IIB 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4310 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 19, 2012 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Depart-
ment of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 
CONTENTS. 
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into four divi-
sions as follows: 
(1) Division A—Department of Defense Au-
thorizations. 
(2) Division B—Military Construction Author-
izations. 
(3) Division C—Department of Energy Na-
tional Security Authorizations and Other Authoriza-
tions. 
(4) Division D—Funding Tables. 
(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. 
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. Multiyear procurement authority for Army CH–47 helicopters. 
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Sec. 112. Reports on airlift requirements of the Army. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
Sec. 121. Retirement of nuclear-powered ballistic submarines. 
Sec. 122. Extension of Ford-class aircraft carrier construction authority. 
Sec. 123. Extension of multiyear procurement authority for F/A–18E, F/A– 
18F, and EA–18G aircraft. 
Sec. 124. Multiyear procurement authority for V–22 joint aircraft program. 
Sec. 125. Multiyear procurement authority for Arleigh Burke-class destroyers 
and associated systems. 
Sec. 126. Multiyear procurement authority for Virginia-class submarine pro-
gram. 
Sec. 127. Refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. 
Sec. 128. Report on Littoral Combat Ship designs. 
Sec. 129. Comptroller General reviews of Littoral Combat Ship program. 
Sec. 130. Sense of Congress on importance of engineering in early stages of 
shipbuilding. 
Sec. 131. Sense of Congress on Marine Corps Amphibious Lift and Presence 
Requirements. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
Sec. 141. Retirement of B–1 bomber aircraft. 
Sec. 142. Maintenance of strategic airlift aircraft. 
Sec. 143. Limitation on availability of funds for divestment or retirement of C– 
27J aircraft. 
Sec. 144. Limitation on availability of funds for termination of C–130 avionics 
modernization program. 
Sec. 145. Review of C–130 force structure. 
Sec. 146. Limitation on availability of funds for evolved expendable launch vehi-
cle program. 
Sec. 147. Procurement of space-based infrared systems. 
Subtitle E—Joint and Multiservice Matters 
Sec. 151. Requirement to set F–35 aircraft initial operational capability dates. 
Sec. 152. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of RQ–4 Global 
Hawk unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 153. Common data link for manned and unmanned intelligence, surveil-
lance, and reconnaissance systems. 
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. 
Next-generation long-range strike bomber aircraft nuclear certifi-
cation requirement. 
Sec. 212. Unmanned combat air system. 
Sec. 213. Extension of limitation on availability of funds for Unmanned Car-
rier-launched Surveillance and Strike system program. 
Sec. 214. Limitation on availability of funds for future manned ground moving 
target indicator capability of the Air Force. 
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Sec. 215. Limitation on availability of funds for milestone A activities for the 
MQ–18 unmanned aircraft system. 
Sec. 216. Vertical lift platform technology demonstrations. 
Subtitle C—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 221. Procurement of AN/TPY–2 radars. 
Sec. 222. Development of advanced kill vehicle. 
Sec. 223. Missile defense site on the East Coast. 
Sec. 224. Ground-based midcourse defense system. 
Sec. 225. Ground-based midcourse defense interceptor test. 
Sec. 226. Deployment of SM–3 IIB interceptors on land and sea. 
Sec. 227. Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program. 
Sec. 228. Sea-based X-band radar. 
Sec. 229. Prohibition on the use of funds for the MEADS program. 
Sec. 230. Limitation on availability of funds for phased, adaptive approach to 
missile defense in Europe. 
Sec. 231. Limitation on availability of funds for the precision tracking space 
system. 
Sec. 232. Plan to improve discrimination and kill assessment capability of bal-
listic missile defense systems. 
Sec. 233. Plan to increase rate of flight tests of ground-based midcourse de-
fense system. 
Sec. 234. Report on regional missile defense architectures. 
Sec. 235. Use of funds for conventional prompt global strike program. 
Sec. 236. Transfer of Aegis weapon system equipment to Missile Defense Agen-
cy. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 241. Study on electronic warfare capabilities of the Marine Corps. 
Sec. 242. National Research Council review of defense science and technical 
graduate education needs. 
Sec. 243. Report on three-dimensional integrated circuit manufacturing capa-
bilities. 
Sec. 244. Report on efforts to field new directed energy weapons. 
Sec. 245. Report on Air Force cyber operations. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 251. Eligibility for Department of Defense laboratories to enter into edu-
cational partnerships with educational institutions in territories 
and possessions of the United States. 
Sec. 252. Regional advanced technology clusters. 
Sec. 253. Briefing on power and energy research conducted at University Affili-
ated Research Center. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. 
Sec. 302. Authorization of appropriations of funds for inactivation execution of 
U.S.S. Enterprise. 
Subtitle B—Energy and Environmental Provisions 
Sec. 311. Training range sustainment plan and training range inventory. 
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Sec. 312. Modification of definition of chemical substance. 
Sec. 313. Exemption of Department of Defense from alternative fuel procure-
ment requirement. 
Sec. 314. Limitation on availability of funds for procurement of alternative fuel. 
Sec. 315. Plan on environmental exposures to members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 316. Southern sea otter military readiness areas. 
Sec. 317. Authority of Secretary of a military department to enter into coopera-
tive agreements with Indian tribes for land management associ-
ated with military installations and State-owned National 
Guard installations. 
Sec. 318. Sense of Congress regarding decontamination of former bombardment 
area on island of Culebra, Puerto Rico. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment 
Sec. 321. Expansion and reauthorization of multi-trades demonstration project. 
Sec. 322. Depot-level maintenance and repair. 
Sec. 323. Sense of Congress regarding the performance of commercially-avail-
able activities by Department of Defense civilian employees. 
Subtitle D—Readiness 
Sec. 331. Intergovernmental support agreements with State and local govern-
ments. 
Sec. 332. Extension and expansion of authority to provide assured business 
guarantees to carriers participating in Civil Reserve Air Fleet. 
Sec. 333. Expansion and reauthorization of pilot program for availability of 
working-capital funds for product improvements. 
Sec. 334. Center of Excellence for the National Guard State Partnership Pro-
gram. 
Sec. 335. Codification of National Guard State Partnership Program. 
Subtitle E—Reports 
Sec. 341. Report on joint strategy for readiness and training in a C4ISR-denied 
environment. 
Sec. 342. Comptroller General review of annual Department of Defense report 
on prepositioned materiel and equipment. 
Sec. 343. Modification of report on maintenance and repair of vessels in foreign 
shipyards. 
Sec. 344. Extension of deadline for Comptroller General report on Department 
of Defense service contract inventory. 
Sec. 345. GAO report reviewing methodology of Department of Defense relat-
ing to costs of performance by civilian employees, military per-
sonnel, and contractors. 
Sec. 346. Report on medical evacuation policies. 
Sec. 347. Report on providing telecommunications services to uniformed per-
sonnel transiting through foreign airports. 
Sec. 348. Survey and report on personal protection equipment needed by mem-
bers of the Armed Forces deployed on the ground in combat 
zones. 
Sec. 349. Report on status of targets in Operational Energy Strategy Imple-
mentation Plan. 
Subtitle F—Limitations and Extensions of Authority 
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Sec. 351. Repeal of authority to provide certain military equipment and facili-
ties to support civilian law enforcement and emergency re-
sponse. 
Sec. 352. Limitation on availability of funds for the disestablishment of aero-
space control alert locations. 
Sec. 353. Limitation on authorization of appropriations for the National Mu-
seum of the United States Army. 
Sec. 354. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of 
Ticonderoga class cruisers or dock landing ships. 
Sec. 355. Renewal of expired prohibition on return of veterans memorial objects 
without specific authorization in law. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 361. Retirement, adoption, care, and recognition of military working dogs. 
Sec. 362. Assistance for homeland defense mission training. 
Sec. 363. Comptroller General review of handling, labeling, and packaging pro-
cedures for hazardous material shipments. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Sec. 402. Revision in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. 
Sec. 403. Limitations on end strength reductions for regular component of the 
Army and Marine Corps. 
Sec. 404. Exclusion of members within the Integrated Disability Evaluation 
System from end strength levels 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 2013 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active 
duty for operational support. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy Generally 
Sec. 501. Limitation on number of Navy flag officers on active duty. 
Sec. 502. Exception to required retirement after 30 years of service for Regular 
Navy warrant officers in the grade of Chief Warrant Officer, 
W–5. 
Sec. 503. Air Force Chief and Deputy Chief of Chaplains. 
Sec. 504. Extension of temporary authority to reduce minimum length of active 
service as a commissioned officer required for voluntary retire-
ment as an officer. 
Sec. 505. Temporary increase in the time-in-grade retirement waiver limitation 
for lieutenant colonels and colonels in the Army, Air Force, 
and Marine Corps and commanders and captains in the Navy. 
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Sec. 506. Modification to limitations on number of officers for whom service- 
in-grade requirements may be reduced for retirement in grade 
upon voluntary retirement. 
Sec. 507. Diversity in military leadership and related reporting requirements. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Codification of staff assistant positions for Joint Staff related to Na-
tional Guard and Reserve matters. 
Sec. 512. Automatic Federal recognition of promotion of certain National 
Guard warrant officers. 
Sec. 513. On-line tracking of certain reserve duty. 
Subtitle C—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 521. Modifications to career intermission pilot program. 
Sec. 522. Authority for additional behavioral health professionals to conduct 
pre-separation medical exams for post-traumatic stress dis-
order. 
Sec. 523. Authority to accept voluntary services to assist Department of De-
fense efforts to account for missing persons. 
Sec. 524. Authorized leave available for members of the Armed Forces upon 
birth or adoption of a child. 
Sec. 525. Command responsibility and accountability for remains of members 
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps who die out-
side the United States. 
Sec. 526. Report on feasibility of developing gender-neutral occupational stand-
ards for military occupational specialties currently closed to 
women. 
Sec. 527. Compliance with medical profiles issued for members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice and Legal Matters 
Sec. 531. Clarification and enhancement of the role of Staff Judge Advocate to 
the Commandant of the Marine Corps. 
Sec. 532. Persons who may exercise disposition authority regarding charges in-
volving certain sexual misconduct offenses under the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 533. Independent review and assessment of Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice and judicial proceedings of sexual assault cases. 
Sec. 534. Collection and retention of records on disposition of reports of sexual 
assault. 
Sec. 535. Briefing, plan, and recommendations regarding efforts to prevent and 
respond to hazing incidents involving members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 536. Protection of rights of conscience of members of the Armed Forces 
and chaplains of such members. 
Sec. 537. Use of military installations as sites for marriage ceremonies or mar-
riage-like ceremonies. 
Sec. 538. Coordination between Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program and 
Small Business Development Centers. 
Subtitle E—Member Education and Training Opportunities and 
Administration 
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Sec. 541. Transfer of Troops-to-Teachers program from Department of Edu-
cation to Department of Defense and enhancements to the pro-
gram. 
Sec. 542. Support of Naval Academy athletic and physical fitness programs. 
Sec. 543. Department of Defense Inspector General review of access to military 
installations by representatives of for-profit educational institu-
tions. 
Sec. 544. Expansion of Department of Defense pilot program on receipt of ci-
vilian credentialing for military occupational specialty skills. 
Subtitle F—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 551. Issuance of prisoner-of-war medal. 
Sec. 552. Award of Purple Heart to members of the Armed Forces who were 
victims of the attacks at recruiting station in Little Rock, Ar-
kansas, and at Fort Hood, Texas. 
Sec. 553. Advancement of Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager, United States 
Air Force (retired), on the retired list. 
Sec. 554. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant 
Alonzo H. Cushing for acts of valor during the Civil War. 
Sec. 555. Retroactive award of Army Combat Action Badge. 
Sec. 556. Report on Navy review, findings, and actions pertaining to Medal of 
Honor nomination of Marine Corps Sergeant Rafael Peralta. 
Subtitle G—Defense Dependents’ Education and Military Family Readiness 
Matters 
Sec. 561. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that 
benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and De-
partment of Defense civilian employees. 
Sec. 562. Transitional compensation for dependent children who were carried 
during pregnancy at the time of dependent-abuse offense com-
mitted by an individual while a member of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 563. Modification of authority to allow Department of Defense domestic 
dependent elementary and secondary schools to enroll certain 
students. 
Sec. 564. Protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are mem-
bers of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 565. Treatment of relocation of members of the Armed Forces for active 
duty for purposes of mortgage refinancing. 
Sec. 566. Sense of Congress regarding support for Yellow Ribbon Day. 
Subtitle H—Improved Sexual Assault Prevention and Response in the Armed 
Forces 
Sec. 571. Establishment of special victim teams to respond to allegations of 
child abuse, serious domestic violence, or sexual offenses. 
Sec. 572. Enhancement to training and education for sexual assault prevention 
and response. 
Sec. 573. Enhancement to requirements for availability of information on sex-
ual assault prevention and response resources. 
Sec. 574. Modification of annual Department of Defense reporting require-
ments regarding sexual assaults. 
Sec. 575. Inclusion of sexual harassment incidents in annual Department of 
Defense reports on sexual assaults. 
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Sec. 576. Continued submission of progress reports regarding certain incident 
information management tools. 
Sec. 577. Briefings on Department of Defense actions regarding sexual assault 
prevention and response in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 578. Armed Forces Workplace and Gender Relations Surveys. 
Sec. 579. Requirement for commanders to conduct annual organizational cli-
mate assessments. 
Sec. 580. Additional requirements for organizational climate assessments. 
Sec. 581. Review of unrestricted reports of sexual assault and subsequent sepa-
ration of members making such reports. 
Sec. 582. Limitation on release from active duty or recall to active duty of re-
serve component members who are victims of sexual assault 
while on active duty. 
Sec. 583. Inclusion of information on substantiated reports of sexual harass-
ment in member’s official service record. 
Sec. 584. Sense of Congress on military sexual trauma. 
Sec. 585. Correction of military records of members of the Armed Forces who 
experience retaliatory personnel actions for making a report of 
sexual assault or sexual harassment. 
Sec. 586. Department of Defense Sexual Assault and Harassment Oversight 
and Advisory Council. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters 
Sec. 590. Inclusion of Freely Associated States within scope of Junior Reserve 
Officers’ Training Corps program. 
Sec. 591. Preservation of editorial independence of Stars and Stripes. 
Sec. 592. Sense of Congress regarding designation of bugle call commonly 
known as ‘‘Taps’’ as National Song of Remembrance. 
Sec. 593. Recommended conduct during sounding of bugle call commonly 
known as ‘‘Taps’’. 
Sec. 594. Inspection of military cemeteries under the jurisdiction of Depart-
ment of Defense. 
Sec. 595. Pilot program to provide transitional assistance to members of the 
Armed Forces with a focus on science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics. 
Sec. 596. Sense of Congress regarding the recovery of the remains of certain 
members of the Armed Forces killed in Thurston Island, Ant-
arctica. 
Sec. 597. Report on effects of multiple deployments. 
Sec. 598. Establishment of chain of command for Army National Military 
Cemeteries. 
Sec. 599. Military salute during recitation of pledge of allegiance by members 
of the Armed Forces not in uniform and by veterans. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2013 increase in military basic pay. 
Sec. 602. Basic allowance for housing for two-member couples when one mem-
ber is on sea duty. 
Sec. 603. No reduction in basic allowance for housing for Army National Guard 
and Air National Guard members who transition between ac-
tive duty and full-time National Guard duty without a break 
in active service. 
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Sec. 604. Modification of Program Guidance relating to the award of Post-De-
ployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence 
days to members of the reserve components under DOD In-
struction 1327.06. 
Sec. 605. Payment of benefit for nonparticipation of eligible members in Post- 
Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program due to Gov-
ernment error. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 
reserve 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 
officers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of authorities relating to title 37 consolidated spe-
cial 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. Increase in maximum amount of officer affiliation bonus for officers 
in the Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 617. Increase in maximum amount of incentive bonus for reserve compo-
nent members who convert military occupational specialty to 
ease personnel shortages. 
Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances Generally 
Sec. 621. Travel and transportation allowances for non-medical attendants for 
members receiving care in a residential treatment program. 
Subtitle D—Benefits and Services for Members Being Separated or Recently 
Separated 
Sec. 631. Extension of authority to provide two years of commissary and ex-
change benefits after separation. 
Sec. 632. Transitional use of military family housing. 
Subtitle E—Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits 
and Operations 
Sec. 641. Charitable organizations eligible for donations of unusable com-
missary store food and other food prepared for the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 642. Repeal of certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements applica-
ble to commissary and exchange stores overseas. 
Sec. 643. Treatment of Fisher House for the Families of the Fallen and Medi-
tation Pavilion at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, as a Fisher 
House. 
Sec. 644. Purchase of sustainable products, local food products, and recyclable 
materials for resale in commissary and exchange store systems. 
Subtitle F—Disability, Retired Pay, and Survivor Benefits 
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Sec. 651. Repeal of requirement for payment of Survivor Benefit Plan pre-
miums when participant waives retired pay to provide a sur-
vivor annuity under Federal Employees Retirement System and 
terminating payment of the Survivor Benefit Plan annuity. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 661. Consistent definition of dependent for purposes of applying limita-
tions on terms of consumer credit extended to certain members 
of the Armed Forces and their dependents. 
Sec. 662. Limitation on reduction in number of military and civilian personnel 
assigned to duty with service review agencies. 
Sec. 663. Equal treatment for members of Coast Guard Reserve called to active 
duty under title 14, United States Code. 
Sec. 664. Mortgage protection for members of the Armed Forces, surviving 
spouses, and certain veterans. 
Sec. 665. Study on issuing identification cards to certain members upon dis-
charge. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Improvements to Health Benefits 
Sec. 701. Sense of Congress on nonmonetary contributions to health care bene-
fits made by career members of the Armed Forces and their 
families. 
Sec. 702. Extension of TRICARE Standard coverage and TRICARE dental 
program for members of the Selected Reserve who are involun-
tarily separated. 
Sec. 703. Medical and dental care contracts for certain members of the Na-
tional Guard. 
Sec. 704. Certain treatment of autism under TRICARE. 
Sec. 705. Mental health assessments for members of the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle B—Health Care Administration 
Sec. 711. Unified medical command. 
Sec. 712. Authority for automatic enrollment in TRICARE Prime of depend-
ents of members in pay grades above pay grade E–4. 
Sec. 713. Cooperative health care agreements between the military departments 
and non-military health care entities. 
Sec. 714. Requirement to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of health en-
gagements. 
Sec. 715. Clarification of applicability of Federal Tort Claims Act to sub-
contractors employed to provide health care services to the De-
partment of Defense. 
Sec. 716. Pilot program on increased third-party collection reimbursements in 
military medical treatment facilities. 
Sec. 717. Pilot program for refills of maintenance medications for TRICARE 
for Life beneficiaries through the TRICARE mail-order phar-
macy program. 
Sec. 718. Cost-sharing rates for pharmacy benefits program of the TRICARE 
program. 
Sec. 719. Review of the administration of the military health system. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 
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Sec. 721. Extension of Comptroller General report on contract health care 
staffing for military medical treatment facilities. 
Sec. 722. Extension of Comptroller General report on women-specific health 
services and treatment for female members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 723. Establishment of TRICARE working group. 
Sec. 724. Report on strategy to transition to use of human-based methods for 
certain medical training. 
Sec. 725. Pilot program on enhancements of Department of Defense efforts on 
mental health in the National Guard and Reserves through 
community partnerships. 
Sec. 726. Study on breast cancer among members of the Armed Forces and 
veterans. 
Sec. 727. Increased collaboration with NIH to combat triple negative breast 
cancer. 
Sec. 728. Pilot program on payment for treatment of members of the Armed 
Forces and veterans for traumatic brain injury and post-trau-
matic stress disorder. 
Sec. 729. Congressional support for greater awareness of post-traumatic stress 
disorder. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, 
AND RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 
Sec. 801. Pilot exemption regarding treatment of procurements on behalf of the 
Department of Defense in accordance with the Department of 
Energy’s Work for Others Program. 
Sec. 802. Requirements relating to contracts for purchase of helicopters for Af-
ghan Security Forces. 
Sec. 803. Prohibition on contracting with persons that have business operations 
with state sponsors of terrorism. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and 
Limitations 
Sec. 811. Modification of time period for congressional notification of the lease 
of certain vessels by the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 812. Extension of authority for use of simplified acquisition procedures for 
certain commercial items. 
Sec. 813. Codification and amendment relating to life-cycle management and 
product support requirements. 
Sec. 814. Codification of requirement relating to Government performance of 
critical acquisition functions. 
Sec. 815. Limitation on funding pending certification of implementation of re-
quirements for competition. 
Sec. 816. Contractor responsibilities in regulations relating to detection and 
avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts. 
Sec. 817. Additional definition relating to production of specialty metals within 
the United States. 
Sec. 818. Assessment and report relating to infrared technology sectors. 
Sec. 819. Compliance with Berry Amendment required for uniform components 
supplied to Afghan military or Afghan National Police. 
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Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Contracts in Support of Contingency 
Operations in Iraq or Afghanistan 
Sec. 821. Extension and expansion of authority to acquire products and serv-
ices produced in countries along a major route of supply to Af-
ghanistan. 
Sec. 822. Limitation on authority to acquire products and services produced in 
Afghanistan. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 831. Enhancement of review of acquisition process for rapid fielding of ca-
pabilities in response to urgent operational needs. 
Sec. 832. Location of contractor-operated call centers in the United States. 
Sec. 833. Consideration and verification of information relating to effect on do-
mestic employment of award of defense contracts. 
Sec. 834. Energy savings performance contract report. 
Sec. 835. Requirement to include trafficking in persons in performance assess-
ments of defense contractors. 
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense Management 
Sec. 901. Additional duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manu-
facturing and Industrial Base Policy and amendments to Stra-
tegic Materials Protection Board. 
Sec. 902. Requirement for focus on urgent operational needs and rapid acquisi-
tion. 
Sec. 903. Designation of Department of Defense senior official for enterprise 
resource planning system data conversion. 
Sec. 904. Additional responsibilities and resources for Deputy Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation. 
Sec. 905. Redesignation of the Department of the Navy as the Department of 
the Navy and Marine Corps. 
Subtitle B—Space Activities 
Sec. 911. Annual assessment of the synchronization of segments in space pro-
grams that are major defense acquisition programs. 
Sec. 912. Report on overhead persistent infrared technology. 
Sec. 913. Prohibition on use of funds to implement international agreement on 
space activities that has not been ratified by the Senate or au-
thorized by statute. 
Sec. 914. Assessment of foreign components and the space launch capability of 
the United States. 
Sec. 915. Report on counter space technology. 
Sec. 916. Commercial space launch cooperation. 
Subtitle C—Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 921. Authority to provide geospatial intelligence support to certain security 
alliances and regional organizations. 
Sec. 922. Technical amendments to reflect change in name of National Defense 
Intelligence College to National Intelligence University. 
Subtitle D—Total Force Management 
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Sec. 931. Limitation on certain funding until certification that inventory of 
contracts for services has begun. 
Sec. 932. Requirement to ensure sufficient levels of Government management, 
control, and oversight of functions closely associated with in-
herently governmental functions. 
Sec. 933. Special management attention required for certain functions identi-
fied in inventory of contracts for services. 
Subtitle E—Cyberspace-Related Matters 
Sec. 941. Military activities in cyberspace. 
Sec. 942. Quarterly cyber operations briefings. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 951. Advice on military requirements by Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff 
and Joint Requirements Oversight Council. 
Sec. 952. Expansion of persons eligible for expedited Federal hiring following 
completion of National Security Education Program scholar-
ship. 
Sec. 953. Annual briefing to congressional defense committees on certain writ-
ten policy guidance. 
Sec. 954. One-year extension of authority to waive reimbursement of costs of 
activities for nongovernmental personnel at Department of De-
fense Regional Centers for Security Studies. 
Sec. 955. National Language Service Corps. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. Budgetary effects of this Act. 
Sec. 1003. Annual report on Armed Forces unfunded priorities. 
Subtitle B—Counter-Drug Activities 
Sec. 1011. Extension of the authority of the Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau to establish and operate National Guard counterdrug 
schools. 
Sec. 1012. Reporting requirement on expenditures to support foreign counter- 
drug activities. 
Sec. 1013. Extension of authority to support unified counter-drug and counter-
terrorism campaign in Colombia. 
Sec. 1014. Extension of authority for joint task forces to provide support to law 
enforcement agencies conducting counter-terrorism activities. 
Sec. 1015. Sense of Congress regarding the counterdrug tethered aerostat 
radar system program. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1021. Policy relating to major combatant vessels of the strike forces of the 
United States Navy. 
Sec. 1022. Limitation on availability of funds for delayed annual naval vessel 
construction plan. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
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Sec. 1031. Findings on detention pursuant to the Authorization for Use of 
Military Force enacted in 2001. 
Sec. 1032. Findings regarding habeas corpus rights. 
Sec. 1033. Rights Unaffected. 
Sec. 1034. Extension of authority to make rewards for combating terrorism. 
Sec. 1035. Prohibition on travel to the United States for certain detainees repa-
triated to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of 
Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. 
Sec. 1036. Prohibition on the use of funds for the transfer or release of individ-
uals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1037. Requirements for certifications relating to the transfer of detainees 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to 
foreign countries and other foreign entities. 
Sec. 1038. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the 
United States to house detainees transferred from United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1039. Reports on recidivism of individuals detained at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that have been transferred to 
foreign countries. 
Sec. 1040. Notice and report on use of naval vessels for detention of individuals 
captured outside Afghanistan pursuant to the Authorization for 
Use of Military Force. 
Sec. 1041. Notice required prior to transfer of certain individuals detained at 
the Detention Facility at Parwan, Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1042. Report on recidivism of individuals formerly detained at the Deten-
tion Facility at Parwan, Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1043. Additional requirements relating to the transfer of individuals de-
tained at Guantanamo to foreign countries and other foreign 
entities. 
Subtitle E—Nuclear Forces 
Sec. 1051. Nuclear weapons employment strategy of the United States. 
Sec. 1052. Commitments for nuclear weapons stockpile modernization. 
Sec. 1053. Limitation and report in the event of insufficient funding for mod-
ernization of nuclear weapons stockpile. 
Sec. 1054. Progress of modernization. 
Sec. 1055. Limitation on strategic delivery system reductions. 
Sec. 1056. Prevention of asymmetry of nuclear weapon stockpile reductions. 
Sec. 1057. Consideration of expansion of nuclear forces of other countries. 
Sec. 1058. Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Nuclear Facility 
and Uranium Processing Facility. 
Sec. 1059. Nuclear warheads on intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United 
States. 
Sec. 1060. Nonstrategic nuclear weapon reductions and extended deterrence 
policy. 
Sec. 1061. Improvements to Nuclear Weapons Council. 
Sec. 1062. Interagency Council on the Strategic Capability of the National 
Laboratories. 
Sec. 1063. Report on capability of conventional and nuclear forces against cer-
tain tunnel sites. 
Sec. 1064. Report on conventional and nuclear forces in the Western Pacific re-
gion. 
Sec. 1065. Sense of Congress on nuclear arsenal. 
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Sec. 1065A. Budget requirements associated with sustaining and modernizing 
the nuclear deterrent. 
Sec. 1065B. Prohibition on unilateral reduction of nuclear weapons of the 
United States. 
Sec. 1065C. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of strategic de-
livery systems. 
Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 
Sec. 1066. Assessment of Department of Defense use of electromagnetic spec-
trum. 
Sec. 1067. Electronic Warfare Strategy of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1068. Report on counterproliferation capabilities and limitations. 
Sec. 1069. Report on communications from Congress on status of military con-
struction projects. 
Sec. 1070. Federal mortuary affairs advisory commission. 
Sec. 1070A. Report on manufacturing industry. 
Sec. 1070B. Report on long-term costs of Operation New Dawn, Operation En-
during Freedom, and other contingency operations. 
Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1071. Rule of construction relating to prohibition on infringing on the in-
dividual right to lawfully acquire, possess, own, carry, and oth-
erwise use privately owned firearms, ammunition, and other 
weapons. 
Sec. 1072. Expansion of authority of the Secretary of the Army to loan or do-
nate excess small arms for funeral and other ceremonial pur-
poses. 
Sec. 1073. Prohibition on the use of funds for manufacturing beyond low-rate 
initial production at certain prototype integration facilities. 
Sec. 1074. Interagency collaboration on unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 1075. Authority to transfer surplus Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected ve-
hicles and spare parts. 
Sec. 1076. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of aircraft. 
Sec. 1077. Prohibition on Department of Defense use of nondisclosure agree-
ments to prevent members of the Armed Forces and civilian 
employees of the Department from communicating with Mem-
bers of Congress. 
Sec. 1078. Authority for Corps of Engineers to construct projects critical to 
navigation safety. 
Sec. 1079. Review of Air National Guard Component Numbered Air Force 
Augmentation Force. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
Sec. 1081. Bipartisan independent strategic review panel. 
Sec. 1082. Notification of delayed reports. 
Sec. 1083. Technical and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 1084. Prohibition on use of information against a United States citizen 
gathered by unmanned aerial vehicle without a warrant. 
Sec. 1085. The House of Representatives Honors. 
Sec. 1086. Cost of wars. 
Sec. 1087. Increase in authorized number of weapons of mass destruction civil 
support teams. 
Sec. 1088. Trial of foreign terrorists. 
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Sec. 1089. Rialto-Colton basin, California, water resources study. 
Sec. 1090. Report on designation of Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist organi-
zation. 
Sec. 1091. Sense of Congress on recognizing Air Mobility Command on its 20th 
anniversary. 
Sec. 1092. Consolidation of data centers. 
Sec. 1093. Sense of Congress Regarding Preservation of Second Amendment 
Rights of Active Duty Military Personnel Stationed or Residing 
in the District of Columbia. 
Sec. 1094. Conditional replacement for FY 2013 sequester. 
Sec. 1095. Report on defense forensic data. 
Sec. 1096. Display of State, District of Columbia, and territorial flags by 
Armed Forces. 
Sec. 1097. Dissemination abroad of information about the United States. 
Sec. 1098. Improving organization for computer network operations. 
Sec. 1099. Improving United States Foreign Police Assistance Activities. 
Sec. 1099A. Sense of Congress Regarding United States Northern Command 
preparedness. 
Sec. 1099B. Limitation on military musical units. 
Sec. 1099C. Requirement for Attorney General to investigate possible violations 
of Federal law related to leaks of sensitive information involv-
ing the military, intelligence, and operational capabilities of the 
United States and Israel. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 1101. Expansion of personnel management authority under experimental 
program with respect to certain scientific and technical posi-
tions. 
Sec. 1102. Authority to pay for the transport of family household pets for Fed-
eral employees during certain evacuation operations. 
Sec. 1103. Extension of authority to fill shortage category positions for certain 
Federal acquisition positions for civilian agencies. 
Sec. 1104. 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. 1105. Policy on senior mentors. 
Subtitle B—Interagency Personnel Rotations 
Sec. 1111. Interagency personnel rotations. 
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. Commanders’ Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1202. Modification of authorities relating to program to build the capacity 
of foreign military forces. 
Sec. 1203. Three-year extension of authority for non-reciprocal exchanges of 
defense personnel between the United States and foreign coun-
tries. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan 
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Sec. 1211. One-year extension of authority for reimbursement of certain coali-
tion nations for support provided to United States military op-
erations. 
Sec. 1212. Authority to support operations and activities of the Office of Secu-
rity Cooperation in Iraq. 
Sec. 1213. One-year extension of authority to use funds for reintegration activi-
ties in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1214. Prohibition on use of private security contractors and members of 
the Afghan Public Protection Force to provide security for 
members of the Armed Forces and military installations and 
facilities in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1215. Report on updates and modifications to campaign plan for Afghani-
stan. 
Sec. 1216. United States military support in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1217. Extension and modification of Pakistan Counterinsurgency Fund. 
Sec. 1218. Modification of report on progress toward security and stability in 
Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1219. Limitation on use of funds under the Pakistan Counterinsurgency 
Fund. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Iran 
Sec. 1221. Declaration of policy. 
Sec. 1222. United States military preparedness in the Middle East. 
Sec. 1223. Annual report on military power of Iran. 
Sec. 1224. Enhancing the defense of Israel and United States interests in the 
Middle East. 
Sec. 1225. Plan to enhance military capabilities of Persian Gulf allies. 
Sec. 1226. Plan to increase strategic regional partnerships. 
Sec. 1227. Definitions. 
Sec. 1228. Rule of construction. 
Subtitle D—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 1231. Annual report on military and security developments involving the 
People’s Republic of China. 
Sec. 1232. Report on military and security developments involving the Demo-
cratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
Sec. 1233. Report on host nation support for overseas United States military 
installations and United States Armed Forces deployed in 
country. 
Sec. 1234. NATO Special Operations Headquarters. 
Sec. 1235. Reports on exports of missile defense technology to certain coun-
tries. 
Sec. 1236. Limitation on funds to provide the Russian Federation with access 
to missile defense technology. 
Sec. 1237. International agreements relating to missile defense. 
Sec. 1238. Limitation on assistance to provide tear gas or other riot control 
items. 
Sec. 1239. Requirement to submit to Congress a plan for a foreign infrastruc-
ture project using funds made available for overseas contin-
gency operations. 
Sec. 1240. Sale of F–16 aircraft to Taiwan. 
Sec. 1240A. Limitation on funds for institutions or organizations established by 
the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. 
Sec. 1240B. Removal of Brigade Combat Teams from Europe. 
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Sec. 1240C. Limitation on funds for United States participation in joint mili-
tary exercises with Egypt. 
Subtitle E—Authority to Remove Satellites and Related Components and 
Technology From the United States Munitions List 
Sec. 1241. Authority to remove satellites and related components and tech-
nology from the United States Munitions List. 
Sec. 1242. Report on licenses and other authorizations to export commercial 
satellites and related components and technology contained on 
the Commerce Control List. 
Sec. 1243. Review of United States Munitions List. 
Sec. 1244. Report on country exemptions for licensing of exports of munitions 
and related technical data. 
Sec. 1245. End-use monitoring of munitions and related technical data. 
Sec. 1246. Interagency process for modification of Category XV of the United 
States Munitions List. 
Sec. 1247. Definitions. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
Sec. 1301. Specification of cooperative threat reduction programs and funds. 
Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. 
Sec. 1303. Limitation on availability of funds for cooperative threat reduction 
activities with Russian Federation. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1402. National Defense Sealift Fund. 
Sec. 1403. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense. 
Sec. 1404. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1405. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1406. Defense Health Program. 
Sec. 1407. Cemeterial expenses. 
Subtitle B—National Defense Stockpile 
Sec. 1411. Authorized uses of National Defense Stockpile funds. 
Sec. 1412. Additional security of strategic materials supply chains. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 1421. Reduction of unobligated balances within the Pentagon Reservation 
Maintenance Revolving Fund. 
Sec. 1422. Authority for transfer of funds to Joint Department of Defense-De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illi-
nois. 
Sec. 1423. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement 
Home. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Additional Appropriations 
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Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Procurement. 
Sec. 1503. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1504. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 1505. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1506. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1507. Defense Health Program. 
Sec. 1508. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1509. Defense Inspector General. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1521. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1522. Special transfer authority. 
Sec. 1523. Limitation on use of funds in Overseas Contingency Operations 
Transfer Fund. 
Subtitle C—Limitations and Other Matters 
Sec. 1531. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. 
Sec. 1532. One-year extension of project authority and related requirements of 
Task Force for Business and Stability Operations in Afghani-
stan. 
Sec. 1533. Limitations on availability of funds in Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund. 
TITLE XVI—INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Defense Industrial Base Matters 
Sec. 1601. Disestablishment of Defense Materiel Readiness Board. 
Sec. 1602. Assessment of effects of foreign boycotts. 
Sec. 1603. Advancing Innovation Pilot Program. 
Sec. 1604. National security strategy for national technology and industrial 
base. 
Subtitle B—Department of Defense Activities Related to Small Business 
Matters 
Sec. 1611. Pilot program to assist in the growth and development of advanced 
small business concerns. 
Sec. 1612. Role of the Directors of Small Business Programs in requirements 
development and acquisition decision processes of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
Sec. 1613. Small Business Advocate for defense audit agencies. 
Sec. 1614. Independent assessment of Federal procurement contracting per-
formance of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1615. Assessment of small business programs transition. 
Sec. 1616. Additional responsibilities of Inspector General of the Department 
of Defense. 
Sec. 1617. Restoration of 1 percent funding for administrative expenses of 
Commercialization Readiness Program of Department of De-
fense. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Small Business Concerns 
PART I—PROCUREMENT CENTER REPRESENTATIVES 
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Sec. 1621. Procurement center representatives. 
Sec. 1622. Small Business Act contracting requirements training. 
Sec. 1623. Acquisition planning. 
PART II—GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL 
BUSINESS CONCERNS 
Sec. 1631. Goals for procurement contracts awarded to small business con-
cerns. 
Sec. 1632. Reporting on goals for procurement contracts awarded to small busi-
ness concerns. 
Sec. 1633. Senior executives. 
PART III—MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM 
Sec. 1641. Mentor-Protege programs. 
Sec. 1642. Government Accountability Office Report. 
PART IV—TRANSPARENCY IN SUBCONTRACTING 
SUBPART A—LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING 
Sec. 1651. Limitations on subcontracting. 
Sec. 1652. Penalties. 
Sec. 1653. Conforming amendments. 
Sec. 1654. Regulations. 
SUBPART B—SUBCONTRACTING PLANS 
Sec. 1655. Subcontracting plans. 
Sec. 1656. Notices of subcontracting opportunities. 
Sec. 1657. Regulations. 
SUBPART C—PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS 
Sec. 1658. Publication of certain documents. 
PART V—SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN SIZE STANDARDS 
Sec. 1661. Small business concern size standards. 
PART VI—CONTRACT BUNDLING 
Sec. 1671. Consolidation of provisions relating to contract bundling. 
Sec. 1672. Repeal of redundant provisions. 
Sec. 1673. Technical amendments. 
PART VII—INCREASED PENALTIES FOR FRAUD 
Sec. 1681. Safe harbor for good faith compliance efforts. 
Sec. 1682. Office of Hearings and Appeals. 
Sec. 1683. Requirement fraudulent businesses be suspended or debarred. 
Sec. 1684. Annual report on suspensions and debarments proposed by Small 
Business Administration. 
PART VIII—OFFICES OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UNITS 
Sec. 1691. Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. 
Sec. 1692. Small Business Procurement Advisory Council. 
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PART IX—EARLY STAGE SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING 
Sec. 1693a. Program to provide Federal contracts to early stage small busi-
nesses. 
PART X—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 1695. Surety bonds. 
Sec. 1696. Assessment of outreach for small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by women and minorities required before conversion of 
certain functions to contractor performance. 
Sec. 1697. Limitation on contracting. 
TITLE XVII—END TRAFFICKING IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING 
Sec. 1701. Short title. 
Sec. 1702. Definitions. 
Sec. 1703. Contracting requirements. 
Sec. 1704. Compliance plan and certification requirement. 
Sec. 1705. Monitoring and investigation of trafficking in persons. 
Sec. 1706. Notification to inspectors general and cooperation with government. 
Sec. 1707. Expansion of fraud in foreign labor contracting to include work out-
side the United States. 
Sec. 1708. Improving Department of Defense accountability for reporting traf-
ficking in persons claims and violations. 
Sec. 1709. Rule of construction. 
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 2010 
project. 
Sec. 2105. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2009 projects. 
Sec. 2106. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2010 projects. 
Sec. 2107. Extension of limitation on obligation or expenditure of funds for 
tour normalization. 
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. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2012 
project. 
Sec. 2206. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2009 projects. 
Sec. 2207. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2010 projects. 
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
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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. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2010 projects. 
TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Subtitle A—Defense Agency Authorizations 
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 2012 
projects. 
Sec. 2405. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2010 project. 
Subtitle B—Chemical Demilitarization Authorizations 
Sec. 2411. Authorization of appropriations, chemical demilitarization construc-
tion, defense-wide. 
Sec. 2412. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1997 
project. 
TITLE XXV—NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. 
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. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 2611. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2010 
projects. 
Sec. 2612. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2011 
projects. 
Sec. 2613. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2009 project. 
Sec. 2614. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2010 projects. 
TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
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Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure ac-
tivities funded through Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account 1990. 
Sec. 2702. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure ac-
tivities funded through Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account 2005. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 2711. Consolidation of Department of Defense base closure accounts and 
authorized uses of base closure account funds. 
Sec. 2712. Air Armament Center, Eglin Air Force Base. 
Sec. 2713. Prohibition on conducting additional Base Realignment and Closure 
(BRAC) round. 
Sec. 2714. Consideration of United States military bases located overseas in 
criteria used to consider and recommend military installations 
for closure or realignment. 
TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing 
Changes 
Sec. 2801. Preparation of military installation master plans. 
Sec. 2802. Sustainment oversight and accountability for military housing pri-
vatization projects and related annual reporting requirements. 
Sec. 2803. One-year extension of authority to use operation and maintenance 
funds for construction projects outside the United States. 
Sec. 2804. Treatment of certain defense nuclear facility construction projects 
as military construction projects. 
Sec. 2805. Execution of Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building Replace-
ment nuclear facility and limitation on alternative plutonium 
strategy. 
Sec. 2806. Use of project labor agreements in military construction projects 
and military family housing projects. 
Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities Administration 
Sec. 2811. Authority of military museums to accept gifts and services and to 
enter into leases and cooperative agreements. 
Sec. 2812. Clarification of parties with whom Department of Defense may con-
duct exchanges of real property at certain military installa-
tions. 
Sec. 2813. Indemnification of transferees of property at any closed military in-
stallation. 
Sec. 2814. Identification requirement for entry on military installations. 
Sec. 2815. Plan to protect critical Department of Defense critical assets from 
electromagnetic pulse weapons. 
Subtitle C—Energy Security 
Sec. 2821. Congressional notification for contracts for the provision and oper-
ation of energy production facilities authorized to be located on 
real property under the jurisdiction of a military department. 
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Sec. 2822. Continuation of limitation on use of funds for Leadership in Energy 
and Environmental Design (LEED) gold or platinum certifi-
cation and expansion to include implementation of ASHRAE 
building standard 189.1. 
Sec. 2823. Availability and use of Department of Defense energy cost savings 
to promote energy security. 
Sec. 2824. Definition of renewable energy source for Department of Defense 
energy security. 
Subtitle D—Provisions Related to Guam Realignment 
Sec. 2831. Use of operation and maintenance funding to support community 
adjustments related to realignment of military installations and 
relocation of military personnel on Guam. 
Sec. 2832. Certification of military readiness need for firing range on Guam as 
condition on establishment of range. 
Sec. 2833. Repeal of conditions on use of funds for Guam realignment. 
Subtitle E—Land Conveyances 
Sec. 2841. Modification to authorized land conveyance and exchange, Joint 
Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska. 
Sec. 2842. Modification of financing authority, Broadway Complex of the De-
partment of the Navy, San Diego, California. 
Sec. 2843. Land conveyance, John Kunkel Army Reserve Center, Warren, 
Ohio. 
Sec. 2844. Land conveyance, Castner Range, Fort Bliss, Texas. 
Sec. 2845. Modification of land conveyance, Fort Hood, Texas. 
Sec. 2846. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction, Fort Lee Military Reserva-
tion and Petersburg National Battlefield, Virginia. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 2861. Inclusion of religious symbols as part of military memorials. 
Sec. 2862. Redesignation of the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies as the 
William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies. 
Sec. 2863. Sense of Congress regarding establishment of military divers memo-
rial at Washington Navy Yard. 
Sec. 2864. Gold Star Mothers National Monument, Arlington National Ceme-
tery. 
Sec. 2865. Naming of training and support complex, Fort Bragg, North Caro-
lina. 
Sec. 2866. Naming of electrochemistry engineering facility, Naval Support Ac-
tivity Crane, Crane, Indiana. 
Sec. 2867. Retention of core functions of the Electronic Systems Center at 
Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. 
Sec. 2868. Retention of core functions of the Air Force Materiel Command, 
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. 
Sec. 2869. Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Lincoln Laboratory im-
provement project. 
Sec. 2870. Limitation on availability of funds pending report regarding acquisi-
tion of land and development of a training range facility adja-
cent to the Marine Corps Ground Air Combat Center Twenty 
Nine Palms, California. 
Sec. 2871. Retention of core functions of the Air Traffic Control Station, 
Johnstown Air National Guard Base, Pennsylvania. 
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Sec. 2872. Modification of notice requirements in advance of permanent reduc-
tion of sizable numbers of members of the Armed Forces at 
military installations. 
TITLE XXIX—OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2901. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition 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 Authorizations 
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 
Sec. 3104. Energy security and assurance. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 3111. Authorized personnel levels of the Office of the Administrator. 
Sec. 3112. Budget justification materials. 
Sec. 3113. Contractor governance, oversight, and accountability. 
Sec. 3114. National Nuclear Security Administration Council. 
Sec. 3115. Safety, health, and security of the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration. 
Sec. 3116. Design and use of prototypes of nuclear weapons. 
Sec. 3117. Improvement and streamlining of the missions and operations of the 
Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration. 
Sec. 3118. Cost-benefit analyses for competition of management and operating 
contracts. 
Sec. 3119. Limitation on availability of funds for Inertial Confinement Fusion 
Ignition and High Yield Campaign. 
Sec. 3120. Limitation on availability of funds for Global Security through 
Science Partnerships Program. 
Sec. 3121. Limitation on availability of funds for Center of Excellence on Nu-
clear Security. 
Sec. 3122. Two-year extension of schedule for disposition of weapons-usable 
plutonium at Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina. 
Sec. 3123. Limitation on availability of funds for nuclear nonproliferation ac-
tivities with Russian Federation. 
Subtitle C—Improvements to National Security Energy Laws 
Sec. 3131. Improvements to the Atomic Energy Defense Act. 
Sec. 3132. Improvements to the National Nuclear Security Administration Act. 
Sec. 3133. Clarification of the role of the Administrator for Nuclear Security. 
Sec. 3134. Consolidated reporting requirements relating to nuclear stockpile 
stewardship, management, and infrastructure. 
Sec. 3135. Repeal of certain reporting requirements. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
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Sec. 3141. Notification of nuclear criticality and non-nuclear incidents. 
Sec. 3142. Reports on lifetime extension programs. 
Sec. 3143. National Academy of Sciences study on peer review and design com-
petition related to nuclear weapons. 
Sec. 3144. Report on defense nuclear nonproliferation programs. 
Sec. 3145. Study on reuse of plutonium pits. 
Sec. 3146. Study on a multi-agency governance model for national security lab-
oratories. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 3151. Use of probabilistic risk assessment to ensure nuclear safety. 
Sec. 3152. Advice to President and Congress regarding safety, security, and re-
liability of United States nuclear weapons stockpile and nuclear 
forces. 
Sec. 3153. Classification of certain restricted data. 
Sec. 3154. Independent cost assessments for life extension programs, new nu-
clear facilities, and other matters. 
Sec. 3155. Assessment of nuclear weapon pit production requirement. 
Sec. 3156. Intellectual property related to uranium enrichment. 
Sec. 3157. Sense of Congress on competition and fees related to the manage-
ment and operating contracts of the nuclear security enter-
prise. 
Sec. 3158. Pilot program on technology commercialization. 
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
Sec. 3201. Authorization. 
Sec. 3202. Improvements to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES 
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for national security aspects of the 
merchant marine for fiscal year 2013. 
Sec. 3502. Application of the Federal acquisition regulation. 
Sec. 3503. Limitation of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels to those over 
1,500 gross tons. 
Sec. 3504. Donation of excess fuel to maritime academies. 
Sec. 3505. Clarification of heading. 
Sec. 3506. Transfer of vessels to the National Defense Reserve Fleet. 
Sec. 3507. Amendments relating to the National Defense Reserve Fleet. 
Sec. 3508. Extension of Maritime Security Fleet program. 
Sec. 3509. Identification of actions to enable qualified United States flag capac-
ity to meet national defense requirements. 
Sec. 3510. Department of Defense national strategic ports study and Comp-
troller General studies and reports on strategic ports. 
DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 
Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. 
TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 4101. PROCUREMENT. 
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Sec. 4102. PROCUREMENT FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATIONS. 
TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 
EVALUATION 
Sec. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION. 
Sec. 4202. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Sec. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
Sec. 4302. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR OVERSEAS CON-
TINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
Sec. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
Sec. 4402. MILITARY PERSONNEL FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY 
OPERATIONS. 
TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS. 
Sec. 4502. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY 
OPERATIONS. 
TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION. 
Sec. 4602. OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PRO-
GRAMS. 
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. 
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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 
fiscal year 2013 for procurement for the Army, the Navy 
and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide 
activities, as specified in the funding table in section 4101. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR 
ARMY CH–47 HELICOPTERS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 
In accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United 
States Code, the Secretary of the Army may enter into 
a multiyear contract, beginning with the fiscal year 2013 
program year, for the procurement of airframes for CH– 
47F helicopters. 
(b) CONDITION
FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) 
shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2013 is subject to the availability of appropria-
tions for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
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SEC. 112. REPORTS ON AIRLIFT REQUIREMENTS OF THE 
ARMY. 
(a) REPORTS.—Not later than October 31, 2012, and 
each year thereafter through 2017, the Secretary of the 
Army shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the time-sensitive or mission-critical airlift 
requirements of the Army. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The reports under sub-
section (a) shall include, with respect to the fiscal year 
before the fiscal year in which the report is submitted, 
the following information: 
(1) The total number of time-sensitive or mis-
sion-critical airlift movements required for training, 
steady-state, and contingency operations. 
(2) The total number of time-sensitive or mis-
sion-critical airlift sorties executed for training, 
steady-state, and contingency operations. 
(3) Of the total number of sorties listed under 
paragraph (2), the number of such sorties that were 
operated using each of— 
(A) aircraft of the Army; 
(B) aircraft of the Air Force; and 
(C) aircraft of contractors. 
(4) For each sortie described under subpara-
graph (A) or (C) of paragraph (3), an explanation 
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for why the Secretary did not use aircraft of the Air 
Force to support the mission. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
SEC. 121. RETIREMENT OF NUCLEAR-POWERED BALLISTIC 
SUBMARINES. 
Section 5062 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e)(1) Beginning October 1, 2012, the Secretary of 
the Navy may not retire or decommission a nuclear-pow-
ered ballistic missile submarine if such retirement or de-
commissioning would result in the active or commissioned 
fleet of such submarines consisting of less than 12 sub-
marines. 
‘‘(2) The limitation in paragraph (1) shall not apply 
to a nuclear-powered ballistic submarine that has been 
converted to carry exclusively non-nuclear payloads as of 
October 1, 2012.’’. 
SEC. 122. EXTENSION OF FORD-CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER 
CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY. 
Section 121(a) of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109– 
364; 120 Stat. 2104), as amended by section 124 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 
(Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1320), is amended by 
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striking ‘‘four fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘five fiscal 
years’’. 
SEC. 123. EXTENSION OF MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AU-
THORITY FOR F/A–18E, F/A–18F, AND EA–18G 
AIRCRAFT. 
Section 128 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2217), as amended by Public Law 111–238 (124 Stat. 
2500), is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) EXTENSION OF MULTIYEAR AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding section 2306b of title 10, United States 
Code, the Secretary of the Navy may modify a multiyear 
contract entered into under subsection (a) to add a fifth 
production year to such contract.’’. 
SEC. 124. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR V–22 
JOINT AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 
In accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United 
States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into 
a multiyear contract, beginning with the fiscal year 2013 
program year, for the procurement of V–22 aircraft for 
the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air 
Force, and the United States Special Operations Com-
mand. 
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(b) CONDITION
FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) 
shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2013 is subject to the availability of appropria-
tions for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
SEC. 125. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR 
ARLEIGH BURKE-CLASS DESTROYERS AND 
ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 
In accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United 
States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into 
a multiyear contract, beginning with the fiscal year 2013 
program year, for the procurement of not more than 10 
Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, including 
the Aegis weapon systems, MK 41 vertical launching sys-
tems, and commercial broadband satellite systems associ-
ated with such vessels. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The 
Secretary of the Navy may enter into a contract, begin-
ning in fiscal year 2013, for advance procurement associ-
ated with the vessels and systems for which authorization 
to enter into a multiyear procurement contract is provided 
under subsection (a). 
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(c) CONDITION
FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) 
shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2013 is subject to the availability of appropria-
tions or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
SEC. 126. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR VIR-
GINIA-CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with section 
2306b of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary 
of the Navy may enter into a multiyear contract, be-
ginning with the fiscal year 2014 program year, for 
the procurement of not more than 10 Virginia-class 
submarines and Government-furnished equipment 
associated with the Virginia-class submarine pro-
gram. 
(2) USE
OF
INCREMENTAL
FUNDING.—The 
Secretary may use incremental funding with respect 
to a contract entered into under paragraph (1). 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The 
Secretary of the Navy may enter into a contract, begin-
ning in fiscal year 2013, for advance procurement associ-
ated with the vessels and systems for which authorization 
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to enter into a multiyear procurement contract is provided 
under subsection (a)(1). 
(c) CONDITION
FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a)(1) 
shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2014 is subject to the availability of appropria-
tions or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
SEC. 127. REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL OF THE 
U.S.S. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
(a) REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available for fiscal year 2013 for shipbuilding and conver-
sion, Navy, not more than $1,613,392,000 may be obli-
gated or expended for the commencement of the nuclear 
refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Abraham 
Lincoln (CVN–72) during such fiscal year. Such amount 
shall be the first increment in the two-year sequence of 
incremental funding planned for such nuclear refueling 
and complex overhaul. 
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may enter into a contract during fiscal year 2013 
for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the 
U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. 
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(c) CONDITION
FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (b) 
shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2013 is subject to the availability of appropria-
tions for that purpose for that later fiscal year. 
SEC. 128. REPORT ON LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP DESIGNS. 
Not later than December 31, 2013, the Secretary of 
the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the designs of the Littoral Combat 
Ship, including comparative cost and performance infor-
mation for both designs of such ship. 
SEC. 129. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEWS OF LITTORAL 
COMBAT SHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) ACCEPTANCE OF LCS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a review of the com-
pliance of the Secretary of the Navy with part 246 
of title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations and 
subpart 46.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
in accepting the LCS. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The review under 
paragraph (1) shall include a discussion of the 
knowledge of, and determinations by, the LCS pro-
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gram office and contractors with respect to the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Potential for cracks in the LCS hull 
and deckhouse and any corresponding potential 
design risks. 
(B) Chargeable equipment failures. 
(C) Potential for engine failures or break-
downs. 
(D) Meeting key performance parameters, 
including speed. 
(E) Review of the quality of seals and 
welds. 
(F) Review of water jet corrosion. 
(G) Completeness of records to support ac-
ceptance of the LCS. 
(H) How the LCS risk and problems com-
pare to lead ships in comparable programs. 
(I) Security of the ship and systems, in-
cluding any known lapses. 
(J) Manning analysis, including how it 
would affect key performance parameters. 
(K) Strategies for balancing cost, schedule, 
and performance trade-offs as required by sec-
tion 201 of the Weapon Systems Acquisition 
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Reform Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–23; 123 
Stat. 1719). 
(b) OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the operational support and 
sustainment strategy for the Littoral Combat Ship pro-
gram, including modernization and logistics support. 
(c) COOPERATION.—For purposes of conducting the 
review under subsection (a)(1) and (b), the Secretary of 
Defense shall ensure that the Comptroller General has ac-
cess to— 
(1) all relevant records of the Department; and 
(2) all relevant communications between De-
partment officials, whether such communications oc-
curred inside or outside the Federal Government. 
SEC. 130. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPORTANCE OF ENGI-
NEERING 
IN 
EARLY 
STAGES 
OF 
SHIP-
BUILDING. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) placing a priority on engineering dollars in 
the early stages of shipbuilding programs is a vital 
component of keeping cost down; and 
(2) therefore, the Secretary of the Navy should 
take appropriate steps to prioritize early engineering 
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in large ship construction including amphibious class 
ships beginning with the LHA–8. 
SEC. 131. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MARINE CORPS AMPHIB-
IOUS LIFT AND PRESENCE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States Marine Corps is a combat 
force which leverages maneuver from the sea as a 
force multiplier allowing for a variety of operational 
tasks ranging from major combat operations to hu-
manitarian assistance; 
(2) the United States Marine Corps is unique 
in that, while embarked upon Naval vessels, they 
bring all the logistic support necessary for the full 
range of military operations, operating ‘‘from the 
sea’’ they require no third party host nation permis-
sion to conduct military operations; 
(3) the Department of the Navy has a require-
ment for 38 amphibious assault ships to meet this 
full range of military operations; 
(4) for budgetary reasons only that requirement 
of 38 vessels was reduced to 33 vessels, which adds 
military risk to future operations; 
(5) the Department of the Navy has been un-
able to meet even the minimal requirement of 33 
operationally available vessels and has submitted a 
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shipbuilding and ship retirement plan to the Con-
gress which will reduce the force to 28 vessels; and 
(6) experience has shown that early engineering 
and design of naval vessels has significantly reduced 
the acquisition costs and life-cycle costs of those ves-
sels. 
(b) NEXT GENERATION OF AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS.—In 
light of subsection (a), it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Navy should consider prioritization of 
investment in and procurement of the next genera-
tion of amphibious assault ships; 
(2) the next generation amphibious assault 
ships should maintain survivability protection level 
II in accordance with current Navy ship require-
ments; 
(3) commonality in hull form design could be a 
desirable element to reduce acquisition and life cycle 
cost; and 
(4) maintaining a robust amphibious ship-
building industrial base is vital for future national 
security. 
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Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
SEC. 141. RETIREMENT OF B–1 BOMBER AIRCRAFT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8062 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(h)(1) Beginning October 1, 2011, the Secretary of 
the Air Force may not retire more than six B–1 aircraft. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall maintain in a common capa-
bility configuration not less than 36 B–1 aircraft as com-
bat-coded aircraft. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘combat-coded air-
craft’ means aircraft assigned to meet the primary aircraft 
authorization to a unit for the performance of its wartime 
mission.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 132 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 
(Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1320) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (c). 
SEC. 142. MAINTENANCE OF STRATEGIC AIRLIFT AIR-
CRAFT. 
(a) MODIFICATION TO LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT 
OF C–5 AIRCRAFT.—Section 137(d)(3)(B) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public 
Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2222) is amended by striking 
‘‘316’’ and inserting ‘‘301’’. 
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(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1, 
2013, the Commander of the United States Trans-
portation Command shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report assessing the 
operational risk of meeting the steady-state and 
warfighting requirements of the commanders of the 
geographical combatant commands with respect to 
the Secretary of the Air Force maintaining an inven-
tory of strategic airlift aircraft of less than 301 air-
craft. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include a description and anal-
ysis of the assumptions made by the Commander 
with respect to— 
(A) aircraft usage rates; 
(B) aircraft mission availability rates; 
(C) aircraft mission capability rates; 
(D) aircrew ratios; 
(E) aircrew production; 
(F) aircrew readiness rates; and 
(G) any other assumption the Commander 
uses to develop such report. 
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(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 143. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DI-
VESTMENT OR RETIREMENT OF C–27J AIR-
CRAFT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—After fiscal year 2013, none of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or other-
wise made available for fiscal year 2013 for the Air Force 
may be used to divest, retire, or transfer, or prepare to 
divest, retire, or transfer, a C–27J aircraft until a period 
of 180 days has elapsed following the date on which— 
(1) the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees the analysis conducted under subsection (b)(1); 
and 
(2) the reports under subsections (d)(2) and 
(e)(2) of section 112 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 
112–81; 125 Stat. 1318) are submitted to the con-
gressional defense committees. 
(b) LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS.— 
(1) CBO.—The Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a 40-year life-cycle cost analysis of 
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C–27J aircraft, C–130H aircraft, and C–130J air-
craft. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The life-cycle cost 
analysis conducted under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) take into account all upgrades and 
modifications required to sustain the aircraft 
specified in paragraph (1) during a 40-year 
service-life; 
(B) assess the most cost-effective and mis-
sion-effective manner for which C–27J aircraft 
could be affordably fielded by the Air National 
Guard, including by determining— 
(i) the number of basing locations re-
quired; 
(ii) the number of authorized per-
sonnel associated with a unit’s manning 
document; and 
(iii) the maintenance and sustainment 
strategy required; and 
(C) outline any limiting factors regarding 
the analysis of C–27J aircraft with respect to 
cost assumptions used by the Director in such 
analysis and the actual costs incurred for air-
craft fielded by the Air Force as of the date of 
the analysis. 
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(3) COOPERATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall provide the Director with any information, in-
cluding original source documentation, the Director 
determines is required to promptly conduct the anal-
ysis under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 144. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
TERMINATION 
OF 
C–130 
AVIONICS 
MOD-
ERNIZATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2013 for the Air Force may be used to ter-
minate the C–130 avionics modernization program until 
a period of 180 days has elapsed after the date on which 
the Secretary of the Air Force submits to the congres-
sional defense committees the cost-benefit analysis con-
ducted under subsection (b)(1). 
(b) COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.— 
(1) FFRDC.—The Secretary shall seek to enter 
into an agreement with the Institute for Defense 
Analyses to conduct an independent cost-benefit 
analysis that compares the following alternatives: 
(A) Upgrading and modernizing the legacy 
C–130 airlift fleet using the C–130 avionics 
modernization program. 
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(B) Upgrading and modernizing the legacy 
C–130 airlift fleet using a reduced scope pro-
gram for avionics and mission planning sys-
tems. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The cost-benefit 
analysis conducted under paragraph (1) shall take 
into account— 
(A) the effect of life-cycle costs for— 
(i) each of the alternatives described 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B); and 
(ii) C–130 aircraft that are not up-
graded or modernized; and 
(B) the future costs associated with the 
potential upgrades to avionics and mission sys-
tems that may be required in the future for leg-
acy C–130 aircraft to remain relevant and mis-
sion effective. 
SEC. 145. REVIEW OF C–130 FORCE STRUCTURE. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
conduct a review of the C–130 force structure. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than the date on which the 
budget of the President is submitted to Congress under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal 
year 2014, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit 
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to the congressional defense committees a report of the 
review under subsection (a), including— 
(1) how the Secretary will determine which C– 
130 aircraft will be retired or relocated during fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018; 
(2) a description of the methodologies under-
lying such determinations, including the factors and 
assumptions that shaped the specific determinations; 
(3) the rationale for selecting C–130 aircraft to 
be retired or relocated with respect to such aircraft 
of the regular components and such aircraft of the 
reserve components; and 
(4) details of the costs incurred, avoided, or 
saved with respect to retiring or relocating C–130 
aircraft. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date on which the report is sub-
mitted under subsection (b), the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a review of such report, including the 
costs and benefits of the planned retirements and reloca-
tions described in such report. 
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SEC. 146. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) assured access to space remains critical to 
national security; and 
(2) the plan by the Air Force to commit, begin-
ning in fiscal year 2013, to an annual production 
rate of launch vehicle booster cores should maintain 
mission assurance, stabilize the industrial base, re-
duce costs, and provide opportunities for competi-
tion. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2013 for the Air Force for the evolved expendable 
launch vehicle program, 10 percent may not be obligated 
or expended until the date on which the Secretary of the 
Air Force submits to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees— 
(1) a report describing the acquisition strategy 
for such program; and 
(2) written certification that such strategy— 
(A) maintains assured access to space; 
(B) achieves substantial cost savings; and 
(C) provides opportunities for competition. 
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(c) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (b)(1) shall include the following information: 
(1) The anticipated savings to be realized under 
the acquisition strategy for the evolved expendable 
launch vehicle program. 
(2) The number of launch vehicle booster cores 
covered by the planned contract for such program. 
(3) The number of years covered by such con-
tract. 
(4) An assessment of when new entrants that 
have submitted a statement of intent will be certified 
to compete for evolved expendable launch vehicle- 
class launches. 
(5) The projected launch manifest, including 
possible opportunities for certified new entrants to 
compete for evolved expendable launch vehicle-class 
launches. 
(6) Any other relevant analysis used to inform 
the acquisition strategy for such program. 
(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall review the report under sub-
section (b)(1). 
(2) SUBMITTAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date on which the report under subsection (b)(1) 
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is submitted to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees, the Comptroller General shall— 
(A) submit to such committees a report on 
the review under paragraph (1); or 
(B) provide to such committees a briefing 
on such review. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 147. PROCUREMENT OF SPACE-BASED INFRARED SYS-
TEMS. 
(a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force may procure two space-based infrared systems 
by entering into a fixed-price contract. Such pro-
curement may also include— 
(A) material and equipment in economic 
order quantities when cost savings are achiev-
able; and 
(B) cost reduction initiatives. 
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(2) USE OF INCREMENTAL FUNDING.—With re-
spect to a contract entered into under paragraph (1) 
for the procurement of space-based infrared systems, 
the Secretary may use incremental funding for a pe-
riod not to exceed six fiscal years. 
(3) LIABILITY.—A contract entered into under 
paragraph (1) shall provide that any obligation of 
the United States to make a payment under the con-
tract is subject to the availability of appropriations 
for that purpose, and that the total liability to the 
Government for termination of any contract entered 
into shall be limited to the total amount of funding 
obligated at the time of termination. 
(b) LIMITATION OF COSTS.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Except as provided by sub-
section (c), and excluding amounts described in 
paragraph (2), the total amount obligated or ex-
pended for the procurement of two space-based in-
frared systems authorized by subsection (a) may not 
exceed $3,900,000,000. 
(2) EXCLUSION.—The amounts described in 
this paragraph are amounts associated with the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Plans. 
(B) Technical data packages. 
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(C) Post-delivery and program support 
costs. 
(D) Technical support for obsolescence 
studies. 
(c) WAIVER
AND
ADJUSTMENT
TO
LIMITATION 
AMOUNT.— 
(1) WAIVER.—In accordance with paragraph 
(2), the Secretary may waive the limitation in sub-
section (b)(1) if the Secretary submits to the con-
gressional defense committees written notification of 
the adjustment made to the amount set forth in 
such subsection. 
(2) ADJUSTMENT.—Upon waiving the limita-
tion under paragraph (1), the Secretary may adjust 
the amount set forth in subsection (b)(1) by the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The amounts of increases or decreases 
in costs attributable to economic inflation after 
September 30, 2012. 
(B) The amounts of increases or decreases 
in costs attributable to compliance with changes 
in Federal, State, or local laws enacted after 
September 30, 2012. 
(C) The amounts of increases or decreases 
in costs of the satellites that are attributable to 
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insertion of new technology into a space-based 
infrared system, as compared to the technology 
built into such a system procured prior to fiscal 
year 2013, if the Secretary determines, and cer-
tifies to the congressional defense committees, 
that insertion of the new technology is— 
(i) expected to decrease the life-cycle 
cost of the system; or 
(ii) required to meet an emerging 
threat that poses grave harm to national 
security. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the Secretary awards a contract under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on such contract, including 
the following: 
(1) The total cost savings resulting from the 
authority provided by subsection (a). 
(2) The type and duration of the contract 
awarded. 
(3) The total contract value. 
(4) The funding profile by year. 
(5) The terms of the contract regarding the 
treatment of changes by the Federal Government to 
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the requirements of the contract, including how any 
such changes may affect the success of the contract. 
(6) A plan for using cost savings described in 
paragraph (1) to improve the capability of overhead 
persistent infrared, including a description of— 
(A) the available funds, by year, resulting 
from such cost savings; 
(B) the specific activities or subprograms 
to be funded by such cost savings and the 
funds, by year, allocated to each such activity 
or subprogram; 
(C) the objectives for each such activity or 
subprogram and the criteria used by the Sec-
retary to determine which such activity or sub-
program to fund; 
(D) the method in which such activities or 
subprograms will be awarded, including whether 
it will be on a competitive basis; and 
(E) the process for determining how and 
when such activities and subprograms would 
transition to an existing program or be estab-
lished as a new program of record. 
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Subtitle E—Joint and Multiservice 
Matters 
SEC. 151. REQUIREMENT TO SET F–35 AIRCRAFT INITIAL 
OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY DATES. 
(a) F–35A.—Not later than December 31, 2012, the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall— 
(1) establish the initial operational capability 
date for the F–35A aircraft; and 
(2) submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the details of such initial oper-
ational capability. 
(b) F–35B AND F–35C.—Not later than December 
31, 2012, the Secretary of the Navy shall— 
(1) establish the initial operational capability 
dates for the F–35B and F–35C aircraft; and 
(2) submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the details of such initial oper-
ational capabilities for both variants. 
SEC. 152. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RE-
TIREMENT 
OF 
RQ–4 
GLOBAL 
HAWK 
UN-
MANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense may 
be obligated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or 
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place in storage an RQ–4 Block 30 Global Hawk un-
manned aircraft system. 
(b) MAINTAINED LEVELS.—During the period pre-
ceding December 31, 2014, in supporting the operational 
requirements of the combatant commands, the Secretary 
of the Air Force shall maintain the operational capability 
of each RQ–4 Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft 
system belonging to the Air Force or delivered to the Air 
Force during such period. 
SEC. 153. COMMON DATA LINK FOR MANNED AND UN-
MANNED 
INTELLIGENCE, 
SURVEILLANCE, 
AND RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS. 
Section 141 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 
3164), as amended by section 143 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 2223), is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) STANDARDS IN SOLICITATIONS.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall ensure that a solicitation for a common 
data link described in subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) complies with the most recently issued 
common data link specification standard of the De-
partment of Defense as of the date of the solicita-
tion; and 
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‘‘(2) does not include any proprietary or un-
documented interface or waveform as a requirement 
or criterion for evaluation.’’. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2013 for the use of the Department of Defense 
for research, development, test, and evaluation as specified 
in the funding table in section 4201. 
Subtitle 
B—Program 
Require-
ments, Restrictions, and Limita-
tions 
SEC. 211. NEXT-GENERATION LONG-RANGE STRIKE BOMB-
ER AIRCRAFT NUCLEAR CERTIFICATION RE-
QUIREMENT. 
The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that the 
next-generation long-range strike bomber is— 
(1) capable of carrying strategic nuclear weap-
ons as of the date on which such aircraft achieves 
initial operating capability; and 
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(2) certified to use such weapons by not later 
than two years after such date. 
SEC. 212. UNMANNED COMBAT AIR SYSTEM. 
The Secretary of the Navy shall— 
(1) conduct additional technology development 
risk reduction activities using the unmanned combat 
air system; and 
(2) preserve a competitive acquisition environ-
ment for the Unmanned Carrier-launched Surveil-
lance and Strike system program. 
SEC. 213. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF 
FUNDS FOR UNMANNED CARRIER-LAUNCHED 
SURVEILLANCE AND STRIKE SYSTEM PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION OF LIMITATION.—Subsection (a) of 
section 213 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1330) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘or fiscal year 2013’’ after ‘‘fiscal 
year 2012’’. 
(b) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PHASE.—Such sec-
tion is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
AND CRITICAL 
DESIGN PHASES.— 
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‘‘(1) CONTRACTORS.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may not reduce the number of prime contrac-
tors working on the Unmanned Carrier-launched 
Surveillance and Strike system program to one 
prime contractor for the technology development 
phase of such program prior to the program achiev-
ing the critical design review milestone. 
‘‘(2) CRITICAL
DESIGN
REVIEW.—The Un-
manned Carrier-launched Surveillance and Strike 
system program may not achieve the critical design 
review milestone until on or after October 1, 2016.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Such section is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘Future Unmanned Carrier- 
based Strike System’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Unmanned Carrier-launched Surveillance and Strike sys-
tem’’. 
SEC. 214. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR FU-
TURE MANNED GROUND MOVING TARGET IN-
DICATOR CAPABILITY OF THE AIR FORCE. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2013 for research, development, test, and 
evaluation, Air Force, may be obligated or expended for 
any activity, including pre-Milestone A activities, to ini-
tiate a new start acquisition program to provide the Air 
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Force with a manned ground moving target indicator ca-
pability or manned dismount moving target indicator ca-
pability until a period of 90 days has elapsed following 
the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force submits 
the report under subsection (b)(1). 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the plan of the future manned 
ground moving target and manned dismount moving 
target indicator capabilities of the Air Force. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) The plan to maintain onboard com-
mand and control capability that is equal to or 
better than such capability provided by the E– 
8C joint surveillance target attack radar pro-
gram. 
(B) Each analysis of alternatives com-
pleted during fiscal year 2012 regarding future 
manned ground moving target indicator capa-
bility or manned dismount moving target indi-
cator capability. 
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(C) With respect to each new program 
analyzed in an analysis of alternatives described 
in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) the development, procurement, and 
sustainment cost estimates for such pro-
gram; and 
(ii) a description of how such program 
will affect the potential growth of future 
manned ground moving target indicator 
capability or manned dismount moving tar-
get indicator capability. 
(D) A description of potential operational 
and sustainment cost savings realized by the 
Air Force using a platform that is— 
(i) derived from commercial aircraft; 
and 
(ii) in operation by the Department of 
Defense as of the date of the report. 
(E) The plan by the Secretary of Defense 
to retire or replace E–8C joint surveillance tar-
get attack radar aircraft. 
(F) Any other matter the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the limita-
tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary— 
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(1) determines that such waiver is required to 
meet an urgent operational need or other emergency 
contingency requirement directly related to ongoing 
combat operations; and 
(2) notifies the congressional defense commit-
tees of such determination. 
SEC. 215. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
MILESTONE A ACTIVITIES FOR THE MQ–18 
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2013 for research, development, test, and 
evaluation, Army, may be obligated or expended for Mile-
stone A activities with respect to the MQ–18 medium- 
range multi-purpose vertical take-off and landing un-
manned aircraft system until— 
(1) the Chairman of the Joint Requirements 
Oversight Council certifies in writing to the appro-
priate congressional committees that— 
(A) such system is required to meet a ca-
pability in the manned and unmanned medium- 
altitude intelligence, surveillance, and recon-
naissance force structure of the Department of 
Defense; and 
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(B) an existing unmanned aircraft system 
cannot meet such capability or be modified to 
meet such capability; and 
(2) a period of 30 days has elapsed following 
the date on which the Chairman submits the certifi-
cation under paragraph (1). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘Milestone A activities’’ means, 
with respect to an acquisition program of the De-
partment of Defense— 
(A) the distribution of request for pro-
posals; 
(B) the selection of technology demonstra-
tion contractors; and 
(C) technology development. 
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SEC. 216. VERTICAL LIFT PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY DEM-
ONSTRATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2013 for joint capability technology demonstra-
tions, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics may obligate or expend not 
more than $5,000,000 to carry out a program to develop 
and flight-demonstrate vertical lift platform technologies 
that address the capability gaps described in the Future 
Vertical Lift Strategic Plan of the Department of Defense 
submitted to Congress in August 2010. 
(b) GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.—The Under Secretary 
shall ensure that the program under subsection (a) has 
the following goals and objectives: 
(1) To develop innovative vertical lift platform 
technologies that address capability gaps in speed, 
range, ceiling, survivability, reliability, and afford-
ability applicable to both current and future rotor-
craft of the Department of Defense. 
(2) To flight-demonstrate such vertical lift tech-
nologies no later than 2016. 
(3) To accelerate the development and transi-
tion of innovative vertical lift technologies by pro-
moting the formation of competitive teams of small 
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business working in collaboration with large contrac-
tors and academia. 
Subtitle C—Missile Defense 
Programs 
SEC. 221. PROCUREMENT OF AN/TPY–2 RADARS. 
(a) PROCUREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
procure two AN/TPY–2 radars. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
feasibility of developing an AN/TPY–2 radar on a rota-
tional table to allow the radar to quickly change directions. 
SEC. 222. DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED KILL VEHICLE. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report that includes— 
(1) a plan to provide that the new advanced kill 
vehicle on the standard missile–3 block IIB inter-
ceptor shall have the capability of being used for the 
ground-based midcourse defense program; and 
(2) a description of the technology of and con-
cept behind applying the former multiple kill vehicle 
concept to the new vehicle described in paragraph 
(1). 
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SEC. 223. MISSILE DEFENSE SITE ON THE EAST COAST. 
(a) OPERATIONAL SITE.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that a covered missile defense site on the East 
Coast of the United States is operational by not later than 
December 31, 2015. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF LOCATION.— 
(1) STUDY.—Not later than December 31, 
2013, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study 
evaluating three possible locations selected by the 
Director of the Missile Defense Agency for a covered 
missile defense site on the East Coast of the United 
States. 
(2) EIS.—The Secretary shall prepare an envi-
ronmental impact statement in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for each location evaluated 
under paragraph (1). 
(3) LOCATION.—In selecting the three possible 
locations for a covered missile defense site under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary should— 
(A) take into consideration— 
(i) the strategic location of the pro-
posed site; and 
(ii) the proximity of the proposed site 
to major population centers; and 
(B) give priority to a proposed site that— 
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(i) is operated or supported by the 
Department of Defense; 
(ii) lacks encroachment issues; and 
(iii) has a controlled airspace. 
(c) PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency shall develop a plan to deploy an 
appropriate missile defense interceptor for a missile 
defense site on the East Coast. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—In developing the 
plan under paragraph (1), the Director shall evalu-
ate the use of— 
(A) two- or three-stage ground-based inter-
ceptors; and 
(B) standard missile–3 interceptors, in-
cluding block IA, block IB, and for a later de-
ployment, block IIA or block IIB interceptors. 
(3) SUBMISSION.—The Director shall submit to 
the President the plan under paragraph (1) for in-
clusion with the budget materials submitted to Con-
gress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2014. 
(4) FUNDING.—Of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2013 for the Missile Defense Agency, 
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$100,000,000 may be obligated or expended to carry 
out the plan developed under paragraph (1) after a 
period of 30 days has elapsed following the date on 
which the congressional defense committees receive 
the plan pursuant to paragraph (3). 
(d) COVERED MISSILE DEFENSE SITE.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered missile defense site’’ means a mis-
sile defense site that uses— 
(1) ground-based interceptors; or 
(2) standard missile–3 interceptors. 
SEC. 224. GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SYSTEM. 
(a) GMD SYSTEM.—Of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense, not less 
than $1,261,000,000 shall be made available for the 
ground-based midcourse defense system, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4201. 
(b) CERTAIN PROGRAMS OF THE GMD SYSTEM.— 
(1) EKV.—The Secretary of Defense shall com-
plete the refurbishment of the CE1 exoatmospheric 
kill vehicle-equipped ground-based interceptors. 
(2) MF-1.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2013 for the ground-based midcourse 
defense system, not less than $205,000,000 shall be 
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obligated or expended to upgrade Missile Field 1 at 
Fort Greely, Alaska. 
SEC. 225. GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE INTER-
CEPTOR TEST. 
Not later than December 31, 2013, the Secretary of 
Defense shall conduct an intercontinental ballistic missile 
test of the ground-based midcourse defense program using 
a ground-based interceptor equipped with a CE1 
exoatmospheric kill vehicle. 
SEC. 226. DEPLOYMENT OF SM–3 IIB INTERCEPTORS ON 
LAND AND SEA. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that standard missile–3 block IIB interceptors 
should be deployable in both land-based and sea-based 
modes by the date on which such interceptors achieve ini-
tial operating capability. 
(b) LAND AND SEA MODES.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall ensure that standard missile–3 block IIB inter-
ceptors are deployable using both land-based and sea- 
based systems by the date on which such interceptors 
achieve initial operating capability. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) FORCE STRUCTURE.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
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committees a report on how the deployment of 
standard missile–3 block IIB interceptors affects the 
force structure of the Navy. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) The implications for the force struc-
ture of the Navy if standard missile–3 block 
IIB interceptors cannot fit in the standard 
vertical launching system configuration for the 
Aegis ballistic missile defense system, including 
the implications regarding— 
(i) ship deployments; 
(ii) cost; and 
(iii) ability to respond to raids. 
(B) An explanation for how standard mis-
sile–3 block IIB interceptors would be used, at 
initial operating capability, for the defense of 
the United States from threats originating in 
the Pacific region if such interceptors are not 
deployable in a sea-based mode, including an 
explanation of cost and force structure require-
ments. 
SEC. 227. IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by section 201 for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4201, or other-
wise made available for the Department of Defense 
for fiscal years 2012 through 2015, the Secretary of 
Defense may provide up to $680,000,000 to the 
Government of Israel for the procurement of addi-
tional batteries and interceptors under the Iron 
Dome short-range rocket defense system and for re-
lated operations and sustainment expenses. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available for 
fiscal year 2012 or 2013 to carry out paragraph (1) 
are authorized to remain available until September 
30, 2014. 
(b) OFFICE.—The Secretary of Defense shall estab-
lish within the Missile Defense Agency of the Department 
of Defense an office to carry out subsection (a) and other 
matters relating to assistance for Israel’s Iron Dome 
short-range rocket defense system. 
SEC. 228. SEA-BASED X-BAND RADAR. 
The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall en-
sure that the sea-based X-band radar is maintained in a 
status such that the radar may be deployed in less than 
14 days and for at least 60 days each year. 
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SEC. 229. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR THE 
MEADS PROGRAM. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 
for the Department of Defense may be obligated or ex-
pended for the medium extended air defense system. 
SEC. 230. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
PHASED, ADAPTIVE APPROACH TO MISSILE 
DEFENSE IN EUROPE. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2013 for covered missile defense activities, not 
more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended 
until— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of State jointly submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
(A) a report on the cost-sharing arrange-
ments for the phased, adaptive approach to 
missile defense in Europe; and 
(B) written certification that a propor-
tional share, as determined by the Secretaries, 
of the costs for such approach to missile de-
fense will be provided by members of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization other than the 
United States; and 
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(2) the Secretary of Defense— 
(A) submits a NATO prefinancing request 
for consideration of expenses regarding such 
approach to missile defense (excluding such ex-
penses related to military construction de-
scribed in section 2403(b)); and 
(B) submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees the response by the NATO 
Secretary General or the North Atlantic Council 
to such request. 
(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the limita-
tion in subsection (a) with respect to a specific project of 
a covered missile defense activity if the President submits 
to the appropriate congressional committees and the writ-
ten certification that the waiver for such project is vital 
to the national security interests of the United States. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the following: 
(A) The congressional defense committees. 
(B) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered missile defense activi-
ties’’ means, with respect to the phased, adaptive ap-
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proach to missile defense in Europe, activities re-
garding— 
(A) Aegis ashore sites; or 
(B) an AN/TPY–2 radar located in Tur-
key. 
SEC. 231. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
THE PRECISION TRACKING SPACE SYSTEM. 
(a) INITIAL LIMITATION.—None of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 
available for fiscal year 2013 for the precision tracking 
space system may be obligated or expended until the date 
on which— 
(1) a federally funded research and development 
center begins the analysis under subsection (b)(1); 
and 
(2) the terms of reference for the analysis are 
submitted to the congressional defense committees. 
(b) ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES.— 
(1) FFRDC.—The Director of the Missile De-
fense Agency shall enter into an agreement with a 
federally funded research and development center 
that has not previously been involved with the preci-
sion tracking space system to conduct an analysis of 
alternatives of such program. 
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(2) BASIS OF ANALYSIS.—The analysis under 
paragraph (1) shall be based on a clear articulation 
by the Director of— 
(A) the ground-based sensors that will be 
required to be maintained to aid the precision 
tracking space system constellation; 
(B) the number of satellites to be procured 
for a first constellation, including the projected 
lifetime of such satellites in the first constella-
tion, and the number projected to be procured 
for a first and, if applicable, second replenish-
ment; 
(C) the technological and acquisition risks 
of such system; 
(D) an evaluation of the technological ca-
pability differences between the precision track-
ing space system sensor and the space tracking 
and surveillance system sensor; and 
(E) the cost differences, as confirmed by 
the Director of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation, between such systems, including 
costs relating to launch services. 
(3) ANALYSIS.—In conducting the analysis 
under paragraph (1), the federally funded research 
and development center shall— 
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(A) appoint a panel of independent study 
leaders for such analysis; 
(B) evaluate whether the precision tracking 
space system, as planned by the Director in the 
budget submitted to Congress under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal 
year 2013, is the lowest cost sensor option with 
respect to land-, air-, or space-based sensors, or 
a combination thereof, to improve the homeland 
missile defense of the United States, including 
by adding discrimination capability to the 
ground-based midcourse defense system; 
(C) examine the overhead persistent infra-
red data or other data that is available as of 
the date of the analysis that is not being used; 
(D) determine how using the data de-
scribed in subparagraph (C) could improve sen-
sor coverage for the homeland missile defense of 
the United States and regional missile defense 
capabilities; 
(E) study the plans of the Director to inte-
grate the precision tracking space system con-
cept into the ballistic missile defense system 
and evaluate the concept or operations of such 
use; and 
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(F) consider the agreement entered into 
under subsection (d)(1). 
(4) COST
DETERMINATION.—In determining 
costs under the analysis under paragraph (1), the 
federally funded research and development center 
shall take into account acquisition costs and oper-
ation and sustainment costs during the initial ten- 
year and twenty-year periods. 
(c) FURTHER LIMITATION.— 
(1) SUBMITTAL AND WAIT.—Except as provided 
by paragraph (2), none of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made avail-
able for fiscal year 2013 for the precision tracking 
space system may obligated or expended until— 
(A) the Director submits to the congres-
sional defense committees the analysis under 
subsection (b)(1); and 
(B) a period of 60 days has elapsed fol-
lowing the date of such submittal. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in paragraph 
(1) shall not apply to funds described in such para-
graph that are obligated or expended for technology 
development activities. 
(d) MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall enter into 
a memorandum of agreement with the Commander 
of the Air Force Space Command with respect to the 
space situational awareness capabilities, require-
ments, design, and cost-sharing of the precision 
tracking space system. 
(2) SUBMITTAL.—The Director shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees the agreement 
entered into under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 232. PLAN TO IMPROVE DISCRIMINATION AND KILL 
ASSESSMENT CAPABILITY OF BALLISTIC MIS-
SILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS. 
(a) PLAN.—The Director of the Missile Defense 
Agency shall develop a plan to improve the discrimination 
and kill assessment capability of ballistic missile defense 
systems, particularly with respect to the ground-based 
midcourse defense system. 
(b) SUBMISSION.—Not later than December 31, 
2012, the Director shall— 
(1) transmit to the Secretary of Defense the 
plan under subsection (a) to be used in the budget 
materials submitted to the President by the Sec-
retary in connection with the submission to Con-
gress, pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code, of the budget for fiscal year 2014; and 
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(2) submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees such plan. 
SEC. 233. PLAN TO INCREASE RATE OF FLIGHT TESTS OF 
GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SYS-
TEM. 
(a) PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency shall develop a plan to increase the 
rate of flight tests and ground tests of the ground- 
based midcourse defense system. 
(2) RATE OF PLANNED FLIGHT TESTS.—The 
plan under paragraph (1) shall ensure that there are 
at least three flight tests conducted during every 
two-year period unless the Director submits to the 
congressional defense committees— 
(A) written certification that such rate of 
tests is not feasible or cost-effective; and 
(B) an analysis explaining the reasoning of 
such certification. 
(b) SUBMISSION.—Not later than December 31, 
2012, the Director shall— 
(1) transmit to the Secretary of Defense the 
plan under subsection (a)(1) to be used in the budg-
et materials submitted to the President by the Sec-
retary in connection with the submission to Con-
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gress, pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code, of the budget for fiscal year 2014; and 
(2) submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees such plan. 
SEC. 234. REPORT ON REGIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHI-
TECTURES. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report on— 
(1) the regional missile defense architectures, 
including the force structure and inventory require-
ments derived from such architectures; and 
(2) the comprehensive force management proc-
ess to evaluate such requirements, including the ca-
pability, deployment, and resource outcomes that 
such process has determined. 
SEC. 235. USE OF FUNDS FOR CONVENTIONAL PROMPT 
GLOBAL STRIKE PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any funds 
authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2013 for ground-testing ac-
tivities of the conventional prompt global strike program 
are obligated or expended using competitive solicitation 
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procedures to involve industry as well as government part-
ners. 
SEC. 236. TRANSFER OF AEGIS WEAPON SYSTEM EQUIP-
MENT TO MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY. 
(a) TRANSFER BY NAVY.—In accordance with section 
230, the Secretary of the Navy may— 
(1) transfer to the Director of the Missile De-
fense Agency Aegis weapon system equipment with 
ballistic missile defense capability for use by the Di-
rector in the Aegis ashore site in the country the Di-
rector has designated as ‘‘Host Nation 1’’; 
(2) in ensuring the shipbuilding schedules of 
ships affected by this section— 
(A) obligate or expend unobligated funds 
made available for fiscal year 2012 for ship-
building and conversion, Navy, for the DDG–51 
Destroyer to deliver complete, mission-ready 
Aegis weapon system equipment with ballistic 
missile defense capability to a DDG–51 De-
stroyer for which funds were made available for 
fiscal year 2012 under shipbuilding and conver-
sion, Navy; or 
(B) use any Aegis weapon system equip-
ment acquired using such funds to deliver com-
plete, mission-ready Aegis weapon system 
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equipment with ballistic missile defense capa-
bility to a DDG–51 Destroyer for which funds 
were made available for fiscal year 2012 under 
shipbuilding and conversion, Navy; and 
(3) treat equipment transferred to the Sec-
retary under subsection (b) as equipment acquired 
using funds made available under shipbuilding and 
conversion, Navy, for purposes of completing the 
construction and outfitting of such equipment. 
(b) TRANSFER BY MDA.—In accordance with section 
230, upon the receipt of any equipment under subsection 
(a), the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall 
transfer to the Secretary of the Navy Aegis weapon system 
equipment with ballistic missile defense capability pro-
cured by the Director for installation in a shore-based 
Aegis weapon system for use by the Secretary in the 
DDG–51 Destroyer program. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
SEC. 241. STUDY ON ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILITIES 
OF THE MARINE CORPS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Commandant of the Marine Corps 
shall conduct a study on the future capabilities of the Ma-
rine Corps with respect to electronic warfare. 
(b) REPORT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com-
mandant shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the study conducted under 
subsection (a). 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A detailed plan for EA–6B Prowler 
aircraft squadrons. 
(B) A solution for the replacement of such 
aircraft. 
(C) Concepts of operation for future air- 
ground task force electronic warfare capabilities 
of the Marine Corps. 
(D) Any other issues that the Com-
mandant determines appropriate. 
SEC. 242. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REVIEW OF DE-
FENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL GRADUATE 
EDUCATION NEEDS. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense shall enter 
into an agreement with the National Research Council to 
conduct a review of specialized degree-granting graduate 
programs of the Department of Defense in engineering, 
applied sciences, and management. 
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(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—At a minimum, the review 
under subsection (a) shall address— 
(1) the need by the Department of Defense and 
the military departments for military and civilian 
personnel with advanced degrees in engineering, ap-
plied sciences, and management, including a list of 
the numbers of such personnel needed by discipline; 
(2) an analysis of the sources by which the De-
partment of Defense and the military departments 
obtain military and civilian personnel with such ad-
vanced degrees; 
(3) the need for educational institutions under 
the Department of Defense to meet the needs identi-
fied in paragraph (1); 
(4) the costs and benefits of maintaining such 
educational institutions, including costs relating to 
directed research; 
(5) the ability of private institutions or dis-
tance-learning programs to meet the needs identified 
in paragraph (1); 
(6) existing organizational structures, including 
reporting chains, within the military departments to 
manage the graduate education needs of the Depart-
ment of Defense and the military departments; and 
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(7) recommendations for improving the ability 
of the Department of Defense to identify, manage, 
and source the graduate education needs of the De-
partment. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the review under subsection (a) is completed, the 
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the results of such review. 
SEC. 243. REPORT ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED 
CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct a comprehensive assessment regarding the manu-
facturing capability of the United States to produce three- 
dimensional integrated circuits to serve the national de-
fense interests of the United States. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under subsection 
(a) shall include— 
(1) an assessment of the military requirements 
for using three-dimensional integrated circuits in fu-
ture microelectronic systems; 
(2) an assessment of the current domestic com-
mercial capability to develop and manufacture three- 
dimensional integrated circuits for use in military 
systems, including a plan for alternative sources to 
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supply such circuits in case of shortages in the do-
mestic supply; 
(3) an assessment of the feasibility, as well as 
planning and design requirements, for the develop-
ment of a domestic manufacturing capability for 
three-dimensional integrated circuits; and 
(4) an assessment of any challenges that may 
exist in the manufacturing capability of the United 
States to produce three-dimensional integrated cir-
cuits (including a review of the challenges that may 
exist in the manufacturing capability of the United 
States to produce small-lot quantities of advanced 
chips (200mm and 300mm)) and a general analysis 
on potential ways to overcome these challenges and 
encourage domestic commercial capability to develop 
and manufacture three-dimensional integrated cir-
cuits for use in military systems. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
assessment under subsection (a). 
(d) FORM.—The report under subsection (c) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
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SEC. 244. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO FIELD NEW DIRECTED 
ENERGY WEAPONS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port summarizing efforts within the Department of De-
fense to transition mature and maturing directed energy 
technologies to new operational weapon systems during 
the five- to- ten-year period beginning on the date of the 
report. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Thorough assessments of— 
(A) the maturity of high-energy laser, 
high-power microwave, and millimeter wave 
non-lethal technologies, both domestically and 
foreign; 
(B) missions for which directed energy 
weapons could be used to substantially enhance 
the current and planned military capabilities of 
the United States; 
(C) the potential for new directed energy 
systems to reduce requirements for expendable 
air and missile defense weapons; 
(D) the status of and prognosis for foreign 
directed energy programs; 
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(E) the potential vulnerabilities of military 
systems of the United States to foreign directed 
energy weapons and efforts by the Secretary to 
mitigate such vulnerabilities; and 
(F) a summary of actions the Secretary is 
taking to ensure that the military will be the 
global leader in directed energy capabilities. 
(2) In light of the suitability of surface ships to 
support a solid-state laser weapon based on mature 
and maturing technologies, whether— 
(A) the Department of the Navy should be 
designated as lead service for fielding a 100 to 
200 kilowatt-class laser to defend surface ships 
against unmanned aircraft, cruise missile, and 
fast attack craft threats; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Navy should ini-
tiate a program of record to begin fielding a 
ship-based solid-state laser weapon system. 
(3) In light of the potential effectiveness of 
high-power microwave weapons against sensors, bat-
tle management, and integrated air defense net-
works, whether— 
(A) the Department of the Navy and the 
Department of the Air Force should be des-
ignated as lead services for integrating high- 
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power microwave weapons on small air vehicles, 
including cruise missiles and unmanned air-
craft; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Air Force should 
initiate a program of record to field a cruise 
missile- or unmanned air vehicle-based high- 
power microwave weapon. 
(4) In light of the potential of mature chemical 
laser technologies to counter air and ballistic missile 
threats from relocatable fixed sites, whether the Sec-
retary of the Army should initiate a program of 
record to develop and field a multi-megawatt class 
chemical laser weapon system to defend forward air-
fields, ports, and other theater bases critical to fu-
ture operations. 
(5) Whether the investments by the Secretary 
of Defense in high-energy laser weapons research, 
development, test, and evaluation are appropriately 
prioritized across each military department and de-
fense-wide accounts to support the weaponization of 
mature and maturing directed energy technologies 
during the five- to- ten-year period beginning on the 
date of the report, including whether sufficient funds 
are allocated within budget area 4 and higher ac-
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counts to prepare for near term weaponization op-
portunities. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 
unclassified, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 245. REPORT ON AIR FORCE CYBER OPERATIONS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a study of Air 
Force cyber operations research, science, and technology. 
The report shall include following: 
(1) The near-, mid- and far-term research and 
development priorities of the Secretary with respect 
to cyber operations, including the resources needed 
to execute such priorities. 
(2) The percentage of research and development 
funding of the Air Force that is used to support 
cyber operations during each year covered by the fu-
ture-years defense program submitted to Congress 
during 2012 under section 221 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(3) The anticipated role of each of the installa-
tions of the Air Force Research Laboratory with re-
spect to cybersecurity research and development and 
operational support during each year covered by 
such future-years defense program. 
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(4) The resources, including both personnel and 
funding, that are projected to support the Air Force 
Research Laboratory in fulfilling such roles. 
(5) Anticipated budget actions, if any, that the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Air 
Force plan to take during fiscal year 2013 to ensure 
that the Department of Defense and the Air Force 
maintain the leadership role in cyber research. 
(6) The plan of the Secretary of the Air Force 
to integrate cyber operations into military oper-
ations. 
(7) The ways in which the Secretary is recruit-
ing and retaining scientists and engineers at the Air 
Force Research Laboratory involved with cyber oper-
ations research, including the use of the authorities 
granted under the laboratory demonstration pro-
gram established by Section 342 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year1995 and 
section 1114 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2001. 
(8) Efforts to coordinate science and technology 
cyber activities of the Air Force Research Labora-
tory with other Air Force organizations, including 
the Air Force Institute of Technology and the Air 
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Force Institute of Technology Center for Cyberspace 
Research. 
(9) The potential benefit to the Air Force for 
collaboration with private industry and the develop-
ment of cyber security technology clusters. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 251. ELIGIBILITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
LABORATORIES 
TO 
ENTER 
INTO 
EDU-
CATIONAL 
PARTNERSHIPS 
WITH 
EDU-
CATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN TERRITORIES 
AND POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY OF INSTITUTIONS IN TERRITORIES 
AND POSSESSIONS.—Section 2194(f) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘United States’ includes the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other ter-
ritory or possession of the United States.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of 
such section is amended by inserting ‘‘(20 U.S.C. 7801)’’ 
before the period. 
SEC. 252. REGIONAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CLUSTERS. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT
OF
INNOVATIVE
ADVANCED 
TECHNOLOGIES.—The Secretary of Defense may use the 
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research and engineering network of the Department of 
Defense, including the organic industrial base, to support 
regional advanced technology clusters established by the 
Secretary of Commerce to encourage the development of 
innovative advanced technologies, including advanced ro-
botics, advanced defense systems, power and energy inno-
vations, systems to mitigate manmade and naturally oc-
curring electromagnetic pulse or high-powered micro-
waves, cybersecurity and applied lightweight materials, to 
address national security and homeland defense chal-
lenges. 
(b) DESIGNATION OF LEAD OFFICE.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, 
and Logistics shall— 
(1) designate an office within the Department 
of Defense with the lead responsibility for enhancing 
the use of regional advanced technology clusters by 
the Department; and 
(2) notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees of such designation. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port describing— 
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(1) the participation of the Department of De-
fense in regional advanced technology clusters; 
(2) implementation by the Department of proc-
esses and tools to facilitate collaboration with the 
clusters; and 
(3) agreements established by the Department 
with the Department of Commerce to jointly support 
the continued growth of the clusters. 
(d) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
may meet, collaborate, and share resources with other 
Federal agencies for purposes of assisting in the expansion 
of regional advanced technology clusters under this sec-
tion. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; and 
(C) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘regional advanced technology 
clusters’’ means geographic centers focused on build-
ing science and technology-based innovation capacity 
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in areas of local and regional strength to foster eco-
nomic growth and improve quality of life. 
SEC. 253. BRIEFING ON POWER AND ENERGY RESEARCH 
CONDUCTED AT UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RE-
SEARCH CENTER. 
Not later than February 28, 2013, the Secretary of 
Defense shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and House of Representatives on power and 
energy research conducted at the University Affiliated Re-
search Centers. The briefing shall include— 
(1) a description of research conducted with 
other university based energy centers; and 
(2) a description of collaboration efforts with 
university-based research centers on energy research 
and development activities, particularly with centers 
that have an expertise in energy efficiency and re-
newable energy, including— 
(A) lighting; 
(B) heating; 
(C) ventilation and air-conditioning sys-
tems; and 
(D) renewable energy integration. 
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TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2013 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 
maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 
4301. 
SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS OF FUNDS 
FOR INACTIVATION EXECUTION OF U.S.S. EN-
TERPRISE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
of the Navy for fiscal year 2013 for inactivation execution 
of the U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN 65) as specified in the 
funding table in section 4301. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The total amount obligated and 
expended by the Secretary of the Navy for the inactivation 
execution of the U.S.S. Enterprise may not exceed 
$708,000,000. 
(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 
funds under subsection (a) and the condition in 
paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Navy may enter 
into a contract during fiscal year 2013 for the inac-
tivation execution of the U.S.S. Enterprise. 
(2) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under paragraph 
(1) shall provide that any obligation of the United 
States to make a payment under the contract for a 
fiscal year after fiscal year 2013 is subject to the 
availability of appropriations for that purpose for 
that fiscal year. 
Subtitle B—Energy and 
Environmental Provisions 
SEC. 311. TRAINING RANGE SUSTAINMENT PLAN AND 
TRAINING RANGE INVENTORY. 
Section 366 of the Bob Stump National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107– 
314; 116 Stat. 2522; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), as most re-
cently amended by section 348 of the John Warner Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 
(Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2159) is amended in sub-
sections (a)(5) and (c)(2), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2005 
through 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2005 through 
2018’’. 
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SEC. 312. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF CHEMICAL 
SUBSTANCE. 
Section 3(2)(B)(v) of the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2602(2)(B)(v)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘, or any component of any such article including, without 
limitation, shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, 
and primers’’ before ‘‘, and’’. 
SEC. 313. EXEMPTION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FROM 
ALTERNATIVE 
FUEL 
PROCUREMENT 
RE-
QUIREMENT. 
Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S.C. 17142) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘This section 
shall not apply to the Department of Defense.’’. 
SEC. 314. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
PROCUREMENT OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available during fiscal year 
2013 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or 
expended for the production or purchase of any alternative 
fuel if the cost of producing or purchasing the alternative 
fuel exceeds the cost of producing or purchasing a tradi-
tional fossil fuel that would be used for the same purpose 
as the alternative fuel. 
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(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Defense may purchase such limited quan-
tities of alternative fuels as are necessary to complete fleet 
certification for 50/50 blends. In such instances, the Sec-
retary shall purchase such alternative fuel using competi-
tive procedures and ensure the best purchase price for the 
fuel. 
SEC. 315. PLAN ON ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES TO MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) PLAN.—Not later than 150 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall develop a plan on the time line of the Secretary to 
develop a material solution to measure environmental ex-
posures to members of the Armed Forces in the conti-
nental United States and outside the continental United 
States. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The plan under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A time line for identifying relevant materiel 
solutions that would facilitate the Secretary identi-
fying members of the Armed Forces who have indi-
vidual exposures to environmental hazards. 
(2) A time line, and estimated cost, of devel-
oping and deploying the material solution described 
in paragraph (1). 
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(3) A system for collecting and maintaining ex-
posure data and a description of the content re-
quired. 
(4) An identification of the categories of envi-
ronmental exposures that will be tracked, including 
burn pits, dust or sand, water contamination, haz-
ardous materials, and waste. 
(5) A summary of ongoing research into health 
consequences of military environmental exposures 
and areas where additional research is needed. 
(6) A status report on the sharing of environ-
mental exposure data with the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on an ongoing and regular basis for use in 
medical and treatment records of veterans, including 
using such data in determining the service-connect-
edness of health conditions and in identifying the 
possible origins and causes of disease. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
vide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on 
the plan developed under subsection (a). 
SEC. 316. SOUTHERN SEA OTTER MILITARY READINESS 
AREAS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOUTHERN SEA OTTER 
MILITARY READINESS AREAS.—Chapter 136 of title 10, 
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United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 2283. Establishment of the Southern Sea Otter 
Military Readiness Areas 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish areas, to be known as ‘Southern Sea Otter 
Military Readiness Areas’, for national defense purposes. 
Such areas shall include each of the following: 
‘‘(1) The area that includes Naval Base Ven-
tura County, San Nicolas Island, and Begg Rock 
and the adjacent and surrounding waters within the 
following coordinates: 
‘‘N. Latitude/W. Longitude 
‘‘33°27.8′/119°34.3′ 
‘‘33°20.5′/119°15.5′ 
‘‘33°13.5′/119°11.8′ 
‘‘33°06.5′/119°15.3′ 
‘‘33°02.8′/119°26.8′ 
‘‘33°08.8′/119°46.3′ 
‘‘33°17.2′/119°56.9′ 
‘‘33°30.9′/119°54.2′. 
‘‘(2) The area that includes Naval Base Coro-
nado, San Clemente Island and the adjacent and 
surrounding waters running parallel to shore to 3 
nautical miles from the high tide line, as designated 
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by part 165 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, 
on May 20, 2010, as the San Clemente Island 3NM 
Safety Zone. 
‘‘(3) The area that includes Marine Corps Base 
Camp Pendleton and the adjacent waters within the 
following coordinates: 
‘‘Latitude/W. Longitude 
‘‘33°26.6′/117°38.9′ 
‘‘33°21.3′/117°45.8′ 
‘‘32°56.2′/117°39.7′ 
‘‘33°6.5′/117°28.5′ 
‘‘33°10.2′/117°23.7′ 
‘‘33°11.8′/117°23.2′ 
‘‘33°26.6′/117°38.9′. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES
WITHIN
THE
SOUTHERN
SEA 
OTTER MILITARY READINESS AREAS.— 
‘‘(1) INCIDENTAL
TAKINGS
UNDER
ENDAN-
GERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973.—Sections 4 and 9 of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533, 1538) shall not apply with respect to the inci-
dental taking of any southern sea otter in the South-
ern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas in the 
course of conducting a military readiness activity. 
‘‘(2) INCIDENTAL
TAKINGS
UNDER
MARINE 
MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1972.—Sections 101 
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and 102 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371, 1372) shall not apply with 
respect to the incidental taking of any southern sea 
otter in the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness 
Areas in the course of conducting military readiness 
activities. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT AS SPECIES PROPOSED TO BE 
LISTED.—For purposes of any military readiness ac-
tivity, any southern sea otter while within the South-
ern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas shall be 
treated for the purposes of section 7 of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) as a 
member of a species that is proposed to be listed as 
an endangered species or a threatened species under 
section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533). 
‘‘(c) REMOVAL.—Nothing in this section or any other 
Federal law shall be construed to require the removal of 
any southern sea otter located within the Southern Sea 
Otter Military Readiness Areas as of the date of the enact-
ment of this section or thereafter. 
‘‘(d) REVISION OR TERMINATION OF EXCEPTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Interior may revise or terminate the 
application of subsection (b) if the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, in consultation with, and with the concurrence of, the 
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Secretary of the Navy, determines that military activities 
occurring in the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness 
Areas are substantially impeding southern sea otter con-
servation or the return of southern sea otters to optimum 
sustainable population levels. 
‘‘(e) MONITORING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy, 
in consultation and in cooperation with the Sec-
retary of the Interior, shall monitor the Southern 
Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas not less often 
than every year to evaluate the status of the south-
ern sea otter population. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Within 18 months after the ef-
fective date of this section and every three years 
thereafter, the Secretaries of the Navy and the Inte-
rior shall jointly report to Congress and the public 
on monitoring undertaken pursuant to paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘incidental taking’ means any 
take of a southern sea otter that is incidental to, 
and not the purpose of, the carrying out of an other-
wise lawful activity. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘optimum sustainable population’ 
means, with respect to any population stock, the 
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number of animals that will result in the maximum 
productivity of the population or the species, keeping 
in mind the carrying capacity of the habitat and the 
health of the ecosystem of which they form a con-
stituent element. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘southern sea otter’ means any 
member of the subspecies Enhydra lutris nereis. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘take’— 
‘‘(A) when used in reference to activities 
subject to regulation by the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–1544) shall have 
the meaning given such term in that Act; and 
‘‘(B) when used in reference to activities 
subject to regulation by the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361– 
1423h), shall have the meaning given such term 
in that Act. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘military readiness activity’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 315(f) of the 
Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 16 U.S.C. 
703 note), and includes all training and operations 
of the Armed Forces that relate to combat, and the 
adequate and realistic testing of military equipment, 
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vehicles, weapons, and sensors for proper operation 
and suitability for combat use.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘2283. Establishment of the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas.’’. 
(c) CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS.— 
Section 1 of Public Law 99–625 (16 U.S.C. 1536 note) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS.— 
If the Secretary issues a final rule ending the management 
plan authorized under subsection (b) through the termi-
nation of the regulations implementing such plan— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary, in planning and imple-
menting recovery and conservation measures under 
the Act to allow for the expansion of the range of 
the population of the sea otter, shall coordinate and 
cooperate with— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Navy; 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of Commerce regarding 
recovery efforts for species listed under the Act; 
and 
‘‘(C) the State of California to assist the 
State in continuing viable commercial harvest of 
State fisheries; and 
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‘‘(2) interaction with sea otters in the course of 
engaging in fishing in any State fishery south of 
Point Conception, California, under an authorization 
issued by the State of California shall not be treated 
as a violation of section 9 of the Act for incidental 
take or of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972.’’. 
SEC. 317. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF A MILITARY DE-
PARTMENT TO ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENTS 
WITH 
INDIAN 
TRIBES 
FOR 
LAND MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH MILI-
TARY INSTALLATIONS AND STATE-OWNED 
NATIONAL GUARD INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) INCLUSION OF INDIAN TRIBES.—Section 103A(a) 
of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670c–1(a)) is amended in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘Indian 
tribes,’’ after ‘‘local governments,’’. 
(b) INDIAN TRIBE DEFINED.—Section 100 of such 
Act (16 U.S.C. 670) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 
means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other orga-
nized group or community, including any Alaska Na-
tive village or regional or village corporation as de-
fined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Na-
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tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), 
which is recognized as eligible for the special pro-
grams and services provided by the United States to 
Indians because of their status as Indians.’’. 
SEC. 318. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DECON-
TAMINATION OF FORMER BOMBARDMENT 
AREA ON ISLAND OF CULEBRA, PUERTO 
RICO. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following— 
(1) Section 2815 of the Ike Skelton National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 
(Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4464) requires the 
Secretary of Defense within 270 days of receiving a 
request from the government of Puerto Rico, to con-
duct a study assessing the presence of unexploded 
ordnance, and any threat to public health, public 
safety 
and 
the 
environment 
posed 
by 
such 
unexploded ordnance, in the portion of the former 
bombardment area on the island of Culebra, Puerto 
Rico, that was transferred to the government of 
Puerto Rico by quitclaim deed on August 11, 1982. 
(2) On April 25, 2011, the Governor of Puerto 
Rico formally requested by letter that the Secretary 
of Defense commence this study. 
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(3) On May 25, 2011, the Deputy Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Installations and Environment 
acknowledged receipt of the Governor’s letter on be-
half of the Secretary of Defense, and affirmed that 
the Department of Defense would conduct the study 
in accordance with such section 2815 and provide 
the final report to Congress no later than 270 days 
from the date of the Governor’s letter. 
(4) January 20, 2012, marked the date 270 
days after the Governor’s letter of April 25, 2011. 
(5) Section 204(c) of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act, 1974 (Public Law 93–166; 87 
Stat. 668) stated that ‘‘the present bombardment 
area on the island of Culebra shall not be utilized 
for any purpose that would require decontamination 
at the expense of the United States.’’ The Depart-
ment of Defense has interpreted this provision to 
constitute a permanent prohibition on the use of 
Federal funds in the area of Culebra referenced in 
such section to pay for decontamination and removal 
of unexploded ordnance, although it may be war-
ranted to protect public health, public safety, and 
the environment. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
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(1) the Secretary of Defense should expedi-
tiously submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and House of Representatives the final 
report prepared in accordance with section 2815 of 
the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 
Stat. 4464); 
(2) if that report indicates that decontamina-
tion and removal of unexploded ordnance in the por-
tion of the former bombardment area on Culebra 
that was transferred to the government of Puerto 
Rico by quitclaim deed on August 11, 1982, could 
be conducted at reasonable cost to the Federal Gov-
ernment, it is appropriate for Congress to amend 
section 204(c) of the Military Construction Author-
ization Act, 1974 (Public Law 93–166; 87 Stat. 
668) to authorize such decontamination and removal 
of unexploded ordnance; and 
(3) any removal of unexploded ordnance should 
be 
accomplished 
pursuant 
to 
the 
normal 
prioritization process established by the Department 
of Defense under the Military Munitions Response 
Program within the Defense Environmental Restora-
tion Program. 
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Subtitle C—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 321. EXPANSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF MULTI- 
TRADES DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
(a) EXPANSION.—Section 338 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 
108–136; 10 U.S.C. 5013 note), as most recently amended 
by section 329 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 67), 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AUTHORIZED.—In 
accordance with subsection 4703 of title 5, United States 
Code, the Secretary of a military department may carry 
out a demonstration project at facilities described in sub-
section (b) under which workers who are certified at the 
journey level as able to perform multiple trades shall be 
promoted by one grade level.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Logistics 
Center, Navy Fleet Readiness Center,’’ and inserting 
‘‘Logistics Complex, Navy Fleet Readiness Center, 
Navy shipyard, Marine Corps Logistics Base,’’. 
(b) REAUTHORIZATION.—Such section is further 
amended— 
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(1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2013’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 322. DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITION OF DEPOT-LEVEL 
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.—Section 2460 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘software’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘during the course of a customary 
depot-level maintenance action’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or the modification or re-
build of end-items,’’ and inserting ‘‘retrofit, 
modification, upgrade, or rebuild of end items, 
components,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(3) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘change 
events made to operational software, integration and 
testing’’ and inserting ‘‘and change events (including 
integration and testing) made to operational soft-
ware’’; 
(4) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(5) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) excludes— 
‘‘(A) the nuclear refueling or defueling of 
an aircraft carrier and any concurrent complex 
overhaul; and 
‘‘(B) the procurement of major modifica-
tions or upgrades designed to significantly im-
prove the performance or safety of a weapon 
system or major end item.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS
RELATING
TO
CORE
DEPOT- 
LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR CAPABILITIES.— 
(1) 
ASSOCIATED
CAPACITY.—Section 
2464(a)(3)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘and capacity required in para-
graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘required in paragraph (1) 
and the associated capacity to maintain those capa-
bilities in accordance with paragraph (2)’’. 
(2) DIRECT SUPPORT OF ASSOCIATED LOGIS-
TICS CAPABILITIES.—Section 2464(a)(3)(B) of such 
title is amended by inserting ‘‘in direct support of 
depot-level maintenance and repair’’ after ‘‘associ-
ated logistics capabilities’’. 
(3) TIME OF FIELDING.—Section 2464(a)(3) of 
such title is further amended by adding at the end 
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the following new sentence: ‘‘If a weapon system or 
item of military equipment does not have an offi-
cially scheduled initial operational capability, the 
weapon system or item is considered fielded at the 
time when, as part of combined or individual oper-
ation, it provides a warfighting capability, unless the 
Secretary waives this paragraph under subsection 
(b)(1)(A) based on a determination that the system 
or item is not an enduring element of the national 
defense strategy.’’. 
(3) REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY CONGRESS BE-
FORE ISSUANCE OF WAIVER.—Section 2464(b)(3) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘within 30 days of 
issuance’’ and inserting ‘‘at least 30 days before 
issuance of the waiver’’. 
(4) PROHIBITION ON DELEGATION OF CERTAIN 
WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Section 2464(b) of such title 
is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The authority of the Secretary of Defense to 
waive the requirement in subsection (a)(3) on the basis 
of a determination under paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) may 
not be delegated.’’. 
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(5) EXCLUSION OF NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CAR-
RIERS
AND
SPECIAL
ACCESS
PROGRAMS.—Section 
2464 of such title is further amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), 
(f), and (g) as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
following new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) EXCLUSION OF NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 
AND SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAMS.—(1) The requirement 
in subsection (a)(3) shall not apply to nuclear aircraft car-
riers. 
‘‘(2) The requirement in subsection (a)(3) shall not 
apply to special access programs.’’. 
(6) ANNUAL SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM CORE 
CAPABILITY REVIEW.—Section 2464 of such title is 
further amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(i) BIENNIAL SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM CORE CA-
PABILITY REVIEW.—Notwithstanding the inapplicability 
of subsection (a)(3) to special access programs (as pro-
vided in subsection (d)), the Secretary of Defense shall, 
not later than April 1 on each even-numbered year, con-
duct a review of each special access program in existence 
during the two fiscal years preceding the fiscal year during 
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which the review is conducted to determine the core depot 
maintenance and repair capabilities required to provide a 
ready and controlled source of technical competence, and 
the resources that would be required to establish a core 
capability if it becomes necessary. The Secretary of De-
fense shall include the results of such review in the form 
of a classified annex to the biennial core report required 
under subsection (f).’’. 
(7) AMENDMENTS FOR CONSISTENCY IN USE OF 
TERMS.—Section 2464 of such title is further 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘a 
core depot-level maintenance and repair capa-
bility’’ and inserting ‘‘core depot-level mainte-
nance and repair capabilities’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘This 
core depot-level maintenance and repair capa-
bility’’ and inserting ‘‘The core depot-level 
maintenance and repair capabilities required in 
paragraph (1)’’; and 
(C) in subsection (e)(1), as redesignated by 
paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘a core depot-level 
maintenance and repair capability’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘core depot-level maintenance and repair 
capabilities’’. 
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(8) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
2464(b) of such title is further amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (A); and 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(C) as subparagraph (B); 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2) and in that paragraph by strik-
ing ‘‘or (2)’’. 
SEC. 323. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE PERFORM-
ANCE OF COMMERCIALLY-AVAILABLE ACTIVI-
TIES BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN 
EMPLOYEES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) our Nation’s economic strength is charac-
terized by individual freedom and the competitive 
enterprise system, and as such, the Federal Govern-
ment should not compete with its citizens and pri-
vate enterprise; 
(2) in recognition of this policy, the Govern-
ment should rely on commercially available sources 
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to provide commercial products and services and 
should not start or carry on any activity to provide 
a commercial product or service if the product or 
service can be procured more economically from a 
commercial source; 
(3) this policy conforms with Department of 
Defense Total Force Management procedures aimed 
at improving total manpower requirements, deter-
minations, and planning to facilitate decisions re-
garding which sector (military, civilian, or contractor 
personnel) should perform each requirement; and 
(4) the Department of Defense should not con-
vert the performance of any function from perform-
ance by a contractor to performance by Department 
of Defense civilian employees unless the function is 
inherently governmental in nature or the conversion 
is necessary to comply with section 129a of title 10, 
United States Code, as amended by this Act. 
(b) 
DEFINITION
OF
INHERENTLY
GOVERN-
MENTAL.—In this section, the term ‘‘inherently govern-
mental’’ has the meaning given that term in section 5(2) 
of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 
(Public Law 105–270; 112 Stat. 2384; 31 U.S.C. 501 
note). 
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Subtitle D—Readiness 
SEC. 331. INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS 
WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—Section 2391 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS 
WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of the military department concerned may enter 
into an intergovernmental support agreement with a State 
or local government to provide, receive, or share installa-
tion-support services when such an agreement— 
‘‘(A) serves the best interests of the military de-
partment by enhancing mission effectiveness or cre-
ating efficiencies or economies of scale, including by 
reducing costs; 
‘‘(B) serves the best interest of State or local 
government party to the agreement, as determined 
by the community’s particular circumstances; and 
‘‘(C) otherwise provides a mutual benefit to the 
military department and the State or local govern-
ment. 
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‘‘(2) The authority provided by this subsection and 
limitations on its use are not intended to revoke, preclude, 
or otherwise interfere with existing or proposed mutual- 
aid agreements relating to police or fire protection services 
or other similar first responder agreements or arrange-
ments. 
‘‘(3) Funds available to the Secretary of the military 
department concerned for installation support may be 
used to reimburse a State or local government for pro-
viding installation-support services pursuant to an agree-
ment under this subsection. Funds received by the Sec-
retary as reimbursement for providing installation-support 
services pursuant to the agreement shall be credited to the 
appropriation or account charged with providing installa-
tion support.’’. 
(b) INSTALLATION-SUPPORT SERVICES DEFINED.— 
Subsection (e) of section 2391 of title 10, United States 
Code, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘installation-support services’ 
means those services, supplies, resources, and sup-
port provided typically by a local government, except 
that the term does not include or authorize police or 
fire protection services.’’. 
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SEC. 332. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO 
PROVIDE ASSURED BUSINESS GUARANTEES 
TO CARRIERS PARTICIPATING IN CIVIL RE-
SERVE AIR FLEET. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (k) of section 9515 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
(b) APPLICATION TO ALL SEGMENTS OF CRAF.— 
Such section is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘pas-
senger’’; and 
(2) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘, except that 
it only means such transportation for which the Sec-
retary of Defense has entered into a contract for the 
purpose of passenger travel’’. 
SEC. 333. EXPANSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF PILOT 
PROGRAM FOR AVAILABILITY OF WORKING- 
CAPITAL FUNDS FOR PRODUCT IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
(a) EXPANSION.—Section 330 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 
110–181; 122 Stat. 68) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, the Sec-
retary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air 
Force (in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary 
concerned’)’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of the Army’’; 
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(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘by the Secretary con-
cerned’’ after ‘‘submitted’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘by the Secretary con-
cerned’’ after ‘‘used’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the As-
sistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, 
Logistics, and Technology, in consultation with 
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Finan-
cial Management and Comptroller,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Secretary concerned’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the As-
sistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, 
Logistics, and Technology’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Secretary concerned’’. 
(b) COVERED
PRODUCT
IMPROVEMENTS.—Sub-
section (b) of such section is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘retrofit, modernization, up-
grade, or rebuild of a’’ before ‘‘component’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘reliability and maintainability’’ 
and inserting ‘‘reliability, availability, and maintain-
ability’’. 
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(c) LIMITATION
ON
CERTAIN
PROJECTS.—Sub-
section (c)(1) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘per-
formance envelope’’ and inserting ‘‘capability’’. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (e) of 
such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2017’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and 
inserting ‘‘45 days’’. 
(e) EXTENSION.—Subsection (f) of such section, as 
amended by section 354 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 
Stat. 1377), is further amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘TO ARMY’’. 
SEC. 334. CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE NATIONAL 
GUARD STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 32, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 510. Center of Excellence for the National Guard 
State Partnership Program 
‘‘(a) CENTER AUTHORIZED.—The National Guard 
Bureau may maintain a Center of Excellence for the Na-
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tional Guard State Partnership Program (in this section 
referred to as the ‘Center’). 
‘‘(b) CENTER AUTHORITY
AND PURPOSE.—If the 
Center is established, the Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau shall administer the Center to provide training oppor-
tunities for units and members of the regular and reserve 
components for the purpose of improving the skills for 
such units and members when deployed to complete the 
mission of the State Partnership Program. The Center will 
provide accredited instruction in partnership with a uni-
versity program and other internationally recognized insti-
tutions. 
‘‘(c) CONDUCT OF CENTER.—The Chief of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau may provide for the conduct of the 
Center in such State as the Chief considers appropriate. 
‘‘(d) PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN CEN-
TER TRAINING.—(1) The Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau may recommend units and members of the National 
Guard to attend training at the Center under section 
502(f) of this title for not longer than the duration of the 
training. 
‘‘(2) The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, 
and Marine Corps may detail units or members of their 
respective regular or reserve components to attend train-
ing at the Center. The Secretary of Homeland Security 
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may detail members of the Coast Guard to attend training 
and provide subject matter expertise as requested. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZED TRAINING.—The training author-
ized to be provided by the Center involves such matters 
within the core competencies of the National Guard and 
suitable for contacts under the State Partnership Program 
as the Chief of the National Guard Bureau specifies con-
sistent with regulations issued by the Secretary of De-
fense. 
‘‘(f) CENTER PERSONNEL.—(1) The Chief of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau shall appoint an active member of 
the National Guard to be the Commandant of the Center 
to administer and lead the center. 
‘‘(2) The Center shall contain personnel authoriza-
tions under a table of distribution and allowance that en-
sures sufficient cadre and support to the Center and will 
be assigned to the host State. 
‘‘(3) Personnel of the National Guard of any State 
may serve on full-time National Guard duty for the pur-
pose of providing command, administrative, training, or 
supporting services for the Center. For the performance 
of those services, any personnel may be ordered to duty 
under section 502(f) of this title. 
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‘‘(4) Employees of the Departments of Defense may 
be detailed to the Center for the purpose of providing addi-
tional training. 
‘‘(5) The National Guard Bureau may procure, by 
contract, the temporary full time services of such civilian 
personnel as may be necessary in carrying out the training 
provided by the Center.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘510. Center for Excellence for the National Guard State Partnership Pro-
gram.’’. 
SEC. 335. CODIFICATION OF NATIONAL GUARD STATE 
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 32, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 116. State Partnership Program 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—(1) 
Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense, includ-
ing for the Air and Army National Guard, shall be avail-
able for the payment of costs to conduct activities under 
the State Partnership Program, whether inside the United 
States or outside the United States, for purposes as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(A) To support the objectives of the com-
mander of the combatant command for the theater 
of operations in which such contacts and activities 
are conducted. 
‘‘(B) To support the objectives of the United 
States chief of mission of the partner nation with 
which contacts and activities are conducted. 
‘‘(C) To build international partnerships and 
defense and security capacity. 
‘‘(D) To strengthen cooperation between the de-
partments and agencies of the United States Gov-
ernment and agencies of foreign governments to sup-
port building of defense and security capacity. 
‘‘(E) To facilitate intergovernmental collabora-
tion between the United States Government and for-
eign governments in the areas of defense and secu-
rity. 
‘‘(F) To facilitate and enhance the exchange of 
information between the United States Government 
and foreign governments on matters relating to de-
fense and security. 
‘‘(2) Costs under paragraph (1) may include costs as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) Costs of pay and allowances of members 
of the National Guard. 
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‘‘(B) Travel and necessary expenses of United 
States personnel outside of the Department of De-
fense in the State Partnership Program. 
‘‘(C) Travel and necessary expenses of foreign 
participants directly supporting activities under the 
State Partnership Program. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—(1) Funds shall not be available 
under subsection (a) for activities described in that sub-
section that are conducted in a foreign country unless 
jointly approved by the commander of the combatant com-
mand concerned and the chief of mission concerned. 
‘‘(2) Funds shall not be available under subsection 
(a) for the participation of a member of the National 
Guard in activities described in that subsection in a for-
eign country unless the member is on active duty in the 
armed forces at the time of such participation. 
‘‘(3) Funds shall not be available under subsection 
(a) for interagency activities involving United States civil-
ian personnel or foreign civilian personnel unless the par-
ticipation of such personnel in such activities— 
‘‘(A) contributes to responsible management of 
defense resources; 
‘‘(B) fosters greater respect for and under-
standing of the principle of civilian control of the 
military; 
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‘‘(C) contributes to cooperation between United 
States military and civilian governmental agencies 
and foreign military and civilian government agen-
cies; or 
‘‘(D) improves international partnerships and 
capacity on matters relating to defense and security. 
‘‘(c) REIMBURSEMENT.—In the event of the partici-
pation of United States Government participants (other 
than personnel of the Department of Defense) in activities 
for which payment is made under subsection (a), the head 
of the department or agency concerned shall reimburse the 
Secretary of Defense for the costs associated with the par-
ticipation of such personnel in such contacts and activities. 
Amounts reimbursed the Department of Defense under 
this subsection shall be deposited in the appropriation or 
account from which amounts for the payment concerned 
were derived. Any amounts so deposited shall be merged 
with amounts in such appropriation or account, and shall 
be available for the same purposes, and subject to the 
same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such ap-
propriation or account. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘State Partnership Program’ 
means a program that establishes a defense and se-
curity relationship between the National Guard of a 
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State or territory and the military and security 
forces, and related disaster management, emergency 
response, and security ministries, of a foreign coun-
try. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘activities’, for purposes of the 
State Partnership Program, means any military-to- 
military activities or interagency activities for a pur-
pose set forth in subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(3) The term ‘interagency activities’ means the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Contacts between members of the Na-
tional Guard and foreign civilian personnel out-
side the ministry of defense of the foreign coun-
try concerned on matters within the core com-
petencies of the National Guard. 
‘‘(B) Contacts between United States civil-
ian personnel and members of the Armed 
Forces of a foreign country on matters within 
such core competencies. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘matter within the core com-
petencies of the National Guard’ means matters with 
respect to the following: 
‘‘(A) Disaster response and mitigation. 
‘‘(B) Defense support to civil authorities. 
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‘‘(C) Consequence management and instal-
lation protection. 
‘‘(D) Response to a chemical, biological, 
radiological, nuclear, or explosives (CBRNE) 
event. 
‘‘(E) Border and port security and co-
operation with civilian law enforcement. 
‘‘(F) Search and rescue. 
‘‘(G) Medicine. 
‘‘(H) Counterdrug and counternarcotics 
activities. 
‘‘(I) Public affairs. 
‘‘(J) Employer support and family support 
for reserve forces. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘United States civilian personnel’ 
means the following: 
‘‘(A) Personnel of the United States Gov-
ernment (including personnel of departments 
and agencies of the United States Government 
other than the Department of Defense) and 
personnel of State and local governments of the 
United States. 
‘‘(B) Members and employees of the legis-
lative branch of the United States Government. 
‘‘(C) Non-governmental individuals. 
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‘‘(6) The term ‘foreign civilian personnel’ 
means the following: 
‘‘(A) Civilian personnel of a foreign gov-
ernment at any level (including personnel of 
ministries other than ministries of defense). 
‘‘(B) Non-governmental individuals of a 
foreign country.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 1 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘116. State Partnership Program.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AUTHORITY.—Section 
1210 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2517; 32 
U.S.C. 107 note) is repealed. 
Subtitle E—Reports 
SEC. 341. REPORT ON JOINT STRATEGY FOR READINESS 
AND TRAINING IN A C4ISR-DENIED ENVIRON-
MENT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, 
in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, shall submit to Congress a report on the readiness 
of the joint force to conduct operations in environments 
where there is no access to Command, Control, Commu-
nications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Re-
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