) The Air Vehicles Directorate of the Air 
Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(23) The Directed Energy Directorate of the Air 
Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(24) The Information Directorate of the Air 
Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(25) The Materials and Manufacturing Direc-
torate of the Air Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(26) The Munitions Directorate of the Air Force 
Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(27) The Propulsion Directorate of the Air 
Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(28) The Sensors Directorate of the Air Force 
Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(29) The Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air 
Force Research Laboratory. 
‘‘(30) The Naval Facilities Engineering and Ex-
peditionary Warfare Center.’’.
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SEC. 219. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTED ENERGY 
WEAPON SYSTEM PROTOTYPING AND DEM-
ONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, act-
ing through the Under Secretary, shall establish a program 
on the prototyping and demonstration of directed energy 
weapon systems to build and maintain the military superi-
ority of the United States by— 
(1) accelerating the fielding of directed energy 
weapon systems that would help counter technological 
advantages of potential adversaries of the United 
States; and 
(2) supporting the military departments, the 
combatant commanders, the United States Special 
Operations Command, and the Missile Defense Agen-
cy in developing prototypes and demonstrating oper-
ational utility of high energy lasers and high powered 
microwave weapon systems. 
(b) GUIDELINES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-
retary shall issue guidelines for the operation of the 
program established under subsection (a), including— 
(A) criteria for an application for funding 
by a military department, defense agency, or a 
combatant command;
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(B) the priorities, if any, to be provided to 
field directed energy weapon system technologies 
developed by research funding of the Department 
or industry; and 
(C) criteria for evaluation of an application 
for funding or changes to policies or acquisition 
and business practices by such a department, 
agency, or command for purposes of improving 
the effectiveness and efficiency of the Program. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Funding for a military de-
partment, defense agency, or combatant command 
under the program established under subsection (a) 
may only be available for advanced technology devel-
opment, prototyping, and demonstrations in which 
the Department of Defense maintains management of 
the technical baseline and a primary emphasis on 
technology transition and evaluating military utility 
to enhance the likelihood that the particular directed 
energy weapon system will meet the Department end 
user’s need. 
(c) APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than once 
each year, the Under Secretary shall solicit from the 
heads of the military departments, the defense agen-
cies, and the combatant commands applications for
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funding under the program established under sub-
section (a) to be used to enter into contracts, coopera-
tive agreements, or other transaction agreements en-
tered into pursuant to section 2371b of title 10, 
United States Code, with appropriate entities for the 
fielding or commercialization of technologies. 
(2) TREATMENT
PURSUANT
TO
CERTAIN
CON-
GRESSIONAL RULES.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to require any official of the Department of 
Defense to provide funding under the program to any 
congressional earmark as defined pursuant to clause 
9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives or any congressionally directed spending item as 
defined pursuant to paragraph 5 of rule XLIV of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate. 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) and subject to the availability of appro-
priations for such purpose, of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made avail-
able for fiscal year 2018 for research, development, 
test, and evaluation, defense-wide, $200,000,000 shall 
be available to the Under Secretary to allocate to the 
military departments, the defense agencies, and the
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combatant commands to carry out the program estab-
lished under subsection (a). 
(2) LIMITATION.—Not more than half of the 
amounts made available under paragraph (1) may be 
allocated as described in such paragraph until the 
Under Secretary— 
(A) develops the strategic plan required by 
section 219(a)(2)(A) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note); and 
(B) submits such strategic plan to the con-
gressional defense committees. 
(e) DESIGNATION OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING AS THE OFFICIAL WITH 
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND DEM-
ONSTRATION OF DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS.—Section 
219(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘Not later’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘The Under Secretary 
of Defense for Research and Engineering shall serve’’. 
(f) UNDER SECRETARY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘Under Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Research and Engineering in the Under Sec-
retary’s capacity as the official with principal responsi-
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SEC. 234. PLAN FOR SUCCESSFULLY FIELDING THE INTE-
GRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE BATTLE 
COMMAND SYSTEM. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a plan to successfully field a suitable, survivable, and effec-
tive Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command 
System program. 
(b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act for research, development, test, 
and evaluation may be obligated by the Secretary of the 
Army for the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense and 
the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command 
System until the date on which the plan is submitted under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 235. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HYPERSONIC WEAPONS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States has gained a thorough un-
derstanding of hypersonic technology over the course 
of seven decades of experimentation. 
(2) The requirements for technological break-
throughs in hypersonics have largely been established, 
allowing pursuit of hypersonic glide weapons without 
a prohibitive budget effect.
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(3) The Department of Defense has several 
hypersonic research and development efforts under-
way, including conventional prompt global strike 
(CPS) weapons system, the Hypersonic Air-Breathing 
Weapon Concept, and the Tactical Boost Glide pro-
gram. 
(4) In testimony before the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate on April 4, 2017, the Com-
mander of United States Strategic Command, Gen-
eral John Hyten, identified the conventional prompt 
global strike weapons system as the ‘‘leading tech-
nology maturation effort in the realm of hypersonics’’ 
and stated that his command sees ‘‘an operational 
need for a CPS capabilities by the mid-2020s.’’. 
(5) Hypersonic weapons present a radical 
change in warfare, because they can circumvent many 
of the challenges associated with contested warfare 
and integrated air defenses. 
(6) Hypersonic weapons may provide solutions 
to difficult problem sets, such as anti-access area de-
nial schemes, deeply buried or hardened target sets, 
and mobile high value target sets. 
(7) Other countries are aggressively pursuing 
hypersonic weapons at an alarming rate that threat-
en to outpace the United States if the United States
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does not more aggressively pursue development of 
hypersonic weapons. 
(8) The Air Force has a $10,000,000 requirement 
on the Unfunded Priority List for hypersonic proto-
typing. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the Department of Defense should expedite 
testing, evaluation, and acquisition of hypersonic 
weapon systems to meet the stated needs of the 
warfighter; 
(2) testing of such weapon systems should in-
clude flight testing, ground based testing, and under-
water launch testing; 
(3) the Department of Defense should adhere to 
the requirement in section 1688 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328) to proceed to a Milestone A decision on 
the conventional prompt global strike weapons system 
not later than September 30, 2020, or the date that 
is 240 days after the successful completion of inter-
mediate range flight 2 of such system; 
(4) the United States cannot afford to lose its 
advantage over foreign countries in developing 
hypersonic weapons; and
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(5) the Department of Defense should focus on 
the next generation of weapon systems, including 
third offset technologies, such as hypersonics. 
SEC. 236. IMPORTANCE OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COL-
LEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY- 
SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) historically Black colleges and universities 
(HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions play a 
vital role in educating low-income and underrep-
resented students in areas of national need; 
(2) HBCUs and minority-serving institutions 
presently are collaborating with the Department of 
Defense in research and development efforts that con-
tribute to the defense readiness and national security 
of the Nation; 
(3) by their research these institutions are help-
ing to develop the next generation of scientists and 
engineers who will help lead the Department of De-
fense in addressing high-priority national security 
challenges; and 
(4) it is important to further engage HBCUs 
and minority-serving institutions in university re-
search and innovation, especially in prioritizing soft-
ware development and cyber security by utilizing ex-
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isting Department of Defense labs, and collaborating 
with existing programs that help attract candidates, 
including programs like the Air Force Minority Lead-
ers Programs, which recruit Americans from diverse 
background to serve their country through service in 
our Nation’s military. 
(b) INCREASE.—Funds authorized to be appropriated 
in Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense- 
wide, PE 61228D8Z, section 4201, for Basic Research, His-
torically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institu-
tions, Line 006, are hereby increased by $12,000,000. 
(c) OFFSET.—Funding in section 4101 for Other Pro-
curement, Army, for Automated Data Processing Equip-
ment, Line 108, is hereby reduced by $12,000,000. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2018 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4301.
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Subtitle B—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 311. SENTINEL LANDSCAPES PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior, may establish and carry out a pro-
gram to preserve sentinel landscapes. The program shall be 
known as the ‘‘Sentinel Landscapes Partnership’’. 
(b) DESIGNATION OF SENTINEL LANDSCAPES.—The 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, may, as the 
Secretary determines appropriate, collectively designate one 
or more sentinel landscapes. 
(c) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The Secretaries 
may coordinate actions between their departments and with 
other agencies and private organizations to more efficiently 
work together for the mutual benefit of conservation, work-
ing lands, and national defense, and to encourage private 
landowners to engage in voluntary land management and 
conservation activities that contribute to the sustainment 
of military installations, ranges, and airspace. 
(d) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture and the Secretary of the Interior may give to any 
eligible landowner or agricultural producer within a des-
ignated sentinel landscape priority consideration for par-
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ticipation in any easement, grant, or assistance programs 
administered by that Secretary’s department. Participation 
in any such program pursuant to this section shall be vol-
untary. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The term ‘‘mili-
tary installation’’ has the same meaning as provided 
in section 670(1) of title 16, United States Code. 
(2) STATE-OWNED NATIONAL GUARD INSTALLA-
TION.—The term ‘‘State-owned National Guard in-
stallation’’ has the same meaning as provided in sec-
tion 670(3) of title 16, United States Code. 
(3) SENTINEL LANDSCAPE.—The term ‘‘sentinel 
landscape’’ means a landscape-scale area encom-
passing— 
(A) one or more military installations or 
state-owned National Guard installations and 
associated airspace; and 
(B) the working or natural lands that serve 
to protect and support the rural economy, the 
natural environment, outdoor recreation, and the 
national defense test and training missions of 
the military- or State-owned National Guard in-
stallation or installations.
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(1) to establish a modernized, dedicated adver-
sary air training enterprise for the Department of the 
Navy in order to— 
(A) maximize warfighting effectiveness and 
synergies of the current and planned fourth and 
fifth generation combat air forces through opti-
mized training and readiness; and 
(B) harness intelligence analysis, emerging 
live-virtual-constructive 
training 
technologies, 
range infrastructure improvements, and results 
of experimentation and prototyping efforts in 
operational concept development; 
(2) to explore all available opportunities to chal-
lenge the combat air forces of the Department of the 
Navy with threat representative adversary-to-friendly 
aircraft ratios, known and emerging adversary tac-
tics, and high-fidelity replication of threat airborne 
and ground capabilities; and 
(3) to execute all means available to achieve 
training and readiness goals and objectives of the 
Navy and Marine Corps with demonstrated institu-
tional commitment to the adversary air training en-
terprise through the application of Department of the 
Navy policy and resources, partnering with the other
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Armed Forces, allies, and friends, and employing the 
use of industry contracted services. 
(b) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan required under sub-
section (a) shall include enterprise goals, objectives, concepts 
of operations, phased implementation timelines, analysis of 
expected readiness improvements, prioritized resource re-
quirements, and such other matters as the Chief of Naval 
Operations and Commandant of the Marine Corps consider 
appropriate. 
(c) SUBMITTAL OF PLAN AND BRIEFING.—Not later 
than March 1, 2018, the Chief of Naval Operations and 
Commandant of the Marine Corps shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a written plan and briefing on the plan 
required under subsection (a). 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 331. DEFENSE SITING CLEARINGHOUSE. 
(a) CODIFICATION.—Chapter 7 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 183 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 183a. Defense Siting Clearinghouse for review of 
mission obstructions 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish a Defense Siting Clearinghouse (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘Clearinghouse’).
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‘‘(2) The Clearinghouse shall be— 
‘‘(A) organized under the authority, direction, 
and control of an Assistant Secretary of Defense des-
ignated by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) assigned such personnel and resources as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to carry out this 
section. 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—(1) The Clearinghouse shall coordi-
nate Department of Defense review of applications for en-
ergy projects filed with the Secretary of Transportation 
pursuant to section 44718 of title 49 and received by the 
Department of Defense from the Secretary of Transpor-
tation. 
‘‘(2) The Clearinghouse shall accelerate the develop-
ment of planning tools necessary to determine the accept-
ability to the Department of Defense of proposals included 
in an application for an energy project submitted pursuant 
to such section. 
‘‘(3) The Clearinghouse shall perform such other func-
tions as the Secretary of Defense assigns. 
‘‘(c) REVIEW OF PROPOSED ACTIONS.—(1) Not later 
than 30 days after receiving from the Secretary of Trans-
portation a proper application for an energy project under 
section 44718 of title 49 that may have an adverse impact 
on military operations and readiness, the Clearinghouse
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shall conduct a preliminary review of such application. The 
review shall— 
‘‘(A) assess the likely scope, duration, and level 
of risk of any adverse impact of such energy project 
on military operations and readiness; and 
‘‘(B) identify any feasible and affordable actions 
that could be taken by the Department, the developer 
of such energy project, or others to mitigate the ad-
verse impact and to minimize risks to national secu-
rity while allowing the energy project to proceed with 
development. 
‘‘(2) If the Clearinghouse determines under paragraph 
(1) that an energy project will have an adverse impact on 
military operations and readiness, the Clearinghouse shall 
issue to the applicant a notice of presumed risk that de-
scribes the concerns identified by the Department in the pre-
liminary review and requests a discussion of possible miti-
gation actions. 
‘‘(3) At the same time that the Clearinghouse issues 
to the applicant a notice of presumed risk under paragraph 
(2), the Clearinghouse shall provide the same notice to the 
governor of the State in which the project is located and 
request that the governor provide the Clearinghouse any 
comments the governor believes of relevance to the applica-
tion. The Secretary of Defense shall consider the comments
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of the governor in the Secretary’s evaluation of whether the 
project presents an unacceptable risk to the national secu-
rity of the United States and shall include the comments 
with the determination provided to the Secretary of Trans-
portation pursuant to section 44718(f) of title 49. 
‘‘(4) The Clearinghouse shall develop, in coordination 
with other departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment, an integrated review process to ensure timely notifi-
cation and consideration of energy projects filed with the 
Secretary of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of 
title 49 that may have an adverse impact on military oper-
ations and readiness. 
‘‘(5) The Clearinghouse shall establish procedures for 
the Department of Defense for the coordinated consideration 
of and response to a request for a review received from an-
other Federal agency, a State government, an Indian tribal 
government, a local government, a landowner, or the devel-
oper of an energy project, including guidance to personnel 
at each military installation in the United States on how 
to initiate such procedures and ensure a coordinated De-
partment response. 
‘‘(6) The Clearinghouse shall develop procedures for 
conducting early outreach to parties carrying out energy 
projects that could have an adverse impact on military op-
erations and readiness and to clearly communicate to such
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parties actions being taken by the Department of Defense 
under this section. The procedures shall provide for filing 
by such parties of a project area and preliminary project 
layout at least one year before expected construction of any 
project proposed within a military training route or within 
line-of-sight of any air route surveillance radar or airport 
surveillance radar operated or used by the Department of 
Defense in order to provide adequate time for analysis and 
negotiation of mitigation options. Material marked as pro-
prietary or competition sensitive by a party filing for this 
preliminary review shall be protected from public release 
by the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(d) COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.—(1) The Secretary of 
Defense shall develop a comprehensive strategy for address-
ing the military impacts of projects filed with the Secretary 
of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of title 49. 
‘‘(2) In developing the strategy required by paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) assess of the magnitude of interference 
posed by projects filed with the Secretary of Trans-
portation pursuant to section 44718 of title 49; 
‘‘(B) for the purpose of informing preliminary 
reviews under subsection (c)(1) and early outreach ef-
forts under subsection (c)(5), identify geographic 
areas selected as proposed locations for projects filed,
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or which may be filed in the future, with the Sec-
retary of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of 
title 49 where such projects could have an adverse im-
pact on military operations and readiness and cat-
egorize the risk of adverse impact in such areas; and 
‘‘(C) specifically identify feasible and affordable 
long-term actions that may be taken to mitigate ad-
verse impacts of projects filed, or which may be filed 
in the future, with the Secretary of Transportation 
pursuant to section 44718 of title 49, on military op-
erations and readiness, including— 
‘‘(i) investment priorities of the Department 
of Defense with respect to research and develop-
ment; 
‘‘(ii) modifications to military operations to 
accommodate applications for such projects; 
‘‘(iii) recommended upgrades or modifica-
tions to existing systems or procedures by the 
Department of Defense; 
‘‘(iv) acquisition of new systems by the De-
partment and other departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government and timelines for field-
ing such new systems; and
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‘‘(v) modifications to the projects for which 
such applications are filed, including changes in 
size, location, or technology. 
‘‘(e) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DETERMINATION OF 
UNACCEPTABLE RISK.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may 
not object to an energy project filed with the Secretary of 
Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of title 49, except 
in a case in which the Secretary of Defense determines, after 
giving full consideration to mitigation actions identified 
pursuant to this section, that such project, in isolation or 
cumulatively with other projects, would result in an unac-
ceptable risk to the national security of the United States. 
Such a determination shall constitute a finding pursuant 
to section 44718(f) of title 49. 
‘‘(2)(A) Not later than 30 days after making a deter-
mination of unacceptable risk under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on such determination and the 
basis for such determination. Such report shall include an 
explanation of the operational impact that led to the deter-
mination, a discussion of the mitigation options considered, 
and an explanation of why the mitigation options were not 
feasible or did not resolve the conflict. The Secretary of De-
fense may provide public notice through the Federal Reg-
ister of the determination.
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‘‘(B) The Secretary of Defense shall notify the appro-
priate State agency of a determination made under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense may only delegate the 
responsibility for making a determination of unacceptable 
risk under paragraph (1) to the Deputy Secretary of De-
fense, an under secretary of defense, or a deputy under sec-
retary of defense. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORITY
TO
ACCEPT
CONTRIBUTIONS
OF 
FUNDS.—The Secretary of Defense is authorized to request 
and accept a voluntary contribution of funds from an ap-
plicant for a project filed with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation pursuant to section 44718 of title 49. Amounts so 
accepted shall remain available until expended for the pur-
pose of offsetting the cost of measures undertaken by the Sec-
retary of Defense to mitigate adverse impacts of such a 
project on military operations and readiness or to conduct 
studies of potential measures to mitigate such impacts. 
‘‘(g) EFFECT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAZARD 
ASSESSMENT.—An action taken pursuant to this section 
shall not be considered to be a substitute for any assessment 
or determination required of the Secretary of Transpor-
tation under section 44718 of title 49. 
‘‘(h) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to affect or limit the application of, or any
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obligation to comply with, any environmental law, includ-
ing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘adverse impact on military oper-
ations and readiness’ means any adverse impact upon 
military operations and readiness, including flight 
operations, research, development, testing, and evalua-
tion, and training, that is demonstrable and is likely 
to impair or degrade the ability of the armed forces 
to perform their warfighting missions. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘energy project’ means a project 
that provides for the generation or transmission of 
electrical energy. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘landowner’ means a person that 
owns a fee interest in real property on which a pro-
posed energy project is planned to be located. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘military installation’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2801(c)(4) of this 
title. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘military readiness’ includes any 
training or operation that could be related to combat 
readiness, including testing and evaluation activities. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘military training route’ means a 
training route developed as part of the Military
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Training Route Program, carried out jointly by the 
Federal Aviation Administration and the Secretary of 
Defense, for use by the armed forces for the purpose 
of conducting low-altitude, high-speed military train-
ing. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘unacceptable risk to the national 
security of the United States’ means the construction, 
alteration, establishment, or expansion, or the pro-
posed construction, alteration, establishment, or ex-
pansion, of a structure or sanitary landfill that 
would— 
‘‘(A) significantly endanger safety in air 
commerce, related to the activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense; 
‘‘(B) significantly interfere with the effi-
cient use and preservation of the navigable air-
space and of airport traffic capacity at public- 
use airports, related to the activities of the De-
partment of Defense; or 
‘‘(C) significantly impair or degrade the ca-
pability of the Department of Defense to conduct 
training, research, development, testing, and 
evaluation, and operations or to maintain mili-
tary readiness.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) REPEAL OF EXISTING PROVISION.—Section 
358 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (49 U.S.C. 44718 note) is 
repealed. 
(2) CROSS-REFERENCE
IN
TITLE
49, UNITED 
STATES CODE.—Section 44718(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and in accord-
ance with section 183a(e) of title 10’’ after ‘‘conducted 
under subsection (b)’’. 
(3) 
REFERENCE
TO
REGULATIONS.—Section 
44718(g) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘211.3 of title 32, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, as in effect on January 6, 2014’’ both places it 
appears and inserting ‘‘183a(i) of title 10’’. 
(4) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of title 10 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 183 the following new item: 
‘‘183a. Defense Siting Clearinghouse for review of mission obstructions.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING RULES AND REGULA-
TIONS.—Notwithstanding the amendments made by sub-
section (a), any rule or regulation promulgated to carry 
out section 358 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (49 U.S.C. 44718 note), 
that is in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act shall continue in effect and apply to the extent
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such rule or regulation is consistent with the authority 
under section 183a of title 10, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a), until such rule or regulation is otherwise 
amended or repealed. 
SEC. 332. TEMPORARY INSTALLATION REUTILIZATION AU-
THORITY 
FOR 
ARSENALS, 
DEPOTS, 
AND 
PLANTS. 
(a) MODIFIED AUTHORITY.—In the case of a military 
manufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant, the Secretary of the 
Army may authorize leases and contracts under section 
2667 of title 10, United States Code, for a term of up to 
25 years, notwithstanding subsection (b)(1) of such section, 
if the Secretary determines that a lease or contract of that 
duration will promote the national defense for the purpose 
of— 
(1) helping to maintain the viability of the mili-
tary manufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant and any 
military installations on which it is located; 
(2) eliminating, or at least reducing, the cost of 
Government ownership of the military manufacturing 
arsenal, depot, or plant, including the costs of oper-
ations and maintenance, the costs of environmental 
remediation, and other costs; and 
(3) leveraging private investment at the military 
manufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant through long-
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term facility use contracts, property management 
contracts, leases, or other agreements that support 
and advance the preceding purposes. 
(b) DELEGATION AND REVIEW PROCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army 
may delegate the authority provided by this section to 
the commander of the major subordinate command of 
the Army that has responsibility for the military 
manufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant or, if part of 
a larger military installation, the installation as a 
whole. The commander may approve a lease or con-
tract under such authority on a case-by-case basis or 
a class basis. 
(2) NOTICE OF APPROVAL.—Upon any approval 
of a lease or contract by a commander pursuant to 
a delegation of authority under paragraph (1), the 
commander shall notify the Army real property man-
ager and Congress of the approval. 
(3) REVIEW PERIOD.—Any lease or contract that 
is approved utilizing the delegation authority under 
paragraph (1) is subject to a 90-day hold period so 
that the Army real property manager may review the 
lease or contract pursuant to paragraph (4). 
(4) DISPOSITION OF REVIEW.—If the Army real 
property manager disapproves of a contract or lease
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submitted for review under paragraph (3), the agree-
ment shall be null and void upon transmittal by the 
real property manager to the delegating authority of 
a written disapproval, including a justification for 
such disapproval, within the 90-day hold period. If 
no such disapproval is transmitted within the 90-day 
hold period, the agreement shall be deemed approved. 
(5) APPROVAL OF REVISED AGREEMENT.—If, not 
later than 60 days after receiving a disapproval 
under paragraph (4), the delegating authority sub-
mits to the Army real property manager a new con-
tract or lease that addresses the concerns of the Army 
real property manager outlined in such disapproval, 
the new contract or lease shall be deemed approved 
unless the Army real property manager transmits to 
the delegating authority a disapproval of the new con-
tract or lease within 30 days of such submission. 
(c) MILITARY MANUFACTURING ARSENAL, DEPOT, OR 
PLANT DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘military man-
ufacturing arsenal, depot, or plant’’ means a Government- 
owned, Government-operated defense plant of the Army that 
manufactures weapons, weapon components, or both. 
(d) SUNSET.—The authority under this section shall 
terminate at the close of September 30, 2020. Any contracts
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entered into on or before such date shall continue in effect 
according to their terms. 
SEC. 333. PILOT PROGRAM FOR OPERATION AND MAINTE-
NANCE BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Along with the budget for fiscal 
years 2019, 2020, and 2021 submitted by the President pur-
suant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military 
departments shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives an 
annex for the following Operation and Maintenance sub- 
activity groups (SAG): 
(1) For the Army: 
(A) SAG 111 – Maneuver Units. 
(B) SAG 123 – Land Forces Depot Mainte-
nance. 
(C) SAG 131 – Base Operations Support. 
(D) SAG 322 – Flight Training. 
(2) For the Navy: 
(A) SAG 1A5A – Aircraft Depot Mainte-
nance. 
(B) SAG 1B1B – Mission and Other Ship 
Operations. 
(C) SAG 1B4B – Ship Depot Maintenance. 
(D) SAG BSS1 – Base Operating Support.
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(3) For the Marine Corps: 
(A) SAG 1A1A – Operational Forces. 
(B) SAG 1A3A – Depot Maintenance. 
(C) SAG 1B1B – Field Logistics. 
(D) SAG BSS1 – Base Operating Support. 
(4) For the Air Force: 
(A) SAG 011A – Primary Combat Forces. 
(B) SAG 011Y – Flying Hour Program. 
(C) SAG 011Z – Base Support. 
(D) SAG 021M – Depot Maintenance. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The annex required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) A summary by appropriation account with 
subtotals for Department of Defense components. 
(2) A summary of each appropriation account 
by budget activity, activity group, and sub-activity 
group with budget activity and activity group sub-
totals and an appropriation total. 
(3) A detailed sub-activity group by program ele-
ment and expense aggregate listing in budget activity 
and activity group sequence. 
(4) A rollup document by sub-activity group 
with accompanying program element funding with 
the PB–61 program element tags included.
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(5) A summary of each depot maintenance facil-
ity with information on workload, work force, sources 
of funding, and expenses similar to the exhibit on 
Mission Funded Naval Shipyards included with the 
2012 Navy Budget Justification. 
(6) A summary of contractor logistics support 
for each program element, including a measure of 
workload and unit cost. 
(c) FORMATTING.—The annex required under sub-
section (a) shall be formatted in accordance with relevant 
Department of Defense financial management regulations 
that provide guidance for budget submissions to Congress. 
SEC. 334. SERVICEWOMEN’S COMMEMORATIVE PARTNER-
SHIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may pro-
vide not more than $5,000,000 in financial support for the 
acquisition, installation, and maintenance of exhibits, fa-
cilities, historical displays, and programs at military serv-
ice memorials and museums that highlight the role of 
women in the military. The Secretary may enter into a 
contract, partnership, or grant with a non-profit organiza-
tion for the purpose of performing such acquisition, instal-
lation, and maintenance. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The contracts, partnerships, or grants 
shall be limited to serving the purposes of—
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(1) preserving the history of the 3,000,000 
women who have served in the United States Armed 
Forces; 
(2) managing an archive of artifacts, historic 
memorabilia, and documents related to servicewomen; 
(3) maintaining a women veterans’ oral history 
program; and 
(4) conducting other educational programs re-
lated to women in service. 
SEC. 335. AUTHORITY FOR AGREEMENTS TO REIMBURSE 
STATES 
FOR 
COSTS 
OF 
SUPPRESSING 
WILDFIRES ON STATE LANDS CAUSED BY DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACTIVITIES UNDER 
LEASES AND OTHER GRANTS OF ACCESS TO 
STATE LANDS. 
Section 2691 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) The Secretary of Defense may, in any lease, per-
mit, license, or other grant of access for use of lands owned 
by a State, agree to reimburse the State for the reasonable 
costs of the State in suppressing wildland fires caused by 
the activities of the Department of Defense under such lease, 
permit, license, or other grant of access.’’.
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SEC. 336. REPURPOSING AND REUSE OF SURPLUS ARMY 
FIREARMS. 
(a) REQUIRED TRANSFER.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and subject to 
subsection (c), the Secretary of the Army shall transfer to 
Rock Island Arsenal all excess firearms, related spare parts 
and components, small arms ammunition, and ammuni-
tion components currently stored at Defense Distribution 
Depot, Anniston, Alabama, that are no longer actively 
issued for military service and that are otherwise prohibited 
from commercial sale, or distribution, under Federal law. 
(b) REPURPOSING AND REUSE.—The items specified 
for transfer under subsection (a) shall be melted and 
repurposed for military use as determined by the Secretary 
of the Army, including— 
(1) the reforging of new firearms or their compo-
nents; and 
(2) force protection barriers and security 
bollards. 
(c) ITEMS EXEMPT FROM TRANSFER.—M–1 Garand, 
caliber .45 M1911/M1911A1 pistols, and caliber .22 rimfire 
rifles are not subject to the transfer requirement under sub-
section (a).
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SEC. 337. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY MARKSMANSHIP 
AWARDS. 
Section 40728 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZED NAVY TRANSFERS.—(1) Notwith-
standing subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary of the Navy 
may transfer to the corporation, in accordance with the pro-
cedures prescribed in this subchapter, M–1 Garand and cal-
iber .22 rimfire rifles held within the inventories of the 
United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps 
and stored at Defense Distribution Depot, Anniston, Ala-
bama, or Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana, 
as of the date of the enactment of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. 
‘‘(2) The items specified for transfer under paragraph 
(1) shall be used as awards for competitors in marksman-
ship competitions held by the United States Marine Corps 
or the United States Navy and may not be resold.’’. 
SEC. 338. MODIFICATION OF THE SECOND DIVISION MEMO-
RIAL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Second Indianhead Divi-
sion Association, Inc., Scholarship and Memorials Founda-
tion, an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of that Code, may place additional 
commemorative elements or engravings on the raised plat-
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form or stone work of the existing Second Division Memo-
rial located in President’s Park, between 17th Street North-
west and Constitution Avenue in the District of Columbia, 
to further honor the members of the Second Infantry Divi-
sion who have given their lives in service to the United 
States. 
(b) APPLICATION OF COMMEMORATIVE WORKS ACT.— 
Chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’), shall apply 
to the design and placement of the commemorative elements 
or engravings authorized under subsection (a). 
(c) FUNDING.—Federal funds may not be used for 
modifications of the Second Division Memorial authorized 
under subsection (a). 
Subtitle E—Energy and 
Environment 
SEC. 341. AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT ENVIRONMENTAL 
RESTORATION 
ACTIVITIES 
AT 
NATIONAL 
GUARD AND RESERVE LOCATIONS. 
Section 2701(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT ACTIVITIES AT 
NATIONAL
GUARD
AND
RESERVE
LOCATIONS.—The 
Secretary may carry out activities under this section 
at National Guard and Reserve locations.’’.
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SEC. 342. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ENERGY PER-
FORMANCE GOALS. 
Section 2911(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and to re-
duce the future demand and the requirements for the 
use of energy’’ after ‘‘consumption of energy’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘to reduce the 
future demand and the requirements for the use of en-
ergy’’ and inserting ‘‘to enhance energy resilience to 
ensure the Department of Defense has the ability to 
prepare for and recover from energy disruptions that 
impact mission assurance on military installations’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(13) Opportunities to leverage third-party fi-
nancing to address installation energy needs.’’. 
SEC. 343. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL STUDY ON 
HEALTH 
IMPLICATIONS 
OF 
PER- 
AND 
POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES CONTAMI-
NATION IN DRINKING WATER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Sub-
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stances and Disease Registry and in consultation with the 
Department of Defense, shall— 
(1) commence a study on the human health im-
plications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
(PFAS) contamination in drinking water, ground 
water, and any other sources of water and relevant 
exposure vectors, including the cumulative human 
health implications of multiple types of PFAS con-
tamination at levels above and below health advisory 
levels; 
(2) not later than 5 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act (or 7 years after such date of enact-
ment after providing notice to the appropriate con-
gressional committees of the need for the delay)— 
(A) complete such study and make any ap-
propriate recommendations; and 
(B) submit a report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees on the results of such 
study; and 
(3) not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 
submission of the report under paragraph (2)(B), sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on the progress of the study. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
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(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $7,000,000 to carry out this section. 
(2) OFFSET.—The amount authorized to be ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of 
Defense by section 301 for operation and maintenance 
is hereby reduced by $7,000,000, with the amount of 
such decrease to be allocated to operation and mainte-
nance, Navy, SAG BSIT, as specified in the funding 
tables in section 4301. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Committee on Heath, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Energy and Commerce and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 344. ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT AND REMEDIATION 
AT RED HILL BULK FUEL STORAGE FACILITY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that—
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(1) the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility lo-
cated on Oahu, Hawaii is a national strategic asset 
that— 
(A) supports combatant commander theater 
security requirements; 
(B) supports contingency operations; 
(C) provides essential and timely support to 
the United States and allies’ military mobiliza-
tions and disaster response efforts in the Indo- 
Asia-Pacific and around the world; and 
(D) is routinely used to support normal 
transit of Navy and Air Force movements in the 
region; 
(2) the facility in its current form cannot be rep-
licated anywhere else in the world; 
(3) moving the fuel to another storage facility in 
the Indo-Asia-Pacific would have implications for the 
United States military force structure in the State of 
Hawaii and put at risk billions of dollars in annual 
economic activity that the Armed Forces bring to the 
State of Hawaii; 
(4) if the facility were closed, the United States 
Armed Forces would be unable to support the Na-
tional Military Strategy, including the goals of the
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United States Pacific Commander, and national secu-
rity interests would be significantly undermined; 
(5) constant vigilance is required to ensure that 
facility degradation and fuel leaks do not pose a 
threat to the people of Hawaii, especially the drinking 
water on Oahu; and 
(6) despite its importance, the facility continues 
to face long-term challenges without robust and con-
sistent funding that provides the Navy and the De-
fense Logistics Agency with the resources needed to 
improve the tanks and associated infrastructure. 
(b) BUDGET SUBMISSIONS.— 
(1) ANNUAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Navy, shall ensure that the budget justification 
materials submitted to Congress in support of the De-
partment of Defense budget for any fiscal year (as 
submitted with the budget of the President under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) includes 
a description of how the Department will use funds 
to support any deliverables that the parties of the Ad-
ministrative Order on Consent/Statement of Work 
have identified as necessary to mitigate and prevent 
fuel leaks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility 
on Oahu, Hawaii.
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(2) FUTURE
YEARS
DEFENSE
BUDGET.—The 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Navy, shall ensure that each future-years 
defense program submitted to Congress under section 
221 of title 10, United States Code, describes how the 
Department 
will 
use 
funds 
to 
support 
any 
deliverables that the parties of the Administrative 
Order on Consent/Statement of Work have identified 
as necessary to mitigate and prevent fuel leaks at the 
Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility on Oahu, Ha-
waii, in the period covered by the future-years defense 
program. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT/STATEMENT 
OF WORK DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Adminis-
trative Order on Consent/Statement of Work’’ means a le-
gally enforceable agreement between the United States De-
partment of the Navy (Navy), the Defense Logistics Agency 
(DLA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA), Region 9, and the State of Hawaii Department of 
Health (DOH) that the parties voluntarily entered into on 
September 28, 2015 [EPA DKT NO. RCRA 7003–R9– 
2015–01/DOH DKT NO. 15–UST–EA–01].
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TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 
duty personnel as of September 30, 2018, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 481,000. 
(2) The Navy, 327,900. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 186,000. 
(4) The Air Force, 325,100. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve com-
ponents as of September 30, 2018, as follows: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 343,500. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 199,500. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 59,000. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 38,500. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 106,600. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 69,800. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000.
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(b) END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS.—The end strengths 
prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any 
reserve component shall be proportionately reduced by— 
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 
component which are on active duty (other than for 
training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 
(2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 
Reserve of such component who are on active duty 
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
(c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 
individual members of the Selected Reserve of any reserve 
component are released from active duty during any fiscal 
year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 
the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be in-
creased proportionately by the total authorized strengths of 
such units and by the total number of such individual mem-
bers. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), 
the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized,
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as of September 30, 2018, the following number of Reserves 
to be serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in 
the case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose 
of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or 
training the reserve components: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 30,155. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 16,261. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 10,101. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,260. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 3,588. 
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 
(DUAL STATUS). 
The minimum number of military technicians (dual 
status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2018 for the reserve 
components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith-
standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 
be the following: 
(1) For the Army National Guard of the United 
States, 22,294. 
(2) For the Army Reserve, 6,492. 
(3) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 19,135.
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(4) For the Air Force Reserve, 8,880. 
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2018 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 
NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) NATIONAL GUARD.—The number of non-dual 
status technicians employed by the National Guard as 
of September 30, 2018, may not exceed the following: 
(A) For the Army National Guard of the 
United States, 0. 
(B) For the Air National Guard of the 
United States, 0. 
(2) ARMY RESERVE.—The number of non-dual 
status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as 
of September 30, 2018, may not exceed 0. 
(3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non- 
dual status technicians employed by the Air Force 
Reserve as of September 30, 2018, may not exceed 0. 
(b) NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘non-dual status technician’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, 
United States Code.
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SEC. 415. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU-
THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2018, the maximum number of 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who 
may be serving at any time on full-time operational sup-
port duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, is the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 17,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 
SEC. 416. NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 
ON FULL-TIME DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RE-
SERVES WITHIN THE NATIONAL GUARD BU-
REAU. 
Within the personnel authorized by paragraphs (1) 
and (5) of section 412, the number of personnel under each 
such paragraph who may serve with the National Guard 
Bureau may not exceed the number equal to six percent of 
the number authorized by such paragraph.
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Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2018 
for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not oth-
erwise provided for, for military personnel, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4401. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The author-
ization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes any 
other authorization of appropriations (definite or indefi-
nite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2018. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
SEC. 501. CLARIFICATION OF BASELINES FOR AUTHORIZED 
NUMBERS OF GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS 
ON ACTIVE DUTY AND IN JOINT DUTY AS-
SIGNMENTS. 
(a) ACTIVE-DUTY BASELINE.—Subsection (h)(2) of sec-
tion 526 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘the lower of’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘the statutory limit of general officers or flag officers of that 
armed force under subsection (a).’’.
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(b) JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT BASELINE.—Subsection 
(i)(2) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘the lower of’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the statutory limit on 
general officer and flag officer positions that are joint duty 
assignments under subsection (b)(1).’’. 
SEC. 502. AUTHORITY OF PROMOTION BOARDS TO REC-
OMMEND OFFICERS OF PARTICULAR MERIT 
BE PLACED AT THE TOP OF THE PROMOTION 
LIST. 
(a) AUTHORITY
OF PROMOTION BOARDS TO REC-
OMMEND OFFICERS OF PARTICULAR MERIT BE PLACED AT 
TOP OF PROMOTION LIST.—Section 616 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(g)(1) In selecting the officers to be recommended for 
promotion, a selection board may, when authorized by the 
Secretary of the military department concerned, recommend 
officers of particular merit, from among those officers se-
lected for promotion, to be placed at the top of the pro-
motion list promulgated by the Secretary under section 
624(a)(1) of this title. 
‘‘(2) The number of such officers placed at the top of 
the promotion list may not exceed the number equal to 20 
percent of the maximum number of officers that the board 
is authorized to recommend for promotion in such competi-
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tive category. If the number determined under this sub-
section is less than one, the board may recommend one such 
officer. 
‘‘(3) No officer may be recommended to be placed at 
the top of the promotion list unless the officer receives the 
recommendation of at least a majority of the members of 
a board for such placement. 
‘‘(4) For the officers recommended to be placed at the 
top of the promotion list, the board shall recommend the 
order in which these officers should be promoted.’’. 
(b) OFFICERS OF PARTICULAR MERIT APPEARING AT 
TOP OF PROMOTION LIST.—Section 624(a)(1) of such title 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, except such officers of particular 
merit who were approved by the President and rec-
ommended by the board to be placed at the top of the pro-
motion list under section 616(g) of this title as these officers 
shall be placed at the top of the promotion list in the order 
recommended by the board’’ after ‘‘officers on the active- 
duty list’’. 
SEC. 503. CLARIFICATION TO EXCEPTION FOR REMOVAL OF 
OFFICERS FROM LIST OF OFFICERS REC-
OMMENDED 
FOR 
PROMOTION 
AFTER 
MONTHS WITHOUT APPOINTMENT. 
Section 629(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘the Senate is not able to obtain the
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information necessary’’ and inserting ‘‘the military depart-
ment concerned is not able to obtain and provide to the 
Senate the information the Senate requires’’. 
SEC. 504. FLEXIBILITY IN PROMOTION OF OFFICERS TO PO-
SITIONS OF STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE TO THE 
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS AND 
DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE 
NAVY. 
(a) STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE TO COMMANDANT OF THE 
MARINE CORPS.—Section 5046(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary of the Navy elects to convene a 
selection board under section 611(a) of this title to consider 
eligible officers for selection to appointment as Staff Judge 
Advocate, the Secretary may, in connection with such con-
sideration 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
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‘‘(B) waive section 619(a)(2) of this title if the 
Secretary determines that the needs of the Marine 
Corps require the waiver.’’. 
(b) DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL
OF
THE 
NAVY.—Section 5149(a) of such title is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) If the Secretary of the Navy elects to convene a 
selection board under section 611(a) of this title to consider 
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 Navy re-
quire the waiver.’’. 
SEC. 505. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR SPECIFICATION 
OF NUMBER OF OFFICERS WHO MAY BE REC-
OMMENDED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT BY A 
SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT BOARD. 
Section 638a of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c)—
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(A) by striking paragraph (1); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (4) as paragraphs (1) through (3), re-
spectively; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 
SEC. 506. EXTENSION OF SERVICE-IN-GRADE WAIVER AU-
THORITY FOR VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF 
CERTAIN GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS FOR 
PURPOSES OF ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY IN OF-
FICER PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. 
Section 1370(a)(2)(G) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 
SEC. 507. INCLUSION OF PRINCIPAL MILITARY DEPUTY TO 
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY, AND LOGIS-
TICS AMONG OFFICERS SUBJECT TO REPEAL 
OF STATUTORY SPECIFICATION OF GENERAL 
OFFICER GRADE. 
Section 3016(b)(5)(B) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘a lieutenant general’’ and inserting 
‘‘an officer’’.
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SEC. 508. CLARIFICATION OF EFFECT OF REPEAL OF STATU-
TORY SPECIFICATION OF GENERAL OR FLAG 
OFFICER GRADE FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS IN 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) RETENTION OF GRADE OF INCUMBENTS IN POSI-
TIONS ON EFFECTIVE DATE.—Effective as of December 23, 
2016, and as if included in the enactment of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328) to which it relates, section 502 of that Act 
(130 Stat. 2102) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(tt) RETENTION OF GRADE OF INCUMBENTS IN POSI-
TIONS ON EFFECTIVE DATE.—The grade of service of an 
officer serving as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
in a position whose statutory grade is affected by an 
amendment made by this section may not be reduced after 
that date by reason of such amendment as long as the officer 
remains in continuous service in such position after that 
date.’’. 
(b) CLARIFYING AMENDMENT TO CHIEF OF VETERI-
NARY CORPS OF THE ARMY REPEAL.—Section 3084 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking the last sen-
tence.
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SEC. 509. GRANDFATHERING OF RETIRED GRADE OF AS-
SISTANT JUDGE ADVOCATES GENERAL OF 
THE NAVY AS OF REPEAL OF STATUTORY 
SPECIFICATION OF GENERAL AND FLAG OFFI-
CERS GRADES IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the amendments 
made by section 502(gg)(2) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), 
the officer holding a position specified in subsection (b) as 
of December 23, 2016, in the grade of rear admiral (lower 
half) or brigadier general, as applicable, may be retired 
after that date in such grade with the retired pay of such 
grade (unless entitled to higher pay under another provision 
of law). 
(b) SPECIFIED POSITIONS.—The positions specified in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) The Assistant Judge Advocate General of the 
Navy provided for by section 5149(b) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(2) The Assistant Judge Advocate General of the 
Navy provided for by section 5149(c) of title 10, 
United States Code.
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SEC. 510. SERVICE CREDIT FOR CYBERSPACE EXPERIENCE 
OR ADVANCED EDUCATION UPON ORIGINAL 
APPOINTMENT AS A COMMISSIONED OFFI-
CER. 
(a) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT AS A RESERVE OFFI-
CER.—Section 12207 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘or (e)’’ 
after ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
of Defense, if the Secretary of a military department deter-
mines that the number of commissioned officers with cyber-
space-related experience or advanced education in reserve 
active-status in an armed force under the jurisdiction of 
such Secretary is critically below the number needed, such 
Secretary may credit any person receiving an original ap-
pointment as a reserve commissioned officer with a period 
of constructive service for the following: 
‘‘(A) Special experience or training in a par-
ticular cyberspace-related field if such experience or 
training is directly related to the operational needs of 
the armed force concerned.
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‘‘(B) Any period of advanced education in a 
cyberspace-related field beyond the baccalaureate de-
gree level if such advanced education is directly re-
lated to the operational needs of the armed force con-
cerned. 
‘‘(2) Constructive service credited an officer under this 
subsection shall not exceed one year for each year of special 
experience, training, or advanced education, and not more 
than three years total constructive service may be credited. 
‘‘(3) Constructive service credited an officer under this 
subsection is in addition to any service credited that officer 
under subsection (a) and shall be credited at the time of 
the original appointment of the officer. 
‘‘(4) The authority to award constructive service credit 
under this subsection expires on December 31, 2023.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by striking ‘‘or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (d), 
or (e)’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY IN CONNECTION WITH 
ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR OFFICERS.—Section 
533(g)(4) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2023’’.
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SEC. 510A. AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS TO OPT-OUT OF PRO-
MOTION BOARD CONSIDERATION. 
(a) ACTIVE-DUTY LIST OFFICERS.—Section 619 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) An officer excluded under subsection (e).’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) AUTHORITY TO PERMIT OFFICERS TO OPT OUT 
OF SELECTION BOARD CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense may authorize the Secretary of a military depart-
ment to provide that an officer under the jurisdiction of 
that Secretary may, upon the officer’s request and with the 
approval of the Secretary concerned, be excluded from con-
sideration by a selection board convened under section 
611(a) of this title to consider officers for promotion to the 
next higher grade. The Secretary concerned may only ap-
prove such a request if— 
‘‘(1) the basis for the request is to allow an offi-
cer to complete a broadening assignment, advanced 
education, another assignment of significant value to 
the Department of Defense, or a career progression re-
quirement delayed by the assignment of education;
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‘‘(2) the Secretary concerned determines the ex-
clusion from consideration is in the best interest of 
the military department concerned; and 
‘‘(3) the officer has not previously failed of selec-
tion for promotion to the grade for which the officer 
requests the exclusion from consideration.’’. 
(b) RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST OFFICERS.—Sec-
tion 14301 of such title is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘PREVIOUSLY SELECTED OFFICERS NOT ELIGI-
BLE’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN OFFICERS NOT’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) An officer excluded under subsection (j).’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) AUTHORITY TO PERMIT OFFICERS TO OPT OUT 
OF SELECTION BOARD CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense may authorize the Secretary of a military depart-
ment to provide that an officer under the jurisdiction of 
that Secretary may, upon the officer’s request and with the 
approval of the Secretary concerned, be excluded from con-
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sideration by a selection board convened under section 
14101(a) of this title to consider officers for promotion to 
the next higher grade. The Secretary concerned may only 
approve such a request if— 
‘‘(1) the basis for the request is to allow an offi-
cer to complete a broadening assignment, advanced 
education, another assignment of significant value to 
the Department of Defense, or a career progression re-
quirement delayed by the assignment or education; 
‘‘(2) the Secretary concerned determines the ex-
clusion from consideration is in the best interest of 
the military department concerned; and 
‘‘(3) the officer has not previously failed of selec-
tion for promotion to the grade for which the officer 
requests the exclusion from consideration.’’. 
SEC. 510B. REAUTHORIZATION OF AUTHORITY TO ORDER 
RETIRED MEMBERS TO ACTIVE DUTY IN 
HIGH-DEMAND, LOW-DENSITY ASSIGNMENTS. 
Section 688a(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘after December 21, 2011.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘outside a period as follows: 
‘‘(1) The period beginning on December 2, 2002, 
and ending on December 31, 2011.
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‘‘(2) The period beginning on the date of the en-
actment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 and ending on December 31, 2022.’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. CONSOLIDATION OF AUTHORITIES TO ORDER 
MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES TO PERFORM DUTY. 
Section 515 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 810) 
is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (b), by 
striking ‘‘such legislation as would be necessary to 
amend titles 10, 14, 32, and 37 of the United States 
Code and other provisions of law in order to imple-
ment the Secretary’s approach by October 1, 2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘legislation implementing the alternate 
approach by April 30, 2019’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) ATTRIBUTES OF ALTERNATE APPROACH.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall ensure the alternate approach de-
scribed in subsection (b)— 
‘‘(1) reduces the number of statutory authorities 
by which members of the reserve components of the
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Armed Forces may be ordered to perform duty to not 
more than 8 statutory authorities grouped into 4 duty 
categories to which specific pay and benefits may be 
aligned, which categories shall include— 
‘‘(A) one duty category that shall generally 
reflect active service performed in support of con-
tingency type operations or other military ac-
tions in support of the commander of a combat-
ant command; 
‘‘(B) a second duty category that shall— 
‘‘(i) generally reflect active service not 
described in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) consist of training, administra-
tion, operational support, and full-time 
support of the reserve components; 
‘‘(C) a third duty category that shall— 
‘‘(i) generally reflect duty performed 
under direct military supervision while not 
in active service; and 
‘‘(ii) include duty characterized by 
partial-day service; and 
‘‘(D) a fourth duty category that shall— 
‘‘(i) generally reflect remote duty com-
pleted while not under direct military su-
pervision; and
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‘‘(ii) include completion of correspond-
ence courses and telework; 
‘‘(2) distinguishes among duty performed under 
titles 10, 14, and 32, United States Code, and ensures 
that the reasons the members of the reserve compo-
nents are utilized under the statutory authorities 
which exist prior to the alternate approach are pre-
served and can be tracked as separate and distinct 
purposes; 
‘‘(3) minimizes, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, disruptions in pay and benefits for members, 
and adheres to the principle that a member should re-
ceive pay and benefits commensurate with the nature 
and performance of the member’s duties; 
‘‘(4) ensures the Secretary has the flexibility to 
meet emerging requirements and to effectively manage 
the force; and 
‘‘(5) aligns Department of Defense programming 
and budgeting to the types of duty members per-
form.’’.
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SEC. 512. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF COMPLEX INVES-
TIGATIONS WITHIN THE NATIONAL GUARD 
BUREAU. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 1101 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 10509. Office of Complex Investigations 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the National Guard 
Bureau an Office of Complex Investigations (in this section 
referred to as the ‘Office’) under the authority, direction, 
and control of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 
‘‘(b) DISPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall 
be organized, trained, equipped, and managed to conduct 
administrative investigations in order to assist the States 
in the organization, maintenance, and operation of the Na-
tional Guard as follows: 
‘‘(1) In investigations of allegations of sexual as-
sault involving members of the National Guard. 
‘‘(2) In investigations in circumstances involving 
members of the National Guard in which other law 
enforcement agencies within the Department of De-
fense do not have, or have limited, jurisdiction or au-
thority to investigate. 
‘‘(3) In investigations in such other cir-
cumstances involving members of the National Guard
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as the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may di-
rect. 
‘‘(c) SCOPE OF INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY.—Individ-
uals performing investigations described in subsection 
(b)(1) are authorized— 
‘‘(1) to have access to all records, reports, audits, 
reviews, documents, papers, recommendations, or 
other material available to the applicable establish-
ment which relate to programs and operations with 
respect to the National Guard; and 
‘‘(2) to request such information or assistance as 
may be necessary for carrying out those duties from 
any Federal, State, or local governmental agency or 
unit thereof.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 1101 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘10509. Office of Complex Investigations.’’. 
SEC. 513. REVIEW OF EFFECTS OF PERSONNEL REQUIRE-
MENTS AND LIMITATIONS ON THE AVAIL-
ABILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL 
GUARD FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF FUNERAL 
HONORS DUTY FOR VETERANS. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall undertake a review of the effects of the personnel re-
quirements and limitations described in subsection (b) with
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respect to the members of the National Guard in order to 
determine whether or not such requirements unduly limit 
the ability of the Armed Forces to meet the demand for per-
sonnel to perform funeral honors in connection with funer-
als of veterans. 
(b) PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.— 
The personnel requirements and limitations described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) Requirements, such as the ceiling on the au-
thorized number of members of the National Guard on 
active duty pursuant to section 115(b)(2)(B) of title 
10, United States Code, or end-strength limitations, 
that may operate to limit the number of members of 
the National Guard available for the performance of 
funeral honors duty. 
(2) Any other requirements or limitations appli-
cable to the reserve components of the Armed Forces 
in general, or the National Guard in particular, that 
may operate to limit the number of members of the 
National Guard available for the performance of fu-
neral honors duty. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report on the review undertaken
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pursuant to subsection (a). The report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A description of the review. 
(2) Such recommendations as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate in light of the review for legislative 
or administrative action to expand the number of 
members of the National Guard available for the per-
formance of funeral honors functions at funerals of 
veterans. 
SEC. 514. TRAINING FOR NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL ON 
WILDFIRE RESPONSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army and the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall, in consultation with the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, provide for training 
of appropriate personnel of the National Guard on wildfire 
response, with preference given to States with the most acres 
of Federal forestlands administered by the U.S. Forest Serv-
ice or the Department of the Interior. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense 
a total of $10,000,000, in addition to amounts authorized 
to be appropriated by sections 421 and 301, in order to 
carry out the training required by subsection (a) and pro-
vide related equipment.
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(c) OFFSET.—In the funding table in section 4101, in 
the item relating to Fuzes, Procurement of Ammunition, 
Air Force, decrease the amount in the Senate Authorized 
column by $10,000,000. 
SEC. 515. PLAN TO MEET DEMAND FOR CYBERSPACE CA-
REER FIELDS IN THE RESERVE COMPONENTS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to Congress a report setting forth a plan 
for meeting the increased demand for cyberspace career 
fields in the reserve components of the Armed Forces. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan shall take into account the 
following: 
(1) The availability of qualified local workforces. 
(2) Potential best practices of private sector com-
panies involved in cyberspace and of educational in-
stitutions with established cyberspace-related aca-
demic programs. 
(3) The potential for Total Force Integration 
throughout the defense cyber community. 
(4) Recruitment strategies to attract individuals 
with critical cyber training and skills to join the re-
serve components.
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(c) METRICS.—The plan shall include appropriate 
metrics for use in the evaluation of the implementation of 
the plan. 
Subtitle C—General Service 
Authorities 
SEC. 516. REPORT ON POLICIES FOR REGULAR AND RE-
SERVE OFFICER CAREER MANAGEMENT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2018, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report setting forth the results of a review, 
undertaken by the Secretary for purposes of the report, of 
the policies of the Department of Defense for the career 
management of regular and reserve officers of the Armed 
Forces pursuant to the Defense Officer Personnel Manage-
ment Act (commonly referred to as ‘‘DOPMA’’) and the Re-
serve Officer Personnel Management Act (commonly re-
ferred to as ‘‘ROPMA’’). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include recommendations for the following: 
(1) Mechanisms to increase the ability of officers 
to repeatedly transition between active duty and re-
serve active-status throughout the course of their mili-
tary careers.
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(2) Mechanisms to provide the Armed Forces ad-
ditional flexibility in managing the populations of of-
ficers in the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and 
colonel and Navy grades of lieutenant commander, 
commander, and captain. 
(3) Mechanisms to use the modernized retirement 
system provided by part I of subtitle D of title VI of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) to encourage officers 
to pursue careers of lengths that vary from the tradi-
tional 20-year military career. 
(4) Mechanisms to provide for alternative career 
tracks for officers that encourage and facilitate the re-
cruitment and retention of officers with technical ex-
pertise. 
(5) Mechanisms for a career and promotion path 
for officers in cyber-related specialties. 
(6) Mechanism to ensure the officer corps does 
not become disproportionately weighted toward offi-
cers serving in the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, 
and colonel and Navy grades of lieutenant com-
mander, commander, and captain. 
(7) Any other mechanisms or matters the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to improve the effective
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recruitment, management, and retention of regular 
and reserve officers of the Armed Forces. 
(c) SCOPE OF REPORT.—If any recommendation of the 
Secretary in the report required by subsection (a) requires 
legislative or administrative action for implementation, the 
report shall include a proposal for legislative action, or a 
description of administrative action, as applicable, to im-
plement such recommendation. 
SEC. 517. RESPONSIBILITY OF CHIEFS OF STAFF OF THE 
ARMED FORCES FOR STANDARDS AND QUALI-
FICATIONS 
FOR 
MILITARY 
SPECIALTIES 
WITHIN THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(d), responsibility within an Armed Force for establishing, 
approving, and modifying the criteria, standards, and 
qualifications for military speciality codes within that 
Armed Force shall be vested solely in the Chief of Staff of 
that Armed Force. 
(b) MILITARY SPECIALTY CODES.—For purposes of 
this section, a military specialty code is as follows: 
(1) A Military Occupational Speciality Code 
(MOS) and any other military specialty or military 
occupational specialty of the Army, in the case of the 
Army.
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(2) A Naval Enlisted Code (NEC), Unrestricted 
Duty code, Restricted Duty code, Restricted Line duty 
code, Staff Corps code, Limited Duty code, Warrant 
Officer code, and any other military specialty or 
military occupational specialty of the Navy, in the 
case of the Navy. 
(3) An Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) and 
any other military specialty or military occupational 
specialty of the Air Force, in the case of the Air 
Force. 
(4) A Military Occupational Speciality Code 
(MOS) and any other military specialty or military 
occupational specialty of the Marine Corps, in the 
case of the Marine Corps. 
(c) CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MARINE CORPS.—For pur-
poses of this section, the Commandant of the Marine Corps 
shall be deemed to be the Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps. 
(d) GENDER INTEGRATION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to terminate, alter, or revise the authority 
of the Secretary of Defense to establish, approve, modify, 
or otherwise regulate gender-based criteria, standards, and 
qualifications for military specialties within the Armed 
Forces.
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SEC. 518. CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW OF CHARACTERIZATION 
OF TERMS OF DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF 
SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
(a) CODIFICATION OF CURRENT CONFIDENTIAL PROC-
ESS.— 
(1) CODIFICATION.—Chapter 79 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 1554a a new section 1554b consisting of— 
(A) a heading as follows: 
‘‘§ 1554b. Confidential review of characterization of 
terms of discharge of members of the 
armed forces who are survivors of sex-re-
lated offenses’’; and 
(B) a text consisting of the text of section 
547 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 
Stat. 3375; 10 U.S.C. 1553 note). 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 79 of such title is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1554a the following new item: 
‘‘1554b. Confidential review of characterization of terms of discharge of members 
of the armed forces who are survivors of sex-related offenses.’’.
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(3) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 547 of the 
Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 is re-
pealed. 
(b) TERMINOLOGY.—Subsection (a) of section 1554b of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of 
this section, is amended by striking ‘‘victim’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘survivor’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY TO INDIVIDUALS 
WHO ALLEGE THEY WERE A SURVIVOR OF A SEX-RELATED 
OFFENSE DURING MILITARY SERVICE.—Subsection (a) of 
such section 1554b, as so added, is further amended by in-
serting after ‘‘sex-related offense’’ the following: ‘‘, or alleges 
that the individual was the survivor of a sex-related of-
fense,’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section 1554b, 
as so added, is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Armed Forces’’ each place it ap-
pears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ‘‘armed 
forces’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘boards for the correction of 
military records of the military department con-
cerned’’ and inserting ‘‘boards of the military de-
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partment concerned established in accordance 
with this chapter’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘such an offense’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a sex-related offense’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘boards for the 
correction of military records’’ and inserting ‘‘boards 
of the military department concerned established in 
accordance with this chapter’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘title 10, 
United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking 
‘‘such title’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’. 
SEC. 519. IMPROVEMENTS TO CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND 
PROCEDURES 
OF 
DISCHARGE 
REVIEW 
BOARDS. 
(a) REPEAL OF 15-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON 
MOTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR REVIEW.—Subsection (a) of 
section 1553 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the second sentence. 
(b) TELEPHONIC PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE.—Sub-
section (c) of such section is amended in the second sentence 
by striking ‘‘or by affidavit’’ and inserting ‘‘, by affidavit,
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or by telephone or video conference (to the extent reasonable 
and technically feasible)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2018. 
SEC. 520. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RELATED 
TO DISPOSITION OF CLAIMS REGARDING DIS-
CHARGE OR RELEASE OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES WHEN THE CLAIMS INVOLVE 
SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
(a) BOARDS
FOR
THE CORRECTION
OF MILITARY 
RECORDS.—Section 1552(h) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) The number and disposition of claims de-
cided during the calendar quarter preceding the cal-
endar quarter in which such information is made 
available in which sexual assault is alleged to have 
contributed, whether in whole or in part, to the origi-
nal characterization of the discharge or release of the 
claimant.’’. 
(b) DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARDS.—Section 1553(f) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The number and disposition of claims de-
cided during the calendar quarter preceding the cal-
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endar quarter in which such information is made 
available in which sexual assault is alleged to have 
contributed, whether in whole or in part, to the origi-
nal characterization of the discharge or release of the 
former member.’’. 
SEC. 520A. MODIFICATION OF BASIS FOR EXTENSION OF PE-
RIOD 
FOR 
ENLISTMENT 
IN 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES UNDER THE DELAYED ENTRY PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 513(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4); 
(2) by designating the second sentence of para-
graph (1) as paragraph (2) and indenting the left 
margin of such paragraph (2), as so designated, two 
ems from the left margin; 
(3) in paragraph (2), as so designated, by insert-
ing ‘‘described in paragraph (1)’’ after ‘‘the 365-day 
period’’; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2), as des-
ignated by this section, the following new paragraph 
(3): 
‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary concerned may extend by up to 
an additional 365 days the period of extension under para-
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graph (2) for a person who enlists under section 504(b)(2) 
of this title if the Secretary determines that the period of 
extension under this paragraph is required for the perform-
ance of adequate background and security reviews of that 
person. 
‘‘(B) The authority to make an extension under this 
paragraph shall expire on December 31, 2019. The expira-
tion of such authority shall not effect the validity of any 
extension made in accordance with this paragraph on or 
before that date.’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by para-
graph (1) of this section, by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice 
Matters 
SEC. 521. REVISION TO MANUAL FOR COURTS-MARTIAL 
WITH RESPECT TO DISSEMINATION OF VIS-
UAL DEPICTIONS OF PRIVATE AREAS OR SEX-
UALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT WITHOUT THE 
CONSENT OF THE PERSON DEPICTED. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ENUMERATE OFFENSE
FOR 
PURPOSES OF GENERAL PUNITIVE ARTICLE.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
part IV of the Manual for Courts-Martial shall be amended 
to include as an enumerated offense under section 934 of
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title 10, United States Code (article 134 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), the distribution of a visual depic-
tion of the private area of a person or of sexually explicit 
conduct involving a person that was— 
(1) photographed, videotaped, filmed, or recorded 
by any means with the consent of such person; and 
(2) distributed by another person who knew or 
should have known that the depicted person did not 
consent to such distribution. 
(b) PRIVATE AREA DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘private area’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 920c(d) of title 10, United States Code (article 120c(d) 
of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). 
SEC. 522. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS IN 
CONNECTION WITH REFORM OF THE UNI-
FORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 
(a) ARTICLES 1, 6b, AND 137.— 
(1) Section 801 of title 10, United States Code 
(article 1 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 
is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
striking ‘‘chapter:’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter (the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice):’’. 
(2) Section 806b(b) of title 10, United States 
Code (article 6b(b) of the Uniform Code of Military
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Justice), is amended by striking ‘‘(the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice)’’. 
(3) Section 937 of title 10, United States Code 
(article 137 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 
as amended by section 5503 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
114–328), is further amended by striking ‘‘(the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice)’’ each place it appears 
as follows: 
(A) In subsection (a)(1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A). 
(B) In subsection (b), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A). 
(C) In subsection (d), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1). 
(b) ARTICLE 6b.—Section 806b(e)(3) of title 10, 
United States Code (article 6b(e)(3) of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), is amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘President,’’ the following: 
‘‘subject to section 830a of this title (article 30a).’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and, to the extent practicable,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘To the extent practicable, such a peti-
tion’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘before the court.’’ and inserting 
‘‘before the Court of Criminal Appeals.’’.
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(c) ARTICLE 30a.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 830a 
of title 10, United States Code (article 30a of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as added by section 5202 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘, or otherwise act on,’’ after ‘‘to review’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) Pre-referral matters under subsections (c) 
and (e) of section 806b of this title (article 6b).’’. 
(d) ARTICLE 39.—Subsection (a)(4) of section 839 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 39 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5222(1) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
is amended by striking ‘‘in non-capital cases unless the ac-
cused requests sentencing by members under section 825 of 
this title (article 25)’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 
853(b)(1) of this title (article 53(b)(1))’’. 
(e) ARTICLE 43.—Subsection (i) of section 843 of title 
10, United States Code (article 43 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), as added by section 5225(c) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is
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amended by striking ‘‘DNA EVIDENCE.—’’ and inserting 
‘‘DNA EVIDENCE.—’’. 
(f) ARTICLE 48.—Subsection (c)(1) of section 848 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 48 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5230 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is 
further amended by striking ‘‘section 866(g) of this title (ar-
ticle 66(g))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 866(h) of this title (arti-
cle 66(h))’’. 
(g) ARTICLE 53.—Subsection (b)(1)(B) of section 853 
of title 10, United States Code (article 53 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 5236 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017, is further amended by striking ‘‘in a trial’’. 
(h) ARTICLE 53a.—Subsection (d) of section 853a of 
title 10, United States Code (article 53a of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as added by section 5237 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
is amended by striking ‘‘military judge’’ the second place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘court-martial’’. 
(i) ARTICLE 56.—Subsection (d)(1) of section 856 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 56 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5301 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is 
further amended—
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(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting after ‘‘concerned,’’ the following: ‘‘under 
standards and procedures set forth in regulations pre-
scribed by the President,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after 
‘‘(B)’’ the following: ‘‘as determined in accordance 
with standards and procedures prescribed by the 
President,’’. 
(j) ARTICLE 58a.— 
(1) Subsection (a) of section 858a of title 10, 
United States Code (article 58a of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5303(1) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017, is further amended in the matter after 
paragraph (3) by inserting after ‘‘reduces’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, if such a reduction is authorized by regula-
tion prescribed by the President,’’. 
(2) The heading of such section (article) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 858a. Art 58a. Sentences: reduction in enlisted 
grade’’. 
(k) ARTICLE 58b.—Subsection (b) of section 858b of 
title 10, United States Code (article 58b of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), is amended in the first sentence 
by striking ‘‘section 860 of this title (article 60)’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘section 860a or 860b of this title (article 60a or 
60b)’’. 
(l) ARTICLE 62.—Subsection (b) of section 862 of title 
10, United States Code (article 62 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), is amended by striking ‘‘, notwith-
standing section 866(c) of this title (article 66(c))’’. 
(m) ARTICLE 63.—Subsection (b) of section 863 of title 
10, United States Code (article 63 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), as added by section 5327 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is amended 
by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, subject 
to such limitations as the President may prescribe by regu-
lation.’’. 
(n) ARTICLE 64.—Subsection (a) of section 864 of title 
10, United States Code (article 64 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), as amended by section 5328(a) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is 
further amended by striking ‘‘(a) (a) IN GENERAL.—’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’. 
(o) ARTICLE 65.—Subsection (b)(1) of section 865 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 65 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5329 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is 
further amended by striking ‘‘section 866(b)(2) of this title
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(article 66(b)(2))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 866(b)(3) of this 
title (article 66(b)(3))’’. 
(p) ARTICLE 66.—Subsection (e)(2)(C) of section 866 
of title 10, United States Code (article 66 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 5330 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017, is further amended by inserting after ‘‘required’’ the 
following: ‘‘by regulation prescribed by the President or’’. 
(q) ARTICLE 69.—Subsection (c)(1)(A) of section 869 
of title 10, United States Code (article 69 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 5233 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017, is further amended by inserting a comma after ‘‘in 
part’’. 
(r) ARTICLE 82.—Subsection (b) of section 882 of title 
10, United States Code (article 82 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), as amended by section 5403 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is 
further amended by striking ‘‘section 99’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 899’’. 
(s) ARTICLE 103a.—Section 8312(b)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘article 106a’’ 
and inserting ‘‘article 103a’’. 
(t) ARTICLE 119a.—Subsection (b) of section 919a of 
title 10, United States Code (article 119a of the Uniform
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Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 
5401(13)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017, is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘928a, 926, and 928’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘926, 928, and 928a’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘128a 126, and 128’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘126, 128, and 128a’’. 
(u) ARTICLE 120.—Subsection (g)(2) of section 920 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 120 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 5430(b) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017, is further amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘brest’’ and inserting ‘‘breast’’. 
(v) ARTICLE 128.—Subsection (b)(2) of section 928 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 128 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 5441 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017, is further amended by striking the comma after ‘‘sub-
stantial bodily harm’’. 
(w) ARTICLE 132.—Subsection (b)(2) of section 932 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 132 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as added by section 5450 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 1034(h)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 1034(j)’’.
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(x) ARTICLE 146.—Subsection (f) of section 946 of title 
10, United States Code (article 146 of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), as amended by section 5521 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is 
further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking the sentence be-
ginning ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting the following 
new sentence: ‘‘The analysis under this paragraph 
shall be included in the assessment required by para-
graph (1).’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following new paragraph (5): 
‘‘(5) REPORTS.—With respect to each review and 
assessment under this subsection, the Panel shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each re-
port— 
‘‘(A) shall set forth the results of the review 
and assessment concerned, including the findings 
and recommendations of the Panel; and 
‘‘(B) shall be submitted not later than De-
cember 31 of the calendar year in which the re-
view and assessment is concluded.’’. 
(y) TABLES OF SECTIONS.—
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(1) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter II of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(1) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended in the items relating to sections 810 and 
812 (articles 10 and 12) by striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter V of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(2) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘825.’’ the second place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘825a.’’; and 
(B) in the items relating to sections 825a, 
826a, and 829 (articles 25a, 26a, and 29), by 
striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter VI of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(3) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘830.’’ the second place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘830a.’’; and 
(B) in the items relating to sections 830a 
and 832 through 835 (articles 30a and 32 
through 35), by striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(4) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter VII of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(4) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended in the items relating to sections 846 through 
848, 850, 852, 853, and 853a (articles 46 through 48, 
50, 52, 53, and 53a) by striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(5) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter VIII of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(5) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended by striking the item relating to section 858a 
(article 58a) and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘858a. 58a. Sentences: reduction in enlisted grade.’’. 
(6) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter IX of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(6) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further
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amended in the items relating to sections 860 through 
861, 864 through 866, and 869 (articles 60 through 
61, 64 through 66, and 69) by striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(7) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter X of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5452 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended— 
(A) in the items relating to sections 877 
through 934 (articles 77 through 134), by strik-
ing ‘‘Art.’’; 
(B) in the item relating to section 887a (ar-
ticle 87a), by striking ‘‘Resistence’’ and inserting 
‘‘Resistance’’; 
(C) in the item relating to section 908 (arti-
cle 108), by striking ‘‘of the United States–Loss’’ 
and inserting ‘‘of United States–Loss,’’; and 
(D) in the item relating to section 909 (ar-
ticle 109), by striking ‘‘of the’’ and inserting 
‘‘of’’. 
(8) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter XI of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(7) of the National Defense
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Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended in the items relating to sections 936 and 
940a (articles 136 and 140a) by striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(9) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter XII of chapter 47 of title 10, United States 
Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
amended by section 5541(8) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, is further 
amended in the items relating to sections 946 and 
946a (articles 146 and 146a) by striking ‘‘Art.’’. 
(z) OTHER PROVISIONS OF TITLE 10 IN CONNECTION 
WITH UCMJ REFORM.— 
(1) Section 673(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 920, 920a, or 
920c of this title (article 120, 120a, or 120c of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 920, 920c, or 930 of this title (article 120, 
120c, or 130 of the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice)’’. 
(2) Section 674(a) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 920, 920a, 920b, 920c, or 925 of this 
title (article 120, 120a, 120b, 120c, or 125 of the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 920, 920b, 920c, or 930 of this title (article 120,
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120b, 120c, or 130 of the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice)’’. 
(3) Section 1034(c)(2)(A) of such title is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘sections 920 through 920c of this title 
(articles 120 through 120c of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 920, 920b, 
920c, or 930 of this title (article 120, 120b, 120c, or 
130 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice)’’. 
(4) Section 1044e(g)(1) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 920, 920a, 920b, 920c, or 925 of 
this title (article 120, 120a, 120b, 120c, or 125 of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 920, 920b, 920c, or 930 of this title (article 
120, 120b, 120c, or 130 of the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice)’’. 
(5) Section 1059(e) of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘the approval of’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘as approved,’’ and inserting ‘‘entry of judgment 
under section 860c of this title (article 60c of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice) if the sen-
tence’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘by a 
court-martial’’ the second place it appears and 
all that follows through ‘‘include any such pun-
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ishment,’’ and inserting ‘‘for a dependent-abuse 
offense and the conviction is disapproved or is 
otherwise not part of the judgment under section 
860c of this title (article 60c of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice) or the punishment is 
disapproved or is otherwise not part of the judg-
ment under such section (article),’’. 
(6) Section 1408(h)(10)(A) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘the approval’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting ‘‘entry of judgment under section 
860c of this title (article 60c of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice).’’. 
(aa) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect immediately after the coming 
into effect of the amendments made by division E of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
as provided for in section 5542 of that Act. 
SEC. 523. PRIORITY OF REVIEW BY COURT OF APPEALS FOR 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES 
OF 
DECISIONS 
OF 
COURTS OF CRIMINAL APPEALS ON PETI-
TIONS 
FOR 
ENFORCEMENT 
OF 
VICTIMS’ 
RIGHTS. 
(a) PRIORITY.—Section 806b(e)(3) of title 10, United 
States Code (article 6b(e)(3) of the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice), as amended by section 522(b) of this Act, is