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SEC. 542. ENHANCEMENT OF MECHANISMS TO CORRELATE 
SKILLS AND TRAINING FOR MILITARY OCCUPA-
TIONAL SPECIALTIES WITH SKILLS AND TRAINING 
REQUIRED FOR CIVILIAN CERTIFICATIONS AND 
LICENSES. 
(a) IMPROVEMENT
OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE
TO 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ABOUT CORRELATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries of the military 
departments, in coordination with the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, make information on civil-
ian credentialing opportunities available to members of 
the Armed Forces beginning with, and at every stage of, 
training of members for military occupational specialties, 
in order to permit members— 
(A) to evaluate the extent to which such train-
ing correlates with the skills and training required 
in connection with various civilian certifications and 
licenses; and 
(B) to assess the suitability of such training 
for obtaining or pursuing such civilian certifications 
and licenses. 
(2) COORDINATION WITH TRANSITION GOALS PLANS 
SUCCESS PROGRAM.—Information shall be made avail-
able under paragraph (1) in a manner consistent with 
the Transition Goals Plans Success (GPS) program.
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(3) TYPES
OF
INFORMATION.—The information 
made available under paragraph (1) shall include, but 
not be limited to, the following: 
(A) Information on the civilian occupational 
equivalents of military occupational specialties 
(MOS). 
(B) Information on civilian license or certifi-
cation requirements, including examination require-
ments. 
(C) Information on the availability and oppor-
tunities for use of educational benefits available to 
members of the Armed Forces, as appropriate, cor-
responding training, or continuing education that 
leads to a certification exam in order to provide a 
pathway to credentialing opportunities. 
(4) USE
AND
ADAPTATION
OF
CERTAIN
PRO-
GRAMS.—In making information available under para-
graph (1), the Secretaries of the military departments 
may use and adapt appropriate portions of the 
Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) programs 
of the Army and the Navy and the Credentialing and 
Educational Research Tool (CERT) of the Air Force. 
(b) IMPROVEMENT OF ACCESS OF ACCREDITED CIVIL-
IAN CREDENTIALING AND RELATED ENTITIES TO MILITARY 
TRAINING CONTENT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries of the military 
departments, in coordination with the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable consistent with national se-
curity and privacy requirements, make available to enti-
ties specified in paragraph (2), upon request of such en-
tities, information such as military course training cur-
ricula, syllabi, and materials, levels of military advance-
ment attained, and professional skills developed. 
(2) ENTITIES.—The entities specified in this para-
graph are the following: 
(A) Civilian credentialing agencies. 
(B) Entities approved by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, or by State approving agencies, for 
purposes of the use of educational assistance bene-
fits under the laws administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs. 
(3) CENTRAL REPOSITORY.—The actions taken pur-
suant to paragraph (1) may include the establishment of 
a central repository of information on training and train-
ing materials provided members in connection with mili-
tary occupational specialities that is readily accessible by 
entities specified in paragraph (2) in order to meet re-
quests described in paragraph (1).
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SEC. 543. REPORT ON THE TROOPS TO TEACHERS PROGRAM. 
Not later than March 1, 2014, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
Troops to Teachers program that includes each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An evaluation of whether there is a need to 
broaden eligibility to allow service members and veterans 
without a bachelor’s degree admission into the program 
and whether the program can be strengthened. 
(2) An evaluation of whether a pilot program should 
be established to demonstrate the potential benefit of an 
institutional-based award for troops to teachers, as long 
as any such pilot program maximizes benefits to service 
members and minimizes administrative and other over-
head costs at the participating academic institutions. 
SEC. 544. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF 
REQUIRING AUTOMATIC OPERATION OF CURRENT 
PROHIBITION ON ACCRUAL OF INTEREST ON DI-
RECT STUDENT LOANS OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with 
relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate a report addressing—
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(1) the feasibility of automatic application of the 
benefits provided under section 455(o) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(o)) for mem-
bers of the Armed Forces eligible for the benefits; and 
(2) if the Secretary determines automatic applica-
tion of such benefits is feasible, how the Department of 
Defense would implement the automatic operation of the 
current prohibition on the accrual of interest on direct 
student loans of certain members, including the Federal 
agencies with which the Department of Defense would 
coordinate. 
Subtitle F—Defense Dependents’ Edu-
cation and Military Family Readi-
ness Matters 
SEC. 551. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DEPEND-
ENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT NUM-
BERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the amount 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014 by section 
301 and available for operation and maintenance for Defense- 
wide activities as specified in the funding table in section 
4301, $25,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose of 
providing assistance to local educational agencies under sub-
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section (a) of section 572 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 20 
U.S.C. 7703b). 
(b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 8013(9) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)). 
SEC. 552. IMPACT AID FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DISABIL-
ITIES. 
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2014 pursuant to section 301 and available for oper-
ation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities as specified 
in the funding table in section 4301, $5,000,000 shall be 
available for payments under section 363 of the Floyd D. 
Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 
1654A–77; 20 U.S.C. 7703a). 
SEC. 553. TREATMENT OF TUITION PAYMENTS RECEIVED FOR 
VIRTUAL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDU-
CATION COMPONENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
(a) CREDITING OF PAYMENTS.—Section 2164(l) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
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‘‘(3) Any payments received by the Secretary of Defense 
under this subsection shall be credited to the account des-
ignated by the Secretary for the operation of the virtual edu-
cational program under this subsection. Payments so credited 
shall be merged with other funds in the account and shall be 
available, to the extent provided in advance in appropriation 
Acts, for the same purposes and the same period as other 
funds in the account.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION
OF AMENDMENT.—The amendment 
made by subsection (a) shall apply only with respect to tui-
tion payments received under section 2164(l) of title 10, 
United States Code, for enrollments authorized by such sec-
tion, after the date of the enactment of this Act, in the vir-
tual elementary and secondary education program of the De-
partment of Defense education program. 
SEC. 554. FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR IMMEDIATE FAM-
ILY MEMBERS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES 
ASSIGNED 
TO 
SPECIAL 
OPERATIONS 
FORCES. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED.—Consistent with 
such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe 
to carry out this section, the Commander of the United 
States Special Operations Command may conduct up to three 
pilot programs to assess the feasibility and benefits of pro-
viding family support activities for the immediate family
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members of members of the Armed Forces assigned to special 
operations forces. In selecting and conducting any pilot pro-
gram under this subsection, the Commander shall coordinate 
with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Read-
iness. 
(b) SELECTION OF PROGRAMS.—In selecting the pilot 
programs to be conducted under subsection (a), the Com-
mander shall— 
(1) identify family support activities that have a di-
rect and concrete impact on the readiness of special op-
erations forces, but that are not being provided by the 
Secretary of a military department to the immediate 
family members of members of the Armed Forces as-
signed to special operations forces; and 
(2) conduct a cost-benefit analysis of each family 
support activity proposed to be included in a pilot pro-
gram. 
(c) EVALUATION.—The Commander shall develop out-
come measurements to evaluate the success of each family 
support activity included in a pilot program under subsection 
(a). 
(d) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The Commander may ex-
pend up to $5,000,000 during each fiscal year specified in 
subsection (f) to carry out the pilot programs under sub-
section (a).
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(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Commander’’ means the Commander 
of the United States Special Operations Command. 
(2) The term ‘‘immediate family members’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1789(c) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘special operations forces’’ means 
those forces of the Armed Forces identified as special 
operations forces under section 167(i) of such title. 
(f) DURATION OF PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The 
authority provided by subsection (a) is available to the Com-
mander during fiscal years 2014 through 2016. 
(g) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
completing a pilot program under subsection (a), the 
Commander shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report describing the results of the pilot 
program. The Commander shall prepare the report in co-
ordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Per-
sonnel and Readiness. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall in-
clude the following: 
(A) A description of the pilot program to ad-
dress family support requirements not being pro-
vided by the Secretary of a military department to
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immediate family members of members of the 
Armed Forces assigned to special operations forces. 
(B) An assessment of the impact of the pilot 
program on the readiness of members of the Armed 
Forces assigned to special operations forces. 
(C) A comparison of the pilot program to other 
programs conducted by the Secretaries of the mili-
tary departments to provide family support to im-
mediate family members of members of the Armed 
Forces. 
(D) Recommendations for incorporating the 
lessons learned from the pilot program into family 
support programs conducted by the Secretaries of 
the military departments. 
(E) Any other matters considered appropriate 
by the Commander or the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Personnel and Readiness. 
SEC. 555. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PARENTAL RIGHTS OF MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN CHILD CUSTODY 
DETERMINATIONS. 
It is the sense of Congress that State courts should not 
consider a military deployment, including past, present, or fu-
ture deployment, as the sole factor in determining child cus-
tody in a State court proceeding involving a parent who is a 
member of the Armed Forces. The best interest of the child
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should always prevail in custody cases, but members of the 
Armed Forces should not lose custody of their children based 
solely upon service in the Armed Forces in defense of the 
United States. 
Subtitle G—Decorations and Awards 
SEC. 561. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF MEDALS OF 
HONOR THAT MAY BE AWARDED TO THE SAME 
MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) ARMY.—Section 3744(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘medal of honor, distinguished- 
service cross,’’ and inserting ‘‘distinguished-service cross’’. 
(b) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.—Section 6247 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘medal of 
honor,’’. 
(c) AIR FORCE.—Section 8744(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘medal of honor, Air 
Force cross,’’ and inserting ‘‘Air Force Cross’’. 
SEC. 562. STANDARDIZATION OF TIME-LIMITS FOR RECOM-
MENDING AND AWARDING MEDAL OF HONOR, DIS-
TINGUISHED-SERVICE CROSS, NAVY CROSS, AIR 
FORCE 
CROSS, 
AND 
DISTINGUISHED-SERVICE 
MEDAL. 
(a) ARMY.—Section 3744 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘three years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘five years’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘two years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘three years’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘two years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘three years’’. 
(b) AIR FORCE.—Section 8744 of such title is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘three years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘five years’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘two years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘three years’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘two years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘three years’’. 
SEC. 563. RECODIFICATION AND REVISION OF ARMY, NAVY, AIR 
FORCE, AND COAST GUARD MEDAL OF HONOR 
ROLL REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT
AND FURNISHING
OF 
CERTIFICATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 57 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1134 
the following new section:
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‘‘§ 1134a. Medal of honor: Army, Navy, Air Force, and 
Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be in the Depart-
ment of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Depart-
ment of the Air Force, and the Department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating a roll designated as the ‘Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll’. 
‘‘(b) ENROLLMENT.—The Secretary concerned shall 
enter and record on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast 
Guard Medal of Honor Roll the name of each person who has 
served on active duty in the armed forces and who has been 
awarded a medal of honor pursuant to section 3741, 6241, 
or 8741 of this title or section 491 of title 14. 
‘‘(c) ISSUANCE OF ENROLLMENT CERTIFICATE.—Each 
living person whose name is entered on the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll shall be issued 
a certificate of enrollment on the roll. 
‘‘(d) ENTITLEMENT TO SPECIAL PENSION; NOTICE TO 
SECRETARY
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall deliver to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a 
certified copy of each certificate of enrollment issued under 
subsection (c). The copy of the certificate shall authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay the special pension pro-
vided by section 1562 of title 38 to the person named in the 
certificate.’’.
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1134 the following new 
item: 
‘‘1134a. Medal of honor: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of 
Honor Roll.’’. 
(b) SPECIAL PENSION.— 
(1) AUTOMATIC ENTITLEMENT.—Subsection (a) of 
section 1562 of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘each person’’ and inserting 
‘‘each living person’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Honor roll’’ and inserting 
‘‘Honor Roll’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘subsection (c) of section 1561 
of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d) of sec-
tion 1134a of title 10’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘date of application therefor 
under section 1560 of this title’’ and inserting 
‘‘date on which the person’s name is entered on the 
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of 
Honor Roll under subsection (b) of such section’’. 
(2) ELECTION
TO
DECLINE
SPECIAL
PENSION.— 
Such section is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
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‘‘(g)(1) A person who is entitled to special pension under 
subsection (a) may elect not to receive special pension by no-
tifying the Secretary of such election in writing. 
‘‘(2) Upon receipt of an election made by a person under 
paragraph (1) not to receive special pension, the Secretary 
shall cease payments of special pension to the person.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) REPEAL OF RECODIFIED PROVISIONS.—Sections 
1560 and 1561 of title 38, United States Code, are re-
pealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 15 of such title is amended 
by striking the items relating to sections 1560 and 1561. 
(d) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amendments 
made by this section shall apply with respect to Medals of 
Honor awarded on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 564. PROMPT REPLACEMENT OF MILITARY DECORATIONS. 
Section 1135 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection (b):
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‘‘(b) PROMPT REPLACEMENT REQUIRED.—When a re-
quest for the replacement of a military decoration is received 
under this section or section 3747, 3751, 6253, 8747, or 
8751 of this title, the Secretary concerned shall ensure 
that— 
‘‘(1) all actions to be taken with respect to the re-
quest, including verification of the service record of the 
recipient of the military decoration, are completed within 
one year; and 
‘‘(2) the replacement military decoration is mailed 
to the person requesting the replacement military deco-
ration within 90 days after verification of the service 
record.’’. 
SEC. 565. REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY FOR, AND AWARD OF, PUR-
PLE HEART TO VICTIMS OF THE ATTACKS AT RE-
CRUITING STATION IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 
AND AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS. 
(a) REVIEW REGARDING SPECIFIED ATTACKS.— 
(1) REVIEW
AND
AWARD
REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of the military department concerned shall— 
(A) review the circumstances of the attacks 
that occurred at the recruiting station in Little 
Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, and at Fort 
Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009, in which mem-
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described in paragraph (1)(A) was the result of the will-
ful misconduct of the member. 
(b) REVIEW OF THE CRITERIA FOR AWARDING PURPLE 
HEART.— 
(1) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct a review of the criteria used to determine 
the eligibility of members of the Armed Forces for the 
award of the Purple Heart. The review shall include the 
policies and procedures for determining eligibility for the 
award of the Purple Heart to members who sustain inju-
ries through acts of violence. The purpose of the review 
is to determine whether those criteria remain relevant 
for the broad range of circumstances in and outside the 
United States in which members are killed or wounded. 
(2) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report containing the results of the review. 
The report shall include the findings of the review and 
any recommendations the Secretary considers appro-
priate regarding modifying the criteria for eligibility for 
the Purple Heart.
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SEC. 566. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF 
HONOR TO FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES 
PREVIOUSLY 
RECOMMENDED 
FOR 
AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR. 
Section 552(e) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 10 U.S.C. 
3741 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘HONOR.—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) In addition to the authority provided by paragraph 
(1), a Medal of Honor may be awarded to a veteran of the 
Armed Forces who, although not a Jewish-American war vet-
eran or Hispanic-American war veteran described in sub-
section (b), was identified during the review of service records 
conducted under subsection (a) and regarding whom the Sec-
retary of Defense submitted, before January 1, 2014, a rec-
ommendation to the President that the President award the 
Medal of Honor to that veteran.’’. 
SEC. 567. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF 
HONOR FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE VIET-
NAM WAR. 
(a) SERGEANT FIRST CLASS BENNIE G. ADKINS.— 
(1) WAIVER
OF
TIME
LIMITATIONS.—Notwith-
standing the time limitations specified in section 3744 of 
title 10, United States Code, or any other time limita-
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tion with respect to the awarding of certain medals to 
persons who served in the Armed Forces, the President 
may award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of 
such title to Bennie G. Adkins of the United States 
Army for the acts of valor during the Vietnam War de-
scribed in paragraph (2). 
(2) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in paragraph (1) are the actions of then Ser-
geant First Class Bennie G. Adkins of the United States 
Army serving with Special Forces Detachment A–102 
from March 9 to 12, 1966, during the Vietnam War for 
which he was originally awarded the Distinguished-Serv-
ice Cross. 
(b) SPECIALIST FOUR DONALD P. SLOAT.— 
(1) WAIVER
OF
TIME
LIMITATIONS.—Notwith-
standing the time limitations specified in section 3744 of 
title 10, United States Code, or any other time limita-
tion with respect to the awarding of certain medals to 
persons who served in the Armed Forces, the President 
may award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of 
such title to Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army 
for the acts of valor during the Vietnam War described 
in paragraph (2). 
(2) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in paragraph (1) are the actions of then Spe-
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cialist Four Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army 
serving with 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Bat-
talion, 1st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, 
Americal Division on January 17, 1970, during the Viet-
nam War. 
SEC. 568. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE DISTIN-
GUISHED-SERVICE CROSS FOR ACTS OF VALOR 
DURING THE KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS. 
(a) SERGEANT FIRST CLASS ROBERT F. KEISER.— 
(1) WAIVER
OF
TIME
LIMITATIONS.—Notwith-
standing the time limitations specified in section 3744 of 
title 10, United States Code, or any other time limita-
tion with respect to the awarding of certain medals to 
persons who served in the Armed Forces, the Secretary 
of the Army may award the Distinguished-Service Cross 
under section 3742 of such title to Sergeant First Class 
Robert F. Keiser for the acts of valor described in para-
graph (2) during the Korean War. 
(2) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in paragraph (1) are the actions of Robert 
F. Keiser’s on November 30, 1950, as a member of the 
2d Military Police Company, 2d Infantry Division, 
United States Army, during the Division’s successful 
withdrawal from the Kunuri-Sunchon Pass.
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(b) SERGEANT FIRST CLASS PATRICK N. WATKINS, 
JR..— 
(1) WAIVER
OF
TIME
LIMITATIONS.—Notwith-
standing the time limitations specified in section 3744 of 
title 10, United States Code, or any other time limita-
tion with respect to the awarding of certain medals to 
persons who served in the Armed Forces, the Secretary 
of the Army may award the Distinguished Service Cross 
under section 3742 of that title to Patrick N. Watkins, 
Jr., for the acts of valor described in paragraph (2). 
(2) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in paragraph (1) are the actions of Sergeant 
First Class Patrick N. Watkins, Jr., from August 22 to 
August 23, 1968, as a member of the United States 
Army serving in the grade of Sergeant First Class in the 
Republic of Vietnam while serving with Headquarters 
and Headquarters Company, 5th Special Forces Group 
(Airborne), 1st Special Forces Regiment. 
(c) SPECIALIST FOUR ROBERT L. TOWLES.— 
(1) WAIVER
OF
TIME
LIMITATIONS.—Notwith-
standing the time limitations specified in section 3744 of 
title 10, United States Code, or any other time limita-
tion with respect to the awarding of certain medals to 
persons who served in the Armed Forces, the Secretary 
of the Army may award the Distinguished Service Cross
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under section 3742 of that title to Robert L. Towles for 
the acts of valor described in paragraph (2). 
(2) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in paragraph (1) are the actions of Specialist 
Four Robert L. Towles, on November 17, 1965, as a 
member of the United States Army serving in the grade 
of Specialist Four during the Vietnam War while serving 
in Company D, 2d Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry 
Division, for which he was originally awarded the Bronze 
Star with ‘‘V’’ Device. 
SEC. 569. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF 
HONOR TO FIRST LIEUTENANT ALONZO H. CUSH-
ING FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE CIVIL WAR. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time limita-
tions specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the award-
ing of certain medals to persons who served in the Armed 
Forces, the President may award the Medal of Honor under 
section 3741 of such title to then First Lieutenant Alonzo H. 
Cushing for conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity at 
the risk of life and beyond the call of duty in the Civil War, 
as described in subsection (b). 
(b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor re-
ferred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then First Lieu-
tenant Alonzo H. Cushing while in command of Battery A,
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4th United States Artillery, Army of the Potomac, at Gettys-
burg, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1863, during the Civil War. 
Subtitle H—Other Studies, Reviews, 
Policies, and Reports 
SEC. 571. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF EXPANDING PERFORM-
ANCE EVALUATION REPORTS TO INCLUDE 360-DE-
GREE ASSESSMENT APPROACH. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report containing the results of an as-
sessment of the feasibility of including a 360-degree assess-
ment approach, modeled after the current Department of the 
Army Multi-Source Assessment and Feedback (MSAF) Pro-
gram, as part of performance evaluation reports. 
SEC. 572. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL 
POLICIES REGARDING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES WITH HIV OR HEPATITIS B. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report on Department of Defense per-
sonnel policies regarding members of the Armed Forces in-
fected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or Hepa-
titis B. The report shall include the following:
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(1) A description of policies addressing the enlist-
ment or commissioning of individuals with these condi-
tions and retention policies, deployment policies, dis-
charge policies, and disciplinary policies regarding indi-
viduals with these conditions. 
(2) An assessment of these policies, including an as-
sessment of whether the policies reflect an evidence- 
based, medically accurate understanding of how these 
conditions are contracted, how these conditions can be 
transmitted to other individuals, and the risk of trans-
mission. 
SEC. 573. POLICY ON MILITARY RECRUITMENT AND ENLIST-
MENT OF GRADUATES OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 
(a) CONDITIONS ON USE OF TEST, ASSESSMENT, OR 
SCREENING TOOLS.—In the case of any test, assessment, or 
screening tool utilized under the policy on recruitment and 
enlistment required by subsection (b) of section 532 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 
(Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1403; 10 U.S.C. 503 note) 
for the purpose of identifying persons for recruitment and en-
listment in the Armed Forces, the Secretary of Defense 
shall— 
(1) implement a means for ensuring that graduates 
of a secondary school (as defined in section 9101(38) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
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(20 U.S.C. 7801(38)), including all persons described in 
subsection (a)(2) of section 532 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, are required to 
meet the same standard on the test, assessment, or 
screening tool; and 
(2) use uniform testing requirements and grading 
standards. 
(b) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in section 
532(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012 or this section shall be construed to permit the 
Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military depart-
ment to create or use a different grading standard on any 
test, assessment, or screening tool utilized for the purpose of 
identifying graduates of a secondary school (as defined in sec-
tion 9101(38) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(38)), including all persons de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2) of section 532 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, for recruit-
ment and enlistment in the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 574. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON USE OF DETER-
MINATION OF PERSONALITY DISORDER OR AD-
JUSTMENT DISORDER AS BASIS TO SEPARATE 
MEMBERS FROM THE ARMED FORCES. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
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shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a report evalu-
ating— 
(1) the use by the Secretaries of the military de-
partments, since January 1, 2007, of the authority to 
separate members of the Armed Forces from the Armed 
Forces due of unfitness for duty because of a mental 
condition not amounting to disability, including separa-
tion on the basis of a personality disorder or adjustment 
disorder and the total number of members separated on 
such basis; 
(2) the extent to which the Secretaries failed to 
comply with regulatory requirements in separating mem-
bers of the Armed Forces on the basis of a personality 
or adjustment disorder; and 
(3) the impact of such a separation on the ability 
of veterans so separated to access service-connected dis-
ability compensation, disability severance pay, and dis-
ability retirement pay.
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Subtitle I—Other Matters 
SEC. 581. ACCOUNTING FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EM-
PLOYEES LISTED AS MISSING AND RELATED RE-
PORTS. 
(a) SYSTEM
FOR
ACCOUNTING
FOR
MISSING
PER-
SONS.—Section 1501(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) the dissemination of appropriate information 
on the status of missing persons to authorized family 
members.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON ACCOUNTING FOR POW/MIAS.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report on accounting for missing 
persons from covered conflicts. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall include the following:
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(A) The total number of missing persons in all 
covered conflicts and in each covered conflict. 
(B) The total number of missing persons in all 
covered conflicts, and in each covered conflict, that 
are considered unrecoverable, including— 
(i) the total number in each conflict that 
are considered unrecoverable by being lost at 
sea or in inaccessible terrain; 
(ii) the total number from the Korean 
War that are considered to be located in each 
of China, North Korea, and Russia. 
(C) The total number of missing persons in all 
covered conflicts, and in each covered conflict, that 
were interred without identification, including the 
locations of interment. 
(D) The number of remains in the custody of 
the Department of Defense that are awaiting identi-
fication, and the number of such remains estimated 
by the Department to be likely to be identified 
using current technology. 
(E) The total number of identifications of re-
mains that have been made since January 1, 1970, 
for all covered conflicts and for each covered con-
flict.
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(F) The number of instances where next of kin 
have refused to provide a DNA sample for the iden-
tification of recovered remains, for each covered 
conflict. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(i) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(ii) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives. 
(B) The term ‘‘covered conflicts’’ means the 
conflicts specified in or designated under section 
1509(a) of title 10, United States Code, as of the 
date of the report required by paragraph (1). 
(C) The term ‘‘missing persons’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 1513(1) of such title. 
(c) REPORT ON POW/MIA ACCOUNTING COMMUNITY.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report on the POW/MIA accounting commu-
nity.
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(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by paragraph 
(1)) shall including the following: 
(A) A description and assessment of the cur-
rent structure of the POW/MIA accounting commu-
nity. 
(B) A description of how the Secretary of De-
fense will ensure increased oversight of the POW/ 
MIA accounting mission regardless of changes to 
the POW/MIA accounting community. 
(C) An assessment of the feasibility and advis-
ability of reorganizing the community into a single, 
central command, including— 
(i) an identification of the elements that 
could be organized into such command; and 
(ii) an assessment of cost-savings, advan-
tages, and disadvantages of— 
(I) transferring the command and 
control of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting 
Command (JPAC) and the Central Identi-
fication 
Laboratory 
(CIL) 
from 
the 
United States Pacific Command to the Of-
fice of the Secretary of Defense; 
(II) merging the Joint POW/MIA Ac-
counting Command and the Central Iden-
tification Laboratory with the Defense
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Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office 
(DPMO); and 
(III) merging the Central Identifica-
tion Laboratory with the Armed Forces 
DNA Identification Lab (AF-DIL). 
(D) A recommendation on the element of the 
Department of Defense to be responsible for direct-
ing POW/MIA accounting activities, and on whether 
all elements of the POW/MIA accounting commu-
nity should report to that element. 
(E) An estimate of the costs to be incurred, 
and the cost savings to be achieved— 
(i) by relocating central POW/MIA ac-
counting activities to the continental United 
States; 
(ii) by closing or consolidating existing 
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command facili-
ties; and 
(iii) through any actions with respect to 
the POW/MIA accounting community and 
POW/MIA accounting activities that the Sec-
retary considers advisable for purposes of the 
report. 
(F) An assessment of the feasibility and advis-
ability of the use by the Department of university
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anthropology or archaeology programs to conduct 
field work, particularly in politically sensitive envi-
ronments, including an assessment of— 
(i) the potential cost of the use of such 
programs; 
(ii) whether the use of such programs 
would result in a greater number of identifica-
tions; and 
(iii) whether the use of such programs 
would be consistent with requirements to pre-
serve the integrity of the identification process. 
(G) A survey of the manner in which other 
countries conduct accounting for missing persons, 
and an assessment whether such practices can be 
used by the United States to enhance programs to 
recover and identify missing members of the United 
States Armed Forces. 
(H) A recommendation as to the advisability of 
continuing to use a military model for recovery op-
erations, including the impact of the use of such 
model on diplomatic relations with countries in 
which the United States seeks to conduct recovery 
operations. 
(I) Such recommendations for the reorganiza-
tion of the POW/MIA accounting community as the
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Secretary considers appropriate in light of the other 
elements of the report, including an estimate of the 
additional numbers of recoveries and identifications 
anticipated to be made by the accounting commu-
nity as a result of implementation of the reorga-
nization. 
(3) BASIS IN PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
report required by paragraph (1) shall take into account 
recommendations previously made by the Director of 
Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, the Inspector 
General of the Department of Defense, and the Comp-
troller General of the United States regarding the orga-
nization of the POW/MIA accounting community. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(i) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(ii) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives. 
(B) The term ‘‘POW/MIA accounting commu-
nity’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1509(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code.
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SEC. 582. EXPANSION OF PRIVILEGED INFORMATION AUTHORI-
TIES TO DEBRIEFING REPORTS OF CERTAIN RE-
COVERED PERSONS WHO WERE NEVER PLACED IN 
A MISSING STATUS. 
(a) EXPANSION OF COVERED REPORTS.—Section 1506 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned shall withhold from per-
sonnel files under this section, as privileged information, any 
survival, evasion, resistance, and escape debriefing report pro-
vided by a person described in section 1501(c) of this title 
who is returned to United States control which is obtained 
under a promise of confidentiality made for the purpose of 
ensuring the fullest possible disclosure of information.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2) 
and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4)’’. 
(b) DEFINITION APPLICABLE TO COVERED REPORTS.— 
Section 1513 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) The term ‘survival, evasion, resistance, and es-
cape debriefing’ means an interview conducted with a 
person described in section 1501(c) of this title who is
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returned to United States control in order to record the 
person’s experiences while surviving, evading, resisting 
interrogation or exploitation, or escaping.’’. 
SEC. 583. REVISION OF SPECIFIED SENIOR MILITARY COL-
LEGES TO REFLECT CONSOLIDATION OF NORTH 
GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY AND 
GAINESVILLE STATE COLLEGE. 
Paragraph (6) of section 2111a(f) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) The University of North Georgia.’’. 
SEC. 584. REVIEW OF SECURITY OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, 
INCLUDING BARRACKS, TEMPORARY LODGING FA-
CILITIES, AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCES. 
(a) REVIEW OF SECURITY MEASURES.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall conduct a review of security measures on 
United States military installations, specifically with regard 
to access to barracks, temporary lodging facilities, and multi- 
family residences on military installations, for the purpose of 
ensuring the safety of members of the Armed Forces and 
their dependents who reside on military installations. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF STUDY.—In conducting the review 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) identify security gaps on military installations; 
and
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(2) evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of 
using 24-hour electronic monitoring or other security 
measures to protect members and their dependents. 
(c) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of 
the study conducted under subsection (a), including proposed 
security measures and an estimate of the costs— 
(1) to eliminate all security gaps identified under 
subsection (b)(1); and 
(2) to provide 24-hour security monitoring or other 
security measures as evaluated under subsection (b)(2). 
SEC. 585. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONCESSIONS CON-
TRACTS AT ARMY NATIONAL MILITARY CEME-
TERIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 446 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 4727. Cemetery concessions contracts 
‘‘(a) CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 
Army may enter into a contract with an appropriate entity 
for the provision of transportation, interpretative, or other 
necessary or appropriate concession services to visitors at the 
Army National Military Cemeteries.
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‘‘(b) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.—(1) The Secretary of 
the Army shall establish and include in each concession con-
tract such requirements as the Secretary determines are nec-
essary to ensure the protection, dignity, and solemnity of the 
cemetery at which services are provided under the contract. 
‘‘(2) A concession contract shall not include operation of 
the gift shop at Arlington National Cemetery without the spe-
cific prior authorization by an Act of Congress. 
‘‘(c) FRANCHISE FEES.—A concession contract shall 
provide for payment to the United States of a franchise fee 
or such other monetary consideration as determined by the 
Secretary of the Army. The Secretary shall ensure that the 
objective of generating revenue for the United States is sub-
ordinate to the objectives of honoring the service and sac-
rifices of the deceased members of the armed forces and of 
providing necessary and appropriate services for visitors to 
the Cemeteries at reasonable rates. 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—All franchise fees (and other 
monetary consideration) collected by the United States under 
subsection (c) shall be deposited into a special account estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States. The funds depos-
ited in such account shall be available for expenditure by the 
Secretary of the Army, to the extent authorized and in such 
amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts,
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to support activities at the Cemeteries. The funds deposited 
into the account shall remain available until expended. 
‘‘(e) CONCESSION CONTRACT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘concession contract’ means a contract authorized 
and entered into under this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘4727. Cemetery concessions contracts.’’. 
SEC. 586. MILITARY SALUTE DURING RECITATION OF PLEDGE 
OF ALLEGIANCE BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES NOT IN UNIFORM AND BY VETERANS. 
Section 4 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Members of 
the Armed Forces not in uniform and veterans may render 
the military salute in the manner provided for persons in uni-
form.’’. 
SEC. 587. IMPROVED CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS AND DISSEMINA-
TION OF RESULTS. 
(a) IMPROVED DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS IN CHAIN 
OF COMMAND.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
the results of command climate assessments are provided to 
the relevant individual commander and to the next higher 
level of command. 
(b) EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary of each 
military department shall require in the performance evalua-
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tions and assessments used by each Armed Force under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary a statement by the commander 
regarding whether the commander has conducted the required 
command climate assessments. 
(c) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO CONDUCT ASSESSMENT.— 
The failure of a commander to conduct the required com-
mand climate assessments shall be noted in the commander’s 
performance evaluation. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Extension of authority to provide temporary increase in rates of basic 
allowance for housing under certain circumstances. 
Sec. 602. Recognition of additional means by which members of the National 
Guard called into Federal service for a period of 30 days or 
less may initially report for duty for entitlement to basic pay. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 
reserve forces. 
Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 
health care professionals. 
Sec. 613. One-year extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear 
officers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of authorities relating to title 37 consolidated spe-
cial pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities. 
Sec. 615. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other title 
37 bonuses and special pays. 
Sec. 616. One-year extension of authority to provide incentive pay for members 
of precommissioning programs pursuing foreign language pro-
ficiency. 
Sec. 617. Authority to provide bonus to certain cadets and midshipmen enrolled 
in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
Sec. 618. Health Professions Stipend Program to obtain commissioned officers 
in the reserve components. 
Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances 
Sec. 621. Technical and standardizing amendments to Department of Defense 
travel and transportation authorities in connection with reform 
of such authorities.
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Subtitle D—Disability, Retired Pay, and Survivor Benefits 
Sec. 631. Clarification of prevention of retired pay inversion in the case of 
members whose retired pay is computed using high-three. 
Sec. 632. Periodic notice to members of the Ready Reserve on early retirement 
credit earned for significant periods of active Federal status or 
active duty. 
Sec. 633. Improved assistance for Gold Star spouses and other dependents. 
Subtitle E—Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits 
and Operations 
Sec. 641. Expansion of protection of employees of nonappropriated fund instru-
mentalities from reprisals. 
Sec. 642. Modernization of titles of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities for 
purposes of certain civil service laws. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 651. Authority to provide certain expenses for care and disposition of 
human remains that were retained by the Department of De-
fense for forensic pathology investigation. 
Sec. 652. Study of the merits and feasibility of providing transitional com-
pensation and other transitional benefits to dependents of 
members separated for violation of the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice. 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
SEC. 601. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY 
INCREASE IN RATES OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR 
HOUSING UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. 
Section 403(b)(7)(E) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 
SEC. 602. RECOGNITION OF ADDITIONAL MEANS BY WHICH 
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD CALLED 
INTO FEDERAL SERVICE FOR A PERIOD OF 30 
DAYS OR LESS MAY INITIALLY REPORT FOR DUTY 
FOR ENTITLEMENT TO BASIC PAY. 
Subsection (c) of section 204 of title 37, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(c)(1) A member of the National Guard who is called 
into Federal service for a period of 30 days or less is entitled 
to basic pay from the date on which the member, in person 
or by authorized telephonic or electronic means, contacts the 
member’s unit. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not authorize any expenditure 
to be paid for a period before the date on which the unit re-
ceives the member’s contact provided under such paragraph. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of the Army, with respect to the 
Army National Guard, and the Secretary of the Air Force, 
with respect to the Air National Guard, shall prescribe such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this sub-
section.’’. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and 
Incentive Pays 
SEC. 611. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND SPE-
CIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR RESERVE FORCES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States Code, 
are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2014’’: 
(1) Section 308b(g), relating to Selected Reserve re-
enlistment bonus. 
(2) Section 308c(i), relating to Selected Reserve af-
filiation or enlistment bonus.
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(3) Section 308d(c), relating to special pay for en-
listed members assigned to certain high-priority units. 
(4) Section 308g(f)(2), relating to Ready Reserve 
enlistment bonus for persons without prior service. 
(5) Section 308h(e), relating to Ready Reserve en-
listment and reenlistment bonus for persons with prior 
service. 
(6) Section 308i(f), relating to Selected Reserve en-
listment and reenlistment bonus for persons with prior 
service. 
(7) Section 478a(e), relating to reimbursement of 
travel expenses for inactive-duty training outside of nor-
mal commuting distance. 
(8) Section 910(g), relating to income replacement 
payments for reserve component members experiencing 
extended and frequent mobilization for active duty serv-
ice. 
SEC. 612. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND SPE-
CIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR HEALTH CARE PRO-
FESSIONALS. 
(a) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections of 
title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’: 
(1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse officer 
candidate accession program.
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(2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of edu-
cation loans for certain health professionals who serve in 
the Selected Reserve. 
(b) TITLE 37 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections of 
title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’: 
(1) Section 302c–1(f), relating to accession and re-
tention bonuses for psychologists. 
(2) Section 302d(a)(1), relating to accession bonus 
for registered nurses. 
(3) Section 302e(a)(1), relating to incentive special 
pay for nurse anesthetists. 
(4) Section 302g(e), relating to special pay for Se-
lected Reserve health professionals in critically short 
wartime specialties. 
(5) Section 302h(a)(1), relating to accession bonus 
for dental officers. 
(6) Section 302j(a), relating to accession bonus for 
pharmacy officers. 
(7) Section 302k(f), relating to accession bonus for 
medical officers in critically short wartime specialties. 
(8) Section 302l(g), relating to accession bonus for 
dental specialist officers in critically short wartime spe-
cialties.
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SEC. 613. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PAY AND BONUS 
AUTHORITIES FOR NUCLEAR OFFICERS. 
The following sections of title 37, United States Code, 
are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2014’’: 
(1) Section 312(f), relating to special pay for nu-
clear-qualified officers extending period of active service. 
(2) Section 312b(c), relating to nuclear career ac-
cession bonus. 
(3) Section 312c(d), relating to nuclear career an-
nual incentive bonus. 
SEC. 614. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING 
TO TITLE 37 CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL PAY, INCEN-
TIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORITIES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States Code, 
are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2014’’: 
(1) Section 331(h), relating to general bonus au-
thority for enlisted members. 
(2) Section 332(g), relating to general bonus au-
thority for officers. 
(3) Section 333(i), relating to special bonus and in-
centive pay authorities for nuclear officers. 
(4) Section 334(i), relating to special aviation in-
centive pay and bonus authorities for officers.
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(5) Section 335(k), relating to special bonus and in-
centive pay authorities for officers in health professions. 
(6) Section 351(h), relating to hazardous duty pay. 
(7) Section 352(g), relating to assignment pay or 
special duty pay. 
(8) Section 353(i), relating to skill incentive pay or 
proficiency bonus. 
(9) Section 355(h), relating to retention incentives 
for members qualified in critical military skills or as-
signed to high priority units. 
SEC. 615. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING 
TO PAYMENT OF OTHER TITLE 37 BONUSES AND 
SPECIAL PAYS. 
The following sections of title 37, United States Code, 
are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2014’’: 
(1) Section 301b(a), relating to aviation officer re-
tention bonus. 
(2) Section 307a(g), relating to assignment incen-
tive pay. 
(3) Section 308(g), relating to reenlistment bonus 
for active members. 
(4) Section 309(e), relating to enlistment bonus. 
(5) Section 324(g), relating to accession bonus for 
new officers in critical skills.
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(6) Section 326(g), relating to incentive bonus for 
conversion to military occupational specialty to ease per-
sonnel shortage. 
(7) Section 327(h), relating to incentive bonus for 
transfer between armed forces. 
(8) Section 330(f), relating to accession bonus for 
officer candidates. 
SEC. 616. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE 
INCENTIVE 
PAY 
FOR 
MEMBERS 
OF 
PRECOMMISSIONING PROGRAMS PURSUING FOR-
EIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. 
Section 316a(g) of title 37, United States Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 
SEC. 617. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE BONUS TO CERTAIN CADETS 
AND MIDSHIPMEN ENROLLED IN THE SENIOR RE-
SERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS. 
(a) BONUS AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 5 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 335 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 336. Contracting bonus for cadets and midshipmen en-
rolled in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Train-
ing Corps 
‘‘(a) CONTRACTING BONUS AUTHORIZED.—The Sec-
retary concerned may pay a bonus under this section to a
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cadet or midshipman enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps who executes a written agreement described 
in subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT
OF BONUS.—The amount of a bonus 
under subsection (a) may not exceed $5,000. 
‘‘(c) AGREEMENT.—A written agreement referred to in 
subsection (a) is a written agreement by the cadet or mid-
shipman— 
‘‘(1) to complete field training or a practice cruise 
under section 2104(b)(6)(A)(ii) of title 10; 
‘‘(2) to complete advanced training under chapter 
103 of title 10; 
‘‘(3) to accept a commission or appointment as an 
officer of the armed forces; and 
‘‘(4) to serve on active duty. 
‘‘(d) PAYMENT METHOD.—Upon acceptance of a written 
agreement under subsection (a) by the Secretary concerned, 
the total amount of the bonus payable under the agreement 
becomes fixed. The agreement shall specify when the bonus 
will be paid and whether the bonus will be paid in a lump 
sum or in installments. 
‘‘(e) REPAYMENT.—A person who, having received all or 
part of a bonus under subsection (a), fails to fulfill the terms 
of the written agreement required by such subsection for re-
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ceipt of the bonus shall be subject to the repayment provi-
sions of section 373 of this title. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary concerned shall 
issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 
section. 
‘‘(g) TERMINATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—No agreement 
under this section may be entered into after December 31, 
2014.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 335 the following new item: 
‘‘336. Contracting bonus for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the Senior Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps.’’. 
SEC. 618. HEALTH PROFESSIONS STIPEND PROGRAM TO OB-
TAIN COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN THE RESERVE 
COMPONENTS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF
STIPEND
FOR
REGISTERED 
NURSES IN CRITICAL SPECIALTIES.—Subsection (d) of sec-
tion 16201 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (B) 
and inserting the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) is eligible for appointment as a Reserve officer 
for service in a reserve component in a Nurse Corps or 
as a nurse; and’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (B) 
and inserting the following new subparagraph:
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‘‘(B) the participant shall not be eligible to receive 
such stipend before being appointed as a Reserve officer 
for service in the Ready Reserve in a Nurse Corps or as 
a nurse;’’. 
(b) SERVICE REQUIRED IN SELECTED RESERVE.—Such 
section is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Ready Re-
serve’’ and inserting ‘‘the Selected Reserve of the Ready 
Reserve’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking subparagraph 
(D) and inserting the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) the participant shall agree to serve, upon suc-
cessful completion of the program, one year in the Se-
lected Reserve for each six months, or part thereof, for 
which the stipend is provided.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(2), by striking subparagraph 
(D) and inserting the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) the participant shall agree to serve, upon suc-
cessful completion of the program, one year in the Se-
lected Reserve for each six months, or part thereof, for 
which the stipend is provided.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)(2)(D), by striking ‘‘the Ready 
Reserve’’ and inserting ‘‘the Selected Reserve’’. 
(c) AMOUNT OF STIPEND.—Subsection (g) of such sec-
tion is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(g) AMOUNT OF STIPEND.—The amount of a stipend 
under an agreement under subsection (b), (c), (d), or (f) shall 
be the stipend rate in effect for participants in the Armed 
Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program under sec-
tion 2121(d) of this title.’’. 
Subtitle C—Travel and 
Transportation Allowances 
SEC. 621. TECHNICAL AND STANDARDIZING AMENDMENTS TO 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TRAVEL AND TRANS-
PORTATION AUTHORITIES IN CONNECTION WITH 
REFORM OF SUCH AUTHORITIES. 
(a) ESCORTS OF DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) INCORPORATION OF ESCORTS OF DEPENDENTS 
UNDER GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 451(a)(2)(C) of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting be-
fore the period the following: ‘‘or as an escort or attend-
ant for dependents of a member for necessary travel per-
formed not later than one year after the member is un-
able to accompany the dependents who are incapable of 
traveling alone’’. 
(2) REPEAL
OF
SUPERSEDED
AUTHORITY.—(A) 
Section 1036 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chap-
ter 53 of such title is amended by striking the item re-
lating to section 1036.
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(b) TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION OF DEPENDENT PA-
TIENTS.—Section 1040 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘round-trip 
transportation’’ and all that follows through ‘‘may be 
paid at the expense of the United States’’ and inserting 
‘‘travel and transportation allowances may be furnished 
to necessary attendants. The dependents and any attend-
ants shall be furnished such travel and transportation al-
lowances as specified in regulations prescribed under sec-
tion 464 of title 37.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (d). 
(c) TRAVEL IN CONNECTION WITH LEAVE CANCELLED 
DUE TO CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.— 
(1) INCORPORATION
OF
EXPENSES
UNDER
GEN-
ERAL
AUTHORITY.—Section 453 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) REIMBURSEMENT
FOR TRAVEL
IN CONNECTION 
WITH LEAVE CANCELLED DUE
TO CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATIONS.—A member may be reimbursed as specified in regu-
lations prescribed under section 464 of this title for travel 
and related expenses incurred by the member as a result of 
the cancellation of previously approved leave when the leave 
is cancelled in conjunction with the member’s participation in
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a contingency operation and the cancellation occurs within 48 
hours of the time the leave would have commenced. The set-
tlement for reimbursement under this subsection is final and 
conclusive.’’. 
(2) REPEAL
OF
SUPERSEDED
AUTHORITY.—(A) 
Section 1053a of title 10, United States Code, is re-
pealed. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chap-
ter 53 of such title is amended by striking the item re-
lating to section 1053a. 
(d) TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION FOR TRAVEL FOR 
SPECIALTY
HEALTH
CARE.—Section 1074i of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘reimbursement 
for reasonable travel expenses’’ and inserting ‘‘travel and 
transportation allowances as specified in regulations pre-
scribed under section 464 of title 37’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), striking ‘‘REIMBURSEMENT 
FOR TRAVEL UNDER EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.— 
The Secretary of Defense may provide reimbursement 
for reasonable travel expenses of’’ and inserting ‘‘AL-
LOWABLE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION UNDER EX-
CEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—The Secretary of Defense 
may provide travel and transportation allowances as
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specified in the regulations referred to in subsection (a) 
for’’. 
(e) TRAVEL
AND TRANSPORTATION
IN CONNECTION 
WITH THE DISPOSITION OF REMAINS OF MEMBERS.—Sec-
tion 1482(a)(8) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘and roundtrip transportation and prescribed al-
lowances’’ and inserting ‘‘and travel and transportation allow-
ances as specified in regulations prescribed under section 464 
of title 37’’. 
(f) TRAVEL
AND TRANSPORTATION
IN CONNECTION 
WITH FUNERAL HONORS FUNCTIONS
AT FUNERALS
FOR 
VETERANS.—Section 1491(d)(1) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘transportation (or reimburse-
ment for transportation) and expenses’’ and inserting ‘‘travel 
and transportation allowances as specified in regulations pre-
scribed under section 464 of title 37’’. 
(g) REPEAL OF REDUNDANT AUTHORITY ON MOTOR 
VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION OR STORAGE FOR MEMBERS UN-
DERGOING PCS OR EXTENDED DEPLOYMENT.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 2634 of title 10, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 157 of such title is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 2634.
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(h) CLARIFICATION
OF
LIMITATION
ON
TRANSPOR-
TATION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS.—Section 453(c)(3) of title 
37, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘(including 
packing, crating, and household goods in temporary storage)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(including household goods in temporary stor-
age, but excluding packing and crating)’’. 
Subtitle D—Disability, Retired Pay, 
and Survivor Benefits 
SEC. 631. CLARIFICATION OF PREVENTION OF RETIRED PAY IN-
VERSION IN THE CASE OF MEMBERS WHOSE RE-
TIRED PAY IS COMPUTED USING HIGH-THREE. 
(a) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (f) of section 1401a of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘PREVENTION
OF
RETIRED 
PAY INVERSIONS.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, the’’ and inserting ‘‘PREVENTION OF 
RETIRED PAY INVERSIONS FOR MEMBERS WITH RE-
TIRED PAY COMPUTED USING FINAL BASIC PAY.— 
The’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘who first became a member 
of a uniformed service before September 8, 1980, 
and’’ after ‘‘of an armed force’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
(3); and
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following 
new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) PREVENTION
OF
RETIRED
PAY
INVERSIONS 
FOR MEMBERS WITH RETIRED PAY COMPUTED USING 
HIGH-THREE.—Subject to subsections (d) and (e), the 
monthly retired pay of a member or former member of 
an armed force who first became a member of a uni-
formed service on or after September 8, 1980, may not 
be less, on the date on which the member or former 
member initially becomes entitled to such pay, than the 
monthly retired pay to which the member or former 
member would be entitled on that date if the member or 
former member had become entitled to retired pay on an 
earlier date, adjusted to reflect any applicable increases 
in such pay under this section. However, in the case of 
a member or former member whose retired pay is com-
puted subject to section 1407(f) of this title, paragraph 
(1) (rather than the preceding sentence) shall apply in 
the same manner as if the member or former member 
first became a member of a uniformed service before 
September 8, 1980, but only with respect to a calcula-
tion as of the date on which the member or former mem-
ber first became entitled to retired pay.’’. 
(b) CROSS-REFERENCE AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 
further amended by striking ‘‘subsection (f)(2)’’ in sub-
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sections (c)(1), (c)(2), (d), and (e) and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(f)(3)’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (2) of section 1401a(f) 
of title 10, United States Code, as added by the amendment 
made by subsection (a)(3), applies to the computation of re-
tired pay or retainer pay of any person who first became a 
member of a uniformed service on or after September 8, 
1980, regardless of when the member first becomes entitled 
to retired or retainer pay. 
SEC. 632. PERIODIC NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE READY RE-
SERVE ON EARLY RETIREMENT CREDIT EARNED 
FOR SIGNIFICANT PERIODS OF ACTIVE FEDERAL 
STATUS OR ACTIVE DUTY. 
Section 12731(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary concerned shall periodically notify 
each member of the Ready Reserve described by paragraph 
(2) of the current eligibility age for retired pay of such mem-
ber under this section, including any reduced eligibility age 
by reason of the operation of that paragraph. Notice shall be 
provided by such means as the Secretary considers appro-
priate taking into account the cost of provision of notice and 
the convenience of members.’’.
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SEC. 633. IMPROVED ASSISTANCE FOR GOLD STAR SPOUSES 
AND OTHER DEPENDENTS. 
(a) ADVOCATES FOR GOLD STAR SPOUSES AND OTHER 
DEPENDENTS.—Each Secretary of a military department 
shall designate for each Armed Force under the jurisdiction 
of such Secretary a member of such Armed Force or civilian 
employee of such military department to assist spouses and 
other dependents of members of such Armed Force (including 
reserve components thereof) who die on active duty through 
the provision of the following services: 
(1) Addressing complaints by spouses and other de-
pendents of deceased members regarding casualty assist-
ance or receipt of benefits authorized by law for such 
spouses and dependents. 
(2) Providing support to such spouses and depend-
ents regarding such casualty assistance or receipt of 
such benefits. 
(3) Making reports to appropriate officers or offi-
cials in the Department of Defense or the military de-
partment concerned regarding resolution of such com-
plaints, including recommendations regarding the settle-
ment of claims with respect to such benefits, as appro-
priate. 
(4) Performing such other actions as the Secretary 
of the military department concerned considers appro-
priate.
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(b) TRAINING
FOR
CASUALTY
ASSISTANCE
PER-
SONNEL.— 
(1) TRAINING PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall implement a standardized comprehen-
sive training program on casualty assistance for the fol-
lowing personnel of the Department of Defense: 
(A) Casualty assistance officers. 
(B) Casualty assistance calls officers. 
(C) Casualty assistance representatives. 
(2) GENERAL ELEMENTS.—The training program 
required by paragraph (1) shall include training de-
signed to ensure that the personnel specified in that 
paragraph provide the spouse and other dependents of a 
deceased member of the Armed Forces with accurate in-
formation on the benefits to which they are entitled and 
other casualty assistance available to them when the 
member dies while serving on active duty in the Armed 
Forces. 
(3) SERVICE-SPECIFIC ELEMENTS.—The Secretary 
of the military department concerned may, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Defense, provide for the inclu-
sion in the training program required by paragraph (1) 
that is provided to casualty assistance personnel of such 
military department such elements of training that are 
specific or unique to the requirements or particulars of
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the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of such military 
department as the Secretary of the military department 
concerned considers appropriate. 
(4) FREQUENCY OF TRAINING.—Training shall be 
provided under the program required by paragraph (1) 
not less often than annually. 
Subtitle E—Commissary and Non-
appropriated 
Fund 
Instrumen-
tality Benefits and Operations 
SEC. 641. EXPANSION OF PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES OF NON-
APPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES FROM 
REPRISALS. 
Section 1587(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘take or fail to take’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, or threaten to take or fail to take,’’. 
SEC. 642. MODERNIZATION OF TITLES OF NONAPPROPRIATED 
FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES FOR PURPOSES OF 
CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE LAWS. 
Section 2105(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Army 
and Air Force Motion Picture Service, Navy Ship’s Stores 
Ashore’’ and inserting ‘‘Navy Ships Stores Program’’.
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Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 651. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EXPENSES FOR 
CARE AND DISPOSITION OF HUMAN REMAINS 
THAT WERE RETAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE FOR FORENSIC PATHOLOGY INVESTIGA-
TION. 
(a) DISPOSITION
OF REMAINS
OF PERSONS WHOSE 
DEATH IS INVESTIGATED BY THE ARMED FORCES MEDICAL 
EXAMINER.— 
(1) COVERED
DECEDENTS.—Section 1481(a) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) To the extent authorized under section 
1482(g) of this title, any person not otherwise covered 
by the preceding paragraphs whose remains (or partial 
remains) have been retained by the Secretary concerned 
for purposes of a forensic pathology investigation by the 
Armed Forces Medical Examiner under section 1471 of 
this title.’’. 
(2) AUTHORIZED
EXPENSES
RELATING
TO
CARE 
AND DISPOSITION OF REMAINS.—Section 1482 of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(g)(1) The payment of expenses incident to the recov-
ery, care, and disposition of the remains of a decedent cov-
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ered by section 1481(a)(10) of this title is limited to those 
expenses that, as determined under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense, would not have been incurred but 
for the retention of those remains for purposes of a forensic 
pathology investigation by the Armed Forces Medical Exam-
iner under section 1471 of this title. 
‘‘(2) In a case covered by paragraph (1), if the person 
designated under subsection (c) to direct disposition of the 
remains of a decedent does not direct disposition of the re-
mains that were retained for the forensic pathology investiga-
tion, the Secretary may pay for the transportation of those 
remains to, and interment or inurnment of those remains in, 
an appropriate place selected by the Secretary, in lieu of the 
transportation authorized to be paid under paragraph (8) of 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) In a case covered by paragraph (1), expenses that 
may be paid do not include expenses with respect to an escort 
under paragraph (8) of subsection (a), whether or not on a 
reimbursable basis. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary concerned may pay any other ex-
penses relating to the remains of such a decedent that are 
authorized to be paid under this section on a reimbursable 
basis. Amounts reimbursed to the Secretary concerned under 
this subsection shall be credited to appropriations available at
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the time of reimbursement for the payment of such ex-
penses.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE OF INURNMENT.— 
Section 1482(a)(9) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
inurnment’’ after ‘‘Interment’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1482(f) of such 
title is amended by striking the third sentence and inserting 
the following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary concerned may 
pay any other expenses relating to the remains of such a de-
cedent that are authorized to be paid under this section only 
on a reimbursable basis.’’. 
SEC. 652. STUDY OF THE MERITS AND FEASIBILITY OF PRO-
VIDING 
TRANSITIONAL 
COMPENSATION 
AND 
OTHER TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS TO DEPEND-
ENTS OF MEMBERS SEPARATED FOR VIOLATION 
OF THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct a study regarding the merits and feasibility of pro-
viding transitional compensation and other transitional bene-
fits to dependents or former dependents of members of the 
Armed Forces who are separated from the Armed Forces for 
a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice under the 
circumstances described in subsection (b). 
(b) COVERED MEMBERS
AND CIRCUMSTANCES.—The 
scope of the study required by subsection (a) is limited to
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those circumstances in which members of the Armed 
Forces— 
(1) are convicted by court-martial of an offense 
under chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice); 
(2) are separated from active duty pursuant to the 
sentence of the court-martial; and 
(3) forfeit all pay and allowances pursuant to such 
sentence. 
(c) STUDY ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study re-
quired by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall con-
sider the following: 
(1) The appropriateness of providing transitional 
compensation and other benefits, including commissary 
and exchange benefits, to dependents or former depend-
ents of members described in subsection (b), particularly 
in situations in which such dependents or former de-
pendents would be entitled, or soon be entitled, to such 
benefits on account of the years of service of a member. 
(2) Whether there may be instances in which the 
provision of such transitional compensation would not be 
appropriate. 
(3) Whether such transitional compensation should 
be limited to dependent children of members described in 
subsection (b).
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(4) The appropriate duration of such transitional 
compensation for such dependents or former dependents. 
(5) The potential duplication of such transitional 
compensation with benefits otherwise available for such 
dependents or former dependents under title 10, United 
States Code, or other laws. 
(d) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report con-
taining the results of the study required by subsection (a), in-
cluding the Secretary’s determination regarding the need for 
transitional compensation. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Care Benefits 
Sec. 701. Future availability of TRICARE Prime for certain beneficiaries en-
rolled in TRICARE Prime. 
Sec. 702. Mental health care treatment through telemedicine. 
Sec. 703. Comprehensive policy on improvements to care and transition of 
members of the Armed Forces with urotrauma. 
Sec. 704. Pilot program on investigational treatment of members of the Armed 
Forces for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress 
disorder. 
Subtitle B—Health Care Administration 
Sec. 711. Authority of Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences to 
enter into contracts and agreements and make grants to other 
nonprofit entities. 
Sec. 712. Pilot program on increased third-party collection reimbursements in 
military medical treatment facilities. 
Sec. 713. Electronic health records of the Department of Defense and the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters
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Sec. 721. Display of budget information for embedded mental health providers 
of the reserve components. 
Sec. 722. Report on role of Department of Veterans Affairs in certain Centers 
of Excellence. 
Sec. 723. Report on memorandum regarding traumatic brain injuries. 
Sec. 724. Report on provision of advanced prosthetics and orthotics to members 
of the Armed Forces and veterans. 
Sec. 725. Comptroller General reports on TRICARE recovery audit program 
and availability of compounded pharmaceuticals. 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other 
Health Care Benefits 
SEC. 701. FUTURE AVAILABILITY OF TRICARE PRIME FOR CER-
TAIN 
BENEFICIARIES 
ENROLLED 
IN 
TRICARE 
PRIME. 
Section 732 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1816) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) ACCESS TO TRICARE PRIME.— 
‘‘(1) ONE-TIME ELECTION.—Subject to paragraph 
(3), the Secretary shall ensure that each affected eligible 
beneficiary who is enrolled in TRICARE Prime as of 
September 30, 2013, may make a one-time election to 
continue such enrollment in TRICARE Prime, notwith-
standing that a contract described in subsection 
(a)(2)(A) does not allow for such enrollment based on 
the location in which such beneficiary resides. The bene-
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ficiary may continue such enrollment in TRICARE 
Prime so long as the beneficiary resides in the same ZIP 
code as the ZIP code in which the beneficiary resided at 
the time of such election. 
‘‘(2) ENROLLMENT IN TRICARE STANDARD.—If an 
affected eligible beneficiary makes the one-time election 
under paragraph (1), the beneficiary may thereafter 
elect to enroll in TRICARE Standard at any time in ac-
cordance with a contract described in subsection 
(a)(2)(A). 
‘‘(3) RESIDENCE AT TIME OF ELECTION.—An af-
fected eligible beneficiary may not make the one-time 
election under paragraph (1) if, at the time of such elec-
tion, the beneficiary does not reside— 
‘‘(A) in a ZIP code that is in a region de-
scribed in subsection (c)(1)(B); and 
‘‘(B) within 100 miles of a military medical 
treatment facility. 
‘‘(4) NETWORK.—In continuing enrollment in 
TRICARE Prime pursuant to paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary may determine whether to maintain a TRICARE 
network of providers in an area that is between 40 and 
100 miles of a military medical treatment facility.’’.
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SEC. 702. MENTAL HEALTH CARE TREATMENT THROUGH TELE-
MEDICINE. 
(a) PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE VIA TELE-
MEDICINE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the Transitional 
Assistance Management Program, the Secretary of De-
fense may extend the coverage of such program for cov-
ered individuals for an additional 180 days for mental 
health care provided through telemedicine. 
(2) REPORT.—If the Secretary extends coverage 
under paragraph (1), by not later than one year after 
the date of carrying out such extension, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report that includes the following: 
(A) The rate at which individuals are using the 
extended coverage provided pursuant to paragraph 
(1). 
(B) A description of the mental health care 
provided pursuant to such subsection. 
(C) An analysis of how the Secretary and the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs coordinate the con-
tinuation of care with respect to veterans who are 
no longer eligible for the Transitional Assistance 
Management Program. 
(D) Any other factors the Secretary of Defense 
determines necessary with respect to extending cov-
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erage of the Transitional Assistance Management 
Program. 
(3) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary 
to carry out subsection (a) shall terminate on December 
31, 2018. 
(b) REPORT ON USE OF TELEMEDICINE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the use of telemedicine to improve the diagnosis and 
treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic 
brain injuries, and mental health conditions. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall address the following: 
(A) The current status, as of the date of the 
report, of telemedicine initiatives within the Depart-
ment of Defense to diagnose and treat post-trau-
matic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, and 
mental health conditions. 
(B) Plans for integrating telemedicine into the 
military health care system, including in health care 
delivery, records management, medical education, 
public health, and private sector partnerships. 
(C) The status of the integration of the tele-
medicine initiatives of the Department with the tele-
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medicine initiatives of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
(D) A description and assessment of challenges 
to the use of telemedicine as a means of in-home 
treatment, outreach in rural areas, and in settings 
that provide group treatment or therapy in connec-
tion with treatment of post-traumatic stress dis-
order, traumatic brain injuries, and mental health 
conditions, and a description and assessment of ef-
forts to address such challenges. 
(E) A description of privacy issues related to 
the use of telemedicine for the treatment of post- 
traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, 
and mental health conditions, and recommendations 
for mechanisms to remedy any privacy concerns re-
lating to such use of telemedicine. 
(F) A description of professional licensing 
issues with respect to licensed medical providers 
who provide treatment using telemedicine. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an indi-
vidual who— 
(A) during the initial 180-day period of being 
enrolled in the Transitional Assistance Management 
Program, received any mental health care; or
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(B) during the one-year period preceding sepa-
ration or discharge from the Armed Forces, re-
ceived any mental health care. 
(2) The term ‘‘telemedicine’’ means the use by a 
health care provider of telecommunications to assist in 
the diagnosis or treatment of a patient’s medical condi-
tion. 
SEC. 703. COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON IMPROVEMENTS TO 
CARE AND TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES WITH UROTRAUMA. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE POLICY REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
jointly develop and implement a comprehensive policy on 
improvements to the care, management, and transition 
of recovering members of the Armed Forces with 
urotrauma. 
(2) SCOPE OF POLICY.—The policy shall cover each 
of the following: 
(A) The care and management of the specific 
needs of members who are urotrauma patients, in-
cluding eligibility for the Recovery Care Coordinator 
Program pursuant to the Wounded Warrior Act (10 
U.S.C. 1071 note).
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(B) The return of members who have recovered 
to active duty when appropriate. 
(C) The transition of recovering members from 
receipt of care and services through the Department 
of Defense to receipt of care and services through 
the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 
implementing the policy under subsection (a)(1), the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall jointly submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that includes— 
(A) a review that identifies gaps in the care of 
members who are urotrauma patients; and 
(B) suggested options to respond to such gaps. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means the following: 
(A) The Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives. 
(B) The Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 704. PILOT PROGRAM ON INVESTIGATIONAL TREATMENT 
OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR TRAU-
MATIC 
BRAIN 
INJURY 
AND 
POST-TRAUMATIC 
STRESS DISORDER. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall carry out a pilot program under which the Sec-
retary shall establish a process for randomized placebo-con-
trolled clinical trials of investigational treatments (including 
diagnostic testing) of traumatic brain injury or post-trau-
matic stress disorder received by members of the Armed 
Forces in health care facilities other than military treatment 
facilities. 
(b) CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL.—The approval by the 
Secretary for a treatment pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
subject to the following conditions: 
(1) Any drug or device used in the treatment must 
be approved, cleared, or made subject to an investiga-
tional use exemption by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and the use of the drug or device must comply with 
rules of the Food and Drug Administration applicable to 
investigational new drugs or investigational devices. 
(2) The treatment must be approved by the Sec-
retary following approval by an institutional review 
board operating in accordance with regulations issued by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in addition
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to regulations issued by the Secretary of Defense regard-
ing institutional review boards. 
(3) The patient receiving the treatment may not be 
a retired member of the Armed Forces who is entitled 
to benefits under part A, or eligible to enroll under part 
B, of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395 et seq.). 
(c) ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS
AUTHORIZED.—The 
Secretary may establish additional restrictions or conditions 
as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure the protec-
tion of human research subjects, appropriate fiscal manage-
ment, and the validity of the research results. 
(d) DATA COLLECTION AND AVAILABILITY.—The Sec-
retary shall develop and maintain a database containing data 
from each patient case involving the use of a treatment under 
this section. The Secretary shall ensure that the database 
preserves confidentiality and that any use of the database or 
disclosures of such data are limited to such use and disclo-
sures permitted by law and applicable regulations. 
(e) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the last day of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives a report on the implementation 
of this section and any available results on investigational
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treatment clinical trials authorized under this section during 
such fiscal year. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary to 
carry out the pilot program authorized by subsection (a) shall 
terminate on December 31, 2018. 
Subtitle B—Health Care 
Administration 
SEC. 711. AUTHORITY OF UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY 
OF HEALTH SCIENCES TO ENTER INTO CON-
TRACTS AND AGREEMENTS AND MAKE GRANTS TO 
OTHER NONPROFIT ENTITIES. 
Section 2113(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, or any other nonprofit enti-
ty’’ after ‘‘Military Medicine’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, or nonprofit entity,’’ after 
‘‘such Foundation’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, or any other nonprofit enti-
ty,’’ after ‘‘Military Medicine’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, or nonprofit entity,’’ after 
‘‘such foundation’’.
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SEC. 712. PILOT PROGRAM ON INCREASED THIRD-PARTY COL-
LECTION REIMBURSEMENTS IN MILITARY MED-
ICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in co-
ordination with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments, shall carry out a pilot program to demonstrate 
and assess the feasibility of implementing processes de-
scribed in paragraph (2) to increase the amounts col-
lected under section 1095 of title 10, United States 
Code, from a third-party payer for charges for health 
care services incurred by the United States at a military 
medical treatment facility. 
(2) PROCESSES
DESCRIBED.—The processes de-
scribed in this paragraph are commercially available en-
hanced recovery practices for medical payment collection, 
including revenue-cycle management together with rates 
and percentages of collection in accordance with industry 
standards for such practices. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the pilot program 
under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall— 
(1) identify and analyze the best practice option, in-
cluding commercial best practices, with respect to the 
processes described in subsection (a)(2) that are used in 
nonmilitary health care facilities; and
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(2) conduct a cost-benefit analysis to assess meas-
urable results of the pilot program, including an analysis 
of— 
(A) the different processes used in the pilot 
program; 
(B) the amount of third-party collections that 
resulted from such processes; 
(C) the cost to implement and sustain such 
processes; and 
(D) any other factors the Secretary determines 
appropriate to assess the pilot program. 
(c) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall carry out the pilot 
program under subsection (a)(1)— 
(1) at military installations that have a military 
medical treatment facility with inpatient and outpatient 
capabilities; and 
(2) at a number of such installations of different 
military departments that the Secretary determines suf-
ficient to fully assess the results of the pilot program. 
(d) DURATION.—The Secretary shall commence the pilot 
program under subsection (a)(1) by not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall carry 
out such program for three years. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after completing 
the pilot program under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall
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submit to the congressional defense committees a report de-
scribing the results of the program, including— 
(1) a comparison of— 
(A) the processes described in subsection (a)(2) 
that were used in the military medical treatment fa-
cilities participating in the program; and 
(B) the third-party collection processes used by 
military medical treatment facilities not included in 
the program; 
(2) a cost analysis of implementing the processes 
described in subsection (a)(2) for third-party collections 
at military medical treatment facilities; 
(3) an assessment of the program, including any 
recommendations to improve third-party collections; and 
(4) an analysis of the methods employed by the 
military departments prior to the program with respect 
to collecting charges from third-party payers incurred at 
military medical treatment facilities, including specific 
data with respect to the dollar amount of third-party col-
lections that resulted from each method used throughout 
the military departments.
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SEC. 713. ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs have failed to implement a solution that 
allows for seamless electronic sharing of medical health 
care data; and 
(2) despite the significant amount of read-only in-
formation shared between the Department of Defense 
and Department of Veterans Affairs, most of the infor-
mation shared as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act is not standardized or available in real time to sup-
port all clinical decisions. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs— 
(1) shall each ensure that the electronic health 
record systems of the Department of Defense and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs are interoperable with 
an integrated display of data, or a single electronic 
health record, by complying with the national standards 
and architectural requirements identified by the Inter-
agency Program Office of the Departments (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘Office’’), in collaboration with 
the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Infor-
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mation Technology of the Department of Health and 
Human Services; and 
(2) shall each deploy modernized electronic health 
record software supporting clinicians of the Departments 
by no later than December 31, 2016, while ensuring con-
tinued support and compatibility with the interoper-
ability platform and full standards-based interoper-
ability. 
(c) DESIGN PRINCIPLES.—The interoperable electronic 
health records with integrated display of data, or a single 
electronic health record, established under subsection (b) 
shall adhere to the following principles: 
(1) To the extent practicable, efforts to establish 
such records shall be based on objectives, activities, and 
milestones established by the Joint Executive Committee 
Joint Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2013–2015, as well as 
future addendums or revisions. 
(2) Transition the current data exchanges between 
the Departments and private sector health care providers 
where practical to modern, open-architecture frameworks 
that use computable data mapped to national standards 
to make data available for determining medical trends 
and for enhanced clinician decision support. 
(3) Principles with respect to open architecture 
standards, including—
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(A) adoption of national data standards; 
(B) if such national standards do not exist as 
of the date on which the record is being established, 
adoption of the articulation of data of the Health 
Data Dictionary until such national standards are 
established; 
(C) use of enterprise investment strategies that 
maximize the use of commercial best practices to 
ensure robust competition and best value; 
(D) aggressive life-cycle sustainment planning 
that uses proven technology insertion strategies and 
product upgrade techniques; 
(E) enforcement of system design trans-
parency, continuous design disclosure and improve-
ment, and peer reviews that align with the require-
ments of the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and 
(F) strategies for data management rights to 
ensure a level competitive playing field and access 
to alternative solutions and sources across the life- 
cycle of the programs. 
(4) By the point of deployment, such record must 
be at a generation 3 level or better for a health informa-
tion technology system. 
(5) To the extent the Secretaries consider feasible 
and advisable, principles with respect to—
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(A) the creation of a health data authoritative 
source by the Department of Defense and the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs that can be accessed 
by multiple providers and standardizes the input of 
new medical information; 
(B) the ability of patients of both the Depart-
ment of Defense and the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to download, or otherwise receive electroni-
cally, the medical records of the patient; and 
(C) the feasibility of establishing a secure, re-
mote, network-accessible computer storage system 
to provide members of the Armed Forces and vet-
erans the ability to upload the health care records 
of the member or veteran if the member or veteran 
elects to do so and allow medical providers of the 
Department of Defense and the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs to access such records in the course 
of providing care to the member or veteran. 
(d) PROGRAMS PLAN.—Not later than January 31, 
2014, the Secretaries shall prepare and brief the appropriate 
congressional committees with a detailed programs plan for 
the oversight and execution of the interoperable electronic 
health records with an integrated display of data, or a single 
electronic health record, established under subsection (b). 
This briefing and supporting documentation shall include—
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(1) programs objectives; 
(2) organization; 
(3) responsibilities of the Departments; 
(4) technical objectives and design principles; 
(5) milestones, including a schedule for the develop-
ment, acquisition, or industry competitions for capabili-
ties needed to satisfy the technical system requirements; 
(6) data standards being adopted by the programs; 
(7) outcome-based metrics proposed to measure the 
performance and effectiveness of the programs; and 
(8) the level of funding for fiscal years 2014 
through 2017. 
(e) LIMITATION ON FUNDS.—Not more than 25 percent 
of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or 
otherwise made available for development, procurement, mod-
ernization, or enhancement of the interoperable electronic 
health records with an integrated display of data, or a single 
electronic health record, established under subsection (b) for 
the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans 
Affairs may be obligated or expended until the date on which 
the Secretaries brief the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of the programs plan under subsection (d). 
(f) REPORTING.—
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(1) QUARTERLY REPORTING.—On a quarterly basis, 
the Secretaries shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a detailed financial summary. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense and 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees written notification prior 
to obligating funds for any contract or task order for 
electronic health record system modernization efforts 
that is in excess of $5,000,000. 
(g) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 2014, 
all health care data contained in the Department of De-
fense AHLTA and the Department of Veterans Affairs 
VistA systems shall be computable in real time and com-
ply with the existing national data standards and have 
a process in place to ensure data is standardized as na-
tional standards continue to evolve. On a quarterly basis, 
the Secretaries shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees updates on the progress of data shar-
ing. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—At such time as the oper-
ational capability described in subsection (b)(1) is 
achieved, the Secretaries shall jointly certify to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that the Secretaries
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have complied with such data standards described in 
paragraph (1). 
(3) RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL.—The Secretaries shall 
each identify a senior official to be responsible for the 
modern platforms supporting an interoperable electronic 
health record with an integrated display of data, or a 
single electronic health record, established under sub-
section (b). The Secretaries shall also each identify a 
senior official to be responsible for modernizing the elec-
tronic health record software of the respective Depart-
ment. Such official shall have included within their per-
formance evaluation performance metrics related to the 
execution of the responsibilities under this paragraph. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, each Secretary shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees the name of each senior 
official selected under this paragraph. 
(4) COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT.—If both 
Secretaries do not meet the requirements under para-
graph (1), the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
an assessment of the performance of the compliance of 
both Secretaries of such requirements. 
(h) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.—
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries 
shall jointly establish an executive committee to support 
the development and validation of adopted standards, re-
quired architectural platforms and structure, and the ca-
pacity to enforce such standards, platforms, and struc-
ture as the Secretaries execute requirements and develop 
programmatic assessment as needed by the Secretaries 
to ensure interoperable electronic health records with an 
integrated display of data, or a single electronic health 
record, are established pursuant to the requirements of 
subsection (b). The Executive Committee shall annually 
certify to the appropriate congressional committees that 
such record meets the definition of ‘‘integrated’’ as spec-
ified in subsection (k)(4). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Executive Committee es-
tablished under paragraph (1) shall consist of not more 
than 6 members, appointed by the Secretaries as follows: 
(A) Two co-chairs, one appointed by each of 
the Secretaries. 
(B) One member from the technical community 
of the Department of Defense appointed by the Sec-
retary of Defense.
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(C) One member from the technical community 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs appointed by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
(D) One member from the clinical community 
of the Department of Defense appointed by the Sec-
retary of Defense. 
(E) One member from the clinical community 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs appointed by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
(3) REPORTING.—Not later than June 1, 2014, and 
on a quarterly basis thereafter, the Executive Committee 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the activities of the Committee. 
(i) INDEPENDENT REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall request the Defense Science Board to conduct an an-
nual review of the progress of the Secretary toward achieving 
the requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b). 
The Defense Science Board shall submit to the Secretary a 
report of the findings of the review. Not later than 30 days 
after receiving the report, the Secretary shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees the report with any 
comments considered appropriate by the Secretary. 
(j) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF IMPLEMENTATION 
OF THE HEALTHCARE ARTIFACT AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT 
SOLUTION PROGRAM.—
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(1) DEADLINE.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
complete the implementation of the Healthcare Artifact 
and Image Management Solution program of the De-
partment of Defense by not later than the date that is 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) REPORT.—Upon completion of the implementa-
tion of the Healthcare Artifact and Image Management 
Solution program, the Secretary shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report describing 
the extent of the interoperability between the Healthcare 
Artifact and Image Management Solution program and 
the Veterans Benefits Management System of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
The 
term 
‘‘appropriate 
congressional 
committees’’ 
means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; and 
(B) the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives. 
(2) GENERATION
3.—The term ‘‘generation 3’’ 
means, with respect to an electronic health system, a 
system that has the technical capability to bring evi-
dence-based medicine to the point of care and provide 
functionality for multiple care venues.
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(3) INTEROPERABLE.—The term ‘‘interoperable’’ 
refers to the ability of different electronic health records 
systems or software to meaningfully exchange informa-
tion in real time and provide useful results to one or 
more systems. 
(4) INTEGRATED.—The term ‘‘integrated’’ refers to 
the integration of health data from the Department of 
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
outside providers to provide clinicians with a comprehen-
sive medical record that allows data existing on dis-
parate systems to be shared or accessed across func-
tional or system boundaries in order to make the most 
informed decisions when treating patients. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other 
Matters 
SEC. 721. DISPLAY OF BUDGET INFORMATION FOR EMBEDDED 
MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS OF THE RESERVE 
COMPONENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 9 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding after section 236, as added by 
section 141 of this Act, the following new section: 
‘‘§ 237. Embedded mental health providers of the reserve 
components: display of budget information 
‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress, as 
a part of the documentation that supports the President’s an-
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nual budget for the Department of Defense, a budget jus-
tification display with respect to embedded mental health pro-
viders within each reserve component, including the amount 
requested for each such component.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘237. Embedded mental health providers of the reserve components: display of 
budget information.’’. 
SEC. 722. REPORT ON ROLE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS IN CERTAIN CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on covered centers of excellence. Such report shall in-
clude the following with respect to each covered center of ex-
cellence: 
(1) The amount of resources obligated by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs in support of the center begin-
ning on the date on which the center was established, in-
cluding the amount of funds, personnel, time, and func-
tions provided in support of the center. 
(2) An estimate of the amount of resources the Sec-
retary plans to dedicate to the center during each of fis-
cal years 2014 through 2018. 
(3) A description of the role of the Secretary.
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the following: 
(A) The Committees on Armed Services and 
Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
(B) The Committees on Armed Services and 
Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered centers of excellence’’ means 
the following: 
(A) The centers established under sections 
1621, 1622, and 1623 of the Wounded Warrior Act 
(title XVI of Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 1071 
note). 
(B) The center established under section 721 
of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110– 
417; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note). 
(C) The center established under section 723 
of such Act (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4508). 
SEC. 723. REPORT ON MEMORANDUM REGARDING TRAUMATIC 
BRAIN INJURIES. 
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 how the Secretary 
identifies, refers, and treats traumatic brain injuries with re-
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spect to members of the Armed Forces who served in Oper-
ation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom before 
the effective date in June 2010 of directive type memo-
randum 09–033 titled ‘‘Policy Guidance for Management of 
Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Deployed 
Setting’’, regarding using a 50-meter distance from an explo-
sion as a criterion to properly identify, refer, and treat mem-
bers for potential traumatic brain injury. 
SEC. 724. REPORT ON PROVISION OF ADVANCED PROSTHETICS 
AND ORTHOTICS TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND VETERANS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly sub-
mit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on 
the plans of the Department of Defense and the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, respectively, to ensure that the most 
clinically appropriate prosthetics and orthotics are made 
available to injured members of the Armed Forces and vet-
erans using technological advances as appropriate. Such re-
port shall include a description of the processes of each Sec-
retary with respect to coordinating and identifying care in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for an injured member of the 
Armed Forces who, prior to the member being discharged or
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released from the Armed Forces, has an advanced technology 
prosthetic. 
(b) COVERED
PROSTHETICS
AND
ORTHOTICS.—The 
prosthetics and orthotics to be covered by the report under 
subsection (a) shall include powered prosthetics and orthotics 
that will enable members of the Armed Forces and veterans 
who have suffered amputation and, in the case of orthotics 
wearers, other injuries with limb salvage, to restore 
functionality to the maximum extent practicable. 
(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 Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 725. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS ON TRICARE RE-
COVERY AUDIT PROGRAM AND AVAILABILITY OF 
COMPOUNDED PHARMACEUTICALS. 
(a) RECOVERY AUDIT PROGRAM.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report that evaluates the
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similarities and differences of Medicare and the 
TRICARE program with respect to identifying and re-
covering improper payments. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report shall contain an eval-
uation of the following: 
(A) Claims processing efforts of both Medicare 
and the TRICARE program to prevent improper 
payments by denying claims prior to payment. 
(B) Claims processing efforts of both Medicare 
and the TRICARE program to correct improper 
payments post-payment. 
(C) The effectiveness of post-payment audit 
programs of both Medicare and the TRICARE pro-
gram to identify and correct improper payments 
that are returned to Medicare or the TRICARE 
program, respectively. 
(b) COMPOUNDED PHARMACEUTICALS.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2014, 
the Comptroller General shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the availability of 
compounded pharmaceuticals in the military health care 
system. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following:
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(A) A description of the number of prescrip-
tions for compounded pharmaceuticals processed, 
and the types of compounded pharmaceuticals dis-
pensed, during fiscal year 2013 in pharmacy 
venues. 
(B) A description of the categories of eligible 
beneficiaries who received compounded pharma-
ceuticals in each pharmacy venue during fiscal year 
2013. 
(C) A description of the claims reimbursement 
methodology used by the manager of the TRICARE 
pharmacy benefits program to reimburse pharmacy 
providers for compounded pharmaceuticals, and an 
assessment of the manner in which such method-
ology compares with reimbursement methodologies 
used by other health programs of the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
(D) A review of the existing accreditation 
standards, as of the date of the report, intended to 
assure the safety and efficacy of compounded phar-
maceuticals available through the military health 
care system. 
(3) PHARMACY
VENUE
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘pharmacy venue’’ means facilities of 
the uniformed services, retail pharmacies, and the na-
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tional mail-order pharmacy program, as described in sec-
tion 1074g(a)(2)(E) of title 10, United States Code. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, 
ACQUISITION 
MANAGEMENT, 
AND RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 
Sec. 801. Enhanced transfer of technology developed at Department of Defense 
laboratories. 
Sec. 802. Extension of limitation on aggregate annual amount available for 
contract services. 
Sec. 803. Identification and replacement of obsolete electronic parts. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and 
Limitations 
Sec. 811. Government-wide limitations on allowable costs for contractor com-
pensation. 
Sec. 812. Inclusion of additional cost estimate information in certain reports. 
Sec. 813. Amendment relating to compelling reasons for waiving suspension or 
debarment. 
Sec. 814. Extension of pilot program on acquisition of military purpose non-
developmental items. 
Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs 
Sec. 821. Synchronization of cryptographic systems for major defense acquisi-
tion programs. 
Sec. 822. Assessment of dedicated ground control system before Milestone B 
approval of major defense acquisition programs constituting a 
space program. 
Sec. 823. Additional responsibility for product support managers for major 
weapon systems. 
Sec. 824. Comptroller General review of Department of Defense processes for 
the acquisition of weapon systems. 
Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Contracts in Support of Contingency 
Operations in Iraq or Afghanistan 
Sec. 831. Prohibition on contracting with the enemy. 
Sec. 832. Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in 
countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan.
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Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and 
Management 
SEC. 801. ENHANCED TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED 
AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LABORATORIES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘military department’’ has the mean-
ing provided in section 101 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘DOD laboratory’’ or ‘‘laboratory’’ 
means any facility or group of facilities that— 
(A) is owned, leased, operated, or otherwise 
used by the Department of Defense; and 
(B) meets the definition of ‘‘laboratory’’ as 
provided in subsection (d)(2) of section 12 of the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 
1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a). 
(b) AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of a military department each may author-
ize the heads of DOD laboratories to grant nonexclusive, 
exclusive, or partially exclusive licenses, royalty free or 
for royalties or for rights to other intellectual property, 
for computer software and its related documentation de-
veloped at a DOD laboratory, but only if—
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(A) the computer software and related docu-
mentation would be a trade secret under the mean-
ing of section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States 
Code, if the information had been obtained from a 
non-Federal party; 
(B) the public is notified of the availability of 
the software and related documentation for licens-
ing and interested parties have a fair opportunity to 
submit applications for licensing; 
(C) such licensing activities and licenses com-
ply with the requirements under section 209 of title 
35, United States Code; and 
(D) the software originally was developed to 
meet the military needs of the Department of De-
fense. 
(2) PROTECTIONS AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED DISCLO-
SURE.—The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
a military department each shall provide appropriate 
precautions against the unauthorized disclosure of any 
computer software or documentation covered by para-
graph (1)(A), including exemption from section 552 of 
title 5, United States Code, for a period of up to 5 years 
after the development of the computer software by the 
DOD laboratory. 
(c) ROYALTIES.—
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(1) USE
OF
ROYALTIES.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), any royalties or other payments received 
by the Department of Defense or a military department 
from licensing computer software or documentation 
under paragraph (b)(1) shall be retained by the Depart-
ment of Defense or the military department and shall be 
disposed of as follows: 
(A)(i) The Department of Defense or the mili-
tary department shall pay each year the first 
$2,000, and thereafter at least 15 percent, of the 
royalties or other payments, to be divided among 
the employees who developed the computer software. 
(ii) The Department of Defense or the military 
department may provide appropriate lesser incen-
tives, from the royalties or other payments, to lab-
oratory employees who are not developers of such 
computer software but who substantially increased 
the technical value of the software. 
(iii) The Department of Defense or the mili-
tary department shall retain the royalties and other 
payments received until it makes payments to em-
ployees of a DOD laboratory under clause (i) or (ii). 
(iv) The Department of Defense or the military 
department may retain an amount reasonably nec-
essary to pay expenses incidental to the administra-
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tion and distribution of royalties or other payments 
under this section by an organizational unit of the 
Department of Defense or military department 
other than its laboratories. 
(B) The balance of the royalties or other payments 
shall be transferred by the Department of Defense or the 
military department to its laboratories, with the majority 
share of the royalties or other payments going to the 
laboratory where the development occurred. The royal-
ties or other payments so transferred to any DOD lab-
oratory may be used or obligated by that laboratory dur-
ing the fiscal year in which they are received or during 
the 2 succeeding fiscal years— 
(i) to reward scientific, engineering, and tech-
nical employees of the DOD laboratory, including 
developers of sensitive or classified technology, re-
gardless of whether the technology has commercial 
applications; 
(ii) to further scientific exchange among the 
laboratories of the agency; 
(iii) for education and training of employees 
consistent with the research and development mis-
sions and objectives of the Department of Defense, 
military department, or DOD laboratory, and for
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other activities that increase the potential for trans-
fer of the technology of the DOD laboratory; 
(iv) for payment of expenses incidental to the 
administration and licensing of computer software 
or other intellectual property made at the DOD lab-
oratory, including the fees or other costs for the 
services of other agencies, persons, or organizations 
for intellectual property management and licensing 
services; or 
(v) for scientific research and development con-
sistent with the research and development missions 
and objectives of the DOD laboratory. 
(C) All royalties or other payments retained by the 
Department of Defense, military department, or DOD 
laboratory after payments have been made pursuant to 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) that are unobligated and un-
expended at the end of the second fiscal year succeeding 
the fiscal year in which the royalties and other payments 
were received shall be paid into the Treasury of the 
United States. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—If, after payments under para-
graph (1)(A), the balance of the royalties or other pay-
ments received by the Department of Defense or the 
military department in any fiscal year exceed 5 percent 
of the funds received for use by the DOD laboratory for
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research, development, engineering, testing, and evalua-
tion or other related administrative, processing, or value- 
added activities for that year, 75 percent of such excess 
shall be paid to the Treasury of the United States and 
the remaining 25 percent may be used or obligated 
under paragraph (1)(B). Any funds not so used or obli-
gated shall be paid into the Treasury of the United 
States. 
(3) STATUS OF PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYEES.—Any 
payment made to an employee under this section shall 
be in addition to the regular pay of the employee and 
to any other awards made to the employee, and shall not 
affect the entitlement of the employee to any regular 
pay, annuity, or award to which the employee is other-
wise entitled or for which the employee is otherwise eligi-
ble or limit the amount thereof except that the monetary 
value of an award for the same project or effort shall be 
deducted from the amount otherwise available under this 
paragraph. Payments, determined under the terms of 
this paragraph and made to an employee developer as 
such, may continue after the developer leaves the DOD 
laboratory or the Department of Defense or military de-
partment. Payments made under this section shall not 
exceed $75,000 per year to any one person, unless the 
President approves a larger award (with the excess over
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$75,000 being treated as a Presidential award under 
section 4504 of title 5, United States Code). 
(d) INFORMATION IN REPORT.—The report required by 
section 2515(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall include 
information regarding the implementation and effectiveness 
of this section. 
(e) EXPIRATION.—The authority provided in this section 
shall expire on December 31, 2017. 
SEC. 802. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON AGGREGATE ANNUAL 
AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR CONTRACT SERVICES. 
Section 808 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1489) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2012 or 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2012, 
2013, or 2014’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘during fiscal years 2012 and 
2013’’ in the matter preceding paragraph (1); 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and re-
designating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘fiscal years 2012 and 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014’’;
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(3) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2012 or 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2012, 2013, or 
2014’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) CARRYOVER OF REDUCTIONS REQUIRED.—If the 
reductions required by subsection (c)(2) for fiscal years 2012 
and 2013 are not implemented, the amounts remaining for 
those reductions in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 shall be im-
plemented in fiscal year 2014.’’. 
SEC. 803. IDENTIFICATION AND REPLACEMENT OF OBSOLETE 
ELECTRONIC PARTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall implement a process for the expedited identification and 
replacement of obsolete electronic parts included in acquisi-
tion programs of the Department of Defense. 
(b) ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED.—At a minimum, the ex-
pedited process established pursuant to subsection (a) shall— 
(1) include a mechanism pursuant to which contrac-
tors, or other sources of supply, may provide to appro-
priate Department of Defense officials information that 
identifies—
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(A) obsolete electronic parts that are included 
in the specifications for an acquisition program of 
the Department of Defense; and 
(B) suitable replacements for such electronic 
parts; 
(2) specify timelines for the expedited review and 
validation of information submitted by contractors, or 
other sources of supply, pursuant to paragraph (1); 
(3) specify procedures and timelines for the rapid 
submission and approval of engineering change proposals 
needed to accomplish the substitution of replacement 
parts that have been validated pursuant to paragraph 
(2); 
(4) provide for any incentives for contractor partici-
pation in the expedited process that the Secretary may 
determine to be appropriate; and 
(5) provide that, in addition to the responsibilities 
under section 2337 of title 10, United States Code, a 
product support manager for a major weapon system 
shall work to identify obsolete electronic parts that are 
included in the specifications for an aquisition program 
of the Department of Defense and approve suitable re-
placements for such electronic parts. 
(c) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—For the purposes of this 
section—
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(1) an electronic part is obsolete if— 
(A) the part is no longer in production; and 
(B) the original manufacturer of the part and 
its authorized dealers do not have sufficient parts in 
stock to meet the requirements of such an acquisi-
tion program; and 
(2) an electronic part is a suitable replacement for 
an obsolete electronic part if— 
(A) the part could be substituted for an obso-
lete part without incurring unreasonable expense 
and without degrading system performance; and 
(B) the part is or will be available in sufficient 
quantity to meet the requirements of such an acqui-
sition program. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to General 
Contracting 
Authorities, 
Proce-
dures, and Limitations 
SEC. 811. GOVERNMENT-WIDE LIMITATIONS ON ALLOWABLE 
COSTS FOR CONTRACTOR COMPENSATION. 
(a) AMENDMENT RELATING TO CONTRACTOR EMPLOY-
EES UNDER DEFENSE CONTRACTS.—Subparagraph (P) of 
section 2324(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(P) Costs of compensation of any contractor em-
ployee for a fiscal year, regardless of the contract fund-
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ing source, to the extent that such compensation exceeds 
$625,000 adjusted annually for the U.S. Bureau of 
Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index for total com-
pensation for private industry workers, by occupational 
and industry group not seasonally adjusted, except that 
the Secretary of Defense may establish exceptions for 
positions in the science, technology, engineering, mathe-
matics, medical, and cybersecurity fields and other fields 
requiring unique areas of expertise upon a determination 
that such exceptions are needed to ensure that the De-
partment of Defense has continued access to needed 
skills and capabilities.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT RELATING TO CONTRACTOR EMPLOY-
EES UNDER CIVILIAN AGENCY CONTRACTS.—Paragraph (16) 
of section 4304(a) of title 41, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(16) Costs of compensation of any contractor em-
ployee for a fiscal year, regardless of the contract fund-
ing source, to the extent that such compensation exceeds 
$625,000 adjusted annually for the U.S. Bureau of 
Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index for total com-
pensation for private industry workers, by occupational 
and industry group not seasonally adjusted, except that 
the executive agency may establish exceptions for posi-
tions in the science, technology, engineering, mathe-
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matics, medical, and cybersecurity fields and other fields 
requiring unique areas of expertise upon a determination 
that such exceptions are needed to ensure that the exec-
utive agency has continued access to needed skills and 
capabilities.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 11 of title 
41, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking section 1127; and 
(2) by striking the item relating to that section in 
the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to costs of compensation in-
curred under contracts entered into on or after the date that 
is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 812. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL COST ESTIMATE INFOR-
MATION IN CERTAIN REPORTS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE IN-
CLUDED
IN
SELECTED
ACQUISITION
REPORTS.—Section 
2432(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and 
(D) as subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D): 
‘‘(B) for each major defense acquisition program or 
designated major subprogram included in the report—
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‘‘(i) the Baseline Estimate (as that term is de-
fined in section 2433(a)(2) of this title), along with 
the associated risk and sensitivity analysis of that 
estimate; 
‘‘(ii) the original Baseline Estimate (as that 
term is defined in section 2435(d)(1) of this title), 
along with the associated risk and sensitivity anal-
ysis of that estimate; 
‘‘(iii) if the original Baseline Estimate was ad-
justed or revised pursuant to section 2435(d)(2) of 
this title, such adjusted or revised estimate, along 
with the associated risk and sensitivity analysis of 
that estimate; and 
‘‘(iv) the primary risk parameters associated 
with the current procurement cost for the program 
(as that term is used in section 2432(e)(4) of this 
title); 
‘‘(C) a summary of the history of significant devel-
opments from the date each major defense acquisition 
program or designated major subprogram included in 
the report was first included in a Selected Acquisition 
Report and program highlights since the last Selected 
Acquisition Report; 
‘‘(D) the significant schedule and technical risks for 
each such program or subprogram, identified at each
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major milestone and as of the quarter for which the cur-
rent report is submitted;’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘major defense acquisition pro-
gram or designated major subprogram’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘such program or subprogram’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘program acquisition cost 
and’’ after ‘‘current’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘that cost’’ and inserting 
‘‘those costs’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘date the program or subpro-
gram was first included in a Selected Acquisition 
Report’’ and inserting ‘‘December 2001 reporting 
period’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘major defense acquisition pro-
gram or designated major subprogram’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘such program or subprogram’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘date the program or subpro-
gram was first included in a Selected Acquisition 
Report’’ and inserting ‘‘December 2001 reporting 
period’’. 
(b) PHASE-IN OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 2432(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
as amended by subsection (a), shall apply to Selected Acquisi-
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tion Reports after the date of the enactment of this Act as 
follows: 
(1) For the December 2014 reporting period, to Se-
lected Acquisition Reports for five major defense acquisi-
tion programs or designated major subprograms, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
(2) For the December 2019 reporting period and 
each reporting period thereafter, to Selected Acquisition 
Reports for all major defense acquisition programs or 
designated major subprograms. 
(c) ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF COST AS-
SESSMENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION WITH RESPECT TO 
SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORTS.— 
(1) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Section 2334(a) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(6); 
(B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’ at the end of paragraph (7); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph (8): 
‘‘(8) annually review the cost and associated infor-
mation required to be included, by section 2432(c)(1) of 
this title, in the Selected Acquisition Reports required by 
that section.’’.
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(2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED IN AN-
NUAL
REPORT.—Section 2334(f)(1) of such title is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘report, an assessment of—’’ 
and inserting ‘‘report—’’; 
(B) in each of subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
(C), by inserting ‘‘an assessment of’’ before the first 
word of the text; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(D) in subparagraph (C), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) a summary of the cost and associated infor-
mation reviewed under subsection (a)(8), an identifica-
tion of any trends in that information, an aggregation 
of the cumulative risk of the portfolio of systems re-
viewed under that subsection, and recommendations for 
improving cost estimates on the basis of the review 
under that subsection.’’. 
SEC. 813. AMENDMENT RELATING TO COMPELLING REASONS 
FOR WAIVING SUSPENSION OR DEBARMENT. 
Section 2393(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘in a file avail-
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able for public inspection’’ and inserting ‘‘on a publicly acces-
sible website to the maximum extent practicable’’. 
SEC. 814. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON ACQUISITION OF 
MILITARY PURPOSE NONDEVELOPMENTAL ITEMS. 
Section 866(f)(1) of the Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111– 
383; 124 Stat. 4296; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the date that is five years after the date of the en-
actment of this Act.’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2019.’’. 
Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to 
Major Defense Acquisition Programs 
SEC. 821. SYNCHRONIZATION OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS 
FOR MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2366b(a)(3) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subpara-
graph (H); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph (G): 
‘‘(G) there is a plan to mitigate and account 
for any costs in connection with any anticipated de- 
certification of cryptographic systems and compo-
nents during the production and procurement of the
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major defense acquisition program to be acquired; 
and’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and shall apply with respect to major defense acqui-
sition programs which are subject to Milestone B approval on 
or after the date occurring six months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 822. ASSESSMENT OF DEDICATED GROUND CONTROL SYS-
TEM BEFORE MILESTONE B APPROVAL OF MAJOR 
DEFENSE 
ACQUISITION 
PROGRAMS 
CONSTI-
TUTING A SPACE PROGRAM. 
(a) COST
BENEFIT
ANALYSIS
REQUIRED.—Section 
2366b(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) in the case of a space system, performs a cost 
benefit analysis for any new or follow-on satellite system 
using a dedicated ground control system instead of a 
shared ground control system, except that no cost ben-
efit analysis is required to be performed under this para-
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graph for any Milestone B approval of a space system 
after December 31, 2019.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENT
FOR PLAN
AND BRIEFING.—Not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) develop a Department of Defense-wide long- 
term plan for satellite ground control systems, including 
the Department’s Air Force Satellite Control Network; 
and 
(2) brief the congressional defense committees on 
such plan. 
SEC. 823. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRODUCT SUP-
PORT MANAGERS FOR MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEMS. 
Section 2337(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(I) ensure that product support arrangements 
for the weapon system describe how such arrange-
ments will ensure efficient procurement, manage-
ment, and allocation of Government-owned parts in-
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ventories in order to prevent unnecessary procure-
ments of such parts.’’. 
SEC. 824. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE PROCESSES FOR THE ACQUISITION 
OF WEAPON SYSTEMS. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall carry out a comprehensive review of 
the processes and procedures of the Department of Defense 
for the acquisition of weapon systems. 
(b) OBJECTIVE OF REVIEW.—The objective of the review 
required by subsection (a) shall be to identify processes and 
procedures for the acquisition of weapon systems that provide 
little or no value added or for which any value added is out-
weighed by cost or schedule delays without adding commensu-
rate value. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than January 31, 2015, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the results of the review required by 
subsection (a) and based on the objective set forth in sub-
section (b). The report shall include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A statement of any processes, procedures, orga-
nizations, or layers of review that are recommended by 
the Comptroller General for modification or elimination, 
including the rationale for the modification or elimi-
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nation recommended based on the objective set forth in 
subsection (b). 
(2) Such other findings and recommendations, in-
cluding recommendations for legislative or administrative 
action, as the Comptroller General considers appropriate 
in light of the review required by subsection (a) and the 
objective set forth in subsection (b). 
Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to 
Contracts in Support of Contin-
gency Operations in Iraq or Af-
ghanistan 
SEC. 831. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH THE ENEMY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TERMINATE OR VOID CONTRACTS, 
GRANTS, AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
AND TO RE-
STRICT FUTURE AWARD.— 
(1) IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS AND ENTITIES.— 
The Secretary of Defense shall establish in each covered 
combatant command a program to identify persons or 
entities, within the area of responsibility of such covered 
combatant command, that— 
(A) provide funds received under a contract, 
grant, or cooperative agreement of the Department 
of Defense directly or indirectly to a covered person 
or entity; or
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(B) fail to exercise due diligence to ensure that 
none of the funds received under a contract, grant, 
or cooperative agreement of the Department of De-
fense are provided directly or indirectly to a covered 
person or entity. 
(2) NOTICE
OF
PERSONS
OR
ENTITIES
IDENTI-
FIED.—Upon the identification of a person or entity as 
meeting subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), the 
commander of the combatant command concerned, and 
any deputies of the commander specified by the com-
mander for purposes of this section, shall be notified in 
writing of such identification of such person or entity. 
(3) RESPONSIVE ACTIONS.—Upon receipt of a no-
tice under paragraph (2), the commander of the combat-
ant command concerned may, in consultation with the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Lo-
gistics, and the appropriate Chief of Mission, notify the 
heads of appropriate contracting activities, in writing, of 
such identification and request that the heads of such 
contracting activities exercise the authorities provided 
pursuant to paragraph (4) and the Department of De-
fense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, 
as revised, with respect to any contract, grant, or coop-
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erative agreement that provides funding directly or indi-
rectly to the person or entity covered by the notice. 
(4) AUTHORITIES.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall revise the Department of Defense Supple-
ment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to authorize 
the head of a contracting activity in each covered com-
batant command, pursuant to a request from the com-
mander of a covered combatant command under para-
graph (3)— 
(A) to prohibit, limit, or otherwise place re-
strictions on the award of any Department of De-
fense contract, grant, or cooperative agreement to a 
person or entity identified pursuant to paragraph 
(1)(A); 
(B) to terminate for default any Department 
contract, grant, or cooperative agreement awarded 
to a person or entity identified pursuant to para-
graph (1)(B); or 
(C) to void in whole or in part any Department 
contract, grant, or cooperative agreement awarded 
to a person or entity identified pursuant to para-
graph (1)(A). 
(b) CONTRACT CLAUSE.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Department of 
Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion shall be revised to require that— 
(A) the clause described in paragraph (2) shall 
be included in each covered contract, grant, and co-
operative agreement of the Department of Defense 
that is awarded on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(B) to the maximum extent practicable, each 
covered contract, grant, and cooperative agreement 
of the Department of Defense that is awarded be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act shall be 
modified to include the clause described in para-
graph (2). 
(2) CLAUSE DESCRIBED.—The clause described in 
this paragraph is a clause that— 
(A) requires the contractor, or the recipient of 
the grant or cooperative agreement, to exercise due 
diligence to ensure that none of the funds received 
under the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
are provided directly or indirectly to a covered per-
son or entity; and 
(B) notifies the contractor, or the recipient of 
the grant or cooperative agreement, of the authority
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of the head of the contracting activity to terminate 
or void the contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment, in whole or in part. 
(3) COVERED CONTRACT, GRANT, OR COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENT.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘covered 
contract, grant, or cooperative agreement’’ means a con-
tract, grant, or cooperative agreement with an estimated 
value in excess of $50,000. 
(4) TREATMENT AS VOID.—For purposes of sub-
section (a)(4) and the exercise under subsection (a)(3) of 
the authorities in the Department of Defense Supple-
ment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation pursuant to 
this subsection: 
(A) A contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment that is void is unenforceable as contrary to 
public policy. 
(B) A contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment that is void in part is unenforceable as con-
trary to public policy with regard to a segregable 
task or effort under the contract, grant, or coopera-
tive agreement. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS FOLLOWING CONTRACT ACTIONS.— 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Department of Defense Supplement to the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation shall be revised as follows:
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(e) PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—Classi-
fied information relied upon to make an identification pursu-
ant to subsection (a)(1) may not be disclosed to a contractor 
or a recipient of a grant or cooperative agreement with re-
spect to which an action is taken pursuant to subsection 
(a)(3) or (a)(4) or to their representatives, in the absence of 
a protective order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction 
established under Article I or Article III of the Constitution 
of the United States that specifically addresses the conditions 
upon which such classified information may be so disclosed. 
(f) DELEGATION.— 
(1) RESPONSIBILITIES RELATING TO IDENTIFICA-
TION AND REVIEW.—The commander of a covered com-
batant command may delegate the responsibilities in 
subsection (a)(3) to any deputies of the commander 
specified by the commander pursuant to that subsection. 
The commander may delegate any responsibilities under 
subsection (d) to the deputy commander of the combat-
ant command. Any delegation of responsibilities under 
this paragraph shall be made in writing. 
(2) NONDELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CON-
TRACT ACTIONS.—The authority provided by subsections 
(a)(3) and (a)(4) to terminate, void, or restrict con-
tracts, grants, and cooperative agreements may not be 
delegated below the level of head of contracting activity.
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(g) INCLUSION
OF INFORMATION
ON CONTRACT AC-
TIONS IN FAPIIS.—Upon the termination, voiding, or re-
striction of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement pur-
suant to subsection (a)(3) or (a)(4), the head of contracting 
activity concerned shall provide for the inclusion in the Fed-
eral Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System 
(FAPIIS), or other formal system of records on contractors 
or entities, of appropriate information on the termination, 
voiding, or restriction of the contract, grant, or cooperative 
agreement. 
(h) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 each 
year through 2019, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the use of the authorities in this section in the preceding 
calendar year, including the following: 
(A) For each instance in which a contract, 
grant, or cooperative agreement was terminated or 
voided, or entry into contracts, grants, and coopera-
tive agreements was restricted, pursuant to sub-
section (a)(3) or (a)(4), the following: 
(i) An explanation of the basis for the ac-
tion taken. 
(ii) The value of the contract, grant, or 
cooperative agreement terminated or voided.
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(iii) The value of all contracts, grants, or 
cooperative agreements of the Department of 
Defense in force with the person or entity con-
cerned at the time the contract, grant, or coop-
erative agreement was terminated or voided. 
(iv) Information on how the goods or serv-
ices covered by the terminated or voided con-
tract, grant, or cooperative agreement were 
otherwise obtained by the commander of the 
combatant command concerned. 
(B) For each instance in which a contract, 
grant, or cooperative agreement of a person or enti-
ty identified pursuant to subsection (a)(1) was not 
terminated or voided pursuant to subsection (a)(3) 
or (a)(4), or the future award of contracts, grants, 
and cooperative agreements to such person or entity 
was not restricted pursuant to subsection (a)(3) or 
(a)(4), an explanation why such action was not 
taken. 
(2) FORM.—Any report under this subsection may 
be submitted in classified form. 
(i) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered combatant command’’ means 
United States Central Command, United States Euro-
pean Command, United States Africa Command, United
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States Southern Command, or United States Pacific 
Command. 
(2) The term ‘‘head of contracting activity’’ has the 
meaning given that term in subpart 601 of part 1 of the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
(3) The term ‘‘covered person or entity’’ means a 
person or entity that is actively opposing United States 
or coalition forces involved in a contingency operation in 
which members of the armed forces are actively engaged 
in hostilities. 
(j) SUNSET.—The provisions of this section shall cease 
to be effective on December 31, 2018. 
SEC. 832. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE PRODUCTS 
AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN COUNTRIES ALONG 
A MAJOR ROUTE OF SUPPLY TO AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (f) of section 801 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2399), as amended by section 
841(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1845), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2015’’. 
(b) 
CLARIFICATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—Subsection 
(b)(1)(B) of such section is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘and the NATO International Secu-
rity Assistance Force’’ and inserting ‘‘or NATO forces’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘to Afghanistan’’ and inserting ‘‘to 
or from Afghanistan’’. 
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE 
ORGANIZATION 
AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense Management 
Sec. 901. Revisions to composition of transition plan for defense business enter-
prise architecture. 
Sec. 902. Comptroller General report on potential relocation of Federal Govern-
ment tenants onto military installations in the United States. 
Sec. 903. Clarification of authority for the command acquisition executive of 
the United States Special Operations Command. 
Sec. 904. Streamlining of Department of Defense management headquarters. 
Sec. 905. Update of statutory statement of functions of the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff relating to doctrine, training, and edu-
cation. 
Sec. 906. Modification of reference to major Department of Defense head-
quarters activities instruction. 
Sec. 907. Personnel security. 
Subtitle B—Space Activities 
Sec. 911. National security space satellite reporting policy. 
Sec. 912. National security space defense and protection. 
Sec. 913. Space acquisition strategy. 
Sec. 914. Space control mission report. 
Sec. 915. Responsive launch. 
Sec. 916. Limitation on use of funds for Space Protection Program. 
Sec. 917. Eagle Vision system. 
Subtitle C—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 921. Revision of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in commercial 
activities as security for intelligence collection activities. 
Sec. 922. Department of Defense intelligence priorities. 
Sec. 923. Defense Clandestine Service. 
Sec. 924. Prohibition on National Intelligence Program consolidation. 
Subtitle D—Cyberspace-Related Matters 
Sec. 931. Modification of requirement for inventory of Department of Defense 
tactical data link systems.
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Sec. 932. Authorities, capabilities, and oversight of the United States Cyber 
Command. 
Sec. 933. Mission analysis for cyber operations of Department of Defense. 
Sec. 934. Modification of requirement for Report on Department of Defense 
Progress in Defending the Department and the Defense Indus-
trial Base from Cyber Events. 
Sec. 935. Additional requirements relating to the software licenses of the De-
partment of Defense. 
Sec. 936. Cyber outreach and threat awareness for small businesses. 
Sec. 937. Joint Federated Centers for Trusted Defense Systems for the De-
partment of Defense. 
Sec. 938. Supervision of the acquisition of cloud computing capabilities. 
Sec. 939. Cyber vulnerabilities of Department of Defense weapon systems and 
tactical communications systems. 
Sec. 940. Control of the proliferation of cyber weapons. 
Sec. 941. Integrated policy to deter adversaries in cyberspace. 
Sec. 942. National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance 
Education matters. 
Subtitle E—Total Force Management 
Sec. 951. Reviews of appropriate manpower performance. 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense 
Management 
SEC. 901. REVISIONS TO COMPOSITION OF TRANSITION PLAN 
FOR DEFENSE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE ARCHITEC-
TURE. 
Section 2222(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘defense business 
enterprise architecture’’ and inserting ‘‘target defense 
business systems computing environment described in 
subsection (d)(3)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘existing as of September 30, 
2011 (known as ‘legacy systems’) that will not be 
part of the defense business enterprise architecture’’
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and inserting ‘‘that will be phased out of the de-
fense business systems computing environment 
within three years after review and certification as 
‘legacy systems’ by the investment management 
process established under subsection (g)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘that provides for reducing the 
use of those legacy systems in phases’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘legacy systems 
(referred to in subparagraph (B)) that will be a part of 
the target defense business systems computing environ-
ment described in subsection (d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘ex-
isting systems that are part of the target defense busi-
ness systems computing environment’’. 
SEC. 902. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON POTENTIAL RE-
LOCATION OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TENANTS 
ONTO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report containing the results of a review 
of the potential for and obstacles to Federal agencies other 
than the Department of Defense relocating onto military in-
stallations to save costs or enhance security. At a minimum,
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the Comptroller General shall answer the following questions 
in the report: 
(1) What opportunities exist to permit non-Depart-
ment of Defense Federal agencies to locate operations 
onto military installations having excess facilities ade-
quate for the tenant agencies’ mission needs? 
(2) What factors would the Department of Defense 
and the potential tenant agencies need to consider in de-
termining whether such tenancy would be viable? 
(3) What obstacles exist to the consolidation of non- 
Department of Defense Federal agencies onto military 
installations having adequate excess capacity? 
(4) What non-Federal organizations are tenants on 
the installations (such as those under the enhanced use 
leasing program)? 
(b) SPECIFIC CONSIDERATION OF INSTALLATIONS THAT 
SUPPORT ARCTIC MISSIONS.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall specifically evaluate the potential for and 
obstacles to consolidation of Federal tenants on installations 
that support Arctic missions, focusing on Federal entities 
with homeland security, defense, international trade, com-
merce, and other national security-related functions that are 
compatible with the missions of the military installations, or 
can be used to protect national interests in the Arctic region.
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SEC. 903. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE COMMAND 
ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND. 
Section 167(e)(4)(C)(ii) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after ‘‘shall be’’ the following: ‘‘re-
sponsible to the commander for rapidly delivering acquisition 
solutions to meet validated special operations-peculiar re-
quirements, subordinate to the Defense Acquisition Executive 
in matters of acquisition, subject to the same oversight as the 
service acquisition executives, and’’. 
SEC. 904. STREAMLINING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MAN-
AGEMENT HEADQUARTERS. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall develop a plan for streamlining Department of De-
fense management headquarters by changing or reducing the 
size of staffs, eliminating tiers of management, cutting func-
tions that provide little or no added value, and consolidating 
overlapping and duplicative programs and offices. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by sub-
section (a) shall include the following for each covered organi-
zation: 
(1) A description of the planned changes or reduc-
tions in staffing and services provided by military per-
sonnel, civilian personnel, and contractor personnel.
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(2) A description of the planned changes or reduc-
tions in management, functions, and programs and of-
fices. 
(3) The estimated cumulative savings to be achieved 
over a 10-fiscal-year period beginning with fiscal year 
2015, and estimated savings to be achieved for each of 
fiscal years 2015 through 2024. 
(c) COVERED ORGANIZATION.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered organization’’ includes each of the following: 
(1) The Office of the Secretary of Defense. 
(2) The Joint Staff. 
(3) The Defense Agencies. 
(4) The Department of Defense field activities. 
(5) The headquarters of the combatant commands. 
(6) Headquarters, Department of the Army, includ-
ing the Office of the Secretary of the Army, the Office 
of the Chief of Staff of the Army, and the Army Staff. 
(7) The major command headquarters of the Army. 
(8) The Office of the Secretary of the Navy, the Of-
fice of the Chief of Naval Operations, and Headquarters, 
United States Marine Corps. 
(9) The major command headquarters of the Navy 
and the Marine Corps. 
(10) Headquarters, Department of the Air Force, 
including the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force,
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the Office of the Air Force Chief of Staff, and the Air 
Staff. 
(11) The major command headquarters of the Air 
Force. 
(12) The National Guard Bureau. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL
REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees the plan required by subsection (a). 
(2) STATUS REPORT.—The Secretary shall include 
with the Department of Defense materials submitted to 
Congress with the budget of the President for each of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2024 (as submitted to Con-
gress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code) a report describing the implementation of the plan 
required by subsection (a) during the preceding fiscal 
year and any modifications to the plan required due to 
changing circumstances. Each such report shall include 
the following: 
(A) A summary of savings achieved for each 
covered organization in the fiscal year covered by 
such report. 
(B) A description of the savings through 
changes or reductions in staffing and services pro-
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vided by military personnel, civilian personnel, and 
contractor personnel in the fiscal year covered by 
such report. 
(C) A description of the savings through 
changes or reductions in management, functions, 
and programs and offices in the fiscal year covered 
by such report. 
(D) In any case in which savings under the 
plan fall short of the objective of the plan for the 
fiscal year covered by such report, an explanation of 
the reasons for the shortfall. 
(E) A description of any modifications to the 
plan made during the fiscal year covered by such 
report, and an explanation of the reasons for such 
modifications. 
SEC. 905. UPDATE OF STATUTORY STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONS 
OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF 
STAFF RELATING TO DOCTRINE, TRAINING, AND 
EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (5) of section 153(a) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and tech-
nical standards, and executing actions,’’ after ‘‘policies’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and train-
ing’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(D) Formulating policies for concept development 
and experimentation for the joint employment of the 
armed forces. 
‘‘(E) Formulating policies for gathering, developing, 
and disseminating joint lessons learned for the armed 
forces.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such 
paragraph is amended by striking ‘‘DOCTRINE, TRAINING, 
AND EDUCATION’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT FORCE DEVELOP-
MENT ACTIVITIES’’. 
SEC. 906. MODIFICATION OF REFERENCE TO MAJOR DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES 
INSTRUCTION. 
Section 194(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘Directive 5100.73’’ and all that follows and 
inserting ‘‘Instruction 5100.73, titled ‘Major DoD Head-
quarters Activities’.’’. 
SEC. 907. PERSONNEL SECURITY. 
(a) COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall, acting through the Director of Cost Assess-
ment and Program Evaluation and in consultation with
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the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a re-
port setting forth a comprehensive analysis comparing 
the quality, cost, and timeliness of personnel security 
clearance investigations and reinvestigations for employ-
ees and contractor personnel of the Department of De-
fense that are conducted by the Office of Personnel 
Management with the quality, cost, and timeliness of 
personnel security clearance investigations and reinves-
tigations for such personnel that are conducted by com-
ponents of the Department of Defense. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF ANALYSIS.—The analysis under 
paragraph (1) shall do the following: 
(A) Determine and compare, for each of the 
Office of Personnel Management and the compo-
nents of the Department that conduct personnel se-
curity investigations as of the date of the analysis, 
the quality, cost, and timeliness associated with per-
sonnel security investigations and reinvestigations 
of each type and level of clearance, and identify the 
elements that contribute to such cost, schedule, and 
performance. 
(B) Identify mechanisms for permanently im-
proving the transparency of the cost structure of
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personnel security investigations and reinvestiga-
tions. 
(b) PERSONNEL SECURITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS.—If the Secretary of 
Defense determines that the current approach for obtaining 
personnel security investigations and reinvestigations for em-
ployees and contractor personnel of the Department of De-
fense is not the most efficient and effective approach for the 
Department, the Secretary shall develop a plan, by not later 
than October 1, 2014, for the transition of personnel security 
investigations and reinvestigations to the approach preferred 
by the Secretary. 
(c) STRATEGY FOR MODERNIZING PERSONNEL SECU-
RITY.— 
(1) STRATEGY
REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, and the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall jointly develop, implement, and provide 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy to 
modernize all aspects of personnel security for the De-
partment of Defense with the objectives of improving 
quality, providing for continuous monitoring, decreasing 
unauthorized disclosures of classified information, low-
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ering costs, increasing efficiencies, and enabling and en-
couraging reciprocity. 
(2) CONSIDERATION OF ANALYSIS.—In developing 
the strategy under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the 
Directors shall consider the results of the analysis re-
quired by subsection (a) and the results of any ongoing 
reviews of recent unauthorized disclosures of national se-
curity information. 
(3) METRICS.— 
(A) METRICS
REQUIRED.—In developing the 
strategy required by paragraph (1), the Secretary 
and the Directors shall jointly establish metrics to 
measure the effectiveness of the strategy in meeting 
the objectives specified in that paragraph. 
(B) REPORT.—At the same time the budget of 
the President for each of fiscal years 2016 through 
2019 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary 
and the Directors shall jointly submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report on the 
metrics established under paragraph (1), including 
an assessment using the metrics of the effectiveness 
of the strategy in meeting the objectives specified in 
paragraph (1).
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(4) ELEMENTS.—In developing the strategy re-
quired by paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Directors 
shall address issues including but not limited to the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Elimination of manual or inefficient proc-
esses in investigations and reinvestigations for per-
sonnel security, wherever practicable, and auto-
mating and integrating the elements of the inves-
tigation and adjudication processes, including in the 
following: 
(i) The clearance application process. 
(ii) Investigation case management. 
(iii) Adjudication case management. 
(iv) Investigation methods for the collec-
tion, analysis, storage, retrieval, and transfer 
of data and records from investigative sources 
and between any case management systems. 
(v) Records management for hiring and 
clearance decisions. 
(B) Elimination or reduction, where possible, 
of the use of databases and information sources 
that cannot be accessed and processed automatically 
electronically, or modification of such databases and 
information sources, if appropriate and cost-effec-
tive, to enable electronic access and processing.
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(C) Access and analysis of government, pub-
lically available, and commercial data sources, in-
cluding social media, that provide independent in-
formation pertinent to adjudication guidelines and 
termination standards to improve quality and time-
liness, and reduce costs, of investigations and re-
investigations. 
(D) Use of government-developed and commer-
cial technology for continuous monitoring and eval-
uation of government and commercial data sources 
that can identify and flag information pertinent to 
hiring and clearance determinations. 
(E) Standardization of forms used for routine 
reporting required of cleared personnel (such as 
travel, foreign contacts, and financial disclosures) 
and use of continuous monitoring technology to ac-
cess databases containing such reportable informa-
tion to independently obtain and analyze reportable 
data and events. 
(F) Establishment of an authoritative central 
repository of personnel security information that is 
accessible electronically at multiple levels of classi-
fication and eliminates technical barriers to rapid 
access to information necessary for eligibility deter-
minations and reciprocal recognition thereof, includ-
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ing the ability to monitor the status of an individual 
and any events related to the continued eligibility of 
such individual for employment or clearance during 
intervals between investigations. 
(G) Elimination or reduction of the scope of, or 
alteration of the schedule for, periodic reinvestiga-
tions of cleared personnel, when such action is ap-
propriate in light of the information provided by 
continuous monitoring or evaluation technology. 
(H) Electronic integration of personnel security 
processes and information systems with insider 
threat detection and monitoring systems, and perti-
nent law enforcement, counterintelligence and intel-
ligence information, for threat detection and cor-
relation, including those processes and systems op-
erated by components of the Department of Defense 
for purposes of local security, workforce manage-
ment, or other related purposes. 
(5) RISK-BASED
MONITORING.—The strategy re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) include the development of a risk-based ap-
proach to monitoring and reinvestigation that 
prioritizes which cleared individuals shall be subject 
to frequent reinvestigations and random checks, 
such as the personnel with the broadest access to
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classified information or with access to the most 
sensitive classified information, including informa-
tion technology specialists or other individuals with 
such broad access commonly known as ‘‘super 
users’’; 
(B) ensure that if the system of continuous 
monitoring for all cleared individuals described in 
paragraph (4)(D) is implemented in phases, such 
system shall be implemented on a priority basis for 
the individuals prioritized under subparagraph (A); 
and 
(C) ensure that the activities of individuals 
prioritized under subparagraph (A) shall be mon-
itored especially closely. 
(d) RECIPROCITY OF CLEARANCES.—The Secretary of 
Defense and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly 
ensure the reciprocity of personnel security clearances among 
positions requiring personnel holding secret, top secret, or 
sensitive compartmented information clearances, to the max-
imum extent feasible consistent with national security re-
quirements. 
(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.— 
(1) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Not later than 150 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
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troller General of the United States shall carry out a re-
view of the personnel security process. 
(2) OBJECTIVE OF REVIEW.—The objective of the 
review required by paragraph (1) shall be to identify the 
following: 
(A) Differences between the metrics used by 
the Department of Defense and other departments 
and agencies that grant security clearances in 
granting reciprocity for security clearances, and the 
manner in which such differences can be har-
monized. 
(B) The extent to which existing Federal In-
vestigative Standards are relevant, complete, and 
sufficient for guiding agencies and individual inves-
tigators as they conduct their security clearance 
background investigations. 
(C) The processes agencies have implemented 
to ensure quality in the security clearance back-
ground investigation process. 
(D) The extent to which agencies have devel-
oped and implemented outcome-focused perform-
ance measures to track the quality of security clear-
ance investigations and any insights from these 
measures.
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(E) The processes agencies have implemented 
for resolving incomplete or subpar investigations, 
and the actions taken against government employ-
ees and contractor personnel who have dem-
onstrated a consistent failure to abide by quality as-
surance measures. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report on the results of the review required by 
paragraph (1). 
(f) TASK FORCE ON RECORDS ACCESS FOR SECURITY 
CLEARANCE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Suitability and Security 
Clearance Performance Accountability Council, as estab-
lished by Executive Order No. 13467, shall convene a 
task force to examine the different policies and proce-
dures that determine the level of access to public records 
provided by State and local authorities in response to in-
vestigative requests by Federal Government employees or 
contracted employees carrying out background investiga-
tions to determine an individual’s suitability for access 
to classified information or secure government facilities. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the task force 
shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:
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(A) The Chair of the Suitability and Security 
Clearance Performance and Accountability Council, 
who shall serve as chair of the task force. 
(B) A representative from the Office of Per-
sonnel Management. 
(C) A representative from the Office of the Di-
rector of National Intelligence. 
(D) A representative from the Department of 
Defense responsible for administering security clear-
ance background investigations. 
(E) Representatives from Federal law enforce-
ment agencies within the Department of Justice 
and the Department of Homeland Security involved 
in security clearance background investigations. 
(F) Representatives from State and local law 
enforcement agencies, including— 
(i) agencies in rural areas that have lim-
ited resources and less than 500 officers; and 
(ii) agencies that have more than 1,000 
officers and significant technological resources. 
(G) A representative from Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement associations involved with se-
curity clearance background administrative actions 
and appeals.
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(H) Representatives from Federal, State, and 
local judicial systems involved in the sharing of 
records to support security clearance background 
investigations. 
(3) INITIAL MEETING.—The task force shall con-
vene its initial meeting not later than 45 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(4) DUTIES.—The task force shall do the following: 
(A) Analyze the degree to which State and 
local authorities comply with investigative requests 
made by Federal Government employees or con-
tractor employees carrying out background inves-
tigations to determine an individual’s suitability for 
access to classified information or secure govern-
ment facilities, including the degree to which inves-
tigative requests are required but never formally re-
quested. 
(B) Analyze limitations on the access to public 
records provided by State and local authorities in 
response to investigative requests by Federal Gov-
ernment employees and contractor employees de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), including, but not be 
limited to, limitations relating to budget and staff-
ing constraints on State and local authorities, any 
procedural and legal obstacles impairing Federal ac-
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cess to State and local law enforcement records, or 
inadequate investigative procedural standards for 
background investigators. 
(C) Provide recommendations for improving 
the degree of cooperation and records-sharing be-
tween State and local authorities and Federal Gov-
ernment employees and contractor employees de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(5) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the task force shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a re-
port setting forth a detailed statement of the findings 
and conclusions of the task force pursuant to this sub-
section, together with the recommendations of the task 
force for such legislative or administrative action as the 
task force considers appropriate. 
(g) 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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 
the Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Com-
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mittee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives. 
Subtitle B—Space Activities 
SEC. 911. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE SATELLITE REPORTING 
POLICY. 
(a) NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE OF NA-
TIONAL SECURITY SPACE.—Chapter 135 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 2278. Notification of foreign interference of national 
security space 
‘‘(a) NOTICE
REQUIRED.—The Commander of the 
United States Strategic Command shall, with respect to each 
intentional attempt by a foreign actor to disrupt, degrade, or 
destroy a United States national security space capability, 
provide to the appropriate congressional committees— 
‘‘(1) not later than 48 hours after the Commander 
determines that there is reason to believe such attempt 
occurred, notice of such attempt; and 
‘‘(2) not later than 10 days after the date on which 
the Commander determines that there is reason to be-
lieve such attempt occurred, a notification described in 
subsection (b) with respect to such attempt.
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‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION DESCRIPTION.—A notification de-
scribed in this subsection is a written notification that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(1) the name and a brief description of the na-
tional security space capability that was impacted by an 
attempt by a foreign actor to disrupt, degrade, or de-
stroy a United States national security space capability; 
‘‘(2) a description of such attempt, including the 
foreign actor, the date and time of such attempt, and 
any related capability outage and the mission impact of 
such outage; and 
‘‘(3) any other information the Commander con-
siders relevant. 
‘‘(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate congressional 
committees’ means— 
‘‘(1) the congressional defense committees; and 
‘‘(2) with respect to a notice or notification related 
to an attempt by a foreign actor to disrupt, degrade, or 
destroy a United States national security space capa-
bility that is intelligence-related, the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate.’’.
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(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by add-
ing at the end the following item: 
‘‘2278. Notification of foreign interference of national security space.’’. 
SEC. 912. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE DEFENSE AND PROTEC-
TION. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense and the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence shall jointly enter into an ar-
rangement with the National Research Council to respond to 
the near-term and long-term threats to the national security 
space systems of the United States by— 
(1) conducting a review of— 
(A) the range of options available to address 
such threats, in terms of deterring hostile actions, 
defeating hostile actions, and surviving hostile ac-
tions until such actions conclude; 
(B) strategies and plans to counter such 
threats, 
including 
resilience, 
reconstitution, 
disaggregation, and other appropriate concepts; and 
(C) 
existing 
and 
planned 
architectures, 
warfighter requirements, technology development, 
systems, workforce, or other factors related to ad-
dressing such threats; and 
(2) recommending architectures, capabilities, and 
courses of action to address such threats and actions to 
address the affordability, technology risk, and any other
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potential barriers or limiting factors in implementing 
such courses of action. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the National Research 
Council shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate a report containing 
the results of the review conducted pursuant to the ar-
rangement under subsection (a) and the recommended 
courses of action identified pursuant to such arrange-
ment. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(c) SPACE PROTECTION STRATEGY.—Section 911(f)(1) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2008 (10 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended by striking ‘‘includ-
ing each of the matters required by subsection (c).’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘including— 
‘‘(A) each of the matters required by sub-
section (c); and 
‘‘(B) a description of how the Department of 
Defense and the intelligence community plan to pro-
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vide 
necessary 
national 
security 
capabilities, 
through alternative space, airborne, or ground sys-
tems, if a foreign actor degrades, denies access to, 
or destroys United States national security space 
capabilities.’’. 
SEC. 913. SPACE ACQUISITION STRATEGY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) commercial satellite services, particularly com-
munications, are needed to satisfy Department of De-
fense requirements; 
(2) the Department predominately uses one-year 
leases to obtain commercial satellite services, which are 
often the most expensive and least strategic method to 
acquire necessary commercial satellite services; and 
(3) consistent with the required authorization and 
appropriations, Congress encourages the Department to 
pursue a variety of methods to reduce cost and meet the 
necessary military requirements, including multi-year 
leases and procurement of Government-owned payloads 
on commercial satellites. 
(b) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, in consulta-
tion with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of
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Defense, shall establish a strategy to enable the multi-year 
procurement of commercial satellite services. 
(c) BASIS.—The strategy required under subsection (b) 
shall include and be based on— 
(1) an analysis of financial or other benefits to ac-
quiring satellite services through multi-year acquisition 
approaches; 
(2) an analysis of the risks associated with such ac-
quisition approaches; 
(3) an identification of methods to address plan-
ning, programming, budgeting, and execution challenges 
to such approaches, including methods to address poten-
tial termination liability or cancellation costs generally 
associated with multi-year contracts; 
(4) an identification of any changes needed in the 
requirements development and approval processes of the 
Department of Defense to facilitate effective and effi-
cient implementation of such strategy, including an iden-
tification of any consolidation of requirements for such 
services across the Department that may achieve in-
creased buying power and efficiency; and 
(5) an identification of any necessary changes to 
policies, procedures, regulations, or statutes. 
(d) BRIEFINGS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, in 
consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department of Defense, shall provide to the congres-
sional defense committees a briefing regarding the strat-
egy required under subsection (b), including the ele-
ments required under subsection (c). 
(2) INTERIM BRIEFING.—At the same time that the 
budget for fiscal year 2015 is submitted to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech-
nology, and Logistics, in consultation with the Chief In-
formation Officer of the Department of Defense, shall 
provide to the congressional defense committees an in-
terim briefing regarding the strategy required under 
subsection (b). 
SEC. 914. SPACE CONTROL MISSION REPORT. 
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 space control 
mission of the Department of Defense. Such report shall in-
clude—
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(1) an identification of existing offensive and defen-
sive space control systems, policies, and technical possi-
bilities of future systems; 
(2) an identification of any gaps or risks in existing 
space control system architecture and possibilities for 
improvement or mitigation of such gaps or risks; 
(3) a description of existing and future sensor cov-
erage and ground processing capabilities for space situa-
tional awareness; 
(4) an explanation of the extent to which all rel-
evant and available information is being utilized for 
space situational awareness to detect, track, and identify 
objects in space; 
(5) a description of existing space situational aware-
ness data sharing practices, including what information 
is being shared and what the benefits and risks of such 
sharing are to the national security of the United States; 
and 
(6) plans for the future space control mission, in-
cluding force levels and structure. 
SEC. 915. RESPONSIVE LAUNCH. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) United States Strategic Command has identified 
three needs as a result of dramatically increased demand 
and dependence on space capabilities as follows:
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(A) To rapidly augment existing space capabili-
ties when needed to expand operational capability. 
(B) To rapidly reconstitute or replenish critical 
space capabilities to preserve continuity of oper-
ations capability. 
(C) To rapidly exploit and infuse space techno-
logical or operational innovations to increase the ad-
vantage of the United States. 
(2) Operationally responsive low cost launch could 
assist in addressing such needs of the combatant com-
mands. 
(b) STUDY.—The Department of Defense Executive 
Agent for Space shall conduct a study on responsive, low-cost 
launch efforts. Such study shall include— 
(1) a review of existing and past operationally re-
sponsive, low-cost launch efforts by domestic or foreign 
governments or industry; 
(2) an identification of the conditions or require-
ments for responsive launch that would provide the nec-
essary military value, including the requisite payload ca-
pacity, timelines for responsiveness, and the target 
launch costs; 
(3) a technology assessment of various methods to 
develop an operationally responsive, low-cost launch ca-
pability; and
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(4) an assessment of the viability of greater utiliza-
tion of innovative methods, including the use of sec-
ondary payload adapters on existing launch vehicles. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense Execu-
tive Agent for Space shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report containing— 
(1) the results of the study conducted under sub-
section (b); and 
(2) a consolidated plan for development within the 
Department of Defense of an operationally responsive, 
low-cost launch capability. 
(d) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REVIEW.— 
Not later than 60 days after the date on which the report 
required under subsection (c) is submitted to the congres-
sional defense committees, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees an assessment of such report and any related findings 
or recommendations that the Comptroller General considers 
appropriate. 
SEC. 916. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SPACE PROTEC-
TION PROGRAM. 
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2014 by section 201 for the Department of Defense for 
research, test, development, and evaluation, Air Force, and
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available for the Space Protection Program (PE# 0603830F) 
as specified in the funding table in section 4201, $10,000,000 
may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary of De-
fense submits to the congressional defense committees a copy 
of the study conducted at the direction of the Deputy Sec-
retary of Defense on the counter space strategy of the De-
partment of Defense that resulted in significant revisions to 
that strategy by the Department. 
SEC. 917. EAGLE VISION SYSTEM. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of Staff 
of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the Eagle Vision system. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall include a description and assessment of the var-
ious commands, components of the Armed Forces, and 
Defense Agencies to which control of the Eagle Vision 
system could be transferred from the Headquarters of 
the Air Force, including the actions to be completed be-
fore transfer, potential schedules for transfer, and the 
effects of transfer on the capabilities of the system or 
use of the system by other elements of the Department. 
(b) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN ACTIONS.—The Secretary 
of the Air Force may not undertake any changes to the orga-
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nization or control of the Eagle Vision system until 90 days 
after the date of the submittal to the congressional defense 
committees of the report required by subsection (a). 
Subtitle C—Defense Intelligence and 
Intelligence-Related Activities 
SEC. 921. REVISION OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AUTHORITY 
TO ENGAGE IN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AS SECU-
RITY FOR INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL SUBMISSION FOR REQUIRED AU-
DITS.—The second sentence of section 432(b)(2) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the intelligence 
committees’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the congres-
sional defense committees and the congressional intelligence 
committees (as defined in section 437(c) of this title).’’. 
(b) REPEAL
OF DESIGNATION
OF DEFENSE INTEL-
LIGENCE AGENCY
AS REQUIRED OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY 
WITHIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Section 436(4) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Defense Intelligence Agency’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Department of Defense’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘management and supervision’’ and 
inserting ‘‘oversight’’. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Section 437 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the intelligence 
committees’’ and inserting ‘‘congressional defense com-
mittees and the congressional intelligence committees’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Consistent with’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘the Secretary’’ and insert ‘‘The 
Secretary’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the intelligence committees’’ 
and inserting ‘‘congressional defense committees 
and the congressional intelligence committees’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘congressional intelligence 
committees’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).’’. 
SEC. 922. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE PRIOR-
ITIES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) establish a written policy governing the internal 
coordination and prioritization of intelligence priorities 
of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint 
Staff, the combatant commands, and the military de-
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partments to improve identification of the intelligence 
needs of the Department of Defense; 
(2) identify any significant intelligence gaps of the 
Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the 
combatant commands, and the military departments; 
and 
(3) provide to the congressional defense committees, 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives, and the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate a briefing on the policy estab-
lished under paragraph (1) and the gaps identified under 
paragraph (2). 
SEC. 923. DEFENSE CLANDESTINE SERVICE. 
(a) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not more than 50 per-
cent of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of Defense for the 
Defense Clandestine Service for fiscal year 2014 may be obli-
gated or expended for the Defense Clandestine Service until 
such time as the Secretary of Defense certifies to the covered 
congressional committees that— 
(1) the Defense Clandestine Service is designed pri-
marily to— 
(A) fulfill priorities of the Department of De-
fense that are unique to the Department of Defense 
or otherwise unmet; and
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(B) provide unique capabilities to the intel-
ligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the 
National 
Security 
Act 
of 
1947 
(50 
U.S.C. 
3003(4))); and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense has designed metrics 
that will be used to ensure that the Defense Clandestine 
Service is employed as described in paragraph (1). 
(b) ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the covered congressional committees a detailed assess-
ment of Defense Clandestine Service employment and per-
formance based on the metrics referred to in subsection 
(a)(2). 
(c) NOTIFICATION OF FUTURE CHANGES TO DESIGN.— 
Following the submittal of the certification referred to in sub-
section (a), in the event that any significant change is made 
to the Defense Clandestine Service, the Secretary shall 
promptly notify the covered congressional committees of the 
nature of such change. 
(d) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall quarterly provide to the covered congressional commit-
tees a briefing on the deployments and collection activities of 
personnel of the Defense Clandestine Service.
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(e) 
COVERED
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered congressional 
committees’’ means the congressional defense committees, the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate. 
SEC. 924. PROHIBITION ON NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PRO-
GRAM CONSOLIDATION. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No amounts authorized to be appro-
priated or otherwise made available to the Department of De-
fense may be used during the period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 
2014, to execute— 
(1) the separation of the National Intelligence Pro-
gram budget from the Department of Defense budget; 
(2) the consolidation of the National Intelligence 
Program budget within the Department of Defense 
budget; or 
(3) the establishment of a new appropriations ac-
count or appropriations account structure for the Na-
tional Intelligence Program budget. 
(b) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly 
provide to the congressional defense committees, the Perma-
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nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate a briefing regarding any planning relating to the fu-
ture execution of the activities described in subsection (a) 
that has occurred during the two-year period ending on such 
date and any anticipated future planning relating to such 
execution or related efforts. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘National Intelligence Program’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
(2) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET.— 
The term ‘‘National Intelligence Program budget’’ 
means the portions of the Department of Defense budget 
designated as part of the National Intelligence Program. 
Subtitle D—Cyberspace-Related 
Matters 
SEC. 931. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR INVENTORY 
OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TACTICAL DATA 
LINK SYSTEMS. 
Section 934(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 
1885; 10 U.S.C. 2225 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘and an
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assessment of vulnerabilities to such systems in anti-access or 
area-denial environments’’ before the semicolon. 
SEC. 932. AUTHORITIES, CAPABILITIES, AND OVERSIGHT OF 
THE UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND. 
(a) PROVISION
OF CERTAIN OPERATIONAL CAPABILI-
TIES.—The Secretary of Defense shall take such actions as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to provide the United 
States Cyber Command operational military units with infra-
structure and equipment enabling access to the Internet and 
other types of networks to permit the United States Cyber 
Command to conduct the peacetime and wartime missions of 
the Command. 
(b) CYBER RANGES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall review exist-
ing cyber ranges and adapt one or more such ranges, as 
necessary, to support training and exercises of cyber 
units that are assigned to execute offensive military 
cyber operations. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each range adapted under para-
graph (1) shall have the capability to support offensive 
military operations against targets that— 
(A) have not been previously identified and 
prepared for attack; and
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(B) must be compromised or neutralized imme-
diately without regard to whether the adversary can 
detect or attribute the attack. 
(c) PRINCIPAL ADVISOR ON MILITARY CYBER FORCE 
MATTERS.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall designate, 
from among the personnel of the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Policy, a Principal Cyber Advi-
sor to act as the principal advisor to the Secretary on 
military cyber forces and activities. The Secretary may 
only designate an official under this paragraph if such 
official was appointed to the position in which such offi-
cial serves by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate. 
(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Principal Cyber Advi-
sor shall be responsible for the following: 
(A) Overall supervision of cyber activities re-
lated to offensive missions, defense of the United 
States, and defense of Department of Defense net-
works, including oversight of policy and operational 
considerations, resources, personnel, and acquisition 
and technology. 
(B) Such other matters relating to offensive 
military cyber forces as the Secretary shall specify 
for purposes of this subsection.
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(3) 
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL
TEAM.—The 
Principal 
Cyber Advisor shall— 
(A) integrate the cyber expertise and perspec-
tives of appropriate organizations within the Office 
of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, military 
departments, Defense Agencies, and combatant 
commands, by establishing and maintaining a full- 
time cross-functional team of subject matter experts 
from those organizations; and 
(B) select team members, and designate a 
team leader, from among those personnel nominated 
by the heads of such organizations. 
(d) TRAINING OF CYBER PERSONNEL.—The Secretary 
shall establish and maintain training capabilities and facilities 
in the Armed Forces and, as the Secretary considers appro-
priate, at the United States Cyber Command, to support the 
needs of the Armed Forces and the United States Cyber 
Command for personnel who are assigned offensive and de-
fensive cyber missions in the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 933. MISSION ANALYSIS FOR CYBER OPERATIONS OF DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) MISSION ANALYSIS REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall conduct a mission analysis of the 
cyber operations of the Department of Defense.
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The mission analysis under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) The concept of operations and concept of em-
ployment for cyber operations forces. 
(2) An assessment of the manpower needs for cyber 
operations forces, including military requirements for 
both active and reserve components and civilian require-
ments. 
(3) An assessment of the mechanisms for improving 
recruitment, retention, and management of cyber oper-
ations forces, including through focused recruiting; edu-
cational, training, or certification scholarships; bonuses; 
or the use of short-term or virtual deployments without 
the need for permanent relocation. 
(4) A description of the alignment of the organiza-
tion and reporting chains of the Department, the mili-
tary departments, and the combatant commands. 
(5) An assessment of the current, as of the date of 
the analysis, and projected equipping needs of cyber op-
erations forces. 
(6) An analysis of how the Secretary, for purposes 
of cyber operations, depends upon organizations outside 
of the Department, including industry and international 
partners.