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TITLE VI 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health 
care programs of the Department of Defense as authorized by 
law, $32,329,490,000; of which $29,842,167,000 shall be for oper-
ation and maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent shall 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2017, and of 
which up to $14,579,612,000 may be available for contracts entered 
into under the TRICARE program; of which $365,390,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2018, shall be for 
procurement; and of which $2,121,933,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2017, shall be for research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of the amount made available under this 
heading for research, development, test and evaluation, not less 
than $8,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention educational 
activities undertaken in connection with United States military 
training, exercises, and humanitarian assistance activities con-
ducted primarily in African nations: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading for research, development, test 
and evaluation, not less than $943,300,000 shall be made available 
to the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Com-
mand to carry out the congressionally directed medical research 
programs. 
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents 
and munitions in accordance with the provisions of section 1412 
of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 
1521), and for the destruction of other chemical warfare materials 
that are not in the chemical weapon stockpile, $699,821,000, of 
which $118,198,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which no less than $50,743,000 shall be for the Chemical Stockpile 
Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of $21,289,000 for 
activities on military installations and $29,454,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017, to assist State and local govern-
ments; $2,281,000 shall be for procurement, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018, of which $2,281,000 shall be for the 
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to assist 
State and local governments; and $579,342,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017, shall be for research, development, test 
and evaluation, of which $569,339,000 shall only be for the Assem-
bled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the 
Department of Defense for military personnel of the reserve compo-
nents serving under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United
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States Code; for operation and maintenance; for procurement; and 
for research, development, test and evaluation, $1,050,598,000, of 
which 
$716,109,000 
shall 
be 
for 
counter-narcotics 
support; 
$121,589,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction program; 
$192,900,000 shall be for the National Guard counter-drug program; 
and $20,000,000 shall be for the National Guard counter-drug 
schools program: Provided, That the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for obligation for the same time period 
and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of 
the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary 
for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 
back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, as amended, $312,559,000, of which $310,459,000 shall 
be for operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed $700,000 
is available for emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be 
expended on the approval or authority of the Inspector General, 
and payments may be made on the Inspector General’s certificate 
of necessity for confidential military purposes; and of which 
$2,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, shall 
be for research, development, test and evaluation. 
TITLE VII 
RELATED AGENCIES 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
SYSTEM FUND 
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
and Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper funding level 
for continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement and Disability System, $514,000,000. 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Manage-
ment Account, $505,206,000. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not author-
ized by the Congress. 
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law 
prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, 
any person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply 
to personnel of the Department of Defense: Provided, That salary 
increases granted to direct and indirect hire foreign national
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employees of the Department of Defense funded by this Act shall 
not be at a rate in excess of the percentage increase authorized 
by law for civilian employees of the Department of Defense whose 
pay is computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase 
provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employees, 
whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section shall not 
apply to Department of Defense foreign service national employees 
serving at United States diplomatic missions whose pay is set 
by the Department of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: 
Provided further, That the limitations of this provision shall not 
apply to foreign national employees of the Department of Defense 
in the Republic of Turkey. 
SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
year, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appropriations 
in this Act which are limited for obligation during the current 
fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the 
fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall not apply to obligations 
for support of active duty training of reserve components or summer 
camp training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense 
that such action is necessary in the national interest, he may, 
with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer 
not to exceed $4,500,000,000 of working capital funds of the Depart-
ment of Defense or funds made available in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military functions (except military construction) 
between such appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, 
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, 
and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to 
which transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may 
not be used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen 
military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
and in no case where the item for which funds are requested 
has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers 
made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in this 
Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall 
be available to prepare or present a request to the Committees 
on Appropriations for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher 
priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than 
those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the 
item for which reprogramming is requested has been denied by 
the Congress: Provided further, That a request for multiple 
reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this section 
shall be made prior to June 30, 2016: Provided further, That trans-
fers among military personnel appropriations shall not be taken 
into account for purposes of the limitation on the amount of funds 
that may be transferred under this section. 
SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific programs, 
projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and adjustments 
to budget activities corresponding to such programs, projects, and 
activities) contained in the tables titled ‘‘Explanation of Project
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Level Adjustments’’ in the explanatory statement regarding this 
Act, the obligation and expenditure of amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available in this Act for those programs, projects, 
and activities for which the amounts appropriated exceed the 
amounts requested are hereby required by law to be carried out 
in the manner provided by such tables to the same extent as 
if the tables were included in the text of this Act. 
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described in 
subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of appropriations 
for purposes of section 8005 of this Act: Provided, That section 
8005 shall apply when transfers of the amounts described in sub-
section (a) occur between appropriation accounts. 
SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Department of Defense shall submit a report to the congres-
sional defense committees to establish the baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2016: 
Provided, That the report shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 
by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appro-
priate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
by budget activity and program, project, and activity as detailed 
in the Budget Appendix; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer 
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the 
congressional defense committees, unless the Secretary of Defense 
certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that 
such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 
requirement: Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to trans-
fers from the following appropriations accounts: 
(1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’; 
(2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’; 
(3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’; 
(4) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide’’; and 
(5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense 
Sites’’. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in 
working capital funds of the Department of Defense established 
pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may 
be maintained in only such amounts as are necessary at any time 
for cash disbursements to be made from such funds: Provided, 
That transfers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 
That transfers may be made between working capital funds and 
the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ appropriation and 
the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ appropriation accounts in such 
amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, with 
the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, except that 
such transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense 
has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer: Provided further, 
That except in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to
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working capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made 
against a working capital fund to procure or increase the value 
of war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense 
has notified the Congress prior to any such obligation. 
SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used 
to initiate a special access program without prior notification 30 
calendar days in advance to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic 
order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one 
year of the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability 
in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement 
leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order 
quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, 
unless the congressional defense committees have been notified 
at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: Pro-
vided, That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract for which the 
economic order quantity advance procurement is not funded at 
least to the limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further, 
That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any 
systems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract 
would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract can be 
terminated without 30-day prior notification to the congressional 
defense committees: Provided further, That the execution of 
multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value analysis 
to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used for a multiyear contract executed after the date of the 
enactment of this Act unless in the case of any such contract— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress 
a budget request for full funding of units to be procured through 
the contract and, in the case of a contract for procurement 
of aircraft, that includes, for any aircraft unit to be procured 
through the contract for which procurement funds are requested 
in that budget request for production beyond advance procure-
ment activities in the fiscal year covered by the budget, full 
funding of procurement of such unit in that fiscal year; 
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not include 
consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the contractor 
associated with the production of unfunded units to be delivered 
under the contract; 
(3) the contract provides that payments to the contractor 
under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred 
costs on funded units; and 
(4) the contract does not provide for a price adjustment 
based on a failure to award a follow-on contract. 
SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the operation 
and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appro-
priated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, 
for humanitarian and civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of 
title 10, United States Code. Such funds may also be obligated 
for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to authorized 
operations and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of 
chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obligations
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shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United 
States Code: Provided, That funds available for operation and 
maintenance shall be available for providing humanitarian and 
similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Terri-
tories of the Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micro-
nesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized 
by Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon a determination 
by the Secretary of the Army that such action is beneficial for 
graduate medical education programs conducted at Army medical 
facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize 
the provision of medical services at such facilities and transpor-
tation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian 
patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. 
SEC. 8012. (a) During fiscal year 2016, the civilian personnel 
of the Department of Defense may not be managed on the basis 
of any end-strength, and the management of such personnel during 
that fiscal year shall not be subject to any constraint or limitation 
(known as an end-strength) on the number of such personnel who 
may be employed on the last day of such fiscal year. 
(b) The fiscal year 2017 budget request for the Department 
of Defense as well as all justification material and other documenta-
tion supporting the fiscal year 2017 Department of Defense budget 
request shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress as if 
subsections (a) and (b) of this provision were effective with regard 
to fiscal year 2017. 
(c) As required by section 1107 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 10 
U.S.C. 2358 note) civilian personnel at the Department of Army 
Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories may not be man-
aged on the basis of the Table of Distribution and Allowances, 
and the management of the workforce strength shall be done in 
a manner consistent with the budget available with respect to 
such Laboratories. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to mili-
tary (civilian) technicians. 
SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 
the Congress. 
SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available for the basic pay and allowances of any member of 
the Army participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits 
paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from the Department 
of Defense Education Benefits Fund when time spent as a full- 
time student is credited toward completion of a service commitment: 
Provided, That this section shall not apply to those members who 
have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 1987: Provided 
further, That this section applies only to active components of 
the Army. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the 
Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program may be trans-
ferred to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for
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the purpose of implementing a Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program develop-
mental assistance agreement pursuant to section 831 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public 
Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the 
authority of this provision or any other transfer authority contained 
in this Act. 
SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be available 
for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments 
and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain 4 
inches in diameter and under unless the anchor and mooring chain 
are manufactured in the United States from components which 
are substantially manufactured in the United States: Provided, 
That for the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall 
include cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and 
welding (including the forging and shot blasting process): Provided 
further, That for the purpose of this section substantially all of 
the components of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered 
to be produced or manufactured in the United States if the aggre-
gate cost of the components produced or manufactured in the United 
States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or 
manufactured outside the United States: Provided further, That 
when adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart-
ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary 
of the service responsible for the procurement may waive this 
restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be 
made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes. 
SEC. 8017. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund, Army’’, $145,000,000 shall be available to maintain competi-
tive rates at the arsenals. 
SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M–1 Carbines, 
M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, 
or M–1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammuni-
tion or ammunition components that are not otherwise prohibited 
from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms 
ammunition or ammunition components are certified by the Sec-
retary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe for 
further use. 
SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated 
or made available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal 
year for any single relocation of an organization, unit, activity 
or function of the Department of Defense into or within the National 
Capital Region: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the congressional defense committees that such a relocation 
is required in the best interest of the Government. 
SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act, $15,000,000 
shall be available for incentive payments authorized by section 
504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, 
That a prime contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that makes 
a subcontract award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined 
in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business 
owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code, shall be considered 
a contractor for the purposes of being allowed additional compensa-
tion under section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25
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U.S.C. 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 
is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds appropriated 
by an Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
with respect to any fiscal year: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 1906 of title 41, United States Code, this section 
shall be applicable to any Department of Defense acquisition of 
supplies or services, including any contract and any subcontract 
at any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or manufac-
tured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor or supplier defined 
in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business 
owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code. 
SEC. 8021. Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense 
Media Activity shall not be used for any national or international 
political or psychological activities. 
SEC. 8022. During the current fiscal year, the Department 
of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed 
$350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10, 
United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only 
from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, 
That, upon receipt, such contributions from the Government of 
Kuwait shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which 
incurred such obligations. 
SEC. 8023. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not 
less than $39,500,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol 
Corporation, of which— 
(1) $27,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil Air Patrol Corporation 
operation and maintenance, readiness, counter-drug activities, 
and drug demand reduction activities involving youth programs; 
(2) $10,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft Procure-
ment, Air Force’’; and 
(3) $1,700,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement 
for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities 
in support of Federal, State, and local government agencies. 
SEC. 8024. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
are available to establish a new Department of Defense (depart-
ment) federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), 
either as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by 
an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit mem-
bership corporation consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs 
and other nonprofit entities. 
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, 
Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any 
similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to 
any defense FFRDC, except when acting in a technical advisory 
capacity, may be compensated for his or her services as a member 
of such entity, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC 
in a fiscal year: Provided, That a member of any such entity 
referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed travel 
expenses and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel 
Regulations, when engaged in the performance of membership 
duties. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds available to the department from any source during fiscal
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year 2016 may be used by a defense FFRDC, through a fee or 
other payment mechanism, for construction of new buildings, for 
payment of cost sharing for projects funded by Government grants, 
for absorption of contract overruns, or for certain charitable con-
tributions, not to include employee participation in community 
service and/or development: Provided, That up to 1 percent of 
funds provided in this Act for support of defense FFRDCs may 
be used for planning and design of scientific or engineering facilities: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the 
congressional defense committees 15 days in advance of exercising 
the authority in the previous proviso. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
available to the department during fiscal year 2016, not more 
than 5,750 staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded 
for defense FFRDCs: Provided, That, of the specific amount referred 
to previously in this subsection, not more than 1,125 staff years 
may be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: Pro-
vided further, That this subsection shall not apply to staff years 
funded in the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military 
Intelligence Program (MIP). 
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of 
the department’s fiscal year 2017 budget request, submit a report 
presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort 
to be allocated for each defense FFRDC during that fiscal year 
and the associated budget estimates. 
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total 
amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced 
by $65,000,000. 
SEC. 8025. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel 
plate for use in any Government-owned facility or property under 
the control of the Department of Defense which were not melted 
and rolled in the United States or Canada: Provided, That these 
procurement restrictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply 
Class 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 
or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon, 
alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the military department responsible for the procurement may 
waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not avail-
able to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to 
acquire capability for national security purposes: Provided further, 
That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in 
being as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8026. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 
defense committees’’ means the Armed Services Committee of the 
House of Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the 
Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 8027. During the current fiscal year, the Department 
of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and 
repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production 
of components and other Defense-related articles, through competi-
tion between Department of Defense depot maintenance activities
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and private firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive 
of the military department or Defense Agency concerned, with power 
of delegation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable 
estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and private 
bids: Provided further, That Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under 
this section. 
SEC. 8028. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation 
with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a 
foreign country which is party to an agreement described in para-
graph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating 
against certain types of products produced in the United States 
that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 
rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American Act 
with respect to such types of products produced in that foreign 
country. 
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal 
defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the 
United States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary 
of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for 
certain products in that country. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress 
a report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from 
foreign entities in fiscal year 2016. Such report shall separately 
indicate the dollar value of items for which the Buy American 
Act was waived pursuant to any agreement described in subsection 
(a)(2), the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
or any international agreement to which the United States is a 
party. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ 
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, amounts contained 
in the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment 
Recovery Account established by section 2921(c)(1) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 
2687 note) shall be available until expended for the payments 
specified by section 2921(c)(2) of that Act. 
SEC. 8030. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air 
Force, without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States 
of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, 
Minnesota, and Washington relocatable military housing units 
located at Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and 
Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the needs of the Air 
Force. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost 
to the Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a) in 
accordance with the request for such units that are submitted 
to the Secretary by the Operation Walking Shield Program on 
behalf of Indian tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, 
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 
Washington. Any such conveyance shall be subject to the condition 
that the housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 
of time, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any 
conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under
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subsection (a) before submitting requests to the Secretary of the 
Air Force under subsection (b). 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any recognized 
Indian tribe included on the current list published by the Secretary 
of the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian 
Tribe Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 
479a–1). 
SEC. 8031. During the current fiscal year, appropriations which 
are available to the Department of Defense for operation and 
maintenance may be used to purchase items having an investment 
item unit cost of not more than $250,000. 
SEC. 8032. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to— 
(1) disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a Senior Reserve 
Officers’ Training Corps program in accordance with Depart-
ment of Defense Instruction Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 
2006; or 
(2) close, downgrade from host to extension center, or place 
on probation a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program 
in accordance with the information paper of the Department 
of the Army titled ‘‘Army Senior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps (SROTC) Program Review and Criteria’’, dated January 
27, 2014. 
SEC. 8033. The Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations 
to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related products in 
military resale outlets in the United States, its territories and 
possessions at a price below the most competitive price in the 
local community: Provided, That such regulations shall direct that 
the prices of tobacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military 
retail outlets shall be within the range of prices established for 
military retail system stores located in the United States. 
SEC. 8034. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the 
appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense 
Working Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an invest-
ment item for the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for 
sale or anticipated sale during the current fiscal year or a subse-
quent fiscal year to customers of the Department of Defense 
Working Capital Funds if such an item would not have been charge-
able to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund during 
fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an investment item 
would be chargeable during the current fiscal year to appropriations 
made to the Department of Defense for procurement. 
(b) The fiscal year 2017 budget request for the Department 
of Defense as well as all justification material and other documenta-
tion supporting the fiscal year 2017 Department of Defense budget 
shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress on the basis 
that any equipment which was classified as an end item and funded 
in a procurement appropriation contained in this Act shall be budg-
eted for in a proposed fiscal year 2017 procurement appropriation 
and not in the supply management business area or any other 
area or category of the Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds. 
SEC. 8035. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available 
for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds appro-
priated for the Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That funds appropriated,
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transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency 
Central Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior 
or subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That any funds appropriated or transferred to 
the Central Intelligence Agency for advanced research and develop-
ment acquisition, for agent operations, and for covert action pro-
grams authorized by the President under section 503 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain available until 
September 30, 2017. 
SEC. 8036. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available in this Act for the Defense Intelligence Agency 
may be used for the design, development, and deployment of Gen-
eral Defense Intelligence Program intelligence communications and 
intelligence information systems for the Services, the Unified and 
Specified Commands, and the component commands. 
SEC. 8037. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall be made available only 
for the mitigation of environmental impacts, including training 
and technical assistance to tribes, related administrative support, 
the gathering of information, documenting of environmental dam-
age, and developing a system for prioritization of mitigation and 
cost to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands resulting 
from Department of Defense activities. 
SEC. 8038. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless 
the entity, in expending the funds, complies with the Buy American 
Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ 
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has 
been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ‘‘Made 
in America’’ inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the 
United States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall 
determine, in accordance with section 2410f of title 10, United 
States Code, whether the person should be debarred from con-
tracting with the Department of Defense. 
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with 
appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Con-
gress that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending 
the appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and 
products, provided that American-made equipment and products 
are cost-competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 
fashion. 
SEC. 8039. None of the funds appropriated by this Act and 
hereafter shall be available for a contract for studies, analysis, 
or consulting services entered into without competition on the basis 
of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the activity responsible 
for the procurement determines— 
(1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, only one 
source is found fully qualified to perform the proposed work; 
(2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an unsolicited 
proposal which offers significant scientific or technological 
promise, represents the product of original thinking, and was 
submitted in confidence by one source; or 
(3) the purpose of the contract is to take advantage of 
unique and significant industrial accomplishment by a specific 
concern, or to insure that a new product or idea of a specific
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concern is given financial support: Provided, That this limita-
tion shall not apply to contracts in an amount of less than 
$25,000, contracts related to improvements of equipment that 
is in development or production, or contracts as to which a 
civilian official of the Department of Defense, who has been 
confirmed by the Senate, determines that the award of such 
contract is in the interest of the national defense. 
SEC. 8040. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used— 
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or 
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces 
or civilian employee of the department who is transferred or 
reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member or 
employee’s place of duty remains at the location of that head-
quarters. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military depart-
ment may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by- 
case basis, if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that the granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel 
requirements or the financial requirements of the department. 
(c) This section does not apply to— 
(1) field operating agencies funded within the National 
Intelligence Program; 
(2) an Army field operating agency established to eliminate, 
mitigate, or counter the effects of improvised explosive devices, 
and, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, other similar 
threats; 
(3) an Army field operating agency established to improve 
the effectiveness and efficiencies of biometric activities and 
to integrate common biometric technologies throughout the 
Department of Defense; or 
(4) an Air Force field operating agency established to 
administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Program and Mor-
tuary Operations for the Department of Defense and authorized 
Federal entities. 
SEC. 8041. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be available to convert to contractor performance an activity 
or function of the Department of Defense that, on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, is performed by Department 
of Defense civilian employees unless— 
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-private 
competition that includes a most efficient and cost effective 
organization plan developed by such activity or function; 
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over 
all performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for 
performance of the activity or function, the cost of performance 
of the activity or function by a contractor would be less costly 
to the Department of Defense by an amount that equals or 
exceeds the lesser of— 
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization’s per-
sonnel-related costs for performance of that activity or func-
tion by Federal employees; or 
(B) $10,000,000; and 
(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a 
proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense 
by—
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(A) not making an employer-sponsored health insur-
ance plan available to the workers who are to be employed 
in the performance of that activity or function under the 
contract; or 
(B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored 
health benefits plan that requires the employer to con-
tribute less towards the premium or subscription share 
than the amount that is paid by the Department of Defense 
for health benefits for civilian employees under chapter 
89 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection 
(a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 
of title 10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any adminis-
trative regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have 
full authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any 
commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense 
that— 
(A) is included on the procurement list established pursuant 
to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (section 8503 of 
title 41, United States Code); 
(B) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 
nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency 
for other severely handicapped individuals in accordance with 
that Act; or 
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 
firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian tribe, 
as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native 
Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 
(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts 
for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the Department 
of Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be 
credited toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or 
measurement that may be established by statute, regulation, or 
policy and is deemed to be awarded under the authority of, and 
in compliance with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United 
States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial activi-
ties. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 8042. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense 
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 
the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended: 
‘‘Cooperative 
Threat 
Reduction 
Account’’, 
2014/2016, 
$15,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2014/2016, $9,295,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2014/2016, $40,000,000;
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‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2014/2016, $53,415,000; 
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2014/2016, $888,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/2016, $2,300,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force’’, 2014/2016, 
$6,300,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/2016, $90,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2015/2017, $25,000,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, 
Army’’, 2015/2017, $7,500,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2015/2017, $30,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2015/2017, $11,702,000; 
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2015/2017, $15,422,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 
2015/2017, $8,906,000; 
‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, 2015/2017, $66,477,000; 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Air 
Force’’, 
2015/2017, 
$199,046,000; 
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2015/2017, $212,000,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2015/2017, $17,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, 
2015/2016, $9,299,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, 2015/ 
2016, $228,387,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, 
2015/2016, $718,500,000; and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 
Wide’’, 2015/2016, $2,500,000. 
SEC. 8043. None of the funds available in this Act may be 
used to reduce the authorized positions for military technicians 
(dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, 
Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the purpose of applying 
any administratively imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or 
reduction on military technicians (dual status), unless such reduc-
tions are a direct result of a reduction in military force structure. 
SEC. 8044. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea unless specifically 
appropriated for that purpose. 
SEC. 8045. Funds appropriated in this Act for operation and 
maintenance of the Military Departments, Combatant Commands 
and Defense Agencies shall be available for reimbursement of pay, 
allowances and other expenses which would otherwise be incurred 
against appropriations for the National Guard and Reserve when 
members of the National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence 
or counterintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 
Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the activities 
and programs included within the National Intelligence Program 
and the Military Intelligence Program: Provided, That nothing in 
this section authorizes deviation from established Reserve and 
National Guard personnel and training procedures. 
SEC. 8046. (a) None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter- 
drug activities may be transferred to any other department or 
agency of the United States except as specifically provided in an 
appropriations law. 
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence 
Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug
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activities may be transferred to any other department or agency 
of the United States except as specifically provided in an appropria-
tions law. 
SEC. 8047. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than 
those produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the military department responsible 
for such procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by- 
case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate 
domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must 
be made in order to acquire capability for national security pur-
poses: Provided further, That this restriction shall not apply to 
the purchase of ‘‘commercial items’’, as defined by section 103 
of title 41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 
apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 
SEC. 8048. None of the funds made available by this Act for 
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle service competitive procure-
ments may be used unless the competitive procurements are open 
for award to all certified providers of Evolved Expendable Launch 
Vehicle-class systems: Provided, That the award shall be made 
to the provider that offers the best value to the government: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
award may be made to a launch service provider competing with 
any certified launch vehicle in its inventory regardless of the 
country of origin of the rocket engine that will be used on its 
launch vehicle, in order to ensure robust competition and continued 
assured access to space. 
SEC. 8049. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available elsewhere in this Act, $44,000,000 is hereby appro-
priated to the Department of Defense: Provided, That upon the 
determination of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the 
national interest, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts 
specified as follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organizations 
and $24,000,000 to the Red Cross. 
SEC. 8050. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the 
United States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the 
congressional defense committees that such an acquisition must 
be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes 
that is not available from United States manufacturers. 
SEC. 8051. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, 
the Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small 
Business Technology Transfer program set-asides shall be taken 
proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities to the extent 
they contribute to the extramural budget. 
SEC. 8052. None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay 
a contractor under a contract with the Department of Defense 
for costs of any amount paid by the contractor to an employee 
when— 
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of 
the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; 
and 
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated 
with a business combination.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8053. During the current fiscal year, no more than 
$30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be transferred 
to appropriations available for the pay of military personnel, to 
be merged with, and to be available for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred, to be used in support 
of such personnel in connection with support and services for eligible 
organizations and activities outside the Department of Defense 
pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8054. During the current fiscal year, in the case of an 
appropriation account of the Department of Defense for which the 
period of availability for obligation has expired or which has closed 
under the provisions of section 1552 of title 31, United States 
Code, and which has a negative unliquidated or unexpended bal-
ance, an obligation or an adjustment of an obligation may be 
charged to any current appropriation account for the same purpose 
as the expired or closed account if— 
(1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable 
(except as to amount) to the expired or closed account before 
the end of the period of availability or closing of that account; 
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to 
any current appropriation account of the Department of 
Defense; and 
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obligation is 
not chargeable to a current appropriation of the Department 
of Defense under the provisions of section 1405(b)(8) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public 
Law 101–510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, 
That in the case of an expired account, if subsequent review 
or investigation discloses that there was not in fact a negative 
unliquidated or unexpended balance in the account, any charge 
to a current account under the authority of this section shall 
be reversed and recorded against the expired account: Provided 
further, That the total amount charged to a current appropria-
tion under this section may not exceed an amount equal to 
1 percent of the total appropriation for that account. 
SEC. 8055. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of 
equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project by 
any person or entity on a space-available, reimbursable basis. The 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall establish the amount 
of reimbursement for such use on a case-by-case basis. 
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be credited 
to funds available for the National Guard Distance Learning Project 
and be available to defray the costs associated with the use of 
equipment of the project under that subsection. Such funds shall 
be available for such purposes without fiscal year limitation. 
SEC. 8056. None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense may be obligated to modify command and control rela-
tionships to give Fleet Forces Command operational and administra-
tive control of United States Navy forces assigned to the Pacific 
fleet: Provided, That the command and control relationships which 
existed on October 1, 2004, shall remain in force unless changes 
are specifically authorized in a subsequent Act: Provided further,
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That this section does not apply to administrative control of Navy 
Air and Missile Defense Command. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8057. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide’’, $25,000,000 
shall be for continued implementation and expansion of the Sexual 
Assault Special Victims’ Counsel Program: Provided, That the funds 
are made available for transfer to the Department of the Army, 
the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force: 
Provided further, That funds transferred shall be merged with 
and available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which the funds are transferred: Provided 
further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided in this Act. 
SEC. 8058. None of the funds appropriated in title IV of this 
Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery to military 
forces for operational training, operational use or inventory require-
ments: Provided, That this restriction does not apply to end-items 
used in development, prototyping, and test activities preceding and 
leading to acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That 
this restriction does not apply to programs funded within the 
National Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by 
certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national 
security interest to do so. 
SEC. 8059. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-by- 
case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation 
on the procurement of defense items from foreign sources provided 
in law if the Secretary determines that the application of the 
limitation with respect to that country would invalidate cooperative 
programs entered into between the Department of Defense and 
the foreign country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 
for the procurement of defense items entered into under section 
2531 of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not 
discriminate against the same or similar defense items produced 
in the United States for that country. 
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised 
after such date under contracts that are entered into before 
such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason 
other than the application of a waiver granted under subsection 
(a). 
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding 
construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings, food, and 
clothing or textile materials as defined by section XI (chapters 
50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
and products classified under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 
through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 
7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, 
and 9404. 
SEC. 8060. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
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or any other Act may be used to consolidate or relocate any element 
of a United States Air Force Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy 
Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) outside of 
the United States until the Secretary of the Air Force— 
(1) completes an analysis and comparison of the cost and 
infrastructure investment required to consolidate or relocate 
a RED HORSE squadron outside of the United States versus 
within the United States; 
(2) provides to the congressional defense committees a 
report detailing the findings of the cost analysis; and 
(3) certifies in writing to the congressional defense commit-
tees that the preferred site for the consolidation or relocation 
yields the greatest savings for the Air Force: 
Provided, That the term ‘‘United States’’ in this section does not 
include any territory or possession of the United States. 
SEC. 8061. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or other Department of Defense Appropriations 
Acts may be obligated or expended for the purpose of performing 
repairs or maintenance to military family housing units of the 
Department of Defense, including areas in such military family 
housing units that may be used for the purpose of conducting 
official Department of Defense business. 
SEC. 8062. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, 
Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ for any new start advanced 
concept technology demonstration project or joint capability dem-
onstration project may only be obligated 45 days after a report, 
including a description of the project, the planned acquisition and 
transition strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has 
been provided in writing to the congressional defense committees: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction 
on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense 
committees that it is in the national interest to do so. 
SEC. 8063. The Secretary of Defense shall continue to provide 
a classified quarterly report to the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as 
directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 8064. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, a Reserve who is a member of the National Guard 
serving on full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of 
title 32, United States Code, may perform duties in support of 
the ground-based elements of the National Ballistic Missile Defense 
System. 
SEC. 8065. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held 
by the Department of Defense that has a center-fire cartridge 
and a United States military nomenclature designation of ‘‘armor 
penetrator’’, ‘‘armor piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary 
(API)’’, or ‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to 
an entity performing demilitarization services for the Department 
of Defense under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate 
to the satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor piercing 
projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of reuse by the demili-
tarization process; or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant 
to a contract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture 
of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Permanent
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Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by the Department 
of State. 
SEC. 8066. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, may waive 
payment of all or part of the consideration that otherwise would 
be required under section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, 
in the case of a lease of personal property for a period not in 
excess of 1 year to any organization specified in section 508(d) 
of title 32, United States Code, or any other youth, social, or 
fraternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, on a case-by-case 
basis. 
SEC. 8067. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity 
of the Department of Defense that procures malt beverages and 
wine with nonappropriated funds for resale (including such alcoholic 
beverages sold by the drink) on a military installation located 
in the United States unless such malt beverages and wine are 
procured within that State, or in the case of the District of 
Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 
installation is located: Provided, That, in a case in which the 
military installation is located in more than one State, purchases 
may be made in any State in which the installation is located: 
Provided further, That such local procurement requirements for 
malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages 
only for military installations in States which are not contiguous 
with another State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 
than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and the District 
of Columbia shall be procured from the most competitive source, 
price and other factors considered. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8068. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $76,611,750 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized 
to transfer such funds to other activities of the Federal Government: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to 
enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real prop-
erty, construction, personal services, and operations related to 
projects carrying out the purposes of this section: Provided further, 
That contracts entered into under the authority of this section 
may provide for such indemnification as the Secretary determines 
to be necessary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 
section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and local law 
to the maximum extent consistent with the national security, as 
determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 8069. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to take any action to modify— 
(1) the appropriations account structure for the National 
Intelligence Program budget, including through the creation 
of a new appropriation or new appropriation account; 
(2) how the National Intelligence Program budget request 
is presented in the unclassified P–1, R–1, and O–1 documents 
supporting the Department of Defense budget request;
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(3) the process by which the National Intelligence Program 
appropriations are apportioned to the executing agencies; or 
(4) the process by which the National Intelligence Program 
appropriations are allotted, obligated and disbursed. 
(b) Nothing in section (a) shall be construed to prohibit the 
merger of programs or changes to the National Intelligence Program 
budget at or below the Expenditure Center level, provided such 
change is otherwise in accordance with paragraphs (a)(1)–(3). 
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 
of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of achieving auditable 
financial statements and improving fiscal reporting, study and 
develop detailed proposals for alternative financial management 
processes. Such study shall include a comprehensive counterintel-
ligence risk assessment to ensure that none of the alternative 
processes will adversely affect counterintelligence. 
(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals defined under 
subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence and the Sec-
retary of Defense shall— 
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all affected agen-
cies; 
(2) receive certification from all affected agencies attesting 
that the proposed alternatives will help achieve auditability, 
improve fiscal reporting, and will not adversely affect counter-
intelligence; and 
(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all necessary 
certifications under paragraph (2), present the proposed alter-
natives and certifications to the congressional defense and intel-
ligence committees. 
(e) This section shall not be construed to alter or affect the 
application of section 1633 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016 to the amounts made available by this 
Act. 
SEC. 8070. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 
Defense, to remain available for obligation until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, that upon the 
determination of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the 
national interest, these funds shall be available only for a grant 
to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction 
and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of 
military family members when confronted with the illness or hos-
pitalization of an eligible military beneficiary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8071. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $487,595,000 shall be 
for the Israeli Cooperative Programs: Provided, That of this amount, 
$55,000,000 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to 
the Government of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 
defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, subject to 
the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended; 
$286,526,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense 
(SRBMD) program, including cruise missile defense research and 
development under the SRBMD program, of which $150,000,000 
shall be for production activities of SRBMD missiles in the United
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States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent 
with each nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, of which not 
more than $90,000,000, subject to previously established transfer 
procedures, may be obligated or expended until establishment of 
a U.S.-Israeli production agreement for SRBMD; $89,550,000 shall 
be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense 
Architecture, of which not more than $15,000,000, subject to pre-
viously established transfer procedures, may be obligated or 
expended until establishment of a U.S.-Israeli production agree-
ment; and $56,519,000 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement 
Program including development of a long range, ground and air-
borne, detection suite: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this provision for production of missiles and missile compo-
nents may be transferred to appropriations available for the 
procurement of weapons and equipment, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same time period and the same purposes 
as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 
the transfer authority provided under this provision is in addition 
to any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $389,305,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2016, to fund prior year 
shipbuilding cost increases: Provided, That upon enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer funds to the following 
appropriations in the amounts specified: Provided further, That 
the amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available 
for the same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred 
to: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2008/2016: Carrier Replacement Program $123,760,000; 
(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2009/2016: LPD–17 Amphibious Transport Dock Pro-
gram $22,860,000; 
(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 
2012/2016: 
CVN 
Refueling 
Overhauls 
Program 
$20,029,000; 
(4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2012/2016: DDG–51 Destroyer $75,014,000; 
(5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2012/2016: Littoral Combat Ship $82,674,000; 
(6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2012/2016: LPD–17 Amphibious Transport Dock Pro-
gram $38,733,000; 
(7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2012/2016: Joint High Speed Vessel $22,597,000; and 
(8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2013/2016: Joint High Speed Vessel $3,638,000. 
SEC. 8073. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 
by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are 
deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes 
of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094) during fiscal year 2016 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.
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SEC. 8074. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity 
unless such program, project, or activity must be undertaken imme-
diately in the interest of national security and only after written 
prior notification to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8075. The budget of the President for fiscal year 2017 
submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall include separate budget justification docu-
ments for costs of United States Armed Forces’ participation in 
contingency operations for the Military Personnel accounts, the 
Operation and Maintenance accounts, the Procurement accounts, 
and the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation accounts: 
Provided, That these documents shall include a description of the 
funding requested for each contingency operation, for each military 
service, to include all Active and Reserve components, and for 
each appropriations account: Provided further, That these docu-
ments shall include estimated costs for each element of expense 
or object class, a reconciliation of increases and decreases for each 
contingency operation, and programmatic data including, but not 
limited to, troop strength for each Active and Reserve component, 
and estimates of the major weapons systems deployed in support 
of each contingency: Provided further, That these documents shall 
include budget exhibits OP–5 and OP–32 (as defined in the Depart-
ment of Defense Financial Management Regulation) for all contin-
gency operations for the budget year and the two preceding fiscal 
years. 
SEC. 8076. None of the funds in this Act may be used for 
research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or deployment 
of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense system. 
SEC. 8077. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
to reflect savings due to favorable foreign exchange rates, the total 
amount 
appropriated 
in 
this 
Act 
is 
hereby 
reduced 
by 
$1,500,789,000. 
SEC. 8078. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation 
of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force 
Reserve, if such action would reduce the WC–130 Weather Recon-
naissance mission below the levels funded in this Act: Provided, 
That the Air Force shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance 
Squadron to perform other missions in support of national defense 
requirements during the non-hurricane season. 
SEC. 8079. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available for integration of foreign intelligence information unless 
the information has been lawfully collected and processed during 
the conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities: Provided, 
That information pertaining to United States persons shall only 
be handled in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 
Amendment of the United States Constitution as implemented 
through Executive Order No. 12333.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8080. The Secretary of Defense may transfer funds from 
any available Department of the Navy appropriation to any avail-
able Navy ship construction appropriation for the purpose of liqui-
dating necessary changes resulting from inflation, market fluctua-
tions, or rate adjustments for any ship construction program appro-
priated in law: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer not 
to exceed $20,000,000 under the authority provided by this section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may not transfer any funds 
until 30 days after the proposed transfer has been reported to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, unless a response from the Committees is received 
sooner: Provided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to 
this section shall retain the same period of availability as when 
originally appropriated: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided by this section is in addition to any other transfer 
authority contained elsewhere in this Act. 
SEC. 8081. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to transfer research and development, acquisition, 
or other program authority relating to current tactical unmanned 
aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from the Army. 
(b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and operational 
control of the MQ–1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 
in order to support the Secretary of Defense in matters relating 
to the employment of unmanned aerial vehicles. 
SEC. 8082. Up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ may be made 
available for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for the 
purpose of enabling the Pacific Command to execute Theater Secu-
rity Cooperation activities such as humanitarian assistance, and 
payment of incremental and personnel costs of training and exer-
cising with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds made avail-
able for this purpose may be used, notwithstanding any other 
funding authorities for humanitarian assistance, security assistance 
or combined exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds may 
not be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country that 
is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of assistance under 
any other provision of law. 
SEC. 8083. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
programs of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 
except for funds appropriated for research and technology, which 
shall remain available until September 30, 2017. 
SEC. 8084. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, United 
States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ shall be 
considered to be for the same purpose as any subdivision under 
the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations 
in any prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 
to the total amount of the appropriation. 
SEC. 8085. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit 
a report to the congressional intelligence committees to establish 
the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authori-
ties for fiscal year 2016: Provided, That the report shall include—
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(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 
by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appro-
priate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation by 
Expenditure Center and project; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence 
Program in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer 
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the 
congressional intelligence committees, unless the Director of 
National Intelligence certifies in writing to the congressional intel-
ligence committees that such reprogramming or transfer is nec-
essary as an emergency requirement. 
SEC. 8086. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to eliminate, restructure, or realign Army Contracting 
Command–New Jersey or make disproportionate personnel reduc-
tions at any Army Contracting Command–New Jersey sites without 
30-day prior notification to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8087. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to retire, divest, realign, or transfer RQ–4B Global Hawk 
aircraft, or to disestablish or convert units associated with such 
aircraft. 
SEC. 8088. None of the funds made available by this Act for 
excess defense articles, assistance under section 1206 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 
Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456), or peacekeeping operations for the 
countries designated annually to be in violation of the standards 
of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may be used to support any military 
training or operation that includes child soldiers, as defined by 
the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assistance 
is otherwise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8089. Of the funds appropriated in the Intelligence 
Community Management Account for the Program Manager for 
the Information Sharing Environment, $20,000,000 is available for 
transfer by the Director of National Intelligence to other depart-
ments and agencies for purposes of Government-wide information 
sharing activities: Provided, That funds transferred under this 
provision are to be merged with and available for the same purposes 
and time period as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided 
further, That the Office of Management and Budget must approve 
any transfers made under this provision. 
SEC. 8090. (a) None of the funds provided for the National 
Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
or transfer of funds in accordance with section 102A(d) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that— 
(1) creates a new start effort; 
(2) terminates a program with appropriated funding of 
$10,000,000 or more;
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(3) transfers funding into or out of the National Intelligence 
Program; or 
(4) transfers funding between appropriations, unless the 
congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification 
period may be reduced for urgent national security require-
ments. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence 
Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or transfer 
of funds in accordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase 
or decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex accom-
panying the Act unless the congressional intelligence committees 
are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; 
this notification period may be reduced for urgent national security 
requirements. 
SEC. 8091. The Director of National Intelligence shall submit 
to Congress each year, at or about the time that the President’s 
budget is submitted to Congress that year under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, a future-years intelligence program 
(including associated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures 
and proposed appropriations included in that budget. Any such 
future-years intelligence program shall cover the fiscal year with 
respect to which the budget is submitted and at least the four 
succeeding fiscal years. 
SEC. 8092. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 
intelligence committees’’ means the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate. 
SEC. 8093. The Department of Defense shall continue to report 
incremental contingency operations costs for Operation Inherent 
Resolve, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, and any named successor 
operations, on a monthly basis and any other operation designated 
and identified by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of 
section 127a of title 10, United States Code, on a semi-annual 
basis in the Cost of War Execution Report as prescribed in the 
Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation Depart-
ment of Defense Instruction 7000.14, Volume 12, Chapter 23 
‘‘Contingency Operations’’, Annex 1, dated September 2005. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8094. During the current fiscal year, not to exceed 
$11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in title II of 
this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ 
may be transferred by the military department concerned to its 
central fund established for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant 
to section 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8095. Funds appropriated by this Act for operation and 
maintenance may be available for the purpose of making remit-
tances and transfer to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Develop-
ment Fund in accordance with section 1705 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 8096. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
Web site of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 
by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the requesting 
Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 8097. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be expended for any Federal con-
tract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, unless the contractor 
agrees not to— 
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its employees 
or independent contractors that requires, as a condition of 
employment, that the employee or independent contractor agree 
to resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 
out of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and 
battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false impris-
onment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention; or 
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of an existing 
agreement with an employee or independent contractor that 
mandates that the employee or independent contractor resolve 
through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 
assault or harassment, including assault and battery, inten-
tional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or 
negligent hiring, supervision, or retention. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act may be expended for any Federal contract unless the 
contractor certifies that it requires each covered subcontractor to 
agree not to enter into, and not to take any action to enforce 
any provision of, any agreement as described in paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of subsection (a), with respect to any employee or inde-
pendent contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 
For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcontractor’’ is an 
entity that has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a contract 
subject to subsection (a). 
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with respect 
to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements with employees or 
independent contractors that may not be enforced in a court of 
the United States. 
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of 
subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or subcontractor 
for the purposes of a particular contract or subcontract if the 
Secretary or the Deputy Secretary personally determines that the
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waiver is necessary to avoid harm to national security interests 
of the United States, and that the term of the contract or sub-
contract is not longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The 
determination shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 
waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, and shall 
state any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver and the reasons 
each such alternative would not avoid harm to national security 
interests of the United States. The Secretary of Defense shall 
transmit to Congress, and simultaneously make public, any deter-
mination under this subsection not less than 15 business days 
before the contract or subcontract addressed in the determination 
may be awarded. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8098. From within the funds appropriated for operation 
and maintenance for the Defense Health Program in this Act, 
up to $121,000,000, shall be available for transfer to the Joint 
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Facility Demonstration Fund in accordance with the provisions 
of section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes of 
section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are operations of 
the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, 
consisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities des-
ignated as a combined Federal medical facility as described by 
section 706 of Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That addi-
tional funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for oper-
ation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program to the 
Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Med-
ical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the 
Secretary of Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8099. Appropriations available to the Department of 
Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy and light armored 
vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force protection 
purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding 
price or other limitations applicable to the purchase of passenger 
carrying vehicles. 
SEC. 8100. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be used by the Depart-
ment of Defense or a component thereof in contravention of the 
provisions of section 130h of title 10, United States Code (as added 
by section 1671 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016). 
SEC. 8101. The Secretary of Defense shall report quarterly 
the numbers of civilian personnel end strength by appropriation 
account for each and every appropriation account used to finance 
Federal civilian personnel salaries to the congressional defense 
committees within 15 days after the end of each fiscal quarter. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8102. Upon a determination by the Director of National 
Intelligence that such action is necessary and in the national 
interest, the Director may, with the approval of the Office of 
Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000
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of the funds made available in this Act for the National Intelligence 
Program: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be 
used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen intel-
ligence requirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
and in no case where the item for which funds are requested 
has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That a request 
for multiple reprogrammings of funds using authority provided 
in this section shall be made prior to June 30, 2016. 
SEC. 8103. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, 
or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, 
its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any 
other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the 
Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
SEC. 8104. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, 
acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, 
or possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c) 
for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 
under the effective control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification 
of 
facilities 
at 
United 
States 
Naval 
Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective control of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 8105. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used to transfer any individual detained 
at United States Naval Station Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, to the 
custody or control of the individual’s country of origin, any other 
foreign country, or any other foreign entity except in accordance 
with sections 1033 and 1034 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016. 
SEC. 8106. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
1541 et seq.). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8107. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be available for transfer 
to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development 
Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John C. Stennis 
Center for Public Service Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 
1105).
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SEC. 8108. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the Department of Defense or any other Federal agency 
to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles, for any executive 
fleet, or for any agency’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with 
Presidential Memorandum-Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
24, 2011. 
SEC. 8109. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used by the 
Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer of the Depart-
ment of Defense, to enter into a contract, memorandum of under-
standing, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or 
provide a loan or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any sub-
sidiary of Rosoboronexport. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in sub-
section (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State and the Director of National Intelligence, determines that 
it is in the vital national security interest of the United States 
to do so, and certifies in writing to the congressional defense 
committees that, to the best of the Secretary’s knowledge: 
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of lethal mili-
tary equipment to, and the maintenance of existing lethal mili-
tary equipment for, the Government of the Syrian Arab 
Republic; 
(2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation have with-
drawn from Crimea, other than armed forces present on mili-
tary bases subject to agreements in force between the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation and the Government of 
Ukraine; and 
(3) Agents of the Russian Federation have ceased taking 
active measures to destabilize the control of the Government 
of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine. 
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall 
conduct a review of any action involving Rosoboronexport with 
respect to a waiver issued by the Secretary of Defense pursuant 
to subsection (b), and not later than 90 days after the date on 
which such a waiver is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the 
Inspector General shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report containing the results of the review conducted with 
respect to such waiver. 
SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for the purchase or manufacture of a flag of the United 
States unless such flags are treated as covered items under section 
2533a(b) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8111. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
Department of Defense, amounts may be made available, under 
such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, to 
local military commanders appointed by the Secretary, or by an 
officer or employee designated by the Secretary, to provide at their 
discretion ex gratia payments in amounts consistent with subsection 
(d) of this section for damage, personal injury, or death that is 
incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces in a foreign 
country. 
(b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be provided 
only if— 
(1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is determined 
by the local military commander to be friendly to the United 
States;
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(2) a claim for damages would not be compensable under 
chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Foreign Claims Act’’); and 
(3) the property damage, personal injury, or death was 
not caused by action by an enemy. 
(c) NATURE OF PAYMENTS.—Any payments provided under a 
program under subsection (a) shall not be considered an admission 
or acknowledgement of any legal obligation to compensate for any 
damage, personal injury, or death. 
(d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines a program under subsection (a) to be appropriate in a par-
ticular setting, the amounts of payments, if any, to be provided 
to civilians determined to have suffered harm incident to combat 
operations of the Armed Forces under the program should be deter-
mined pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary and 
based on an assessment, which should include such factors as 
cultural appropriateness and prevailing economic conditions. 
(e) LEGAL ADVICE.—Local military commanders shall receive 
legal advice before making ex gratia payments under this sub-
section. The legal advisor, under regulations of the Department 
of Defense, shall advise on whether an ex gratia payment is proper 
under this section and applicable Department of Defense regula-
tions. 
(f) WRITTEN RECORD.—A written record of any ex gratia pay-
ment offered or denied shall be kept by the local commander and 
on a timely basis submitted to the appropriate office in the Depart-
ment of Defense as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
(g) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall report to the 
congressional defense committees on an annual basis the efficacy 
of the ex gratia payment program including the number of types 
of cases considered, amounts offered, the response from ex gratia 
payment recipients, and any recommended modifications to the 
program. 
SEC. 8112. None of the funds available in this Act to the 
Department of Defense, other than appropriations made for nec-
essary or routine refurbishments, upgrades or maintenance activi-
ties, shall be used to reduce or to prepare to reduce the number 
of deployed and non-deployed strategic delivery vehicles and 
launchers below the levels set forth in the report submitted to 
Congress in accordance with section 1042 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 
SEC. 8113. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant awards 
on a public Web site in a searchable format. 
SEC. 8114. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to realign forces at Lajes Air Force Base, Azores, Portugal, 
until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense 
committees that the Secretary of Defense has determined, based 
on an analysis of operational requirements, that Lajes Air Force 
Base is not an optimal location for the Joint Intelligence Analysis 
Complex. 
SEC. 8115. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to fund the performance of a flight demonstration team 
at a location outside of the United States: Provided, That this 
prohibition applies only if a performance of a flight demonstration 
team at a location within the United States was canceled during 
the current fiscal year due to insufficient funding.
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SEC. 8116. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the National Security Agency to— 
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 702 of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for the purpose 
of targeting a United States person; or 
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as such term 
is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, United States Code) 
of any electronic communication of a United States person 
from a provider of electronic communication services to the 
public pursuant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8117. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act for basic allowance for housing for military personnel, including 
active duty, reserve and National Guard personnel, $300,000,000 
is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense and made 
available for transfer only to military personnel accounts: Provided, 
That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this 
Act. 
SEC. 8118. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 
until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 8119. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee 
of any agency funded by this Act who approves or implements 
the transfer of administrative responsibilities or budgetary 
resources of any program, project, or activity financed by this Act 
to the jurisdiction of another Federal agency not financed by this 
Act without the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 
this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly pro-
vided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts 
providing supplemental appropriations for the Department of 
Defense. 
SEC. 8120. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used in contravention of section 
1054 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016, regarding transfer of AH–64 Apache helicopters from the 
Army National Guard to regular Army. 
SEC. 8121. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be obligated for activities authorized under section 1208 of the 
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2005 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1621) to initiate support 
for, or expand support to, foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, 
or individuals unless the congressional defense committees are noti-
fied in accordance with the direction contained in the classified 
annex accompanying this Act, not less than 15 days before initiating 
such support: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
in this Act may be used under section 1208 for any activity that 
is not in support of an ongoing military operation being conducted 
by United States Special Operations Forces to combat terrorism: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive the 
prohibitions in this section if the Secretary determines that such 
waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances and, by not
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later than 72 hours after making such waiver, notifies the congres-
sional defense committees of such waiver. 
SEC. 8122. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of the War Powers 
Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), including for the introduction 
of United States armed forces into hostilities in Iraq, into situations 
in Iraq where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 
indicated by the circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, 
or waters while equipped for combat, in contravention of the 
congressional consultation and reporting requirements of sections 
3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543). 
SEC. 8123. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage or on backup 
aircraft inventory status, or prepare to divest, retire, transfer, or 
place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status, any A– 
10 aircraft, or to disestablish any units of the active or reserve 
component associated with such aircraft. 
SEC. 8124. Of the funds provided for ‘‘Research, Development, 
Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ in this Act, not less than 
$2,800,000 shall be used to support the Department’s activities 
related to the implementation of the Digital Accountability and 
Transparency Act (Public Law 113–101; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note) and 
to support the implementation of a uniform procurement instrument 
identifier as described in subpart 4.16 of Title 48, Code of Federal 
Regulations, to include changes in business processes, workforce, 
or information technology. 
SEC. 8125. None of the funds provided in this Act for the 
T–AO(X) program shall be used to award a new contract that 
provides for the acquisition of the following components unless 
those components are manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary 
equipment (including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 
equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propellers); ship-
board cranes; and spreaders for shipboard cranes: Provided, That 
the Secretary of the military department responsible for such 
procurement may waive these restrictions on a case-by-case basis 
by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate that adequate 
domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
requirements on a timely and cost competitive basis and that such 
an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for 
national security purposes. 
SEC. 8126. The amounts appropriated in title II of this Act 
are hereby reduced by $389,000,000 to reflect excess cash balances 
in Department of Defense Working Capital Funds, as follows: 
(1) 
From 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Army’’, 
$138,000,000; 
(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 
$251,000,000. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 8127. Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment of Defense, the following funds are permanently rescinded 
from the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts 
to reflect excess cash balances in Department of Defense Working 
Capital Funds: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from
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amounts that were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended: 
From ‘‘Defense Working Capital Fund, Defense, X’’, 
$1,037,000,000. 
SEC. 8128. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
to reflect savings due to lower than anticipated fuel costs, the 
total amount appropriated in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 
by $2,576,000,000. 
SEC. 8129. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to divest or retire, or to prepare to divest or retire, KC– 
10 aircraft. 
SEC. 8130. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage or on backup 
aircraft inventory status, or prepare to divest, retire, transfer, or 
place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status, any EC– 
130H aircraft. 
SEC. 8131. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for Government Travel Charge Card expenses by military 
or civilian personnel of the Department of Defense for gaming, 
or for entertainment that includes topless or nude entertainers 
or participants, as prohibited by Department of Defense FMR, 
Volume 9, Chapter 3 and Department of Defense Instruction 
1015.10 (enclosure 3, 14a and 14b). 
SEC. 8132. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new or additional Base 
Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. 
TITLE IX 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON 
TERRORISM 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Army’’, 
$1,846,356,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Navy’’, 
$251,011,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Marine 
Corps’’, $171,079,000: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War
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on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, Air Force’’, 
$726,126,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Army’’, 
$24,462,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Navy’’, 
$12,693,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Marine 
Corps’’, $3,393,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Air Force’’, 
$18,710,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Personnel, 
Army’’, $166,015,000: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Personnel, Air 
Force’’, $2,828,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army’’, $14,994,833,000: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy’’, $7,169,611,000: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Marine Corps’’, $1,372,534,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Air Force’’, $11,128,813,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide’’, $5,665,633,000: Provided, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $1,160,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017, shall be for payments to reimburse 
key cooperating nations for logistical, military, and other support, 
including access, provided to United States military and stability 
operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State of Iraq 
and the Levant: Provided further, That such reimbursement pay-
ments may be made in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in consultation 
with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, may 
determine, based on documentation determined by the Secretary 
of Defense to adequately account for the support provided, and 
such determination is final and conclusive upon the accounting 
officers of the United States, and 15 days following notification 
to the appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, That 
these funds may be used for the purpose of providing specialized 
training and procuring supplies and specialized equipment and 
providing such supplies and loaning such equipment on a non- 
reimbursable basis to coalition forces supporting United States mili-
tary and stability operations in Afghanistan and to counter the
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and 15 days following notifica-
tion to the appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, 
That these funds may be used to support the Governments of 
Jordan and Lebanon, in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense 
may determine, to enhance the ability of the armed forces of Jordan 
to increase or sustain security along its borders and the ability 
of the armed forces of Lebanon to increase or sustain security 
along its borders, upon 15 days prior written notification to the 
congressional defense committees outlining the amounts intended 
to be provided and the nature of the expenses incurred: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided under this heading, up to 
$30,000,000 shall be for Operation Observant Compass: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly 
reports to the congressional defense committees on the use of funds 
provided in this paragraph: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army Reserve’’, $99,559,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy Reserve’’, $31,643,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Marine Corps Reserve’’, $3,455,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Air Force Reserve’’, $58,106,000: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army National Guard’’, $135,845,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Air National Guard’’, $19,900,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the ‘‘Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund’’, $1,100,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such 
funds shall be available to provide support and assistance to foreign 
security forces or other groups or individuals to conduct, support, 
or facilitate counterterrorism and crisis response activities: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall transfer the funds 
provided herein to other appropriations provided for in this Act 
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and subject to the same authorities and for the same time period 
as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 
the transfer authority under this heading is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided 
further, That the funds available under this heading are available 
for transfer only to the extent that the Secretary of Defense submits 
a prior approval reprogramming request to the congressional 
defense committees: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall comply with the appropriate vetting standards and procedures 
established in division C of the Consolidated and Further Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act of 2015 (Public Law 113–235) for any 
recipient of training, equipment, or other assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount provided under this heading is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND 
For the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, $3,652,257,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such 
funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for the purpose of allowing 
the Commander, Combined Security Transition Command— 
Afghanistan, or the Secretary’s designee, to provide assistance, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to the security 
forces of Afghanistan, including the provision of equipment, sup-
plies, services, training, facility and infrastructure repair, renova-
tion, construction, and funding: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense may obligate and expend funds made available to the 
Department of Defense in this title for additional costs associated 
with existing projects previously funded with amounts provided 
under the heading ‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’ in prior Acts: 
Provided further, That such costs shall be limited to contract 
changes resulting from inflation, market fluctuation, rate adjust-
ments, and other necessary contract actions to complete existing 
projects, and associated supervision and administration costs and 
costs for design during construction: Provided further, That the
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Secretary may not use more than $50,000,000 under the authority 
provided in this section: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
notify in advance such contract changes and adjustments in annual 
reports to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 
That the authority to provide assistance under this heading is 
in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to foreign 
nations: Provided further, That contributions of funds for the pur-
poses provided herein from any person, foreign government, or 
international organization may be credited to this Fund, to remain 
available until expended, and used for such purposes: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional 
defense committees in writing upon the receipt and upon the obliga-
tion of any contribution, delineating the sources and amounts of 
the funds received and the specific use of such contributions: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 
15 days prior to obligating from this appropriation account, notify 
the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of 
any such obligation: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall notify the congressional defense committees of any proposed 
new projects or transfer of funds between budget sub-activity groups 
in excess of $20,000,000: Provided further, That the United States 
may accept equipment procured using funds provided under this 
heading in this or prior Acts that was transferred to the security 
forces of Afghanistan and returned by such forces to the United 
States: Provided further, That equipment procured using funds 
provided under this heading in this or prior Acts, and not yet 
transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan or transferred 
to the security forces of Afghanistan and returned by such forces 
to the United States, may be treated as stocks of the Department 
of Defense upon written notification to the congressional defense 
committees: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
this heading, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for recruitment 
and retention of women in the Afghanistan National Security 
Forces, and the recruitment and training of female security per-
sonnel: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 
For the ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’, $715,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such funds 
shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, including training; 
equipment; logistics support, supplies, and services; stipends; infra-
structure repair, renovation, and sustainment, to military and other 
security forces of or associated with the Government of Iraq, 
including Kurdish and tribal security forces or other local security 
forces, with a national security mission, to counter the Islamic 
State of Iraq and the Levant: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall ensure that prior to providing assistance to ele-
ments of any forces such elements are appropriately vetted, 
including at a minimum, assessing such elements for associations 
with terrorist groups or groups associated with the Government 
of Iran; and receiving commitments from such elements to promote 
respect for human rights and the rule of law: Provided further,
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That the Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, 
including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, including 
the Government of Iraq, and other entities, to carry out assistance 
authorized under this heading: Provided further, That contributions 
of funds for the purposes provided herein from any foreign govern-
ment or other entities, may be credited to this Fund, to remain 
available until expended, and used for such purposes: Provided 
further, That not more than 25 percent of the funds appropriated 
under this heading may be obligated or expended until not fewer 
than 15 days after: (1) the Secretary of Defense submits a report 
to the appropriate congressional committees, describing the plan 
for the provision of such training and assistance and the forces 
designated to receive such assistance; and (2) the President submits 
a report to the appropriate congressional committees on how assist-
ance provided under this heading supports a larger regional 
strategy: Provided further, That of the amount provided under 
this heading, not more than 60 percent may be obligated or 
expended until not fewer than 15 days after the date on which 
the Secretary of Defense certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that an amount equal to not less than 40 percent 
of the amount provided under this heading has been contributed 
by other countries and entities for the purposes for which funds 
are provided under this heading, of which at least 50 percent 
shall have been contributed or provided by the Government of 
Iraq: Provided further, That the limitation in the preceding proviso 
shall not apply if the Secretary of Defense determines, in writing, 
that the national security objectives of the United States will be 
compromised by the application of the limitation to such assistance, 
and notifies the appropriate congressional committees not less than 
15 days in advance of the exemption taking effect, including a 
justification for the Secretary’s determination and a description 
of the assistance to be exempted from the application of such 
limitation: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may 
waive a provision of law relating to the acquisition of items and 
support services or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines such 
provisions of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise limit 
the provision of such assistance and a notice of and justification 
for such waiver is submitted to the appropriate congressional 
committees: Provided further, That the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ under this heading means the ‘‘congressional 
defense committees’’, the Committees on Appropriations and For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations 
and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available under this heading are des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 
$161,987,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas
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Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, Army’’, 
$37,260,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, 
ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weapons and 
Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $486,630,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, 
Army’’, $222,040,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 
$1,175,596,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 
$210,990,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $117,966,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 
$12,186,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, 
$56,934,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 
$128,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 
$289,142,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, 
Air Force’’, $228,874,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 
$3,477,001,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 
$173,918,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas
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Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral’’, $10,262,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 9001. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available in this title are in addition to amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2016. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9002. Upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense 
that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary 
may, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, 
transfer up to $4,500,000,000 between the appropriations or funds 
made available to the Department of Defense in this title: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall notify the Congress promptly of each 
transfer made pursuant to the authority in this section: Provided 
further, That the authority provided in this section is in addition 
to any other transfer authority available to the Department of 
Defense and is subject to the same terms and conditions as the 
authority provided in section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 9003. Supervision and administration costs and costs for 
design during construction associated with a construction project 
funded with appropriations available for operation and maintenance 
or the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’ provided in this Act 
and executed in direct support of overseas contingency operations 
in Afghanistan, may be obligated at the time a construction contract 
is awarded: Provided, That, for the purpose of this section, super-
vision and administration costs and costs for design during construc-
tion include all in-house Government costs. 
SEC. 9004. From funds made available in this title, the Sec-
retary of Defense may purchase for use by military and civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense in the United States Cen-
tral Command area of responsibility: (1) passenger motor vehicles 
up to a limit of $75,000 per vehicle; and (2) heavy and light 
armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force 
protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle, notwith-
standing price or other limitations applicable to the purchase of 
passenger carrying vehicles. 
SEC. 9005. Not to exceed $5,000,000 of the amounts appro-
priated by this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army’’ may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
to fund the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program (CERP), 
for the purpose of enabling military commanders in Afghanistan 
to respond to urgent, small-scale, humanitarian relief and 
reconstruction requirements within their areas of responsibility: 
Provided, That each project (including any ancillary or related
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elements in connection with such project) executed under this 
authority shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, That not 
later than 45 days after the end of each 6 months of the fiscal 
year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report regarding the source of funds and 
the allocation and use of funds during that 6-month period that 
were made available pursuant to the authority provided in this 
section or under any other provision of law for the purposes 
described herein: Provided further, That, not later than 30 days 
after the end of each fiscal year quarter, the Army shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees quarterly commitment, 
obligation, and expenditure data for the CERP in Afghanistan: 
Provided further, That, not less than 15 days before making funds 
available pursuant to the authority provided in this section or 
under any other provision of law for the purposes described herein 
for a project with a total anticipated cost for completion of $500,000 
or more, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a written notice containing each of the following: 
(1) The location, nature and purpose of the proposed project, 
including how the project is intended to advance the military 
campaign plan for the country in which it is to be carried 
out. 
(2) The budget, implementation timeline with milestones, 
and completion date for the proposed project, including any 
other CERP funding that has been or is anticipated to be 
contributed to the completion of the project. 
(3) A plan for the sustainment of the proposed project, 
including the agreement with either the host nation, a non- 
Department of Defense agency of the United States Government 
or a third-party contributor to finance the sustainment of the 
activities and maintenance of any equipment or facilities to 
be provided through the proposed project. 
SEC. 9006. Funds available to the Department of Defense for 
operation and maintenance may be used, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, to provide supplies, services, transportation, 
including airlift and sealift, and other logistical support to coalition 
forces supporting military and stability operations in Afghanistan 
and to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to 
the congressional defense committees regarding support provided 
under this section. 
SEC. 9007. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be obligated or expended 
by the United States Government for a purpose as follows: 
(1) To establish any military installation or base for the 
purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any oil resource 
of Iraq. 
(3) To establish any military installation or base for the 
purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
States Armed Forces in Afghanistan. 
SEC. 9008. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of the following laws enacted or regulations 
promulgated to implement the United Nations Convention Against 
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or 
Punishment (done at New York on December 10, 1984):
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(d) PROTECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) SECURITY OF INFORMATION.—A non-Federal entity moni-
toring an information system, operating a defensive measure, 
or providing or receiving a cyber threat indicator or defensive 
measure under this section shall implement and utilize a secu-
rity control to protect against unauthorized access to or acquisi-
tion of such cyber threat indicator or defensive measure. 
(2) REMOVAL OF CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION.—A non- 
Federal entity sharing a cyber threat indicator pursuant to 
this title shall, prior to such sharing— 
(A) review such cyber threat indicator to assess 
whether such cyber threat indicator contains any informa-
tion not directly related to a cybersecurity threat that 
the non-Federal entity knows at the time of sharing to 
be personal information of a specific individual or informa-
tion that identifies a specific individual and remove such 
information; or 
(B) implement and utilize a technical capability config-
ured to remove any information not directly related to 
a cybersecurity threat that the non-Federal entity knows 
at the time of sharing to be personal information of a 
specific individual or information that identifies a specific 
individual. 
(3) USE OF CYBER THREAT INDICATORS AND DEFENSIVE MEAS-
URES BY NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with this title, a cyber 
threat indicator or defensive measure shared or received 
under this section may, for cybersecurity purposes— 
(i) be used by a non-Federal entity to monitor 
or operate a defensive measure that is applied to— 
(I) an information system of the non-Federal 
entity; or 
(II) an information system of another non- 
Federal entity or a Federal entity upon the written 
consent of that other non-Federal entity or that 
Federal entity; and 
(ii) be otherwise used, retained, and further shared 
by a non-Federal entity subject to— 
(I) an otherwise lawful restriction placed by 
the sharing non-Federal entity or Federal entity 
on such cyber threat indicator or defensive 
measure; or 
(II) an otherwise applicable provision of law. 
(B) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this paragraph shall 
be construed to authorize the use of a cyber threat indicator 
or defensive measure other than as provided in this section. 
(4) USE OF CYBER THREAT INDICATORS BY STATE, TRIBAL, 
OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 
(A) LAW ENFORCEMENT USE.—A State, tribal, or local 
government that receives a cyber threat indicator or defen-
sive measure under this title may use such cyber threat 
indicator or defensive measure for the purposes described 
in section 105(d)(5)(A). 
(B) EXEMPTION
FROM
DISCLOSURE.—A cyber threat 
indicator or defensive measure shared by or with a State, 
tribal, or local government, including a component of a
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may designate an appropriate Federal entity, other 
than the Department of Defense (including the 
National Security Agency), to develop and implement 
a capability and process as described in paragraph 
(1) in addition to the capability and process developed 
under such paragraph by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, if, not fewer than 30 days before making 
such designation, the President submits to Congress 
a certification and explanation that— 
(I) such designation is necessary to ensure 
that full, effective, and secure operation of a capa-
bility and process for the Federal Government to 
receive from any non-Federal entity cyber threat 
indicators or defensive measures under this title; 
(II) the designated appropriate Federal entity 
will receive and share cyber threat indicators and 
defensive measures in accordance with the policies, 
procedures, and guidelines developed under this 
title, including subsection (a)(3)(A); and 
(III) such designation is consistent with the 
mission of such appropriate Federal entity and 
improves the ability of the Federal Government 
to receive, share, and use cyber threat indicators 
and defensive measures as authorized under this 
title. 
(ii) APPLICATION TO ADDITIONAL CAPABILITY AND 
PROCESS.—If the President designates an appropriate 
Federal entity to develop and implement a capability 
and process under clause (i), the provisions of this 
title that apply to the capability and process required 
by paragraph (1) shall also be construed to apply to 
the capability and process developed and implemented 
under clause (i). 
(3) PUBLIC NOTICE AND ACCESS.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall ensure there is public notice of, and access 
to, the capability and process developed and implemented under 
paragraph (1) so that— 
(A) any non-Federal entity may share cyber threat 
indicators and defensive measures through such process 
with the Federal Government; and 
(B) all of the appropriate Federal entities receive such 
cyber threat indicators and defensive measures in real 
time with receipt through the process within the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security consistent with the policies 
and procedures issued under subsection (a). 
(4) OTHER FEDERAL ENTITIES.—The process developed and 
implemented under paragraph (1) shall ensure that other Fed-
eral entities receive in a timely manner any cyber threat indica-
tors and defensive measures shared with the Federal Govern-
ment through such process. 
(d) INFORMATION SHARED WITH OR PROVIDED TO THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT.— 
(1) NO WAIVER OF PRIVILEGE OR PROTECTION.—The provi-
sion of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures to the 
Federal Government under this title shall not constitute a 
waiver of any applicable privilege or protection provided by 
law, including trade secret protection.
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(C) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subpara-
graph (F); and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: 
‘‘(E) an entity that collaborates with State and local 
governments on cybersecurity risks and incidents, and has 
entered into a voluntary information sharing relationship 
with the Center; and’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘cyber threat 
indicators, defensive measures, and’’ before ‘‘informa-
tion’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘cyber threat 
indicators, defensive measures, and’’ before ‘‘informa-
tion related’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (F)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘cybersecurity risks’’ and 
inserting ‘‘cyber threat indicators, defensive meas-
ures, cybersecurity risks,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iv) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘cybersecurity 
risks and incidents’’ and inserting ‘‘cyber threat indica-
tors, defensive measures, cybersecurity risks, and 
incidents; and’’; and 
(v) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) the Center designates an agency contact for non- 
Federal entities;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘cybersecurity risks’’ and inserting 
‘‘cyber threat indicators, defensive measures, cyberse-
curity risks,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or disclosure’’ after ‘‘access’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period 
at the end the following: ‘‘, including by working with 
the Privacy Officer appointed under section 222 to ensure 
that the Center follows the policies and procedures specified 
in subsections (b) and (d)(5)(C) of section 105 of the Cyber-
security Act of 2015’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) AUTOMATED INFORMATION SHARING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary appointed under 
section 103(a)(1)(H), in coordination with industry and other 
stakeholders, shall develop capabilities making use of existing 
information technology industry standards and best practices, 
as appropriate, that support and rapidly advance the develop-
ment, adoption, and implementation of automated mechanisms 
for the sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive meas-
ures in accordance with title I of the Cybersecurity Act of 
2015. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Under Secretary appointed 
under section 103(a)(1)(H) shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives an annual report on the status and progress 
of the development of the capabilities described in paragraph 
(1). Such reports shall be required until such capabilities are 
fully implemented.
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‘‘(h) VOLUNTARY INFORMATION SHARING PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(1) PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Center may enter into a vol-
untary information sharing relationship with any con-
senting non-Federal entity for the sharing of cyber threat 
indicators and defensive measures for cybersecurity pur-
poses in accordance with this section. Nothing in this sub-
section may be construed to require any non-Federal entity 
to enter into any such information sharing relationship 
with the Center or any other entity. The Center may termi-
nate a voluntary information sharing relationship under 
this subsection, at the sole and unreviewable discretion 
of the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary 
appointed under section 103(a)(1)(H), for any reason, 
including if the Center determines that the non-Federal 
entity with which the Center has entered into such a 
relationship has violated the terms of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) NATIONAL SECURITY.—The Secretary may decline 
to enter into a voluntary information sharing relationship 
under this subsection, at the sole and unreviewable discre-
tion of the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary 
appointed under section 103(a)(1)(H), for any reason, 
including if the Secretary determines that such is appro-
priate for national security. 
‘‘(2) VOLUNTARY INFORMATION SHARING RELATIONSHIPS.— 
A voluntary information sharing relationship under this sub-
section may be characterized as an agreement described in 
this paragraph. 
‘‘(A) STANDARD AGREEMENT.—For the use of a non- 
Federal entity, the Center shall make available a standard 
agreement, consistent with this section, on the Depart-
ment’s website. 
‘‘(B) NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT.—At the request of a non- 
Federal entity, and if determined appropriate by the 
Center, at the sole and unreviewable discretion of the Sec-
retary, acting through the Under Secretary appointed 
under section 103(a)(1)(H), the Department shall negotiate 
a non-standard agreement, consistent with this section. 
‘‘(C) EXISTING AGREEMENTS.—An agreement between 
the Center and a non-Federal entity that is entered into 
before the date of enactment of this subsection, or such 
an agreement that is in effect before such date, shall be 
deemed in compliance with the requirements of this sub-
section, notwithstanding any other provision or require-
ment of this subsection. An agreement under this sub-
section shall include the relevant privacy protections as 
in effect under the Cooperative Research and Development 
Agreement for Cybersecurity Information Sharing and 
Collaboration, as of December 31, 2014. Nothing in this 
subsection may be construed to require a non-Federal entity 
to enter into either a standard or negotiated agreement 
to be in compliance with this subsection. 
‘‘(i) DIRECT REPORTING.—The Secretary shall develop policies 
and procedures for direct reporting to the Secretary by the Director 
of the Center regarding significant cybersecurity risks and incidents.
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(B) IDENTIFICATION OF CIVILIAN CYBER PERSONNEL.— 
Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, the Director of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, and the Director of National 
Intelligence, shall establish procedures to implement the 
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education coding 
structure to identify all Federal civilian positions that 
require the performance of information technology, cyberse-
curity, or other cyber-related functions. 
(C) IDENTIFICATION
OF
NONCIVILIAN
CYBER
PER-
SONNEL.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish 
procedures to implement the National Initiative for Cyber-
security Education’s coding structure to identify all Federal 
noncivilian positions that require the performance of 
information technology, cybersecurity, or other cyber- 
related functions. 
(D) BASELINE ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING CYBERSECURITY 
WORKFORCE.—Not later than 3 months after the date on 
which the procedures are developed under subparagraphs 
(B) and (C), respectively, the head of each Federal agency 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
of jurisdiction a report that identifies— 
(i) the percentage of personnel with information 
technology, cybersecurity, or other cyber-related job 
functions who currently hold the appropriate industry- 
recognized certifications as identified under the 
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education; 
(ii) the level of preparedness of other civilian and 
noncivilian cyber personnel without existing creden-
tials to take certification exams; and 
(iii) a strategy for mitigating any gaps identified 
in clause (i) or (ii) with the appropriate training and 
certification for existing personnel. 
(E) PROCEDURES FOR ASSIGNING CODES.—Not later than 
3 months after the date on which the procedures are devel-
oped under subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, the 
head of each Federal agency shall establish procedures— 
(i) to identify all encumbered and vacant positions 
with information technology, cybersecurity, or other 
cyber-related functions (as defined in the National Ini-
tiative for Cybersecurity Education’s coding structure); 
and 
(ii) to assign the appropriate employment code to 
each such position, using agreed standards and defini-
tions. 
(2) CODE ASSIGNMENTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date after the procedures are established under paragraph 
(1)(E), the head of each Federal agency shall complete assign-
ment of the appropriate employment code to each position 
within the agency with information technology, cybersecurity, 
or other cyber-related functions. 
(c) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit a progress 
report on the implementation of this section to the appropriate 
congressional committees.
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SEC. 304. IDENTIFICATION OF CYBER-RELATED WORK ROLES OF CRIT-
ICAL NEED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 1 year after the 
date on which the employment codes are assigned to employees 
pursuant to section 303(b)(2), and annually thereafter through 2022, 
the head of each Federal agency, in consultation with the Director, 
the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall— 
(1) identify information technology, cybersecurity, or other 
cyber-related work roles of critical need in the agency’s 
workforce; and 
(2) submit a report to the Director that— 
(A) describes the information technology, cybersecurity, 
or other cyber-related roles identified under paragraph (1); 
and 
(B) substantiates the critical need designations. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—The Director shall provide Federal agencies 
with timely guidance for identifying information technology, cyber-
security, or other cyber-related roles of critical need, including— 
(1) current information technology, cybersecurity, and other 
cyber-related roles with acute skill shortages; and 
(2) information technology, cybersecurity, or other cyber- 
related roles with emerging skill shortages. 
(c) CYBERSECURITY NEEDS REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall— 
(1) identify critical needs for information technology, cyber-
security, or other cyber-related workforce across all Federal 
agencies; and 
(2) submit a progress report on the implementation of 
this section to the appropriate congressional committees. 
SEC. 305. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STATUS REPORTS. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall— 
(1) analyze and monitor the implementation of sections 
303 and 304; and 
(2) not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees that describes the status of such implementation. 
TITLE IV—OTHER CYBER MATTERS 
SEC. 401. STUDY ON MOBILE DEVICE SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, shall— 
(1) complete a study on threats relating to the security 
of the mobile devices of the Federal Government; and 
(2) submit an unclassified report to Congress, with a classi-
fied annex if necessary, that contains the findings of such 
study, the recommendations developed under paragraph (3) 
of subsection (b), the deficiencies, if any, identified under (4) 
of such subsection, and the plan developed under paragraph 
(5) of such subsection.
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TITLE 
III—JAMES 
ZADROGA 
9/11 
HEALTH AND COMPENSATION REAU-
THORIZATION ACT 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘James Zadroga 9/11 Health 
and Compensation Reauthorization Act’’. 
SEC. 302. REAUTHORIZING THE WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM FUND.—Section 
3351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm–61) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 2012’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘2011)’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016 and 
each subsequent fiscal year through fiscal year 2090’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) the Federal share, consisting of an amount equal 
to— 
‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2016, $330,000,000; 
‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2017, $345,610,000; 
‘‘(iii) for fiscal year 2018, $380,000,000; 
‘‘(iv) for fiscal year 2019, $440,000,000; 
‘‘(v) for fiscal year 2020, $485,000,000; 
‘‘(vi) for fiscal year 2021, $501,000,000; 
‘‘(vii) for fiscal year 2022, $518,000,000; 
‘‘(viii) for fiscal year 2023, $535,000,000; 
‘‘(ix) for fiscal year 2024, $552,000,000; 
‘‘(x) for fiscal year 2025, $570,000,000; and 
‘‘(xi) for each subsequent fiscal year through fiscal 
year 2090, the amount specified under this subpara-
graph for the previous fiscal year increased by the 
percentage increase in the consumer price index for 
all urban consumers (all items; United States city aver-
age) as estimated by the Secretary for the 12-month 
period ending with March of the previous year; plus’’; 
and 
(B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) AMOUNTS FROM PRIOR FISCAL YEARS.—Amounts that 
were deposited, or identified for deposit, into the Fund for 
any fiscal year under paragraph (2), as such paragraph was 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the James 
Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, 
that were not expended in carrying out this title for any such 
fiscal year, shall remain deposited, or be deposited, as the 
case may be, into the Fund. 
‘‘(5) AMOUNTS TO REMAIN AVAILABLE UNTIL EXPENDED.— 
Amounts deposited into the Fund under this subsection, 
including amounts deposited under paragraph (2) as in effect
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on the day before the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 
9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, for a fiscal 
year shall remain available, for the purposes described in this 
title, until expended for such fiscal year and any subsequent 
fiscal year through fiscal year 2090.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘sections 3302(a)’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘3342’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 3301(e), 
3301(f), 3302(a), 3302(b), 3303, 3304, 3305(a)(1), 3305(a)(2), 
3305(c), 3341, and 3342’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subpara-
graph (B); and 
(iii) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2016, the amount determined for 
such fiscal year under subparagraph (C) as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 
9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act; and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2016, $200,000;’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subpara-
graph (B); 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 3303’’ and 
all that follows and inserting ‘‘section 3303, for fiscal year 
2016 and each subsequent fiscal year, $750,000.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2016, the amount determined for 
such fiscal year under subparagraph (C) as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 
9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act; 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2017, $15,000,000; and’’; 
(E) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subpara-
graph (B); and 
(iii) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2016, the amount determined for 
such fiscal year under subparagraph (C) as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of the James Zadroga 
9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act; and’’; 
and 
(F) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subpara-
graph (B); and 
(iii) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2016, the amount determined for 
such fiscal year under subparagraph (C) as in effect on