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operation with United States intelligence and law en-
forcement authorities. 
(8) In the case of an individual who has been tried 
in a court or competent tribunal of the United States 
having jurisdiction on charges based on the same con-
duct that serves as a basis for the determination that 
the individual is an enemy combatant, whether or not 
the individual has been acquitted of such charges or has 
been convicted and has completed serving the sentence 
pursuant to the conviction. 
(d) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall no-
tify the appropriate committees of Congress of a determina-
tion of the Secretary under subsection (a) or (b) not later 
than 30 days before the transfer or release of the individual 
under such subsection. Each notification shall include, at a 
minimum, the following: 
(1) A detailed statement of the basis for the trans-
fer or release. 
(2) An explanation of why the transfer or release is 
in the national security interests of the United States. 
(3) A description of any actions taken to mitigate 
the risks of reengagement by the individual to be trans-
ferred or released, including any actions taken to ad-
dress factors relevant to a prior case of reengagement 
described in subsection (c)(3).
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(4) A copy of any Periodic Review Board findings 
relating to the individual. 
(5) A description of the evaluation conducted pursu-
ant to subsection (c), including a summary of the assess-
ment required by paragraph (6) of such subsection. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(2) The term ‘‘individual detained at Guantanamo’’ 
means any individual located at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of October 1, 2009, 
who— 
(A) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(B) is—
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(i) in the custody or under the control of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(ii) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(f) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AUTHORITIES.—The fol-
lowing provisions of law are repealed: 
(1) Section 1028 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 
125 Stat. 1567; 10 U.S.C. 801 note). 
(2) Section 1028 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 
126 Stat. 1914; 10 U.S.C. 801 note). 
SEC. 1036. REPORT ON INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVID-
UALS DETAINED AT PARWAN, AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) CLASSIFIED REPORT.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a classified report on information relating to the individuals 
detained by the Department of Defense at the Detention Fa-
cility at Parwan, Afghanistan, pursuant to the Authorization 
for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 
1541 note) who have been determined to represent an endur-
ing security threat to the United States. Such report shall 
cover any individual detained at such facility as of the date
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of the enactment of this Act. Such report shall include for 
each such covered individual— 
(1) a description of the relevant organization or or-
ganizations with which the individual is affiliated; 
(2) whether the individual had ever been in the cus-
tody or under the effective control of the United States 
at any time before being detained at such facility and, 
if so, where the individual had been in such custody or 
under such effective control; and 
(3) whether the individual has been directly linked 
to the death of any member of the United States Armed 
Forces or any United States Government employee. 
(b) DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW.—Upon submittal of the 
classified report required under subsection (a), the Secretary 
of Defense shall conduct a declassification review of such re-
port to determine what information, if any, may be made 
publicly available in an unclassified summary of the informa-
tion contained in the report. In conducting such declassifica-
tion review, the Secretary shall make such summary informa-
tion publicly available to the maximum extent practicable, 
consistent with national security.
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SEC. 1037. GRADE OF CHIEF PROSECUTOR AND CHIEF DEFENSE 
COUNSEL 
IN 
MILITARY 
COMMISSIONS 
ESTAB-
LISHED TO TRY INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT GUAN-
TANAMO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of any military com-
mission established under chapter 47A of title 10, United 
States Code, to try an alien unprivileged enemy belligerent 
(as such terms are defined in section 948a of such title) who 
is detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, the chief defense counsel and the chief prosecutor 
shall have the same grade (as that term is defined in section 
101(b)(7) of such title). 
(b) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 
temporarily waive the requirement specified in subsection 
(a), if the Secretary determines that compliance with 
such subsection would— 
(A) be infeasible due to a non-availability of 
qualified officers of the same grade to fill the billets 
of chief defense counsel and chief prosecutor; or 
(B) cause a significant disruption to pro-
ceedings established under chapter 47A of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days after the 
Secretary issues a waiver under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
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ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives the 
following: 
(A) A copy of the waiver and the determination 
of the Secretary to issue the waiver. 
(B) A statement of the basis for the deter-
mination, including an explanation of the non-avail-
ability of qualified officers or the significant disrup-
tion concerned. 
(C) Notice of the time period during which the 
waiver is in effect. 
(c) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
issue guidance to ensure that the office of the chief defense 
counsel and the office of the chief prosecutor receive equitable 
resources, personnel support, and logistical support for con-
ducting their respective duties in connection with any military 
commission established under chapter 47A of title 10, United 
States Code, to try an alien unprivileged enemy belligerent 
(as such terms are defined in section 948a of such title) who 
is detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba.
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SEC. 1038. REPORT ON CAPABILITY OF YEMENI GOVERNMENT 
TO DETAIN, REHABILITATE, AND PROSECUTE IN-
DIVIDUALS DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO WHO ARE 
TRANSFERRED TO YEMEN. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the 
congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the capability 
of the government of Yemen to detain, rehabilitate, and pros-
ecute individuals detained at Guantanamo who are trans-
ferred to Yemen. Such report shall include an assessment of 
any humanitarian issues that may be encountered in transfer-
ring individuals detained at Guantanamo to Yemen. 
(b) INDIVIDUAL
DETAINED
AT
GUANTANAMO
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘individual detained at 
Guantanamo’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1035(e)(2). 
SEC. 1039. REPORT ON ATTACHMENT OF RIGHTS TO INDIVID-
UALS DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO IF TRANS-
FERRED TO THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees, the Committee on the Judici-
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ary of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate a report on the legal rights, if 
any, for which an individual detained at Guantanamo (as 
such term is defined in section 1035(e)(2)), if transferred to 
the United States, may become eligible, by reason of such 
transfer. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall include each of the following: 
(1) An assessment of the extent to which an indi-
vidual detained at Guantanamo, if transferred to the 
United States, could become eligible, by reason of such 
transfer, for— 
(A) relief from removal from the United 
States, including pursuant to the Convention 
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or De-
grading Treatment or Punishment; 
(B) any required release from immigration de-
tention, including pursuant to the decision of the 
Supreme Court in Zadvydas v. Davis; 
(C) asylum or withholding of removal; or 
(D) any additional constitutional right. 
(2) For any right referred to in paragraph (1) for 
which the Attorney General determine such an individual 
could become eligible if so transferred, a description of
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the reasoning behind such determination and an expla-
nation of the nature of the right. 
(3) An analysis of the extent to which legislation or 
other steps could address any legal rights described in 
paragraph (1). 
Subtitle E—Sensitive Military 
Operations 
SEC. 1041. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF SENSITIVE MILI-
TARY OPERATIONS. 
(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 130f. Congressional notification of sensitive military 
operations 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
promptly submit to the congressional defense committees no-
tice in writing of any sensitive military operation conducted 
under this title following such operation. Department of De-
fense support to operations conducted under the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is addressed in 
the classified annex prepared to accompany the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. 
‘‘(b) PROCEDURES.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish and submit to the congressional defense committees
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procedures for complying with the requirements of subsection 
(a) consistent with the national security of the United States 
and the protection of operational integrity. 
‘‘(2) The congressional defense committees shall ensure 
that committee procedures designed to protect from unau-
thorized disclosure classified information relating to national 
security of the United States are sufficient to protect the in-
formation that is submitted to the committees pursuant to 
this section. 
‘‘(c) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall periodically brief the congressional defense com-
mittees on Department of Defense personnel and equipment 
assigned to sensitive military operations. 
‘‘(d) SENSITIVE MILITARY OPERATION DEFINED.—The 
term ‘sensitive military operation’ means a lethal operation or 
capture operation conducted by the armed forces outside the 
United States and outside a theater of major hostilities pur-
suant to— 
‘‘(1) the Authorization for Use of Military Force 
(Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note); or 
‘‘(2) any other authority except— 
‘‘(A) a declaration of war; or 
‘‘(B) a specific statutory authorization for the 
use of force other than the authorization referred to 
in paragraph (1).
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‘‘(e) EXCEPTION.—The notification requirement under 
subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a sensitive mili-
tary operation executed within the territory of Afghanistan 
pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force 
(Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note). 
‘‘(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to provide any new authority or to alter 
or otherwise affect the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
1541 et seq.), the Authorization for Use of Military Force 
(Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note), or any require-
ment under the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3001 et seq.).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 130e the following new 
item: 
‘‘130f. Congressional notification regarding sensitive military operations.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 130f of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with re-
spect to any sensitive military operation (as defined in sub-
section (d) of such section) executed on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTAL OF PROCEDURES.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees the procedures required under section 
130f(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
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after the item relating to section 484 the following new 
item: 
‘‘485. Quarterly counterterrorism operations briefings.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 1031 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub-
lic Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1570; 10 U.S.C. 167 note) is 
hereby repealed. 
SEC. 1043. REPORT ON PROCESS FOR DETERMINING TARGETS 
OF LETHAL OR CAPTURE OPERATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report containing an expla-
nation of the legal and policy considerations and approval 
processes used in determining whether an individual or group 
of individuals could be the target of a lethal operation or cap-
ture operation conducted by the Armed Forces of the United 
States outside the United States and outside of Afghanistan. 
Subtitle F—Nuclear Forces 
SEC. 1051. NOTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR REDUCTION OR CON-
SOLIDATION OF DUAL-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT BASED 
IN EUROPE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the President should not reduce or consolidate the bas-
ing of dual-capable aircraft of the United States that are 
based in Europe unless—
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(1) the President takes into account whether the 
Russian Federation has carried out similar reductions or 
consolidations with respect to dual-capable aircraft of 
Russia; 
(2) the Secretary of Defense has consulted with the 
member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion (NATO) with respect to the planned reduction or 
consolidation of dual-capable aircraft of the United 
States; and 
(3) there is a consensus among such member states 
that the nuclear posture of NATO is not adversely af-
fected by such reduction or consolidation. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 24 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 497 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 497a. Notification required for reduction or consolida-
tion of dual-capable aircraft based in Europe 
‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION.—Not less than 90 days before the 
date on which the Secretary of Defense reduces or consoli-
dates the dual-capable aircraft of the United States that are 
based in Europe, the Secretary shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a notification of such planned re-
duction or consolidation, including the following:
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‘‘(1) The reasons for such planned reduction or con-
solidation. 
‘‘(2) Any effects of such planned reduction or con-
solidation on the extended deterrence mission of the 
United States. 
‘‘(3) The manner in which the military require-
ments of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) will continue to be met in light of such planned 
reduction or consolidation. 
‘‘(4) A statement by the Secretary on the response 
of NATO to such planned reduction or consolidation. 
‘‘(5) Whether there is any change in the force pos-
ture of the Russian Federation as a result of such 
planned reduction or consolidation, including with re-
spect to the nonstrategic nuclear weapons of Russia that 
are within range of the member states of NATO. 
‘‘(b) DUAL-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘dual-capable aircraft’ means aircraft that can 
perform both conventional and nuclear missions.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 497 the following new 
item: 
‘‘497a. Notification required for reduction or consolidation of dual-capable air-
craft based in Europe.’’.
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SEC. 1052. COUNCIL ON OVERSIGHT OF THE NATIONAL LEAD-
ERSHIP COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICA-
TIONS SYSTEM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 171 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 171a. Council on Oversight of the National Leadership 
Command, 
Control, 
and 
Communications 
System 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is within the Department 
of Defense a council to be known as the ‘Council on Over-
sight of the National Leadership Command, Control, and 
Communications System’ (in this section referred to as the 
‘Council’). 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Council shall 
be as follows: 
‘‘(1) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. 
‘‘(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion, Technology, and Logistics. 
‘‘(3) The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff. 
‘‘(4) The Commander of the United States Stra-
tegic Command. 
‘‘(5) The Director of the National Security Agency.
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‘‘(6) The Chief Information Officer of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
‘‘(7) Such other officers of the Department of De-
fense as the Secretary may designate. 
‘‘(c) CO-CHAIR.—The Council shall be co-chaired by the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and 
Logistics and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—(1) The Council shall be re-
sponsible for oversight of the command, control, and commu-
nications system for the national leadership of the United 
States, including nuclear command, control, and communica-
tions. 
‘‘(2) In carrying out the responsibility for oversight of 
the command, control, and communications system as speci-
fied in paragraph (1), the Council shall be responsible for the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Oversight of performance assessments (includ-
ing interoperability). 
‘‘(B) Vulnerability identification and mitigation. 
‘‘(C) Architecture development. 
‘‘(D) Resource prioritization. 
‘‘(E) Such other responsibilities as the Secretary of 
Defense shall specify for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—At the same time each year 
that the budget of the President is submitted to Congress
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pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, the Council shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
activities of the Council. Each report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) A description and assessment of the activities 
of the Council during the previous fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) A description of the activities proposed to be 
undertaken by the Council during the period covered by 
the current future-years defense program under section 
221 of this title. 
‘‘(3) Any changes to the requirements of the com-
mand, control, and communications system for the na-
tional leadership of the United States made during the 
previous year, along with an explanation for why the 
changes were made and a description of the effects of 
the changes to the capability of the system. 
‘‘(4) A breakdown of each program element in such 
budget that relates to the system, including how such 
program 
element 
relates 
to 
the 
operation 
and 
sustainment, research and development, procurement, or 
other activity of the system. 
‘‘(f) BUDGET AND FUNDING MATTERS.—(1) Not later 
than 30 days after the President submits to Congress the 
budget for a fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, the 
Commander of the United States Strategic Command shall
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submit to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff an as-
sessment of— 
‘‘(A) whether such budget allows the Federal Gov-
ernment to meet the required capabilities of the com-
mand, control, and communications system for the na-
tional leadership of the United States during the fiscal 
year covered by the budget and the four subsequent fis-
cal years; and 
‘‘(B) if the Commander determines that such budg-
et does not allow the Federal Government to meet such 
required capabilities, a description of the steps being 
taken to meet such required capabilities. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff receives the assessment 
of the Commander of the United States Strategic Command 
under paragraph (1), the Chairman shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees— 
‘‘(A) such assessment as it was submitted to the 
Chairman; and 
‘‘(B) any comments of the Chairman. 
‘‘(3) If a House of Congress adopts a bill authorizing or 
appropriating funds for the activities of the command, con-
trol, and communications system for the national leadership 
of the United States that, as determined by the Council, pro-
vides insufficient funds for such activities for the period cov-
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ered by such bill, the Council shall notify the congressional 
defense committees of the determination. 
‘‘(g) NOTIFICATION OF ANOMALIES.—(1) The Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees written notification of an anomaly in the nuclear com-
mand, control, and communications system for the national 
leadership of the United States that is reported to the Sec-
retary or the Council by not later than 14 days after the date 
on which the Secretary or the Council learns of such anom-
aly, as the case may be. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘anomaly’ means any 
unplanned, irregular, or abnormal event, whether unexplained 
or caused intentionally or unintentionally by a person or a 
system. 
‘‘(h) NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘national leadership of 
the United States’ means the following: 
‘‘(1) The President. 
‘‘(2) The Vice President. 
‘‘(3) Such other civilian officials of the United 
States Government as the President shall designate for 
purposes of this section.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended
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by inserting after the item relating to section 171 the 
following new item: 
‘‘171a. Council on Oversight of the National Leadership Command, Control, and 
Communications System.’’. 
(3) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the Council on Oversight 
of the National Leadership Command, Control, and 
Communications System established by section 171a of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), 
including the following: 
(A) The charter and organizational structure 
of the Council. 
(B) Such recommendations for legislative ac-
tion as the Secretary considers appropriate to im-
prove the authorities relating to the Council. 
(C) A funding plan over the period of the cur-
rent future-years defense program under section 
221 of title 10, United States Code, to ensure a ro-
bust and modern nuclear command, control, and 
communications capability. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 491 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); and
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(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(c). 
SEC. 1053. MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND REPORT-
ING 
REQUIREMENTS 
OF 
NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS 
COUNCIL. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Subsection (d) of section 179 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (10); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (11) and (12) as 
paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Subsection (g) of such section is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) A description and assessment of the joint ef-
forts of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Energy to develop common security practices that im-
prove the security of the nuclear weapons and facilities 
of the Department of Defense and the Department of 
Energy.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Such subsection (g) is 
further amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
striking ‘‘on the following’’ and inserting ‘‘that includes the 
following’’.
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SEC. 1054. MODIFICATION OF DEADLINE FOR REPORT ON PLAN 
FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE, NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS COMPLEX, NUCLEAR WEAPONS DELIV-
ERY SYSTEMS, AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS COM-
MAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM. 
Section 1043(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 
1576) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘ON THE 
PLAN’’ and all that follows through ‘‘CONTROL SYSTEM’’ 
and inserting ‘‘REQUIRED’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Together with 
the budget of the President submitted to Congress’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Not later than 30 days after the submission 
to Congress of the budget of the President’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 
(B), if the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of Energy jointly determine that a report required 
by paragraph (1) for a fiscal year will not be able 
to be transmitted to the committees specified in 
that paragraph by the time required under that 
paragraph, such Secretaries shall—
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‘‘(i) promptly, and before the submission 
to Congress of the budget of the President for 
that fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, notify those commit-
tees of the expected date for the transmission 
of the report; and 
‘‘(ii) not later than 30 days after the sub-
mission of that budget to Congress, provide a 
briefing to those committees on the content of 
the report. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—In no case may the Presi-
dent transmit a report required by paragraph (1) 
for a fiscal year to the committees specified in that 
paragraph later than 60 days after the submission 
to Congress of the budget of the President for that 
fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 1055. PROHIBITION ON ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR TRIAD. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2014 for the Department of Defense may be obli-
gated or expended to reduce, convert, or decommission any 
strategic delivery system if such reduction, conversion, or de-
commissioning would eliminate a leg of the nuclear triad.
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(b) NUCLEAR TRIAD DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘nuclear triad’’ means the nuclear deterrent capabilities 
of the United States composed of the following: 
(1) Land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles. 
(2) Submarine-launched ballistic missiles and asso-
ciated ballistic missile submarines. 
(3) Nuclear-certified strategic bombers. 
SEC. 1056. IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW START TREATY. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2014 ACTIVITIES.—With respect to 
reductions to the nuclear forces of the United States 
necessary to meet the New START Treaty levels, the 
Secretary of Defense may only use funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2014 to carry out activities to prepare for 
such reductions. Subject to the limitation in subsection 
(b), such activities may include the preparation of any 
documents needed to support an environmental assess-
ment process under the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) that may be re-
quired to support such reductions. 
(2) CONSOLIDATED
BUDGET
DISPLAY.—The Sec-
retary shall include with the defense budget materials 
for each fiscal year specified in paragraph (3) a consoli-
dated budget justification display that individually covers
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each program and activity associated with the implemen-
tation of the New START Treaty for the period covered 
by the future-years defense program submitted under 
section 221 of title 10, United States Code, at or about 
the time as such defense budget materials are submitted. 
(3) FISCAL YEAR SPECIFIED.—A fiscal year speci-
fied in this paragraph is each fiscal year that occurs 
during the period beginning with fiscal year 2015 and 
ending on the date on which the New START Treaty is 
no longer in force. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2014 for environmental assessment activities to support re-
ductions to the nuclear forces of the United States, not more 
than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress 
the plan required by subsection (a) of section 1042 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 
2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1575), including a 
description of various options for the nuclear force struc-
ture of the United States under the New START Trea-
ty, including the preferred force structure option of the 
Secretary (such plan and options may be subject to 
modification based on the results of the environmental 
assessment and other subsequent developments);
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(2) the Commander of the United States Strategic 
Command submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report providing the assessment of the Com-
mander with respect to the options contained in the plan 
described in paragraph (1), including the preferred force 
structure option of the Secretary; and 
(3) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff cer-
tifies to the congressional defense committees that con-
ducting such environmental assessment activities will not 
imperil the ability of the military to comply with the 
New START Treaty levels by February 2018. 
(c) MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF 
B–52 AIRCRAFT.— 
(1) COMMON CONVENTIONAL CAPABILITY CONFIGU-
RATION.—Subsection (a)(1)(C) of section 131 of the 
John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2111), as added by section 137(a)(1)(C) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public 
Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 32), is amended by striking 
‘‘common capability configuration’’ and inserting ‘‘com-
mon conventional capability configuration’’. 
(2) CONVERSION.—Notwithstanding such section 
131 or any other provision of law, the Secretary of De-
fense may not convert a B–52 aircraft described in sub-
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section (a)(1)(C) of such section 131 to a configuration 
that does not allow the aircraft to perform nuclear mis-
sions unless the Secretary has submitted to Congress the 
information required under subsection (b). 
(d) REPORT
ON COLLABORATION AMONG
THE STRA-
TEGIC FORCES OF THE ARMED FORCES.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on collaboration among the 
Army, the Navy, and the Air Force on activities related 
to strategic systems to provide efficiencies, improve tech-
nology sharing, and yield other potential benefits. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) A description of current collaboration 
among the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force on 
strategic system programs, including strategic mis-
siles systems, conventional prompt global strike, 
and other strategic forces as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
(B) A description and assessment of any addi-
tional opportunities for such collaboration, including 
the benefits that may be realized by such efforts, 
the risks and costs to existing programs, and poten-
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tial effects on the defense industrial base that sup-
ports strategic systems. 
(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the successful implementation of the New 
START Treaty requires the partnership of the President 
and Congress; 
(2) the force structure required by the New START 
Treaty should preserve Minuteman III intercontinental 
ballistic missile silos that contain a deployed missile as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act in, at a min-
imum, a warm status that enables such silo to be made 
fully operational with a deployed missile and remain a 
fully functioning element of the interconnected and re-
dundant command and control system of the missile 
field; and 
(3) the distribution of any such warm-status silos 
should not disproportionally affect the force structure of 
any one operational intercontinental ballistic missile 
wing. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘defense budget materials’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 231(f) of title 10, 
United States Code.
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(2) The term ‘‘New START Treaty’’ means the 
Treaty between the United States of America and the 
Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduc-
tion and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed 
on April 8, 2010, and entered into force on February 5, 
2011. 
SEC. 1057. RETENTION OF CAPABILITY TO REDEPLOY MUL-
TIPLE INDEPENDENTLY TARGETABLE REENTRY 
VEHICLES. 
(a) DEPLOYMENT CAPABILITY.—The Secretary of the 
Air Force shall ensure that the Air Force is capable of— 
(1) deploying multiple independently targetable re-
entry vehicles to Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic 
missiles; and 
(2) commencing such deployment not later than 
180 days after the date on which the President deter-
mines such deployment necessary. 
(b) WARHEAD
CAPABILITY.—The Nuclear Weapons 
Council established by section 179 of title 10, United States 
Code, shall ensure that— 
(1) the nuclear weapons stockpile contains a suffi-
cient number of nuclear warheads that are capable of 
being deployed as multiple independently targetable re-
entry vehicles with respect to Minuteman III interconti-
nental ballistic missiles; and
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(2) such deployment is capable of being commenced 
not later than 180 days after the date on which the 
President determines such deployment necessary. 
SEC. 1058. REPORT ON NEW START TREATY. 
Not later than January 15, 2014, the Secretary of De-
fense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall 
jointly submit to the congressional defense committees, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
a report on whether the New START Treaty (as defined in 
section 494(a)(2)(D)(ii) of title 10, United States Code) is in 
the national security interests of the United States. 
SEC. 1059. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REC-
OMMENDATIONS OF THE PALOMARES NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS ACCIDENT REVISED DOSE EVALUATION 
REPORT. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report on the implementation of 
the recommendations of the Palomares Nuclear Weapons Ac-
cident Revised Dose Evaluation Report released by the Air 
Force in April 2001.
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SEC. 1060. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FURTHER STRATEGIC NU-
CLEAR ARMS REDUCTIONS WITH THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress that, if 
the United States seeks further strategic nuclear arms reduc-
tions with the Russian Federation that are below the levels 
of the New START Treaty, such reductions should— 
(1) be pursued through a mutually negotiated 
agreement with Russia; 
(2) be verifiable; 
(3) be made pursuant to the treaty-making power 
of the President as set forth in Article II, section 2, 
clause 2 of the Constitution; and 
(4) take into account the full range of nuclear 
weapon capabilities that threaten the United States and 
the forward-deployed forces and allies of the United 
States, including such capabilities relating to nonstra-
tegic nuclear weapons. 
(b) NEW START TREATY DEFINED.—The term ‘‘New 
START Treaty’’ means the Treaty between the United States 
of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the 
Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive 
Arms, signed on April 8, 2010, and entered into force on 
February 5, 2011.
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SEC. 1061. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COMPLIANCE WITH NU-
CLEAR ARMS CONTROL TREATY OBLIGATIONS. 
It is the sense of Congress that, if the President deter-
mines that a foreign nation is in substantial noncompliance 
with its obligations under a nuclear arms control treaty to 
which the United States is a party in a manner that ad-
versely affects the national security of the United States or 
its allies or alliances, the President should— 
(1) conduct an assessment of the effect of such non-
compliance on the national security interests of the 
United States and its allies; 
(2) determine what further actions are warranted 
by the United States in response to such noncompliance; 
(3) determine whether such noncompliance threat-
ens the viability of such treaty; 
(4) take appropriate steps to resolve the noncompli-
ance issue; 
(5) keep Congress informed of developments relat-
ing to such noncompliance issue; 
(6) inform Congress of the assessment and plan of 
the President to resolve such noncompliance issue, in-
cluding any plans to address the issue diplomatically 
with the government of the noncompliant nation and the 
affected allies and alliances; 
(7) consider if the United States should, in light of 
such noncompliance, engage in future nuclear arms con-
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trol negotiations with the government of the noncompli-
ant nation; and 
(8) consider the potential effect of such noncompli-
ance on the consideration by the Senate of a future nu-
clear arms reduction treaty involving the government of 
the noncompliant nation. 
SEC. 1062. SENSES OF CONGRESS ON ENSURING THE MOD-
ERNIZATION OF THE NUCLEAR FORCES OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) modernize or replace the triad of strategic nu-
clear delivery systems; 
(2) proceed with a robust stockpile stewardship pro-
gram; 
(3) maintain and modernize the nuclear weapons 
production capabilities that will ensure the safety, secu-
rity, reliability, and performance of the nuclear forces of 
the United States at the levels required by the New 
START Treaty; and 
(4) underpin deterrence by meeting the require-
ments for hedging against possible international develop-
ments or technical problems, in accordance with the poli-
cies of the United States. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MODERNIZATION OF NU-
CLEAR FORCES.—It is the sense of Congress that—
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(1) Congress is committed to providing the re-
sources needed to achieve the objectives stated in sub-
section (a) at a minimum at the level set forth in the 
10-year plan provided to Congress on an annual basis 
pursuant to section 1043 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112– 
81; 125 Stat. 1576), as amended; 
(2) Congress supports the modernization or replace-
ment of the triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems 
consisting of— 
(A) a heavy bomber and air-launched cruise 
missile; 
(B) an intercontinental ballistic missile; and 
(C) a ballistic missile submarine and sub-
marine-launched ballistic missile; and 
(3) the President and Congress should work to-
gether to meet the objectives stated in subsection (a) in 
the most cost-efficient manner possible. 
(b) SENSE
OF CONGRESS
ON LONG-RANGE STRIKE 
BOMBER AIRCRAFT.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) advancements in air-to-air and surface-to-air 
weapons systems by foreign powers will require increas-
ingly sophisticated long-range strike capabilities; 
(2) upgrading the existing bomber aircraft fleet of 
the United States consisting of B–1B, B–2, and B–52
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bomber aircraft must remain a high budget priority in 
order to maintain the combat effectiveness of such fleet; 
and 
(3) the Air Force should continue to prioritize de-
velopment and acquisition of the long-range strike bomb-
er program. 
Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Authorities 
and Limitations 
SEC. 1071. ENHANCEMENT OF CAPACITY OF THE UNITED 
STATES GOVERNMENT TO ANALYZE CAPTURED 
RECORDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after section 426 the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 427. Conflict Records Research Center 
‘‘(a) CENTER AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Defense 
may establish a center to be known as the ‘Conflict Records 
Research Center’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Center’). 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Center shall be 
the following: 
‘‘(1) To establish a digital research database, in-
cluding translations, and to facilitate research and anal-
ysis of records captured from countries, organizations, 
and individuals, now or once hostile to the United
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States, with rigid adherence to academic freedom and in-
tegrity. 
‘‘(2) Consistent with the protection of national secu-
rity information, personally identifiable information, and 
intelligence sources and methods, to make a significant 
portion of these records available to researchers as 
quickly and responsibly as possible while taking into ac-
count the integrity of the academic process and risks to 
innocents or third parties. 
‘‘(3) To conduct and disseminate research and anal-
ysis to increase the understanding of factors related to 
international relations, counterterrorism, and conven-
tional and unconventional warfare and, ultimately, en-
hance national security. 
‘‘(4) To collaborate with members of academic and 
broad national security communities, both domestic and 
international, on research, conferences, seminars, and 
other information exchanges to identify topics of impor-
tance for the leadership of the United States Govern-
ment and the scholarly community. 
‘‘(c) CONCURRENCE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL 
INTELLIGENCE.—The Secretary of Defense shall seek the 
concurrence of the Director of National Intelligence to the ex-
tent the efforts and activities of the Center involve the enti-
ties referred to in subsection (b)(4).
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‘‘(d) SUPPORT FROM OTHER UNITED STATES GOVERN-
MENT DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES.—The head of any non- 
Department of Defense department or agency of the United 
States Government may— 
‘‘(1) provide to the Secretary of Defense services, 
including personnel support, to support the operations of 
the Center; and 
‘‘(2) transfer funds to the Secretary of Defense to 
support the operations of the Center. 
‘‘(e) ACCEPTANCE
OF GIFTS
AND DONATIONS.—(1) 
Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary of Defense may ac-
cept from any source specified in paragraph (2) any gift or 
donation for purposes of defraying the costs or enhancing the 
operations of the Center. 
‘‘(2) The sources specified in this paragraph are the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The government of a State or a political sub-
division of a State. 
‘‘(B) The government of a foreign country. 
‘‘(C) A foundation or other charitable organization, 
including a foundation or charitable organization that is 
organized or operates under the laws of a foreign coun-
try. 
‘‘(D) Any source in the private sector of the United 
States or a foreign country.
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‘‘(3) The Secretary may not accept a gift or donation 
under this subsection if acceptance of the gift or donation 
would compromise or appear to compromise— 
‘‘(A) the ability of the Department of Defense, any 
employee of the Department, or any member of the 
armed forces to carry out the responsibility or duty of 
the Department in a fair and objective manner; or 
‘‘(B) the integrity of any program of the Depart-
ment or of any person involved in such a program. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall provide written guidance set-
ting forth the criteria to be used in determining the applica-
bility of paragraph (3) to any proposed gift or donation under 
this subsection. 
‘‘(f) CREDITING OF FUNDS TRANSFERRED OR ACCEPT-
ED.—Funds transferred to or accepted by the Secretary of 
Defense under this section shall be credited to appropriations 
available to the Department of Defense for the Center, and 
shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the 
same conditions and limitations, as the appropriations with 
which merged. Any funds so transferred or accepted shall re-
main available until expended. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘captured record’ means a document, 
audio file, video file, or other material captured during
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combat operations from countries, organizations, or indi-
viduals, now or once hostile to the United States. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘gift or donation’ means any gift or 
donation of funds, materials (including research mate-
rials), real or personal property, or services (including 
lecture services and faculty services).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of subchapter I of such chapter is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 426 the following 
new item: 
‘‘427. Conflict Records Research Center.’’. 
SEC. 1072. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE 
ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 488 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘other year, and in time for 
submission to Congress under subsection (b),’’ and 
inserting ‘‘three years’’ ; 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’ 
the following: ‘‘, in consultation with the Director of 
National Intelligence and the Secretary of Com-
merce,’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘the mission of the Department 
of Defense.’’ and inserting ‘‘the national security of
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the United States. Each such strategic plan shall 
include each of the following:’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) An inventory of the uses of the electromagnetic 
spectrum for national security purposes and other pur-
poses. 
‘‘(2) An estimate of the need for electromagnetic 
spectrum for national security and other purposes over 
each of the periods specified in subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) Any other matters that the Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Director of National In-
telligence and the Secretary of Commerce, considers ap-
propriate for the strategic plan.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c) 
and inserting after subsection (a) the following new sub-
section (b): 
‘‘(b) PERIODS COVERED BY STRATEGIC PLAN.—Each 
strategic plan prepared under subsection (a) shall cover each 
of the following periods (counting from the date of the 
issuance of the plan): 
‘‘(1) Zero to five years. 
‘‘(2) Five to ten years. 
‘‘(3) Ten to thirty years.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), as so redesignated—
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(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Each strategic plan submitted under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
classified annex.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) HEADING.—The section heading for section 488 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘: biennial strategic plan’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 23 of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 488 and inserting 
the following new item: 
‘‘488. Management of electromagnetic spectrum.’’. 
SEC. 1073. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE MILITARY 
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO CERTAIN OTHER 
AGENCIES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RE-
IMBURSEMENT RATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 2642 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘airlift’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘transportation’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘October 28, 2014’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2019’’; 
(B) by inserting and ‘‘military transportation 
services provided in support of foreign military 
sales’’ after ‘‘Department of Defense’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘air industry’’ and inserting 
‘‘transportation industry’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading for such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘Airlift’’ and inserting 
‘‘Transportation’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 157 of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 2642 and inserting the 
following new item: 
‘‘2642. Transportation services provided to certain other agencies: use of De-
partment of Defense reimbursement rates.’’. 
SEC. 1074. NOTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO ARMY FORCE 
STRUCTURE. 
(a) CERTIFICATION
OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLI-
ANCE.—The Secretary of the Army shall certify to the con-
gressional defense committees that Army force structure 
modifications, reductions, and additions authorized as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act that will utilize funds au-
thorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 
available for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of the Army
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are compliant with the provisions of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
(b) NOTIFICATION
OF NECESSARY ASSESSMENTS
OR 
STUDIES.—The Secretary of the Army, when making a con-
gressional notification in accordance with section 993 of title 
10, United States Code, shall include the Secretary’s assess-
ment of whether or not the changes covered by the notifica-
tion require an Environmental Assessment or Environmental 
Impact Statement in accordance with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and, if 
an assessment or study is required, the plan for conducting 
such assessment or study. 
SEC. 1075. AIRCRAFT JOINT TRAINING. 
(a) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT JOINT TRAINING AND USAGE 
PLAN.— 
(1) METHODS.—The Secretary of Defense, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration shall jointly develop 
and implement plans and procedures to review the po-
tential of joint testing and evaluation of unmanned air-
craft equipment and systems with other appropriate de-
partments and agencies of the Federal Government that 
may serve the dual purpose of providing capabilities to 
the Department of Defense to meet the future require-
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ments of combatant commanders and domestically to 
strengthen international border security. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
jointly submit to Congress a report on the status of the 
development of the plans and procedures required under 
paragraph (1), including a cost-benefit analysis of the 
shared expenses between the Department of Defense and 
other appropriate departments and agencies of the Fed-
eral Government to support such plans. 
(b) AIRCRAFT SIMULATOR TRAINING.—It is the sense of 
Congress that— 
(1) the use of aircraft simulators offers cost savings 
and provides members of the Armed Forces cost-effective 
preparation for combat; and 
(2) existing synergies between the Department of 
Defense and entities in the private sector should be 
maintained and cultivated to provide members of the 
Armed Forces with the most cost-effective aircraft sim-
ulation capabilities possible.
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Subtitle H—Studies and Reports 
SEC. 1081. ONLINE AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS SUBMITTED TO 
CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 122a of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum extent practicable, 
on or after the date on which each report described in sub-
section (b) is submitted to Congress, the Secretary of De-
fense, acting through the Office of the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Public Affairs, shall ensure that the report is 
made available to the public by— 
‘‘(1) posting the report on a publicly accessible 
Internet website of the Department of Defense; and 
‘‘(2) upon request, transmitting the report by other 
means, as long as such transmission is at no cost to the 
Department.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to reports submitted to 
Congress after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1082. OVERSIGHT OF COMBAT SUPPORT AGENCIES. 
Section 193(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by insert-
ing ‘‘and the congressional defense committees’’ after ‘‘the 
Secretary of Defense’’.
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SEC. 1083. INCLUSION IN ANNUAL REPORT OF DESCRIPTION OF 
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION RELATING TO HU-
MANITARIAN DEMINING TECHNOLOGY. 
Section 407(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) a description of interagency efforts to coordi-
nate and improve research, development, test, and eval-
uation for humanitarian demining technology and me-
chanical clearance methods, including the transfer of rel-
evant counter-improvised explosive device technology 
with potential humanitarian demining applications.’’. 
SEC. 1084. REPEAL AND MODIFICATION OF REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
(a) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, United 
States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1)(A) Section 483 is repealed. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chap-
ter 23 is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 483. 
(2) Section 2216 is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (i); and
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(B) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as 
subsections (i) and (j), respectively. 
(3) Section 2885(a)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘If 
a project’’ and inserting ‘‘In the case of a project for 
new construction, if the project’’. 
(b) ANNUAL
NATIONAL
DEFENSE
AUTHORIZATION 
ACTS.— 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2009.—Section 903(b)(5) of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. 2228 
note), as amended by section 334, is further amended by 
striking subparagraph (A), as designated by such sec-
tion, and inserting the following new subparagraph (A): 
‘‘(A) Not later than December 31 of each year, the cor-
rosion control and prevention executive of a military depart-
ment shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report con-
taining recommendations pertaining to the corrosion control 
and prevention program of the military department. Such re-
port shall include recommendations for the funding levels 
necessary for the executive to carry out the duties of the ex-
ecutive under this section.’’. 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2008.—The National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110– 
181) is amended as follows:
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(A) Section 1074(b)(6) (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 
amended— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided 
in subparagraph (D), the Secretary’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph (A) does 
not apply to determinations made with respect to 
the following individuals: 
‘‘(i) An individual described in paragraph 
(2)(C) who is otherwise sponsored by the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of De-
fense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, or the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff. 
‘‘(ii) An individual described in paragraph 
(2)(E).’’. 
(B) Section 2864 (10 U.S.C. 2911 note) is re-
pealed. 
(3) FISCAL YEAR 2007.—Section 226 of the John 
Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2131) is re-
pealed.
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SEC. 1085. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR COMPTROLLER GEN-
ERAL ASSESSMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
EFFICIENCIES. 
Section 1054 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1582) 
is repealed. 
SEC. 1086. REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF UNITED STATES SPE-
CIAL OPERATIONS FORCES AND UNITED STATES 
SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall con-
duct a review of the United States Special Operations Forces 
organization, capabilities, structure, and oversight. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
review conducted under subsection (a). Such report shall in-
clude an analysis and, where appropriate, an assessment of 
the adequacy of each of the following: 
(1) The organizational structure of the United 
States Special Operations Command and each subordi-
nate component, as in effect as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) The policy and civilian oversight structures for 
Special Operations Forces within the Department of De-
fense, as in effect as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, including the statutory structures and responsibil-
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ities of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Special 
Operations and Low Intensity Conflict and the align-
ment of resources, including human capital, with regard 
to such responsibilities within the Department. 
(3) The roles and responsibilities of United States 
Special Operations Command and Special Operations 
Forces under section 167 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(4) Current and future special operations peculiar 
requirements of the commanders of the geographic com-
batant commands and Theater Special Operations Com-
mands. 
(5) Command relationships between United States 
Special Operations Command, its subordinate component 
commands, and the geographic combatant commands. 
(6) The funding authorities, uses, acquisition proc-
esses, and civilian oversight mechanisms of Major Force 
Program–11. 
(7) Changes to structure, authorities, acquisition 
processes, oversight mechanisms, Major Force Program– 
11 funding, roles, and responsibilities assumed in the 
2014 Quadrennial Defense Review. 
(8) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense de-
termines are appropriate to ensure a comprehensive re-
view and assessment.
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(c) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
on which the report required by subsection (b) is submitted, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a review of the report. 
Such review shall include an assessment of— 
(1) United States Special Operations Forces organi-
zation, force structure, capabilities, authorities, acquisi-
tion processes, and civilian oversight mechanisms; 
(2) how the special operations force structure is 
aligned with conventional force structures and national 
military strategies; and 
(3) any other matters the Comptroller General de-
termines are relevant. 
SEC. 1087. REPORTS ON UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. 
(a) REPORT
ON
COLLABORATION, DEMONSTRATION, 
AND USE CASES AND DATA SHARING.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and the 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration, on behalf of the UAS Executive Committee, shall 
submit jointly to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report setting forth the following:
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(1) The collaboration, demonstrations, and initial 
fielding of unmanned aircraft systems at test sites within 
and outside of restricted airspace. 
(2) The progress being made to develop public and 
civil sense-and-avoid and command-and-control tech-
nology. 
(3) An assessment on the sharing of operational, 
programmatic, and research data relating to unmanned 
aircraft systems operations by the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, the Department of Defense, and the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration to help the 
Federal Aviation Administration establish civil un-
manned aircraft systems certification standards, pilot 
certification and licensing, and air traffic control proce-
dures, including identifying the locations selected to col-
lect, analyze, and store the data. 
(b) REPORT
ON RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS NEEDED 
FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS DESCRIBED IN THE 5- 
YEAR ROADMAP.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, on be-
half of the UAS Executive Committee, shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report setting forth the 
resource requirements needed to meet the milestones for un-
manned aircraft systems integration described in the 5-year 
roadmap under section 332(a)(5) of the FAA Modernization
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and Reform Act (Public Law 112–95; 49 U.S.C. 40101 
note). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transpor-
tation, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘UAS Executive Committee’’ means 
the Department of Defense-Federal Aviation Administra-
tion executive committee described in section 1036(b) of 
the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 
4596) established by the Secretary of Defense and the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 1088. REPORT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE SUPPORT CON-
TRACTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
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submit to the congressional defense committees a report set-
ting forth an assessment of the current approach of the De-
partment of Defense to managing foreign language support 
contracts for the Department. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include each of the following: 
(1) A description and analysis of the spending by 
the Department on all types of foreign language support 
services and products acquired by the components of the 
Department. 
(2) An assessment, in light of the analysis under 
paragraph (1), of whether any adjustment is needed in 
the management of foreign language support contracts 
for the Department in order to obtain efficiencies in con-
tracts for all types of foreign language support for the 
Department. 
SEC. 1089. CIVIL AIR PATROL. 
(a) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
Civil Air Patrol fleet. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of whether the current number 
of aircraft, operating locations, and types of aircraft in
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the Civil Air Patrol fleet are suitable for each of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Emergency missions in support of the Air 
Force, the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy, State and local governments, and others. 
(B) Other operational missions in support of 
the Air Force, other Federal agencies, State and 
local governments, and others. 
(C) Flight proficiency, flight training, and 
operational mission training and support for cadet 
orientation and cadet flight training programs in 
every State Civil Air Patrol wing. 
(2) An assessment of the ideal overall size of the 
Civil Air Patrol aircraft fleet, including a description of 
the factors used in determining that size. 
(3) An assessment of the process used by the Civil 
Air Patrol and the Air Force to determine aircraft oper-
ating locations, and whether State wing commanders are 
appropriately involved in that process. 
(4) An assessment of the process used by the Civil 
Air Patrol, the Air Force, the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency, and others to determine the type of 
aircraft and number of aircraft to be needed to support 
emergency, operational, and training missions.
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Subtitle I—Other Matters 
SEC. 1091. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TITLE 10.—Title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed as follows: 
(1) The table of chapters at the beginning of sub-
title A, and at the beginning of part I of such subtitle, 
are each amended by striking the item relating to chap-
ter 24 and inserting the following: 
‘‘24. Nuclear Posture ........................................................................
491’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chap-
ter 3 is amended by striking the item relating to section 
130e and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘130e. Treatment under Freedom of Information Act of critical infrastructure 
security information.’’. 
(3) Section 179(a)(5) is amended by striking ‘‘com-
mander’’ and inserting ‘‘Commander’’. 
(4) The table of sections at the beginning of chap-
ter 9 is amended by striking the item relating to section 
231 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘231. Budgeting for construction of naval vessels: annual plan and certifi-
cation.’’. 
(5) Section 231a(a) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year, the Sec-
retary of Defense’’. 
(6) Chapter 24 is amended by adding a period at 
the end of the enumerator of section 498.
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(7) Section 494(c) is amended by striking ‘‘the date 
of the enactment of this Act’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2011’’. 
(8) Section 673(a) is amended by inserting ‘‘of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice’’ after ‘‘120c’’. 
(9) Section 1401a is amended by striking ‘‘before 
the enactment of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008’’ in subsections (d) and (e) and 
inserting ‘‘before January 28, 2008’’. 
(10) Section 2359b(k)(4)(B) is amended by adding 
a period at the end. 
(11) Section 2461(a)(5)(E)(i) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘the a’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’. 
(b) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2013.—Effective as of January 2, 2013, and as 
if included therein as enacted, the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Section 322(e)(2) (126 Stat. 1695) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Section 2366b(A)(3)(F)’’ and inserting 
‘‘Section 2366b(a)(3)(F)’’. 
(2) Section 371(a)(1) (126 Stat. 1706) is amended 
by striking ‘‘subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) 
and (h), respectively’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection
(f) as 
subsection (g)’’.
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(3) Section 611(7) (126 Stat. 1776) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Section 408a(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 
478a(e)’’. 
(4) Section 822(b) (126 Stat. 1830) is amended by 
striking ‘‘such Act’’ and inserting ‘‘such section’’. 
(5) Section 1031(b)(3)(B) (126 Stat.1918) is 
amended by striking the subclause (III) immediately 
below clause (iv). 
(6) Section 1031(b)(4) (126 Stat.1919) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Section 1031(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 
1041(b)’’. 
(7) Section 1086(d)(1) (126 Stat.1969) is amended 
by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’. 
(8) Section 1221(a)(2) (126 Stat. 1992) is amended 
by striking ‘‘FISCAL’’ both places it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘FISCAL’’. 
(9) Section 1804 (126 Stat. 2111) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (h)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘in-
serting ‘; and’;’’ and inserting ‘‘inserting a semi-
colon;’’; and 
(B) in subsection (i), by inserting after ‘‘it ap-
pears’’ the following: ‘‘(except in those places in 
which ‘Administrator of FEMA’ already appears)’’.
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(c) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2012.—Effective as of December 31, 2011, and as 
if included therein as enacted, the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Section 312(b)(6)(F) (125 Stat. 1354) is 
amended by striking ‘‘subsection (D)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (d)’’. 
(2) Section 585(a)(1) (125 Stat. 1434; 10 U.S.C. 
1561 note) is amended by striking ‘‘experts sexual’’ and 
inserting ‘‘experts in sexual’’. 
(d) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2004.—Section 338(a) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108– 
136; 10 U.S.C. 5013 note), as most recently amended by sec-
tion 321 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1694), is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘subsection 4703’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
4703’’. 
(e) AMENDMENT
TO TITLE 41.—Section 4712(i) is 
amended by inserting before ‘‘the enactment’’ the following: 
‘‘that is 180 days after the date’’. 
(f) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AMENDMENTS MADE 
BY THIS ACT.—For purposes of applying amendments made 
by provisions of this Act other than this section, the amend-
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ments made by this section shall be treated as having been 
enacted immediately before any amendment made by other 
provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 1092. REDUCTION IN COSTS TO REPORT CRITICAL 
CHANGES TO MAJOR AUTOMATED INFORMATION 
SYSTEM PROGRAMS. 
(a) EXTENSION
OF
A PROGRAM DEFINED.—Section 
2445a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) EXTENSION OF A PROGRAM.—In this chapter, the 
term ‘extension of a program’ means, with respect to a major 
automated information system program or other major infor-
mation technology investment program, the further deploy-
ment or planned deployment to additional users of the system 
which has already been found operationally effective and suit-
able by an independent test agency or the Director of Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation, beyond the scope planned in the 
original estimate or information originally submitted on the 
program.’’. 
(b) REPORTS ON CRITICAL CHANGES IN MAIS PRO-
GRAMS.—Subsection (d) of section 2445c of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’;
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
(3); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following 
new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION WHEN VARIANCE DUE TO EX-
TENSION OF PROGRAM.—If an official with milestone de-
cision authority for a program who, following receipt of 
a quarterly report described in paragraph (1) and mak-
ing a determination described in paragraph (3), also de-
termines that the circumstances resulting in the deter-
mination described in paragraph (3) (A) is primarily due 
to an extension of a program, and (B) involves minimal 
developmental risk, the official may, in lieu of carrying 
out an evaluation and submitting a report in accordance 
with paragraph (1), submit to the congressional defense 
committees, within 45 days after receiving the quarterly 
report, a certification that the official has made those 
determinations. If such a certification is submitted, the 
limitation in subsection (g)(1) does not apply with re-
spect to that determination under paragraph (3).’’. 
(c) CONFORMING CROSS-REFERENCE AMENDMENT.— 
Subsection (g)(1) of such section is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection (d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(3)’’. 
(d) TOTAL ACQUISITION COST INFORMATION.—Title 10, 
United States Code, is further amended—
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(1) in section 2445b(b)(3), by striking ‘‘develop-
ment costs’’ and inserting ‘‘total acquisition costs’’; and 
(2) in section 2445c— 
(A) in subparagraph (B) of subsection (c)(2), 
by striking ‘‘program development cost’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘total acquisition cost’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C) of subsection (d)(3) 
(as redesignated by subsection (b)(2)), by striking 
‘‘program development cost’’ and inserting ‘‘total 
acquisition cost’’. 
(e) CLARIFICATION
OF
CROSS-REFERENCE.—Section 
2445c(g)(2) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘in compli-
ance with the requirements of subsection (d)(2)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘under subsection (d)(1)(B)’’. 
SEC. 1093. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF 
TRANSPORTATION TO ISSUE NON-PREMIUM AVIA-
TION INSURANCE. 
Section 44310 of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘The 
authority’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘this chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘any 
provision of this chapter other than section 44305’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
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‘‘(b) INSURANCE
OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
PROPERTY.—The authority of the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to provide insurance and reinsurance for a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 
under section 44305 is not effective after December 31, 
2018.’’. 
SEC. 1094. EXTENSION OF MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ADVISOR 
PROGRAM AND AUTHORITY TO WAIVE REIM-
BURSEMENT OF COSTS OF ACTIVITIES FOR CER-
TAIN NONGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL. 
(a) EXTENSION OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE ADVISOR 
PROGRAM AUTHORITY.— 
(1) Subsection (b) of section 1081 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public 
Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1599; 10 U.S.C. 168 note) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2017’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2012, 2013, or 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘a fiscal year 
ending on or before that date’’. 
(2) UPDATE
OF
POLICY
GUIDANCE
ON
AUTHOR-
ITY.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy shall 
issue an update of the policy of the Department of De-
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fense for assignment of civilian employees of the Depart-
ment as advisors to foreign ministries of defense under 
the authority in section 1081 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, as amended by 
this section. 
(3) ADDITIONAL ANNUAL REPORTS.—Subsection (c) 
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2017’’. 
(4) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c)(4) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘carried out such by 
such’’ and inserting ‘‘carried out by such’’. 
(5) DATE FOR SUBMITTAL OF COMPTROLLER GEN-
ERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT.—Subsection (d) 
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘December 30, 
2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ 
(b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE REIMBURSE-
MENT OF COSTS OF ACTIVITIES FOR NONGOVERNMENTAL 
PERSONNEL AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REGIONAL CEN-
TERS
FOR SECURITY STUDIES.—Section 941(b)(1) of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2009 (10 U.S.C. 184 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘through 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2014’’.
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SEC. 1095. AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN NATIONAL COMMIS-
SIONS. 
(a) NATIONAL COMMISSION
ON
THE STRUCTURE
OF 
THE AIR FORCE.— 
(1) REVISION OF MEMBERS COMPENSATION.—Sec-
tion 365(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 
Stat.1705) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall be compensated’’ and in-
serting ‘‘may be compensated’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘equal to’’ and inserting ‘‘not 
to exceed’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘of $155,400’’ after ‘‘annual 
rate’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to compensation 
for a duty performed on or after April 2, 2013. 
(b) MILITARY COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT MOD-
ERNIZATION COMMISSION.— 
(1) SCOPE OF MILITARY COMPENSATION SYSTEM.— 
Section 671(c)(5) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 
Stat. 1788) is amended by inserting before the period 
the following ‘‘, and includes any other laws, policies, or 
practices of the Federal Government that result in any
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direct payment of authorized or appropriated funds to 
the persons specified in subsection (b)(1)(A)’’. 
(2) COMMISSION
AUTHORITIES.—Section 673 of 
such Act (126 Stat. 1790) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(g) USE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION.—The Com-
mission may secure directly from any department or agency 
of the Federal Government such information as the Commis-
sion considers necessary to carry out its duties. Upon such 
request of the Chair of the Commission, the head of such de-
partment or agency shall furnish such information to the 
Commission. 
‘‘(h) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use the 
United States mails in the same manner and under the same 
conditions as departments and agencies of the United States. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS.—The Commission 
may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services, 
goods, and property from non-Federal entities for the pur-
poses of aiding and facilitating the work of the Commission. 
The authority in this subsection does not extend to gifts of 
money. 
‘‘(j) PERSONAL SERVICES.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO PROCURE.—The Commission 
may—
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‘‘(A) procure the services of experts or consult-
ants (or of organizations of experts or consultants) 
in accordance with the provisions of section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code; and 
‘‘(B) pay in connection with such services trav-
el expenses of individuals, including transportation 
and per diem in lieu of subsistence, while such indi-
viduals are traveling from their homes or places of 
business to duty stations. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The total number of experts or 
consultants procured pursuant to paragraph (1) may not 
exceed five experts or consultants. 
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM DAILY PAY RATES.—The daily rate 
paid an expert or consultant procured pursuant to para-
graph (1) may not exceed the daily rate paid a person 
occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(3) COMMISSION
REPORT
AND
RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—Section 674(f) of such Act (126 Stat. 1792) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘15 months’’ and inserting 
‘‘24 months’’; and
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘and recommendations 
for administrative actions’’ after ‘‘legislative 
language’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, and shall 
publish a copy of that report on an Internet website 
available to the public,’’ after ‘‘its report to Con-
gress’’. 
(4) PRESIDENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—Section 675 of such Act (126 
Stat. 1793) is amended by striking subsection (d). 
(5) COMMISSION STAFF.— 
(A) DETAILEES RECEIVING MILITARY RETIRED 
PAY.—Subsection (b)(3) of section 677 of such Act 
(126 Stat. 1794) is amended— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘ELIGIBLE FOR’’ and inserting ‘‘RECEIVING’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘eligible for or receiving 
military retired pay’’ and inserting ‘‘who are 
receiving military retired pay or who, but for 
being under the eligibility age applicable under 
section 12731 of title 10, United States Code, 
would be eligible to receive retired pay’’. 
(B) PERFORMANCE REVIEWS.—Subsection (c) 
of such section is amended—
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(i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘other than a member of the uni-
formed services or officer or employee who is 
detailed to the Commission,’’ after ‘‘executive 
branch department,’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(other 
than for administrative accuracy)’’ before the 
semicolon. 
(6) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.—Section 679 of 
such Act (126 Stat. 1795) is amended by striking ‘‘26 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘35 months’’. 
(7) FUNDING.—Section 680 of such Act (126 Stat. 
1795) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$15,000,000’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘Amounts made available under this sec-
tion after the date of the enactment of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
shall be derived from fiscal year 2013 balances that 
remain available for obligation on that date.’’. 
SEC. 1096. STRATEGY FOR FUTURE MILITARY INFORMATION 
OPERATIONS CAPABILITIES. 
(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall develop and implement a strategy for developing and
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sustaining through fiscal year 2020 information operations 
capabilities for future contingencies. The Secretary shall sub-
mit such strategy to the congressional defense committees by 
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) CONTENTS OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required by 
subsection (a) shall include each of the following: 
(1) A plan for the sustainment of existing capabili-
ties that have been developed during the ten-year period 
prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, including 
such capabilities developed using funds authorized to be 
appropriated for overseas contingency operations deter-
mined 
to 
be 
of 
enduring 
value 
for 
continued 
sustainment. 
(2) A discussion of how the capabilities referred to 
in paragraph (1) are integrated into policy, doctrine, and 
operations. 
(3) An assessment of the force structure that is re-
quired to sustain operational planning and potential con-
tingency operations, including the integration across the 
active and reserve components. 
(4) Estimates of the steady-state resources needed 
to support the force structure referred to in paragraph 
(3), as well as estimates for resources that might be
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needed based on selected operational plans, contingency 
plans, and named operations. 
(5) An assessment of the impact of how new and 
emerging technologies can be incorporated into policy, 
doctrine, and operations. 
(6) A description of ongoing research into new ca-
pabilities that may be needed to fill any identified gaps 
and programs that might be required to develop such ca-
pabilities. 
(7) Potential policy implications or legal challenges 
that may prevent the integration of new and emerging 
technologies into the projected force structure. 
(8) Potential policy implications or challenges to the 
better leveraging of capabilities from interagency part-
ners. 
SEC. 1097. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COLLABORATION ON BOR-
DER SECURITY. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security should, consistent 
with existing law and authorities, seek to collaborate on en-
hanced United States border security, including by identi-
fying excess property of the Department of Defense, if any, 
that may be suitable for use by the Department of Homeland 
Security to support border security efforts.
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SEC. 1098. TRANSFER OF AIRCRAFT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS 
FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION AND OTHER PUR-
POSES; TACTICAL AIRLIFT FLEET OF THE AIR 
FORCE. 
(a) TRANSFER OF HC–130H AIRCRAFT.— 
(1) TRANSFER BY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE-
CURITY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and sub-
ject to the certification requirement under sub-
section (f), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of Defense, shall begin transfer, with-
out reimbursement, of— 
(i) the seven demilitarized HC–130H air-
craft specified in subparagraph (C) to the Sec-
retary of the Air Force; and 
(ii) initial spares and necessary ground 
support equipment for HC–130H aircraft to 
the Secretary of Agriculture for use by the Di-
rector of Aviation and Fire Management of the 
Forest Service. 
(B) CALCULATION OF INITIAL SPARES.—For 
purposes of clause (ii) of subparagraph (A), initial 
spares shall be calculated based on shelf stock sup-
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port for seven aircraft and each aircraft flying 400 
hours each year. 
(C) AIRCRAFT SPECIFIED.—The aircraft speci-
fied in this subparagraph are the HC–130H Coast 
Guard aircraft with serial numbers 1706, 1708, 
1709, 1713, 1714, 1719, and 1721. 
(2) AIR FORCE ACTIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force shall accept the HC–130H aircraft trans-
ferred by the Secretary of Homeland Security under 
paragraph (1) and, subject to the availability of 
funds as supplemented by transfers under para-
graph (4), shall— 
(i) at the first available opportunity, 
promptly schedule and serially synchronize 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
the Secretary of Agriculture the induction of 
HC–130H aircraft to minimize maintenance 
induction on-ramp wait time of HC–130H air-
craft; 
(ii) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), perform center and outer wing-box re-
placement modifications, programmed depot- 
level maintenance, and modifications necessary 
to procure and integrate a gravity-drop aerial