In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 4, 2014. 
Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 
Senate to the bill (H.R. 3979) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency 
services volunteers are not taken into account as employees 
under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.’’, with the fol-
lowing 
AMENDMENT: 
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 
amendment of the Senate to the text of the bill, insert 
the following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1)(A) Senator Carl Levin of Michigan was 
elected a member of the United States Senate on No-
vember 7, 1978, for a full term beginning January 3, 
1979. He has served continuously in the Senate since 
that date, and was appointed as a member of the 
Committee on Armed Services in January 1979. He
has served on the Committee on Armed Services since 
that date, a period of nearly 36 years. 
(B) A graduate of Detroit Central High School, 
Senator Levin went on to Swarthmore College, and 
graduated from Harvard Law School in 1959, gain-
ing admittance to the Michigan bar. He served his 
State as assistant attorney general and general coun-
sel of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission from 
1964–1967, and later served his hometown of Detroit 
as a member of the Detroit City Council from 1969– 
1973, and as the council’s president from 1974–1977. 
(C) Senator Levin first served as chairman of 
the Committee on Armed Services of the United States 
Senate for a period of the 107th Congress, and has re-
mained chairman since the 110th Congress began in 
2007. He has exercised extraordinary leadership as ei-
ther the chairman or ranking minority member of the 
committee since the start of the 105th Congress in 
1997. 
(D) Each year, for the past 52 years, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services has reliably passed an an-
nual defense authorization act, and this will be the 
36th that Senator Levin has had a role in. In his ca-
pacity as member, ranking member, and chairman, 
he has been an advocate for a strong national defense,
and has made lasting contributions to the security of 
our Nation. 
(E) It is altogether fitting and proper that this 
Act, the last annual authorization act for the national 
defense that Senator Levin manages in and for the 
United States Senate as chairman of the Committee 
on Armed Services, be named in his honor, as pro-
vided in subsection (a). 
(2)(A) 
Representative 
Howard 
P. 
‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon was elected to the House of Representatives 
in 1992 to represent California’s 25th Congressional 
District. 
(B) Chairman McKeon was born in Los Angeles 
and grew up in Tujunga CA. He served a two and 
a half year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter-Day Saints and attended Brigham Young 
University. Prior to his election to Congress, he was 
a small business owner, and served both on the Wil-
liam S. Hart Union High School District Board of 
Trustees and as the first mayor of the City of Santa 
Clarita. 
(C) In the 111th Congress, Chairman McKeon 
was selected by his peers as the Ranking Member of 
the House Armed Services Committee and has served 
as Chairman since in the 112th and 113th Con-
gresses. Previously Chairman McKeon had served as 
the Chairman of the House Committee on Education 
and the Workforce. 
(D) Chairman McKeon is a champion of a 
strong national defense, the men and women of Amer-
ica’s Armed Forces and their families, and returning 
fiscal discipline to the Department of Defense. His 
priority has been to ensure our troops deployed 
around the world have the equipment, resources, au-
thorities, training and time they need to successfully 
complete their missions and return home. 
(E) For 52 consecutive years, the House Armed 
Services Committee, in a bipartisan, bicameral tradi-
tion, has passed and enacted an annual defense au-
thorization act. Chairman McKeon had said it has 
been the privilege of his life to shepherd that tradition 
under his tenure. 
(F) It is therefore fitting this Act, the last na-
tional defense authorization act of his tenure, be 
named in Chairman McKeon’s honor, as provided in 
subsection (a). 
(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in this or any other 
Act to the ‘‘National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015’’ shall be deemed to refer to the ‘‘Carl Levin and
Howard P.‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 
CONTENTS. 
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into four divi-
sions as follows: 
(1) Division A—Department of Defense Author-
izations. 
(2) Division B—Military Construction Author-
izations. 
(3) Division C—Department of Energy National 
Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations. 
(4) Division D—Funding Tables. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees. 
Sec. 4. Budgetary effects of this Act. 
Sec. 5. Explanatory statement. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 101. Authorization of Appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
Sec. 111. Plan on modernization of UH–60A aircraft of Army National Guard. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
Sec. 121. Construction of San Antonio class amphibious ship. 
Sec. 122. Limitation on availability of funds for mission modules for Littoral 
Combat Ship.
Sec. 123. Extension of limitation on availability of funds for Littoral Combat 
Ship. 
Sec. 124. Report on test evaluation master plan for Littoral Combat Ship 
seaframes and mission modules. 
Sec. 125. Airborne electronic attack capabilities. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
Sec. 131. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of MQ–1 Predator 
aircraft. 
Sec. 132. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of U–2 aircraft. 
Sec. 133. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of A–10 aircraft. 
Sec. 134. Prohibition on cancellation or modification of avionics modernization 
program for C–130 aircraft. 
Sec. 135. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of Air Force aircraft. 
Sec. 136. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of E–3 airborne 
warning and control system aircraft. 
Sec. 137. Limitation on availability of funds for divestment or transfer of KC– 
10 aircraft. 
Sec. 138. Limitation on availability of funds for transfer of Air Force C–130H 
and C–130J aircraft. 
Sec. 139. Limitation on availability of funds for transfer of Air Force KC–135 
tankers. 
Sec. 140. Report on C–130 aircraft. 
Sec. 141. Report on status of F–16 aircraft. 
Sec. 142. Report on options to modernize or replace T–1A aircraft. 
Sec. 143. Report on status of air-launched cruise missile capabilities. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters 
Sec. 151. Additional oversight requirements for the undersea mobility acquisition 
program of the United States Special Operations Command. 
Sec. 152. Plan for modernization or replacement of digital avionic equipment. 
Sec. 153. Comptroller General report on F–35 aircraft acquisition program. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 201. Authorization of Appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 211. Modification of authority for prizes for advanced technology achieve-
ments. 
Sec. 212. Modification of Manufacturing Technology Program. 
Sec. 213. Revision of requirement for acquisition programs to maintain defense 
research facility records. 
Sec. 214. Treatment by Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center 
of significant modifications to test and evaluation facilities and 
resources. 
Sec. 215. Revision to the service requirement under the Science, Mathematics, and 
Research for Transformation Defense Education Program. 
Sec. 216. Limitation on availability of funds for armored multi-purpose vehicle 
program. 
Sec. 217. Limitation on availability of funds for unmanned carrier-launched air-
borne surveillance and strike system.
Sec. 218. Limitation on availability of funds for airborne reconnaissance systems. 
Sec. 219. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of Joint Surveillance 
and Target Attack Radar Systems aircraft. 
Subtitle C—Reports 
Sec. 221. Reduction in frequency of reporting by Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Systems Engineering. 
Sec. 222. Independent assessment of interagency biodefense research and develop-
ment. 
Sec. 223. Briefing on modeling and simulation technological and industrial base 
in support of requirements of Department of Defense. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 231. Modification to requirement for contractor cost sharing in pilot pro-
gram to include technology protection features during research 
and development of certain defense systems. 
Sec. 232. Pilot program on assignment to Defense Advanced Research Projects 
Agency of private sector personnel with critical research and de-
velopment expertise. 
Sec. 233. Pilot program on enhancement of preparation of dependents of members 
of Armed Forces for careers in science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics. 
Sec. 234. Sense of Congress on helicopter health and usage monitoring system of 
the Army. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 
Sec. 311. Elimination of fiscal year limitation on prohibition of payment of fines 
and penalties from the Environmental Restoration Account, De-
fense. 
Sec. 312. Method of funding for cooperative agreements under the Sikes Act. 
Sec. 313. Report on prohibition of disposal of waste in open-air burn pits. 
Sec. 314. Business case analysis of any plan to design, refurbish, or construct a 
biofuel refinery. 
Sec. 315. Environmental restoration at former Naval Air Station Chincoteague, 
Virginia. 
Sec. 316. Limitation on availability of funds for procurement of drop-in fuels. 
Sec. 317. Decontamination of a portion of former bombardment area on island 
of Culebra, Puerto Rico. 
Sec. 318. Alternative fuel automobiles. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment 
Sec. 321. Modification of quarterly readiness reporting requirement. 
Sec. 322. Additional requirement for strategic policy on prepositioning of mate-
riel and equipment. 
Sec. 323. Elimination of authority of Secretary of the Army to abolish arsenals. 
Sec. 324. Modification of annual reporting requirement related to prepositioning 
of materiel and equipment.
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 331. Repeal of annual report on Department of Defense operation and finan-
cial support for military museums. 
Sec. 332. Army assessment of regionally aligned forces. 
Subtitle E—Limitations and Extensions of Authority 
Sec. 341. Limitation on authority to enter into a contract for the sustainment, 
maintenance, repair, or overhaul of the F117 engine. 
Sec. 342. Limitation on establishment of regional Special Operations Forces Co-
ordination Centers. 
Sec. 343. Limitation on transfer of MC–12 aircraft to United States Special Op-
erations Command. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 351. Clarification of authority relating to provision of installation-support 
services through intergovernmental support agreements. 
Sec. 352. Management of conventional ammunition inventory. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Sec. 402. Revisions in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2015 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty 
for operational support. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Authority to limit consideration for early retirement by selective retire-
ment boards to particular warrant officer year groups and spe-
cialties. 
Sec. 502. Authority for three-month deferral of retirement for officers selected for 
selective early retirement. 
Sec. 503. Repeal of limits on percentage of officers who may be recommended for 
discharge during a fiscal year under enhanced selective discharge 
authority. 
Sec. 504. Reports on number and assignment of enlisted aides for officers of the 
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. 
Sec. 505. Repeal of requirement for submission to Congress of annual reports on 
joint officer management and promotion policy objectives for 
joint officers. 
Sec. 506. Options for Phase II of joint professional military education.
Sec. 507. Elimination of requirement that a qualified aviator or naval flight offi-
cer be in command of an inactivated nuclear-powered aircraft 
carrier before decommissioning. 
Sec. 508. Required consideration of certain elements of command climate in per-
formance appraisals of commanding officers. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Retention on the reserve active-status list following nonselection for pro-
motion of certain health professions officers and first lieutenants 
and lieutenants (junior grade) pursuing baccalaureate degrees. 
Sec. 512. Consultation with Chief of the National Guard Bureau in selection of 
Directors and Deputy Directors, Army National Guard and Air 
National Guard. 
Sec. 513. Centralized database of information on military technician positions. 
Sec. 514. Report on management of personnel records of members of the National 
Guard. 
Subtitle C—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 521. Enhancement of participation of mental health professionals in boards 
for correction of military records and boards for review of dis-
charge or dismissal of members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 522. Extension of authority to conduct programs on career flexibility to en-
hance retention of members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 523. Provision of information to members of the Armed Forces on privacy 
rights relating to receipt of mental health services. 
Sec. 524. Removal of artificial barriers to the service of women in the Armed 
Forces. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice, Including Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence 
Prevention and Response 
Sec. 531. Technical revisions and clarifications of certain provisions in the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 relating 
to the military justice system. 
Sec. 532. Ordering of depositions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 533. Access to Special Victims’ Counsel. 
Sec. 534. Enhancement of victims’ rights in connection with prosecution of cer-
tain sex-related offenses. 
Sec. 535. Enforcement of crime victims’ rights related to protections afforded by 
certain Military Rules of Evidence. 
Sec. 536. Modification of Military Rules of Evidence relating to admissibility of 
general military character toward probability of innocence. 
Sec. 537. Modification of Rule 513 of the Military Rules of Evidence, relating to 
the privilege against disclosure of communications between 
psychotherapists and patients. 
Sec. 538. Modification of Department of Defense policy on retention of evidence 
in a sexual assault case to permit return of personal property 
upon completion of related proceedings. 
Sec. 539. Requirements relating to Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners for the 
Armed Forces. 
Sec. 540. Modification of term of judges of the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 541. Review of decisions not to refer charges of certain sex-related offenses 
for trial by court-martial if requested by chief prosecutor.
Sec. 542. Analysis and assessment of disposition of most serious offenses identified 
in unrestricted reports on sexual assaults in annual reports on 
sexual assaults in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 543. Plan for limited use of certain information on sexual assaults in re-
stricted reports by military criminal investigative organizations. 
Sec. 544. Improved Department of Defense information reporting and collection 
of domestic violence incidents involving members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 545. Additional duties for judicial proceedings panel. 
Sec. 546. Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense 
of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 547. Confidential review of characterization of terms of discharge of members 
of the Armed Forces who are victims of sexual offenses. 
Subtitle E—Member Education, Training, and Transition 
Sec. 551. Enhancement of authority to assist members of the Armed Forces to ob-
tain professional credentials. 
Sec. 552. Applicability of sexual assault prevention and response and related 
military justice enhancements to military service academies. 
Sec. 553. Authorized duration of foreign and cultural exchange activities at mili-
tary service academies. 
Sec. 554. Enhancement of authority to accept support for Air Force Academy 
athletic programs. 
Sec. 555. Pilot program to assist members of the Armed Forces in obtaining post- 
service employment. 
Sec. 556. Plan for education of members of Armed Forces on cyber matters. 
Sec. 557. Enhancement of information provided to members of the Armed Forces 
and veterans regarding use of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance 
and Federal financial aid through Transition Assistance Pro-
gram. 
Sec. 558. Procedures for provision of certain information to State veterans agen-
cies to facilitate the transition of members of the Armed Forces 
from military service to civilian life. 
Subtitle F—Defense Dependents’ Education and Military Family Readiness 
Matters 
Sec. 561. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that ben-
efit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department 
of Defense civilian employees. 
Sec. 562. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities. 
Sec. 563. Amendments to the Impact Aid Improvement Act of 2012. 
Sec. 564. Authority to employ non-United States citizens as teachers in Depart-
ment of Defense overseas dependents’ school system. 
Sec. 565. Inclusion of domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools 
among functions of Advisory Council on Dependents’ Education. 
Sec. 566. Protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members 
of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 567. Improved consistency in data collection and reporting in Armed Forces 
suicide prevention efforts. 
Sec. 568. Improved data collection related to efforts to reduce underemployment 
of spouses of members of the Armed Forces and close the wage 
gap between military spouses and their civilian counterparts.
Subtitle G—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 571. Medals for members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the 
Department of Defense who were killed or wounded in an attack 
by a foreign terrorist organization. 
Sec. 572. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to members of the 
Armed Forces for acts of valor during World War I. 
Subtitle H—Miscellaneous Reporting Requirements 
Sec. 581. Review and report on military programs and controls regarding profes-
sionalism. 
Sec. 582. Review and report on prevention of suicide among members of United 
States Special Operations Forces. 
Sec. 583. Review and report on provision of job placement assistance and related 
employment services directly to members of the reserve compo-
nents. 
Sec. 584. Report on foreign language, regional expertise, and culture consider-
ations in overseas military operations. 
Sec. 585. Deadline for submission of report containing results of review of Office 
of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity role in sexual 
harassment cases. 
Sec. 586. Independent assessment of risk and resiliency of United States Special 
Operations Forces and effectiveness of the Preservation of the 
Force and Families and Human Performance Programs. 
Sec. 587. Comptroller General report on hazing in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 588. Comptroller General report on impact of certain mental and physical 
trauma on discharges from military service for misconduct. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters 
Sec. 591. Inspection of outpatient residential facilities occupied by recovering 
service members. 
Sec. 592. Designation of voter assistance offices. 
Sec. 593. Repeal of electronic voting demonstration project. 
Sec. 594. Authority for removal from national cemeteries of remains of certain 
deceased members of the Armed Forces who have no known next 
of kin. 
Sec. 595. Sense of Congress regarding leaving no member of the Armed Forces un-
accounted for during the drawdown of United States forces in 
Afghanistan. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. No fiscal year 2015 increase in basic pay for general and flag officers. 
Sec. 602. Extension of authority to provide temporary increase in rates of basic 
allowance for housing under certain circumstances. 
Sec. 603. Inclusion of Chief of the National Guard Bureau and Senior Enlisted 
Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau among senior 
members of the Armed Forces for purposes of pay and allow-
ances. 
Sec. 604. Modification of computation of basic allowance for housing inside the 
United States.
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for re-
serve forces. 
Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 
health care professionals. 
Sec. 613. One-year extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear offi-
cers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of authorities relating to title 37 consolidated special 
pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities. 
Sec. 615. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other title 37 
bonuses and special pays. 
Subtitle C—Disability Pay, Retired Pay, and Survivor Benefits 
Sec. 621. Earlier determination of dependent status with respect to transitional 
compensation for dependents of certain members separated for 
dependent abuse. 
Sec. 622. Modification of determination of retired pay base for officers retired in 
general and flag officer grades. 
Sec. 623. Inapplicability of reduced annual adjustment of retired pay for mem-
bers of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 under the Bipar-
tisan Budget Act of 2013 who first become members prior to 
January 1, 2016. 
Sec. 624. Survivor Benefit Plan annuities for special needs trusts established for 
the benefit of dependent children incapable of self-support. 
Sec. 625. Modification of per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty 
or active service to reduce eligibility age for retirement for non- 
regular service. 
Subtitle D—Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits 
and Operations 
Sec. 631. Procurement of brand-name and other commercial items for resale by 
commissary stores. 
Sec. 632. Authority of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities to enter into con-
tracts with other Federal agencies and instrumentalities to pro-
vide and obtain certain goods and services. 
Sec. 633. Competitive pricing of legal consumer tobacco products sold in Depart-
ment of Defense retail stores. 
Sec. 634. Review of management, food, and pricing options for defense com-
missary system. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Care Benefits 
Sec. 701. Mental health assessments for members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 702. Modifications of cost-sharing and other requirements for the TRICARE 
Pharmacy Benefits Program. 
Sec. 703. Elimination of inpatient day limits and other limits in provision of 
mental health services. 
Sec. 704. Authority for provisional TRICARE coverage for emerging health care 
services and supplies. 
Sec. 705. Clarification of provision of food to former members and dependents not 
receiving inpatient care in military medical treatment facilities.
Sec. 706. Availability of breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling under the 
TRICARE program. 
Subtitle B—Health Care Administration 
Sec. 711. Provision of notice of change to TRICARE benefits. 
Sec. 712. Surveys on continued viability of TRICARE Standard and TRICARE 
Extra. 
Sec. 713. Review of military health system modernization study. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 721. Designation and responsibilities of senior medical advisor for Armed 
Forces Retirement Home. 
Sec. 722. Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund. 
Sec. 723. Report on status of reductions in TRICARE Prime service areas. 
Sec. 724. Extension of authority to provide rehabilitation and vocational benefits 
to members of the Armed Forces with severe injuries or illnesses. 
Sec. 725. Acquisition strategy for health care professional staffing services. 
Sec. 726. Pilot program on medication therapy management under TRICARE 
program. 
Sec. 727. Antimicrobial stewardship program at medical facilities of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
Sec. 728. Report on improvements in the identification and treatment of mental 
health conditions and traumatic brain injury among members 
of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 729. Report on efforts to treat infertility of military families. 
Sec. 730. Report on implementation of recommendations of Institute of Medicine 
on improvements to certain resilience and prevention programs 
of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 731. Comptroller General report on transition of care for post-traumatic 
stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. 
Sec. 732. Comptroller General report on mental health stigma reduction efforts in 
the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 733. Comptroller General report on women’s health care services for members 
of the Armed Forces and other covered beneficiaries. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND 
RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 
Sec. 801. Modular open systems approaches in acquisition programs. 
Sec. 802. Recharacterization of changes to Major Automated Information System 
programs. 
Sec. 803. Amendments relating to defense business systems. 
Sec. 804. Report on implementation of acquisition process for information tech-
nology systems. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and 
Limitations 
Sec. 811. Extension and modification of contract authority for advanced compo-
nent development and prototype units. 
Sec. 812. Amendments relating to authority of the Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency to carry out certain prototype projects.
Sec. 813. Extension of limitation on aggregate annual amount available for con-
tract services. 
Sec. 814. Improvement in defense design-build construction process. 
Sec. 815. Permanent authority for use of simplified acquisition procedures for 
certain commercial items. 
Sec. 816. Restatement and revision of requirements applicable to multiyear de-
fense acquisitions to be specifically authorized by law. 
Sec. 817. Sourcing requirements related to avoiding counterfeit electronic parts. 
Sec. 818. Amendments to Proof of Concept Commercialization Pilot Program. 
Subtitle C—Industrial Base Matters 
Sec. 821. Temporary extension of and amendments to test program for negotia-
tion of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. 
Sec. 822. Plan for improving data on bundled or consolidated contracts. 
Sec. 823. Authority to provide education to small businesses on certain require-
ments of Arms Export Control Act. 
Sec. 824. Matters relating to reverse auctions. 
Sec. 825. Sole source contracts for small business concerns owned and controlled 
by women. 
Subtitle D—Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform 
Sec. 831. Chief Information Officer authority enhancements. 
Sec. 832. Enhanced transparency and improved risk management in information 
technology investments. 
Sec. 833. Portfolio review. 
Sec. 834. Federal data center consolidation initiative. 
Sec. 835. Expansion of training and use of information technology cadres. 
Sec. 836. Maximizing the benefit of the Federal strategic sourcing initiative. 
Sec. 837. Governmentwide software purchasing program. 
Subtitle E—Never Contract With the Enemy 
Sec. 841. Prohibition on providing funds to the enemy. 
Sec. 842. Additional access to records. 
Sec. 843. Definitions. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 851. Rapid acquisition and deployment procedures for United States Special 
Operations Command. 
Sec. 852. Consideration of corrosion control in preliminary design review. 
Sec. 853. Program manager development report. 
Sec. 854. Operational metrics for Joint Information Environment and sup-
porting activities. 
Sec. 855. Compliance with requirements for senior Department of Defense offi-
cials seeking employment with defense contractors. 
Sec. 856. Enhancement of whistleblower protection for employees of grantees. 
Sec. 857. Prohibition on reimbursement of contractors for congressional investiga-
tions and inquiries. 
Sec. 858. Requirement to provide photovoltaic devices from United States sources. 
Sec. 859. Reimbursement of Department of Defense for assistance provided to 
nongovernmental entertainment-oriented media producers. 
Sec. 860. Three-year extension of authority for Joint Urgent Operational Needs 
Fund.
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense Management 
Sec. 901. Reorganization of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related 
Matters. 
Sec. 902. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. 
Sec. 903. Requirement for assessment of options to modify the number of combat-
ant commands. 
Sec. 904. Office of Net Assessment. 
Sec. 905. Periodic review of Department of Defense management headquarters. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 911. Modifications of biennial strategic workforce plan relating to senior 
management, functional, and technical workforces of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
Sec. 912. Repeal of extension of Comptroller General report on inventory. 
Sec. 913. Extension of authority to waive reimbursement of costs of activities for 
nongovernmental personnel at Department of Defense regional 
centers for security studies. 
Sec. 914. Pilot program to establish Government lodging program. 
Sec. 915. Single standard mileage reimbursement rate for privately owned auto-
mobiles of Government employees and members of the uniformed 
services. 
Sec. 916. Modifications to requirements for accounting for members of the Armed 
Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees listed as 
missing. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. Authority to transfer funds to the National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration to sustain nuclear weapons modernization and naval re-
actors. 
Sec. 1003. Reporting of balances carried forward by the Department of Defense 
at the end of each fiscal year. 
Subtitle B—Counter-Drug Activities 
Sec. 1011. Extension of authority to support unified counterdrug and counterter-
rorism campaign in Colombia. 
Sec. 1012. Extension and modification of authority of Department of Defense to 
provide support for counterdrug activities of other governmental 
agencies. 
Sec. 1013. Availability of funds for additional support for counterdrug activities 
of certain foreign governments. 
Sec. 1014. Extension and modification of authority for joint task forces sup-
porting law enforcement agencies conducting activities to 
counter transnational organized crime to support law enforce-
ment agencies conducting counter-terrorism activities. 
Sec. 1015. Sense of Congress regarding security in the Western Hemisphere.
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1021. Definition of combatant and support vessel for purposes of the annual 
plan and certification relating to budgeting for construction of 
naval vessels. 
Sec. 1022. National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund. 
Sec. 1023. Limitation on use of funds for inactivation of U.S.S. George Wash-
ington. 
Sec. 1024. Sense of Congress recognizing the anniversary of the sinking of U.S.S. 
Thresher. 
Sec. 1025. Pilot program for sustainment of Littoral Combat Ships on extended 
deployments. 
Sec. 1026. Availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of Ticonderoga 
class cruisers or dock landing ships. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
Sec. 1031. Extension of authority to make rewards for combating terrorism. 
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 the use of funds for the transfer or release of individ-
uals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1041. Modification of Department of Defense authority for humanitarian 
demining assistance and stockpiled conventional munitions as-
sistance programs. 
Sec. 1042. Airlift service. 
Sec. 1043. Authority to accept certain voluntary legal support services. 
Sec. 1044. Expansion of authority for Secretary of Defense to use the Department 
of Defense reimbursement rate for transportation services pro-
vided to certain non-Department of Defense entities. 
Sec. 1045. Repeal of authority relating to use of military installations by Civil 
Reserve Air Fleet contractors. 
Sec. 1046. Inclusion of Chief of the National Guard Bureau among leadership of 
the Department of Defense provided physical protection and per-
sonal security. 
Sec. 1047. Inclusion of regional organizations in authority for assignment of ci-
vilian employees of the Department of Defense as advisors to for-
eign ministries of defense. 
Sec. 1048. Report and limitation on availability of funds for aviation foreign in-
ternal defense program. 
Sec. 1049. Modifications to OH–58D Kiowa Warrior aircraft. 
Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 
Sec. 1051. Protection of top-tier defense-critical infrastructure from electro-
magnetic pulse. 
Sec. 1052. Response of the Department of Defense to compromises of classified in-
formation. 
Sec. 1053. Study on joint analytic capability of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1054. Business case analysis of the creation of an active duty association for 
the 168th Air Refueling Wing.
Sec. 1055. Reports on recommendations of the National Commission on the Struc-
ture of the Air Force. 
Sec. 1056. Report on protection of military installations. 
Sec. 1057. Comptroller General briefing and report on Army and Army National 
Guard force structure changes. 
Sec. 1058. Improving analytic support to systems acquisition and allocation of 
acquisition, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. 
Sec. 1059. Review of United States military strategy and the force posture of al-
lies and partners in the United States Pacific Command area 
of responsibility. 
Sec. 1060. Repeal of certain reporting requirements relating to the Department 
of Defense. 
Sec. 1061. Repeal of requirement for Comptroller General of the United States 
annual reviews and report on pilot program on commercial fee- 
for-service air refueling support for the Air Force. 
Sec. 1062. Report on additional matters in connection with report on the force 
structure of the United States Army. 
Sec. 1063. Certification for realignment of forces at Lajes Air Force Base, Azores. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 1071. Technical and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 1072. Reform of quadrennial defense review. 
Sec. 1073. Biennial surveys of Department of Defense civilian employees on work-
place and gender relations matters. 
Sec. 1074. Revision to statute of limitations for aviation insurance claims. 
Sec. 1075. Pilot program for the Human Terrain System. 
Sec. 1076. Clarification of policies on management of special use airspace of De-
partment of Defense. 
Sec. 1077. Department of Defense policies on community involvement in Depart-
ment community outreach events. 
Sec. 1078. Notification of foreign threats to information technology systems im-
pacting national security. 
Sec. 1079. Pilot program to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low- 
income veterans. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 
Sec. 1101. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on pre-
mium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian 
employees working overseas. 
Sec. 1102. One-year extension of discretionary authority to grant allowances, ben-
efits, and gratuities to personnel on official duty in a combat 
zone. 
Sec. 1103. Revision to list of science and technology reinvention laboratories. 
Sec. 1104. Extension and modification of experimental program for scientific and 
technical personnel. 
Sec. 1105. Temporary authorities for certain positions at Department of Defense 
research and engineering facilities. 
Sec. 1106. Rate of overtime pay for Department of the Navy employees per-
forming work aboard or dockside in support of the nuclear air-
craft carrier forward deployed in Japan. 
Sec. 1107. Extension of part-time reemployment authority. 
Sec. 1108. Personnel authorities for civilian personnel for the United States 
Cyber Command and the cyber component headquarters of the 
military departments.
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. Modification and extension of Global Security Contingency Fund. 
Sec. 1202. Notice to Congress on certain assistance under authority to conduct ac-
tivities to enhance the capability of foreign countries to respond 
to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. 
Sec. 1203. Enhanced authority for provision of support to foreign military liai-
son officers of foreign countries while assigned to the Department 
of Defense. 
Sec. 1204. Prohibition on use of funds for assistance to units of foreign security 
forces that have committed a gross violation of human rights. 
Sec. 1205. Codification and enhancement of authority to build the capacity of for-
eign security forces. 
Sec. 1206. Training of security forces and associated security ministries of for-
eign countries to promote respect for the rule of law and human 
rights. 
Sec. 1207. Cross servicing agreements for loan of personnel protection and per-
sonnel survivability equipment in coalition operations. 
Sec. 1208. Extension and modification of authority for support of special oper-
ations to combat terrorism. 
Sec. 1209. Authority to provide assistance to the vetted Syrian opposition. 
Sec. 1210. Provision of logistic support for the conveyance of certain defense arti-
cles to foreign forces training with the United States Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 1211. Biennial report on programs carried out by the Department of Defense 
to provide training, equipment, or other assistance or reimburse-
ment to foreign security forces. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq 
Sec. 1221. Commanders’ Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1222. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of certain 
coalition nations for support provided to United States military 
operations. 
Sec. 1223. One-year extension of logistical support for coalition forces supporting 
certain United States military operations. 
Sec. 1224. United States plan for sustaining the Afghanistan National Security 
Forces through the end of fiscal year 2017. 
Sec. 1225. Semiannual report on enhancing security and stability in Afghani-
stan. 
Sec. 1226. Sense of Congress on stability and sovereignty of Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1227. Extension of Afghan Special Immigrant Program. 
Sec. 1228. Independent assessment of United States efforts against al-Qaeda. 
Sec. 1229. Sense of Congress on security of Afghan women. 
Sec. 1230. Review process for use of United States funds for construction projects 
in Afghanistan that cannot be physically accessed by United 
States Government personnel. 
Sec. 1231. Extension of authority to transfer defense articles and provide defense 
services to the military and security forces of Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1232. One-year extension of authority to use funds for reintegration activi-
ties in Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1233. Clearance of unexploded ordnance on former United States training 
ranges in Afghanistan.
Sec. 1234. Report on impact of end of major combat operations in Afghanistan 
on authority to use military force. 
Sec. 1235. Report on bilateral security cooperation with Pakistan. 
Sec. 1236. Authority to provide assistance to counter the Islamic State in Iraq 
and the Levant. 
Sec. 1237. Extension and modification of authority to support operations and ac-
tivities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to the Russian Federation 
Sec. 1241. Limitation on military cooperation between the United States and the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1242. Notification and assessment of proposal to modify or introduce new 
aircraft or sensors for flight by the Russian Federation under 
Open Skies Treaty. 
Sec. 1243. Limitations on providing certain missile defense information to the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1244. Report on non-compliance by the Russian Federation with its obliga-
tions under the INF Treaty. 
Sec. 1245. Annual report on military and security developments involving the 
Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1246. Prohibition on use of funds to enter into contracts or other agreements 
with Rosoboronexport. 
Sec. 1247. Report on the New START Treaty. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the Asia-Pacific Region 
Sec. 1251. Strategy to prioritize United States defense interests in the Asia-Pa-
cific region. 
Sec. 1252. Modifications to annual report on military and security developments 
involving the People’s Republic of China. 
Sec. 1253. Military-to-military engagement with the Government of Burma. 
Sec. 1254. Report on Department of Defense munitions strategy of the United 
States Pacific Command. 
Sec. 1255. Missile defense cooperation in Northeast Asia. 
Sec. 1256. Sense of Congress and report on Taiwan and its contribution to re-
gional peace and stability. 
Sec. 1257. Independent assessment of the ability of the Department of Defense to 
counter anti-access and area-denial strategies, capabilities, and 
other key technologies of potential adversaries. 
Sec. 1258. Sense of Congress reaffirming security cooperation with Japan and the 
Republic of Korea. 
Sec. 1259. Report on maritime security strategy in the Asia-Pacific region. 
Sec. 1259A. Sense of Congress on Taiwan maritime capabilities and exercise par-
ticipation. 
Sec. 1259B. Modification of matters for discussion in annual reports of United 
States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 1261. One-year extension of authorization for non-conventional assisted re-
covery capabilities. 
Sec. 1262. Modification of national security planning guidance to deny safe ha-
vens to al-Qaeda and its violent extremist affiliates.
Sec. 1263. Enhanced authority to acquire goods and services of Djibouti in sup-
port of Department of Defense activities in United States Africa 
Command area of responsibility. 
Sec. 1264. Treatment of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic 
Union of Kurdistan under the Immigration and Nationality 
Act. 
Sec. 1265. Prohibition on integration of missile defense systems of China into 
missile defense systems of United States and sense of Congress 
concerning integration of missile defense systems of Russia into 
missile defense systems of NATO. 
Sec. 1266. Limitation on availability of funds to implement the Arms Trade 
Treaty. 
Sec. 1267. Notification and review of potentially significant arms control non-
compliance. 
Sec. 1268. Inter-European Air Forces Academy. 
Sec. 1269. Department of Defense support to security of United States diplomatic 
facilities. 
Sec. 1270. Information on sanctioned persons and businesses through the Federal 
Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System. 
Sec. 1271. Reports on nuclear program of Iran. 
Sec. 1272. Sense of Congress on defense modernization by NATO countries. 
Sec. 1273. Report on protection of cultural property in event of armed conflict. 
Sec. 1274. United States strategy and plans for enhancing security and stability 
in Europe. 
Sec. 1275. Report on military assistance to Ukraine. 
Sec. 1276. Sense of Congress on efforts to remove Joseph Kony from the battlefield 
and end the atrocities of the Lord’s Resistance Army. 
Sec. 1277. Extension of annual reports on the military power of Iran. 
Sec. 1278. Report and strategy regarding North Africa, West Africa, and the 
Sahel. 
Sec. 1279. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 1280. Approval of the Amendment to the Agreement Between the Government 
of the United States of America and the Government of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Co-
operation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Pur-
poses. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
Subtitle A—Funds 
Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds. 
Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. 
Subtitle B—Consolidation and Modernization of Statutes Relating to the 
Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program 
Sec. 1311. Short title. 
Sec. 1312. Definitions. 
PART I—PROGRAM AUTHORITIES 
Sec. 1321. Authority to carry out Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Program. 
Sec. 1322. Use of funds for certain emergent threats or opportunities. 
Sec. 1323. Authority for urgent threat reduction activities under Department of 
Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.
Sec. 1324. Use of funds for unspecified purposes or for increased amounts. 
Sec. 1325. Use of contributions to Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Program. 
PART II—RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS 
Sec. 1331. Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes. 
Sec. 1332. Requirement for on-site managers. 
Sec. 1333. Limitation on use of funds until certain permits obtained. 
Sec. 1334. Limitation on availability of funds for Cooperative Threat Reduction 
activities with Russian Federation. 
PART III—RECURRING CERTIFICATIONS AND REPORTS 
Sec. 1341. Annual certifications on use of facilities being constructed for Depart-
ment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction projects or activi-
ties. 
Sec. 1342. Requirement to submit summary of amounts requested by project cat-
egory. 
Sec. 1343. Reports on activities and assistance under Department of Defense Co-
operative Threat Reduction Program. 
Sec. 1344. Metrics for Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Pro-
gram. 
PART IV—REPEALS AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS 
Sec. 1351. Repeals. 
Sec. 1352. Transition provisions. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1402. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense. 
Sec. 1403. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1404. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1405. Defense Health Program. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 1411. Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of Defense–Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 
for Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, Illi-
nois. 
Sec. 1412. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
Sec. 1413. Comptroller General of the United States report on Captain James A. 
Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago, Illinois. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Procurement. 
Sec. 1503. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1504. Operation and maintenance.
Sec. 1505. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1506. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1507. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1508. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1509. Defense Health program. 
Sec. 1510. Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund. 
Sec. 1511. European Reassurance Initiative. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1521. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1522. Special transfer authority. 
Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, and Other Matters 
Sec. 1531. Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund. 
Sec. 1532. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
Sec. 1533. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. 
Sec. 1534. Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund. 
Sec. 1535. European Reassurance Initiative. 
Sec. 1536. Plan for transition of funding of United States Special Operations 
Command from supplemental funding for overseas contingency 
operations to recurring funding for future-years defense pro-
grams. 
TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, CYBER, AND INTELLIGENCE 
MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
Sec. 1601. Department of Defense Space Security and Defense Program. 
Sec. 1602. Evolved expendable launch vehicle notification. 
Sec. 1603. Satellite communications responsibilities of Executive Agent for Space. 
Sec. 1604. Rocket propulsion system development program. 
Sec. 1605.
Pilot program for acquisition of commercial satellite communication 
services. 
Sec. 1606. Update of National Security Space Strategy to include space control 
and space superiority strategy. 
Sec. 1607. Allocation of funds for the Space Security and Defense Program; re-
port on space control. 
Sec. 1608. Prohibition on contracting with Russian suppliers of rocket engines for 
the evolved expendable launch vehicle program. 
Sec. 1609. Assessment of evolved expendable launch vehicle program. 
Sec. 1610. Competitive procedures required to launch payload for mission number 
five of the Operationally Responsive Space Program. 
Sec. 1611. Availability of additional rocket cores pursuant to competitive proce-
dures. 
Sec. 1612. Limitations on availability of funds for weather satellite follow-on sys-
tem and Defense Meteorological Satellite program. 
Sec. 1613. Limitation on availability of funds for space-based infrared systems 
space data exploitation. 
Sec. 1614. Limitations on availability of funds for hosted payload and wide field 
of view testbed of the space-based infrared systems. 
Sec. 1615. Limitations on availability of funds for protected tactical demonstra-
tion and protected military satellite communications testbed of 
the advanced extremely high frequency program. 
Sec. 1616. Study of space situational awareness architecture.
Sec. 1617. Briefing on range support for launches in support of national security. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 1621. Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Executive Agent. 
Sec. 1622. One-year extension of report on imagery intelligence and geospatial in-
formation support provided to regional organizations and secu-
rity alliances. 
Sec. 1623. Extension of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in commercial 
activities as security for intelligence collection activities. 
Sec. 1624. Extension of authority relating to jurisdiction over Department of De-
fense facilities for intelligence collection or special operations ac-
tivities abroad. 
Sec. 1625. Assessment and limitation on availability of funds for intelligence ac-
tivities and programs of United States Special Operations Com-
mand and special operations forces. 
Sec. 1626. Annual briefing on the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
requirements of the combatant commands. 
Sec. 1627. Prohibition on National Intelligence Program consolidation. 
Sec. 1628. Personnel security and insider threat. 
Sec. 1629. Migration of Distributed Common Ground System of Department of 
the Army to an open system architecture. 
Subtitle C—Cyberspace-Related Matters 
Sec. 1631. Budgeting and accounting for cyber mission forces. 
Sec. 1632. Reporting on cyber incidents with respect to networks and information 
systems of operationally critical contractors. 
Sec. 1633. Executive agents for cyber test and training ranges. 
Sec. 1634. Cyberspace mapping. 
Sec. 1635. Review of cross domain solution policy and requirement for cross do-
main solution strategy. 
Sec. 1636. Requirement for strategy to develop and deploy decryption service for 
the Joint Information Environment. 
Sec. 1637. Actions to address economic or industrial espionage in cyberspace. 
Sec. 1638. Sense of Congress regarding role of reserve components in defense of 
United States against cyber attacks. 
Sec. 1639. Sense of Congress on the future of the Internet and the .MIL top-level 
domain. 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 
Sec. 1641. Preparation of annual budget request regarding nuclear weapons. 
Sec. 1642. Improvement to biennial assessment on delivery platforms for nuclear 
weapons and the nuclear command and control system. 
Sec. 1643. Congressional Budget Office review of cost estimates for nuclear weap-
ons. 
Sec. 1644. Retention of missile silos. 
Sec. 1645. Procurement authority for certain parts of intercontinental ballistic 
missile fuzes. 
Sec. 1646. Assessment of nuclear weapon secondary requirement. 
Sec. 1647. Certification on nuclear force structure. 
Sec. 1648. Advance notice and reports on B61 life extension program. 
Sec. 1649. Notification and report concerning removal or consolidation of dual- 
capable aircraft from Europe.
Sec. 1650. Reports on installation of nuclear command, control, and communica-
tions systems at headquarters of United States Strategic Com-
mand. 
Sec. 1651. Report on plans for response of Department of Defense to INF Treaty 
violation. 
Sec. 1652. Statement of policy on the nuclear triad. 
Sec. 1653. Sense of Congress on deterrence and defense posture of the North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization. 
Subtitle E—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 1661. Availability of funds for Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system. 
Sec. 1662. Testing and assessment of missile defense systems prior to production 
and deployment. 
Sec. 1663. Acquisition plan for re-designed exo-atmospheric kill vehicle. 
Sec. 1664. Study on testing program of ground-based midcourse missile defense 
system. 
Sec. 1665. Sense of Congress and report on homeland ballistic missile defense. 
Sec. 1666. Sense of Congress and report on regional ballistic missile defense. 
TITLE XVII—NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF THE 
ARMY 
Subtitle A—Establishment and Duties of Commission 
Sec. 1701. Short title. 
Sec. 1702. National Commission on the Future of the Army. 
Sec. 1703. Duties of the Commission. 
Sec. 1704. Powers of the Commission. 
Sec. 1705. Commission personnel matters. 
Sec. 1706. Termination of the Commission. 
Sec. 1707. Funding. 
Subtitle B—Related Limitations 
Sec. 1711. Prohibition on use of fiscal year 2015 funds to reduce strengths of 
Army personnel. 
Sec. 1712. Limitations on the transfer, including preparations for the transfer, 
of AH–64 Apache helicopters assigned to the Army National 
Guard. 
DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 2001. Short title. 
Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by 
law. 
TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2102. Family housing. 
Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army. 
Sec. 2104. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2004 project. 
Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2013 
projects. 
Sec. 2106. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2011 project. 
Sec. 2107. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects.
Sec. 2108. Limitation on construction of cadet barracks at United States Mili-
tary Academy, New York. 
Sec. 2109. Limitation on funding for family housing construction at Camp Walk-
er, Republic of Korea. 
TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2202. Family housing. 
Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. 
Sec. 2205. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2012 
projects. 
Sec. 2206. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 project. 
Sec. 2207. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2011 projects. 
Sec. 2208. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects. 
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2302. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. 
Sec. 2303. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2008 project. 
Sec. 2304. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2011 project. 
Sec. 2305. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2012 project. 
TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Subtitle A—Defense Agency Authorizations 
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2402. Authorized energy conservation projects. 
Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. 
Sec. 2404. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2011 projects. 
Sec. 2405. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects. 
Sec. 2406. Limitation on project authorization to carry out certain fiscal year 
2015 projects pending submission of report. 
Subtitle B—Chemical Demilitarization Authorizations 
Sec. 2411. Authorization of appropriations, chemical demilitarization construc-
tion, defense-wide. 
Sec. 2412. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2000 project. 
TITLE XXV—NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY 
INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. 
TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
Subtitle A—Project Authorizations and Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and 
land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 2611. Modification and extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal 
year 2012 projects. 
Sec. 2612. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2013 
projects. 
Sec. 2613. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 project. 
Sec. 2614. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2011 projects. 
TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure ac-
tivities funded through Department of Defense base closure ac-
count. 
Subtitle B—Prohibition on Additional BRAC Round 
Sec. 2711. Prohibition on conducting additional Base Realignment and Closure 
(BRAC) round. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 2721. Modification of property disposal procedures under base realignment 
and closure process. 
TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing 
Changes 
Sec. 2801. Congressional notification of construction projects, land acquisitions, 
and defense access road projects conducted under authorities 
other than a Military Construction Authorization Act. 
Sec. 2802. Modification of authority to carry out unspecified minor military con-
struction. 
Sec. 2803. Clarification of authorized use of payments-in-kind and in-kind con-
tributions. 
Sec. 2804. Use of one-step turn-key contractor selection procedures for additional 
facility projects. 
Sec. 2805. Limitations on military construction in European Command area of 
responsibility and European Reassurance Initiative. 
Sec. 2806. Extension of temporary, limited authority to use operation and main-
tenance funds for construction projects in certain areas outside 
the United States. 
Sec. 2807. Application of residential building construction standards. 
Sec. 2808. Limitation on construction of new facilities at Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba.
Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities Administration 
Sec. 2811. Renewals, extensions, and succeeding leases for financial institutions 
operating on military installations. 
Sec. 2812. Deposit of reimbursed funds to cover administrative expenses relating 
to certain real property transactions. 
Subtitle C—Provisions Related to Asia-Pacific Military Realignment 
Sec. 2821. Realignment of Marines Corps forces in Asia-Pacific region. 
Sec. 2822. Establishment of surface danger zone, Ritidian Unit, Guam National 
Wildlife Refuge. 
Subtitle D—Land Conveyances 
Sec. 2831. Land conveyance, Gordo Army Reserve Center, Gordo, Alabama. 
Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, West Nome Tank Farm, Nome, Alaska. 
Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, former Air Force Norwalk Defense Fuel Supply 
Point, Norwalk, California. 
Sec. 2834. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction and alternative land convey-
ance authority, former Walter Reed Army Hospital, District of 
Columbia. 
Sec. 2835. Land conveyance, former Lynn Haven fuel depot, Lynn Haven, Flor-
ida. 
Sec. 2836. Transfers of administrative jurisdiction, Camp Frank D. Merrill and 
Lake Lanier, Georgia. 
Sec. 2837. Land conveyance, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. 
Sec. 2838. Modification of conditions on land conveyance, Joliet Army Ammuni-
tion Plant, Illinois. 
Sec. 2839. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction, Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. 
Sec. 2840. Conveyance, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. 
Sec. 2841. Land exchanges, Arlington County, Virginia. 
Subtitle E—Military Memorials, Monuments, and Museums 
Sec. 2851. Acceptance of in-kind gifts on behalf of Heritage Center for the Na-
tional Museum of the United States Army. 
Sec. 2852. Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial, San Diego, California. 
Sec. 2853. Establishment of memorial to the victims of the shooting at the Wash-
ington Navy Yard on September 16, 2013. 
Subtitle F—Designations 
Sec. 2861. Redesignation of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies as the 
Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 2871. Report on physical security at Department of Defense facilities. 
TITLE XXIX—OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2901. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition project. 
Sec. 2902. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2903. Authorized Defense Agency construction and land acquisition project. 
Sec. 2904. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE XXX—NATURAL RESOURCES RELATED GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Land Conveyances and Related Matters 
Sec. 3001. Land conveyance, Wainwright, Alaska. 
Sec. 3002. Sealaska land entitlement finalization. 
Sec. 3003. Southeast Arizona land exchange and conservation. 
Sec. 3004. Land exchange, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, and Bureau 
of Land Management land in Riverside County, California. 
Sec. 3005. Special rules for Inyo National Forest, California, land exchange. 
Sec. 3006. Land exchange, Trinity Public Utilities District, Trinity County, 
California, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Forest 
Service. 
Sec. 3007. Idaho County, Idaho, shooting range land conveyance. 
Sec. 3008. School District 318, Minnesota, land exchange. 
Sec. 3009. Northern Nevada land conveyances. 
Sec. 3010. San Juan County, New Mexico, Federal land conveyance. 
Sec. 3011. Land conveyance, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah. 
Sec. 3012. Conveyance of certain land to the city of Fruit Heights, Utah. 
Sec. 3013. Land conveyance, Hanford Site, Washington. 
Sec. 3014. Ranch A Wyoming consolidation and management improvement. 
Subtitle B—Public Lands and National Forest System Management 
Sec. 3021. Bureau of Land Management permit processing. 
Sec. 3022. Internet-based onshore oil and gas lease sales. 
Sec. 3023. Grazing permits and leases. 
Sec. 3024. Cabin user and transfer fees. 
Subtitle C—National Park System Units 
Sec. 3030. Addition of Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light to the Apostle Islands 
National Seashore. 
Sec. 3031. Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park. 
Sec. 3032. Coltsville National Historical Park. 
Sec. 3033. First State National Historical Park. 
Sec. 3034. Gettysburg National Military Park. 
Sec. 3035. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, 
Maryland. 
Sec. 3036. Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, Auburn, New York. 
Sec. 3037. Hinchliffe Stadium addition to Paterson Great Falls National Histor-
ical Park. 
Sec. 3038. Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site. 
Sec. 3039. Manhattan Project National Historical Park. 
Sec. 3040. North Cascades National Park and Stephen Mather Wilderness. 
Sec. 3041. Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve. 
Sec. 3042. San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. 
Sec. 3043. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico. 
Sec. 3044. Vicksburg National Military Park. 
Subtitle D—National Park System Studies, Management, and Related Matters 
Sec. 3050. Revolutionary War and War of 1812 American battlefield protection 
program. 
Sec. 3051. Special resource studies. 
Sec. 3052. National heritage areas and corridors.
Sec. 3053. National historic site support facility improvements. 
Sec. 3054. National Park System donor acknowledgment. 
Sec. 3055. Coin to commemorate 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. 
Sec. 3056. Commission to study the potential creation of a National Women’s 
History Museum. 
Sec. 3057. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area. 
Subtitle E—Wilderness and Withdrawals 
Sec. 3060. Alpine Lakes Wilderness additions and Pratt and Middle Fork 
Snoqualmie Rivers protection. 
Sec. 3061. Columbine-Hondo Wilderness. 
Sec. 3062. Hermosa Creek watershed protection. 
Sec. 3063. North Fork Federal lands withdrawal area. 
Sec. 3064. Pine Forest Range Wilderness. 
Sec. 3065. Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area and wilderness 
additions. 
Sec. 3066. Wovoka Wilderness. 
Sec. 3067. Withdrawal area related to Wovoka Wilderness. 
Sec. 3068. Withdrawal and reservation of additional public land for Naval Air 
Weapons Station, China Lake, California. 
Subtitle F—Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Sec. 3071. Illabot Creek, Washington, wild and scenic river. 
Sec. 3072. Missisquoi and Trout wild and scenic rivers, Vermont. 
Sec. 3073. White Clay Creek wild and scenic river expansion. 
Sec. 3074. Studies of wild and scenic rivers. 
Subtitle G—Trust Lands 
Sec. 3077. Land taken into trust for benefit of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. 
Sec. 3078. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction, Badger Army Ammunition 
Plant, Baraboo, Wisconsin. 
Subtitle H—Miscellaneous Access and Property Issues 
Sec. 3081. Ensuring public access to the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain in the 
Hanford Reach National Monument. 
Sec. 3082. Anchorage, Alaska, conveyance of reversionary interests. 
Sec. 3083. Release of property interests in Bureau of Land Management land 
conveyed to the State of Oregon for establishment of Hermiston 
Agricultural Research and Extension Center. 
Subtitle I—Water Infrastructure 
Sec. 3087. Bureau of Reclamation hydropower development. 
Sec. 3088. Toledo Bend Hydroelectric Project. 
Sec. 3089. East Bench Irrigation District contract extension. 
Subtitle J—Other Matters 
Sec. 3091. Commemoration of centennial of World War I. 
Sec. 3092. Miscellaneous issues related to Las Vegas valley public land and Tule 
Springs Fossil Beds National Monument. 
Sec. 3093. National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial. 
Sec. 3094. Extension of legislative authority for establishment of commemorative 
work in honor of former President John Adams.
Sec. 3095. Refinancing of Pacific Coast groundfish fishing capacity reduction 
loan. 
Sec. 3096. Payments in lieu of taxes. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security Programs Authorizations 
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 3111. Design and use of prototypes of nuclear weapons for intelligence pur-
poses. 
Sec. 3112. Plutonium pit production capacity. 
Sec. 3113. Life-cycle cost estimates of certain atomic energy defense capital assets. 
Sec. 3114. Expansion of requirement for independent cost estimates on life exten-
sion programs and new nuclear facilities. 
Sec. 3115. Definition of baseline and threshold for stockpile life extension project. 
Sec. 3116. Authorized personnel levels of National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion. 
Sec. 3117. Cost estimation and program evaluation by National Nuclear Security 
Administration. 
Sec. 3118. Cost containment for Uranium Capabilities Replacement Project. 
Sec. 3119. Production of nuclear warhead for long-range standoff weapon. 
Sec. 3120. Disposition of weapons-usable plutonium. 
Sec. 3121. Limitation on availability of funds for Office of the Administrator for 
Nuclear Security. 
Sec. 3122. Limitation on availability of funds for certain nonproliferation activi-
ties between the United States and the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 3123. Identification 
of 
amounts 
required 
for 
uranium 
technology 
sustainment in budget materials for fiscal year 2016. 
Subtitle C—Plans and Reports 
Sec. 3131. Analysis and report on W88 Alt 370 program high explosives options. 
Sec. 3132. Analysis of existing facilities and sense of Congress with respect to plu-
tonium strategy. 
Sec. 3133. Plan for verification and monitoring of proliferation of nuclear weap-
ons and fissile material. 
Sec. 3134. Comments of Administrator for Nuclear Security and Chairman of 
Nuclear Weapons Council on final report of Congressional Advi-
sory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enter-
prise. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 3141. Establishment of Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker 
Health; extension of authority of Office of Ombudsman for En-
ergy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program. 
Sec. 3142. Technical corrections to Atomic Energy Defense Act.
Sec. 3143. Technical corrections to National Nuclear Security Administration 
Act. 
Sec. 3144. Technology Commercialization Fund. 
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
Sec. 3201. Authorization. 
Sec. 3202. Inspector General of Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. 
Sec. 3203. Number of employees of Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES 
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for national security aspects of the 
Merchant Marine for fiscal year 2015. 
Sec. 3502. Floating dry docks. 
Sec. 3503. Sense of Congress on the role of domestic maritime industry in na-
tional security. 
Sec. 3504. United States Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors. 
DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 
Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. 
TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 4101. Procurement. 
Sec. 4102. Procurement for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Sec. 4201. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 4202. Research, development, test, and evaluation for overseas contingency 
operations. 
TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Sec. 4301. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 4302. Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
Sec. 4401. Military personnel. 
Sec. 4402. Military personnel for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 4501. Other authorizations. 
Sec. 4502. Other authorizations for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 4601. Military construction. 
Sec. 4602. Military construction for overseas contingency operations.
TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 4701. Department of Energy national security programs. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purposes of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, 
jointly submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Commit-
tees, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 
to the vote on passage in the House acting first on the con-
ference report or amendment between the Houses. 
SEC. 5. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed 
in the House section of the Congressional Record on or 
about December 3, 2014, by the Chairman of the Committee 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate, shall have the same effect with respect to the implemen-
tation of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement 
of a committee of conference.
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 101. Authorization of Appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
Sec. 111. Plan on modernization of UH–60A aircraft of Army National Guard. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
Sec. 121. Construction of San Antonio class amphibious ship. 
Sec. 122. Limitation on availability of funds for mission modules for Littoral 
Combat Ship. 
Sec. 123. Extension of limitation on availability of funds for Littoral Combat 
Ship. 
Sec. 124. Report on test evaluation master plan for Littoral Combat Ship 
seaframes and mission modules. 
Sec. 125. Airborne electronic attack capabilities. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
Sec. 131. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of MQ–1 Predator 
aircraft. 
Sec. 132. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of U–2 aircraft. 
Sec. 133. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of A–10 aircraft. 
Sec. 134. Prohibition on cancellation or modification of avionics modernization 
program for C–130 aircraft. 
Sec. 135. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of Air Force aircraft. 
Sec. 136. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of E–3 airborne 
warning and control system aircraft. 
Sec. 137. Limitation on availability of funds for divestment or transfer of KC– 
10 aircraft. 
Sec. 138. Limitation on availability of funds for transfer of Air Force C–130H 
and C–130J aircraft. 
Sec. 139. Limitation on availability of funds for transfer of Air Force KC–135 
tankers. 
Sec. 140. Report on C–130 aircraft. 
Sec. 141. Report on status of F–16 aircraft. 
Sec. 142. Report on options to modernize or replace T–1A aircraft. 
Sec. 143. Report on status of air-launched cruise missile capabilities. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters 
Sec. 151. Additional oversight requirements for the undersea mobility acquisition 
program of the United States Special Operations Command. 
Sec. 152. Plan for modernization or replacement of digital avionic equipment. 
Sec. 153. Comptroller General report on F–35 aircraft acquisition program.
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2015 for procurement for the Army, the Navy and 
the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide activi-
ties, as specified in the funding table in section 4101. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
SEC. 111. PLAN ON MODERNIZATION OF UH–60A AIRCRAFT 
OF ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. 
(a) PLAN.—Not later than March 15, 2015, the Sec-
retary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a prioritized plan for modernizing the entire 
fleet of UH–60A aircraft of the Army National Guard. 
(b) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—The plan under sub-
section (a) shall set forth the following: 
(1) A detailed timeline for the modernization of 
the entire fleet of UH–60A aircraft of the Army Na-
tional Guard. 
(2) The number of UH–60L, UH–60L Digital, 
and UH–60M aircraft that the Army National Guard 
will possess upon completion of such modernization 
plan. 
(3) The cost, by year, associated with such mod-
ernization plan.
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
SEC. 121. CONSTRUCTION OF SAN ANTONIO CLASS AMPHIB-
IOUS SHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy may 
enter into a contract beginning with the fiscal year 2015 
program year for the procurement of one San Antonio class 
amphibious ship. The Secretary may employ incremental 
funding for such procurement. 
(b) CONDITION ON OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAYMENTS.— 
A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide 
that any obligation of the United States to make a payment 
under such contract for any fiscal year after fiscal year 
2015 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that 
purpose for such fiscal year. 
SEC. 122. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
MISSION MODULES FOR LITTORAL COMBAT 
SHIP. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 for the 
procurement of additional mission modules for the Littoral 
Combat Ship program may be obligated or expended until 
the Secretary of the Navy submits to the congressional de-
fense committees each of the following: 
(1) The Milestone B program goals for cost, 
schedule, and performance for each module.
(2) Certification by the Director of Operational 
Test and Evaluation with respect to the total number 
for each module type that is required to perform all 
necessary operational testing. 
SEC. 123. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF 
FUNDS FOR LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP. 
Section 124(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 
693) is amended by striking ‘‘this Act or otherwise made 
available for fiscal year 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act, the 
Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, or otherwise 
made available for fiscal years 2014 or 2015’’. 
SEC. 124. REPORT ON TEST EVALUATION MASTER PLAN 
FOR LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP SEAFRAMES 
AND MISSION MODULES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the test evaluation 
master plan for the seaframes and mission modules for the 
Littoral Combat Ship program. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements:
(1) A description of the progress of the Navy 
with respect to the test evaluation master plan. 
(2) An assessment of whether or not completion 
of the test evaluation master plan will demonstrate 
operational effectiveness and operational suitability 
for both seaframes and each mission module. 
SEC. 125. AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC ATTACK CAPABILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy shall en-
sure that the Navy retains the option of procuring more 
EA–18G aircraft in the event that the Secretary determines 
that further analysis of airborne electronic attack force 
structure indicates that the Navy should make such a pro-
curement. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 2, 2015, the Sec-
retary shall provide to the congressional defense committees 
a briefing on— 
(1) the options available to the Navy for ensur-
ing that the Navy will not be precluded from pro-
curing more EA–18G aircraft based on a determina-
tion made under subsection (a); and 
(2) an update on the progress of the Navy in 
conducting an analysis of emerging requirements for 
airborne electronic attack.
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
SEC. 131. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
RETIREMENT OF MQ–1 PREDATOR AIRCRAFT. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided by subsection 
(b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 for the 
Air Force may be used during fiscal year 2015 to retire 
any MQ–1 Predator aircraft. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to a damaged MQ–1 Predator aircraft if 
the Secretary determines that repairing such aircraft is not 
economically viable. 
SEC. 132. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
RETIREMENT OF U–2 AIRCRAFT. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 for the 
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to 
make significant changes to retire, prepare to retire, or 
place in storage U–2 aircraft. 
SEC. 133. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
RETIREMENT OF A–10 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT.—None of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 
available for fiscal year 2015 for the Air Force may be obli-
gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in
storage any A–10 aircraft, except for such aircraft the Sec-
retary of the Air Force, as of April 9, 2013, planned to 
retire. 
(b) LIMITATION ON MANNING LEVELS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided under 
paragraph (2), none of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2015 for the Air Force may be obligated 
or expended to make significant changes to manning 
levels with respect to any A–10 aircraft squadrons. 
(2) EXCEPTION.— 
(A) BACK
UP
FLYING
STATUS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may authorize the Secretary of 
the Air Force to move up to 36 A–10 aircraft in 
the active component to backup flying status, 
and make conforming personnel adjustments, for 
the duration of fiscal year 2015 if— 
(i) on or before the date that is 45 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense submits to the con-
gressional defense committees the certifi-
cation described in subparagraph (B); and 
(ii) a period of 30 days has elapsed fol-
lowing the date of such submittal.
(B) CERTIFICATION.—A certification de-
scribed in this subparagraph is a certification 
that the Secretary of Defense has— 
(i) received the results of the inde-
pendent assessment under subsection (c) by 
the Director of Cost Assessment and Pro-
gram 
Evaluation 
regarding 
alternative 
ways to provide manpower during fiscal 
year 2015 to maintain the fighter fleet of 
the Air Force and to field F–35 aircraft; 
and 
(ii) determined, after giving consider-
ation to such assessment, that an action to 
move A–10 aircraft under subparagraph 
(A) is required to avoid— 
(I) significantly degrading the 
readiness of the fighter fleet of the Air 
Force; or 
(II) significantly delaying the 
planned fielding of F–35 aircraft. 
(c) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall conduct 
an independent assessment of alternative ways to provide 
manpower during fiscal year 2015 to maintain the fighter
fleet of the Air Force and to field F–35 aircraft. In con-
ducting such assessment, the Director shall give consider-
ation to the implementation approaches proposed by the Air 
Force and to other alternatives, including the retirement 
of other aircraft and the use of civilian or contractor main-
tainers on an interim basis for A–10 aircraft, F–35 air-
craft, or other aircraft. 
(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct an independent study of 
the platforms used to conduct the close air support 
mission in light of the recommendation of the Air 
Force to retire the A–10 fleet. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than March 30, 2015, 
the Comptroller General shall brief the congressional 
defense committees on the preliminary findings of the 
study under paragraph (1), with a report to follow as 
soon as practicable, that includes an assessment of— 
(A) the alternatives considered by the Air 
Force that led to the recommendation to retire 
the A–10 fleet, including the relative costs, bene-
fits, and assumptions associated with the alter-
natives to such retirement; 
(B) any capability gaps in close air sup-
port that would be created by such retirement
and to what extent the Department of Defense 
has plans to address such capability gaps; and 
(C) any capability gaps in air superiority 
or global strike that could be created by the 
added cost to the Air Force of retaining the A– 
10 fleet. 
SEC. 134. PROHIBITION ON CANCELLATION OR MODIFICA-
TION OF AVIONICS MODERNIZATION PRO-
GRAM FOR C–130 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 
available for fiscal year 2015 for the Air Force may 
be used to— 
(A) take any action to cancel or modify the 
avionics modernization program of record for C– 
130 aircraft; or 
(B) except as provided by paragraph (2), 
initiate an alternative communication, naviga-
tion, surveillance, and air traffic management 
program for C–130 aircraft that is designed or 
intended to replace the avionics modernization 
program described in subparagraph (A). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of Defense may 
waive the prohibition in paragraph (1)(B) if the Sec-
retary certifies to the congressional defense committees 
that the program described in such subparagraph is 
required to operate C–130 aircraft in airspace con-
trolled by the Federal Aviation Administration or 
airspace controlled by the government of a foreign 
country. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2015 for operation and maintenance for the Office of 
the Secretary of the Air Force, not more than 85 percent 
may be obligated or expended until a period of 15 days 
has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary of 
the Air Force certifies to the congressional defense commit-
tees that the Secretary has obligated the funds authorized 
to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal 
years prior to fiscal year 2015 for the avionics moderniza-
tion program of record for C–130 aircraft. 
SEC. 135. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RE-
TIREMENT OF AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2015 for the Air Force may be obligated or ex-
pended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage any 
aircraft of the Air Force, except for such aircraft the Sec-
retary of the Air Force planned to retire as of April 9, 2013,
until a period of 60 days has elapsed following the date 
on which the Secretary submits the report under subsection 
(b)(1). 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the 
appropriate contributions of the regular Air Force, 
the Air National Guard, and the Air Force Reserve 
to the total force structure of the Air Force. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) A separate presentation of mix of forces 
for each mission and aircraft platform of the Air 
Force. 
(B) An analysis and recommendations for 
not less than 80 percent of the missions and air-
craft platforms described in subparagraph (A). 
SEC. 136. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RE-
TIREMENT OF E–3 AIRBORNE WARNING AND 
CONTROL SYSTEM AIRCRAFT. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Defense may be obli-
gated or expended to make significant changes to manning 
levels with respect to any E–3 airborne warning and con-
trol systems aircraft, or to retire, prepare to retire, or place 
in storage any such aircraft. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the require-
ment to maintain the operational capability of the E–3 air-
borne warning and control system aircraft. 
SEC. 137. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DI-
VESTMENT OR TRANSFER OF KC–10 AIR-
CRAFT. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2015 for the Air Force may be obligated or ex-
pended to transfer, divest, or prepare to divest any KC– 
10 aircraft until a period of 60 days has elapsed following 
the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
congressional defense committees an assessment of the costs 
and benefits of the proposed divestment or transfer. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment referred to in sub-
section (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following ele-
ments: 
(1) A five-year plan for the force structure 
laydown of all tanker aircraft. 
(2) Current and future air refueling and cargo 
transportation requirements, broken down by aircraft, 
needed to meet the global reach and global power ob-
jectives of the Department of Defense, including how 
such objectives relate to supporting the 2012 Defense 
Strategic Guidance. 
(3) An operational risk assessment and mitiga-
tion strategy that evaluates the ability of the military 
to meet the requirements and objectives stipulated in 
the Guidance for Employment of the Force of the De-
partment of Defense, the Joint Strategic Capabilities 
Plan, and all steady-state rotational and warfighting 
surge contingency operational planning documents of 
the commanders of the geographical combatant com-
mands. 
SEC. 138. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
TRANSFER OF AIR FORCE C–130H AND C–130J 
AIRCRAFT. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2015 for the Air Force may be obligated or ex-
pended to transfer from one facility of the Department of 
Defense to another any C–130H or C–130J aircraft until 
a period of 60 days has elapsed following the date on which 
the Secretary of the Air Force submits to the congressional 
defense committees an assessment of the costs and benefits 
of the proposed transfer.
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment referred to in sub-
section (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following ele-
ments: 
(1) A five-year plan for the force structure 
laydown of C–130H2, C–130H3, and C–130J air-
craft. 
(2) An identification of how such plan deviates 
from the total force structure proposal of the Sec-
retary described in section 1059(a) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub-
lic Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1939). 
(3) An explanation of why such plan deviates, if 
in any detail, from such proposal. 
(4) An assessment of the national security bene-
fits and any other expected benefits of the proposed 
transfers under subsection (a), including benefits for 
the facilities expected to receive the transferred air-
craft. 
(5) An assessment of the costs of the proposed 
transfers, including the impact of the proposed trans-
fers on the facilities from which the aircraft will be 
transferred. 
(6) An analysis of the recommended basing 
alignment that demonstrates that the recommendation
is the most effective and efficient alternative for such 
basing alignment. 
(7) For units equipped with special capabilities, 
including the modular airborne firefighting system 
capability, a certification that missions using such 
capabilities will not be negatively affected by the pro-
posed transfers. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 
60 days after the date on which the Secretary submits the 
report required under subsection (a), the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a sufficiency review of such report, in-
cluding any findings and recommendations relating to such 
review. 
SEC. 139. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
TRANSFER OF AIR FORCE KC–135 TANKERS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2015 for the Air Force may be obligated or ex-
pended to transfer from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam 
to another facility of the Department of Defense any KC– 
135 aircraft until a period of 60 days has elapsed following 
the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force submits 
to the congressional defense committees an assessment of the 
costs and benefits of the proposed transfer.
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment referred to in sub-
section (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following ele-
ments: 
(1) A recommended basing alignment of Joint 
Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam KC–135 aircraft. 
(2) An identification of how, and an explanation 
of why, such recommended basing alignment deviates, 
if in any detail, from the current basing plan. 
(3) An assessment of the national security bene-
fits and any other expected benefits of the proposed 
transfer under subsection (a), including benefits for 
the facilities expected to receive the transferred air-
craft. 
(4) An assessment of the costs of the proposed 
transfer, including the impact of the proposed trans-
fer on the facilities from which the aircraft will be 
transferred. 
(5) An analysis of the recommended basing 
alignment that demonstrates that the recommendation 
is the most effective and efficient alternative for such 
basing alignment. 
SEC. 140. REPORT ON C–130 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port including a complete analysis and fielding plan for 
C–130 aircraft. 
(b) CONTENT.—The fielding plan submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include specific details of the plan of the 
Secretary to maintain intra-theater airlift capacity and ca-
pability within both the active and reserve components, in-
cluding the modernization and recapitalization plan for C– 
130H and C–130J aircraft. 
SEC. 141. REPORT ON STATUS OF F–16 AIRCRAFT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the status 
and location, and any plans to change during the period 
of the future-years defense program the status or locations, 
of all F–16 aircraft in the inventory of the Air Force. 
SEC. 142. REPORT ON OPTIONS TO MODERNIZE OR RE-
PLACE T–1A AIRCRAFT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on options for the modernization or replacement of the 
T–1A aircraft capability. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) A description of options for—
(A) new procurement; 
(B) conducting a service life extension pro-
gram on existing aircraft; 
(C) replacing organic aircraft with leased 
aircraft or services for the longer term; and 
(D) replacing organic aircraft with leased 
aircraft or services while the Secretary executes 
a new procurement or service life extension pro-
gram. 
(2) An evaluation of the ability of each alter-
native to meet future training requirements. 
(3) Estimates of life cycle costs. 
(4) A description of potential cost savings from 
merging a T–1A capability replacement program 
with other programs of the Air Force, such as the 
Companion Trainer Program. 
SEC. 143. REPORT ON STATUS OF AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE 
MISSILE CAPABILITIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The capability provided by the nuclear-capa-
ble, air-launched cruise missile is critical to main-
taining a credible and effective air-delivery leg of the 
nuclear triad, preserving the ability to respond to geo-
political and technical surprise, and reassuring allies
of the United States through credible extended deter-
rence. 
(2) In the fiscal year 2015 budget request of the 
Air Force, the Secretary of the Air Force delayed de-
velopment of the long-range standoff weapon, the fol-
low-on for the air-launched cruise missile, by three 
years. 
(3) The Secretary plans to sustain the current 
air-launched cruise missile, known as the AGM–86, 
until approximately 2030, with multiple service life- 
extension programs required to preserve but not en-
hance the existing capabilities of the air-launched 
cruise missile. 
(4) The AGM–86 was initially developed in the 
1970s and deployed in the 1980s. 
(5) The average age of the inventory of air- 
launched cruise missiles is more than 30 years old. 
(6) The operating environment, particularly the 
sophistication of integrated air defenses, has evolved 
substantially since the inception of the air-launched 
cruise missile. 
(7) The AGM–86 is no longer in production and 
the inventory of spare bodies for required annual test-
ing continues to diminish, posing serious challenges 
for long-term sustainment.
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Air Force, in coordination with the Commander 
of the United States Strategic Command, shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the status of the current air-launched cruise missile 
and the development of the follow-on system, the long- 
range standoff weapon, in accordance with section 
217 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 
706). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the effectiveness and 
survivability of the air-launched cruise missile 
through 2030, including the impact of any deg-
radation on the ability of the United States 
Strategic Command to meet deterrence require-
ments, including the number of targets held at 
risk by the air-launched cruise missile or the 
burdens placed on other legs of the nuclear triad. 
(B) A description of age-related failure 
trends, an assessment of potential age-related 
fleet-wide reliability and supportability prob-
lems, and the estimated costs for sustaining the 
air-launched cruise missile. 
(C) A detailed plan, including initial cost 
estimates, for the development and deployment of 
the follow-on system that will achieve initial 
operational capability before 2030. 
(D) An assessment of the feasibility and ad-
visability of alternative development strategies, 
including initial cost estimates, that would 
achieve full operational capability before 2030. 
(E) An assessment of current testing re-
quirements and the availability of test bodies to 
sustain the air-launched cruise missile over the 
long term. 
(F) A description of the extent to which the 
airframe and other related components can be 
completed independent of the payload, as deter-
mined by the Nuclear Weapons Council estab-
lished by section 179 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(G) A statement of the risks assumed by not 
fielding an operational replacement for the exist-
ing air-launched cruise missile by 2030.
(3) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in classified form, but 
may include an unclassified summary. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, 
and Multiservice Matters 
SEC. 151. ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR 
THE UNDERSEA MOBILITY ACQUISITION PRO-
GRAM OF THE UNITED STATES SPECIAL OP-
ERATIONS COMMAND. 
Section 144 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1325) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or the 
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development 
system’’ before the semicolon; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or 
other comparable and qualified entity selected by 
the Director’’ before the semicolon; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commander shall de-
velop a plan consisting of a technology roadmap for 
undersea mobility capabilities that includes the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) A description of the current capabili-
ties provided by covered elements as of the date 
of the plan. 
‘‘(B) An identification and description of 
the requirements of the Commander for future 
undersea mobility platforms. 
‘‘(C) An identification of resources nec-
essary to fulfill the requirements identified in 
subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(D) A description of the technology readi-
ness levels of any covered element currently 
under development as of the date of the plan. 
‘‘(E) An identification of any potential 
gaps or projected shortfall in capability, along 
with steps to mitigate any such gap or shortfall. 
‘‘(F) Any other matters the Commander de-
termines appropriate. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—The Commander shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees the plan 
under paragraph (1) at the same time as the Under 
Secretary submits the first report under subsection
(a)(2) following the date of the enactment of the Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.’’. 
SEC. 152. PLAN FOR MODERNIZATION OR REPLACEMENT OF 
DIGITAL AVIONIC EQUIPMENT. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a plan for the potential modernization or replacement of 
digital avionics equipment, including use of commercial- 
off-the-shelf digital avionics equipment, to meet the equip-
ment requirements under the Next Generation Air Trans-
portation System of the Federal Aviation Administration. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the requirements imposed on 
aircraft of the Department of Defense by the Federal 
Aviation Administration transition to the equipment 
requirements described in subsection (a), including— 
(A) an identification of the type and num-
ber of aircraft that the Secretary will need to up-
grade; 
(B) a definition of the upgrades needed for 
such aircraft; and
(C) the schedule required for the Secretary 
to make such upgrades in time to meet such re-
quirements. 
(2) A description of options for— 
(A) acquiring new equipment, including— 
(i) new procurement; and 
(ii) leasing equipment and installation 
and other services, including the use of pub-
lic-private partnerships; and 
(B) modernizing existing equipment. 
(3) An evaluation of the ability of each option 
to meet future operational requirements and to meet 
the equipment requirements described in subsection 
(a). 
(4) An estimated timeline to modernize or re-
place the digital avionics equipment in each military 
department or other element of the Department. 
(5) The estimated costs of options to modernize 
or replace the avionics equipment in each military 
department or other element of the Department in 
order to meet such requirements. 
SEC. 153. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON F–35 AIR-
CRAFT ACQUISITION PROGRAM. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than April 15, 2015, 
and each year thereafter until the F–35 aircraft acquisition
program enters into full-rate production, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report reviewing such program. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The extent to which the F–35 aircraft acqui-
sition program is meeting cost, schedule, and per-
formance goals. 
(2) The progress and results of developmental 
and operational testing. 
(3) The progress of the procurement and manu-
facturing of F–35 aircraft. 
(4) An assessment of any plans or efforts of the 
Secretary of Defense to improve the efficiency of the 
procurement and manufacturing of F–35 aircraft. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 201. Authorization of Appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 211. Modification of authority for prizes for advanced technology achieve-
ments. 
Sec. 212. Modification of Manufacturing Technology Program. 
Sec. 213. Revision of requirement for acquisition programs to maintain defense 
research facility records. 
Sec. 214. Treatment by Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center 
of significant modifications to test and evaluation facilities and 
resources. 
Sec. 215. Revision to the service requirement under the Science, Mathematics, and 
Research for Transformation Defense Education Program.
Sec. 216. Limitation on availability of funds for armored multi-purpose vehicle 
program. 
Sec. 217. Limitation on availability of funds for unmanned carrier-launched air-
borne surveillance and strike system. 
Sec. 218. Limitation on availability of funds for airborne reconnaissance systems. 
Sec. 219. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of Joint Surveillance 
and Target Attack Radar Systems aircraft. 
Subtitle C—Reports 
Sec. 221. Reduction in frequency of reporting by Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Systems Engineering. 
Sec. 222. Independent assessment of interagency biodefense research and develop-
ment. 
Sec. 223. Briefing on modeling and simulation technological and industrial base 
in support of requirements of Department of Defense. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 231. Modification to requirement for contractor cost sharing in pilot pro-
gram to include technology protection features during research 
and development of certain defense systems. 
Sec. 232. Pilot program on assignment to Defense Advanced Research Projects 
Agency of private sector personnel with critical research and de-
velopment expertise. 
Sec. 233. Pilot program on enhancement of preparation of dependents of members 
of Armed Forces for careers in science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics. 
Sec. 234. Sense of Congress on helicopter health and usage monitoring system of 
the Army. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2015 for the use of the Department of Defense for 
research, development, test, and evaluation as specified in 
the funding table in section 4201.
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, 
Restrictions, and Limitations 
SEC. 211. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR PRIZES FOR 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENTS. 
(a) MODIFICATION
OF
LIMIT
ON
AMOUNT
OF 
AWARDS.—Subsection (c)(1) of section 2374a of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘The total 
amount’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting the following: ‘‘No prize competition may re-
sult in the award of a cash prize of more than 
$10,000,000.’’. 
(b) ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS.—In addition to such 
sums as may be appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Secretary to award prizes under this section, the Sec-
retary may accept funds from other departments and agen-
cies of the Federal Government, and from State and local 
governments, to award prizes under this section.’’.
(c) FREQUENCY
OF REPORTING.—Subsection (f) of 
such section, as redesignated by subsection (b)(1) of this sec-
tion, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting 
‘‘every other year’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘two fiscal years’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a period of two fiscal years’’; and 
(3) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘AN-
NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’. 
SEC. 
212. 
MODIFICATION 
OF 
MANUFACTURING 
TECH-
NOLOGY PROGRAM. 
(a) MODIFICATION
OF JOINT DEFENSE MANUFAC-
TURING
TECHNOLOGY
PANEL
REPORTING
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Subsection (e)(5) of section 2521 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Research and Engineering’’ and in-
serting ‘‘one or more individuals designated by the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Lo-
gistics for purposes of this paragraph’’. 
(b) DECREASED FREQUENCY OF UPDATE OF FIVE- 
YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.—Subsection (f)(3) of such section
is amended by striking ‘‘on a biennial basis’’ and inserting 
‘‘not less frequently than once every four years’’. 
SEC. 213. REVISION OF REQUIREMENT FOR ACQUISITION 
PROGRAMS 
TO 
MAINTAIN 
DEFENSE 
RE-
SEARCH FACILITY RECORDS. 
Section 2364 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and issue’’ after 
‘‘technology position’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘combatant com-
mands’’ and inserting ‘‘components of the 
Department of Defense’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘any po-
sition paper’’ and all that follows through the 
period and inserting the following: ‘‘any techno-
logical assessment made by a Defense research 
facility shall be provided to the Defense Tech-
nical Information Center repository to support 
acquisition decisions.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘this section:’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘(1) The term’’ and inserting 
‘‘this section, the term’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, 
and moving such paragraphs, as so redesignated, 
2 ems to the left. 
SEC. 214. TREATMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TEST 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CENTER OF SIG-
NIFICANT 
MODIFICATIONS 
TO 
TEST 
AND 
EVALUATION FACILITIES AND RESOURCES. 
(a) REVIEW
OF PROPOSED CHANGES.—Subsection 
(c)(1)(B) of section 196 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘Base’’ the following: ‘‘, includ-
ing with respect to the expansion, divestment, consolidation, 
or curtailment of activities,’’. 
(b) ELEMENTS
OF STRATEGIC PLANS.—Subsection 
(d)(2) of such section is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (E) and (F) 
as subparagraph (F) and (G), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) An assessment of plans and business case 
analyses supporting any significant modification of 
the test and evaluation facilities and resources of the 
Department projected, proposed, or recommended by 
the Secretary of a military department or the head of
a Defense Agency for such period, including with re-
spect to the expansion, divestment, consolidation, or 
curtailment of activities.’’. 
(c) CERTIFICATION OF BUDGETS.—Subsection (e)(1) of 
such section is amended by inserting ‘‘and for the period 
covered by the future-years defense program submitted to 
Congress under section 221 of this title for that fiscal year’’ 
after ‘‘activities for a fiscal year’’. 
(d) ASSESSMENT OF PLANS FOR FACILITIES.—Such 
section is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) 
as subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following 
new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) APPROVAL OF CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS.—(1) The 
Secretary of a military department or the head of a Defense 
Agency with test and evaluation responsibilities may not 
implement a projected, proposed, or recommended signifi-
cant modification of the test and evaluation facilities and 
resources of the Department, including with respect to the 
expansion, divestment, consolidation, or curtailment of ac-
tivities, until— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary or the head, as the case may 
be, submits to the Director a business case analysis 
for such modification; and
‘‘(B) the Director reviews such analysis and ap-
proves such modification. 
‘‘(2) The Director shall submit to the Secretary of De-
fense an annual report containing the comments of the Di-
rector with respect to each business case analysis reviewed 
under paragraph (1)(B) during the year covered by the re-
port.’’. 
SEC. 215. REVISION TO THE SERVICE REQUIREMENT 
UNDER THE SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND 
RESEARCH FOR TRANSFORMATION DEFENSE 
EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 2192a(c)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) in the case of a person not an employee of 
the Department of Defense, the person shall enter into 
a written agreement to accept and continue employ-
ment for the period of obligated service determined 
under paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(i) with the Department; or 
‘‘(ii) with a public or private entity or or-
ganization outside of the Department if the Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(I) is unable to find an appropriate 
position for the person within the Depart-
ment; and
‘‘(II) determines that employment of 
the person with such entity or organization 
for the purpose of such obligated service 
would provide a benefit to the Depart-
ment.’’. 
SEC. 216. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR AR-
MORED MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2015 for research, development, test, and evaluation, 
Army, for the armored multi-purpose vehicle program, not 
more than 80 percent may be obligated or expended until 
the date on which the Secretary of the Army submits to 
the congressional defense committees the report under sub-
section (b)(1). 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2015, 
the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the armored 
multi-purpose vehicle program. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An identification of the existing capa-
bility gaps of the M–113 family of vehicles as-
signed, as of the date of the report, to units out-
side of combat brigades. 
(B) An identification of the mission roles 
that are in common between— 
(i) such vehicles assigned to units out-
side of combat brigades; and 
(ii) the vehicles examined in the armor 
brigade combat team during the armored 
multi-purpose vehicle analysis of alter-
natives. 
(C) The estimated timeline and the rough 
order of magnitude of funding requirements asso-
ciated with complete M–113 family of vehicles 
divestiture within the units outside of combat 
brigades and the risk associated with delaying 
the replacement of such vehicles. 
(D) A description of the requirements for 
force protection, mobility, and size, weight, 
power, and cooling capacity for the mission roles 
of M–113 family of vehicles assigned to units 
outside of combat brigades. 
(E) A discussion of the mission roles of the 
M–113 family of vehicles assigned to units out-
side of combat brigades that are comparable to
the mission roles of the M–113 family of vehicles 
assigned to armor brigade combat teams. 
(F) A discussion of whether a one-for-one 
replacement of the M–113 family of vehicles as-
signed to units outside of combat brigades is like-
ly. 
(G) With respect to mission roles, a discus-
sion of any substantive distinctions that exist in 
the capabilities of the M–113 family of vehicles 
that are needed based on the level of the unit to 
which the vehicle is assigned (not including com-
bat brigades). 
(H) A discussion of the relative priority of 
fielding among the mission roles. 
(I) An assessment for the feasibility of in-
corporating medical wheeled variants within the 
armor brigade combat teams. 
SEC. 217. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR UN-
MANNED 
CARRIER-LAUNCHED 
AIRBORNE 
SURVEILLANCE AND STRIKE SYSTEM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2015 for research, development, test, and evalua-
tion, Navy, for the unmanned carrier-launched airborne 
surveillance and strike system may be obligated or expended
to award a contract for air vehicle segment development 
until a period of 15 days has elapsed following the date 
on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congres-
sional defense committees a report that— 
(1) certifies that a review of the requirements for 
air vehicle segments of the unmanned carrier- 
launched surveillance and strike system is complete; 
and 
(2) includes the results of such review. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—At the same time that the 
President submits to Congress the budget for fiscal year 
2017 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report that— 
(1) identifies the cost and performance trade-offs 
that the Navy made in arriving at the set of require-
ments for the air vehicle segments of the unmanned 
carrier-launched surveillance and strike system, in-
cluding with respect to strike capability in an anti- 
access or area denial environment; 
(2) addresses the derivation of requirements for 
the overall composition of the future carrier air wing, 
including any contribution made to the intelligence, 
surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities of car-
rier strike groups from non-carrier air wing forces, 
such as the MQ–4C Triton; 
(3) specifies how the Navy derived the plan for 
achieving the best mix of capabilities for the carrier 
strike group air wing to conduct representative joint 
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance strike 
campaigns in the 2030 timeframe, including how the 
unmanned carrier-launched surveillance and strike 
system, F–35C aircraft, EA–18G aircraft, and the 
aircraft that is proposed to replace the F/A–18E/F 
(FA-XX) would contribute to the overall capability, 
including in an anti-access or area denial threat en-
vironment; 
(4) defines the acquisition strategy for the un-
manned carrier-launched surveillance and strike sys-
tem program and justifies any changes in such strat-
egy from an acquisition strategy for a traditional 
program that is consistent with Department of De-
fense Instruction 5000.02; and 
(5) establishes a formal acquisition program cost 
and schedule baseline to allow the Navy to track unit 
costs and provide regular reports to Congress on cost, 
schedule, and performance progress.
SEC. 218. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2015 for research, development, test, and evaluation, 
Air Force, for imaging and targeting support of airborne 
reconnaissance systems, not more than 25 percent may be 
obligated or expended until the date on which the Secretary 
of the Air Force submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees— 
(1) a plan regarding using such funds for such 
purpose during fiscal year 2015; and 
(2) a strategic plan for the funding of advanced 
airborne 
reconnaissance 
technologies 
supporting 
manned and unmanned systems. 
(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; and 
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
SEC. 219. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RE-
TIREMENT OF JOINT SURVEILLANCE AND 
TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEMS AIRCRAFT. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2015 for the Air Force may be used to make 
any significant changes to manning levels with respect to 
any operational Joint Surveillance and Target Attack 
Radar Systems aircraft or take any action to retire or to 
prepare to retire such aircraft until the date that is 30 days 
after the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees the report re-
quired by subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An update of the results of the analysis of al-
ternatives for recapitalizing the current Joint Sur-
veillance and Target Attack Radar Systems capa-
bility. 
(2) An assessment of the cost and schedule of de-
veloping and fielding a new aircraft and radar sys-
tem to replace the current Joint Surveillance and 
Target Attack Radar Systems aircraft that would de-
liver two replacement aircraft to the Joint Surveil-
lance and Target Attack Radar Systems aircraft op-
erating base by fiscal year 2019. 
Subtitle C—Reports 
SEC. 221. REDUCTION IN FREQUENCY OF REPORTING BY 
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 139b(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 
(2) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘IN
GENERAL.—’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Each report’’ and inserting ‘‘CONTENTS.— 
Each report submitted under paragraph (1) or (2)’’; 
(3) by inserting before paragraph (3), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraphs (1) and (2): 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL
REPORT
BY
DEPUTY
ASSISTANT 
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL TEST 
AND EVALUATION.—Not later than March 31 of each 
year, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Developmental Test and Evaluation shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the 
activities undertaken pursuant to subsection (a) dur-
ing the preceding year.
‘‘(2) BIENNIAL REPORT BY DEPUTY ASSISTANT 
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER-
ING.—Not later than March 31 of every other year, 
the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems 
Engineering shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the activities undertaken pur-
suant to subsection (b) during the preceding two-year 
period.’’; and 
(4) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘AN-
NUAL REPORT’’ and inserting ‘‘ANNUAL AND BIEN-
NIAL REPORTS’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and the first report submitted under paragraph (2) of 
section 139b(d) of such title, as added by subsection (a)(3), 
shall be submitted not later than March 31, 2015. 
SEC. 222. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF INTERAGENCY 
BIODEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall enter into a contract with an entity 
that is not part of the Department of Defense to conduct 
an assessment of biodefense research and development ac-
tivities at the National Interagency Biodefense Campus. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment conducted under sub-
section (a) shall include the following:
(1) Identification and assessment of such legal, 
regulatory, management, and practice barriers as 
may reduce the effectiveness and efficiency of organi-
zations on the Campus to perform designated mis-
sions, including such barriers as may exist with re-
spect to the following: 
(A) Sharing of funds for intramural and 
extramural research and other activities— 
(i) within and between the Defense 
Agencies and the military departments; 
(ii) between the Department of Defense 
and other Federal agencies; and 
(iii) between the Department of De-
fense and the private sector. 
(B) Sharing in efforts related to the con-
struction, modernization, and maintenance of re-
search facilities— 
(i) within and between the Defense 
Agencies and the military departments; 
(ii) between the Department of Defense 
and other Federal agencies; and 
(iii) between the Department of De-
fense and the private sector. 
(C) Exchange and mobility of personnel—
(i) within and between the Defense 
Agencies and the military departments; 
(ii) between the Department of Defense 
and other Federal agencies; and 
(iii) between the Department of De-
fense and the private sector. 
(D) Technology transfer and transition— 
(i) within and between the Defense 
Agencies and the military departments; 
(ii) between the Department of Defense 
and other Federal agencies; and 
(iii) between the Department of De-
fense and the private sector. 
(2) Formulation of recommendations for such 
legal, regulatory, management, and practices as may 
support attempts to overcome the barriers identified 
under paragraph (1). 
(c) COORDINATION.—The assessment conducted under 
subsection (a) shall be conducted in coordination with the 
following: 
(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(2) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices. 
(3) Such other private and public sector organi-
zations as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 540 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees the findings 
of the entity that conducted the assessment under subsection 
(a) with respect to such assessment. 
(e) DEFENSE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘Defense Agency’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 101 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 223. BRIEFING ON MODELING AND SIMULATION TECH-
NOLOGICAL AND INDUSTRIAL BASE IN SUP-
PORT OF REQUIREMENTS OF DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics shall provide to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a briefing that provides— 
(1) an update to the assessment, findings, and 
recommendations in the report submitted under sec-
tion 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2465); and 
(2) the status of implementing any such rec-
ommendations.
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 231. MODIFICATION TO REQUIREMENT FOR CON-
TRACTOR COST SHARING IN PILOT PROGRAM 
TO INCLUDE TECHNOLOGY PROTECTION FEA-
TURES DURING RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT OF CERTAIN DEFENSE SYSTEMS. 
Section 243(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 
10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended in the matter following 
paragraph (2)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘at least one-half’’ and inserting 
‘‘half’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, or such other portion of such 
cost as the Secretary considers appropriate upon 
showing of good cause’’ after ‘‘such activities’’. 
SEC. 232. PILOT PROGRAM ON ASSIGNMENT TO DEFENSE 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY OF 
PRIVATE SECTOR PERSONNEL WITH CRIT-
ICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPER-
TISE. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—In accordance 
with the provisions of this section, the Director of the De-
fense Advanced Research Projects Agency may carry out a 
pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of 
temporarily assigning covered individuals with significant
technical expertise in research and development areas of 
critical importance to defense missions to the Defense Ad-
vanced Research Projects Agency to lead research or devel-
opment projects of the Agency. 
(b) ASSIGNMENT OF COVERED INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ASSIGNED.—Under 
the pilot program, the Director may assign covered 
individuals to the Agency as described in subsection 
(a), but may not have more than five covered individ-
uals so assigned at any given time. 
(2) PERIOD OF ASSIGNMENT.— 
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), the Director may, under the pilot program, 
assign a covered individual described in sub-
section (a) to lead research and development 
projects of the Agency for a period of not more 
than two years. 
(B) The Director may extend the assign-
ment of a covered individual for one additional 
period of not more than two years as the Direc-
tor considers appropriate. 
(3) APPLICATION
OF
CERTAIN
PROVISIONS
OF 
LAW.— 
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, the Director shall carry out the pilot
program in accordance with the provisions of 
subchapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5, United 
States Code, except that, for purposes of the pilot 
program, the term ‘‘other organization’’, as used 
in such subchapter, shall be deemed to include a 
covered entity. 
(B) A covered individual employed by a 
covered entity who is assigned to the Agency 
under the pilot program is deemed to be an em-
ployee of the Department of Defense for purposes 
of the following provisions of law: 
(i) Chapter 73 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(ii) Sections 201, 203, 205, 207, 208, 
209, 603, 606, 607, 643, 654, 1905, and 
1913 of title 18, United States Code. 
(iii) Sections 1343, 1344, and 1349(b) 
of title 31, United States Code. 
(iv) Chapter 171 of title 28, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Fed-
eral Tort Claims Act’’), and any other Fed-
eral tort liability statute. 
(v) The Ethics in Government Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
(vi) Section 1043 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
(vii) Chapter 21 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
(4) PAY
AND
SUPERVISION.—A covered indi-
vidual employed by a covered entity who is assigned 
to the Agency under the pilot program— 
(A) may continue to receive pay and bene-
fits from such covered entity with or without re-
imbursement by the Agency; 
(B) is not entitled to pay from the Agency; 
and 
(C) shall be subject to supervision by the 
Director in all duties performed for the Agency 
under the pilot program. 
(c) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.— 
(1) PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES REQUIRED.— 
The Director shall develop practices and procedures to 
manage conflicts of interest and the appearance of 
conflicts of interest that could arise through assign-
ments under the pilot program. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The practices and procedures 
required by paragraph (1) shall include, at a min-
imum, the requirement that each covered individual
assigned to the Agency under the pilot program shall 
sign an agreement that provides for the following: 
(A) The nondisclosure of any trade secrets 
or other nonpublic or proprietary information 
which is of commercial value to the covered enti-
ty from which such covered individual is as-
signed. 
(B) The assignment of rights to intellectual 
property developed in the course of any research 
or development project under the pilot pro-
gram— 
(i) to the Agency and its contracting 
partners in accordance with applicable pro-
visions of law regarding intellectual prop-
erty rights; and 
(ii) not to the covered individual or the 
covered entity from which such covered in-
dividual is assigned. 
(C) Such additional measures as the Direc-
tor considers necessary to carry out the program 
in accordance with Federal law. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON CHARGES BY COVERED ENTI-
TIES.—A covered entity may not charge the Federal Gov-
ernment, as direct or indirect costs under a Federal con-
tract, the costs of pay or benefits paid by the covered entity
to a covered individual assigned to the Agency under the 
pilot program. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than the first October 
31 after the first fiscal year in which the Director carries 
out the pilot program and each October 31 thereafter that 
immediately follows a fiscal year in which the Director car-
ries out the pilot program, the Director shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the activities 
carried out under the pilot program during the most re-
cently completed fiscal year. 
(f) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority pro-
vided in this section shall expire on September 30, 2025, 
except that any covered individual assigned to the Agency 
under the pilot program shall continue in such assignment 
until the terms of such assignment have been satisfied. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means any 
individual who is employed by a covered entity. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered entity’’ means any non- 
Federal, nongovernmental entity that, as of the date 
on which a covered individual employed by the entity 
is assigned to the Agency under the pilot program, is 
a nontraditional defense contractor (as defined in sec-
tion 2302 of title 10, United States Code).
SEC. 233. PILOT PROGRAM ON ENHANCEMENT OF PREPARA-
TION OF DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF 
ARMED FORCES FOR CAREERS IN SCIENCE, 
TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHE-
MATICS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and ad-
visability of— 
(1) enhancing the preparation of covered stu-
dents for careers in science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics; and 
(2) providing assistance to teachers at covered 
schools to enhance preparation described in para-
graph (1). 
(b) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the pilot pro-
gram, the Secretary shall coordinate with the following: 
(1) The Secretaries of the military departments. 
(2) The Secretary of Education. 
(3) The National Science Foundation. 
(4) The heads of such other Federal, State, and 
local government and private sector organizations as 
the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate. 
(c) ACTIVITIES.—Activities under the pilot program 
may include the following: 
(1) Establishment of targeted internships and co-
operative research opportunities at defense labora-
tories and other technical centers for covered students 
and teachers at covered schools. 
(2) Establishment of scholarships and fellowships 
for covered students. 
(3) Efforts and activities that improve the qual-
ity of science, technology, engineering, and mathe-
matics educational and training opportunities for 
covered students and teachers at covered schools, in-
cluding with respect to improving the development of 
curricula at covered schools. 
(4) Development of travel opportunities, dem-
onstrations, mentoring programs, and informal 
science education for covered students and teachers at 
covered schools. 
(d) METRICS.—The Secretary shall establish outcome- 
based metrics and internal and external assessments to 
evaluate the merits and benefits of activities conducted 
under the pilot program with respect to the needs of the 
Department of Defense. 
(e) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out the pilot program, 
the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
make use of the authorities under chapter 111 and sections 
2601, 2605, and 2374a of title 10, United States Code, sec-
tion 219 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note), and
such other authorities as the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report on activities carried out 
under the pilot program. 
(g) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall terminate 
on September 30, 2020. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered schools’’ means elementary 
or secondary schools at which the Secretary deter-
mines a significant number of dependents of members 
of the Armed Forces are enrolled. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered students’’ means depend-
ents of members of the Armed Forces who are enrolled 
at a covered school. 
SEC. 234. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HELICOPTER HEALTH 
AND USAGE MONITORING SYSTEM OF THE 
ARMY. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) a health and usage monitoring system for 
current and future helicopter platforms of the Army 
that provides early warning for failing systems may
reduce costly emergency maintenance, improve main-
tenance schedules, and increase fleet readiness; and 
(2) the Secretary of the Army should— 
(A) consider establishing health and usage 
monitoring requirements; and 
(B) after any decision to proceed with a 
program of record for such system, use full and 
open competition in accordance with the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 
Sec. 311. Elimination of fiscal year limitation on prohibition of payment of fines 
and penalties from the Environmental Restoration Account, De-
fense. 
Sec. 312. Method of funding for cooperative agreements under the Sikes Act. 
Sec. 313. Report on prohibition of disposal of waste in open-air burn pits. 
Sec. 314. Business case analysis of any plan to design, refurbish, or construct a 
biofuel refinery. 
Sec. 315. Environmental restoration at former Naval Air Station Chincoteague, 
Virginia. 
Sec. 316. Limitation on availability of funds for procurement of drop-in fuels. 
Sec. 317. Decontamination of a portion of former bombardment area on island 
of Culebra, Puerto Rico. 
Sec. 318. Alternative fuel automobiles. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment 
Sec. 321. Modification of quarterly readiness reporting requirement. 
Sec. 322. Additional requirement for strategic policy on prepositioning of mate-
riel and equipment. 
Sec. 323. Elimination of authority of Secretary of the Army to abolish arsenals. 
Sec. 324. Modification of annual reporting requirement related to prepositioning 
of materiel and equipment. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 331. Repeal of annual report on Department of Defense operation and finan-
cial support for military museums.
Sec. 332. Army assessment of regionally aligned forces. 
Subtitle E—Limitations and Extensions of Authority 
Sec. 341. Limitation on authority to enter into a contract for the sustainment, 
maintenance, repair, or overhaul of the F117 engine. 
Sec. 342. Limitation on establishment of regional Special Operations Forces Co-
ordination Centers. 
Sec. 343. Limitation on transfer of MC–12 aircraft to United States Special Op-
erations Command. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 351. Clarification of authority relating to provision of installation-support 
services through intergovernmental support agreements. 
Sec. 352. Management of conventional ammunition inventory. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2015 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4301. 
Subtitle B—Energy and 
Environment 
SEC. 311. ELIMINATION OF FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION ON 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF FINES AND 
PENALTIES FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL RES-
TORATION ACCOUNT, DEFENSE. 
Section 2703(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 1995 through 
2010,’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 1997 through 
2010’’. 
SEC. 312. METHOD OF FUNDING FOR COOPERATIVE AGREE-
MENTS UNDER THE SIKES ACT. 
(a) METHOD
OF PAYMENTS UNDER COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENTS.—Subsection (b) of section 103A of the Sikes 
Act (16 U.S.C. 670c–1) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Funds’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(2) In the case of a cooperative agreement under sub-
section (a)(2), such funds— 
‘‘(A) may be paid in a lump sum and include 
an amount intended to cover the future costs of the 
natural resource maintenance and improvement ac-
tivities provided for under the agreement; and 
‘‘(B) may be placed by the recipient in an inter-
est-bearing or other investment account, and any in-
terest or income shall be applied for the same pur-
poses as the principal. 
‘‘(3) If any funds are placed by a recipient in an inter-
est-bearing or other investment account under paragraph 
(2)(B), the Secretary of Defense shall report biennially to 
the congressional defense committees on the disposition of 
such funds.’’.
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS; AGREEMENT UNDER 
OTHER LAWS.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS; AGREEMENT UNDER 
OTHER LAWS.—(1) Cooperative agreements and inter-
agency agreements entered into under this section shall be 
subject to the availability of funds. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United 
States Code, a cooperative agreement under this section 
may be used to acquire property or services for the direct 
benefit or use of the United States Government.’’. 
SEC. 313. REPORT ON PROHIBITION OF DISPOSAL OF 
WASTE IN OPEN-AIR BURN PITS. 
(a) REVIEW AND REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall conduct a review of the compliance of the 
military departments and combatant commands with De-
partment of Defense Instruction 4715.19 and with section 
317 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2249; 10 U.S.C. 
2701 note) regarding the disposal of covered waste in burn 
pits. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report containing the results of such 
review. Such report shall address each of the following:
(1) The reporting of covered waste through envi-
ronmental surveys and assessments, including envi-
ronmental condition reports, of base camps sup-
porting a contingency operation. 
(2) How covered waste and non-covered waste is 
defined and identified in environmental surveys and 
assessments covered by paragraph (1), in policies, in-
structions, and guidance issued by the Department of 
Defense, the military departments, and the combatant 
commands, and in the oversight of contracts for, and 
the operation of, waste disposal facilities at base 
camps supporting contingency operations. 
(3) Whether the two categories of waste are ap-
propriately and clearly distinguished in such surveys 
and assessments. 
(4) The current decision authority responsible for 
determinations regarding whether a base camp sup-
porting a contingency operation is in compliance 
with the Department of Defense Instruction and sec-
tion 317 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2249; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) and the chain of com-
mand by which such determinations are made and re-
ported.
(5) The process through which a waiver of the 
prohibition on disposal of covered waste in a burn pit 
is requested and approved, and the process by which 
Congress is notified of such waiver, pursuant to the 
applicable provision of law, and how such processes 
could be improved. 
(6) Updates to policies, guidelines, and instruc-
tions that have been undertaken pursuant to the re-
view to address gaps and deficiencies regarding cov-
ered waste disposal to ensure compliance. 
(7) Other matters or recommendations the Sec-
retary of Defense determines are appropriate. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later than 
120 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense 
submits the report required under subsection (a), the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report containing the as-
sessment of the Comptroller General of the methodology used 
by the Secretary of Defense in conducting the review under 
subsection (a), the adequacy of the report, compliance with 
Department of Defense Instruction and applicable law re-
garding the disposal of covered waste in burn pits by the 
military departments and combatant commands, and any 
additional findings or recommendations the Comptroller 
General determines are appropriate.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered waste’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 317(d)(2) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub-
lic Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2249; 10 U.S.C. 2701 
note). 
(2) The term ‘‘base camp supporting a contin-
gency operation’’ means any base, location, site, coop-
erative security location, forward operating base, for-
ward operating site, main operating base, patrol base, 
or other location as determined by the Secretary from 
which support is provided to a contingency operation 
that— 
(A) has at least 100 attached or assigned 
United States personnel; and 
(B) is in place for a period of time of 90 
days or longer. 
(3) The term ‘‘burn pit’’ means an area that— 
(A) does not contain a commercially manu-
factured incinerator or other equipment specifi-
cally designed and manufactured for burning of 
solid waste; and 
(B) is designated for the purpose of dis-
posing of solid waste by burning in the outdoor 
air;
(C) is in a location where at least 100 
United States personnel are attached or assigned; 
and 
(D) is in place longer than 90 days. 
(4) The term ‘‘contingency operation’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101(a)(13) of title 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 314. BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS OF ANY PLAN TO DE-
SIGN, REFURBISH, OR CONSTRUCT A BIOFUEL 
REFINERY. 
Not later than 30 days before entering into a contract 
for the planning, design, refurbishing, or construction of a 
biofuel refinery, or of any other facility or infrastructure 
used to refine biofuels, the Secretary of Defense or the Sec-
retary of the military department concerned shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a business case anal-
ysis for such planning, design, refurbishing, or construc-
tion. 
SEC. 315. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AT FORMER 
NAVAL AIR STATION CHINCOTEAGUE, VIR-
GINIA. 
(a) ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECT.—Not-
withstanding the administrative jurisdiction of the Admin-
istrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion over the Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, the Sec-
retary of Defense may undertake an environmental restora-
tion project in a manner consistent with chapter 160 of title 
10, United States Code, at the property constituting that 
facility in order to provide necessary response actions for 
contamination from a release of a hazardous substance or 
a pollutant or contaminant that is attributable to the ac-
tivities of the Department of Defense at the time the prop-
erty was under the administrative jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Navy or used by the Navy pursuant to a per-
mit or license issued by the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in the area formerly known as the Naval 
Air Station, Chincoteague, Virginia. Any such project may 
be undertaken jointly or in conjunction with an environ-
mental restoration project of the Administrator. 
(b) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator may enter into an agreement or agree-
ments to provide for the effective and efficient performance 
of environmental restoration projects for purposes of sub-
section (a). Notwithstanding section 2215 of title 10, United 
States Code, any such agreement may provide for environ-
mental restoration projects conducted jointly or by one 
agency on behalf of the other or both agencies and for reim-
bursement of the agency conducting the project by the other 
agency for that portion of the project for which the reim-
bursing agency has authority to respond.
(c) SOURCE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDS.— 
Pursuant to section 2703(c) of title 10, United States Code, 
the Secretary may use funds available in the Environ-
mental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites, account 
of the Department of Defense for environmental restoration 
projects conducted for or by the Secretary under subsection 
(a) and for reimbursable agreements entered into under sub-
section (b). 
(d) NO EFFECT
ON COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRON-
MENTAL LAWS.—Nothing in this section affects or limits 
the application of or obligation to comply with any envi-
ronmental law, including the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(42 U.S.C. 9601 et. seq) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.). 
SEC. 316. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
PROCUREMENT OF DROP-IN FUELS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Defense may be obli-
gated or expended to make a bulk purchase of a drop-in 
fuel for operational purposes unless the fully burdened cost 
of that drop-in fuel is cost-competitive with the fully bur-
dened cost of a traditional fuel available for the same pur-
pose.
(b) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the requirements of 
paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may waive 
the limitation under subsection (a) with respect to a 
purchase. 
(2) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 
after issuing a waiver under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees notice of the waiver. Any such notice shall in-
clude each of the following: 
(A) The rationale of the Secretary for 
issuing the waiver. 
(B) A certification that the waiver is in the 
national security interest of the United States. 
(C) The expected fully burdened cost of the 
purchase for which the waiver is issued. 
(c) NOTICE OF PURCHASE REQUIRED.—If the Sec-
retary of Defense intends to purchase a drop-in fuel in-
tended for operational use with a fully burdened cost in 
excess of 10 percent more than the fully burdened cost of 
a traditional fuel available for the same purpose, the Sec-
retary shall provide notice of such intended purchase to the 
congressional defense committees by not later than 30 days 
before the date on which such purchase is intended to be 
made.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘drop-in fuel’’ means a neat or 
blended liquid hydrocarbon fuel designed as a direct 
replacement for a traditional fuel with comparable 
performance characteristics and compatible with ex-
isting infrastructure and equipment. 
(2) The term ‘‘traditional fuel’’ means a liquid 
hydrocarbon fuel derived or refined from petroleum. 
(3) The term ‘‘operational purposes’’ means for 
the purposes of conducting military operations, in-
cluding training, exercises, large scale demonstra-
tions, and moving and sustaining military forces and 
military platforms. The term does not include re-
search, development, testing, evaluation, fuel certifi-
cation, or other demonstrations. 
(4) The term ‘‘fully burdened cost’’ means the 
commodity price of the fuel plus the total cost of all 
personnel and assets required to move and, when nec-
essary, protect the fuel from the point at which the 
fuel is received from the commercial supplier to the 
point of use.
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SEC. 317. DECONTAMINATION OF A PORTION OF FORMER 
BOMBARDMENT 
AREA 
ON 
ISLAND 
OF 
CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that certain limited portions of the former bombardment 
area on the Island of Culebra should be available for safe 
public recreational use while the remainder of the area is 
most advantageously reserved as habitat for endangered and 
threatened species. 
(b) MODIFICATION
OF
RESTRICTION
ON
DECON-
TAMINATION LIMITATION.—The first sentence of section 
204(c) of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 
(Public Law 93–166; 87 Stat. 668) shall not apply to the 
beaches, the campgrounds, and the Carlos Rosario Trail. 
(c) MODIFICATION
OF DEED RESTRICTIONS.—Not-
withstanding paragraph 9 of the quitclaim deed, the Sec-
retary of the Army may expend funds available in the Envi-
ronmental Restoration Account, Formerly Used Defense 
Sites, established pursuant to section 2703(a)(5) of title 10, 
United States Code, to decontaminate the beaches, the 
campgrounds, and the Carlos Rosario Trail of unexploded 
ordnance. 
(d) PRECISE BOUNDARIES.—The Secretary of the 
Army shall determine the exact boundaries of the beaches, 
the campgrounds, and the Carlos Rosario Trail for purposes 
of this section.
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(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘beaches’’ means the portions of 
Carlos 
Rosario 
Beach, 
Flamenco 
Beach, 
and 
Tamarindo Beach identified in green in Figure 4 as 
Beach and located inside of the former bombardment 
area. 
(2) The term ‘‘campgrounds’’ means the areas 
identified in blue in Figure 4 as Campgrounds in the 
former bombardment area. 
(3) The term ‘‘Carlos Rosario Trail’’ means the 
trail identified in yellow in Figure 4 as the Carlos 
Rosario Trail and traversing the southern portion of 
the former bombardment area from the campground 
to the Carlos Rosario Beach. 
(4) The term ‘‘Figure 4’’ means Figure 4, located 
on page 8 of the study. 
(5) The term ‘‘former bombardment area’’ means 
that area on the Island of Culebra, Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, consisting of approximately 408 acres, 
conveyed to the Commonwealth by the quitclaim deed, 
and subject to the first sentence of section 204(c) of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1974 
(Public Law 93–166; 87 Stat. 668). 
(6) The term ‘‘quitclaim deed’’ means the quit-
claim deed from the United States of America to the
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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico conveying the former 
bombardment area, signed by the Governor of Puerto 
Rico on December 20, 1982. 
(7) The term ‘‘study’’ means the ‘‘Study Relating 
to the Presence of Unexploded Ordnance in a Portion 
of the Former Naval Bombardment Area of Culebra 
Island, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’’, dated April 
20, 2012, prepared by the United States Army for the 
Department of Defense pursuant to section 2815 of 
the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 
4464). 
(8) The term ‘‘unexploded ordnance’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101(e)(5) of title 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 318. ALTERNATIVE FUEL AUTOMOBILES. 
(a) MAXIMUM FUEL ECONOMY INCREASE FOR ALTER-
NATIVE FUEL AUTOMOBILES.—Section 32906(a) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘(except an 
electric automobile)’’ and inserting ‘‘(except an electric 
automobile or, beginning with model year 2016, an alter-
native fueled automobile that uses a fuel described in sub-
paragraph (E) of section 32901(a)(1))’’.
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(b) MINIMUM DRIVING RANGES FOR DUAL FUELED 
PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES.—Section 32901(c)(2) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, except 
that beginning with model year 2016, alternative 
fueled automobiles that use a fuel described in sub-
paragraph (E) of subsection (a)(1) shall have a min-
imum driving range of 150 miles’’ after ‘‘at least 200 
miles’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘Beginning with model year 2016, if 
the Secretary prescribes a minimum driving range of 
150 miles for alternative fueled automobiles that use 
a fuel described in subparagraph (E) of subsection 
(a)(1), subparagraph (A) shall not apply to dual 
fueled automobiles (except electric automobiles).’’. 
(c) ELECTRIC DUAL FUELED AUTOMOBILES.—Section 
32905 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) ELECTRIC DUAL FUELED AUTOMOBILES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the manu-
facturer, the Administrator may measure the fuel
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economy for any model of dual fueled automobile 
manufactured after model year 2015 that is capable 
of operating on electricity in addition to gasoline or 
diesel fuel, obtains its electricity from a source exter-
nal to the vehicle, and meets the minimum driving 
range requirements established by the Secretary for 
dual fueled electric automobiles, by dividing 1.0 by 
the sum of— 
‘‘(A) the percentage utilization of the model 
on gasoline or diesel fuel, as determined by a for-
mula based on the model’s alternative fuel range, 
divided by the fuel economy measured under sec-
tion 32904(c); and 
‘‘(B) the percentage utilization of the model 
on electricity, as determined by a formula based 
on the model’s alternative fuel range, divided by 
the fuel 
economy 
measured 
under 
section 
32904(a)(2). 
‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE CALCULATION.—If the manu-
facturer does not request that the Administrator cal-
culate the manufacturing incentive for its electric 
dual fueled automobiles in accordance with para-
graph (1), the Administrator shall calculate such in-
centive for such automobiles manufactured by such
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manufacturer after model year 2015 in accordance 
with subsection (b).’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 32906(b) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 32905(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 32905(f)’’. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 321. MODIFICATION OF QUARTERLY READINESS RE-
PORTING REQUIREMENT. 
Section 482 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘military 
readiness’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘of the active and reserve 
components’’ after ‘‘military readiness’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘subsections (b), (d), (f), (g), 
(h), (i), (j), and (k)’’ and all that follows through 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘subsections 
(b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i).’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (d), (e), (f), and (k); 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection (d):
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‘‘(d) PREPOSITIONED STOCKS.—Each report shall also 
include a military department-level or agency-level assess-
ment of the readiness of prepositioned stocks, including— 
‘‘(1) an assessment of the fill and materiel readi-
ness of stocks by geographic location; 
‘‘(2) an overall assessment by military depart-
ment or Defense Agency of the ability of the respective 
stocks to meet operation and contingency plans; and 
‘‘(3) a mitigation plan for any shortfalls or gaps 
identified under paragraph (1) or (2) and a timeline 
associated with corrective action.’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), (i), (j), 
and (l) as subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and (j) respec-
tively; 
(5) in subsection (e)(1), as redesignated by para-
graph (4), by striking ‘‘National Response Plan’’ and 
inserting ‘‘National Response Framework’’; 
(6) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The assessment included in the report under para-
graph (1) by the Commander of the United States Strategic 
Command shall include a separate assessment prepared by 
the Commander of United States Cyber Command relating 
to the readiness of United States Cyber Command and the
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readiness of the cyber force of each of the military depart-
ments.’’; 
(7) in subsection (h), as so redesignated— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND RELATED’’ after ‘‘SUPPORT’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘combat 
support agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘combat support 
and related agencies’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘combat 
support agency’’ and inserting ‘‘combat support 
and related agencies’’; and 
(8) by inserting after subsection (h) the following 
new subsection (i): 
‘‘(i) MAJOR EXERCISE ASSESSMENTS.—(1) Each re-
port under this section shall also include information on 
each major exercise conducted by a geographic or functional 
combatant command or military department, including— 
‘‘(A) a list of exercises by name for the period 
covered by the report; 
‘‘(B) the cost and location of each such exercise; 
and 
‘‘(C) a list of participants by country or mili-
tary department.
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‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘major exercise’ means 
a named major training event, an integrated or joint exer-
cise, or a unilateral major exercise.’’. 
SEC. 322. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR STRATEGIC POL-
ICY ON PREPOSITIONING OF MATERIEL AND 
EQUIPMENT. 
Section 2229(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘support for crisis response ele-
ments,’’ after ‘‘service requirements,’’. 
SEC. 323. ELIMINATION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF 
THE ARMY TO ABOLISH ARSENALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4532 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b); and 
(3) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘; aboli-
tion of’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 433 of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 4532 and inserting the 
following new item: 
‘‘4532. Factories and arsenals: manufacture at.’’.
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SEC. 324. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT RELATED TO PREPOSITIONING OF MA-
TERIEL AND EQUIPMENT. 
Section 321(c) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 
732; 10 U.S.C. 2229 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘, and annually thereafter’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) PROGRESS REPORTS.—Not later than one 
year after submitting the report required under para-
graph (1), and annually thereafter for two years, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report assessing the progress of 
the Department of Defense in implementing its stra-
tegic policy and plan for its prepositioned stocks and 
including any additional information related to the 
Department’s management of its prepositioned stocks 
that the Comptroller General determines appro-
priate.’’.
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Subtitle D—Reports 
SEC. 331. REPEAL OF ANNUAL REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE OPERATION AND FINANCIAL SUP-
PORT FOR MILITARY MUSEUMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 489 of title 10, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 23 of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 489. 
SEC. 332. ARMY ASSESSMENT OF REGIONALLY ALIGNED 
FORCES. 
At the same time as the President transmits to Con-
gress the budget for fiscal year 2016 under section 1105 of 
title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of the Army shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees an assess-
ment of how the Army has— 
(1) captured and incorporated lessons learned 
through the initial employment of the regionally 
aligned forces; 
(2) identified, where appropriate, institutional-
ized and improved region-specific initial, sustaining, 
and predeployment training; 
(3) improved the coordination of activities 
among special operations forces, Army regionally 
aligned forces, Department of State country teams,
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contractors of the Department of State and the De-
partment of Defense, the geographic combatant com-
mands, the Joint Staff, and international partners; 
(4) identified and evaluated the various Depart-
ment of Defense appropriations accounts at the sub-
activity group, project, program, and activity level 
and other sources of Federal resources used to fund 
activities of regionally aligned forces, including the 
amount of funds obligated or expended from each such 
account; 
(5) identified and assessed the effects associated 
with activities of regionally aligned forces conducted 
to meet Department of Defense and geographic com-
batant command security cooperation requirements; 
(6) identified and assessed the effect on the core 
mission readiness of regionally aligned forces while 
supporting geographic combatant commander require-
ments through regionally aligned force activities, and, 
in the case of any such effect that is assessed as de-
grading the core mission readiness of such forces, 
identified plans to mitigate such degradation; 
(7) identified and assessed opportunities, costs, 
benefits, and risks associated with the potential ex-
pansion of the regionally aligned forces model; and
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(8) identified and assessed opportunities, costs, 
benefits, and risks associated with retaining or ensur-
ing the availability of regional expertise within forces 
as aligned to a specific region. 
Subtitle E—Limitations and 
Extensions of Authority 
SEC. 341. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A 
CONTRACT FOR THE SUSTAINMENT, MAINTE-
NANCE, REPAIR, OR OVERHAUL OF THE F117 
ENGINE. 
The Secretary of the Air Force may not enter into a 
contract for the sustainment, maintenance, repair, or over-
haul of the F117 engine until the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics certifies to 
the congressional defense committees that the Secretary of 
the Air Force has obtained sufficient data to determine that 
the Secretary of the Air Force is paying a fair and reason-
able price for F117 sustainment, maintenance, repair, or 
overhaul as compared to the PW2000 commercial-derivative 
engine sustainment price for sustainment, maintenance, re-
pair, or overhaul in the private sector. The Secretary may 
waive the limitation in the preceding sentence to enter into 
a contract if the Secretary determines that such a waiver 
is in the interest of national security.
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SEC. 342. LIMITATION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL 
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES COORDINA-
TION CENTERS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 for the 
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to es-
tablish Regional Special Operations Forces Coordination 
Centers. 
SEC. 343. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF MC–12 AIRCRAFT 
TO UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS 
COMMAND. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided under subsection 
(c), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 for the 
Department of Defense for operation and maintenance, De-
fense-wide, may be obligated or expended for the transfer 
of MC–12 aircraft from the Air Force to the United States 
Special Operations Command before the date that is 60 
days after the date of the delivery of the report required 
under subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2015, 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Oper-
ations and Low-Intensity Conflict, in coordination 
with the Commander of the United States Special Op-
erations Command, shall submit to the congressional
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defense committees a report containing an analysis 
and justification for the transfer of MC–12 aircraft 
from the Air Force to the United States Special Oper-
ations Command. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a description of the current platform re-
quirements for manned intelligence, surveillance, 
and reconnaissance aircraft to support United 
States Special Operations Forces; 
(B) an analysis of alternatives comparing 
various manned intelligence, surveillance, and 
reconnaissance aircraft, including U–28 aircraft, 
in meeting the platform requirements for 
manned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnais-
sance aircraft to support United States Special 
Operations Forces; 
(C) an analysis of the remaining service life 
of the U–28 aircraft to be divested by the United 
States Special Operations Command and the 
MC–12 aircraft to be transferred from the Air 
Force; 
(D) a description of the future manned in-
telligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance plat-
form requirements of the United States Special
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Operations Command for areas outside of Af-
ghanistan, including range, payload, endurance, 
and other requirements, as defined by the Com-
mand’s ‘‘Intelligence, Surveillance, and Recon-
naissance Road Map’’; 
(E) an analysis of the cost to convert MC– 
12 aircraft to provide intelligence, surveillance, 
and reconnaissance capabilities equal to or better 
than those provided by the U–28 aircraft; 
(F) a description of the engineering and in-
tegration needed to convert MC–12 aircraft to 
provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnais-
sance capabilities equal to or better than those 
provided by the U–28 aircraft; and 
(G) the expected annual cost to operate 16 
U–28 aircraft as a Government-owned, con-
tractor operated program. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply to up 
to 13 aircraft designated by the Secretary of the Air Force 
to be transferred from the Air Force to the United States 
Special Operations Command and flown by the Air Na-
tional Guard in support of special operations aviation for-
eign internal defense and intelligence, surveillance, and re-
connaissance requirements.
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Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 351. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO 
PROVISION 
OF 
INSTALLATION-SUPPORT 
SERVICES THROUGH INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
SUPPORT AGREEMENTS. 
(a) TRANSFER OF SECTION 2336 TO CHAPTER 159.— 
(1) TRANSFER
AND
REDESIGNATION.—Section 
2336 of title 10, United States Code, is transferred to 
chapter 159 of such title, inserted after section 2678, 
and redesignated as section 2679. 
(2) REVISED SECTION HEADING.—The heading of 
such section, as so transferred and redesignated, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2679. Installation-support services: intergovern-
mental support agreements’’. 
(b) CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS.—Such section, as so 
transferred and redesignated, is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary con-
cerned’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law governing the 
award of Federal government contracts for 
goods and services, the Secretary con-
cerned’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘a State or local’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, on a sole source basis, with a 
State or local’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, an’’ and inserting 
‘‘An’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (A); and 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
respectively; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) Any contract for the provision of installation-sup-
port services awarded by the Federal Government or a State 
or local government pursuant to an intergovernmental sup-
port agreement provided in subsection (a) shall be awarded 
on a competitive basis.’’. 
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘intergovernmental support agree-
ment’ means a legal instrument reflecting a relation-
ship between the Secretary concerned and a State or 
local government that contains such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary concerned considers appro-
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priate for the purposes of this section and necessary 
to protect the interests of the United States.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 137 of such title is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 2336. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 159 of such title is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2678 the following new 
item: 
‘‘2679. Installation-support services: intergovernmental support agreements.’’. 
SEC. 352. MANAGEMENT OF CONVENTIONAL AMMUNITION 
INVENTORY. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION OF DATA.—Not later than 240 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Lo-
gistics shall issue Department-wide guidance designating 
an authoritative source of data for conventional ammuni-
tion. Not later than 10 days after issuing the guidance re-
quired by this subsection, the Under Secretary shall notify 
the congressional defense committees on what source of data 
has been designated under this subsection. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of the Army 
shall include in the appropriate annual ammunition inven-
tory reports, as determined by the Secretary, information 
on all available ammunition for use during the redistribu-
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tion process, including any ammunition that was un-
claimed and categorized for disposal by another military 
service during a year before the year during which the re-
port is submitted. 
(c) BRIEFING AND REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall provide to the congressional 
defense committees a briefing and a report on the 
management of the conventional ammunition demili-
tarization stockpile of the Department of Defense. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The briefing and report re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) An assessment of the adequacy of De-
partment of Defense policies and procedures gov-
erning the demilitarization of excess, obsolete, 
and unserviceable conventional ammunition. 
(B) An assessment of the adequacy of the 
maintenance by the Department of information 
on the quantity, value, condition, and location of 
excess, obsolete, and unserviceable conventional 
ammunition for each of the Armed Forces. 
(C) An assessment of whether the Depart-
ment has conducted an analysis comparing the 
costs of storing and maintaining items in the
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conventional ammunition demilitarization stock-
pile with the costs of the disposal of items in the 
stockpile. 
(D) An assessment of whether the Depart-
ment has— 
(i) identified challenges in managing 
the current and anticipated conventional 
ammunition demilitarization stockpile; and 
(ii) if so, developed mitigation plans to 
address such challenges. 
(E) Such other matters relating to the man-
agement of the conventional ammunition demili-
tarization stockpile as the Comptroller General 
considers appropriate. 
(3) DEADLINES.—The briefing required by para-
graph (1) shall be provided by not later than April 
30, 2015. The report required by that paragraph shall 
be submitted not later than June 1, 2015. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Sec. 402. Revisions in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2015 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians.
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Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty 
for operational support. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 
duty personnel as of September 30, 2015, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 490,000. 
(2) The Navy, 323,600. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 184,100. 
(4) The Air Force, 312,980. 
SEC. 402. REVISIONS IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END 
STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS. 
Section 691(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and insert-
ing the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) For the Army, 490,000. 
‘‘(2) For the Navy, 323,600. 
‘‘(3) For the Marine Corps, 184,100. 
‘‘(4) For the Air Force, 310,900.’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve com-
ponents as of September 30, 2015, as follows:
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(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 350,200. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 202,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 57,300. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,200. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 105,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 67,100. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000. 
(b) END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS.—The end strengths 
prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any 
reserve component shall be proportionately reduced by— 
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 
component which are on active duty (other than for 
training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 
(2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 
Reserve of such component who are on active duty 
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
(c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 
individual members of the Selected Reserve of any reserve 
component are released from active duty during any fiscal
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year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 
the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be in-
creased proportionately by the total authorized strengths of 
such units and by the total number of such individual mem-
bers. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), 
the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, 
as of September 30, 2015, the following number of Reserves 
to be serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in 
the case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose 
of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or 
training the reserve components: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 31,385. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 16,261. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 9,973. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 14,704. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 2,830.
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SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 
(DUAL STATUS). 
The minimum number of military technicians (dual 
status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2015 for the reserve 
components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith-
standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 
be the following: 
(1) For the Army National Guard of the United 
States, 27,210. 
(2) For the Army Reserve, 7,895. 
(3) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 21,792. 
(4) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,789. 
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2015 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 
NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) NATIONAL
GUARD.—Within the limitation 
provided in section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code, the number of non-dual status techni-
cians employed by the National Guard as of Sep-
tember 30, 2015, may not exceed the following: 
(A) For the Army National Guard of the 
United States, 1,600. 
(B) For the Air National Guard of the 
United States, 350.
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(2) ARMY RESERVE.—The number of non-dual 
status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as 
of September 30, 2015, may not exceed 595. 
(3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non- 
dual status technicians employed by the Air Force 
Reserve as of September 30, 2015, may not exceed 90. 
(b) NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘non-dual status technician’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 415. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU-
THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2015, the maximum number of 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who 
may be serving at any time on full-time operational sup-
port duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, is the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 17,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,000.
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(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2015 
for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not oth-
erwise provided for, for military personnel, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4401. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The author-
ization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes any 
other authorization of appropriations (definite or indefi-
nite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2015. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Authority to limit consideration for early retirement by selective retire-
ment boards to particular warrant officer year groups and spe-
cialties. 
Sec. 502. Authority for three-month deferral of retirement for officers selected for 
selective early retirement. 
Sec. 503. Repeal of limits on percentage of officers who may be recommended for 
discharge during a fiscal year under enhanced selective discharge 
authority. 
Sec. 504. Reports on number and assignment of enlisted aides for officers of the 
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. 
Sec. 505. Repeal of requirement for submission to Congress of annual reports on 
joint officer management and promotion policy objectives for 
joint officers. 
Sec. 506. Options for Phase II of joint professional military education. 
Sec. 507. Elimination of requirement that a qualified aviator or naval flight offi-
cer be in command of an inactivated nuclear-powered aircraft 
carrier before decommissioning.
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Sec. 508. Required consideration of certain elements of command climate in per-
formance appraisals of commanding officers. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Retention on the reserve active-status list following nonselection for pro-
motion of certain health professions officers and first lieutenants 
and lieutenants (junior grade) pursuing baccalaureate degrees. 
Sec. 512. Consultation with Chief of the National Guard Bureau in selection of 
Directors and Deputy Directors, Army National Guard and Air 
National Guard. 
Sec. 513. Centralized database of information on military technician positions. 
Sec. 514. Report on management of personnel records of members of the National 
Guard. 
Subtitle C—General Service Authorities 
Sec. 521. Enhancement of participation of mental health professionals in boards 
for correction of military records and boards for review of dis-
charge or dismissal of members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 522. Extension of authority to conduct programs on career flexibility to en-
hance retention of members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 523. Provision of information to members of the Armed Forces on privacy 
rights relating to receipt of mental health services. 
Sec. 524. Removal of artificial barriers to the service of women in the Armed 
Forces. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice, Including Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence 
Prevention and Response 
Sec. 531. Technical revisions and clarifications of certain provisions in the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 relating 
to the military justice system. 
Sec. 532. Ordering of depositions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 533. Access to Special Victims’ Counsel. 
Sec. 534. Enhancement of victims’ rights in connection with prosecution of cer-
tain sex-related offenses. 
Sec. 535. Enforcement of crime victims’ rights related to protections afforded by 
certain Military Rules of Evidence. 
Sec. 536. Modification of Military Rules of Evidence relating to admissibility of 
general military character toward probability of innocence. 
Sec. 537. Modification of Rule 513 of the Military Rules of Evidence, relating to 
the privilege against disclosure of communications between 
psychotherapists and patients. 
Sec. 538. Modification of Department of Defense policy on retention of evidence 
in a sexual assault case to permit return of personal property 
upon completion of related proceedings. 
Sec. 539. Requirements relating to Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners for the 
Armed Forces. 
Sec. 540. Modification of term of judges of the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 541. Review of decisions not to refer charges of certain sex-related offenses 
for trial by court-martial if requested by chief prosecutor. 
Sec. 542. Analysis and assessment of disposition of most serious offenses identified 
in unrestricted reports on sexual assaults in annual reports on 
sexual assaults in the Armed Forces.
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Sec. 543. Plan for limited use of certain information on sexual assaults in re-
stricted reports by military criminal investigative organizations. 
Sec. 544. Improved Department of Defense information reporting and collection 
of domestic violence incidents involving members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 545. Additional duties for judicial proceedings panel. 
Sec. 546. Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense 
of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 547. Confidential review of characterization of terms of discharge of members 
of the Armed Forces who are victims of sexual offenses. 
Subtitle E—Member Education, Training, and Transition 
Sec. 551. Enhancement of authority to assist members of the Armed Forces to ob-
tain professional credentials. 
Sec. 552. Applicability of sexual assault prevention and response and related 
military justice enhancements to military service academies. 
Sec. 553. Authorized duration of foreign and cultural exchange activities at mili-
tary service academies. 
Sec. 554. Enhancement of authority to accept support for Air Force Academy 
athletic programs. 
Sec. 555. Pilot program to assist members of the Armed Forces in obtaining post- 
service employment. 
Sec. 556. Plan for education of members of Armed Forces on cyber matters. 
Sec. 557. Enhancement of information provided to members of the Armed Forces 
and veterans regarding use of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance 
and Federal financial aid through Transition Assistance Pro-
gram. 
Sec. 558. Procedures for provision of certain information to State veterans agen-
cies to facilitate the transition of members of the Armed Forces 
from military service to civilian life. 
Subtitle F—Defense Dependents’ Education and Military Family Readiness 
Matters 
Sec. 561. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that ben-
efit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department 
of Defense civilian employees. 
Sec. 562. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities. 
Sec. 563. Amendments to the Impact Aid Improvement Act of 2012. 
Sec. 564. Authority to employ non-United States citizens as teachers in Depart-
ment of Defense overseas dependents’ school system. 
Sec. 565. Inclusion of domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools 
among functions of Advisory Council on Dependents’ Education. 
Sec. 566. Protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members 
of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 567. Improved consistency in data collection and reporting in Armed Forces 
suicide prevention efforts. 
Sec. 568. Improved data collection related to efforts to reduce underemployment 
of spouses of members of the Armed Forces and close the wage 
gap between military spouses and their civilian counterparts.
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Subtitle G—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 571. Medals for members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the 
Department of Defense who were killed or wounded in an attack 
by a foreign terrorist organization. 
Sec. 572. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to members of the 
Armed Forces for acts of valor during World War I. 
Subtitle H—Miscellaneous Reporting Requirements 
Sec. 581. Review and report on military programs and controls regarding profes-
sionalism. 
Sec. 582. Review and report on prevention of suicide among members of United 
States Special Operations Forces. 
Sec. 583. Review and report on provision of job placement assistance and related 
employment services directly to members of the reserve compo-
nents. 
Sec. 584. Report on foreign language, regional expertise, and culture consider-
ations in overseas military operations. 
Sec. 585. Deadline for submission of report containing results of review of Office 
of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity role in sexual 
harassment cases. 
Sec. 586. Independent assessment of risk and resiliency of United States Special 
Operations Forces and effectiveness of the Preservation of the 
Force and Families and Human Performance Programs. 
Sec. 587. Comptroller General report on hazing in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 588. Comptroller General report on impact of certain mental and physical 
trauma on discharges from military service for misconduct. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters 
Sec. 591. Inspection of outpatient residential facilities occupied by recovering 
service members. 
Sec. 592. Designation of voter assistance offices. 
Sec. 593. Repeal of electronic voting demonstration project. 
Sec. 594. Authority for removal from national cemeteries of remains of certain 
deceased members of the Armed Forces who have no known next 
of kin. 
Sec. 595. Sense of Congress regarding leaving no member of the Armed Forces un-
accounted for during the drawdown of United States forces in 
Afghanistan. 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
SEC. 501. AUTHORITY TO LIMIT CONSIDERATION FOR 
EARLY RETIREMENT BY SELECTIVE RETIRE-
MENT BOARDS TO PARTICULAR WARRANT OF-
FICER YEAR GROUPS AND SPECIALTIES. 
Section 581(d) of title 10, United State Code, is 
amended—
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(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); 
(2) by designating the second sentence of para-
graph (1) as paragraph (2); and 
(3) in paragraph (2), as so designated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the list shall include each’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the list shall include— 
‘‘(A) the name of each’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) with respect to a group of warrant officers 
designated under subparagraph (A) who are in a par-
ticular grade and competitive category, only those 
warrant officers in that grade and competitive cat-
egory who are also in a particular year group or spe-
cialty, or any combination thereof determined by the 
Secretary concerned.’’. 
SEC. 502. AUTHORITY FOR THREE-MONTH DEFERRAL OF 
RETIREMENT FOR OFFICERS SELECTED FOR 
SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT. 
(a) WARRANT OFFICERS.—Section 581(e) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary con-
cerned’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘90 days’’ and inserting ‘‘three 
months’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) An officer recommended for early retirement 
under this section, if approved for deferral under paragraph 
(1), shall be retired on the date requested by the officer, and 
approved by the Secretary concerned, which date shall be 
not later than the first day of the tenth calendar month 
beginning after the month in which the Secretary concerned 
approves the report of the board which recommended the 
officer for early retirement.’’. 
(b) OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST.—Section 
638(b) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1)(A) An officer in a grade below brigadier general 
or rear admiral (lower half) who is recommended for early 
retirement under this section or section 638a of this title 
and whose early retirement is approved by the Secretary 
concerned shall be retired, under any provision of law under 
which he is eligible to retire, on the date requested by him 
and approved by the Secretary concerned, which date shall
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be not later than the first day of the seventh calendar month 
beginning after the month in which the Secretary concerned 
approves the report of the board which recommended the 
officer for early retirement. 
‘‘(B) If an officer described in subparagraph (A) is not 
eligible for retirement under any provision of law, the offi-
cer shall be retained on active duty until the officer is quali-
fied for retirement under section 3911, 6323, or 8911 of this 
title, and then be retired under that section, unless the offi-
cer is sooner retired or discharged under some other provi-
sion of law, with such retirement under that section occur-
ring not later than the later of the following: 
‘‘(i) The first day of the month beginning after 
the month in which the officer becomes qualified for 
retirement under that section. 
‘‘(ii) The first day of the seventh calendar month 
beginning after the month in which the Secretary con-
cerned approves the report of the board which rec-
ommended the officer for early retirement.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary concerned’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘90 days’’ and inserting 
‘‘three months’’; and
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(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(B) An officer recommended for early retirement 
under paragraph (1)(A) or section 638a of this title, if ap-
proved for deferral under subparagraph (A), shall be retired 
on the date requested by the officer, and approved by the 
Secretary concerned, which date shall be not later than the 
first day of the tenth calendar month beginning after the 
month in which the Secretary concerned approves the report 
of the board which recommended the officer for early retire-
ment. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary concerned may defer the retirement 
of an officer otherwise approved for early retirement under 
paragraph (1)(B), but in no case later than the first day 
of the tenth calendar month beginning after the month in 
which the Secretary concerned approves the report of the 
board which recommended the officer for early retirement. 
‘‘(D) An officer recommended for early retirement 
under paragraph (2), if approved for deferral under sub-
paragraph (A), shall be retired on the date requested by the 
officer, and approved by the Secretary concerned, which 
date shall be not later than the first day of the thirteenth 
calendar month beginning after the month in which the Sec-
retary concerned approves the report of the board which rec-
ommended the officer for early retirement.’’.
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SEC. 503. REPEAL OF LIMITS ON PERCENTAGE OF OFFICERS 
WHO 
MAY 
BE 
RECOMMENDED 
FOR 
DIS-
CHARGE DURING A FISCAL YEAR UNDER EN-
HANCED SELECTIVE DISCHARGE AUTHORITY. 
Section 638a(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively. 
SEC. 504. REPORTS ON NUMBER AND ASSIGNMENT OF EN-
LISTED AIDES FOR OFFICERS OF THE ARMY, 
NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT
ON NUMBER
OF ENLISTED 
AIDES.—Section 981 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a re-
port— 
‘‘(1) specifying the number of enlisted aides au-
thorized and allocated for general officers and flag of-
ficers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, 
and joint pool as of September 30 of the previous 
year; and
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‘‘(2) justifying, on a billet-by-billet basis, the au-
thorization and assignment of each enlisted aide to 
each general officer and flag officer position.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF ENLISTED 
AIDES
AND AUTHORIZATION
AND ASSIGNMENT PROCE-
DURES AND DUTIES.—Not later than June 30, 2015, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a report containing the following: 
(1) A list of the official military and official rep-
resentational duties that each Secretary of a military 
department— 
(A) authorizes enlisted aides to perform on 
the personal staffs of officers of an Armed Force 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned; 
and 
(B) considers necessary to be performed by 
enlisted aides to relieve the officers from minor 
duties, which, if performed by the officers, would 
be done at the expense of the officers’ primary 
military or official duties. 
(2) Subject to the limitations in section 981 of 
title 10, United States Code, the procedures used for 
allocating authorized enlisted aides—
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(A) between the Army, Navy, Air Force, 
and Marine Corps and the joint pool; 
(B) within each Armed Force, including the 
regulations prescribed by the Secretaries of the 
military departments regarding the allocation of 
enlisted aides; and 
(C) within the joint pool. 
(3) The justification, on a billet-by-billet basis, 
for the authorization and assignment of each enlisted 
aide to each general officer and flag officer position 
as of September 30, 2014. 
(4) Such recommendations as the Secretary of 
Defense considers appropriate for changes to the stat-
utory method of calculating the authorized number of 
enlisted aides. 
(c) REPORT OBJECTIVE.—In developing the report re-
quired by subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall have 
the objective of reducing the maximum number of enlisted 
aides authorized and allocated for general officers and flag 
offers by 40, subject to the validation of duties under sub-
section (b)(1) and the billet-by-billet justification of posi-
tions under subsection (b)(3). 
(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.— 
(1) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall review the report sub-
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mitted by the Secretary of Defense under subsection 
(b). 
(2) ELEMENTS OF REVIEW.—The review under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the methodology used 
by the Secretary of Defense in satisfying the re-
quirements imposed by paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) of subsection (b). 
(B) An assessment of the adequacy of the 
data used by the Secretary to support the conclu-
sions contained in the report. 
(3) REPORT ON RESULTS OF REVIEW.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary 
of Defense submits the report under subsection (b), the 
Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a report on the review conducted 
under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 505. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMISSION TO 
CONGRESS OF ANNUAL REPORTS ON JOINT 
OFFICER 
MANAGEMENT 
AND 
PROMOTION 
POLICY OBJECTIVES FOR JOINT OFFICERS. 
(a) REPEAL OF ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) JOINT OFFICER MANAGEMENT.—Section 667 
of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.