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Sec. 128. Limitation on availability of funds for the enhanced multi-mission para-
chute system. 
Sec. 129. Report on Navy capacity to increase production of certain rotary wing air-
craft. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
Sec. 131. Inventory requirement for Air Force fighter aircraft. 
Sec. 132. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of E–8 JSTARS air-
craft. 
Sec. 133. Requirement for continuation of JSTARS aircraft recapitalization pro-
gram. 
Sec. 134. Limitation on selection of single contractor for C–130H avionics mod-
ernization program increment 2. 
Sec. 135. Limitation on availability of funds for EC–130H Compass Call recapital-
ization program. 
Sec. 136. Limitation on retirement of U–2 and RQ–4 aircraft. 
Sec. 137. Cost-benefit analysis of upgrades to MQ–9 Reaper aircraft. 
Sec. 138. Plan for modernization of the radar for F–16 fighter aircraft of the Na-
tional Guard. 
Sec. 139. Comptroller General review of Air Force fielding plan for HH–60 replace-
ment programs. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters 
Sec. 141. F–35 economic order quantity contracting authority. 
Sec. 142. Authority for explosive ordnance disposal units to acquire new or emerg-
ing technologies and capabilities. 
Sec. 143.
Requirement that certain aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles use 
specified standard data link. 
Sec. 144. Reinstatement of requirement to preserve certain C–5 aircraft; mobility 
capability and requirements study. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 211. Cost controls for presidential aircraft recapitalization program. 
Sec. 212. Capital investment authority. 
Sec. 213. Prizes for advanced technology achievements. 
Sec. 214. Joint Hypersonics Transition Office. 
Sec. 215. Department of Defense directed energy weapon system prototyping and 
demonstration program. 
Sec. 216. Appropriate use of authority for prototype projects. 
Sec. 217. Mechanisms for expedited access to technical talent and expertise at aca-
demic institutions to support Department of Defense missions. 
Sec. 218. Modification of laboratory quality enhancement program. 
Sec. 219. Reauthorization of Department of Defense Established Program to Stimu-
late Competitive Research. 
Sec. 220. Codification and enhancement of authorities to provide funds for defense 
laboratories for research and development of technologies for military 
missions. 
Sec. 221. Expansion of definition of competitive procedures to include competitive 
selection for award of science and technology proposals. 
Sec. 222. Inclusion of modeling and simulation in test and evaluation activities for 
purposes of planning and budget certification. 
Sec. 223. Limitation on availability of funds for F–35 Joint Strike Fighter Follow- 
On Modernization. 
Sec. 224. Improvement of update process for populating mission data files used in 
advanced combat aircraft. 
Sec. 225. Support for national security innovation and entrepreneurial education. 
Sec. 226. Limitation on cancellation of designation Executive Agent for a certain 
Defense Production Act program. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 231. Columbia-class program accountability matrices. 
Sec. 232. Review of barriers to innovation in research and engineering activities of 
the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 233. Pilot program to improve incentives for technology transfer from Depart-
ment of Defense laboratories. 
Sec. 234. Competitive acquisition plan for low probability of detection data link net-
works.
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Sec. 235. Clarification of selection dates for pilot program for the enhancement of 
the research, development, test, and evaluation centers of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
Sec. 236. Requirement for a plan to build a prototype for a new ground combat ve-
hicle for the Army. 
Sec. 237. Plan for successfully fielding the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Bat-
tle Command System. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 
Sec. 311. Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse. 
Sec. 312. Energy performance goals and master plan. 
Sec. 313. Payment to Environmental Protection Agency of stipulated penalty in 
connection with Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon. 
Sec. 314. Payment to Environmental Protection Agency of stipulated penalty in 
connection with Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, Texas. 
Sec. 315. Department of the Army cleanup and removal of petroleum, oil, and lubri-
cant associated with the Prinz Eugen. 
Sec. 316. Centers for Disease Control study on health implications of per- and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in drinking water. 
Sec. 317. Sentinel Landscapes Partnership. 
Sec. 318. Report on release of radium or radioactive material into the groundwater 
near the industrial reserve plant in Bethpage, New York. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment 
Sec. 321. Reauthorization of multi-trades demonstration project. 
Sec. 322. Increased percentage of sustainment funds authorized for realignment to 
restoration and modernization at each installation. 
Sec. 323. Guidance regarding use of organic industrial base. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 331. Quarterly reports on personnel and unit readiness. 
Sec. 332. Biennial report on core depot-level maintenance and repair capability. 
Sec. 333. Annual report on personnel, training, and equipment needs of non-fed-
eralized National Guard. 
Sec. 334. Annual report on military working dogs used by the Department of De-
fense. 
Sec. 335. Report on effects of climate change on Department of Defense. 
Sec. 336. Report on optimization of training in and management of special use air-
space. 
Sec. 337. Plan for modernized, dedicated Department of the Navy adversary air 
training enterprise. 
Sec. 338. Updated guidance regarding biennial core report. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 341. Explosive safety board. 
Sec. 342. Servicewomen’s commemorative partnerships. 
Sec. 343. Limitation on availability of funds for advanced skills management soft-
ware system of the Navy. 
Sec. 344. Cost-benefit analysis of uniform specifications for Afghan military or se-
curity forces. 
Sec. 345. Temporary installation reutilization authority for arsenals, depots, and 
plants. 
Sec. 346. Comprehensive plan for sharing depot-level maintenance best practices. 
Sec. 347. Pilot program for operation and maintenance budget presentation. 
Sec. 348. Repurposing and reuse of surplus Army firearms. 
Sec. 349. Department of the Navy marksmanship awards. 
Sec. 350. Civilian training for National Guard pilots and sensor operator aircrews 
of MQ–9 unmanned aerial vehicles. 
Sec. 351. Training for National Guard personnel on wildfire response. 
Sec. 352. Modification of the Second Division Memorial. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Sec. 402. Revisions in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels.
H. R. 2810—4 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2018 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty 
for operational support. 
Sec. 416. Number of members of the National Guard on full-time duty in support 
of the reserves within the National Guard Bureau. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Modification of deadline for submittal by officers of written communica-
tions to promotion selection boards on matters of importance to their se-
lection. 
Sec. 502. Clarification to exception for removal of officers from list of officers rec-
ommended for promotion after 18 months without appointment. 
Sec. 503. Modification of requirement for specification of number of officers who 
may be recommended for early retirement by a Selective Early Retire-
ment Board. 
Sec. 504. Extension of service-in-grade waiver authority for voluntary retirement of 
certain general and flag officers for purposes of enhanced flexibility in 
officer personnel management. 
Sec. 505. Inclusion of Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics among officers subject 
to repeal of statutory specification of general officer grade. 
Sec. 506. Clarification of effect of repeal of statutory specification of general or flag 
officer grade for various positions in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 507. Standardization of authorities in connection with repeal of statutory spec-
ification of general officer grade for the Dean of the Academic Board of 
the United States Military Academy and the Dean of the Faculty of the 
United States Air Force Academy. 
Sec. 508. Flexibility in promotion of officers to positions of Staff Judge Advocate to 
the Commandant of the Marine Corps and Deputy Judge Advocate Gen-
eral of the Navy or Air Force. 
Sec. 509. Grandfathering of retired grade of Assistant Judge Advocates General of 
the Navy as of repeal of statutory specification of general and flag offi-
cers grades in the Armed Forces. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Equal treatment of orders to serve on active duty under sections 12304a 
and 12304b of title 10, United States Code. 
Sec. 512. Service credit for cyberspace experience or advanced education upon origi-
nal appointment as a commissioned officer. 
Sec. 513. Consolidation of authorities to order members of the reserve components 
of the Armed Forces to perform duty. 
Sec. 514. Pilot program on use of retired senior enlisted members of the Army Na-
tional Guard as Army National Guard recruiters. 
Subtitle C—General Service Authorities 
PART I—MATTERS RELATING TO DISCHARGE AND CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS 
Sec. 520. Consideration of additional medical evidence by Boards for the Correction 
of Military Records and liberal consideration of evidence relating to 
post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. 
Sec. 521. Public availability of information related to disposition of claims regard-
ing discharge or release of members of the Armed Forces when the 
claims involve sexual assault. 
Sec. 522. Confidential review of characterization of terms of discharge of members 
who are victims of sex-related offenses. 
Sec. 523. Training requirements for members of boards for the correction of mili-
tary records and personnel who investigate claims of retaliation. 
Sec. 524. Pilot program on use of video teleconferencing technology by boards for 
the correction of military records and discharge review boards. 
PART II—OTHER GENERAL SERVICE AUTHORITIES 
Sec. 526. Modification of basis for extension of period for enlistment in the Armed 
Forces under the Delayed Entry Program.
H. R. 2810—5 
Sec. 527. Reauthorization of authority to order retired members to active duty in 
high-demand, low-density assignments. 
Sec. 528. Notification of members of the Armed Forces undergoing certain adminis-
trative separations of potential eligibility for veterans benefits. 
Sec. 529. Extension of authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for 
the conduct of medical disability examinations by contract physicians. 
Sec. 530. Provision of information on naturalization through military service. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice and Other Legal Issues 
Sec. 531. Clarifying amendments related to the Uniform Code of Military Justice 
reform by the Military Justice Act of 2016. 
Sec. 532. Enhancement of effective prosecution and defense in courts-martial and 
related matters. 
Sec. 533. Punitive article under the Uniform Code of Military Justice on wrongful 
broadcast or distribution of intimate visual images or visual images of 
sexually explicit conduct. 
Sec. 534. Garnishment to satisfy judgment rendered for physically, sexually, or 
emotionally abusing a child. 
Sec. 535. Sexual assault prevention and response training for all individuals en-
listed in the Armed Forces under a delayed entry program. 
Sec. 536. Special Victims’ Counsel training regarding the unique challenges often 
faced by male victims of sexual assault. 
Sec. 537. Inclusion of information in annual SAPRO reports regarding military sex-
ual harassment and incidents involving nonconsensual distribution of 
private sexual images. 
Sec. 538. Inclusion of information in annual SAPRO reports regarding sexual as-
saults committed by a member of the Armed Forces against the mem-
ber’s spouse or other family member. 
Subtitle E—Member Education, Training, Resilience, and Transition 
Sec. 541. Element in preseparation counseling for members of the Armed Forces on 
assistance and support services for caregivers of certain veterans 
through the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 542. Improved employment assistance for members of the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, and Marine Corps and veterans. 
Sec. 543. Limitation on release of military service academy graduates to participate 
in professional athletics. 
Sec. 544. Two-year extension of suicide prevention and resilience program for the 
National Guard and Reserves. 
Sec. 545. Annual certifications related to Ready, Relevant Learning initiative of the 
Navy. 
Sec. 546. Authority to expand eligibility for the United States Military Apprentice-
ship Program. 
Sec. 547. Limitation on availability of funds for attendance of Air Force enlisted 
personnel at Air Force officer professional military education in-resi-
dence courses. 
Sec. 548. Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper Leadership Scholarships. 
Sec. 549. Pilot programs on appointment in the excepted service in the Department 
of Defense of physically disqualified former cadets and midshipmen. 
Subtitle F—Defense Dependents’ Education and Military Family Readiness Matters 
PART I—DEFENSE DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATION MATTERS 
Sec. 551. Assistance to schools with military dependent students. 
Sec. 552. Transitions of military dependent students from Department of Defense 
dependent schools to other schools and among schools of local edu-
cational agencies. 
Sec. 553. Report on educational opportunities in science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics for children who are dependents of members of the 
Armed Forces. 
PART II—MILITARY FAMILY READINESS MATTERS 
Sec. 555. Codification of authority to conduct family support programs for imme-
diate family members of members of the Armed Forces assigned to spe-
cial operations forces. 
Sec. 556. Reimbursement for State licensure and certification costs of a spouse of 
a member of the Armed Forces arising from relocation to another State. 
Sec. 557. Temporary extension of extended period of protections for members of 
uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and 
eviction. 
Sec. 558. Enhancing military childcare programs and activities of the Department 
of Defense.
H. R. 2810—6 
Sec. 559. Direct hire authority for Department of Defense for childcare services pro-
viders for Department child development centers. 
Sec. 560. Pilot program on public-private partnerships for telework facilities for 
military spouses on military installations outside the United States. 
Subtitle G—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 561. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to Garlin M. Conner for 
acts of valor during World War II. 
Sec. 562. Authorization for award of Distinguished-Service Cross to Specialist 
Frank M. Crary for acts of valor in Vietnam. 
Subtitle H—Miscellaneous Reporting Requirements 
Sec. 571. Analysis and report on accompanied and unaccompanied tours of duty in 
remote locations with high family support costs. 
Sec. 572. Review and reports on policies for regular and reserve officer career man-
agement. 
Sec. 573. Review and report on effects of personnel requirements and limitations on 
the availability of members of the National Guard for the performance 
of funeral honors duty for veterans. 
Sec. 574. Review and report on authorities for the employment, use, and status of 
National Guard and Reserve technicians. 
Sec. 575. Assessment and report on expanding and contracting for childcare serv-
ices of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 576. Review and report on compensation provided childcare services providers 
of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 577. Comptroller General of the United States assessment and report on the 
Office of Complex Investigations within the National Guard Bureau. 
Sec. 578. Modification of submittal date of Comptroller General of the United 
States report on integrity of the Department of Defense whistleblower 
program. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters 
Sec. 581. Expansion of United States Air Force Institute of Technology enrollment 
authority to include civilian employees of the homeland security indus-
try. 
Sec. 582. Conditional designation of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps as a basic 
branch of the Army. 
Sec. 583. Designation of office within Office of the Secretary of Defense to oversee 
use of food assistance programs by members of the Armed Forces on ac-
tive duty. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Annual adjustment of basic monthly pay. 
Sec. 602. Prohibiting collection of additional amounts from members living in units 
under Military Housing Privatization Initiative. 
Sec. 603. Limitation on modification of payment authority for Military Housing Pri-
vatization Initiative housing. 
Sec. 604. Housing treatment for certain members of the Armed Forces, and their 
spouses and other dependents, undergoing a permanent change of sta-
tion within the United States. 
Sec. 605. Extension of authority to provide temporary increase in rates of basic al-
lowance for housing under certain circumstances. 
Sec. 606. Reevaluation of BAH for the military housing area including Staten Is-
land. 
Subtitle B—Bonus and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for re-
serve forces. 
Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for health 
care professionals. 
Sec. 613. One-year extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear offi-
cers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of authorities relating to title 37 consolidated special 
pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities. 
Sec. 615. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other title 37 bo-
nuses and special pays. 
Sec. 616. Report regarding the national pilot shortage. 
Sec. 617. Special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities for enlisted members 
who operate remotely piloted aircraft.
H. R. 2810—7 
Sec. 618. Technical and conforming amendments relating to 2008 consolidation of 
special pay authorities. 
Subtitle C—Disability Pay, Retired Pay, and Survivor Benefits 
Sec. 621. Permanent extension and cost-of-living adjustments of special survivor in-
demnity allowances under the Survivor Benefit Plan. 
Sec. 622. Adjustments to Survivor Benefit Plan for members electing lump sum 
payments of retired pay under the modernized retirement system for 
members of the uniformed services. 
Sec. 623. Technical correction regarding election to participate in modernized re-
tirement system for reserve component members experiencing a break 
in service. 
Sec. 624. Technical corrections to use of member’s current pay grade and years of 
service in a division of property involving disposable retired pay. 
Sec. 625. Continuation pay for the Coast Guard. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 631. Land conveyance authority, Army and Air Force Exchange Service prop-
erty, Dallas, Texas. 
Sec. 632. Authority for the Secretaries of the military departments to provide for 
care of remains of those who die on active duty and are interred in a 
foreign cemetery. 
Sec. 633. Construction of domestic source requirement for footwear furnished to en-
listed members of the Armed Forces on initial entry into the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 634. Review and update of regulations governing debt collectors interactions 
with unit commanders of members of the Armed Forces. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Care Benefits 
Sec. 701. Continued access to medical care at facilities of the uniformed services for 
certain members of the reserve components. 
Sec. 702. Modifications of cost-sharing requirements for the TRICARE Pharmacy 
Benefits Program and treatment of certain pharmaceutical agents. 
Sec. 703. Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for certain members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 704. Specification that individuals under the age of 21 are eligible for hospice 
care services under the TRICARE program. 
Sec. 705. Physical examinations for members of a reserve component who are sepa-
rating from the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 706. Mental health assessments before members separate from the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 707. Expansion of sexual trauma counseling and treatment for members of the 
reserve components. 
Sec. 708. Expedited evaluation and treatment for prenatal surgery under the 
TRICARE program. 
Subtitle B—Health Care Administration 
Sec. 711. Maintenance of inpatient capabilities of military medical treatment facili-
ties located outside the United States. 
Sec. 712. Modification of priority for evaluation and treatment of individuals at 
military treatment facilities. 
Sec. 713. Clarification of administration of military medical treatment facilities. 
Sec. 714. Regular update of prescription drug pricing standard under TRICARE re-
tail pharmacy program. 
Sec. 715. Modification of execution of TRICARE contracting responsibilities. 
Sec. 716. Additional emergency uses for medical products to reduce deaths and se-
verity of injuries caused by agents of war. 
Sec. 717. Modification of determination of average wait times at urgent care clinics 
and pharmacies at military medical treatment facilities under pilot pro-
gram. 
Sec. 718. Requirement for reimbursement by Department of Defense to entities car-
rying out State vaccination programs for costs of vaccines provided to 
covered beneficiaries. 
Sec. 719. Extension of authority for Joint Department of Defense-Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund. 
Sec. 720. Residency requirements for podiatrists. 
Sec. 721. Authorization of physical therapist assistants and occupational therapy 
assistants to provide services under the TRICARE program. 
Sec. 722. Selection of military commanders and directors of military medical treat-
ment facilities.
H. R. 2810—8 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 731. Pilot program on health care assistance system. 
Sec. 732. Feasibility study on conduct of pilot program on mental health readiness 
of part-time members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 733. Report on plan to improve pediatric care and related services for children 
of members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 734. Longitudinal medical study on blast pressure exposure of members of the 
Armed Forces. 
Sec. 735. Study on safe opioid prescribing practices. 
Sec. 736. Report on implementation of GAO recommendations. 
Sec. 737. Declassification by Department of Defense of certain incidents of exposure 
of members of the Armed Forces to toxic substances. 
Sec. 738. Coordination by Veterans Health Administration of efforts to understand 
effects of burn pits. 
Sec. 739. TRICARE technical amendments. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND 
RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 
Sec. 801. Statements of purpose for Department of Defense acquisition. 
Sec. 802. Management of intellectual property matters within the Department of 
Defense. 
Sec. 803. Performance of incurred cost audits. 
Sec. 804. Repeal of certain auditing requirements. 
Sec. 805. Increased simplified acquisition threshold. 
Sec. 806. Requirements related to the micro-purchase threshold. 
Sec. 807. Process for enhanced supply chain scrutiny. 
Sec. 808. Defense policy advisory committee on technology. 
Sec. 809. Report on extension of development, acquisition, and sustainment au-
thorities of the military departments to the United States Special Oper-
ations Command. 
Sec. 810. Technical and conforming amendments related to program management 
provisions. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and 
Limitations 
Sec. 811. Modifications to cost or pricing data and reporting requirements. 
Sec. 812. Applicability of cost and pricing data certification requirements. 
Sec. 813. Sunset of certain provisions relating to the procurement of goods other 
than United States goods. 
Sec. 814. Comptroller General report on health and safety records. 
Sec. 815. Limitation on unilateral definitization. 
Sec. 816. Amendment to sustainment reviews. 
Sec. 817. Use of program income by eligible entities that carry out procurement 
technical assistance programs. 
Sec. 818. Enhanced post-award debriefing rights. 
Sec. 819. Amendments relating to information technology. 
Sec. 820. Change to definition of subcontract in certain circumstances. 
Sec. 821. Amendment relating to applicability of inflation adjustments. 
Sec. 822. Use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection process. 
Sec. 823. Exemption from design-build selection procedures. 
Sec. 824. Contract closeout authority. 
Sec. 825. Elimination of cost underruns as factor in calculation of penalties for cost 
overruns. 
Sec. 826. Modification to annual meeting requirement of Configuration Steering 
Boards. 
Sec. 827. Pilot program on payment of costs for denied Government Accountability 
Office bid protests. 
Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs 
Sec. 831. Revisions to definition of major defense acquisition program. 
Sec. 832. Prohibition on use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection 
process for major defense acquisition programs. 
Sec. 833. Role of the Chief of the armed force in material development decision and 
acquisition system milestones. 
Sec. 834. Requirement to emphasize reliability and maintainability in weapon sys-
tem design. 
Sec. 835. Licensing of appropriate intellectual property to support major weapon 
systems.
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Sec. 836. Codification of requirements pertaining to assessment, management, and 
control of operating and support costs for major weapon systems. 
Sec. 837. Should-cost management. 
Sec. 838. Improvements to test and evaluation processes and tools. 
Sec. 839. Enhancements to transparency in test and evaluation processes and data. 
Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Acquisition Workforce 
Sec. 841. Enhancements to the civilian program management workforce. 
Sec. 842. Credits to Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development 
Fund. 
Sec. 843. Improvements to the hiring and training of the acquisition workforce. 
Sec. 844. Extension and modifications to acquisition demonstration project. 
Subtitle E—Provisions Relating to Commercial Items 
Sec. 846. Procurement through commercial e-commerce portals. 
Sec. 847. Revision to definition of commercial item. 
Sec. 848. Commercial item determinations. 
Sec. 849. Review of regulations on commercial items. 
Sec. 850. Training in commercial items procurement. 
Subtitle F—Provisions Relating to Services Contracting 
Sec. 851. Improvement of planning for acquisition of services. 
Sec. 852. Standard guidelines for evaluation of requirements for services contracts. 
Sec. 853. Report on outcome-based services contracts. 
Sec. 854. Pilot program for longer term multiyear service contracts. 
Subtitle G—Provisions Relating to Other Transaction Authority and Prototyping 
Sec. 861. Contract authority for advanced development of initial or additional pro-
totype units. 
Sec. 862. Methods for entering into research agreements. 
Sec. 863. Education and training for transactions other than contracts and grants. 
Sec. 864. Other transaction authority for certain prototype projects. 
Sec. 865. Amendment to nontraditional and small contractor innovation proto-
typing program. 
Sec. 866. Middle tier of acquisition for rapid prototype and rapid fielding. 
Sec. 867. Preference for use of other transactions and experimental authority. 
Sec. 868. Prototype projects to digitize defense acquisition regulations, policies, and 
guidance, and empower user tailoring of acquisition process. 
Subtitle H—Provisions Relating to Software Acquisition 
Sec. 871. Noncommercial computer software acquisition considerations. 
Sec. 872. Defense Innovation Board analysis of software acquisition regulations. 
Sec. 873. Pilot program to use agile or iterative development methods to tailor 
major software-intensive warfighting systems and defense business sys-
tems. 
Sec. 874. Software development pilot program using agile best practices. 
Sec. 875. Pilot program for open source software. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters 
Sec. 881. Extension of maximum duration of fuel storage contracts. 
Sec. 882. Procurement of aviation critical safety items. 
Sec. 883. Modifications to the advisory panel on streamlining and codifying acquisi-
tion regulations. 
Sec. 884. Repeal of expired pilot program for leasing commercial utility cargo vehi-
cles. 
Sec. 885. Exception for business operations from requirement to accept $1 coins. 
Sec. 886. Development of Procurement Administrative Lead Time. 
Sec. 887. Notional milestones and standard timelines for contracts for foreign mili-
tary sales. 
Sec. 888. Assessment and authority to terminate or prohibit contracts for procure-
ment from Chinese companies providing support to the Democratic Peo-
ple’s Republic of Korea. 
Sec. 889. Report on defense contracting fraud. 
Sec. 890. Comptroller General report on contractor business system requirements. 
Sec. 891. Training on agile or iterative development methods. 
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related Matters 
Sec. 901. Treatment of incumbent Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics.
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Sec. 902. Clarification of authority of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 
and Sustainment with respect to service acquisition programs for which 
the service acquisition executive is the milestone decision authority. 
Sec. 903. Executive Schedule matters relating to Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment. 
Sec. 904. Consistent period of relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of 
a regular component of the Armed Forces for appointment to Under Sec-
retary of Defense positions. 
Sec. 905. Qualifications for appointment and additional duties and powers of cer-
tain officials within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comp-
troller). 
Sec. 906. Redesignation of Principal Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense as Dep-
uty Under Secretaries of Defense and related matters. 
Sec. 907. Reduction of number and elimination of specific designations of Assistant 
Secretaries of Defense. 
Sec. 908. Limitation on maximum number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries of De-
fense. 
Sec. 909. Appointment and responsibilities of Chief Information Officer of the De-
partment of Defense. 
Sec. 910. Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense. 
Subtitle B—Data Management and Analytics 
Sec. 911. Policy on treatment of defense business system data related to business 
operations and management. 
Sec. 912. Transparency of defense management data. 
Sec. 913. Establishment of set of activities that use data analysis, measurement, 
and other evaluation-related methods to improve acquisition program 
outcomes. 
Subtitle C—Organization of Other Department of Defense Offices and Elements 
Sec. 921. Qualifications for appointment of Assistant Secretaries of the military de-
partments for financial management. 
Sec. 922. Manner of carrying out reductions in major Department of Defense head-
quarters activities pursuant to headquarters reduction plan. 
Sec. 923. Certifications on cost savings achieved by reductions in major Depart-
ment of Defense headquarters activities. 
Sec. 924. Corrosion control and prevention executives matters. 
Sec. 925. Background and security investigations for Department of Defense per-
sonnel. 
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Reporting Requirements 
Sec. 931. Additional elements in reports on policy, organization, and management 
goals of the Secretary of Defense for the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 932. Report and sense of Congress on responsibility for developmental test and 
evaluation within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 
Sec. 933. Report on Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 941. Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. Consolidation, codification, and improvement of certain authorities and 
requirements in connection with the audit of the financial statements of 
the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1003. Improper payment matters. 
Sec. 1004. Rankings of auditability of financial statements of the organizations and 
elements of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1005. Financial operations dashboard for the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1006. Review and recommendations on efforts to obtain audit opinion on full 
financial statements. 
Sec. 1007. Notification requirement for certain contracts for audit services. 
Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities 
Sec. 1011. Extension of authority to support a unified counterdrug and counterter-
rorism campaign in Colombia. 
Sec. 1012. Venue for prosecution of maritime drug trafficking. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1021. National Defense Sealift Fund.
H. R. 2810—11 
Sec. 1022. Use of National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund for multiyear procurement 
of certain critical components. 
Sec. 1023. Operational readiness of littoral combat ships on extended deployment. 
Sec. 1024. Availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of Ticonderoga-class 
cruisers or dock landing ships. 
Sec. 1025. Policy of the United States on minimum number of battle force ships. 
Sec. 1026. Surveying ships. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
Sec. 1031. Modification of authority on support of special operations to combat ter-
rorism. 
Sec. 1032. Termination of requirement to submit annual budget justification dis-
play for Department of Defense combating terrorism program. 
Sec. 1033. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the United 
States. 
Sec. 1034. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the United 
States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1035. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to certain 
countries. 
Sec. 1036. Prohibition on use of funds to close or relinquish control of United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1037. Sense of Congress regarding providing for timely victim and family testi-
mony in military commission trials. 
Sec. 1038. Report on public availability of military commissions proceedings. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1041. Limitation on expenditure of funds for emergency and extraordinary ex-
penses for intelligence and counter-intelligence activities. 
Sec. 1042. Matters relating to the submittal of future-years defense programs. 
Sec. 1043. Modifications to humanitarian demining assistance authorities. 
Sec. 1044. Prohibition on charge of certain tariffs on aircraft traveling through 
channel routes. 
Sec. 1045. Prohibition on lobbying activities with respect to the Department of De-
fense by certain officers of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of 
the Department following separation from military service or employ-
ment with the Department. 
Sec. 1046. Prohibition on use of funds for retirement of legacy maritime mine coun-
termeasures platforms. 
Sec. 1047. Report on western Pacific Ocean ship depot maintenance capability and 
capacity. 
Sec. 1048. Annual training regarding the influence campaign of the Russian Fed-
eration. 
Sec. 1049. Workforce issues for military realignments in the Pacific. 
Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 
Sec. 1051. Elimination of reporting requirements terminated after November 25, 
2017, pursuant to section 1080 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016. 
Sec. 1052. Report on transfer of defense articles to units committing gross viola-
tions of human rights. 
Sec. 1053. Report on the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Cen-
ter. 
Sec. 1054. Report on Department of Defense Arctic capability and resource gaps 
and required infrastructure. 
Sec. 1055. Review and assessment of Department of Defense personnel recovery 
and nonconventional assisted recovery mechanisms. 
Sec. 1056. Mine warfare readiness inspection plan and report. 
Sec. 1057. Annual report on civilian casualties in connection with United States 
military operations. 
Sec. 1058. Report on Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex modernization. 
Sec. 1059. Report on alternatives to aqueous film forming foam. 
Sec. 1060. Assessment of global force posture. 
Sec. 1061. Army modernization strategy. 
Sec. 1062. Report on Army plan to improve operational unit readiness by reducing 
number of non-deployable soldiers assigned to operational units. 
Sec. 1063. Efforts to combat physiological episodes on certain Navy aircraft. 
Sec. 1064. Studies on aircraft inventories for the Air Force. 
Sec. 1065. Department of Defense review of Navy capabilities in the Arctic region.
H. R. 2810—12 
Sec. 1066. Comprehensive review of maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnais-
sance, and targeting capabilities. 
Sec. 1067. Report on the need for a Joint Chemical-Biological Defense Logistics 
Center. 
Sec. 1068. Missile Technology Control Regime Category I unmanned aerial vehicle 
systems. 
Sec. 1069. Recommendations for interagency vetting of foreign investments affect-
ing national security. 
Sec. 1070. Briefing on prior attempted Russian cyber attacks against defense sys-
tems. 
Sec. 1071. Enhanced analytical and monitoring capability of the defense industrial 
base. 
Sec. 1072. Report on defense of combat logistics and strategic mobility forces. 
Sec. 1073. Report on acquisition strategy to recapitalize the existing system for un-
dersea fixed surveillance. 
Sec. 1074. Report on implementation of requirements in connection with the orga-
nization of the Department of Defense for management of special oper-
ations forces and special operations. 
Sec. 1075. Report on the global food system and vulnerabilities relevant to Depart-
ment of Defense missions. 
Subtitle G—Modernizing Government Technology 
Sec. 1076. Definitions. 
Sec. 1077. Establishment of agency information technology systems modernization 
and working capital funds. 
Sec. 1078. Establishment of technology modernization fund and board. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
Sec. 1081. Technical, conforming, and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 1082. Clarification of applicability of certain provisions of law to civilian judges 
of the United States Court of Military Commission Review. 
Sec. 1083. Modification of requirement relating to conversion of certain military 
technician (dual status) positions to civilian positions. 
Sec. 1084. National Guard accessibility to Department of Defense issued unmanned 
aircraft. 
Sec. 1085. Sense of Congress regarding aircraft carriers. 
Sec. 1086. Sense of Congress recognizing the United States Navy Seabees. 
Sec. 1087. Construction of memorial to the crew of the Apollo I launch test accident 
at Arlington National Cemetery. 
Sec. 1088. Department of Defense engagement with covered non-Federal entities. 
Sec. 1089. Prize competition to identify root cause of physiological episodes on 
Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force training and operational aircraft. 
Sec. 1090. Providing assistance to House of Representatives in response to cyberse-
curity events. 
Sec. 1091. Transfer of surplus firearms to Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle 
Practice and Firearms Safety. 
Sec. 1092. Collaboration between Federal Aviation Administration and Department 
of Defense on unmanned aircraft systems. 
Sec. 1093. Carriage of certain programming. 
Sec. 1094. National strategy for countering violent extremism. 
Sec. 1095. Sense of Congress regarding World War I. 
Sec. 1096. Notice to Congress of terms of Department of Defense settlement agree-
ments. 
Sec. 1097. Office of Special Counsel reauthorization. 
Sec. 1098. Air transportation of civilian Department of Defense personnel to and 
from Afghanistan. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 
Sec. 1101. Direct hire authority for the Department of Defense for personnel to as-
sist in business transformation and management innovation. 
Sec. 1102. Extension of direct hire authority for Domestic Defense Industrial Base 
Facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base. 
Sec. 1103. Extension of authority to provide voluntary separation incentive pay for 
civilian employees of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1104. Additional Department of Defense science and technology reinvention 
laboratories. 
Sec. 1105. One year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium 
pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian employees 
working overseas. 
Sec. 1106. Direct hire authority for financial management experts in the Depart-
ment of Defense workforce.
H. R. 2810—13 
Sec. 1107. Extension of authority for temporary personnel flexibilities for Domestic 
Defense Industrial Base Facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities 
Base civilian personnel. 
Sec. 1108. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, benefits, 
and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a combat zone. 
Sec. 1109. Extension of overtime rate authority for Department of the Navy em-
ployees performing work aboard or dockside in support of the nuclear- 
powered aircraft carrier forward deployed in Japan. 
Sec. 1110. Pilot 
program 
on 
enhanced 
personnel 
management 
system 
for 
cybsersecurity and legal professionals in the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1111. Establishment of senior scientific technical managers at Major Range 
and Test Facility Base Facilities and Defense Test Resource Manage-
ment Center. 
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. One-year extension of logistical support for coalition forces supporting 
certain United States military operations. 
Sec. 1202. Support of special operations for irregular warfare. 
Sec. 1203. Obligation of funds in Special Defense Acquisition Fund for precision 
guided munitions. 
Sec. 1204. Modification of defense institution capacity building and authority to 
build capacity of foreign security forces. 
Sec. 1205. Extension and modification of authority on training for Eastern Euro-
pean national security forces in the course of multilateral exercises. 
Sec. 1206. Global Security Contingency Fund. 
Sec. 1207. Defense Institute of International Legal Studies. 
Sec. 1208. Extension of participation in and support of the Inter-American Defense 
College. 
Sec. 1209. Plan on improvement of ability of national security forces of foreign 
countries participating in United States capacity building programs to 
protect civilians. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Afghanistan and Pakistan 
Sec. 1211. Extension of authority to transfer defense articles and provide defense 
services to the military and security forces of Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1212. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of certain co-
alition nations for support provided to United States military oper-
ations. 
Sec. 1213. Special immigrant visas for Afghan allies. 
Sec. 1214. Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in 
countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1215. Extension of semiannual report on enhancing security and stability in 
Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1216. Human rights vetting of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Syria, Iraq, and Iran 
Sec. 1221. Report on United States strategy in Syria. 
Sec. 1222. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to counter 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. 
Sec. 1223. Modification of authority to provide assistance to the vetted Syrian oppo-
sition. 
Sec. 1224. Extension and modification of authority to support operations and activi-
ties of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 
Sec. 1225. Modification and additional elements in annual report on the military 
power of Iran. 
Sec. 1226. Extension of quarterly reports on confirmed ballistic missile launches 
from Iran and imposition of sanctions in connection with those launches. 
Sec. 1227. Limitation on use of funds for provision of man-portable air defense sys-
tems to the vetted Syrian opposition. 
Sec. 1228. Report on agreement with the Government of the Russian Federation on 
the status of Syria. 
Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the Russian Federation 
Sec. 1231. Extension of limitation on military cooperation between the United 
States and the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1232. Prohibition on availability of funds relating to sovereignty of the Russian 
Federation over Crimea. 
Sec. 1233. Sense of Congress on European security. 
Sec. 1234. Modification and extension of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
H. R. 2810—14 
Sec. 1235. Limitation on availability of funds relating to implementation of the 
Open Skies Treaty. 
Sec. 1236. Sense of Congress on importance of nuclear capabilities of NATO. 
Sec. 1237. Report on Security Cooperation with respect to Western Balkan Coun-
tries. 
Sec. 1238. Plan to respond in case of Russian noncompliance with the New START 
Treaty. 
Sec. 1239. Strategy to counter threats by the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1239A. Strategy to counter the threat of malign influence by the Russian Fed-
eration. 
Subtitle E—Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty Preservation Act of 
2017 
Sec. 1241. Short title. 
Sec. 1242. Findings. 
Sec. 1243. Compliance enforcement regarding Russian violations of the INF Treaty. 
Sec. 1244. Notification requirement related to Russian Federation development of 
noncompliant systems and United States actions regarding material 
breach of INF Treaty by the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 1245. Review of RS–26 ballistic missile. 
Sec. 1246. Definitions. 
Subtitle F—Matters Relating to the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region 
Sec. 1251. Sense of Congress and Initiative for the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. 
Sec. 1252. Report on strategy to prioritize United States defense interests in the 
Indo-Asia-Pacific region. 
Sec. 1253. Assessment of United States force posture and basing needs in the Indo- 
Asia-Pacific region. 
Sec. 1254. Plan to enhance the extended deterrence and assurance capabilities of 
the United States in the Asia-Pacific region. 
Sec. 1255. Sense of Congress reaffirming security commitments to the Governments 
of Japan and South Korea and trilateral cooperation between the United 
States, Japan, and South Korea. 
Sec. 1256. Strategy on North Korea. 
Sec. 1257. North Korean nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles. 
Sec. 1258. Advancements in defense cooperation between the United States and 
India. 
Sec. 1259. Strengthening the defense partnership between the United States and 
Taiwan. 
Sec. 1259A. Normalizing the transfer of defense articles and defense services to 
Taiwan. 
Sec. 1259B. Assessment on United States defense implications of China’s expand-
ing global access. 
Sec. 1259C. Agreement supplemental to Compact of Free Association with Palau. 
Sec. 1259D. Study on United States interests in the Freely Associated States. 
Subtitle G—Reports 
Sec. 1261. Modification of annual report on military and security developments in-
volving the People’s Republic of China. 
Sec. 1262. Modifications to annual update of Department of Defense Freedom of 
Navigation Operations report. 
Sec. 1263. Report on strategy to defeat Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of 
Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and their associated forces and co-belligerents. 
Sec. 1264. Report on and notice of changes made to the legal and policy frame-
works for the United States’ use of military force and related national 
security operations. 
Sec. 1265. Report on military action of Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners in 
Yemen. 
Sec. 1266. Submittal of Department of Defense Supplemental and Cost of War Exe-
cution reports on quarterly basis. 
Sec. 1267. Consolidation of reports on United States Armed Forces, civilian employ-
ees, and contractors deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, 
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, and associated and successor operations. 
Sec. 1268. Comptroller General of the United States report on pricing and avail-
ability with respect to foreign military sales. 
Sec. 1269. Annual report on military and security developments involving the Rus-
sian Federation. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
Sec. 1271. Security and stability strategy for Somalia.
H. R. 2810—15 
Sec. 1272. Global Theater Security Cooperation Management Information System. 
Sec. 1273. Future years plan for the European Deterrence Initiative. 
Sec. 1274. Extension of authority to enter into agreements with participating coun-
tries in the American, British, Canadian, and Australian Armies’ Pro-
gram. 
Sec. 1275. United States military and diplomatic strategy for Yemen. 
Sec. 1276. Transfer of excess high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles to for-
eign countries. 
Sec. 1277. Department of Defense program to protect United States students 
against foreign agents. 
Sec. 1278. Limitation and extension of United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation 
authority. 
Sec. 1279. Anticorruption strategy. 
Sec. 1279A. Strategy to improve defense institutions and security sector forces in 
Nigeria. 
Sec. 1279B. Limitation on availability of funds to implement the Arms Trade Trea-
ty. 
Sec. 1279C. Cultural Heritage Protection Coordinator. 
Sec. 1279D. Security assistance for Baltic nations for joint program for interoper-
ability and deterrence against aggression. 
Sec. 1279E. Restriction on funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Com-
prehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. 
Sec. 1279F. Clarification of authority to support border security operations of cer-
tain foreign countries. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds. 
Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1402. Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense. 
Sec. 1403. Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities defense-wide. 
Sec. 1404. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1405. Defense Health Program. 
Sec. 1406. National Defense Sealift Fund. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 1411. Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of Defense-Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for Cap-
tain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois. 
Sec. 1412. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
Sec. 1413. Armed Forces Retirement Home matters. 
Sec. 1414. Authority to dispose of certain materials from and to acquire additional 
materials for the National Defense Stockpile. 
Sec. 1415. Acquisition reporting on major chemical demilitarization programs of the 
Department of Defense. 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 1501. Purpose and treatment of certain authorizations of appropriations. 
Sec. 1502. Overseas contingency operations. 
Sec. 1503. Procurement. 
Sec. 1504. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1505. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 1506. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1507. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1508. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1509. Defense Inspector General. 
Sec. 1510. Defense Health program. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1511. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1512. Special transfer authority. 
Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, and Other Matters 
Sec. 1521. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund.
H. R. 2810—16 
Sec. 1522. Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Fund. 
Sec. 1523. Comptroller General report on feasibility of separation of expenditures. 
Sec. 1524. Guidelines for budget items to be covered by overseas contingency oper-
ations accounts. 
TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, CYBER, AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Space Activities 
Sec. 1601. Space acquisition and management and oversight. 
Sec. 1602. Codification, extension, and modification of limitation on construction on 
United States territory of satellite positioning ground monitoring sta-
tions of foreign governments. 
Sec. 1603. Foreign commercial satellite services: cybersecurity threats and 
launches. 
Sec. 1604. Extension of pilot program on commercial weather data. 
Sec. 1605. Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle modernization and sustainment of 
assured access to space. 
Sec. 1606. Demonstration of backup and complementary positioning, navigation, 
and timing capabilities of Global Positioning System. 
Sec. 1607. Enhancement of positioning, navigation, and timing capacity. 
Sec. 1608. Commercial satellite communications pathfinder program. 
Sec. 1609. Launch support and infrastructure modernization. 
Sec. 1610. Limitation on availability of funding for Joint Space Operations Center 
mission system. 
Sec. 1611. Limitation on use of funds for Delta IV launch vehicle. 
Sec. 1612. Air Force space contractor responsibility watch list. 
Sec. 1613. Certification and briefing on operational and contingency plans for loss 
or degradation of space capabilities. 
Sec. 1614. Report on protected satellite communications. 
Sec. 1615. Sense of Congress on establishment of Space Flag training event. 
Sec. 1616. Sense of Congress on coordinating efforts to prepare for space weather 
events. 
Sec. 1617. Sense of Congress on National Space Defense Center. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 
Sec. 1621. Security clearances for facilities of certain companies. 
Sec. 1622. Extension of authority to engage in certain commercial activities. 
Sec. 1623. Submission of audits of commercial activity funds. 
Sec. 1624. Clarification of annual briefing on the intelligence, surveillance, and re-
connaissance requirements of the combatant commands. 
Sec. 1625. Consideration of service by recipients of Boren scholarships and fellow-
ships in excepted service positions as service by such recipients under 
career appointments for purposes of career tenure. 
Sec. 1626. Review of support provided by Defense intelligence elements to acquisi-
tion activities of the Department. 
Sec. 1627. Establishment of Chairman’s controlled activity within Joint Staff for in-
telligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. 
Sec. 1628. Requirements relating to multi-use sensitive compartmented information 
facilities. 
Sec. 1629. Limitation on availability of funds for certain counterintelligence activi-
ties. 
Subtitle C—Cyberspace-Related Matters 
PART I—GENERAL CYBER MATTERS 
Sec. 1631. Notification requirements for sensitive military cyber operations and 
cyber weapons. 
Sec. 1632. Modification to quarterly cyber operations briefings. 
Sec. 1633. Policy of the United States on cyberspace, cybersecurity, and cyber war-
fare. 
Sec. 1634. Prohibition on use of products and services developed or provided by 
Kaspersky Lab. 
Sec. 1635. Modification of authorities relating to establishment of unified combat-
ant command for cyber operations. 
Sec. 1636. Modification of definition of acquisition workforce to include personnel 
contributing to cybersecurity systems. 
Sec. 1637. Integration of strategic information operations and cyber-enabled infor-
mation operations. 
Sec. 1638. Exercise on assessing cybersecurity support to election systems of 
States. 
Sec. 1639. Measurement of compliance with cybersecurity requirements for indus-
trial control systems.
H. R. 2810—17 
Sec. 1640. Strategic Cybersecurity Program. 
Sec. 1641. Plan to increase cyber and information operations, deterrence, and de-
fense. 
Sec. 1642. Evaluation of agile or iterative development of cyber tools and applica-
tions. 
Sec. 1643. Assessment of defense critical electric infrastructure. 
Sec. 1644. Cyber posture review. 
Sec. 1645. Briefing on cyber capability and readiness shortfalls. 
Sec. 1646. Briefing on cyber applications of blockchain technology. 
Sec. 1647. Briefing on training infrastructure for cyber mission forces. 
Sec. 1648. Report on termination of dual-hat arrangement for Commander of the 
United States Cyber Command. 
PART II—CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION 
Sec. 1649. Cyber Scholarship Program. 
Sec. 1649A. Community college cyber pilot program and assessment. 
Sec. 1649B. Federal Cyber Scholarship-for-Service program updates. 
Sec. 1649C. Cybersecurity teaching. 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 
Sec. 1651. Annual assessment of cyber resiliency of nuclear command and control 
system. 
Sec. 1652. Collection, storage, and sharing of data relating to nuclear security en-
terprise. 
Sec. 1653. Notifications regarding dual-capable F–35A aircraft. 
Sec. 1654. Oversight of delayed acquisition programs by Council on Oversight of 
the National Leadership Command, Control, and Communications Sys-
tem. 
Sec. 1655. Establishment of Nuclear Command and Control Intelligence Fusion 
Center. 
Sec. 1656. Security of nuclear command, control, and communications system from 
commercial dependencies. 
Sec. 1657. Oversight of aerial-layer programs by Council on Oversight of the Na-
tional Leadership Command, Control, and Communications System. 
Sec. 1658. Security classification guide for programs relating to nuclear command, 
control, and communications and nuclear deterrence. 
Sec. 1659. Evaluation and enhanced security of supply chain for nuclear command, 
control, and communications and continuity of government programs. 
Sec. 1660. Procurement authority for certain parts of intercontinental ballistic mis-
sile fuzes. 
Sec. 1661. Presidential National Voice Conferencing System and Phoenix Air-to- 
Ground Communications Network. 
Sec. 1662. Limitation on pursuit of certain command and control concept. 
Sec. 1663. Prohibition on availability of funds for mobile variant of ground-based 
strategic deterrent missile. 
Sec. 1664. Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the 
United States. 
Sec. 1665. Modification to annual report on plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, 
nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nu-
clear weapons command and control system. 
Sec. 1666. Establishment of procedures for implementation of Nuclear Enterprise 
Review. 
Sec. 1667. Report on impacts of nuclear proliferation. 
Sec. 1668. Certification that the Nuclear Posture Review addresses deterrent effect 
and operation of United States nuclear forces in current and future se-
curity environments. 
Sec. 1669. Plan to manage Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment 
System and multi-domain sensors. 
Sec. 1670. Certification requirement with respect to strategic radiation hardened 
trusted microelectronics. 
Sec. 1671. Nuclear Posture Review. 
Sec. 1672. Sense of Congress on importance of independent nuclear deterrent of 
United Kingdom. 
Subtitle E—Missile Defense Programs 
Sec. 1676. Administration of missile defense and defeat programs. 
Sec. 1677. Condition for proceeding beyond low-rate initial production. 
Sec. 1678. Preservation of the ballistic missile defense capacity of the Army. 
Sec. 1679. Modernization of Army lower tier air and missile defense sensor. 
Sec. 1680. Defense of Hawaii from North Korean ballistic missile attack. 
Sec. 1681. Designation of location of continental United States interceptor site.
H. R. 2810—18 
Sec. 1682. Aegis Ashore anti-air warfare capability. 
Sec. 1683. Development of persistent space-based sensor architecture. 
Sec. 1684. Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli Cooperative 
Missile Defense Program co-development and co-production. 
Sec. 1685. Boost phase ballistic missile defense. 
Sec. 1686. Ground-based interceptor capability, capacity, and reliability. 
Sec. 1687. Limitation on availability of funds for ground-based midcourse defense 
element of the ballistic missile defense system. 
Sec. 1688. Plan for development of space-based ballistic missile intercept layer. 
Sec. 1689. Sense of Congress on the state of the missile defense of the United 
States. 
Sec. 1690.
Sense of Congress and report on ground-based midcourse defense test-
ing. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 1691. Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States From Electro-
magnetic Pulse Attacks and Similar Events. 
Sec. 1692. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. 
Sec. 1693. Conventional prompt global strike weapons system. 
Sec. 1694. Business case analysis regarding ammonium perchlorate. 
Sec. 1695. Report on industrial base for large solid rocket motors and related tech-
nologies. 
Sec. 1696. Pilot program on enhancing information sharing for security of supply 
chain. 
Sec. 1697. Pilot program on electromagnetic spectrum mapping. 
Sec. 1698. Use of commercial items in Distributed Common Ground Systems. 
TITLE XVII—SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT AND INDUSTRIAL BASE 
MATTERS 
Sec. 1701. Amendments to HUBZone provisions of the Small Business Act. 
Sec. 1702. Uniformity in procurement terminology. 
Sec. 1703. Improving reporting on small business goals. 
Sec. 1704. Responsibilities of Business Opportunity Specialists. 
Sec. 1705. Responsibilities of commercial market representatives. 
Sec. 1706. Modification of past performance pilot program to include consideration 
of past performance with allies of the United States. 
Sec. 1707. Notice of cost-free Federal procurement technical assistance in connec-
tion with registration of small business concerns on procurement 
websites of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1708. Inclusion of SBIR and STTR programs in technical assistance. 
Sec. 1709. Requirements relating to competitive procedures and justification for 
awards under the SBIR and STTR programs. 
Sec. 1710. Pilot program for streamlined technology transition from the SBIR and 
STTR programs of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1711. Pilot program on strengthening manufacturing in the defense industrial 
base. 
Sec. 1712. Review regarding applicability of foreign ownership, control, or influence 
requirements of National Industrial Security Program to national tech-
nology and industrial base companies. 
Sec. 1713. Report on sourcing of tungsten and tungsten powders from domestic pro-
ducers. 
Sec. 1714. Report on utilization of small business concerns for Federal contracts. 
TITLE XVIII—GOVERNMENT PURCHASE AND TRAVEL CARDS 
Sec. 1801. Short title. 
Sec. 1802. Definitions. 
Sec. 1803. Expanded use of data analytics. 
Sec. 1804. Guidance on improving information sharing to curb improper payments. 
Sec. 1805. Interagency charge card data management group. 
Sec. 1806. Reporting requirements. 
DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 2001. Short title. 
Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by 
law. 
Sec. 2003. Effective date. 
TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2102. Family housing.
H. R. 2810—19 
Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army. 
Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 project. 
Sec. 2106. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 project. 
Sec. 2107. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2014 project. 
Sec. 2108. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2015 projects. 
Sec. 2109. Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2000, 2005, 2006, 
and 2007 projects. 
TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2202. Family housing. 
Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. 
Sec. 2205. Extension of authorizations for certain fiscal year 2014 projects. 
Sec. 2206. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2015 projects. 
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2302. Family housing. 
Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. 
Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. 
Sec. 2305. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 projects. 
Sec. 2306. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2015 projects. 
TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2402. Authorized energy resiliency and conservation projects. 
Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. 
Sec. 2404. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 project. 
Sec. 2405. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2014 projects. 
Sec. 2406. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2015 projects. 
TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 
Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. 
Subtitle B—Host Country In-Kind Contributions 
Sec. 2511. Republic of Korea funded construction projects. 
Sec. 2512. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 projects. 
TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
Subtitle A—Project Authorizations and Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and 
land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition 
projects. 
Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 2611. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 project. 
Sec. 2612. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2014 projects. 
Sec. 2613. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2015 projects. 
TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure activi-
ties funded through Department of Defense base closure account. 
Sec. 2702. Prohibition on conducting additional base realignment and closure 
(BRAC) round. 
TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing 
Sec. 2801. Elimination of written notice requirement for military construction ac-
tivities and reliance on electronic submission of notifications and re-
ports.
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Sec. 2802. Modification of thresholds applicable to unspecified minor construction 
projects. 
Sec. 2803. Annual locality adjustment of dollar thresholds applicable to unspecified 
minor military construction authorities. 
Sec. 2804. Extension of temporary, limited authority to use operation and mainte-
nance funds for construction projects outside the United States. 
Sec. 2805. Use of operation and maintenance funds for military construction 
projects to replace facilities damaged or destroyed by natural disasters 
or terrorism incidents. 
Sec. 2806. Annual report on unfunded requirements for laboratory military con-
struction projects. 
Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities Administration 
Sec. 2811. Elimination of written notice requirement for military real property 
transactions and reliance on electronic submission of notifications and 
reports. 
Sec. 2812. Certification related to certain acquisitions or leases of real property. 
Sec. 2813. Increased term limit for intergovernmental support agreements to pro-
vide installation support services. 
Sec. 2814. Authorizing reimbursement of States for costs of suppressing wildfires 
caused by Department of Defense activities on State lands; restoration 
of lands of other Federal agencies for damage caused by Department of 
Defense vehicle mishaps. 
Sec. 2815. Criteria for exchanges of property at military installations. 
Sec. 2816. Land exchange valuation of property with reduced development that lim-
its encroachment on military installations. 
Sec. 2817. Requirements for window fall prevention devices in military family hous-
ing. 
Sec. 2818. Prohibiting use of updated assessment of public schools on Department 
of Defense installations to supersede funding of certain projects. 
Sec. 2819. Access to military installations by transportation network companies. 
Subtitle C—Project Management and Oversight Reforms 
Sec. 2821. Notification requirement for certain cost increases. 
Sec. 2822. Annual report on schedule delays. 
Sec. 2823. Report on design errors and omissions related to Fort Bliss hospital re-
placement project. 
Sec. 2824. Report on cost increase and delay related to USSTRATCOM command 
and control facility project at Offutt Air Force Base. 
Subtitle D—Energy Resilience 
Sec. 2831. Energy resilience. 
Sec. 2832. Authority to use energy cost savings for energy resilience, mission assur-
ance, and weather damage repair and prevention measures. 
Sec. 2833. Consideration of energy security and energy resilience in awarding en-
ergy and fuel contracts for military installations. 
Sec. 2834. Requirement to address energy resilience in exercising utility system 
conveyance authority. 
Sec. 2835. In-kind lease payments; prioritization of utility services that promote en-
ergy resilience. 
Sec. 2836. Annual Department of Defense energy management reports. 
Sec. 2837. Aggregation of energy efficiency and energy resilience projects in life 
cycle cost analyses. 
Subtitle E—Land Conveyances 
Sec. 2841. Land exchange, Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant, Sunnyvale, 
California. 
Sec. 2842. Land conveyance, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. 
Sec. 2843. Lease of real property to the United States Naval Academy Alumni As-
sociation and Naval Academy Foundation at United States Naval Acad-
emy, Annapolis, Maryland. 
Sec. 2844. Land Conveyance, Natick Soldier Systems Center, Massachusetts. 
Sec. 2845. Land exchange, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. 
Sec. 2846. Imposition of additional conditions on future use of Castner Range, Fort 
Bliss, Texas. 
Sec. 2847. Land conveyance, former missile alert facility known as Quebec-01, Lar-
amie County, Wyoming. 
Subtitle F—Military Memorials, Monuments, and Museums 
Sec. 2861. Recognition of the National Museum of World War II Aviation.
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Sec. 2862. Principal office of Aviation Hall of Fame. 
Sec. 2863. Establishment of a visitor services facility on the Arlington Ridge tract. 
Sec. 2864. Modification of prohibition on transfer of veterans memorial objects to 
foreign governments without specific authorization in law. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 2871. Authority of the Secretary of the Air Force to accept lessee improve-
ments at Air Force Plant 42. 
Sec. 2872. Modification of Department of Defense guidance on use of airfield pave-
ment markings. 
Sec. 2873. Authority of Chief Operating Officer of Armed Forces Retirement Home 
to acquire and lease property. 
Sec. 2874. Restrictions on rehabilitation of Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar 
Station. 
Sec. 2875. Permitting machine room-less elevators in Department of Defense facili-
ties. 
Sec. 2876. Disclosure of beneficial ownership by foreign persons of high security 
space leased by the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 2877. Joint use of Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta, Georgia, with civil 
aviation. 
Sec. 2878. Report on hurricane damage to Department of Defense assets. 
Sec. 2879. Special rules for certain projects. 
Sec. 2880. Energy security for military installations in Europe. 
TITLE XXIX—OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 2901. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 2902. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition project. 
Sec. 2903. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition project. 
Sec. 2904. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition project. 
Sec. 2905. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 2906. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2015 projects. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security Programs and Authorizations 
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 
Sec. 3104. Nuclear energy. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 3111. Nuclear security enterprise infrastructure modernization initiative. 
Sec. 3112. Incorporation of integrated surety architecture in transportation. 
Sec. 3113. Cost estimates for life extension program and major alteration projects. 
Sec. 3114. Improved information relating to certain defense nuclear nonprolifera-
tion programs. 
Sec. 3115. Research and development of advanced naval reactor fuel based on low- 
enriched uranium. 
Sec. 3116. National Nuclear Security Administration pay and performance system. 
Sec. 3117. Budget requests and certification regarding nuclear weapons dismantle-
ment. 
Sec. 3118. Nuclear warhead design competition. 
Sec. 3119. Modification of minor construction threshold for plant projects. 
Sec. 3120. Extension of authorization of Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and 
Worker Health. 
Sec. 3121. Use of funds for construction and project support activities relating to 
MOX facility. 
Sec. 3122. Prohibition on availability of funds for programs in Russian Federation. 
Subtitle C—Plans and Reports 
Sec. 3131. Annual Selected Acquisition Reports on certain hardware relating to de-
fense nuclear nonproliferation. 
Sec. 3132. Annual reports on unfunded priorities of National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration. 
Sec. 3133. Modification of certain reporting requirements. 
Sec. 3134. Modification to stockpile stewardship, management, and responsiveness 
plan.
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Sec. 3135. Assessment and development of prototype nuclear weapons of foreign 
countries. 
Sec. 3136. Plan for verification, detection, and monitoring of nuclear weapons and 
fissile material. 
Sec. 3137. Review of United States nuclear and radiological terrorism prevention 
strategy. 
Sec. 3138. Assessment of management and operating contracts of national security 
laboratories. 
Sec. 3139. Evaluation of classification of certain defense nuclear waste. 
Sec. 3140. Improved reporting for anti-smuggling radiation detection systems. 
Sec. 3141. Plutonium capabilities. 
Sec. 3142. Report on critical decision 1 on Material Staging Facility project. 
Sec. 3143. Plan to further minimize the use of highly enriched uranium for medical 
isotopes. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 3151. Sense of Congress regarding compensation of individuals relating to ura-
nium mining and nuclear testing. 
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
Sec. 3201. Authorization. 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES 
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME MATTERS 
Sec. 3501. Authorization of the Maritime Administration. 
Sec. 3502. Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946. 
Sec. 3503. Maritime Security Fleet Program; restriction on operation for new en-
trants. 
Sec. 3504. Codification of sections relating to acquisition, charter, and requisition 
of vessels. 
Sec. 3505. Assistance for small shipyards. 
Sec. 3506. Report on sexual assault victim recovery in the Coast Guard. 
Sec. 3507. Centers of excellence. 
Sec. 3508. Foreign spill protection. 
Sec. 3509. Removal of adjunct professor limit at United States Merchant Marine 
Academy. 
Sec. 3510. Acceptance of guarantees in conjunction with partial donations for major 
projects of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. 
Sec. 3511. Authority to pay conveyance or transfer expenses in connection with ac-
ceptance of a gift to the United States Merchant Marine Academy. 
Sec. 3512. Authority to participate in Federal, State or other research grants. 
Sec. 3513. Provision of satellite communication devices during Sea Year program. 
Sec. 3514. Actions to address sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking at the United States Merchant Ma-
rine Academy. 
Sec. 3515. Sexual assault prevention and response staff for the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy. 
Sec. 3516. Protection of cadets at the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
from sexual assault onboard commercial vessels. 
Sec. 3517. Training requirement for sexual assault investigators. 
DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 
Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. 
TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 4101. Procurement. 
Sec. 4102. Procurement for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Sec. 4201. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 4202. Research, development, test, and evaluation for overseas contingency op-
erations. 
TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Sec. 4301. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 4302. Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
Sec. 4401. Military personnel.
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Sec. 4402. Military personnel for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
Sec. 4501. Other authorizations. 
Sec. 4502. Other authorizations for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 4601. Military construction. 
Sec. 4602. Military construction for overseas contingency operations. 
TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 
Sec. 4701. Department of Energy national security programs. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purposes of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 
by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 
PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, jointly submitted for printing 
in the Congressional Record by the Chairmen of the House and 
Senate Budget Committees, provided that such statement has been 
submitted prior to the vote on passage in the House acting first 
on the conference report or amendment between the Houses. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization Of Appropriations 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
Sec. 111. Authority to expedite procurement of 7.62mm rifles. 
Sec. 112. Limitation on availability of funds for Increment 2 of the Warfighter In-
formation Network-Tactical program. 
Sec. 113. Limitation on availability of funds for upgrade of M113 vehicles. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
Sec. 121. Aircraft carriers. 
Sec. 122. Icebreaker vessel. 
Sec. 123. Multiyear procurement authority for Arleigh Burke class destroyers. 
Sec. 124. Multiyear procurement authority for Virginia class submarine program. 
Sec. 125. Design and construction of the lead ship of the amphibious ship replace-
ment designated LX(R) or amphibious transport dock designated LPD– 
30. 
Sec. 126. Multiyear procurement authority for V–22 Osprey aircraft. 
Sec. 127. Extension of limitation on use of sole-source shipbuilding contracts for 
certain vessels. 
Sec. 128. Limitation on availability of funds for the enhanced multi-mission para-
chute system. 
Sec. 129. Report on Navy capacity to increase production of certain rotary wing air-
craft. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
Sec. 131. Inventory requirement for Air Force fighter aircraft. 
Sec. 132. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of E–8 JSTARS air-
craft. 
Sec. 133. Requirement for continuation of JSTARS aircraft recapitalization pro-
gram.
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Sec. 134. Limitation on selection of single contractor for C–130H avionics mod-
ernization program increment 2. 
Sec. 135. Limitation on availability of funds for EC–130H Compass Call recapital-
ization program. 
Sec. 136. Limitation on retirement of U–2 and RQ–4 aircraft. 
Sec. 137. Cost-benefit analysis of upgrades to MQ–9 Reaper aircraft. 
Sec. 138. Plan for modernization of the radar for F–16 fighter aircraft of the Na-
tional Guard. 
Sec. 139. Comptroller General review of Air Force fielding plan for HH–60 replace-
ment programs. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters 
Sec. 141. F–35 economic order quantity contracting authority. 
Sec. 142. Authority for explosive ordnance disposal units to acquire new or emerg-
ing technologies and capabilities. 
Sec. 143.
Requirement that certain aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles use 
specified standard data link. 
Sec. 144. Reinstatement of requirement to preserve certain C–5 aircraft; mobility 
capability and requirements study. 
Subtitle A—Authorization Of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2018 for procurement for the Army, the Navy and the Marine 
Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide activities, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4101. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
SEC. 111. AUTHORITY TO EXPEDITE PROCUREMENT OF 7.62MM RIFLES. 
(a) 7.62MM RIFLES.— 
(1) PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Army 
is authorized to expedite the procurement of a commercially 
available off-the-shelf item or nondevelopmental item for a 
7.62mm rifle capability in accordance with this section. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Army may use the 
authority under paragraph (1) to procure only the following: 
(A) Not more than 7,000 7.62mm rifles. 
(B) Equipment and ammunition associated with such 
rifles. 
(3) CONTRACTING PROCEDURES.— 
(A) FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.—In awarding con-
tracts under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Army 
shall use full and open competition to the extent prac-
ticable. 
(B) PROCEDURES OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETI-
TION.—The Secretary of the Army may not award a contract 
under paragraph (1) using procedures other than full and 
open competition until a period of 10 days has elapsed 
following the date on which the Secretary submits to the 
congressional committees the report described in subpara-
graph (C). 
(C) REPORT.—The report described in this subpara-
graph is a report of the Secretary of the Army that 
includes—
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(i) a detailed justification for limiting full and open 
competition for the procurement authorized under 
paragraph (1); 
(ii) a description of the objectives, costs, and 
timelines associated with the procurement; and 
(iii) an assessment of the projected impact of the 
procurement on any related programs in terms of cost, 
schedule, and the use of full and open competition 
in such programs. 
(b) RELATED PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army is authorized 
to use funds made available to carry out subsection (a)— 
(A) to accelerate by two years the squad designated 
marksman rifle program of the Army; 
(B) to accelerate by two years the advanced armor 
piercing ammunition program of the Army; and 
(C) subject to paragraph (2), to accelerate the next 
generation squad weapon program of the Army. 
(2) FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.—Any contract awarded 
under the next generation squad weapon program of the Army 
shall be awarded using full and open competition. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘commercially avail-
able off-the-shelf item’’, ‘‘full and open competition’’, and ‘‘non-
developmental item’’ have the meanings given the terms in chapter 
1 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 112. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INCREMENT 
2 OF THE WARFIGHTER INFORMATION NETWORK-TAC-
TICAL PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of 
Defense for fiscal year 2018 for Increment 2 of the Warfighter 
Information Network-Tactical program of the Army (referred to 
in this section as ‘‘WIN-T Increment 2’’) not more than 50 percent 
may be used to enter into, or to prepare to enter into, a contract 
for the procurement of equipment under the program until the 
date on which the Secretary of the Army submits the report under 
subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 31, 2018, the Secretary 
of the Army, in consultation with the Chief of Staff of the Army, 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the strategy of the Army for modernizing air-land ad-hoc, mobile 
tactical communications and data networks. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (b) shall include 
the following: 
(1) A description of the strategy of the Army for modern-
izing air-land ad-hoc, mobile tactical communications and data 
networks. 
(2) The justification, rationale, and decision points for the 
strategy, including how network requirements are being 
redefined. 
(3) How the Army intends to implement the recommenda-
tions accepted by the Secretary of the Army related to air- 
land ad-hoc, mobile tactical communications and data networks 
provided by the Director of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation pursuant to section 237 of the National Defense
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Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 
129 Stat. 781). 
(4) How the Army will address the vulnerabilities identified 
by the report of the Director of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation on the mobile, ad-hoc network against a modern 
peer adversary capable of cyber and electronic warfare detection 
and intrusion. 
(5) A timeline and decision points for upgrading fielded 
WIN-T Increment 1B systems. 
(6) A list of planned upgrades for components of WIN- 
T Increment 2 designed to improve program capabilities, 
including size, weight, and complexity, including the impact 
of these improvements on the cost of the program, as well 
as fielding schedules for Army Brigade Combat Teams. 
(7) How the strategy will reduce Army reliance on satellite 
communications, including procurement and test strategies for 
more resilient and secure mid-tier line of sight capability. 
(8) How the strategy will address identified joint interoper-
ability capability gaps, specifically for units known as ‘‘fight 
tonight’’ units, including procurement and test plans for identi-
fied solutions. 
(9) Decision points associated with the near term mod-
ernization strategy for mitigating operational capability gaps 
for such ‘‘fight tonight’’ units. 
(10) The decision points and timelines associated with the 
fielding of modernized mobile tactical network communications 
to the reserve components of the Army. 
(11) The planned funding and program realignments 
required for fiscal year 2018 and across the future years defense 
program that will be required to support the new strategy. 
(12) Identification of the changes in acquisition policy as 
well as operational requirements being implemented to deliver 
an effective, suitable, and survivable network to the warfighter. 
(13) Identification of the changes in leadership and govern-
ance that will be associated with the new strategy. 
(d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by section (b) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 113. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR UPGRADE 
OF M113 VEHICLES. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for 
the upgrade of M113 vehicles of the Army, not more than 50 
percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which 
Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees the report described in subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT.—The report described in this subsection is a report 
setting forth the strategy of the Army for the upgrade of M113 
vehicles that includes the following: 
(1) A detailed strategy for upgrading and fielding M113 
vehicles. 
(2) An analysis of the manner in which the Army plans 
to address M113 vehicle survivability and maneuverability con-
cerns.
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(3) An analysis of the historical costs associated with 
upgrading M113 vehicles, and a validation of current cost esti-
mates for upgrading such vehicles. 
(4) A comparison of— 
(A) the total procurement and life cycle costs of adding 
an echelon above brigade requirement to the Army Multi- 
Purpose Vehicle; and 
(B) the total procurement and life cycle costs of 
upgrading legacy M113 vehicles. 
(5) An analysis of the possibility of further accelerating 
Army Multi-Purpose Vehicle production or modifying the 
fielding strategy for the Army Multi-Purpose Vehicle to meet 
near-term echelon above brigade requirements. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
SEC. 121. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF COST LIMITATION BASELINE FOR CVN– 
78 CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM.—Section 122 of the John 
Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 
(Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2105), as most recently amended 
by section 122 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 749), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) CARRIER DESIGNATED AS CVN–79.—The total amount 
obligated from funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, or for any other 
procurement account, for the aircraft carrier designated as 
CVN–79 may not exceed $11,398,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant 
to subsection (b)). 
‘‘(3) FOLLOW-ON SHIPS.—The total amount obligated from 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available for Ship-
building and Conversion, Navy, or for any other procurement 
account, for any ship that is constructed in the CVN–78 class 
of aircraft carriers after the aircraft carrier designated as CVN– 
79 may not exceed $12,568,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to 
subsection (b)).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (1) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(1) The amounts of increases or decreases in costs attrib-
utable to economic inflation— 
‘‘(A) after September 30, 2013, in the case of the air-
craft carrier designated as CVN–79; and 
‘‘(B) after September 30, 2017, in the case of any ship 
that is constructed in the CVN–78 class of aircraft carriers 
after the aircraft carrier designated as CVN–79.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) EXCLUSION OF BATTLE AND INTERIM SPARES FROM COST 
LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy shall exclude from the 
determination of the amounts set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3) 
of subsection (a), the costs of the following items: 
‘‘(1) CVN–78 class battle spares. 
‘‘(2) Interim spares.’’. 
(b) WAIVER
ON LIMITATION
OF AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS
FOR 
CVN–79.—The Secretary of Defense may waive subsections (a) and
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(b) of section 128 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 751) after a period 
of 60 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary 
submits to the congressional defense committees a written notifica-
tion of the intent of the Secretary to issue such a waiver. The 
Secretary shall include in any such notification the following: 
(1) The rationale of the Secretary for issuing the waiver. 
(2) The revised test and evaluation master plan that 
describes when full ship shock trials will be held on Ford- 
class aircraft carriers. 
(3) A certification that the Secretary has analyzed and 
accepted the operational risk of the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford 
deploying without having conducted full ship shock trials, and 
that the Secretary has not delegated the decision to issue 
such waiver. 
SEC. 122. ICEBREAKER VESSEL. 
(a) AUTHORITY
TO PROCURE ONE POLAR-CLASS HEAVY ICE-
BREAKER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be procured for 
the Coast Guard one polar-class heavy icebreaker vessel. 
(2) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAYMENTS.—A con-
tract entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide that any 
obligation of the United States to make a payment under the 
contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2018 is subject to 
the availability of appropriations or funds for that purpose 
for such later fiscal year. 
(b) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PROCUREMENT 
OF ICEBREAKER VESSELS.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department 
of Defense for any fiscal year that are unobligated as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act may be obligated or expended for 
the procurement of an icebreaker vessel other than the one polar- 
class heavy icebreaker vessel authorized to be procured under sub-
section (a)(1). 
(c) CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.— 
(1) COAST GUARD.—If funds are appropriated to the depart-
ment in which the Coast Guard is operating to carry out sub-
section (a)(1), the head of contracting activity for the Coast 
Guard shall be responsible for contracting actions carried out 
using such funds. 
(2) NAVY.—If funds are appropriated to the Department 
of Defense to carry out subsection (a)(1), the head of contracting 
activity for the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command shall be 
responsible for contracting actions carried out using such funds. 
(3) INTERAGENCY
ACQUISITION.—Notwithstanding para-
graphs (1) and (2), the head of contracting activity for the 
Coast Guard or head of contracting activity for the Navy, Naval 
Sea Systems Command (as the case may be) may authorize 
interagency acquisitions that are within the authority of such 
head of contracting activity. 
(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2018, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees, the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee
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on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report assessing the cost of, and schedule for, 
the procurement of new icebreaker vessels for the Federal 
Government. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) shall 
include an analysis of the following: 
(A) The status of the efforts of the Coast Guard to 
acquire new icebreaking capability, including an expla-
nation of how such efforts are coordinated through the 
integrated program office. 
(B) Actions taken by the Coast Guard to incorporate 
key practices of other countries with respect to the procure-
ment of icebreaker vessels to increase the Coast Guard’s 
knowledge of, and to reduce the costs and risks of, pro-
curing such vessels. 
(C) The extent to which the cost and schedule for 
the construction of Coast Guard icebreakers differs from 
such cost and schedule in other countries. 
(D) The extent to which innovative acquisition practices 
(such as multiyear funding and block buys) may be applied 
to the procurement of icebreaker vessels to reduce the 
costs and accelerate the schedule of such procurement. 
(E) A capacity replacement plan to mitigate a potential 
icebreaker capability gap if the Polar Star cannot remain 
in service. 
(F) Any other matters the Comptroller General con-
siders appropriate. 
SEC. 123. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR ARLEIGH 
BURKE CLASS DESTROYERS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.—Subject to sec-
tion 2306b of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the 
Navy may enter into one or more multiyear contracts for the 
procurement of up to 15 Arleigh Burke class Flight III guided 
missile destroyers. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The Secretary 
of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts, beginning in 
fiscal year 2018, for advance procurement associated with the 
destroyers for which authorization to enter into a multiyear procure-
ment contract is provided under subsection (a), and for systems 
and subsystems associated with such destroyers in economic order 
quantities when cost savings are achievable. 
(c) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAYMENTS.—A contract 
entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation 
of the United States to make a payment under the contract for 
a fiscal year after fiscal year 2018 is subject to the availability 
of appropriations or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal 
year. 
(d) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy may not modify 
a contract entered into under subsection (a) if the modification 
would increase the target price of the destroyer by more than 
10 percent above the target price specified in the original contract 
awarded for the destroyer under subsection (a). 
SEC. 124. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR VIRGINIA 
CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.—Subject to sec-
tion 2306b of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the
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Navy may enter into one or more multiyear contracts for the 
procurement of not more than 13 Virginia class submarines. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy may not modify 
a contract entered into under subsection (a) if the modification 
would increase the target price of the submarine by more than 
10 percent above the target price specified in the original contract 
awarded for the submarine under subsection (a). 
(c) AUTHORITY
FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The Secretary 
of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts, beginning in 
fiscal year 2018, for advance procurement associated with the Vir-
ginia class submarines for which authorization to enter into a 
multiyear procurement contract is provided under subsection (a) 
and for equipment or subsystems associated with the Virginia class 
submarine program, including procurement of— 
(1) long lead time material; or 
(2) material or equipment in economic order quantities 
when cost savings are achievable. 
(d) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAYMENTS.—A contract 
entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation 
of the United States to make a payment under the contract for 
a fiscal year after fiscal year 2019 is subject to the availability 
of appropriations or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal 
year. 
(e) LIMITATION ON TERMINATION LIABILITY.—A contract for the 
construction of Virginia class submarines entered into under sub-
section (a) shall include a clause that limits the liability of the 
United States to the contractor for any termination of the contract. 
The maximum liability of the United States under the clause shall 
be the amount appropriated for the submarines covered by the 
contract regardless of the amount obligated under the contract. 
(f) VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE DEFINED.—The term ‘‘Virginia 
class submarine’’ means a block V configured Virginia class sub-
marine. 
SEC. 125. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE LEAD SHIP OF THE 
AMPHIBIOUS SHIP REPLACEMENT DESIGNATED LX(R) OR 
AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT DOCK DESIGNATED LPD–30. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Using funds authorized to be appropriated 
for the Department of Defense for Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into a contract, begin-
ning with the fiscal year 2018 program year, for the design and 
construction of— 
(1) the lead ship of the amphibious ship replacement class 
designated LX(R); or 
(2) the amphibious transport dock designated LPD–30. 
(b) USE OF INCREMENTAL FUNDING.—With respect to the con-
tract entered into under subsection (a), the Secretary may use 
incremental funding to make payments under the contract. 
(c) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAYMENTS.—The con-
tract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obliga-
tion of the United States to make a payment under such contract 
for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2018 is subject to the availability 
of appropriations for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 
SEC. 126. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR V–22 OSPREY 
AIRCRAFT. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.—Subject to sec-
tion 2306b of title 10, United States Code (except as provided
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in subsection (b)), the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one 
or more multiyear contracts, beginning with the 2018 program 
year, for the procurement of the following: 
(1) V–22 Osprey aircraft. 
(2) Common configuration-readiness and modernization 
upgrades for V–22 Osprey aircraft. 
(b) CONTRACT PERIOD.—Notwithstanding section 2306b(k) of 
title 10, United States Code, the period covered by a contract 
entered into on a multiyear basis under the authority of subsection 
(a) may exceed five years, but may not exceed seven years. 
(c) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAYMENTS.—A contract 
entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation 
of the United States to make a payment under the contract for 
a fiscal year after fiscal year 2018 is subject to the availability 
of appropriations or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 127. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON USE OF SOLE-SOURCE SHIP-
BUILDING CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN VESSELS. 
Section 124 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2017 or fiscal year 2018’’. 
SEC. 128. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE 
ENHANCED MULTI-MISSION PARACHUTE SYSTEM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of 
Defense for fiscal year 2018 for the enhanced multi-mission para-
chute system, not more than 80 percent may be used to enter 
into, or to prepare to enter into, a contract for the procurement 
of such parachute system until the date on which the Secretary 
of the Navy submits to the congressional defense committees the 
certification under subsection (b) and the report under subsection 
(c). 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a certification that states— 
(1) whether the multi-mission parachute system fielded 
by the Marine Corps meets Marine Corps requirements; 
(2) whether the RA–1 parachute system of the Army meets 
Marine Corps requirements; 
(3) whether the PARIS, Special Application Parachute of 
the Marine Corps meets Marine Corps requirements; 
(4) whether the testing plan for the enhanced multi-mission 
parachute system meets all applicable regulatory requirements; 
and 
(5) whether the Department of the Navy has determined 
that a high glide canopy parachute system is as safe and 
effective as the fielded free fall parachute systems. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report that includes— 
(1) an explanation for using the Parachute Industry 
Association specification for a military parachute given that 
sports parachutes are deployed from relatively slow flying 
civilian aircraft at altitudes below 10,000 feet;
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(2) a cost estimate for any new equipment and training 
that the Marine Corps will require in order to use a high 
glide parachute; 
(3) justification for why the Department of the Navy is 
not conducting any testing of parachutes until first article 
testing; and 
(4) an assessment of the risks associated with high glide 
canopy parachutes with a focus on how the Department of 
the Navy will mitigate the risk of malfunctions experienced 
in other high glide canopy parachute programs. 
SEC. 129. REPORT ON NAVY CAPACITY TO INCREASE PRODUCTION 
OF CERTAIN ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than March 30, 2018, the Secretary 
of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report that describes and assesses the capacity of the Navy 
to increase production of the aircraft described in subsection (b), 
taking into account an increase in the size of the surface fleet 
of the Navy to 355 ships. 
(b) AIRCRAFT DESCRIBED.—The aircraft described in this sub-
section are the following: 
(1) Anti-submarine warfare rotary wing aircraft. 
(2) Search and rescue rotary wing aircraft. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
SEC. 131. INVENTORY REQUIREMENT FOR AIR FORCE FIGHTER AIR-
CRAFT. 
(a) INVENTORY REQUIREMENT.—Section 8062 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(i)(1) During the period beginning on October 1, 2017, and 
ending on October 1, 2022, the Secretary of the Air Force shall 
maintain a total aircraft inventory of fighter aircraft of not less 
than 1,970 aircraft, and a total primary mission aircraft inventory 
(combat-coded) of not less than 1,145 fighter aircraft. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘fighter aircraft’ means an aircraft that— 
‘‘(i) is designated by a mission design series prefix 
of F– or A–; 
‘‘(ii) is manned by one or two crewmembers; and 
‘‘(iii) executes single-role or multi-role missions, 
including air-to-air combat, air-to-ground attack, air inter-
diction, suppression or destruction of enemy air defenses, 
close air support, strike control and reconnaissance, combat 
search and rescue support, or airborne forward air control. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘primary mission aircraft inventory’ means 
aircraft assigned to meet the primary aircraft authorization 
to a unit for the performance of its wartime mission.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF AIR FORCE FIGHTER AIR-
CRAFT.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection (c), 
during the period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending 
on October 1, 2022, the Secretary of the Air Force may not 
proceed with a decision to retire fighter aircraft in any number 
that would reduce the total number of such aircraft in the
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Air Force total active inventory below 1,970, and shall maintain 
a minimum of 1,145 fighter aircraft designated as primary 
mission aircraft inventory. 
(2) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON RETIREMENT OF FIGHTER 
AIRCRAFT.—Except as provided in subsection (c), during the 
period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending on October 
1, 2022, the Secretary of the Air Force may not retire fighter 
aircraft from the total active inventory as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act until the later of the following: 
(A) The date that is 30 days after the date on which 
the Secretary submits the report required under paragraph 
(3). 
(B) The date that is 30 days after the date on which 
the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense commit-
tees that— 
(i) the retirement of such fighter aircraft will not 
increase the operational risk of meeting the National 
Defense Strategy; and 
(ii) the retirement of such aircraft will not reduce 
the total fighter force structure below 1,970 fighter 
aircraft or the primary mission aircraft inventory below 
1,145. 
(3) REPORT ON RETIREMENT OF AIRCRAFT.—The Secretary 
of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report setting forth the following: 
(A) The rationale for the retirement of existing fighter 
aircraft and an operational analysis of the portfolio of 
capabilities of the Air Force that demonstrates performance 
of the designated mission at an equal or greater level 
of effectiveness as the retiring aircraft. 
(B) An assessment of the implications for the Air Force, 
the Air National Guard, and the Air Force Reserve of 
the force mix ratio of fighter aircraft. 
(C) Such other matters relating to the retirement of 
fighter aircraft as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(c) EXCEPTION
FOR CERTAIN AIRCRAFT.—The requirement of 
subsection (b) does not apply to individual fighter aircraft that 
the Secretary of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, 
to be non-operational because of mishaps, other damage, or being 
uneconomical to repair. 
(d) FIGHTER AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘fighter aircraft’’ has the meaning given the term in subsection 
(i)(2)(A) of section 8062 of title 10, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a) of this section. 
SEC. 132. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT 
OF E–8 JSTARS AIRCRAFT. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT.— 
Except as provided by subsection (b), none of the funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 2018 for the Air Force may be obligated or expended 
to retire, or prepare to retire, any E–8 Joint Surveillance Target 
Attack Radar System aircraft. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 
apply to individual E–8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar 
System aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines,
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on a case-by-case basis, to be non-operational because of mishaps, 
other damage, or being uneconomical to repair. 
SEC. 133. REQUIREMENT FOR CONTINUATION OF JSTARS AIRCRAFT 
RECAPITALIZATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the budget request submitted to Congress 
for any fiscal year includes a request by the Secretary of the 
Air Force to cancel or modify the JSTARS aircraft recapitalization 
program, the Secretary of Defense shall submit, as part of such 
budget request, the report described in subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT.—The report described in this subsection, is a report 
that includes the following: 
(1) The assumptions, rationale, and all analysis supporting 
the proposed cancellation or modification of the JSTARS aircraft 
recapitalization program. 
(2) An assessment of the implications of such cancellation 
or modification for meeting the mission requirements for air 
battle management and moving target indicator intelligence 
discipline of the Air Force, the Air National Guard, the Army, 
the Army National Guard, the Navy and Marine Corps, and 
the combatant commands. 
(3) A certification that the plan for the cancellation or 
modification of the recapitalization program would not result 
in an increased time during which there is a capability or 
capacity gap in providing battlefield management, command 
and control and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
capabilities to the combatant commanders. 
(4) Such other matters relating to the proposed cancellation 
or modification as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report under subsection (b) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘budget request’’ means the budget materials 
submitted by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget 
of the President for a fiscal year (submitted to Congress pursu-
ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code). 
(2) The term ‘‘JSTARS aircraft recapitalization program’’ 
means the recapitalization program for the E–8C Joint Surveil-
lance Target Attack Radar System aircraft as such program 
is proposed to be carried out in the budget request submitted 
to Congress for fiscal year 2018. 
SEC. 134. LIMITATION ON SELECTION OF SINGLE CONTRACTOR FOR 
C–130H AVIONICS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM INCREMENT 
2. 
(a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Air Force may not select 
only a single prime contractor to carry out increment 2 of the 
C–130H avionics modernization program until the Secretary sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees a written certification 
that, in selecting such a single prime contractor— 
(1) the Secretary will ensure, to the extent practicable, 
that commercially available off-the-shelf items are used under 
the program, including technology solutions and nondevelop-
mental items; and 
(2) excessively restrictive military specification standards 
will not be used to restrict or eliminate full and open competi-
tion in the selection process.
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘commercially 
available off-the-shelf item’’, ‘‘full and open competition’’, and ‘‘non-
developmental item’’ have the meanings given the terms in chapter 
1 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 135. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR EC–130H COM-
PASS CALL RECAPITALIZATION PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for any fiscal 
year for the EC–130H Compass Call recapitalization program of 
the Air Force may be obligated until a period of 30 days has 
elapsed following the date on which the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics submits to the congres-
sional defense committees the certification described in subsection 
(b). 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The certification described in this sub-
section is a written statement certifying that— 
(1) an independent review of the acquisition process for 
the EC–130H Compass Call recapitalization program of the 
Air Force has been conducted; and 
(2) as a result of such review, it has been determined 
that the acquisition process for such program complies with 
all applicable laws, guidelines, and best practices. 
SEC. 136. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF U–2 AND RQ–4 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Air Force may take no 
action that would prevent the Air Force from maintaining the 
fleets of U–2 aircraft or RQ–4 aircraft in their current, or improved, 
configurations and capabilities until— 
(1) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech-
nology, and Logistics certifies in writing to the appropriate 
committees of Congress that— 
(A) in the case of the RQ–4 aircraft, the validated 
operating and sustainment costs of the capability developed 
to replace the RQ–4 aircraft are less than the validated 
operating and sustainment costs for the RQ–4 aircraft on 
a comparable flight-hour cost basis; or 
(B) in the case of the U–2 aircraft, the validated oper-
ating and sustainment costs of the capability developed 
to replace the U–2 aircraft are less than the validated 
operating and sustainment costs for the U–2 aircraft on 
a comparable flight-hour cost basis; and 
(2) the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight 
Council certifies in writing to the appropriate committees of 
Congress that the capability to be fielded at the same time 
or before the retirement of the U–2 aircraft or RQ-4 aircraft 
(as the case may be) would result in equal or greater capability 
available to the commanders of the combatant commands and 
would not result in less capacity available to the commanders 
of the combatant commands. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the certifi-
cation requirement under subsection (a)(1) with respect to U–2 
aircraft or RQ–4 aircraft if the Secretary— 
(1) determines, after analyzing sufficient and relevant data, 
that a greater capability is worth increased operating and 
sustainment costs; and 
(2) provides to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a certification of such determination and supporting analysis.
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(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives. 
(d) REPEAL.—Section 133 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1321) 
is repealed. 
SEC. 137. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF UPGRADES TO MQ–9 REAPER 
AIRCRAFT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Air Force, shall conduct an analysis 
that compares the costs and benefits of the following: 
(1) Upgrading fielded MQ–9 Reaper aircraft to a Block 
5 configuration. 
(2) Proceeding with the procurement of MQ–9B aircraft 
instead of upgrading fielded MQ–9 Reaper aircraft to a Block 
5 configuration. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report that 
includes the results of the cost-benefit analysis conducted under 
subsection (a). 
(2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 138. PLAN FOR MODERNIZATION OF THE RADAR FOR F–16 
FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 
(a) MODERNIZATION PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force shall develop a plan to modernize the radars of F–16 fighter 
aircraft of the National Guard by replacing legacy mechanically- 
scanned radars for such aircraft with active electronically scanned 
array radars. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees the plan developed under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 139. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF AIR FORCE FIELDING 
PLAN FOR HH–60 REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS. 
(a) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—The Comptroller General 
of the United States shall conduct a review of the Air Force fielding 
plan for the HH–60 replacement programs. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The review conducted under subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to the HH–60 replacement programs, 
the following: 
(1) A description of the recommendations of the National 
Commission on the Structure of the Air Force regarding the 
use of concurrent and proportional fielding and how the Air 
Force applied the recommendations in the fielding plan for 
the HH–60G replacement programs.
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(2) An evaluation of the fielding plan, including an assess-
ment of the Air Force rationale for the plan, as well as the 
alternative fielding plans considered by the Air Force. 
(3) An evaluation of the potential readiness impact of the 
fielding plan on active duty, National Guard, and Reserve units, 
including the impact of the plan on the ability of such units 
to meet training, maintenance, and deployment requirements, 
as well as the implications for total force integration initiatives 
should the fielding not be proportional. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 1, 2018, the Comptroller 
General shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense 
committees on the review conducted under subsection (a). 
(d) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2018, the Comp-
troller General shall submit to the congressional committees a 
report that includes the results of the review conducted under 
subsection (a). 
(e) HH–60G REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘HH–60G replacement programs’’ means the HH– 
60G Ops Loss Replacement program and the HH–60W Combat 
Rescue Helicopter program. 
Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and 
Multiservice Matters 
SEC. 
141. 
F–35 
ECONOMIC 
ORDER 
QUANTITY 
CONTRACTING 
AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b) through (e), from 
amounts made available for obligation under the F–35 aircraft 
program, the Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more 
contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2018 program year, for 
the procurement of economic order quantities of material and equip-
ment that has completed formal hardware qualification testing for 
the F–35 aircraft program for use in procurement contracts to 
be awarded for such program during fiscal years 2019 and 2020. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The total amount obligated under all contracts 
entered into under subsection (a) shall not exceed $661,000,000. 
(c) PRELIMINARY FINDINGS.—Before entering into a contract 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make each of the following 
findings with respect to such contract: 
(1) The use of such a contract will result in significant 
savings of the total anticipated costs of carrying out the pro-
gram through annual contracts. 
(2) The minimum need for the property to be procured 
is expected to remain substantially unchanged during the con-
templated contract period in terms of production rate, procure-
ment rate, and total quantities. 
(3) There is a reasonable expectation that, throughout the 
contemplated contract period, the Secretary will request 
funding for the contract at the level required to avoid contract 
cancellation. 
(4) That there is a stable design for the property to be 
procured and that the technical risks associated with such 
property are not excessive. 
(5) The estimates of both the cost of the contract and 
the anticipated cost avoidance through the use of an economic 
order quantity contract are realistic.
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(6) Entering into the contract will promote the national 
security interests of the United States. 
(d) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in sub-
section (e), the Secretary of Defense may not enter into a contract 
under subsection (a) until a period of 30 days has elapsed following 
the date on which the Secretary certifies to the congressional 
defense committees, in writing, that each of the following conditions 
is satisfied: 
(1) A sufficient number of end items of the system being 
acquired under such contract have been delivered at or within 
the most recently available estimates of the program acquisition 
unit cost or procurement unit cost for such system to determine 
that the estimates of the unit costs are realistic. 
(2) During the fiscal year in which such contract is to 
be awarded, sufficient funds will be available to perform the 
contract in such fiscal year, and the future-years defense pro-
gram submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, 
United States Code, for that fiscal year will include the funding 
required to execute the program without cancellation. 
(3) The contract is a fixed-price type contract. 
(4) The proposed contract provides for production at not 
less than minimum economic rates given the existing tooling 
and facilities. 
(5) The Secretary has determined that each of the condi-
tions described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection 
(c) will be met by such contract and has provided the basis 
for such determination to the congressional defense committees. 
(6) The determination under paragraph (5) was made after 
the completion of a cost analysis performed by the Director 
of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation for the purpose 
of section 2334(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, and the 
analysis supports that determination. 
(e) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (d), the Secretary 
of Defense may enter into a contract under subsection (a) on or 
after March 1, 2018, if— 
(1) the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evalua-
tion has not completed a cost analysis of the preliminary 
findings made by the Secretary under subsection (c) with 
respect to the contract; 
(2) the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense 
committees, in writing, that each of the conditions described 
in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (d) is satisfied; 
and 
(3) a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date 
on which the Secretary submits the certification under para-
graph (2). 
SEC. 142. AUTHORITY FOR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL UNITS 
TO ACQUIRE NEW OR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND 
CAPABILITIES. 
The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the head 
of each military service, may provide to an explosive ordnance 
disposal unit the authority to acquire new or emerging technologies 
and capabilities that are not specifically provided for in the author-
ized equipment allowance for the unit, as such allowance is set 
forth in the table of equipment and table of allowance for the 
unit.
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SEC. 143. REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN AIRCRAFT AND UNMANNED 
AERIAL VEHICLES USE SPECIFIED STANDARD DATA LINK. 
Section 157 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1667) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) SOLICITATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that any solicitation issued for a Common Data 
Link described in subsection (a), regardless of whether the 
solicitation is issued by a military department or a contractor 
with respect to a subcontract— 
‘‘(A) conforms to a Department of Defense specification 
standard, including interfaces and waveforms, existing as 
of the date of the solicitation; and 
‘‘(B) does not include any proprietary or undocumented 
waveforms or control interfaces or data interfaces as a 
requirement or criterion for evaluation; and 
‘‘(2) notify the congressional defense committees not later 
than 15 days after issuing a solicitation for a Common Data 
Link to be sunset (CDL–TBS) waveform.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion, Technology, and Logistics’’ and inserting ‘‘Deputy Sec-
retary of Defense’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘Deputy Secretary of Defense’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘before October 1, 2023’’ after ‘‘commit-
tees’’. 
SEC. 144. REINSTATEMENT OF REQUIREMENT TO PRESERVE CERTAIN 
C–5 AIRCRAFT; MOBILITY CAPABILITY AND REQUIRE-
MENTS STUDY. 
(a) PRESERVATION OF RETIRED AIRCRAFT.—Section 141 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public 
Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1659), as amended by section 132 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328), is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the 
following: 
‘‘(d) PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN RETIRED C–5 AIRCRAFT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
preserve eight retired C–5 aircraft until the date that is 30 
days after the date on which the briefing under section 144(b) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 
is provided to the congressional defense committees. 
‘‘(2) MANNER OF PRESERVATION.—The retired C–5 aircraft 
preserved under paragraph (1) shall be preserved such that 
each aircraft— 
‘‘(A) can be returned to service; and 
‘‘(B) is not used to supply parts to other aircraft unless 
specifically authorized by the Secretary of Defense upon 
a request by the Secretary of the Air Force.’’. 
(b) STUDY AND BRIEFING.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a 
mobility capability and requirements study that estimates the 
number or airlift aircraft, tanker aircraft, and sealift ships 
needed to meet combatant commander requirements.
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(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than September 30, 2018, the 
Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees a briefing on the results of the study carried out 
under paragraph (1). The briefing shall include— 
(A) a detailed explanation of the strategy and associ-
ated force sizing and shaping constructs, associated sce-
narios, and assumptions used to conduct the analysis; 
(B) estimated risk based on Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff risk management classifications; and 
(C) implications of operations in contested areas with 
regard to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 
TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 211. Cost controls for presidential aircraft recapitalization program. 
Sec. 212. Capital investment authority. 
Sec. 213. Prizes for advanced technology achievements. 
Sec. 214. Joint Hypersonics Transition Office. 
Sec. 215. Department of Defense directed energy weapon system prototyping and 
demonstration program. 
Sec. 216. Appropriate use of authority for prototype projects. 
Sec. 217. Mechanisms for expedited access to technical talent and expertise at aca-
demic institutions to support Department of Defense missions. 
Sec. 218. Modification of laboratory quality enhancement program. 
Sec. 219. Reauthorization of Department of Defense Established Program to Stimu-
late Competitive Research. 
Sec. 220. Codification and enhancement of authorities to provide funds for defense 
laboratories for research and development of technologies for military 
missions. 
Sec. 221. Expansion of definition of competitive procedures to include competitive 
selection for award of science and technology proposals. 
Sec. 222. Inclusion of modeling and simulation in test and evaluation activities for 
purposes of planning and budget certification. 
Sec. 223. Limitation on availability of funds for F–35 Joint Strike Fighter Follow- 
On Modernization. 
Sec. 224. Improvement of update process for populating mission data files used in 
advanced combat aircraft. 
Sec. 225. Support for national security innovation and entrepreneurial education. 
Sec. 226. Limitation on cancellation of designation Executive Agent for a certain 
Defense Production Act program. 
Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 
Sec. 231. Columbia-class program accountability matrices. 
Sec. 232. Review of barriers to innovation in research and engineering activities of 
the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 233. Pilot program to improve incentives for technology transfer from Depart-
ment of Defense laboratories. 
Sec. 234. Competitive acquisition plan for low probability of detection data link net-
works. 
Sec. 235. Clarification of selection dates for pilot program for the enhancement of 
the research, development, test, and evaluation centers of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
Sec. 236. Requirement for a plan to build a prototype for a new ground combat ve-
hicle for the Army. 
Sec. 237. Plan for successfully fielding the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Bat-
tle Command System.
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Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2018 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation, as specified in the funding table in 
section 4201. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, 
Restrictions, and Limitations 
SEC. 211. COST CONTROLS FOR PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT RECAPITAL-
IZATION PROGRAM. 
(a) FIXED CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS.—Except as provided in 
subsection (b), the capability requirements for aircraft procured 
under the presidential aircraft recapitalization program of the Air 
Force (referred to in this section as the ‘‘PAR Program’’) shall 
be the capability requirements identified in version 7.0.2 of the 
system requirement document for the PAR Program. 
(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Chief of Staff of the Air Force may 
adjust the capability requirements described in subsection (a) only 
if the Chief of Staff submits to the congressional defense committees 
a written determination that such adjustment is necessary— 
(1) to resolve an ambiguity relating to the capability 
requirement; 
(2) to address a problem with the administration of the 
capability requirement; 
(3) to lower the development cost or life-cycle cost of the 
PAR program; 
(4) to comply with a change in international, Federal, State, 
or local law or regulation that takes effect after September 
30, 2017; 
(5) to address a safety issue; or 
(6) subject to subsection (c), to address an emerging threat 
or vulnerability. 
(c) LIMITATION
ON ADJUSTMENT
FOR EMERGING THREAT
OR 
VULNERABILITY.—The Chief of Staff of the Air Force may use the 
authority under paragraph (6) of subsection (b) to adjust the require-
ments described in subsection (a) only if the Secretary and the 
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, on a nondelegable basis— 
(1) jointly determine that such adjustment is necessary 
and in the interests of the national security of the United 
States; and 
(2) submit to the congressional defense committees notice 
of such joint determination. 
(d) ANALYSIS
FOR FIXED-PRICE TYPE CONTRACTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Air Force shall work with the contractor and conduct 
an analysis of risk and explore opportunities to enter into additional 
fixed price type contracts for engineering and manufacturing 
development beyond the procurement of the unmodified commercial 
aircraft as described in paragraph (1). 
(e) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than October 1, 2017, 
and on a quarterly basis thereafter through October 1, 2022, 
the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide to the congressional 
defense committees a briefing on the efforts of the Secretary 
to control costs under the PAR Program. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing under paragraph (1) shall 
include, with respect to the PAR Program, the following: 
(A) An overview of the program schedule. 
(B) A description of each contract awarded under the 
program, including a description of the type of contract 
and the status of the contract. 
(C) An assessment of the status of the program with 
respect to— 
(i) modification; 
(ii) testing; 
(iii) delivery; and 
(iv) sustainment. 
(f) SERVICE ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘service acquisition executive’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 101(a)(10) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 212. CAPITAL INVESTMENT AUTHORITY. 
Section 2208(k)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000 for procurements 
by a major range and test facility installation or a science and 
technology reinvention laboratory and not less than $250,000 for 
procurements at all other facilities’’. 
SEC. 213. PRIZES FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENTS. 
Section 2374a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘in recognition of’’ and 
inserting ‘‘and other types of prizes that the Secretary deter-
mines are appropriate to recognize’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘cash prize of’’ and 
inserting ‘‘prize with a fair market value of’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
Engineering’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) No prize competition may result in the award of a solely 
nonmonetary prize with a fair market value of more than $10,000 
without the approval of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research 
and Engineering.’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or nonmonetary items’’ after ‘‘accept 
funds’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and from State and local governments’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, from State and local governments, and 
from the private sector’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary 
may not give any special consideration to any private sector 
entity in return for a donation.’’; and 
(4) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) USE OF PRIZE AUTHORITY.—Use of prize authority under 
this section shall be considered the use of competitive procedures 
for the purposes of section 2304 of this title.’’.
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SEC. 214. JOINT HYPERSONICS TRANSITION OFFICE. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The joint technology office on hypersonics 
in the Office of the Secretary of Defense is redesignated as the 
‘‘Joint Hypersonics Transition Office’’. Any reference in a law (other 
than this section), map, regulation, document, paper, or other record 
of the United States to the joint technology office on hypersonics 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Joint Hypersonics Transi-
tion Office. 
(b) HYPERSONICS DEVELOPMENT.—Section 218 of the John 
Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 
(Public Law 109–364; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note), as amended by section 
1079(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 999), is amended— 
(1) in the heading of subsection (a), by striking ‘‘JOINT 
TECHNOLOGY OFFICE ON HYPERSONICS’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT 
HYPERSONICS TRANSITION OFFICE’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘joint technology 
office on hypersonics’’ and inserting ‘‘Joint Hypersonics 
Transition Office (in this section referred to as the ‘Office’)’’; 
and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘office’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Office’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘joint technology office 
established under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘Office’’; and 
(4) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out the program required 
by subsection (b), the Office shall do the following: 
‘‘(1) Expedite testing, evaluation, and acquisition of 
hypersonic weapon systems to meet the stated needs of the 
warfighter, including flight testing, ground-based-testing, and 
underwater launch testing. 
‘‘(2) Coordinate and integrate current and future research, 
development, test, and evaluation programs and system dem-
onstration programs of the Department of Defense on 
hypersonics. 
‘‘(3) Undertake appropriate actions to ensure— 
‘‘(A) close and continuous integration of the programs 
on hypersonics of the military departments and the Defense 
Agencies with the programs on hypersonics across the Fed-
eral Government and with appropriate private sector and 
foreign organizations; and 
‘‘(B) that both foundational research and developmental 
and operational testing resources are adequate and well 
funded, and that facilities are made available in a timely 
manner to support hypersonics research, demonstration 
programs, and system development. 
‘‘(4) Approve prototyping demonstration programs on 
hypersonic systems to speed the maturation and deployment 
of the systems to the warfighter,. 
‘‘(5) Ensure that any demonstration program on hypersonic 
systems that is carried out in any year after its approval 
under paragraph (3) is carried out only if certified under sub-
section (e) as being consistent with the roadmap under sub-
section (d).
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‘‘(6) Develop strategies and roadmaps for hypersonic tech-
nologies to transition to operational capabilities for the 
warfighter. 
‘‘(7) Coordinate with relevant stakeholders and agencies 
to support United States technological advantage in developing 
hypersonics.’’; 
(5) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘joint technology office 
established under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘Office’’; and 
(6) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘joint technology office 
established under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘Office’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘joint technology 
office’’ and inserting ‘‘Office’’. 
SEC. 215. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON 
SYSTEM PROTOTYPING AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
(a) DESIGNATION
OF
UNDER
SECRETARY
OF
DEFENSE
FOR 
RESEARCH
AND ENGINEERING
AS
THE OFFICIAL WITH PRINCIPAL 
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR
DEVELOPMENT
AND
DEMONSTRATION
OF 
DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 219 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Not 
later’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Department of Defense’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
Engineering shall serve’’. 
(b) PROTOTYPING AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Such section 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) PROTOTYPING AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Under Secretary, shall establish a program on 
the prototyping and demonstration of directed energy weapon 
systems to build and maintain the military superiority of the 
United States by— 
‘‘(A) accelerating, when feasible, the fielding of directed 
energy weapon prototypes that would help counter techno-
logical advantages of potential adversaries of the United 
States; and 
‘‘(B) supporting the military departments, the combat-
ant commanders, and other relevant defense agencies and 
entities in developing prototypes and demonstrating oper-
ational utility of high energy lasers and high powered 
microwave weapon systems. 
‘‘(2) GUIDELINES.—(A) Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018, the Under Secretary shall issue guide-
lines for the operation of the program established under para-
graph (1), including the following: 
‘‘(i) Criteria required for an application for funding 
by a military department, defense agency or entity, or 
a combatant command. 
‘‘(ii) The priorities, based on validated requirements 
or capability gaps, for fielding prototype directed energy 
weapon system technologies developed by research funding 
of the Department or industry.
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‘‘(iii) Criteria for evaluation of an application for 
funding or changes to policies or acquisition and business 
practices by such a department, agency, or command for 
purposes of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of 
the program. 
‘‘(B) Funding for a military department, defense agency, 
or combatant command under the program established under 
paragraph (1) may only be available for advanced technology 
development, prototyping, and demonstrations in which the 
Department of Defense maintains management of the technical 
baseline and a primary emphasis on technology transition and 
evaluating military utility to enhance the likelihood that the 
particular directed energy weapon system will meet the Depart-
ment end user’s need. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING.—(A) Not less frequently 
than once each year, the Under Secretary shall solicit from 
the heads of the military departments, the defense agencies, 
and the combatant commands applications for funding under 
the program established under paragraph (1) to be used to 
enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, or other trans-
action agreements entered into pursuant to section 2371b of 
title 10, United States Code, with appropriate entities for the 
prototyping or commercialization of technologies. 
‘‘(B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
any official of the Department of Defense to provide funding 
under the program to any congressional earmark as defined 
pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives or any congressionally directed spending 
item as defined pursuant to paragraph 5 of rule XLIV of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate. 
‘‘(4) FUNDING.—(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B) and subject to the availability of appropriations for such 
purpose, of the funds authorized to be appropriated by the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 or 
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, defense-wide, up to 
$100,000,000 may be available to the Under Secretary to allo-
cate to the military departments, the defense agencies, and 
the combatant commands to carry out the program established 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) Not more than half of the amounts made available 
under subparagraph (A) may be allocated as described in such 
paragraph until the Under Secretary— 
‘‘(i) develops the strategic plan required by subsection 
(a)(2)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) submits such strategic plan to the congressional 
defense committees. 
‘‘(5) UNDER SECRETARY DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘Under Secretary’ means the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Research and Engineering in the Under Secretary’s capacity 
as the official with principal responsibility for the development 
and demonstration of directed energy weapons pursuant to 
subsection (a)(1).’’.
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SEC. 216. APPROPRIATE USE OF AUTHORITY FOR PROTOTYPE 
PROJECTS. 
Section 2371b(d)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or nonprofit research institution’’ after 
‘‘defense contractor’’. 
SEC. 217. MECHANISMS FOR EXPEDITED ACCESS TO TECHNICAL 
TALENT AND EXPERTISE AT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO 
SUPPORT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MISSIONS. 
(a) ARRANGEMENTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense and each sec-
retary of a military department may establish one or more 
multi-institution task order contracts, consortia, cooperative 
agreements, or other arrangements to facilitate expedited 
access to university technical expertise, including faculty, staff, 
and students, in support of Department of Defense missions 
in the areas specified in subsection (e). 
(2) USE FOR TECHNICAL ANALYSES AND ENGINEERING SUP-
PORT.—The Secretary may use an arrangement under para-
graph (1) to fund technical analyses and other engineering 
support as required to address acquisition, management, and 
operational challenges, including support for classified pro-
grams and activities. 
(b) LIMITATION.—An arrangement established under subsection 
(a)(1) may not be used to fund research programs that can be 
executed through other Department of Defense basic research activi-
ties. 
(c) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES.—An arrangement established under subsection (a)(1) 
shall, to the degree practicable, be made in consultation with other 
Department of Defense activities, including federally funded 
research and development centers (FFRDCs), university affiliated 
research centers (UARCs), and Defense laboratories and test cen-
ters, for purposes of providing technical expertise and reducing 
costs and duplicative efforts. 
(d) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—If the Secretary of Defense 
or a secretary of a military department establishes one or more 
arrangements under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of Defense 
shall establish and implement policies and procedures to govern— 
(1) selection of participants in the arrangement or arrange-
ments; 
(2) the awarding of task orders under the arrangement 
or arrangements; 
(3) maximum award size for tasks under the arrangement 
or arrangements; 
(4) the appropriate use of competitive awards and sole 
source awards under the arrangement or arrangements; and 
(5) technical areas under the arrangement or arrange-
ments. 
(e) MISSION AREAS.—The areas specified in this subsection are 
as follows: 
(1) Cybersecurity. 
(2) Air and ground vehicles. 
(3) Shipbuilding. 
(4) Explosives detection and defeat. 
(5) Undersea warfare. 
(6) Trusted electronics.
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(7) Unmanned systems. 
(8) Directed energy. 
(9) Energy, power, and propulsion. 
(10) Management science and operations research. 
(11) Artificial intelligence. 
(12) Data analytics. 
(13) Business systems. 
(14) Technology transfer and transition. 
(15) Biological engineering and genetic enhancement. 
(16) High performance computing. 
(17) Materials science and engineering. 
(18) Quantum information sciences. 
(19) Special operations activities. 
(20) Modeling and simulation. 
(21) Autonomous systems. 
(22) Model based engineering. 
(23) Such other areas as the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
(f) SUNSET.—No new arrangements may be entered into under 
subsection (a)(1) after September 30, 2020. 
(g) ARRANGEMENTS ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBSECTION (A)(1) 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘arrangement established under 
subsection (a)(1)’’ means a multi-institution task order contract, 
consortia, cooperative agreement, or other arrangement established 
under subsection (a)(1). 
SEC. 218. MODIFICATION OF LABORATORY QUALITY ENHANCEMENT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 211 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the semicolon 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(C) new interpretations of existing statutes and regu-
lations that would enhance the ability of a director of 
a science and technology reinvention laboratory to manage 
the facility and discharge the mission of the laboratory;’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) Each panel described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of 
subsection (b) shall submit to the panel described in paragraph 
(4) of such subsection (relating to governance and oversight proc-
esses) the following: 
‘‘(i) The findings of the panel with respect to the review 
conducted by the panel under subsection (a)(1)(C). 
‘‘(ii) The recommendations made by the panel under such 
subsection. 
‘‘(iii) Such comments, findings, and recommendations as 
the panel may have received by a science and technology re-
invention laboratory with respect to— 
‘‘(I) the review conducted by the panel under such 
subsection; or
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‘‘(II) recommendations made by the panel under such 
subsection. 
‘‘(B)(i) The panel described in subsection (b)(4) shall review 
and refashion such recommendations as the panel may receive 
under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) In reviewing and refashioning recommendations under 
clause (i), the panel may, as the panel considers appropriate, consult 
with the science and technology executive of the affected service. 
‘‘(C) The panel described in subsection (b)(4) shall submit to 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering the 
recommendations made by the panel under subsection (a)(1)(C) 
and the recommendations refashioned by the panel under subpara-
graph (B) of this paragraph.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsection 
(f) and (g), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new sub-
section (e): 
‘‘(e) INTERPRETATION OF PROVISIONS OF LAW.—(1) The Under 
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, acting under 
the guidance of the Secretary, shall issue regulations regarding 
the meaning, scope, implementation, and applicability of any provi-
sion of a statute relating to a science and technology reinvention 
laboratory. 
‘‘(2) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), the Under 
Secretary shall, to the degree practicable, emphasize providing the 
maximum operational flexibility to the directors of the science and 
technology reinvention laboratories to discharge the missions of 
their laboratories. 
‘‘(3) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), the Under 
Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, consult and coordinate 
with the secretaries of the military departments and such other 
agencies or entities as the Under Secretary considers relevant, 
on any proposed revision to regulations under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) In interpreting or defining under paragraph (1), the Under 
Secretary shall seek recommendations from the panel described 
in subsection (b)(4).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—(1) Subsections (a), (c)(1)(C), and 
(d)(2) of such section are amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 
(2) Subparagraph (C) of section 342(b)(3) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103– 
337), as amended by section 211(f) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), as 
redesignated by subsection (a)(3) of this section, is amended by 
striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 
SEC. 219. REAUTHORIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ESTAB-
LISHED 
PROGRAM 
TO 
STIMULATE 
COMPETITIVE 
RESEARCH. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—Subsection (b) of 
section 257 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1995 (Public Law 103–337; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs 
(2) and (3), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated by 
paragraph (1), the following new paragraph (1):
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‘‘(1) To increase the number of university researchers in 
eligible States capable of performing science and engineering 
research responsive to the needs of the Department of 
Defense.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘relevant to the mission of the Department of 
Defense and’’ after ‘‘that is’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—Subsection (c) of 
such section is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new para-
graph (3): 
‘‘(3) To provide assistance to science and engineering 
researchers at institutions of higher education in eligible States 
through collaboration between Department of Defense labora-
tories and such researchers.’’. 
(c) MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STATE PARTICI-
PATION.—Subsection (d) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘in areas relevant 
to the mission of the Department of Defense’’ after ‘‘programs’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Under Secretary shall not remove a designation of 
a State under paragraph (2) because the State exceeds the funding 
levels specified under subparagraph (A) of such paragraph unless 
the State has exceeded such funding levels for at least two consecu-
tive years.’’. 
(d) MODIFICATION
OF
COORDINATION
REQUIREMENT.—Sub-
section (e) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘shall’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘may’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘relevant to the mission 
of the Department of Defense and’’ after ‘‘Research are’’. 
(e) MODIFICATION OF NAME.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Such section is amended— 
(A) in subsections (a) and (e) by striking ‘‘Experi-
mental’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Established’’; 
and 
(B) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘EXPERIMENTAL’’ 
and inserting ‘‘ESTABLISHED’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Such Act is amended, in the 
table of contents in section 2(b), by striking the item relating 
to section 257 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 257. Defense established program to stimulate competitive research.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 307 of the 1997 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from 
Natural Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, 
Including Those in Bosnia (Public Law 105–18) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Experimental’’ and inserting ‘‘Established’’. 
SEC. 220. CODIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITIES TO 
PROVIDE FUNDS FOR DEFENSE LABORATORIES FOR 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR 
MILITARY MISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after section 2362 the following new section:
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‘‘§ 2363. Mechanisms to provide funds for defense labora-
tories for research and development of tech-
nologies for military missions 
‘‘(a) MECHANISMS TO PROVIDE FUNDS.—(1) The Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments, shall establish mechanisms under which the director of 
a defense laboratory may use an amount of funds equal to not 
less than two percent and not more than four percent of all funds 
available to the defense laboratory for the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) To fund innovative basic and applied research that 
is conducted at the defense laboratory and supports military 
missions. 
‘‘(B) To fund development programs that support the transi-
tion of technologies developed by the defense laboratory into 
operational use. 
‘‘(C) To fund workforce development activities that improve 
the capacity of the defense laboratory to recruit and retain 
personnel with necessary scientific and engineering expertise 
that support military missions. 
‘‘(D) To fund the repair or minor military construction 
of the laboratory infrastructure and equipment, in accordance 
with subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) The mechanisms established under paragraph (1) shall 
provide that funding shall be used under paragraph (1) at the 
discretion of the director of a defense laboratory in consultation 
with the science and technology executive of the military depart-
ment concerned. 
‘‘(3) The science and technology executive of a military depart-
ment may develop policies and guidance to leverage funding and 
promote cross-laboratory collaboration, including with laboratories 
of other military departments. 
‘‘(4) After consultation with the science and technology executive 
of the military department concerned, the director of a defense 
laboratory may charge customer activities a fixed percentage fee, 
in addition to normal costs of performance, in order to obtain 
funds to carry out activities authorized by this subsection. The 
fixed fee may not exceed four percent of costs. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.— 
Funds shall be available in accordance with subsection (a)(1)(D) 
only if— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary notifies the congressional defense 
committees of the total cost of the project before the date 
on which the Secretary uses the mechanism under such sub-
section for such project; and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary ensures that the project complies with 
the applicable cost limitations in— 
‘‘(A) section 2805(d) of this title, with respect to revital-
ization and recapitalization projects; and 
‘‘(B) section 2811 of this title, with respect to repair 
projects. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF AUTHORITY.—(1) Not later 
than March 1 of each year until March 1, 2025, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the use of the authority under subsection (a) during 
the preceding year. 
‘‘(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect 
to the year covered by the report, the following:
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‘‘(A) A description of the mechanisms used to provide 
funding under subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(B) A statement of the amount of funding made available 
to each defense laboratory for research described under such 
subsection. 
‘‘(C) A description of the investments made by each defense 
laboratory using funds under such subsection. 
‘‘(D) A description and assessment of any improvements 
in the performance of the defense laboratories as a result 
of investments under such subsection. 
‘‘(E) A description and assessment of the contributions to 
the development of needed military capabilities provided by 
research using funds under such subsection. 
‘‘(F) A description of any modification to the mechanisms 
under subsection (a) that would improve the efficiency of the 
authority under such subsection to support military missions.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 139 of such title is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2362 the following new item: 
‘‘2363. Mechanisms to provide funds for defense laboratories for research and devel-
opment of technologies for military missions.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 219 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note), is hereby repealed. 
(2) Section 2805(d)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘under section 219(a) of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2363(a) 
of this title’’. 
SEC. 221. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES 
TO INCLUDE COMPETITIVE SELECTION FOR AWARD OF 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROPOSALS. 
Section 2302(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘basic research’’ and inserting ‘‘science and technology’’. 
SEC. 222. INCLUSION OF MODELING AND SIMULATION IN TEST AND 
EVALUATION ACTIVITIES FOR PURPOSES OF PLANNING 
AND BUDGET CERTIFICATION. 
Section 196 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1), in the first sentence, by inserting 
‘‘, including modeling and simulation capabilities’’ after ‘‘and 
resources’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting ‘‘, including modeling 
and simulation activities,’’ after ‘‘evaluation activities’’. 
SEC. 223. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR F–35 JOINT 
STRIKE FIGHTER FOLLOW-ON MODERNIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 25 percent of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2018 or any other fiscal year for the Department 
of Defense may be obligated for F–35 Joint Strike Fighter Follow- 
On Modernization until the Secretary of Defense provides the final 
report required under section 224(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328). 
(b) DUAL CAPABLE AIRCRAFT.—Neither the limitation in sub-
section (a) nor the limitation in section 224(a) of the National
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Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 shall be construed 
to limit or otherwise restrict any funding that is required to develop, 
certify, or deliver F–35A dual capable aircraft. 
SEC. 224. IMPROVEMENT OF UPDATE PROCESS FOR POPULATING MIS-
SION DATA FILES USED IN ADVANCED COMBAT AIRCRAFT. 
(a) IMPROVEMENTS TO UPDATE PROCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall take such 
actions as may be necessary to improve the process used to 
update the mission data files used in advanced combat aircraft 
of the United States so that such updates can occur more 
quickly. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In improving the process under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall ensure the following: 
(A) That under such process, updates to the mission 
data files are developed, operationally tested, and loaded 
onto systems of advanced combat aircraft while in theaters 
of operation in a time-sensitive manner to allow for the 
distinguishing of threats, including distinguishing friends 
from foes, loading and delivery of weapon suites, and 
coordination with allied and coalition armed forces. 
(B) When updates are made to the mission data files, 
all areas of responsibility (AoRs) are included. 
(C) The process includes best practices relating to such 
mission data files that have been identified by industry 
and allies of the United States. 
(D) The process improves the exchange of information 
between weapons systems of the United States and weapon 
systems of allies and partners of the United States, with 
respect to such mission data files. 
(b) CONSULTATION AND PILOT PROGRAMS.—In carrying out sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall consult the innovation organizations 
resident in the Department of Defense and may consider carrying 
out a pilot program under another provision of this Act. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 2018, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the actions taken by the Secretary under subsection (a)(1) and 
how the process described in such subsection has been improved. 
SEC. 225. SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION AND 
ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION. 
(a) SUPPORT AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may, acting 
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
Engineering, support national security innovation and entrepre-
neurial education programs. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Support under paragraph (1) may include 
the following: 
(A) Materials to recruit participants, including vet-
erans, for programs described in paragraph (1). 
(B) Model curriculum for such programs. 
(C) Training materials for such programs. 
(D) Best practices for the conduct of such programs. 
(E) Experimental learning opportunities for program 
participants to interact with operational forces and better 
understand national security challenges. 
(F) Exchanges and partnerships with Department of 
Defense science and technology activities.
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(G) Activities consistent with the Proof of Concept 
Commercialization Pilot Program established under section 
1603 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2359 note). 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Sec-
retary may consult with the heads of such Federal agencies, univer-
sities, and public and private entities engaged in the development 
of advanced technologies as the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate. 
(c) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary may— 
(1) develop and maintain metrics to assess national security 
innovation and entrepreneurial education activities to ensure 
standards for programs supported under subsection (b) are 
consistent and being met; and 
(2) ensure that any recipient of an award under the Small 
Business Technology Transfer program, the Small Business 
Innovation Research program, and science and technology pro-
grams of the Department of Defense has the option to partici-
pate in training under a national security innovation and entre-
preneurial education program supported under subsection (b). 
(d) PARTICIPATION BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF 
THE
ARMED
FORCES.—The Secretary may encourage Federal 
employees and members of the Armed Forces to participate in 
a national security innovation and entrepreneurial education pro-
gram supported under subsection (a) in order to gain exposure 
to modern innovation and entrepreneurial methodologies. 
(e) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall consider coordinating and partnering with activities and 
organizations involved in the following: 
(1) Hack the Army. 
(2) Hack the Air Force. 
(3) Hack the Pentagon. 
(4) The Army Digital Service. 
(5) The Defense Digital Service. 
(6) The Air Force Digital Service. 
(7) Challenge and prize competitions of the Defense 
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). 
(8) The Defense Science Study Group. 
(9) The Small Business Innovation Research Program 
(SBIR). 
(10) The Small Business Technology Transfer Program 
(STTR). 
(11) War colleges of the military departments. 
(12) Hacking for Defense. 
(13) The National Security Science and Engineering Fac-
ulty Fellowship (NSSEFF) program. 
(14) The Science, Mathematics and Research for Trans-
formation (SMART) scholarship program. 
(15) The young faculty award program of the Defense 
Advanced Research Projects Agency. 
SEC. 226. LIMITATION ON CANCELLATION OF DESIGNATION EXECU-
TIVE AGENT FOR A CERTAIN DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION ON CANCELLATION OF DESIGNATION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may not implement the decision, issued on July 
1, 2017, to cancel the designation, under Department of Defense
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Directive 4400.1E, entitled ‘‘Defense Production Act Programs’’ and 
dated October 12, 2001, of the currently assigned Department of 
Defense Executive Agent for the program carried out under title 
III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) 
until the Secretary has— 
(1) completed the review and assessment required by sub-
section (b)(1); and 
(2) carried out the briefing required by subsection (c). 
(b) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Air Force, shall conduct a review 
and assessment of the program described in subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The review and assessment required by 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Assessment of the current management structure 
for the program, including analysis of the mechanisms 
for accountability, as well as cost and management controls 
currently in place. 
(B) Analysis of alternatives for proposals to modify 
that management structure to increase accountability, cost 
and management controls. Such analysis of alternatives 
should consider the relative merits of centralization and 
decentralization, roles of other military departments in 
program management and contracting, as well as the dif-
ferent roles the Office of the Secretary of Defense might 
play in management, oversight and execution. 
(C) Recommendations for improving the assessment 
and selection of projects in order to— 
(i) ensure that projects selected are appropriate 
for use of funds appropriated to carry out title III 
of the Defense Production Act of 1950; 
(ii) ensure that sufficient vetting and management 
controls are in place to ensure a reasonable degree 
of confidence that project ideas or the companies being 
supported will be viable; and 
(iii) increase overall successful execution for 
selected projects. 
(D) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(c) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall brief the appro-
priate Committees of Congress on the findings of the Secretary 
with respect to the review and assessment conducted under sub-
section (b). 
(d) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—In the event the Secretary of 
Defense decides to cancel the designation, under Department of 
Defense Directive 4400.1E, entitled ‘‘Defense Production Act Pro-
grams’’ and dated October 12, 2001, of the currently assigned 
Department of Defense Executive Agent for the program described 
in subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a written notification of such decision at 
least 60 days before the decision goes into effect. 
(e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means the— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
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Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 
SEC. 231. COLUMBIA-CLASS PROGRAM ACCOUNTABILITY MATRICES. 
(a) SUBMITTAL OF MATRICES.—Concurrent with the President’s 
annual budget request submitted to Congress under section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2019, the Secretary 
of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
and the Comptroller General of the United States the matrices 
described in subsection (b) relating to the Columbia-class program. 
(b) MATRICES DESCRIBED.—The matrices described in this sub-
section are the following: 
(1) DESIGN
AND
CONSTRUCTION
GOALS.—A matrix that 
identifies, in six-month increments, key milestones, develop-
ment events, and specific performance goals for the design 
and construction of the Columbia-class program, which shall 
be subdivided, at a minimum, according to the following: 
(A) Technology-readiness levels of major components 
and key demonstration events. 
(B) Design maturity. 
(C) Manufacturing-readiness levels for critical manu-
facturing operations and key demonstration events. 
(D) Manufacturing operations. 
(E) Reliability. 
(2) COST.—A matrix expressing, in annual increments, the 
total cost phased over the entire Columbia-class design and 
construction period of— 
(A) the Navy service cost position for the prime contrac-
tor’s portion of Columbia-class design and construction 
activities, including the estimated price at completion for 
each submarine and confidence level of this estimate; 
(B) the program manager’s estimate for the prime con-
tractor’s portion of Columbia-class design and construction 
activities, including the estimated price and variance at 
completion for each submarine; and 
(C) the prime contractor’s estimate for the prime con-
tractor’s portion of Columbia-class design and construction 
activities, including the estimated price and variance at 
completion for each submarine. 
(c) UPDATE OF MATRICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the Secretary of the Navy submits the matrices 
required by subsection (a), and concurrent with the submittal 
of each annual budget request to Congress under section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code, beginning with the fiscal year 
2020 request, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees and the Comptroller General 
of the United States updates to the matrices described in sub-
section (b). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each update submitted under paragraph 
(1) shall detail progress made toward the goals identified in 
the matrix described in subsection (b)(1) and provide updated 
cost data as prescribed in subsection (b)(2). 
(3) TREATMENT
OF
INITIAL
MATRICES
AS
BASELINE.—The 
matrices submitted pursuant to subsection (a) shall be treated
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as the baseline for the full Columbia-class design and construc-
tion period for purposes of the updates submitted pursuant 
to paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
(4) REPORT TERMINATION.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall terminate upon delivery of the first Columbia- 
class submarine. 
(d) ASSESSMENT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 
STATES.—Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Comp-
troller General of the United States receives an update to a matrix 
under subsection (c)(1), the Comptroller General shall review such 
matrix and provide to the congressional defense committees an 
assessment of such matrix in whatever form that the Comptroller 
General deems appropriate. 
(e) REPEAL
OF REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Section 131 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (129 Stat. 
754; Public Law 114–92) is hereby repealed. 
(f) MAJOR COMPONENT DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘major component’’ includes, at a minimum, the integrated power 
system, nuclear reactor, propulsor and related coordinated stern 
features, stern area system, and common missile compartment. 
SEC. 232. REVIEW OF BARRIERS TO INNOVATION IN RESEARCH AND 
ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall 
review directives, rules, regulations, and other policies that 
adversely affect the ability of the innovation, research, and 
engineering enterprise of the Department of Defense to effectively 
and efficiently execute its missions, including policies and practices 
concerning the following: 
(1) Personnel and talent management. 
(2) Financial management and budgeting. 
(3) Infrastructure, installations, and military construction. 
(4) Acquisition. 
(5) Management. 
(6) Such other areas as the Secretary may designate. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on— 
(1) the findings of the Secretary with respect to the review 
conducted under subsection (a); 
(2) proposed changes in directives, rules, regulations, and 
other policies that will enhance the ability of the innovation, 
research, and engineering enterprise of the Department to 
executive its designated missions, including a description of 
how proposed changes have been coordinated with other appro-
priate Secretaries of the military departments and the appro-
priate heads of the defense agencies; and 
(3) processes by which new directives, rules, regulations, 
and other policies will be reviewed for their potential to 
adversely affect the ability of the innovation, research, and 
engineering enterprise of the Department and the lead official 
designated to execute such review in consultation with other 
relevant and appropriate Secretaries of the military depart-
ments and heads of defense agencies.
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SEC. 233. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE INCENTIVES FOR TECH-
NOLOGY TRANSFER FROM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
LABORATORIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of distrib-
uting royalties and other payments as described in this section. 
Under the pilot program, except as provided in subsections (b) 
and (d), any royalties or other payments received by a Federal 
agency from the licensing and assignment of inventions under agree-
ments entered into by Department of Defense laboratories, and 
from the licensing of inventions of Department of Defense labora-
tories, shall be retained by the laboratory which produced the 
invention and shall be disposed of as follows: 
(1)(A) The laboratory director shall pay each year the first 
$2,000, and thereafter at least 20 percent, of the royalties 
or other payments, other than payments of patent costs as 
delineated by a license or assignment agreement, to the 
inventor or coinventors, if the inventor’s or coinventor’s rights 
are directly assigned to the United States. 
(B) A laboratory director may provide appropriate incen-
tives, from royalties or other payments, to laboratory employees 
who are not an inventor of such inventions but who substan-
tially increased the technical value of the inventions. 
(C) The laboratory shall retain the royalties and other 
payments received from an invention until the laboratory makes 
payments to employees of a laboratory under subparagraph 
(A) or (B). 
(2) The balance of the royalties or other payments shall 
be transferred by the agency to its laboratories, with the 
majority share of the royalties or other payments from any 
invention going to the laboratory where the invention occurred. 
The royalties or other payments so transferred to any laboratory 
may be used or obligated by that laboratory during the fiscal 
year in which they are received or during the 2 succeeding 
fiscal years— 
(A) to reward scientific, engineering, and technical 
employees of the laboratory, including developers of sen-
sitive or classified technology, regardless of whether the 
technology has commercial applications; 
(B) to further scientific exchange among the labora-
tories of the agency; 
(C) for education and training of employees consistent 
with the research and development missions and objectives 
of the agency or laboratory, and for other activities that 
increase the potential for transfer of the technology of 
the laboratories of the agency; 
(D) for payment of expenses incidental to the adminis-
tration and licensing of intellectual property by the agency 
or laboratory with respect to inventions made at that lab-
oratory, including the fees or other costs for the services 
of other agencies, persons, or organizations for intellectual 
property management and licensing services; or 
(E) for scientific research and development consistent 
with the research and development missions and objectives 
of the laboratory. 
(3) All royalties or other payments retained by the labora-
tory after payments have been made pursuant to paragraphs
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(1) and (2) that are unobligated and unexpended at the end 
of the second fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year in which 
the royalties and other payments were received shall be paid 
into the Treasury of the United States. 
(b) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any payment made to an employee under 
the pilot program shall be in addition to the regular pay of 
the employee and to any other awards made to the employee, 
and shall not affect the entitlement of the employee to any 
regular pay, annuity, or award to which the employee is other-
wise entitled or for which the employee is otherwise eligible 
or limit the amount thereof. Any payment made to an inventor 
as such shall continue after the inventor leaves the laboratory. 
(2) CUMULATIVE
PAYMENTS.—(A) Cumulative payments 
made under the pilot program while the inventor is still 
employed at the laboratory shall not exceed $500,000 per year 
to any one person, unless the Secretary concerned (as defined 
in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) approves 
a larger award. 
(B) Cumulative payments made under the pilot program 
after the inventor leaves the laboratory shall not exceed 
$150,000 per year to any one person, unless the head of the 
agency approves a larger award (with the excess over $150,000 
being treated as an agency award to a former employee under 
section 4505 of title 5, United States Code). 
(c) INVENTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES.—Under the pilot pro-
gram, a laboratory receiving royalties or other payments as a result 
of invention management services performed for another Federal 
agency or laboratory under section 207 of title 35, United States 
Code, may retain such royalties or payments to the extent required 
to offset payments to inventors under subparagraph (A) of sub-
section (a)(1), costs and expenses incurred under subparagraph 
(D) of subsection (a)(2), and the cost of foreign patenting and mainte-
nance for any invention of the other agency. All royalties and 
other payments remaining after offsetting the payments to inven-
tors, costs, and expenses described in the preceding sentence shall 
be transferred to the agency for which the services were performed, 
for distribution in accordance with subsection (a)(2). 
(d) CERTAIN ASSIGNMENTS.—Under the pilot program, if the 
invention involved was one assigned to the laboratory— 
(1) by a contractor, grantee, or participant, or an employee 
of a contractor, grantee, or participant, in an agreement or 
other arrangement with the agency; or 
(2) by an employee of the agency who was not working 
in the laboratory at the time the invention was made, 
the agency unit that was involved in such assignment shall be 
considered to be a laboratory for purposes of this section. 
(e) SUNSET.—The pilot program under this section shall termi-
nate 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 234. COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION PLAN FOR LOW PROBABILITY 
OF DETECTION DATA LINK NETWORKS. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and the Vice Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force, develop 
a plan to procure a secure, low probability of detection data link
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network capability with the ability to effectively operate in hostile 
jamming environments while preserving the low observable 
characteristics of the relevant platforms, between existing and 
planned— 
(1) fifth-generation combat aircraft; 
(2) fifth-generation and fourth-generation combat aircraft; 
(3) fifth-generation and fourth-generation combat aircraft 
and appropriate support aircraft and other network nodes for 
command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, 
and reconnaissance purposes; and 
(4) fifth-generation and fourth-generation combat aircraft 
and their associated network-enabled precision weapons. 
(b) ADDITIONAL PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan required by 
subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) nonproprietary and open systems approaches compatible 
with the Rapid Capabilities Office Open Mission Systems initia-
tive of the Air Force and the Future Airborne Capability 
Environment initiative of the Navy; 
(2) a competitive acquisition process, to include comparative 
flight demonstrations in realistic airborne environments; and 
(3) low risk and affordable solutions with minimal impact 
or changes to existing host platforms, and minimal overall 
integration costs. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than February 15, 2018, the Under 
Secretary and the Vice Chairman shall provide to the congressional 
defense committees a potential acquisition strategy and briefing 
on the plan developed under subsection (a). 
(d) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for 
operations and maintenance for the Office of the Secretary of the 
Air Force and the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, not more 
than 85 percent may be obligated or expended until a period of 
15 days has elapsed following the date on which the Under Sec-
retary and Vice Chairman submits to the congressional defense 
committees the plan required by subsection (a). 
SEC. 235. CLARIFICATION OF SELECTION DATES FOR PILOT PROGRAM 
FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION CENTERS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
Section 233 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘the enactment of this 
Act’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘such submittal’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘propose and implement’’ 
and inserting ‘‘submit to the Assistant Secretary concerned 
a proposal on, and implement,’’. 
SEC. 236. REQUIREMENT FOR A PLAN TO BUILD A PROTOTYPE FOR 
A NEW GROUND COMBAT VEHICLE FOR THE ARMY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1, 2018, the Sec-
retary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a plan to build a prototype for a new ground combat 
vehicle for the Army. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
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(1) A description of how the Secretary intends to exploit 
the latest enabling component technologies that have the poten-
tial to dramatically change basic combat vehicle design and 
improve lethality, protection, mobility, range, and sustainment, 
including an analysis of capabilities of the most advanced for-
eign ground combat vehicles and whether any have characteris-
tics that should inform the development of the Army’s prototype 
vehicle, including whether any United States allies or partners 
have advanced capabilities that could be directly incorporated 
in the prototype. 
(2) The schedule, cost, key milestones, and leadership plan 
to rapidly design and build the prototype ground combat vehicle. 
SEC. 237. PLAN FOR SUCCESSFULLY FIELDING THE INTEGRATED AIR 
AND MISSILE DEFENSE BATTLE COMMAND SYSTEM. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than February 1, 2018, the 
Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a plan to successfully field a suitable, survivable, and 
effective Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command 
System program. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 50 percent of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated by this Act for research, development, 
test, and evaluation may be obligated by the Secretary of the 
Army for the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense and the 
Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System until 
the date on which the plan is submitted under subsection (a). 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 
Sec. 311. Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse. 
Sec. 312. Energy performance goals and master plan. 
Sec. 313. Payment to Environmental Protection Agency of stipulated penalty in 
connection with Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon. 
Sec. 314. Payment to Environmental Protection Agency of stipulated penalty in 
connection with Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, Texas. 
Sec. 315. Department of the Army cleanup and removal of petroleum, oil, and lubri-
cant associated with the Prinz Eugen. 
Sec. 316. Centers for Disease Control study on health implications of per- and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in drinking water. 
Sec. 317. Sentinel Landscapes Partnership. 
Sec. 318. Report on release of radium or radioactive material into the groundwater 
near the industrial reserve plant in Bethpage, New York. 
Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment 
Sec. 321. Reauthorization of multi-trades demonstration project. 
Sec. 322. Increased percentage of sustainment funds authorized for realignment to 
restoration and modernization at each installation. 
Sec. 323. Guidance regarding use of organic industrial base. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 331. Quarterly reports on personnel and unit readiness. 
Sec. 332. Biennial report on core depot-level maintenance and repair capability. 
Sec. 333. Annual report on personnel, training, and equipment needs of non-fed-
eralized National Guard. 
Sec. 334. Annual report on military working dogs used by the Department of De-
fense.
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Sec. 335. Report on effects of climate change on Department of Defense. 
Sec. 336. Report on optimization of training in and management of special use air-
space. 
Sec. 337. Plan for modernized, dedicated Department of the Navy adversary air 
training enterprise. 
Sec. 338. Updated guidance regarding biennial core report. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 341. Explosive safety board. 
Sec. 342. Servicewomen’s commemorative partnerships. 
Sec. 343. Limitation on availability of funds for advanced skills management soft-
ware system of the Navy. 
Sec. 344. Cost-benefit analysis of uniform specifications for Afghan military or se-
curity forces. 
Sec. 345. Temporary installation reutilization authority for arsenals, depots, and 
plants. 
Sec. 346. Comprehensive plan for sharing depot-level maintenance best practices. 
Sec. 347. Pilot program for operation and maintenance budget presentation. 
Sec. 348. Repurposing and reuse of surplus Army firearms. 
Sec. 349. Department of the Navy marksmanship awards. 
Sec. 350. Civilian training for National Guard pilots and sensor operator aircrews 
of MQ–9 unmanned aerial vehicles. 
Sec. 351. Training for National Guard personnel on wildfire response. 
Sec. 352. Modification of the Second Division Memorial. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2018 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for operation and maintenance, as specified in the 
funding table in section 4301. 
Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 
SEC. 311. MILITARY AVIATION AND INSTALLATION ASSURANCE SITING 
CLEARINGHOUSE. 
(a) CODIFICATION.—Chapter 7 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after section 183 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 183a. 
Military 
Aviation 
and 
Installation 
Assurance 
Clearinghouse for review of mission obstructions 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall estab-
lish a Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearing-
house (in this section referred to as the ‘Clearinghouse’). 
‘‘(2) The Clearinghouse shall be— 
‘‘(A) organized under the authority, direction, and control 
of an Assistant Secretary of Defense designated by the Sec-
retary; and 
‘‘(B) assigned such personnel and resources as the Secretary 
considers appropriate to carry out this section. 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—(1) The Clearinghouse shall coordinate 
Department of Defense review of applications for energy projects 
filed with the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 
of title 49 and received by the Department of Defense from the 
Secretary of Transportation. In performing such coordination, the 
Clearinghouse shall provide procedures to ensure affected local 
military installations are consulted.
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‘‘(2) The Clearinghouse shall accelerate the development of 
planning tools necessary to determine the acceptability to the 
Department of Defense of proposals included in an application 
for an energy project submitted pursuant to such section. 
‘‘(3) The Clearinghouse shall perform such other functions as 
the Secretary of Defense assigns. 
‘‘(c) REVIEW
OF PROPOSED ACTIONS.—(1) Not later than 60 
days after receiving from the Secretary of Transportation a proper 
application for an energy project under section 44718 of title 49 
that may have an adverse impact on military operations and readi-
ness, the Clearinghouse shall conduct a preliminary review of such 
application. The review shall— 
‘‘(A) assess the likely scope, duration, and level of risk 
of any adverse impact of such energy project on military oper-
ations and readiness; and 
‘‘(B) identify any feasible and affordable actions that could 
be taken by the Department, the developer of such energy 
project, or others to mitigate the adverse impact and to mini-
mize risks to national security while allowing the energy project 
to proceed with development. 
‘‘(2) If the Clearinghouse finds under paragraph (1) that an 
energy project will have an adverse impact on military operations 
and readiness, the Clearinghouse shall issue to the applicant a 
notice of presumed risk that describes the concerns identified by 
the Department in the preliminary review and requests a discussion 
of possible mitigation actions. 
‘‘(3) At the same time that the Clearinghouse issues to the 
applicant a notice of presumed risk under paragraph (2), the 
Clearinghouse shall provide the same notice to the governor of 
the State in which the project is located and request that the 
governor provide the Clearinghouse any comments the governor 
believes of relevance to the application. The Secretary of Defense 
shall consider the comments of the governor in the Secretary’s 
evaluation of whether the project presents an unacceptable risk 
to the national security of the United States and shall include 
the comments with the finding provided to the Secretary of 
Transportation pursuant to section 44718(f) of title 49. 
‘‘(4) The Clearinghouse shall develop, in coordination with other 
departments and agencies of the Federal Government, an integrated 
review process to ensure timely notification and consideration of 
energy projects filed with the Secretary of Transportation pursuant 
to section 44718 of title 49 that may have an adverse impact 
on military operations and readiness. 
‘‘(5) The Clearinghouse shall establish procedures for the 
Department of Defense for the coordinated consideration of and 
response to a request for a review received from another Federal 
agency, a State government, an Indian tribal government, a local 
government, a landowner, or the developer of an energy project, 
including guidance to personnel at each military installation in 
the United States on how to initiate such procedures and ensure 
a coordinated Department response. 
‘‘(6) The Clearinghouse shall develop procedures for conducting 
early outreach to parties carrying out energy projects that could 
have an adverse impact on military operations and readiness and 
to clearly communicate to such parties actions being taken by 
the Department of Defense under this section. The procedures shall 
provide for filing by such parties of a project area and preliminary
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project layout at least one year before expected construction of 
any project proposed within a military training route or within 
line-of-sight of any air route surveillance radar or airport surveil-
lance radar operated or used by the Department of Defense in 
order to provide adequate time for analysis and negotiation of 
mitigation options. Material marked as proprietary or competition 
sensitive by a party filing for this preliminary review shall be 
protected from public release by the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(d) COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.—(1) The Secretary of Defense 
shall develop a comprehensive strategy for addressing the impacts 
upon the military of projects filed with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation pursuant to section 44718 of title 49. 
‘‘(2) In developing the strategy required by paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) assess the magnitude of interference posed by projects 
filed with the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to section 
44718 of title 49; 
‘‘(B) solely for the purpose of informing preliminary reviews 
under subsection (c)(1) and early outreach efforts under sub-
section (c)(5), identify distinct geographic areas selected as pro-
posed locations for projects filed, or for projects that are reason-
ably expected to be filed in the near future, with the Secretary 
of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of title 49 where 
the Secretary of Defense can demonstrate such projects could 
have an adverse impact on military operations and readiness, 
including military training routes, and categorize the risk of 
adverse impact in such areas; 
‘‘(C) develop procedures for the initial identification of such 
geographic areas identified under subparagraph (B), to include 
a process to provide notice and seek public comment prior 
to making a final designation of the geographic areas, including 
maps of the area and the basis for identification; 
‘‘(D) develop procedures to periodically review and modify, 
consistent with the notice and public comment process under 
subparagraph (C), geographic areas identified under subpara-
graph (B) and to solicit and identify additional geographic areas 
as appropriate; 
‘‘(E) at the conclusion of the notice and public comment 
period conducted under subparagraph (C), make a final finding 
on the designation of a geographic area of concern or delegate 
the authority to make such finding to a Deputy Secretary 
of Defense, an Under Secretary of Defense, or a Principal 
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense; and 
‘‘(F) specifically identify feasible and affordable long-term 
actions that may be taken to mitigate adverse impacts of 
projects filed, or which may be filed in the future, with the 
Secretary of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of title 
49, on military operations and readiness, including— 
‘‘(i) investment priorities of the Department of Defense 
with respect to research and development; 
‘‘(ii) modifications to military operations to accommo-
date applications for such projects; 
‘‘(iii) recommended upgrades or modifications to 
existing systems or procedures by the Department of 
Defense;