Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 
CONTENTS. 
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into five divi-
sions as follows: 
(1) Division A—Department of Defense Au-
thorizations. 
(2) Division B—Military Construction Author-
izations. 
(3) Division C—Department of Energy Na-
tional Security Authorizations and Other Authoriza-
tions. 
(4) Division D—Funding Tables. 
(5) Division E—Military Justice. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs
Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for AH–64E Apache helicopters. 
Sec. 112. Multiyear procurement authority for UH–60M and HH–60M Black 
Hawk helicopters. 
Sec. 113. Assessment of certain capabilities of the Department of the Army. 
Sec. 114. Funding for surface-to-air missile system. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
Sec. 121. Procurement authority for aircraft carrier programs. 
Sec. 122. Sense of Congress on aircraft carrier procurement schedules. 
Sec. 123. Design and construction of LHA replacement ship designated LHA 
8. 
Sec. 124. Design and construction of replacement dock landing ship designated 
LX(R) or amphibious transport dock designated LPD–29. 
Sec. 125. Ship to shore connector program. 
Sec. 126. Limitation on availability of funds for Littoral Combat Ship or suc-
cessor frigate. 
Sec. 127. Report on P–8 Poseidon aircraft. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
Sec. 131. Elimination of annual report on aircraft inventory. 
Sec. 132. Repeal of requirement to preserve certain retired C–5 aircraft. 
Sec. 133. Repeal of requirement to preserve certain retired F–117 aircraft. 
Sec. 134. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of A–10 aircraft. 
Sec. 135. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of Joint Surveil-
lance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. 
Sec. 136. Report on cost of B–21 aircraft. 
Sec. 137. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of U–2 aircraft. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters 
Sec. 141. Termination of quarterly reporting on use of combat mission require-
ments funds. 
Sec. 142. Fire suppressant and fuel containment standards for certain vehicles. 
Sec. 143. Report on Department of Defense munitions strategy for the combat-
ant commands. 
Sec. 144. Comptroller 
General 
review 
of 
F–35 
Lightning 
II 
aircraft 
sustainment support. 
Sec. 145. Briefing on acquisition strategy for Ground Mobility Vehicle. 
Sec. 146. Standardization of 5.56mm rifle ammunition. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 211. Laboratory quality enhancement program. 
Sec. 212. Mechanisms to provide funds for defense laboratories for research 
and development of technologies for military missions. 
Sec. 213. Notification requirement for certain rapid prototyping, experimen-
tation, and demonstration activities. 
Sec. 214. Improved biosafety for handling of select agents and toxins. 
Sec. 215. Modernization of security clearance information technology architec-
ture.
Sec. 216. Prohibition on availability of funds for countering weapons of mass 
destruction system Constellation. 
Sec. 217. Limitation on availability of funds for Defense Innovation Unit Ex-
perimental. 
Sec. 218. Limitation on availability of funds for Tactical Combat Training Sys-
tem Increment II. 
Sec. 219. Restructuring of the distributed common ground system of the Army. 
Sec. 220. Designation of Department of Defense senior official with principal 
responsibility for directed energy weapons. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 231. Strategy for assured access to trusted microelectronics. 
Sec. 232. Pilot program on evaluation of commercial information technology. 
Sec. 233. Pilot program for the enhancement of the laboratories and test and 
evaluation centers of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 234. Pilot program on modernization of electromagnetic spectrum warfare 
systems and electronic warfare systems. 
Sec. 235. Independent review of F/A–18 physiological episodes and corrective 
actions. 
Sec. 236. Study on helicopter crash prevention and mitigation technology. 
Sec. 237. Report on electronic warfare capabilities. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 302. Increase in funding for civil military programs. 
Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 
Sec. 311. Rule of construction regarding alternative fuel procurement require-
ment. 
Sec. 312. Production and use of natural gas at Fort Knox. 
Sec. 313. Alternative technologies for munitions disposal. 
Sec. 314. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 315. Prohibition on carrying out certain authorities relating to climate 
change. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment 
Sec. 321. Pilot program for inclusion of certain industrial plants in the Arma-
ment Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative. 
Sec. 322. Private sector port loading assessment. 
Sec. 323. Limitation on availability of funds for Defense Contract Management 
Agency. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 331. Modification of annual Department of Defense energy management 
reports. 
Sec. 332. Report on equipment purchased from foreign entities and authority 
to adjust Army arsenal labor rates. 
Sec. 333. Report on average travel costs of members of the reserve components. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters
Sec. 341. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps. 
Sec. 342. Explosive ordnance disposal program. 
Sec. 343. Expansion of definition of structures interfering with air commerce 
and national defense. 
Sec. 344. Development of personal protective equipment for female Marines and 
soldiers. 
Sec. 345. Study on space-available travel system of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 346. Supply of specialty motors from certain manufacturers. 
Sec. 347. Limitation on use of certain funds until establishment and implemen-
tation of required process by which members of the Armed 
Forces may carry appropriate firearms on military installa-
tions. 
Sec. 348. Motor carrier safety performance and safety technology. 
Sec. 349. Briefing on well-drilling capabilities of active duty and reserve compo-
nents. 
Sec. 350. Access to wireless high-speed Internet and network connections for 
certain members of the Armed Forces deployed overseas. 
Sec. 351. System for communicating availability of surplus ammunition. 
Sec. 352. Increase in funding for National Guard counter-drug programs. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Sec. 402. Revisions in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2017 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active 
duty for operational support. 
Sec. 416. Sense of Congress on full-time support for the Army National Guard. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Number of Marine Corps general officers. 
Sec. 502. Equal consideration of officers for early retirement or discharge. 
Sec. 503. Modification of authority to drop from rolls a commissioned officer. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Extension of removal of restrictions on the transfer of officers be-
tween the active and inactive National Guard. 
Sec. 512. Extension of temporary authority to use Air Force reserve component 
personnel to provide training and instruction regarding pilot 
training. 
Sec. 513. Limitations on ordering Selected Reserve to active duty for 
preplanned missions in support of the combatant commands.
Sec. 514. Exemption of military technicians (dual status) from civilian em-
ployee furloughs. 
Sec. 515. Electronic tracking of operational active-duty service performed by 
members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle C—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 521. Technical correction to annual authorization for personnel strengths. 
Sec. 522. Entitlement to leave for adoption of child by dual military couples. 
Sec. 523. Revision of deployability rating system and planning reform. 
Sec. 524. Expansion of authority to execute certain military instruments. 
Sec. 525. Technical correction to voluntary separation pay and benefits. 
Sec. 526. Annual notice to members of the Armed Forces regarding child cus-
tody protections guaranteed by the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act. 
Sec. 527. Pilot program on consolidated Army recruiting. 
Sec. 528. Report on purpose and utility of registration system under Military 
Selective Service Act. 
Sec. 529. Parental leave for members of the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice, Including Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence 
Prevention and Response 
Sec. 541. Expedited reporting of child abuse and neglect to State Child Protec-
tive Services. 
Sec. 542. Extension of the requirement for annual report regarding sexual as-
saults and coordination with release of family advocacy report. 
Sec. 543. Requirement for annual family advocacy program report regarding 
child abuse and domestic violence. 
Sec. 544. Improved Department of Defense prevention of and response to haz-
ing in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 545. Burdens of proof applicable to investigations and reviews related to 
protected communications of members of the Armed Forces 
and prohibited retaliatory actions. 
Sec. 546. Improved investigation of allegations of professional retaliation. 
Sec. 547. Career military justice litigation track for judge advocates. 
Subtitle E—Member Education, Training, and Transition 
Sec. 561. Revision to quality assurance of certification programs and stand-
ards. 
Sec. 562. Establishment of ROTC cyber institutes at senior military colleges. 
Sec. 563. Military-to-mariner transition. 
Sec. 564. Employment authority for civilian faculty at certain military depart-
ment schools. 
Sec. 565. Revision of name on military service record to reflect change in name 
of a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, 
after separation from the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 566. Direct employment pilot program for members of the National Guard 
and Reserve. 
Sec. 567. Prohibition on establishment, maintenance, or support of Senior Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps units at educational institutions 
that display Confederate battle flag. 
Sec. 568. Report on composition of service academies. 
Sec. 569. Inclusion of alcohol, prescription drug, opioid, and other substance 
abuse counseling as part of required preseparation counseling.
Sec. 569A. Inclusion of information in Transition Assistance Program. 
Sec. 569B. Report and guidance regarding Job Training, Employment Skills 
Training, Apprenticeships, and Internships and SkillBridge ini-
tiatives for members of the Armed Forces who are being sepa-
rated. 
Sec. 569C. Congressional notification in advance of appointments to service 
academies. 
Subtitle F—Defense Dependents’ Education and Military Family Readiness 
Matters 
Sec. 571. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that 
benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and De-
partment of Defense civilian employees. 
Sec. 572. Support for programs providing camp experience for children of mili-
tary families. 
Sec. 573. Impact Aid. 
Sec. 574. Elimination of two-year eligibility limitation for noncompetitive ap-
pointment of spouses of members of the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle G—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 581. Review regarding award of Medal of Honor to certain Asian Amer-
ican and Native American Pacific Islander war veterans. 
Sec. 582. Authorization for award of medals for acts of valor. 
Sec. 583. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to Gary M. Rose for 
acts of valor during the Vietnam War. 
Sec. 584. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to Charles S. Kettles 
for acts of valor during the Vietnam War. 
Sec. 585. Authorization for award of Distinguished-Service Cross to First Lieu-
tenant Melvin M. Spruiell for acts of valor during World War 
II. 
Subtitle H—Miscellaneous Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 591. Burial of cremated remains in Arlington National Cemetery of certain 
persons whose service is deemed to be active service. 
Sec. 592. Representation from members of the Armed Forces on boards, coun-
cils, and committees making recommendations relating to mili-
tary personnel issues. 
Sec. 593. Body mass index test. 
Sec. 594. Preseparation counseling regarding options for donating brain tissue 
at time of death for research. 
Sec. 595. Recognition of the expanded service opportunities available to female 
members of the Armed Forces and the long service of women 
in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 596. Sense of Congress regarding plight of male victims of military sexual 
trauma. 
Sec. 597. Sense of Congress regarding section 504 of title 10, United States 
Code, on existing authority of the Department of Defense to 
enlist individuals, not otherwise eligible for enlistment, whose 
enlistment is vital to the national interest. 
Sec. 598. Protection of Second Amendment Rights of Military Families. 
Sec. 599. Pilot program on advanced technology for alcohol abuse prevention. 
Sec. 599A. Report on availability of college credit for skills acquired during 
military service.
Sec. 599B. Atomic veterans service medal. 
Sec. 599C. Report on extending protections for student loans for active duty 
borrowers. 
Sec. 599D. Exclusion of certain reimbursements of medical expenses and other 
payments from determination of annual income with respect to 
pensions for veterans and surviving spouses and children of 
veterans. 
Sec. 599E. Sense of Congress on desirability of service-wide adoption of Gold 
Star Installation Access Card. 
Sec. 599F. Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance. 
Sec. 599G. Extension of suicide prevention and resilience program. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Annual adjustment of monthly basic pay. 
Sec. 602. Extension of authority to provide temporary increase in rates of basic 
allowance for housing under certain circumstances. 
Sec. 603. Prohibition on per diem allowance reductions based on the duration 
of temporary duty assignment or civilian travel . 
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. Increase in maximum amount of aviation special pays for flying duty. 
Sec. 617. Conforming amendment to consolidation of special pay, incentive pay, 
and bonus authorities. 
Sec. 618. Technical and clerical amendments relating to 2008 consolidation of 
certain special pay authorities. 
Sec. 619. Combat-related special compensation coordinating amendment. 
Subtitle C—Disability, Retired Pay, and Survivor Benefits 
Sec. 621. Separation determinations for members participating in Thrift Sav-
ings Plan. 
Sec. 622. Continuation pay for full Thrift Savings Plan members who have 
completed 8 to 12 years of service. 
Sec. 623. Special survivor indemnity allowance. 
Sec. 624. Equal benefits under Survivor Benefit Plan for survivors of reserve 
component members who die in the line of duty during inac-
tive-duty training. 
Sec. 625. Use of member’s current pay grade and years of service, rather than 
final retirement pay grade and years of service, in a division 
of property involving disposable retired pay. 
Subtitle D—Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits 
and Operations
Sec. 631. Protection and enhancement of access to and savings at commissaries 
and exchanges. 
Sec. 632. Acceptance of Military Star Card at commissaries. 
Subtitle E—Travel and Transportation Allowances and Other Matters 
Sec. 641. Maximum reimbursement amount for travel expenses of members of 
the Reserves attending inactive duty training outside of normal 
commuting distances. 
Sec. 642. Statute of limitations on Department of Defense recovery of amounts 
owed to the United States by members of the uniformed serv-
ices, including retired and former members. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Reform of TRICARE and Military Health System 
Sec. 701. TRICARE Preferred and other TRICARE reform. 
Sec. 702. Reform of administration of the Defense Health Agency and military 
medical treatment facilities. 
Sec. 703. Military medical treatment facilities. 
Sec. 704. Access to urgent care under TRICARE program. 
Sec. 705. Access to primary care clinics at military medical treatment facilities. 
Sec. 706. Incentives for value-based health under TRICARE program. 
Sec. 707. Improvements to military-civilian partnerships to increase access to 
health care and readiness. 
Sec. 708. Joint Trauma System. 
Sec. 709. Joint Trauma Education and Training Directorate. 
Sec. 710. Improvements to access to health care in military medical treatment 
facilities. 
Sec. 711. Adoption of core quality performance metrics. 
Sec. 712. Study on improving continuity of health care coverage for Reserve 
Components. 
Subtitle B—Other Health Care Benefits 
Sec. 721. Provision of hearing aids to dependents of retired members. 
Sec. 722. Extended TRICARE program coverage for certain members of the 
National Guard and dependents during certain disaster re-
sponse duty. 
Subtitle C—Health Care Administration 
Sec. 731. Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care for 
the Coast Guard. 
Sec. 732. Requirement to review and monitor prescribing practices at military 
treatment facilities of pharmaceutical agents for treatment of 
post-traumatic stress. 
Sec. 733. Use of mefloquine for malaria. 
Sec. 734. Applied behavior analysis. 
Subtitle D—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 741. Mental health resources for members of the military services at high 
risk of suicide. 
Sec. 742. Research of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. 
Sec. 743. Active oscillating negative pressure treatment. 
Sec. 744. Long-term study on health of helicopter and tiltrotor pilots.
Sec. 745. Pilot program for prescription drug acquisition cost parity in the 
TRICARE pharmacy benefits program. 
Sec. 746. Study on display of wait times at urgent care clinics, pharmacies, and 
emergency rooms of military medical treatment facilities. 
Sec. 747. Report on feasibility of including acupuncture and chiropractic serv-
ices for retirees under TRICARE program. 
Sec. 748. Clarification of submission of reports on longitudinal study on trau-
matic brain injury. 
Sec. 749. Increased collaboration with NIH to combat triple negative breast 
cancer. 
Sec. 750. Department of Defense studies on preventing the diversion of opioid 
medications. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, 
AND RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and 
Limitations 
Sec. 801. Revision to authorities relating to Department of Defense Test Re-
source Management Center. 
Sec. 802. Amendments to restrictions on undefinitized contractual actions. 
Sec. 803. Revision to requirements relating to inventory method for Depart-
ment of Defense contracts for services. 
Sec. 804. Procurement of personal protective equipment. 
Sec. 805. Revision to effective date of senior executive benchmark compensation 
for allowable cost limitations. 
Sec. 806. Amendments related to detection and avoidance of counterfeit elec-
tronic parts. 
Sec. 807. Amendments to special emergency procurement authority. 
Sec. 808. Compliance with domestic source requirements for footwear furnished 
to enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial 
entry into the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 809. Requirement for policies and standard checklist in procurement of 
services. 
Sec. 809A. Extension of limitation on aggregate annual amount available for 
contract services. 
Sec. 809B. Extension of authority for enhanced transfer of technology devel-
oped at department of defense laboratories. 
Subtitle B—Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs 
Sec. 811. Change in date of submission to Congress of Selected Acquisition Re-
ports. 
Sec. 812. Amendments relating to independent cost estimation and cost anal-
ysis. 
Sec. 813.
Revisions to Milestone B determinations. 
Sec. 814. Review and report on sustainment planning in the acquisition proc-
ess. 
Sec. 815. Revision to distribution of annual report on operational test and eval-
uation. 
Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Commercial Items 
Sec. 821. Revision to definition of commercial item. 
Sec. 822. Market research for determination of price reasonableness in acquisi-
tion of commercial items.
Sec. 823. Value analysis for the determination of price reasonableness. 
Sec. 824. Clarification of requirements relating to commercial item determina-
tions. 
Sec. 825. Pilot program for authority to acquire innovative commercial items 
using general solicitation competitive procedures. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 831. Review and report on the bid protest process. 
Sec. 832. Review and report on indefinite delivery contracts. 
Sec. 833. Review and report on contractual flow-down provisions. 
Sec. 834. Review of anti-competitive specifications in information technology ac-
quisitions. 
Sec. 835. Coast Guard major acquisition programs. 
Sec. 836. Waiver of congressional notification for acquisition of tactical missiles 
and munitions greater than quantity specified in law. 
Sec. 837. Closeout of old Department of the Navy contracts. 
Sec. 838. Requirement that certain ship components be manufactured in the 
national technology and industrial base. 
Sec. 839. Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund de-
termination adjustment. 
Sec. 840. Amendment to prohibition on performance of non-defense audits by 
Defense Contract Audit Agency to exempt audits for National 
Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 841. Selection of service providers for auditing services and audit readiness 
services. 
Sec. 842. Modifications to the justification and approval process for certain 
sole-source contracts for small business concerns. 
Sec. 843. Briefing on design-build construction process for defense contracts. 
Sec. 844. Assessment of outreach for small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by women and minorities required before conversion of 
certain functions to contractor performance. 
Sec. 845. Inclusion of information on common grounds for sustaining bid pro-
tests in annual Government Accountability Office reports to 
Congress. 
Sec. 846. Revision of effective date for amendments relating to Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Business Management and Information. 
Sec. 847. Promotion of value-based defense procurement. 
Sec. 848. Study and report on contracts awarded to minority-owned and 
women-owned businesses. 
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Goldwater-Nichols Reform 
Sec. 901. Sense of Congress on Goldwater-Nichols Reform. 
Sec. 902. Repeal of Defense Strategy Review. 
Sec. 903. Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States. 
Sec. 904. Reform of defense strategic and policy guidance. 
Sec. 905. Reform of the national military strategy. 
Sec. 906. Modification to independent study of national security strategy for-
mulation process. 
Sec. 907. Term of office for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
Sec. 908. Responsibilities of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff relating 
to operations.
Sec. 909. Assigned forces within the continental United States. 
Sec. 910. Reduction in general officer and flag officer grades and positions. 
Sec. 911. Establishment of unified combatant command for cyber operations. 
Sec. 912. Revision of requirements relating to length of joint duty assignments. 
Sec. 913. Revision of definitions used for joint officer management. 
Sec. 914.
Independent assessment of combatant command structure. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 921. Modifications to corrosion report. 
Sec. 922. Authority to employ civilian faculty members at Joint Special Oper-
ations University. 
Sec. 923. Guidelines for conversion of functions performed by civilian or con-
tractor personnel to performance by military personnel. 
Sec. 924. Public release by Inspectors General of reports of misconduct. 
Sec. 925. Modifications to requirements for accounting for members of the 
Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees 
listed as missing. 
Sec. 926. Reform of National Security Council. 
Subtitle C—Department of the Navy and Marine Corps 
Sec. 931. Redesignation of the Department of the Navy as the Department of 
the Navy and Marine Corps. 
Sec. 932. Conforming amendments to title 10, United States Code. 
Sec. 933. Other provisions of law and other references. 
Sec. 934. Effective date. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. Requirement to transfer funds from Department of Defense Acquisi-
tion Workforce Development Fund to the Treasury. 
Sec. 1003. Report on auditable financial statements. 
Subtitle B—Counter-Drug Activities 
Sec. 1011. Extension of authority to provide additional support for counter- 
drug activities of foreign governments. 
Sec. 1012. Secretary of Defense review of curricula and program structures of 
National Guard counterdrug schools. 
Sec. 1013. Extension of authority to support unified counterdrug and counter-
terrorism campaign in Colombia. 
Sec. 1014. Unmanned aerial systems training missions. 
Sec. 1015. Funding for counter narcotics operations. 
Sec. 1016. Report on efforts of United States Southern Command Operation to 
detect and monitor drug trafficking. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1021. Definition of short-term work with respect to overhaul, repair, or 
maintenance of naval vessels. 
Sec. 1022. Warranty requirements for shipbuilding contracts. 
Sec. 1023. National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund. 
Sec. 1024. Availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of Ticonderoga- 
class cruisers or dock landing ships.
Sec. 1025. Restrictions on the overhaul and repair of vessels in foreign ship-
yards. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
Sec. 1031. Frequency of counterterrorism operations briefings. 
Sec. 1032. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals de-
tained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 
to the United States. 
Sec. 1033. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the 
United States to house detainees transferred from United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1034. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release to certain coun-
tries of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1035. Prohibition on use of funds for realignment of forces at or closure 
of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1036. Modification of congressional notification of sensitive military oper-
ations. 
Sec. 1037. Comprehensive strategy for detention of certain individuals. 
Sec. 1038. Declassification of information on past terrorist activities of detain-
ees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1039. Prohibition on enforcement of military commission rulings pre-
venting members of the Armed Forces from carrying out other-
wise lawful duties based on member gender. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1041. Expanded authority for transportation by the Department of De-
fense of non-Department of Defense personnel and cargo. 
Sec. 1042. Limitation on retirement, deactivation, or decommissioning of mine 
countermeasures ships. 
Sec. 1043. Extension of authority of Secretary of Transportation to issue non- 
premium aviation insurance. 
Sec. 1044. Evaluation of Navy alternate combination cover and unisex combina-
tion cover. 
Sec. 1045. Protection of certain Federal spectrum operations. 
Sec. 1046. Transportation on military aircraft on a space-available basis for 
members and former members of the Armed Forces with dis-
abilities rated as total. 
Sec. 1047. National Guard flyovers of public events. 
Sec. 1048. Application of the Freedom of Information Act to the National Se-
curity Council. 
Sec. 1049. Requirement relating to transfer of excess Department of Defense 
equipment to Federal and State agencies. 
Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 
Sec. 1061. Temporary continuation of certain Department of Defense reporting 
requirements. 
Sec. 1062. Matters for inclusion in report on designation of countries for which 
rewards may be paid under Department of Defense rewards 
program. 
Sec. 1063. Congressional notification of biological select agent and toxin theft, 
loss, or release involving the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1064. Report on service-provided support to United States special oper-
ations forces. 
Sec. 1065. Report on citizen security responsibilities in the Northern Triangle 
of Central America. 
Sec. 1066. Report on counterproliferation activities and programs. 
Sec. 1067. Inclusion of ballistic missile defense information in annual report on 
requirements of combatant commands. 
Sec. 1068. Reviews by Department of Defense concerning national security use 
of spectrum. 
Sec. 1069. Annual report on personnel, training, and equipment requirements 
for the non-Federalized National Guard to support civilian au-
thorities in prevention and response to domestic disasters. 
Sec. 1070. Briefing on criteria for determining locations of Air Force Installa-
tion and Mission Support Center headquarters. 
Sec. 1071. Report on testing and integration of minehunting sonar systems to 
improve Littoral Combat Ship minehunting capabilities. 
Sec. 1072. Report on carrier air wing force structure. 
Sec. 1073. Quarterly reports on parachute jumps conducted at Fort Bragg and 
Pope Army Airfield and Air Force support for such jumps. 
Sec. 1074. Briefing on real property inventory. 
Sec. 1075. Report on adjustment and diversification assistance. 
Sec. 1076. Briefing on the protection of personally identifying information of 
members of the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 1081. Technical and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 1082. Modification to support for non-Federal development and testing of 
material for chemical agent defense. 
Sec. 1083. Increase in maximum amount available for equipment, services, and 
supplies provided for humanitarian demining assistance. 
Sec. 1084. Liquidation of unpaid credits accrued as a result of transactions 
under a cross-servicing agreement. 
Sec. 1085. Clarification of contracts covered by airlift service provision. 
Sec. 1086. National biodefense strategy. 
Sec. 1087. Global Cultural Knowledge Network. 
Sec. 1088. Modification of requirements relating to management of military 
technicians. 
Sec. 1089. Sense of Congress regarding Connecticut’s Submarine Century. 
Sec. 1090. LNG permitting certainty and transparency. 
Sec. 1091. Sense of Congress regarding the reporting of the MV–22 mishap in 
Marana, Arizona, on April 8, 2000. 
Sec. 1092. Transfer of surplus firearms to corporation for the promotion of 
rifle practice and firearms safety. 
Sec. 1093. Sense of Congress regarding the importance of Panama City, Flor-
ida, to the history and future of the armed forces. 
Sec. 1094. Protections relating to civil rights and disabilities. 
Sec. 1095. Nonapplicability of certain executive order to Department of De-
fense and National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 1096. Determination and disclosure of transportation costs incurred by 
Secretary of Defense for congressional trips outside the United 
States. 
Sec. 1097. Waiver of certain polygraph examination requirements. 
Sec. 1098. Use of Transportation Worker Identification Credential to gain ac-
cess at Department of Defense installations.
Sec. 1098A. Limitation on availability of funds for destruction of certain land-
mines and report on development of replacement anti-personnel 
landmine munitions. 
Sec. 1098B. Requirement for memorandum of understanding regarding trans-
fer of detainees. 
Sec. 1098C. Sense of congress regarding american veterans disabled for life. 
Sec. 1098D. Study on military helicopter noise. 
Sec. 1098E. Maritime Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 1098F. Sense of Congress regarding United States Northern Command 
preparedness. 
Sec. 1098G. Cost of Wars. 
Sec. 1098H. Workforce issues for relocation of marines to Guam. 
Sec. 1098I. Review of Department of Defense debt collection regulations. 
Sec. 1098J. Importance of role played by women in World War II. 
Sec. 1098K. Recovery of excess rifles, ammunition, and parts granted to for-
eign countries and transfer to certain persons. 
Sec. 1098L. Project management. 
Subtitle H—United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Preservation Act 
Sec. 1099. Short title. 
Sec. 1099A. Findings. 
Sec. 1099B. Prohibition on modification, abrogation, or other related actions 
with respect to United States jurisdiction and control over 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without 
congressional action. 
Sec. 1099C. Guantanamo lease agreements defined. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 
Sec. 1101. Temporary direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial base 
facilities and the Major Range and Test Facilities Base. 
Sec. 1102. Temporary personnel flexibilities for domestic defense industrial 
base facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base civil-
ian personnel. 
Sec. 1103. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, ben-
efits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a 
combat zone. 
Sec. 1104. Advance payments for employees relocating within the United States 
and its territories. 
Sec. 1105. Permanent authority for alternative personnel program for scientific 
and technical personnel. 
Sec. 1106. Modification to information technology personnel exchange program. 
Sec. 1107. Treatment of certain localities for calculation of per diem allow-
ances. 
Sec. 1108. Eligibility of employees in a time-limited appointment to compete for 
a permanent appointment at any Federal agency. 
Sec. 1109. Limitation on administrative leave. 
Sec. 1110. Record of investigation of personnel action in separated employee’s 
official personnel file. 
Sec. 1111. Review of official personnel file of former Federal employees before 
rehiring. 
Sec. 1112. Report on Department of Defense civilian workforce personnel and 
contractors. 
Sec. 1113. Public-private talent exchange.
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. One-year extension of logistical support for coalition forces sup-
porting certain United States military operations. 
Sec. 1202. Extension of authority for training of general purpose forces of the 
United States Armed Forces with military and other security 
forces of friendly foreign countries. 
Sec. 1203. Modification and extension of authority to conduct activities to en-
hance the capability of foreign countries to respond to incidents 
involving weapons of mass destruction. 
Sec. 1204. Extension of authority for support of special operations to combat 
terrorism. 
Sec. 1205. Modification and codification of reporting requirements relating to 
security cooperation authorities. 
Sec. 1206. Independent assessment of Department of Defense security coopera-
tion programs. 
Sec. 1207. Sense of Congress regarding an assessment, monitoring, and evalua-
tion framework for security cooperation. 
Sec. 1208. Report on the prohibition on use of funds for assistance to units of 
foreign security forces that have committed a gross violation of 
human rights. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Afghanistan and Pakistan 
Sec. 1211. Extension and modification of Commanders’ Emergency Response 
Program. 
Sec. 1212. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of cer-
tain coalition nations for support provided to United States 
military operations. 
Sec. 1213. Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in 
countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1214. Extension of authority to transfer defense articles and provide de-
fense services to the military and security forces of Afghani-
stan. 
Sec. 1215. Sense of Congress on United States policy and strategy in Afghani-
stan. 
Sec. 1216. Special immigrant status for certain Afghans. 
Sec. 1217. Modification to semiannual report on enhancing security and sta-
bility in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1218. Sense of Congress relating to Dr. Shakil Afridi. 
Sec. 1219. Report on access to financial records of the Government of Afghani-
stan to audit the use of funds for assistance for Afghanistan. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Syria and Iraq 
Sec. 1221. Modification and extension of authority to provide assistance to the 
vetted Syrian opposition. 
Sec. 1222. Modification and extension of authority to provide assistance to 
counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. 
Sec. 1223. Extension and modification of authority to support operations and 
activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 
Sec. 1224. Report on prevention of future terrorist organizations in Iraq and 
Syria.
Sec. 1225. Semiannual report on integration of political and military strategies 
against ISIL. 
Sec. 1226. Sense of Congress condemning continuing attacks on medical facili-
ties in Syria. 
Sec. 1227. United Nations processing center in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, to assist 
internationally-displaced communities. 
Sec. 1228. Sense of Congress on business practices of the Islamic State of Iraq 
and Syria (ISIS). 
Sec. 1229. Prohibition on transfer of man-portable air defense systems to any 
entity in Syria. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the Russian Federation 
Sec. 1231. Limitation on use of funds to approve or otherwise permit approval 
of certain requests by Russian Federation under Open Skies 
Treaty. 
Sec. 1232. Military response options to Russian Federation violation of INF 
Treaty. 
Sec. 1233. Limitation on military cooperation between the United States and 
the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1234. Statement of policy on United States efforts in Europe to reassure 
United States partners and allies and deter aggression by the 
Government of the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1235. Modification of Ukraine security assistance initiative. 
Sec. 1236. Prohibition on availability of funds relating to sovereignty of the 
Russian Federation over Crimea. 
Sec. 1237. Modification and extension of report on military assistance to 
Ukraine. 
Sec. 1238. Additional matters in annual report on military and security devel-
opments involving the Russian Federation. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 1241. Sense of Congress on malign activities of the Government of Iran. 
Sec. 1242. Modification of annual report on military and security developments 
involving the People’s Republic of China. 
Sec. 1243. Sense of Congress on trilateral cooperation between Japan, South 
Korea, and the United States. 
Sec. 1244. Sense of Congress on cooperation between Singapore and the United 
States. 
Sec. 1245. Monitoring and evaluation of overseas humanitarian, disaster, and 
civic aid programs of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1246. Enhancement of interagency support during contingency operations 
and transition periods. 
Sec. 1247. Two-year extension and modification of authorization of non-conven-
tional assisted recovery capabilities. 
Sec. 1248. Authority to destroy certain specified World War II-era United 
States-origin chemical munitions located on San Jose Island, 
Republic of Panama. 
Sec. 1249. Strategy for United States defense interests in Africa. 
Sec. 1250. United States-Israel directed energy cooperation. 
Sec. 1251. Sense of Congress on support for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. 
Sec. 1252. Sense of Congress on support for Georgia. 
Sec. 1253. Modification of annual report on military power of Iran. 
Sec. 1254. Sense of Congress on senior military exchanges between the United 
States and Taiwan.
Sec. 1255. Quarterly report on freedom of navigation operations. 
Sec. 1256. Annual report on foreign military sales to Taiwan. 
Sec. 1257. Sense of Congress on July 2016 NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland. 
Sec. 1258. Report on violence and cartel activity in Mexico. 
Sec. 1259. United States policy on Taiwan. 
Sec. 1259A. Limitation on availability of funds to implement the Arms Trade 
Treaty. 
Sec. 1259B. Limitation on military contact and cooperation between the United 
States and Cuba. 
Sec. 1259C. Global Engagement Center. 
Sec. 1259D. Establishment of the Broadcasting Board of Governors Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer Position. 
Sec. 1259E. United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994. 
Sec. 1259F. Redesignation and enhancement of South China Sea Initiative. 
Sec. 1259G. Opportunities to equip certain foreign military entities. 
Sec. 1259H. Reports on INF Treaty and Open Skies Treaty. 
Sec. 1259I. Sense of Congress regarding the role of the United States in the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
Sec. 1259J. Authorization of United States assistance to Israel. 
Sec. 1259K. Sense of Congress in support of a denuclearized Korean peninsula. 
Sec. 1259L. Measures against persons involved in activities that violate arms 
control treaties or agreements with the United States. 
Sec. 1259M. Department of Defense report on cooperation between Iran and 
the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1259N. Report on maintenance by Israel of a robust independent capa-
bility to remove existential security threats. 
Sec. 1259O. Report on use by the Government of Iran of commercial aircraft 
and related services for illicit military or other activities. 
Sec. 1259P. Authority to grant observer status to the military forces of Taiwan 
at RIMPAC exercises. 
Sec. 1259Q. Agreements with foreign governments to develop land-based water 
resources in support of and in preparation for contingency op-
erations. 
Sec. 1259R. Extension of reporting requirements on the use of certain Iranian 
seaports by foreign vessels and use of foreign airports by sanc-
tioned Iranian air carriers. 
Sec. 1259S. Notification and assessment of ballistic missile launch by Iran. 
Sec. 1259T. Sense of Congress on integrated ballistic missile defense system for 
GCC partner countries, Jordan, Egypt, and Israel. 
Sec. 1259U. Authority to provide assistance and training to increase maritime 
security and domain awareness of foreign countries bordering 
the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, or Mediterranean Sea. 
Sec. 1259V. Sense of Congress on military relations between Vietnam and the 
United States. 
Sec. 1259W. Report on efforts to combat Boko Haram in Nigeria and the Lake 
Chad Basin. 
Subtitle F—Codification and Consolidation of Department of Defense Security 
Cooperation Authorities 
Sec. 1261. Enactment of new chapter for Department of Defense security co-
operation authorities and transfer of certain authorities to new 
chapter. 
Sec. 1262. Enhancing defense and security cooperation with India. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION
Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds. 
Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. 
Sec. 1303. Limitation on availability of funds for Cooperative Threat Reduction 
in People’s Republic of China. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1402. National Defense Sealift Fund. 
Sec. 1403. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense. 
Sec. 1404. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1405. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1406. Defense Health Program. 
Sec. 1407. National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund. 
Subtitle B—National Defense Stockpile 
Sec. 1411. Authority to dispose of certain materials from and to acquire addi-
tional materials for the National Defense Stockpile. 
Sec. 1412. Revisions to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 1421. Authority for transfer of funds to Joint Department of Defense-De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illi-
nois. 
Sec. 1422. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement 
Home. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 1501. Purpose and treatment of certain authorizations of appropriations. 
Sec. 1502. Procurement. 
Sec. 1503. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1504. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 1505. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1506. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1507. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1508. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1509. Defense Health program. 
Sec. 1510. Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1521. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1522. Special transfer authority. 
Sec. 1523. Codification of Office of Management and Budget criteria. 
Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, and Other Matters 
Sec. 1531. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
Sec. 1532. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund.
Sec. 1533. Extension of authority to use Joint Improvised Explosive Device De-
feat Fund for training of foreign security forces to defeat im-
provised explosive devices. 
TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, CYBER, AND INTELLIGENCE 
MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
Sec. 1601. Rocket propulsion system to replace RD–180. 
Sec. 1602. Exception to the prohibition on contracting with Russian suppliers 
of rocket engines for the evolved expendable launch vehicle pro-
gram. 
Sec. 1603. Analysis of alternatives for wide-band communications. 
Sec. 1604. Modification to pilot program for acquisition of commercial satellite 
communication services. 
Sec. 1605. Space-based environmental monitoring. 
Sec. 1606. Prohibition on use of certain non-allied positioning, navigation, and 
timing systems. 
Sec. 1607. Limitation of availability of funds for the Joint Space Operations 
Center Mission System. 
Sec. 1608. Space-based infrared system and advanced extremely high frequency 
program. 
Sec. 1609. Plans on transfer of acquisition and funding authority of certain 
weather missions to National Reconnaissance Office. 
Sec. 1610. Pilot program on commercial weather data. 
Sec. 1611. Organization and management of national security space activities 
of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1612. Review of charter of Operationally Responsive Space Program Of-
fice. 
Sec. 1613. Backup and complementary positioning, navigation, and timing ca-
pabilities of Global Positioning System. 
Sec. 1614. Report on use of spacecraft assets of the space-based infrared sys-
tem wide-field-of-view program. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 1621. Limitation on availability of funds for intelligence management. 
Sec. 1622. Limitations on availability of funds for United States Central Com-
mand Intelligence Fusion Center. 
Sec. 1623. Limitation on availability of funds for Joint Intelligence Analysis 
Complex. 
Subtitle C—Cyberspace-Related Matters 
Sec. 1631. Special emergency procurement authority to facilitate the defense 
against or recovery from a cyber attack. 
Sec. 1632. Change in name of National Defense University’s Information Re-
sources Management College to College of Information and 
Cyberspace. 
Sec. 1633. Requirement to enter into agreements relating to use of cyber oppo-
sition forces. 
Sec. 1634. Limitation on availability of funds for cryptographic systems and 
key management infrastructure. 
Sec. 1635. Pilot programs on direct commissions to cyber positions.
Sec. 1636. Report on policies for responding to malicious cyber activities car-
ried out against the United States or United States persons by 
foreign states or non-state actors. 
Sec. 1637. Assessment on security of information held by cleared defense con-
tractors. 
Sec. 1638. Sense of Congress on cyber resiliency of the networks and commu-
nications systems of the National Guard. 
Sec. 1639. Requirement for Army National Guard strategy to incorporate cyber 
protection teams into Department of Defense cyber mission 
force. 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 
Sec. 1641. Improvements to Council on Oversight of National Leadership Com-
mand, Control, and Communications System. 
Sec. 1642. Treatment of certain sensitive information by State and local gov-
ernments. 
Sec. 1643. Procurement authority for certain parts of intercontinental ballistic 
missile fuzes. 
Sec. 1644. Prohibition on availability of funds for mobile variant of ground- 
based strategic deterrent missile. 
Sec. 1645. Limitation on availability of funds for extension of New START 
Treaty. 
Sec. 1646. Consolidation of nuclear command, control, and communications 
functions of the Air Force. 
Sec. 1647. Report on Russian and Chinese political and military leadership sur-
vivability, command and control, and continuity of government 
programs and activities. 
Sec. 1648. Sense of Congress on importance of independent nuclear deterrent 
of United Kingdom. 
Sec. 1649. Requests for forces to meet security requirements for land-based nu-
clear forces. 
Sec. 1649A. Matters related to intercontinental ballistic missiles. 
Subtitle E—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 1651. Extensions of prohibitions relating to missile defense information 
and systems. 
Sec. 1652. Review of the missile defeat policy and strategy of the United 
States. 
Sec. 1653. Iron dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli cooperative 
missile defense program codevelopment and coproduction. 
Sec. 1654. Maximizing Aegis Ashore capability. 
Sec. 1655. Technical authority for integrated air and missile defense activities 
and programs. 
Sec. 1656. Development and research of non-terrestrial missile defense layer. 
Sec. 1657. Hypersonic boost glide vehicle defense. 
Sec. 1658. Limitation on availability of funds for Patriot lower tier air and mis-
sile defense capability of the Army. 
Sec. 1659. Limitation on availability of funds for conventional prompt global 
strike weapons system. 
Sec. 1660. Pilot program on loss of unclassified, controlled technical informa-
tion. 
Sec. 1661. Review of Missile Defense Agency budget submissions for ground- 
based midcourse defense and evaluation of alternative ground- 
based interceptor deployments.
Sec. 1662. Declaratory policy, concept of operations, and employment guide-
lines for left-of-launch capability. 
Sec. 1663. Procurement of medium-range discrimination radar to improve 
homeland missile defense. 
Sec. 1664. Semiannual notifications on missile defense tests and costs. 
Sec. 1665. National missile defense policy. 
Sec. 1666. Sense of Congress on initial operating capability of phase 2 of Euro-
pean Phased Adaptive Approach to missile defense. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 1671. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. 
Sec. 1672. Improvement of coordination by Department of Defense of electro-
magnetic spectrum usage. 
Sec. 1673. Harmful interference to Department of Defense Global Positioning 
System. 
TITLE XVII—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION AGILITY 
Sec. 1701. Modular open system approach in development of major weapon sys-
tems. 
Sec. 1702. Development, prototyping, and deployment of weapon system compo-
nents or technology. 
Sec. 1703. Cost, schedule, and performance of major defense acquisition pro-
grams. 
Sec. 1704. Transparency in major defense acquisition programs. 
Sec. 1705. Amendments relating to technical data rights. 
TITLE XVIII—MATTERS RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS 
PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Improving Transparency and Clarity for Small Businesses 
Sec. 1801. Plain language rewrite of requirements for small business procure-
ments. 
Sec. 1802. Improving reporting on small business goals. 
Sec. 1803. Transparency in small business goals. 
Sec. 1804. Uniformity in procurement terminology. 
Subtitle B—Clarifying the Roles of Small Business Advocates 
Sec. 1811. Scope of review by procurement center representatives. 
Sec. 1812. Responsibilities of Commercial Market Representatives. 
Sec. 1813. Duties of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utiliza-
tion. 
Sec. 1814. Improving contractor compliance. 
Sec. 1815. Responsibilities of Business Opportunity Specialists. 
Subtitle C—Strengthening Opportunities for Competition in Subcontracting 
Sec. 1821. Good faith in subcontracting. 
Sec. 1822. Pilot program to provide opportunities for qualified subcontractors 
to obtain past performance ratings. 
Subtitle D—Mentor-Protege Programs 
Sec. 1831. Amendments to the Mentor-Protege Program of the Department of 
Defense.
Sec. 1832. Improving cooperation between the mentor-protege programs of the 
Small Business Administration and the Department of De-
fense. 
Subtitle E—Women’s Business Programs 
Sec. 1841. Office of Women’s Business Ownership. 
Sec. 1842. Women’s Business Center Program. 
Sec. 1843. Matching requirements under Women’s Business Center Program. 
Subtitle F—SCORE Program 
Sec. 1851. SCORE Reauthorization. 
Sec. 1852. SCORE program. 
Sec. 1853. Online component. 
Sec. 1854. Study and report on the future role of the score program. 
Sec. 1855. Technical and conforming amendments. 
Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 1861. Improving education on small business regulations. 
Sec. 1862. Protecting task order competition. 
Sec. 1863. Improvements to size standards for small agricultural producers. 
Sec. 1864. Uniformity in service-disabled veteran definitions. 
Sec. 1865. Required reports pertaining to capital planning and investment con-
trol. 
Sec. 1866. Office of Hearings and Appeals. 
Sec. 1867. Issuance of guidance on small business matters. 
Sec. 1868. Role of small business development centers in cyber security and 
preparedness. 
Sec. 1869. Additional cyber security assistance for small business development 
centers. 
Sec. 1869A. Cybersecurity outreach for small business development centers. 
Sec. 1869B. GAO study on small business cyber support services and small 
business development center cyber strategy. 
Sec. 1869C. Prohibition on additional funds. 
Subtitle H—Small Business Development Centers Improvements 
Sec. 1871. Short title. 
Sec. 1872. Use of authorized entrepreneurial development programs. 
Sec. 1873. Marketing of services. 
Sec. 1874. Data collection. 
Sec. 1875. Fees from private partnerships and cosponsorships. 
Sec. 1876. Equity for small business development centers. 
Sec. 1877. Confidentiality requirements. 
Sec. 1878. Limitation on award of grants to small business development cen-
ters. 
DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 2001. Short title. 
Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified 
by law. 
Sec. 2003. Effective date. 
TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2102. Family housing. 
Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army. 
Sec. 2104. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 
project. 
Sec. 2105. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 
Sec. 2106. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2014 projects. 
TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2202. Family housing. 
Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. 
Sec. 2205. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 
project. 
Sec. 2206. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 
Sec. 2207. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2014 projects. 
Sec. 2208. Status of ‘‘net negative’’ policy regarding Navy acreage on Guam. 
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2302. Family housing. 
Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. 
Sec. 2305. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2016 
project. 
Sec. 2306. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2013 project. 
Sec. 2307. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2014 project. 
Sec. 2308. Restriction on acquisition of property in Northern Mariana Islands. 
TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2402. Authorized energy conservation projects. 
Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. 
Sec. 2404. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 
project. 
Sec. 2405. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 
Sec. 2406. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2014 projects. 
TITLE XXV—NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. 
TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
Subtitle A—Project Authorizations and Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction 
and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 2611. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 
project. 
Sec. 2612. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 
project. 
Sec. 2613. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2016 
project. 
Sec. 2614. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2013 project. 
Sec. 2615. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2014 projects. 
TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure ac-
tivities funded through Department of Defense base closure ac-
count. 
Sec. 2702. Prohibition on conducting additional Base Realignment and Closure 
(BRAC) round. 
TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing 
Sec. 2801. Modification of criteria for treatment of laboratory revitalization 
projects as minor military construction projects. 
Sec. 2802. Classification of facility conversion projects as repair projects. 
Sec. 2803. Extension of temporary, limited authority to use operation and 
maintenance funds for construction projects outside the United 
States. 
Sec. 2804. Extension of temporary authority for acceptance and use of con-
tributions for certain construction, maintenance, and repair 
projects mutually beneficial to the Department of Defense and 
Kuwait military forces. 
Sec. 2805. Notice and reporting requirements for energy conservation construc-
tion projects. 
Sec. 2806. Additional entities eligible for participation in defense laboratory 
modernization pilot program. 
Sec. 2807. Sense of Congress on maximizing number of veterans employed on 
military construction projects. 
Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities Administration 
Sec. 2811. Congressional notification for in-kind contributions for overseas mili-
tary construction projects. 
Sec. 2812. Prohibition on use of military installations to house unaccompanied 
alien children. 
Sec. 2813. Allotment of space and provision of services to WIC offices oper-
ating on military installations. 
Sec. 2814. Sense of Congress regarding need to consult with State and local 
officials prior to acquisitions of real property.
Sec. 2815. Sense of Congress regarding inclusion of stormwater systems and 
components within the meaning of ‘‘wastewater system’’ under 
the Department of Defense authority for conveyance of utility 
systems. 
Sec. 2816. Assessment of public schools on Department of Defense installa-
tions. 
Sec. 2817. Improved process for disposal of Department of Defense surplus real 
property located overseas. 
Subtitle C—Provision Related to Asia-Pacific Military Realignment 
Sec. 2821. Limited exceptions to restriction on development of public infra-
structure in connection with realignment of Marine Corps 
forces in Asia-Pacific region. 
Subtitle D—Land Conveyances 
Sec. 2831. Land conveyances, High Frequency Active Auroral Research Pro-
gram facility and adjacent property, Gakona, Alaska. 
Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, Campion Air Force Radar Station, Galena, Alas-
ka. 
Sec. 2833. Exchange of property interests, San Diego Unified Port District, 
California. 
Sec. 2834. Release of property interests retained in connection with land con-
veyance, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. 
Sec. 2835. Land exchange, Fort Hood, Texas. 
Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, P-36 Warehouse, Colbern United States Army 
Reserve Center, Laredo, Texas. 
Sec. 2837. Land conveyance, St. George National Guard Armory, St. George, 
Utah. 
Sec. 2838. Release of restrictions, Richland Innovation Center, Richland, Wash-
ington. 
Sec. 2839. Modification of land conveyance, Rocky Mountain Arsenal National 
Wildlife Refuge. 
Sec. 2839A. Closure of St. Marys Airport. 
Sec. 2839B. Prohibition on transfer of administrative jurisdiction, portion of 
Organ Mountains Area, Fillmore Canyon, New Mexico. 
Subtitle E—Military Land Withdrawals 
Sec. 2841. Bureau of Land Management withdrawn military lands under Mili-
tary Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999. 
Sec. 2842. Permanent withdrawal or transfer of administrative jurisdiction of 
public land, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Cali-
fornia. 
Subtitle F—Military Memorials, Monuments, and Museums 
Sec. 2851. Cyber Center for Education and Innovation–Home of the National 
Cryptologic Museum. 
Sec. 2852. Renaming site of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical 
Park, Ohio. 
Sec. 2853. Support for military service memorials and museums highlighting 
role of women in the military. 
Sec. 2854. Petersburg National Battlefield boundary modification. 
Sec. 2855. Amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act. 
Sec. 2856. Recognition of the National Museum of World War II Aviation.
Sec. 2857. Battleship preservation grant program. 
Subtitle G—Designations and Other Matters 
Sec. 2861. Designation of portion of Moffett Federal Airfield, California, as 
Moffett Air National Guard Base. 
Sec. 2862. Redesignation of Mike O’Callaghan Federal Medical Center. 
Sec. 2863. Transfer of certain items of the Omar Bradley Foundation to the 
descendants of General Omar Bradley. 
Sec. 2864. Protection and recovery of Greater Sage Grouse. 
Sec. 2865. Implementation of lesser prairie-chicken range-wide conservation 
plan and other conservation measures. 
Sec. 2866. Removal of endangered species status for American burying beetle. 
Sec. 2867. Report on documentation for acquisition of certain properties along 
Columbia River, Washington, by Corps of Engineers. 
TITLE XXIX—OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2901. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2902. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2903. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE XXX—UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE ENCROACHMENT 
PREVENTION AND TEMPORARY CLOSURE AUTHORITIES 
Sec. 3001. Findings and definitions. 
Subtitle A—Utah Test and Training Range 
Sec. 3011. Management of BLM land. 
Sec. 3012. Temporary closures. 
Sec. 3013. Community resource group. 
Sec. 3014. Liability. 
Sec. 3015. Effects of subtitle. 
Subtitle B—Land Exchange 
Sec. 3021. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 3022. Definitions. 
Sec. 3023. Exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land. 
Sec. 3024. Status and management of non-Federal land after exchange. 
Sec. 3025. Hazardous materials. 
Subtitle C—Highway Rights-of-way 
Sec. 3031. Recognition and transfer of certain highway rights-of-way. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security Programs Authorizations 
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.
Sec. 3104. Nuclear energy. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 3111. Independent acquisition project reviews of capital assets acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 3112. Research and development of advanced naval nuclear fuel system 
based on low-enriched uranium. 
Sec. 3113. Disposition of weapons-usable plutonium. 
Sec. 3114. Design basis threat. 
Sec. 3115. Prohibition on availability of funds for provision of certain assist-
ance to Russian Federation. 
Sec. 3116. Limitation on availability of funds for Federal salaries and expenses. 
Sec. 3117. Limitation on availability of funds for defense environmental clean-
up program direction. 
Sec. 3118. Limitation on availability of funds for acceleration of nuclear weap-
ons dismantlement. 
Sec. 3119. Annual certification of shipments to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. 
Sec. 3119A. Limitation on availability of funds for the Department of Energy. 
Sec. 3119B. Sense of Congress regarding accounting practices by laboratory 
operating contractors and plant or site managers of National 
Nuclear Security Administration facilities. 
Sec. 3119C. Protection of certain nuclear facilities from unmanned aircraft. 
Subtitle C—Plans and Reports 
Sec. 3121. Clarification of annual report and certification on status of security 
of atomic energy defense facilities. 
Sec. 3122. Annual report on service support contracts of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration. 
Sec. 3123. Repeal of certain reporting requirements. 
Sec. 3124. Independent assessment of technology development under defense 
environmental cleanup program. 
Sec. 3125. Updated plan for verification and monitoring of proliferation of nu-
clear weapons and fissile material. 
Sec. 3126. Briefing on the information-interchange of low-enriched uranium. 
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
Sec. 3201. Authorization. 
TITLE XXXIII—NUCLEAR ENERGY INNOVATION CAPABILITIES 
Sec. 3301. Short title. 
Sec. 3302. Nuclear energy. 
Sec. 3303. Nuclear energy research programs. 
Sec. 3304. Advanced fuel cycle initiative. 
Sec. 3305. University nuclear science and engineering support. 
Sec. 3306. Department of Energy civilian nuclear infrastructure and facilities. 
Sec. 3307. Security of nuclear facilities. 
Sec. 3308. High-performance computation and supportive research. 
Sec. 3309. Enabling nuclear energy innovation. 
Sec. 3310. Budget plan. 
Sec. 3311. Conforming amendments. 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 3501. Authorization of the Maritime Administration. 
Sec. 3502. Authority to make pro rata annual payments under operating agree-
ments for vessels participating in Maritime Security Fleet. 
Sec. 3503. Authority to extend certain age restrictions relating to vessels in the 
Maritime Security Fleet. 
Sec. 3504. Corrections to provisions enacted by Coast Guard Authorization 
Acts. 
Sec. 3505. Status of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels. 
Sec. 3506. NDRF national security multi-mission vessel. 
Sec. 3507. United States Merchant Marine Academy. 
Sec. 3508. Use of National Defense Reserve Fleet scrapping proceeds. 
Sec. 3509. Floating dry docks. 
Sec. 3510. Expedited processing of applications for transportation security 
cards for separating members of the Armed Forces and vet-
erans. 
Sec. 3511. Training under Transition Assistance Program on employment op-
portunities associated with transportation security cards. 
Sec. 3512. Application of law. 
TITLE XXXVI—BALLAST WATER 
Sec. 3601. Short title. 
Sec. 3602. Definitions. 
Sec. 3603. Regulation and enforcement. 
Sec. 3604. Uniform national standards and requirements for the regulation of 
discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel. 
Sec. 3605. Treatment technology certification. 
Sec. 3606. Exemptions. 
Sec. 3607. Alternative compliance program. 
Sec. 3608. Judicial review. 
Sec. 3609. Effect on State authority. 
Sec. 3610. Application with other statutes. 
DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 
Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. 
TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 4101. Procurement. 
Sec. 4102. Procurement for overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 4103. Procurement for overseas contingency operations for base require-
ments. 
TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 
EVALUATION 
Sec. 4201. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 4202. Research, development, test, and evaluation for overseas contingency 
operations. 
Sec. 4203. Research, development, test, and evaluation for overseas contingency 
operations for base requirements. 
TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Sec. 4301. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 4302. Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 4303. Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations for 
base requirements. 
TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
Sec. 4401. Military personnel. 
Sec. 4402. Military personnel for overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 4403. Military personnel for overseas contingency operations for base re-
quirements. 
TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 4501. Other authorizations. 
Sec. 4502. Other authorizations for overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 4503. Other authorizations for overseas contingency operations for base 
requirements. 
TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 4601. Military construction. 
Sec. 4602. Military construction for overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 4603. Military construction for overseas contingency operations for base 
requirements. 
TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 4701. Department of Energy national security programs. 
DIVISION E—MILITARY JUSTICE 
Sec. 6000. Short title. 
TITLE LX—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 6001. Definitions. 
Sec. 6002. Clarification of persons subject to UCMJ while on inactive-duty 
training. 
Sec. 6003. Staff judge advocate disqualification due to prior involvement in 
case. 
Sec. 6004. Conforming amendment relating to military magistrates. 
Sec. 6005. Rights of victim. 
TITLE LXI—APPREHENSION AND RESTRAINT 
Sec. 6101. Restraint of persons charged. 
Sec. 6102. Modification of prohibition of confinement of armed forces members 
with enemy prisoners and certain others. 
TITLE LXII—NON-JUDICIAL PUNISHMENT 
Sec. 6201. Modification of confinement as non-judicial punishment. 
TITLE LXIII—COURT-MARTIAL JURISDICTION 
Sec. 6301. Courts-martial classified. 
Sec. 6302. Jurisdiction of general courts-martial.
Sec. 6303. Jurisdiction of special courts-martial. 
Sec. 6304. Summary court-martial as non-criminal forum. 
TITLE LXIV—COMPOSITION OF COURTS-MARTIAL 
Sec. 6401. Technical amendment relating to persons authorized to convene gen-
eral courts-martial. 
Sec. 6402. Who may serve on courts-martial; detail of members. 
Sec. 6403. Number of court-martial members in capital cases. 
Sec. 6404. Detailing, qualifications, etc. of military judges. 
Sec. 6405. Qualifications of trial counsel and defense counsel. 
Sec. 6406. Assembly and impaneling of members; detail of new members and 
military judges. 
Sec. 6407. Military magistrates. 
TITLE LXV—PRE-TRIAL PROCEDURE 
Sec. 6501. Charges and specifications. 
Sec. 6502. Preliminary hearing required before referral to general court-mar-
tial. 
Sec. 6503. Disposition guidance. 
Sec. 6504. Advice to convening authority before referral for trial. 
Sec. 6505. Service of charges and commencement of trial. 
TITLE LXVI—TRIAL PROCEDURE 
Sec. 6601. Duties of assistant defense counsel. 
Sec. 6602. Sessions. 
Sec. 6603. Technical amendment relating to continuances. 
Sec. 6604. Conforming amendments relating to challenges. 
Sec. 6605. Statute of limitations. 
Sec. 6606. Former jeopardy. 
Sec. 6607. Pleas of the accused. 
Sec. 6608. Contempt. 
Sec. 6609. Depositions. 
Sec. 6610. Admissibility of sworn testimony by audiotape or videotape from 
records of courts of inquiry. 
Sec. 6611. Conforming amendment relating to defense of lack of mental re-
sponsibility. 
Sec. 6612. Voting and rulings. 
Sec. 6613. Votes required for conviction, sentencing, and other matters. 
Sec. 6614. Plea agreements. 
Sec. 6615. Record of trial. 
TITLE LXVII—SENTENCES 
Sec. 6701. Sentencing. 
Sec. 6701A. Minimum confinement period required for conviction of certain 
sex-related offenses committed by members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 6702. Effective date of sentences. 
Sec. 6703. Sentence of reduction in enlisted grade. 
TITLE LXVIII—POST-TRIAL PROCEDURE AND REVIEW OF 
COURTS-MARTIAL 
Sec. 6801. Post-trial processing in general and special courts-martial.
Sec. 6802. Limited authority to act on sentence in specified post-trial cir-
cumstances. 
Sec. 6803. Post-trial actions in summary courts-martial and certain general 
and special courts-martial. 
Sec. 6804. Entry of judgment. 
Sec. 6805. Waiver of right to appeal and withdrawal of appeal. 
Sec. 6806. Appeal by the United States. 
Sec. 6807. Rehearings. 
Sec. 6808. Judge advocate review of finding of guilty in summary court-mar-
tial. 
Sec. 6809. Transmittal and review of records. 
Sec. 6810. Courts of criminal appeals. 
Sec. 6811. Review by court of appeals for the armed forces. 
Sec. 6812. Supreme Court review. 
Sec. 6813. Review by Judge Advocate General. 
Sec. 6814. Appellate defense counsel in death penalty cases. 
Sec. 6815. Authority for hearing on vacation of suspension of sentence to be 
conducted by qualified judge advocate. 
Sec. 6816. Extension of time for petition for new trial. 
Sec. 6817. Restoration. 
Sec. 6818. Leave requirements pending review of certain court-martial convic-
tions. 
TITLE LXIX—PUNITIVE ARTICLES 
Sec. 6901. Reorganization of punitive articles. 
Sec. 6902. Conviction of offense charged, lesser included offenses, and at-
tempts. 
Sec. 6903. Soliciting commission of offenses. 
Sec. 6904. Malingering. 
Sec. 6905. Breach of medical quarantine. 
Sec. 6906. Missing movement; jumping from vessel. 
Sec. 6907. Offenses against correctional custody and restriction. 
Sec. 6908. Disrespect toward superior commissioned officer; assault of superior 
commissioned officer. 
Sec. 6909. Willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer. 
Sec. 6910. Prohibited activities with military recruit or trainee by person in po-
sition of special trust. 
Sec. 6911. Offenses by sentinel or lookout. 
Sec. 6912. Disrespect toward sentinel or lookout. 
Sec. 6913. Release of prisoner without authority; drinking with prisoner. 
Sec. 6914. Penalty for acting as a spy. 
Sec. 6915. Public records offenses. 
Sec. 6916. False or unauthorized pass offenses. 
Sec. 6917. Impersonation offenses. 
Sec. 6918. Insignia offenses. 
Sec. 6919. False official statements; false swearing. 
Sec. 6920. Parole violation. 
Sec. 6921. Wrongful taking, opening, etc. of mail matter. 
Sec. 6922. Improper hazarding of vessel or aircraft. 
Sec. 6923. Leaving scene of vehicle accident. 
Sec. 6924. Drunkenness and other incapacitation offenses. 
Sec. 6925. Lower blood alcohol content limits for conviction of drunken or reck-
less operation of vehicle, aircraft, or vessel. 
Sec. 6926. Endangerment offenses.
Sec. 6927. Communicating threats. 
Sec. 6928. Technical amendment relating to murder. 
Sec. 6929. Child endangerment. 
Sec. 6930. Deposit of obscene matter in the mail. 
Sec. 6931. Fraudulent use of credit cards, debit cards, and other access de-
vices. 
Sec. 6932. False pretenses to obtain services. 
Sec. 6933. Robbery. 
Sec. 6934. Receiving stolen property. 
Sec. 6935. Offenses concerning government computers. 
Sec. 6936. Bribery. 
Sec. 6937. Graft. 
Sec. 6938. Kidnapping. 
Sec. 6939. Arson; burning property with intent to defraud. 
Sec. 6940. Assault. 
Sec. 6941. Burglary and unlawful entry. 
Sec. 6942. Stalking. 
Sec. 6943. Subornation of perjury. 
Sec. 6944. Obstructing justice. 
Sec. 6945. Misprision of serious offense. 
Sec. 6946. Wrongful refusal to testify. 
Sec. 6947. Prevention of authorized seizure of property. 
Sec. 6948. Wrongful interference with adverse administrative proceeding. 
Sec. 6949. Retaliation. 
Sec. 6950. Extraterritorial application of certain offenses. 
Sec. 6951. Table of sections. 
TITLE LXX—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 7001. Technical amendment relating to courts of inquiry. 
Sec. 7002. Technical amendment to article 136. 
Sec. 7003. Articles of Uniform Code of Military Justice to be explained to offi-
cers upon commissioning. 
Sec. 7004. Military justice case management; data collection and accessibility. 
Sec. 7005. Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhab-
itants Act. 
TITLE LXXI—MILITARY JUSTICE REVIEW PANEL AND ANNUAL 
REPORTS 
Sec. 7101. Military justice review panel. 
Sec. 7102. Annual reports. 
TITLE LXXII—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND EFFECTIVE 
DATES 
Sec. 7201. Amendments to UCMJ subchapter tables of sections. 
Sec. 7202. Effective dates. 
TITLE LXXIII—GUAM WORLD WAR II LOYALTY RECOGNITION ACT 
Sec. 7301. Short title. 
Sec. 7302. Recognition of the suffering and loyalty of the residents of Guam. 
Sec. 7303. Guam World War II Claims Fund. 
Sec. 7304. Payments for Guam World War II claims. 
Sec. 7305. Adjudication.
Sec. 7306. Grants program to memorialize the occupation of Guam during 
World War II. 
Sec. 7307. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2017 for procurement for the Army, the Navy 
and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide 
activities, as specified in the funding table in section 4101. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR AH– 
64E APACHE HELICOPTERS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 
Subject to section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, 
the Secretary of the Army may enter into one or more 
multiyear contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2017 
program year, for the procurement of AH–64E Apache 
helicopters.
(b) CONDITION
FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) 
shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2017 is subject to the availability of appropria-
tions for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
SEC. 112. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR UH– 
60M 
AND 
HH–60M 
BLACK 
HAWK 
HELI-
COPTERS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 
Subject to section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, 
the Secretary of the Army may enter into one or more 
multiyear contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2017 
program year, for the procurement of UH–60M and HH– 
60M Black Hawk helicopters. 
(b) CONDITION
FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) 
shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2017 is subject to the availability of appropria-
tions for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. ASSESSMENT OF CERTAIN CAPABILITIES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of the Army and the Chief
of Staff of the Army, shall conduct an assessment of the 
following capabilities with respect to the Department of 
the Army: 
(1) The capacity of AH–64 Apache-equipped at-
tack reconnaissance battalions to meet future needs. 
(2) Air defense artillery capacity and respon-
siveness, including— 
(A) the capacity of short-range air defense 
artillery to address existing and emerging 
threats, including threats posed by unmanned 
aerial systems, cruise missiles, and manned air-
craft; and 
(B) the potential for commercial off-the- 
shelf solutions. 
(3) Chemical, biological, radiological, and nu-
clear capabilities and modernization needs. 
(4) Field artillery capabilities, including— 
(A) modernization needs; 
(B) munitions inventory shortfalls; and 
(C) changes in doctrine and war plans con-
sistent with the Memorandum of the Secretary 
of Defense dated June 19, 2008, regarding the 
Department of Defense policy on cluster muni-
tions and unintended harm to civilians.
(5) Fuel distribution and water purification ca-
pacity and responsiveness. 
(6) Watercraft and port-opening capabilities 
and responsiveness. 
(7) Transportation capacity and responsiveness, 
particularly with respect to the transportation of 
fuel, water, and cargo. 
(8) Military police capacity. 
(9) Tactical mobility and tactical wheeled vehi-
cle capacity, including heavy equipment prime mov-
ers. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2017, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report containing— 
(1) the assessment conducted under subsection 
(a); 
(2) recommendations for reducing or elimi-
nating shortfalls in responsiveness and capacity with 
respect to each of the capabilities described in such 
subsection; and 
(3) an estimate of the costs of implementing 
such recommendations. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (b) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex.
SEC. 114. FUNDING FOR SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEM. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated for procurement, as specified 
in the corresponding funding table in section 4101, for 
missile procurement, Army, surface-to-air missile system, 
MSE missile (Line 002) is hereby increased by 
$82,400,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated for Department of Energy national se-
curity programs, as specified in the corresponding funding 
table in section 4701, for Defense Nuclear Nonprolifera-
tion, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs, De-
fense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D, Material manage-
ment and minimization is hereby reduced by $82,400,000. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
SEC. 121. PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR AIRCRAFT CAR-
RIER PROGRAMS. 
(a) PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY IN SUPPORT OF CON-
STRUCTION OF FORD CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY FOR ECONOMIC ORDER QUAN-
TITY.—The Secretary of the Navy may procure ma-
teriel and equipment in support of the construction 
of the Ford class aircraft carriers designated CVN–
80 and CVN–81 in economic order quantities when 
cost savings are achievable. 
(2) LIABILITY.—Any contract entered into 
under paragraph (1) shall provide that any obliga-
tion of the United States to make a payment under 
the contract is subject to the availability of appro-
priations for that purpose, and that total liability to 
the Government for termination of any contract en-
tered into shall be limited to the total amount of 
funding obligated at time of termination. 
(b) REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL OF NIM-
ITZ CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy 
may carry out the nuclear refueling and complex 
overhaul of each of the following Nimitz class air-
craft carriers: 
(A) U.S.S. George Washington (CVN–73). 
(B) U.S.S. John C. Stennis (CVN–74). 
(C) U.S.S. Harry S. Truman (CVN–75). 
(D) U.S.S. Ronald Reagan (CVN–76). 
(E) U.S.S. George H.W. Bush (CVN–77). 
(2) USE OF INCREMENTAL FUNDING.—With re-
spect to any contract entered into under paragraph 
(1) for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul 
of a Nimitz class aircraft carrier, the Secretary may
use incremental funding for a period not to exceed 
six years after advance procurement funds for such 
nuclear refueling and complex overhaul effort are 
first obligated. 
(3) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—Any contract entered into under paragraph 
(1) shall provide that any obligation of the United 
States to make a payment under the contract for a 
fiscal year after fiscal year 2017 is subject to the 
availability of appropriations for that purpose for 
that later fiscal year. 
SEC. 122. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER 
PROCUREMENT SCHEDULES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) In a report submitted to Congress on March 
17, 2015, the Secretary of the Navy indicated the 
Department of the Navy has a requirement of 11 
aircraft carriers. 
(2) In the Congressional Budget Office report 
titled ‘‘An Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2016 
Shipbuilding Plan’’, the Office stated as follows: ‘‘To 
prevent the carrier force from declining to 10 ships 
in the 2040s, 1 short of its inventory goal of 11, the 
Navy could accelerate purchases after 2018 to 1 
every four years, rather than 1 every five years’’.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the plan of the Department of the Navy to 
schedule the procurement of one aircraft carrier 
every five years will reduce the overall aircraft car-
rier inventory to 10 aircraft carriers, a level insuffi-
cient to meet peacetime and war plan requirements; 
and 
(2) to accommodate the required aircraft car-
rier force structure, the Department of the Navy 
should— 
(A) begin to program construction for the 
Ford class aircraft carrier designated CVN–81 
in fiscal year 2022; and 
(B) program the required advance procure-
ment activities to accommodate the construction 
of such carrier. 
SEC. 123. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF LHA REPLACE-
MENT SHIP DESIGNATED LHA 8. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy may 
enter into a contract, beginning with the fiscal year 2017 
program year, for the design and construction of the LHA 
Replacement ship designated LHA 8 using amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense 
for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy.
(b) USE OF INCREMENTAL FUNDING.—With respect 
to the contract entered into under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary may use incremental funding to make payments 
under the contract. 
(c) CONDITION
FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—The contract entered into under subsection (a) 
shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under such contract for any fiscal year 
after fiscal year 2017 is subject to the availability of ap-
propriations for that purpose for such fiscal year. 
SEC. 124. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT 
DOCK LANDING SHIP DESIGNATED LX(R) OR 
AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT DOCK DESIGNATED 
LPD–29. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy may 
enter into a contract, beginning with the fiscal year 2017 
program year, for the design and construction of the re-
placement dock landing ship designated LX(R) or the am-
phibious transport dock designated LPD–29 using 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy. 
(b) USE OF INCREMENTAL FUNDING.—With respect 
to the contract entered into under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary may use incremental funding to make payments 
under the contract.
(c) CONDITION
FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—The contract entered into under subsection (a) 
shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under such contract for any fiscal year 
after fiscal year 2017 is subject to the availability of ap-
propriations for that purpose for such fiscal year. 
SEC. 125. SHIP TO SHORE CONNECTOR PROGRAM. 
(a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 2306b of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary 
of the Navy may enter into a contract to procure up to 
45 Ship to Shore Connector craft. 
(b) LIABILITY.—Any contract entered into under 
subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the 
United States to make a payment under the contract is 
subject to the availability of appropriations for that pur-
pose, and that the total liability to the Government for 
termination of any contract entered into shall be limited 
to the total amount of funding obligated at time of termi-
nation. 
SEC. 126. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP OR SUCCESSOR 
FRIGATE. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 
for the Navy shall be used to select only a single con-
tractor for the construction of the Littoral Combat Ship 
or any successor frigate class ship program until the Sec-
retary of the Navy certifies to the congressional defense 
committees that such selection of a single contractor will 
be conducted— 
(1) using competitive procedures; and 
(2) for the limited purpose of awarding a con-
tract for— 
(A) an engineering change proposal for a 
frigate class ship; or 
(B) the construction of a frigate class ship. 
SEC. 127. REPORT ON P–8 POSEIDON AIRCRAFT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than October 1, 
2017, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report regarding future 
capabilities for the P–8 Poseidon aircraft. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to the P–8 Poseidon aircraft, 
the following: 
(1) A review of possible upgrades by the Navy 
to the sensors onboard the aircraft, including intel-
ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensors cur-
rently being fielded on Air Force platforms.
(2) An assessment of the ability of the Navy to 
use long-range multispectral imaging systems on-
board the aircraft. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
SEC. 131. ELIMINATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON AIRCRAFT 
INVENTORY. 
Section 231a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (e); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (e). 
SEC. 132. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO PRESERVE CER-
TAIN RETIRED C–5 AIRCRAFT. 
Section 141 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 
1659) is amended by striking subsection (d). 
SEC. 133. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO PRESERVE CER-
TAIN RETIRED F–117 AIRCRAFT. 
Section 136 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364; 120 Stat. 
2114) is amended by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 134. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
RETIREMENT OF A–10 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
RETIREMENT.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2017 for the Air Force may be obligated or expended 
to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on 
backup aircraft inventory status any A–10 aircraft. 
(b) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT.—In 
addition to the prohibition in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Air Force may not retire, prepare to retire, or place 
in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any A– 
10 aircraft until a period of 90 days has elapsed following 
the date on which the Secretary submits to the congres-
sional defense committees the report under subsection 
(e)(2). 
(c) PROHIBITION ON SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN 
MANNING LEVELS.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2017 for the Air Force may be obligated or 
expended to make significant reductions to manning levels 
with respect to any A–10 aircraft squadrons or divisions. 
(d) MINIMUM INVENTORY REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary of the Air Force shall ensure the Air Force main-
tains a minimum of 171 A–10 aircraft designated as pri-
mary mission aircraft inventory until a period of 90 days 
has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees the report 
under subsection (e)(2).
(e) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 
(1) The Director of Operational Test and Eval-
uation shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report that includes— 
(A) the results and findings of the initial 
operational test and evaluation of the F–35 air-
craft program; and 
(B) a comparison test and evaluation that 
examines the capabilities of the F–35A and A– 
10C aircraft in conducting close air support, 
combat search and rescue, and forward air con-
troller airborne missions. 
(2) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the submission of the report under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report that in-
cludes— 
(A) the views of the Secretary with respect 
to the results of the initial operational test and 
evaluation of the F–35 aircraft program as 
summarized in the report under paragraph (1), 
including any issues or concerns of the Sec-
retary with respect to such results;
(B) a plan for addressing any deficiencies 
and carrying out any corrective actions identi-
fied in such report; and 
(C) short-term and long-term strategies for 
preserving the capability of the Air Force to 
conduct close air support, combat search and 
rescue, and forward air controller airborne mis-
sions. 
(f) SPECIAL RULE.— 
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
the Air Force may carry out the transition of the A– 
10 unit at Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base, 
Indiana, to an F–16 unit as described by the Sec-
retary in the Force Structure Actions map sub-
mitted in support of the budget of the President for 
fiscal year 2017 (as submitted to Congress under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code). 
(2) Subsections (a) through (e) shall apply with 
respect to any A–10 aircraft affected by the transi-
tion described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 135. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
RETIREMENT OF JOINT SURVEILLANCE TAR-
GET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM AIRCRAFT. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided by subsection 
(b) and in addition to the prohibition under section 144
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 758) none of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available for fiscal year 2018 for the Air Force may be 
obligated or expended to retire, or prepare to retire, any 
Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to individual Joint Surveillance Target At-
tack Radar System aircraft that the Secretary of the Air 
Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be non-oper-
ational because of mishaps, other damage, or being uneco-
nomical to repair. 
SEC. 136. REPORT ON COST OF B–21 AIRCRAFT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
cost of the B–21 aircraft. The report shall include an esti-
mate of the total cost of research, production, and mainte-
nance for the aircraft expressed in constant base-year dol-
lars and in current dollars. 
SEC. 137. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
RETIREMENT OF U–2 AIRCRAFT. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available for the Air Force may 
be obligated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or
place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any 
U–2 aircraft. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, 
and Multiservice Matters 
SEC. 141. TERMINATION OF QUARTERLY REPORTING ON 
USE OF COMBAT MISSION REQUIREMENTS 
FUNDS. 
Section 123(a)(1) of the Ike Skelton National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 
111–383; 124 Stat. 4158; 10 U.S.C. 167 note.) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘ending on or before September 30, 2018’’ 
after ‘‘each fiscal quarter’’. 
SEC. 142. FIRE SUPPRESSANT AND FUEL CONTAINMENT 
STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES. 
(a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Army shall issue guid-
ance regarding fire suppressant and fuel contain-
ment standards for covered vehicles of the Army. 
(2) The Secretary of the Navy shall issue guid-
ance regarding fire suppressant and fuel contain-
ment standards for covered vehicles of the Marine 
Corps. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The guidance regarding fire sup-
pressant and fuel containment standards issued pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall—
(1) meet the survivability requirements applica-
ble to each class of covered vehicles; 
(2) include standards for vehicle armor, vehicle 
fire suppression systems, and fuel containment tech-
nologies in covered vehicles; and 
(3) balance cost, survivability, and mobility. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall each sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report that 
includes— 
(1) the policy guidance established pursuant to 
subsection (a), set forth separately for each class of 
covered vehicle; and 
(2) any other information the Secretaries deter-
mine to be appropriate. 
(d) COVERED VEHICLES.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered vehicles’’ means ground vehicles acquired on or 
after October 1, 2018, under a major defense acquisition 
program (as such term is defined in section 2430 of title 
10, United States Code), including light tactical vehicles, 
medium tactical vehicles, heavy tactical vehicles, and 
ground combat vehicles.
SEC. 143. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MUNI-
TIONS STRATEGY FOR THE COMBATANT COM-
MANDS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1, 
2017, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on the munitions 
strategy for the combatant commands, including an identi-
fication of munitions requirements, an assessment of mu-
nitions gaps and shortfalls, and necessary munitions in-
vestments. Such strategy shall cover the 10-year period 
beginning with 2016. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report on munitions strategy 
required by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An identification of current and projected 
munitions requirements, by class or type. 
(2) An assessment of munitions gaps and short-
falls, including a census of current munitions capa-
bilities and programs, not including ammunition. 
(3) A description of current and planned muni-
tions programs, including with respect to procure-
ment; research, development, test, and evaluation; 
and deployment activities. 
(4) Schedules, estimated costs, and budget 
plans for current and planned munitions programs. 
(5) Identification of opportunities and limita-
tions within the associated industrial base.
(6) Identification and evaluation of technology 
needs and applicable emerging technologies. 
(7) An assessment of how current and planned 
munitions programs, and promising technologies, 
may affect existing operational concepts and capa-
bilities of the military departments or lead to new 
operational concepts and capabilities. 
(8) An assessment of programs and capabilities 
by other countries to counter the munitions pro-
grams and capabilities of the Armed Forces, not in-
cluding with respect to ammunition, and how such 
assessment affects the munitions strategy of each 
military department. 
(9) An assessment of how munitions capability 
and capacity may be affected by changes consistent 
with the Memorandum of the Secretary of Defense 
dated June 19, 2008, regarding the Department of 
Defense policy on cluster munitions and unintended 
harm to civilians. 
(10) Any other matters the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) may be 
submitted in classified or unclassified form.
SEC. 144. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF F–35 LIGHT-
NING II AIRCRAFT SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than September 30, 2017, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
sustainment support structure for the F–35 Lightning II 
aircraft program. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The review under subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to the F–35 Lightning II air-
craft program, the following: 
(1) The status of the sustainment support 
strategy for the program, including goals for per-
sonnel training, required infrastructure, and fleet 
readiness. 
(2) Approaches, including performance-based 
logistics, considered in developing the sustainment 
support strategy for the program. 
(3) Other information regarding sustainment 
and logistics support for the program that the 
Comptroller General determines to be of critical im-
portance to the long-term viability of the program. 
SEC. 145. BRIEFING ON ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR 
GROUND MOBILITY VEHICLE. 
(a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Lo-
gistics, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army, 
shall present to the congressional defense committees a 
briefing on the acquisition strategy for the Ground Mobil-
ity Vehicle for use with the Global Response Force. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The briefing under subsection (a) 
shall include an assessment of— 
(1) whether the Ground Mobility Vehicle is a 
suitable candidate for solutions that would utilize 
militarized 
commercial 
off-the-shelf 
platforms 
leveraging existing global automotive supply chains 
to satisfy requirements and reduce the life-cycle cost 
of the program; 
(2) whether the acquisition strategy meets the 
focus areas specified in the Better Buying Power ini-
tiative of the Secretary of Defense; and 
(3) whether including an active safety system 
like electronic stability control in the Ground Mobil-
ity Vehicle, as such system is used on the Joint 
Light Tactical Vehicle, is expected to reduce the risk 
of vehicle rollover. 
SEC. 146. STANDARDIZATION OF 5.56MM RIFLE AMMUNI-
TION. 
(a) REPORT.—If, on the date that is 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Army and the 
Marine Corps are each using different variants of 5.56mm
rifle ammunition, the Secretary of Defense shall, on such 
date, submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port explaining the reasons that the Army and the Marine 
Corps are using different variants of such ammunition. 
(b) STANDARDIZATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Army and 
the Marine Corps are using the same variant of 5.56mm 
rifle ammunition. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (b) shall not apply in 
a case in which the Secretary of Defense— 
(1) determines that a state of emergency re-
quires the Army and the Marine Corps to use dif-
ferent variants of 5.56mm rifle ammunition; and 
(2) certifies to the congressional defense com-
mittees that such a determination has been made. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2017 for the use of the Department of Defense
for research, development, test, and evaluation, as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4201. 
Subtitle 
B—Program 
Require-
ments, Restrictions, and Limita-
tions 
SEC. 211. LABORATORY QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research 
and Engineering, shall carry out a Program to be known 
as the ‘‘Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program’’ 
under which the Secretary shall establish the panels de-
scribed in subsection (b) and direct such panels— 
(1) to review and make recommendations to the 
Secretary with respect to— 
(A) existing policies and practices affecting 
the science and technology reinvention labora-
tories to improve the research output of such 
laboratories; and 
(B) new initiatives proposed by the science 
and technology reinvention laboratories; 
(2) to support implementation of current and 
future initiatives affecting the science and tech-
nology reinvention laboratories; and
(3) to conduct assessments or data analysis on 
such other issues as the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate. 
(b) PANELS.—The panels described in this subsection 
are: 
(1) A panel on personnel, workforce develop-
ment, and talent management. 
(2) A panel on facilities and infrastructure. 
(3) A panel on research strategy, technology 
transfer, and industry partnerships. 
(4) A panel on oversight, administrative, and 
regulatory processes. 
(c) COMPOSITION OF PANELS.— 
(1) Each panel described in subsection (b) shall 
be composed of not less than 4 members. 
(2) Each panel described in paragraphs (1) 
through (3) of subsection (b) shall be composed of 
subject matter and technical management experts 
from— 
(A) laboratories and research centers of 
the Army, Navy and Air Force; 
(B) appropriate Defense Agencies; 
(C) the Office of the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Research and Engineering; and
(D) such other entities of the Department 
of Defense as the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate. 
(3) The panel described in subsection (b)(4) 
shall be composed of— 
(A) the Director of the Army Research 
Laboratory; 
(B) the Director of the Air Force Research 
Laboratory; 
(C) the Director of the Naval Research 
Laboratory; and 
(D) such other members as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate. 
(d) GOVERNANCE OF PANELS.— 
(1) The chairperson of each panel shall be se-
lected by its members. 
(2) The panel described in subsection (b)(4) 
shall— 
(A) oversee the activities of the panels de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of sub-
section (b); 
(B) determine the subject matter to be 
considered by the panels; and 
(C) provide the recommendations of the 
panels to the Secretary.
(e) PERSONNEL
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT
AU-
THORITY.—Section 342(b) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103– 
337; 
108 
Stat. 
2721) 
(as 
amended 
by 
section 
1114(a)(2)(C) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 
1654A–315)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) In carrying out this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall act through the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Research and Engineering.’’. 
(f) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVENTION LAB-
ORATORY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘science 
and technology reinvention laboratory’’ means a science 
and technology reinvention laboratory designated under 
section 1105 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 10 U.S.C. 
2358 note). 
SEC. 212. MECHANISMS TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR DEFENSE 
LABORATORIES FOR RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
OPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR MILITARY 
MISSIONS. 
Section 219 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110– 
417; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note), as most recently amended by
section 262 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘not more 
than’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of this section, 
a federally funded research and development center shall 
be considered a defense laboratory if the center is spon-
sored by the Department of Defense.’’. 
SEC. 213. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN 
RAPID 
PROTOTYPING, 
EXPERIMENTATION, 
AND DEMONSTRATION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) NOTICE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall not initiate a covered activity until a period of 10 
business days has elapsed following the date on which the 
Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees 
the notice described in subsection (b) with respect to such 
activity. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF NOTICE.—The notice described in 
this subsection is a written notice of the intention of the 
Secretary to initiate a covered activity. Each such notice 
shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the activity.
(2) Estimated costs and funding sources for the 
activity, including a description of any cost-sharing 
or in-kind support arrangements with other partici-
pants. 
(3) A description of any transition agreement, 
including the identity of any partner organization 
that may receive the results of the covered activity 
under such an agreement. 
(4) Identification of major milestones and the 
anticipated date of completion of the activity. 
(c) COVERED ACTIVITY.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered activity’’ means a rapid prototyping, experimen-
tation, or demonstration activity carried out under pro-
gram element 0603382N. 
(d) SUNSET.—The requirements of this section shall 
terminate 5 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 214. IMPROVED BIOSAFETY FOR HANDLING OF SE-
LECT AGENTS AND TOXINS. 
(a) QUALITY CONTROL AND QUALITY ASSURANCE 
PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
executive agent for the biological select agent and toxin 
biosafety program of the Department of Defense, shall 
carry out a program to implement certain quality control 
and quality assurance measures at each covered facility.
(b) QUALITY CONTROL AND QUALITY ASSURANCE 
MEASURES.—Subject to subsection (c), the quality control 
and quality assurance measures implemented at each cov-
ered facility under subsection (a) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Designation of an external manager to over-
see quality assurance and quality control. 
(2) Environmental sampling and inspection. 
(3) Production procedures that prohibit oper-
ations where live biological select agents and toxins 
are used in the same laboratory where viability test-
ing is conducted. 
(4) Production procedures that prohibit work 
on multiple organisms or multiple strains of one or-
ganism within the same biosafety cabinet. 
(5) A video surveillance program that uses 
video monitoring as a tool to improve laboratory 
practices in accordance with regulatory require-
ments. 
(6) Formal, recurring data reviews of produc-
tion in an effort to identify data trends and non-
conformance issues before such issues affect end 
products.
(7) Validated protocols for production processes 
to ensure that process deviations are adequately vet-
ted prior to implementation. 
(8) Maintenance and calibration procedures and 
schedules for all tools, equipment, and irradiators. 
(c) WAIVER.—In carrying out the program under 
subsection (a), the Secretary may waive any of the quality 
control and quality assurance measures required under 
subsection (b) in the interest of national defense. 
(d) STUDY AND REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a 
study to evaluate— 
(A) the feasibility of consolidating covered 
facilities within a unified command to minimize 
risk; 
(B) opportunities to partner with industry 
for the production of biological select agents 
and toxins and related services in lieu of main-
taining such capabilities within the Department 
of the Army; and 
(C) whether operations under the biological 
select agent and toxin production program 
should be transferred to another government or 
commercial laboratory that may be better suited
to execute production for non-Department of 
Defense customers. 
(2) Not later than February 1, 2017, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the results of the study under 
paragraph (1). 
(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later 
than September 1, 2017, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report that includes the following: 
(1) A review of— 
(A) the actions taken by the Department 
of Defense to address the findings and rec-
ommendations of the report of the Department 
of the Army titled ‘‘Individual and Institutional 
Accountability for the Shipment of Viable Bacil-
lus Anthracis from Dugway Proving Grounds’’, 
dated December 15, 2015, including any ac-
tions taken to address the culture of compla-
cency in the biological select agent and toxin 
production program identified in such report; 
and 
(B) the progress of the Secretary in car-
rying out the program under subsection (a).
(2) An analysis of the study and report under 
subsection (d). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered facility’’ means any fa-
cility of the Department of Defense that produces 
biological select agents and toxins. 
(2) The term ‘‘biological select agent and toxin’’ 
means any agent or toxin identified under— 
(A) section 331.3 of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations; 
(B) section 121.3 or section 121.4 of title 
9, Code of Federal Regulations; or 
(C) section 73.3 or section 73.4 of title 42, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 215. MODERNIZATION OF SECURITY CLEARANCE IN-
FORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Director of National Intelligence and 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall 
develop and implement an information technology system 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘System’’) to— 
(1) modernize and sustain the security clear-
ance information architecture of the National Back-
ground Investigations Bureau and the Department 
of Defense;
(2) support decision-making processes for the 
evaluation and granting of personnel security clear-
ances; 
(3) improve cyber security capabilities with re-
spect to sensitive security clearance data and proc-
esses; 
(4) reduce the complexity and cost of the secu-
rity clearance process; 
(5) provide information to managers on the fi-
nancial and administrative costs of the security 
clearance process; 
(6) strengthen the ties between counterintel-
ligence and personnel security communities; and 
(7) improve system standardization in the secu-
rity clearance process. 
(b) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National 
Intelligence and the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, shall issue guidance establishing the respec-
tive roles, responsibilities, and obligations of the Secretary 
and Directors with respect to the development and imple-
mentation of the System. 
(c) ELEMENTS OF SYSTEM.—In developing the Sys-
tem under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—
(1) conduct a review of security clearance busi-
ness processes and, to the extent practicable, modify 
such processes to maximize compatibility with the 
security clearance information technology architec-
ture to minimize the need for customization of the 
System; 
(2) conduct business process mapping (as such 
term is defined in section 2222(i) of title 10, United 
States Code) of the business processes described in 
paragraph (1); 
(3) use spiral development and incremental ac-
quisition practices to rapidly deploy the System, in-
cluding through the use of prototyping and open ar-
chitecture principles; 
(4) establish a process to identify and limit 
interfaces 
with 
legacy 
systems 
and 
to 
limit 
customization of any commercial information tech-
nology tools used; 
(5) establish automated processes for meas-
uring the performance goals of the System; and 
(6) incorporate capabilities for the continuous 
monitoring of network security and the mitigation of 
insider threats to the System.
(d) COMPLETION DATE.—The Secretary shall com-
plete the development and implementation of the System 
by not later than September 30, 2019. 
(e) BRIEFING.—Beginning on December 1, 2016, 
and on a quarterly basis thereafter until the completion 
date of the System under subsection (d), the Secretary of 
Defense shall provide a briefing to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives (and other appropriate congressional committees on 
request) on the progress of the Secretary in developing 
and implementing the System. 
(f) REVIEW OF APPLICABLE LAWS.—The Secretary 
shall review laws, regulations, and executive orders relat-
ing to the maintenance of personnel security clearance in-
formation by the Federal Government. Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and House of Representatives (and other 
appropriate congressional committees on request) a brief-
ing that includes— 
(1) the results of the review; and 
(2) recommendations, if any, for consolidating 
and clarifying laws, regulations, and executive orders 
relating to the maintenance of personnel security 
clearance information by the Federal Government.
(g) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence, the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 216. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUC-
TION SYSTEM CONSTELLATION. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2017 for the countering weapons of mass 
destruction situational awareness information system com-
monly known as ‘‘Constellation’’ may be obligated or ex-
pended for research, development, or prototyping for such 
system. 
(b) REVIEW.—The Chief Information Officer of the 
Department of Defense, in consultation with the Director 
of the Defense Information Systems Agency, shall review
the requirements and program plan for research, develop-
ment, and prototyping for the Constellation system. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than February 1, 
2017, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of 
Defense, in consultation with the Director of the Defense 
Information Systems Agency, shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the review under 
subsection (b). Such report shall include the following, 
with respect to the Constellation system: 
(1) A review of the major software components 
of the system and an explanation of the require-
ments of the Department of Defense with respect to 
each such component. 
(2) Identification of elements and applications 
of the system that cannot be implemented using the 
existing technical infrastructure and tools of the De-
partment of Defense or the infrastructure and tools 
in development. 
(3) A description of major developmental mile-
stones and decision points for additional prototypes 
needed to establish the full capabilities of the sys-
tem, including a timeline and detailed metrics and 
criteria for each such milestone and decision point. 
(4) An overview of a security plan to achieve an 
accredited cross-domain solution system, including
security milestones and proposed security architec-
ture to mitigate both insider and outsider threats. 
(5) Identification of the planned categories of 
end-users of the system, linked to organizations, 
mission requirements, and concept of operations, the 
expected total number of end-users, and the associ-
ated permissions granted to such users. 
(6) A cost estimate for the full life-cycle cost to 
complete the Constellation system. 
SEC. 217. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DE-
FENSE INNOVATION UNIT EXPERIMENTAL. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds specified in sub-
section (c), not more than 80 percent may be obligated 
or expended until the date on which the Secretary of De-
fense submits to the congressional defense committees the 
report under subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental. Such 
report shall include the following: 
(1) The charter and mission statement of the 
Unit. 
(2) A description of— 
(A) the governance structure of the Unit;
(B) the metrics used to measure the effec-
tiveness of the Unit; 
(C) the process for coordinating and 
deconflicting the activities of the Unit with 
similar activities of the military departments, 
Defense Agencies, and other departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government, including 
activities carried out by In-Q-Tel, the Defense 
Advanced Research Projects Agency, and De-
partment of Defense laboratories; 
(D) the direct staffing requirements of the 
Unit, including a description of the desired 
skills and expertise of such staff; 
(E) the number of civilian and military 
personnel provided by the military departments 
and Defense Agencies to support the Unit; 
(F) any planned expansion to new sites, 
the metrics used to identify such sites, and an 
explanation of how such expansion will provide 
access to innovations of nontraditional defense 
contractors (as such term is defined in section 
2302 of title 10, United States Code) that are 
not otherwise accessible; 
(G) how compliance with Department of 
Defense requirements could affect the ability of
such nontraditional defense contractors to mar-
ket products and obtain funding; and 
(H) how to treat intellectual property that 
has been developed with little or no government 
funding. 
(3) Any other information the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(c) FUNDS SPECIFIED.—The funds specified in this 
subsection are as follows: 
(1) Funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 
for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for 
the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental. 
(2) Funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 
for research, development, test, and evaluation, De-
fense-wide, for the Defense Innovation Unit Experi-
mental. 
SEC. 218. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
TACTICAL COMBAT TRAINING SYSTEM IN-
CREMENT II. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 for 
the Tactical Combat Training System Increment II of the 
Navy, not more than 80 percent may be obligated or ex-
pended until the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary 
of the Air Force submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees the report required by section 235 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public 
Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 780). 
SEC. 219. RESTRUCTURING OF THE DISTRIBUTED COMMON 
GROUND SYSTEM OF THE ARMY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2017, the 
Secretary of the Army shall restructure versions of the dis-
tributed common ground system of the Army after Incre-
ment 1— 
(1) by discontinuing development of any compo-
nent of the system for which there is commercial 
software that is capable of fulfilling at least 80 per-
cent of the system requirements applicable to such 
component; and 
(2) by conducting a review of the acquisition 
strategy of the program to ensure that procurement 
of commercial software is the preferred method of 
meeting program requirements. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Army shall 
not award any contract for the development of any capa-
bility for the distributed common ground system of the 
Army if such a capability is available for purchase on the 
commercial market, except for minor capabilities that are
incidental to and necessary for the proper functioning of 
a major component of the system. 
SEC. 220. DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
SENIOR OFFICIAL WITH PRINCIPAL RESPON-
SIBILITY FOR DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) designate a senior official already serving 
within the Department of Defense as the official 
with principal responsibility for the development and 
demonstration of directed energy weapons for the 
Department; and 
(2) set forth the responsibilities of that senior 
official with respect to such programs. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other 
Matters 
SEC. 231. STRATEGY FOR ASSURED ACCESS TO TRUSTED 
MICROELECTRONICS. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The Secretary of Defense shall de-
velop a strategy to ensure that the Department of Defense 
has assured access to trusted microelectronics by not later 
than September 30, 2020. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy under subsection (a) 
shall include the following:
(1) Definitions of the various levels of trust re-
quired by classes of Department of Defense systems. 
(2) Means of classifying systems of the Depart-
ment of Defense based on the level of trust such sys-
tems are required to maintain with respect to micro-
electronics. 
(3) Means by which trust in microelectronics 
can be assured. 
(4) Means to increase the supplier base for as-
sured microelectronics to ensure multiple supply 
pathways. 
(5) An assessment of the microelectronics needs 
of the Department of Defense in future years, in-
cluding the need for trusted, radiation-hardened 
microelectronics. 
(6) An assessment of the microelectronic needs 
of the Department of Defense that may not be ful-
filled by entities outside the Department of Defense. 
(7) The resources required to assure access to 
trusted microelectronics, including infrastructure 
and investments in science and technology. 
(c) SUBMISSION.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees the strategy 
developed under subsection (a). The strategy shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(d) DIRECTIVE REQUIRED.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall issue a 
directive for the Department of Defense describing how 
Department of Defense entities may access assured and 
trusted microelectronics supply chains for Department of 
Defense systems. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than September 30, 
2020, the Secretary of the Defense shall certify to the con-
gressional defense committees that— 
(1) the strategy developed under subsection (a) 
has been implemented; and 
(2) the Department of Defense has an assured 
means for accessing a sufficient supply of trusted 
microelectronics, as required by the strategy devel-
oped under subsection (a). 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the terms ‘‘trust’’ 
and ‘‘trusted’’ refer, with respect to microelectronics, to 
the ability of the Department of Defense to have con-
fidence that the microelectronics function as intended and 
are free of exploitable vulnerabilities, either intentionally 
or unintentionally designed or inserted as part of the sys-
tem at any time during its life cycle.
SEC. 232. PILOT PROGRAM ON EVALUATION OF COMMER-
CIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Director of the Defense 
Information Systems Agency shall carry out a pilot pro-
gram to evaluate commercially available information tech-
nology tools to better understand the potential impact of 
such tools on networks and computing environments of the 
Department of Defense. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—Activities under the pilot program 
may include the following: 
(1) Prototyping, experimentation, operational 
demonstration, military user assessments, and other 
means of obtaining quantitative and qualitative feed-
back on the commercial information technology 
products. 
(2) Engagement with the commercial informa-
tion technology industry to— 
(A) forecast military requirements and 
technology needs; and 
(B) support the development of market 
strategies and program requirements before fi-
nalizing acquisition decisions and strategies. 
(3) Assessment of novel or innovative commer-
cial technology for use by the Department of De-
fense.
(4) Assessment of novel or innovative con-
tracting mechanisms to speed delivery of capabilities 
to the Armed Forces. 
(5) Solicitation of operational user input to 
shape future information technology requirements of 
the Department of Defense. 
(c) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of 
the amounts authorized to be appropriated for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, for each 
of fiscal years 2017 through 2022, not more than 
$15,000,000 may be expended on the pilot program in any 
such fiscal year. 
SEC. 233. PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF 
THE LABORATORIES AND TEST AND EVALUA-
TION CENTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretaries shall 
jointly carry out a pilot program to demonstrate methods 
for the more effective development of research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation functions. 
(b) SELECTION AND PRIORITY.—The Assistant Sec-
retaries shall jointly select not more than one laboratory 
and one test and evaluation center from each of the mili-
tary services to participate in the pilot program under sub-
section (a).
(c) PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the director of a laboratory or test and evaluation 
center selected under subsection (b) shall propose 
and implement alternative and innovative methods of 
rapid project delivery, support, experimentation, 
prototyping, and partnership with universities and 
private sector entities to— 
(A) generate greater value and efficiencies 
in research and development activities per dol-
lar of cost; and 
(B) enable more rapid deployment of 
warfighter capabilities. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The director shall im-
plement each method proposed under paragraph (1) 
unless such method is disapproved by the Assistant 
Secretary concerned. 
(d) WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR DEMONSTRATION AND 
IMPLEMENTATION.—Until the termination of the pilot 
program under subsection (f), the director of a laboratory 
or test and evaluation center selected under subsection (b) 
may waive any restriction or departmental instruction that 
would affect the implementation of a method proposed 
under subsection (c), unless such implementation would 
be prohibited by Federal law.
(e) MINIMUM PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT.—Each 
laboratory or test and evaluation center selected under 
subsection (b) shall participate in the pilot program under 
subsection (a) for a period of not fewer than six years be-
ginning not later than 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The pilot program under sub-
section (a) shall terminate on the date determined appro-
priate by the Secretary of Defense that is on or after the 
end of the six-year period described in subsection (e). 
(g) ASSISTANT SECRETARY DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ means— 
(1) the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Acquisition, with respect to a working capital fund 
institution of the Air Force; 
(2) the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Ac-
quisition, Technology, and Logistics, with respect to 
a working capital fund institution of the Army; and 
(3) the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Re-
search, Development, and Acquisition, with respect 
to a working capital fund institution of the Navy. 
SEC. 234. PILOT PROGRAM ON MODERNIZATION OF ELEC-
TROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM WARFARE SYS-
TEMS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
may carry out a pilot program on the modernization 
of electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and 
electronic warfare systems. 
(2) SELECTION.—If the Secretary carries out 
the pilot program under paragraph (1), the Elec-
tronic Warfare Executive Committee shall select 
from the list described in section 237(b)(4) a total 
of five electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems 
and electronic warfare systems across at least two 
military 
departments 
that 
are 
currently 
in 
sustainment for modernization under the pilot pro-
gram. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘electromagnetic spectrum war-
fare’’ means electronic warfare that encompasses 
military communications and sensing operations that 
occur in the electromagnetic operational domain. 
(2) The term ‘‘electronic warfare’’ means mili-
tary action involving the use of electromagnetic and 
directed energy to control the electromagnetic spec-
trum or to attack the enemy.
SEC. 
235. 
INDEPENDENT 
REVIEW 
OF 
F/A–18 
PHYSIO-
LOGICAL EPISODES AND CORRECTIVE AC-
TIONS. 
(a) INDEPENDENT REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of the Navy shall conduct an independent review 
of the plans, programs, and research of the Department 
of the Navy with respect to— 
(1) physiological events affecting aircrew of the 
F/A–18 Hornet and the F/A–18 Super Hornet air-
craft during the covered period; and 
(2) the efforts of the Navy and Marine Corps 
to prevent and mitigate the affects of such physio-
logical events. 
(b) CONDUCT OF REVIEW.—In conducting the review 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy shall— 
(1) designate an appropriate senior official in 
the Office of the Secretary of the Navy to oversee 
the review; and 
(2) consult experts from outside the Depart-
ment of Defense in appropriate technical and med-
ical fields. 
(c) REVIEW ELEMENTS.—The review under sub-
section (a) shall include an evaluation of— 
(1) any data of the Department of the Navy re-
lating to the increased frequency of physiological 
events affecting aircrew of the F/A–18 Hornet and
(e) COVERED PERIOD.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered period’’ means the period beginning on January 
1, 2009, and ending on the date of the submission of the 
report under subsection (d). 
SEC. 236. STUDY ON HELICOPTER CRASH PREVENTION AND 
MITIGATION TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded 
research and development center to conduct a study on 
technologies with the potential to prevent and mitigate 
helicopter crashes. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Identification of technologies with the po-
tential— 
(A) to prevent helicopter crashes (such as 
collision avoidance technologies and battle space 
and terrain situational awareness technologies); 
and 
(B) to improve survivability among individ-
uals involved in such crashes (such as adaptive 
flight control technologies and improved energy 
absorbing technologies). 
(2) A cost-benefit analysis of each technology 
identified under paragraph (1) that takes into ac-
count the cost of developing and deploying the tech-
nology compared to the potential of the technology 
to prevent casualties or injuries. 
(3) A list that ranks the technologies identified 
under paragraph (1) based on— 
(A) the results of the cost-benefit analysis 
under paragraph (2); and 
(B) the readiness level of each technology. 
(4) An analysis of helicopter crashes that— 
(A) compares the casualty rates of cockpit 
occupants to the casualty rates of occupants of 
cargo compartments and troop seats; and 
(B) identifies the root causes of the casual-
ties described in subparagraph (A). 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
vide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives (and other congressional de-
fense committees on request) a briefing that includes— 
(1) the results of the study required under sub-
section (a); and 
(2) the list described in subsection (b)(3).
SEC. 237. REPORT ON ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILI-
TIES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1, 
2017, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics, acting through the Electronic 
Warfare Executive Committee, shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on the electronic 
warfare capabilities of the Department of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A strategy for advancing and accelerating 
research, development, test, and evaluation, and 
fielding, of electronic warfare capabilities to meet 
current and projected requirements, including rec-
ommendations for streamlining acquisition processes 
with respect to such capabilities. 
(2) A methodology for synchronizing and over-
seeing electronic warfare strategies, operational con-
cepts, and programs across the Department of De-
fense, including electronic warfare programs that 
support or enable cyber operations. 
(3) The training and operational support re-
quired for fielding and sustaining current and 
planned investments in electronic warfare capabili-
ties.
(4) A comprehensive list of investments of the 
Department of Defense in electronic warfare capa-
bilities, including the capabilities to be developed, 
procured, or sustained in— 
(A) the budget of the President for fiscal 
year 2018 submitted to Congress under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code; and 
(B) the future-years defense program sub-
mitted to Congress under section 221 of title 
10, United States Code, for that fiscal year. 
(5) Progress on increasing innovative electro-
magnetic spectrum warfighting methods and oper-
ational concepts that provide advantages within the 
electromagnetic spectrum operational domain. 
(6) Specific attributes needed in future elec-
tronic warfare capabilities, such as networking, 
adaptability, agility, multifunctionality, and minia-
turization, and progress toward incorporating such 
attributes in new electronic warfare systems. 
(7) Capability gaps with respect to asymmetric 
and near-peer adversaries identified pursuant to a 
capability gap assessment. 
(8) A joint strategy on achieving near real-time 
system adaption to rapidly advancing modern digital 
electronics.
(9) Any other information the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2017 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 
maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 
4301. 
SEC. 302. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR CIVIL MILITARY PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated for operation and mainte-
nance, Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding 
funding table in section 4301, for Civil Military Programs 
is hereby increased by $15,000,000 (to be used in support 
of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program).
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated for operation and maintenance, De-
fense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4301, for Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
wide is hereby reduced by $15,000,000. 
Subtitle B—Energy and 
Environment 
SEC. 311. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING ALTER-
NATIVE 
FUEL 
PROCUREMENT 
REQUIRE-
MENT. 
Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S.C. 17142) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘This provi-
sion shall not be construed as a constraint on any conven-
tional or unconventional fuel procurement necessary for 
military operations, including for test and certification 
purposes.’’. 
SEC. 312. PRODUCTION AND USE OF NATURAL GAS AT 
FORT KNOX. 
(a) PRODUCTION AND USE OF NATURAL GAS AT 
FORT KNOX.—Chapter 449 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:
‘‘§ 4781. Natural gas: production, treatment, manage-
ment, and use at Fort Knox, Kentucky 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—(1) The Secretary of the Army 
may provide for the production, treatment, management, 
and use of natural gas located under Fort Knox, Ken-
tucky, without regard to section 3 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 352). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary is authorized to enter into a con-
tract with an appropriate entity to carry out paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USES.—Any natural gas pro-
duced under subsection (a) may be used only to support 
activities and operations at Fort Knox and may not be 
sold for use elsewhere. 
‘‘(c) OWNERSHIP OF FACILITIES.—The Secretary of 
the Army may take ownership of any gas production and 
treatment equipment and facilities and associated infra-
structure from an entity with which the Secretary has en-
tered into a contract under subsection (a) in accordance 
with the terms of the contract. 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—The authority of the Sec-
retary of the Army under this section is effective as of 
August 2, 2007.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:
‘‘4781. Natural gas: production, treatment, management, and use at Fort Knox, 
Kentucky.’’. 
SEC. 313. ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR MUNITIONS 
DISPOSAL. 
In carrying out the disposal of munitions in the stock-
pile of conventional ammunition awaiting demilitarization 
and disposal (commonly referred to as munitions in the 
‘‘B5A account’’) the Secretary of the Army shall consider 
using cost-competitive technologies that minimize waste 
generation and air emissions as alternatives to disposal by 
open burning, open detonation, direct contact combustion, 
and incineration. 
SEC. 314. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the Sense of Congress that the Department of 
Defense should work with State and local health officials 
to prevent human exposure to perfluorinated chemicals. 
SEC. 315. PROHIBITION ON CARRYING OUT CERTAIN AU-
THORITIES RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Defense may 
be obligated or expended to carry out the provisions de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
(b) PROVISIONS.—The provisions described in this 
subsection are the following:
(1) Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6(b)(iii), and 6(c) of Ex-
ecutive Order 13653 (78 Fed. Reg. 66817, relating 
to preparing the United States for the impacts of 
climate change). 
(2) Sections 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 
and 15(b) of Executive Order 13693 (80 Fed. Reg. 
15869, relating to planning for Federal sustain-
ability in the next decade). 
Subtitle C—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 321. PILOT PROGRAM FOR INCLUSION OF CERTAIN IN-
DUSTRIAL PLANTS IN THE ARMAMENT RE-
TOOLING AND MANUFACTURING SUPPORT 
INITIATIVE. 
During the five-year period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
treat a Government-owned, contractor-operated industrial 
plant of the Department of the Army as an eligible facility 
under section 4551(2) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 322. PRIVATE SECTOR PORT LOADING ASSESSMENT. 
(a) ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED.—During the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending on the date of the final briefing under subsection 
(d), the Secretary of the Navy shall conduct quarterly as-
sessments of Naval ship maintenance and loading activi-
ties carried out by private sector entities at each covered 
port. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF ASSESSMENTS.—Each assessment 
under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to each 
covered port, the following: 
(1) Resources per day, including daily ship 
availabilities and the workforce available to carry out 
maintenance and loading activities, for the fiscal 
year preceding the quarter covered by the assess-
ment through the end of such quarter. 
(2) Projected resources per day, including daily 
ship availabilities and the workforce available to 
carry out maintenance and loading activities, 
through the end of the second fiscal year beginning 
after the quarter covered by the assessment. 
(3) A description of the methods by which the 
Secretary communicates projected workloads to pri-
vate sector entities engaged in ship maintenance ac-
tivities and ship loading activities. 
(4) A description of any processes that have 
been implemented to allow for timely feedback from 
private sector entities engaged in ship maintenance 
activities and ship loading activities. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the Sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary should implement measures to
minimize workload fluctuations at covered ports to sta-
bilize the private sector workforce and reduce the cost of 
maintenance availabilities. 
(d) BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—Not later than October 
1, 2016, and on a quarterly basis thereafter until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, the Secretary shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives (and other congressional defense commit-
tees on request)— 
(1) a briefing on the results of the assessments 
conducted under subsection (a); and 
(2) a chart depicting the information described 
in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) with re-
spect to each covered port. 
(e) COVERED PORTS.—In this section, the term ‘‘cov-
ered ports’’ means port facilities used by the Department 
of Defense in each of the following locations: 
(1) Mayport, Florida. 
(2) Norfolk, Virginia. 
(3) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 
(4) Puget Sound, Washington. 
(5) San Diego, California.
SEC. 323. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DE-
FENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2017 for the operation of the Defense Contract 
Management Agency, not more than 90 percent may be 
obligated or expended in fiscal year 2017 until the Direc-
tor of the agency provides to the congressional defense 
committees the briefing under subsection (b). 
(b) BRIEFING.—The Director of the Defense Con-
tract Management Agency shall provide to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Represent-
atives (and other congressional defense committees on re-
quest) a briefing that includes the following: 
(1) A plan describing how the agency will foster 
the adoption, implementation, and verification of 
item-unique identification standards for tangible per-
sonal property across the Department of Defense 
and the defense industrial base (as prescribed under 
Department of Defense Instruction 8320.04). 
(2) A description of the policies, procedures, 
staff training, and equipment needed to— 
(A) ensure contract compliance with item- 
unique identification standards for all items 
that require unique item-level traceability at 
any time in their life cycle;
(B) support counterfeit material risk re-
duction; and 
(C) provide for the systematic assessment 
and accuracy of item-unique identification 
marks. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
SEC. 331. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE ENERGY MANAGEMENT REPORTS. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORT RELATED 
TO INSTALLATIONS ENERGY MANAGEMENT.—Subsection 
(a) of section 2925 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT RELATED TO INSTALLATIONS 
ENERGY MANAGEMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 
the end of each fiscal year ending before January 31, 
2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees an installation energy re-
port detailing the fulfillment during that fiscal year of the 
energy performance goals for the Department of Defense 
under section 2911 of this title. Each report shall contain 
the following: 
‘‘(1) The energy performance goals for the De-
partment of Defense with respect to transportation 
systems, support systems, utilities, and infrastruc-
ture and facilities for the fiscal year covered by the
report and the next 5, 10, and 20 fiscal years, in-
cluding any changes to such energy performance 
goals since the submission of the previous report 
under this section. 
‘‘(2) A master plan for the achievement of the 
energy performance goals of the Department of De-
fense, as such goals are set forth in any laws, regu-
lations, executive orders, or Department of Defense 
policies, including— 
‘‘(A) a separate plan for each military de-
partment and Defense Agency; 
‘‘(B) a standard for the measurement of 
energy consumed by transportation systems, 
support systems, utilities, and facilities and in-
frastructure, applied consistently across the 
military departments; 
‘‘(C) a methodology for measuring reduc-
tions in energy consumption that accounts for 
changes— 
‘‘(i) in the sizes of fleets; and 
‘‘(ii) in the number and overall square 
footage of facility plants; 
‘‘(D) standards to track annual progress in 
meeting energy performance goals;
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‘‘(E) a description of any requirements and 
proposed investments relating to energy per-
formance goals included in the materials sub-
mitted in support of the budget of the Presi-
dent (as submitted to Congress under section 
1105(a) of title 31) for the fiscal year covered 
by the report; and 
‘‘(F) a description of any energy savings 
resulting from the implementation of the mas-
ter plan or any other energy performance meas-
ures. 
‘‘(3) A table listing all energy projects financed 
through third party financing mechanisms (including 
energy savings performance contracts, enhanced use 
leases, utility energy service contracts, utility privat-
ization agreements, and other contractual mecha-
nisms), including— 
‘‘(A) the duration of each such mechanism, 
an estimate of the financial obligation incurred 
through the duration of each such mechanism, 
whether the project incorporates energy security 
into its design, and the estimated payback pe-
riod for each such mechanism; and 
‘‘(B) any renewable energy certificates re-
lating to the project, including the purchasing
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authority for the certificates, the price of the 
certificates, and whether the certificates were 
bundled or unbundled. 
‘‘(4) A description of the types and quantities 
of energy consumed by the Department of Defense 
and by members of the armed forces and civilian 
personnel residing or working on military installa-
tions during the fiscal year covered by the report, in-
cluding a breakdown of energy consumption by— 
‘‘(A) user group; 
‘‘(B) the type of energy consumed, includ-
ing the quantities of any renewable energy con-
sumed that was produced or procured by the 
Department of Defense; and 
‘‘(C) the cost of the energy consumed. 
‘‘(5) A description of the types and amount of 
financial incentives received under section 2913 of 
this title during the preceding fiscal year and the ap-
propriation account or accounts to which the incen-
tives were credited. 
‘‘(6) A description and estimate of the progress 
made by the military departments in meeting the 
certification requirements for sustainable green- 
building standards in construction and major ren-
ovations as required by section 433 of the Energy
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Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 
110–140; 121 Stat. 1612). 
‘‘(7) Details of utility outages at military instal-
lations, including the total number and locations of 
outages, the financial impact of the outages, and 
measures taken to mitigate outages in the future at 
the affected locations and across the Department of 
Defense. 
‘‘(8) A description of any other issues and 
strategies the Secretary determines relevant to a 
comprehensive and renewable energy policy.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORT RELATED 
TO OPERATIONAL ENERGY.—Subsection (b) of section 
2925 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘138c of this 
title’’ and inserting ‘‘2926(b) of this title’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) The comments and recommendations of 
the Assistant Secretary under section 2926(c) of this 
title, including the certification required under para-
graph (3) of such section.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and shall apply with respect to reports required
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to be submitted under section 2925 of title 10, United 
States Code, after such date. 
SEC. 332. REPORT ON EQUIPMENT PURCHASED FROM FOR-
EIGN ENTITIES AND AUTHORITY TO ADJUST 
ARMY ARSENAL LABOR RATES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the budget of the President for 
fiscal year 2018 is submitted to Congress pursuant to sec-
tion 1105 of title 31, Unites States Code, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the equipment, weapons, weapons sys-
tems, components, subcomponents, and end-items pur-
chased from foreign entities that identifies those items 
which could be manufactured in the military arsenals of 
the United States or the military depots of the United 
States to meet the goals of this section or section 2464 
of title 10, United States Code, as well as a plan for mov-
ing that workload into such arsenals or depots. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include each of the following: 
(1) A list of items identified in the report re-
quired under section 333 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 
114–92; 129 Stat. 792) and a list of any items pur-
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chased from foreign manufacturers after the date of 
the submission of such report that are— 
(A) described in section 8302(a)(1) of title 
41, United States Code, and purchased from a 
foreign manufacturer by reason of an exception 
under 
section 
8302(a)(2)(A) 
or 
section 
8302(a)(2)(B) of such title; 
(B) described in section 2533b(a)(1) of 
title 10, United States Code, and purchased 
from a foreign manufacturer by reason of an 
exception under section 2533b(b); and 
(C) described in section 2534(a) of such 
title and purchased from a foreign manufac-
turer by reason of a waiver exercised under 
paragraph (1), (2), (4), or (5) of section 
2534(d) of such title. 
(2) An assessment of the skills required to 
manufacture the items described in paragraph (1) 
and a comparison of those skills with skills required 
to meet the critical capabilities identified in the re-
port of the Army to Congress on Critical Manufac-
turing Capabilities and Capacities, dated August 
2013, and the core logistics capabilities identified by 
each military service pursuant to section 2464 of
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title 10, United States Code, as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(3) An identification of the tooling, equipment, 
and facilities upgrades necessary for a military arse-
nal or depot to manufacture items described in para-
graph (1). 
(4) An identification of items described in para-
graph (1) most appropriate for transfer to military 
arsenals or depots to meet the goals of this section 
or the requirements of section 2464 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(5) An explanation of the rationale for con-
tinuing to sole-source the manufacturing of items 
described in paragraph (1) from a foreign source 
rather than a military arsenal, depot, or other or-
ganic facility. 
(6) Such other information the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO ADJUST LABOR RATES TO RE-
FLECT WORK PRODUCTION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 
2017, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a two- 
year pilot program for the purpose of permitting the 
Army arsenals to adjust periodically, throughout the
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year, their labor rates charged to customers based 
upon changes in workload and other factors. 
(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than May 1, 2019, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a briefing that assesses— 
(A) each Army arsenal’s changes in labor 
rates throughout the previous year; 
(B) the ability of each arsenal to meet the 
costs of their working-capital funds; and 
(C) the effect on arsenal workloads of 
labor rate changes. 
SEC. 333. REPORT ON AVERAGE TRAVEL COSTS OF MEM-
BERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to Congress a report on the travel expenses of members 
of reserve components associated with performing active 
duty service, active service, full-time National Guard duty, 
active Guard and Reserve duty, and inactive-duty training, 
as such terms are defined in section 101(d) of title 10, 
United States Code. Such report shall include the average 
annual cost for all travel expenses for a member of a re-
serve component.
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Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 341. EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL CORPS. 
Section 3063 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (13) as para-
graph (14); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (13): 
‘‘(13) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps; 
and’’. 
SEC. 342. EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 136 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 2283. Explosive ordnance disposal program 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out a program to be known as the ‘Explosive Ord-
nance Disposal Program’ (in this section referred to as 
the ‘Program’) under which the Secretary shall ensure 
close and continuous coordination between the military de-
partments on matters relating to explosive ordnance dis-
posal.
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‘‘(b) ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND
AUTHORI-
TIES.—In carrying out the Program under subsection 
(a)— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(A) assign responsibility for the coordina-
tion and integration of explosive ordnance dis-
posal to a single office or entity in the Office 
of the Secretary of Defense; 
‘‘(B) designate the Secretary of the Navy, 
or a designee of the Secretary’s choice, as the 
executive agent for the Department of Defense 
to coordinate and integrate research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation activities and pro-
curement activities of the military departments 
with respect to explosive ordnance disposal; and 
‘‘(C) exercise oversight over explosive ord-
nance disposal through the Defense Acquisition 
Board process; and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary of each military department 
shall assess the needs of the military department 
concerned with respect to explosive ordnance dis-
posal and may carry out research, development, test, 
and evaluation activities and procurement activities 
to address such needs.
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‘‘(c) 
ANNUAL
BUDGET
JUSTIFICATION
DOCU-
MENTS.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress, as a part of the defense budget materials for 
each fiscal year after fiscal year 2017, a consolidated 
budget justification display, in classified and unclassified 
form, that covers all activities of Department of Defense 
relating to the Program. 
‘‘(2) The budget display under paragraph (1) for a 
fiscal year shall include a single program element for each 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) Research, development, test, and evalua-
tion. 
‘‘(B) Procurement. 
‘‘(C) Military construction. 
‘‘(d) MANAGEMENT REVIEW.—(1) The Secretary of 
Defense, acting through the Office of the Secretary of De-
fense assigned responsibility for the coordination and inte-
gration of explosive ordnance disposal under subsection 
(b)(1)(A), shall conduct a review of the management 
structure of the Program, including— 
‘‘(A) research, development, test, and evalua-
tion; 
‘‘(B) procurement; 
‘‘(C) doctrine development; 
‘‘(D) policy;
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‘‘(E) training; 
‘‘(F) development of requirements; 
‘‘(G) readiness; and 
‘‘(H) risk assessment. 
‘‘(2) Not later than May 1, 2018, the Secretary shall 
provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives a briefing that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(A) the results of the review described in para-
graph (1); and 
‘‘(B) a description of any measures undertaken 
to improve joint coordination and oversight of the 
Program and ensure a coherent and effective ap-
proach to its management. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘explosive ordnance’ means any 
munition containing explosives, nuclear fission or fu-
sion materials, or biological or chemical agents, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) bombs and warheads; 
‘‘(B) guided and ballistic missiles; 
‘‘(C) artillery, mortar, rocket, and 
small arms munitions; 
‘‘(D) mines, torpedoes, and depth 
charges;
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‘‘(E) demolition charges; 
‘‘(F) pyrotechnics; 
‘‘(G) clusters and dispensers; 
‘‘(H) cartridge and propellant actu-
ated devices; 
‘‘(I) electro-explosive devices; and 
‘‘(J) clandestine and improvised explo-
sive devices. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘disposal’ means, with respect to 
explosive ordnance, the detection, identification, field 
evaluation, defeat, disablement, or rendering safe, 
recovery and exploitation, and final disposition of 
the ordnance.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2283. Explosive ordnance disposal program.’’. 
SEC. 343. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF STRUCTURES 
INTERFERING WITH AIR COMMERCE AND NA-
TIONAL DEFENSE. 
(a) NOTICE.—Section 44718(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) the interests of national security, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense.’’. 
(b) STUDIES.—Section 44718(b) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) STUDIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Under regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary, if the Secretary decides 
that constructing or altering a structure may result 
in an obstruction of the navigable airspace, an inter-
ference with air navigation facilities and equipment 
or the navigable airspace, or, after consultation with 
the Secretary of Defense, an unacceptable risk to 
the national security of the United States, the Sec-
retary shall conduct an aeronautical study to decide 
the extent of such impacts on the safe and efficient 
use of the airspace, facilities, or equipment. In con-
ducting the study, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) consider factors relevant to the effi-
cient and effective use of the navigable airspace, 
including— 
‘‘(i) the impact on arrival, departure, 
and en route procedures for aircraft oper-
ating under visual flight rules;
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‘‘(ii) the impact on arrival, departure, 
and en route procedures for aircraft oper-
ating under instrument flight rules; 
‘‘(iii) the impact on existing public-use 
airports and aeronautical facilities; 
‘‘(iv) the impact on planned public-use 
airports and aeronautical facilities; 
‘‘(v) the cumulative impact resulting 
from the proposed construction or alter-
ation of a structure when combined with 
the impact of other existing or proposed 
structures; and 
‘‘(vi) other factors relevant to the effi-
cient and effective use of navigable air-
space; and 
‘‘(B) include the finding made by the Sec-
retary of Defense under subsection (f). 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—On completing the study, the 
Secretary shall issue a report disclosing the extent of 
the— 
‘‘(A) adverse impact on the safe and effi-
cient use of the navigable airspace that the Sec-
retary finds will result from constructing or al-
tering the structure; and
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‘‘(B) unacceptable risk to the national se-
curity of the United States, as determined by 
the Secretary of Defense under subsection (f).’’. 
(c) NATIONAL SECURITY FINDING; DEFINITION.— 
Section 44718 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) NATIONAL SECURITY FINDING.—As part of an 
aeronautical study conducted under subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(1) make a finding on whether the construc-
tion, alteration, establishment, or expansion of a 
structure or sanitary landfill included in the study 
would result in an unacceptable risk to the national 
security of the United States; and 
‘‘(2) transmit the finding to the Secretary of 
Transportation for inclusion in the report required 
under subsection (b)(2). 
‘‘(g) UNACCEPTABLE RISK TO NATIONAL SECURITY 
OF UNITED STATES DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘unacceptable risk to the national security of the United 
States’ has the meaning given the term in section 211.3 
of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on 
January 6, 2014.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) SECTION HEADING.—Section 44718 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended in the section 
heading by inserting ‘‘or national security’’ 
after ‘‘air commerce’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 447 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 44718 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘44718. Structures interfering with air commerce or national security.’’. 
SEC. 344. DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT FOR FEMALE MARINES AND SOL-
DIERS. 
The Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of 
the Marine Corps shall work in coordination with the Sec-
retary of the Army to develop, not later than April 1, 
2017, a joint acquisition strategy to provide more effective 
personal protective equipment and organizational clothing 
and equipment to meet the specific and unique require-
ments for female Marines and soldiers. 
SEC. 345. STUDY ON SPACE-AVAILABLE TRAVEL SYSTEM OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally 
funded research and development center to conduct an
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independent study on the space-available travel system of 
the Department of Defense. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after entering into a contract with a federally funded re-
search and development center under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report summarizing the results of the study con-
ducted under such subsection. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (b) 
shall include, with respect to the space-available travel sys-
tem, the following: 
(1) A determination of— 
(A) the capacity of the system as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act; 
(B) the projected capacity of the system 
for the 10-year period following such date of 
enactment; and 
(C) the projected number of reserve retir-
ees, active duty retirees, and dependents of 
such retirees that will exist by the end of such 
10-year period. 
(2) Estimates of system capacity based the pro-
jections described in paragraph (1). 
(3) A discussion of the efficiency of the system 
and data regarding the use of available space with
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respect to each category of passengers eligible for 
space-available travel under existing regulations. 
(4) A description of the effect on system capac-
ity if eligibility for space-available travel is extended 
to— 
(A) drilling reserve component personnel 
and dependents of such personnel on inter-
national flights; 
(B) dependents of reserve component retir-
ees who are less than 60 years of age; 
(C) retirees who are less than 60 years of 
age on international flights; and 
(D) drilling reserve component personnel 
traveling to drilling locations. 
(5) A discussion of logistical and management 
problems, including congestion at terminals, waiting 
times, lodging availability, and personal hardships 
experienced by travelers. 
(6) An evaluation of the cost of the system and 
whether space-available travel is and can remain 
cost-neutral. 
(7) An evaluation of the feasibility of expanding 
the categories of passengers eligible for space-avail-
able travel to include—
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(A) in the case of overseas travel, retired 
members of an active or reserve component, in-
cluding retired members of reserve components, 
who, but for being under the eligibility age ap-
plicable to the member under section 12731 of 
title 10, United States Code, would be eligible 
for retired pay under chapter 1223 of such 
title; and 
(B) unremarried widows and widowers of 
active or reserve component members of the 
Armed Forces. 
(8) Such other factors relating to the efficiency 
and cost of the system as the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate. 
(d) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—In addition to 
carrying out subsections (a) through (c), the Secretary of 
Defense shall— 
(1) analyze the methods used to prioritize 
among the categories of individuals eligible for 
space-available travel and make recommendations 
for— 
(A) re-ordering the priority of such cat-
egories; and 
(B) adding additional categories of eligible 
individuals; and
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(2) collect data on travelers who request but do 
not obtain available travel spaces under the space- 
available travel system. 
SEC. 346. SUPPLY OF SPECIALTY MOTORS FROM CERTAIN 
MANUFACTURERS. 
To ensure that an adequate, competitive supply of 
custom designed motors is available to the Department of 
Defense, particularly to meet its replacement motor re-
quirements for older equipment, and to protect small busi-
nesses that supply such motors to the Department of De-
fense, the requirements of section 431.25 of title 10, Code 
of Federal Regulations, shall not be enforced against man-
ufacturers of specialty motors, whether characterized by 
the Department as special purpose or definite purpose mo-
tors, provided that such manufacturers qualify as small 
businesses and provided further that such manufacturers 
do not also manufacture general purpose motors and pro-
vided further that such manufacturers were in the busi-
ness of manufacturing such motors on June 1, 2016.
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SEC. 347. LIMITATION ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS UNTIL 
ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF 
REQUIRED PROCESS BY WHICH MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES MAY CARRY APPRO-
PRIATE FIREARMS ON MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS. 
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for Op-
eration and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, for the Office of 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, for fiscal year 
2017, not more than 85 percent of such amounts may be 
obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense es-
tablishes and implements the process by which members 
of the Armed Forces may carry an appropriate firearm 
on a military installation, as required by section 526 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 813; 10 U.S.C. 2672 
note). 
SEC. 348. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PERFORMANCE AND 
SAFETY TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
commander of the United States Transportation Com-
mand, should reassess the guidelines for the evaluation of 
motor carrier safety performance under the Transpor-
tation Protective Services program taking into consider-
ation the Government Accountability Office report num-
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bered GAO-16-82 and titled ‘‘Defense Transportation; 
DoD Needs to Improve the Evaluation of Safety and Per-
formance Information for Carriers Transporting Security- 
Sensitive Materials’’. 
(b) EVALUATION
OF SAFETY TECHNOLOGY.—To 
avoid catastrophic accidents and exposure of material, the 
Secretary shall evaluate the need for proven safety tech-
nology in vehicles transporting Transportation Protective 
Services shipments, such as electronic logging devices, roll 
stability control, forward collision avoidance, lane depar-
ture warning systems, and speed limiters. 
SEC. 349. BRIEFING ON WELL-DRILLING CAPABILITIES OF 
ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE COMPONENTS. 
(a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
(and other congressional defense committees on request) 
a briefing on the well-drilling capabilities of the active and 
reserve components. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The briefing under subsection (a) 
shall include a description of— 
(1) the training requirements of active and re-
serve units with well-drilling capabilities;
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(2) the locations at which such units conduct 
training relating to well-drilling; and 
(3) the cost and feasibility of rotating the train-
ing locations of such units to areas in the United 
States that are affected by drought conditions. 
SEC. 350. ACCESS TO WIRELESS HIGH-SPEED INTERNET 
AND NETWORK CONNECTIONS FOR CERTAIN 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES 
DE-
PLOYED OVERSEAS. 
Consistent with section 2492a of title 10, United 
States Code, the Secretary of Defense is encouraged to 
enter into contracts with third-party vendors in order to 
provide members of the Armed Forces who are deployed 
overseas at any United States military facility, at which 
wireless high-speed Internet and network connections are 
otherwise available, with access to such Internet and net-
work connections without charge. 
SEC. 351. SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING AVAILABILITY OF 
SURPLUS AMMUNITION. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall implement 
a formal process to provide Government agencies outside 
the Department of Defense with information on the avail-
ability of surplus, serviceable ammunition for the purpose
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of reducing the overall storage and disposal costs related 
to such ammunition. 
SEC. 352. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR NATIONAL GUARD 
COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAMS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 1404 for drug inter-
diction and counter-drug activities, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4501, for drug inter-
diction and counter-drug activities, Defense-wide is hereby 
increased by $30,000,000 (to be used in support of the 
National Guard counter-drug programs). 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D— 
(1) the amount authorized to be appropriated 
for in section 101 for procurement, as specified in 
the corresponding funding table in section 4101, for 
Aircraft Procurement, Navy, for Common Ground 
Equipment (Line 064), is hereby reduced by 
$20,000,000; and 
(2) the amount authorized to be appropriated in 
section 201 for research, development, test, and 
evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding 
table in section 4201, for advanced component devel-
opment and prototypes, Advanced Innovative Tech-
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nologies 
(Line 
095) 
is 
hereby 
reduced 
by 
$10,000,000. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY 
PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 
duty personnel as of September 30, 2017, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 480,000. 
(2) The Navy, 324,615. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 185,000. 
(4) The Air Force, 321,000. 
SEC. 402. REVISIONS IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END 
STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS. 
Section 691(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and in-
serting the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) For the Army, 480,000. 
‘‘(2) For the Navy, 324,615. 
‘‘(3) For the Marine Corps, 185,000. 
‘‘(4) For the Air Force, 321,000.’’.
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Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve 
components as of September 30, 2017, as follows: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 350,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 205,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 58,000. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 38,500. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 105,700. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 69,000. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000. 
(b) 
END
STRENGTH
REDUCTIONS.—The 
end 
strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Re-
serve of any reserve component shall be proportionately 
reduced by— 
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of 
such component which are on active duty (other 
than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 
(2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 
Reserve of such component who are on active duty
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(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
(c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 
individual members of the Selected Reserve for any reserve 
component are released from active duty during any fiscal 
year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 
the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be 
increased proportionately by the total authorized strengths 
of such units and by the total number of such individual 
members. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 
411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are 
authorized, as of September 30, 2017, the following num-
ber of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or 
full-time duty, in the case of members of the National 
Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, re-
cruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 30,155. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 16,261. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 9,955. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261.
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(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 14,764. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 2,955. 
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 
(DUAL STATUS). 
The minimum number of military technicians (dual 
status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2017 for the re-
serve components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith-
standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 
be the following: 
(1) For the Army National Guard of the United 
States, 25,507. 
(2) For the Army Reserve, 7,570. 
(3) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 22,103. 
(4) For the Air Force Reserve, 10,061. 
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2017 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 
NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) NATIONAL GUARD.—Within the limitation 
provided in section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code, the number of non-dual status techni-
cians employed by the National Guard as of Sep-
tember 30, 2017, may not exceed the following:
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(A) For the Army National Guard of the 
United States, 1,600. 
(B) For the Air National Guard of the 
United States, 350. 
(2) ARMY RESERVE.—The number of non-dual 
status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as 
of September 30, 2017, may not exceed 420. 
(3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non- 
dual status technicians employed by the Air Force 
Reserve as of September 30, 2017, may not exceed 
90. 
(b) NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘non-dual status technician’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 415. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU-
THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2017, the maximum number of 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 
who may be serving at any time on full-time operational 
support duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 17,000.
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(2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 
SEC. 416. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FULL-TIME SUPPORT 
FOR THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) an adequately supported, full-time support 
force consisting of active and reserve personnel and 
military technicians for the Army National Guard is 
essential to maintaining the readiness of the Army 
National Guard; 
(2) the full-time support force for the Army 
National Guard is the primary mechanism through 
which the programs of the Army and the Depart-
ment of Defense are delivered to all 350,000 soldiers 
of the Army National Guard; 
(3) reductions in active and reserve personnel 
and military technicians since 2014, totaling 2401, 
have adversely impacted the readiness of the Army 
National Guard; 
(4) the growth in the full-time support force for 
the Army National Guard since 2014 is due solely
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to validated requirements originating before Sep-
tember 11, 2001, and not war-time growth; 
(5) funding for the full-time support force for 
the Army National Guard has never exceeded 72 
percent of the validated requirement of the head-
quarters of the Department of the Army; 
(6) the current size of the full-time support 
force for the Army National Guard is the minimum 
required to maintain foundational readiness require-
ments; and 
(7) further reducing the size of the full-time 
support force for the Army National Guard will have 
adverse and long-lasting impacts on readiness. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2017 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities 
and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, 
not otherwise provided for, for military personnel, as spec-
ified in the funding table in section 4401. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The au-
thorization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes
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any other authorization of appropriations (definite or in-
definite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2017. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel 
Policy 
SEC. 501. NUMBER OF MARINE CORPS GENERAL OFFICERS. 
(a) DISTRIBUTION OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ON 
ACTIVE DUTY IN GENERAL OFFICER AND FLAG OFFICER 
GRADES.—Section 525(a)(4) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘15’’ and 
inserting ‘‘17’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘23’’ and 
inserting ‘‘22’’. 
(b) GENERAL
AND FLAG OFFICERS
ON ACTIVE 
DUTY.—Section 526(a)(4) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘61’’ and inserting ‘‘62’’. 
(c) DEPUTY COMMANDANTS.—Section 5045 of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘six’’ and inserting ‘‘seven’’. 
SEC. 502. EQUAL CONSIDERATION OF OFFICERS FOR 
EARLY RETIREMENT OR DISCHARGE. 
Section 638a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended—
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(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) Convening selection boards under section 
611(b) of this title to consider for early retirement 
or discharge regular officers on the active-duty list 
in a grade below lieutenant colonel or commander— 
‘‘(A) who have served at least one year of 
active duty in the grade currently held; and 
‘‘(B) whose names are not on a list of offi-
cers recommended for promotion.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e)(1) In the case of action under subsection (b)(4), 
the Secretary of the military department concerned shall 
specify the total number of officers described in that sub-
section that a selection board convened under section 
611(b) of this title pursuant to the authority of that sub-
section may recommend for early retirement or discharge. 
Officers who are eligible, or are within two years of becom-
ing eligible, to be retired under any provision of law (other 
than by reason of eligibility pursuant to section 4403 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1993 (Public Law 102–484)), if selected by the board,
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shall be retired or retained until becoming eligible to retire 
under sections 3911, 6323, or 8911 of this title, and those 
officers who are otherwise ineligible to retire under any 
provision of law shall, if selected by the board, be dis-
charged. 
‘‘(2) In the case of action under subsection (b)(4), 
the Secretary of the military department concerned may 
submit to a selection board convened pursuant to that sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) the names of all eligible officers described 
in that subsection, whether or not they are eligible 
to be retired under any provision of law, in a par-
ticular grade and competitive category; or 
‘‘(B) the names of all eligible officers described 
in that subsection in a particular grade and competi-
tive category, whether or not they are eligible to be 
retired under any provision of law, who are also in 
particular year groups, specialties, or retirement cat-
egories, or any combination thereof, with that com-
petitive category. 
‘‘(3) The number of officers specified under para-
graph (1) may not be more than 30 percent of the number 
of officers considered. 
‘‘(4) An officer who is recommended for discharge by 
a selection board convened pursuant to the authority of
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subsection (b)(4) and whose discharge is approved by the 
Secretary concerned shall be discharged on a date speci-
fied by the Secretary concerned. 
‘‘(5) Selection of officers for discharge under this 
subsection shall be based on the needs of the service.’’. 
SEC. 503. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO DROP FROM 
ROLLS A COMMISSIONED OFFICER. 
Section 1161(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or the Secretary of Defense, or in 
the case of a commissioned officer of the Coast Guard, 
the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating when it is not operating in the Navy,’’ after 
‘‘President’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. EXTENSION OF REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS ON 
THE TRANSFER OF OFFICERS BETWEEN THE 
ACTIVE AND INACTIVE NATIONAL GUARD. 
Section 512 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 
752; 32 U.S.C. prec. 301 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2016’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2019’’; and
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(2) in subsection (b) in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2016’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2019’’. 
SEC. 512. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO USE 
AIR 
FORCE 
RESERVE 
COMPONENT 
PER-
SONNEL TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND IN-
STRUCTION REGARDING PILOT TRAINING. 
Section 514(a)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 
Stat. 810) is amended by inserting ‘‘and fiscal year 2017’’ 
after ‘‘During fiscal year 2016’’. 
SEC. 513. LIMITATIONS ON ORDERING SELECTED RESERVE 
TO ACTIVE DUTY FOR PREPLANNED MIS-
SIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE COMBATANT 
COMMANDS. 
Section 12304b(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘only’’ in the 
matter preceding subparagraph (A); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In lieu of paragraph (1), units may be ordered 
to active duty under this section if—
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‘‘(A) the manpower and associated costs of such 
active duty has been identified by the Secretary con-
cerned as an emerging requirement in the year of 
execution; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary concerned provides 30-day 
advance notification to the congressional defense 
committees that identifies the funds required to sup-
port the order, a description of the mission for which 
the units will be ordered to active duty, and the an-
ticipated length of time of the order of such units 
to active duty on an involuntary basis.’’. 
SEC. 514. EXEMPTION OF MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL 
STATUS) FROM CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE FUR-
LOUGHS. 
Section 10216(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after ‘‘reductions’’ the following: 
‘‘(including temporary reductions by furlough or other-
wise)’’. 
SEC. 515. ELECTRONIC TRACKING OF OPERATIONAL AC-
TIVE-DUTY SERVICE PERFORMED BY MEM-
BERS OF THE READY RESERVE OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
The Secretary of Defense shall establish an electronic 
means by which members of the Ready Reserve of the 
Armed Forces can track their operational active-duty serv-
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ice performed after January 28, 2008, under section 
12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 12302, or 12304 of title 
10, United States Code. The tour calculator shall specify 
early retirement credit authorized for each qualifying tour 
of active duty, as well as cumulative early reserve retire-
ment credit authorized to date under section 12731(f) of 
such title. 
Subtitle C—General Service 
Authorities 
SEC. 521. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO ANNUAL AUTHOR-
IZATION FOR PERSONNEL STRENGTHS. 
Section 115 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘502(f)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘502(f)(1)(B)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘502(f)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘502(f)(1)(B)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (i)(7), by striking ‘‘502(f)(1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘502(f)(1)(A)’’. 
SEC. 522. ENTITLEMENT TO LEAVE FOR ADOPTION OF 
CHILD BY DUAL MILITARY COUPLES. 
Section 701(i) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
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‘‘(3) In the event that two members of the armed 
forces who are married to each other adopt a child in a 
qualifying child adoption, the two members shall be al-
lowed a total of at least 36 days of leave under this sub-
section, to be shared between the two members. The Sec-
retary concerned shall permit the transfer of such leave 
between the two members to accommodate individual fam-
ily circumstances.’’. 
SEC. 523. REVISION OF DEPLOYABILITY RATING SYSTEM 
AND PLANNING REFORM. 
(a) DEPLOYMENT
PRIORITIZATION
AND
READI-
NESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1003 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 10102 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 10102a. Deployment prioritization and readiness of 
army components 
‘‘(a) DEPLOYMENT PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary 
of the Army shall maintain a system for identifying the 
priority of deployment for units of all components of the 
Army. 
‘‘(b) DEPLOYABILITY
READINESS
RATING.—The 
Secretary of the Army shall maintain a readiness rating 
system for units of all components of the Army that pro-
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vides an accurate assessment of the deployability of a unit 
and those shortfalls of a unit that require the provision 
of additional resources. The system shall ensure— 
‘‘(1) that the personnel readiness rating of a 
unit reflects— 
‘‘(A) both the percentage of the overall 
personnel requirement of the unit that is 
manned and deployable and the fill and 
deployability rate for critical occupational spe-
cialties necessary for the unit to carry out its 
basic mission requirements; and 
‘‘(B) the number of personnel in the unit 
who are qualified in their primary military oc-
cupational specialty; and 
‘‘(2) that the equipment readiness assessment 
of a unit— 
‘‘(A) documents all equipment required for 
deployment; 
‘‘(B) reflects only that equipment that is 
directly possessed by the unit; 
‘‘(C) specifies the effect of substitute 
items; and 
‘‘(D) assesses the effect of missing compo-
nents and sets on the readiness of major equip-
ment items.’’.
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 1003 of such title 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 10102 the following new item: 
‘‘10102a. Deployment prioritization and readiness of Army components.’’. 
(b) REPEAL
OF
SUPERSEDED
PROVISIONS
OF 
LAW.—Sections 1121 and 1135 of the Army National 
Guard Combat Readiness Reform Act of 1992 (title XI 
of Public Law 102-484; 10 U.S.C. 10105 note) are re-
pealed. 
SEC. 524. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE CER-
TAIN MILITARY INSTRUMENTS. 
(a) EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE MILI-
TARY TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 
1044d(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) the execution of the instrument is nota-
rized by— 
‘‘(A) a military legal assistance counsel; 
‘‘(B) a person who is authorized to act as 
a notary under section 1044a of this title 
who— 
‘‘(i) is not an attorney; and 
‘‘(ii) is supervised by a military legal 
assistance counsel; or
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‘‘(C) a State-licensed notary employed by a 
military department or the Coast Guard who is 
supervised by a military legal assistance coun-
sel;’’. 
(2) CLARIFICATION.—Paragraph (3) of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘presiding attorney’’ 
and inserting ‘‘person notarizing the instrument in 
accordance with paragraph (2)’’. 
(b) EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO NOTARIZE DOCU-
MENTS TO CIVILIANS SERVING IN MILITARY LEGAL AS-
SISTANCE OFFICES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 
1044a of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) All civilian paralegals serving at military 
legal assistance offices, supervised by a military legal 
assistance counsel (as defined in section 1044d(g) of 
this title).’’. 
SEC. 525. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO VOLUNTARY SEPA-
RATION PAY AND BENEFITS. 
Section 1175a(j) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or 12304’’ and inserting 
‘‘12304, 12304a, or 12304b’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘502(f)(1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘502(f)(1)(A)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘502(f)(2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘502(f)(1)(B)’’. 
SEC. 526. ANNUAL NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES REGARDING CHILD CUSTODY PRO-
TECTIONS 
GUARANTEED 
BY 
THE 
SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT. 
The Secretaries of each of the military departments 
shall ensure that each member of the Armed Forces with 
dependents receives annually, and prior to each deploy-
ment, notice of the child custody protections afforded to 
members of the Armed Forces under the Servicemembers 
Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.). 
SEC. 527. PILOT PROGRAM ON CONSOLIDATED ARMY RE-
CRUITING. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Army shall carry out a pilot program 
to consolidate the recruiting efforts of the Regular 
Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard 
under which a recruiter in one of the components 
participating in the pilot program may recruit indi-
viduals to enlist in any of the components regardless
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of the funding source of the recruiting activity. 
Under the pilot program, the recruiter shall receive 
credit toward periodic enlistment goals for each en-
listment regardless of the component in which the 
individual enlists. 
(2) DURATION.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the pilot program for a period of not less than three 
years. 
(b) REPORTS.— 
(1) INTERIM REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date on which the pilot program under 
subsection (a) commences, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives a report on the 
pilot program. 
(B) ELEMENTS.—The report under sub-
paragraph (A) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(i) An analysis of the effects that con-
solidated recruiting efforts has on the over-
all ability of recruiters to attract and place 
qualified candidates.
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(ii) A determination of the extent to 
which consolidating recruiting efforts af-
fects efficiency and recruiting costs. 
(iii) An analysis of any challenges as-
sociated with a recruiter working to recruit 
individuals to enlist in a component in 
which the recruiter has not served. 
(iv) An analysis of the satisfaction of 
recruiters and the component recruiting 
commands with the pilot program. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date on which the pilot program under sub-
section (a) is completed, the Secretary shall submit 
to the committees specified in paragraph (1)(A) a 
final report on the pilot program. Such final report 
shall include any recommendations of the Secretary 
with respect to extending or making permanent the 
pilot program and a description of any related legis-
lative actions that the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
SEC. 528. REPORT ON PURPOSE AND UTILITY OF REG-
ISTRATION SYSTEM UNDER MILITARY SELEC-
TIVE SERVICE ACT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than July 1, 
2017, the Secretary of Defense shall—
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(1) submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a report on the current and future need for a cen-
tralized registration system under the Military Selec-
tive Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.); and 
(2) provide a briefing on the results of the re-
port. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A detailed analysis of the current benefits 
derived, both directly and indirectly, from the Mili-
tary Selective Service System, including— 
(A) the extent to which mandatory reg-
istration benefits military recruiting; 
(B) the extent to which a national registra-
tion capability serves as a deterrent to potential 
enemies of the United States; and 
(C) the extent to which expanding registra-
tion to include women would impact these bene-
fits. 
(2) An analysis of the functions currently per-
formed by the Selective Service System that would 
be assumed by the Department of Defense in the ab-
sence of a national registration capability.