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(1) in subsection (a)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘and recapi-
talization’’ through the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘recapitalization, or minor military construction of the 
laboratory infrastructure, in accordance with subsection 
(b).’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as sub-
sections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of this 
subsection, funds available under a mechanism under 
subsection (a)(1)(D) that are solely intended to carry 
out a laboratory infrastructure project shall be available 
for such project until expended. 
‘‘(2) PRIOR
NOTICE
OF
COSTS
OF
PROJECTS.— 
Funds shall be available in accordance with paragraph 
(1) for a project referred to in such paragraph only if 
the Secretary notifies the congressional defense commit-
tees of the total cost of the project before the date on 
which the Secretary uses a mechanism under subsection 
(a)(1)(D) for such project. 
‘‘(3) ACCUMULATION OF FUNDS FOR PROJECTS.— 
Funds may accumulate under a mechanism under sub-
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section (a) for a project referred to in paragraph (1) for 
not more than five years. 
‘‘(4) COST
LIMIT
COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that a project referred to in paragraph (1) 
for which funds are made available in accordance with 
such paragraph complies with the applicable cost limita-
tions in the following provisions of law: 
‘‘(A) Section 2805(d) of title 10, United States 
Code, with respect to revitalization and recapitaliza-
tion projects. 
‘‘(B) Section 2811 of such title, with respect to 
repair projects.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION.—Subsection (d) of such section, as re-
designated by subsection (a)(2) of this section, is amended by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2020’’. 
(c) APPLICATION.—Subsection (b) of such section 219, 
as added by subsection (a)(3), shall apply with respect to 
funds made available under such section on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 263. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO AWARD PRIZES FOR 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENTS. 
Section 2374a(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2018’’.
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SEC. 264. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO IN-
CLUDE 
TECHNOLOGY 
PROTECTION 
FEATURES 
DURING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CER-
TAIN DEFENSE SYSTEMS. 
Section 243(d) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 
10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2020’’. 
SEC. 265. BRIEFING ON BIOMETRICS ACTIVITIES OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives on an assessment 
of the future program structure for biometrics oversight and 
execution and architectural requirements for biometrics-ena-
bling capability. 
(b) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The briefing under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the roles and responsibilities 
of the principal staff assistant for biometrics, the pro-
gram manager for biometrics, and the Defense Forensics 
and Biometrics Agency, including— 
(A) the roles and responsibilities of each ele-
ment of the Department of Defense, including each 
military department, with responsibility for bio-
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metrics and each such element that is responsible 
for requirements and testing regarding biometrics; 
and 
(B) whether the executive management respon-
sibilities of the Department of Defense program 
manager for biometrics should be retained by the 
Army or transferred to another element of the De-
partment. 
(2) An assessment of the current requirements for 
biometrics-enabling capability, including with respect 
to— 
(A) a governance process for capturing, vet-
ting, and validating requirements and business 
processes across military department, interagency, 
and international partners; and 
(B) a process to determine resourcing business 
rules to establish and sustain such capabilities. 
(3) An evaluation of the most appropriate element 
of the Department to take responsibility for defining and 
managing the end-to-end performance of the biometric 
enterprise, beginning and ending at the point of biomet-
ric encounter, as described in the report of the Comp-
troller General of the United States titled ‘‘Defense Bio-
metrics: Additional Training for Leaders and More
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Timely Transmission of Data Could Enhance the Use of 
Biometrics in Afghanistan’’, numbered 12–442. 
SEC. 266. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPORTANCE OF ALIGNING 
COMMON MISSILE COMPARTMENT OF OHIO-CLASS 
REPLACEMENT 
PROGRAM 
WITH 
THE 
UNITED 
KINGDOM’S VANGUARD SUCCESSOR PROGRAM. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of the Navy should make every effort to 
ensure that the common missile compartment associated with 
the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine replacement pro-
gram stays on schedule and is aligned with the Vanguard- 
successor program of the United Kingdom in order for the 
United States to fulfill its longstanding commitment to our 
ally and partner in sea-based strategic deterrence. 
SEC. 267. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COUNTER-ELECTRONICS 
HIGH POWER MICROWAVE MISSILE PROJECT. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) in carrying out the non-kinetic counter-elec-
tronics developmental planning effort of the Air Force, 
the Secretary of Defense should consider the results of 
the successful joint technology capability demonstration 
that the counter-electronics high power microwave mis-
sile project conducted in 2012;
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(2) an analysis of alternatives is an important step 
in the long-term development of a non-kinetic counter- 
electronic system; 
(3) the Secretary should pursue both near- and far- 
term joint non-kinetic counter-electronic systems; and 
(4) the counter-electronics high power microwave 
missile project (or a variant thereof) should be consid-
ered among the options for a possible materiel solution 
in response to any near-term joint urgent operational 
need, joint emergent operational need, or combatant 
command integrated priority for a non-kinetic counter- 
electronic system. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. 
Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 
Sec. 311. Deadline for submission of reports on proposed budgets for activities 
relating to operational energy strategy. 
Sec. 312. Facilitation of interagency cooperation in conservation programs of 
the Departments of Defense, Agriculture, and Interior to avoid 
or reduce adverse impacts on military readiness activities. 
Sec. 313. Reauthorization of Sikes Act. 
Sec. 314. Clarification of prohibition on disposing of waste in open-air burn 
pits. 
Sec. 315. Limitation on availability of funds for procurement of drop-in fuels. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment 
Sec. 321. Strategic policy for prepositioned materiel and equipment. 
Sec. 322. Department of Defense manufacturing arsenal study and report. 
Sec. 323. Consideration of Army arsenals’ capabilities to fulfill manufacturing 
requirements. 
Sec. 324. Strategic policy for the retrograde, reconstitution, and replacement of 
operating forces used to support overseas contingency oper-
ations. 
Sec. 325. Littoral Combat Ship Strategic Sustainment Plan.
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Sec. 326. Strategy for improving asset tracking and in-transit visibility. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 331. Additional reporting requirements relating to personnel and unit 
readiness. 
Sec. 332. Modification of authorities on prioritization of funds for equipment 
readiness and strategic capability. 
Sec. 333. Revision to requirement for annual submission of information regard-
ing information technology capital assets. 
Sec. 334. Modification of annual corrosion control and prevention reporting re-
quirements. 
Subtitle E—Limitations and Extensions of Authority 
Sec. 341. Certification for realignment of forces at Lajes Air Force Base, 
Azores. 
Sec. 342. Limitation on performance of Department of Defense flight dem-
onstration teams outside the United States. 
Sec. 343. Limitation on funding for United States Special Operations Com-
mand National Capital Region. 
Sec. 344. Limitation on availability of funds for Trans Regional Web Initiative. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 351. Gifts made for the benefit of military musical units. 
Sec. 352. Revised policy on ground combat and camouflage utility uniforms. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2014 for the use of the Armed Forces and other ac-
tivities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and mainte-
nance, as specified in the funding table in section 4301.
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Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 
SEC. 311. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF REPORTS ON PRO-
POSED BUDGETS FOR ACTIVITIES RELATING TO 
OPERATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY. 
Section 138c(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Not later than 30 
days after the date on which the budget for a fiscal year 
is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 
title 31, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the proposed budgets for that fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the proposed budgets for a 
fiscal year’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(6) The report required by paragraph (4) for a fiscal 
year shall be submitted by the later of the following dates: 
‘‘(A) The date that is 30 days after the date on 
which the budget for that fiscal year is submitted to 
Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31. 
‘‘(B) March 31 of the previous fiscal year.’’.
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SEC. 312. FACILITATION OF INTERAGENCY COOPERATION IN 
CONSERVATION 
PROGRAMS 
OF 
THE 
DEPART-
MENTS OF DEFENSE, AGRICULTURE, AND INTE-
RIOR TO AVOID OR REDUCE ADVERSE IMPACTS 
ON MILITARY READINESS ACTIVITIES. 
(a) USE OF FUNDS UNDER CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.— 
Section 2684a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as sub-
sections (i) and (j), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following 
new subsection (h): 
‘‘(h) INTERAGENCY COOPERATION
IN CONSERVATION 
PROGRAMS TO AVOID OR REDUCE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON 
MILITARY READINESS ACTIVITIES.—In order to facilitate 
interagency cooperation and enhance the effectiveness of ac-
tions that will protect both the environment and military 
readiness, the recipient of funds provided pursuant an agree-
ment under this section or under the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 
et seq.) may, with regard to the lands and waters within the 
scope of the agreement, use such funds to satisfy any match-
ing funds or cost-sharing requirement of any conservation 
program of the Department of Agriculture or the Department 
of the Interior notwithstanding any limitation of such pro-
gram on the source of matching or cost-sharing funds.’’. 
(b) SUNSET.—This section and subsection (h) of section 
2684a of title 10, United States Code, as added by this sec-
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tion, shall expire on October 1, 2019, except that any agree-
ment referred to in such subsection that is entered into on 
or before September 30, 2019, shall continue according to its 
terms and conditions as if this section has not expired. 
SEC. 313. REAUTHORIZATION OF SIKES ACT. 
Section 108 of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670f) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2009 through 2014’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2014 through 2019’’. 
SEC. 314. CLARIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON DISPOSING OF 
WASTE IN OPEN-AIR BURN PITS. 
Section 317(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2249; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subpara-
graph (Q); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) tires; 
‘‘(D) treated wood; 
‘‘(E) batteries; 
‘‘(F) plastics, except insignificant amounts of 
plastic remaining after a good-faith effort to remove 
or recover plastic materials from the solid waste 
stream;
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‘‘(G) munitions and explosives, except when 
disposed of in compliance with guidance on the de-
struction of munitions and explosives contained in 
the Department of Defense Ammunition and Explo-
sives Safety Standards, DoD Manual 6055.09-M; 
‘‘(H) compressed gas cylinders, unless empty 
with valves removed; 
‘‘(I) fuel containers, unless completely evacu-
ated of its contents; 
‘‘(J) aerosol cans; 
‘‘(K) polychlorinated biphenyls; 
‘‘(L) petroleum, oils, and lubricants products 
(other than waste fuel for initial combustion); 
‘‘(M) asbestos; 
‘‘(N) mercury; 
‘‘(O) foam tent material; 
‘‘(P) any item containing any of the materials 
referred to in a preceding paragraph; and’’. 
SEC. 315. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PRO-
CUREMENT OF DROP-IN FUELS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2014 for the Department of Defense may be obli-
gated or expended to make a bulk purchase of a drop-in fuel 
for operational purposes unless the cost of that drop-in fuel
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is cost-competitive with the cost of a traditional fuel available 
for the same purpose. 
(b) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the requirements of 
paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may waive the 
limitation under subparagraph (a) with respect to a pur-
chase. 
(2) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 
after issuing a waiver under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees notice of the waiver. Any such notice shall include 
each of the following: 
(A) The rationale of the Secretary for issuing 
the waiver 
(B) A certification that the waiver is in the na-
tional security interest of the United States. 
(C) The expected cost of the purchase for 
which the waiver is issued. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section— 
(1) The term ‘‘drop-in fuel’’ means a neat or blend-
ed liquid hydrocarbon fuel designed as a direct replace-
ment for a traditional fuel with comparable performance 
characteristics and compatible with existing infrastruc-
ture and equipment
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(2) The term ‘‘traditional fuel’’ means a liquid hy-
drocarbon fuel derived or refined from petroleum. 
(3) The term ‘‘operational purposes’’ means for the 
purposes of conducting military operations, including 
training, exercises, large scale demonstrations, and mov-
ing and sustaining military forces and military plat-
forms. Such term does not include research, develop-
ment, testing, evaluation, fuel certification, or other 
demonstrations. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 321. STRATEGIC POLICY FOR PREPOSITIONED MATERIEL 
AND EQUIPMENT. 
(a) MODIFICATIONS
TO STRATEGIC POLICY.—Section 
2229(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(a) POLICY REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
maintain a strategic policy on the programs of the De-
partment of Defense for prepositioned materiel and 
equipment. Such policy shall take into account national 
security threats, strategic mobility, service requirements, 
and the requirements of the combatant commands, and 
shall address how the Department’s prepositioning pro-
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grams, both ground and afloat, align with national de-
fense strategies and departmental priorities. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The strategic policy required 
under paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
‘‘(A) Overarching strategic guidance con-
cerning planning and resource priorities that link 
the Department of Defense’s current and future 
needs for prepositioned stocks, such as desired re-
sponsiveness, to evolving national defense objectives. 
‘‘(B) A description of the Department’s vision 
for prepositioning programs and the desired end 
state. 
‘‘(C) Specific interim goals demonstrating how 
the vision and end state will be achieved. 
‘‘(D) A description of the strategic environ-
ment, requirements for, and challenges associated 
with, prepositioning. 
‘‘(E) Metrics for how the Department will 
evaluate the extent to which prepositioned assets 
are achieving defense objectives. 
‘‘(F) A framework for joint departmental over-
sight that reviews and synchronizes the military 
services’ prepositioning strategies to minimize po-
tentially duplicative efforts and maximize effi-
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ciencies in prepositioned materiel and equipment 
across the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(3) JOINT OVERSIGHT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish joint oversight of the military services’ 
prepositioning efforts to maximize efficiencies across the 
Department of Defense.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a plan for implementation of the prepositioning 
strategic policy required under section 2229(a) of title 
10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The implementation plan required 
under paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
(A) Detailed guidance for how the Department 
of Defense will achieve the vision, end state, and 
goals outlined in the strategic policy. 
(B) A comprehensive list of the Department’s 
prepositioned materiel and equipment programs. 
(C) A detailed description of how the plan will 
be implemented. 
(D) A schedule with milestones for the imple-
mentation of the plan.
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(E) An assignment of roles and responsibilities 
for the implementation of the plan. 
(F) A description of the resources required to 
implement the plan. 
(G) A description of how the plan will be re-
viewed and assessed to monitor progress. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall review the implementation plan submitted under 
subsection (b) and the prepositioning strategic policy required 
under section 2229(a) of title 10, United States Code, as 
amended by subsection (a), and submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report describing the findings of such 
review and including any additional information relating to 
the propositioning strategic policy and plan that the Comp-
troller General determines appropriate. 
SEC. 322. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANUFACTURING ARSE-
NAL STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) REVIEW.— 
(1) MANUFACTURING
REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the military serv-
ices and Defense Agencies, shall review— 
(A) current and expected manufacturing re-
quirements across the military services and Defense
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Agencies to identify critical manufacturing com-
petencies and supplies, components, end items, 
parts, assemblies, and sub-assemblies for which 
there is no or limited domestic commercial source 
and which are appropriate for manufacturing within 
an arsenal owned by the United States in order to 
support critical manufacturing capabilities; 
(B) how the Department of Defense can more 
effectively use and manage public-private partner-
ships to preserve critical industrial capabilities at 
such arsenals for future national security require-
ments while providing to the Department of the 
Army a return on its investment; 
(C) the effectiveness of the strategy of the De-
partment of Defense to assign workload to each of 
the arsenals and the potential for alternative strate-
gies that could better identify workload for each ar-
senal; 
(D) the impact of the rate structure driven by 
the Department of the Army working-capital funds 
on public-private partnerships at each such arsenal; 
(E) the extent to which operations at each 
such arsenal can be streamlined, improved, or en-
hanced; and