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review or investigation by the Office of Special Coun-
sel. 
(3) RESULTS.—The results of the survey under 
paragraph (1) shall be published in the annual report 
of the Office of Special Counsel. 
(4) SUSPENSION OF OTHER SURVEYS.—During 
the period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending 
on September 30, 2018, section 13 of the Act entitled 
‘‘An Act to reauthorize the Office of Special Counsel, 
and for other purposes’’, approved October 29, 1994 
(5 U.S.C. 1212 note), shall have no force or effect. 
(l) STAYS
OF
THE MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 
BOARD.—Section 1214(b)(1)(B)(ii) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘who was appointed, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate,’’. 
(m) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Special Counsel 
shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary 
to perform— 
(A) the functions of the Special Counsel 
under subchapter II of chapter 12 of title 5, 
United States Code, including regulations that 
are necessary to carry out sections 1213, 1214, 
and 1215 of that title; and
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(B) any functions of the Special Counsel 
that are required because of the amendments 
made by this section. 
(2) PUBLICATION.—Any regulations prescribed 
under paragraph (1) shall be published in the Federal 
Register. 
(n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(a)(2) of the Whistle-
blower Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2017 through 2022’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall take effect as though enacted on 
September 30, 2015. 
SEC. 6006. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON CERTIFICATIONS 
ON AUDIT READINESS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE AND THE MILITARY DEPART-
MENTS, DEFENSE AGENCIES, AND OTHER OR-
GANIZATIONS AND ELEMENTS OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
Section 1003 shall have no force or effect.
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SEC. 6007. CERTIFICATIONS ON RELIABILITY OF THE FI-
NANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE AND THE MILITARY DEPART-
MENTS, DEFENSE AGENCIES, AND OTHER OR-
GANIZATIONS AND ELEMENTS OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2017, and each year thereafter, the Secretary 
of Defense shall certify to the congressional defense commit-
tees whether or not the full financial statements of the De-
partment of Defense are reliable as of the date of such cer-
tification. 
(b) MILITARY DEPARTMENTS, DEFENSE AGENCIES, 
AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND ELEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 
2017, and each year thereafter, each Secretary of a 
military department, each head of a Defense Agency, 
and each head of any other organization or element 
of the Department of Defense designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense for purposes of this subsection shall 
certify to the congressional defense committees whether 
or not the full financial statements of the military de-
partment, the Defense Agency, or the organization or 
element concerned became reliable during the fiscal 
year in which such certification is to be submitted.
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(2) TRANSMITTAL THROUGH SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE.—The individual certifications required by 
this subsection shall be transmitted to the congres-
sional defense committees collectively by the Secretary 
under procedures established by the Secretary for pur-
poses of this subsection. 
(c) TERMINATION ON RECEIPT OF UNMODIFIED AUDIT 
OPINION
ON FULL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.—A certifi-
cation is no longer required under subsection (a) or (b) with 
respect to the Department of Defense, or a military depart-
ment, Defense Agency, or organization or element of the De-
partment, as applicable, after the Department of Defense 
or such military department, Defense Agency, or organiza-
tion or element receives an unmodified audit opinion on 
its full financial statements. 
SEC. 6008. STREAMLINING OF REQUIREMENTS IN CONNEC-
TION WITH AUDITS AND THE RELIABILITY OF 
THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON INSPECTOR GENERAL 
CONDUCT OF AUDIT OF UNRELIABLE FINANCIAL STATE-
MENTS.—Section 1008 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 
amended by striking subseciton (d).
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(b) CESSATION OF APPLICABILITY OF FINANCIAL IM-
PROVEMENT
AND
AUDIT
READINESS
PLAN
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 1003 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (10 U.S.C. 2222 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) CESSATION OF APPLICABILITY.—This section and 
the requirements of this section shall cease to be effective 
on the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to 
the congressional defense committees a report setting forth 
a certification that the financial statements of each depart-
ment, agency, activity, and other component of the Depart-
ment of Defense are under audit.’’. 
SEC. 6009. RANKINGS OF AUDITABILITY OF FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND 
ELEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of De-
fense shall, in coordination with the Under Secretary of De-
fense (Comptroller), submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report setting forth a ranking of the 
auditability of the financial statements of the departments, 
agencies, organizations, and elements of the Department of 
Defense according to the progress made toward achieving 
auditability as required by law. The Under Secretary shall
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determine the criteria to be used for purposes of the 
rankings. 
SEC. 
6010. 
REPORT 
ON 
IMPLEMENTATION 
OF 
COMP-
TROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND 
UNITED 
STATES 
AGENCY 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Concerned that, by avoiding 
full implementation of recommendations made by the 
Comptroller General of the United States, agencies 
are missing opportunities to operate more efficiently 
and effectively, not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report summarizing the assessment of the 
Comptroller General of each open recommendation 
made to an agency specified in paragraph (2) that 
has not been fully implemented. 
(2) AGENCIES.—The agencies referred to in this 
paragraph are as follows: 
(A) The Department of Defense. 
(B) The Department of State.
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(C) The United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include a detailed description of the following: 
(1) The initial response of the agency concerned 
to each recommendation described in subsection (a)(1) 
at the time such recommendation was made. 
(2) The actions taken by the agency concerned to 
implement such recommendation. 
(3) The rationale provided by the agency con-
cerned for not implementing, or partially imple-
menting, such recommendation. 
(c) FORM.—Any information included in a report 
under this section shall, to the extent practicable, be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may be set forth in a classi-
fied annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 6011. REPORT ON AIRPORTS USED BY MAHAN AIR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
through 2020, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Di-
rector of National Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a 
report that includes— 
(1) a list of all airports at which aircraft owned 
or controlled by Mahan Air have landed during the 
2 years preceding the submission of the report; and 
(2) for each such airport— 
(A) an assessment of whether aircraft owned 
or controlled by Mahan Air continue to conduct 
operations at that airport; 
(B) an assessment of whether any of the 
landings of aircraft owned or controlled by 
Mahan Air were necessitated by an emergency 
situation; 
(C) a determination regarding whether ad-
ditional security measures should be imposed on 
flights to the United States that originate from 
that airport; and 
(D) an explanation of the rationale for that 
determination.
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(b) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 6012. OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data 
Act’’ or the ‘‘OPEN Government Data Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 3561 of title 44, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (c). 
(c) OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 35 of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Subchapter III—Open Government Data 
‘‘§ 3561. Definitions 
‘‘As used in this subchapter— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’— 
‘‘(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 3502; and 
‘‘(B) includes the Federal Election Commis-
sion; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘data’ means recorded information, 
regardless of form or the media on which the data is 
recorded;
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‘‘(3) the term ‘data asset’ means a collection of 
data elements or data sets that may be grouped to-
gether; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘Enterprise Data Inventory’ means 
a data inventory developed and maintained under 
section 3563; 
‘‘(6) the terms ‘information resources manage-
ment’, ‘information system’, and ‘information tech-
nology’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 3502; 
‘‘(7) the term ‘machine-readable’ means a format 
in which information or data can be easily processed 
by a computer without human intervention while en-
suring no semantic meaning is lost; 
‘‘(8) the term ‘metadata’ means structural or de-
scriptive information about data such as content, for-
mat, source, rights, accuracy, provenance, frequency, 
periodicity, granularity, publisher or responsible 
party, contact information, method of collection, and 
other descriptions; 
‘‘(9) the term ‘open Government data asset’ 
means a data asset maintained by the Federal Gov-
ernment that is—
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‘‘(A) machine-readable; 
‘‘(B) available in an open format; 
‘‘(C) not encumbered by restrictions that 
would impede use or reuse; 
‘‘(D) releasable to the public according to 
guidance issued by the Director under section 
3562(d); and 
‘‘(E) based on an underlying open standard 
that is maintained by a standards organization; 
and 
‘‘(10) the term ‘open license’ means a legal guar-
antee applied to a data asset that the data asset is 
made available— 
‘‘(A) at no cost to the public; and 
‘‘(B) with no restrictions on copying, pub-
lishing, distributing, transmitting, citing, or 
adapting. 
‘‘§ 3562. Requirements for Government data 
‘‘(a) MACHINE-READABLE DATA REQUIRED.—Open 
Government data assets made available by an agency shall 
be published as machine-readable data. 
‘‘(b) OPEN
BY DEFAULT
AND OPEN LICENSE RE-
QUIRED.—To the extent permitted by law and subject to 
privacy, confidentiality, security, and any other restric-
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tions, and according to guidance issued by the Director 
under subsection (d)— 
‘‘(1) data assets maintained by the Federal Gov-
ernment shall— 
‘‘(A) be available in an open format; and 
‘‘(B) be available under open licenses; and 
‘‘(2) open Government data assets published by 
or for an agency shall be made available under an 
open license. 
‘‘(c) INNOVATION.—Each agency may engage with 
nongovernmental organizations, citizens, nonprofit organi-
zations, colleges and universities, private and public com-
panies, and other agencies to explore opportunities to lever-
age the data assets of the agency in a manner that may 
provide new opportunities for innovation in the public and 
private sectors in accordance with law, regulation, and pol-
icy. 
‘‘(d) GUIDANCE FOR OPEN BY DEFAULT AND OPEN LI-
CENSE REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall issue guidance 
for agencies to use in implementing subsections (a) and (b), 
including criteria that the head of each agency shall use 
in determining whether to make a particular data asset 
publicly available in a manner that takes into account— 
‘‘(1) privacy and confidentiality risks and re-
strictions, including the risk that an individual data
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asset in isolation does not pose a privacy or confiden-
tiality risk but when combined with other available 
information may pose such a risk; 
‘‘(2) security considerations, including the risk 
that information in an individual data asset in isola-
tion does not pose a security risk but when combined 
with other available information may pose such a 
risk; 
‘‘(3) the cost and benefits to the public of con-
verting a data asset into a machine-readable format 
that is accessible and useful to the public; 
‘‘(4) the expectation that a data asset be dis-
closed, if it would otherwise be made available under 
section 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the ‘Free-
dom of Information Act’); and 
‘‘(5) any other considerations that the Director 
determines to be relevant. 
‘‘§ 3563. Enterprise Data Inventory 
‘‘(a) AGENCY DATA INVENTORY REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to develop a clear 
and comprehensive understanding of the data assets 
in the possession of an agency, the head of each agen-
cy, in consultation with the Director, shall develop 
and maintain an enterprise data inventory that ac-
counts for any data asset created, collected, under the
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control or direction of, or maintained by the agency 
after the effective date of this section, with the goal of 
including all data assets, to the extent practicable. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each Enterprise Data Inven-
tory shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) Data assets used in agency informa-
tion systems (including program administration, 
statistics, and financial activity) generated by 
applications, devices, networks, facilities, and 
equipment, categorized by source type. 
‘‘(B) Data assets shared or maintained 
across agency programs and bureaus. 
‘‘(C) Data assets that are shared among 
agencies or created by more than 1 agency. 
‘‘(D) A clear indication of all data assets 
that can be made publicly available under sec-
tion 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the 
‘Freedom of Information Act’). 
‘‘(E) A description of whether the agency 
has determined that an individual data asset 
may be made publicly available and whether the 
data asset is available to the public. 
‘‘(F) Open Government data assets.
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‘‘(G) Other elements as required by the 
guidance issued by the Director under subsection 
(c). 
‘‘(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Chief Information 
Officer of each agency, in coordination with privacy and 
security officials of the agency, shall use the guidance issued 
by the Director under section 3562(d) in determining 
whether to make data assets included in the Enterprise 
Data Inventory of the agency publicly available in an open 
format and under an open license. 
‘‘(c) GUIDANCE FOR ENTERPRISE DATA INVENTORY.— 
The Director shall issue guidance for each Enterprise Data 
Inventory, including a requirement that an Enterprise 
Data Inventory includes a compilation of metadata about 
agency data assets. 
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY
OF ENTERPRISE DATA INVEN-
TORY.—The Chief Information Officer of each agency— 
‘‘(1) shall make the Enterprise Data Inventory of 
the agency available to the public on the Federal Data 
Catalog required under section 3566; 
‘‘(2) shall ensure that access to the Enterprise 
Data Inventory of the agency and the data contained 
therein is consistent with applicable law, regulation, 
and policy; and
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‘‘(3) may implement paragraph (1) in a manner 
that maintains a nonpublic portion of the Enterprise 
Data Inventory of the agency. 
‘‘(e) REGULAR UPDATES REQUIRED.—The Chief In-
formation Officer of each agency shall— 
‘‘(1) to the extent practicable, complete the En-
terprise Data Inventory for the agency not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this section; and 
‘‘(2) add additional data assets to the Enterprise 
Data Inventory for the agency not later than 90 days 
after the date on which the data asset is created or 
identified. 
‘‘(f) USE
OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—When prac-
ticable, the Chief Information Officer of each agency shall 
use existing procedures and systems to compile and publish 
the Enterprise Data Inventory for the agency. 
‘‘§ 3564. Federal agency responsibilities 
‘‘(a) INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.—With 
respect to general information resources management, each 
agency shall— 
‘‘(1) improve the integrity, quality, and utility 
of information to all users within and outside the 
agency by— 
‘‘(A) using open format for any new open 
Government data asset created or obtained on or
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after the date that is 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this section; and 
‘‘(B) to the extent practicable, encouraging 
the adoption of open format for all open Govern-
ment data assets created or obtained before the 
date described in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(2) in consultation with the Director, develop 
an open data plan that, at a minimum and to the 
extent practicable— 
‘‘(A) requires the agency to develop proc-
esses and procedures that— 
‘‘(i) require each new data collection 
mechanism to use an open format; and 
‘‘(ii) allow the agency to collaborate 
with non-Government entities, researchers, 
businesses, and private citizens for the pur-
pose of understanding how data users value 
and use open Government data assets; 
‘‘(B) identifies and implements methods for 
collecting and analyzing digital information on 
data asset usage by users within and outside of 
the agency, including designating a point of con-
tact within the agency to assist the public and 
to respond to quality issues, usability issues, rec-
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ommendations for improvements, and complaints 
about adherence to open data requirements; 
‘‘(C) develops and implements a process to 
evaluate and improve the timeliness, complete-
ness, accuracy, usefulness, and availability of 
open Government data assets; 
‘‘(D) requires the agency to update the plan 
at an interval determined by the Director; 
‘‘(E) includes requirements for meeting the 
goals of the agency open data plan including 
technology, training for employees, and imple-
menting procurement standards, in accordance 
with existing law, regulation, and policy, that 
allow for the acquisition of innovative solutions 
from the public and private sectors; and 
‘‘(F) prohibits the disclosure of data assets 
unless the data asset may be released to the pub-
lic in accordance with guidance issued by the 
Director under section 3562(d). 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.—With respect to 
information dissemination, each agency— 
‘‘(1) shall provide access to open Government 
data assets online; 
‘‘(2) shall take the necessary precautions to en-
sure that the agency maintains the production and
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publication of data assets which are directly related 
to activities that protect the safety of human life or 
property, as identified by the open data plan of the 
agency required under subsection (a)(2); and 
‘‘(3) may engage the public in using open Gov-
ernment data assets and encourage collaboration by— 
‘‘(A) publishing information on open Gov-
ernment data assets usage in regular, timely in-
tervals, but not less frequently than annually; 
‘‘(B) receiving public input regarding pri-
orities for the analysis and disclosure of data as-
sets to be published; 
‘‘(C) assisting civil society groups and 
members of the public working to expand the use 
of open Government data assets; and 
‘‘(D) 
hosting 
challenges, 
competitions, 
events, or other initiatives designed to create ad-
ditional value from open Government data as-
sets. 
‘‘§ 3565. Additional agency data asset management re-
sponsibilities 
‘‘The Chief Information Officer of each agency, or other 
appropriate official designated by the head of an agency, 
in collaboration with other internal agency stakeholders, is 
responsible for—
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‘‘(1) data asset management, format standard-
ization, sharing of data assets, and publication of 
data assets for the agency; 
‘‘(2) the compilation and publication of the En-
terprise Data Inventory for the agency required under 
section 3563; 
‘‘(3) ensuring that agency data conforms with 
open data best practices; 
‘‘(4) engaging agency employees, the public, and 
contractors in using open Government data assets 
and encouraging collaborative approaches to improv-
ing data use; 
‘‘(5) supporting the agency Performance Im-
provement Officer in generating data to support the 
function of the Performance Improvement Officer de-
scribed in section 1124(a)(2) of title 31; 
‘‘(6) supporting officials responsible for leading 
agency mission areas and Governmentwide initiatives 
in maximizing data available for program adminis-
tration, statistics, evaluation, research, and internal 
financial management, subject to any privacy, con-
fidentiality, security laws and policies, and other 
valid restrictions; 
‘‘(7) reviewing the information technology infra-
structure of the agency and the impact of the infra-
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structure on making data assets accessible to reduce 
barriers that inhibit data asset accessibility; 
‘‘(8) ensuring that, to the extent practicable, the 
agency is maximizing data assets used in agency in-
formation systems generated by applications, devices, 
networks, facilities, and equipment, categorized by 
source type, and such use is not otherwise prohibited, 
to reduce costs, improve operations, and strengthen se-
curity and privacy protections; and 
‘‘(9) identifying points of contact for roles and 
responsibilities related to open data use and imple-
mentation as required by the Director. 
‘‘§ 3566. Federal Data Catalog 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL DATA CATALOG REQUIRED.—The Ad-
ministrator of General Services shall maintain a single 
public interface online, to be known as the ‘Federal Data 
Catalog’, as a point of entry dedicated to sharing open Gov-
ernment data assets with the public. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION WITH AGENCIES.—The Director 
shall determine, after consultation with the head of each 
agency and the Administrator of General Services, the 
method to access any open Government data assets pub-
lished through the interface described in subsection (a).’’. 
(2) SPECIAL PROVISIONS.—
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(A) 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (i), section 3562 of title 44, United 
States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall 
take effect on the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act and shall apply 
with respect to any contract entered into by an 
agency on or after such effective date. 
(B) USE OF OPEN DATA ASSETS.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the head of each agency shall ensure that 
any activities by the agency or any new contract 
entered into by the agency meet the requirements 
of section 3562 of title 44, United States Code, 
as added by paragraph (1). 
(C) DEADLINE FOR FEDERAL DATA CATA-
LOG.—Not later than 180 days after the effective 
date of this section, the Administrator of General 
Services shall meet the requirements of section 
3566 of title 44, United States Code, as added by 
paragraph (1) 
(3) 
TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 35 of title 
44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA 
‘‘3561. Definitions.
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‘‘3562. Requirements for Government data. 
‘‘3563. Enterprise Data Inventory. 
‘‘3564. Federal agency responsibilities. 
‘‘3565. Additional agency data asset management responsibilities. 
‘‘3566. Federal Data Catalog.’’. 
(d) EVALUATION OF AGENCY ANALYTICAL CAPABILI-
TIES.— 
(1) AGENCY REVIEW OF EVALUATION AND ANAL-
YSIS CAPABILITIES; REPORT.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Op-
erating Officer of each agency shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, 
and the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget a report on the review described in paragraph 
(2). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS OF AGENCY REVIEW.—The 
report required under paragraph (1) shall assess the 
coverage, quality, methods, effectiveness, and inde-
pendence of the evaluation, research, and analysis ef-
forts of an agency, including each of the following: 
(A) A list of the activities and operations of 
the agency that are being evaluated and ana-
lyzed and the activities and operations that have 
been evaluated and analyzed during the previous 
5 years.
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(B) The extent to which the evaluations, re-
search, and analysis efforts and related activities 
of the agency support the needs of various divi-
sions within the agency. 
(C) The extent to which the evaluation re-
search and analysis efforts and related activities 
of the agency address an appropriate balance be-
tween needs related to organizational learning, 
ongoing 
program 
management, 
performance 
management, strategic management, interagency 
and private sector coordination, internal and ex-
ternal oversight, and accountability. 
(D) The extent to which the agency uses 
methods and combinations of methods that are 
appropriate to agency divisions and the cor-
responding research questions being addressed, 
including an appropriate combination of forma-
tive and summative evaluation research and 
analysis approaches. 
(E) The extent to which evaluation and re-
search capacity is present within the agency to 
include personnel, agency process for planning 
and implementing evaluation activities, dissemi-
nating best practices and findings, and incor-
porating employee views and feedback.
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(F) The extent to which the agency has the 
capacity to assist front-line staff and program 
offices to develop the capacity to use evaluation 
research and analysis approaches and data in 
the day-to-day operations. 
(3) GAO REVIEW
OF
AGENCY
REPORTS.—Not 
later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report that summarizes 
agency findings and highlights trends from the re-
ports submitted under paragraph (1) and, if appro-
priate, recommends actions to further improve agency 
capacity to use evaluation techniques and data to 
support evaluation efforts. 
(e) ONLINE
REPOSITORY
AND
ADDITIONAL
RE-
PORTS.— 
(1) REPOSITORY.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall collaborate with the 
Office of Government Information Services and the 
Administrator of General Services to develop and 
maintain an online repository of tools, best practices, 
and schema standards to facilitate the adoption of 
open data practices, which shall— 
(A) include definitions, regulation and pol-
icy, checklists, and case studies related to open
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data, this section, and the amendments made by 
this section; and 
(B) facilitate collaboration and the adop-
tion of best practices across the Federal Govern-
ment relating to the adoption of open data prac-
tices. 
(2) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House of Representa-
tives a report that identifies— 
(A) the value of information made available 
to the public as a result of this section and the 
amendments made by this section; 
(B) whether it is valuable to expand the 
publicly available information to any other data 
assets; and 
(C) the completeness of the Enterprise Data 
Inventory at each agency required under section 
3563 of title 44, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (c). 
(3) BIENNIAL OMB REPORT.—Not later than 1 
year after the effective date of this section, and every
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2 years thereafter, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall electronically publish a re-
port on agency performance and compliance with this 
section and the amendments made by this section. 
(4) AGENCY CIO REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the effective date of this section and every year 
thereafter, the Chief Information Officer of each agen-
cy shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives a report on compliance with the re-
quirements of this section and the amendments made 
by this section, including information on the require-
ments that the agency could not meet and what the 
agency needs to comply with those requirements. 
(f) GUIDANCE.—The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall delegate to the Administrator of the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and the Ad-
ministrator of the Office of Electronic Government the au-
thority to jointly issue guidance required under this section. 
(g) NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS.—This section and 
the amendments made by this section shall not apply to 
data assets that are contained in a national security sys-
tem, as defined in section 11103 of title 40, United States 
Code.
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(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion, or the amendments made by this section, shall be con-
strued to require the disclosure of information or records 
that may be withheld from public disclosure under any pro-
vision of Federal law, including section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of 
Information Act’’) and section 552a of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’). 
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the amend-
ments made by this section, shall take effect on the date 
that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6013. BRIEFING ON PLANS TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE 
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES. 
Not later than December 1, 2017, the Secretary of De-
fense shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives on the Depart-
ment’s plans to develop and improve additive manufac-
turing, including the Department’s plans to— 
(1) develop military and quality assurance 
standards as quickly as possible; 
(2) leverage current manufacturing institutes to 
conduct research in the validation of quality stand-
ards for additive manufactured parts; and
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(3) further integrate additive manufacturing ca-
pabilities and capacity into the Department’s organic 
depots, arsenals, and shipyards. 
TITLE LXII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
SEC. 6201. ADVANCEMENTS IN DEFENSE COOPERATION BE-
TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA. 
(a) STRATEGY TO FURTHER COOPERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, develop a strategy for advancing defense co-
operation between the United States and India. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy shall address the 
following: 
(A) Common security challenges. 
(B) The role of United States partners and 
allies in the United States-India defense rela-
tionship. 
(C) The role of the Defense Technology and 
Trade Initiative. 
(D) How to advance the Communications 
Interoperability and Security Memorandum of 
Agreement and the Basic Exchange and Co-
operation Agreement for Geospatial Cooperation.
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(E) The role of joint exercises, operations, 
patrols and mutual defense planning. 
(F) Any other matters the Secretary of De-
fense or the Secretary of State considers appro-
priate. 
(b) INDIA AS MAJOR DEFENSE PARTNER.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(A) Subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 1292 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2559; 22 U.S.C. 2751 note) requires the recogni-
tion of India as a major defense partner. 
(B) The President and the Prime Minister 
of India, in a joint statement, noted that India 
is a Major Defense Partner of the United States. 
(C) The designation of ‘‘Major Defense 
Partner’’ is unique to India, and institutional-
izes the progress made to facilitate defense trade 
and technology sharing between the United 
States and India. 
(D) The designation elevates defense trade 
and technology cooperation between the United 
States and India to a level commensurate with
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the closest allies and partners of the United 
States. 
(E) The designation is intended to facilitate 
technology sharing between the United States 
and India, including license-free access to a wide 
range of dual-use technologies. 
(F) The designation facilitates joint exer-
cises, coordination on defense strategy and pol-
icy, military exchanges, and port calls in sup-
port of defense cooperation between the United 
States and India. 
(2) INTERAGENCY DEFINITION.—The Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of 
Commerce shall jointly produce a common definition 
of the term ‘‘Major Defense Partner’’ as it relates to 
India for joint use by the Department of Defense, the 
Department of State, and the Department of Com-
merce. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENHANCED COOPERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of State shall make the des-
ignation required by subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 
1292 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017.
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(2) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—In addition to the du-
ties specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection 
(a)(1)(B) of such section 1292, the individual des-
ignated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall promote 
United States defense trade with India for the benefit 
of job creation and commercial competitiveness in the 
United States. 
(3) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 
days thereafter, appropriate officials of the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense and appropriate officials of 
the Department of State shall brief the appropriate 
committees of Congress on the actions of the Depart-
ment of Defense and the Department of State, respec-
tively, to promote the competitiveness of United States 
defense exports to India. The requirement for briefings 
under this paragraph shall cease on the date of the 
designation of an individual pursuant to paragraph 
(1). 
(4) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate; and
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(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
SEC. 6202. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 
STATES REPORT. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection (b) is en-
acted in coordination with section 1205, to which it relates. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 1, 2018, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
report that sets forth the following: 
(A) A description of the mechanisms and 
authorities used by the Department of Defense 
and the Department of State to conduct training 
of foreign security forces on human rights and 
international humanitarian law. 
(B) A description of the funding used to 
support the training described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(C) A description and assessment of the 
methodology used by each of the Department of 
Defense and the Department of State to assess 
the effectiveness of such training.
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(D) Such recommendations for improve-
ments to such training as the Comptroller Gen-
eral considers appropriate. 
(E) Such other matters relating to such 
training as the Comptroller General considers 
appropriate. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 6203. HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF AFGHAN NATIONAL 
DEFENSE AND SECURITY FORCES. 
The Secretary of Defense may establish within the De-
partment of Defense one or more permanent positions to 
oversee and support, in coordination with the Department 
of State, the implementation of section 362 of title 10, 
United States Code, with respect to the Afghan National 
Defense and Security Forces.
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SEC. 6204. ADDITIONAL MATTER FOR SENSE OF CONGRESS 
ON EXTENDED DETERRENCE FOR THE KO-
REAN PENINSULA AND JAPAN. 
Section 1269(2) is deemed to be amended by inserting 
the following before the period: ‘‘, and should fully consider 
actions to reassure the Republic of Korea and Japan of the 
enduring commitment of the United States to provide its 
full range of defensive capabilities’’. 
SEC. 6205. STUDY ON UNITED STATES INTERESTS IN THE 
FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
enter into an agreement with an appropriate independent 
entity to conduct a study and assessment of United States 
security and foreign policy interests in the Freely Associ-
ated States of the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall address the following: 
(1) The role of the Compacts of Free Association 
in promoting United States defense and foreign pol-
icy interests, and the status of the obligations of the 
United States and the Freely Associated States under 
the Compacts of Free Association. 
(2) The economic assistance practices of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China in the Freely Associated 
States, and the implications of such practices for
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United States defense and foreign policy interests in 
the Freely Associated States and the Pacific region. 
(3) The economic assistance practices of other 
countries in the Freely Associated States, as deter-
mined by the Comptroller General, and the implica-
tions of such practices for United States defense and 
foreign policy interests in the Freely Associated States 
and the Pacific region. 
(4) Any other matters the Secretary considers 
appropriate for purposes of the study. 
(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT.—The Sec-
retary shall provide the entity conducting the study pursu-
ant to subsection (a) with timely access to appropriate in-
formation, data, resources, and analysis so that the entity 
may conduct a thorough and independent assessment of the 
matters covered by the study, including the matters speci-
fied in subsection (b). 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 1, 
2018, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report setting forth the results of 
the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified for, but may in-
clude a classified annex.
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SEC. 6206. PLAN TO ENHANCE THE EXTENDED DETER-
RENCE AND ASSURANCE CAPABILITIES OF 
THE UNITED STATES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC 
REGION. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress recognizes that North Korea’s 
first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile 
(ICBM) constitutes a grave and imminent threat to United 
States security and to the security of United States allies 
and partners in the Asia-Pacific region. 
(b) PLAN.—Not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Commander of the United States Pacific 
Command and the Commander of the United States Stra-
tegic Command, shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a plan to enhance the extended deterrence and 
assurance capabilities of the United States in the Asia-Pa-
cific region. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The plan shall in-
clude consideration of actions that will enhance United 
States security by strengthening deterrence of North Korean 
aggression and providing increased assurance to United 
States allies in the Asia-Pacific region, including the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Increased visible presence of key United 
States military assets, such as missile defenses, long-
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range strike assets, and intermediate-range strike as-
sets, to the region that do not violate existing treaties. 
(2) Increased military cooperation, exercises, and 
integration of defenses with allies in the region. 
(3) Increased foreign military sales to allies in 
the region. 
(4) Planning for, exercising, or deploying dual- 
capable aircraft to the region. 
(5) Any necessary modifications to the United 
States nuclear force posture. 
(6) Such other actions the Secretary considers 
appropriate to strengthen extended deterrence and as-
surance in the region. 
(d) FORM.—The plan shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 6207. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON PROVISIONS RE-
LATING TO THE UKRAINE SECURITY ASSIST-
ANCE INITIATIVE. 
Sections 1243 through 1250 of this Act shall have no 
force or effect. 
SEC. 6208. EXTENSION OF UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
INITIATIVE. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 1250 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
(Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1068), as amended by sec-
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tion 1237 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2494), is 
further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
(b) FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018.—Subsection (f) 
of such section 1250, as added by subsection (a) of such 
section 1237, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) For fiscal year 2018, $500,000,000.’’. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Subsection (c) of such 
section 1250, as amended by subsection (c) of such section 
1237, is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pursu-
ant to subsection (f)(2)’’ the following: ‘‘, or more 
than $250,000,000 of the funds available for fiscal 
year 2018 pursuant to subsection (f)(3),’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘with respect to the 
fiscal year concerned’’ after ‘‘is a certifi-
cation’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and improvement in 
transparency, accountability, and potential 
opportunities for privatization in the de-
fense 
industrial 
sector’’ 
and 
inserting
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‘‘sustainment, inventory management prac-
tices, progress in improving the security of 
proprietary or sensitive foreign defense tech-
nology’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting 
after ‘‘additional action is needed’’ the following: 
‘‘and a description of the methodology used to 
evaluate whether Ukraine has made progress in 
defense institutional reforms relative to pre-
viously established goals and objectives’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or 2018’’ after ‘‘in fiscal 
year 2017’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘in paragraph (2), such 
funds may be used in that fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in paragraph (2) with respect to such 
fiscal year, such funds may be used in such fiscal 
year’’. 
SEC. 6209. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY ON TRAINING FOR 
EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONAL SECURITY 
FORCES IN THE COURSE OF MULTILATERAL 
EXERCISES. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 1251 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
(10 U.S.C. 2282 note) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2020’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2016 through 2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016 through calendar year 
2020’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL
AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Such section is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘military’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘security’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘that’’ and in-
serting ‘‘than’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘section 2282’’ 
and inserting ‘‘chapter 16’’. 
SEC. 6210. SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR BALTIC NATIONS 
FOR JOINT PROGRAM FOR RESILIENCY AND 
DETERRENCE AGAINST AGGRESSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, conduct or support 
a joint program of the Baltic nations to improve their resil-
ience against and build their capacity to deter aggression 
by the Russian Federation. 
(b) JOINT PROGRAM.—For purposes of subsection (a), 
a joint program of the Baltic nations may be either of the 
following:
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(1) A program jointly agreed by the Baltic na-
tions that builds interoperability among those coun-
tries. 
(2) An agreement for the joint procurement by 
the Baltic nations of defense articles or services using 
assistance provided pursuant to subsection (a). 
(c) PARTICIPATION
OF
OTHER
COUNTRIES.—Any 
country other than a Baltic nation may participate in the 
joint program described in subsection (a), but only using 
funds of such country. 
(d) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT.—The total amount of as-
sistance provided pursuant to subsection (a) in fiscal year 
2018 may not exceed $100,000,000. 
(e) FUNDING.—Amounts for assistance provided pur-
suant to subsection (a) shall be derived from amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated by this Act and available for 
the European Deterrence Initiative (EDI). 
(f) BALTIC NATIONS DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘Baltic nations’’ means the following: 
(1) Estonia. 
(2) Latvia. 
(3) Lithuania.
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SEC. 6211. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY 
DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION. 
Section 1245(b) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3566), 
as most recently amended by section 1235(a) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2490), is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (14) through 
(20) as paragraphs (15) through (21), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (14): 
‘‘(14) An assessment of Russia’s hybrid warfare 
strategy and capabilities, including— 
‘‘(A) Russia’s information warfare strategy 
and capabilities, including the use of misin-
formation, disinformation, and propaganda in 
social and traditional media; 
‘‘(B) Russia’s financing of political parties, 
think tanks, media organizations, and academic 
institutions; 
‘‘(C) Russia’s malicious cyber activities;
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‘‘(D) Russia’s use of coercive economic tools, 
including sanctions, market access, and differen-
tial pricing, especially in energy exports; and 
‘‘(E) Russia’s use of criminal networks and 
corruption to achieve political objectives.’’. 
SEC. 6212. ANNUAL REPORT ON ATTEMPTS OF THE RUS-
SIAN 
FEDERATION 
TO 
PROVIDE 
DISINFORMATION 
AND 
PROPAGANDA 
TO 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES BY SOCIAL 
MEDIA. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
March 31 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on attempts 
by the Russian Federation, or any foreign person acting 
as an agent of or on behalf of the Russian Federation, dur-
ing the preceding year to knowingly disseminate Russian 
Federation-supported 
disinformation 
or 
propaganda, 
through social media applications or related Internet-based 
means, to members of the Armed Forces with probable in-
tent to cause injury to the United States or advantage the 
Government of the Russian Federation. 
(b) FORM.—Each report under this section shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex.
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SEC. 6213. SUPPORT OF EUROPEAN DETERRENCE INITIA-
TIVE TO DETER RUSSIAN AGGRESSION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Military exercises, such as Exercise Nifty 
Nugget and Exercise Reforger during the Cold War, 
have historically made important contributions to 
testing operational concepts, technologies, and leader-
ship approaches; identifying limiting factors in the 
execution of operational plans and appropriate cor-
rective action; and bolstering deterrence against ad-
versaries by demonstrating United States military ca-
pabilities. 
(2) Military exercises with North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) allies enhance the interoper-
ability and strategic credibility of the alliance. 
(3) The increase in conventional, nuclear, and 
hybrid threats by the Russian Federation against the 
security interests of the United States and allies in 
Europe requires substantial and sustained investment 
to improve United States combat capability in Eu-
rope. 
(4) The decline of a permanent United States 
military presence in Europe in recent years increases 
the likelihood the United States will rely on being 
able to flow forces from the continental United States
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to the European theater in the event of a major con-
tingency. 
(5) Senior military leaders, including the Com-
mander of United States Transportation Command, 
have warned that a variety of increasingly advanced 
capabilities, especially the proliferation of anti-access, 
area denial (A2/AD) capabilities, have given adver-
saries of the United States the ability to challenge the 
freedom of movement of the United States military in 
all domains from force deployment to employment to 
disrupt, delay, or deny operations. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that, to enhance the European Deterrence Initiative and 
bolster deterrence against Russian aggression, the United 
States, together with North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
allies and other European partners, should demonstrate its 
resolve and ability to meet its commitments under Article 
V of the North Atlantic Treaty through appropriate mili-
tary exercises with an emphasis on participation of United 
States forces based in the continental United States and 
testing strategic and operational logistics and transpor-
tation capabilities. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2018, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
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sional defense committees a report setting forth the 
following: 
(A) An analysis of the challenges to the 
ability of the United States to flow significant 
forces from the continental United States to the 
European theater in the event of a major contin-
gency. 
(B) The plans of the Department of Defense, 
including the conduct of military exercises, to 
address such challenges. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
SEC. 6214. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE EUROPEAN DETER-
RENCE INITIATIVE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the European Deterrence Initiative will bol-
ster efforts to deter further Russian aggression by pro-
viding resources to— 
(A) train and equip the military forces of 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
and non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
partners in order to improve responsiveness, ex-
pand expeditionary capability, and strengthen
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combat effectiveness across the spectrum of secu-
rity environments; 
(B) enhance the indications and warning, 
interoperability, and logistics capabilities of Al-
lied and partner military forces to increase their 
ability to respond to external aggression, defend 
sovereignty and territorial integrity, and pre-
serve regional stability; 
(C) improve the agility and flexibility of 
military forces required to address threats across 
the full spectrum of domains and effectively oper-
ate in a wide array of coalition operations 
across diverse global environments from North 
Africa and the Middle East to Eastern Europe 
and the Arctic; and 
(D) mitigate potential gaps forming in the 
areas of information warfare, Anti-Access Area 
Denial, and force projection; 
(2) investments that support the security and 
stability of Europe, and that assist European nations 
in further developing their security capabilities, are 
in the long-term vital national security interests of 
the United States; and 
(3) funds for such efforts should be authorized 
and appropriated in the base budget of the Depart-
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ment of Defense in order to ensure continued and 
planned funding to address long-term stability in Eu-
rope, reassure the European allies and partners of the 
United States, and deter further Russian aggression. 
SEC. 6215. ENHANCEMENT OF UKRAINE SECURITY ASSIST-
ANCE INITIATIVE. 
Section 1250(b) of National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 126 Stat. 1068), 
as amended by section 1237(b) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 
130 Stat. 2495), is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(12) Treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers 
in the United States in medical treatment facilities 
through the Secretarial Designee Program, including 
transportation, lodging, meals, and other appropriate 
non-medical support in connection with such treat-
ment, and education and training for Ukrainian 
healthcare specialists such that they can provide con-
tinuing care and rehabilitation services for wounded 
Ukrainian soldiers. 
‘‘(13) Air defense and coastal defense radars. 
‘‘(14) Naval mine and counter-mine capabilities. 
‘‘(15) Littoral-zone and coastal defense vessels.’’.
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SEC. 6216. ASSESSMENT OF THE EXPANDING GLOBAL IN-
FLUENCE OF CHINA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE 
NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
enter into a contract or other agreement with an appro-
priate entity independent of the Department of Defense to 
conduct an assessment of the foreign military and non-mili-
tary influence of the People’s Republic of China which could 
affect the regional and global national security and defense 
interests of the United States. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub-
section (a) shall include an evaluation of the following: 
(1) The expansion by China of military and 
non-military means of influence in the Indo-Asia-Pa-
cific region and globally, including, infrastructure in-
vestments, influence campaigns, loans, access to mili-
tary equipment, military training, tourism, media, 
and access to foreign ports and military bases, and 
whether such means of influence could affect United 
States national security or defense interests, including 
operational access. 
(2) The implications, if any, of such means of 
influence for the military force posture, access, train-
ing, and logistics of the United States and China.
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(3) The United States policy and strategy for 
mitigating any harmful effects resulting from such 
means of influence. 
(4) The resources required to implement the pol-
icy and strategy, and the plan to address and miti-
gate any gaps in capabilities or resources necessary 
for the implementation of the policy and strategy. 
(5) Measures to bolster the roles of allies, part-
ners, and other countries to implement the policy and 
strategy. 
(6) Any other matters the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on the assessment required pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
(2) FORM.—The report required shall be sub-
mitted unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 6217. INEFFECTIVENESS OF EXPANSION OF MILITARY- 
TO-MILITARY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GOV-
ERNMENT OF BURMA. 
Section 1262 of this Act shall have no force or effect.
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TITLE 
LXVI—STRATEGIC 
PRO-
GRAMS, CYBER, AND INTEL-
LIGENCE MATTERS 
SEC. 6601. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON USE OF INTERGOVERN-
MENTAL PERSONNEL ACT MOBILITY PRO-
GRAM AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE PROGRAM 
TO OBTAIN PERSONNEL WITH CYBER SKILLS 
AND ABILITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Department of Defense should fully use 
the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Pro-
gram (IPAMP) and the Department of Defense Infor-
mation Technology Exchange Program (ITEP) to ob-
tain cyber personnel across the Government by 
leveraging cyber capabilities found at the State and 
local government level and in the private sector in 
order to meet the needs of the Department for cyberse-
curity professionals; and 
(2) the Department should implement at the ear-
liest practicable date a strategy that includes policies 
and plans to fully use such programs to obtain such 
personnel for the Department.
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SEC. 6602. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ESTABLISHING AN 
AWARD PROGRAM FOR THE CYBER COMMU-
NITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
should consider— 
(1) establishing an award program for employees 
of the Department of Defense who carry out the cyber 
missions or functions of the Department of Defense; 
(2) all award options under law or policy, in-
cluding compensation, time off, and status awards; 
(3) awards based upon operational impact and 
meritorious service; 
(4) providing the largest possible opportunity for 
such members or employees to earn such rewards 
without regard to type of position, grade, years of 
service, experience or past performance; 
(5) individual and organization rewards; and 
(6) other factors, as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate, that would reward and provide incentive to 
cyber personnel or organizations. 
SEC. 6603. REVIEW OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR AND RADI-
OLOGICAL TERRORISM PREVENTION STRAT-
EGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy, acting 
through the Administrator for Nuclear Security, shall enter 
into an arrangement with the National Academy of
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Sciences to assess and recommend improvements to the 
strategies of the United States for preventing, countering, 
and responding to nuclear and radiological terrorism, spe-
cifically terrorism involving the use of nuclear weapons, im-
provised nuclear devices, or radiological dispersal or expo-
sure devices, or the sabotage of nuclear facilities. 
(b) REVIEW.—The assessment conducted under sub-
section (a) shall address the adequacy of the strategies of 
the United States described in that subsection and identify 
technical, policy, and resource gaps with respect to— 
(1) identifying national and international nu-
clear and radiological terrorism risks and critical 
emerging threats; 
(2) preventing state and non-state actors from 
acquiring the technologies, materials, and critical ex-
pertise needed to mount nuclear or radiological at-
tacks; 
(3) countering efforts by state and non-state ac-
tors to mount such attacks; 
(4) responding to nuclear and radiological ter-
rorism incidents to attribute their origin and help 
manage their consequences; and 
(5) other important matters identified by the 
National Academy of Sciences that are directly rel-
evant to those strategies.
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(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The assessment conducted 
under subsection (a) shall include recommendations to the 
Secretary of Energy, Congress, and such other Federal enti-
ties as the National Academy of Sciences considers appro-
priate, for preventing, countering, and responding to nu-
clear and radiological terrorism, including recommenda-
tions for— 
(1) closing technical, policy, or resource gaps; 
(2) improving cooperation and appropriate inte-
gration among Federal entities and Federal, State, 
and tribal governments; 
(3) improving cooperation between the United 
States and other countries and international organi-
zations; and 
(4) other important matters identified by the 
National Academy of Sciences that are directly rel-
evant to the strategies of the United States described 
in subsection (a). 
(d) LIAISONS.—The Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Sec-
retary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence 
shall appoint appropriate liaisons to the National Academy 
of Sciences with respect to supporting the timely conduct 
of the assessment required by subsection (a).
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(e) ACCESS TO MATERIALS.—The Secretary of Energy, 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Secretary of State, and the Director of National 
Intelligence shall provide access to the National Academy 
of Sciences to materials relevant to the assessment required 
by subsection (a). 
(f) CLEARANCES.—The Secretary of Energy and the 
Director of National Intelligence shall ensure that appro-
priate members and staff of the National Academy of 
Sciences have the necessary clearances, obtained in an expe-
dited manner, to conduct the assessment required by sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 6604. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NATIONAL SPACE DE-
FENSE CENTER. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Space is a warfighting domain. 
(2) Deterrence of adversaries of the United 
States, preserving the space domain, and defending 
against threats to space systems requires coordination 
across the Department of Defense, including the mili-
tary departments, and the intelligence community. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that—
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(1) the National Space Defense Center is critical 
to defending and securing the space domain in order 
to protect all United States assets in space; 
(2) integration between the intelligence commu-
nity and the Department of Defense within the Na-
tional Space Defense Center is essential to detecting, 
assessing, and reacting to evolving space threats; and 
(3) the Department of Defense, including the 
military departments, and the elements of the intel-
ligence community should seek ways to bolster inte-
gration with respect to space threats through work at 
the National Space Defense Center. 
(c) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
SEC. 6605. PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY 
DEPARTMENT OR CORPS SEPARATE FROM OR 
SUBORDINATE TO THE CURRENT MILITARY 
DEPARTMENTS. 
No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise available for fiscal year 2018 for the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used to establish a military depart-
ment or corps separate from or subordinate to the current 
military departments, including a Space Corps in the De-
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partment of the Air Force, or a similar such corps in any 
other military department. 
SEC. 6606. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON IRON DOME SHORT- 
RANGE 
ROCKET 
DEFENSE 
SYSTEM 
AND 
ISRAELI 
COOPERATIVE 
MISSILE 
DEFENSE 
PROGRAM. 
Paragraph (2) of section 1651(c) shall have no force 
or effect. 
SEC. 6607. REPORT ON INTEGRATION OF MODERNIZATION 
AND SUSTAINMENT OF NUCLEAR TRIAD. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) On January 27, 2017, President Donald 
Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum on Re-
building the United States Armed Forces, which em-
phasized the need for a ‘‘modern, robust, flexible, re-
silient, ready, and appropriately tailored’’ nuclear 
deterrent. 
(2) On January 31, 2017, Secretary of Defense 
James Mattis issued a memorandum entitled ‘‘Imple-
mentation Guidance for Budget Directives in the Na-
tional Security Presidential Memorandum on Re-
building the U.S. Armed Forces’’, which called for 
‘‘an ambitious reform agenda, which will include hor-
izontal integration across DoD components to im-
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prove efficiency and take advantage of economies of 
scale’’. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Lo-
gistics (or a successor in the Office of the Secretary 
of Defense with responsibility for acquisition pro-
grams), in coordination with the Secretary of the 
Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force, shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the potential to achieve greater efficiency by inte-
grating elements of acquisition programs related to 
the modernization and sustainment of the nuclear 
triad. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall, at a minimum— 
(A) identify any opportunities for improved 
efficiency in program management, cost, and 
schedule to be created by increasing integration, 
co-location, and commonality between the stra-
tegic deterrent programs and their systems, sub-
systems, technologies, and engineering processes; 
and
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(B) identify any risks to program manage-
ment, cost, and schedule, as well as mission and 
capability, created by the opportunities identi-
fied under subparagraph (A). 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in classified form, but with an 
unclassified summary. 
SEC. 6608. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 
STATES REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE 
CRITICAL 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES OBTAINED FROM 
SUPPLIERS CLOSELY LINKED TO A LEADING 
CYBER-THREAT ACTOR. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on any critical tele-
communications equipment, technologies, or services ob-
tained or used by the Department of Defense or its contrac-
tors or subcontrators that is— 
(1) manufactured by a foreign supplier, or a 
contractor or subcontractor of such supplier, that is 
closely linked to a leading cyber-threat actor; or 
(2) from an entity that incorporates or utilizes 
information technology manufactured by a foreign
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supplier, or a contractor or subcontractor of such sup-
plier, that is closely linked to a leading cyber-threat 
actor. 
(b) FORM.—The report shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may include a classified annex. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘leading cyber-threat actor’’ means 
a country identified as a leading threat actor in 
cyberspace in the report entitled ‘‘Worldwide Threat 
Assessment of the US Intelligence Community’’, dated 
May 11, 2017, and includes the People’s Republic of 
China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea, and the Russian Federa-
tion. 
(2) The term ‘‘closely linked’’, with respect to a 
foreign supplier, contractor, or subcontrator and a 
leading cyber-threat actor, means the foreign supplier, 
contractor, or subcontractor— 
(A) has ties to the military forces of such 
actor; 
(B) has ties to the intelligence services of 
such actor; 
(C) is the beneficiary of significant low in-
terest or no-interest loans, loan forgiveness, or 
other support of such actor; or
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(D) is incorporated or headquartered in the 
territory of such actor. 
TITLE LXXVIII—MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION 
AND 
GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 7801. CERTIFICATION RELATED TO CERTAIN ACQUISI-
TIONS OR LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY. 
Section 2662(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, as well as the 
certification described in paragraph (5).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) For purposes of paragraph (2), the certification 
described in this paragraph with respect to an acquisition 
or lease of real property is a certification that the Secretary 
concerned— 
‘‘(A) evaluated the feasibility of using space in 
property under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
Defense to satisfy the purposes of the acquisition or 
lease; and 
‘‘(B) determined that— 
‘‘(i) space in property under the jurisdic-
tion of the Department of Defense is not reason-
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ably available to be used to satisfy the purposes 
of the acquisition or lease; 
‘‘(ii) acquiring the property or entering 
into the lease would be more cost-effective than 
the use of the Department of Defense property; or 
‘‘(iii) the use of the Department of Defense 
property would interfere with the ongoing mili-
tary mission of the property.’’. 
SEC. 7802. ENERGY SECURITY FOR MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS IN EUROPE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) United States military installations in Eu-
rope are potentially vulnerable to supply disruptions 
from foreign governments, especially the Government 
of the Russian Federation, which could use control of 
energy supplies in a hostile or weaponized manner. 
(2) The Government of the Russian Federation 
has previously shown its willingness to aggressively 
use energy supplies as a weapon to pressure foreign 
nations, including Ukraine. 
(b) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense shall take 
appropriate measures, to the extent practicable, to— 
(1) reduce the dependency of all United States 
military installations in Europe on energy sourced 
inside Russia; and
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(2) ensure that all United States military instal-
lations in Europe are able to sustain operations in 
the event of a supply disruption. 
(c) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
December 31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall certify 
to the congressional defense committees whether or not every 
United States military installation in Europe— 
(1) is dependent to the minimum extent prac-
ticable on energy sourced inside the Russian Federa-
tion; and 
(2) has the ability to sustain operations during 
an energy supply disruption. 
(d) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 
180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall brief the 
congressional defense committees on progress in achieving 
the goals described in subsection (b), including— 
(1) an assessment of the operational risks of en-
ergy supply disruptions; 
(2) a description of mitigation measures identi-
fied to address such operational risks; 
(3) an assessment of the feasibility, estimated 
costs, and schedule of diversified energy solutions; and
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(4) an assessment of the minimum practicable 
usage of energy sourced inside Russia on United 
States military installations in Europe. 
(e) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
and make publicly available an interim report on progress 
in achieving the goals described in subsection (b), including 
the assessments described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 
subsection (d). 
(f) DEFINITION OF ENERGY SOURCED INSIDE RUS-
SIA.—In this section, the term ‘‘energy sourced inside Rus-
sia’’ means energy that is produced, owned, or facilitated 
by companies that are located in the Russian Federation 
or owned or controlled by the Government of the Russian 
Federation. 
SEC. 7803. LAND CONVEYANCE, MOUNTAIN HOME AIR 
FORCE BASE, IDAHO. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 
Air Force may convey to the City of Mountain Home, Idaho 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘City’’), all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real 
property, including improvements thereon, consisting of ap-
proximately 4.25 miles of railroad spur located near Moun-
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tain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, as further described in 
subsection (c), for the purpose of economic development. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) CONSIDERATION
REQUIRED.—As consider-
ation for the land conveyed under subsection (a), the 
City shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to 
the fair market value of the land, as determined by 
an appraisal approved by the Secretary. The City 
shall provide an amount that is acceptable to the Sec-
retary, whether by cash payment, in-kind consider-
ation as described under paragraph (2), or a com-
bination thereof. 
(2) IN-KIND CONSIDERATION.—In-kind consider-
ation provided by the City under paragraph (1) may 
include the acquisition, construction, provision, im-
provement, maintenance, repair, or restoration (in-
cluding environmental restoration), or combination 
thereof, of any facility or infrastructure under the ju-
risdiction of the Secretary. 
(3) 
TREATMENT
OF
CONSIDERATION
RE-
CEIVED.—Consideration in the form of cash payment 
received by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall 
be deposited in the separate fund in the Treasury de-
scribed in section 572(a)(1) of title 40, United States 
Code.
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(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) FINALIZING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon 
as practicable after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall finalize a 
map and the legal description of the property to be 
conveyed under subsection (a). 
(2) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force may correct any minor errors in the map or 
the legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal descrip-
tion shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion. 
(d) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) PAYMENT
REQUIRED.—The Secretary may 
require the City to cover all costs (except costs for en-
vironmental remediation of the property) to be in-
curred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary 
for costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the 
conveyance under this section, including survey costs, 
costs for environmental documentation, and any other 
administrative costs related to the conveyance. If 
amounts are collected from the City in advance of the 
Secretary incurring the actual costs, and the amount 
collected exceeds the costs actually incurred by the
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Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary 
shall refund the excess amount to the City. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received under paragraph (1) as reimburse-
ment for costs incurred by the Secretary to carry out 
the conveyance under subsection (a) shall be credited 
to the fund or account that was used to cover the costs 
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the convey-
ance, or to an appropriate fund or account currently 
available to the Secretary for the purposes for which 
the costs were paid. Amounts so credited shall be 
merged with amounts in such fund or account and 
shall be available for the same purposes, and subject 
to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in 
such fund or account. 
(e) USE RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve a 
right to temporarily use, for urgent reasons of national de-
fense and at no cost to the United States, all or a portion 
of the railroad spur conveyed under subsection (a). 
(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests 
of the United States.
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SEC. 7804. ANNUAL LOCALITY ADJUSTMENT OF DOLLAR 
THRESHOLDS APPLICABLE TO UNSPECIFIED 
MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORI-
TIES. 
Section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) ADJUSTMENT OF DOLLAR LIMITATIONS FOR LO-
CATION.—Each fiscal year, the Secretary concerned shall 
adjust the dollar limitations specified in this section appli-
cable to an unspecified minor military construction project 
inside the United States to reflect the area construction cost 
index for military construction projects published by the 
Department of Defense during the prior fiscal year for the 
location of the project.’’. 
TITLE LXXXI—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 8101. ALBUQUERQUE COMPLEX UPGRADES CONSTRUC-
TION PROJECT. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection (b) is en-
acted in coordination with section 3101, to which it relates. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT AL-
BUQUERQUE
COMPLEX
UPGRADES
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for Nu-
clear Security may enter into an incrementally fund-
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ed contract for Project 16–D–515, the Albuquerque 
Complex upgrades construction project, Albuquerque, 
New Mexico. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The total cost for the Albu-
querque Complex upgrades construction project may 
not exceed $174,700,000. 
(3) FUNDING OF INCREMENTS.— 
(A) INCREMENT 1.—The amount authorized 
to be appropriated by section 3101 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2754) for 
fiscal year 2017 and available for Project 16–D– 
515 as specified in the funding table in section 
4701 of that Act (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2890) shall be deemed to be an amount author-
ized to be appropriated for increment 1 of the 
Albuquerque Complex upgrades construction 
project. 
(B) INCREMENT 2.—The amount authorized 
to be appropriated by this section for fiscal year 
2018 and available for Project 16–D–515 as 
specified in the funding table in section 4701 of 
this Act shall be available for increment 2 of the 
Albuquerque Complex upgrades construction 
project.
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TITLE 
LXXXII—DEFENSE 
NU-
CLEAR 
FACILITIES 
SAFETY 
BOARD 
SEC. 8201. AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsections (b) and (c) 
are enacted in coordination with section 3201, to which 
they relate. 
(b) CERTIFICATION OF SUFFICIENCY OF BUDGET RE-
QUESTS.—Not later than 10 days after the date on which 
the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted 
to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a let-
ter— 
(1) certifying that the requested budget is suffi-
cient for the conduct of the safety reviews that the 
Board intends to conduct in that fiscal year; or 
(2) if the Board is unable to make the certifi-
cation described in paragraph (1), including a list of 
such reviews and the estimated level of additional 
funding required to conduct such reviews. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 
was chartered by Congress with an important mission
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to provide independent recommendations and advice 
to the President and the Secretary of Energy to pro-
tect public health and employee safety at defense nu-
clear facilities of the Department of Energy; 
(2) the role of the Board has necessarily evolved 
as the mission of the Department has changed over 
time, but the Board will continue to be vitally impor-
tant as the Department continues major efforts to 
modernize the nuclear weapons stockpile and update 
its infrastructure in the 21st century; and 
(3) any significant change to the Board and its 
mission can only be considered by the Board as a 
whole with oversight by Congress and requires legisla-
tive changes approved by Congress. 
DIVISION F—FURTHER 
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 
TITLE CI—PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 10101. INTERIM COMBAT SERVICE RIFLE. 
(a) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the 
Army is authorized to expedite acquiring a commercially 
available off-the-shelf item, non-developmental item, or Gov-
ernment-off-the-shelf materiel solution for an Interim Com-
bat Service Rifle for purposes of defeating the evolving 
threat that has placed the United States Armed Forces at 
increased risk.
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(b) ACCELERATION OF RELATED PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To ensure a complete capa-
bility is fielded simultaneously with the acquisition 
program authorized under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary is also authorized to use funding under the 
program to accelerate by one year the Squad Des-
ignated Marksman Rifle program and by two years 
the Advanced Armor Piercing ammunition program. 
(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—The authority 
under this subsection does not supersede the require-
ment to develop a Next Generation Squad Weapon. 
TITLE 
CII—RESEARCH, 
DEVEL-
OPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION 
SEC. 10201. SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVA-
TION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The ability of the Department of Defense to 
respond to national security challenges would benefit 
by increased workforce exposure to, and under-
standing of, modern problem-solving techniques and 
innovative methodologies. 
(2) Presenting national security problems to uni-
versities and education centers will increase diverse 
stakeholder participation in the rapid development of
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solutions to national security challenges and improve 
Department of Defense recruitment of young tech-
nologists and engineers with critical skill sets, includ-
ing cyber capabilities. 
(3) National security innovation and entrepre-
neurial education would provide a unique pathway 
for veterans, Federal employees, and military per-
sonnel to leverage their training, experience, and ex-
pertise to solve emerging national security challenges 
while learning cutting-edge business innovation meth-
odologies. 
(4) The benefits to be derived from supporting 
national security innovation and entrepreneurial 
education programs include— 
(A) enabling veterans and members of the 
Armed Forces to apply their battlefield knowl-
edge in a team environment to develop innova-
tive solutions to some of the United States’ most 
challenging national security problems; 
(B) encouraging students, university fac-
ulty, veterans, and other technologists and engi-
neers to develop new and vital skill sets to solve 
real-world national security challenges while in-
troducing them to public service opportunities; 
and
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(C) providing an alternative pathway for 
the Department of Defense to achieve critical 
agency objectives, such as acquisition reform and 
the rapid deployment of new and essential capa-
bilities to America’s warfighters. 
(b) SUPPORT AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may, 
acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Re-
search and Engineering, support national security in-
novation and entrepreneurial education programs. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Support under paragraph (1) 
may include the following: 
(A) Materials to recruit participants, in-
cluding veterans, for programs described in 
paragraph (1). 
(B) Model curriculum for such programs. 
(C) Training materials for such programs. 
(D) Best practices for the conduct of such 
programs. 
(E) Experimental learning opportunities 
for program participants to interact with oper-
ational forces and better understand national se-
curity challenges.
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(F) Exchanges and partnerships with De-
partment of Defense science and technology ac-
tivities. 
(G) Activities consistent with the Proof of 
Concept Commercialization Pilot Program estab-
lished under section 1603 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public 
Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2359 note). 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection (b), 
the Secretary may consult with the heads of such Federal 
agencies, universities, and public and private entities en-
gaged in the development of advanced technologies as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
(d) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary may— 
(1) develop and maintain metrics to assess na-
tional security innovation and entrepreneurial edu-
cation activities to ensure standards for programs 
supported under subsection (b) are consistent and 
being met; and 
(2) ensure that any recipient of an award under 
the Small Business Technology Transfer program, the 
Small Business Innovation Research program, and 
science and technology programs of the Department of 
Defense has the option to participate in training 
under a national security innovation and entrepre-
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neurial education program supported under sub-
section (b). 
(e) PARTICIPATION
BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
AND 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—The Secretary may 
encourage Federal employees and members of the Armed 
Forces to participate in a national security innovation and 
entrepreneurial education program supported under sub-
section (b) in order to gain exposure to modern innovation 
and entrepreneurial methodologies. 
SEC. 10202. INEFFECTIVENESS OF CODIFICATION AND EN-
HANCEMENT OF AUTHORITIES TO PROVIDE 
FUNDS FOR DEFENSE LABORATORIES FOR 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECH-
NOLOGIES FOR MILITARY MISSIONS. 
Section 212 shall have no force or effect. 
SEC. 10203. CODIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF AU-
THORITIES TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR DE-
FENSE LABORATORIES FOR RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR MILI-
TARY MISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2362 the 
following new section:
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‘‘§ 2363. Mechanisms to provide funds for defense lab-
oratories for research and development of 
technologies for military missions 
‘‘(a) MECHANISMS TO PROVIDE FUNDS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of 
the military departments, shall establish mechanisms under 
which the director of a defense laboratory may use an 
amount of funds equal to not less than two percent and 
not more than four percent of all funds available to the de-
fense laboratory for the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) To fund innovative basic and applied re-
search that is conducted at the defense laboratory and 
supports military missions. 
‘‘(B) To fund development programs that sup-
port the transition of technologies developed by the de-
fense laboratory into operational use. 
‘‘(C) To fund workforce development activities 
that improve the capacity of the defense laboratory to 
recruit and retain personnel with necessary scientific 
and engineering expertise that support military mis-
sions. 
‘‘(D) To fund the repair or minor military con-
struction of the laboratory infrastructure and equip-
ment, in accordance with subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) The mechanisms established under paragraph (1) 
shall provide that funding shall be used under paragraph
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(1) at the discretion of the director of a defense laboratory 
in consultation with the science and technology executive 
of the military department concerned. 
‘‘(3) After consultation with the science and technology 
executive of the military department concerned, the director 
of a defense laboratory may charge customer activities a 
fixed percentage fee, in addition to normal costs of perform-
ance, in order to obtain funds to carry out activities author-
ized by this subsection. The fixed fee may not exceed four 
percent of costs. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROJECTS.—Funds shall be available in accordance with 
subsection (a)(1)(D) only if— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary notifies the congressional de-
fense committees of the total cost of the project before 
the date on which the Secretary uses the mechanism 
under such subsection for such project; and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary ensures that the project com-
plies with the applicable cost limitations in— 
‘‘(A) section 2805(d) of this title, with re-
spect to revitalization and recapitalization 
projects; and 
‘‘(B) section 2811 of this title, with respect 
to repair projects.
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‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF AUTHORITY.—Not 
later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the use of the authority under subsection (a) during 
the preceding year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 139 of such title is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 2362 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘2363. Mechanisms to provide funds for defense laboratories for research and de-
velopment of technologies for military missions.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 219 of 
the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. 2358 
note), is hereby repealed. 
(2) Section 2805(d)(1)(B) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘under section 219(a) of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. 2358 
note)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2363(a) of this title’’. 
SEC. 10204. ANNUAL REPORT ON UNFUNDED REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR LABORATORY MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION PROJECTS. 
The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and En-
gineering shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees each year, at the time the budget of the President for
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the fiscal year beginning in such year is submitted to Con-
gress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
a reporting listing unfunded requirements on major and 
minor military construction projects for Department of De-
fense science and technology laboratories and facilities and 
test evaluation facilities. 
SEC. 10205. VERY-LOW PROFILE HARDWARE TO INTERACT 
WITH THE MOBILE USER OBJECTIVE SYSTEM 
AND OTHER SYSTEMS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—The amount authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2018 by section 201 for re-
search, development, test, and evaluation is hereby in-
creased by $8,000,000, with the amount of the increase to 
be available for the Joint Tactical Information Distribution 
System (PE 0604771D8Z). 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—The amount available under sub-
section (a) shall be available for the Secretary of Defense 
to study and demonstrate very-low profile hardware, such 
as antennas and chipsets, with software, encryption, and 
cyber and network management tools necessary to interact 
with the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) and other 
systems that are considered part of the Internet of things 
to provide command, control, communications, and cyber 
restoral capabilities.
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(c) OFFSET.—The amount authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 2018 by section 301 for operation 
and maintenance is hereby decreased by $8,000,000, with 
the amount of the decrease to be applied as an increase to 
the reduction from fuel savings in the funding table in sec-
tion 4301. 
TITLE CIII—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
SEC. 10301. REPORT ON RELEASE OF RADIUM OR RADIO-
ACTIVE MATERIAL INTO THE GROUNDWATER 
NEAR THE INDUSTRIAL RESERVE PLANT IN 
BETHPAGE, NEW YORK. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 
an addendum to the report submitted to Congress in June 
2017 entitled ‘‘2017 Annual Report For Groundwater Im-
pacts at Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant Bethpage, 
New York’’ that would detail any releases by the Depart-
ment of Defense of radium or radioactive material into the 
groundwater within a 75-mile radius of the industrial re-
serve plant in Bethpage, New York. 
SEC. 10302. SENSE ON CONGRESS ON THE SMALL TURBINE 
ENGINE INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
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(1) The United States small turbine engine in-
dustry has been innovating, developing, producing, 
and sustaining small gas turbine engines in a com-
petitive market for more than 75 years. 
(2) The United States small turbine engine in-
dustrial base has made the United States the knowl-
edge leader in low cost, no maintenance engine de-
signs with unmatched field reliability. 
(3) The United States small turbine engine in-
dustrial base is at a critical juncture, as military re-
quirements have tapered and missile programs, in 
misguided attempts to save money, are narrowing 
production contracts to a single vendor causing two 
of the three existing small turbine engine manufactur-
ers to go out of business. 
(4) The departure of these companies from the 
United States small turbine engine industry will 
leave only one viable, proven source for small turbine 
engines for the Department of Defense. 
(5) In 2016, a number of engine failures were 
encountered that severely diminished the throughput 
of the F107–WR–101 engine maintenance process for 
the AGM–86 Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM), 
thereby putting the weapon system at major readiness 
risk.
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(6) The narrowing of the United States small 
turbine engine industrial base would leave the De-
partment with a sole source United States supplier 
resulting in a loss of manufacturing and testing ca-
pability that would be extremely detrimental to both 
the United States industrial base and national secu-
rity by creating a single point of failure, increasing 
engine procurement and testing prices by eliminating 
competition, raising new engine development and air 
vehicle program risk, and eliminating capabilities 
and expertise that would require decades and millions 
of dollars to reconstitute. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the Department of Defense should— 
(1) allocate sufficient funding to properly sus-
tain the F107 turbine engine in order to ensure this 
vital weapon is viable until a replacement is fielded; 
and 
(2) contract with multiple, capable engine manu-
facturers to stabilize and revitalize the United States 
small turbine engine industrial base.
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SEC. 10303. REPORT ON OPTIMIZATION OF TRAINING IN 
AND MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL USE AIR-
SPACE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bases, 
Ranges, and Airspace Directorate of the Air Force shall, 
in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration, submit to Congress a report on opti-
mization of training in and management of special use air-
space that includes the following: 
(1) Best practices for the management of special 
use airspace including such practices that— 
(A) result in cost savings relating to train-
ing; 
(B) increase training opportunities for air-
men; 
(C) increase joint use of such airspace; 
(D) improve coordination with respect to 
such airspace with— 
(i) the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion; 
(ii) Indian tribes; and 
(iii) private landowners and other 
stakeholders; or
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(E) improve the coordination of large force 
exercises, including the use of waivers or other 
exceptional measures. 
(2) An assessment of whether the capacity of 
ranges, including limitations on flight operations, is 
adequate to meet current and future training needs. 
(3) An assessment of whether the establishment of 
a dedicated squadron for the purpose of coordinating 
the use of a special use airspace at the installation lo-
cated in that airspace would improve the achievement 
of the objectives described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of paragraph (1). 
(4) Recommendations for improving the manage-
ment and utilization of special use airspace to meet 
the objectives described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(E) of paragraph (1) and to address any gaps in ca-
pacity identified under paragraph (2). 
(b) SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘special use airspace’’ means special use air-
space designated under part 73 of title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
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SEC. 10304. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL STUDY ON 
HEALTH 
IMPLICATIONS 
OF 
PER- 
AND 
POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES CONTAMI-
NATION IN DRINKING WATER. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section is enacted 
in coordination with section 343. 
(b) EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry and in consultation 
with the Department of Defense, shall conduct an ex-
posure assessment of no less than 8 current or former 
domestic military installations known to have per- 
and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamina-
tion in drinking water, ground water, and any other 
sources of water and relevant exposure vectors. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The exposure assessment re-
quired under this subsection shall— 
(A) include— 
(i) for each military installation cov-
ered under the exposure assessment, a statis-
tical sample to be determined by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services in 
consultation with the relevant State health 
departments; and
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(ii) bio-monitoring for assessing the 
contamination described in paragraph (1); 
and 
(B) produce findings, which shall be— 
(i) used to help design the study de-
scribed in 343(a)(1); and 
(ii) released to the appropriate con-
gressional committees not later than 1 year 
after the conclusion of such exposure assess-
ment. 
(3) TIMING.—The exposure assessment required 
under this subsection shall— 
(A) begin not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act; and 
(B) conclude not later than 2 years after 
such date of enactment. 
TITLE CV—MILITARY 
PERSONNEL POLICY 
SEC. 10501. FLEXIBILITY IN PROMOTION OF DEPUTY JUDGE 
ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE AIR FORCE. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section is enacted 
in coordination with section 504. 
(b) DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE OF THE AIR FORCE.— 
Section 8037(e) of title 10, United States Code,, is amend-
ed—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary of the Air Force elects to convene 
a selection board under section 611(a) of this title to con-
sider eligible officers for selection to appointment as Deputy 
Judge Advocate General, the Secretary may, in connection 
with such consideration for selection— 
‘‘(A) treat any section in chapter 36 of this title 
referring to promotion to the next higher grade as if 
such section referred to promotion to a higher grade; 
and 
‘‘(B) waive section 619(a)(2) of this title if the 
Secretary determines that the needs of the Air Force 
require the waiver.’’. 
SEC. 10502. INEFFECTIVENESS OF PILOT PROGRAM ON IN-
TEGRATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
AND NON-FEDERAL EFFORTS FOR CIVILIAN 
EMPLOYMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES FOLLOWING TRANSITION FROM AC-
TIVE DUTY TO CIVILIAN LIFE. 
Section 546 shall have no force or effect.
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SEC. 10503. PILOT PROGRAM ON INTEGRATION OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE AND NON-FEDERAL EF-
FORTS FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT OF MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOLLOWING 
TRANSITION FROM ACTIVE DUTY TO CIVILIAN 
LIFE. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct a pilot program to assess the feasability and 
advisability of assisting members of the Armed Forces 
described in subsection (c) who are undergoing the 
transition from active duty in the Armed Forces to 
civilian life by accelerating and improving their ac-
cess to employment following their transition to civil-
ian life through the coordination, integration, and 
leveraging of existing programs and authorities of the 
Department of Defense for such purposes with pro-
grams and resources of State and local agencies, in-
stitutions of higher education, employers, and other 
public, private, and nonprofit entities applicable to 
the pilot program. 
(2) EXISTING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND RE-
SOURCES.—For purposes of this section, existing pro-
grams and resources of State and local agencies, in-
stitutions of higher education, employers, and other 
public, private, and nonprofit entities described in
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paragraph (1) in the vicinity of a location of the 
pilot program are referred to as the ‘‘existing commu-
nity programs and resources’’ in that vicinity. 
(b) GOALS.—The goals of the pilot program shall be 
as follows: 
(1) To facilitate the coordination of existing 
community programs and resources in the locations of 
the pilot program in order to identify a model for the 
coordination of such programs and authorities that 
can be replicated nationwide in communities in 
which members of the Armed Forces described in sub-
section (c) are undergoing the transition from active 
duty to civilian life. 
(2) To identify mechanisms by which the De-
partment of Defense and existing community pro-
grams and resources may work with employers and 
members of the Armed Forces described in subsection 
(c) in order to— 
(A) identify workforce needs that may be 
fulfilled by such members following their transi-
tion to civilian life; 
(B) identify military occupational skills 
that may satisfy the workforce needs identified 
pursuant to subparagraph (A); and
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(C) identify gaps in the available pre-em-
ployment testing and training of members of the 
Armed Forces that may require remediation in 
order to satisfy workforce needs identified pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A), and identify mecha-
nisms by which members of the Armed Forces de-
scribed in subsection (c) may receive testing or 
training to remediate such gaps. 
(3) To identify mechanisms to assist members of 
the Armed Forces described in subsection (c) in bridg-
ing geographical gaps between their final military in-
stallations and nearby metropolitan areas in which 
employment and necessary training are likely to be 
available to such members during or following their 
transition to civilian life. 
(4) To provide workforce training, in coordina-
tion with junior, community or technical colleges in 
the vicinity of the locations of the pilot program, pri-
vate industry, and nonprofit organizations, for mem-
bers of the Armed Forces participating in the pilot 
program to transition to jobs in the clean energy in-
dustry, including cyber and grid security, natural 
gas, solar, wind, and geothermal fields. 
(c) COVERED MEMBERS.—The members of the Armed 
Forces described in this subsection are the following:
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(1) Regular members of the Armed Forces who 
are within 180 days of discharge or release from the 
Armed Forces. 
(2) Members of the reserve components of the 
Armed Forces (whether National Guard or Reserve) 
who are on active duty for a period of more than 365 
days and are within 180 days of release from such ac-
tive duty. 
(d) LOCATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the pilot program at not less than five locations se-
lected by the Secretary for purposes of the pilot pro-
gram. 
(2) SELECTION REQUIREMENTS.—Each location 
selected pursuant to paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) include a military installation— 
(i) that has a well-established military- 
civilian community relationship with the 
civilian communities nearby; and 
(ii) at which serves an appropriate 
population of members of the Armed Forces 
described in subsection (c); 
(B) have a large employment or industry 
base that supports a variety of occupational op-
portunities;
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(C) have appropriate institutional infra-
structure for the provision of worker training; 
and 
(D) take place in a different geographic re-
gion of the United States. 
(e) ELEMENTS.—At each location selected for the pilot 
program there shall be the following: 
(1) A mechanism to identify existing community 
programs and resources for participation in the pilot 
program, including programs and resources that are 
currently working with programs and authorities of 
the Department of Defense to assist members of the 
Armed Forces described in subsection (c), and, espe-
cially, programs and resources that are recognized as 
engaging in best practices in working with such pro-
grams and authorities of the Department. 
(2) A mechanism to assess the willingness of em-
ployers in the vicinity of such location to participate 
in the pilot program and employ members of the 
Armed Forces participating in the pilot program fol-
lowing their transition to civilian life. 
(3) A mechanism to assess the willingness of the 
State in which such location is located to recognize 
military training for credit for professional and occu-
pational licenses.
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(4) A civilian community coordinator for the 
pilot program, who shall be responsible for implemen-
tation and execution of the pilot program for the De-
partment, and for coordinating existing community 
programs and resources, at such location by— 
(A) pursuing a multi-faceted outreach and 
engagement strategy that leverages relationships 
with appropriate public, private, and nonprofit 
entities in the vicinity of such location for pur-
poses of the pilot program; 
(B) developing and implementing a pro-
gram using existing public and private re-
sources, infrastructure, and experience to maxi-
mize the benefits of the pilot program for mem-
bers of the Armed Forces participating in the 
pilot program by minimizing the time required 
for completion of training provided to such mem-
bers under the pilot program, which program 
shall— 
(i) compliment continuing Department 
efforts to assist members of the Armed 
Forces in their transition from active duty 
in the Armed Forces to civilian life and to 
coordinate with existing veteran employ-
ment programs for purposes of such efforts;
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(ii) provide for the cultivation of a net-
work of partners among the entities de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) in order to 
maximize the number of opportunities for 
civilian employment for members of the 
Armed Forces participating in the pilot 
program following their transition to civil-
ian life; 
(iii) provide for the use of comprehen-
sive assessments of the military experience 
gained by members of the Armed Forces 
participating in the pilot program in order 
to assist them in obtaining civilian employ-
ment relating to their military occupations 
following their transition to civilian life, 
and to determine the pre-employment test-
ing that could be readily added to veterans 
workforce training programs to assist in 
that effort; 
(iv) seek to secure for members of the 
Armed Forces participating in the pilot 
program maximum credit for prior mili-
tary service in their pursuit of civilian em-
ployment following their transition to civil-
ian life;
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(v) seek to eliminate unnecessary and 
redundant elements of the training provided 
for purposes of the pilot program to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces participating in 
the pilot program; 
(vi) seek to minimize the time required 
for members of the Armed Forces partici-
pating in the pilot program in obtaining 
skills, credentials, pre-employment testing, 
or certifications required for civilian em-
ployment following their transition to civil-
ian life; and 
(vii) provide for the continuous collec-
tion of data and feedback from employers in 
the vicinity of such location in order to tai-
lor training provided to members of the 
Armed Forces for purposes of the pilot pro-
gram to meet the needs of such employers. 
(5) A plan of action for delivering additional 
training and credentialing modules for members of 
the Armed Forces described in subsection (c) in order 
to seek to provide such members with skills that are 
in high demand in the vicinity and region of such lo-
cation. 
(f) REPORTS.—
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(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the commencement of the pilot pro-
gram, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a report on the pilot program. The re-
port shall include, for each location selected for the 
pilot program pursuant to subsection (d), the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A full description of the pilot program, 
including— 
(i) the number of members of the 
Armed Forces participating in the pilot 
program; 
(ii) the outreach to public, private, and 
nonprofit entities conducted for purposes of 
the pilot program to encourage such entities 
to participate in the pilot program; 
(iii) the entities participating in the 
pilot program, set forth by employment sec-
tor; 
(iv) the number of members partici-
pating in the pilot program who obtained 
employment with an entity participating in 
the pilot program, set forth by employment 
sector;
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(v) a description of any additional 
training or pre-employment testing pro-
vided to members participating in the pilot 
program for purposes of the pilot program, 
including the amount of time required for 
such additional training or testing; and 
(vi) a description of the cost of the 
pilot program, including any cost borne by 
private entities. 
(B) A current assessment of the effect of the 
pilot program on Department of Defense and 
community efforts to assist members of the 
Armed Forces described in subsection (c) in ob-
taining civilian employment following their 
transition to civilian life. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days be-
fore the date on which the pilot program terminates, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives an update of the report submitted under 
paragraph (1). 
(g) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be 
construed to authorize the Secretary to hire additional em-
ployees for the Department of Defense to carry out the pilot 
program.
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(h) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary to 
carry out the pilot program shall terminate on the date that 
is two years after the date on which the pilot program com-
mences. 
TITLE CVI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
SEC. 10601. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE USE BY EXCHANGE 
STORES OF SMALL BUSINESSES AS SUP-
PLIERS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Exchange stores, as non-appropriated fund 
instrumentalities of the Department of Defense, are 
not required to give any preference to particular ven-
dors or suppliers. 
(2) Even so, exchange stores are uniquely posi-
tioned to feature products from small businesses, espe-
cially veteran-owned small businesses. 
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
to urge the Department to work with the military exchange 
services to develop strategies for featuring products of small 
businesses, particularly products of veteran-owned small 
businesses, in military exchange stores.
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SEC. 10602. GARNISHMENT TO SATISFY JUDGMENT REN-
DERED FOR PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, OR EMO-
TIONALLY ABUSING A CHILD. 
(a) GARNISHMENT AUTHORITY.—Section 1408 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) GARNISHMENT TO SATISFY A JUDGMENT REN-
DERED
FOR PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, OR EMOTIONALLY 
ABUSING A CHILD.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any pay-
ment of retired pay that would otherwise be made to a mem-
ber shall be paid (in whole or in part) by the Secretary 
concerned to another person if and to the extent expressly 
provided for in the terms of a child abuse garnishment 
order. 
‘‘(2) A court order providing for the payment of child 
support or alimony or, with respect to a division of prop-
erty, specifically providing for the payment of an amount 
of the disposable retired pay from a member to the spouse 
or a former spouse of the member, shall be given priority 
over a child abuse garnishment order. The total amount of 
the disposable retired pay of a member payable under a 
child abuse garnishment order shall not exceed 25 percent 
of the member’s disposable retired pay. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘court order’ includes 
a child abuse garnishment order.
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‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘child abuse garnish-
ment order’ means a final decree issued by a court that— 
‘‘(A) is issued in accordance with the laws of the 
jurisdiction of that court; and 
‘‘(B) provides in the nature of garnishment for 
the enforcement of a judgment rendered against the 
member for physically, sexually, or emotionally abus-
ing a child. 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, a judgment ren-
dered for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a 
child is any legal claim perfected through a final enforceable 
judgment, which claim is based in whole or in part upon 
the physical, sexual, or emotional abuse of an individual 
under 18 years of age, whether or not that abuse is accom-
panied by other actionable wrongdoing, such as sexual ex-
ploitation or gross negligence. 
‘‘(6) If the Secretary concerned is served with more 
than one court order with respect to the retired pay of a 
member, the disposable retired pay of the member shall be 
available to satisfy such court orders on a first-come, first- 
served basis, subject to the order of precedence specified in 
paragraph (2), with any such process being satisfied out 
of such monies as remain after the satisfaction of all such 
processes which have been previously served.
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‘‘(7) The Secretary concerned shall not be required to 
vary normal pay and disbursement cycles for retired pay 
in order to comply with a child abuse garnishment order.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—Subsection (l) of 
section 1408 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), shall apply with respect to a court order re-
ceived by the Secretary concerned on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, regardless of the date of the court 
order. 
SEC. 10603. ELEMENT IN NEXT QUADRENNIAL REVIEW OF 
MILITARY COMPENSATION ON VALUE AS-
SIGNED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MILITARY COM-
PENSATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall ensure that the 
first quadrennial review of the principals and concepts of 
the compensation system for members of the uniformed serv-
ices under section 1008(b) of title 37, United States Code, 
after the date of the enactment of this Act includes a review 
of the comparative value members of the Armed Forces as-
sign to various aspects of military compensation, including 
immediate and deferred cash compensation and in-kind 
compensation. 
(b) SURVEYS.—The review required by subsection (a) 
shall be based on an analysis of one or more surveys, con-
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ducted for purposes of the review, of representative popu-
lations of members of the Armed Forces, including regular 
members of the Armed Forces and members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces. 
(c) INCLUSION IN REPORT.—The President shall in-
clude the results of the review required by subsection (a) 
in the first report submitted to Congress pursuant to section 
1008(b) of title 37, after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
TITLE CVII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 10701. REQUIREMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT BY DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO ENTITIES CAR-
RYING OUT STATE VACCINATION PROGRAMS 
FOR COSTS OF VACCINES PROVIDED TO COV-
ERED BENEFICIARIES. 
Section 719 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 
1074g note) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AU-
THORIZATION OF REIMBURSEMENT’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘REIMBURSEMENT’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘may’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall’’.
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SEC. 10702. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN HEALTH CARE BENE-
FITS OF MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RE-
SERVE 
ORDERED 
TO 
ACTIVE 
DUTY 
FOR 
PREPLANNED MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE 
COMBATANT COMMANDS. 
(a) 
PRE-MOBILIZATION
HEALTH
CARE.—Section 
1074(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘in support of a contingency operation under’’ and 
inserting ‘‘under section 12304b of this title or’’. 
(b) 
TRANSITIONAL
HEALTH
CARE.—Section 
1145(a)(2)(B) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘in sup-
port of a contingency operation’’ and inserting ‘‘under sec-
tion 12304b of this title or a provision of law referred to 
in section 101(a)(13)(B) of this title’’. 
TITLE CVIII—ACQUISITION POL-
ICY, ACQUISITION MANAGE-
MENT, AND RELATED MAT-
TERS 
SEC. 10801. RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMERCIAL MARKET 
REPRESENTATIVES. 
Section 4(h) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
633(h)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) COMMERCIAL MARKET REPRESENTATIVES.— 
‘‘(1) DUTIES.—The principal duties of a com-
mercial market representative employed by the Ad-
ministrator and reporting to the senior official ap-
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pointed by the Administrator with responsibilities 
under sections 8, 15, 31, and 36 (or the designee of 
the official) shall be to advance the policies established 
in section 8(d)(1) relating to subcontracting, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) helping prime contractors to find 
small business concerns that are capable of per-
forming subcontracts; 
‘‘(B) for contractors awarded contracts con-
taining the clause described in section 8(d)(3), 
providing— 
‘‘(i) counseling on the responsibility of 
the contractor to maximize subcontracting 
opportunities for small business concerns; 
‘‘(ii) instruction on methods and tools 
to identify potential subcontractors that are 
small business concerns; and 
‘‘(iii) assistance to increase awards to 
subcontractors that are small business con-
cerns through visits, training, and reviews 
of past performance; 
‘‘(C) providing counseling on how a small 
business concern may promote the capacity of 
the small business concern to contractors award-
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ed contracts containing the clause described in 
section 8(d)(3); and 
‘‘(D) conducting periodic reviews of con-
tractors awarded contracts containing the clause 
described in section 8(d)(3) to assess compliance 
with subcontracting plans required under section 
8(d)(6). 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the re-
quirements of subparagraph (B), a commercial 
market representative referred to in section 
15(q)(3) shall have a Level I Federal Acquisition 
Certification in Contracting (or any successor 
certification) or the equivalent Department of 
Defense certification. 
‘‘(B) DELAY OF CERTIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENT.—The certification described in subpara-
graph (A) is not required— 
‘‘(i) for any person serving as a com-
mercial market representative on the date of 
enactment of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, until the 
date that is 1 calendar year after the date 
on which the person was appointed as a 
commercial market representative; or
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‘‘(ii) for any person serving as a com-
mercial market representative on or before 
November 25, 2015, until November 25, 
2020. 
‘‘(3) JOB POSTING REQUIREMENTS.—The duties 
and certification requirements described in this sub-
section shall be included in any initial job posting for 
the position of a commercial market representative.’’. 
SEC. 10802. MODIFICATION TO THE HUBZONE PROGRAM. 
Section 3(p)(4)(C) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘until the 
later of’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘for the 7-year 
period following the date on which the census tract or non-
metropolitan county ceased to be so qualified.’’. 
SEC. 10803. REPORT ON DEFENSE CONTRACTING FRAUD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on defense contracting fraud. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) A summary of fraud-related criminal convic-
tions and civil judgements or settlements over the pre-
vious five fiscal years.
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(2) A listing of contractors that within the pre-
vious five fiscal years performed contracts for the De-
partment of Defense and were debarred or suspended 
from Federal contracting based on a criminal convic-
tion for fraud. 
(3) An assessment of the total value of Depart-
ment of Defense contracts entered into during the pre-
vious five fiscal years with contractors that have been 
indicted for, settled charges of, been fined by any Fed-
eral department or agency for, or been convicted of 
fraud in connection with any contract or other trans-
action entered into with the Federal Government. 
(4) Recommendations by the Inspector General 
of the Department of Defense or other appropriate De-
partment of Defense official regarding how to penalize 
contractors repeatedly involved in fraud in connection 
with contracts or other transactions entered into with 
the Federal Government, including an update on im-
plementation by the Department of any previous such 
recommendations. 
SEC. 10804. GOVERNMENT MICRO-PURCHASE THRESHOLD 
MATTERS. 
(a) INCREASE IN THRESHOLD.—Section 1902(a)(1) of 
title 41, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘$3,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’.
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(b) CONVENIENCE CHECKS.—A convenience check may 
not be used for an amount in excess of one half of the micro- 
purchase threshold under section 1902(a) of title 41, United 
States Code, or a lower amount set by the head of the agen-
cy. Use of convenience checks shall comply with controls 
prescribed in Office of Management and Budget Circular 
A–123, Appendix B. 
TITLE CIX—DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE 
ORGANIZATION 
AND 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 10901. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIRE-
MENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORGANI-
ZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
FOR MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS 
FORCES AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on 
the implementation of section 922 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 
328; 130 Stat. 2354) and the amendments made by that 
section (in this section collectively referred to as the ‘‘cov-
ered authority’’).
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A statement of the responsibilities of the As-
sistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations 
and Low Intensity Conflict that is consistent with the 
covered authority, including an identification of any 
responsibilities to be divested by the Assistant Sec-
retary pursuant to the covered authority. 
(2) A resource-unconstrained analysis of man-
power requirements necessary to satisfy the respon-
sibilities akin to those of the Secretary of a military 
department that are specified by the covered author-
ity. 
(3) An accounting of civilian, military, and con-
tractor personnel currently assigned to the fulfillment 
of the responsibilities akin to those of the Secretary of 
a military department that are specified by the cov-
ered authority, including responsibilities relating to 
budget, personnel, programs and requirements, acqui-
sition, and special access programs. 
(4) A description of actions taken to implement 
the covered authority as of the date of the report, in-
cluding the assignment of any additional civilian, 
military, or contractor personnel to fulfill additional 
responsibilities akin to those of the Secretary of a
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military department that are specified by the covered 
authority. 
(5) An explanation how the responsibilities akin 
to those of the Secretary of a military department 
that assigned to the Assistant Secretary by the covered 
authority will be fulfilled in the absence of additional 
personnel being assigned to the office of the Assistant 
Secretary. 
(6) Any other matters the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
SEC. 10902. REPORT ON THE NEED FOR A JOINT CHEMICAL- 
BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE LOGISTICS CENTER. 
Not later than March 1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port that includes the following: 
(1) A description of the operational need and re-
quirement for a consolidated Joint Chemical-Biologi-
cal Defense Logistics Center. 
(2) Identification of the specific operational re-
quirements for rapid deployment of chemical and bio-
logical defense assets and the sustainment require-
ments for maintenance, storage, inspection, and dis-
tribution of specialized chemical, biological, radio-
logical, and nuclear equipment at the Joint Chemical- 
Biological Defense Logistics Center.
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(3) A definition of program objectives and mile-
stones to achieve initial operating capability and full 
operating capability. 
(4) Estimated facility and personnel resource re-
quirements for use in planning, programming, and 
budgeting. 
(5) An environmental assessment of proposed ef-
fects in accordance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
TITLE CX—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Additional General 
Provisions 
SEC. 11001. EXPANSION OF AVAILABILITY FROM THE DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF COUN-
SELING AND TREATMENT FOR SEXUAL TRAU-
MA FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 1720D(a)(2)(A) of title 38, United States Code 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘on active duty’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘that was suffered by the mem-
ber while serving on active duty, active duty for 
training, or inactive duty training’’ before the period 
at the end.
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SEC. 11002. REPORT ON THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM AND 
VULNERABILITIES RELEVANT TO DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE MISSIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall, in consultation with the heads of such com-
ponents of the Department of Defense as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate, submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees an assessment of Department of Defense policies and 
operational plans for addressing the national security im-
plications of global food system vulnerabilities. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) An evaluation of vulnerabilities in the global 
food system that may affect the national security of 
the United States and the Department of Defense 
roles, missions, and capabilities in addressing such 
vulnerabilities, including information technology, 
data management, and surveillance capabilities for 
detection and assessment of food system shocks with 
the potential to result in the deployment of the Armed 
Forces or directly affect bilateral security interests 
with allies or partners. 
(2) A characterization of how Department of De-
fense strategy, policies, and plans, including the Uni-
fied Command Plan, defense planning scenarios,
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operational plans, theater cooperation plans, and 
other relevant planning documents and procedures, 
account for food system vulnerabilities as precursors 
to and components of protracted major state conflicts, 
civil wars, insurgencies, or terrorism. 
(3) An evaluation of United States interests, in-
cluding the interests of allies and strategic partners, 
and potential United States military operations, in-
cluding thresholds for ordering such operations, in re-
gions where food system instability represents an ur-
gent and growing threat, including due to the pres-
ence of destabilizing non-state actors who may 
weaponize access to food. 
(4) An identification of opportunities to initiate 
or further develop cooperative military to military re-
lationships to build partner capacity to avoid, mini-
mize, or control global and regional food system 
shocks. 
SEC. 11003. INEFFECTIVENESS OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION OP-
ERATIONS AND CYBER-ENABLED INFORMA-
TION OPERATIONS. 
Section 1042 shall have no force or effect.
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SEC. 11004. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTEGRATION OF 
INFORMATION OPERATIONS AND CYBER-EN-
ABLED INFORMATION OPERATIONS. 
(a) INTEGRATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN-
FORMATION OPERATIONS AND CYBER-ENABLED INFORMA-
TION OPERATIONS.— 
(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL 
TASK FORCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish a cross-functional task force con-
sistent with section 911(c)(1) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) to in-
tegrate across the organizations of the Depart-
ment of Defense responsible for information oper-
ations, military deception, public affairs, elec-
tronic warfare, and cyber operations to produce 
integrated strategy, planning, and budgeting to 
counter, deter, and conduct strategic information 
operations and cyber-enabled information oper-
ations. 
(B) DUTIES.—The task force shall carry out 
the following: 
(i) Development of a strategic frame-
work for the conduct by the Department of 
Defense of information operations, includ-
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ing cyber-enabled information operations, 
coordinated across all relevant Department 
of Defense entities, including both near-term 
and long-term guidance for the conduct of 
such coordinated operations. 
(ii) Development and dissemination of 
a common operating paradigm across the 
organizations specified in subparagraph (A) 
of the influence, deception, and propaganda 
activities of key malign actors, including in 
cyberspace. 
(iii) Development of guidance for, and 
promotion of, the liaison capability of the 
Department to interact with the private sec-
tor, including social media, on matters re-
lated to the influence activities of malign 
actors. 
(iv) Serve as the primary Department 
of Defense liaison with the Global Engage-
ment Center and other relevant Federal en-
tities in carrying out the purpose set forth 
in section 1287(a)(2) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 
note).
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(2) HEAD OF CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TASK FORCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall appoint as the head of the task force such 
individual as the Secretary considers appro-
priate from among individuals serving in the 
Department as an Under Secretary of Defense or 
in such other position within the Department of 
lesser order of precedence. 
(B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibil-
ities of the head of the task force are as follows: 
(i) Oversight of strategic policy and 
guidance. 
(ii) Overall resource allocation for the 
integration of information operations and 
cyber operations of the Department. 
(iii) Ensuring the task force faithfully 
pursues the purpose set forth in subpara-
graph (A) of paragraph (1) and carries out 
its duties as set forth in subparagraph (B) 
of such paragraph. 
(iv) Carrying out such activities as are 
required of the head of the task force under 
subsections (b) and (c). 
(v) Coordination with the head of the 
Global Engagement Center in support of the
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execution of the purpose set forth in section 
1287(a)(2) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS AND PLANS FOR INFORMATION 
OPERATIONS.— 
(1) COMBATANT COMMAND PLANNING AND RE-
GIONAL STRATEGY.—(A) The Secretary shall require 
each commander of a combatant command to develop, 
in coordination with the relevant regional Assistant 
Secretary of State or Assistant Secretaries of State 
and with the assistance of the Coordinator of the 
Global Engagement Center and the head of the task 
force appointed under subsection (a)(2)(A), a regional 
information strategy and interagency coordination 
plan for carrying out the strategy, where applicable. 
(B) The Secretary shall require each commander 
of a combatant command to develop such require-
ments and specific plans as may be necessary for the 
conduct of information operations in support of the 
strategy required in subparagraph (A), including 
plans for deterring information operations, particu-
larly in the cyber domain, by malign actors against 
the United States, allies of the United States, and in-
terests of the United States.
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(2) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE STRATEGY FOR OPERATIONS IN THE INFOR-
MATION ENVIRONMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
head of the task force shall— 
(i) review the Department of Defense 
Strategy for Operations in the Information 
Environment, dated June 2016; and 
(ii) submit to the congressional defense 
committees a plan for implementation of 
such strategy. 
(B) ELEMENTS.—The implementation plan 
shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(i) An accounting of the efforts under-
taken in support of the strategy described in 
subparagraph (A)(i) since it was issued in 
June 2016. 
(ii) A description of any updates or 
changes to such strategy that have been 
made since it was first issued, as well as 
any expected updates or changes in light of 
the establishment of the task force. 
(iii) A description of the role of the De-
partment as part of a broader whole-of-gov-
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ernment strategy for strategic communica-
tions, including assumptions about the roles 
and contributions of other Government de-
partments and agencies to such a strategy. 
(iv) 
Defined 
actions, 
performance 
metrics, and projected timelines to achieve 
the following specified tasks: 
(I) Train, educate, and prepare 
commanders and their staffs, and the 
Joint Force as a whole, to lead, man-
age, and conduct operations in the in-
formation environment. 
(II) Train, educate, and prepare 
information operations professionals 
and practitioners to enable effective op-
erations in the information environ-
ment. 
(III) Manage information oper-
ations professionals, practitioners, and 
organizations to meet emerging oper-
ational needs. 
(IV) Establish a baseline assess-
ment of current ability of the Depart-
ment to conduct operations in the in-
formation environment, including an
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identification of the types of units and 
organizations currently responsible for 
building and employing information- 
related capabilities and an assignment 
of appropriate roles and missions for 
each type of unit or organization. 
(V) Develop the ability of the De-
partment and operating forces to en-
gage, assess, characterize, forecast, and 
visualize the information environment. 
(VI) Develop and maintain the 
proper capabilities and capacity to op-
erate effectively in the information en-
vironment in coordination with imple-
mentation of related cyber and other 
strategies. 
(VII) Develop and maintain the 
capability to assess accurately the ef-
fect of operations in the information 
environment. 
(VIII) Adopt, adapt, and develop 
new science and technology for the De-
partment to operate effectively in the 
information environment.
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(IX) Develop and adapt informa-
tion 
environment-related 
concepts, 
policies, and guidance. 
(X) Ensure doctrine relevant to 
operations in the information environ-
ment remains current and responsive 
based on lessons learned and best prac-
tices. 
(XI) Develop, update, and de-con-
flict authorities and permissions, as 
appropriate, to enable effective oper-
ations in the information environment. 
(XII) Establish and maintain 
partnerships among Department and 
interagency partners, including the 
Global Engagement Center, to enable 
more effective whole-of-government op-
erations in the information environ-
ment. 
(XIII) Establish and maintain 
appropriate interaction with entities 
that are not part of the Federal Gov-
ernment, including entities in indus-
try, entities in academia, federally 
funded research and development cen-
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ters, and other organizations, to enable 
operations in the information environ-
ment. 
(XIV) Establish and maintain 
collaboration between and among the 
Department and international part-
ners, including partner countries and 
nongovernmental organizations, to en-
able more effective operations in the in-
formation environment. 
(XV) Foster, enhance, and lever-
age partnership capabilities and ca-
pacities. 
(v) An analysis of any personnel, 
resourcing, capability, authority, or other 
gaps that will need to be addressed to en-
sure effective implementation of the strategy 
described in subparagraph (A)(i) across all 
relevant elements of the Department. 
(vi) An investment framework and 
projected timeline for addressing any gaps 
identified under clause (v). 
(vii) Such other matters as the Sec-
retary of Defense considers relevant.
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(C) PERIODIC STATUS REPORTS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date on which the imple-
mentation plan is submitted under subpara-
graph (A)(ii) and not less frequently than once 
every 90 days thereafter until the date that is 
three years after the date of such submittal, the 
head of the task force shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report describing the 
status of the efforts of the Department to accom-
plish the tasks specified under clauses (iv) and 
(vi) of subparagraph (B). 
(c) TRAINING AND EDUCATION.—Consistent with the 
elements of the implementation plan required under clauses 
(i) and (ii) of subsection (b)(2)(B)(4), the head of the task 
force shall establish programs to provide training and edu-
cation to such members of the Armed Forces and civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense as the Secretary 
considers appropriate to ensure understanding of the role 
of information in warfare, the central goal of all military 
operations to affect the perceptions, views, and decision-
making of adversaries, and the effective management and 
conduct of operations in the information environment. 
(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE OF-
FICER FOR INFORMATION OPERATIONS AND CYBER OPER-
ATIONS.—The Secretary shall establish a position within
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the Department of Defense known as the ‘‘Defense Intel-
ligence Officer for Information Operations and Cyber Oper-
ations’’. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘head of the task force’’ means the 
head appointed under subsection (a)(2)(A). 
(2) The term ‘‘implementation plan’’ means the 
plan required by subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii). 
(3) The term ‘‘task force’’ means the cross-func-
tional 
task 
force 
established 
under 
subsection 
(a)(1)(A). 
SEC. 11005. REPORT ON CYBER CAPABILITY AND READI-
NESS SHORTFALLS OF ARMY COMBAT TRAIN-
ING CENTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
shall submit to Congress a report on the Army Combat 
Training Centers and the current resident cyber capabili-
ties and training at such centers to examine potential 
training readiness shortfalls and ensure that pre-rotational 
cyber training needs are met. 
(b) CONSIDERATION
OF NEARBY ASSETS.—In pre-
paring the report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
take into account nearby Army Combat Training Center
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cyber assets that could contribute to addressing potential 
cyber capability and readiness shortfalls. 
SEC. 11006. REPORT ON THE AUDIT OF THE FULL FINAN-
CIAL STATEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
Not later than six months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress a report setting forth the following: 
(1) A description of the work undertaken and 
planned to be undertaken by the Department of De-
fense, and the military departments, Defense Agen-
cies, and other organizations and elements of the De-
partment, to test and verify transaction data perti-
nent to obtaining an unqualified audit of their finan-
cial statements, including from feeder systems. 
(2) A projected timeline of the Department in 
connection with the audit of the full financial state-
ments of the Department, to be submitted to Congress 
annually not later than six months after the sub-
mittal to Congress of the budget of the President for 
a fiscal year, including the following: 
(A) The date on which the Department 
projects the beginning of an audit of the full fi-
nancial statements of the Department, and the 
military departments, Defense Agencies, and
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other organizations and elements of the Depart-
ment, for a fiscal year. 
(B) The date on which the Department 
projects the completions of audits of the full fi-
nancial statements of the Department, and the 
military departments, Defense Agencies, and 
other organizations and elements of the Depart-
ment, for a fiscal year. 
(C) Beginning with fiscal year 2019, the 
dates on which the Department expects to obtain 
an unqualified audit opinion on the full finan-
cial statements of the Department, the military 
departments, the Defense Agencies, and other or-
ganizations and elements of the Department for 
a fiscal year. 
(D) The anticipated total cost of future au-
dits as described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(C). 
(3) The anticipated annual costs of maintaining 
an unqualified audit opinion on the full financial 
statements of the Department, the military depart-
ments, the Defense Agencies, and other organizations 
and elements of the Department for a fiscal year after 
an unqualified audit opinion on such full financial 
statements for a fiscal year is first obtained.
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SEC. 11007. REPORT ON HURRICANE DAMAGE TO DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE ASSETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on damage to Department of Defense assets and instal-
lations from hurricanes during 2017. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) The results of a storm damage assessment. 
(2) A description of affected military installa-
tions and assets. 
(3) A request for funding to initiate the repair 
and replacement of damaged facilities and assets, in-
cluding necessary upgrades to existing facilities to 
make them compliant with current hurricane stand-
ards, and to cover any unfunded requirements for 
military construction at affected military installa-
tions. 
(4) An adaptation plan to ensure military in-
stallations funded with taxpayer dollars are con-
structed to better withstand flooding and extreme 
weather events.
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SEC. 11008. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER OF EXCELLENCE 
IN PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, MITIGATION, 
TREATMENT, 
AND 
REHABILITATION 
OF 
HEALTH CONDITIONS RELATING TO EXPO-
SURE TO BURN PITS AND OTHER ENVIRON-
MENTAL EXPOSURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7330C. Center of excellence in prevention, diag-
nosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabili-
tation of health conditions relating to ex-
posure to burn pits and other environ-
mental exposures 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Secretary shall estab-
lish within the Department a center of excellence in the pre-
vention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilita-
tion of health conditions relating to exposure to burn pits 
and other environmental exposures to carry out the respon-
sibilities specified in subsection (d). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall establish the center of excel-
lence under paragraph (1) through the use of— 
‘‘(A) the directives and policies of the Depart-
ment in effect as of the date of the enactment of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2018;
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‘‘(B) the recommendations of the Comptroller 
General of the United States and Inspector General of 
the Department in effect as of such date; and 
‘‘(C) guidance issued by the Secretary of Defense 
under section 313 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 
10 U.S.C. 1074 note). 
‘‘(b) SELECTION OF SITE.—In selecting the site for the 
center of excellence established under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall consider entities that— 
‘‘(1) are equipped with the specialized equipment 
needed to study, diagnose, and treat health conditions 
relating to exposure to burn pits and other environ-
mental exposures; 
‘‘(2) have a track record of publishing informa-
tion relating to post-deployment health exposures 
among veterans who served in the Armed Forces in 
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation 
Enduring Freedom; 
‘‘(3) have access to animal models and in vitro 
models of dust immunology and lung injury con-
sistent with the injuries of members of the Armed 
Forces who served in support of Operation Iraqi Free-
dom and Operation Enduring Freedom; and
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‘‘(4) have expertise in allergy, immunology, and 
pulmonary diseases. 
‘‘(c) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the center of excellence collaborates, to the maximum 
extent practicable, with the Secretary of Defense, institu-
tions of higher education, and other appropriate public and 
private entities (including international entities) to carry 
out the responsibilities specified in subsection (d). 
‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The center of excellence shall 
have the following responsibilities: 
‘‘(1) To provide for the development, testing, and 
dissemination within the Department of best practices 
for the treatment of health conditions relating to expo-
sure to burn pits and other environmental exposures. 
‘‘(2) To provide guidance for the health systems 
of the Department and the Department of Defense in 
determining the personnel required to provide quality 
health care for members of the Armed Forces and vet-
erans with health conditions relating to exposure to 
burn pits and other environmental exposures. 
‘‘(3) To establish, implement, and oversee a com-
prehensive program to train health professionals of 
the Department and the Department of Defense in the 
treatment of health conditions relating to exposure to 
burn pits and other environmental exposures.
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‘‘(4) To facilitate advancements in the study of 
the short-term and long-term effects of exposure to 
burn pits and other environmental exposures. 
‘‘(5) To disseminate within medical facilities of 
the Department best practices for training health pro-
fessionals with respect to health conditions relating to 
exposure to burn pits and other environmental expo-
sures. 
‘‘(6) To conduct basic science and translational 
research on health conditions relating to exposure to 
burn pits and other environmental exposures for the 
purposes of understanding the etiology of such condi-
tions and developing preventive interventions and 
new treatments. 
‘‘(7) To provide medical treatment to veterans 
diagnosed with medical conditions specific to exposure 
to burn pits and other environmental exposures. 
‘‘(e) USE OF BURN PITS REGISTRY DATA.—In car-
rying out its responsibilities under subsection (d), the center 
of excellence shall have access to and make use of the data 
accumulated by the burn pits registry established under sec-
tion 201 of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Bene-
fits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–260; 38 
U.S.C. 527 note).
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‘‘(f) FUNDING.—This Secretary shall carry out this 
section using amounts appropriated to the Department for 
such purpose. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘burn pit’ means an area of land 
located in Afghanistan or Iraq that— 
‘‘(A) is designated by the Secretary of De-
fense to be used for disposing solid waste by 
burning in the outdoor air; and 
‘‘(B) does not contain a commercially man-
ufactured incinerator or other equipment specifi-
cally designed and manufactured for the burning 
of solid waste. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘other environmental exposures’ 
means exposure to environmental hazards, including 
burn pits, dust or sand, hazardous materials, and 
waste at any site in Afghanistan or Iraq that emits 
smoke containing pollutants present in the environ-
ment or smoke from fires or explosions.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 73 of such title is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 7330B the following 
new item: 
‘‘7330C. Center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and 
rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure to burn 
pits and other environmental exposures.’’.
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Subtitle B—Government Purchase 
and Travel Cards 
SEC. 11021. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Saving Federal Dol-
lars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Trav-
el Cards Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 11022. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) IMPROPER PAYMENT.—The term ‘‘improper 
payment’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
2 of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 
(31 U.S.C. 3321 note). 
(2) QUESTIONABLE
TRANSACTION.—The term 
‘‘questionable transaction’’ means a charge card 
transaction that from initial card data appears to be 
high risk and may therefore be improper due to non- 
compliance with applicable law, regulation or policy. 
(3) STRATEGIC SOURCING.—The term ‘‘strategic 
sourcing’’ means analyzing and modifying a Federal 
agency’s spending patterns to better leverage its pur-
chasing power, reduce costs, and improve overall per-
formance. 
SEC. 11023. EXPANDED USE OF DATA ANALYTICS. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
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Management and Budget, in consultation with the Admin-
istrator for General Services, shall develop a strategy to ex-
pand the use of data analytics in managing government 
purchase and travel charge card programs. These analytics 
may employ existing General Services Administration ca-
pabilities, and may be in conjunction with agencies’ capa-
bilities, for the purpose of— 
(1) identifying examples or patterns of question-
able transactions and developing enhanced tools and 
methods for agency use in— 
(A) identifying questionable purchase and 
travel card transactions; and 
(B) recovering improper payments made 
with purchase and travel cards; 
(2) identifying potential opportunities for agen-
cies to further leverage administrative process stream-
lining and cost reduction from purchase and travel 
card use, including additional agency opportunities 
for card-based strategic sourcing; 
(3) developing a set of purchase and travel card 
metrics and benchmarks for high-risk activities, which 
shall assist agencies in identifying potential emphasis 
areas for their purchase and travel card management 
and oversight activities, including those required by
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the Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 
2012 (Public Law 112–194); and 
(4) developing a plan, which may be based on 
existing capabilities, to create a library of analytics 
tools and data sources for use by Federal agencies (in-
cluding inspectors general of those agencies). 
SEC. 11024. GUIDANCE ON IMPROVING INFORMATION SHAR-
ING TO CURB IMPROPER PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Ad-
ministrator of General Services and the interagency charge 
card data management group established under section 
1095, shall issue guidance on improving information shar-
ing by government agencies for the purposes of section 
1093(a)(1). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The guidance issued under subsection 
(a) shall— 
(1) require relevant officials at Federal agencies 
to identify high-risk activities and communicate that 
information to the appropriate management levels 
within the agencies; 
(2) require that appropriate officials at Federal 
agencies review the reports issued by charge card- 
issuing banks on questionable transaction activity
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(such as purchase and travel card pre-suspension and 
suspension reports, delinquency reports, and exception 
reports), including transactions that occur with high- 
risk activities, and suspicious timing or amounts of 
cash withdrawals or advances; 
(3) provide for the appropriate sharing of infor-
mation related to potential questionable transactions, 
fraud schemes, and high-risk activities with the Gen-
eral Services Administration and the appropriate of-
ficials in Federal agencies; 
(4) consider the recommendations made by In-
spectors General or the best practices Inspectors Gen-
eral have identified; and 
(5) include other requirements determined ap-
propriate by the Director for the purposes of carrying 
out this subtitle. 
SEC. 11025. INTERAGENCY CHARGE CARD DATA MANAGE-
MENT GROUP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of General 
Services and the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall establish a purchase and travel charge card 
data management group to develop and share best practices 
for the purposes described in section 1093(a). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The best practices developed under 
subsection (a) shall—
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(1) cover rules, edits, and task order or contract 
modifications related to charge card-issuing banks; 
(2) include the review of accounts payable infor-
mation and purchase and travel card transaction 
data of agencies for the purpose of identifying poten-
tial strategic sourcing and other additional opportu-
nities (such as recurring payments, utility payments, 
and grant payments) for which the charge cards or 
related payment products could be used as a payment 
method; and 
(3) include other best practices as determined by 
the Administrator and Director. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The purchase and travel charge 
card data management group shall meet regularly as deter-
mined by the co-chairs, for a duration of three years, and 
include those agencies as described in section 2 of the Gov-
ernment Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 (Public 
Law 112–194) and others identified by the Administrator 
and Director. 
SEC. 11026. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION REPORT.— 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator for General Services shall sub-
mit a report to Congress on the implementation of this sub-
title, including the metrics used in determining whether the
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analytic and benchmarking efforts have reduced, or contrib-
uted to the reduction of, questionable or improper payments 
as well as improved utilization of card-based payment 
products. 
(b) AGENCY REPORTS AND CONSOLIDATED REPORT TO 
CONGRESS.—Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency de-
scribed in section 2 of the Government Charge Card Abuse 
Prevention Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–194) shall submit 
a report to the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget on that agency’s activities to implement this sub-
title. 
(c) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET REPORT 
TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall submit to Congress a consolidated report 
of agency activities to implement this subtitle, which may 
be included as part of another report submitted to Congress 
by the Director. 
(d) REPORT ON ADDITIONAL SAVINGS OPPORTUNI-
TIES.—Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services 
shall submit a report to Congress identifying and exploring 
further potential savings opportunities for government 
agencies under the Federal charge card programs. This re-
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port may be combined with the report required under sub-
section (a). 
TITLE CXII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
SEC. 11201. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CYBERSECURITY CO-
OPERATION WITH UKRAINE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) There is a strong history of cyber attacks in 
Ukraine, including a significant attack on its power 
grid in December 2015 by Russia. 
(2) The United States supports Ukraine and the 
Ukrainian Security Assistance Initiative. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the United States reaffirms support for the 
sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, espe-
cially as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and 
in the face of increased Russian aggression in the re-
gion; and 
(2) the United States should assist Ukraine in 
improving its cybersecurity capabilities. 
SEC. 11202. NORTH KOREA STRATEGY. 
(a) REPORT
ON STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
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defense committees a report that sets forth a strategy of the 
United States with respect to North Korea. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following elements: 
(1) A description and assessment of the primary 
threats to United States national security interests 
from North Korea. 
(2) A description of support from foreign nations 
for North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile pro-
grams. 
(3) A description of the security relationships be-
tween China and North Korea and Russia and North 
Korea, including trends in those relationships and 
their impact on the Government of North Korea. 
(4) A description of the security relationships be-
tween other countries and North Korea, and an iden-
tification of countries that may be undermining 
United States objectives identified in paragraph (5). 
(5) The desired end state in North Korea and 
current United States objectives relative to security 
threats emanating from North Korea. 
(6) A detailed roadmap to reach the end state 
and objectives identified in paragraph (5).
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(7) An identification of the resources and au-
thorities necessary to carry out the roadmap described 
in paragraph (6). 
(8) A description of operational plans and asso-
ciated military requirements for the protection of 
United States national security interests relative to 
threats from North Korea. 
(9) An identification of any personnel, capa-
bility, and resource gaps that would impact the execu-
tion of the roadmap described in paragraph (6) or 
any associated operational plan, and a mitigation 
plan to address such gaps. 
(10) An assessment of current and desired part-
ner nation contributions to countering threats from 
North Korea and a plan to enhance military coopera-
tion with nations that have shared security interests. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
(d) QUARTERLY UPDATES REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall provide Congress with a quarterly written 
progress report on the implementation of the strategy re-
quired pursuant to subsection (a) in unclassified form.
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SEC. 11203. PLAN ON IMPROVEMENT OF ABILITY OF FOR-
EIGN 
GOVERNMENTS 
PARTICIPATING 
IN 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY 
BUILDING PROGRAMS TO PROTECT CIVIL-
IANS. 
(a) REPORT ON PLAN.—Not later than 90 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 
appropriate committees of Congress a report setting forth 
a plan, to be implemented as part of each institutional ca-
pacity building program required by section 333(c)(4) of 
title 10, United States Code, to improve the ability of for-
eign governments to protect civilians. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) Efforts to develop and integrate civilian 
harm mitigation principles and techniques in all rel-
evant partner force standard operating procedures. 
(2) Efforts to build partner capacity to collect, 
track, and analyze civilian casualty data and apply 
lessons learned to future operations, and to provide 
amends to civilians harmed by partner force oper-
ations. 
(3) Efforts to support enhanced investigatory 
and accountability standards in partner forces to en-
sure compliance with the laws of armed conflict and
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appropriate human rights and civilian protection 
standards. 
(4) Support for increased partner transparency, 
which should include the establishment of civil affairs 
capabilities within partner militaries to improve 
communication with the public. 
(5) An estimate of the resources required to im-
plement the efforts and support described in para-
graphs (1) through (4). 
(6) A description of the appropriate roles of the 
Department of Defense and the Department of State 
in such efforts and support. 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 11204. REPORT ON THE CAPABILITIES AND ACTIVITIES 
OF THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA 
AND OTHER VIOLENT EXTREMIST GROUPS IN 
SOUTHEAST ASIA. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a report setting forth an assessment of the current and fu-
ture capabilities and activities of the Islamic State of Iraq 
and Syria (ISIS) and other violent extremist groups in 
Southeast Asia. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The current number of Islamic State of Iraq 
and Syria fighters in Southeast Asia. 
(2) The estimated number of Islamic State of 
Iraq and Syria fighters expected to return to South-
east Asia from fighting in the Middle East. 
(3) The current resources available to combat the 
threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in 
Southeast Asia, and the additional resources required 
to combat that threat. 
(4) A detailed assessment of the capabilities of 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria to operate effec-
tively in countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, 
and Malaysia.
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(5) A description of the capabilities and re-
sources of governments of countries in Southeast Asia 
to counter violent extremist groups. 
(6) A list of additional United States resources 
and capabilities that the Department of Defense rec-
ommends providing governments in Southeast Asia to 
combat violent extremist groups. 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 11205. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ISLAMIC STATE 
OF IRAQ AND THE LEVANT. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 
(ISIS) poses an acute threat to the people, govern-
ment, and territorial integrity of Iraq, including the 
Iraqi Sunni, Shia, and Kurdish communities and re-
ligious and ethnic minorities in Iraq, and to the secu-
rity and stability of the Middle East and beyond;
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(2) the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and 
the Levant is critical to maintaining a unified Iraq 
in which all faiths, sects, and ethnicities are afforded 
equal protection and full integration into the Govern-
ment and society of Iraq; and 
(3) the United States should, in coordination 
with coalition partners, continue necessary support to 
the security forces of or associated with the Govern-
ment of Iraq that have a national security mission in 
their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the 
Levant. 
SEC. 11206. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT 
BORDER SECURITY OPERATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Paragraph (3) of section 1226(b) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 
114–92; 129 Stat. 1056), as added by section 1294(b)(2) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2562), is amended 
by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ both places it appears.
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TITLE 
CXVI—STRATEGIC 
PRO-
GRAMS, CYBER, AND INTEL-
LIGENCE MATTERS 
SEC. 11601. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO MULTI-USE SEN-
SITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FA-
CILITIES. 
In order to facilitate access for small business concerns 
and nontraditional contractors to affordable secure spaces, 
the Secretary of Defense shall develop the processes and pro-
cedures necessary to build, certify, and maintain certifi-
cations for multi-use sensitive compartmented information 
facilities not tied to a single contract and where multiple 
companies can work on multiple projects at different secu-
rity levels securely. 
SEC. 11602. INEFFECTIVENESS OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF 
SOFTWARE 
PLATFORMS 
DEVELOPED 
BY 
KASPERSKY LAB. 
Section 1630B shall have no force or effect. 
SEC. 11603. PROHIBITION ON USE OF SOFTWARE PLAT-
FORMS DEVELOPED BY KASPERSKY LAB. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No department, agency, organiza-
tion, or other element of the United States Government may 
use, whether directly or through work with or on behalf of 
another organization or element of the United States Gov-
ernment, any hardware, software, or services developed or
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provided, in whole or in part, by Kaspersky Lab or any 
entity of which Kaspersky Lab has a majority ownership. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on October 1, 2018. 
SEC. 11604. REPORT ON SIGNIFICANT SECURITY RISKS OF 
DEFENSE CRITICAL ELECTRIC INFRASTRUC-
TURE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall, in coordination with the Director of National 
Intelligence, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report setting forth the following: 
(1) Identification of significant security risks to 
defense critical electric infrastructure posed by sig-
nificant malicious cyber-enabled activities. 
(2) An assessment of the potential effect of the se-
curity risks identified pursuant to paragraph (1) on 
the readiness of the Armed Forces. 
(3) An assessment of the strategic benefits de-
rived from, and the challenges associated with, iso-
lating military infrastructure from the national elec-
tric grid and the use of microgrids by the Armed 
Forces. 
(4) Recommendations on actions to be taken—
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(A) to eliminate or mitigate the security 
risks identified pursuant to paragraph (1); and 
(B) to address the effect of those security 
risks on the readiness of the Armed Forces iden-
tified pursuant to paragraph (2). 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources and the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
and 
(C) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce and the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘defense critical electric infrastruc-
ture’’— 
(A) has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 215A(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 824o–1(a)); and
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(B) shall include any electric infrastructure 
located in any of the 48 contiguous States or the 
District of Columbia that serves a facility— 
(i) designated by the Secretary of De-
fense as— 
(I) critical to the defense of the 
United States; and 
(II) vulnerable to a disruption of 
the supply of electric energy provided 
to such facility by an external pro-
vider; and 
(ii) that is not owned or operated by 
the owner or operator of such facility. 
(3) The term ‘‘security risk’’ shall have such 
meaning as the Secretary of Defense shall determine, 
in coordination with the Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Secretary of Energy, for purposes of 
the report required by subsection (a). 
(4) The term ‘‘significant malicious cyber-en-
abled activities’’ include— 
(A) significant efforts— 
(i) to deny access to or degrade, dis-
rupt, or destroy an information and com-
munications technology system or network; 
or
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(ii) to exfiltrate, degrade, corrupt, de-
stroy, or release information from such a 
system or network without authorization for 
purposes of— 
(I) conducting influence oper-
ations; or 
(II) causing a significant mis-
appropriation of funds, economic re-
sources, trade secrets, personal identi-
fications, or financial information for 
commercial or competitive advantage 
or private financial gain; 
(B) significant destructive malware attacks; 
and 
(C) significant denial of service activities. 
SEC. 11605. REPORT ON PROGRESS MADE IN IMPLE-
MENTING THE CYBER EXCEPTED PERSONNEL 
SYSTEM. 
Section 1599f(h)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(F) An assessment of the progress made in im-
plementing the Cyber Excepted Personnel System.’’.
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SEC. 11606. REPORT ON ACQUISITION STRATEGY TO RE-
CAPITALIZE THE EXISTING SYSTEM FOR UN-
DERSEA FIXED SURVEILLANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the acquisition strategy to recapitalize the existing 
system for undersea fixed surveillance. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall address the following matters: 
(1) A description of undersea fixed surveillance 
system recapitalization requirements, including key 
performance parameters and key system attributes as 
applicable. 
(2) Cost estimates for procuring a future system 
or systems. 
(3) Projected dates for key milestones within the 
acquisition strategy. 
(4) A description of how the acquisition strategy 
will improve performance in the areas of detection 
and localization compared to the legacy system to en-
able effective performance against current, emerging, 
and future threats over the life of the systems. 
(5) A description of how the acquisition strategy 
will encourage competition and reward innovation for 
addressing system performance requirements.
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SEC. 11607. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF MARITIME INTEL-
LIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, RECONNAISSANCE, 
AND TARGETING. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than May 1, 2018, 
the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on maritime intelligence, sur-
veillance, reconnaissance, and targeting. 
(b) COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.—The report required in 
subsection (a) shall include a comprehensive review of the 
following elements for the 2025 and 2035 timeframes: 
(1) A description of the projected steady-state de-
mands for maritime intelligence, surveillance, recon-
naissance, and targeting capabilities and capacity in 
each timeframe, including protracted gray-zone or 
low-intensity confrontations between the United 
States or its allies and potential adversaries such as 
Russia and China. 
(2) A description of potential warfighting plan-
ning scenarios in which maritime intelligence, sur-
veillance, reconnaissance, and targeting will be re-
quired in each prescribed timeframe, including the 
most stressing such scenario. 
(3) A description of the undersea, surface, and 
air threats for each scenario described in paragraph 
(1) that will require maritime intelligence, surveil-
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lance, reconnaissance, and targeting to be conducted 
in order to achieve warfighting objectives. 
(4) An assessment of the sufficiency of maritime 
intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and tar-
geting program capability and capacity to achieve the 
warfighting objectives described in paragraph (3) in 
the most stressing scenario described in paragraph 
(2), including the effects of attrition. 
(5) Planned operational concepts, including a 
High Level Operational Concept Graphic (OV–1) for 
each such concept, for conducting maritime intel-
ligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting 
during steady state operations and warfighting sce-
narios described in paragraphs (1) and (2). Consider-
ation of distributed combat operations in a satellite 
denied environment shall be included. 
(6) Specific capability gaps or risk areas in the 
ability or sufficiency of maritime intelligence, surveil-
lance, reconnaissance, and targeting. 
(7) Potential solutions to address the capability 
gaps and risk areas identified in paragraph (6), in-
cluding new capabilities, increased capacity, or new 
operating concepts that could be employed by the 
Navy.
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(8) A description of the funding amount by fiscal 
year, initial operational capability, and full oper-
ational capability for each maritime intelligence, sur-
veillance, reconnaissance, and targeting program 
identified in paragraph (4), based on the President’s 
fiscal year 2019 future years defense program. Un-
funded or partially funded programs shall also be in-
cluded. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classi-
fied annex as necessary. 
SEC. 11608. REPORT ON TRAINING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR 
CYBER FORCES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on the Department 
of Defense training infrastructure for cyber forces. Such re-
port shall include the following: 
(1) Identification of the shortcomings in such 
training infrastructure. 
(2) Potential commercial applications to address 
such shortcomings. 
(3) Future projections of cyber force growth and 
urgent needs relating to such growth.
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TITLE CXXVIII—MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION 
AND 
GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 12801. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO AUTHORITY FOR 
RETURN 
OF 
CERTAIN 
LANDS 
AT 
FORT 
WINGATE, NEW MEXICO, TO ORIGINAL INHAB-
ITANTS. 
Section 2829F(a)(1) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 
Stat. 2734) is amended by striking ‘‘titled ‘The Fort 
Wingate Depot Activity Negotiated Property Division April 
2016’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘titled ‘Final Agreement Map Be-
tween Navajo Nation and Pueblo of Zuni’, dated March 
2016,’’. 
SEC. 12802. ENERGY RESILIENCE. 
The subsection (h) proposed to be added to section 2911 
of title 10, United States Code, by section 2845 of this Act, 
is amended in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, cost of backup 
power,’’ after ‘‘energy security’’. 
TITLE CXXXI—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 13101. PLUTONIUM CAPABILITIES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear
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Security shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees and the Secretary of Defense a report on the rec-
ommended alternative endorsed by the Administrator for re-
capitalization of plutonium science and production capa-
bilities of the nuclear security enterprise. The report shall 
identify the recommended alternative endorsed by the Ad-
ministrator and contain the analysis of alternatives, in-
cluding costs, upon which the Administrator relied in mak-
ing such endorsement. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date on which the Secretary of Defense receives the report 
required by subsection (a), the Chairman of the Nuclear 
Weapons Council shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees the written certification of the Chairman re-
garding whether— 
(1) the recommended alternative described in 
subsection (a)— 
(A) is acceptable to the Secretary of Defense 
and the Nuclear Weapons Council and meets the 
requirements of the Secretary for plutonium pit 
production capacity and capability; 
(B) is likely to meet the pit production 
timelines and milestones required by section 
4219 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2538a);
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(C) is likely to meet pit production 
timelines and requirements responsive to mili-
tary requirements; 
(D) is cost effective and has reasonable 
near-term and lifecycle costs that are minimized, 
to the extent practicable, as compared to other 
alternatives; 
(E) contains minimized and manageable 
risks as compared to other alternatives; and 
(F) can be acceptably reconciled with any 
differences in the conclusions made by the Office 
of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation of 
the Department of Defense in the business case 
analysis of plutonium pit production capability 
issued in 2013; and 
(2) the Administrator has— 
(A) documented the assumptions and con-
straints used in the analysis of alternatives de-
scribed in subsection (a); and 
(B) tested and documented the sensitivity of 
the cost estimates for each alternative to risks 
and changes in key assumptions. 
(c) ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of
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Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation of the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration shall, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Cost Assessment and 
Program Evaluation of the Department of Defense, 
provide to the congressional defense committees a 
briefing containing the assessment of the Directors of 
the analysis of alternatives described in subsection 
(a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required by para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) descriptions of the scope, risks, and 
costs for alternatives not considered in the anal-
ysis of alternatives that the Directors deem via-
ble; and 
(B) any views of the Administrator regard-
ing such alternatives. 
(d) REVIEW BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later 
than 60 days after receiving the report required by sub-
section (a) and the briefing required by subsection (c), the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall brief the con-
gressional defense committees on— 
(1) the alternatives considered by the Adminis-
trator in the analysis of alternatives described in sub-
section (a) and the alternatives described in sub-
section (c)(2)(A);
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(2) the accuracy of such alternatives; and 
(3) any other issues the Comptroller General con-
siders relevant. 
TITLE CXXXV—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 13501. INEFFECTIVENESS OF MARITIME ADMINISTRA-
TION PROVISIONS. 
Title XXXV shall have no force or effect. 
SEC. 13502. AUTHORIZATION OF THE MARITIME ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 
2018, to be available without fiscal year limitation if so 
provided in appropriations Acts, for programs associated 
with maintaining the United States merchant marine, the 
following amounts: 
(1) For expenses necessary for operations of the 
United 
States 
Merchant 
Marine 
Academy, 
$100,802,000, of which— 
(A) $75,751,000 shall be for Academy oper-
ations, including— 
(i) the implementation of section 
3514(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017, as added by 
section 3508; and
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(ii) staffing, training, and other ac-
tions necessary to prevent and respond to 
sexual harassment and sexual assault; and 
(B) $25,051,000 shall remain available 
until expended for capital asset management at 
the Academy. 
(2) For expenses necessary to support the State 
maritime academies, $29,550,000, of which— 
(A) $2,400,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2018, for the Student Incentive 
Program; 
(B) $3,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for direct payments to such academies; 
(C) $22,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for maintenance and repair of 
State maritime academy training vessels; 
(D) $1,800,000 shall remain available until 
expended for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(E) $350,000 shall remain available until 
expended for expenses to improve the monitoring 
of the service obligations of graduates. 
(3) For expenses necessary to support the Na-
tional 
Security 
Multi-Mission 
Vessel 
Program, 
$36,000,000, which shall remain available until ex-
pended.
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(4) For expenses necessary to support Maritime 
Administration 
operations 
and 
programs, 
$58,694,000. 
(5) For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels in 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $20,000,000, 
which shall remain available until expended. 
(6) For expenses necessary for the loan guarantee 
program authorized under chapter 537 of title 46, 
United States Code, $33,000,000, of which— 
(A) $30,000,000 may be used for the cost 
(as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Cred-
it Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5))) of 
loan guarantees under the program; and 
(B) $3,000,000 may be used for administra-
tive expenses relating to loan guarantee commit-
ments under the program. 
(b) ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL SHIPYARDS AND MARI-
TIME COMMUNITIES.—Section 54101(i) of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘2015 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 
through 2020’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$7,500,000’’; and
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(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$27,500,000’’. 
SEC. 13503. REMOVAL ADJUNCT PROFESSOR LIMIT AT 
UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACAD-
EMY. 
Section 51317 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(2) by striking subsections (c) and (d). 
SEC. 13504. ACCEPTANCE OF GUARANTEES IN CONJUNC-
TION WITH PARTIAL DONATIONS FOR MAJOR 
PROJECTS OF THE UNITED STATES MER-
CHANT MARINE ACADEMY. 
(a) GUARANTEES.—Chapter 513 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 51320. Acceptance of guarantees with gifts for 
major projects 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) MAJOR PROJECT.—The term ‘major project’ 
means a project estimated to cost at least $1,000,000 
for—
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‘‘(A) the purchase or other procurement of 
real or personal property; or 
‘‘(B) the construction, renovation, or repair 
of real or personal property. 
‘‘(2) 
MAJOR
UNITED
STATES
COMMERCIAL 
BANK.—The term ‘major United States commercial 
bank’ means a commercial bank that— 
‘‘(A) is an insured bank (as defined in sec-
tion 3(h) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1813(h))); 
‘‘(B) is headquartered in the United States; 
and 
‘‘(C) has total net assets of an amount con-
sidered by the Maritime Administrator to qual-
ify the bank as a major bank. 
‘‘(3) MAJOR UNITED STATES INVESTMENT MAN-
AGEMENT FIRM.—The term ‘major United States in-
vestment management firm’ means— 
‘‘(A) any broker or dealer (as such terms 
are defined in section 3 of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c)); 
‘‘(B) any investment adviser or provider of 
investment supervisory services (as such terms 
are defined in section 202 of the Investment Ad-
visers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–2)); or
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‘‘(C) a major United States commercial 
bank that— 
‘‘(i) is headquartered in the United 
States; and 
‘‘(ii) holds for the account of others in-
vestment assets in a total amount consid-
ered by the Maritime Administrator to 
qualify the bank as a major investment 
management firm. 
‘‘(4) QUALIFIED GUARANTEE.—The term ‘quali-
fied guarantee’, with respect to a major project, 
means a guarantee that— 
‘‘(A) is made by 1 or more persons in con-
nection with a donation for the project of a total 
amount in cash or securities that the Maritime 
Administrator determines is sufficient to defray 
a substantial portion of the total cost of the 
project; 
‘‘(B) is made to facilitate or expedite the 
completion of the project in reasonable anticipa-
tion that other donors will contribute sufficient 
funds or other resources in amounts sufficient to 
pay for completion of the project; 
‘‘(C) is set forth as a written agreement 
providing that the donor will furnish in cash or
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securities, in addition to the donor’s other gift or 
gifts for the project, any additional amount that 
may become necessary for paying the cost of 
completing the project by reason of a failure to 
obtain from other donors or sources funds or 
other resources in amounts sufficient to pay the 
cost of completing the project; and 
‘‘(D) is accompanied by— 
‘‘(i) an irrevocable and unconditional 
standby letter of credit for the benefit of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy 
that is in the amount of the guarantee and 
is issued by a major United States commer-
cial bank; or 
‘‘(ii) a qualified account control agree-
ment. 
‘‘(5) QUALIFIED
ACCOUNT
CONTROL
AGREE-
MENT.—The term ‘qualified account control agree-
ment’, with respect to a guarantee of a donor, means 
an agreement among the donor, the Maritime Admin-
istrator, and a major United States investment man-
agement firm that— 
‘‘(A) ensures the availability of sufficient 
funds or other financial resources to pay the
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amount guaranteed during the period of the 
guarantee; 
‘‘(B) provides for the perfection of a secu-
rity interest in the assets of the account for the 
United States for the benefit of the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy with the highest pri-
ority available for liens and security interests 
under applicable law; 
‘‘(C) requires the donor to maintain in an 
account with the investment management firm 
assets having a total value that is not less than 
130 percent of the amount guaranteed; and 
‘‘(D) requires the investment management 
firm, whenever the value of the account is less 
than the value required to be maintained under 
subparagraph (C), to liquidate any noncash as-
sets in the account and reinvest the proceeds in 
Treasury bills issued under section 3104 of title 
31. 
‘‘(b) ACCEPTANCE AUTHORITY.—Subject to subsection 
(d), the Maritime Administrator may accept a qualified 
guarantee from a donor or donors for the completion of a 
major project for the benefit of the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy.
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‘‘(c) OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—The amount of a 
qualified guarantee accepted under this section shall be con-
sidered as contract authority to provide obligation author-
ity for purposes of Federal fiscal and contractual require-
ments. Funds available for a project for which such a guar-
antee has been accepted may be obligated and expended for 
the project without regard to whether the total amount of 
funds and other resources available for the project (not tak-
ing into account the amount of the guarantee) is sufficient 
to pay for completion of the project. 
‘‘(d) NOTICE.—The Maritime Administrator may not 
accept a qualified guarantee under this section for the com-
pletion of a major project until 30 days after the date on 
which a report of the facts concerning the proposed guar-
antee is submitted to Congress. 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION
ON COMMINGLING FUNDS.—The 
Maritime Administrator may not enter into any contract 
or other transaction involving the use of a qualified guar-
antee and appropriated funds in the same contract or 
transaction.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 513 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘51320. Acceptance of guarantees with gifts for major projects.’’.
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SEC. 13505. AUTHORITY TO PAY CONVEYANCE OR TRANS-
FER EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH AC-
CEPTANCE OF A GIFT TO THE UNITED STATES 
MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY. 
Section 51315 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.—The Maritime Admin-
istrator may pay all necessary expenses in connection with 
the conveyance or transfer of a gift, devise, or bequest ac-
cepted under this section.’’. 
SEC. 13506. AUTHORITY TO PARTICIPATE IN FEDERAL, 
STATE OR OTHER RESEARCH GRANTS. 
(a) RESEARCH GRANTS.—Chapter 513 of title 46, 
United States Code, as amended by sections 3503 through 
3505, is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 51321. Grants for scientific and educational re-
search 
‘‘(a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘quali-
fying research grant’ is a grant that— 
‘‘(1) is awarded on a competitive basis by the 
Federal Government (except for the Department of 
Transportation), a State, a corporation, a fund, a 
foundation, an educational institution, or a similar 
entity that is organized and operated primarily for 
scientific or educational purposes; and
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‘‘(2) is to be used to carry out a research project 
with a scientific or educational purpose. 
‘‘(b) 
ACCEPTANCE
OF
QUALIFYING
RESEARCH 
GRANTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy may compete for 
and accept qualifying research grants if the work under the 
grant is to be carried out by a professor or instructor of 
the United States Merchant Marine Academy. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT.—The Mari-
time Administrator shall establish a separate account 
for administering funds received from research grants 
under this section. 
‘‘(2) USE
OF
GRANT
FUNDS.—The Super-
intendent shall use grant funds deposited into the ac-
count established pursuant to paragraph (1) in ac-
cordance with applicable regulations and the terms 
and conditions of the respective grants. 
‘‘(d) RELATED EXPENSES.—Subject to such limita-
tions as may be provided in appropriations Acts, appro-
priations available for the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy may be used to pay expenses incurred by the 
Academy in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, a quali-
fying research grant.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 513 of title 46, United States Code, as amended 
by section 3504(b), is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘51321. Grants for scientific and educational research.’’. 
SEC. 13607. ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL SHIPYARDS AND MARI-
TIME COMMUNITIES. 
Section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) AWARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In providing assistance 
under the program, the Administrator shall take into 
account— 
‘‘(A) the economic circumstances and condi-
tions of maritime communities; 
‘‘(B) projects that would be effective in fos-
tering efficiency, competitive operations, and 
quality ship construction, repair, and reconfig-
uration; and 
‘‘(C) projects that would be effective in fos-
tering employee skills and enhancing produc-
tivity. 
‘‘(2) TIMING OF AWARD.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Administrator shall 
award grants under this section not later than 
120 days after the date of the enactment of the 
appropriations Act for the fiscal year concerned. 
‘‘(B) REALLOCATION OF UNUSED FUNDS.— 
If a grant is awarded under this section and, for 
any reason, the grant funds, or any portion 
thereof, are not used by the grantee— 
‘‘(i) such funds shall remain available 
until expended; and 
‘‘(ii) the Administrator may use such 
unused funds to award, in any fiscal year, 
another grant under this section to an ap-
plicant who submitted an application under 
the initial or any subsequent notice of 
availability of funds.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) BUY AMERICA.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall not obligate any funds authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this chapter un-
less the steel, iron, and manufactured products
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used in such project are produced in the United 
States. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of sub-
paragraph (A) shall not apply if the Secretary 
finds that— 
‘‘(i) their application would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
‘‘(ii) such materials and products are 
not produced in the United States in suffi-
cient and reasonably available quantities 
and of a satisfactory quality; or 
‘‘(iii) inclusion of domestic material 
will increase the cost of the overall project 
by more than 25 percent.’’. 
SEC. 13508. DOMESTIC MARITIME CENTERS OF EXCEL-
LENCE. 
(a) DESIGNATION
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 
Transportation is authorized to designate community and 
technical colleges with a maritime training program and 
maritime training centers operated by or under the super-
vision of a State, if located in the United States along the 
Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic 
Ocean, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, or Great Lakes, as cen-
ters of excellence for domestic maritime workforce training 
and education.
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(b) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) TYPES.—The Secretary may provide to an 
entity designated as a center of excellence under sub-
section (a)— 
(A) technical assistance; and 
(B) surplus Federal equipment and assets. 
(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
may provide technical assistance under paragraph (1) 
to assist an entity designated as a center of excellence 
under subsection (a) to expand the capacity of the en-
tity to train the domestic maritime workforce of the 
United States, including by— 
(A) admitting additional students; 
(B) recruiting and training faculty; 
(C) expanding facilities; 
(D) creating new maritime career path-
ways; and 
(E) awarding students credit for prior expe-
rience, including military service. 
SEC. 13509. ACCESS TO SATELLITE COMMUNICATION DE-
VICES DURING SEA YEAR PROGRAM. 
Section 3514 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amend-
ed—
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(1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(a) VESSEL OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS.—Not later 
than’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) SATELLITE PHONE ACCESS.—The Maritime Ad-
ministrator shall ensure that each student participating in 
the Sea Year program is provided or has access to a func-
tional satellite communication device. A student may not 
be denied from using such device whenever the student deter-
mines that such use is necessary to prevent or report sexual 
harassment or assault.’’. 
SEC. 13510. ACTIONS TO ADDRESS SEXUAL HARASSMENT, 
DATING 
VIOLENCE, 
DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING AT THE 
UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACAD-
EMY. 
(a) REQUIRED POLICY.—Subsection (a) of section 
51318 of title 46, United States Code, as added by section 
3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2782), is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘harassment 
and sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘harassment, dat-
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ing violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘harassment and sexual assault’’ 
and inserting ‘‘harassment, dating violence, do-
mestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘do-
mestic violence, dating violence, stalking,’’ after 
‘‘acquaintance rape,’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘harassment or sexual assault,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘harassment, dating violence, 
domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing,’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘harass-
ment or sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘har-
assment, dating violence, domestic violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking’’; and 
(iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘crimi-
nal sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘a crimi-
nal sexual offense’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘har-
assment or sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘har-
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assment, dating violence, domestic violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (E)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘harass-
ment or sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘har-
assment, dating violence, domestic violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘sexual 
assault’’ and inserting ‘‘sexual harassment, 
dating violence, domestic violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking’’; and 
(iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘har-
assment and sexual assault’’ and inserting 
‘‘harassment, dating violence, domestic vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking’’; and 
(F) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘har-
assment or sexual assault’’ and inserting ‘‘har-
assment, dating violence, domestic violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) MINIMUM
TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS
FOR 
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS REGARDING SEXUAL HARASS-