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‘‘(III) contractors. 
‘‘(vi) Identify and assess the critical defi-
ciencies and strengths in force capabilities (in-
cluding manpower, logistics, intelligence, and 
mobility support) identified during the prepara-
tion and review of the contingency plans of each 
unified combatant command, and identify and 
assess the effect of such deficiencies and strengths 
for the National Military Strategy. 
‘‘(3) SUBMITTAL OF NATIONAL MILITARY STRAT-
EGY AND RISK ASSESSMENT TO CONGRESS.—(A) Not 
later than February 15 of each even-numbered year, 
the Chairman shall, through the Secretary of Defense, 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives the National 
Military Strategy or update, if any, prepared under 
paragraph (1) in such year. 
‘‘(B) Not later than February 15 each year, the 
Chairman shall, through the Secretary of Defense, 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives the Risk As-
sessment prepared under paragraph (2) in such year. 
‘‘(4) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORTS TO CON-
GRESS.—(A) In transmitting a National Military 
Strategy (or update) or Risk Assessment to Congress 
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pursuant to paragraph (3), the Secretary of Defense 
shall include in the transmittal such comments of the 
Secretary thereon, if any, as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
‘‘(B) If the Risk Assessment transmitted under 
paragraph (3) in a year includes an assessment that 
a risk or risks associated with the National Military 
Strategy (or update) are significant, or that critical 
deficiencies in force capabilities exist for a contin-
gency plan described in paragraph (2)(B)(vi), the 
Secretary shall include in the transmittal of the Risk 
Assessment the plan of the Secretary for mitigating 
such risk or deficiency. A plan for mitigating risk of 
deficiency under this subparagraph shall— 
‘‘(i) address the risk assumed in the Na-
tional Military Strategy (or update) concerned, 
and the additional actions taken or planned to 
be taken to address such risk using only current 
technology and force structure capabilities; and 
‘‘(ii) specify, for each risk addressed, the ex-
tent of, and a schedule for expected mitigation of, 
such risk, and an assessment of the potential for 
residual risk, if any, after mitigation.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such section is fur-
ther amended by striking subsection (d). 
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SEC. 1042. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY ON TRAINING OF 
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES WITH FRIEND-
LY FOREIGN FORCES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO PAY FOR MINOR MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION IN CONNECTION WITH TRAINING.—Subsection 
(a) of section 2011 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) Expenses of minor military construction di-
rectly related to that training with such expenses pay-
able from amounts available to the commander for 
unspecified minor military construction, except 
that— 
‘‘(A) the amount of any project for which 
such expenses are so payable may not exceed 
$250,000; and 
‘‘(B) the total amount of such expenses so 
paid in any fiscal year may not exceed 
$2,000,000.’’. 
(b) PURPOSES OF TRAINING.—Subsection (b) of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES OF TRAINING.—The purposes of the 
training for which payment may be made under subsection 
(a) shall be as follows: 
‘‘(1) To train the special operations forces of the 
combatant command. 
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‘‘(2) In the case of a commander of a combatant 
command having a geographic area of responsibility, 
to train the military forces and other security forces 
of a friendly foreign country in a manner consistent 
with the Theater Campaign Plan of the commander 
for that geographic area.’’. 
(c) PRIOR APPROVAL.—Subsection (c) of such section 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the 
second sentence the following: ‘‘, or, in the case of training 
activities carried out after the date of the enactment of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, 
the approval of the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State’’. 
(d) REPORTS.—Subsection (e) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or other security’’ after 
‘‘foreign’’ the first place it appears; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘foreign military personnel’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such foreign personnel’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and military training ac-
tivities’’ and inserting ‘‘military training activi-
ties’’; and 
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(B) by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ‘‘, and training programs spon-
sored by the Department of State’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (7); and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (6): 
‘‘(6) A description of any minor military con-
struction projects for which expenses were paid, in-
cluding a justification of the benefits of each such 
project to training under this section.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the of the enactment of this Act. 
The amendments made by subsection (d) shall apply with 
respect to any reports submitted under subsection (e) of sec-
tion 2011 of title 10, United States Code (as so amended), 
after that date. 
SEC. 1043. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE AS-
SURED BUSINESS GUARANTEES TO CARRIERS 
PARTICIPATING 
IN 
CIVIL 
RESERVE 
AIR 
FLEET. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (k) of section 9515 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
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(b) APPLICATION TO ALL SEGMENTS OF CRAF.—Such 
section is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘passenger’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘, except that 
it only means such transportation for which the Sec-
retary of Defense has entered into a contract for the 
purpose of passenger travel’’. 
SEC. 1044. PARTICIPATION OF VETERANS IN THE TRANSI-
TION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each veteran, during the one-year 
period beginning on the date on which the veteran is dis-
charged or separated from service in the Armed Forces, shall 
be authorized to participate in the Transition Assistance 
Program (TAP) of the Department of Defense. 
(b) SCOPE OF AUTHORIZED PARTICIPATION.—As part 
of their participation in the Transition Assistance Program 
pursuant to this section, veterans shall be authorized to re-
ceive the following: 
(1) Transition assistance counseling under the 
program at any military installation at which tran-
sition assistance counseling is being provided to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces under the program. 
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SEC. 1045. MODIFICATION OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE 
ADVISOR PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1081 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1599; 10 U.S.C. 168 
note) is amended by inserting— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘, regional organizations with defense or se-
curity components, and international organizations of 
which the United States is a member’’ after ‘‘foreign 
countries’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or organization’’ after ‘‘min-
istry’’ both places it appears. 
(b) REPORTS.—Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or organizations’’ after ‘‘de-
fense ministries’’ both places it appears; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (7). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 1081. AUTHORITY FOR ASSIGNMENT OF CIVILIAN EM-
PLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
AS ADVISORS TO FOREIGN MINISTRIES OF 
DEFENSE 
AND 
CERTAIN 
REGIONAL 
AND 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.’’. 
SEC. 1046. INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION ON UNMANNED 
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. 
(a) FINDINGS ON JOINT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE COM-
MITTEE ON CONFLICT AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION.—Sec-
tion 1036(a) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 
122 Stat. 4596) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) Collaboration of scientific and technical 
personnel and sharing of technical information, test 
results, and resources where available from the De-
partment of Defense, the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration can advance an enduring relationship of 
research capability to advance the access of un-
manned aircraft systems of the Department of De-
fense, the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration and other public agencies to the National Air-
space System.’’. 
(b) INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
collaborate with the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration and the Administrator of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
to conduct research and seek solutions to challenges 
associated with the safe integration of unmanned air-
craft systems into the National Airspace System in 
accordance with subtitle B of title III of the FAA 
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 
112–95; 126 Stat. 72). 
(2) ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF PLAN ON ACCESS 
TO
NATIONAL
AIRSPACE
FOR
UNMANNED
AIRCRAFT 
SYSTEMS.—Collaboration under paragraph (1) may 
include research and development of scientific and 
technical issues, equipment, and technology in sup-
port of the plan to safely accelerate the integration of 
unmanned aircraft systems as required by subtitle B 
of title III of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act 
of 2012. 
(3) NONDUPLICATIVE EFFORTS.—If the Secretary 
of Defense determines it is in the interest of the De-
partment of Defense, the Secretary may use existing 
aerospace-related laboratories, personnel, equipment, 
research radars, and ground facilities of the Depart-
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ment of Defense to avoid duplication of efforts in car-
rying out collaboration under paragraph (1). 
(4) REPORTS.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of De-
fense, on behalf of the UAS Executive Committee, 
shall annually submit to the congressional de-
fense committees, the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, and the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
a report on the progress of research activity of 
the Department of Defense, including— 
(i) progress in accomplishing the goals 
of the unmanned aircraft systems research, 
development, and demonstration as related 
to the Department of Defense Final Report 
to Congress on Access to National Airspace 
for Unmanned Aircraft Systems of October 
2010, and any ongoing and collaborative re-
search and development programs with the 
Federal Aviation Administration and the 
National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration and 
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(ii) estimates of long-term funding 
needs and details of funds expended and al-
located in the budget requests of the Presi-
dent that support integration into the Na-
tional Airspace. 
(B) TERMINATION.—The requirement to 
submit a report under subparagraph (A) shall 
terminate on the date that is 5 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) UAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘UAS Executive Committee’’ means the 
National Aeronautics and Space and Administration and 
the Department of Defense–Federal Aviation Administra-
tion executive committee described in section 1036(b) of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 and established by the Secretary of De-
fense and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 1047. SENSE OF SENATE ON NOTICE TO CONGRESS ON 
UNFUNDED PRIORITIES. 
It is the sense of the Senate that— 
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(1) not later than 45 days after the submittal to 
Congress of the budget for a fiscal year under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, each officer 
specified in paragraph (2) should, through the Chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of 
Defense, submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a list of any priority military programs or ac-
tivities under the jurisdiction of such officer for 
which, in the estimate of such officer additional 
funds, if available, would substantially reduce oper-
ational or programmatic risk or accelerate the cre-
ation or fielding of a critical military capability; 
(2) the officers specified in this paragraph are— 
(A) the Chief of Staff of the Army; 
(B) the Chief of Naval Operations; 
(C) the Chief of Staff of the Air Force; 
(D) the Commandant of the Marine Corps; 
and 
(E) the Commander of the United States 
Special Operations Command; and 
(3) each list, if any, under paragraph (1) should 
set forth for each military program or activity on 
such list— 
(A) a description of such program or activ-
ity; 
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(B) a summary description of the justifica-
tion for or objectives of additional funds, if 
available for such program or activity; and 
(C) the additional amount of funds rec-
ommended in connection with the justification or 
objectives described for such program or activity 
under subparagraph (B). 
SEC. 1048. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITIES ON ADMISSION 
OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY CIVILIANS TO CER-
TAIN 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
EDU-
CATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMS. 
(a) NAVY DEFENSE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 7049(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘or pro-
fessional continuing education certificate’’ after ‘‘mas-
ter’s degree’’; 
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘125 such 
defense industry employees’’ and inserting ‘‘250 such 
defense industry employees’’; and 
(3) in the last sentence, by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘or an appropriate 
professional continuing education certificate, as ap-
plicable’’. 
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(b) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECH-
NOLOGY.—Section 9314a(a) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or profes-
sional continuing education certificate’’ after ‘‘grad-
uate degree’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘125 defense 
industry employees’’ and inserting ‘‘250 defense in-
dustry employees’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘or an appropriate pro-
fessional continuing education certificate, as applica-
ble’’. 
SEC. 1049. MILITARY WORKING DOG MATTERS. 
(a) RETIREMENT OF MILITARY WORKING DOGS.— 
(1) Section 2583 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) 
as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) TRANSFER
OF RETIRED MILITARY WORKING 
DOGS.—If the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned determines that a military working dog should be 
retired, and no suitable adoption is available at the mili-
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tary facility where the dog is located, the Secretary may 
transfer the dog— 
‘‘(1) to the 341st Training Squadron; or 
‘‘(2) to another location for adoption under this 
section.’’. 
(b) VETERINARY
CARE
FOR
RETIRED
MILITARY 
WORKING DOGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 50 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 993. Military working dogs: veterinary care for re-
tired military working dogs 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may es-
tablish and maintain a system to provide for the veterinary 
care of retired military working dogs. No funds may be pro-
vided by the Federal Government for this purpose. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE DOGS.—A retired military working dog 
eligible for veterinary care under this section is any mili-
tary working dog adopted under section 2583 of this title. 
‘‘(c) STANDARDS OF CARE.—The veterinary care pro-
vided under the system authorized by this section shall meet 
such standards as the Secretary shall establish and from 
time to time update.’’. 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 50 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘993. Military working dogs: veterinary care for retired military working dogs.’’. 
(c) RECOGNITION OF SERVICE OF MILITARY WORKING 
DOGS.—The Secretary of Defense may authorize the rec-
ognition of military working dogs that are killed, wounded, 
or missing in action and military working dogs that per-
form an exceptionally meritorious or courageous act in 
service to the United States. 
SEC. 1050. PROHIBITION ON FUNDS TO ENTER INTO CON-
TRACTS 
OR 
AGREEMENTS 
WITH 
ROSOBORONEXPORT. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act may be used to enter into a con-
tract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agree-
ment with, to make a grant to, or to provide a loan or 
loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport. 
(b) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The 
Secretary of Defense may waive the applicability of sub-
section (a) if the Secretary determines that such a waiver 
is in the national security interests of the United States 
with respect to the capacity of the Afghan National Security 
Forces (ANSF). 
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the United States with regard to the Asia Pacific re-
gion to determine the resources, equipment, and 
transportation required to meet the strategic and 
operational plans of the United States. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The review required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
(A) The force structure, force modernization 
plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and other ele-
ments of the defense program of the United 
States associated with the Asia Pacific region 
that would be required to execute successfully the 
full range of missions called for in the national 
defense strategy. 
(B) An estimate of the timing for initial 
and final operational capability for each unit 
based in, realigned within, or identified for sup-
port to the Asia Pacific region. 
(C) An assessment of the strategic and tac-
tical sea, ground, and air transportation re-
quired for the forces assigned to the Asia Pacific 
region to meet strategic and operational plans. 
(D) The specific capabilities, including the 
general number and type of specific military 
platforms, their permanent station, and planned 
forward operating locations needed to achieve the 
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