Sec. 5507. Clarification of current law with respect to technology neutrality in 
acquisition of software. 
Sec. 5508. No additional funds authorized. 
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. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2015 for procurement for the Army, the Navy 
and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide 
activities, as specified in the funding table in section 4101. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
SEC. 111. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
AIRBORNE 
RECONNAISSANCE 
LOW 
AIR-
CRAFT. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 
for aircraft procurement, Army, for the modernization of 
the communications intelligence subsystem of airborne re-
connaissance low aircraft may be obligated or expended
until the Secretary of the Army submits to the congres-
sional defense committees a report that— 
(1) specifies which such subsystem will be used 
to modernize such aircraft; 
(2) explains how such subsystem was selected; 
(3) identifies the alternatives to such subsystem 
that the Secretary considered during such selection; 
and 
(4) details how such subsystem will be inte-
grated into the signals intelligence modernization 
plan of the Army. 
SEC. 112. 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 de-
fense 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 mod-
ernization plan. 
(3) The cost, by year, associated with such 
modernization plan. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
SEC. 121. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR 
TOMAHAWK BLOCK IV MISSILES. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 2306b of 
title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the 
Navy may enter into one or more multiyear con-
tracts for a period of not more than five years, be-
ginning with the fiscal year 2015 program year, for 
the procurement of Tomahawk block IV missiles. 
(2) SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN CERTIFICATION 
BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—For purposes of car-
rying out subsection (i)(1) of such section 2306b 
with respect to a contract entered into under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall substitute ‘‘the date 
that is 45 days before the date on which the Sec-
retary enters into a contract under section 121 of 
the Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015’’ for ‘‘March 
1 of the year in which the Secretary requests legisla-
tive authority to enter into such contract’’.
(b) CONDITION
FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) 
shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2015 is subject to the availability of appropria-
tions for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
SEC. 122. 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 incre-
mental funding for such procurement. 
(b) CONDITION
ON
OUT-YEAR
CONTRACT
PAY-
MENTS.—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 ap-
propriations for that purpose for such fiscal year. 
SEC. 123. ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR 
THE UNDERSEA MOBILITY ACQUISITION PRO-
GRAM OF THE UNITED STATES SPECIAL OP-
ERATIONS COMMAND. 
(a) LIMITATION ON MILESTONE B DECISION.—The 
Commander of the United States Special Operations Com-
mand may not make any Milestone B acquisition decisions 
with respect to a covered element unless— 
(1) the Commander has submitted to the con-
gressional defense committees the transition plan 
under subsection (b)(2); 
(2) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion, Technology, and Logistics has submitted to 
such committees the certification under subsection 
(c)(1); and 
(3) the Secretary of the Navy has completed the 
review under subsection (d)(1). 
(b) TRANSITION PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commander shall de-
velop a transition plan for undersea mobility capa-
bilities that includes the following: 
(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 
transition plan under paragraph (1). 
(c) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), the Under Secretary of Defense for Ac-
quisition, Technology, and Logistics shall certify an 
acquisition strategy for covered elements developed 
by the Commander if such strategy— 
(A) is based on reasonable cost and sched-
ule estimates to execute the product develop-
ment and production plan; 
(B) the technology in the program has 
been demonstrated in a relevant environment; 
and
days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary 
of Defense certifies to the congressional defense commit-
tees that— 
(1) the Chairman of the Joint Requirements 
Oversight Council has reviewed and approved the 
need for two additional moored training ships; 
(2) the Director of Cost Assessment and Pro-
gram Evaluation has reviewed and certified the cost 
estimates of the moored training ship program; and 
(3) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion, Technology, and Logistics has reviewed and ap-
proved the budget, schedule, and construction plans 
for such two additional moored training ships. 
SEC. 125. 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 ex-
pended until the Secretary of the Navy submits to the con-
gressional defense committees each of the following: 
(1) The Milestone B program goals for cost, 
schedule, and performance for each increment.
(2) Certification by the Director of Operational 
Test and Evaluation with respect to the total num-
ber for each module type that is required to perform 
all necessary operational testing. 
SEC. 126. 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 
Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015, or otherwise made available 
for fiscal years 2014 or 2015’’. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
SEC. 131. PROHIBITION ON CANCELLATION OR MODIFICA-
TION OF AVIONICS MODERNIZATION PRO-
GRAM FOR C–130 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—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— 
(1) take any action to cancel or modify the avi-
onics modernization program of record for C–130 
aircraft; or 
(2) initiate an alternative communication, navi-
gation, surveillance, and air traffic management pro-
gram for C–130 aircraft that is designed or intended 
to replace the avionics modernization program de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2015 for operation and maintenance for the Of-
fice of the Secretary of the Air Force, not more than 75 
percent may be obligated or expended until a period of 
15 days has elapsed following the date on which the Sec-
retary of the Air Force certifies to the congressional de-
fense committees 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 modernization program of record for C–130 air-
craft. 
SEC. 132. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
RETIREMENT OF A–10 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—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 retire A–10 aircraft. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study evaluating the
platforms of the Air Force used, as of the date of 
the study, to conduct close air support missions. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the study under para-
graph (1), including— 
(A) the cost per airframe carrying out the 
close air support missions described in such 
paragraph; 
(B) the capabilities of each platform evalu-
ated under such study; and 
(C) a determination by the Comptroller 
General with respect to whether such airframes 
other than A–10 aircraft are able to success-
fully carry out such close air support missions. 
SEC. 133. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RE-
TIREMENT 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 ex-
pended to make significant changes to retire, prepare to 
retire, or place in storage U–2 aircraft.
SEC. 134. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DI-
VESTMENT OR TRANSFER OF KC–10 AIR-
CRAFT. 
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 expended during 
such fiscal year to divest or transfer, or prepare to divest 
or transfer, KC–10 aircraft. 
SEC. 135. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DI-
VESTMENT OF E–3 AIRBORNE WARNING AND 
CONTROL SYSTEM 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 ex-
pended to divest more than four E–3 airborne warning 
and control system aircraft, or disestablish any units of 
the active or reserve components associated with such air-
craft, until a period of 15 days has elapsed following the 
date on which the Secretary of the Air Force submits to 
the congressional defense committees a report consisting 
of— 
(1) a certification that the Secretary is able to 
meet all priority requirements of the commanders of 
the combatant commands relating to such aircraft 
with a planned force of 24 such aircraft; and
(2) a detailed explanation how the Secretary 
will meet such requirements with such planned force. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, 
and Multiservice Matters 
SEC. 141. 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 ac-
quisition program enters into full-rate production, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
the congressional 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 ac-
quisition 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.
SEC. 142. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE OCONUS 
BASING OF THE F–35A. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The Department of Defense has begun its 
process of permanently stationing the F–35 at in-
stallations in the Continental United States (in this 
section referred to as ‘‘CONUS’’) and forward-bas-
ing Outside the Continental United States (in this 
section referred to as ‘‘OCONUS’’). 
(2) The Secretary of the Air Force is assessing 
operating bases for the F–35A to support Pacific 
Air Forces, which includes two United States can-
didate bases in Alaska and three foreign OCONUS 
candidate bases. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the Sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of the Air Force, in the strategic 
basing process for the F–35A, should place emphasis on 
the benefits derived from sites that— 
(1) are capable of hosting fighter-based bilat-
eral and multilateral training opportunities with 
international partners; 
(2) have sufficient airspace and range capabili-
ties and capacity to meet the training requirements;
(3) have existing facilities to support personnel, 
operations, and logistics associated with the flying 
mission; 
(4) have limited encroachment that would ad-
versely impact training or operations; and 
(5) minimize the overall construction and oper-
ational costs. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal 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 
Require-
ments, Restrictions, and Limita-
tions 
SEC. 211. PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL 
AIRCRAFT RECAPITALIZATION PROGRAM. 
The milestone decision authority (as defined in sec-
tion 2366b(g) of title 10, United States Code) may not 
make a waiver under section 2366b(d) of title 10, United
States Code, with respect to the presidential aircraft re-
capitalization program of the Air Force. 
SEC. 212. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR AR-
MORED MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2015 for research, development, test, and evalua-
tion, Army, for the armored multi-purpose vehicle pro-
gram, not more than 80 percent may be obligated or ex-
pended until the date on which the Secretary of the Army 
submits to the congressional defense committees the re-
port under subsection (b)(1). 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 
2015, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the 
congressional defense committee a report on the ar-
mored 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 
outside 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 ar-
mored multi-purpose vehicle analysis of al-
ternatives. 
(C) The estimated timeline and the rough 
order of magnitude of funding requirements as-
sociated 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 vehi-
cles 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 
likely. 
(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 
combat 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. 213. 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 
evaluation, Navy, for the unmanned carrier-launched air-
borne surveillance and strike system may be obligated or 
expended to award a contract for air vehicle segment de-
velopment until a period of 15 days has elapsed following 
the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the 
report under subsection (b).
(b) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2014, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
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. 
SEC. 214. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2015 for research, development, test, and evalua-
tion, Air Force, for imaging and targeting support of air-
borne 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 con-
gressional committees— 
(1) a detailed 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 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; and 
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 215. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
WEATHER SATELLITE FOLLOW-ON SYSTEM. 
(a) MANIFEST.—The Secretary of the Air Force 
shall— 
(1) place the last remaining satellite of the de-
fense meteorological satellite program on the launch 
manifest for the evolved expendable launch vehicle 
program; and 
(2) establish an additional launch, for acquisi-
tion during fiscal year 2015, under the evolved ex-
pendable launch vehicle program using full and open 
competition among certified providers. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2015 for research, development, test, and evalua-
tion, Air Force, for the weather satellite follow-on system, 
not more than 25 percent may be obligated or expended 
until the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force
submits to the congressional defense committees the plan 
under subsection (c). 
(c) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force shall develop a plan to meet the meteorological and 
oceanographic collection requirements of the Joint Re-
quirements Oversight Council. The plan shall include the 
following: 
(1) How the Secretary will launch and use ex-
isting assets of the defense meteorological satellite 
program. 
(2) How the Secretary will use other sources of 
data, such as civil, commercial satellite weather 
data, and international partnerships, to meet such 
requirements. 
(3) An explanation of the relevant costs and 
schedule. 
(4) The requirements of the weather satellite 
follow-on system. 
SEC. 216. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
SPACE-BASED 
INFRARED 
SYSTEMS 
SPACE 
DATA EXPLOITATION. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2015 for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force, for 
data exploitation under the space-based infrared systems,
not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended 
until the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force 
submits to the congressional defense committees certifi-
cation that— 
(1) such funds will be used in support of data 
exploitation of the current space-based infrared sys-
tems program of record, including the scanning and 
staring sensor; or 
(2) the data from such program of record, in-
cluding such scanning and starring sensor, is being 
fully exploited and no further efforts are warranted. 
SEC. 217. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
HOSTED PAYLOAD AND WIDE FIELD OF VIEW 
TESTBED OF THE SPACE-BASED INFRARED 
SYSTEMS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2015 for research, development, test, and evalua-
tion, Air Force, for the hosted payload and wide field of 
view testbed of the space-based infrared systems program, 
not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended 
on alternative approaches to the program of record of such 
program until— 
(1) the completion of the ongoing analysis of al-
ternatives for such program of record; and
(2) a period of 60 days has elapsed following 
the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force 
and the Commander of the United States Strategic 
Command jointly provide to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a briefing on the findings and rec-
ommendations of the Secretary and Commander 
under such analysis of alternatives, including the 
cost evaluation of the Director of Cost Assessment 
and Program Evaluation. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to efforts to examine and develop tech-
nology insertion opportunities for the program of record 
specified in subsection (a). 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives. 
(3) The Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate.
SEC. 218. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
PROTECTED 
TACTICAL 
DEMONSTRATION 
AND PROTECTED MILITARY SATELLITE COM-
MUNICATIONS TESTBED OF THE ADVANCED 
EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fis-
cal year 2015 for research, development, test, and evalua-
tion, Air Force, for the protected tactical demonstration 
and protected military satellite communications testbed of 
the advanced extremely high frequency program, not more 
than 50 percent may be obligated or expended on alter-
native approaches to the program of record for such pro-
gram until— 
(1) the completion of the ongoing analysis of al-
ternatives for such program of record; and 
(2) a period of 60 days has elapsed following 
the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force 
and the Commander of the United States Strategic 
Command jointly provide to the congressional de-
fense committees a briefing on the findings and rec-
ommendations of the Secretary and Commander 
under such analysis of alternatives, including the 
cost evaluation of the Director of Cost Assessment 
and Program Evaluation.
SEC. 222. REVISION OF REQUIREMENT FOR ACQUISITION 
PROGRAMS 
TO 
MAINTAIN 
DEFENSE 
RE-
SEARCH FACILITY RECORDS. 
(a) REVISION
OF FUNCTIONS
OF DEFENSE RE-
SEARCH FACILITIES.—Subsection (b) of section 2364 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by adding ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by adding ‘‘and issue’’ between ‘‘posi-
tion’’ and ‘‘papers’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘combatant commands’’ 
and inserting ‘‘components of the Department 
of Defense’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-
riod; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (5). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) DEFENSE RESEARCH FACILITY DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘defense research facility’ means a 
Department of Defense facility which performs or con-
tracts for the performance of— 
‘‘(1) basic research; or 
‘‘(2) applied research known as exploratory de-
velopment.’’.
SEC. 223. MODIFICATION TO COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT 
FOR PILOT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE TECH-
NOLOGY PROTECTION FEATURES DURING 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN 
DEFENSE SYSTEMS. 
Section 243(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (10 U.S.C. 2358 
note) is amended in the matter following paragraph (2) 
by striking ‘‘at least one-half of the cost of such activities’’ 
and inserting ‘‘an appropriate share of the cost of such 
activities, as determined by the Secretary’’. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING. 
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 otherwise provided for, for operation and 
maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 
4301. 
SEC. 302. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR CIVIL MILITARY PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 4301 for operation 
and maintenance, Defense-wide, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4301, for Civil Mili-
tary Programs, is hereby increased by $55,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 4301 for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4301, for the Office of the Secretary of Defense 
is hereby reduced by $55,000,000. 
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, 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. BIANNUAL CERTIFICATION BY COMMANDERS OF 
THE COMBATANT COMMANDS RELATING TO 
THE PROHIBITION ON THE DISPOSAL OF 
WASTE IN OPEN-AIR BURN PITS. 
Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 317 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(A) CERTIFICATION
OF
COMPLIANCE.— 
Except as provided under subparagraph (B), 
the commander of each combatant command 
that is engaged in a contingency operation shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and House of Representatives bian-
nual certifications that covered waste under the 
jurisdiction of the commander has not been dis-
posed of in violation of the regulations pre-
scribed pursuant to paragraph (1) during the 
period covered by the certification. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—If a 
commander determines that certification cannot 
be made under subparagraph (A) because, with 
respect to covered waste under the jurisdiction 
of the commander, no alternative disposal meth-
od was feasible for an open-air burn pit pursu-
ant to regulations prescribed under paragraph 
(1), the commander shall notify the Secretary 
of Defense of such determination and the Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(i) not later than 30 days after such 
determination is made, submit to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives notice of 
such determination, including the cir-
cumstances, reasoning, and methodology 
that led to such determination; and 
‘‘(ii) after notice is given under clause 
(i), for each subsequent 180-day-period 
during which covered waste is disposed of 
in the open-air burn pit covered by such 
notice, submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House 
of Representatives the justifications of the 
Secretary for continuing to operate such 
open-air burn pit.’’.
SEC. 313. EXCLUSIONS FROM DEFINITION OF ‘‘CHEMICAL 
SUBSTANCE’’ 
UNDER 
TOXIC 
SUBSTANCES 
CONTROL ACT AND REPORT ON LEAD AMMU-
NITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(2)(B)(v) of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2602(2)(B)(v)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘, and’’ and inserting ‘‘and any com-
ponent of such an article (including, without limitation, 
shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants when manu-
factured for or used in such an article, and primers), 
and’’. 
(b) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2015, the Secretary of the Army, in consulta-
tion with the Secretaries of the other military depart-
ments, shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report containing the results of an assessment con-
ducted by the Secretary of each of the following: 
(1) The total costs associated with the procure-
ment of non-lead alternatives for small arms, broken 
down by type. 
(2) The total costs associated with the quali-
fication of non-lead alternatives for small arms, bro-
ken down by type. 
(3) An assessment of the extent to which non- 
lead variants of ammunition exist for small arms, 
and to the extent such variants exist, the extent to
which such variants meet service requirements and 
specifications. 
SEC. 314. EXEMPTION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FROM 
ALTERNATIVE 
FUEL 
PROCUREMENT 
RE-
QUIREMENT. 
Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S.C. 17142) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘This section 
shall not apply to the Department of Defense.’’. 
SEC. 315. CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE OF BULK PURCHASE OF 
ALTERNATIVE 
FUELS 
FOR 
OPERATIONAL 
USE. 
Not later than 60 days before making a bulk pur-
chase of alternative fuels intended for operational use, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees notice of the intent to make such a pur-
chase. Such notice shall include the total quantity of fuel, 
the cost, and the type of funding intended to be used to 
make the purchase. 
SEC. 316. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF BIOFUELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available for the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used to purchase or produce 
biofuels until the earlier of the following dates:
(1) The date on which the cost of the biofuel 
is equal to the cost of conventional fuels purchased 
by the Department. 
(2) The date on which the Budget Control Act 
of 2011 (Public Law 112–25), and the sequestration 
in effect by reason of such Act, are no longer in ef-
fect. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation under subsection 
(a) shall not apply to biofuels purchased— 
(1) in limited quantities necessary to complete 
test and certification; or 
(2) for the biofuel research and development ef-
forts of the Department. 
SEC. 317. LIMITATION ON PLAN, DESIGN, REFURBISHING, 
OR CONSTRUCTION OF BIOFUELS REFIN-
ERIES. 
The Secretary of Defense may not enter into a con-
tract for the planning, design, refurbishing, or construc-
tion of a biofuels refinery any other facility or infrastruc-
ture used to refine biofuels unless such planning, design, 
refurbishing, or construction is specifically authorized by 
law.
SEC. 318. OFF-INSTALLATION DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECTS COMPLI-
ANCE 
WITH 
INTEGRATED 
NATURAL 
RE-
SOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS. 
Section 103A of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670c–1) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE WITH INTEGRATED NATURAL RE-
SOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN.—In the case of a coopera-
tive agreement or interagency agreement under subsection 
(a) for the maintenance and improvement of natural re-
sources located off of a military installation or State- 
owned National Guard installation, funds referred to in 
subsection (b) may be used only pursuant to an approved 
integrated natural resources management plan.’’. 
SEC. 319. RECOMMENDATION ON AIR FORCE ENERGY CON-
SERVATION MEASURES. 
Congress recommends that the Secretary of the Air 
Force take action on identified energy conservation meas-
ures in a comprehensive and timely manner using an array 
of available funding mechanisms. 
SEC. 320. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AT FORMER 
NAVAL AIR STATION, CHINCOTEAGUE, VIR-
GINIA. 
(a) ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION
PROJECT.— 
Notwithstanding the administrative jurisdiction of the Ad-
ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration over the Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, the 
Secretary of Defense may undertake an environmental 
restoration project in a manner consistent with chapter 
160 of title 10, United States Code, at the property consti-
tuting 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 attrib-
utable to the activities of the Department of Defense at 
the time the property was under the administrative juris-
diction of the Secretary of the Navy or used by the Navy 
pursuant to a permit or license issued by the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration in the area for-
merly known as the Naval Air Station Chincoteague, Vir-
ginia. Any such project may be undertaken jointly or in 
conjunction with an environmental 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 perform-
ance of environmental restoration projects for purposes of 
subsection (a). Notwithstanding section 2215 of title 10, 
United States Code, any such agreement may provide for 
environmental restoration projects conducted jointly or by 
one agency on behalf of the other or both agencies and
for reimbursement of the agency conducting the project 
by the other agency for that portion of the project for 
which the reimbursing 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 Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense 
Sites, account of the Department of Defense for environ-
mental restoration projects conducted for or by the Sec-
retary under subsection (a) and for reimbursable agree-
ments entered into under subsection (b). 
SEC. 320A. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT 
CERTAIN CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENTS 
AND REPORTS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be used to imple-
ment the United States Global Change Research Program 
National Climate Assessment, the Intergovernmental 
Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report, the 
United Nation’s Agenda 21 sustainable development plan, 
or the May 2013 Technical Update of the Social Cost of 
Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive 
Order No. 12866.
Subtitle C—Logistics and 
Sustainment 
SEC. 321. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR STRATEGIC 
POLICY 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. 322. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS ON DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE PREPOSITIONING STRA-
TEGIC 
POLICY 
AND 
PLAN 
FOR 
PREPOSITIONED STOCKS. 
Subsection (c) of section 321 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113– 
66) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL
REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall re-
view the implementation plan submitted under sub-
section (b) and the prepositioning strategic policy re-
quired under section 2229(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, as amended by subsection (a), and sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report 
describing the findings of such review and including
any 
additional 
information 
relating 
to 
the 
prepositioning strategic policy and plan that the 
Comptroller General determines appropriate. 
‘‘(2) FOLLOW-UP
REPORTS.—Following the 
submittal of the initial report required under para-
graph (1), the Comptroller General shall conduct an-
nual reviews, for each of the subsequent three years, 
of the progress of the Department of Defense in im-
plementing the strategic policy and the Department 
plan for prepositioned stocks, and submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report containing an 
assessment of such progress, including any addi-
tional information related to the management of 
prepositioned stocks that the Comptroller General 
determines appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 323. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROVISION OF LOGISTIC 
SUPPORT FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF EXCESS 
DEFENSE ARTICLES TO ALLIED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may es-
tablish a pilot program to provide logistic support for the 
conveyance of excess defense articles to allied forces par-
ticipating in bilateral or multilateral training activities 
with the Armed Forces of the United States.
(b) LIMITATION.—In carrying out the pilot program 
under this section, the Secretary may only provide logistic 
support— 
(1) in accordance with the Arms Export Control 
Act and other relevant export control laws of the 
United States; 
(2) in accordance with section 516(c)(2) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j); 
(3) in direct support of training activities— 
(A) carried out in support of a contingency 
operation or a noncombat operation (including 
an operation in support of the provision of hu-
manitarian or foreign disaster assistance, a 
country stabilization operation, or a peace-
keeping operation under chapter VI or VII of 
the Charter of the United Nations); or 
(B) if the Secretary determines that the 
provision of such support is in the best interest 
of the Armed Forces of the Unites States. 
(c) LIMITATION.—The total value of logistic support 
provided under subsection (a)(1) in any fiscal year may 
not exceed $10,000,000. 
(d) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the 
pilot program under this section shall terminate on Sep-
tember 30, 2016.
(e) REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of each 
year during which the Secretary carried out a pilot pro-
gram under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives a report on the pilot program 
under this section during the fiscal year preceding the fis-
cal year during which the report is submitted. Each such 
report shall contain each of the following for the fiscal 
year covered by the report: 
(1) Each nation for which logistic support was 
provided under the pilot program. 
(2) For each such nation, a description of the 
type and value of logistic support, and the excess de-
fense article or articles conveyed. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘logistics support’’ means— 
(A) the use of military transportation and 
cargo-handling assets, including aircraft; 
(B) materiel support in the form of fuel, 
petroleum, oil, or lubricants; and 
(C) 
commercially 
contracted 
transpor-
tation.
(2) The term ‘‘excess defense article’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 516(c)(2) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j). 
Subtitle D—Reports 
SEC. 331. REPEAL OF ANNUAL REPORT ON DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE OPERATION AND FINANCIAL 
SUPPORT 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. REPORT ON ENDURING REQUIREMENTS AND AC-
TIVITIES 
CURRENTLY 
FUNDED 
THROUGH 
AMOUNTS 
AUTHORIZED 
TO 
BE 
APPRO-
PRIATED FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OP-
ERATIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than the date of 
the submission of the President’s budget for a fiscal year 
under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for 
fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report that in-
cludes each of the following: 
(1) A list of enduring mission requirements, 
equipping, training, sustainment, and other oper-
ation and maintenance activities of the military de-
partments, combat support agencies, and Depart-
ment of Defense that are funded through amounts 
authorized to be appropriated for overseas contin-
gency operations. 
(2) The amounts appropriated for fiscal year 
2014 for the activities described in paragraph (1). 
(3) The amounts provided in the budget for fis-
cal year 2015 submitted to Congress by the Presi-
dent under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
(4) A three-year plan to migrate the require-
ments and activities on the list described in para-
graph (1) to be funded other than through amounts 
authorized to be appropriated for overseas contin-
gency operations. 
(b) DEFINITION OF ENDURING.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘enduring’’ means planned to con-
tinue to exist beyond the last day of the period covered 
by the future-years defense program under section 221 of 
title 10, United States Code, in effect as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 
333. 
ARMY 
ASSESSMENT 
OF 
THE 
REGIONALLY 
ALIGNED FORCE. 
At the same time as the President transmits to Con-
gress the budget for fiscal 2016 year under section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of the Army 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees an 
assessment of how the Army has— 
(1) captured and incorporated lessons learned 
through the initial employment of the regionally 
aligned force in the United States Africa Command 
area of responsibility; 
(2) 
institutionalized 
and 
improved 
predeployment training; 
(3) improved the coordination of activities be-
tween special operations forces, Army regionally 
aligned units, contractors of the Department of 
State, contractors of the Department of Defense, the 
geographic combatant commands, the Joint Staff, 
and international partners; 
(4) accounted for all the various funding 
streams used to fund regionally aligned force activi-
ties, including the amount of funds expended from 
each account; 
(5) assessed the impacts associated with long- 
term commitments of regionally aligned forces to 
meet security cooperation requirements;
(6) maintained high levels of core mission readi-
ness while supporting geographic combatant com-
mander requirements through regionally aligned 
force activities; 
(7) planned for expansion of the regionally 
aligned force model; and 
(8) planned to retain regional expertise within 
units habitually aligned to a specific region. 
SEC. 334. REPORT ON IMPACTS OF FUNDING REDUCTIONS 
ON MILITARY READINESS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall report to the con-
gressional defense committees on the readiness and cost 
impacts, both immediate and long-term, for the military 
services, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, and the Defense Agencies, of the reduc-
tions in funding required in section 4301 of this Act. Such 
report shall address each of the following categories: 
(1) Reduction in contracts for Other Services, 
including— 
(A) impacts on mission execution and ef-
fectiveness;
(B) subsistence and support of persons, in-
cluding submarine galley maintenance in sup-
port of the Navy fleets; 
(C) the credentialing of health, legal, engi-
neering, and acquisition professionals, including 
licenses, certifications, and national board ex-
aminations; 
(D) continuing education for military serv-
ice members and their families, including tui-
tion assistance and completion of graduate de-
grees, including correspondence courses; 
(E) scholarships, instructor pay, and text-
books for Reserve Officer Training Corps and 
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps pro-
grams; 
(F) installation family support programs; 
(G) general training, including training 
outside normal occupational specialties such as 
cultural and language training for deploying 
forces; 
(H) physical fitness services; 
(I) the annual audit of financial records 
and annual review of acquisition programs; 
(J) drivers for security details; 
(K) foreign national indirect hires;
(L) port visit costs and port visit security; 
(M) Defense Travel System afloat support; 
(N) 
engineering 
readiness 
assessment 
teams; 
(O) sexual assault and suicide prevention 
and response programs; 
(P) student meal programs and edu-
cational assistance purchases; 
(Q) employer support to the National 
Guard and Reserve; 
(R) Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program; 
and 
(S) network programming activities, data-
base sustainment, and improvement. 
(2) 
Reductions 
in 
contracts 
for 
facility 
sustainment, restoration, and modernization, includ-
ing— 
(A) impacts to mission execution and effec-
tiveness; 
(B) impacts to life, health and safety, in-
cluding fire and emergency services; 
(C) impacts to training; 
(D) deferrals of repairs or upgrades to 
mission-critical infrastructure, including roads,
electrical systems, heating and air conditioning 
systems, and buildings; 
(E) deferrals of repairs or upgrades to air-
field runways, taxiways and aprons; 
(F) installation security through the defer-
rals of repairs, replacements or reconfigurations 
of gates or other installation security compo-
nents; 
(G) base operations due to deferral of fa-
cility renovations, consolidations, conversions, 
or demolitions; 
(H) operation of dining facilities; 
(I) utility privatization; 
(J) deferrals of repair and renovation of 
barracks; 
(K) facilities engineering services; 
(L) dredging of navigation channels; 
(M) execution of the minimum six percent 
capital investment program required under sec-
tion 2476 of title 10, United States Code; and 
(N) maintenance, repairs, and moderniza-
tion of Department of Defense dependent 
schools in Europe and the Pacific and defense 
domestic dependent elementary schools. 
(3) Reductions in civilian personnel, including—
(A) mission execution and effectiveness; 
(B) the ability to recruit, hire, and train 
civilian employees; 
(C) the cost of overtime that will be gen-
erated as a result of unfilled civilian personnel 
billets; 
(D) the morale of the civilian workforce; 
and 
(E) the ability to execute reductions in 
force within the fiscal year. 
(4) Reductions in unobligated balances of prior- 
year funding, including— 
(A) mission execution and effectiveness; 
and 
(B) the ability to execute reductions within 
the fiscal year. 
(5) Any other information that the Under Sec-
retary determines is relevant to enhancing the com-
mittees’ understanding of the impacts of the re-
quired reductions in funding. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The Comptroller General 
may report to the congressional defense committees, as re-
quired by subsection (a), either by providing a briefing or 
a written report.
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 
overhaul of the F117 engine until the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics cer-
tifies to the congressional defense committees that the 
Secretary of the Air Force has structured the contract in 
such a way that provides the Secretary of the Air Force 
the required insight into all aspects of F117 system, sub-
system, components, and subcomponents regarding histor-
ical usage rates, cost, price, expected and actual service- 
life, and supply chain management data sufficient to de-
termine that the Secretary of the Air Force is paying a 
fair and reasonable price for F117 sustainment, mainte-
nance, repair, and overhaul as compared to the PW2000 
commercial-derivative 
engine 
sustainment 
price 
for 
sustainment, maintenance, repair, and overhaul in the pri-
vate 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. 
SEC. 342. LIMITATION ON FURLOUGH OF CERTAIN WORK-
ING-CAPITAL FUND EMPLOYEES. 
Section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(s) The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of 
the military department concerned, as appropriate, may 
not carry out a non-disciplinary furlough (as defined in 
section 7511(a)(5) of title 5) of a civilian employee of the 
Department of Defense whose performance is charged to 
a working-capital fund unless the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) determines that failure to furlough the em-
ployee will result in a violation of subsection (f); and 
‘‘(2) submits to Congress, by not later than 45 
days before initiating a furlough, notice of the fur-
lough that includes a certification that, as a result 
of the proposed furlough, none of the work per-
formed by any employee of the Government will be 
shifted to any Department of Defense civilian em-
ployee, contractor, or member of the Armed 
Forces.’’.
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 351. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO 
PROVISION 
OF 
INSTALLATION-SUPPORT 
SERVICES THROUGH INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
SUPPORT AGREEMENTS. 
(i) 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), by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary concerned’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary concerned’’; and 
(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 
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (e) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘intergovernmental support 
agreement’ means a legal instrument reflecting a re-
lationship between the Secretary concerned and a 
State or local government that contains such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary concerned considers 
appropriate for the purposes of this section and nec-
essary 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. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO TRAINING 
RANGES WITHIN UNITED STATES PACIFIC 
COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Reliable access to military training ranges is 
an essential component of military readiness. 
(2) The training opportunities provided by mili-
tary training ranges are critical to maintaining the 
technical and operational superiority of the Armed 
Forces. 
(3) The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review 
states that the operational readiness of the Armed 
Forces hinges on unimpeded access to land, air, and 
sea training and test space. 
(4) The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review 
states that United States forces in the Asia-Pacific 
region ‘‘will resume regular bilateral and multilateral 
training exercises, pursue increased training oppor-
tunities to improve capabilities and capacity of part-
ner nations, as well as support humanitarian, dis-
aster relief, counterterrorism, and other operations 
that contribute to the stability of the region’’. 
(5) A number of critical military training 
ranges, including the Pohakuloa Training Center in 
Hawaii, are located within the United States Pacific
Command area of responsibility providing units from 
all the military services, as well as allied and partner 
militaries with realistic joint and combined arms 
training opportunities. 
(6) Due to the ‘‘tyranny of distance’’ in the 
Asia-Pacific region, there are significant challenges 
in transporting equipment and personnel to the var-
ious military training ranges within the United 
States Pacific Command area of responsibility. 
(7) The Department of Defense continues a 
number of efforts aimed at preserving military train-
ing ranges, while also minimizing the environmental 
effects of training activities. 
(8) The Department of Defense has a variety of 
authorities that may be used to mitigate encroach-
ment on military testing and training missions. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—In light of the findings 
specified in subsection (a), it is the sense of Congress that 
the Secretary of Defense should— 
(1) ensure that members of the Armed Forces 
continue to have reliable access to military training 
ranges; 
(2) optimize the use of multilateral, joint train-
ing facilities overseas in order to increase readiness
and interoperability with allies and partners of the 
United States; 
(3) utilize a full range of assets, including both 
air- and sea-based assets, including inactive Joint 
High Speed Vessels, to improve accessibility to mili-
tary training areas within the United States Pacific 
Command area of responsibility; 
(4) provide stable budget authority for long- 
term investments in range and test center infra-
structure to lower the cost of access to the ranges 
and training centers; 
(5) take appropriate action to identify and le-
verage existing authorities and programs, as well as 
work with State and municipalities to leverage their 
authorities, to mitigate encroachment or other chal-
lenges that have the potential to impact future ac-
cess or operations on military training ranges; 
(6) maximize the use of the United States Pa-
cific Command training ranges, including Pohakuloa 
Training Center in Hawaii, by the military depart-
ments and increase the use of such training ranges 
for bilateral and multilateral exercises with regional 
allies and partners; and 
(7) take appropriate action to leverage existing 
authorities and programs, as well as work with local
governments to leverage their authorities, to address 
any challenges that have the potential to impede fu-
ture access to or operations on military training 
ranges. 
SEC. 353. MANAGEMENT OF CONVENTIONAL AMMUNITION 
INVENTORY. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION OF DATA.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Lo-
gistics, in conjunction with the Secretaries of the Army, 
Air Force, and Navy, shall issue Department-wide guid-
ance and designate an authoritative database on conven-
tional ammunition. Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall 
notify the congressional defense committees on what data-
base has been designated under this subsection. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of the Army 
will include in its annual ammunition inventory reports in-
formation on all available ammunition for use during the 
redistribution process, including ammunition that was un-
claimed in a during a year before the year during which 
the report is submitted by another service and categorized 
for disposal.
SEC. 354. AGREEMENTS WITH LOCAL CIVIC ORGANIZA-
TIONS TO SUPPORT CONDUCTING A MILI-
TARY AIR SHOW OR OPEN HOUSE. 
(a) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 155 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2616. Military air show or open house: agreements 
with local civic organization; authority to 
charge nominal admission fee 
‘‘(a) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
concerned may enter into a contract or agreement with 
a non-Federal civic organization to conduct or support an 
air show or open house to feature any unit, aircraft, vessel, 
equipment, or members of the armed forces under the ju-
risdiction of that Secretary. 
‘‘(b) NOMINAL FEES AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
concerned may charge, or authorize a civic organization 
with which the Secretary has entered into a contract or 
agreement under subsection (a) to charge, the public a 
nominal admission fee (to be determined by the Secretary) 
to attend a military air show or open house. 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF FEES.—Amounts collected as 
admission fees under subsection (b) for an air show or 
open house may be retained to cover costs associated with 
the air show or open house, including costs associated with 
parking for the air show or open house or the provision
of temporary shuttle-bus service for air show or open 
house visitors. If costs are incurred and covered in ad-
vance of the collection of the fees, amounts collected shall 
be credited to the fund or account that was used to cover 
those costs. Amounts so credited shall be merged with 
amounts in such fund or account, and shall be available 
for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions 
and limitations, as amounts in such fund or account. Any 
amounts so credited under this subsection shall be subject 
to the Appropriations process of the United States Con-
gress.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2616. Military air show or open house: agreements with local civic organiza-
tion; authority to charge nominal admission fee.’’. 
SEC. 355. GIFTS MADE FOR THE BENEFIT OF MILITARY MU-
SICAL UNITS. 
Section 974(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary concerned may’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The Secretary concerned shall’’.
TITLE IV—MILITARY 
PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
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, 311,220. 
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 in-
serting 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 
components as of September 30, 2015, as follows:
(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 Re-
serve 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 
year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 
the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be 
increased proportionately by the total authorized strengths 
of such units and by the total number of such individual 
members. 
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 num-
ber 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, re-
cruiting, 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.
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 re-
serve 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.
(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 
support 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. 
(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 otherwise provided for, for military personnel, as spec-
ified in the funding table in section 4401. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The au-
thorization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes 
any other authorization of appropriations (definite or in-
definite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2015.
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel 
Policy Generally 
SEC. 501. AUTHORITY TO LIMIT CONSIDERATION FOR 
EARLY RETIREMENT BY SELECTIVE RETIRE-
MENT BOARDS TO PARTICULAR WARRANT 
OFFICER YEAR GROUPS AND SPECIALTIES. 
Section 581(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(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 
particular 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.’’. 
SEC. 502. RELIEF FROM LIMITS ON PERCENTAGE OF OFFI-
CERS WHO MAY BE RECOMMENDED FOR DIS-
CHARGE DURING A FISCAL YEAR USING EN-
HANCED AUTHORITY FOR SELECTIVE EARLY 
DISCHARGES. 
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. 503. 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. 
(2) PROMOTION POLICY OBJECTIVES FOR JOINT 
OFFICERS.—Section 662 of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) QUALIFICATIONS.—’’; 
and
(B) by striking subsection (b). 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 38 of such title is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 667. 
SEC. 504. OPTIONS FOR PHASE II OF JOINT PROFESSIONAL 
MILITARY EDUCATION. 
Section 2154(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘consisting of a joint professional 
military education curriculum’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting the following: 
‘‘consisting of— 
‘‘(A) a joint professional military education 
curriculum taught in residence at the Joint 
Forces Staff College or a senior level service 
school that has been designated and certified by 
the Secretary of Defense as a joint professional 
military education institution; or 
‘‘(B) a senior level service course of at 
least ten months that has been designated and 
certified by the Secretary of Defense as a joint 
professional military education course.’’.
SEC. 505. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF ENLISTED AIDES AU-
THORIZED FOR OFFICERS OF THE ARMY, 
NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF CURRENT LIMITATION.—Sec-
tion 981 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the sum of 
(1)’’ and all that follows through the period at end 
of the subsection and inserting the following: ‘‘the 
sum of— 
‘‘(1) two times the number of officers serving 
on active duty at the end of the preceding fiscal year 
in the grade of general or admiral; and 
‘‘(2) the number of officers serving on active 
duty at the end of the preceding fiscal year in the 
grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Not more 
than 300 enlisted members’’ and inserting ‘‘Not 
more than the lesser of 300 enlisted members or the 
number of enlisted members determined for a fiscal 
year under subsection (a)’’. 
(b) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Such section is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives a report specifying— 
‘‘(1) the total number of enlisted members as-
signed to duty at any time during the previous fiscal 
year as enlisted aides for officers of the Army, Navy, 
Air Force, and Marine Corps; and 
‘‘(2) the number of authorized enlisted aides by 
each general officer and flag officer position during 
the previous fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 506. REQUIRED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN ELE-
MENTS OF COMMAND CLIMATE IN PERFORM-
ANCE APPRAISALS OF COMMANDING OFFI-
CERS. 
The Secretary of a military department shall ensure 
that the performance appraisal of a commanding officer 
in an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary 
indicates the extent to which the commanding officer has 
or has not established a command climate in which— 
(1) allegations of sexual assault are properly 
managed and fairly evaluated; and 
(2) a victim of criminal activity, including sex-
ual assault, can report the criminal activity without 
fear of retaliation, including ostracism and group 
pressure from other members of the command.
SEC. 507. DEFERRED RETIREMENT OF CHAPLAINS. 
Section 1253 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) DEFERRED RETIREMENT OF CHAPLAINS.—(1) 
The Secretary of the military department concerned may, 
subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), defer the retirement 
under subsection (a) of an officer who is appointed or des-
ignated as a chaplain if the Secretary determines that 
such deferral is in the best interest of the military depart-
ment concerned. 
‘‘(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a 
deferment under this subsection may not extend beyond 
the first day of the month following the month in which 
the officer becomes 68 years of age. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of the military department con-
cerned may extend a deferment under this subsection be-
yond the day referred to in paragraph (2) if the Secretary 
determines that extension of the deferment is necessary 
for the needs of the military department concerned. Such 
an extension shall be made on a case-by-case basis and 
shall be for such period as the Secretary considers appro-
priate.’’. 
SEC. 508. COMPLIANCE WITH EFFICIENCIES DIRECTIVE. 
By not later than December 31, 2015, the Secretary 
of Defense shall ensure that the number of flag officers
and generals are reduced to comply with the Department 
of Defense efficiencies directive dated March 14, 2011. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Personnel 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. 
(a) RETENTION OF CERTAIN FIRST LIEUTENANTS 
AND LIEUTENANTS (JUNIOR GRADE) FOLLOWING NON-
SELECTION FOR PROMOTION.—Subsection (a)(1) of sec-
tion 14701 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘A reserve officer of’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(A) A reserve officer of the Army, Navy, 
Air Force, or Marine Corps described in subpara-
graph (B) who is required to be removed from the 
reserve active-status list under section 14504 of this 
title, or a reserve officer of’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘of this title may, subject to the 
needs of the service and to section 14509 of this 
title,’’ and inserting ‘‘of this title, may’’; 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs:
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‘‘(B) A reserve officer covered by this subparagraph 
is a reserve officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine 
Corps who holds the grade of first lieutenant, or a reserve 
officer of the Navy who holds the grade of lieutenant (jun-
ior grade), and who— 
‘‘(i) is a health professions officer; or 
‘‘(ii) is actively pursuing an undergraduate pro-
gram of education leading to a baccalaureate degree. 
‘‘(C) The consideration of a reserve officer for con-
tinuation on the reserve active-status list pursuant to this 
paragraph is subject to the needs of the service and to 
section 14509 of this title.’’. 
(b) RETENTION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFI-
CERS.—Such section is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) CONTINUATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS OF-
FICERS.—(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(6), a health 
professions officer obligated to a period of service incurred 
under section 16201 of this title who is required to be 
removed from the reserve active-status list under section 
14504, 14505, 14506, or 14507 of this title and who has 
not completed a service obligation incurred under section
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16201 of this title shall be retained on the reserve active- 
status list until the completion of such service obligation 
and then discharged, unless sooner retired or discharged 
under another provision of law. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may waive the applica-
bility of paragraph (1) to any officer if the Secretary de-
termines that completion of the service obligation of that 
officer is not in the best interest of the service. 
‘‘(3) A health professions officer who is continued on 
the reserve active-status list under this subsection who is 
subsequently promoted or whose name is on a list of offi-
cers recommended for promotion to the next higher grade 
is not required to be discharged or retired upon completion 
of the officer’s service obligation. Such officer may con-
tinue on the reserve active-status list as other officers of 
the same grade unless separated under another provision 
of law.’’. 
SEC. 512. CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU ROLE 
IN ASSIGNMENT OF DIRECTORS AND DEPUTY 
DIRECTORS OF THE ARMY AND AIR NA-
TIONAL GUARDS. 
(a) RECOMMENDATION BY CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL 
GUARD BUREAU.—Paragraph (1) of section 10506(a) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘selected 
by the Secretary of the Army’’ and inserting ‘‘rec-
ommended by the Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Army,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘selected 
by the Secretary of the Air Force’’ and inserting 
‘‘recommended by the Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Air Force,’’. 
(b) ASSISTANCE
TO
CHIEF
OF
THE
NATIONAL 
GUARD BUREAU.—Paragraph (2) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘The officers so selected’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The Director and Deputy Director, Army National 
Guard, and the Director and Deputy Director, Air Na-
tional Guard,’’. 
(c) CONDITION ON ASSIGNMENT AND CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS.—Paragraph (3) of such section is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The 
President’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent with para-
graph (1), the President’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary of the military department concerned’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘the Chief of the National Guard Bureau as 
provided in paragraph (1)’’; 
(3) by striking subparagraph (D); and 
(4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (D). 
SEC. 513. NATIONAL GUARD CIVIL AND DEFENSE SUPPORT 
ACTIVITIES AND RELATED MATTERS. 
(a) OPERATIONAL USE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 32, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 116. OPERATIONAL USE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—This section authorizes the oper-
ational use of the National Guard and recognizes that the 
basic premise of both the National Incident Management 
System and the National Response Framework is that— 
‘‘(1) incidents are typically managed at the 
local level first; and 
‘‘(2) local jurisdictions retain command, control, 
and authority over response activities for their juris-
dictional areas. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE TO CIVILIAN FIREFIGHTING ORGA-
NIZATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—Members and 
units of the National Guard shall be authorized to
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support firefighting operations, missions, or activi-
ties, including aerial firefighting employment of the 
Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS), 
undertaken in support of a civilian authority or a 
State or Federal agency. 
‘‘(2) ROLE OF GOVERNOR AND STATE ADJU-
TANT
GENERAL.—For the purposes of paragraph 
(1)— 
‘‘(A) the Governor of a State shall be the 
principal civilian authority; and 
‘‘(B) the adjutant general of the State 
shall be the principal military authority, when 
acting in his or her State capacity, and has the 
primary authority to mobilize members and 
units of the National Guard of the State in any 
duty status under this title the adjutant general 
deems appropriate to employ necessary forces 
when funds to perform such operations, mis-
sions, or activities are reimbursed.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘116. Operational use of the National Guard.’’. 
(b) ACTIVE GUARD
AND RESERVE (AGR) SUP-
PORT.—Section 328(b) of title 32, United States Code, is 
amended—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘duty as specified in section 
116(b) of this title or may perform’’ after ‘‘sub-
section (a) may perform’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(A) and (B)’’ after ‘‘ specified 
in section 502(f)(2)’’. 
(c) FEDERAL TECHNICIANS SUPPORT.— Section 
709(a)(3) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘duty as specified in section 116(b) of this title 
or’’ after ‘‘(3) the performance of’’. 
SEC. 514. ELECTRONIC TRACKING OF CERTAIN RESERVE 
DUTY. 
The Secretary of Defense shall establish an electronic 
means by which members of the Ready Reserve of the 
Armed Forces can track their operational active-duty serv-
ice performed after January 28, 2008, under section 
12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 12302, or 12304 of title 
10, United States Code. The tour calculator shall specify 
early retirement credit authorized for each qualifying tour 
of active duty, as well as cumulative early reserve retire-
ment credit authorized to date under section 12731(f) of 
such title. 
SEC. 515. NATIONAL GUARD CYBER PROTECTION TEAMS. 
(a) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of 
the National Guard Bureau shall submit to the congres-
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sional defense committees a report on the progress made 
by the Army National Guard to establish 10 Cyber Protec-
tion Teams composed of members of the National Guard 
to perform duties relating to analysis and protection in 
support of programs to prepare for and respond to emer-
gencies involving an attack or natural disaster impacting 
a computer, electronic, or cyber network. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A timeframe of when stationing of the 
Cyber Protection Teams will be finalized. 
(2) A timeframe of activation of the Cyber Pro-
tection Teams and whether the teams will be acti-
vated at the same time or staggered over time. 
(3) A description of what manning and basing 
requirements have been established. 
(4) The number and location of nominations re-
ceived for a Cyber Protection Team and the activa-
tion date estimate provided in each nomination. 
(5) An assessment of the range of stated cost 
projections included in the nominations. 
(6) An assessment of any identified patterns re-
garding ease or difficulty of staffing individuals with 
required credentials within particular regions.
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(7) Any additional information deemed relevant 
by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
Subtitle C—General Service 
Authorities 
SEC. 521. PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF MILI-
TARY PERSONNEL DECISIONS RELATING TO 
CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF JUDICIAL REVIEW; LIMITA-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 79 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1560. Judicial review of decisions relating to cor-
rection of military records 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to sections 1346 
and 1491 of title 28 and chapter 7 of title 5, any 
person adversely affected by a records correction 
final decision may obtain judicial review of the deci-
sion in a court with jurisdiction to hear the matter. 
‘‘(2) RECORDS
CORRECTION
FINAL
DECISION 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘records correc-
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tion final decision’ means any of the following deci-
sions: 
‘‘(A) A final decision issued by the Sec-
retary concerned pursuant to section 1552 of 
this title. 
‘‘(B) A final decision issued by the Sec-
retary of a military department or the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security pursuant to sec-
tion 1034(g) of this title. 
‘‘(C) A final decision issued by the Sec-
retary of Defense pursuant to section 1034(h) 
of this title. 
‘‘(D) A final decision issued by the Sec-
retary concerned pursuant to section 1554a of 
this title. 
‘‘(b) 
EXHAUSTION
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
REM-
EDIES.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in 
paragraphs (3) and (4), judicial review of a matter 
that could be subject to correction under a provision 
of law specified in subsection (a)(2) may not be ob-
tained under this section or any other provision of 
law unless— 
‘‘(A) the petitioner has requested a correc-
tion under sections 1552 or 1554a of this title
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(including such a request in a matter arising 
under section 1034 of this title); and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary concerned has rendered 
a final decision denying that correction in whole 
or in part. 
‘‘(2) WHISTLEBLOWER CASES.—When the final 
decision of the Secretary concerned is subject to re-
view by the Secretary of Defense under section 
1034(h) of this title, the petitioner is not required 
to seek such review before obtaining judicial review, 
but if the petitioner seeks such review, judicial re-
view may not be sought until the earlier of the fol-
lowing occurs: 
‘‘(A) The Secretary of Defense makes a 
decision in the matter. 
‘‘(B) The period specified in section 
1034(h) of this title for the Secretary to make 
a decision in the matter expires. 
‘‘(3) CLASS ACTIONS.—If judicial review of a 
records correction final decision is sought, and the 
petitioner for such judicial review also seeks to bring 
a class action with respect to a matter for which the 
petitioner requested a correction under section 1552 
of this title (including a request in a matter arising 
under section 1034 of this title) and the court issues
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an order certifying a class in the case, paragraphs 
(1) and (2) do not apply to any member of the cer-
tified class (other than the petitioner) with respect 
to any matter covered by a claim for which the class 
is certified. 
‘‘(4) TIMELINESS.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply if the records correction final decision of the 
Secretary concerned is not issued by the date that 
is 18 months after the date on which the petitioner 
requests a correction. 
‘‘(c) STATUTES OF LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(1) SIX
YEARS
FROM
FINAL
DECISION.—A 
records correction final decision (other than in a 
matter to which paragraph (2) applies) is not sub-
ject to judicial review under this section or otherwise 
subject to review in any court unless petition for 
such review is filed in a court not later than six 
years after the date of the records correction final 
decision. 
‘‘(2) SIX
YEARS
FOR
CERTAIN
CLAIMS
THAT 
MAY RESULT IN PAYMENT OF MONEY.—(A) In a 
case of a records correction final decision described 
in subparagraph (B), the records correction final de-
cision (or the portion of such decision described in 
such subparagraph) is not subject to judicial review
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under this section or otherwise subject to review in 
any court unless petition for such review is filed in 
a court before the end of the six-year period that 
began on the date of discharge, retirement, release 
from active duty, or death while on active duty, of 
the person whose military records are the subject of 
the correction request. Such period does not include 
any time between the date of the filing of the re-
quest for correction of military records leading to 
the records correction final decision and the date of 
the final decision. 
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) applies to a records 
correction final decision or portion of the decision 
that involves a denial of a claim that, if relief were 
to be granted by the court, would support, or result 
in, the payment of money either under a court order 
or under a subsequent administrative determination, 
other than payments made under— 
‘‘(i) chapter 61 of this title to a claimant 
who prior to such records correction final deci-
sion, was not the subject of a decision by a 
physical evaluation board or by any other board 
authorized to grant disability payments to the 
claimant; or 
‘‘(ii) chapter 73 of this title.
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‘‘(d) HABEAS CORPUS.—This section does not affect 
any cause of action arising under chapter 153 of title 28.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1560. Judicial review of decisions.’’. 
(b) EFFECT OF DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR CORREC-
TION OF RECORDS WHEN PROHIBITED PERSONNEL AC-
TION ALLEGED.— 
(1) NOTICE OF DENIAL; PROCEDURES FOR JU-
DICIAL REVIEW.—Subsection (g) of section 1034 of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) In any case in which the final decision of the 
Secretary concerned results in denial, in whole or in part, 
of any requested correction of the record of the member 
or former member, the Secretary concerned shall provide 
the member or former member— 
‘‘(A) a concise written statement of the basis 
for the decision; and 
‘‘(B) a written notification of the availability of 
judicial review of the decision pursuant to section 
1560 of this title and the time period for obtaining 
such review in accordance with the applicable statute 
of limitations.’’.
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(2) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REVIEW; NOTICE 
OF
DENIAL.—Subsection (h) of such section is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Upon the 
completion of all’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The submittal of a matter to the Secretary of 
Defense by the member or former member under para-
graph (1) must be made within 90 days of the receipt by 
the member or former member of the final decision of the 
Secretary of the military department concerned in the 
matter. In any case in which the final decision of the Sec-
retary of Defense results in denial, in whole or in part, 
of any requested correction of the record of the member 
or former member, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
the member or former member— 
‘‘(A) a concise written statement of the basis 
for the decision; and 
‘‘(B) a written notification of the availability of 
judicial review of the decision pursuant to section 
1560 of this title and the time period for obtaining 
such review in accordance with the applicable statute 
of limitations.’’.
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(3) SOLE BASIS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Such 
section is further amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) 
as subsections (j) and (k), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (h) the 
following new subsection (i): 
‘‘(i) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—(1) A decision of the Sec-
retary of Defense under subsection (h) shall be subject to 
judicial review only as provided in section 1560 of this 
title. 
‘‘(2) In a case in which review by the Secretary of 
Defense under subsection (h) was not sought, a decision 
of the Secretary of a military department under subsection 
(g) shall be subject to judicial review only as provided in 
section 1560 of this title. 
‘‘(3) A decision by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity under subsection (g) shall be subject to judicial review 
only as provided in section 1560 of this title.’’. 
(c) EFFECT OF DENIAL OF OTHER REQUESTS FOR 
CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS.—Section 1552 of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsections: 
‘‘(h) In any case in which the final decision of the 
Secretary concerned results in denial, in whole or in part,
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of any requested correction, the Secretary concerned shall 
provide the claimant— 
‘‘(1) a concise written statement of the basis for 
the decision; and 
‘‘(2) a written notification of the availability of 
judicial review of the decision pursuant to section 
1560 of this title and the time period for obtaining 
such review in accordance with the applicable statute 
of limitations. 
‘‘(i) A decision by the Secretary concerned under this 
section shall be subject to judicial review only as provided 
in section 1560 of this title.’’. 
(d) JUDICIAL
REVIEW
OF
CORRECTIONS
REC-
OMMENDED BY THE PHYSICAL DISABILITY BOARD OF 
REVIEW.—Section 1554a of such title is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsections (f) and (g): 
‘‘(f) RECORD OF DECISION AND NOTIFICATION.—In 
any case in which the final decision of the Secretary con-
cerned results in denial, in whole or in part, of any re-
quested correction of the record of the member or former 
member, the Secretary shall provide to the member or 
former member—
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‘‘(1) a concise written statement of the basis for 
the decision; and 
‘‘(2) a written notification of the availability of 
judicial review of the decision pursuant to section 
1560 of this title and the time period for obtaining 
such review in accordance with the applicable statute 
of limitations. 
‘‘(g) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A decision by the Secretary 
concerned under this section shall be subject to judicial 
review only as provided in section 1560 of this title.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to all 
final decisions of the Secretary of Defense under 
section 1034(h) of title 10, United States Code, and 
of the Secretary of a military department and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security under sections 
1034(g), 1552, or 1554a of such title rendered on 
or after such date. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
EXISTING
CASES.—This 
section and the amendments made by this section do 
not affect the authority of any court to exercise ju-
risdiction over any case that was properly before the
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court before the effective date specified in paragraph 
(1). 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of the military 
department concerned and, in the case of the Coast 
Guard, the Secretary of the Department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating may prescribe regulations, and 
interim guidance before prescribing such regulations, to 
implement the amendments made by this section. Regula-
tions or interim guidance prescribed by the Secretary of 
a military department may not take effect until approved 
by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 522. ADDITIONAL REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF TRANSI-
TION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) INFORMATION
ON EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
AND OTHER AVAILABLE BENEFITS.—Section 1144 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and 
(e), as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS
OF PROGRAM.—The 
mandatory program carried out by this section also shall 
include the following:
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‘‘(1) For any such member who plans to use 
the member’s entitlement to educational assistance 
under title 38— 
‘‘(A) instruction providing an overview of 
the use of such entitlement; and 
‘‘(B) courses of post-secondary education 
appropriate for the member, courses of post- 
secondary education compatible with the mem-
ber’s education goals, and instruction on how to 
finance the member’s post-secondary education. 
‘‘(2) Instruction in the benefits under laws ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and 
in other subjects determined to be appropriate by 
the Secretary concerned.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE
FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The pro-
gram carried out under section 1144 of title 10, United 
States Code, shall comply with the requirements of sub-
section (c) of such section, as added by subsection (a), 
by not later than April 1, 2016. 
SEC. 523. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT CAREER 
FLEXIBILITY PROGRAMS. 
(a) DURATION
OF
PROGRAM
AUTHORITY.—Sub-
section (m) of section 533 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. prec. 701 note), as amended by
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section 531(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 
1403) and redesignated by section 522(a)(2) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1722), is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2019’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Subsection (k) of section 533 of the Dun-
can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009, as amended by section 531(c) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and 2017’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, 2017, and 2019’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘March 1, 
2019’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2020’’. 
SEC. 524. PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES ON PRIVACY RIGHTS 
RELATING TO RECEIPT OF MENTAL HEALTH 
SERVICES. 
(a) PROVISION OF INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The 
Secretaries of the military departments shall ensure that 
the information described in subsection (b) is provided—
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(1) to each officer candidate during initial 
training; 
(2) to each recruit during basic training; and 
(3) to other members of the Armed Forces at 
such times as the Secretary of Defense considers ap-
propriate. 
(b) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—The information re-
quired to be provided under subsection (a) shall include 
information on the applicability of Department of Defense 
Directive 6025.18 and other regulations regarding privacy 
prescribed pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability 
and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–191) to 
records regarding a member of the Armed Forces seeking 
and receiving mental health services. 
SEC. 525. PROTECTION OF THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OF 
MILITARY CHAPLAINS TO CLOSE A PRAYER 
OUTSIDE OF A RELIGIOUS SERVICE ACCORD-
ING TO THE TRADITIONS, EXPRESSIONS, AND 
RELIGIOUS EXERCISES OF THE ENDORSING 
FAITH GROUP. 
(a) UNITED STATES ARMY.—Section 3547 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) If called upon to lead a prayer outside of a reli-
gious service, a chaplain shall have the prerogative to close
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the prayer according to the traditions, expressions, and 
religious exercises of the endorsing faith group.’’. 
(b) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section 
4337 of such title is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘There’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) If called upon to lead a prayer outside of a reli-
gious service, the Chaplain shall have the prerogative to 
close the prayer according to the traditions, expressions, 
and religious exercises of the endorsing faith group.’’. 
(c) UNITED STATES NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.— 
Section 6031 of such title is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) If called upon to lead a prayer outside of a reli-
gious service, a chaplain shall have the prerogative to close 
the prayer according to the traditions, expressions, and 
religious exercises of the endorsing faith group.’’. 
(d) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.—Section 8547 of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) If called upon to lead a prayer outside of a reli-
gious service, a chaplain shall have the prerogative to close 
the prayer according to the traditions, expressions, and 
religious exercises of the endorsing faith group.’’.
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(e) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section 
9337 of such title is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘There’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) If called upon to lead a prayer outside of a reli-
gious service, the Chaplain shall have the prerogative to 
close the prayer according to the traditions, expressions, 
and religious exercises of the endorsing faith group.’’. 
SEC. 526. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SENIOR ADVISOR ON 
PROFESSIONALISM. 
(a) INITIAL CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—In the 
development of the roles, responsibilities, and goals of the 
Department of Defense Senior Advisor on Professionalism 
to strengthen professionalism programs in the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Secretary of Defense shall commu-
nicate with the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives regarding the mis-
sion, goals, and metrics for the Senior Advisor on Profes-
sionalism. 
(b) INITIAL REVIEW BY SENIOR ADVISOR ON PRO-
FESSIONALISM.—Upon appointment of the Senior Advisor 
on Professionalism, the Senior Advisor on Professionalism 
shall—
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(1) conduct a preliminary review of the effec-
tiveness of current programs and controls of the De-
partment of Defense and the military departments 
regarding professionalism; and 
(2) submit, not later than September 1, 2015, 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives recommendations 
to strengthen professionalism programs in the De-
partment of Defense. 
SEC. 527. REMOVAL OF ARTIFICIAL BARRIERS TO THE 
SERVICE OF WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) VALIDATION AND OVERSIGHT OF GENDER-NEU-
TRAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS.— 
(1) VALIDATION; PURPOSE.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall direct the Secretary of each military 
department to validate the gender-neutral occupa-
tional standards used by the Armed Forces under 
the jurisdiction of that Secretary for the purpose of 
ensuring that the standards— 
(A) are consistent with section 543 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160; 10 U.S.C. 
113 note), as amended by section 523 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat.
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756), which requires gender-neutral occupa-
tional standards, requiring performance out-
come-based standards for the successful accom-
plishment of the necessary and required specific 
tasks associated with the qualifications and du-
ties performed; 
(B) accurately predict performance of ac-
tual, regular, and recurring duties of a military 
occupation; and 
(C) are applied equitably to measure indi-
vidual capabilities. 
(2) ROLE OF INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ENTI-
TY.—To comply with paragraph (1), the Secretaries 
of the military departments shall work with an inde-
pendent research entity identified by the Secretaries. 
(b) INFANTRY TRAINING COURSES.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Navy shall provide the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives with a briefing on the Marine Corps research involv-
ing female members of the Marine Corps who volunteer 
for the Infantry Officers Course (IOC), the enlisted infan-
try training course (ITB), and the Ground Combat Ele-
ment Experimental Task-Force (GCEXTF) for the pur-
pose of—
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(1) determining what metrics the Marine Corps 
used to develop the research requirements and ele-
ments for the Marine Corps Expanded Entry-Level 
Training Research; 
(2) indicating what is being evaluated during 
these research studies, along with how long both re-
search studies will last; and 
(3) identifying how data gathered during the 
research studies will be used to open infantry and 
other closed occupations. 
(c) FEMALE PERSONAL PROTECTION GEAR.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall direct each Secretary of a mili-
tary department to take immediate steps to ensure that 
properly designed and fitted combat equipment is available 
and distributed to female members of the Armed Forces 
under the jurisdiction of that Secretary. 
(d) REVIEW OF OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT EF-
FORTS FOCUSED ON OFFICERS.— 
(1) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of United States shall conduct a review of Serv-
ices’ Outreach and Recruitment Efforts gauged to-
ward women representation in the officer corps. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF REVIEW.—In conducting the 
review under this subsection, the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall—
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(A) identify and evaluate current initiatives 
the Armed Forces are using to increase acces-
sion of women into the officer corps; 
(B) identify new recruiting efforts to in-
crease accessions of women into the officer 
corps specifically at the military service acad-
emies, Officer Candidate Schools, Officer Train-
ing Schools, the Academy of Military Science, 
and Reserve Officer Training Corps; and 
(C) identify efforts, resources, and funding 
required to increase military service academy 
accessions by women by an additional 20 per-
cent. 
(3) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—Not later than 
April 1, 2015, the Comptroller General shall submit 
to Congress a report containing the results of the re-
view under this subsection. 
SEC. 528. REVISED REGULATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM. 
(a) REVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN-
STRUCTION 1300.17.— 
(1) REVISION REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall issue a revised instruction
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to replace Department of Defense Instruction 
1300.17. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The revision of Department of 
Defense Instruction 1300.17 shall address the Con-
gressional intent and content of section 533 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1727; 10 
U.S.C. prec. 1030 note), as amended by section 532 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 759), to 
ensure that verbal and written expressions of an in-
dividual’s religious beliefs are protected by the De-
partment of Defense as an essential part of a the 
free exercise of religion by a member of the Armed 
Forces. 
(b) REVISION OF AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 1–1.— 
(1) REVISION REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall issue a revised in-
struction to replace Air Force Instruction 1–1. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The revision of Air Force In-
struction 1–1 shall reflect the protections for reli-
gious expressions contained in— 
(A) section 533 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public
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Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1727; 10 U.S.C. prec. 
1030 note), as amended by section 532 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 
759); and 
(B) the revised Department of Defense in-
struction referenced in subsection (a) if revision 
of that instruction is completed before the revi-
sion of Air Force Instruction 1–1. 
(3) TERMINATION.—If, before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air 
Force issues a revised instruction to replace Air 
Force Instruction 1–1 and such revision is con-
sistent with the purpose specified in paragraph (2), 
the requirement imposed by paragraph (1) shall no 
longer apply. 
SEC. 529. ENHANCEMENT OF PARTICIPATION OF MENTAL 
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN BOARDS FOR 
CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS AND 
BOARDS FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE OR DIS-
MISSAL 
OF 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES. 
(a) BOARDS
FOR
CORRECTION
OF
MILITARY 
RECORDS.—Section 1552 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended—
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(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing new subsection (g): 
‘‘(g) Any medical advisory opinion issued to a board 
established under subsection (a)(1) with respect to a mem-
ber or former member of the armed forces who was diag-
nosed while serving in the armed forces as experiencing 
a mental health disorder shall include the opinion of a clin-
ical psychologist or psychiatrist if the request for correc-
tion of records concerned relates to a mental health dis-
order.’’. 
(b) BOARDS FOR REVIEW OF DISCHARGE OR DIS-
MISSAL.— 
(1) REVIEW FOR CERTAIN FORMER MEMBERS 
WITH PTSD OR TBI.—Subsection (d)(1) of section 
1553 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘physician, 
clinical psychologist, or psychiatrist’’ the second 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘clinical psychologist 
or psychiatrist, or a physician with training on men-
tal health issues connected with post traumatic 
stress disorder or traumatic brain injury (as applica-
ble)’’. 
(2) REVIEW FOR CERTAIN FORMER MEMBERS 
WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES.—Such section
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is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) In the case of a former member of the armed 
forces (other than a former member covered by subsection 
(d)) who was diagnosed while serving in the armed forces 
as experiencing a mental health disorder, a board estab-
lished under this section to review the former member’s 
discharge or dismissal shall include a member who is a 
clinical psychologist or psychiatrist, or a physician with 
special training on mental health disorders.’’. 
SEC. 530. PRELIMINARY MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 31 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 520d. Preliminary mental health assessments 
‘‘(a) PROVISION
OF
MENTAL
HEALTH
ASSESS-
MENT.—Before any individual enlists in an armed force 
or is commissioned as an officer in an armed force, the 
Secretary concerned shall provide the individual with a 
mental health assessment. The Secretary shall use such 
results as a baseline for any subsequent mental health ex-
aminations, including such examinations provided under 
sections 1074f and 1074m of this title. 
‘‘(b) USE OF ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary may not 
consider the results of a mental health assessment con-
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ducted under subsection (a) in determining the assign-
ment or promotion of a member of the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF PRIVACY LAWS.—With respect 
to applicable laws and regulations relating to the privacy 
of information, the Secretary shall treat a mental health 
assessment conducted under subsection (a) in the same 
manner as the medical records of a member of the armed 
forces.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
after the item relating to section 520c the following new 
item: 
‘‘520d. Preliminary mental health assessments.’’. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Na-
tional Institute of Mental Health of the National In-
stitutes of Health shall submit to Congress and the 
Secretary of Defense a report on preliminary mental 
health assessments of members of the Armed 
Forces. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Recommendations with respect to es-
tablishing a preliminary mental health assess-
ment of members of the Armed Forces to bring
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mental health screenings to parity with physical 
screenings of members. 
(B) Recommendations with respect to the 
composition of the mental health assessment, 
best practices, and how to track assessment 
changes relating to traumatic brain injuries, 
post-traumatic stress disorder, and other condi-
tions. 
(3) COORDINATION.—The National Institute of 
Mental Health shall carry out paragraph (1) in co-
ordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, the surgeons general of the military de-
partments, and other relevant experts. 
SEC. 530A. AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL LEAVE FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN CONNEC-
TION WITH THE BIRTH OF A CHILD. 
Section 701(j) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘(j)’’ the following new 
paragraph (1): 
‘‘(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
concerned, a member of the armed forces who gives birth
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to a child shall receive 42 days of convalescent leave to 
be used in connection with the birth of the child. At the 
discretion of the member, the member shall be allowed up 
to 42 additional days in a leave of absence status in con-
nection with the birth of the child upon the expiration of 
the convalescent leave, except that— 
‘‘(A) a member who uses this additional leave 
is not entitled to basic pay for any day on which 
such additional leave is used, but shall be considered 
to be on active duty for all other purposes; and 
‘‘(B) the commanding officer of the member 
may recall the member to duty from such leave of 
absence status when necessary to maintain unit 
readiness.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) 
and (2)’’.
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Subtitle D—Military Justice, In-
cluding Sexual Assault and Do-
mestic Violence Prevention and 
Response 
SEC. 531. IMPROVED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFORMA-
TION REPORTING AND COLLECTION OF DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS INVOLVING 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) DATA REPORTING AND COLLECTION IMPROVE-
MENTS.—Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall de-
velop a comprehensive management plan to address defi-
ciencies in the reporting of information on incidents of do-
mestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces 
for inclusion in the Department of Defense database on 
domestic violence incidents required by section 1562 of 
title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the database 
provides an accurate count of domestic violence incidents 
and any consequent disciplinary action. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 543(a) of 
the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 1562 
note) is amended by striking paragraph (1).
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SEC. 532. ADDITIONAL DUTY FOR JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 
PANEL REGARDING USE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
RECORDS BY DEFENSE DURING PRELIMI-
NARY HEARING AND COURT-MARTIAL PRO-
CEEDINGS. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The independent panel es-
tablished by the Secretary of Defense under section 
576(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1758), 
known as the ‘‘judicial proceedings panel’’, shall conduct 
a review and assessment of— 
(1) the impact of the use of mental health 
records by the defense during the preliminary hear-
ing conducted under section 832 of title 10, United 
States Code (article 32 of the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice), and during court-martial proceedings; 
and 
(2) the use of mental health records in civilian 
criminal legal proceedings in order to identify any 
significant discrepancies between the two legal sys-
tems. 
(b) SUBMISSION
OF RESULTS.—The judicial pro-
ceedings panel shall include the results of the review and 
assessment in one of the reports required by section 
576(c)(2)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2013.
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SEC. 533. APPLICABILITY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVEN-
TION AND RESPONSE AND RELATED MILI-
TARY JUSTICE ENHANCEMENTS TO MILITARY 
SERVICE ACADEMIES. 
The Secretary of the military department concerned 
and, in the case of the Coast Guard Academy, the Sec-
retary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is op-
erating shall ensure that the provisions of title XVII of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 950), including 
amendments made by that title, apply to the United States 
Military Academy, the Naval Academy, the Air Force 
Academy, and the Coast Guard Academy. 
SEC. 534. CONSULTATION WITH VICTIMS OF SEXUAL AS-
SAULT REGARDING VICTIMS’ PREFERENCE 
FOR PROSECUTION OF OFFENSE BY COURT- 
MARTIAL OR CIVILIAN COURT. 
(a) LEGAL CONSULTATION BETWEEN SPECIAL VIC-
TIMS’ COUNSEL AND VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Sub-
section (b) of section 1044e of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), 
and (9) as paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and (10), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (6):
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‘‘(6) Legal consultation regarding the advan-
tages and disadvantages of prosecution of the al-
leged sex-related offense by court-martial or by a ci-
vilian court with jurisdiction over the offense before 
the victim expresses a preference as to the prosecu-
tion authority pursuant to the process required by 
subsection (e)(3).’’. 
(b) PROCESS TO DISCERN VICTIM PREFERENCE.— 
Subsection (e) of such section is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary concerned shall establish a proc-
ess to ensure consultation with a victim of an alleged sex- 
related offense that occurs in the United States to discern 
the victim’s preference regarding prosecution authority, 
regardless of whether the report of that offense is re-
stricted or unrestricted.’’. 
SEC. 535. ENFORCEMENT OF CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS RE-
LATED TO PROTECTIONS AFFORDED BY CER-
TAIN MILITARY RULES OF EVIDENCE. 
Section 806b of title 10, United States Code (article 
6b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) ENFORCEMENT BY COURT OF CRIMINAL AP-
PEALS.—(1) If the victim of an offense under this chapter 
believes that a court-martial ruling violates the victim’s
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rights afforded by a Military Rule of Evidence specified 
in paragraph (2), the victim may petition the Court of 
Criminal Appeals for a writ of mandamus to require the 
court-martial to comply with the Military Rule of Evi-
dence. The Court of Criminal Appeals may issue the writ 
on the order of a single judge and shall take up and decide 
the petition within 72 hours after the petition has been 
filed. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to the protec-
tions afforded by the following: 
‘‘(A) Military Rule of Evidence 513, relating to 
the psychotherapist-patient privilege. 
‘‘(B) Military Rule of Evidence 412, relating to 
the admission of evidence regarding a victim’s sexual 
background. 
‘‘(3) Court-martial proceedings may not be stayed or 
subject to a continuance of more than five days for pur-
poses of enforcing this subsection. If the Court of Criminal 
Appeals denies the relief sought, the reasons for the denial 
shall be clearly stated on the record in a written opinion.’’.
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SEC. 536. MINIMUM CONFINEMENT PERIOD REQUIRED FOR 
CONVICTION OF CERTAIN SEX-RELATED OF-
FENSES COMMITTED BY MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) MANDATORY PUNISHMENTS.—Section 856(b)(1) 
of title 10, United States Code (article 56(b)(1) of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice) is amended by striking 
‘‘at a minimum’’ and all that follows through the period 
at the end of the paragraph and inserting the following: 
‘‘at a minimum except as provided for in section 860 of 
this title (article 60)— 
‘‘(A) dismissal or dishonorable discharge; and 
‘‘(B) confinement for two years.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subparagraph (B) of para-
graph (1) of section 856(b) of title 10, United States Code 
(article 56(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 
as added by subsection (a), shall apply to offenses speci-
fied in paragraph (2) of such section committed on or 
after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 537. MODIFICATION OF MILITARY RULES OF EVI-
DENCE RELATING TO ADMISSIBILITY OF GEN-
ERAL MILITARY CHARACTER TOWARD PROB-
ABILITY OF INNOCENCE. 
(a) MODIFICATION GENERALLY.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall modify the Military Rules of Evidence to
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clarify that the general military character of an accused 
is not admissible for the purpose of showing the prob-
ability of innocence of the accused, except when evidence 
of a trait of the military character of an accused is rel-
evant to an element of an offense for which the accused 
has been charged. 
(b) REVISION OF RULE 404(a) BY OPERATION OF 
LAW.—Effective on and after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, Rule 404(a) of the Military Rules of Evidence 
does not authorize the admissibility of evidence regarding 
the good military character of an accused in the findings 
phase of courts-martial, except in the instance of the fol-
lowing military-specific offenses: 
(1) Article 84 effecting unlawful enlistment, ap-
pointment, separation. 
(2) Article 85 desertion. 
(3) Article 86 absent without leave. 
(4) Article 87 missing movement. 
(5) Article 88 contempt towards officials. 
(6) Article 89 disrespect toward superior com-
missioned officer. 
(7) Article 90 assaulting, willfully disobeying 
superior commissioned officer. 
(8) Article 91 insubordinate conduct toward 
warrant, noncommissioned, petty officer.
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(9) Article 92 failure to obey order or regula-
tion. 
(10) Article 93 cruelty and maltreatment of 
subordinates. 
(11) Article 94 mutiny and sedition. 
(12) Article 95 resisting apprehension, flight, 
breach of arrest, escape. 
(13) Article 96 releasing a prisoner without 
proper authority. 
(14) Article 97 unlawful detention. 
(15) Article 98 noncompliance with procedural 
rules. 
(16) Article 99 misbehavior before enemy. 
(17) Article 100 subordinate compelling sur-
render. 
(18) Article 101 improper use of countersign. 
(19) Article 102 forcing safeguard. 
(20) Article 103 captured, abandoned property. 
(21) Article 104 aiding the enemy. 
(22) Article 105 misconduct as prisoner. 
(23) Article 106a espionage. 
(24) Article 107 false official statements. 
(25) Article 108 loss, damage, destruction, dis-
position of military property.
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(26) Article 109 loss, damage, destruction, dis-
position of property other than military property of 
the United States. 
(27) Article 110 improper hazarding of vessel. 
(28) Article 111 drunk or reckless operation of 
vehicle, aircraft, or vessel. 
(29) Article 112 wrongful use, possession, man-
ufacture or introduction of controlled substance. 
(30) Article 113 misbehavior of sentinel or look-
out. 
(31) Article 114 dueling. 
(32) Article 115 malingering. 
(33) Article 116 riot. 
(34) Article 117 provoking, speech, gestures. 
(35) Article 133 conduct unbecoming an officer. 
(36) Article 134 general article of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice. 
(37) Attempts, conspiracy, or solicitation to 
commit such offenses. 
SEC. 538. CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW OF CHARACTERIZATION 
OF TERMS OF DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES WHO ARE VICTIMS OF 
SEXUAL OFFENSES. 
(a) CONFIDENTIAL
APPEAL
PROCESS
THROUGH 
BOARDS FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS.—The
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Secretaries of the military departments shall each estab-
lish a confidential process by which an individual who was 
the victim of a sex-related offense during service in the 
Armed Forces may appeal, through boards for the correc-
tion of military records of the military department con-
cerned, the terms or characterization of the discharge or 
separation of the individual from the Armed Forces on the 
grounds that the terms or characterization were adversely 
affected by the individual being the victim of such an of-
fense. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES 
IN CONNECTION WITH OFFENSES.—In deciding whether 
to modify the terms or characterization of an individual’s 
discharge or separation pursuant to the process required 
by subsection (a), the Secretary of the military department 
concerned shall instruct boards for the correction of mili-
tary records to give due consideration to— 
(1) the psychological and physical aspects of the 
individual’s experience in connection with the sex-re-
lated offense; and 
(2) what bearing such experience may have had 
on the circumstances surrounding the individual’s 
discharge or separation from the Armed Forces. 
(c) PRESERVATION
OF CONFIDENTIALITY.—Docu-
ments considered and decisions rendered pursuant to the
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process required by subsection (a) shall not be made avail-
able to the public, except with the consent of the individual 
concerned. 
(d) SEX-RELATED OFFENSE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘sex-related offense’’ means any of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Rape or sexual assault under subsection (a) 
or (b) of section 920 of title 10, United States Code 
(article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice). 
(2) Forcible sodomy under section 925 of title 
10, United States Code (article 125 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice). 
(3) An attempt to commit an offense specified 
in paragraph (1) or (2) as punishable under section 
880 of title 10, United States Code (article 80 of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice). 
SEC. 539. CONSISTENT APPLICATION OF RULES OF PRIVI-
LEGE 
AFFORDED 
UNDER 
THE 
MILITARY 
RULES OF EVIDENCE. 
(a) 
ELIMINATION
OF
EXCEPTION
TO 
PSYCHOTHERAPIST-PATIENT
PRIVILEGE.—Effective on 
and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the excep-
tion granted by subparagraph (d)(8) of Military Rule of 
Evidence 513 to the privilege afforded to the patient of
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a psychotherapist to refuse to disclose, and to prevent any 
other person from disclosing, a confidential communica-
tion made between the patient and a psychotherapist or 
an assistant to the psychotherapist in a case arising under 
the Uniform Code of Military Justice shall be deemed to 
no longer apply or exist as a matter of law. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REQUIRED.—As soon 
as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Joint Service Committee on Military Justice of the De-
partment of Defense shall amend Military Rule of Evi-
dence 513 to reflect the elimination of the exception re-
ferred to in subsection (a) pursuant to such subsection. 
SEC. 540. REVISION TO REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY ON RETEN-
TION OF EVIDENCE IN A SEXUAL ASSAULT 
CASE TO ALLOW RETURN OF PERSONAL 
PROPERTY UPON COMPLETION OF RELATED 
PROCEEDINGS. 
Section 586 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 
1435; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) RETURN OF PERSONAL PROPERTY UPON COM-
PLETION OF RELATED PROCEEDINGS.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (c)(4)(A), personal property retained as evi-
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dence in connection with an incident of sexual assault in-
volving a member of the Armed Forces may be returned 
to the rightful owner of such property after the conclusion 
of all legal, adverse action, and administrative proceedings 
related to such incident.’’. 
SEC. 540A. ESTABLISHMENT OF PHONE SERVICE FOR 
PROMPT REPORTING OF HAZING INVOLVING 
A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
concerned (as defined in section 101(a)(9) of title 10, 
United States Code) shall develop and implement a phone 
service through which an individual can anonymously call 
to report incidents of hazing in that branch of the Armed 
Forces. 
(b) HAZING DESCRIBED.—For purposes of carrying 
out this section, the Secretary of Defense (and the Sec-
retary of the Department in which the Coast Guard oper-
ates) shall use the definition of hazing contained in the 
August 28, 1997, Secretary of Defense Policy Memo-
randum, which defined hazing as any conduct whereby a 
member of the Armed Forces, regardless of branch or 
rank, without proper authority causes another member to 
suffer, or be exposed to, any activity which is cruel, abu-
sive, humiliating, oppressive, demeaning, or harmful. So-
liciting or coercing another person to perpetrate any such
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activity is also considered hazing. Hazing need not involve 
physical contact among or between members of the Armed 
Forces. Hazing can be verbal or psychological in nature. 
Actual or implied consent to acts of hazing does not elimi-
nate the culpability of the perpetrator. 
Subtitle E—Military Family 
Readiness 
SEC. 545. EARLIER DETERMINATION OF DEPENDENT STA-
TUS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSITIONAL COM-
PENSATION FOR DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS 
SEPARATED FOR DEPENDENT ABUSE. 
Section 1059(d)(4) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘as of the date on which the indi-
vidual described in subsection (b) is separated from active 
duty’’ and inserting ‘‘as of the date on which the separa-
tion action is initiated by a commander of the individual 
described in subsection (b)’’. 
SEC. 546. IMPROVED CONSISTENCY IN DATA COLLECTION 
AND REPORTING IN ARMED FORCES SUICIDE 
PREVENTION EFFORTS. 
(a) POLICY FOR STANDARD SUICIDE DATA COLLEC-
TION, REPORTING, AND ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall prescribe a policy for the development of a 
standard method for collecting, reporting, and assessing 
suicide data and suicide-attempt data involving members
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of the Armed Forces, including reserve components there-
of, and their dependents in order to improve the consist-
ency and comprehensiveness of— 
(1) the suicide prevention policy developed pur-
suant to section 582 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 
112–239. 10 U.S.C. 1071 note); and 
(2) the suicide prevention and resilience pro-
gram for the National Guard and Reserves estab-
lished pursuant to section 10219 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF POLICY AND CONGRESSIONAL 
BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit the policy developed under subsection (a) to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives. At the request of the committees, the 
Secretary also shall brief such committees on the policy 
and the implementation status of the standardized suicide 
data collection, reporting and assessment method. 
(c) CONSULTATION AND IMPLEMENTATION.—In the 
case of the suicide prevention and resilience program for 
the National Guard and Reserves—
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(1) the Secretary of Defense shall develop the 
policy required by subsection (a) in consultation with 
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau; and 
(2) the adjutants general of the States, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Co-
lumbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands shall imple-
ment the policy within 180 days after the date of the 
submission of the policy under subsection (b). 
(d) DEPENDENT DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘dependent’’, with respect to a member of the Armed 
Forces, means a person described in section 1072(2) of 
title 10, United States Code, except that, in the case of 
a parent or parent-in-law of the member, the income re-
quirements of subparagraph (E) of such section do not 
apply. 
SEC. 547. PROTECTION OF CHILD CUSTODY ARRANGE-
MENTS FOR PARENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION.—Title II of the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 521 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 208. CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION. 
‘‘(a) 
RESTRICTION
ON
TEMPORARY
CUSTODY 
ORDER.—If a court renders a temporary order for custo-
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dial responsibility for a child based solely on a deployment 
or anticipated deployment of a parent who is a service-
member, then the court shall require that, upon the return 
of the servicemember from deployment, the custody order 
that was in effect immediately preceding the temporary 
order shall be reinstated, unless the court finds that such 
a reinstatement is not in the best interest of the child, 
except that any such finding shall be subject to subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON CONSIDERATION OF MEMBER’S 
DEPLOYMENT IN DETERMINATION OF CHILD’S BEST IN-
TEREST.—If a motion or a petition is filed seeking a per-
manent order to modify the custody of the child of a serv-
icemember, no court may consider the absence of the serv-
icemember by reason of deployment, or the possibility of 
deployment, as the sole factor in determining the best in-
terest of the child. 
‘‘(c) NO FEDERAL JURISDICTION OR RIGHT OF AC-
TION OR REMOVAL.—Nothing in this section shall create 
a Federal right of action or otherwise give rise to Federal 
jurisdiction or create a right of removal. 
‘‘(d) PREEMPTION.—In any case where State law ap-
plicable to a child custody proceeding involving a tem-
porary order as contemplated in this section provides a 
higher standard of protection to the rights of the parent
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SEC. 548. ROLE OF MILITARY SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT PRO-
GRAMS 
IN 
ADDRESSING 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT OF SPOUSES OF 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
CLOSING THE WAGE GAP BETWEEN MILITARY 
SPOUSES AND THEIR CIVILIAN COUNTER-
PARTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Members of the Armed Forces and their 
families make enormous sacrifices in defense of the 
United States. 
(2) Military spouses face a unique lifestyle 
marked by frequent moves, increased family respon-
sibility during deployments, and limited career op-
portunities in certain geographic locations. 
(3) These circumstances present significant 
challenges to military spouses who desire to build a 
portable career commensurate with their skills, in-
cluding education and experience. 
(4) According to a recent Department of De-
fense survey, the unemployment rate for civilians 
married to a military member is 25 percent, but the 
unemployment rate is 33 percent for spouses of jun-
ior enlisted members. The same survey revealed that 
85 percent of military spouses want or need to work.
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(5) A recent Military Officers Association of 
American (MOAA)/Institute for Veterans and Mili-
tary Families’ (IVMF) Military Spouse Employment 
Report revealed that an overwhelming ninety percent 
of female military spouses are underemployed. 
(6) The Department of Defense has dem-
onstrated its commitment to helping military 
spouses obtain employment by creating the Military 
Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP), the Mili-
tary Spouse Career Center, and the Military Spouse 
Career Advancement Accounts (MyCAA). More than 
61,000 military spouses have been hired as part of 
the 
Military 
Spouse 
Employment 
Partnership 
(MSEP) since the MSEP launch in June 2011. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense should continue to 
work to reduce the unemployment and underemploy-
ment of spouses of members of the Armed Forces 
(in this section referred to as ‘‘military spouses’’) 
and support closing the wage gap between military 
spouses and their civilian counterparts; 
(2) in this process, the Secretary should 
prioritize efforts that assist military spouses in pur-
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suing portable careers that match their skill set, in-
cluding education and experience; and 
(3) in evaluating the effectiveness of military 
spouse employment programs, the Secretary should 
collect information that provides a comprehensive as-
sessment of the program, including whether program 
goals are being achieved. 
(c) DATA COLLECTION RELATED TO EFFORTS TO 
ADDRESS UNDEREMPLOYMENT OF MILITARY SPOUSES.— 
(1) DATA COLLECTION REQUIRED.—In addition 
to monitoring the number of military spouses who 
obtain employment through military spouse employ-
ment programs, the Secretary of Defense shall col-
lect data to evaluate the effectiveness of military 
spouse employment programs in addressing the 
underemployment of military spouses and in closing 
the wage gap between military spouses and their ci-
vilian counterparts. Information collected shall in-
clude whether positions obtained by military spouses 
through military spouse employment programs 
match their education and experience. 
(2) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report evaluating the
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progress of military spouse employment programs in 
reducing military spouse unemployment, reducing 
the wage gap between military spouses and their ci-
vilian counterparts, and addressing the under-
employment of military spouses. 
(d) MILITARY SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘military spouse em-
ployment programs’’ means the Military Spouse Employ-
ment Partnership (MSEP). 
Subtitle F—Education and 
Training Opportunities 
SEC. 551. AUTHORIZED DURATION OF FOREIGN AND CUL-
TURAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES AT MILITARY 
SERVICE ACADEMIES. 
(a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section 
4345a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘two weeks’’ and inserting ‘‘four weeks’’. 
(b) NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section 6957b(a) of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘two weeks’’ and inserting ‘‘four 
weeks’’. 
(c) AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section 9345a(a) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘two weeks’’ and inserting 
‘‘four weeks’’.
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SEC. 552. PILOT PROGRAM TO ASSIST MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES IN OBTAINING POST-SERV-
ICE EMPLOYMENT. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct the program described in subsection (c) to 
enhance the efforts of the Department of Defense to pro-
vide job placement assistance and related employment 
services to eligible members of the Armed Forces described 
in subsection (b) for the purposes of— 
(1) assisting such members in obtaining post- 
service employment; and 
(2) reducing the amount of ‘‘Unemployment 
Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers’’ that the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of the Depart-
ment in which the Coast Guard is operating pays 
into the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—Employment services pro-
vided under the program are limited to members of the 
Armed Forces, including members of the reserve compo-
nents, who are being separated from the Armed Forces 
or released from active duty. 
(c) EVALUATION OF USE OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT 
STAFFING AGENCIES.— 
(1) PROGRAM DESCRIBED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall execute a program to evaluate the fea-
sibility and cost-effectiveness of utilizing the services
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of civilian employment staffing agencies to assist eli-
gible members of the Armed Forces in obtaining 
post-service employment. 
(2) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.—The program re-
quired by this subsection shall be managed by an ci-
vilian organization (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘program manager’’) whose principal members have 
experience— 
(A) administering pay-for-performance pro-
grams; and 
(B) within the employment staffing indus-
try. 
(3) EXCLUSION.—The program manager may 
not be a staffing agency. 
(d) ELIGIBLE CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT STAFFING 
AGENCIES.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the program manager shall establish the eligibility 
requirements to be used by the program manager for the 
selection of civilian employment staffing agencies to par-
ticipate in the program. In establishing the eligibility re-
quirements to be used by the program manager for the 
selection of the civilian employment staffing agencies, the 
Secretary of Defense shall also take into account civilian 
employment staffing agencies that are willing to work and
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consult with State and county Veterans Affairs offices and 
State National Guard offices, when appropriate. 
(e) PAYMENT OF STAFFING AGENCY FEES.—To en-
courage employers to employ an eligible member of the 
Armed Forces under the program, the program manager 
shall pay a participating civilian employment staffing 
agency a portion of its agency fee (not to exceed 50 per-
cent above the member’s hourly wage). Payment of the 
agency fee will only be made after the member has been 
employed and paid by the private sector and the hours 
worked have been verified by the program manager. The 
staffing agency shall be paid on a weekly basis only for 
hours the member worked, but not to exceed a total of 
800 hours. 
(f) OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the 
program, the Secretary of Defense shall establish— 
(1) program monitoring standards; and 
(2) reporting requirements, including the hourly 
wage for each eligible member of the Armed Forces 
obtaining employment under the program, the num-
bers of hours worked during the month, and the 
number of members who remained employed with 
the same employer after completing the first 800 
hours of employment.
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(g) LIMITATION
ON
TOTAL
PROGRAM
OBLIGA-
TIONS.—The total amount obligated by the Secretary of 
Defense for the program may not exceed $35,000,000 dur-
ing a fiscal year. 
(h) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than Janu-
ary 15, 2019, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
describing the results of the program, particularly 
whether the program achieved the purposes specified 
in subsection (a). 
(2) COMPARISON
WITH
OTHER
PROGRAMS.— 
The report shall include a comparison of the results 
of the program conducted under this section and the 
results of other employment assistant programs uti-
lized by the Department of Defense. The comparison 
shall include the number of members of the Armed 
Forces obtaining employment through each program 
and the cost to the Department per member. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means the congres-
sional defense committees, the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
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resentatives, and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 
(i) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of the 
Secretary of Defense to carry out programs under this sec-
tion expires on September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 553. DIRECT EMPLOYMENT PILOT PROGRAM FOR 
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RE-
SERVE. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of De-
fense may carry out a pilot program to enhance the efforts 
of the Department of Defense to provide job placement 
assistance and related employment services directly to 
members in the National Guard and Reserves. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The pilot program shall be 
offered to, and administered by, the adjutants general ap-
pointed under section 314 of title 32, United States Code. 
(c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—As a condition 
on the provision of funds under this section to a State 
to support the operation of the pilot program in the State, 
the State must agree to contribute an amount, derived 
from non-Federal sources, equal to at least 30 percent of 
the funds provided by the Secretary of Defense under this 
section. 
(d) DIRECT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM MODEL.—The 
pilot program should follow a job placement program
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model that focuses on working one-on-one with a member 
of a reserve component to cost-effectively provide job 
placement services, including services such as identifying 
unemployed and under employed members, job matching 
services, resume editing, interview preparation, and post- 
employment follow up. Development of the pilot program 
should be informed by State direct employment programs 
for members of the reserve components, such as the pro-
grams conducted in California and South Carolina. 
(e) EVALUATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop outcome measurements to evaluate the success of 
the pilot program. 
(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 
1, 2019, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report de-
scribing the results of the pilot program. The Sec-
retary shall prepare the report in coordination with 
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—A report under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description and assessment of the ef-
fectiveness and achievements of the pilot pro-
gram, including the number of members of the
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reserve components hired and the cost-per- 
placement of participating members. 
(B) An assessment of the impact of the 
pilot program and increased reserve component 
employment levels on the readiness of members 
of the reserve components. 
(C) A comparison of the pilot program to 
other programs conducted by the Department 
of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs 
to provide unemployment and underemployment 
support to members of the reserve components. 
(D) Any other matters considered appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
(g) LIMITATION ON TOTAL FISCAL-YEAR OBLIGA-
TIONS.—The total amount obligated by the Secretary of 
Defense to carry out the pilot program for any fiscal year 
may not exceed $20,000,000. 
(h) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to carry out 
the pilot program expires September 30, 2018. 
(2) EXTENSION.—Upon the expiration of the 
authority under paragraph (1), the Secretary of De-
fense may extend the pilot program for not more 
than two additional fiscal years.
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SEC. 554. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT SUP-
PORT FOR UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACAD-
EMY ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. 
Section 9362 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subsections (e), (f), and (g) and in-
serting the following new subsections: 
‘‘(e) ACCEPTANCE OF SUPPORT.— 
‘‘(1) SUPPORT RECEIVED FROM THE CORPORA-
TION.—Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the 
Secretary of the Air Force may accept from the cor-
poration funds, supplies, equipment, and services for 
the support of the athletic programs of the Acad-
emy. 
‘‘(2) 
FUNDS
RECEIVED
FROM
OTHER 
SOURCES.—The Secretary may charge fees for the 
support of the athletic programs of the Academy. 
The Secretary may accept and retain fees for serv-
ices and other benefits provided incident to the oper-
ation of its athletic programs, including fees from 
the National Collegiate Athletic Association, fees 
from athletic conferences, game guarantees from 
other educational institutions, fees for ticketing or li-
censing, and other consideration provided incidental 
to the execution of the athletic programs of the 
Academy.
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‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that contributions accepted under this subsection do 
not reflect unfavorably on the ability of the Depart-
ment of the Air Force, any of its employees, or any 
member of the armed forces to carry out any respon-
sibility or duty in a fair and objective manner, or 
compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity 
of any program of the Department of the Air Force, 
or any individual involved in such a program. 
‘‘(f) LEASES AND LICENSES.— 
‘‘(1) SUPPORT RECEIVED FROM THE CORPORA-
TION.—In accordance with section 2667 of this title, 
the Secretary of the Air Force may enter into leases 
or licenses with the corporation for the purpose of 
supporting the athletic programs of the Academy. 
Consideration provided under such a lease or license 
may be provided in the form of funds, supplies, 
equipment, and services for the support of the ath-
letic programs of the Academy. 
‘‘(2) SUPPORT
TO
THE
CORPORATION.—The 
Secretary may provide support services to the cor-
poration without charge while the corporation con-
ducts its support activities at the Academy. In this 
section, the term ‘support services’ includes the pro-
viding of utilities, office furnishings and equipment,
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communications 
services, 
records 
staging 
and 
archiving, audio and video support, and security sys-
tems in conjunction with the leasing or licensing of 
property. Any such support services may only be 
provided without any liability of the United States to 
the corporation. 
‘‘(g) 
CONTRACTS
AND
COOPERATIVE
AGREE-
MENTS.—The Secretary of the Air Force may enter into 
contracts and cooperative agreements with the corporation 
for the purpose of supporting the athletic programs of the 
Academy. Notwithstanding section 2304(k) of this title, 
the Secretary may enter such contracts or cooperative 
agreements on a sole source basis pursuant to section 
2304(c)(5) of this title. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of 
title 31, a cooperative agreement under this section may 
be used to acquire property, services, or travel for the di-
rect benefit or use of the Academy athletic programs. 
‘‘(h) TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS.— 
‘‘(1) LICENSING, MARKETING, AND
SPONSOR-
SHIP AGREEMENTS.—Consistent with section 2260 
(other than subsection (d)) of this title, an agree-
ment under subsection (g) may authorize the cor-
poration to enter into licensing, marketing, and 
sponsorship agreements relating to trademarks and
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(b) ELEMENTS
OF
THE STUDY.—The study con-
ducted under subsection (a) shall specifically include an 
assessment of each of the following: 
(1) The mental, behavioral, and psychological 
health of the United States Special Operations 
Force, the United States Special Operations Com-
mand’s Preservation of the Force and Families Pro-
gram’s focus on physical development to address the 
mental, behavioral, and psychological health of the 
United States Special Operations Force, including 
measurements of effectiveness on reducing suicide 
and other mental, behavioral and psychological risks, 
and increasing resiliency of the United States Spe-
cial Operations Forces. 
(2) The United States Special Operations Com-
mand’s Human Performance Program, including 
measurements of effectiveness on reducing risk and 
increasing resiliency of United States Special Oper-
ations Forces. 
(3) Such other matters as the Director of the 
National Institute of Mental Health considers appro-
priate. 
(c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the National Institute of Mental Health shall submit
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‘‘(ii) the management and daily business 
operations of which are controlled by one or 
more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of 
a veteran with permanent and severe disability, 
the spouse or permanent caregiver of such vet-
eran; or 
‘‘(B)(i) not less than 51 percent of which 
is owned by one or more veterans with service- 
connected disabilities that are permanent and 
total who are unable to manage the daily busi-
ness operations of such concern or, in the case 
of a publicly owned business, not less than 51 
percent of the stock of which is owned by one 
or more such veterans; and 
‘‘(ii) is included in the database described 
in section 8127(f) of title 38, United States 
Code.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) TREATMENT
OF
BUSINESSES
AFTER 
DEATH OF VETERAN-OWNER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (C), if the death of a service-disabled vet-
eran causes a small business concern to be less 
than 51 percent owned by one or more such 
veterans, the surviving spouse of such veteran
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the first day 
of fiscal year 2016, the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration, in consultation with the 
Small Business Procurement Advisory Council, the 
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, and 
the Administrator of the General Services Adminis-
tration shall develop a plan to improve the quality 
of data reported on bundled and consolidated con-
tracts in the Federal procurement data system. 
‘‘(2) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall— 
‘‘(A) describe the roles and responsibilities 
of the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
ministration, the Directors of the Offices of 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 
the Small Business Procurement Advisory 
Council, the Administrator for Federal Procure-
ment Policy, the Administrator of the General 
Services Administration, the senior procurement 
executives, and Chief Acquisition Officers in im-
plementing the plan described in paragraph (1) 
and contributing to the annual report required 
by subsection (p)(4); 
‘‘(B) make necessary changes to policies 
and procedures on proper identification and 
mitigation of contract bundling and consolida-