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‘‘(k) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Except as provided 
in subsection (b), nothing in this section or any other pro-
vision of law shall be construed to restrict or limit the au-
thority of the Comptroller General to audit, evaluate, or 
obtain access to the records of an element of the intel-
ligence community absent specific statutory language re-
stricting or limiting such audits, evaluations, or access to 
records.’’. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 931. REVISIONS TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE 
UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE 
HEALTH SCIENCES. 
Subsection (b) of section 2113a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) four persons, of which the chairmen and 
ranking members of the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and House of Representatives 
may each appoint one person, respectively;’’. 
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SEC. 932. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY FOR COMBATANT COM-
MANDER INITIATIVE FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 166a(e)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) not more than $10,000,000 may be used 
for research, development, test and evaluation activi-
ties.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall not apply with respect to funds appropriated 
for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2011. 
SEC. 933. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO TEMPORARY WAIVER OF REIMBURSE-
MENT OF COSTS OF ACTIVITIES FOR NON-
GOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL AT DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE REGIONAL CENTERS FOR 
SECURITY STUDIES. 
(a) EXTENSION OF WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) of sec-
tion 941(b) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110– 
417; 122 Stat. 4577; 10 U.S.C. 184 note) is amended by 
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striking ‘‘fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘fis-
cal years 2009 through 2012’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Paragraph (3) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking ‘‘in 2010 and 2011’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in each year through 2013’’. 
SEC. 934. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR QUADRENNIAL 
ROLES AND MISSIONS REVIEW IN 2011. 
(a) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES CONSIDERED.—As part 
of the quadrennial roles and missions review conducted in 
2011 pursuant to section 118b of title 10, United States 
Code, the Secretary of Defense shall give consideration to 
the following activities, giving particular attention to their 
role in counter-terrorism operations: 
(1) Information operations. 
(2) Strategic communications. 
(3) Detention and interrogation. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REPORT REQUIREMENT.—In the re-
port required by section 118b(d) of such title for such re-
view in 2011, the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) provide clear guidance on the nature and 
extent of which core competencies are associated 
with the activities listed in subsection (a); and 
(2) identify the elements of the Department of 
Defense that are responsible or should be responsible 
for providing such core competencies. 
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SEC. 935. CODIFICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICA-
TION REQUIREMENT BEFORE PERMANENT 
RELOCATION OF ANY UNITED STATES MILI-
TARY UNIT STATIONED OUTSIDE THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) CODIFICATION AND RELATED REPORT.—Chapter 
6 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after section 162 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 162a. Congressional notification before permanent 
relocation of military units stationed out-
side the United States 
‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall notify Congress at least 30 days before 
the permanent relocation of a unit stationed outside the 
United States. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS OF NOTIFICATION.—The notifica-
tion required by subsection (a) shall include a description 
of the following: 
‘‘(1) How relocation of the unit supports the 
United States national security strategy. 
‘‘(2) Whether the relocation of the unit will 
have an impact on any security commitments under-
taken by the United States pursuant to any inter-
national security treaty, including the North Atlantic 
Treaty, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Secu-
rity between the United States and Japan, and the 
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Security Treaty Between Australia, New Zealand, 
and the United States of America. 
‘‘(3) How relocation of the unit addresses the 
current security environment in the affected geo-
graphic combatant command’s area of responsibility, 
including United States participation in theater se-
curity cooperation activities and bilateral partner-
ship, exchanges, and training exercises. 
‘‘(4) How relocation of the unit impacts the sta-
tus of overseas base closure and realignment actions 
undertaken as part of a global defense posture re-
alignment strategy and the status of development 
and execution of comprehensive master plans for 
overseas military main operating bases, forward op-
erating sites, and cooperative security locations of 
the global defense posture of the United States. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply in 
the case of— 
‘‘(1) the relocation of a unit deployed to a com-
bat zone; or 
‘‘(2) the relocation of a unit as the result of clo-
sure of an overseas installation at the request of the 
government of the host nation in the manner pro-
vided in the agreement between the United States 
and the host nation regarding the installation. 
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‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMBAT ZONE.—The term ‘combat zone’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 
112(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(2) GEOGRAPHIC
COMBATANT
COMMAND.— 
The term ‘geographic combatant command’ means a 
combatant command with a geographic area of re-
sponsibility that does not include North America. 
‘‘(3) UNIT.—The term ‘unit’ has the meaning 
determined by the Secretary of Defense for purposes 
of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 162 the following new 
item: 
‘‘162a. Congressional notification before permanent relocation of military units 
stationed outside the United States.’’. 
(c) REPEAL
OF SUPERCEDED NOTIFICATION RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 1063 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 2469; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is repealed. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
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(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this division for fiscal year 
2011 between any such authorizations for that fiscal 
year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of au-
thorizations so transferred shall be merged with and 
be available for the same purposes as the authoriza-
tion to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), the total amount of authorizations that 
the Secretary may transfer under the authority of 
this section may not exceed $3,500,000,000. 
(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
TRANSFERS
BETWEEN 
MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS.—A trans-
fer of funds between military personnel authoriza-
tions under title IV shall not be counted toward the 
dollar limitation in paragraph (2). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by this 
section to transfer authorizations— 
(1) may only be used to provide authority for 
items that have a higher priority than the items 
from which authority is transferred; and 
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(2) may not be used to provide authority for an 
item that has been denied authorization by Con-
gress. 
(c) EFFECT
ON
AUTHORIZATION
AMOUNTS.—A 
transfer made from one account to another under the au-
thority of this section shall be deemed to increase the 
amount authorized for the account to which the amount 
is transferred by an amount equal to the amount trans-
ferred. 
(d) NOTICE
TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 1002. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, 
IRAQ, AND HAITI FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010. 
In addition to the amounts otherwise authorized to 
be appropriated by this division, the amounts authorized 
to be appropriated for fiscal year 2010 in title XV of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84) are hereby increased, with respect 
to any such authorized amount, as follows: 
(1) The amounts provided in sections 1502 
through 1507 of such Act for the following procure-
ment accounts are increased as follows: 
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(A) For aircraft procurement, Army, by 
$182,170,000. 
(B) For weapons and tracked combat vehi-
cles procurement, Army, by $3,000,000. 
(C) For ammunition procurement, Army, 
by $17,055,000. 
(D) For other procurement, Army, by 
$1,997,918,000. 
(E) For the Joint Improvised Explosive 
Device Defeat Fund, by $400,000,000. 
(F) For aircraft procurement, Navy, by 
$104,693,000. 
(G) For other procurement, Navy, by 
$15,000,000. 
(H) For procurement, Marine Corps, by 
$18,927,000. 
(I) For aircraft procurement, Air Force, by 
$209,766,000. 
(J) For ammunition procurement, Air 
Force, by $5,000,000. 
(K) For other procurement, Air Force, by 
$576,895,000. 
(L) For the Mine Resistant Ambush Pro-
tected Vehicle Fund, by $1,123,000,000. 
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(M) 
For 
defense-wide 
activities, 
by 
$189,276,000. 
(2) The amounts provided in section 1508 of 
such Act for research, development, test, and evalua-
tion are increased as follows: 
(A) For the Army, by $61,962,000. 
(B) For the Navy, by $5,360,000. 
(C) For the Air Force, by $187,651,000. 
(D) 
For 
defense-wide 
activities, 
by 
$22,138,000. 
(3) The amounts provided in sections 1509, 
1511, 1513, 1514, and 1515 of such Act for oper-
ation and maintenance are increased as follows: 
(A) For the Army, by $11,700,965,000. 
(B) For the Navy, by $2,428,702,000. 
(C) 
For 
the 
Marine 
Corps, 
by 
$1,090,873,000. 
(D) For the Air Force, by $3,845,047,000. 
(E) 
For 
defense-wide 
activities, 
by 
$1,188,421,000. 
(F) 
For 
the 
Army 
Reserve, 
by 
$67,399,000. 
(G) 
For 
the 
Navy 
Reserve, 
by 
$61,842,000. 
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(H) For the Marine Corps Reserve, by 
$674,000. 
(I) For the Air Force Reserve, by 
$95,819,000. 
(J) For the Army National Guard, by 
$171,834,000. 
(K) For the Air National Guard, by 
$161,281,000. 
(L) For the Defense Health Program, by 
$33,367,000. 
(M) 
For 
Drug 
Interdiction 
and 
Counterdrug 
Activities, 
Defense-wide, 
by 
$94,000,000. 
(N) For the Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund, by $2,604,000,000. 
(O) For the Iraq Security Forces Fund, by 
$1,000,000,000. 
(P) For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster 
and Civic Aid, by $255,000,000. 
(Q) For Overseas Contingency Operations 
Transfer Fund, by $350,000,000. 
(R) For Working Capital Funds, by 
$974,967,000. 
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(4) The amount provided in section 1512 of 
such Act for military personnel accounts is increased 
by $1,895,761,000. 
SEC. 1003. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives, as long as such statement has 
been submitted prior to the vote on passage of this Act. 
Subtitle B—Counter-Drug 
Activities 
SEC. 1011. UNIFIED COUNTER-DRUG AND COUNTERTER-
RORISM CAMPAIGN IN COLOMBIA. 
Section 1021 of the Ronald W. Reagan National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 
108–375; 118 Stat. 2042), as most recently amended by 
section 1011 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2441), is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2010’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2011’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2010’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
SEC. 1012. JOINT TASK FORCES SUPPORT TO LAW EN-
FORCEMENT 
AGENCIES 
CONDUCTING 
COUNTERTERRORISM ACTIVITIES. 
Section 1022(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 10 
U.S.C. 371 note), as most recently amended by section 
1012 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2441), is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
SEC. 1013. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON EXPENDITURES 
TO SUPPORT FOREIGN COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES. 
Section 1022(a) of the Floyd D. Spence National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted 
into law by Public Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A–255), 
as most recently amended by section 1013 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public 
Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2442), is further amended by 
striking ‘‘February 15, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘February 
15, 2011’’. 
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SEC. 1014. SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES OF 
CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(2) section 1033 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1881), as most re-
cently amended by section 1014(a) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 
111–84; 123 Stat. 2442), is further amended by striking 
‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
(b) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SUPPORT.—Subsection 
(e)(2) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
2009 and 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2010 and 
2011’’. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and 
Shipyards 
SEC. 1021. REQUIREMENTS FOR LONG-RANGE PLAN FOR 
CONSTRUCTION OF NAVAL VESSELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 231 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 231. Long-range plan for construction of naval ves-
sels 
‘‘(a) QUADRENNIAL NAVAL VESSEL CONSTRUCTION 
PLAN.—At the same time that the budget of the President 
is submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31 during each 
year in which the Secretary of Defense submits a quadren-
nial defense review, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
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to the congressional defense committees a long-range plan 
for the construction of combatant and support vessels for 
the Navy that supports the force structure recommenda-
tions of the quadrennial defense review. 
‘‘(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The plan under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) A detailed construction schedule of naval 
vessels for the 10-year period beginning on the date 
on which the plan is submitted, including a certifi-
cation by the Secretary that the budget for the fiscal 
year in which the plan is submitted and the budget 
for the future-years defense program submitted 
under section 221 of this title are sufficient for 
funding such schedule. 
‘‘(2) A probable construction schedule for the 
10-year period beginning on the date that is 10 
years after the date on which the plan is submitted. 
‘‘(3) A notional construction schedule for the 
10-year period beginning on the date that is 20 
years after the date on which the plan is submitted. 
‘‘(4) The estimated levels of annual funding 
necessary to carry out the construction schedules 
under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). 
‘‘(5) For the construction schedules under para-
graphs (1) and (2)— 
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‘‘(A) a determination by the Director of 
Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation of 
the level of funding necessary to execute such 
schedules; and 
‘‘(B) an evaluation by the Director of the 
potential risk associated with such schedules, 
including detailed effects on operational plans, 
missions, deployment schedules, and fulfillment 
of the requirements of the combatant com-
manders. 
‘‘(c) NAVAL COMPOSITION.—In submitting the plan 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that such 
plan— 
‘‘(1) is in accordance with section 5062(b) of 
this title; and 
‘‘(2) phases the construction of new aircraft 
carriers during the periods covered by such plan in 
a manner that minimizes the total cost for procure-
ment for such vessels. 
‘‘(d) ASSESSMENT
WHEN
BUDGET
IS
INSUFFI-
CIENT.—If the budget for a fiscal year provides for fund-
ing of the construction of naval vessels at a level that is 
less than the level determined necessary by the Director 
of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation under sub-
section (b)(5), the Secretary of the Navy shall include with 
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the defense budget materials for that fiscal year an assess-
ment that describes and discusses the risks associated 
with the budget, including the risk associated with a re-
duced force structure that may result from funding naval 
vessel construction at such a level. 
‘‘(e) CBO EVALUATION.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date on which the congressional defense commit-
tees receive the plan under subsection (a), the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office shall submit to such 
committees a report assessing the sufficiency of the con-
struction schedules and the estimated levels of annual 
funding included in such plan with respect to the budget 
submitted during the year in which the plan is submitted 
and the future-years defense program submitted under 
section 221 of this title. 
‘‘(f) CHANGES TO THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN.—In 
any year in which a quadrennial defense review is not sub-
mitted, the Secretary of the Navy may not modify the con-
struction schedules submitted in the plan under subsection 
(a) unless— 
‘‘(1) the modification is an increase in planned 
ship construction; 
‘‘(2) the modification is a realignment of less 
than 1 year of construction start dates in the future- 
years defense plan submitted under section 221 of 
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‘‘(B) a description of the additional reviews 
and analyses considered by the Secretary after 
the previous quadrennial defense review was 
submitted that justify the decrease. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘budget’, with respect to a fiscal 
year, means the budget for that fiscal year that is 
submitted to Congress by the President under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘defense budget materials’, with 
respect to a fiscal year, means the materials sub-
mitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in 
support of the budget for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘quadrennial defense review’ 
means the review of the defense programs and poli-
cies of the United States that is carried out every 
4 years under section 118 of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 9 of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 231 and inserting the 
following new item: 
‘‘231. Long-range plan for construction of naval vessels.’’. 
SEC. 1022. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DECOMMISSIONING 
OF NAVAL VESSELS. 
(a) NOTICE OF DECOMMISSIONING.—The Secretary 
of the Navy may not decommission any battle force vessel 
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of the active fleet of the Navy unless the Secretary pro-
vides to the congressional defense committees written noti-
fication of such decommissioning in accordance with estab-
lished procedures. 
(b) CONTENT OF NOTIFICATION.—Any notification 
provided under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The reasons for the proposed decommis-
sioning of the vessel. 
(2) An analysis of the effect the decommis-
sioning would be likely to have on the deployment 
schedules of other vessels in the same class as the 
vessel proposed to be decommissioned. 
(3) A certification from the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff that the decommissioning of 
the vessel will not adversely affect the requirements 
of the combatant commanders to fulfill missions crit-
ical to national security. 
(4) Any budgetary implications associated with 
retaining the vessel in commission, expressed for 
each applicable appropriation account. 
SEC. 1023. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SIZE OF THE NAVY 
BATTLE FORCE FLEET. 
(a) LIMITATION ON DECOMMISSIONING.—Until the 
number of vessels in the battle force fleet of the Navy 
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reaches 313 vessels, the Secretary of the Navy shall not 
decommission, in fiscal year 2011 or any subsequent fiscal 
year, more than two-thirds of the number of vessels slated 
for commissioning into the battle force fleet for that fiscal 
year. 
(b) TREATMENT OF SUBMARINES.—For purposes of 
subsection (a), submarines of the battle force fleet slated 
for decommissioning for any fiscal year shall not count 
against the number of vessels the Secretary of the Navy 
is required to maintain for that fiscal year. 
SEC. 1024. RETENTION AND STATUS OF CERTAIN NAVAL 
VESSELS. 
The Secretary of the Navy shall retain the vessels the 
U.S.S. Nassau (LHA 4) and the U.S.S. Peleliu (LHA 5), 
in a commissioned and operational status, until the deliv-
ery to the Navy of the vessels the U.S.S. America (LHA 
6) and the vessel designated as LHA 7, respectively. 
SEC. 1025. EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARD-
ING THE NAMING OF A NAVAL COMBAT VES-
SEL AFTER FATHER VINCENT CAPODANNO. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Father Vincent Capodanno was born on 
February 13, 1929, in Staten Island, New York. 
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(2) After attending Fordham University for a 
year, he entered the Maryknoll Missionary Seminary 
in upstate New York in 1949, and was ordained a 
Catholic priest in June 1957. 
(3) Father Capodanno’s first assignment as a 
missionary was working with aboriginal Taiwanese 
people in the mountains of Taiwan where he served 
in a parish and later in a school. After several years, 
Father Capodanno returned to the United States for 
leave and then was assigned to a Maryknoll school 
in Hong Kong. 
(4) Father Vincent Capodanno volunteered as a 
Navy Chaplain and was commissioned a Lieutenant 
in the Chaplain Corps of the United States Naval 
Reserve in December 28, 1965. 
(5) Father Vincent Capodanno selflessly ex-
tended his combat tour in Vietnam on the condition 
he was allowed to remain with the infantry. 
(6) On September 4, 1967, during a fierce bat-
tle in the Thang Binh District of the Que-Son Valley 
in Vietnam, Father Capodanno went among the 
wounded and dying, giving last rites and caring for 
the injured. He was killed that day while taking care 
of his Marines. 
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(7) On January 7, 1969, Father Vincent 
Capodanno was awarded the Medal of Honor post-
humously for comforting the wounded and dying 
during the Vietnam conflict. For his dedicated serv-
ice, Father Capodanno was also awarded the Bronze 
Star, the Purple Heart, the Presidential Unit Cita-
tion, the National Defense Service Medal, the Viet-
nam Service Medal, the Vietnam Gallantry Cross 
with Palm, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. 
(8) In his memory, the U.S.S. Capodanno was 
commissioned on September 17, 1973. It is the only 
Naval vessel to date to have received a Papal bless-
ing by Pope John Paul II in Naples, Italy, on Sep-
tember 4, 1981. 
(9) The U.S.S. Capodanno was decommissioned 
on July 30, 1993. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of the Navy should name a com-
bat vessel of the United States Navy the ‘‘U.S.S. Father 
Vincent Capodanno’’, in honor of Father Vincent 
Capodanno, a lieutenant in the Navy Chaplain Corps. 
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