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(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— 
(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. 8101. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used to transfer any individual detained 
at United States Naval Station 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 section 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 
Law 115–232). 
SEC. 8102. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
1541 et seq.). 
SEC. 8103. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used by the 
Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer of the Depart-
ment of Defense, to enter into a contract, memorandum of under-
standing, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or 
provide a loan or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any sub-
sidiary of Rosoboronexport. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in sub-
section (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State and the Director of National Intelligence, determines that 
it is in the vital national security interest of the United States 
to do so, and certifies in writing to the congressional defense 
committees that, to the best of the Secretary’s knowledge: 
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of lethal mili-
tary equipment to, and the maintenance of existing lethal mili-
tary equipment for, the Government of the Syrian Arab 
Republic; 
(2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation have with-
drawn from Crimea, other than armed forces present on mili-
tary bases subject to agreements in force between the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation and the Government of 
Ukraine; and 
(3) Agents of the Russian Federation have ceased taking 
active measures to destabilize the control of the Government 
of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine. 
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall 
conduct a review of any action involving Rosoboronexport with 
respect to a waiver issued by the 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
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Inspector General shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report containing the results of the review conducted with 
respect to such waiver. 
SEC. 8104. None of the funds made available in this Act 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 
2533a(b) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8105. The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Service Secretaries, shall submit two reports to the congressional 
defense committees, not later than March 1, 2019, and not later 
than September 1, 2019, detailing the submission of records during 
the previous 6 months to databases accessible to the National 
Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), including the 
Interstate Identification Index (III), the National Crime Information 
Center (NCIC), and the NICS Index, as required by Public Law 
110–180: Provided, That such reports shall provide the number 
and category of records submitted by month to each such database, 
by Service or Component: Provided further, That such reports shall 
identify the number and category of records submitted by month 
to those databases for which the Identification for Firearm Sales 
(IFFS) flag or other database flags were used to pre-validate the 
records and indicate that such persons are prohibited from receiving 
or possessing a firearm: Provided further, That such reports shall 
describe the steps taken during the previous 6 months, by Service 
or Component, to ensure complete and accurate submission and 
appropriate flagging of records of individuals prohibited from gun 
possession or receipt pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 922(g) or (n) including 
applicable records involving proceedings under the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice. 
SEC. 8106. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
Department of Defense, amounts should be made available, under 
such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, to 
local military commanders appointed by the Secretary, or by an 
officer or employee designated by the Secretary, to provide at their 
discretion ex gratia payments in amounts consistent with subsection 
(d) of this section for damage, personal injury, or death that is 
incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces in a foreign 
country. 
(b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be provided 
only if— 
(1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is determined 
by the local military commander to be friendly to the United 
States; 
(2) a claim for damages would not be compensable under 
chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Foreign Claims Act’’); and 
(3) the property damage, personal injury, or death was 
not caused by action by an enemy. 
(c) Any payments provided under a program under subsection 
(a) shall not be considered an admission or acknowledgement of 
any legal obligation to compensate for any damage, personal injury, 
or death. 
(d) If the Secretary of Defense determines a program under 
subsection (a) to be appropriate in a particular setting, the amounts 
of payments, if any, to be provided to civilians determined to have 
suffered harm incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces 
under the program should be determined pursuant to regulations
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prescribed by the Secretary and based on an assessment, which 
should include such factors as cultural appropriateness and pre-
vailing economic conditions. 
(e) Local military commanders shall receive legal advice before 
making ex gratia payments under this subsection. The legal advisor, 
under regulations of the Department of Defense, shall advise on 
whether an ex gratia payment is proper under this section and 
applicable Department of Defense regulations. 
(f) A written record of any ex gratia payment offered or denied 
shall be kept by the local commander and on a timely basis sub-
mitted to the appropriate office in the Department of Defense 
as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
(g) The Secretary of Defense shall report to the congressional 
defense committees on an annual basis the efficacy of the ex gratia 
payment program including the number of types of cases considered, 
amounts offered, the response from ex gratia payment recipients, 
and any recommended modifications to the program. 
SEC. 8107. None of the funds available in this Act to the 
Department of Defense, other than appropriations made for nec-
essary or routine refurbishments, upgrades or maintenance activi-
ties, shall be used to reduce or to prepare to reduce the number 
of deployed and non-deployed strategic delivery vehicles and 
launchers below the levels set forth in the report submitted to 
Congress in accordance with section 1042 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 
SEC. 8108. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant awards 
on a public Website in a searchable format. 
SEC. 8109. The Secretary of each military department, in 
reducing each research, development, test and evaluation and 
procurement account of the military department as required under 
paragraph (1) of section 828(d) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 2430 
note), as amended by section 825(a)(3) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, shall allocate the percentage 
reduction determined under paragraph (2) of such section 828(d) 
proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities under such 
account: Provided, That the authority under section 804(d)(2) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public 
Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) to transfer amounts available 
in the Rapid Prototyping Fund shall be subject to section 8005 
or 9002 of this Act, as applicable. 
SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to fund the performance of a flight demonstration team 
at a location outside of the United States: Provided, That this 
prohibition applies only if a performance of a flight demonstration 
team at a location within the United States was canceled during 
the current fiscal year due to insufficient funding. 
SEC. 8111. 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 communication of a United States person 
from a provider of electronic communication services to the
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public pursuant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978. 
SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 
until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 8113. 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 responsibilities or budgetary 
resources of any program, project, or activity financed by this Act 
to the jurisdiction of another Federal agency not financed by this 
Act without the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 
this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly pro-
vided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts 
providing supplemental appropriations for the Department of 
Defense. 
SEC. 8114. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $310,805,000, 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 (50 U.S.C. 4405): Provided, 
That such amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 
Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the United 
States Department of Transportation for programs, projects, activi-
ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet. 
SEC. 8115. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be obligated for activities authorized under section 1208 of the 
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2005 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1621) to initiate support 
for, or expand support to, foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, 
or individuals unless the congressional defense committees are noti-
fied in accordance with the direction contained in the classified 
annex accompanying this Act, not less than 15 days before initiating 
such support: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
in this Act may be used under section 1208 for any activity that 
is not in support of an ongoing military operation being conducted 
by United States Special Operations Forces to combat terrorism: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive the 
prohibitions in this section if the Secretary determines that such 
waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances and, by not 
later than 72 hours after making such waiver, notifies the congres-
sional defense committees of such waiver. 
SEC. 8116. 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.), including for the introduction 
of United States armed forces into hostilities in Iraq, into situations 
in Iraq where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 
indicated by the circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, 
or waters while equipped for combat, in contravention of the 
congressional consultation and reporting requirements of sections 
3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543). 
SEC. 8117. 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