and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 
testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 
connection therewith, $210,900,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2019. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
NATIONAL DEFENSE RESTORATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, there is appropriated $1,000,000,000, for the ‘‘Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, National De-
fense Restoration Fund’’: Provided, That such funds pro-
vided under this heading shall only be available for pro-
grams, projects and activities necessary to implement the 
2018 National Defense Strategy: Provided further, That 
such funds shall not be available for transfer until 30 days 
after the Secretary has submitted, and the congressional 
defense committees have approved, the proposed allocation 
plan for the use of such funds to implement such strategy: 
Provided further, That such allocation plan shall include 
a detailed justification for the use of such funds and a 
description of how such investments are necessary to im-
plement the strategy: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense may transfer these funds only to research, de-
velopment, test and evaluation accounts: Provided further, 
That the funds transferred shall be merged with and shall 
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be available for the same purposes and for the same time 
period, as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading may be transferred to any program, project, 
or activity specifically limited or denied by this Act, except 
for missile defense requirements resulting from urgent or 
emergent operational needs: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority available to the De-
partment of Defense. 
TITLE V 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For 
the 
Defense 
Working 
Capital 
Funds, 
$1,586,596,000. 
TITLE VI 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 
and health care programs of the Department of Defense 
as authorized by law, $33,931,566,000 (increased by 
$7,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000); of which 
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$31,735,923,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which not to exceed one percent shall remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2019, and of which up to 
$15,349,700,000 may be available for contracts entered 
into 
under 
the 
TRICARE 
program; 
of 
which 
$895,328,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, shall be for procurement; and of which 
$1,300,315,000 (increased by $7,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, shall be for research, development, test 
and evaluation: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of the amount made available under this 
heading for research, development, test and evaluation, 
not less than $8,000,000 shall be available for HIV pre-
vention educational activities undertaken in connection 
with United States military training, exercises, and hu-
manitarian assistance activities conducted primarily in Af-
rican nations: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading for research, development, test and 
evaluation, not less than $627,100,000 shall be made 
available to the United States Army Medical Research and 
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Materiel Command to carry out the congressionally di-
rected medical research programs. 
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 
DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 
chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au-
thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the de-
struction of other chemical warfare materials that are not 
in the chemical weapon stockpile, $961,732,000, of which 
$104,237,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which no less than $49,401,000 shall be for the Chemical 
Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of 
$21,045,000 for activities on military installations and 
$28,356,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, to assist State and local governments; $18,081,000 
shall be for procurement, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, of which $18,081,000 shall be for the 
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to 
assist State and local governments; and $839,414,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019, shall be for 
research, development, test and evaluation, of which 
$750,700,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical 
Weapons Alternatives program. 
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DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 
DEFENSE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 
the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 
available to the Department of Defense for military per-
sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi-
sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper-
ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 
development, test and evaluation, $854,814,000, of which 
$532,648,000 shall be for counter-narcotics support; 
$120,813,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction pro-
gram; and $201,353,000 shall be for the National Guard 
counter-drug program: Provided, That the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for obligation 
for the same time period and for the same purpose as the 
appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 
purposes provided herein, such amounts may be trans-
ferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That 
the transfer authority provided under this heading is in 
addition to any other transfer authority contained else-
where in this Act. 
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses and activities of the Office of the In-
spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, $336,887,000, 
of which $334,087,000 shall be for operation and mainte-
nance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for 
emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on 
the approval or authority of the Inspector General, and 
payments may be made on the Inspector General’s certifi-
cate of necessity for confidential military purposes; and 
of which $2,800,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019, shall be for research, development, test and eval-
uation. 
TITLE VII 
RELATED AGENCIES 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND 
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re-
tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain the 
proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System, $514,000,000. 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu-
nity Management Account, $522,100,000. 
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TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions 
of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em-
ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 
shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: 
Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess 
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is 
computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percent-
age increase provided by the appropriate host nation to 
its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further, 
That this section shall not apply to Department of De-
fense foreign service national employees serving at United 
States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Depart-
ment of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations of this provision shall 
not apply to foreign national employees of the Department 
of Defense in the Republic of Turkey. 
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SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appro-
priations in this Act which are limited for obligation dur-
ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the 
last 2 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this sec-
tion shall not apply to obligations for support of active 
duty training of reserve components or summer camp 
training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, transfer not to exceed $4,500,000,000 
of working capital funds of the Department of Defense 
or funds made available in this Act to the Department 
of Defense for military functions (except military con-
struction) between such appropriations or funds or any 
subdivision thereof, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as 
the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided, 
That such authority to transfer may not be used unless 
for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re-
quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
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and in no case where the item for which funds are re-
quested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress 
promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority 
or any other authority in this Act: Provided further, That 
no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to pre-
pare or present a request to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher pri-
ority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, 
than those for which originally appropriated and in no 
case where the item for which reprogramming is requested 
has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That 
a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using au-
thority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 
30, 2017: Provided further, That transfers among military 
personnel appropriations shall not be taken into account 
for purposes of the limitation on the amount of funds that 
may be transferred under this section. 
SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro-
grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts 
and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to 
such programs, projects, and activities) contained in the 
tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 
the explanatory statement regarding this Act, the obliga-
tion and expenditure of amounts appropriated or other-
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wise made available in this Act for those programs, 
projects, and activities for which the amounts appro-
priated exceed the amounts requested are hereby required 
by law to be carried out in the manner provided by such 
tables to the same extent as if the tables were included 
in the text of this Act. 
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivi-
sions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this 
Act: Provided, That section 8005 shall apply when trans-
fers of the amounts described in subsection (a) occur be-
tween appropriation accounts. 
SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit 
a report to the congressional defense committees to estab-
lish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 
transfer authorities for fiscal year 2018: Provided, That 
the report shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by budget activity and program, 
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project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Ap-
pendix; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 
reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 
subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 
committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 
writing to the congressional defense committees that such 
reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 
requirement: Provided, That this subsection shall not 
apply to transfers from the following appropriations ac-
counts: 
(1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’. 
(2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’. 
(3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’. 
(4) 
‘‘Environmental 
Restoration, 
Defense- 
Wide’’. 
(5) 
‘‘Environmental 
Restoration, 
Formerly 
Used Defense Sites’’. 
(6) ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Ac-
tivities, Defense’’. 
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal-
ances in working capital funds of the Department of De-
fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, 
United States Code, may be maintained in only such 
amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse-
ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans-
fers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 
That transfers may be made between working capital 
funds and the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ 
appropriation and the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ ap-
propriation accounts in such amounts as may be deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 
the Office of Management and Budget, except that such 
transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense 
has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer: Pro-
vided further, That except in amounts equal to the 
amounts appropriated to working capital funds in this Act, 
no obligations may be made against a working capital fund 
to procure or increase the value of war reserve material 
inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the 
Congress prior to any such obligation. 
SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 
be used to initiate a special access program without prior 
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notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres-
sional defense committees. 
SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that 
employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 
$20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that in-
cludes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of 
$20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement 
leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic 
order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in 
any one year, unless the congressional defense committees 
have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the pro-
posed contract award: Provided, That no part of any ap-
propriation contained in this Act shall be available to ini-
tiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order 
quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to 
the limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further, 
That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement con-
tracts for any systems or component thereof if the value 
of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 un-
less specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, 
That no multiyear procurement contract can be termi-
nated without 30-day prior notification to the congres-
sional defense committees: Provided further, That the exe-
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cution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 
present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 
to an annual procurement: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided in this Act may be used for a multiyear 
contract executed after the date of the enactment of this 
Act unless in the case of any such contract— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 
Congress a budget request for full funding of units 
to be procured through the contract and, in the case 
of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that in-
cludes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through 
the contract for which procurement funds are re-
quested in that budget request for production be-
yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal 
year covered by the budget, full funding of procure-
ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 
not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 
costs of the contractor associated with the produc-
tion of unfunded units to be delivered under the con-
tract; 
(3) the contract provides that payments to the 
contractor under the contract shall not be made in 
advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 
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(4) the contract does not provide for a price ad-
justment based on a failure to award a follow-on 
contract. 
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used, 
subject to section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, 
for multiyear procurement contracts as follows: V–22 Os-
prey aircraft variants; up to 13 SSN Virginia Class Sub-
marines and Government-furnished equipment; and 
DDG–51 Arleigh Burke class Flight III guided missile de-
stroyers, the MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems, and as-
sociated Government-furnished systems and subsystems. 
SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the op-
eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are 
hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 
United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 
costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. 
Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and 
civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations 
and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chap-
ter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga-
tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 
title 10, United States Code: Provided, That funds avail-
able for operation and maintenance shall be available for 
providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using 
Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific 
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Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, pursu-
ant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by 
Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination by the Secretary of the Army that such action 
is beneficial for graduate medical education programs con-
ducted at Army medical facilities located in Hawaii, the 
Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of med-
ical services at such facilities and transportation to such 
facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients 
from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated 
States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. 
SEC. 8012. (a) During the current fiscal year, the 
civilian personnel of the Department of Defense may not 
be managed on the basis of any end-strength, and the 
management of such personnel during that fiscal year 
shall not be subject to any constraint or limitation (known 
as an end-strength) on the number of such personnel who 
may be employed on the last day of such fiscal year. 
(b) The fiscal year 2019 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material 
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2019 
Department of Defense budget request shall be prepared 
and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and 
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(b) of this provision were effective with regard to fiscal 
year 2019. 
(c) As required by section 1107 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 
113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) civilian personnel at the 
Department of Army Science and Technology Reinvention 
Laboratories may not be managed on the basis of the 
Table of Distribution and Allowances, and the manage-
ment of the workforce strength shall be done in a manner 
consistent with the budget available with respect to such 
Laboratories. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply 
to military (civilian) technicians. 
SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in-
fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro-
priation matters pending before the Congress. 
SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be available for the basic pay and allowances of 
any member of the Army participating as a full-time stu-
dent and receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs from the Department of Defense Education 
Benefits Fund when time spent as a full-time student is 
credited toward completion of a service commitment: Pro-
vided, That this section shall not apply to those members 
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who have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 
1987: Provided further, That this section applies only to 
active components of the Army. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act 
for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote´ge´ Pro-
gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con-
tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing 
a Mentor-Prote´ge´
Program developmental assistance 
agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 
101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the 
authority of this provision or any other transfer authority 
contained in this Act. 
SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be 
available for the purchase by the Department of Defense 
(and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard 
anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under 
unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured 
in the United States from components which are substan-
tially manufactured in the United States: Provided, That 
for the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘manufactured’’ 
shall include cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing 
of chain and welding (including the forging and shot blast-
ing process): Provided further, That for the purpose of this 
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section substantially all of the components of anchor and 
mooring chain shall be considered to be produced or manu-
factured in the United States if the aggregate cost of the 
components produced or manufactured in the United 
States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components pro-
duced or manufactured outside the United States: Pro-
vided further, That when adequate domestic supplies are 
not available to meet Department of Defense requirements 
on a timely basis, the Secretary of the service responsible 
for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case- 
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 
on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be made 
in order to acquire capability for national security pur-
poses. 
SEC. 8017. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis-
pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 
.22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or 
to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am-
munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 
from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 
arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 
by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 
or unsafe for further use. 
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SEC. 8018. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap-
propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur-
ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga-
nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 
Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re-
striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the congressional defense committees that such a relo-
cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 
SEC. 8019. Of the funds made available in this Act, 
$20,000,000 shall be available for incentive payments au-
thorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 
1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 
or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 
award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec-
tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi-
ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 
defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States 
Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes 
of being allowed additional compensation under section 
504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 
1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 
is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds 
appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De-
partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro-
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vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 
41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 
to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 
services, including any contract and any subcontract at 
any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 
manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor 
or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United 
States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by 
an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) 
of title 25, United States Code. 
SEC. 8020. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national 
or international political or psychological activities. 
SEC. 8021. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 
not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec-
tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa-
tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 
of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, upon re-
ceipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait 
shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which in-
curred such obligations. 
SEC. 8022. (a) Of the funds made available in this 
Act, not less than $43,100,000 shall be available for the 
Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 
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(1) $30,800,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 
Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 
readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 
reduction activities involving youth programs; 
(2) $10,600,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air-
craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 
(3) $1,700,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 
Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim-
bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 
counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 
local government agencies. 
SEC. 8023. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act are available to establish a new Department of De-
fense (department) federally funded research and develop-
ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a 
separate entity administrated by an organization man-
aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor-
poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and 
other nonprofit entities. 
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, 
Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting 
Committee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, 
and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except 
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when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be com-
pensated for his or her services as a member of such enti-
ty, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in 
a fiscal year: Provided, That a member of any such entity 
referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed 
travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the Fed-
eral Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the per-
formance of membership duties. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds available to the department from any source 
during the current fiscal year may be used by a defense 
FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for 
construction of new buildings not located on a military in-
stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 
by Government grants, for absorption of contract over-
runs, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 
employee participation in community service and/or devel-
opment. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
the funds available to the department during fiscal year 
2018, not more than 6,000 staff years of technical effort 
(staff years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Pro-
vided, That, of the specific amount referred to previously 
in this subsection, not more than 1,180 staff years may 
be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: 
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