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(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—Each Secretary shall en-
sure that the military installation selected under this 
section— 
(A) contains military unaccompanied hous-
ing in which the items described in subsection 
(a) may be used; and 
(B) is engaged in efforts to modernize mili-
tary housing. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, 
the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall each provide to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate a brief-
ing on the pilot program established under this section, in-
cluding a description of the items described in subsection 
(a) used under such program. The briefing shall include— 
(1) a description of any cost savings identified 
from use of such items relating to— 
(A) extending the life and habitability of 
military housing; and 
(B) reducing maintenance frequency; and 
(2) with respect to cost savings identified in 
paragraph (1), a plan to expand the use of the cov-
ered sensors in new military housing. 
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(d) DEVICES.—An air purification device or covered 
sensor provided under this section shall use technology prov-
en to reduce indoor air risks and yield measurable environ-
mental and public health outcomes. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered sensor’’ means a commer-
cially available product manufactured in the United 
States that detects the conditions for potential mold 
growth before mold is present. 
(2) The term ‘‘military housing’’ includes 
privatized military housing (as defined in section 
3001(a) of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (division B of Public Law 
116–92; 133 Stat. 1916; 10 U.S.C. 2821 note)). 
SEC. 2853. QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS ON MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION 
RELATED 
TO 
THE 
SENTINEL 
INTERCONTINENTAL 
BALLISTIC 
MISSILE 
WEAPON SYSTEM PROGRAM. 
(a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 
days thereafter until the date that is five years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing 
on contracts for covered construction projects relating to the 
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Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system 
program. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—These briefings shall include at a 
minimum the following information: 
(1) An update on timelines and costs for covered 
construction projects, including details on land acqui-
sitions for such projects. 
(2) With respect to any contract or subcontract 
(at any tier) for a covered construction project that 
is not a fixed-price contract, a description of the loca-
tion of performance for such contract or subcontract. 
(3) With respect to any contract or subcontract 
(at any tier) for a covered construction project that 
is a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, a description of 
the following for performance of the contract or sub-
contract: 
(A) The target cost. 
(B) The target incentive fee. 
(C) The minimum and maximum incentive 
fee amounts. 
(D) A description of the incentive fee ad-
justment formula (including allowable costs). 
(E) A description of the incentive fee struc-
ture. 
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(F) An analysis of any change to the ele-
ments in subparagraphs (A) through (E) since 
the previous quarter. 
(4) A summary of Government actions to miti-
gate cost growth of covered construction projects. 
(5) A review of conditions observed at the site for 
performance of the covered construction project con-
tract during the previous quarter and how those con-
ditions may impact the cost of such contract and sub-
sequent contracts for covered construction projects at 
such site. 
(6) The most recent construction schedule, in-
cluding any anticipated delays and mitigation meas-
ures for each such delay, requests for equitable adjust-
ment, and any changes to the schedule since the pre-
vious quarter. 
(7) Updated estimated cost to complete the cov-
ered construction project. 
(c) COVERED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘covered construction project’’ means 
a below-ground military construction project or other infra-
structure project in connection with the development and 
fielding of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile 
weapon system program. 
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SEC. 2854. PLAN FOR USE OF EXCESS BORDER WALL CON-
STRUCTION MATERIALS. 
(a) PLAN.—Not later than 270 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to Congress a plan to use, transfer, or donate to States 
on the southern border of the United States all existing ex-
cess border wall construction materials, including bollards. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A list of contracts in the process of perform-
ance to store excess border wall construction mate-
rials, identified by location and cost to date. 
(2) A detailed proposal for the disposition of 
such excess border wall construction materials, in-
cluding a timeline for disposition and the authorities 
under which such disposition shall occur. 
SEC. 2871. JOINT HOUSING REQUIREMENTS AND MARKET 
ANALYSIS FOR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN 
HAWAII. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local stake-
holders (to the maximum extent practicable) shall conduct 
a joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis for 
each military installation in Hawaii. 
(b) DEADLINE.— Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
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the congressional defense committees a report on each joint 
Housing Requirements and Market Analysis conducted 
under subsection (a) that includes— 
(1) an analysis of the extent to which military 
installations in Hawaii have affected the availability 
of housing in communities in proximity to such mili-
tary installations; 
(2) the number of members of the Armed Forces 
and their dependents residing in privately-owned 
housing located outside of such military installations; 
(3) a cost-benefit analysis of implementing a re-
quirement for each member of the Armed Forces as-
signed to a duty station in Hawaii to reside in hous-
ing located on the military installation to which such 
member is assigned; 
(4) an assessment of strategies to reduce the effect 
of members of the Armed Forces and dependents of 
such members on the availability of rental housing in 
such communities, including strategies to provide 
such members and dependents with alternative hous-
ing options; 
(5) the optimal stock and occupancy rate of mili-
tary housing units in Hawaii, as determined by the 
Secretary; 
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(6) an estimate of the cost to the United States 
to maintain such optimal stock and occupancy rate; 
(7) an assessment of the feasibility of expanding 
housing located on military installations in Hawaii 
to create housing intended to be occupied by civilian 
employees and contractors of the Department of De-
fense; 
(8) an identification of limitations and chal-
lenges, if any, to data collection and analysis in car-
rying out such joint Housing Requirements and Mar-
ket Analysis; 
(9) strategies to— 
(A) address such limitations and challenges; 
and 
(B) standardize methods of data collection 
and analysis for conducting a Housing Require-
ments and Market Analysis under section 2837 
of title 10, United States Code; 
(10) an assessment of the feasibility and value of 
the Secretary conducting a joint Housing Require-
ments and Market Analysis for each military instal-
lation in Hawaii every two years; and 
(11) other relevant information, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
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(c) HOUSING REQUIREMENTS
AND MARKET ANAL-
YSIS.—In this section, the term ‘‘Housing Requirements 
and Market Analysis’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2837 of title 10, United States Code. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 2861. EXPANSION OF CERTAIN EXEMPTION RELATING 
TO FUNDING REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN 
DEFENSE 
COMMUNITY 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROJECTS. 
Section 2391(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or an insular 
area’’ after ‘‘a rural area’’. 
SEC. 2862. DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF MARINE 
CORPS HERITAGE CENTER AND NATIONAL 
MUSEUM OF THE MARINE CORPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 861 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8617 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 8618. Marine Corps Heritage Center and National 
Museum of the Marine Corps at Marine 
Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia 
‘‘(a) JOINT VENTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND CON-
TINUED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.—The Secretary of 
the Navy may enter into a joint venture with the Marine 
Corps Heritage Foundation (in this section referred to as 
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the ‘Foundation’), a not-for-profit entity, for the design, 
construction, and maintenance and operation of a multi-
purpose facility to be used for historical displays for public 
viewing, curation, and storage of artifacts, research facili-
ties, classrooms, offices, and associated activities consistent 
with the mission of the Marine Corps University. The facil-
ity shall be known as the Marine Corps Heritage Center 
and the National Museum of the Marine Corps. 
‘‘(b) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.—For each phase of 
development of the facility described in subsection (a), the 
Secretary may— 
‘‘(1) permit the Foundation to contract for the 
design, construction, or both of such phase of develop-
ment; or 
‘‘(2) accept funds from the Foundation for the 
design, construction, or both of such phase of develop-
ment. 
‘‘(c) ACCEPTANCE AUTHORITY.—Upon completion of 
construction of any phase of development of the facility de-
scribed in subsection (a) by the Foundation to the satisfac-
tion of the Secretary, and the satisfaction of any financial 
obligations incident thereto by the Foundation, the facility 
shall become the real property of the Department of the 
Navy with all right, title, and interest in and to facility 
being in the United States. 
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‘‘(d) MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND SUPPORT.—(1) 
The Secretary may, for the purpose of maintenance and op-
eration of the Marine Corps Heritage Center and the Na-
tional Museum of the Marine Corps— 
‘‘(A) enter into contracts or cooperative agree-
ments, on a sole-source basis, with the Foundation for 
the procurement of property or services for the direct 
benefit or use of the Marine Corps Heritage Center 
and the National Museum of the Marine Corps; and 
‘‘(B) notwithstanding the requirements of sub-
section (h) of section 2667 of this title and under such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate for the joint venture authorized by sub-
section (a), lease in accordance with such section 2667 
portions of the facility developed under subsection (a) 
to the Foundation for use in generating revenue for 
activities of the facility and for such administrative 
purposes as may be necessary for support of the facil-
ity. 
‘‘(2) In making a determination of fair market value 
under section 2667(b)(4) of this title for payment of consid-
eration pursuant to a lease described in paragraph (1)(B), 
the Secretary may consider the entirety of the educational 
efforts of the Foundation, support to the Marine Corps Her-
itage Center history division by the Foundation, or the 
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funding of museum programs and exhibits by the Founda-
tion, or other support related to the Marine Corps Heritage 
Center and the National Museum of the Marine Corps, in 
addition to the types of in-kind consideration provided 
under section 2667(c) of this title. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may authorize the Foundation to 
use real or personal property within the Marine Corps Her-
itage Center and National Museum of the Marine Corps to 
conduct additional revenue-generating activities, as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate considering the work of the 
Foundation and needs of the Marine Corps Heritage Center 
and National Museum of the Marine Corps. The Secretary 
shall only authorize the use of such property for a revenue- 
generating activity if the Secretary determines the activity 
will not interfere with military activities and personnel or 
the activities of the Marine Corps Heritage Center and Na-
tional Museum of the Marine Corps. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall retain lease payments re-
ceived under this section, other than in-kind consideration 
authorized under paragraph (2) or under section 2667(c) 
of this title, solely for use in support of the Marine Corps 
Heritage Center and the National Museum of the Marine 
Corps, and funds received as lease payments shall remain 
available until expended. 
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‘‘(e) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of the Navy may accept, hold, administer, and spend 
any gift, devise, or bequest of real property, personal prop-
erty, or money made on the condition that the gift, devise, 
or bequest be used for the benefit, or in connection with, 
the establishment, operation, or maintenance, of the Marine 
Corps Heritage Center or the National Museum of the Ma-
rine Corps. Section 2601 (other than subsections (b), (c), 
and (e)) of this title shall apply to gifts accepted under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may display at the Marine Corps 
Heritage Center or the National Museum of the Marine 
Corps recognition for an individual or organization that 
contributes money to a partner organization, or an indi-
vidual or organization that contributes a gift directly to 
the Navy, for the benefit of the Marine Corps Heritage Cen-
ter or the National Museum of the Marine Corps, whether 
or not the contribution is subject to the condition that the 
recognition be provided. The Secretary shall prescribe regu-
lations governing the circumstances under which contrib-
utor recognition may be provided, appropriate forms of rec-
ognition, and suitable display standards. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may authorize the sale of donated 
property received under paragraph (1). A sale under this 
paragraph need not be conducted in accordance with dis-
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posal requirements that would otherwise apply, so long as 
the sale is conducted at arms-length and includes an 
auditable transaction record. 
‘‘(4) Any money received under paragraph (1) and 
any proceeds from the sale of property under paragraph 
(3) shall be deposited into a fund established in the Treas-
ury to support the Marine Corps Heritage Center and the 
National Museum of the Marine Corps. 
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
in connection with the joint venture authorized by sub-
section (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 2884 of the Floyd 
D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2001 (Public Law 106–398) is repealed. 
SEC. 2863. PROHIBITION ON JOINT USE OF HOMESTEAD AIR 
RESERVE BASE WITH CIVIL AVIATION. 
Section 2874 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 
263; 136 Stat. 3014) is amended by striking ‘‘On or before 
September 30, 2026, the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’. 
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SEC. 2864. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR 
FORCE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The National Museum of the 
Mighty Eighth Air Force located at 175 Bourne Avenue, 
Pooler, Georgia (or any successor location), is designated 
as the official National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air 
Force of the United States (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘National Museum’’). 
(b) RELATION TO NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.—The Na-
tional Museum shall not be included as a unit of the Na-
tional Park System. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not 
be construed to appropriate, or authorize the appropriation 
of, Federal funds for any purpose related to the National 
Museum. 
SEC. 2865. RECOGNITION OF MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GAR-
DEN, AND K9 MEMORIAL OF THE NATIONAL 
NAVY UDT-SEAL MUSEUM IN FORT PIERCE, 
FLORIDA, AS A NATIONAL MEMORIAL, MEMO-
RIAL GARDEN, AND K9 MEMORIAL, RESPEC-
TIVELY, OF NAVY SEALS AND THEIR PREDE-
CESSORS. 
The Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial 
of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, located at 3300 
North Highway A1A, North Hutchinson Island, in Fort 
Pierce, Florida, are recognized as a national memorial, me-
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morial garden, and K9 memorial, respectively, of Navy 
SEALs and their predecessors. 
SEC. 2866. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 
FUNDS RELATING TO THE LOCATION OF THE 
HEADQUARTERS FOR UNITED STATES SPACE 
COMMAND. 
(a) LIMITATION
ON AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS
FOR 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.—None of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 
available for fiscal year 2024 for the Air Force may be obli-
gated or expended for a military construction project (as 
described in section 2801(b) of title 10, United States Code) 
for the construction or modification of facilities for tem-
porary or permanent use by United States Space Command 
for headquarters operations until the report required under 
subsection (c) is submitted. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS
FOR 
TRAVEL EXPENDITURES.—Of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2024 to the Office of the Secretary of the Air 
Force for travel expenditures, not more than 50 percent 
may be obligated or expended until the report required 
under subsection (c) is submitted. 
(c) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
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justification for the selection of a permanent location for 
headquarters of the United States Space Command. 
SEC. 2867. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CLOSURE OF 
COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTERS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2024 for the Air Force may be obligated or ex-
pended to close, or prepare to close, any combat readiness 
training center. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 
waive the limitation under subsection (a) with respect to 
a combat readiness training center if the Secretary submits 
to the congressional defense committees, not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A certification that— 
(A) the closure of the center would not be in 
violation of section 2687 of title 10, United 
States Code; and 
(B) the support capabilities provided by the 
center will not be diminished as a result of the 
closure of the center. 
(2) A report that includes— 
(A) a detailed business case analysis for the 
closure of the center; and 
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(B) an assessment of the effects the closure 
of the center would have on training units of the 
Armed Forces, including any active duty units 
that may use the center. 
SEC. 2868. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 
FUNDS UNTIL SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN RE-
PORT ON MILITARY HOUSING. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the De-
partment of Defense for travel by the Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, not 
more than 5 percent may be obligated or expended for such 
travel until the date on which the Secretary of Defense sub-
mits the report required under section 3041 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 
Law 116–92). 
SEC. 2869. GUIDANCE ON ENCROACHMENT THAT IMPACTS 
COVERED SITES. 
(a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary 
of a military department shall issue guidance to establish— 
(1) a process to identify encroachment with re-
spect to a covered site; 
(2) a method to mitigate such encroachment; and 
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(3) a procedure to certify that such encroachment 
does not directly result in a national security risk to 
the covered site. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the guidance re-
quired by this section, each Secretary of a military depart-
ment shall consider the following: 
(1) The process by which a commander or head 
of a covered site identifies and reports encroachment 
with respect to such covered site. 
(2) Methods to track data relating to processes, 
methods, and procedures described in subsection (a). 
(3) Coordination processes to track and mitigate 
encroachment— 
(A) within each military department; and 
(B) between the military departments and 
the 
Assistant 
Secretaries 
of 
Defense 
for 
Sustainment and Industrial Base Policy. 
(c) FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENCROACHMENT.—Such 
guidance shall include a requirement that if a Secretary 
of a military department determines that encroachment de-
scribed in subsection (a) involves or may involve foreign 
investment, such Secretary shall— 
(1) report information about encroachment relat-
ing to foreign investment to the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Industrial Base Policy; and 
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(2) coordinate with the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Industrial Base Policy on efforts to miti-
gate such encroachment or potential encroachment. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the guidance required by subsection (a) is issued, 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment, in co-
ordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the guid-
ance required by this section, including— 
(1) the extent to which such guidance has been 
implemented within the Department of Defense; 
(2) a description of methods to update any lists 
of covered sites; and 
(3) an assessment of the procedure described in 
subsection (a)(3). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered site’’ means a military in-
stallation or another facility or property of the 
United States Government. 
(2) The term ‘‘encroachment’’ means an activity 
conducted within close proximity to a covered site 
that— 
(A) may pose a national security risk to a 
covered site; 
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(B) may affect the operational mission of a 
covered site; or 
(C) is incompatible with an installation 
master plan of a covered site. 
(3) The term ‘‘military department’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(4) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2801 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 2870. CONTINUING EDUCATION CURRICULUM ON THE 
USE OF INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS FOR MILI-
TARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) 
CONTINUING
EDUCATION
CURRICULUM
RE-
QUIRED.—No later than one year after enactment of this 
Act, the Commander, Navy Facilities Command and Dep-
uty Commanding General for Military and International 
Operations for the Army Corps of Engineers shall establish 
a continuing education curriculum for contracting officers 
and program managers responsible for managing military 
construction and planning and design projects within the 
Department of Defense. Such curriculum shall include 
training on— 
(1) cost estimating and cost control mechanisms, 
including analyses of contract types; 
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(2) standards relating to antiterrorism force pro-
tection, lateral wind, seismic activity, and fire per-
formance; 
(3) life-cycle sustainability and renewability; 
and 
(4) use of innovative products and construction 
methods. 
(b) PROVISION OF TRAINING.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that— 
(1) the continuing education curriculum under 
subsection (a) is made available to such contracting 
officers and program managers not later than 180 
days after completion of the curriculum; and 
(2) such curriculum is updated each time an in-
novative product or construction method is included 
in the Unified Facilities Criteria. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2025, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Committees on Armed Services for 
the House and Senate a report containing— 
(1) an update on the status of the continuing 
education curriculum required under subsection (a); 
and 
(2) a plan for executing such curriculum for 
such contracting officers and program managers. 
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DIVISION 
C—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
AND 
OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE 
XXXI—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security 
Programs and Authorizations 
SEC. 3101. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Energy for fiscal year 2024 for the activities of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs 
as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.— 
From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 
for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 
may carry out new plant projects for the National Nuclear 
Security Administration as follows: 
Project 24–D–513, Z-Pinch Experimental Un-
derground System Test Bed Facilities Improvement, 
Nevada National Security Site, Nye County, Nevada, 
$80,000,000. 
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Project 24–D–512, TA–46 Protective Force Fa-
cility, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 
New Mexico, $48,500,000. 
Project 24–D–511, Plutonium Production Build-
ing, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 
New Mexico, $48,500,000. 
Project 24–D–510, Analytic Gas Laboratory, 
Pantex Plant, Panhandle, Texas, $35,000,000. 
Project 24–D–530, Naval Reactors Facility Med-
ical 
Science 
Complex, 
Idaho 
Falls, 
Idaho, 
$36,584,000. 
SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Energy for fiscal year 2024 for defense environmental 
cleanup activities in carrying out programs as specified in 
the funding table in section 4701. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF NEW PLANT PROJECT.—From 
funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available for 
carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy may 
carry out, for defense environmental cleanup activities, the 
following new plant project: 
Project 24–D–401, Environmental Restoration 
Disposal Facility Super Cell 11 Expansion Project, 
Hanford Site, Richland, Washington, $1,000,000. 
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SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2024 for other defense 
activities in carrying out programs as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4701. 
SEC. 3104. NUCLEAR ENERGY. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2024 for nuclear en-
ergy as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 
Subtitle 
B—Program 
Authoriza-
tions, Restrictions, and Limita-
tions 
SEC. 3112. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY ON ACCEPTANCE OF 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ACCELERATION OR RE-
MOVAL OR SECURITY OF FISSILE MATERIALS, 
RADIOLOGICAL MATERIALS, AND RELATED 
EQUIPMENT AT VULNERABLE SITES WORLD-
WIDE. 
Section 3132(f) of the Ronald W. Reagan National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 
108–375; 50 U.S.C. 2569) is amended by striking para-
graph (6). 
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SEC. 3113. CYBERSECURITY RISK INVENTORY, ASSESSMENT, 
AND MITIGATION WORKING GROUP. 
Subtitle A of title XXXII of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 3222. CYBERSECURITY RISK INVENTORY, ASSESS-
MENT, AND MITIGATION WORKING GROUP. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Administra-
tion a working group, to be known as the ‘Cybersecurity 
Risk Inventory, Assessment, and Mitigation Working 
Group’. 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the working group 
shall include the Deputy Administrator for Defense Pro-
grams, the Associate Administrator for Information Man-
agement and Chief Information Officer, and staff from other 
offices as determined appropriate by the Deputy Adminis-
trator and Associate Administrator. 
‘‘(c) COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY.—The working group 
shall prepare a comprehensive strategy for inventorying the 
range of National Nuclear Security Administration systems 
that are potentially at risk in the operational technology 
and nuclear weapons information technology environments, 
assessing the systems at risk, and implementing risk miti-
gation actions. Such strategy shall incorporate key elements 
of effective cybersecurity risk management strategies, as 
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identified by the Government Accountability Office, includ-
ing the specification of— 
‘‘(1) goals, objectives, activities, and performance 
measures; 
‘‘(2) organizational roles, responsibilities, and 
coordination; 
‘‘(3) necessary resources needed to implement the 
strategy over the next ten years; and 
‘‘(4) detailed milestones and schedules for com-
pletion of tasks. 
‘‘(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) BRIEFING.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the members of 
the working group shall provide to the congressional 
defense committees a briefing on the plan of the work-
ing group plan to develop the strategy required under 
subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF STRATEGY.—Not later than 
April 1, 2025, the working group shall submit the 
congressional defense committees a copy of the com-
pleted strategy. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The working group shall termi-
nate on the date that is five years after the date of the enact-
ment of this section.’’. 
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SEC. 
3114. 
MODIFICATION 
OF 
MINOR 
CONSTRUCTION 
THRESHOLD FOR PLANT PROJECTS. 
Section 4701(2) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 
(Public Law 107–314; 50 U.S.C. 2741(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘During 
the period beginning on December 23, 2022, and end-
ing on November 30, 2025, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (C). 
SEC. 3115. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO NATIONAL NU-
CLEAR 
SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
UN-
FUNDED PRIORITIES. 
Section 4716 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2756) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 
the risk to be mitigated’’ after ‘‘objectives to be 
achieved’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 
risk mitigation’’ after ‘‘objectives’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and 
that the Nuclear Weapons Council has certified 
as sufficient’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘fulfill’’ and inserting 
‘‘reduce a risk associated with’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after ‘‘Administra-
tion’’ the following: ‘‘or to provide a signifi-
cant additional benefit in achieving or 
making progress toward the key objectives of 
the Administration’’. 
SEC. 3116. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH 
THE TRANSPORT OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MA-
TERIALS, NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPONENTS, 
OR RESTRICTED DATA. 
Section 92 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2122) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection b. as subsection 
c.; 
(2) by inserting after subsection a. the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘b. Whoever knowingly obstructs, resists, or interferes 
with a nuclear materials courier (as that term is defined 
in section 8331 of title 5) engaged in the transport of any 
atomic weapons, special nuclear material, nuclear weapons 
components, or Restricted Data shall be fined not more than 
$1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.’’; 
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(3) in subsection c. (as so redesignated) by strik-
ing ‘‘prohibited by subsection a.’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
hibited by subsections a. and b.’’; and 
(4) adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘d. The Attorney General shall have primary inves-
tigative authority for any violation of this section.’’. 
SEC. 3117. DEADLINES FOR COMMENCEMENT OF OPER-
ATIONS OF CERTAIN ATOMIC ENERGY RE-
PLACEMENT PROJECTS. 
(a) HIGH EXPLOSIVE SYNTHESIS, FORMULATION, AND 
PRODUCTION FACILITY.— 
(1) DEADLINE FOR COMMENCEMENT OF OPER-
ATIONS.—Project 21-D-510, the High Explosive Syn-
thesis, Formulation, and Production facility, shall 
commence operations by not later than December 31, 
2032. 
(2) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for 
Nuclear Security shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees, not later than Feb-
ruary 1 of each year until the termination date 
specified in subparagraph (B), a report that in-
cludes a comprehensive estimate of the funds nec-
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essary, by year, to achieve the deadline specified 
in paragraph (1). 
(B) TERMINATION DATE.—The termination 
date specified in this subparagraph is the date 
on which the Administrator determines that the 
facility referred to in paragraph (1) has com-
menced operations. 
(b) TRITIUM FINISHING FACILITY.— 
(1) DEADLINE FOR COMMENCEMENT OF OPER-
ATIONS.—Project 18-D-650, the Tritium Finishing 
Facility, shall commence operations by not later than 
December 31, 2035. 
(2) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for 
Nuclear Security shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees, not later than Feb-
ruary 1 of each year until the termination date 
specified in subparagraph (B), a report that in-
cludes a comprehensive estimate of the funds nec-
essary, by year, to achieve the deadline specified 
in paragraph (1). 
(B) TERMINATION DATE.—The termination 
date specified in this subparagraph is the date 
on which the Administrator determines that the 
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facility referred to in paragraph (1) has com-
menced operations. 
SEC. 3118. INTEGRATED MASTER SCHEDULE FOR THE FU-
TURE-YEARS NUCLEAR SECURITY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 2024, the 
Administrator for Nuclear Security shall develop an inte-
grated master schedule for the future-years nuclear security 
program that incorporates all programs of record for nu-
clear warhead development, including pit production ac-
tivities, production, and sustainment at the National Nu-
clear Security Administration. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than May 15, 2024, the Ad-
ministrator for Nuclear Security shall provide to the con-
gressional defense committees a briefing on the final inte-
grated master schedule developed under subsection (a). 
SEC. 3119. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO 
RECONVERT OR RETIRE W76–2 WARHEADS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the 
National Nuclear Security Administration may be obli-
gated or expended to reconvert or retire a W76–2 warhead. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Administrator for Nuclear Security 
may waive the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Ad-
ministrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
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and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, certifies in 
writing to the congressional defense committees that— 
(1) Russia and China do not possess naval capa-
bilities similar to the W76–2 warhead in the active 
stockpiles of the respective countries; and 
(2) the Department of Defense does not have a 
valid military requirement for the W76–2 warhead. 
SEC. 3120. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING SUB-
MISSION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL NUCLEAR 
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION REPORTS. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
for fiscal year 2024 for the Administrator for Nuclear Secu-
rity, for travel, not more than 80 percent may be obligated 
or expended until the date on which the Administrator pro-
vides to the congressional defense committees the briefing 
described in House Report 117–397 under the heading 
‘‘Modernization of the Pantex Plant’’ and the report de-
scribed in House Report 117–118 under the heading 
‘‘NNSA Management and Operation Contract Risk Mitiga-
tion’’. 
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SEC. 3121. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED CON-
TRACTING, 
PROGRAM 
MANAGEMENT, 
SCI-
ENTIFIC, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNICAL PO-
SITIONS IN NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 3241 of the National Nuclear Security Admin-
istration Act (50 U.S.C. 2441) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘800’’ and 
inserting ‘‘1,000’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Not fewer than 40 percent of the positions es-
tablished under the first sentence of this section shall 
be positions the primary responsibility of which is to 
support defense programs.’’. 
Subtitle C—Plans, Reports, and 
Other Matters 
SEC. 3131. BIENNIAL DETAILED REPORT ON NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP, MAN-
AGEMENT, AND RESPONSIVENESS PLAN. 
Section 4203(d)(4)(A) of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2523) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including 
with respect to weapons assembly and disassembly,’’ after 
‘‘measures’’. 
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SEC. 3132. PLAN FOR DOMESTIC ENRICHMENT CAPABILITY 
TO SATISFY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE URA-
NIUM REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report that contains a 
plan to establish a domestic enrichment capability dedi-
cated to solely satisfying the requirements of the Depart-
ment of Defense for highly enriched uranium, high-assay 
low enriched uranium, low enriched uranium, and depleted 
uranium. Such plan shall include— 
(1) a description of mixes and amounts of en-
riched uranium expected to be necessary between the 
date of the enactment of this Act and 2060 to meet 
the requirements of the Department of Defense; 
(2) key milestones, steps, and policy decisions re-
quired to achieve the domestic defense enrichment ca-
pability; 
(3) the dates by which such key milestones need 
to be achieved; 
(4) a funding profile, broken down by project 
and sub-project, for obtaining such capability; 
(5) a cost profile to establish such capability by 
the date that is two years before the date on which 
such capacity is needed; 
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(6) a plan for any changes to the workforce of 
the Administration that are necessary to establish 
such capability; 
(7) a description of any changes in the require-
ment of the Department of Defense for highly enriched 
uranium due to AUKUS; and 
(8) any other elements or information the Ad-
ministrator determines appropriate. 
(b) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1 of 
each year after the year during which the report re-
quired by subsection (a) is submitted until the date 
specified in paragraph (2), the Administrator shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a cer-
tification that— 
(A) the Administration is in compliance 
with the plan and milestones contained in the 
report; or 
(B) the Administration is not in compli-
ance with such plan or milestones, together 
with— 
(i) a description of the nature of the 
non-compliance; 
(ii) the reasons for the non-compliance; 
and 
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(iii) a plan to achieve compliance. 
(2) TERMINATION DATE.—No report shall be re-
quired under paragraph (1) after the date on which 
the Administrator certifies to the congressional de-
fense committees that the final key milestone under 
the plan has been met. 
(c) FORM OF REPORTS.—The report under subsection 
(a) and each annual certification under subsection (b) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
SEC. 3133. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF PLUTONIUM PIT 
AGING MILESTONES AND PROGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for Nuclear Se-
curity shall seek to enter into an arrangement with the sci-
entific advisory group known as JASON to conduct an as-
sessment of the report entitled ‘‘Research Program Plan for 
Plutonium and Pit Aging’’, published by the National Nu-
clear Security Administration in September 2021, and the 
work undertaken as a result of such report. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required under sub-
section (a) shall contain the following: 
(1) A determination regarding whether the re-
port referred to in such subsection meets the criteria 
for appropriate pit aging research described by 
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JASON in its 2019 Pit Aging Letter Report (JSR- 
19-2A). 
(2) Information relating to any improvements or 
additions to such report. 
(3) A review of initial data collected by the Na-
tional Laboratories included in such report to deter-
mine the possibility of updating the expected lifetimes 
of plutonium pits, including, if such updates are not 
possible, an estimate of when such a updates would 
be possible. 
TITLE 
XXXII—DEFENSE 
NU-
CLEAR 
FACILITIES 
SAFETY 
BOARD 
SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2024, $47,230,000 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear 
Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.). 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL 
PETROLEUM RESERVES 
SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AMOUNT.—There are hereby authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Energy $13,010,000 for fiscal 
year 2024 for the purpose of carrying out activities under 
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chapter 869 of title 10, United States Code, relating to the 
naval petroleum reserves. 
(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in sub-
section (a) shall remain available until expended. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
Subtitle A—Maritime 
Administration 
SEC. 3501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MAR-
ITIME ADMINISTRATION. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Transportation for fiscal year 2024, for programs 
associated with maintaining the United States Merchant 
Marine, the following amounts: 
(1) For expenses necessary to support the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy, $195,500,000, of 
which— 
(A) $103,500,000 shall be for Academy op-
erations; 
(B) $22,000,000 shall be for facilities main-
tenance and repair and equipment; and 
(C) $3,000,000 shall be for training, staff-
ing, retention, recruiting, and contract manage-
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ment for United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy capital improvement projects. 
(2) For expenses necessary to support the State 
maritime academies, $53,700,000, of which— 
(A) $2,400,000 shall be for the Student In-
centive Payment Program; 
(B) $6,000,000 shall be for direct payments 
for State maritime academies; 
(C) $6,800,000 shall be for training ship 
fuel assistance; 
(D) $8,000,000 shall be for offsetting the 
costs of training ship sharing; and 
(E) $30,500,000 shall be for maintenance 
and repair of State maritime academy training 
vessels. 
(3) For expenses necessary to support the Na-
tional Security Multi-Mission Vessel program, includ-
ing funds for construction and necessary expenses to 
construct shoreside infrastructure to support such ves-
sels, $75,000,000. 
(4) For expenses necessary to support Maritime 
Administration 
operations 
and 
programs, 
$96,300,000, of which— 
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(A) $15,000,000 shall be for the maritime 
environmental and technical assistanceunder sec-
tion 50307 of title 46, United States Code; 
(B) $15,000,000 shall be for the United 
States marine highways program, including to 
make grants authorized under section 55601 of 
title 46, United States Code; 
(C) $65,500,000 shall be for headquarters 
operations expenses; and 
(D) $800,000 shall be for expenses necessary 
to provide for National Defense Reserve Fleet re-
siliency. 
(5) For expenses necessary for the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of 
the Maritime Administration, $6,000,000. 
(6) For expenses necessary to maintain and pre-
serve a United States flag merchant marine to serve 
the national security needs of the United States under 
chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, 
$318,000,000. 
(7) For expenses necessary for the loan guarantee 
program authorized under chapter 537 of title 46, 
United States Code, $33,000,000, of which— 
(A) $30,000,000 may be for the cost (as 
such term is defined in section 502(5) of the Fed-
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eral Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 
661a(5)) of loan guarantees under the program; 
and 
(B) $3,000,000 may be used for administra-
tive expenses relating to loan guarantee commit-
ments under the program. 
(8) For expenses necessary to provide assistance 
to small shipyards and for maritime training pro-
grams authorized under section 54101 of title 46, 
United States Code, $30,000,000. 
(9) For expenses necessary to implement the port 
infrastructure development program, as authorized 
under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, 
$230,000,000, to remain available until expended, ex-
cept that no such funds authorized under this title for 
this program may be used to provide a grant to pur-
chase fully automated cargo handling equipment that 
is remotely operated or remotely monitored with or 
without the exercise of human intervention or control, 
if the Secretary of Transportation determines such 
equipment would result in a net loss of jobs within 
a port or port terminal. If such a determination is 
made, the data and analysis for such determination 
shall be reported to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
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Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives not later than 3 days 
after the date of the determination. 
Subtitle B—Maritime 
Infrastructure 
SEC. 3511. PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAM ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. 
Section 54301(a)(3)(A)(ii) of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subclause (III) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(2) in subclause (IV)(ii) by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(V) port infrastructure that sup-
ports the loading and unloading of 
commercially harvested fish and fish 
products.’’. 
SEC. 3512. ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL INLAND RIVER AND 
COASTAL PORTS AND TERMINALS. 
Section 54301(b)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘as determined by using United States 
Army Corps of Engineers data’’ and all that follows and 
inserting the following: ‘‘as determined by using— 
‘‘(A) Corps of Engineers data; or 
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‘‘(B) data provided by an independent 
audit the findings of which are acceptable to the 
Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 3513. ELIGIBILITY OF SHORE POWER PROJECTS 
UNDER PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In making port infrastructure de-
velopment grants under section 54301 of title 46, United 
States Code, for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall treat a project described in 
subsection (b) as— 
(1) having met the requirements of paragraphs 
(1) and (6)(A)(i) of section 54301(a) of such title; and 
(2) being an eligible project under section 
54301(a)(3) of such title. 
(b) PROJECT DESCRIBED.—A project described in this 
paragraph is a project to provide shore power at a port 
that services both of the following: 
(1) Passenger vessels described in section 3507(k) 
of title 46, United States Code. 
(2) Vessels that move goods or freight. 
SEC. 3514. CODIFICATION OF EXISTING LANGUAGE; TECH-
NICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) PORT
INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT
PRO-
GRAM.— 
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(1) STRATEGIC SEAPORTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 3505(a)(1) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 46 U.S.C. 50302 
note) is— 
(i) transferred to appear after section 
54301(a)(6)(B) of title 46, United States 
Code; 
(ii) redesignated as subparagraph (C); 
and 
(iii) amended by striking ‘‘Under the 
port infrastructure development grant pro-
gram established under section 50302(c) of 
title 46, United States Code’’ and inserting 
‘‘In selecting projects described in para-
graph (3)’’. 
(B) STRATEGIC
SEAPORT
DEFINED.—Sec-
tion 3505(a)(2) of such Act is transferred to ap-
pear after section 54301(a)(12)(D) of title 46, 
United States Code, and redesignated as sub-
paragraph (E). 
(C) REPEAL.—Section 3505(a) of such Act 
is repealed. 
(2) DETERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS.—Sec-
tion 54301(b)(5)(B) of title 46, United States Code, is 
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amended by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(6)(A)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (a)(6)(A)’’. 
(b) TRANSFER OF IMPROVEMENTS TO PROCESS FOR 
WAIVING NAVIGATION
AND INSPECTION LAWS.—Section 
3502(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 is— 
(1) amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2020 and 
each subsequent fiscal year, the’’ and inserting 
‘‘The’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 56101 of title 46, 
United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘this sec-
tion’’; 
(2) transferred to appear after section 56101(e) 
of title 46, United States Code; and 
(3) redesignated as subsection (f). 
(c) AMENDMENT
TO
DEEPWATER
PORT
ACT
OF 
1974.—The Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1501 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 8 by striking ‘‘8.’’ and inserting 
‘‘8. OPERATION AS A COMMON CARRIER’’; and 
(2) by repealing section 25. 
(d) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 
503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended in the item 
relating to section 50308 by striking ‘‘Port develop-
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ment; maritime transportation system emer-
gency relief program’’ and inserting ‘‘Maritime 
transportation system emergency relief pro-
gram’’. 
(e) VESSEL OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND.—Section 
50301(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘(50 App. U.S.C. 1291(a), (c), 1293(c), 1294)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4701(a), (c), 4703(c), 4704)’’. 
(f) MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM EMERGENCY 
RELIEF PROGRAM.—Section 50308 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Administration’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency’’; and 
(2) in subsection (j)(4)(A) by striking ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Administration’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency’’. 
(g) MERCHANT MARINE.—The analysis for subtitle V 
of title 46, United States Code, is amended in the item re-
lating to chapter 556 by striking ‘‘SHORT SEA 
TRANSPORTATION’’ and inserting ‘‘MARINE 
HIGHWAYS’’. 
(h) CHAPTER 537.—The analysis for chapter 537 of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 53703 and inserting the following: 
‘‘53703. Application and administration.’’. 
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(i) CHAPTER 541.—The analysis for chapter 541 of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 541—MISCELLANEOUS 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘54101. Assistance for small shipyards.’’. 
SEC. 3515. UPDATE TO CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS USED BY 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION IN REVIEWING 
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF TRANSPOR-
TATION PROJECTS. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION
OF ADDITIONAL CATEGORICAL 
EXCLUSIONS.—Not later than six months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall— 
(1) survey the use by the Maritime Administra-
tion of categorical exclusions in reviewing the envi-
ronmental impacts of transportation projects since 
2013; and 
(2) publish in the Federal Register for notice and 
public comment a review of the survey under para-
graph (1) that includes a description of— 
(A) the type of actions categorically ex-
cluded; 
(B) categorical exclusions used by other 
modal administrations, including such exclu-
sions currently in place for the Federal Highway 
Administration, the Federal Railroad Adminis-
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tration, and the Federal Transit Administration; 
and 
(C) any actions the Secretary is considering 
for new categorical exclusions, including the 
adoption of categorical exclusions relevant to 
maritime projects and projects sponsored by the 
Maritime Administration that would conform to 
categorical exclusions of other modal administra-
tions listed in subparagraph (B). 
(b) UPDATE
TO CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS.—Not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall— 
(1) publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to 
propose new and existing categorical exclusions for 
maritime projects that require the approval of the 
Secretary under the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including such 
exclusions identified under subsection (a) and such 
exclusions of other modal administrations that are 
relevant to maritime projects and projects sponsored 
by the Maritime Administration; and 
(2) develop a process for considering new cat-
egorical exclusions to the extent that such exclusions 
meet the criteria for a categorical exclusion, as such 
term is defined under section 1508.4 of title 40, Code 
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of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle C—Reports 
SEC. 3521. REPORT ON ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 553 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting before section 55302 
the following: 
‘‘§ 55301. Report on administration of programs 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Mari-
time Administration shall annually submit to Congress a 
report on the administration by other Federal departments 
and agencies of programs subject to section 2631 of title 
10, United States Code, and that the Administrator deter-
mines are subject to section 55305 of title 46, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include— 
‘‘(1) gross tonnage by department or agency of 
cargo (equipment, materials, or agricultural prod-
ucts) and by cargo type transported on United States 
flag vessels versus foreign vessels; and 
‘‘(2) the total number of United States flag ves-
sels versus foreign vessels contracted by each depart-
ment or agency.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 
553 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
before the item relating to section 55302 the following new 
item: 
‘‘55301. Report on administration of programs.’’. 
SEC. 3522. REPORT ON AVAILABILITY OF USED SEALIFT 
VESSELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commander of the United 
States Transportation Command, in consultation with the 
Administrator of the Maritime Administration, shall con-
duct a market analysis to determine the availability of used 
sealift vessels that— 
(1) meet military requirements; and 
(2) may be purchased using the authority pro-
vided under section 2218 of title 10, United States 
Code, within the period of five years following the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United 
States Transportation Command shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on the results of the 
market analysis conducted under subsection (a). 
SEC. 3523. REPORT ON PORT PREFERENCES FOR US–FLAG 
VESSELS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration 
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shall submit to Congress a report on the preference, if any, 
afforded by each port authority or marine terminal oper-
ator, as applicable, to vessels documented under the laws 
of the United States, including such vessels— 
(1) operated by an armed force (as such term is 
defined in section 101(4) of title 10, United States 
Code); 
(2) participating in the Maritime Security Pro-
gram or the Emergency Preparedness Program under 
chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, the Cable 
Security Fleet under chapter 532 of such title, the 
Tanker Security Fleet under chapter 534 of such title, 
or the National Defense Reserve Fleet under section 
57100 of such title; and 
(3) with a coastwise endorsement under chapter 
121 of title 46, United States Code. 
SEC. 3524. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 
a report on the implementation by the Department of De-
fense of the amendments to section 2631 of title 10, United 
States Code, made by section 1024 of the William M. (Mac) 
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 
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Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 3531. CARGOES PROCURED, FURNISHED, OR FI-
NANCED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERN-
MENT. 
Section 55305 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) WAIVERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, when the President, the Secretary of 
Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation declares 
the existence of an emergency justifying a temporary 
waiver of this section or section 55314, the President, 
the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Trans-
portation, following a determination by the Maritime 
Administrator, acting in the Administrator’s capacity 
as Director, National Shipping Authority, of the non- 
availability of qualified United States flag capacity 
at fair and reasonable rates for commercial vessels of 
the United States to meet the requirements of this sec-
tion or section 55314, may waive compliance with 
such section to the extent, in the manner, and on the 
terms the Maritime Administrator, acting in such ca-
pacity, prescribes, and no other waivers of the re-
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quirements of this section or section 55314 shall be 
authorized. 
‘‘(2) DURATION OF WAIVER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), a waiver issued under this 
subsection shall be for a period of not more than 
60 days. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER
EXTENSION.—Upon termi-
nation of the period of a waiver issued under 
this subsection, the Maritime Administrator may 
extend the waiver for an additional period of not 
more than 30 days, if the Maritime Adminis-
trator makes the determinations described in 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(C) AGGREGATE
DURATION.—The aggre-
gate duration of the period of all waivers and ex-
tensions of waivers under this subsection with re-
spect to any one set of events shall not exceed 3 
months in a fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATIONS.—The Maritime Admin-
istrator shall— 
‘‘(A) for each determination referred to in 
paragraph (1), identify any actions that could be 
taken to enable qualified United States flag ca-
pacity to meet the requirements of this section or 
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section 55314 at fair and reasonable rates for 
commercial vessels of the United States; 
‘‘(B) provide notice of each determination 
referred to in paragraph (1) to the Secretary of 
Transportation and, as applicable, the President 
or the Secretary of Defense; and 
‘‘(C) publish each determination referred to 
in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(i) on the website of the Maritime Ad-
ministration not later than 24 hours after 
notice of the determination is provided to 
the Secretary of Transportation; and 
‘‘(ii) in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(4) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Maritime Ad-
ministrator shall notify— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives of— 
‘‘(i) any request for a waiver (or an 
extension thereof) made by the Secretary of 
Transportation of this section or section 
55314(a) not later than 72 hours after re-
ceiving such a request; and 
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‘‘(ii) the issuance of any such waiver 
(or an extension thereof), and why such 
waiver or extension was necessary, not later 
than 72 hours after such issuance; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives of— 
‘‘(i) any request for a waiver (or an 
extension thereof) made by the Secretary of 
Defense of this section or section 55314(a) 
not later than 72 hours after receiving such 
a request; and 
‘‘(ii) the issuance of any such waiver 
(or an extension thereof), and why such 
waiver or extension was necessary, not later 
than 72 hours after such issuance.’’. 
SEC. 3532. RECAPITALIZATION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE RE-
SERVE FLEET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3546 of the James M. 
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023 (Public Law 117–263; 46 U.S.C. 57100 note) is 
amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘of Transportation’’ 
and inserting ‘‘of the Navy’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘roll-on, roll-off cargo’’ 
and inserting ‘‘sealift’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘2025’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The Secretary 
of Transportation shall consult and coordinate with 
the Secretary of the Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec-
retary of the Navy shall consult and coordinate with 
the Secretary of Transportation’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2024 for the Office of the Secretary of the Navy for 
travel expenses, not more than 50 percent may be obligated 
or expended until the Secretary of the Navy submits to the 
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congressional defense committees a report that includes a 
detailed description of the acquisition strategy for the execu-
tion of the authority under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for expenses necessary for the 
design of a vessel for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, 
as required by section 3546 of the James M. Inhofe National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 
Law 117–263; 46 U.S.C. 57100 note), as amended by sub-
section (a), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 3533. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING SUB-
MISSION OF REPORTS ON MERCHANT MA-
RINE ACADEMY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the 
Maritime Administration may be used for travel expenses 
for the Office of the Maritime Administrator until the date 
on which the Secretary of Transportation submits the re-
ports required by section 3515(a) of the James M. Inhofe 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 
(Public Law 117–263). 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Nothing in this section shall prohibit 
the expenditure of funds for any travel directly related to 
the administration of grants under the Port Infrastructure 
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Development Program, Small Shipyards Grant program, 
Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance Pro-
gram, or the Marine Highways Transportation program. 
SEC. 3534. MARITIME WORKFORCE WORKING GROUP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Adminis-
trator, in consultation with the National Merchant Marine 
Personnel Advisory Committee, the National Offshore Safe-
ty Advisory Committee, the National Towing Safety Advi-
sory Committee, and the Committee on the Marine Trans-
portation System, shall convene a working group to exam-
ine and assess the size of the pool of mariners with covered 
credentials necessary to support the United States flag fleet. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Maritime Administrator shall 
designate individuals to serve as members of the working 
group convened under subsection (a). The working group 
shall include at least one representative from each of— 
(1) the Maritime Administrator, who shall serve 
as chairperson of the working group; 
(2) the United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy; 
(3) the Coast Guard; 
(4) the Military Sealift Command; 
(5) the Navy; 
(6) the State maritime academies; 
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(7) the owners and operators of United States- 
flagged vessels engaged in offshore oil and gas explo-
ration, development, and production; 
(8) the owners and operators of United States- 
flagged vessels engaged in offshore wind exploration, 
development, and production; 
(9) the owners and operators of United States- 
flagged vessels engaged in inland river transportation; 
(10) a nonprofit labor organization representing 
a class of licensed or unlicensed engine department 
mariners who are employed on vessels operating in 
the United States flag fleet; 
(11) a nonprofit labor organization representing 
a class of licensed or unlicensed mariners who are em-
ployed on vessels operating in the United States flag 
fleet; 
(12) the owners of vessels operating in the 
United States flag fleet, or their private contracting 
parties, that are primarily operating in international 
transportation; 
(13) Centers of Excellence for Maritime Training 
designated under section 51706 of title 46, United 
States Code; and 
(14) private maritime training providers. 
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(c) NO QUORUM REQUIREMENT.—The Maritime Ad-
ministrator may convene the working group virtually and 
without all members present. 
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The working group shall 
carry out the following responsibilities: 
(1) Review the report required by section 
3525(b), and the study required by section 3545(a), of 
the James Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263), if avail-
able. 
(2) Identify the number of mariners with covered 
credentials in each of the following categories: 
(A) All such mariners. 
(B) Such mariners who have a valid Coast 
Guard merchant mariner credential with the 
necessary endorsements for service on unlimited 
tonnage vessels that are subject to the Inter-
national Convention on Standards of Training, 
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 
1978, as amended. 
(C) Such mariners who are participating in 
a Federal program that supports the United 
States merchant marine and the United States 
flag fleet. 
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(D) Such mariners who are available to 
crew the United States flag fleet and the surge 
sealift fleet in times of a national emergency. 
(E) Such mariners who are full-time. 
(F) Such mariners who are merchant mar-
iner credentialed officers in the United States 
Navy Reserve. 
(3) Assess the effect on the United States mer-
chant marine and United States Merchant Marine 
Academy if graduates from State maritime academies 
and the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
were assigned to, or required to fulfill, certain mari-
time positions based on the overall needs of the 
United States merchant marine. 
(4) Assess the accessibility of Coast Guard Mer-
chant Mariner Licensing and Documentation System 
data for mariners with covered credentials, the mari-
time industry, and the Maritime Administration for 
the purposes of evaluating the pool of mariners with 
covered credentials. 
(5) Make recommendations to enhance the avail-
ability and quality of interagency data, including 
data from the United States Transportation Com-
mand, the Coast Guard, the Navy, and the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics, for use by the Maritime 
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Administration in evaluating the pool of mariners 
with covered credentials. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report that contains the findings and conclu-
sions of the working group gathered in the course of per-
forming the responsibilities under subsection (d). Such re-
port shall include each of the following: 
(1) The number of mariners with covered creden-
tials identified for each category described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (d)(2). 
(2) The results of the assessments conducted 
under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (d). 
(3) The recommendations made under subsection 
(d)(5). 
(4) Such other information as the working group 
determines appropriate. 
(f) COVERED CREDENTIAL DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered credential’’ means any credential issued 
under part E of subtitle II of title 46, United States Code. 
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(g) SUNSET.—The Maritime Administrator shall dis-
band the working group upon the submission of the report 
required under subsection (e). 
SEC. 3535. CONSIDERATION OF LIFE-CYCLE COST ESTI-
MATES FOR ACQUISITION AND PROCURE-
MENT OF VESSELS. 
In carrying out the acquisition and procurement of 
vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, the Secretary 
of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the 
Maritime Administration, shall consider the life-cycle cost 
estimates of vessels during the design and evaluation proc-
esses. 
SEC. 3536. SOURCE RESTRICTIONS ON AUXILIARY SHIP 
COMPONENTS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall finalize the rule pub-
lished in the Federal Register on September 29, 2020, titled 
‘‘Source Restrictions on Auxiliary Ship Components 
(DFARS Case 2020-D017)’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 60943). 
SEC. 3537. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NA-
TIONAL MARITIME STRATEGY. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for expenses 
necessary to implement the development of a national mari-
time strategy, as required by section 3542 of the James M. 
Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
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2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3094), $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 
SEC. 4001. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS IN FUNDING TA-
BLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever a funding table in this 
division specifies a dollar amount authorized for a project, 
program, or activity, the obligation and expenditure of the 
specified dollar amount for the project, program, or activity 
is hereby authorized, subject to the availability of appro-
priations. 
(b) MERIT-BASED DECISIONS.—A decision to commit, 
obligate, or expend funds with or to a specific entity on 
the basis of a dollar amount authorized pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), be 
based on merit-based selection procedures in accord-
ance with the requirements of sections 2304(k) and 
2374 of title 10, United States Code, or on competi-
tive procedures; and 
(2) comply with other applicable provisions of 
law. 
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO TRANSFER AND PROGRAMMING 
AUTHORITY.—An amount specified in the funding tables in 
this division may be transferred or reprogrammed under 
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