term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall include cutting, heat treating, 
quality control, testing of chain and welding (including the 
forging and shot blasting process): Provided further, That 
for the purpose of this section substantially all of the com-
ponents of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered 
to be produced or manufactured in the United States if 
the aggregate cost of the components produced or manu-
factured in the United States exceeds the aggregate cost 
of the components produced or manufactured outside the 
United States: Provided further, That when adequate do-
mestic supplies are not available to meet Department of 
Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of 
the Service responsible for the procurement may waive this 
restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate that such an acquisition must 
be made in order to acquire capability for national security 
purposes. 
SEC. 8016. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated 
funds activity of the Department of Defense that procures 
malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for 
resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the 
drink) on a military installation located in the United 
States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured 
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within that State, or in the case of the District of Colum-
bia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 
installation is located: Provided, That, in a case in which 
the military installation is located in more than one State, 
purchases may be made in any State in which the installa-
tion is located: Provided further, That such local procure-
ment requirements for malt beverages and wine shall 
apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installa-
tions in States which are not contiguous with another 
State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 
than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and 
the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most 
competitive source, price and other factors considered. 
SEC. 8017. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis-
pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 
.22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or 
to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am-
munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 
from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 
arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 
by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 
or unsafe for further use. 
SEC. 8018. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap-
propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur-
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ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga-
nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 
Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re-
striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the congressional defense committees that such a relo-
cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 
SEC. 8019. In addition to the funds provided else-
where in this Act, $25,000,000 is appropriated only for 
incentive payments authorized by section 504 of the In-
dian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, 
That a prime contractor or a subcontractor at any tier 
that makes a subcontract award to any subcontractor or 
supplier as defined in section 1544 of title 25, United 
States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by 
an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) 
of title 25, United States Code, shall be considered a con-
tractor for the purposes of being allowed additional com-
pensation under section 504 of the Indian Financing Act 
of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544) whenever the prime contract 
or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and involves the 
expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act making ap-
propriations for the Department of Defense with respect 
to any fiscal year: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 1906 of title 41, United States Code, this section 
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shall be applicable to any Department of Defense acquisi-
tion of supplies or services, including any contract and any 
subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commercial items 
produced or manufactured, in whole or in part, by any 
subcontractor or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 
25, United States Code, or a small business owned and 
controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code. 
SEC. 8020. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 
cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 
tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 
Washington relocatable military housing units located at 
Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 
Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the 
needs of the Air Force. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at 
no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub-
section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 
that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 
Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 
in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 
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such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 
housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 
of time, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re-
solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 
housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re-
quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 
(b). 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means 
any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 
published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 
104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 5131). 
SEC. 8021. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $20,000,000 shall 
be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 
impacts, including training and technical assistance to 
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in-
formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de-
veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 
to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re-
sulting from Department of Defense activities. 
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SEC. 8022. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national 
or international political or psychological activities. 
SEC. 8023. (a) Of the funds made available in this 
Act, not less than $68,100,000 shall be available for the 
Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 
(1) $55,100,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 
Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 
readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 
reduction activities involving youth programs; 
(2) $11,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air-
craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 
(3) $2,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 
Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim-
bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 
counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 
local government agencies. 
SEC. 8024. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act are available to establish a new Department of De-
fense (department) federally funded research and develop-
ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a 
separate entity administrated by an organization man-
aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor-
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poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and 
other nonprofit entities. 
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, 
Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting 
Committee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, 
and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except 
when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be com-
pensated for his or her services as a member of such enti-
ty, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in 
a fiscal year: Provided, That a member of any such entity 
referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed 
travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the Fed-
eral Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the per-
formance of membership duties. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds available to the Department from any source 
during the current fiscal year may be used by a defense 
FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for 
construction of new buildings not located on a military in-
stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 
by Government grants, for absorption of contract over-
runs, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 
employee participation in community service and/or devel-
opment. 
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
the funds available to the department during fiscal year 
2024, not more than $2,885,000,000 may be funded for 
professional technical staff-related costs of the defense 
FFRDCs: Provided, That within such funds, not more 
than $456,803,000 shall be available for the defense stud-
ies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided further, That this sub-
section shall not apply to staff years funded in the Na-
tional Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence 
Program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, with the submission of the department’s fiscal year 
2025 budget request, submit a report presenting the spe-
cific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allo-
cated for each defense FFRDC by program during that 
fiscal year and the associated budget estimates, by appro-
priation account and program: Provided further, That this 
subsection shall not apply to appropriations for the Na-
tional Intelligence Program and Military Intelligence Pro-
gram. 
SEC. 8025. For the purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 
Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 
Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub-
committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
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Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 8026. For the purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 8027. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 
maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 
as well as the production of components and other De-
fense-related articles, through competition between De-
partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri-
vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu-
tive of the military department or Defense Agency con-
cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success-
ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in-
direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur-
ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 
76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 
section. 
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SEC. 8028. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of 
Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com-
plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 
83 of title 41, United States Code. 
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per-
son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label 
bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 
in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 
with section 4658 of title 10, United States Code, whether 
the person should be debarred from contracting with the 
Department of Defense. 
(c) In the case of any equipment or products pur-
chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is 
the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart-
ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase 
only American-made equipment and products, provided 
that American-made equipment and products are cost- 
competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 
fashion. 
SEC. 8029. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, 
or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa-
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cility or property under the control of the Department of 
Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 
States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re-
strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 
9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 
or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 
of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the military department responsible 
for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case- 
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 
to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order 
to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro-
vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 
contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 8030. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 
consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 
determines that a foreign country which is party to an 
agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 
terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 
types of products produced in the United States that are 
covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 
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rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer-
ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 
in that foreign country. 
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 
reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under-
standing, between the United States and a foreign country 
pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec-
tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 
in that country. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con-
gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 
purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2024. Such 
report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 
for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 
any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade 
Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any 
international agreement to which the United States is a 
party. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 8031. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used for the procurement of ball and roller 
bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 
and of domestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of 
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the military department responsible for such procurement 
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi-
fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade-
quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart-
ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 
such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca-
pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 
That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of 
‘‘commercial products’’, as defined by section 103 of title 
41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 
apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 
SEC. 8032. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu-
factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De-
fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 
that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 
capability for national security purposes that is not avail-
able from United States manufacturers. 
SEC. 8033. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 
case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country 
each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 
foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 
that the application of the limitation with respect to that 
country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 
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into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 
country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 
for the procurement of defense items entered into under 
section 4851 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
country does not discriminate against the same or similar 
defense items produced in the United States for that coun-
try. 
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) options for the procurement of items that 
are exercised after such date under contracts that 
are entered into before such date if the option prices 
are adjusted for any reason other than the applica-
tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re-
garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear-
ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 
section XI (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States and products classified 
under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 
6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 
7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 
8211, 8215, and 9404. 
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SEC. 8034. None of the funds made available in this 
Act, or any subsequent Act making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense, may be used for the purchase or 
manufacture of a flag of the United States unless such 
flags are treated as covered items under section 4862(b) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8035. During the current fiscal year, amounts 
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 
Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available 
until expended for the payments specified by section 
2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8036. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions which are available to the Department of Defense 
for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 
items having an investment item unit cost of not more 
than $350,000: Provided, That upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet 
the operational requirements of a Commander of a Com-
batant Command engaged in a named contingency oper-
ation overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items 
having an investment item unit cost of not more than 
$500,000. 
SEC. 8037. Up to $11,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Re-
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gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 
United States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater 
Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian as-
sistance, and payment of incremental and personnel costs 
of training and exercising with foreign security forces: 
Provided, That funds made available for this purpose may 
be used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities for 
humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined 
exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds may not 
be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country 
that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of 
assistance under any other provision of law. 
SEC. 8038. The Secretary of Defense shall issue reg-
ulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco- 
related products in military resale outlets in the United 
States, its territories and possessions at a price below the 
most competitive price in the local community: Provided, 
That such regulations shall direct that the prices of to-
bacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military re-
tail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 
for military retail system stores located in the United 
States. 
SEC. 8039. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 
of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 
of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 
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purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir-
ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur-
ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 
to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 
during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an 
investment item would be chargeable during the current 
fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 
Defense for procurement. 
(b) The fiscal year 2025 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material 
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2025 
Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub-
mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 
which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro-
curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2025 procurement 
appropriation and not in the supply management business 
area or any other area or category of the Department of 
Defense Working Capital Funds. 
SEC. 8040. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 
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Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That funds appropriated, 
transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 
during this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for advanced research and development ac-
quisition, for agent operations, and for covert action pro-
grams authorized by the President under section 503 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided fur-
ther, That any funds appropriated or transferred to the 
Central Intelligence Agency for the construction, improve-
ment, or alteration of facilities, including leased facilities, 
to be used primarily by personnel of the intelligence com-
munity, shall remain available until September 30, 2026. 
SEC. 8041. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 
and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used— 
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or 
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the 
Armed Forces or civilian employee of the depart-
ment who is transferred or reassigned from a head-
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quarters activity if the member or employee’s place 
of duty remains at the location of that headquarters. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili-
tary department may waive the limitations in subsection 
(a), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, 
and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate that the grant-
ing of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements 
or the financial requirements of the department. 
(c) This section does not apply to— 
(1) field operating agencies funded within the 
National Intelligence Program; 
(2) an Army field operating agency established 
to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of im-
provised explosive devices, and, as determined by the 
Secretary of the Army, other similar threats; 
(3) an Army field operating agency established 
to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of bio-
metric activities and to integrate common biometric 
technologies throughout the Department of Defense; 
or 
(4) an Air Force field operating agency estab-
lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 
Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart-
ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 
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SEC. 8042. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be available to convert to contractor per-
formance an activity or function of the Department of De-
fense that, on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian em-
ployees unless— 
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a 
public-private competition that includes a most effi-
cient and cost effective organization plan developed 
by such activity or function; 
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter-
mines that, over all performance periods stated in 
the solicitation of offers for performance of the ac-
tivity or function, the cost of performance of the ac-
tivity or function by a contractor would be less costly 
to the Department of Defense by an amount that 
equals or exceeds the lesser of— 
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi-
zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 
of that activity or function by Federal employ-
ees; or 
(B) $10,000,000; and 
(3) the contractor does not receive an advan-
tage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the 
Department of Defense by— 
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(A) not making an employer-sponsored 
health insurance plan available to the workers 
who are to be employed in the performance of 
that activity or function under the contract; or 
(B) offering to such workers an employer- 
sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 
employer to contribute less towards the pre-
mium or subscription share than the amount 
that is paid by the Department of Defense for 
health benefits for civilian employees under 
chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard 
to subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or 
(c) of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and 
notwithstanding any administrative regulation, require-
ment, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority 
to enter into a contract for the performance of any com-
mercial or industrial type function of the Department of 
Defense that— 
(A) is included on the procurement list estab-
lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner- 
O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 
Code); 
(B) is planned to be converted to performance 
by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by 
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a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi-
capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 
(C) is planned to be converted to performance 
by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent owner-
ship by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) 
of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As-
sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Ha-
waiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 
(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts 
or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 
2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code. 
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the 
Department of Defense under the authority provided by 
this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 
outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es-
tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 
to be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance 
with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United 
States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com-
mercial activities. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 8043. Of the funds appropriated in Department 
of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 
hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro-
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grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985: 
‘‘Missile 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2022/2024, 
$9,093,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat 
Vehicles, Army’’, 2022/2024, $1,900,000; 
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2022/2024, 
$44,681,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2022/2024, 
$1,428,000; 
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2022/2024, 
$13,058,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Ma-
rine Corps’’, 2022/2024, $1,012,000; 
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Navy’’, 
2022/2024, 
$2,975,000; 
‘‘Cooperative 
Threat 
Reduction 
Account’’, 
2022/2024, $75,000,000; 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 
2023/2024, $75,000,000; 
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Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force 
Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 
imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 
military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 
are a direct result of a reduction in military force struc-
ture. 
SEC. 8045. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 
of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose: 
Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to any ac-
tivities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting 
Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of 
United States Armed Forces personnel from the Demo-
cratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
SEC. 8046. Funds appropriated in this Act for oper-
ation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Com-
batant Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available 
for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses 
which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations 
for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the 
National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or coun-
terintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 
Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the 
activities and programs included within the National Intel-
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ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 
Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 
from established Reserve and National Guard personnel 
and training procedures. 
SEC. 8047. (a) None of the funds available to the 
Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter-
diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 
any other department or agency of the United States ex-
cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 
counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de-
partment or agency of the United States except as specifi-
cally provided in an appropriations law. 
SEC. 8048. In addition to the amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 
$49,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 
Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 
Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter-
est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci-
fied as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organi-
zations and $25,000,000 to the Red Cross: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this section may be used to encourage, 
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guide, or otherwise assist in migration towards the United 
States southwest border. 
SEC. 8049. Notwithstanding any other provision in 
this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 
and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set- 
asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 
projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the 
extramural budget. The Secretary of each military depart-
ment, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head 
of each other relevant component of the Department of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees, concurrent with submission of the budget justifica-
tion documents to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 
title 31, United States Code, a report with a detailed ac-
counting of the Small Business Innovation Research pro-
gram and the Small Business Technology Transfer pro-
gram set-asides taken from programs, projects, or activi-
ties within such department, agency, or component during 
the most recently completed fiscal year. 
SEC. 8050. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or 
expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 
Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 
the contractor to an employee when— 
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(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in 
excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 
to the employee; and 
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as-
sociated with a business combination. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8051. During the current fiscal year, no more 
than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 
the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to 
be available for the same time period as the appropriations 
to which transferred, to be used in support of such per-
sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 
organizations and activities outside the Department of De-
fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 8052. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per-
mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 
Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail-
able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 
such use on a case-by-case basis. 
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(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 
credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis-
tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 
associated with the use of equipment of the project under 
that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 
purposes without fiscal year limitation. 
SEC. 8053. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obli-
gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in 
storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C–40 
aircraft. 
(b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not 
apply to an individual C–40 aircraft that the Secretary 
of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to 
be no longer mission capable due to a Class A mishap. 
(c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) 
that an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
certification in writing that the status of such aircraft is 
due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of mainte-
nance, repairs, or other reasons. 
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
necessary steps taken by the Department of Defense to 
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meet the travel requirements for official or representa-
tional duties of members of Congress and the Cabinet in 
fiscal years 2024 and 2025. 
SEC. 8054. (a) None of the funds appropriated in 
title IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for 
delivery to military forces for operational training, oper-
ational use, or inventory requirements: Provided, That this 
restriction does not apply to end-items used in develop-
ment, prototyping in accordance with an approved test 
strategy, and test activities preceding and leading to ac-
ceptance for operational use. 
(b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds 
appropriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number 
required in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary 
of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in 
coordination with the responsible Service Acquisition Ex-
ecutive, shall certify in writing to the congressional de-
fense committees that there is a bonafide need for the ad-
ditional end-items at the time of submittal to Congress 
of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2025 pursu-
ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That this restriction does not apply to programs 
funded within the National Intelligence Program. 
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(c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the 
submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for 
fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report detailing the use of funds requested 
in research, development, test and evaluation accounts for 
end-items used in development, prototyping and test ac-
tivities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational 
use: Provided, That the report shall set forth, for each 
end item covered by the preceding proviso, a detailed list 
of the statutory authorities under which amounts in the 
accounts described in that proviso were used for such item: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, at 
the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of 
the President for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a certification that funds 
requested for fiscal year 2025 in research, development, 
test and evaluation accounts are in compliance with this 
section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi-
fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate that it is 
in the national security interest to do so. 
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SEC. 8055. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or other Department of De-
fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 
for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 
military family housing units of the Department of De-
fense, including areas in such military family housing 
units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi-
cial Department of Defense business. 
SEC. 8056. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 
Wide’’ for any new start defense innovation acceleration 
or rapid prototyping program demonstration project with 
a value of more than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 
15 days after a report, including a description of the 
project, the planned acquisition and transition strategy 
and its estimated annual and total cost, has been provided 
in writing to the congressional defense committees: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re-
striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the con-
gressional defense committees that it is in the national in-
terest to do so. 
SEC. 8057. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 
to provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
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Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as 
directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 8058. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 
10, United States Code, a servicemember who is a member 
of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 
duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele-
ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 
SEC. 8059. None of the funds provided in this Act 
may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 
ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 
a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no-
menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 
piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, or 
‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to an 
entity performing demilitarization services for the Depart-
ment of Defense under a contract that requires the entity 
to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of 
Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) ren-
dered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; 
or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a con-
tract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture 
of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Per-
manent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by 
the Department of State. 
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SEC. 8060. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their des-
ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider-
ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 
of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 
personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 
any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 
United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra-
ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, 
on a case-by-case basis. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8061. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$175,943,968 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 
funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 
to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 
of real property, construction, personal services, and oper-
ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 
section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 
under the authority of this section may provide for such 
indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec-
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essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 
section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 
local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na-
tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 8062. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod-
ify— 
(1) the appropriations account structure for the 
National Intelligence Program budget, including 
through the creation of a new appropriation or new 
appropriation account; 
(2) how the National Intelligence Program 
budget request is presented in the unclassified P–1, 
R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart-
ment of Defense budget request; 
(3) the process by which the National Intel-
ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 
the executing agencies; or 
(4) the process by which the National Intel-
ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli-
gated and disbursed. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to 
prohibit the merger of programs or changes to the Na-
tional Intelligence Program budget at or below the Ex-
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penditure Center level, provided such change is otherwise 
in accordance with paragraphs (1)–(3) of subsection (a). 
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec-
retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 
achieving auditable financial statements and improving 
fiscal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for 
alternative financial management processes. Such study 
shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk as-
sessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes 
will adversely affect counterintelligence. 
(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de-
fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af-
fected agencies; 
(2) receive certification from all affected agen-
cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 
achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 
will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 
(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all 
necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 
the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 
congressional defense and intelligence committees. 
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8063. During the current fiscal year, not to ex-
ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 
in title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 
the military department concerned to its central fund es-
tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec-
tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8064. In addition to amounts provided else-
where in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 
the Department of Defense, to remain available for obliga-
tion until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, that upon the determination of the 
Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter-
est, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the 
Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction 
and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the 
needs of military family members when confronted with 
the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military bene-
ficiary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8065. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 
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available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for 
Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 
section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 
SEC. 8066. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 
and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 
operational and administrative control of United States 
Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That 
the command and control relationships which existed on 
October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written 
modification has been proposed to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided further, That the proposed modification may 
be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an 
objection is received from either the House or Senate Ap-
propriations Committees: Provided further, That any pro-
posed modification shall not preclude the ability of the 
commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to 
meet operational requirements. 
SEC. 8067. Any notice that is required to be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by section 804(a) 
of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 
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Act for Fiscal Year 2023, after the date of the enactment 
of this Act shall be submitted pursuant to that require-
ment concurrently to the Subcommittees on Defense of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8068. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 
Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 
Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $80,000,000 
shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov-
ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 
defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub-
ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree-
ment, as amended; $127,000,000 shall be for the Short 
Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in-
cluding cruise missile defense research and development 
under the SRBMD program; $40,000,000 shall be for co- 
production activities of SRBMD systems in the United 
States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 
consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce-
dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 
for SRBMD, as amended; $80,000,000 shall be for an 
upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Archi-
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tecture, of which $80,000,000 shall be for co-production 
activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United 
States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 
consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce-
dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 
for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; and $173,000,000 
shall be for the Arrow System Improvement Program in-
cluding development of a long range, ground and airborne, 
detection suite: Provided further, That the transfer author-
ity provided under this provision is in addition to any 
other transfer authority contained in this Act. 
SEC. 8069. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 
$1,648,559,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2024, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for 
the following programs: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2013/2024: Carrier Replacement 
Program, $624,600,000; 
(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2015/2024: Virginia Class Sub-
marine Program, $43,419,000; 
(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2016/2024: Virginia Class Sub-
marine Program, $100,115,000; 
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(4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2016/2024: DDG–51 Destroyer, 
$104,090,000; 
(5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: Virginia Class Sub-
marine Program, $24,646,000; 
(6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: DDG–51 Destroyer, 
$121,827,000; 
(7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: LPD–17, $16,520,000; 
(8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2018/2024: Ship to Shore Connector 
Program, $43,600,000; 
(9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2019/2024: Littoral Combat Ship, 
$23,000,000; 
(10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2019/2024: TAO Fleet Oiler, 
$27,060,000; 
(11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: CVN Refueling Over-
hauls, $42,422,000; 
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version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: TAO Fleet Oiler, 
$93,250,000; 
(13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: Towing, Salvage, and 
Rescue Ship Program, $1,150,000; 
(14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2021/2024: Towing, Salvage, and 
Rescue Ship Program, $21,809,000; 
(15) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2022/2024: TAO Fleet Oiler, 
$2,585,000; 
(16) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2022/2024: Towing, Salvage, and 
Rescue Ship Program, $3,300,000; and 
(17) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2022/2024: T-AGOS Surtass Ships 
Program, $355,166,000. 
SEC. 8070. Funds appropriated by this Act for intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities are deemed to be 
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec-
tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)) until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. 
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SEC. 8071. None of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 
program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 
or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 
of national security and only after written prior notifica-
tion to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8072. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure-
ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 
missile defense system. 
SEC. 8073. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of de-
commissioning any Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Ger-
mantown, or the USS Tortuga. 
SEC. 8074. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 
31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 
made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and 
Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same 
purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship-
building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 
prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 
to the total amount of the appropriation. 
SEC. 8075. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 
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the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 
the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the 
levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force 
shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 
perform other missions in support of national defense re-
quirements during the non-hurricane season. 
SEC. 8076. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act may be used to transfer research and develop-
ment, acquisition, or other program authority relating to 
current tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from 
the Army. 
(b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and oper-
ational control of the MQ–1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aer-
ial Vehicle (UAV) in order to support the Secretary of De-
fense in matters relating to the employment of unmanned 
aerial vehicles. 
SEC. 8077. None of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in-
formation unless the information has been lawfully col-
lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for-
eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 
pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 
in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 
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Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple-
mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 
SEC. 8078. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act for programs of the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 
research and technology, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025, and except for funds appropriated 
for the purchase of real property, which shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026. 
SEC. 8079. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel-
ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 
2024: Provided, That the report shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
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(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re-
programming or transfer until the report identified in sub-
section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 
committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 
certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 
as an emergency requirement. 
SEC. 8080. (a) None of the funds provided for the 
National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro-
priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi-
ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac-
cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that— 
(1) creates a new start effort; 
(2) terminates a program with appropriated 
funding of $10,000,000 or more; 
(3) transfers funding into or out of the Na-
tional Intelligence Program; or 
(4) transfers funding between appropriations, 
unless the congressional intelligence committees are 
notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 
of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 
urgent national security requirements. 
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(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 
section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 
decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac-
companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 
committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds; this notification period may be re-
duced for urgent national security requirements. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8081. Upon a determination by the Director of 
National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 
the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 
of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to 
exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made available in this 
Act for the National Intelligence Program: Provided, That 
such authority to transfer may not be used unless for 
higher priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence re-
quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
and in no case where the item for which funds are re-
quested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 
That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds 
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using authority provided in this section shall be made 
prior to June 30, 2024. 
SEC. 8082. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to 
the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Devel-
opment Account in or for fiscal year 2024 to a military 
department or Defense Agency pursuant to section 
1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, shall be cov-
ered by and subject to section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8083. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 
any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 
$1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its 
employees or independent contractors that requires, 
as a condition of employment, that the employee or 
independent contractor agree to resolve through ar-
bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 
out of sexual assault or harassment, including as-
sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 
distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su-
pervision, or retention; or 
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of 
an existing agreement with an employee or inde-
pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 
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or independent contractor resolve through arbitra-
tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex-
ual assault or harassment, including assault and 
battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 
false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 
or retention. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed-
eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 
each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 
not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 
agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 
contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 
For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon-
tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 
$1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 
respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements 
with employees or independent contractors that may not 
be enforced in a court of the United States. 
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 
subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 
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subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per-
sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 
harm to national security interests of the United States, 
and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 
longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina-
tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 
waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 
and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 
waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 
avoid harm to national security interests of the United 
States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con-
gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 
under this subsection not less than 15 business days be-
fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter-
mination may be awarded. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8084. From within the funds appropriated for 
operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro-
gram in this Act, up to $172,000,000, shall be available 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes 
of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper-
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ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 
Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 
Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 
Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 
Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That additional 
funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op-
eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 
to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8085. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used by the De-
partment of Defense or a component thereof in contraven-
tion of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 8086. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy 
and light armored vehicles for the physical security of per-
sonnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of 
$450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limi-
tations applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying 
vehicles. 
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8087. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $142,008,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2028, may be used for the purchase of two used sealift 
vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established 
under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 
(46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 
available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 
Maritime Administration account of the United States De-
partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi-
ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 
Fleet: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
2218 of title 10, United States Code, none of these funds 
shall be transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund 
for execution. 
SEC. 8088. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 
available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 
(c), post on the public Web site of that agency any report 
required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
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(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 8089. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 
awards on a public website in a searchable format. 
SEC. 8090. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 
702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 
person; or 
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 
such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 
United States Code) of any electronic communica-
tion of a United States person from a provider of 
electronic communication services to the public pur-
suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978. 
SEC. 8091. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 
officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 
approves or implements the transfer of administrative re-
sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 
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project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 
of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with-
out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 
this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex-
pressly provided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or 
provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropriations 
for the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8092. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $667,508,000, 
to remain available until expended, may be used for any 
purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 
established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 
Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such 
amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 
Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 
United States Department of Transportation for pro-
grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na-
tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 
SEC. 8093. (a) None of the funds provided in this 
Act for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to 
award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of 
the following components unless those components are 
manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment 
(including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 
equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propel-
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lers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; 
and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and subse-
quent ships of the fleet. 
(b) None of the funds provided in this Act for the 
FFG(X) Frigate program shall be used to award a new 
contract that provides for the acquisition of the following 
components unless those components are manufactured in 
the United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; 
electronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; 
pumps; propulsion and machinery control systems; totally 
enclosed lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard 
cranes; auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion pro-
pellers: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall in-
corporate United States manufactured propulsion engines 
and propulsion reduction gears into the FFG(X) Frigate 
program beginning not later than with the eleventh ship 
of the program. 
SEC. 8094. None of the funds provided in this Act 
for requirements development, performance specification 
development, concept design and development, ship con-
figuration development, systems engineering, naval archi-
tecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis, 
industry studies, preliminary design, development of the 
Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals 
solicitation package, or related activities for the T– 
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ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T– 
AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used 
to award a new contract for such activities unless these 
contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equip-
ment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manu-
factured in the United States. 
SEC. 8095. No amounts credited or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act to the Department of 
Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may 
be transferred to: 
(1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 
under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 
2302 note); or 
(2) credited to a military-department specific 
fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (as amended by section 897 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017). 
SEC. 8096. From funds made available in title II of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense may purchase for use 
by military and civilian employees of the Department of 
Defense in the United States Central Command area of 
responsibility: (1) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit 
of $75,000 per vehicle; and (2) heavy and light armored 
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vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force 
protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle, 
notwithstanding price or other limitations applicable to the 
purchase of passenger carrying vehicles. 
SEC. 8097. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex-
penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 
of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 
topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 
by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 
and Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo-
sure 3, 14a and 14b). 
SEC. 8098. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network is designed to block access 
to pornography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 
or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in-
cluding intelligence activities. 
SEC. 8099. None of the funds provided for, or other-
wise made available, in this or any other Act, may be obli-
gated or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide 
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motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other 
than small arms and munitions appropriate for customary 
ceremonial honors, operational military units, or oper-
ational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 
providing such units, platforms, or equipment would un-
dermine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equip-
ment. 
SEC. 8100. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 
to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Fed-
eral agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable 
Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment 
of the corporation described in such subsection and has 
made a determination that such suspension or debarment 
is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal 
Government. 
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SEC. 8101. Amounts appropriated under title IV of 
this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight of the ‘‘Expla-
nation of Project Level Adjustments’’ tables in the explan-
atory statement regarding this Act, may be used for ex-
penses for the agile research, development, test and eval-
uation, procurement, production, modification, and oper-
ation and maintenance, only for the following Software 
and Digital Technology Pilot programs— 
(1) Defensive CYBER (PE 0608041A); 
(2) 
Risk 
Management 
Information 
(PE 
0608013N); 
(3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control 
(PE 0608231N); 
(4) 
Space 
Command 
and 
Control 
(PE 
1208248SF); 
(5) Global Command and Control System (PE 
0303150K); 
(6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z); 
and 
(7) 
Defense 
Innovation 
Unit 
Fielding 
(RDTE,DW Line 281). 
SEC. 8102. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 
the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force: 
Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
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limit or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, and coordina-
tion between the National Reconnaissance Office and the 
Space Force or any other elements of the Department of 
Defense. 
SEC. 8103. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 
enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 
United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 
(done at New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 
Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 
note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 
regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 
of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 
Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 
148). 
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SEC. 8104. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, shall be for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initia-
tive: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 
Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of State, to provide assistance, including training; 
equipment; lethal assistance; logistics support, supplies 
and services; salaries and stipends; sustainment; and intel-
ligence support to the military and national security forces 
of Ukraine, and to other forces or groups recognized by 
and under the authority of the Government of Ukraine, 
including governmental entities within Ukraine, engaged 
in resisting Russian aggression against Ukraine, for re-
placement of any weapons or articles provided to the Gov-
ernment of Ukraine from the inventory of the United 
States, and to recover or dispose of equipment procured 
using funds made available in this section in this or prior 
Acts: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 
available in this section, notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the details of any such obligation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 
more than 60 days after such notification is made, inform 
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such committees if such funds have not been obligated and 
the reasons therefor: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall consult with such committees in advance 
of the provision of support provided to other forces or 
groups recognized by and under the authority of the Gov-
ernment of Ukraine: Provided further, That the United 
States may accept equipment procured using funds made 
available in this section in this or prior Acts transferred 
to the security forces of Ukraine and returned by such 
forces to the United States: Provided further, That equip-
ment procured using funds made available in this section 
in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to the mili-
tary or national security forces of Ukraine or to other as-
sisted entities, or returned by such forces or other assisted 
entities to the United States, may be treated as stocks 
of the Department of Defense upon written notification 
to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 
That any notification of funds made available in this sec-
tion in this or prior Acts shall specify whether such funds 
support ongoing or new programs, the duration and ex-
pected cost over the life of each program, a timeline for 
the delivery of defense articles and defense services, and 
any equipment that requires enhanced end-use moni-
toring: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional de-
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fense committees on the use and status of funds made 
available in this section. 
SEC. 8105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assist-
ance to the Azov Battalion. 
SEC. 8106. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 
not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec-
tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa-
tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 
of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, such con-
tributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropria-
tions or fund which incurred such obligations. 
SEC. 8107. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$1,343,580,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, shall be available for International Security Co-
operation Programs and other programs to provide sup-
port and assistance to foreign security forces or other 
groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 
counterterrorism, crisis response, or building partner ca-
pacity programs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 
available in this section, notify the congressional defense 
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committees in writing of the details of any planned obliga-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall 
provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 
the use and status of funds made available in this section. 
SEC. 8108. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$410,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, shall be available to reimburse Jordan, Lebanon, 
Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman under section 1226 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 note), for enhanced border security, of which 
not less than $150,000,000 shall be for Jordan: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days 
prior to obligating funds made available in this section, 
notify the congressional defense committees in writing of 
the details of any planned obligation and the nature of 
the expenses incurred: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made 
available in this section. 
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SEC. 8109. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res-
olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 
SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 
333 of title 10, United States Code, or peacekeeping oper-
ations for the countries designated annually to be in viola-
tion of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may 
be used to support any military training or operation that 
includes child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assistance is other-
wise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008. 
SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be made available for any member of the Taliban. 
SEC. 8112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun-
tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which 
the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 
331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in 
accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8113. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 
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be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 
or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 
contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 
agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 
or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 
of Rosoboronexport. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita-
tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel-
ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 
interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ-
ing to the congressional defense committees that— 
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 
lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 
existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern-
ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 
(2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 
have withdrawn from Ukraine; and 
(3) agents of the Russian Federation have 
ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con-
trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 
Ukraine. 
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of De-
fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 
Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 
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Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 
later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 
is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen-
eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing the results of the review conducted 
with respect to such waiver. 
SEC. 8114. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 
nations for logistical, military, and other support, includ-
ing access, provided to United States military and stability 
operations to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: 
Provided, That such reimbursement payments may be 
made in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in consulta-
tion with the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, may determine, based on documentation deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense to adequately account 
for the support provided, and such determination is final 
and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United 
States, and 15 days following written notification to the 
appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, 
That these funds may be used for the purpose of providing 
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specialized training and procuring supplies and specialized 
equipment and providing such supplies and loaning such 
equipment on a non-reimbursable basis to coalition forces 
supporting United States military and stability operations 
to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and 15 
days following written notification to the appropriate con-
gressional committees: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made 
available in this section. 
SEC. 8115. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 
congressional defense committees in writing not more than 
30 days after the receipt of any contribution of funds re-
ceived from the government of a foreign country for any 
purpose relating to the stationing or operations of the 
United States Armed Forces: Provided, That such notifi-
cation shall include the amount of the contribution; the 
purpose for which such contribution was made; and the 
authority under which such contribution was accepted by 
the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That not fewer 
than 15 days prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees in writing a notification of the planned use of such 
contributions, including whether such contributions would 
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support existing or new stationing or operations of the 
United States Armed Forces. 
SEC. 8116. (a) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, 
in coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 
days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, 
a report on the use of operation and maintenance funds 
for activities or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that have 
been designated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned 
activities for fiscal year 2024. 
(b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall also 
include— 
(1) the title, date, and location, of each activity 
and exercise covered by the report; 
(2) an identification of the military department 
and units that participated in each such activity or 
exercise (including an estimate of the number of 
participants); 
(3) the total cost of the activity or exercise, by 
budget line item (with a breakdown by cost element 
such as transportation); and 
(4) a short explanation of the objective of the 
activity or exercise. 
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(c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
SEC. 8117. Not later than 15 days after the date on 
which any foreign base that involves the stationing or op-
erations of the United States Armed Forces, including a 
temporary base, permanent base, or base owned and oper-
ated by a foreign country, is opened or closed, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the opening or closing of such 
base: Provided, That such notification shall also include 
information on any personnel changes, costs, and savings 
associated with the opening or closing of such base. 
SEC. 8118. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of 
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), in-
cluding for the introduction of United States Armed 
Forces into hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq 
where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indi-
cated by the circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, air-
space, or waters while equipped for combat, in contraven-
tion of the congressional consultation and reporting re-
quirements of sections 3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 
U.S.C. 1542 and 1543). 
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SEC. 8119. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention 
of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), 
including for the introduction of United States armed or 
military forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in 
Syria where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 
indicated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, 
airspace, or waters while equipped for combat, in con-
travention of the congressional consultation and reporting 
requirements of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 
1542 and 1543). 
SEC. 8120. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli-
gated or expended by the United States Government for 
a purpose as follows: 
(1) To establish any military installation or 
base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 
stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any 
oil resource of Iraq or Syria. 
SEC. 8121. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip 
Fund’’, and under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Defense-Wide’’ for Department of Defense security 
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cooperation grant programs, may be used to procure or 
transfer man-portable air defense systems. 
SEC. 8122. Up to $500,000,000 of funds appro-
priated by this Act for the Defense Security Cooperation 
Agency in ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ 
may be used to provide assistance to the Government of 
Jordan to support the armed forces of Jordan and to en-
hance security along its borders. 
SEC. 8123. Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, United States Southern 
Command shall assume combatant command responsi-
bility for activities related to Mexico. 
SEC. 8124. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 
at United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8125. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 
any individual detained at United States Naval Station 
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Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 
individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 
or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec-
tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 
of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). 
SEC. 8126. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 
used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 
United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 
individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 
detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef-
fective control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
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(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 8127. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 
of the United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, 
Cuba. 
SEC. 8128. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign ex-
change rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act 
is hereby reduced by $950,000,000. 
SEC. 8129. In carrying out the program described in 
the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted 
Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Se-
verely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 
Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance 
issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of 
Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except 
that— 
(1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 
and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not 
apply; and 
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(2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage 
without 
limitation 
on 
the 
duration 
of 
such 
cryopreservation and storage. 
SEC. 8130. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made used to sup-
port, directly or indirectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virol-
ogy, or any laboratory owned or controlled by the govern-
ments of the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of 
Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic Peo-
ple’s Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the 
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the Maduro re-
gime, or any other country determined by the Secretary 
of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
to be a foreign adversary. 
SEC. 8131. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to fund any work to be performed by 
EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research supported 
by the government of China unless the Secretary of De-
fense determines that a waiver to such prohibition is in 
the national security interests of the United States and, 
not later than 14 days after granting such a waiver, sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees a detailed 
justification for the waiver, including— 
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(1) an identification of the Department of De-
fense entity obligating or expending the funds; 
(2) an identification of the amount of such 
funds; 
(3) an identification of the intended purpose of 
such funds; 
(4) an identification of the recipient or prospec-
tive recipient of such funds (including any third- 
party entity recipient, as applicable); 
(5) an explanation for how the waiver is in the 
national security interests of the United States; and 
(6) any other information the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
SEC. 8132. The Secretary of the Navy shall continue 
to provide pay and allowances to Lieutenant Ridge 
Alkonis, United States Navy, until such time as the Sec-
retary of the Navy makes a determination with respect 
to the separation of Lieutenant Alkonis from the Navy. 
SEC. 8133. The Secretary of Defense may obligate 
funds made available in this Act for procurement or for 
research, development, test and evaluation for the F-35 
Joint Strike Fighter to modify up to six F-35 aircraft, 
including up to two F-35 aircraft of each variant, to a 
test configuration: Provided, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the 
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Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, notify the con-
gressional defense committees not fewer than 30 days 
prior to obligating funds under this section: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer of funds pursuant to the authority 
provided in this section shall be made in accordance with 
section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8134. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli-
gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F-35 air-
craft. 
SEC. 8135. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act 
may be used to enter into a contract or contracts for the 
procurement of airframes and engines for the CH-53K 
heavy lift helicopter program. 
SEC. 8136. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made 
available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 
Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for 
fiscal year 2024 pursuant to the transfer authority in sec-
tion 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 
Public Law 117-167), to the account specified, in the 
amounts specified, and for the projects and activities spec-
ified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Alloca-
tion of Funds: CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2024’’ 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
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