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tion of the common missile compartment of nuclear-powered 
vessels may be available for multiyear procurement of crit-
ical components to support continuous production of such 
compartments only in accordance with the provisions of 
subsection (i) of section 2218a of title 10, United States 
Code (as added by section 1023 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 
328)). 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of 
support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 
for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new 
ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion 
of public and private plants, including the land necessary 
therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
equipment layaway, $7,941,018,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufac-
ture, and modification of missiles, armament, military
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equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 
thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Gov-
ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles 
for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including land necessary therefor, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, 
$1,942,737,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2020. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of 
aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 
specialized ground handling equipment, and training de-
vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Govern-
ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, 
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior 
to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and trans-
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portation of things, $18,504,556,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of 
missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 
parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment, 
and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, Government-owned equipment and installation 
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisi-
tion of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and 
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction pros-
ecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes includ-
ing rents and transportation of things, $2,207,747,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of 
spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 
parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment, 
and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, Government-owned equipment and installation 
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisi-
tion of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and 
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction pros-
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ecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes includ-
ing rents and transportation of things, $3,552,175,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 
by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro-
curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
$1,651,977,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2020. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (in-
cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 
and ground electronic and communication equipment), and 
supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise
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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 
research, development, test and evaluation, including main-
tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 
and equipment, $37,428,078,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2019. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments), nec-
essary for basic and applied scientific research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects as 
may be designated and determined by the Secretary of De-
fense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, 
and operation of facilities and equipment, $22,010,975,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That, of the funds made available in this 
paragraph, $250,000,000 for the Defense Rapid Innovation 
Program shall only be available for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, to include program management and over-
sight, to conduct research, development, test and evaluation 
to include proof of concept demonstration; engineering, test-
ing, and validation; and transition to full-scale production:
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Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may trans-
fer funds provided herein for the Defense Rapid Innovation 
Program to appropriations for research, development, test 
and evaluation to accomplish the purpose provided herein: 
Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority available to the Depart-
ment of Defense: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall, not fewer than 30 days prior to making 
transfers from this appropriation, notify the congressional 
defense committees in writing of the details of any such 
transfer. 
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the independent activities of the Director, Operational Test 
and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of oper-
ational test and evaluation, including initial operational 
test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, and in sup-
port of, production decisions; joint operational testing and 
evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection 
therewith, $210,900,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2019.
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TITLE V 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For 
the 
Defense 
Working 
Capital 
Funds, 
$1,685,596,000. 
TITLE VI 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 
and health care programs of the Department of Defense as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$34,428,167,000; 
of 
which 
$31,521,850,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which not to exceed one percent shall remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2019, and of which up to 
$15,349,700,000 may be available for contracts entered into 
under the TRICARE program; of which $867,002,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020, 
shall be for procurement; and of which $2,039,315,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019, 
shall be for research, development, test and evaluation: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
of the amount made available under this heading for re-
search, development, test and evaluation, not less than 
$8,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention edu-
cational activities undertaken in connection with United
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States military training, exercises, and humanitarian as-
sistance activities conducted primarily in African nations: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading for research, development, test and evaluation, not 
less than $1,095,100,000 shall be made available to the 
United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Com-
mand to carry out the congressionally directed medical re-
search programs. 
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 
DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chem-
ical agents and munitions in accordance with the provi-
sions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Author-
ization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction 
of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the 
chemical 
weapon 
stockpile, 
$961,732,000, 
of 
which 
$104,237,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which no less than $49,401,000 shall be for the Chemical 
Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of 
$21,045,000 for activities on military installations and 
$28,356,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
to assist State and local governments; $18,081,000 shall be 
for procurement, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, of which $16,787,000 shall be for the Chemical Stock-
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pile Emergency Preparedness Program to assist State and 
local governments and $1,294,000 for activities on military 
installations; and $839,414,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019, shall be for research, development, test 
and evaluation, of which $831,900,000 shall only be for the 
Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 
DEFENSE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 
the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 
available to the Department of Defense for military per-
sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi-
sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper-
ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 
development, test and evaluation, $934,814,000, of which 
$552,648,000 shall be for counter-narcotics support; 
$120,813,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction pro-
gram; $236,353,000 shall be for the National Guard 
counter-drug program; and $25,000,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Guard counter-drug schools program: Provided, That 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail-
able for obligation for the same time period and for the 
same purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or
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part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority contained elsewhere in this Act. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspec-
tor General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $321,887,000, of which 
$319,087,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies 
and extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval 
or authority of the Inspector General, and payments may 
be made on the Inspector General’s certificate of necessity 
for confidential military purposes; and of which $2,800,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019, shall be for 
research, development, test and evaluation. 
TITLE VII 
RELATED AGENCIES 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND 
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
ment and Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper 
funding level for continuing the operation of the Central
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Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, 
$514,000,000. 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community 
Management Account, $537,600,000. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions 
of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em-
ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 
shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: 
Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess 
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is com-
puted under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United 
States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase 
provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employ-
ees, whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section 
shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service 
national employees serving at United States diplomatic
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missions whose pay is set by the Department of State under 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Provided further, That the 
limitations of this provision shall not apply to foreign na-
tional employees of the Department of Defense in the Re-
public of Turkey. 
SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 8004. No more than 25 percent of the appropria-
tions in this Act which are limited for obligation during 
the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2 
months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall 
not apply to obligations for support of active duty training 
of reserve components or summer camp training of the Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Management 
and Budget, transfer not to exceed $4,250,000,000 of work-
ing capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds 
made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for military functions (except military construction) be-
tween such appropriations or funds or any subdivision 
thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same
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purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropria-
tion or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such au-
thority to transfer may not be used unless for higher pri-
ority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, 
than those for which originally appropriated and in no case 
where the item for which funds are requested has been de-
nied by the Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers 
made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in 
this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in 
this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request 
to the Committees on Appropriations for reprogramming 
of funds, unless for higher priority items, based on unfore-
seen military requirements, than those for which originally 
appropriated and in no case where the item for which re-
programming is requested has been denied by the Congress: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
a 
request 
for 
multiple 
reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this 
section shall be made prior to June 30, 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That transfers among military personnel appropria-
tions shall not be taken into account for purposes of the 
limitation on the amount of funds that may be transferred 
under this section. 
SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro-
grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and
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adjustments to budget activities corresponding to such pro-
grams, projects, and activities) contained in the tables titled 
Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the explana-
tory statement regarding this Act, the obligation and ex-
penditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act for those programs, projects, and ac-
tivities for which the amounts appropriated exceed the 
amounts requested are hereby required by law to be carried 
out in the manner provided by such tables to the same ex-
tent as if the tables were included in the text of this Act. 
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described 
in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of ap-
propriations for purposes of section 8005 of this Act: Pro-
vided, That section 8005 shall apply when transfers of the 
amounts described in subsection (a) occur between appro-
priation accounts. 
SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit a report 
to the congressional defense committees to establish the base-
line for application of reprogramming and transfer au-
thorities for fiscal year 2018: Provided, That the report 
shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget request, 
adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to
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enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 
enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropria-
tion both by budget activity and program, project, 
and activity as detailed in the Budget Appendix; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of 
the funds provided in this Act shall be available for re-
programming or transfer until the report identified in sub-
section (a) is submitted to the congressional defense commit-
tees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in writing to 
the congressional defense committees that such reprogram-
ming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement: 
Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to transfers 
from the following appropriations accounts: 
(1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’; 
(2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’; 
(3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’; 
(4) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide’’; 
(5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used 
Defense Sites’’; and 
(6) ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activi-
ties, Defense’’.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal-
ances in working capital funds of the Department of De-
fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United 
States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as 
are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made 
from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made be-
tween such funds: Provided further, That transfers may be 
made between working capital funds and the ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Defense’’ appropriation and the ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance’’ appropriation accounts in such 
amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, 
with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, 
except that such transfers may not be made unless the Sec-
retary of Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed 
transfer: Provided further, That except in amounts equal 
to the amounts appropriated to working capital funds in 
this Act, no obligations may be made against a working 
capital fund to procure or increase the value of war reserve 
material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has no-
tified the Congress prior to any such obligation. 
SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 
be used to initiate a special access program without prior 
notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres-
sional defense committees.
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SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that em-
ploys economic order quantity procurement in excess of 
$20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that includes 
an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; 
or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a 
multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity 
procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, un-
less the congressional defense committees have been notified 
at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: 
Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract 
for which the economic order quantity advance procurement 
is not funded at least to the limits of the Government’s li-
ability: Provided further, That no part of any appropria-
tion contained in this Act shall be available to initiate 
multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or compo-
nent thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would 
exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract 
can be terminated without 30-day prior notification to the 
congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the 
execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 
present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 
to an annual procurement: Provided further, That none of
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22 Osprey aircraft variants; up to 13 SSN Virginia Class 
Submarines and Government-furnished equipment; and 
DDG–51 Arleigh Burke class Flight III guided missile de-
stroyers, the MK41 Vertical Launching Systems, and asso-
ciated Government-furnished systems and subsystems: Pro-
vided, That the term of any multiyear procurement contract 
for V–22 Osprey aircraft variants entered into for use of 
any part of any appropriation contained in this Act may 
not exceed 5 years. 
SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are here-
by appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United 
States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs 
under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. Such funds 
may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assist-
ance costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant 
to authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 
10, United States Code, and these obligations shall be re-
ported as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United 
States Code: Provided, That funds available for operation 
and maintenance shall be available for providing humani-
tarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams 
in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely 
associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact 
of Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99–239:
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Provided further, That upon a determination by the Sec-
retary of the Army that such action is beneficial for grad-
uate medical education programs conducted at Army med-
ical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army 
may authorize the provision of medical services at such fa-
cilities and transportation to such facilities, on a nonreim-
bursable basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 
Palau, and Guam. 
SEC. 8012. (a) During the current fiscal year, the ci-
vilian personnel of the Department of Defense may not be 
managed on the basis of any end-strength, and the manage-
ment of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not be 
subject to any constraint or limitation (known as an end- 
strength) on the number of such personnel who may be em-
ployed on the last day of such fiscal year. 
(b) The fiscal year 2019 budget request for the Depart-
ment of Defense as well as all justification material and 
other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2019 De-
partment of Defense budget request shall be prepared and 
submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and (b) of 
this provision were effective with regard to fiscal year 2019. 
(c) As required by section 1107 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–
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66; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) civilian personnel at the Depart-
ment of Army Science and Technology Reinvention Labora-
tories may not be managed on the basis of the Table of Dis-
tribution and Allowances, and the management of the work-
force strength shall be done in a manner consistent with 
the budget available with respect to such Laboratories. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply 
to military (civilian) technicians. 
SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in-
fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro-
priation matters pending before the Congress. 
SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be available for the basic pay and allowances of any 
member of the Army participating as a full-time student 
and receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs from the Department of Defense Education Benefits 
Fund when time spent as a full-time student is credited 
toward completion of a service commitment: Provided, That 
this section shall not apply to those members who have reen-
listed with this option prior to October 1, 1987: Provided 
further, That this section applies only to active components 
of the Army.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act 
for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote´ge´ Pro-
gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con-
tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing 
a Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program developmental assistance agree-
ment pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 
10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the authority of 
this provision or any other transfer authority contained in 
this Act. 
SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be avail-
able for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and 
its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor 
and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under unless 
the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured in the 
United States from components which are substantially 
manufactured in the United States: Provided, That for the 
purpose of this section, the term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall in-
clude cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain 
and welding (including the forging and shot blasting proc-
ess): Provided further, That for the purpose of this section 
substantially all of the components of anchor and mooring 
chain shall be considered to be produced or manufactured 
in the United States if the aggregate cost of the components
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produced or manufactured in the United States exceeds the 
aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured 
outside the United States: Provided further, That when ade-
quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart-
ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Sec-
retary of the service responsible for the procurement may 
waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying 
in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability 
for national security purposes. 
SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds 
activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt 
beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale 
(including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink) on 
a military installation located in the United States unless 
such malt beverages and wine are procured within that 
State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, within 
the District of Columbia, in which the military installation 
is located: Provided, That, in a case in which the military 
installation is located in more than one State, purchases 
may be made in any State in which the installation is lo-
cated: Provided further, That such local procurement re-
quirements for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all 
alcoholic beverages only for military installations in States
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which are not contiguous with another State: Provided fur-
ther, That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt bev-
erages, in contiguous States and the District of Columbia 
shall be procured from the most competitive source, price 
and other factors considered. 
SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of 
M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber 
rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or to demili-
tarize or destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition 
components that are not otherwise prohibited from commer-
cial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms ammuni-
tion or ammunition components are certified by the Sec-
retary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe 
for further use. 
SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds appro-
priated or made available in this Act shall be used during 
a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an organiza-
tion, unit, activity or function of the Department of Defense 
into or within the National Capital Region: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a 
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congres-
sional defense committees that such a relocation is required 
in the best interest of the Government.
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SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act, 
$20,000,000 shall be available for incentive payments au-
thorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 
(25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor or a 
subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract award 
to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in section 1544 
of title 25, United States Code, or a small business owned 
and controlled by an individual or individuals defined 
under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code, shall 
be considered a contractor for the purposes of being allowed 
additional compensation under section 504 of the Indian 
Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544) whenever the 
prime contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and 
involves the expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense with 
respect to any fiscal year: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 1906 of title 41, United States Code, this 
section shall be applicable to any Department of Defense 
acquisition of supplies or services, including any contract 
and any subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commer-
cial items produced or manufactured, in whole or in part, 
by any subcontractor or supplier defined in section 1544 
of title 25, United States Code, or a small business owned 
and controlled by an individual or individuals defined 
under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code.
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SEC. 8021. Funds appropriated by this Act for the De-
fense Media Activity shall not be used for any national or 
international political or psychological activities. 
SEC. 8022. During the current fiscal year, the Depart-
ment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not 
to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 
2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of 
receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Ku-
wait, under that section: Provided, That, upon receipt, such 
contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be cred-
ited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obli-
gations. 
SEC. 8023. (a) Of the funds made available in this 
Act, not less than $43,100,000 shall be available for the 
Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 
(1) $30,800,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 
Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 
readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 
reduction activities involving youth programs; 
(2) $10,600,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, Air Force’’; and 
(3) $1,700,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 
Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement.
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(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim-
bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 
counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 
local government agencies. 
SEC. 8024. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act are available to establish a new Department of Defense 
(department) federally funded research and development 
center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate 
entity administrated by an organization managing another 
FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation con-
sisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other non-
profit entities. 
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Over-
seers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Com-
mittee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no 
paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except when acting 
in a technical advisory capacity, may be compensated for 
his or her services as a member of such entity, or as a paid 
consultant by more than one FFRDC in a fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That a member of any such entity referred to pre-
viously in this subsection shall be allowed travel expenses 
and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel 
Regulations, when engaged in the performance of member-
ship duties.
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds available to the department from any source 
during the current fiscal year may be used by a defense 
FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for 
construction of new buildings not located on a military in-
stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 
by Government grants, for absorption of contract overruns, 
or for certain charitable contributions, not to include em-
ployee participation in community service and/or develop-
ment. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
funds available to the department during fiscal year 2018, 
not more than 6,030 staff years of technical effort (staff 
years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Provided, That, 
of the specific amount referred to previously in this sub-
section, not more than 1,125 staff years may be funded for 
the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided further, 
That this subsection shall not apply to staff years funded 
in the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Mili-
tary Intelligence Program (MIP). 
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission 
of the department’s fiscal year 2019 budget request, submit 
a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of 
technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC dur-
ing that fiscal year and the associated budget estimates.
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(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is 
hereby reduced by $131,000,000. 
SEC. 8025. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, 
or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned facil-
ity or property under the control of the Department of De-
fense which were not melted and rolled in the United States 
or Canada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions 
shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, 
American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or 
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of 
carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the military department responsible for the 
procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case 
basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet 
Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and 
that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 
capability for national security purposes: Provided further, 
That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which 
are in being as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8026. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con-
gressional defense committees’’ means the Armed Services
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Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Serv-
ices Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the 
Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 8027. During the current fiscal year, the Depart-
ment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot main-
tenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well 
as the production of components and other Defense-related 
articles, through competition between Department of De-
fense depot maintenance activities and private firms: Pro-
vided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military 
department or Defense Agency concerned, with power of del-
egation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable 
estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and 
private bids: Provided further, That Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions 
conducted under this section. 
SEC. 8028. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after con-
sultation with the United States Trade Representative, de-
termines that a foreign country which is party to an agree-
ment described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of 
the agreement by discriminating against certain types of 
products produced in the United States that are covered by 
the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the
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Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with 
respect to such types of products produced in that foreign 
country. 
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 
reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under-
standing, between the United States and a foreign country 
pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec-
tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 
in that country. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con-
gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense pur-
chases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2018. Such report 
shall separately indicate the dollar value of items for which 
the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agree-
ment described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreement 
Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international 
agreement to which the United States is a party. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy Amer-
ican Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, amounts 
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 
Facility Investment Recovery Account established by section 
2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act of 
1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall be
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available until expended for the payments specified by sec-
tion 2921(c)(2) of that Act. 
SEC. 8030. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 
cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 
tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, 
South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Wash-
ington relocatable military housing units located at Grand 
Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Moun-
tain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and 
Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the needs of the 
Air Force. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no 
cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub-
section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 
that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walk-
ing Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located in 
the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, 
Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any such 
conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the housing 
units shall be removed within a reasonable period of time, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re-
solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for hous-
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ing units under subsection (a) before submitting requests 
to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (b). 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any 
recognized Indian tribe included on the current list pub-
lished by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 
of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Pub-
lic Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 5131). 
SEC. 8031. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions which are available to the Department of Defense for 
operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items 
having an investment item unit cost of not more than 
$250,000. 
SEC. 8032. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a 
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in 
accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 
Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 2006; or 
(2) close, downgrade from host to extension cen-
ter, or place on probation a Senior Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps program in accordance with the in-
formation paper of the Department of the Army titled 
‘‘Army Senior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps 
(SROTC) Program Review and Criteria’’, dated Jan-
uary 27, 2014.
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SEC. 8033. The Secretary of Defense shall issue regula-
tions to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related 
products in military resale outlets in the United States, its 
territories and possessions at a price below the most com-
petitive price in the local community: Provided, That such 
regulations shall direct that the prices of tobacco or tobacco- 
related products in overseas military retail outlets shall be 
within the range of prices established for military retail 
system stores located in the United States. 
SEC. 8034. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 
of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 
of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the pur-
chase of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring 
a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during 
the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to cus-
tomers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable to 
the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund dur-
ing fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an invest-
ment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal 
year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense 
for procurement. 
(b) The fiscal year 2019 budget request for the Depart-
ment of Defense as well as all justification material and 
other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2019 De-
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partment of Defense budget shall be prepared and submitted 
to the Congress on the basis that any equipment which was 
classified as an end item and funded in a procurement ap-
propriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in 
a proposed fiscal year 2019 procurement appropriation and 
not in the supply management business area or any other 
area or category of the Department of Defense Working 
Capital Funds. 
SEC. 8035. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall re-
main available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 
except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contin-
gencies, which shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That funds appropriated, transferred, or 
otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency Cen-
tral Services Working Capital Fund during this or any 
prior or subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That any funds appropriated 
or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency for ad-
vanced research and development acquisition, for agent op-
erations, and for covert action programs authorized by the 
President under section 503 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019.
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SEC. 8036. Up to $10,322,000 of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Regional 
Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the Pacific 
Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation activi-
ties such as humanitarian assistance, and payment of in-
cremental and personnel costs of training and exercising 
with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds made 
available for this purpose may be used, notwithstanding 
any other funding authorities for humanitarian assistance, 
security assistance or combined exercise expenses: Provided 
further, That funds may not be obligated to provide assist-
ance to any foreign country that is otherwise prohibited 
from receiving such type of assistance under any other pro-
vision of law. 
SEC. 8037. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall be 
made available only for the mitigation of environmental 
impacts, including training and technical assistance to 
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in-
formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de-
veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 
to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re-
sulting from Department of Defense activities.
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SEC. 8038. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of 
Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies 
with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this subsection, 
the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 
41, United States Code. 
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person 
has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing 
a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product sold in 
or shipped to the United States that is not made in Amer-
ica, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance with sec-
tion 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether the per-
son should be debarred from contracting with the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased 
with appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense 
of the Congress that any entity of the Department of De-
fense, in expending the appropriation, purchase only Amer-
ican-made equipment and products, provided that Amer-
ican-made equipment and products are cost-competitive, 
quality competitive, and available in a timely fashion. 
SEC. 8039. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 
and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used— 
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or
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(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the 
Armed Forces or civilian employee of the department 
who is transferred or reassigned from a headquarters 
activity if the member or employee’s place of duty re-
mains at the location of that headquarters. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military 
department may waive the limitations in subsection (a), 
on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, and cer-
tifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate that the granting of the 
waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the finan-
cial requirements of the department. 
(c) This section does not apply to— 
(1) field operating agencies funded within the 
National Intelligence Program; 
(2) an Army field operating agency established 
to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of impro-
vised explosive devices, and, as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Army, other similar threats; 
(3) an Army field operating agency established 
to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of biomet-
ric activities and to integrate common biometric tech-
nologies throughout the Department of Defense; or 
(4) an Air Force field operating agency estab-
lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs
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Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart-
ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 
SEC. 8040. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be available to convert to contractor performance 
an activity or function of the Department of Defense that, 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, is per-
formed by Department of Defense civilian employees un-
less— 
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a pub-
lic-private competition that includes a most efficient 
and cost effective organization plan developed by such 
activity or function; 
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines 
that, over all performance periods stated in the solici-
tation of offers for performance of the activity or 
function, the cost of performance of the activity or 
function by a contractor would be less costly to the 
Department of Defense by an amount that equals or 
exceeds the lesser of— 
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi-
zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 
of that activity or function by Federal employ-
ees; or 
(B) $10,000,000; and
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(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage 
for a proposal that would reduce costs for the Depart-
ment of Defense by— 
(A) not making an employer-sponsored 
health insurance plan available to the workers 
who are to be employed in the performance of 
that activity or function under the contract; or 
(B) offering to such workers an employer- 
sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 
employer to contribute less towards the premium 
or subscription share than the amount that is 
paid by the Department of Defense for health 
benefits for civilian employees under chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to 
subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) 
of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and notwith-
standing any administrative regulation, requirement, or 
policy to the contrary shall have full authority to enter into 
a contract for the performance of any commercial or indus-
trial type function of the Department of Defense that— 
(A) is included on the procurement list estab-
lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner- 
O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 
Code);
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(B) is planned to be converted to performance by 
a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a 
qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi-
capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by 
a qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership 
by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Hawaiian Orga-
nization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 
(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or 
contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 
2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code. 
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the 
Department of Defense under the authority provided by this 
section shall be credited toward any competitive or out-
sourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be estab-
lished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed to 
be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with, 
subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United States 
Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial ac-
tivities.
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(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 8041. Of the funds appropriated in Department 
of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 
hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 
in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 
be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2016/2018, 
$5,517,000; 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Navy’’, 
2016/2018, 
$172,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2016/2018, 
$56,900,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force’’, 2016/ 
2018, $5,000,000; 
‘‘Procurement, 
Defense-wide’’, 
2016/2018, 
$7,264,000; 
‘‘Missile 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2017/2019, 
$19,319,000; 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2017/2019, 
$17,000,000;
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State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act; 
(2) $20,000,000 shall be for grants for small and 
disadvantaged communities authorized in section 
2104 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for 
the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322); 
(3) $20,000,000 shall be for grants for lead test-
ing in school and child care program drinking water 
authorized in section 2107 of the Water Infrastructure 
Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114– 
322); 
(4) $10,000,000 shall be for grants for reducing 
lead in drinking water authorized in section 2105 of 
the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 
Act (Public Law 114–322). 
(c) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental 
Protection Agency—Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Program Account’’, $53,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, for the cost of direct loans, for the cost 
of guaranteed loans, and for administrative expenses to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, of 
which $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, may be used for such administrative expenses: Pro-
vided, That these additional funds are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans,
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$20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and 
expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official re-
ception and representation expenses; the Director of the 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized 
to make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for 
‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 
Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation 
Board is authorized to make available for official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds 
available for ‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, re-
quests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents 
describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part 
with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds 
included in this Act, including but not limited to State and 
local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, 
shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and