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‘‘(C) The Panel shall have the authorities provided 
in section 3161 of title 5 and shall be subject to the condi-
tions set forth in such section. 
‘‘(D) Funds for activities of the Panel shall be provided 
from amounts available to the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(10) TERMINATION.—The Panel for a quadrennial defense 
review shall terminate 45 days after the date on which the 
Panel submits its final report on the quadrennial defense review 
under paragraph (7).’’. 
SEC. 1072. SALE OF SURPLUS MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO STATE AND 
LOCAL HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGE-
MENT AGENCIES. 
(a) STATE
AND LOCAL AGENCIES
TO WHICH SALES MAY BE 
MADE.—Section 2576 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘State and local law enforcement and 
firefighting agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘State and local law 
enforcement, firefighting, homeland security, and emer-
gency management agencies’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘in carrying out law enforcement and 
firefighting activities’’ and inserting ‘‘in carrying out law 
enforcement, firefighting, homeland security, and emer-
gency management activities’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘State or local law enforce-
ment or firefighting agency’’ both places it appears and 
inserting ‘‘State or local law enforcement, firefighting, homeland 
security, or emergency management agency’’. 
(b) TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT MAY BE SOLD.—Subsection (a) 
of such section is further amended by striking ‘‘and protective 
body armor’’ and inserting ‘‘personal protective equipment, and 
other appropriate equipment’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION
HEADING.—The heading of such section is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2576. Surplus military equipment: sale to State and local 
law enforcement, firefighting, homeland security, 
and emergency management agencies’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relating to section 2576 
in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 153 of 
such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘2576. Surplus military equipment: sale to State and local law enforcement, fire-
fighting, homeland security, and emergency management agencies.’’. 
SEC. 1073. DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RAPID INNOVA-
TION PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish a competitive, merit-based program to accelerate the 
fielding of technologies developed pursuant to phase II Small Busi-
ness Innovation Research Program projects, technologies developed 
by the defense laboratories, and other innovative technologies 
(including dual use technologies). The purpose of this program 
is to stimulate innovative technologies and reduce acquisition or 
lifecycle costs, address technical risks, improve the timeliness and 
thoroughness of test and evaluation outcomes, and rapidly insert
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such products directly in support of primarily major defense acquisi-
tion programs, but also other defense acquisition programs that 
meet critical national security needs. 
(b) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidelines 
for the operation of the program. At a minimum such guidance 
shall provide for the following: 
(1) The issuance of an annual broad agency announcement 
or the use of any other competitive or merit-based processes 
by the Department of Defense and by each military department 
for candidate proposals in direct support of primarily major 
defense acquisition programs, but also other defense acquisition 
programs as described in subsection (a). 
(2) The review of candidate proposals by the Department 
of Defense and by each military department and the merit- 
based selection of the most promising cost-effective proposals 
for funding through contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other transactions for the purposes of carrying out the program. 
(3) The total amount of funding provided to any project 
under the program shall not exceed $3,000,000, unless the 
Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee, approves a larger 
amount of funding for the project. Any such approval shall 
be made on a case-by-case basis and notice of any such approval 
shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees 
by not later than 30 days after such approval is made. 
(4) No project shall be funded under the program for more 
than two years, unless the Secretary, or the Secretary’s des-
ignee, approves funding for any additional year. Any such 
approval shall be made on a case-by-case basis and notice 
of any such approval shall be submitted to the congressional 
defense committees by not later than 30 days after such 
approval is made. 
(c) 
TREATMENT
PURSUANT
TO
CERTAIN
CONGRESSIONAL 
RULES.—Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to require 
or enable any official of the Department of Defense to provide 
funding under this section to any earmark as defined pursuant 
to House Rule XXI, clause 9, or any congressionally directed 
spending item as defined pursuant to Senate Rule XLIV, paragraph 
5. 
(d) FUNDING.—Subject to the availability of appropriations for 
such purpose, the amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
research, development, test, and evaluation for each of fiscal years 
2011 through 2015 may be used for any such fiscal year for the 
program established under subsection (a). 
(e) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may transfer funds 
available for the program to the research, development, test, and 
evaluation accounts of a military department, defense agency, or 
the unified combatant command for special operations forces pursu-
ant to a proposal, or any part of a proposal, that the Secretary 
determines would directly support the purposes of the program. 
The transfer authority provided in this subsection is in addition 
to any other transfer authority available to the Department of 
Defense. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the last day of a 
fiscal year during which the Secretary carries out a program under 
this section, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report that includes a list and description of each
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project funded under this section, including, for each such project, 
the amount of funding provided for the project, the defense acquisi-
tion program that the project supports, including the extent to 
which the project meets needs identified in its acquisition plan, 
the anticipated timeline for transition for the project, and the 
degree to which a competitive, merit-based process was used to 
evaluate and select the performers of the projects selected under 
this program. 
(g) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out a program under 
this section shall terminate on September 30, 2015. Any amounts 
made available for the program that remain available for obligation 
on the date the program terminates may be transferred under 
subsection (e) during the 180-day period beginning on the date 
of the termination of the program. 
SEC. 1074. AUTHORITY TO MAKE EXCESS NONLETHAL SUPPLIES AVAIL-
ABLE FOR DOMESTIC EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 
(a) DOMESTIC AUTHORITY.—Section 2557 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ‘‘In addition, the Secretary may make nonlethal 
excess supplies of the Department available to support domestic 
emergency assistance activities.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Excess’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Excess supplies made available under this section to sup-
port domestic emergency assistance activities shall be transferred 
to the Secretary of Homeland Security. The Secretary of Defense 
may provide assistance in the distribution of such supplies at the 
request of the Secretary of Homeland Security.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION
HEADING.—The heading of such section is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2557. Excess nonlethal supplies: availability for humani-
tarian relief, domestic emergency assistance, and 
homeless veterans assistance’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relating to such section 
in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 152 of 
such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘2557. Excess nonlethal supplies: availability for humanitarian relief, domestic 
emergency assistance, and homeless veterans assistance.’’. 
SEC. 1075. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 5, United States 
Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 8344(l)(2)(B), as added by section 1122(a) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2505), is amended by striking 
‘‘5201 et seq.’’ and inserting ‘‘5211 et seq.’’. 
(2) Section 9902(a)(2), as added by section 1113(d) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public 
Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2499), is amended by striking ‘‘chapters’’ 
both places it appears and inserting ‘‘chapter’’. 
(b) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, United States 
Code, is amended as follows:
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(1) The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle 
A and at the beginning of part II of such subtitle are amended 
by striking ‘‘1031’’ in the item relating to chapter 53 and 
inserting ‘‘1030’’. 
(2) Section 127a is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘Armed Forces’’ 
and inserting ‘‘armed forces’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘Armed Forces’’ 
both places it appears and inserting ‘‘armed forces’’. 
(3) Section 127d(d)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘Committee 
on International Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on For-
eign Affairs’’. 
(4) Section 132 is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (d), as added by section 
2831(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2669), as sub-
section (e); and 
(B) in such subsection, by striking ‘‘Guam Executive 
Council’’ and inserting ‘‘Guam Oversight Council’’. 
(5) Section 139c(d)(4) is amended by adding at period at 
the end. 
(6) Section 139d(a)(6) is amended by striking ‘‘propriety’’ 
and inserting ‘‘proprietary’’. 
(7) Section 172 is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The Secretaries’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (b). 
(8) Section 181(b)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘Performance 
Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘Program Evaluation’’. 
(9) Section 186 is amended by redesignating the second 
subsection (c) (relating to definitions) as subsection (d). 
(10)(A) Section 382 is amended by striking ‘‘section 175 
or 2332c’’ in subsections (a), (b)(2)(C), and (d)(2)(A)(ii) and 
inserting ‘‘section 175, 229, or 2332a’’. 
(B) The heading of such section is amended by striking 
‘‘chemical or biological’’. 
(C) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 18 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 382 and 
inserting the following new item: 
‘‘382. Emergency situations involving weapons of mass destruction.’’. 
(11) Section 428(f) is amended by striking ‘‘, United States 
Code,’’. 
(12) Section 525 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 601(b)(4)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 601(b)(5)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (g)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and is not’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
are not’’; and 
(ii) by adding at period at the end. 
(13) Section 841(c) is amended by striking ‘‘trail counsel’’ 
and inserting ‘‘trial counsel’’. 
(14) Section 843(b)(2)(B)(v) is amended by striking ‘‘Kid-
naping; indecent assault;’’ and inserting ‘‘Kidnaping, indecent 
assault,’’. 
(15) Section 1030(e)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘3 years,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘three years.’’. 
(16) Section 1146 is amended—
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(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) BENEFITS FOR 
MEMBERS INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED.—’’, as added by sec-
tion 5(1) of Public Law 110–317 (122 Stat. 3528); 
(B) by redesignating the second subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(C) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— 
(i) by striking ‘‘BENEFITS FOR’’ in the subsection 
heading; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Armed Forces’’ in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘armed forces’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘the members entitlement’’ in para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘the member’s entitlement’’. 
(17) Section 1174(i) is amended by striking ‘‘Armed Forces’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘armed forces’’. 
(18) Section 1175a(j)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘title 10’’ 
and inserting ‘‘this title’’. 
(19) Section 1203(b)(4)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘deter-
mination,,’’ and inserting ‘‘determination,’’. 
(20) Section 1482a(c)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
1482(a)(11)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1482(e)(5)(A)’’. 
(21) Section 1566a(a)(1) is amended by inserting a close 
parenthesis before the period at the end. 
(22) Section 1599c(a)(2)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘sub-
chapter 1’’ and inserting ‘‘subchapter I’’. 
(23) Section 1781b(d) is amended by striking ‘‘March 1, 
2008, and each year thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1 each 
year’’. 
(24) Section 1781c(h)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘180 days 
after the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, and annually there-
after’’ and inserting ‘‘April 30 each year’’. 
(25) Section 1788(b) is amended by striking ‘‘Armed Forces’’ 
and inserting ‘‘armed forces’’. 
(26) Section 2004b(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘pay grade 
0–3’’ and inserting ‘‘pay grade O–3’’. 
(27) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 104 
is amended by transferring the item relating to section 2113a 
to appear after the item relating to section 2113. 
(28) Section 2130a(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘Training 
Program’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Training Corps 
program’’. 
(29) Section 2222(a) is amended by striking ‘‘Effective 
October 1, 2005, funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Funds’’. 
(30) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter 
I of chapter 134, as amended by section 1031(a)(2) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public 
Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2448), is amended by transferring the 
item relating to section 2241a from the end of the table of 
sections to appear after the item relating to section 2241. 
(31) Section 2323(a)(1)(D) is amended by inserting a close 
parenthesis before the semicolon. 
(32) Section 2362(e)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘IV’’ and 
inserting ‘‘V’’. 
(33) Section 2366a(c) is amended— 
(A) by inserting a space between ‘‘(c)’’ and the sub-
section heading; and
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(1) Section 577(b)(12) (10 U.S.C. 113 note), as amended 
by section 563(e) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 
122 Stat. 4471) is amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall 
implement’’ and inserting ‘‘Implementation of’’. 
(2) Section 1085 (118 Stat. 2065; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), 
as amended by section 360(c) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 
122 Stat 78) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 360(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 77)’’. 
(j) BOB STUMP NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 
FISCAL YEAR 2003.—Section 1032(a) of the Bob Stump National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107– 
314; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended by striking ‘‘thereafter,,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘thereafter,’’. 
(k) WEAPON SYSTEMS ACQUISITION REFORM ACT
OF 2009.— 
Effective as of May 22, 2009, and as if included therein as enacted, 
section 205 of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111–23; 123 Stat. 1724) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and 
(2)’’ in the matter to be inserted and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (3)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2433a(c)(3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘2433a(c)(1)(C)’’. 
(l) TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING SBIR EXTENSION.—Sec-
tion 9(m)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(m)(2)), as 
added by section 847(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2420), is 
amended by striking ‘‘is authorized’’ and inserting ‘‘are authorized’’. 
(m) TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING SMALL SHIPYARDS AND 
MARITIME COMMUNITIES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Section 3506 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, as 
reinstated by the amendment made by section 1073(c)(14) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public 
Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2475), is repealed. 
(n) TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING DOT MARITIME HERIT-
AGE PROPERTY.—Section 6(a)(1)(C) of the National Maritime Herit-
age Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5405(a)(1)(C)), as amended by section 
3509 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2721), is amended by striking 
‘‘the date of enactment of the Maritime Administration Authoriza-
tion Act of 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘October 28, 2009’’. 
(o) TECHNICAL CORRECTION OF CITATION.—Section 42 of the 
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 438) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ‘‘(41 U.S.C. 607(b))’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(41 U.S.C. 607(d))’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(A) by inserting ‘‘of 1978’’ after ‘‘Con-
tract Disputes Act’’. 
SEC. 1076. STUDY ON OPTIMAL BALANCE OF MANNED AND REMOTELY 
PILOTED AIRCRAFT. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
commission a study by an independent, non-profit organization
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on the optimal balance between manned and remotely piloted 
aircraft of the Armed Forces. 
(2) SELECTION.—The independent, non-profit organization 
selected for the study under paragraph (1) shall be qualified 
on the basis of having performed work in the fields of national 
security and combat systems. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) With respect to each military department, an assess-
ment of the feasibility and desirability of a more rapid transi-
tion from manned to remotely piloted aircraft for a range of 
operations, including combat operations. 
(2) An evaluation of the current ability of each military 
department to resist attacks mounted by foreign militaries 
with significant investments in research and development and 
deployment of remotely piloted aircraft, including an assess-
ment of each military department’s ability to defend against— 
(A) a large enemy force of remotely piloted aircraft; 
and 
(B) any other relevant scenario involving remotely 
piloted aircraft that the Secretary determines appropriate. 
(3) An analysis of— 
(A) current and future capabilities of foreign militaries 
in developing and deploying remotely piloted aircraft; and 
(B) identified vulnerabilities of United States weapons 
systems to foreign remotely piloted aircraft. 
(4) Conclusions on the matters described in paragraphs 
(1) through (3) and what the independent, non-profit organiza-
tion conducting the study determines is the optimal balance 
of investment in development and deployment of manned versus 
remotely piloted aircraft. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 1, 2011, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that includes the 
study under subsection (a). 
(d) FORM.— 
(1) STUDY.—The study under subsection (a) shall include 
a classified annex with respect to the matters described in 
subsection (b)(3). 
(2) REPORT.—The report under subsection (c) may include 
a classified annex. 
(e) REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘remotely piloted aircraft’’ means any unmanned aircraft 
operated remotely, whether within or beyond line-of-sight, including 
unmanned aerial systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, remotely 
piloted vehicles, and remotely piloted aircraft. 
SEC. 1077. TREATMENT OF SUCCESSOR CONTINGENCY OPERATION TO 
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. 
Any law applicable to Operation Iraqi Freedom shall apply 
in the same manner and to the same extent to the successor 
contingency operation known as Operation New Dawn, except as 
specifically provided in this Act, any amendment made by this 
Act, or any other law enacted after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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SEC. 1078. PROGRAM TO ASSESS THE UTILITY OF NON-LETHAL 
WEAPONS. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the Secretary of Defense should support the research, development, 
test, and evaluation, procurement, and fielding of effective non- 
lethal weapons and technologies explicitly designed to, with respect 
to counterinsurgency operations, reduce military casualties and 
fatalities, improve military mission accomplishment and operational 
effectiveness, reduce civilian casualties and fatalities, and minimize 
undesired damage to property and the environment. 
(b) PROGRAM REQUIRED.— 
(1) DEMONSTRATION AND ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of 
Defense, acting through the Executive Agent for Non-lethal 
Weapons and in coordination with the Secretaries of the mili-
tary departments and the combatant commanders, shall carry 
out a program to demonstrate and assess the utility and 
effectiveness of non-lethal weapons to provide escalation of 
force options in counter-insurgency operations. 
(2) NON-LETHAL WEAPONS EVALUATED.—In evaluating non- 
lethal weapons under the program under this subsection, the 
Secretary shall include non-lethal weapons designed for 
counter-personnel and counter-materiel missions. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than October 1, 2011, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the role and utility of non- 
lethal weapons and technologies in counterinsurgency oper-
ations. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) A description of the results of any demonstrations 
and assessments of non-lethal weapons conducted during 
fiscal year 2011. 
(B) A description of the Secretary’s plans for any dem-
onstrations and assessments of non-lethal weapons to be 
conducted during fiscal years 2012 and 2013. 
(C) A description of the extent to which non-lethal 
weapons doctrine, training, and employment include the 
use of strategic communications strategies to enable the 
effective employment of non-lethal weapons. 
(D) A description of the input of the military depart-
ments in developing concepts of operations and tactics, 
techniques, and procedures for incorporating non-lethal 
weapons into the current escalation of force procedures 
of each department. 
(E) A description of the extent to which non-lethal 
weapons and technologies are integrated into the standard 
equipment and training of military units. 
SEC. 1079. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCE 
REDUCTIONS. 
It is the sense of Congress that no action should be taken 
to implement the reduction of the strategic nuclear forces of the 
United States below the levels described in the Treaty between 
the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Meas-
ures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive 
Arms signed on April 8, 2010 (commonly known as the ‘‘New START
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Treaty’’), unless the President submits to the congressional defense 
committees a report on such reduction, including— 
(1) the justification for such reduction; 
(2) an assessment of the strategic environment, threat, 
and policy and the technical and operational implications of 
such reduction; and 
(3) written certification by the President that— 
(A) either— 
(i) the strategic environment or the assessment 
of the threat allows for such reduction; or 
(ii) technical measures to provide a commensurate 
or better level of safety, security, and reliability as 
before such reduction have been implemented for the 
remaining strategic nuclear forces of the United States; 
(B) the remaining strategic nuclear forces of the United 
States provide a sufficient means of protection against 
unforeseen technical challenges and geopolitical events; 
(C) such reduction is compensated by other measures 
(such as nuclear modernization, conventional forces, and 
missile defense) that together provide a commensurate or 
better deterrence capability and level of credibility as before 
such reduction; and 
(D) measures to modernize the nuclear weapons com-
plex are being implemented (or have been implemented) 
to provide a sufficiently responsive infrastructure to sup-
port the remaining strategic nuclear forces of the United 
States. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 
MATTERS 
Sec. 1101. Clarification of authorities at personnel demonstration laboratories. 
Sec. 1102. Requirements for Department of Defense senior mentors. 
Sec. 1103. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium 
pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian employees 
working overseas. 
Sec. 1104. Extension and modification of enhanced Department of Defense appoint-
ment and compensation authority for personnel for care and treatment 
of wounded and injured members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 1105. Rate of overtime pay for Department of the Navy employees performing 
work aboard or dockside in support of the nuclear aircraft carrier for-
ward deployed in Japan. 
SEC. 1101. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES AT PERSONNEL DEM-
ONSTRATION LABORATORIES. 
(a) 
CLARIFICATION
OF
APPLICABILITY
OF
DIRECT
HIRE 
AUTHORITY.—Section 1108 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 4618; 10 U.S.C. 1580 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘identified’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘designated by section 1105(a) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public 
Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2486; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) as a Depart-
ment of Defense science and technology reinvention labora-
tory.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘5 percent’’.