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SEC. 246. FUNDING FOR DEMONSTRATION OF HIGH-PRES-
SURE WATERJET CUT AND CAPTURE SYSTEM 
TO DEMILITARIZE UNDERWATER MUNITIONS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test and evaluation, Army, as specified in the 
corresponding funding table in section 4201, for advanced 
component development and prototypes, environmental 
quality technology—DEM/VAL, line 060 (PE 0603779A) 
is hereby increased by $5,000,000 (to be available for the 
demonstration of high-pressure waterjet cut and capture 
system to demilitarize underwater munitions). 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 201 for research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation, Defense-wide, as specified in 
the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for basic 
research, defense research sciences, line 002 (PE 
0601101E) is hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 
SEC. 247. MODIFICATION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 
EDUCATION STRATEGY. 
Section 256 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 
1290) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
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‘‘(d) ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
AND
MACHINE 
LEARNING EDUCATION PLATFORMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, each 
Secretary of a military department shall provide per-
sonnel in that Secretary’s department with distance 
education courses on— 
‘‘(A) the foundational concepts of artificial 
intelligence and machine learning; and 
‘‘(B) the responsible and ethical use of ar-
tificial intelligence and machine learning appli-
cations. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the progress of the Secre-
taries of the military departments in implementing 
paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 248. REPORT ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORK-
FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report that includes— 
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(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the ar-
tificial intelligence workforce of the Department of 
Defense; 
(2) identification of any gaps in the skills and 
training of such workforce; and 
(3) a description of any actions that may be 
carried out to preserve and enhance such workforce 
to ensure the global technological competitiveness of 
the United States. 
(b) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORKFORCE DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘artificial intelligence 
workforce’’ means members of the Armed Forces and civil-
ian personnel of the Department Defense with responsibil-
ities relating to the research, development, procurement, 
or operational use of artificial intelligence technology. 
SEC. 249. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR HIGH-HYPERSONIC 
DETONATION PROPULSION RESEARCH AND 
TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for RDT&E, 
Air Force for Aerospace Propulsion, line 008 as specified 
in the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for 
high-hypersonic detonation propulsion research and tech-
nology is hereby increased by $5,000,000; and 
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(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for O&M, Air Force for 
Administration, line 410, as specified in the corresponding 
funding table in section 4301, for program decrease is 
hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 
SEC. 250. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR ADAPTIVE AND IN-
TELLIGENT ADVERSARY-THREAT MODELS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for RDT&E, 
Army for Soldier Lethality Technology, line 010 as speci-
fied in the corresponding funding table in section 4201, 
for adaptive and intelligent adversary-threat models is 
hereby increased by $5,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for O&M, Army for 
Other Personnel Support, line 470 as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4301, for program de-
crease is hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 
SEC. 251. FUNDING FOR SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER 
MINE COUNTER-MEASURES. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
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thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test and evaluation, Navy, as specified in the 
corresponding funding table in section 4201, for advanced 
component development and prototypes, surface and shal-
low 
water 
mine 
countermeasures, 
line 
035 
(PE 
0603502N), is hereby increased by $9,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 201 for research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation, Navy, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4201, for advanced 
component development and prototypes, chalk coral, line 
063 (PE 0603734N), is hereby reduced by $9,000,000. 
SEC. 252. REPORT ON POTENTIAL INCLUSION OF ISRAEL IN 
THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUS-
TRIAL BASE. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
assess the feasibility and advisability of including Israel 
in the national technology and industrial base. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A detailed assessment of the potential ben-
efit to the national security of the United States of 
including Israel in the national technology and in-
dustrial base. 
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(2) An assessment of how Israel’s inclusion in 
the national technology and industrial base may af-
fect research and development projects on which 
Israel and the United States are collaborating. 
(3) Detailed delineation of the specific steps 
Israel must take to facilitate eligibility for inclusion 
in the national technology and industrial base. 
(4) An analysis of the progress Israel has made, 
as of the date of the assessment, with respect to the 
steps described in paragraph (3). 
(5) Analysis of how Israel’s potential inclusion 
in the national technology and industrial base could 
aid United States strategic competitiveness with 
China. 
(6) An assessment of any barriers— 
(A) to expansion of the national technology 
and industrial base generally; and 
(B) to Israel’s inclusion in the national 
technology and industrial base specifically. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 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 the results of the assessment conducted under sub-
section (a). 
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(d) FORM.—The report required under subsection (c) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(e) NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘national technology 
and industrial base’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 4801 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 253. PLAN ON HACKING FOR DEFENSE EXPANSION. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a plan for the expansion of the Hacking for Defense 
program of the Department of Defense over the period 
of three fiscal years following the date of the plan. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required under subsection 
(a) shall include measures— 
(1) to increase the number of institutions of 
higher education participating in Hacking for De-
fense programs; 
(2) to expand support for certain elite teams 
after Hacking for Defense course completion; 
(3) to expand opportunities after Hacking for 
Defense course completion in countries that are 
members of— 
(A) the AUKUS partnership; 
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(B) the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue; or 
(C) the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion; 
(4) to partner with other organizations and ele-
ments of the Department of Defense to expand the 
Hacking for Defense curriculum to a second semes-
ter prototyping course; and 
(5) to support the development of professional 
military education programs in the National Defense 
University system that are similar to the Hacking 
for Defense program. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘AUKUS partnership’’ means the 
enhanced trilateral security partnership between 
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United 
States announced in September 2021. 
(2) The term ‘‘Quadrilateral Security Dialogue’’ 
means the strategic security dialogue between— 
(A) India; 
(B) Japan; 
(C) Australia; and 
(D) the United States. 
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SEC. 254. REPORT ON POTENTIAL STRATEGIC PARTNER-
SHIP BETWEEN THE DEFENSE INNOVATION 
UNIT AND THE TAIWAN MINISTRY OF NA-
TIONAL DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall as-
sess the feasibility and advisability of establishing a stra-
tegic partnership between the Defense Innovation Unit 
and the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, pursuant 
to which the Unit and the Ministry would— 
(1) coordinate on defense industrial priorities; 
(2) collaborate on the development of dual-use 
defense capabilities. 
(3) establish mechanisms to streamline emerg-
ing defense technology research and development 
and microchip supply chain security; 
(4) create additional pathways to market for 
relevant defense technology startups; and 
(5) carry out other activities to— 
(A) enhance market opportunities for 
United States-based and Taiwan-based defense 
technology companies; 
(B) bolster Taiwan’s defense industrial 
base; 
(C) harmonize global security posture 
through emerging technology; and 
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(D) counter the development of dual-use 
defense technologies by the Chinese Communist 
Party. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the results of the assessment conducted under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 255. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE CONTINUING NEED 
FOR INNOVATION IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that Congress encourages the Armed Forces to con-
tinue innovating, including by using technological methods 
that incorporate artificial intelligence, quantum informa-
tion science, advanced air mobility, and counter-UAS sys-
tems to ultimately maintain, bolster, and augment military 
readiness, wartime preparedness, and ensure the overall 
national security of the United States. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘advanced air mobility’’ means a 
transportation system that transports people and 
property by air between two points in the United 
States using aircraft with advanced technologies, in-
cluding electric aircraft or electric vertical take-off 
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and landing aircraft, in both controlled and uncon-
trolled airspace. 
(2) The term ‘‘artificial intelligence’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 5002 of the Na-
tional Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 
(15 U.S.C. 9401). 
(3) The term ‘‘counter-UAS system’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 44801(5) of title 
49, United States Code. 
(4) The term ‘‘quantum information science’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the 
National Quantum Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. 8801). 
SEC. 256. FUNDING FOR ALTERNATIVE DOMESTIC SOURCE 
C-130J IRSS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, as speci-
fied in the corresponding funding table in section 4201, 
for operational system development, Aviation Systems, line 
281 (PE 1160403BB) is hereby increased by $6,000,000 
(with the amount of such increase to be made available 
for Alternative Domestic Source C–130J IRSS). 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
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to be appropriated in section 201 for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, as specified in 
the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for oper-
ational system development, industrial base analysis and 
sustainment support, line 214 (PE 0607210D8Z) is here-
by reduced by $6,000,000. 
SEC. 257. FUNDING FOR VIRTUAL ENGINEERING FOR ARMY 
READINESS AND SUSTAINMENT. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation, Next-Generation Com-
bat Vehicle Advanced Technology, line 43, as specified in 
the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for Vir-
tual Engineering for Army Readiness and Sustainment, 
is hereby increased by $7,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for Operations and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide, for the office of the Secretary 
of Defense, line 470, as specified in the corresponding 
funding table in section 4301, is hereby reduced by 
$7,000,000. 
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SEC. 258. FUNDING FOR HUMANITARIAN AIRBORNE MO-
BILE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPABILITY. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation, Army for Ground Ad-
vanced Technology, line 38, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4201, for Humani-
tarian Airborne Mobile Infrastructure Capability, is here-
by increased by $4,200,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for Operations and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide, for the office of the Secretary 
of Defense, line 470, as specified in the corresponding 
funding table in section 4301, is hereby reduced by 
$4,200,000. 
SEC. 259. FUNDING FOR FUEL CELL MULTI-MODULAR USE 
UTILIZING HYDROGEN. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation, Army for Ground Ad-
vanced Technology, line 38, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4201, for Fuel Cell 
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Multi-Modular Use (FC-MMU) Utilizing Hydrogen, is 
hereby increased by $10,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide, for the office of the Secretary of 
Defense, line 470, as specified in the corresponding fund-
ing table in section 4301, is hereby reduced by 
$10,000,000. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2025 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 
maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 
4301. 
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Subtitle B—Energy and 
Environment 
SEC. 311. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH A 
SCHEDULE OF BLACK START EXERCISES TO 
ASSESS THE ENERGY RESILIENCE AND EN-
ERGY SECURITY OF MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS. 
Section 2920(d)(2)(C)(ii) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2027’’ and inserting 
‘‘2032’’. 
SEC. 312. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON REQUIRED DIS-
CLOSURE. 
Section 318(a)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) is 
amended by striking ‘‘one-year period’’ and inserting 
‘‘five-year period’’. 
SEC. 313. MODIFICATIONS TO PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF 
SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL. 
Section 324(g) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 is amended by striking para-
graph (2) and inserting the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) The term ‘applicable material’ means the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Monoglycerides, diglycerides, and 
triglycerides. 
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‘‘(B) Free fatty acids. 
‘‘(C) Fatty acid esters. 
‘‘(D) Municipal solid waste. 
‘‘(E) Renewable natural gas. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘biomass’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 45K(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘lifecycle greenhouse gas emis-
sions reduction percentage’ means, with respect to 
non-petroleum-based jet fuel, the percentage reduc-
tion in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions achieved 
by such fuel as compared with petroleum-based jet 
fuel, as determined using the following: 
‘‘(A) The most up-to-date Carbon Offset-
ting and Reduction Scheme for International 
Aviation which has been adopted by the Inter-
national Civil Aviation Organization with the 
agreement of the United States. 
‘‘(B) The most up-to-date determinations 
under the model known as the ‘Greenhouse 
gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in 
Technologies’ model developed by Argonne Na-
tional Laboratory. 
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‘‘(5) The term ‘sustainable aviation fuel’ means 
the portion of liquid fuel that is not kerosene and 
that— 
‘‘(A) meets the requirements of— 
‘‘(i) ASTM International Standard 
D7566; or 
‘‘(ii) the Fischer Tropsch provisions of 
ASTM International Standard D1655, 
Annex A1; 
‘‘(B) is not derived from coprocessing an 
applicable material (or materials derived from 
an applicable material) with a feedstock which 
is not biomass; 
‘‘(C) is not derived from palm fatty acid 
distillates or petroleum; and 
‘‘(D) has a lifecycle greenhouse gas emis-
sions reduction percentage of at least 50 per-
cent.’’. 
SEC. 314. MODIFICATION OF TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON 
INCINERATION 
BY 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DE-
FENSE OF PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES, 
POLYFLUOROALKYL 
SUBSTANCES, 
AND 
AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM. 
Section 343(a)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 
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U.S.C. 2701 note) is amended by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘or issues an interim guid-
ance on the destruction and disposal of PFAS substances 
and materials containing PFAS substances’’. 
SEC. 315. INITIATIVE TO CONTROL AND COMBAT THE 
SPREAD OF COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE 
IN HAWAII. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
enhance efforts to manage, control, and interdict the coco-
nut rhinoceros beetle on military installations in Hawaii. 
(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—The efforts required 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Carrying out science-based management 
and control programs to reduce the effect of the co-
conut rhinoceros beetle on military installations and 
to prevent the introduction or spread of the coconut 
rhinoceros beetle to areas where such beetle has not 
yet been established. 
(2) Providing support for interagency and inter-
governmental response efforts to control, interdict, 
monitor, and eradicate the coconut rhinoceros beetle. 
(3) Pursuing chemical, biological, and other 
control techniques, technology transfer, and best 
practices to support management, control, interdic-
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tion and, where possible, eradication of the coconut 
rhinoceros beetle from Hawaii. 
(4) Establishing an early detection and rapid 
response mechanism to monitor and deploy coordi-
nated efforts if the coconut rhinoceros beetle, or an-
other newly detected invasive alien species, is de-
tected at new sites on military installations in Ha-
waii. 
(5) Carrying out such other activities as the 
Secretary determines appropriate to manage, con-
trol, and interdict the coconut rhinoceros beetle on 
military installations in Hawaii. 
(c) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter for each of the next three years, the Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Envi-
ronment shall provide to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
briefing on the implementation of this section, which shall 
include detailed information about the efforts of the Sec-
retary to manage, control, and interdict the coconut rhi-
noceros beetle on military installations in Hawaii. 
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SEC. 316. REVIEW AND PLAN REGARDING BIOSECURITY 
PROTOCOLS FOR HAWAII. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with each Secretary of a military 
department, the commanders of United States Indo-Pa-
cific Command and its component commands, and State, 
local, and non-governmental organizations, shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on biosecu-
rity protocols and procedures to prevent the introduction 
and spread of invasive species to the State of Hawaii. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include each of the following: 
(1) A review of current Department of Defense 
protocols and procedures, including gaps and dif-
ferences between military installations, for biosecu-
rity and to prevent the introduction and spread of 
invasive species in the State of Hawaii. 
(2) A review of the efforts and progress of the 
Department of Defense in implementing the relevant 
recommendations of the 2015 Regional Biosecurity 
Plan for Micronesia and Hawaii. 
(3) A plan to— 
(A) improve coordination and alignment 
between Department of Defense components in 
Hawaii to prevent the introduction and spread 
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of invasive species, including through early de-
tection on Department of Defense assets; 
(B) develop and implement best practices 
to improve biosecurity protocols while mini-
mizing the effects on military operations, in-
cluding during military exercises; and 
(C) improve coordination with State and 
local government entities and non-governmental 
organizations to enhance biosecurity and to pre-
vent the introduction and spread of invasive 
species. 
(c) UPDATE.—Not later than five years after the date 
of the submission of the report required under subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congres-
sional defense committees an update on the progress of 
the Department of Defense in implementing the plan re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(3). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘invasive species’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 10(a)(4) of the Fish 
and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 666c- 
1(a)(4)). 
(2) The term ‘‘biosecurity’’ means measures 
taken to protect against biological agents that pose 
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a threat to public health, plant or animal health, or 
the environment. 
SEC. 317. PILOT PROGRAM TO INSTALL PROPANE-POW-
ERED GENERATORS AT A DOMESTIC DE-
FENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE FACILITY. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and the 
Environment shall carry out a pilot program under which 
the Assistant Secretary shall install propane-powered gen-
erators at an organic industrial base facility. Under the 
pilot program, such generators shall— 
(1) be used in tandem with an on-site microgrid 
in order to improve the resiliency and redundancy of 
power generation at the facility; and 
(2) be powered by conventional or renewable 
propane. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘microgrid’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 641(b)(6) of the United 
States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 
(42 U.S.C. 17231(b)(6)). 
(2) The term ‘‘propane’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 3(6) of the Propane Education 
and Research Act of 1006 (15 U.S.C. 6402(6)). 
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(c) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the 
pilot program under this section shall terminate on the 
date that is five years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 318. PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULA-
TION RELATING TO MINIMIZING RISK OF CLI-
MATE CHANGE. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available for the Department 
of Defense for fiscal year 2025 may be used to finalize 
or implement any rule based on the advanced notice of 
proposed rulemaking titled ‘‘Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion: Minimizing the Risk of Climate Change in Federal 
Acquisitions’’ (October 15, 2021; 86 Fed. Reg. 57404). 
SEC. 319. STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS FOR DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, with respect to each permit under section 
402(p) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1342(p)) that applies to a Department of Defense 
facility, the Secretary of Defense shall request from the 
State that issued the permit, or the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, as applicable, approval 
of a modification to such permit, or a revision to an appli-
cable stormwater management plan, to require— 
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(1) monitoring of discharges of perfluoroalkyl 
and polyfluoroalkyl substances not less frequently 
than quarterly; and 
(2) implementation of appropriate best manage-
ment practices or control technologies to reduce such 
discharges consistent with the requirements of such 
Act. 
SEC. 320. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENTS 
UNDER 
NATIVE 
AMERICAN 
LANDS ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 2713(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘two calendar years’’ and inserting 
‘‘five calendar years’’. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 331. PLANS REGARDING CONDITION AND MAINTE-
NANCE OF PREPOSITIONED STOCKPILES OF 
NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Com-
mandant of the Marine Corps shall each develop a plan 
to— 
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(1) improve the required inspection procedures 
for the prepositioned stockpiles of the Armed Force 
concerned, for the purpose of identifying deficiencies 
and conducting maintenance repairs at levels nec-
essary to ensure such prepositioned stockpiles are 
mission capable; and 
(2) with respect to the Navy and Marine Corps, 
provide an analysis of the readiness of ships that 
hold or facilitate the off-loading of prepositioned 
stocks and suggestions for improving inspection pro-
cedures of such ships. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date on which the Secretary or the Commandant com-
pletes the development of a plan under subsection (a), and 
not less frequently than twice each year thereafter for the 
three-year period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary or the Commandant shall inspect 
the prepositioned stockpiles of the Armed Force concerned 
in accordance with the procedures under such plan. 
(c) BRIEFINGS.— 
(1) BRIEFING ON PLAN.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretaries and the Commandant shall each provide 
to the congressional defense committees a briefing 
on the plan developed under subsection (a). 
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(2) BRIEFINGS ON STATUS OF PREPOSITIONED 
STOCKPILES.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 
days thereafter for the three-year period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secre-
taries and the Commandant shall each provide to the 
congressional defense committees a briefing on the 
status and condition of the prepositioned stockpiles 
of the Armed Force concerned. 
(d) ARMED FORCE CONCERNED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘Armed Force concerned’’ means— 
(1) the Navy, with respect to the Secretary of 
the Navy; 
(2) the Marine Corps with respect to the Com-
mandant of the Marine Corps; and 
(3) the Air Force, with respect to the Secretary 
of the Air Force. 
SEC. 332. PILOT PROGRAM ON IMPROVING MARINE CORPS 
SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS THROUGH 
THE INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING SOFT-
WARE SOLUTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Commandant of the Marine 
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Corps may select a unit within the Marine Corps to carry 
out a pilot program to improve military supply chain read-
iness, budget efficiency, and logistics productivity through 
the integration and use of artificial intelligence (‘‘AI’’) and 
machine learning software solutions. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The Commandant of the Marine 
Corps shall seek to carry out the pilot program under sub-
section (a) in partnership with a federally funded research 
and development center, a University Affiliated Research 
Center, a center of excellence, a military service labora-
tory, or 1 or more private-sector entities with experience 
in machine learning-driven logistics planning and decision 
support tools in an effort to streamline and modernize the 
Marine Corps logistics operations and any other partners 
the commandant deems necessary. 
(c) GOALS.—The goals of the pilot program are to 
leverage AI solutions to— 
(1) optimize logistics operations and inventory 
management, specifically within the United States 
Indo-Pacific Command Area of Responsibility; 
(2) improve military force readiness; 
(3) streamline materiel distribution and logis-
tics optimization; 
(4) improve situational awareness by providing 
predictions driven by a modular, probabilistic sim-
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ulation of logistics processes in the face of uncer-
tainty; 
(5) enhance productivity by minimizing and, 
where possible, automating reporting and inter- ac-
tions with data systems; and 
(6) scale Marine Corps integration of AI-en-
hanced logistics and supply chain solutions to solve 
operational challenges. 
(d) BRIEFING.—By December 1 of each year in 
which the pilot program is carried out, the Commandant 
of the Marine Corps shall provide to the congressional de-
fense committees a report that includes— 
(1) a description of the logistics and supply 
chain problem sets that were evaluated by the pilot 
program; 
(2) an assessment of the impact of using AI to 
solve supply chain and logistics challenges, including 
any changes to readiness, budget efficiency, and pro-
ductivity of military equipment and materiel; 
(3) any barriers identified to using AI to solve 
supply chain and logistics challenges; 
(4) recommendations regarding how the De-
partment of Defense can better leverage artificial in-
telligence to address supply chain and logistics chal-
lenges in a contested environment; 
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(5) an assessment of the impact of AI software 
solutions on visibility of materiel at different levels 
of command within the Marine Corps; and 
(6) the viability of expanding these software so-
lutions to other units and areas of responsibility. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The pilot program under this 
section shall terminate on the date that is 3 years after 
the date on which the Marine Corps enters into the first 
agreement with a qualified entity under subsection (b). 
SEC. 333. RESPONSIVENESS TESTING OF DEFENSE LOGIS-
TICS 
AGENCY 
PHARMACEUTICAL 
CON-
TRACTS. 
The Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall 
modify Defense Logistics Agency Instructions 5025.03 
and 3110.01— 
(1) to require Defense Logistics Agency Troop 
Support to coordinate annually with customers in 
the military departments to conduct responsiveness 
testing of the Defense Logistics Agency’s contin-
gency contracts for pharmaceuticals; and 
(2) to include the results of such testing, as re-
ported by customers in the military departments, in 
the annual reports of the Warstopper Program. 
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SEC. 334. INVESTMENT PLAN FOR DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE DEPOTS AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the current state of Department of Defense 
depots and industrial facilities is concerning; 
(2) charged with maintaining critical equipment 
and complex weapons systems, these Government- 
owned, Government-operated installations are vital 
to supporting military readiness and conflict deter-
rence; 
(3) robust funding should be provided for sus-
tained facilities modernization; and 
(4) facilities and equipment modernization will 
cost hundreds of billions and require sustained man-
agement attention over many years. 
(b) INVESTMENT PLAN.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of each of 
the military departments, shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees an investment plan that in-
cludes detailed information about the minimum annual in-
vestment in Department of Defense depots and industrial 
facilities that is needed to prevent further infrastructure 
deterioration. The minimum investment level included in 
the plan shall reflect a percentage of the 3-year rolling 
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average of maintenance, repair, and overhaul workload 
funded at all Department depots and industrial facilities. 
Modernization efforts addressed in the plan shall account 
for future technological demands, labor needs, and threats 
to facility security including those posed by extreme 
weather and natural disasters. 
Subtitle D—Studies and Reports 
SEC. 341. JOINT SAFETY COUNCIL REPORT AND BRIEFING 
REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 185 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (k)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Chair’’ and inserting 
‘‘Chairperson’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘semi-annual’’ and in-
serting ‘‘biannual’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘, 2023, and not 
later than’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘thereafter’’; and 
(III) by inserting ‘‘biannual’’ be-
fore ‘‘report’’; 
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(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) for the year covered by the report— 
‘‘(i) releasable information regarding any 
mishap that occurred during such year; and 
‘‘(ii) an identification of any corrective or 
preventative action implemented pursuant to a 
recommendation made in a safety or legal in-
vestigation report of such a mishap.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) BIANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than March 
31 and December 31 of each year, the Chairperson of the 
Joint Council shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees a briefing on the contents of the report re-
quired under subsection (k) for the corresponding date.’’. 
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SEC. 342. CHANGE IN TIMEFRAME FOR REPORT ON ABILITY 
OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO MEET RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR ENERGY RESILIENCE AND 
ENERGY SECURITY MEASURES ON MILITARY 
INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2920(g) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2029’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2027’’. 
(b) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than June 
30, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 
congressional defense committees a briefing on the 
progress of the Secretary in meeting the requirements 
under section 2920(a) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 343. MODIFICATIONS TO COMPTROLLER GENERAL AN-
NUAL REVIEWS OF F–35 SUSTAINMENT EF-
FORTS. 
Section 357 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2025, 2026, and 2027’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(including’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, which may include’’; and 
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(ii) by striking the closing paren-
thesis; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘ as a re-
sult of such review’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘of the fol-
lowing:’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end of paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘of matters 
regarding the sustainment or affordability of the F– 
35 Lighting II aircraft program that the Comp-
troller General, after consulting with staff from the 
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, determines to be of crit-
ical importance to the long-term viability of such 
program.’’. 
SEC. 344. STUDY ON FIREFIGHTER RAPID INTERVENTION 
TEAM TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT AT DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 
a study of the training standards for firefighter rapid 
intervention teams and the use of equipment by such 
teams at Department of Defense facilities. Such study 
shall include— 
(1) an identification of such training standards 
and equipment that, as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act, are in use by such teams and the extent 
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to which such training and equipment is standard 
across firefighter rapid intervention teams located at 
different Department facilities; 
(2) an identification of such training standards 
and equipment that, as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act, are in use by such teams at Department 
naval and port facilities and a determination by the 
Secretary of whether such training and equipment is 
sufficient to prepare such teams for fires on the var-
ious ships that dock at such facilities; and 
(3) a description of any incident that— 
(A) occurred during the ten-year period 
preceding the date of the enactment of this Act 
in which a firefighter was injured or killed at 
a Department facility; and 
(B) the Secretary finds could have been 
prevented if the firefighters involved had re-
ceived different training or equipment; and 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives a report containing the results 
of the study required under subsection (a). 
(c) FIREFIGHTER RAPID INTERVENTION TEAM DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘firefighter rapid inter-
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vention team’’ means a designated firefighting crew that 
serves as a stand-by rescue team at the scenes of fires 
and other emergencies and is available for the immediate 
search and rescue of missing, trapped, or injured fire-
fighters if required. 
SEC. 345. JOINT SAFETY COUNCIL REVIEW OF COMP-
TROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON FATIGUE OF 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Safety Council es-
tablished under section 185 of title 10, United States 
Code, shall review the issues identified in the report of 
the Comptroller General of the United States titled ‘‘Mili-
tary Readiness: Comprehensive Approach Needed to Ad-
dress Service Member Fatigue and Manage Related Ef-
forts’’ (GAO-24-105917), including— 
(1) insufficient oversight authority at the De-
partment of Defense level; 
(2) a lack of assigned leadership on fatigue-re-
lated matters within the Armed Forces; and 
(3) fragmented fatigue-related research efforts 
across the Department; 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than September 1, 2025, 
the Joint Safety Council shall provide to the congressional 
defense committees a briefing on the steps the Council is 
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taking to address the findings of the Comptroller General 
and to reinvigorate efforts to limit the fatigue of members 
of the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 346. STUDY ON USE AND PRESENCE OF TOXIC CHEMI-
CALS IN PANAMA CANAL ZONE. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than December 31, 
2025, the Armed Forces Pest Management Board shall 
conduct a study on the use and presence of herbicide 
agents and toxic chemicals by the Department in the Pan-
ama Canal Zone during the period beginning on January 
1, 1958, and ending on December 31, 1999. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study conducted under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment to determine the degree to 
which herbicide agents, including those known as 
‘‘rainbow herbicides’’, and other toxic chemicals were 
used, tested, stored, or otherwise dispensed within 
the Panama Canal Zone while members of the 
United States Armed Forces were stationed there. 
(2) An assessment of how many members of the 
United States Armed Forces may have been affected 
by the usage of herbicide agents and other toxic 
chemicals. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘herbicide agent’’ means a chem-
ical in an herbicide. 
(2) The term ‘‘rainbow herbicide’’ means herbi-
cides known as Agent Pink, Agent Purple, Agent 
Blue, Agent Green, Agent White, and Agent Orange. 
(3) The term ‘‘toxic chemicals’’ means per-
sistent organic pollutants, as defined by the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency. 
SEC. 347. REPORT ON WILDFIRE FIGHTING CAPABILITIES 
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN HA-
WAII. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to Congress a report that contains— 
(1) an assessment of the wildfire fighting capa-
bilities of the Department of Defense in Hawaii, in-
cluding any shortfalls in firefighting equipment, fa-
cilities, training, plans, or personnel; 
(2) a determination of the feasibility of estab-
lishing a wildfire training institute on O‘ahu; 
(3) an identification of any additional authori-
ties or resources required to integrate the capabili-
ties of the Department of Defense with the capabili-
ties of other Federal, State, and local emergency re-
sponders; and 
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(4) an identification of any memoranda or other 
agreements between the Department and State, 
local, Federal, or other disaster response organiza-
tions regarding wildland fire mitigation, prevention, 
response, and recovery. 
SEC. 348. BRIEFING ON ARMY ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING 
AND EQUIPMENT USED IN COLD AND EX-
TREME COLD WEATHER ENVIRONMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 2025, 
the Secretary of the Army shall provide to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a briefing on the modernization and 
sustainment plans of the Army for organizational clothing 
and equipment used in cold and extreme cold weather en-
vironments. The briefing shall include the following topics: 
(1) The planned requirement of the Army for 
organizational clothing and equipment used in cold 
and extreme cold weather environments. 
(2) The current inventory of the Army of such 
clothing and equipment. 
(3) The modernization plan of the Army with 
respect to such clothing and equipment. 
(4) Any relevant investments currently pro-
grammed for such clothing and equipment in the 
Future Years Defense Program. 
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(5) The cost and timeline associated with imple-
menting such plan, including any additional outlays 
by Congress necessary to fulfil the plan. 
(6) Such other matters as the Secretary finds 
appropriate. 
(b) ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT 
USED IN COLD AND EXTREME COLD WEATHER ENVI-
RONMENTS.—In this section, the term ‘‘organizational 
clothing and equipment used in cold and extreme cold 
weather environments’’ includes extreme cold weather 
clothing, footwear, handwear, shelters, sleep systems, sleep 
mats, snowshoes, and skis. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 351. EXPANDED LICENSE RECIPROCITY FOR DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE VETERINARIANS. 
Section 1060c of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘in 
emergencies’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘for the pur-
poses described in subsection (c)’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (c). 
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SEC. 352. PROVISION OF SPORTS FOODS AND THIRD-PARTY 
CERTIFIED DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS TO MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) USE OF AMOUNTS.—The Secretary of Defense 
may use amounts authorized to be appropriated to the De-
partment of Defense for Operation and Maintenance for 
the procurement of sports foods and third-party certified 
dietary supplements and the distribution of such foods and 
supplements to members of the Armed Forces. 
(b) ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall author-
ize registered dietitians and health care providers of 
the Department at the operational unit level to ac-
quire sports foods and third-party certified dietary 
supplements and to distribute such foods and sup-
plements to members of the Armed Forces. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to— 
(A) augment morale, welfare, and recre-
ation funds or activities; or 
(B) augment or replace the budget or serv-
ices of dining facilities of the Department. 
(c) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall require that any 
dietary supplements and sports foods procured under this 
section are tested by an appropriate non-Department of 
Defense entity to ensure that product labels for content 
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type and amount are accurate and that the product is free 
of substances banned by the Department. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘dietary supplement’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 201(ff) of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
321(ff)). 
(2) The term ‘‘sports food’’ means a product 
with a nutrition facts label that is meant to support 
daily macronutrient and caloric needs in support of 
fueling and hydration of members of the Armed 
Forces to enhance combat readiness, which may be 
used to improve physical performance and long-term 
cognitive health and optimize recovery. 
SEC. 353. FUNDING FOR BASE SUPPORT. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 301 for operating 
forces, line 090 as specified in the corresponding funding 
table in section 4301 for Operations and Maintenance, for 
base support, is hereby increased by $5,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for Administration and 
Service-Wide Activities for line 410 as specified in the cor-
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responding funding table in section 4301, for Administra-
tion is hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 
SEC. 354. AVAILABILITY OF OPERATION AND MAINTE-
NANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR SOFTWARE. 
Section 2241(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(8) Acquisition, development, modification, 
and sustainment of software.’’. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY 
PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 
duty personnel as of September 30, 2025, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 442,300. 
(2) The Navy, 332,300. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 172,300. 
(4) The Air Force, 320,000. 
(5) The Space Force, 9,800. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve 
components as of September 30, 2025, as follows: 
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(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 325,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 175,800. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 57,700. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 32,500. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 107,700. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 67,000. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000. 
(b) 
END
STRENGTH
REDUCTIONS.—The 
end 
strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Re-
serve of any reserve component shall be proportionately 
reduced by— 
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of 
such component which are on active duty (other 
than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 
(2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 
Reserve of such component who are on active duty 
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
(c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 
individual members of the Selected Reserve of any reserve 
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component are released from active duty during any fiscal 
year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 
the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be 
increased proportionately by the total authorized strengths 
of such units and by the total number of such individual 
members. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 
411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are 
authorized, as of September 30, 2025, the following num-
ber of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or 
full-time duty, in the case of members of the National 
Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, re-
cruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 30,845. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 16,511. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 10,132. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,400. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 25,736. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 6,311. 
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SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 
(DUAL STATUS). 
The minimum number of military technicians (dual 
status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2025 for the re-
serve components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith-
standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 
be the following: 
(1) For the Army National Guard of the United 
States, 22,294. 
(2) For the Army Reserve, 6,492. 
(3) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 10,744. 
(4) For the Air Force Reserve, 6,697. 
SEC. 414. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU-
THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2025, the maximum number of 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 
who may be serving at any time on full-time operational 
support duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 17,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 
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(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2025 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities 
and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, 
not otherwise provided for, for military personnel, as spec-
ified in the funding table in section 4401. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The au-
thorization of appropriations in the subsection (a) super-
sedes any other authorization of appropriations (definite 
or indefinite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2025. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
SEC. 431. ANNUAL DEFENSE MANPOWER PROFILE REPORT: 
EXPANSION OF JUSTIFICATIONS FOR END 
STRENGTHS. 
Section 115a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Congress’’ 
and inserting ‘‘to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and 
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furnish to any Member of Congress upon request,’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The justification and explanation required by 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) An assessment of the most important 
threats facing the United States, disaggregated by 
geographic combatant command. 
‘‘(B) An explanation of how personnel end 
strength level requests address threats described in 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) The rationale for recommended increases 
or decreases in active, reserve, and civilian personnel 
for each component of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(D) The rationale for recommended increases 
or decreases in active, reserve, and civilian personnel 
for each of the geographic combatant commands. 
‘‘(E) The primary functions or missions of ac-
tive, reserve, and civilian personnel in each geo-
graphic combatant command. 
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‘‘(F) An assessment of any areas in which de-
creases in active, reserve, or civilian personnel would 
not result in a decrease in readiness. 
‘‘(G) The actual end strength number for each 
armed force for the prior fiscal year, compared to 
authorized end strength levels. 
‘‘(H) The shortfall in recruiting by each armed 
force as a percentage, as the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
‘‘(I) The number of applicants who were found 
to be ineligible for service in the Department of De-
fense during the prior fiscal year as a result of cur-
rent enlistment standards, disaggregated by armed 
force and reason for disqualification.’’. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Policy 
SEC. 501. GRADE OF SURGEON GENERAL OF THE NAVY. 
(a) MODIFICATION TO DISTRIBUTION OF COMMIS-
SIONED OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY IN GENERAL OFFI-
CER AND FLAG OFFICER GRADES.—Section 525 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(B) by striking ‘‘34’’ 
and inserting ‘‘35’’ ; and 
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(2) in subsection (a)(3)(C) by striking ‘‘49’’ 
and inserting ‘‘48’’. 
(b) GRADE OF SURGEON GENERAL OF THE NAVY.— 
Section 8077 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) GRADE.—The Surgeon General, while so serv-
ing, shall hold the grade of O–9.’’. 
SEC. 502. REDISTRIBUTION OF GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE 
MARINE CORPS ON ACTIVE DUTY. 
Section 525(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘17’’ and 
inserting ‘‘18’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘22’’ and 
replacing with ‘‘21.’’ 
SEC. 503. REMOVAL OF EXEMPTION RELATING TO ATTEND-
ING PHYSICIAN TO THE CONGRESS FOR CER-
TAIN DISTRIBUTION AND GRADE LIMITA-
TIONS. 
Section 525 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (f); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f). 
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SEC. 504. AUTHORITY TO EXCLUDE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS 
FROM LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF 
GENERAL OFFICERS AND FLAG OFFICERS ON 
ACTIVE DUTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 526 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (g) through (j) 
as subsections (h) through (k), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting, after subsection (f), the fol-
lowing new subsection (g): 
‘‘(g) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ADAPTIVE FORCE AC-
COUNT.—The Secretary of Defense may designate up to 
45 general officer and flag officer positions for exclusion 
from the limitations in subsection (a) and in section 
525(a) of this title.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (3) of 
subsection (a) of section 501 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 
328; 10 U.S.C. 525 note) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 505. MODIFICATION TO GRADE OF ATTENDING PHYSI-
CIAN TO THE CONGRESS. 
Section 715 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 715. Attending Physician to the Congress: grade 
‘‘An officer serving as Attending Physician to the 
Congress, while so serving, holds the grade of O–6.’’. 
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SEC. 506. AUTHORITY TO SEPARATE A REGULAR OFFICER 
AFTER A BOARD OF INQUIRY RECOMMENDS 
RETAINING SUCH OFFICER. 
Section 1182(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘If’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) Subject 
to subparagraph (B), if’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(B) If the board determines that there is a substan-
tiated basis for separating the officer and the Chief of the 
armed force concerned recommends separation, the Sec-
retary of the military department concerned may deter-
mine, pursuant to the process under subparagraph (C), 
whether to involuntarily separate the officer under sub-
paragraph (D). 
‘‘(C) The process under this subparagraph shall in-
clude the following: 
‘‘(i) The provision of notice to the officer re-
garding such process. 
‘‘(ii) An opportunity for the officer to present 
evidence to the Secretary of the military department 
concerned. 
‘‘(D) Subject to subparagraph (E), the Secretary of 
the military department concerned may involuntarily sepa-
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rate the officer if, after reviewing all the evidence in the 
record, such Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(i) the recommendation of the board is clearly 
contrary to the substantial weight of such evidence; 
‘‘(ii) the officer’s conduct— 
‘‘(I) discredits the armed force concerned; 
‘‘(II) adversely affects good order and dis-
cipline; or 
‘‘(III) adversely affects the officer’s per-
formance of duty; and 
‘‘(iii) separation is essential to the interests of 
justice, discipline, and proper administration of the 
armed force concerned. 
‘‘(E)(i) The least favorable characterization of a sep-
aration under subparagraph (D) shall be general (under 
honorable conditions). 
‘‘(ii) The Secretary of the military department con-
cerned may delegate the authority to make a determina-
tion under subparagraph (D) only to a civilian official of 
such military department who was appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.’’. 
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SEC. 507. INCLUSION OF SERVICE IN SROTC IN THE COM-
PUTATION OF LENGTH OF SERVICE OF AN 
OFFICER 
APPOINTED 
FOR 
COMPLETING 
SROTC. 
Subsection (c) of section 2106 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘August 1, 1979, as a member 
of the Selected Reserve’’ and inserting an em dash; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) August 1, 1979, as a member of the Se-
lected Reserve; or 
‘‘(2) the date of the enactment of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, re-
gardless of the component in which the officer per-
formed such enlisted service.’’. 
SEC. 508. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL OFFICER 
OF THE MARINE CORPS POSITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 806 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 8048. Medical Officer of the Marine Corps 
‘‘(a) There is a Medical Officer of the Marine Corps 
who shall be appointed from among flag officers of the 
Navy. 
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‘‘(b) The Medical Officer of the Marine Corps, while 
so serving, shall hold the grade of rear admiral (lower 
half).’’. 
(b) EXCLUSION FROM CERTAIN DISTRIBUTION LIMI-
TATIONS.—Section 525 of such title is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing new subsection (g): 
‘‘(g) A naval officer while serving as the Medical Offi-
cer of the Marine Corps is in addition to the number that 
would otherwise be permitted for the Navy for officers 
serving on active duty in the grade of rear admiral (lower 
half) under subsection (a).’’. 
(c) EXCLUSION FROM ACTIVE DUTY STRENGTH LIM-
ITATIONS.—Section 526 of such title is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (g) through (j) 
as subsections (h) through (k), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing new subsection (g): 
‘‘(g) EXCLUSION OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF MARINE 
CORPS.—The limitations of this section do not apply to 
the flag officer who is serving as the Medical Officer of 
the Marine Corps.’’. 
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SEC. 509. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT OF ONE YEAR OF AC-
TIVE DUTY SERVICE FOR ORIGINAL APPOINT-
MENT AS A WARRANT OFFICER IN THE DE-
PARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE. 
Section 9160 of title 10, United States Code, is re-
pealed. 
SEC. 509A. PILOT PROGRAM ON PEER AND SUBORDINATE 
EVALUATIONS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary con-
cerned shall implement, in an Armed Force, a five-year 
pilot program, pursuant to which— 
(1) an officer described in subsection (b) shall 
be anonymously evaluated by peers and subordi-
nates; and 
(2) the results of such evaluations shall be fur-
nished to a command selection or command quali-
fication board concerned; and 
(3) the command selection or command quali-
fication board shall consider such results in deter-
mining whether to recommend such officer for such 
selection or qualification. 
(b) COVERED OFFICERS.—An officer described in 
this subsection is a regular officer— 
(1) eligible for consideration for command; 
(2) in grade O-5 or O-6; and 
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(3) in a career field— 
(A) specified in subsection (c); or 
(B) determined by the Secretary con-
cerned. 
(c) COVERED CAREER FIELDS.—The career fields 
specified in this subsection are the following: 
(1) In the Navy, surface warfare, submarine 
warfare, special warfare, or explosive ordnance dis-
posal. 
(2) In the Marine Corps, infantry, logistics, or 
field artillery. 
(3) In the Air Force, operations or logistics. 
(4) In the Space Force, space operations. 
(5) In the Coast Guard, afloat or engineering 
and command, control, communications, computers, 
cyber, and intelligence. 
(d) SELECTION
OF EVALUATORS.—The Secretary 
concerned may select an individual to evaluate an officer 
under the pilot program if the Secretary determines such 
individual has worked with the officer closely enough to 
have an informed opinion regarding the officer’s leader-
ship abilities. An officer may not have any input regarding 
the selection of an individual who shall evaluate such offi-
cer. 
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(e) REPORT.—Not later than three months after the 
termination of a pilot program, a Secretary concerned 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report regarding the pilot program. Elements of each 
such report shall include the following: 
(1) The determination of the Secretary con-
cerned whether the pilot program improved the com-
mand selection or command qualification process of 
the Armed Force. 
(2) The determination of the Secretary con-
cerned whether to continue to use peer or subordi-
nate evaluations in the command selection or com-
mand qualification process of such Armed Force. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate. 
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(2) The terms ‘‘regular’’ and ‘‘Secretary con-
cerned’’ have the meanings given such term in sec-
tion 101 of title 10, United States Code. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. GRADES OF CERTAIN CHIEFS OF RESERVE COM-
PONENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) 
CHIEF
OF
ARMY
RESERVE.—Section 
7038(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) The Chief of Army Reserve, while so serving, 
holds the grade of lieutenant general.’’. 
(2) 
CHIEF
OF
NAVY
RESERVE.—Section 
8083(b) of such title is amended by striking para-
graph (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) The Chief of Navy Reserve, while so serving, 
holds the grade of vice admiral.’’. 
(3) COMMANDER, MARINE FORCES RESERVE.— 
Section 8084(b) of such title is amended by striking 
paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) The Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, while 
so serving, holds the grade of lieutenant general.’’. 
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(4) CHIEF OF AIR FORCE RESERVE.—Section 
9038(b) of such title is amended by striking para-
graph (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) The Chief of Air Force Reserve, while so serving, 
holds the grade of lieutenant general.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the day that is one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply 
to appointments made after such date. 
SEC. 512. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE RE-
SERVE OFFICERS IN CERTAIN MILITARY SPE-
CIALTIES ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS 
LIST. 
Section 14701(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘(in-
cluding an officer described in subparagraph 
(C))’’ after ‘‘or a reserve officer’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (D); and 
(C) by inserting, after subparagraph (B), 
the following new subparagraph (C): 
‘‘(C) An officer described in this subparagraph is a 
reserve officer in a grade above O-2 who has a military 
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occupational specialty, rating, or specialty code in a mili-
tary specialty designated, in regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of the military department concerned, as subject 
to a shortage of personnel.’’; and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 
paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting, after paragraph (5), the fol-
lowing new paragraph (6): 
‘‘(6) A reserve officer described in paragraph (1)(C) 
and continued on the reserve active-status list pursuant 
to this section shall, if not earlier retired, transferred to 
the Retired Reserve, or discharged, be separated in ac-
cordance with section 14513 or 14514, as applicable, on 
the first day of the month after the month in which the 
officer completes 40 years of commissioned service.’’. 
SEC. 513. FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A UNIT OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD IN AMERICAN SAMOA AND 
IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN 
MARIANA ISLANDS. 
(a) DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall determine the feasibility of establishing— 
(1) a unit of the National Guard in American 
Samoa; and 
(2) a unit of the National Guard in the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
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(b) FORCE STRUCTURE ELEMENTS.—In making the 
feasibility determination under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall consider the following: 
(1) The allocation of National Guard force 
structure and manpower to American Samoa and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
in the event of the establishment of a unit of the 
National Guard in American Samoa and in the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
and the impact of this allocation on existing Na-
tional Guard units in the 50 States, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
and the District of Columbia. 
(2) The Federal funding that would be required 
to support pay, benefits, training operations, and 
missions of members of a unit of the National Guard 
in American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, based on the allocation 
derived from paragraph (1), and the equipment, in-
cluding maintenance, required to support such force 
structure. 
(3) The presence of existing infrastructure to 
support a unit of the National Guard in American 
Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and the requirement for additional 
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infrastructure, including information technology in-
frastructure, to support such force structure, based 
on the allocation derived from paragraph (1). 
(4) How a unit of the National Guard in Amer-
ican Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Island would accommodate the National 
Guard Bureau’s ‘‘Essential Ten’’ homeland defense 
capabilities (i.e., aviation, engineering, civil support 
teams, security, medical, transportation, mainte-
nance, logistics, joint force headquarters, and com-
munications) and reflect regional needs. 
(5) The manpower cadre, both military per-
sonnel and fulltime support, including National 
Guard technicians, required to establish, maintain, 
and sustain a unit of the National Guard in Amer-
ican Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and the ability of American Samoa 
and of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands to support demographically a unit of the Na-
tional Guard at each location. 
(6) The ability of a unit of the National Guard 
in American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands to maintain unit readi-
ness and the logistical challenges associated with 
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transportation, communications, supply/ resupply, 
and training operations and missions. 
(c) SUBMISSION OF CONCLUSION.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 
committees of the results of the feasibility determination 
made under subsection (a). If the Secretary determines 
that establishment of a unit of the National Guard in 
American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands (or both) is feasible, the Secretary shall 
include in the notification the following: 
(1) A determination of whether the executive 
branch of American Samoa and of the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has enacted 
and implemented statutory authorization for an or-
ganized militia as a prerequisite for establishing a 
unit of the National Guard, and a description of any 
other steps that such executive branches must take 
to request and carry out the establishment of a Na-
tional Guard unit. 
(2) A list of any amendments to titles 10, 32, 
and 37, United States Code, that would have to be 
enacted by Congress to provide for the establishment 
of a unit of the National Guard in American Samoa 
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and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands. 
(3) A description of any required Department 
of Defense actions to establish a unit of the National 
Guard in American Samoa and in the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(4) A suggested timeline for completion of the 
steps and actions described in the preceding para-
graphs. 
SEC. 514. AMENDMENT TO EXTEND TIME PERIOD FOR 
TRANSFER 
OR 
DISCHARGE 
OF 
CERTAIN 
ARMY AND AIR FORCE RESERVE COMPONENT 
GENERAL OFFICERS. 
Section 14314 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 
(3), and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), 
and (D), respectively; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Within’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), with-
in’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following 
new paragraph (2): 
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‘‘(2) For any general officer covered by para-
graph (1) who is released from a joint duty assign-
ment or other non-joint active-duty assignment, the 
Secretary concerned shall complete the transfer or 
discharge required by paragraph (1) not later than 
60 days after the officer’s release.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(C)’’. 
Subtitle C—General Service 
Authorities and Military Records 
SEC. 521. TRANSFER TO THE SPACE FORCE OF COVERED 
SPACE FUNCTIONS OF THE AIR NATIONAL 
GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) TRANSFER OF COVERED SPACE FUNCTIONS.— 
During the transition period, the Secretary of the Air 
Force may transfer to the Space Force the covered space 
functions of the Air National Guard of the United States. 
Any such transfer shall occur subject to section 104 of 
title 32, United States Code, and section 18238 of title 
10, United States Code. 
(b) TRANSFER OF UNITS.—Upon the transfer to the 
Space Force of the covered space functions of a unit of 
the Air National Guard of the United States, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force may change the status of the unit 
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from a unit of the Air National Guard of the United 
States to a unit of the United States Space Force; 
(c) TRANSFER OF COVERED MEMBERS.— 
(1) OFFICERS.—During the transition period, 
the Secretary of Defense may, with the officer’s con-
sent, transfer a covered officer of the Air National 
Guard of the United States to, and appoint the offi-
cer in, the Space Force. 
(2) ENLISTED MEMBERS.—During the transi-
tion period, the Secretary of the Air Force may 
transfer each covered enlisted member of the Air 
National Guard of the United States to the Space 
Force, other than those covered enlisted members 
who do not consent to transfer. Upon such a trans-
fer, the covered enlisted member so transferred 
ceases to be a member of the Air National Guard of 
the United States and is discharged from the enlist-
ment of such covered enlisted member as a Reserve 
of the Air Force. 
(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE
OF
TRANSFERS.—Each 
transfer under this subsection shall be effective on 
the date specified by the Secretary of Defense, in the 
case of an officer, or the Secretary of the Air Force, 
in the case of an enlisted member, but not later than 
the last day of the transition period. 
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(4) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TRANSFERS.—Not 
more than 580 members of the Air National Guard 
may be transferred under this subsection. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Transfers under subsection (c) 
shall be carried out under regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of Defense. In the case of an officer, applicable 
regulations shall include those prescribed pursuant to sec-
tion 716 of title 10, United States Code. 
(e) TERM OF INITIAL ENLISTMENT IN THE SPACE 
FORCE.—In the case of a covered enlisted member who 
is transferred to the Space Force in accordance with sub-
section (c), the Secretary of the Air Force may accept the 
initial enlistment of the enlisted member in the Space 
Force for a period of less than two years, but only if the 
period of enlistment in the Space Force is not less than 
the period remaining, as of the date of the transfer, in 
the enlisted member’s term of enlistment in a reserve com-
ponent of the Air Force. 
(f) END STRENGTH ADJUSTMENTS UPON TRANS-
FERS FROM THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED 
STATES.—During the transition period, upon the transfer 
to the Space Force of a covered space function of the Air 
National Guard of the United States— 
(1) the end strength authorized for the Space 
Force pursuant to section 115(a)(1)(A) of title 10, 
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United States Code, for the fiscal year during which 
the transfer occurs shall be increased by the number 
of billets associated with that mission; and 
(2) the end strength authorized for the Air Na-
tional Guard of the United States pursuant to sec-
tion 115(a)(2) of such title for such fiscal year shall 
be decreased by the same number. 
(g) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—For purposes of 
the transfer of covered members of the Air National 
Guard of the United States in accordance with subsection 
(c)— 
(1) the Air National Guard of the United 
States and the Space Force shall be considered to be 
components of the same Armed Force; and 
(2) the Space Force officer list shall be consid-
ered to be an active-duty list of an Armed Force. 
(h) RETRAINING AND REASSIGNMENT FOR MEMBERS 
NOT TRANSFERRING.—If a covered member of the Air 
National Guard of the United States does not consent to 
transfer to the Space Force in accordance with subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide the cov-
ered member retraining and reassignment within a reserve 
component of the Air Force. 
(i) SPACE FORCE UNITS IN AFFECTED STATES.—In 
order to reduce the cost of transferring to the Space Force 
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the covered space functions of the Air National Guard of 
the United States, and to reduce the impact of such trans-
fer on the affected State, the following provisions apply: 
(1) After a covered space function is trans-
ferred to the Space Force from the Air National 
Guard of the United States, the Space Force shall 
continue to perform the covered space function with-
in the affected State; 
(2) Except when the Secretary of the Air Force 
determines that it would not be in the best interests 
of the United States, the Secretary shall seek to 
enter into an agreement with the Governor of an af-
fected State, to provide for the Space Force to be-
come a tenant organization on an installation of the 
National Guard of the affected State at which a cov-
ered space function was executed. 
(j) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than January 31 of 
each year during the transition period, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and House of Representatives a report 
on the progress of the transfer of covered space functions 
of the Air National Guard of the United States to the 
Space Force. Each such report shall include the following 
elements with respect to the year preceding the date of 
the report: 
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Subtitle E—Member Training and 
Education 
SEC. 541. INCREASE TO MAXIMUM FUNDING FOR THE RE-
GIONAL DEFENSE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 
Section 345(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘$35,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$50,000,000’’. 
SEC. 542. EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT 
AUTHORITIES FOR SERVICE ACADEMIES. 
Section 347 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended, in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘60’’ and 
inserting ‘‘80’’. 
SEC. 543. REDUCTION TO MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICI-
PATING STUDENTS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH 
OR MAINTAIN A UNIT OF JROTC. 
Section 2031(b)(1)(A) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘100’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’. 
SEC. 544. NUMBER OF FOREIGN MILITARY MEDICAL STU-
DENTS WHO MAY ATTEND UNIFORMED SERV-
ICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES 
UNDER AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM. 
Section 2114(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘40 persons’’ and inserting ‘‘50 
persons’’. 
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(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Navy’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Navy or Coast Guard’’. 
(c) VICE CHAIRMAN.—Section 154(f) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘Navy or 
Coast Guard’’. 
(d) INCLUSION
ON
THE JOINT STAFF.—Section 
155(a) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘(other than the Coast 
Guard)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) the Coast Guard.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Secretary of 
the military department having jurisdiction over that 
armed force’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary concerned’’. 
(e) DUTIES AS MEMBER OF JOINT STAFF.—Section 
302 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The President may’’ and in-
serting the following: 
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