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SEC. 898. COMPETITION FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICES CONTRACTS. 
The Department of Defense may not preclude a non-profit 
organization from competing for a contract for religious related 
services on a United States military installation. 
SEC. 899. PILOT PROGRAM REGARDING RISK-BASED CONTRACTING 
FOR SMALLER CONTRACT ACTIONS UNDER THE TRUTH 
IN NEGOTIATIONS ACT. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Defense 
may conduct a pilot program to demonstrate the efficacy of using 
risk-based techniques in requiring submission of data on a sampling 
basis for purposes of section 2306a of title 10, United States Code 
(popularly known as the ‘‘Truth in Negotiations Act’’). 
(b) INCREASE IN THRESHOLDS.—For purposes of a pilot program 
under subsection (a), $5,000,000 shall be the threshold applicable 
to requirements under paragraph (1) of section 2306a(a) of such 
title, as follows: 
(1) The requirement under subparagraph (A) of such para-
graph to submit cost or pricing data for a prime contract 
entered into during the pilot program period. 
(2) The requirement under subparagraph (B) of such para-
graph to submit cost or pricing data for the change or modifica-
tion to a prime contract made during the pilot program period. 
(3) The requirement under subparagraph (C) of such para-
graph to submit cost or pricing data for a subcontract entered 
into during the pilot program period. 
(4) The requirement under subparagraph (D) of such para-
graph to submit cost or pricing data for the change or modifica-
tion to a subcontract made during the pilot program period. 
(c) RISK-BASED CONTRACTING.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF COST OR PRICING 
DATA ON BELOW-THRESHOLD CONTRACTS.—Subject to paragraph 
(4), when certified cost or pricing data are not required to 
be submitted pursuant to subsection (b) for a contract or sub-
contract entered into or modified during the pilot program 
period, such data may nevertheless be required to be submitted 
by the head of the procuring activity, if the head of the pro-
curing activity— 
(A) determines that such data are necessary for the 
evaluation by the agency of the reasonableness of the price 
of the contract, subcontract, or modification of a contract 
or subcontract; or 
(B) requires the submission of such data in accordance 
with a risk-based contracting approach established pursu-
ant to paragraph (3). 
(2) WRITTEN DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—In any case in 
which the head of the procuring activity requires certified cost 
or pricing data to be submitted under paragraph (1)(A), the 
head of the procuring activity shall justify in writing the reason 
for such requirement. 
(3) RISK-BASED CONTRACTING.—The head of an agency shall 
establish a risk-based sampling approach under which the 
submission of certified cost or pricing data may be required 
for a risk-based sample of contracts, the price of which is 
expected to exceed $750,000 but not $5,000,000. The authority 
to require certified cost or pricing data under this paragraph 
shall not apply to any contract of an offeror that has not
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been awarded, for at least the one-year period preceding the 
issuance of a solicitation for the contract, any other contract 
in excess of $5,000,000 under which the offeror was required 
to submit certified cost or pricing data under section 2306a 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(4) EXCEPTION.—The head of the procuring activity may 
not require certified cost or pricing data to be submitted under 
this subsection for any contract or subcontract, or modification 
of a contract or subcontract, covered by the exceptions in 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 2306a(b)(1) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(5) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY PROHIBITED.—The head of 
a procuring activity may not delegate functions under this 
subsection. 
(d) REPORTS.—Not later than January 1, 2017, and January 
1, 2019, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on activities undertaken under this 
section. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) HEAD OF AN AGENCY.—The term ‘‘head of an agency’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 2302 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(2) PILOT
PROGRAM
PERIOD.—The term ‘‘pilot program 
period’’ means the period beginning on October 1, 2016, and 
ending on September 30, 2019. 
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT 
Sec. 901. Update of statutory specification of functions of the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff relating to joint force development activities. 
Sec. 902. Sense of Congress on the United States Marine Corps. 
SEC. 901. UPDATE OF STATUTORY SPECIFICATION OF FUNCTIONS OF 
THE 
CHAIRMAN 
OF 
THE 
JOINT 
CHIEFS 
OF 
STAFF 
RELATING TO JOINT FORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 
Section 153(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) Advising the Secretary on development of joint com-
mand, control, communications, and cyber capability, including 
integration and interoperability of such capability, through 
requirements, integrated architectures, data standards, and 
assessments.’’. 
SEC. 902. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE UNITED STATES MARINE 
CORPS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) As senior United States statesman Dr. Henry Kissinger 
wrote in testimony submitted to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate on January 29, 2015, ‘‘The United States 
has not faced a more diverse and complex array of crises 
since the end of the Second World War.’’. 
(2) The rise of non-state forces and near peer competitors 
has introduced destabilizing pressures around the globe. 
(3) Advances in information and weapons technology have 
reduced the time available for the United States to prepare
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for and respond to crises against both known and unknown 
threats. 
(4) The importance of the maritime domain cannot be over-
stated. As acknowledged in the March 2015 Navy, Marine 
Corps, and Coast Guard maritime strategy, ‘‘A Cooperative 
Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: Forward, Engaged, 
Ready’’: ‘‘Oceans are the lifeblood of the interconnected global 
community. . . 90 percent of trade by volume travels across 
the oceans. Approximately 70 percent of the world’s population 
lives within 100 miles of the coastline.’’. 
(5) The United States must be prepared to rapidly respond 
to crises around the world regardless of the nation’s fiscal 
health. 
(6) In this global security environment, it is critical that 
the nation possess a maritime force whose mission and ethos 
is readiness—a fight tonight force, forward deployed, that can 
respond immediately to emergent crises across the full range 
of military operations around the globe either from the sea 
or home station. 
(7) The need for such a force was recognized by the 82nd 
Congress during the Korean War, when it mandated a core 
mission for the nation’s leanest force—the Marine Corps—to 
be most ready when the nation is least ready. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Marine Corps, within the Department of the Navy, 
remain the Nation’s expeditionary, crisis response force; 
(2) the need for such a force with such a capability has 
never been greater; and 
(3) accordingly, in recognition of this need and the wisdom 
of the 82nd Congress, the 114th Congress reaffirms section 
5063 of title 10, United States Code, which states that the 
Marine Corps— 
(A) shall— 
(i) be organized to include not less than three 
combat divisions and three air wings, and such other 
land combat, aviation, and other services as may be 
organic therein; 
(ii) be organized, trained, and equipped to provide 
fleet marine forces of combined arms, together with 
supporting air components, for service with the fleet 
in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and 
for the conduct of such land operations as may be 
essential to the prosecution of a naval campaign; and 
(iii) provide detachments and organizations for 
service on armed vessels of the Navy, provide security 
detachments for the protection of naval property at 
naval stations and bases, and perform such other 
duties as the President may direct; 
but these additional duties may not detract from nor inter-
fere with the operations for which the Marine Corps is 
primarily organized; 
(B) shall develop, in coordination with the Army and 
the Air Force, those phases of amphibious operations that 
pertain to the tactics, techniques, and equipment used by 
landing forces; and 
(C) is responsible, in accordance with the integrated 
joint mobilization plans, for the expansion of peacetime
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components of the Marine Corps to meet the needs of 
war. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. Accounting standards to value certain property, plant, and equipment 
items. 
Sec. 1003. Report on auditable financial statements. 
Sec. 1004. Sense of Congress on sequestration. 
Sec. 1005. Annual audit of financial statements of Department of Defense compo-
nents by independent external auditors. 
Subtitle B—Counter-Drug Activities 
Sec. 1011. Extension of authority to support unified counterdrug and counterter-
rorism campaign in Colombia. 
Sec. 1012. Extension and expansion of authority to provide additional support for 
counter-drug activities of certain foreign governments. 
Sec. 1013. Sense of Congress on Central America. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1021. Additional information supporting long-range plans for construction of 
naval vessels. 
Sec. 1022. National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund. 
Sec. 1023. Extension of authority for reimbursement of expenses for certain Navy 
mess operations afloat. 
Sec. 1024. Availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of Ticonderoga class 
cruisers or dock landing ships. 
Sec. 1025. Limitation on the use of funds for removal of ballistic missile defense ca-
pabilities from Ticonderoga class cruisers. 
Sec. 1026. Independent assessment of United States Combat Logistic Force require-
ments. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
Sec. 1031. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United 
States. 
Sec. 1032. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the United 
States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1033. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release to certain countries 
of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1034. Reenactment and modification of certain prior requirements for certifi-
cations relating to transfer of detainees at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to foreign countries and other foreign entities. 
Sec. 1035. Comprehensive detention strategy. 
Sec. 1036. Prohibition on use of funds for realignment of forces at or closure of 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1037. Report on current detainees at United States Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba, determined or assessed to be high risk or medium 
risk. 
Sec. 1038. Reports to Congress on contact between terrorists and individuals for-
merly detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1039. Inclusion in reports to Congress of information about recidivism of indi-
viduals formerly detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1040. Report to Congress on terms of written agreements with foreign coun-
tries regarding transfer of detainees at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1041. Report on use of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
and other Department of Defense or Bureau of Prisons prisons or deten-
tion or disciplinary facilities in recruitment or other propaganda of ter-
rorist organizations. 
Sec. 1042. Permanent authority to provide rewards through government personnel 
of allied forces and certain other modifications to Department of Defense 
program to provide rewards.