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pacts an ongoing or anticipated contingency operation 
and that, if left unfulfilled, could potentially result in 
loss of life or critical mission failure, the Secretary may 
use the procedures developed under this section in order 
to accomplish the urgent acquisition and deployment of 
the needed capability. 
‘‘(C)(i) In the case of any cyber capability that, as 
determined in writing by the Secretary of Defense, is ur-
gently needed to eliminate a deficiency that as the result 
of a cyber attack has resulted in critical mission failure, 
the loss of life, property destruction, or economic effects, 
or if left unfilled is likely to result in critical mission fail-
ure, the loss of life, property destruction, or economic ef-
fects, the Secretary may use the procedures developed 
under this section in order to accomplish the urgent ac-
quisition and deployment of the needed offensive or de-
fensive cyber capability. 
‘‘(ii) In this subparagraph, the term ‘cyber attack’ 
means a deliberate action to alter, disrupt, deceive, de-
grade, or destroy computer systems or networks or the 
information or programs resident in or transiting these 
systems or networks. 
‘‘(2) DESIGNATION OF SENIOR OFFICIAL RESPON-
SIBLE.—(A)(i) Except as provided under clause (ii), 
whenever the Secretary of Defense makes a determina-
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tion under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph 
(1) that a capability is urgently needed to eliminate a 
deficiency described in that subparagraph, the Secretary 
shall designate a senior official of the Department of De-
fense to ensure that the needed capability is acquired 
and deployed as quickly as possible, with a goal of 
awarding a contract for the acquisition of the capability 
within 15 days. 
‘‘(ii) Clause (i) does not apply to an acquisition ini-
tiated in the case of a determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that funds are necessary to immediately initiate 
a project under a section 804 rapid acquisition pathway 
if the designated official for acquisitions using such 
pathway is a service acquisition executive. 
‘‘(B) Upon designation of a senior official under 
subparagraph (A) with respect to a needed capability, 
the Secretary shall authorize that senior official to waive 
any provision of law or regulation described in sub-
section (d) that such senior official determines in writing 
would unnecessarily impede the urgent acquisition and 
deployment of such capability. In a case in which such 
capability cannot be acquired without an extensive delay, 
the senior official shall require that an interim solution 
be implemented and deployed using the procedures devel-
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oped under this section to minimize adverse con-
sequences resulting from the urgent need. 
‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—(A) Subject to subparagraph 
(C), in any fiscal year in which the Secretary of Defense 
makes a determination described in subparagraph (A), 
(B), or (C) of paragraph (1) with respect to a capability, 
or upon the Secretary making a determination that 
funds are necessary to immediately initiate a project 
under a section 804 rapid acquisition pathway based on 
a compelling national security need, the Secretary may 
use any funds available to the Department of Defense to 
urgently acquire and deploy such capability or imme-
diately initiate such project, respectively, if the deter-
mination includes a written finding that the use of such 
funds is necessary to address in a timely manner the de-
ficiency documented or identified under such subpara-
graph (A), (B), or (C) or the compelling national secu-
rity need identified for purposes of such section 804 
pathway, respectively. 
‘‘(B) The authority provided by this section may 
only be used to acquire capability— 
‘‘(i) in the case of determinations by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (1)(A), in an amount ag-
gregating not more than $200,000,000 during any 
fiscal year;
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‘‘(ii) in the case of determinations by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (1)(B), in an amount ag-
gregating not more than $200,000,000 during any 
fiscal year; 
‘‘(iii) in the case of determinations by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (1)(C), in an amount ag-
gregating not more than $200,000,000 during any 
fiscal year; and 
‘‘(iv) in the case of a determination by the Sec-
retary that funds are necessary to immediately ini-
tiate a project under a section 804 rapid acquisition 
pathway, in an amount aggregating not more than 
$50,000,000 during any fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) In exercising the authority under this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(i) none of the amounts appropriated for Op-
eration and Maintenance may be used to carry out 
this section except for amounts appropriated for— 
‘‘(I) Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
wide; 
‘‘(II) Operation and Maintenance, Army; 
‘‘(III) Operation and Maintenance, Navy; 
‘‘(IV) Operation and Maintenance, Marine 
Corps;
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‘‘(V) Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force; or 
‘‘(VI) Operation and Maintenance, Space 
Force; and 
‘‘(ii) when funds are utilized for sustainment 
purposes, this authority may not be used for more 
than 2 years. 
‘‘(4) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE 
COMMITTEES.—(A) In the case of a determination by the 
Secretary of Defense under subparagraph (A) or (C) of 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall notify the congres-
sional defense committees of the determination within 15 
days after the date of the determination. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a determination by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall no-
tify the congressional defense committees of the deter-
mination at least 10 days before the date on which the 
determination is effective. 
‘‘(C) In the case of a determination by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (3)(A) that funds are necessary 
to immediately initiate a project under a section 804 
rapid acquisition pathway, the Secretary shall notify the 
congressional defense committees of the determination 
within 10 days after the date of the use of such funds.
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‘‘(D) A notice under this paragraph shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(i) Identification of the capability to be ac-
quired. 
‘‘(ii) The amount anticipated to be expended 
for the acquisition. 
‘‘(iii) The source of funds for the acquisition. 
‘‘(E) A notice under this paragraph shall fulfill any 
requirement to provide notification to Congress for a 
program (referred to as a ‘new start program’) that has 
not previously been specifically authorized by law or for 
which funds have not previously been appropriated. 
‘‘(F) A notice under this paragraph shall be pro-
vided in consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION
ON
OFFICERS
WITH
AUTHOR-
ITY.—The authority to make determinations under sub-
paragraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) and under 
paragraph (3)(A) that funds are necessary to imme-
diately initiate a project under a section 804 rapid ac-
quisition pathway, to designate a senior official respon-
sible under paragraph (3), and to provide notification to 
the congressional defense committees under paragraph 
(4) may be exercised only by the Secretary of Defense 
or the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
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‘‘(d) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE CERTAIN LAWS AND REGU-
LATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—Following a determination de-
scribed in subsection (c)(1), the senior official designated 
in accordance with subsection (c)(2), with respect to that 
designation, may waive any provision of law or regula-
tion addressing— 
‘‘(A) the establishment of a requirement or 
specification for the capability to be acquired; 
‘‘(B) the research, development, test, and eval-
uation of the capability to be acquired; 
‘‘(C) the production, fielding, and sustainment 
of the capability to be acquired; or 
‘‘(D) the solicitation, selection of sources, and 
award of the contracts for procurement of the capa-
bility to be acquired. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this subsection au-
thorizes the waiver of— 
‘‘(A) the requirements of this section; 
‘‘(B) any provision of law imposing civil or 
criminal penalties; or 
‘‘(C) any provision of law governing the proper 
expenditure of appropriated funds. 
‘‘(e) OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENTS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The process prescribed under 
subsection (b)(2)(A) for demonstrating and evaluating 
for current operational purposes the performance of a 
capability proposed pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B) 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) An operational assessment in accordance 
with procedures prescribed by the Director of Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation. 
‘‘(B) A requirement to provide information 
about any deficiency of the capability in meeting the 
original requirements for the capability (as stated in 
a statement of the urgent operational need or simi-
lar document) to the deployment decision-making 
authority. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The process prescribed under 
subsection (b)(2)(A) may not include a requirement for 
any deficiency of capability identified in the operational 
assessment to be the determining factor in deciding 
whether to deploy the capability. 
‘‘(3) DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVAL-
UATION ACCESS.—If a capability is deployed under the 
procedures prescribed pursuant to this section, or under 
any other authority, before operational test and evalua-
tion of the capability is completed, the Director of Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation shall have access to oper-
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ational records and data relevant to such capability in 
accordance with section 139(e)(3) of this title for the 
purpose of completing operational test and evaluation of 
the capability. Such access shall be provided in a time 
and manner determined by the Secretary of Defense con-
sistent with requirements of operational security and 
other relevant operational requirements.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters at 
the beginning of subtitle A, and at the beginning of part V 
of subtitle A, of title 10, United States Code, are each 
amended by striking the item relating to chapter 253 and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘253. Rapid Acquisition Procedures ........................................................ 3601’’. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEALS.—The following provisions of 
law are repealed: 
(1) Section 804 of the Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 
111–383; 10 U.S.C. 3201 note prec.). 
(2) Section 806 of the Bob Stump National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 
107–314; 10 U.S.C. 3201 note prec.). 
(d) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 2216a(c) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 804(b) of the Ike 
Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2011 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note)’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
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partment of Defense Instruction 5000.81 (or any suc-
cessor instruction), dated December 31, 2019, and titled 
‘Urgent Capability Acquisition’ ’’. 
(2) Section 8074 of title VIII of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C of Public 
Law 117–103; 136 Stat. 193) is amended by striking 
‘‘under section 806(c)(4) of the Bob Stump National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (10 
U.S.C. 2302 note)’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 
3601(c)(4) of title 10, United States Code,’’. 
(3) Section 851(f) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 10 U.S.C 3201 
note prec.) is amended by striking ‘‘under section 806 
of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 10 U.S.C. 
2302 note)’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 3601 of title 
10, United States Code’’. 
(4) Section 231(c)(1)(A) of the John Warner Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 
(Public Law 109–364; 10 U.S.C. 139 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 806 of the Bob Stump National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (10 U.S.C. 
2302 note)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3601 of title 10, 
United States Code’’.
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SEC. 805. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CLAUSES IMPLEMENTING 
EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3862 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘: certifi-
cation’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CLAUSES IMPLEMENTING 
EXECUTIVE ORDERS.—The unilateral insertion of a covered 
clause into an existing Department of Defense contract, 
order, or other transaction by a contracting officer shall be 
treated as a change directed by the contracting officer pursu-
ant to, and subject to, the Changes clause of the underlying 
contract, order, or other transaction.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph 
(2)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘DEFINITION’’ and inserting ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘section, the term’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘section: 
‘‘(1) The term’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs:
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‘‘(2) The term ‘Changes clause’ means the clause 
described in part 52.243–4 of the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation or any successor regulation. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘covered clause’ means any clause 
implementing the requirements of an Executive order 
issued by the President.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 281 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 3862 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘3862. Requests for equitable adjustment or other relief.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING REGULATIONS.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall revise the Department of Defense 
Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to imple-
ment the requirements of section 3862 of title 10, United 
States Code, as amended by subsection (a). 
(d) CONFORMING POLICY GUIDANCE.—Not later than 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall revise applicable policy guidance on 
other transactions to implement the requirements of section 
3862 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 806. LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCT SUPPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4324(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended—
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), 
(5), (6), (7), and (8) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), 
(D), (E), (F), (G), and (J), respectively; 
(2) by designating the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), as so redesignated, as paragraph (1); 
(3) in paragraph (1), as so designated— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
as so redesignated— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’ before 
‘‘Before granting’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘for which the milestone 
decision authority has received views from ap-
propriate materiel, logistics, or fleet represent-
atives’’ after ‘‘approved life cycle sustainment 
plan’’; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (G), as so re-
designated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(G) an intellectual property management plan 
for product support, including requirements for 
technical data, software, and modular open system 
approaches (as defined in section 4401 of this 
title);’’; 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (G), as so 
redesignated, the following new subparagraphs:
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‘‘(H) an estimate of the number of personnel 
needed to operate and maintain the covered system, 
including military personnel, Federal employees, 
contractors, and host nation support personnel (as 
applicable); 
‘‘(I) a description of opportunities for foreign 
military sales; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end of paragraph (1), as so 
designated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT PHASES.—Before granting Mile-
stone C approval (or the equivalent) for the covered sys-
tem, the milestone decision authority shall ensure that 
the life cycle sustainment plan required by paragraph (1) 
for such covered system has been updated to include 
views received by the milestone decision authority from 
appropriate materiel, logistics, or fleet representatives.’’. 
(b) 
MILESTONE
C 
APPROVAL
DEFINED.—Section 
4324(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph 
(8); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) MILESTONE
C
APPROVAL.—The term ‘Mile-
stone C approval’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 4172(e)(8) of this title.’’.
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SEC. 807. AMENDMENTS TO CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE PROTEC-
TIONS FROM REPRISAL FOR DISCLOSURE OF CER-
TAIN INFORMATION. 
(a) DEFENSE CONTRACTS.—Section 4701 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(G), by striking ‘‘or sub-
contractor’’ and inserting ‘‘, subcontractor, grantee, 
subgrantee, or personal services contractor’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘or sub-
contractor’’ and inserting ‘‘, subcontractor, grantee, 
subgrantee, or personal services contractor’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘contractor 
concerned’’ and inserting ‘‘contractor, subcontractor, 
grantee, subgrantee, or personal services contractor con-
cerned’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘contractor concerned’’ and in-
serting ‘‘contractor, subcontractor, grantee, 
subgrantee, or personal services contractor con-
cerned’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 
subcontractor, grantee, subgrantee, or personal 
services contractor’’ after ‘‘contractor’’;
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(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 
subcontractor, grantee, subgrantee, or personal 
services contractor’’ after ‘‘contractor’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, 
subcontractor, grantee, subgrantee, or personal 
services contractor’’ after ‘‘contractor’’; and 
(v) by inserting at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) Consider disciplinary or corrective action 
against any official of the Department of Defense.’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, subcon-
tractor, grantee, subgrantee, or personal services 
contractor’’ after ‘‘contractor’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘and subcontrac-
tors’’ and inserting ‘‘, subcontractors, grantees, sub-
grantees, or personal services contractors’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)(2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘or grantee of’’ and inserting ‘‘grantee, 
subgrantee, or personal services contractor of’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or 
grantee’’ and inserting ‘‘grantee, or subgrantee’’; 
and
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(6) in subsection (g)(5), by inserting ‘‘or grants’’ 
after ‘‘contracts’’. 
(b) CIVILIAN CONTRACTS.—Section 4712 of title 41, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or sub-
grantee’’ and inserting ‘‘subgrantee,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or sub-
grantee’’ and inserting ‘‘subgrantee, or personal 
services contractor’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or sub-
grantee’’ and inserting ‘‘subgrantee, or personal 
services contractor’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘or subgrantee 
concerned’’ and inserting ‘‘subgrantee, or personal serv-
ices contractor concerned’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘or subgrantee concerned’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subgrantee, or personal services con-
tractor concerned’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or 
subgrantee’’ and inserting ‘‘subgrantee, or per-
sonal services contractor’’;
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(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or 
subgrantee’’ and inserting ‘‘subgrantee, or per-
sonal services contractor’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or 
subgrantee’’ and inserting ‘‘subgrantee, or per-
sonal services contractor’’; and 
(v) by inserting at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) Consider disciplinary or corrective action 
against any official of the executive agency, if appro-
priate.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or sub-
grantee’’ and inserting ‘‘subgrantee, or personal 
services contractor’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘and subgrantees’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subgrantees, and personal services con-
tractors’’; and 
(5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘or subgrantee’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subgrantee, or per-
sonal services contractor’’. 
SEC. 808. USE OF FIXED-PRICE TYPE CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN 
MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 818 of the John Warner Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Pub-
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lic Law 109–364) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT
TO CERTAIN LOW- 
RATE INITIAL PRODUCTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The number of low-rate initial 
production lots associated with a major defense acquisi-
tion program may not be more than one if— 
‘‘(A) the milestone decision authority author-
izes the use of a fixed-price type contract at the 
time of a decision on Milestone B approval; and 
‘‘(B) the scope of the work of the fixed-price 
type contract includes both the development and 
low-rate initial production of items for such major 
defense acquisition program. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The limitation in paragraph (1) 
may be waived by the applicable service acquisition exec-
utive or a designee of such executive if— 
‘‘(A) such waiver authority is not delegated to 
the level of the contracting officer; and 
‘‘(B) written notification of a granted waiver, 
including the associated rationale, is provided to the 
congressional defense committees not later than 30 
days after issuance of the waiver. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
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‘‘(A) The term ‘low-rate initial production’ has 
the meaning given under section 4231 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘milestone decision authority’ 
has the meaning given in section 4211 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘major defense acquisition pro-
gram’ has the meaning given in section 4201 of title 
10, United States Code. 
‘‘(D) The term ‘Milestone B approval’ has the 
meaning given in section 4172(e) of title 10, United 
States Code.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF REGULATIONS.—Not later than 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall revise the Department of Defense 
Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation and any 
applicable regulations regarding the use of fixed-price type 
contracts for a major defense acquisition program (as defined 
in section 4201 of title 10, United States Code) to carry out 
this section and the amendments made by this section. 
SEC. 809. ACQUISITION REPORTING SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall insti-
tute a defense acquisition reporting system to replace the re-
quirements of section 4351 of title 10, United States Code, 
as soon as practicable but not later than June 30, 2023.
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The reporting system required under 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) produce the information necessary to carry out 
the actions specified in chapter 325 of title 10, United 
States Code; 
(2) produce the information necessary to carry out 
the actions specified in sections 4217 and 4311 of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2537, 2577); 
(3) incorporate— 
(A) the lessons learned from the demonstration 
carried out under subsection (b) of section 805 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1816); 
and 
(B) the plans required under subsection (c) of 
such section (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1817); 
(4) provide the congressional defense committees 
and other designated Government entities with access to 
acquisition reporting that is updated on a not less than 
quarterly basis; and 
(5) include such other information and functions as 
the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate to sup-
port the acquisition reporting needs of the Department 
of Defense.
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 4217(a)(2), by inserting ‘‘or any suc-
cessor system,’’ after ‘‘United States Code,’’; and 
(2) in section 4311(a)(2), by inserting ‘‘or any suc-
cessor system,’’ after ‘‘United States Code,’’. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to General 
Contracting 
Authorities, 
Proce-
dures, and Limitations 
SEC. 811. INCLUSION IN BUDGET JUSTIFICATION MATERIALS 
OF ENHANCED REPORTING ON PROPOSED CAN-
CELLATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO MULTIYEAR 
CONTRACTS. 
Section 239c(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as 
paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesig-
nated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) A detailed explanation of the rationale for the 
proposed cancellation or covered modification of the 
multiyear contract.’’.
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SEC. 812. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF ACQUISI-
TION PROGRAMS AND RELATED EFFORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3072 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘initia-
tives’’ and inserting ‘‘efforts’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘initiatives’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘efforts’’; 
(3) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘through 2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through 2026’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c), in the subsection heading, by 
striking ‘‘INITIATIVES’’ and inserting ‘‘EFFORTS’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 203 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended in the item relating to section 3072 by striking 
‘‘initiatives’’ and inserting ‘‘efforts’’. 
SEC. 813. EXTENSION OF DEFENSE MODERNIZATION ACCOUNT 
AUTHORITY. 
Section 3136 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking subsection (j). 
SEC. 814. CLARIFICATION TO FIXED-PRICE INCENTIVE CON-
TRACT REFERENCES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE INNOVATIVE COMMERCIAL 
PRODUCTS
AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES USING GENERAL 
SOLICITATION
COMPETITIVE
PROCEDURES.—Section 
3458(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
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striking ‘‘fixed-price incentive fee contracts’’ and inserting 
‘‘fixed-price incentive contracts’’. 
(b) CONTRACTOR INCENTIVES
TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS 
AND IMPROVE MISSION PERFORMANCE.—Section 832 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 1746 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘fixed-price incentive fee contracts’’ and inserting 
‘‘fixed-price incentive contracts’’. 
SEC. 815. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT IN 
CONNECTION WITH REQUESTS FOR MULTIYEAR 
PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR LARGE DEFENSE 
ACQUISITIONS. 
Section 3501(i)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘shall include’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘(A) A report’’ and inserting ‘‘shall include in 
the request a report’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B). 
SEC. 816. MODIFICATION OF PROVISION RELATING TO DETER-
MINATION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WITH UNUSU-
ALLY HAZARDOUS RISKS. 
Section 1684 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2022 and 2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2024’’; and
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(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2023’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’. 
SEC. 817. MODIFICATION TO PROHIBITION ON OPERATION OR 
PROCUREMENT OF FOREIGN-MADE UNMANNED 
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 848 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 
10 U.S.C. 4871 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as 
subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may not enter into a contract (or extend 
or renew a contract) on or after October 1, 2024, with an 
entity that operates (as determined by the Secretary or the 
Secretary’s designee) equipment from a covered unmanned 
aircraft system company in the performance of a Department 
of Defense contract.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘the restriction under subsection (a) if the operation 
or procurement’’ and inserting ‘‘any restrictions under 
subsection (a) or (b) if the operation, procurement, or 
contracting action’’; 
(4) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated)—
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(A) by inserting ‘‘(or the Secretary’s des-
ignee)’’ after ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the restriction’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘basis’’ inserting ‘‘any restrictions 
under subsections (a) or (b)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘operation or procurement’’ 
and inserting ‘‘operation, procurement, or con-
tracting action’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The term ‘cov-
ered foreign country’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) the People’s Republic of China. 
‘‘(B) The Russian Federation. 
‘‘(C) The Islamic Republic of Iran. 
‘‘(D) The Democratic People’s Republic of 
Korea.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) COVERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM COM-
PANY.—The term ‘covered unmanned aircraft system 
company’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Da-Jiang Innovations (or any subsidiary 
or affiliate of Da-Jiang Innovations).
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‘‘(B) Any entity that produces or provides un-
manned aircraft systems and is included on Consoli-
dated Screening List maintained by the Inter-
national Trade Administration of the Department 
of Commerce. 
‘‘(C) Any entity that produces or provides un-
manned aircraft systems and— 
‘‘(i) is domiciled in a covered foreign coun-
try; or 
‘‘(ii) is subject to unmitigated foreign 
ownership, control or influence by a covered 
foreign country, as determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense unmitigated foreign owner-
ship, control or influence in accordance with 
the National Industrial Security Program (or 
any successor to such program).’’. 
(b) POLICY REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall issue policy to— 
(1) implement the requirements of section 848 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 4871 note), as 
amended by this section, including by establishing a due 
diligence process for the Department of Defense to make
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determinations required by subsection (b) of such section 
848 (as amended by this section); and 
(2) establish an appeal process for any offerors or 
awardees with which the Secretary has not entered into 
a contract or has not extended or renewed a contract 
pursuant to subsection (b) of such section 848 (as 
amended by this section). 
SEC. 818. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO ACCELERATE 
CONTRACTING AND PRICING PROCESSES. 
Section 890 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115– 
232), as most recently amended by section 1831(j)(7) of the 
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–238; 134 
Stat. 4217), is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘of’’ before 
‘‘chapter 271’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘January 2, 2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 2, 2024’’. 
SEC. 819. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTION 
SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR WEAPONS SYSTEMS 
CONTRACTORS. 
Section 883 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 4292 
note prec.) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘six-year pilot pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘seven-year pilot program’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘six years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘seven years’’. 
SEC. 820. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF NEVER CON-
TRACT WITH THE ENEMY. 
Subtitle E of title VIII of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 10 U.S.C. 4871 note 
prec.) is amended— 
(1) in section 841— 
(A) in subsection (i)(1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘2016, 2017, and 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023, and annually thereafter’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) Specific examples where the authorities 
under this section can not be used to mitigate na-
tional security threats posed by vendors supporting 
Department operations because of the restriction on 
using such authorities only with respect to contin-
gency operations. 
‘‘(D) A description of the policies ensuring that 
oversight of the use of the authorities in this section
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is effectively carried out by a single office in the Of-
fice of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion and Sustainment.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (n), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’; and 
(2) in section 842(b)(1), by striking ‘‘2016, 2017, 
and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023, 2024, and 2025’’. 
SEC. 821. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO CONDUCT 
CERTAIN REVIEWS. 
Section 847(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 
1701 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘REQUIREMENT.—’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘Each request’’ and inserting ‘‘REQUIRE-
MENT.—Each request’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 822. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE EX-
TRAORDINARY RELIEF DUE TO INFLATION IM-
PACTS. 
(a) CONTRACT MODIFICATION AUTHORITY.—The first 
section of Public Law 85–804 (50 U.S.C. 1431) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘That the President’’ and inserting 
the following:
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‘‘SECTION 1. (a) That the President’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘an amount in excess of $50,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘an amount in excess of $500,000’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘any amount in excess of 
$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘an amount in excess of 
$150,000,000’’; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (a) (as added by 
paragraph (1)) the following new subsections: 
‘‘(b) TEMPORARY AUTHORITY
TO MODIFY CERTAIN 
CONTRACTS AND OPTIONS BASED ON THE IMPACTS OF IN-
FLATION.—Only amounts specifically provided by an appro-
priations Act for the purposes detailed in subsections (c) and 
(d) of this section may be used by the Secretary of Defense 
to carry out such subsections. 
‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary of Defense, acting pursuant to a 
Presidential authorization under subsection (a) and in ac-
cordance with subsection (b)— 
‘‘(A) may, notwithstanding subsection (e) of section 
2 of this Act (50 U.S.C. 1432(e)), make an amendment 
or modification to an eligible contract when, due solely 
to economic inflation, the cost to a prime contractor of 
performing such eligible contract is greater than the 
price of such eligible contract; and 
‘‘(B) may not request consideration from such 
prime contractor for such amendment or modification.
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‘‘(2) A prime contractor may submit to the Secretary of 
Defense a request for an amendment or modification to an 
eligible contract pursuant to subsection (a) when, due solely 
to economic inflation, the cost to a covered subcontractor of 
performing an eligible subcontract is greater than the price 
of such eligible subcontract. Such request shall include a cer-
tification that the prime contractor— 
‘‘(A) will remit to such covered subcontractor the 
difference, if any, between the original price of such eli-
gible contract and the price of such eligible contract if 
the Secretary of Defense makes an amendment or modi-
fication pursuant to subsection (a); and 
‘‘(B) will not require such covered subcontractor to 
pay additional consideration or fees related to such 
amendment or modification. 
‘‘(3) If a prime contractor does not make the request de-
scribed in paragraph (2), a covered subcontractor may submit 
to a contracting officer of the Department of Defense a re-
quest for an amendment or modification to an eligible sub-
contract when, due solely to economic inflation, the cost to 
such covered subcontractor of performing such eligible sub-
contract is greater than the price of such eligible subcontract. 
‘‘(d) Any adjustment or modification made pursuant to 
subsection (c) to an eligible contract or an eligible sub-
contract shall—
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‘‘(1) be contingent upon the continued performance, 
as applicable, of such eligible contract or such eligible 
subcontract; and 
‘‘(2) account only for the actual cost of performing 
such eligible contract or such eligible subcontract, but 
may account for indirect costs of performance, as the 
Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. 
‘‘(e) The authority under subsections (c) and (d) shall 
be effective during the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2023 and ending on December 31, 2023. 
‘‘(f) In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered subcontractor’ means a sub-
contractor who has entered into an eligible subcontract 
with a prime contractor. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘eligible contract’ means a contract 
awarded to a prime contractor by the Secretary of De-
fense pursuant to subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) The term ‘eligible subcontract’ means a sub-
contract made under an eligible contract to a covered 
subcontractor.’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of an Act providing appropriations to carry 
out section 1 of Public Law 85–804 (50 U.S.C. 1431) (as 
added by subsection (a)), the Under Secretary of Defense for
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Acquisition and Sustainment shall issue guidance imple-
menting the authority under subsections (b) through (d) of 
section 1 of Public Law 85–804 (50 U.S.C. 1431) (as added 
by subsection (a)). 
Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to 
Acquisition Workforce 
SEC. 831. KEY EXPERIENCES AND ENHANCED PAY AUTHORITY 
FOR ACQUISITION WORKFORCE EXCELLENCE. 
(a) PARTICIPATION
IN
THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT 
EXCHANGE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1701a(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (9)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (10), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(11) ensure the participation in the public-private 
talent exchange program established under section 
1599g of this title of up to 250 members of the acquisi-
tion workforce in each fiscal year.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1701a(b)(2) 
of title 10, United States Code, is further amended by 
striking ‘‘as defined’’ and all that follows through ‘‘this
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title’’ and inserting ‘‘as defined in section 3001 of this 
title’’. 
(b) ENHANCED PAY AUTHORITY FOR POSITIONS IN DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE FIELD ACTIVITIES AND DEFENSE 
AGENCIES.—Section 1701b(e)(2) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) NUMBER
OF
POSITIONS.—The authority in 
subsection (a) may not be used at any one time with re-
spect to— 
‘‘(A) more than five positions, in total, in De-
partment of Defense Field Activities and Defense 
Agencies; 
‘‘(B) more than five positions in the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense; and 
‘‘(C) more than five positions in each military 
department.’’. 
(c) 
REPORT
ON
PUBLIC-PRIVATE
TALENT
EX-
CHANGES.—Section 1599g of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) REPORT.—Each member of the acquisition work-
force that participates in the program established under this 
section shall, upon completion of such participation, submit 
to the President of the Defense Acquisition University for in-
clusion in the report required under section 1746a(e) a de-
scription and evaluation of such participation.’’.
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SEC. 832. DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY REFORMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1746 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure the defense 
acquisition university structure includes relevant expert lec-
turers from extramural institutions (as defined in section 
1746a(g) of this title), industry, or federally funded research 
and development centers to advance acquisition workforce 
competence regarding commercial business interests, acquisi-
tion process-related innovations, and other relevant leading 
practices of the private sector.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘commercial train-
ing providers’’ and inserting ‘‘extramural institutions (as 
defined in section 1746a(g) of this title)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) PRESIDENT APPOINTMENT.—(1) The Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall ap-
point the President of the Defense Acquisition University.
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‘‘(2) When determining who to appoint under paragraph 
(1), the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment shall, in consultation with the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Research and Engineering and the service ac-
quisition executives, prioritize highly qualified candidates who 
demonstrate a combination of the following: 
‘‘(A) Leadership abilities. 
‘‘(B) Experience using leading practices to develop 
talent in the private sector. 
‘‘(C) Other qualifying factors, including experience 
with and an understanding of the defense acquisition 
system (as defined in section 3001 of this title), an un-
derstanding of emerging technologies and the defense 
applications of such technologies, experience partnering 
with States, national associations, and academia, and ex-
perience with learning technologies. 
‘‘(3) The term of the President of the Defense Acquisi-
tion University shall be not more than five years, unless the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 
determines it necessary to extend the term for up to an addi-
tional five years. The preceding sentence does not apply to 
the President of the Defense Acquisition University serving 
on January 1, 2022.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.—Not later than March 
1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
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gressional defense committees a plan to modify the defense 
acquisition university structure to comply with section 
1746(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by 
subsection (a). Such plan shall establish a date of not later 
than March 1, 2026, for such modification to be completed. 
SEC. 833. MODIFICATIONS TO DEFENSE CIVILIAN TRAINING 
CORPS. 
Section 2200g of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘For the purposes of’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘establish and maintain’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘The Secretary of Defense, acting through 
the Under Secretary for Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment, shall establish and maintain’’; 
(2) by designating the text of such section, as 
amended by paragraph (1), as subsection (a); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Defense Civilian 
Training Corps is to target critical skills gaps necessary to 
achieve the objectives of the national defense strategies re-
quired by section 113(g) of this title and the national security 
strategies required by section 108 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043) by preparing students selected 
for the Defense Civilian Training Corps for Department of
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Defense careers relating to acquisition, digital technologies, 
critical technologies, science, engineering, finance, and other 
civilian occupations determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(c) USE OF RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS.—The Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment may le-
verage the resources and programs of the acquisition research 
organization within a civilian college or university that is de-
scribed under section 4142(a) of this title (commonly referred 
to as the ‘Acquisition Innovation Research Center’) to carry 
out the requirements of this chapter.’’. 
SEC. 834. ACQUISITION WORKFORCE INCENTIVES RELATING TO 
TRAINING ON, AND AGREEMENTS WITH, CERTAIN 
START-UP BUSINESSES. 
(a) TRAINING.— 
(1) CURRICULA.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Acquisition Innovation Research Center shall make rec-
ommendations on one or more curricula for members of 
the acquisition workforce on financing and operations of 
start-up businesses, which may include the development 
of new curricula, the modification of existing curricula, 
or the adoption of curricula from another agency, aca-
demia, or the private sector.
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(2) ELEMENTS.—Courses under curricula rec-
ommended under paragraph (1) shall be offered with 
varying course lengths and level of study. 
(3) INCENTIVES.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop a program to offer incentives to a member of the 
acquisition workforce that completes a curriculum devel-
oped, modified, or adopted under paragraph (1). 
(4) ADDITIONAL TRAINING MATERIALS.—In recom-
mending curricula under paragraph (1), the Director of 
the Acquisition Innovation Research Center shall con-
sider and incorporate appropriate training materials 
from university, college, trade-school, or private-sector 
curricula in business, law, or public policy. 
(b) EXCHANGES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish a pilot program under which the Secretary 
shall, in accordance with section 1599g of title 10, 
United States Code, arrange for the temporary assign-
ment of— 
(A) one or more members of the acquisition 
workforce to a start-up business; or 
(B) an employee of a start-up business to an 
office of the Department of Defense. 
(2) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall prioritize for 
participation in the pilot program described under para-
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graph (1)(A) members of the acquisition workforce who 
have completed a curriculum required under paragraph 
(1). 
(3) TERMINATION.—The Secretary may not carry 
out the pilot program authorized by this subsection after 
the date that is three years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) CONFERENCES.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
identify existing conferences sponsored by the Department of 
Defense that might be expanded to include opportunities for 
sharing knowledge and best practices on software acquisition 
issues. Such opportunities shall maximize participation be-
tween members of the acquisition workforce, employees of 
start-up businesses, and investors in start-up businesses. 
(d) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to test 
the feasibility of innovative approaches to negotiating 
and establishing intellectual property and data rights in 
agreements with start-up businesses for the procurement 
of software and software-embedded systems. 
(2) AUTHORITY.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall—
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(A) ensure that a member of the acquisition 
workforce who has completed a curriculum required 
under subsection (a) is able to exercise authority to 
apply an approach described in paragraph (1); and 
(B) provide incentives to such member to exer-
cise such authority. 
(3) ELEMENTS.—An approach described in para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Flexible and tailored requirements relating 
to the acquisition and licensing of intellectual prop-
erty and data rights in the software and software- 
embedded systems to be acquired under the agree-
ment. 
(B) An identification and definition of the 
technical interoperability standards required for 
such software and software-embedded systems. 
(C) Flexible mechanisms for access and deliv-
ery of code for such software, including documenta-
tion of the costs and benefits of each such mecha-
nism. 
(4) TERMINATION.—The Secretary may not carry 
out the pilot program authorized by this subsection after 
the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘Acquisition Innovation Research 
Center’’ means the acquisition research organization 
within a civilian college or university that is described 
under section 4142(a) of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘acquisition workforce’’ has the mean-
ing given in section 101 of title 10, United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘start-up business’’ means a small 
business that has been in existence for 5 years or less. 
SEC. 835. CURRICULA ON SOFTWARE ACQUISITIONS AND CY-
BERSECURITY SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE ACQUI-
SITIONS FOR COVERED INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) CURRICULA.—The President of the Defense Acquisi-
tion University, shall supplement existing training curricula 
related to software acquisitions and cybersecurity software or 
hardware acquisitions and offer such curricula to covered in-
dividuals to increase digital literacy related to such acquisi-
tions by developing the ability of such covered individuals to 
use technology to identify, critically evaluate, and synthesize 
data and information related to such acquisitions. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Curricula developed pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall provide information on— 
(1) cybersecurity, information technology systems, 
computer networks, cloud computing, artificial intel-
ligence, machine learning, distributed ledger tech-
nologies, and quantum technologies;
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(2) cybersecurity threats and capabilities; 
(3) activities that encompass the full range of 
threat reduction, vulnerability reduction, deterrence, in-
cident response, resiliency, and recovery policies and ac-
tivities, including activities relating to computer network 
operations, information assurance, military missions, and 
intelligence missions to the extent such activities relate 
to the security and stability of cyberspace; and 
(4) the industry best practices relating to software 
acquisitions and cybersecurity software or hardware ac-
quisitions. 
(c) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
President of the Defense Acquisition University, shall submit 
to Congress a comprehensive plan to implement the curricula 
developed under subsection (a) that includes a comparison 
with similar existing training curricula. Such plan shall in-
clude a list of resources required for and costs associated 
with such implementation, including— 
(1) curriculum development; 
(2) hiring instructors to teach the curriculum; 
(3) facilities; or 
(4) website development. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than one year after 
the date on which the plan described in subsection (d) is sub-
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mitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives, the President of the Defense 
Acquisition University shall offer the curricula developed 
under subsection (a) to covered individuals. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date on 
which the plan described in subsection (d) is submitted to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the President of the Defense Acquisition University, 
shall submit to Congress a report assessing the costs and 
benefits of requiring all covered individuals to complete the 
curricula developed under subsection (a). 
(f) COVERED INDIVIDUALS DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered individuals’’ means an individual serving in 
a position designated under section 1721(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, who is regularly consulted for software 
acquisitions or cybersecurity software or hardware acquisi-
tions. 
SEC. 836. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL IMPERATIVE 
FOR INDUSTRIAL SKILLS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment pro-
gram of the Department of Defense, shall evaluate and fur-
ther develop workforce development training programs (as de-
fined by the Secretary of Defense) for training the skilled in-
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dustrial workers (as defined by the Secretary of Defense) 
that are needed in the defense industrial base through the 
National Imperative for Industrial Skills program of the De-
partment of Defense (or a successor program). 
(b) PRIORITIES.—In carrying out this section, the Sec-
retary shall prioritize workforce development training pro-
grams that— 
(1) are innovative, lab-based, or experientially- 
based; 
(2) rapidly train skilled industrial workers for em-
ployment with entities in the defense industrial base 
faster than traditional workforce development training 
programs and at the scale needed to measurably reduce, 
as rapidly as possible, the shortages of skilled industrial 
workers in the defense industrial base, including mod-
ernization of required equipment and training curricula; 
(3) recruit skilled industrial workers who are manu-
facturing workers from underrepresented communities; 
(4) provide students and skilled industrial workers 
with the support needed to successfully participate in the 
defense industrial base; 
(5) address the specific manufacturing requirements 
and skills that are unique to critical industrial sectors of 
the defense industrial base as defined by the Secretary 
of Defense, such as naval shipbuilding; and
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(6) with respect to Federal workforce development 
training programs in existence on or before the date of 
the enactment of this Act— 
(A) maximize the use of such Federal work-
force development training programs; or 
(B) expand on the activities of such Federal 
workforce development training programs. 
Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to 
Software and Technology 
SEC. 841. GUIDELINES AND RESOURCES ON THE ACQUISITION 
OR LICENSING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. 
Section 3791 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘department 
of defense’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of Defense’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) GUIDELINES AND RESOURCES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, act-
ing through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion and Sustainment, shall develop guidelines and re-
sources on the acquisition or licensing of intellectual 
property, including— 
‘‘(A) intellectual property strategies and other 
mechanisms supporting the use of modular open
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system approaches (as defined in section 4401(b) of 
this title); 
‘‘(B) evaluation and negotiation of intellectual 
property licenses in competitive and non-competitive 
awards; 
‘‘(C) models and best practices for specially ne-
gotiated licenses, including specially negotiated li-
censes described in section 3774(c) of this title; and 
‘‘(D) definitions, key terms, examples, and case 
studies that clarify differences between— 
‘‘(i) detailed manufacturing and process 
data; 
‘‘(ii) form, fit, and function data; 
‘‘(iii) data required for operations, mainte-
nance, installation, and training; 
‘‘(iv) modular system interfaces (as de-
fined in section 4401(b) of this title); and 
‘‘(v) technical data pertaining to an inter-
face between an item or process and other 
items or processes necessary for the segrega-
tion of an item or process from, or the re-
integration of that item or process (or a func-
tionally equivalent item or process) with, other 
items or processes.
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‘‘(2) GUIDELINES
AND
RESOURCES
LIMIT.—The 
guidelines and resources developed under paragraph (1) 
may not alter or affect any authority or duty under this 
section or section 1707 of this title. 
‘‘(3) REVIEW AND CONSULTATION.—In developing 
the guidelines and resources described in paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) review the applicable statutory and regu-
latory history, including among the definitions and 
key terms in section 3771 of this title, to ensure 
consistency; and 
‘‘(B) regularly consult with appropriate govern-
ment and industry persons and organizations. 
‘‘(4) TRAINING.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
ensure that the acquisition workforce receives training 
on the guidelines and resources developed under para-
graph (1).’’. 
SEC. 842. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN PROTOTYPE 
PROJECTS. 
Section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘, and any follow-on production 
contract or transaction that is awarded pursuant to 
subsection (f),’’ both places it appears; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) may be exercised for a transaction for a fol-
low-on production contract or transaction that is award-
ed pursuant to subsection (f) and expected to cost the 
Department of Defense in excess of $100,000,000 (in-
cluding all options) only if a covered official— 
‘‘(i) determines in writing that— 
‘‘(I) the requirements of subsection (d) 
will be met; and 
‘‘(II) the use of the authority of this sec-
tion is essential to meet critical national secu-
rity objectives; and 
‘‘(ii) notifies the congressional defense commit-
tees in writing of the determinations required under 
clause (i) at the time such authority is exercised.’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)—
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(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (4), respectively; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as re-
designated by subparagraph (A), the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered official’ means— 
‘‘(A) a service acquisition executive; 
‘‘(B) the Director of the Defense Advanced Re-
search Projects Agency; 
‘‘(C) the Director of the Missile Defense Agen-
cy; 
‘‘(D) the Undersecretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition and Sustainment; or 
‘‘(E) the Undersecretary of Defense for Re-
search and Engineering.’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘service acquisition executive’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(a) of this title.’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (f)(2), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘of section 2304 of this 
title,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘of chapter 221 of 
this title and even if explicit notification was not listed 
within the request for proposal for the transaction’’.
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SEC. 843. OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY CLARIFICATION. 
Section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, as amend-
ed by section 842, is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘military per-
sonnel and the supporting’’ and inserting ‘‘personnel of 
the Department of Defense or improving’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) The term ‘prototype project’ includes a project 
that addresses— 
‘‘(A) a proof of concept, model, or process, in-
cluding a business process; 
‘‘(B) reverse engineering to address obsoles-
cence; 
‘‘(C) a pilot or novel application of commercial 
technologies for defense purposes; 
‘‘(D) agile development activity; 
‘‘(E) the creation, design, development, or 
demonstration of operational utility; or 
‘‘(F) any combination of subparagraphs (A) 
through (E).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i) PILOT AUTHORITY FOR USE OF OTHER TRANS-
ACTIONS FOR INSTALLATION OR FACILITY PROTOTYPING.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense or 
the Secretary of a military department may establish a 
pilot program under which the Secretary may, under the 
authority of this section, carry out prototype projects 
that are directly relevant to enhancing the ability of the 
Department of Defense to prototype the design, develop-
ment, or demonstration of new construction techniques 
or technologies to improve military installations or facili-
ties (as such terms are defined in section 2801 of this 
title). 
‘‘(2) LIMITS.—In carrying out prototype projects 
under the pilot program established under paragraph 
(1)— 
‘‘(A) not more than two prototype projects may 
begin to be carried out per fiscal year under such 
pilot program; and 
‘‘(B) the aggregate value of all transactions en-
tered into under such pilot program may not exceed 
$200,000,000. 
‘‘(3) SUNSET.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (B), the authority to carry out prototype 
projects under the pilot program established under 
paragraph (1) shall terminate on September 30, 
2025.
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‘‘(B) ONGOING
PROJECT
EXCEPTION.—Sub-
paragraph (A) shall not apply with respect to proto-
type projects being carried out under the pilot pro-
gram established under paragraph (1) on the date 
described in subparagraph (A).’’. 
SEC. 844. PRIZES FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVE-
MENTS. 
Section 4025 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘that have’’ and inserting 
‘‘that—’’ 
‘‘(1) have’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Defense.’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
fense; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) demonstrate management practices that im-
prove the schedule or performance, reduce the costs, or 
otherwise support the transition of technology into ac-
quisition programs or operational use.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘of research re-
sults, technology developments, and prototypes’’;
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(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘to acquire, sup-
port, or stimulate basic, advanced and applied research, 
technology development, or prototype projects’’; 
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘section 2304’’ 
and inserting ‘‘chapter 221’’; and 
(5) in subsection (g)(2)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; 
and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(B) if applicable, a summary of the manage-
ment practice that contributed to an improvement 
to schedule or performance or a reduction in cost 
relating to the transition of technology; 
‘‘(C) an identification of any program executive 
officer (as defined in section 1737 of this title) re-
sponsible for implementation or oversight of re-
search results, technology development, prototype 
development, or management practices (as applica-
ble) for which an award was made under this sec-
tion, and a brief summary of lessons learned by 
such program executive officer in carrying out such 
implementation or oversight;’’.
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SEC. 845. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION FOR PILOT PRO-
GRAM TO ACCELERATE THE PROCUREMENT AND 
FIELDING OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. 
Section 834 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1835; 
10 U.S.C. 4061 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 
(g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(f) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees 
within 30 days after funding has been provided for a proposal 
selected for an award under the pilot program established 
under this section.’’. 
SEC. 846. REPORT ON SOFTWARE DELIVERY TIMES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until De-
cember 31, 2028, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition and Sustainment, in consultation with the Chief Infor-
mation Officer of the Department of Defense and the Chief 
Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the following: 
(1) A description of covered software delivered dur-
ing the fiscal year preceding the date of the report that 
is being developed using iterative development, including
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a description of the capabilities delivered for operational 
use. 
(2) For such covered software not developed using 
iterative development, an explanation for not using 
iterative development and a description of the develop-
ment method used. 
(3) For such covered software being developed using 
iterative development, the frequency with which capabili-
ties 
of 
such 
covered 
software 
were 
delivered, 
disaggregated as follows: 
(A) Covered software for which capabilities 
were delivered during period of less than three 
months. 
(B) Covered software for which capabilities 
were delivered during period of more than three 
months and less than six months. 
(C) Covered software for which capabilities 
were delivered during period of more than six 
months and less than nine months. 
(D) Covered software for which capabilities 
were delivered during period of more than nine 
months and less than 12 months. 
(4) With respect to covered software described in 
paragraph (3) for which capabilities of such covered soft-
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ware were not delivered in fewer than 12 months, an ex-
planation of why such delivery was not possible. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Chief Digital and Artificial Intel-
ligence Officer’’ means— 
(A) the official designated as the Chief Digital 
and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department 
of Defense pursuant to the memorandum of the 
Secretary of Defense titled ‘‘Establishment of the 
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer’’ 
dated December 8, 2021; or 
(B) if there is no official designated as such 
Officer, the official within the Office of the Sec-
retary of Defense with primary responsibility for 
digital and artificial intelligence matters. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered software’’ means software 
that is being developed that— 
(A) was acquired using a software acquisition 
pathway established under section 800 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2020 (Public Law 116–92); or 
(B) is a covered defense business system, as 
defined in section 2222(i) of title 10, United States 
Code.
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(3) The term ‘‘iterative development’’ has the mean-
ing given the term ‘‘agile or iterative development’’ in 
section 891 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 10 115–91; 131 Stat. 
1509; 10 U.S.C. 1746 note). 
Subtitle E—Industrial Base Matters 
SEC. 851. MODIFICATION TO THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND 
INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
Section 4801(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘New Zealand,’’ after ‘‘Australia,’’. 
SEC. 852. MODIFICATION TO MISCELLANEOUS LIMITATIONS ON 
THE PROCUREMENT OF GOODS OTHER THAN 
UNITED STATES GOODS. 
Section 4864 of title 10, United States Code, as amend-
ed by section 853, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) PERIODIC REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than November 
1, 2024, and every five years thereafter, the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall 
review each item described in subsections (a) and (e) of 
this section and submit to the congressional defense 
committees, in writing, one of the following recommenda-
tions:
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‘‘(A) Recommend continued inclusion of the 
item under this section. 
‘‘(B) Recommend continued inclusion of the 
item under this section with modifications. 
‘‘(C) Recommend discontinuing inclusion of the 
item under this section. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each review required under 
paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the five-year 
period preceding the date of submission of the written 
determination related to such a review, the following ele-
ments: 
‘‘(A) The criticality of the item reviewed to a 
military unit’s mission accomplishment or other na-
tional security objectives. 
‘‘(B) The extent to which such item is fielded 
in current programs of record. 
‘‘(C) The number of such items to be procured 
by current programs of record. 
‘‘(D) The extent to which cost and pricing data 
for such item has been deemed fair and reasonable. 
‘‘(3) JUSTIFICATION.—The written determination 
required under paragraph (1) shall also include the find-
ings of the applicable review conducted under such para-
graph and any key justifications for the recommenda-
tion.’’.
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SEC. 853. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF CER-
TAIN COMPONENTS FOR CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS 
AND AUXILIARY SHIPS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN AUXILIARY SHIP 
COMPONENTS BE MANUFACTURED IN THE NATIONAL TECH-
NOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE.— 
(1) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—Section 4864 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by redesig-
nating subsection (l) (relating to ‘‘Implementation of 
auxiliary ship component limitation’’) as subsection (k). 
(2) COMPONENTS
FOR
AUXILIARY
SHIPS.—Para-
graph (4) of section 4864(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND T–ARC’’ after ‘‘T–AO 205’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and T–ARC’’ after ‘‘T–AO 
205’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than June 1, 2023, the 
Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations for carrying out 
section 4864(j) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 854. MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER LOGISTICAL COSTS.— 
Section 4961 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by strik-
ing ‘‘Director of the Defense Logistics Agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘three’’ and in-
serting ‘‘four’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding meetings of an association recognized under 
section 4954(f),’’ after ‘‘meetings’’. 
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Section 4954 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(f) ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION AND DUTIES.—Eligible 
entities that provide procurement technical assistance pursu-
ant to this chapter may form an association to pursue mat-
ters of common concern. If more than a majority of such eli-
gible entities are members of such an association, the Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(1) recognize the existence and activities of such 
an association; and
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‘‘(2) jointly develop with such association a model 
cooperative agreement that may be used at the option of 
the Secretary and an eligible entity.’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Section 4953 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, and shall consult 
with an association recognized under section 4954(f) regard-
ing any revisions to such regulations’’ before the period at 
the end. 
(d) FUNDING.—Section 4955(a)(1) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$1,500,000’’. 
SEC. 855. CODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PRO-
CUREMENTS FROM THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AU-
TONOMOUS REGION. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 848 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 
U.S.C. 4651 note prec.) is repealed. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS FROM 
THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.—Chapter 
363 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 4661. Prohibition on certain procurements from the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
FOR CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS FROM XUAR.—None of the
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funds authorized to be appropriated by a national defense au-
thorization Act or any other Act, or otherwise made available 
for any fiscal year for the Department of Defense, may be 
obligated or expended to knowingly procure any products 
mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced 
labor from XUAR or from an entity that has used labor from 
within or transferred from XUAR as part of a ‘poverty allevi-
ation’ or ‘pairing assistance’ program. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘forced 
labor’ and ‘XUAR’ have the meanings given, respectively, in 
section 2496 of this title.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item: 
‘‘4661. Prohibition on certain procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono-
mous Region.’’. 
(d) POLICY REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall issue a policy to require that an offeror or award-
ee of a Department of Defense contract shall make a good 
faith effort to determine that forced labor from XUAR, as 
described in section 4661 of title 10, United States Code (as 
amended by subsection (b)), will not be used in the perform-
ance of such contract.
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SEC. 856. CODIFICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MENTOR–PROTEGE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 831 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 4901 note 
prec.) is transferred to subchapter I of chapter 387 of title 
10, United States Code, inserted after section 4901, and re-
designated as section 4902. 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—Section 4902 of title 10, United 
States Code, as so transferred and redesignated, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘MENTOR- 
PROTEGE PILOT’’ and inserting ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE MENTOR-PROTEGE’’; 
(2) in the heading for subsection (a), by striking 
‘‘PILOT’’; 
(3) in subsections (a) and (c), by striking ‘‘pilot’’ 
each place it appears; 
(4) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(iii)— 
(A) 
in 
subclause 
(I), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’; and 
(B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(k)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (j)’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘two years’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘three years’’; 
(6) in subsection (f)—
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(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘manu-
facturing, test and evaluation,’’ after ‘‘inventory 
control,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking ‘‘pursuant 
to’’ and all that follows through the semicolon at 
the end and inserting ‘‘pursuant to chapter 388 of 
this title;’’; 
(7) in subsection (g)(3)(C), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(k)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (j)’’; 
(8) by striking subsections (j) and (n); 
(9) by redesignating subsections (k) through (m) as 
subsections (j) through (l), respectively; 
(10) by redesignating subsection (o) as subsection 
(n); 
(11) in subsection (j), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it appears; 
(B) by striking ‘‘by which mentor firms’’ and 
inserting ‘‘by which the parties’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall publish’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘270 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.’’; 
(12) in paragraph (7)(B) of subsection (k), as so 
redesignated, by striking ‘‘pursuant to’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to chapter 
388 of this title; or’’;
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(13) in subsection (l), as so redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘subsection (l)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (k)’’; 
(14) by inserting after subsection (l), as so redesig-
nated, the following new subsection: 
‘‘(m) ANNUAL COLLECTION OF PERFORMANCE DATA.— 
The Director of the Office of Small Business Programs 
shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain outcome-based performance goals 
and annually collect data through an automated infor-
mation system (if practicable) assessing such goals; and 
‘‘(2) conduct an independent review of the Mentor- 
Protege Program established under this section at least 
once every three years.’’; and 
(15) by amending subsection (n), as so redesig-
nated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(n) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘affiliation’, with respect to a rela-
tionship between a mentor firm and a protege firm, 
means a relationship described under section 121.103 of 
title 13, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
regulation). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘disadvantaged small business con-
cern’ means a firm that is not more than the size stand-
ard corresponding to its primary North American Indus-
try Classification System code, is not owned or managed
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by individuals or entities that directly or indirectly have 
stock options or convertible securities in the mentor 
firm, and is— 
‘‘(A) a small business concern owned and con-
trolled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals; 
‘‘(B) a business entity owned and controlled by 
an Indian tribe as defined by section 8(a)(13) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(13)); 
‘‘(C) a business entity owned and controlled by 
a Native Hawaiian Organization as defined by sec-
tion 8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
637(a)(15)); 
‘‘(D) a qualified organization employing se-
verely disabled individuals; 
‘‘(E) a small business concern owned and con-
trolled by women, as defined in section 8(d)(3)(D) 
of 
the 
Small 
Business 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
637(d)(3)(D)); 
‘‘(F) a small business concern owned and con-
trolled by service–disabled veterans (as defined in 
section 8(d)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(d)(3)));
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‘‘(G) a qualified HUBZone small business con-
cern (as defined in section 31(b) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657a(b))); or 
‘‘(H) a small business concern that— 
‘‘(i) is a nontraditional defense contractor, 
as such term is defined in section 3014 of this 
title; or 
‘‘(ii) currently provides goods or services 
in the private sector that are critical to en-
hancing the capabilities of the defense supplier 
base and fulfilling key Department of Defense 
needs. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘historically Black college and uni-
versity’ means any of the historically Black colleges and 
universities referred to in section 2323 of this title, as 
in effect on March 1, 2018. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘minority institution of higher edu-
cation’ means an institution of higher education with a 
student body that reflects the composition specified in 
section 312(b)(3), (4), and (5) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(b)(3), (4), and (5)). 
‘‘(5) The term ‘qualified organization employing the 
severely disabled’ means a business entity operated on a 
for-profit or nonprofit basis that—
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‘‘(A) uses rehabilitative engineering to provide 
employment opportunities for severely disabled indi-
viduals and integrates severely disabled individuals 
into its workforce; 
‘‘(B) employs severely disabled individuals at a 
rate that averages not less than 20 percent of its 
total workforce; 
‘‘(C) employs each severely disabled individual 
in its workforce generally on the basis of 40 hours 
per week; and 
‘‘(D) pays not less than the minimum wage 
prescribed pursuant to section 6 of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 206) to those employees 
who are severely disabled individuals. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘severely disabled individual’ means 
an individual who is blind (as defined in section 8501 of 
title 41) or a severely disabled individual (as defined in 
such section). 
‘‘(7) The term ‘small business concern’ has the 
meaning given such term under section 3 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
‘‘(8) The term ‘small business concern owned and 
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged in-
dividuals’ has the meaning given such term in section
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8(d)(3)(C) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
637(d)(3)(C)). 
‘‘(9) The term ‘subcontracting participation goal’, 
with respect to a Department of Defense contract, 
means a goal for the extent of the participation by dis-
advantaged small business concerns in the subcontracts 
awarded under such contract, as established pursuant to 
section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
637(d)).’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
subchapter I of chapter 387 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘4902. Department of Defense Mentor–Protege Program.’’. 
(d) PROTEGE TECHNICAL REIMBURSEMENT PILOT PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2023, the 
Director of the Office of Small Business Programs of the 
Department of Defense (as appointed pursuant to sec-
tion 144 of title 10, United States Code) shall establish 
a pilot program under which a protege firm may receive 
up to 25 percent of the reimbursement for which the 
mentor firm of such protege firm is eligible under the 
Mentor-Protege Program for a covered activity described 
in paragraph (2). 
(2) ACTIVITY
DESCRIBED.—A covered activity 
under this paragraph is an engineering, software devel-
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(2) SMALL BUSINESS ACT.—Section 8(d)(12) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(12)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the pilot Mentor-Protege Pro-
gram established pursuant to section 831 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2301 note)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Mentor-Protege Program estab-
lished under section 4902 of title 10, United States 
Code,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (f)’’. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than December 31, 2023, 
the Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations for carrying 
out section 4902 of title 10, United States Code, as amended 
by this section. 
(g) 
AGREEMENTS
UNDER
PILOT
PROGRAM.—The 
amendments made by this section shall not apply with respect 
to any agreement entered into under the program as estab-
lished under section 831 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 
Stat. 1607) before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 857. PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO RARE 
EARTH ELEMENTS AND STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL 
MATERIALS. 
(a) DISCLOSURES CONCERNING RARE EARTH ELE-
MENTS AND STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS BY CON-
TRACTORS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning on the effective 
date of this subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(A) require that any contractor that provides 
to the Department of Defense a system with a per-
manent magnet that contains rare earth elements 
or strategic and critical materials disclose, after un-
dertaking a commercially reasonable inquiry and 
along with delivery of the system, the provenance of 
the magnet; and 
(B) safeguard such disclosures in accordance 
with applicable classification level required by the 
associated programs. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—A disclosure under paragraph (1) 
shall include an identification of the country or countries 
in which— 
(A) any rare earth elements and strategic and 
critical materials used in the magnet were mined; 
(B) such elements and minerals were refined 
into oxides;
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(C) such elements and minerals were made into 
metals and alloys; and 
(D) the magnet was sintered or bonded and 
magnetized. 
(3) IMPLEMENTATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN TRACKING 
SYSTEM.—If a contractor cannot make the disclosure re-
quired by paragraph (1) with respect to a system de-
scribed in that paragraph, the Secretary shall require 
the contractor to establish and implement a supply chain 
tracking system in order to make the disclosure to the 
fullest extent possible not later than 180 days after the 
contractor provides the system to the Department of De-
fense. The tracking system shall— 
(A) include a description of the efforts taken 
by the contractor to date to make the disclosure re-
quired by paragraph (1); 
(B) take into account the possible refusal of 
certain foreign entities to provide the contractor the 
information necessary to make the disclosure re-
quired by paragraph (1); and 
(C) require the contractor to report to the Sec-
retary the name, location, and other identifying in-
formation of any entities which refuse to provide 
the contractor with the information necessary to 
make the disclosure required by paragraph (1).
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(4) WAIVERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may waive a 
requirement under paragraph (1) or (3) with re-
spect to a system described in paragraph (1) for a 
period of not more than 180 days if the Secretary 
certifies to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives that— 
(i) the continued procurement of the sys-
tem is necessary to meet the demands of a na-
tional emergency declared under section 201 of 
the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1621); or 
(ii) a contractor that cannot currently 
make the disclosure required by paragraph (1) 
is making significant efforts to comply with the 
requirements of that paragraph. 
(B) WAIVER RENEWALS.—The Secretary may 
renew a waiver as many times as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate, provided that the Secretary sub-
mits an updated certification to the committees. 
(C) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not dele-
gate this waiver authority below the level of Assist-
ant Secretary of Defense, a senior acquisition exec-
utive (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, 
United States Code), or a command acquisition ex-
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ecutive (as described in section 167(e)(4)(C) of title 
10, United States Code) or equivalent. 
(5) BRIEFING REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the submission of each report required by sub-
section (c)(3), the Secretary of Defense shall pro-
vide to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing 
that includes— 
(i) a summary of the disclosures made 
under this subsection; 
(ii) an assessment of the extent of reliance 
by the United States on foreign countries, and 
especially countries that are not allies of the 
United States, for rare earth elements and 
strategic and critical materials; 
(iii) a determination with respect to which 
systems described in paragraph (1) are of the 
greatest concern for interruptions of supply 
chains with respect to rare earth elements and 
strategic and critical materials; and 
(iv) any suggestions for legislation or 
funding that would mitigate security gaps in 
such supply chains.
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(B) FORM.—To the extent practicable, each 
briefing required under subparagraph (A) shall be 
in an unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex. 
(6) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements described 
in this subsection shall take effect— 
(A) not earlier than 30 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act; and 
(B) after the Secretary of Defense certifies to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives that the Depart-
ment has established a process to ensure that the 
information collection requirements of this sub-
section present no national security risks, or that 
any such risks have been fully mitigated. 
(b) EXPANSION OF RESTRICTIONS ON PROCUREMENT 
OF MILITARY AND DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGIES BY CHINESE 
MILITARY COMPANIES.—Section 1211 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109–163; 10 U.S.C. 4651 note prec.) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘COM-
MUNIST CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES’’ and in-
serting ‘‘CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘military 
company’’ the following: ‘‘, any Chinese military com-
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pany, any Non-SDN Chinese military-industrial complex 
company, or any other covered company’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) GOODS AND SERVICES COVERED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a), 
and except as provided in paragraph (2), the goods and 
services described in this subsection are goods and serv-
ices— 
‘‘(A) on the munitions list of the International 
Traffic in Arms Regulations; or 
‘‘(B) on the Commerce Control List that— 
‘‘(i) are classified in the 600 series; or 
‘‘(ii) contain strategic and critical mate-
rials, rare earth elements, or energetic mate-
rials used to manufacture missiles or muni-
tions. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Goods and services described in 
this subsection do not include goods or services pro-
cured— 
‘‘(A) in connection with a visit by a vessel or 
an aircraft of the United States Armed Forces to 
the People’s Republic of China; 
‘‘(B) for testing purposes; or 
‘‘(C) for purposes of gathering intelligence.’’; 
and
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(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (3) and (5), respectively; 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (3), as re-
designated by subparagraph (B), the following: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Chinese military company’ has the 
meaning given that term by section 1260H(d)(1) of the 
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 
10 U.S.C. 113 note). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Commerce Control List’ means the 
list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security 
and set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the 
Export Administration Regulations.’’; 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘Export Administration Regulations’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 1742 of the 
Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801).’’; 
and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) The term ‘Non-SDN Chinese military-indus-
trial complex company’ means any entity on the Non-
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SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies 
List— 
‘‘(A) established pursuant to Executive Order 
13959 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to addressing 
the threat from securities investments that finance 
Communist Chinese military companies), as amend-
ed before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023; and 
‘‘(B) maintained by the Office of Foreign As-
sets Control of the Department of the Treasury. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘other covered company’ means a 
company that— 
‘‘(A) is owned or controlled by the government 
of the People’s Republic of China; and 
‘‘(B) is certified by the Secretary of Defense to 
the congressional defense committees to be a com-
pany that must be covered by this section for na-
tional security reasons. 
‘‘(8) The term ‘strategic and critical materials’ 
means materials designated as strategic and critical 
under section 3(a) of the Strategic and Critical Mate-
rials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98b(a)).’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
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‘‘(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—With respect to goods and 
services described in clause (ii) of subparagraph (b)(1)(B), 
the prohibition shall take effect 180 days after the date on 
which the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional 
defense committees that a sufficient number of commercially 
viable providers exist outside of the People’s Republic of 
China that collectively can provide the Department of De-
fense with satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of such 
goods or services as and when needed at United States mar-
ket prices.’’. 
(c) REVIEW OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONTRACTING RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and periodically there-
after until the termination date specified in paragraph 
(5), the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
assess the extent of the efforts of the Secretary of De-
fense to comply with the requirements of— 
(A) subsection (a); 
(B) section 1211 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, as amended 
by subsection (b); and 
(C) section 4872 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(2) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Comptroller General 
shall periodically, until the termination date speci-
fied in paragraph (5), provide to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a briefing on the results of the as-
sessments conducted under paragraph (1) that in-
cludes an assessment of— 
(i) the inclusion by the Department of De-
fense of necessary contracting clauses in rel-
evant contracts to meet the requirements de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of 
paragraph (1); and 
(ii) the efforts of the Department of De-
fense to assess the compliance of contractors 
with such clauses. 
(B) FORM.—To the extent practicable, each 
briefing required under subparagraph (A) shall be 
in an unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex. 
(3) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Comptroller General 
shall, not less frequently than every 2 years until 
the termination date specified in paragraph (5), 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a report
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on the results of the assessments conducted under 
paragraph (1). 
(B) FORM.—To the extent practicable, each re-
port required under subparagraph (A) shall be in 
an unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex. 
(4) REFERRAL.—If, in conducting an assessment 
under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General deter-
mines that a contractor has willfully or recklessly failed 
to comply with any of the requirements described in sub-
paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1), the 
Comptroller General may refer the matter, as appro-
priate, for further examination and possible enforcement 
actions. 
(5) TERMINATION.—The requirements of this sub-
section shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘strategic and critical materials’’ 
means materials designated as strategic and critical under 
section 3(a) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Pil-
ing Act (50 U.S.C. 98b(a)). 
SEC. 858. ANALYSES OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FOR ACTION TO 
ADDRESS SOURCING AND INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY. 
(a) ANALYSIS REQUIRED.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 
and Sustainment and other appropriate officials, shall 
review the items under subsection (c) to determine and 
develop appropriate actions, consistent with the policies, 
programs, and activities required under subpart I of part 
V of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, chapter 
83 of title 41, United States Code, and the Defense Pro-
duction Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.), includ-
ing— 
(A) restricting procurement, with appropriate 
waivers for cost, emergency requirements, and non- 
availability of suppliers, including restricting pro-
curement to— 
(i) suppliers in the United States; 
(ii) suppliers in the national technology 
and industrial base (as defined in section 4801 
of title 10, United States Code); 
(iii) suppliers in other allied nations; or 
(iv) other suppliers; 
(B) increasing investment through use of re-
search and development or procurement activities 
and acquisition authorities to— 
(i) expand production capacity; 
(ii) diversify sources of supply; or
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(iii) promote alternative approaches for 
addressing military requirements; 
(C) prohibiting procurement from selected 
sources or nations; 
(D) taking a combination of actions described 
under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C); or 
(E) taking no action. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—The analyses conducted 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall consider national secu-
rity, economic, and treaty implications, as well as im-
pacts on current and potential suppliers of goods and 
services. 
(b) REPORTING
ON
ANALYSES, RECOMMENDATIONS, 
AND ACTIONS.— 
(1) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than January 
15, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees, in writing— 
(A) a summary of the findings of the analyses 
undertaken for each item pursuant to subsection 
(a); 
(B) relevant recommendations resulting from 
the analyses; and 
(C) descriptions of specific activities under-
taken as a result of the analyses, including schedule 
and resources allocated for any planned actions.
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(2) REPORTING.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
include the analyses conducted under subsection (a), and 
any relevant recommendations and descriptions of activi-
ties resulting from such analyses, as appropriate, in each 
of the following during the 2024 calendar year: 
(A) The annual report or quarterly briefings to 
Congress required under section 4814 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(B) The annual report on unfunded priorities 
of the national technology and industrial base re-
quired under section 4815 of such title. 
(C) Department of Defense technology and in-
dustrial base policy guidance prescribed under sec-
tion 4811(c) of such title. 
(D) Activities to modernize acquisition proc-
esses to ensure the integrity of the industrial base 
pursuant to section 4819 of such title. 
(E) Defense memoranda of understanding and 
related agreements considered in accordance with 
section 4851 of such title. 
(F) Industrial base or acquisition policy 
changes. 
(G) Legislative proposals for changes to rel-
evant statutes which the Department shall consider, 
develop, and submit to the Committee on Armed
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Services of the Senate and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives not 
less frequently than once per fiscal year. 
(H) Other actions as the Secretary of Defense 
determines appropriate. 
(c) LIST
OF GOODS
AND SERVICES
FOR ANALYSES, 
RECOMMENDATIONS, AND ACTIONS.—The items described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) Solar components for satellites. 
(2) Satellite ground station service contracts. 
(3) Naval vessel shafts and propulsion system com-
ponents (including reduction gears and propellers). 
(4) Infrastructure or equipment for a passenger 
boarding bridge at a military airport designated by the 
Secretary of Transportation under section 47118(a) of 
title 49, United States Code. 
(5) Flags of the United States. 
(6) Natural rubber from herbaceous plants for mili-
tary applications. 
(7) Alternative proteins as sustainable and secure 
food sources. 
(8) Carbon fiber.
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SEC. 859. DEMONSTRATION EXERCISE OF ENHANCED PLAN-
NING FOR INDUSTRIAL MOBILIZATION AND SUP-
PLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT. 
(a) DEMONSTRATION EXERCISE REQUIRED.—Not later 
than December 31, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall con-
duct a demonstration exercise of industrial mobilization and 
supply chain management planning capabilities in support of 
one or more operational or contingency plan use cases, as se-
lected in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 
and Sustainment. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The demonstration exercise required 
under subsection (a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) Use of a current program that is both fielded 
and still in production from each military department, 
Defense Agency, and Department of Defense Field Ac-
tivity in order to model a notional plan for mobilization 
or supply chain management, as associated with the se-
lected operational or contingency plans. 
(2) The exercise of processes and authorities that 
support the Department of Defense for industrial mobili-
zation in support of declared hostilities or other contin-
gency operations. 
(3) The identification of process improvements or 
gaps in resources, capabilities, or authorities that require 
remediation, including those related to government or
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(1) the programs and use cases considered in this 
demonstration exercise; 
(2) the outcomes of the activities required under 
subsection (b); 
(3) outcomes and conclusions; 
(4) lessons learned; and 
(5) any recommendations for legislative action that 
may be required as a result. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘military 
department’’, ‘‘Defense Agency’’, and ‘‘Defense Field Activ-
ity’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 860. RISK MANAGEMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAINS. 
(a) RISK MANAGEMENT FOR ALL DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAINS.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 
shall— 
(1) develop and issue implementing guidance for 
risk management for Department of Defense supply 
chains for pharmaceutical materiel for the Department; 
(2) identify, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, supply chain information 
gaps regarding the Department’s reliance on foreign
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suppliers of drugs, including active pharmaceutical in-
gredients and final drug products; and 
(3) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
regarding— 
(A) existing information streams, if any, that 
may be used to assess the reliance by the Depart-
ment of Defense on high-risk foreign suppliers of 
drugs; 
(B) vulnerabilities in the drug supply chains of 
the Department of Defense; and 
(C) any recommendations to address— 
(i) information gaps identified under para-
graph (2); and 
(ii) any risks related to such reliance on 
foreign suppliers. 
(b) RISK MANAGEMENT
FOR DEPARTMENT
OF DE-
FENSE PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAIN.—The Director of 
the Defense Health Agency shall— 
(1) not later than one year after the issuance of the 
guidance required under subsection (a)(1), develop and 
publish implementing guidance for risk management for 
the Department of Defense supply chain for pharma-
ceuticals; and 
(2) establish a working group—
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(A) to assess risks to the Department’s phar-
maceutical supply chain; 
(B) to identify the pharmaceuticals most crit-
ical to beneficiary care at military treatment facili-
ties; and 
(C) to establish policies for allocating scarce 
pharmaceutical resources of the Department of De-
fense in case of a supply disruption. 
SEC. 861. STRATEGY FOR INCREASING COMPETITIVE OPPORTU-
NITIES FOR CERTAIN CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a comprehen-
sive strategy to— 
(1) increase competitive opportunities available for 
appropriate United States companies to transition crit-
ical technologies into major weapon systems and other 
programs of record; and 
(2) enhance the integrity and diversity of the de-
fense industrial base. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of methods to increase opportuni-
ties for appropriate United States companies to develop 
end items of critical technologies for major weapon sys-
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tems, rapidly prototype such end items, and conduct ac-
tivities that would support the transition of such end 
items into major weapon systems and programs of 
record, including— 
(A) continuous experimentation or military 
utility assessments to improve such end items; 
(B) evaluation of how to integrate existing 
commercial capabilities relating to such end items 
of appropriate United States companies or entities 
in the defense industrial base into major weapon 
systems and programs of record in the Department 
of Defense; 
(C) efforts that improve the ability of appro-
priate United States companies or entities in the 
defense industrial base to maintain, afford, or man-
ufacture major weapon systems or components for 
such systems; and 
(D) development of alternative supply sources 
for components of a major weapon system to ensure 
the availability of component parts and to support 
supply chain diversity. 
(2) Processes to improve coordination by the mili-
tary departments and other elements of the Department 
of Defense to carry out the strategy required by this sec-
tion.
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate United States company’’ 
means— 
(A) a nontraditional defense contractor, as de-
fined in section 3014 of title 10, United States 
Code; or 
(B) a prime contractor that has entered into a 
cooperative agreement with a nontraditional defense 
contractor with the express intent to pursue funding 
authorized by sections 4021 and 4022 of title 10, 
United States Code, in the development, testing, or 
prototyping of critical technologies. 
(2) The term ‘‘major weapon system’’ has the 
meaning given in section 3455 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘critical technology’’ means a tech-
nology identified as critical by the Secretary of Defense, 
which shall include the following: 
(A) Biotechnology. 
(B) Quantum science technology. 
(C) Advanced materials. 
(D) Artificial intelligence and machine learn-
ing. 
(E) Microelectronics. 
(F) Space technology.
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(G) Advanced computing and software. 
(H) Hypersonics. 
(I) Integrated sensing and cybersecurity. 
(J) Autonomous systems. 
(K) Unmanned systems. 
(L) Advanced sensing systems. 
(M) Advanced communications systems. 
SEC. 862. KEY ADVANCED SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY 
DAYS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2023, and 
every 180 days thereafter, the each Secretary of a military 
department shall ensure that such military department con-
ducts an outreach event to— 
(1) collaborate with the private sector on present 
current and future opportunities with respect to key ad-
vanced system development areas; 
(2) raise awareness within the private sector of— 
(A) key advanced system development areas; 
and 
(B) capability needs and existing and potential 
requirements related to the key advanced system 
development areas; and 
(3) raise awareness within such military department 
of potential material solutions for capability needs and
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existing and potential requirements related to key ad-
vanced system development areas. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
(1) SERVICE CHIEFS.—For each event a military 
department conducts under subsection (a), the Service 
Chief concerned shall, for each key advanced system de-
velopment area, perform the following: 
(A) Identify related and potentially related ex-
isting, planned, or potential military requirements, 
including urgent and emergent operational needs. 
(B) Identify and describe related and poten-
tially related needs or gaps in the capabilities of the 
military department to carry out the missions of the 
military department, including warfighting and 
combat support capabilities. 
(C) Identify and describe related and poten-
tially related exercise, demonstration, or experimen-
tation opportunities. 
(2) ACQUISITION EXECUTIVES.—For each event a 
military department conducts under subsection (a), the 
service acquisition executive of the military department 
conducting the event shall, for each key advanced system 
development area, perform the following:
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(A) Identify and describe related and poten-
tially related existing, planned, or potential acquisi-
tion plans and strategies. 
(B) Identify and describe related and poten-
tially related existing, planned, or potential funding 
opportunities, including— 
(i) broad agency announcements; 
(ii) requests for information; 
(iii) funding opportunity announcements; 
(iv) special program announcements; 
(v) requests for proposals; 
(vi) requests for quotes; 
(vii) special notices; 
(viii) transactions pursuant to sections 
4004, 4021, and 4022 of title 10, United 
States Code; 
(ix) unsolicited proposals; and 
(x) other funding opportunities as deter-
mined appropriate by the service acquisition 
executive. 
(3) DELEGATION.—Each Service Chief concerned 
and each service acquisition executive may delegate the 
authority to carry out the tasks for which such individ-
uals are responsible under this subsection. 
(4) REVIEWS AND COORDINATION.—
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(A) INDUSTRY DAY REVIEWS.—Promptly after 
an event conducted by a military department under 
subsection (a), the service acquisition executive of 
such military department shall— 
(i) disseminate a written review of such 
event as broadly as practicable within the De-
partment of Defense; and 
(ii) make such review publicly available on 
a website of the military department. 
(B) CONSOLIDATION.—The Secretary of De-
fense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
shall, periodically, jointly review and consolidate the 
reviews required by subparagraph (A) to identify 
trends, eliminate redundancy, and enhance effi-
ciency with respect to events conducted under sub-
section (a). 
(c) FORM.—With respect to each event conducted under 
subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall seek to maxi-
mize industry and government participation, while minimizing 
cost to the maximum extent practicable, by— 
(1) holding the event at an unclassified security 
level to the extent practicable; 
(2) making the event publicly accessible through 
teleconference or other virtual means; and
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(3) making supporting materials for the event pub-
licly available on a website. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MILITARY
DEPARTMENTS; SECRETARY
CON-
CERNED; SERVICE ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE.—The terms 
‘‘military departments’’, ‘‘Secretary concerned’’, and 
‘‘service acquisition executive’’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 101(a) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(2) 
KEY
ADVANCED
SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT 
AREA.—The term ‘‘key advanced system development 
area’’ means the following: 
(A) For the Department of the Navy— 
(i) unmanned surface vessels; 
(ii) unmanned underwater vessels; 
(iii) unmanned deployable mobile ocean 
systems; 
(iv) unmanned deployable fixed ocean sys-
tems; and 
(v) autonomous unmanned aircraft sys-
tems. 
(B) For the Department of the Air Force, au-
tonomous unmanned aircraft systems. 
(C) For the Department of the Army, autono-
mous unmanned aircraft systems.
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(3) SERVICE CHIEF.—The term ‘‘Service Chief con-
cerned’’ means— 
(A) the Chief of Staff of the Army, with re-
spect to matters concerning the Department of the 
Army; 
(B) the Chief of Naval Operations and the 
Commandant of the Marine Corps, with respect to 
matters concerning the Department of the Navy; 
and 
(C) the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, with 
respect to matters concerning the Department of 
the Air Force. 
Subtitle F—Small Business Matters 
SEC. 871. CODIFICATION OF SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRA-
TION SCORECARD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 868 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (15 
U.S.C. 644 note) is transferred to section 15 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644), inserted after subsection (x), 
redesignated as subsection (y), and amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1), (6), and (7); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph 
(6);
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(4) in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘Beginning in’’ and all that follows through ‘‘to 
evaluate’’ and inserting ‘‘The Administrator shall use a 
scorecard to annually evaluate’’; 
(5) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Federal agency’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘a Federal agency or 
the Federal Government, as applicable,’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘developed under para-
graph (1)’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and Governmentwide’’ 
after ‘‘each Federal agency’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘section 
15(g)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(g)(1)(B))’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(g)(1)(B)’’; 
(6) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (3)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’;
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(7) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so redesig-
nated) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
SCORE-
CARDS.—The scorecard shall include, for each Federal 
agency and Governmentwide, the following information 
with respect to prime contracts: 
‘‘(A) The number (expressed as a percentage) 
and total dollar amount of awards made to small 
business concerns owned and controlled by women 
through sole source contracts and competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by women under section 8(m). 
‘‘(B) The number (expressed as a percentage) 
and total dollar amount of awards made to small 
business concerns owned and controlled by qualified 
HUBZone small business concerns through sole 
source contracts and competitions restricted to 
qualified HUBZone small business concerns under 
section 31(c)(2). 
‘‘(C) The number (expressed as a percentage) 
and total dollar amount of awards made to small 
business concerns owned and controlled by service- 
disabled veterans through sole source contracts and 
competitions restricted to small business concerns
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owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans 
under section 36. 
‘‘(D) The number (expressed as a percentage) 
and total dollar amount of awards made to socially 
and economically disadvantaged small business con-
cerns under section 8(a) through sole source con-
tracts and competitions restricted to socially and 
economically disadvantaged small business concerns, 
disaggregated by awards made to such concerns 
that are owned and controlled by individuals and 
awards made to such concerns that are owned and 
controlled by an entity.’’; 
(8) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘section 15(h)(2) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)(2))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (h)(2)’’; and 
(9) by amending paragraph (6) (as so redesignated) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) SCORECARD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘scorecard’ means any summary using a rating sys-
tem to evaluate the efforts of a Federal agency to meet 
goals established under subsection (g)(1)(B) that— 
‘‘(A) includes the measures described in para-
graph (2); and 
‘‘(B) assigns a score to each Federal agency 
evaluated.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 15(x)(2) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(x)(2)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘scorecard described in section 868(b) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (15 
U.S.C. 644 note)’’ and inserting ‘‘scorecard (as defined in 
subsection (y))’’. 
SEC. 872. MODIFICATIONS TO THE SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS. 
(a) CORRECTION
TO
STTR DISCLOSURE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 9(g)(13)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 638(g)(13)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘of concern’’. 
(b) DUE DILIGENCE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Until the date on which the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineer-
ing makes the certification described in paragraph (2), 
in carrying out the due diligence program required under 
subsection (vv) of section 9 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 638), the Secretary of Defense and each Sec-
retary of a military department shall perform the assess-
ments required under such due diligence program— 
(A) only with respect to small business con-
cerns selected by the applicable Secretary as the 
presumptive recipient of an award described in such 
subsection (vv); and
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(B) prior to notifying the small business con-
cern that the small business concern has been se-
lected to receive such an award. 
(2) FULL
IMPLEMENTATION.—On the date on 
which the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
Engineering certifies to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives that 
an automated capability for performing the assessments 
required under the due diligence program required under 
subsection (vv) of section 9 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 638) with respect to all small business con-
cerns seeking an award described in such subsection is 
operational, paragraph (1) of this subsection shall sun-
set. 
SEC. 873. ACCESS TO DATA ON BUNDLED OR CONSOLIDATED 
CONTRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15(p) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 644(p)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) BUNDLED OR CONSOLIDATED CONTRACT DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘bundled or consoli-
dated contract’ has the meaning given in subsection 
(s).’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4)—
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(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘CONTRACT BUNDLING’’ and inserting ‘‘BUNDLED 
OR CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTS’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘contract 
bundling’’ and inserting ‘‘bundled or consolidated 
contracts’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘bundled con-
tracts’’ and inserting ‘‘bundled or consolidated 
contracts’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii)— 
(I) in the matter preceding subclause 
(I), by striking ‘‘bundled contracts’’ and 
inserting ‘‘bundled or consolidated con-
tracts’’; 
(II) in subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘were bundled’’ and inserting ‘‘were in-
cluded in bundled or consolidated con-
tracts’’; and 
(III) in subclause (II)— 
(aa) in the matter preceding 
item (aa), by striking ‘‘bundled con-
tract’’ and inserting ‘‘bundled or con-
solidated contract’’;
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(bb) in items (aa), (dd), and (ee) 
by inserting ‘‘or the consolidation of 
contract requirements (as applica-
ble)’’ after ‘‘bundling of contract re-
quirements’’ each place it appears; 
(cc) in item (bb), by striking 
‘‘bundling the contract requirements’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the bundling of con-
tract requirements or the consolida-
tion of contract requirements (as ap-
plicable)’’; 
(dd) in item (cc), by striking 
‘‘the bundled status of contract re-
quirements’’ and inserting ‘‘contract 
requirements in a bundled or consoli-
dated contract’’; and 
(ee) in item (ee), by striking 
‘‘consolidated requirements’’ and in-
serting ‘‘contract’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘provide, upon 
request’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting the following: ‘‘provide to the Adminis-
trator data and information described in paragraphs (2) 
and (4).’’.
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(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 15(p)(2) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(p)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘DATABASE’’ in the paragraph head-
ing and all that follows through ‘‘Not later’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘DATABASE.—Not later’’; and 
(2) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), respectively. 
SEC. 874. SMALL BUSINESS INTEGRATION WORKING GROUP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue a 
charter to establish a small business integration working 
group that— 
(1) ensures the integration and synchronization of 
the activities of the military departments and other com-
ponents of the Department of Defense with respect to 
small business concerns; and 
(2) convenes not fewer than four times per year. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The small business integration 
working group chartered under subsection (a) shall be com-
prised of representatives from each of the following organiza-
tions: 
(1) The small business office of each military de-
partment. 
(2) The Small Business Innovation Research Pro-
gram and the Small Business Technology Transfer Pro-
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gram (as such terms are defined in section 9(e) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e))) of each military 
department. 
(3) The office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Sustainment. 
(4) The office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Research and Engineering. 
(5) Any other office the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines appropriate. 
(c) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2023, the Secretary of Defense shall brief the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives on the establish-
ment and activities of the small business integration working 
group chartered under subsection (a), the policies enacted by 
the small business integration working group to allow for the 
sharing of best practices for maximizing the contributions of 
small business concerns in the defense industrial base and in 
acquisitions by the Department of Defense, and practices for 
conducting oversight of the activities of the military depart-
ments and other components of the Department of Defense 
with respect to small business concerns. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) MILITARY DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘military 
department’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
101(a) of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term ‘‘small 
business concern’’ has the meaning given such term 
under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632). 
SEC. 875. DEMONSTRATION OF COMMERCIAL DUE DILIGENCE 
FOR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS. 
(a) DEMONSTRATION REQUIRED.—Not later than De-
cember 31, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
program to carry out a demonstration of commercial due dili-
gence tools, techniques, and processes in order to support 
small businesses in identifying attempts by malicious foreign 
actors to gain undue access to, or foreign ownership, control, 
or influence over— 
(1) the small business; or 
(2) any technology a small business is developing 
pursuant to a contract or other agreement with the De-
partment of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The program required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The identification of one or more entities to be 
responsible for the commercial due diligence tools, tech-
niques, and processes that are part of a demonstration
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under the program and a description of the interactions 
required between such entity, small businesses, and the 
government agencies that enforce such tools, techniques, 
and processes. 
(2) An assessment of commercial due diligence 
tools, techniques, and processes already in use by each 
Office of Small Business Programs. 
(3) The development of methods to analyze the 
commercial due diligence tools, techniques, and processes 
that are part of a demonstration under the program 
to— 
(A) monitor and assess attempts described in 
subsection (a); 
(B) provide information on such attempts to 
applicable small businesses; and 
(C) allow small businesses that are subject to 
such attempts to provide information about such at-
tempts to the Secretary of Defense. 
(4) The development of training and resources for 
small businesses that can be shared directly with such 
businesses or through a procurement technical assistance 
program established under chapter 388 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(5) The implementation of performance measures to 
assess the effectiveness of such program.
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(c) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1, 2023, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional 
defense committees an interim briefing on the program re-
quired under subsection (a) that includes the following: 
(1) An identification of any entity described in sub-
section (b)(1). 
(2) A description of the methodology for executing 
any demonstrations under the program, including any 
analytical tools or metrics identified to support such a 
demonstration. 
(3) A description of any identified instances of at-
tempts described in subsection (a). 
(4) An identification of improvements or gaps in re-
sources, capabilities, or authorities, and other lessons 
learned from any demonstrations under the program. 
(d) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than March 1, 2028, the 
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the program required under subsection (a), 
including any identified instances of attempts described in 
such subsection, any lessons learned, and any recommenda-
tions for legislative action related to such program. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘foreign ownership, control, or influ-
ence’’ has the meaning given in section 847 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
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(Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1505; 10 U.S.C. 4819 
note). 
(2) The term ‘‘Office of Small Business Programs’’ 
means— 
(A) the Office of Small Business Programs of 
the Department of Defense established under sec-
tion 144 of title 10, United States Code; 
(B) the Office of Small Business Programs of 
the Department of the Army established under sec-
tion 7024 of such title; 
(C) the Office of Small Business Programs of 
the Department of the Navy established under sec-
tion 8028 of such title; and 
(D) the Office of Small Business Programs of 
the Department of the Air Force established under 
section 9024 of such title. 
SEC. 876. DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF MISSION EFFEC-
TIVENESS METRICS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in coordi-
nation with the service acquisition executives (as defined in 
section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code), shall conduct 
a study on the metrics necessary to assess the effectiveness 
of the SBIR and STTR programs of the Department of De-
fense in meeting the mission needs of the Department, in-
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cluding by developing metrics and collecting and assessing 
longitudinal data necessary for evaluation of those metrics. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the measurable ways in which 
the SBIR and STTR programs of the Department of 
Defense support the mission needs of the Department. 
(2) The development of recurring, quantifiable 
metrics for measuring the ability of the SBIR and 
STTR programs of the Department to deliver products 
and services that meet the mission needs of the Depart-
ment. 
(3) An evaluation of currently available data to sup-
port the assessment of the metrics described in para-
graph (2), including the identification of areas where 
gaps in the availability of such data exist that may re-
quire collecting new data or modifying existing data. 
(4) The identification of current means and meth-
ods available to the Department for collecting data in an 
automated fashion, including the identification of areas 
where gaps in the automated collection of data exist that 
may require new means for collecting or visualizing data. 
(5) The development of an analysis and assessment 
methodology framework to make tradeoffs between the 
metrics described in paragraph (2) and existing commer-
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cialization benchmarks of the Department to enhance 
the decision-making of the Department regarding the 
benefits of the SBIR and STTR programs of the De-
partment. 
(c) BRIEFINGS.— 
(1) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than six months 
after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on 
the development of the metrics described in subsection 
(a) for the study required under such subsection. 
(2) FINAL
BRIEFING.—Not later than one year 
after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on 
the results of the study required under subsection (a). 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 881. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO EFFECTIVE DATE OF 
THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN TITLE 10 ACQUISI-
TION PROVISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by section 
1701(e) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 802(b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
(Public Law 117–81) shall be deemed to have taken effect 
immediately before the amendments made by section 1881 of
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the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 
Stat. 4293). 
(b) TREATMENT OF SECTION 4027 REQUIREMENTS.— 
An individual or entity to which the requirements under sec-
tion 4027 of title 10, United States Code, were applicable 
during the period beginning on January 1, 2022, and ending 
on the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be deemed to have complied with such re-
quirements during such period. 
SEC. 882. SECURITY CLEARANCE BRIDGE PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall con-
duct a pilot program to allow the Defense Counterintelligence 
and Security Agency to sponsor the personal security clear-
ances of the employees of innovative technology companies 
that are performing a contract of the Department of Defense 
while the Government completes the adjudication of the facil-
ity clearance application of such a innovative technology com-
pany. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) PERSONAL
SECURITY
CLEARANCE
AUTHOR-
ITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Under the pilot program, 
the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agen-
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cy may nominate and sponsor the personal security 
clearances of the employees of an innovative tech-
nology company. 
(B) LIMITATION.—Under the pilot program, 
the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agen-
cy may sponsor the personal security clearances of 
employees of not more than 75 innovative tech-
nology companies. 
(2) ADJUDICATION OF THE FACILITY CLEARANCE 
APPLICATION.—Any adjudication of a facility clearance 
application of an innovative technology company de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall include an assessment and 
mitigation of foreign ownership, control, or influence of 
the innovative technology company, as applicable. 
(c) CLEARANCE TRANSFER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after an 
innovative technology company is granted facility clear-
ance, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security 
Agency shall transfer any personal clearances of employ-
ees of the innovative technology company held by the 
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency under 
the pilot program back to the innovative technology com-
pany. 
(2) DENIAL OF FACILITY CLEARANCE.—Not later 
than 10 days after an innovative technology company is
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denied facility clearance, the Defense Counterintelligence 
and Security Agency shall release any personal clear-
ances of employees of the innovative technology company 
held by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security 
Agency under the pilot program. 
(d) PARTICIPANT SELECTION.—The Under Secretary of 
Defense for Research and Engineering, in consultation with 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment and the service acquisition executive of the mili-
tary department concerned (as such terms are defined, re-
spectively, in section 101 of title 10, United States Code), 
shall select innovative technology companies to participate in 
the pilot program. 
(e) SUNSET.—The pilot program shall terminate on De-
cember 31, 2028. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FACILITY
CLEARANCE.—The term ‘‘facility 
clearance’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘Facility 
Clearance’’ in section 95.5 of title 10, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or any successor regulation. 
(2) FOREIGN
OWNERSHIP, CONTROL, OR
INFLU-
ENCE.—The term ‘‘foreign ownership, control, or influ-
ence’’ has the meaning given in section 847 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
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(Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1505; 10 U.S.C. 4819 
note). 
(3) INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGY
COMPANY.—The 
term ‘‘innovative technology company’’ means a non-
traditional defense contractor (as defined in section 3014 
of title 10, United States Code) that— 
(A) provides goods or services related to— 
(i) one or more of the 14 critical tech-
nology areas described in the memorandum by 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research 
and Engineering issued on February 1, 2022, 
entitled ‘‘USD(R&E) Technology Vision for an 
Era of Competition’’; or 
(ii) information technology, software, or 
hardware that is unavailable from any other 
entity that possesses a facility clearance; and 
(B) is selected by the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Research and Engineering under sub-
section (d) to participate in the pilot program. 
(4) PERSONAL SECURITY CLEARANCE.—The term 
‘‘personal security clearance’’ means the security clear-
ance of an individual who has received approval from the 
Department of Defense to access classified information.
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(5) PILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘pilot program’’ 
means the pilot program established under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 883. EXISTING AGREEMENT LIMITS FOR OPERATION WARP 
SPEED. 
The value of any modification to, or order made under, 
a contract or other agreement by the Department of Defense 
on or after March 1, 2020, to address the COVID–19 pan-
demic through vaccines and other therapeutic measures shall 
not be counted toward any limit established prior to March 
1, 2020, on the total estimated amount of all projects to be 
issued under the contract or other agreement (except that the 
value of such modification or order shall count toward meet-
ing any guaranteed minimum value under the contract or 
other agreement). 
SEC. 884. INCORPORATION OF CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED IN-
FORMATION GUIDANCE INTO PROGRAM CLASSI-
FICATION GUIDES AND PROGRAM PROTECTION 
PLANS. 
(a) UPDATES REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall, 
acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Intel-
ligence and Security and the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Research and Engineering, ensure that all program 
classification guides (for classified programs) and all
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program protection plans (for unclassified programs) in-
clude guidance for the proper marking for controlled un-
classified information at their next regularly scheduled 
update. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Guidance under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) A requirement to use document portion 
markings for controlled unclassified information. 
(B) A process to ensure controlled unclassified 
information document portion markings are used 
properly and consistently. 
(b) MONITORING
OF
PROGRESS.—In tracking the 
progress in carrying out subsection (a), the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Intelligence and Security and the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall imple-
ment a process for monitoring progress that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Tracking of all program classification guides 
and program protection plans so they include document 
portion marking for controlled unclassified information, 
and the dates when controlled unclassified information 
guidance updates are completed. 
(2) Updated training in order to ensure that all 
government and contractor personnel using the guides 
described in subsection (a)(1) receive instruction, as well
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as periodic spot checks, to ensure that training is suffi-
cient and properly implemented to ensure consistent ap-
plication of document portion marking guidance. 
(3) A process for feedback to ensure that any iden-
tified gaps or lessons learned are incorporated into guid-
ance and training instructions. 
(c) REQUIRED COMPLETION.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that the updates required by subsection (a) are com-
pleted before January 1, 2029. 
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE 
ORGANIZATION 
AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related Matters 
Sec. 901. Increase in authorized number of Assistant and Deputy Assistant 
Secretaries of Defense. 
Sec. 902. Conforming amendments relating to repeal of position of Chief Man-
agement Officer. 
Sec. 903. Limitation on use of funds pending demonstration of product to iden-
tify, task, and manage congressional reporting requirements. 
Sec. 904. Limitation on use of funds pending compliance with requirements re-
lating to alignment of Close Combat Lethality Task Force. 
Subtitle B—Other Department of Defense Organization and Management 
Matters 
Sec. 911. Updates to management reform framework. 
Sec. 912. Briefing on changes to Unified Command Plan. 
Sec. 913. Clarification of peacetime functions of the Navy. 
Sec. 914. Responsibilities and functions relating to electromagnetic spectrum 
operations. 
Sec. 915. Joint all domain command and control. 
Sec. 916. Strategic management dashboard demonstration. 
Sec. 917. Demonstration program for component content management systems. 
Sec. 918. Report on potential transition of all members of the Space Force into 
a single component.
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Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of 
Defense and Related Matters 
SEC. 901. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF ASSISTANT 
AND DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR CYBER 
POLICY.—Section 138(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy. The principal duty of 
the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall supervision of pol-
icy of the Department of Defense for cyber. The Assistant 
Secretary is the Principal Cyber Advisor described in section 
392a(a) of this title.’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF ASSISTANT 
SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) INCREASE.—Section 138(a)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘15’’ and in-
serting ‘‘19’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 5315 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘As-
sistant Secretaries of Defense (14).’’ and inserting ‘‘As-
sistant Secretaries of Defense (19).’’. 
(c) INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF DEPUTY AS-
SISTANT SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE.—
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(1) INCREASE.—Section 138 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) The number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries of De-
fense may not exceed 60.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 908 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 
(Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1514; 10 U.S.C. 138 
note) is repealed. 
(d) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 138(b) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) in the second sentence in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘He shall have as his 
principal duty’’ and inserting ‘‘The principal duty of 
the Assistant Secretary shall be’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking subclause (III); 
(2) in paragraph (3), in the second sentence, by 
striking ‘‘He shall have as his principal duty’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary 
shall be’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(4) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and all 
that follows and inserting ‘‘shall advise the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment on in-
dustrial base policies.’’. 
(e) EVALUATION
AND REVIEW.—Section 1504 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
(Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 2022) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Not later than April 1, 2023’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (14) as para-
graph (17); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(14) assess the need to retain or modify the rela-
tionships, authorities, roles, and responsibilities of the 
Principal Cyber Advisor described in section 392a(a) of 
title 10, United States Code;
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‘‘(15) assess the organizational construct of the De-
partment of Defense and how authorities, roles, and re-
sponsibilities for matters relating to cyber activities are 
distributed among the Under Secretaries, Assistant Sec-
retaries, and Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Defense 
and among civilian officials within the military depart-
ments with roles and responsibilities relating to cyber ac-
tivities; 
‘‘(16) make recommendations for changes to stat-
utes affecting the organizational construct of the De-
partment of Defense to improve the oversight, manage-
ment, and coordination of— 
‘‘(A) policies, programs, and strategies relating 
to cyber activities; 
‘‘(B) the execution of the authorities of the 
United States Cyber Command; and 
‘‘(C) other matters relating to cyber activities; 
and’’. 
SEC. 902. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REPEAL 
OF POSITION OF CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER. 
Section 2222 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer of the Department of Defense, the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
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Sustainment, the Chief Information Officer, and the 
Chief Management Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief In-
formation Officer of the Department of Defense, the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment, and the Chief Information Officer’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief In-
formation Officer’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 
preceding clause (i)— 
(I) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘The Chief Management Officer of the 
Department of Defense’’ and inserting 
‘‘The Chief Information Officer of the De-
partment of Defense, in coordination with 
the Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence 
Officer,’’; and 
(II) in the second sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘the Chief Management Officer shall’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Chief Information Offi-
cer shall’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘The Chief
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Management Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘The Chief 
Information Officer’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the second sentence, 
by striking ‘‘the Chief Management Officer and’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-
tively; 
(ii) by inserting before subparagraph (B), 
as redesignated by clause (i), the following new 
subparagraph (A): 
‘‘(A) The Chief Information Officers of the 
military departments, or their designees.’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), as so redesig-
nated, by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iv) The Chief Data and Artificial Intel-
ligence Officer of the Department of Defense.’’; 
(4) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘the Chief Information Officer’’; and
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(5) in subsection (i)(5)(B), by striking ‘‘the Chief 
Management Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief Informa-
tion Officer’’. 
SEC. 903. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING DEM-
ONSTRATION OF PRODUCT TO IDENTIFY, TASK, 
AND MANAGE CONGRESSIONAL REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2023 for operation 
and maintenance, Defense-wide, for the Office of the Sec-
retary of Defense, not more than 90 percent may be obligated 
or expended until the Secretary of Defense demonstrates a 
minimum viable product— 
(1) to optimize and modernize the process described 
in section 908(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) for 
identifying reports to Congress required by annual na-
tional defense authorization Acts, assigning responsi-
bility for preparation of such reports, and managing the 
completion and delivery of such reports to Congress; and 
(2) that includes capabilities to enable— 
(A) direct access by the congressional defense 
committees to the follow-on system to that process 
using secure credentials;
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(B) rapid automatic ingestion of data provided 
by those committees with respect to reports and 
briefings required to be submitted to Congress in a 
comma-separated value spreadsheet; 
(C) sortable and exportable database views for 
tracking and research purposes; 
(D) automated notification of relevant congres-
sional staff and archival systems; and 
(E) integration with Microsoft Office. 
SEC. 904. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING COMPLI-
ANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ALIGN-
MENT 
OF 
CLOSE 
COMBAT 
LETHALITY 
TASK 
FORCE. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2023 for operation 
and maintenance, Defense-wide, for the Office of the Sec-
retary of Defense, not more than 75 percent may be obligated 
or expended until the Department of Defense complies with 
the requirements of section 911 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 
135 Stat. 1878) (relating to alignment of the Close Combat 
Lethality Task Force).
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Subtitle B—Other Department of De-
fense Organization and Manage-
ment Matters 
SEC. 911. UPDATES TO MANAGEMENT REFORM FRAMEWORK. 
Section 125a of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2022’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘the Direc-
tor for Administration and Management of the De-
partment of Defense,’’ after ‘‘the Chief Information 
Officer of the Department of Defense,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (9); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(6) Development and implementation of a uniform 
methodology for tracking and assessing cost savings and 
cost avoidance from reform initiatives. 
‘‘(7) Implementation of reform-focused research to 
improve management and administrative science.
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‘‘(8) Tracking and implementation of technological 
approaches to improve management decision-making, 
such as artificial intelligence tools.’’. 
SEC. 912. BRIEFING ON CHANGES TO UNIFIED COMMAND PLAN. 
Paragraph (2) of section 161(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) Except during time of hostilities or imminent threat 
of hostilities, the President shall— 
‘‘(A) not more than 60 days after establishing a 
new combatant command— 
‘‘(i) notify Congress of the establishment of 
such command; and 
‘‘(ii) provide to Congress a briefing on the es-
tablishment of such command; and 
‘‘(B) not more than 60 days after significantly re-
vising the missions, responsibilities, or force structure of 
an existing combatant command— 
‘‘(i) notify Congress of such revisions; and 
‘‘(ii) provide to Congress a briefing on such re-
visions.’’. 
SEC. 913. CLARIFICATION OF PEACETIME FUNCTIONS OF THE 
NAVY. 
Section 8062(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended—
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(1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘primarily’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for the peacetime promotion of the na-
tional security interests and prosperity of the United 
States and’’; and 
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘for the effec-
tive prosecution of war’’ and inserting ‘‘for the duties 
described in the preceding sentence’’. 
SEC. 914. RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS RELATING TO 
ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM OPERATIONS. 
Section 1053(g) of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘TRANS-
FER OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS RELATING 
TO ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM OPERATIONS’’ and 
inserting ‘‘REPORT
ON APPROPRIATE ALIGNMENT
OF 
RESPONSIBILITIES
AND
FUNCTIONS
RELATING
TO 
ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM OPERATIONS; EVALUA-
TIONS’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (5); 
(3) by inserting the following new paragraph (1): 
‘‘(1) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 
2023, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the
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appropriate alignment of electromagnetic spectrum 
operations responsibilities and functions. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the re-
port required by subparagraph (A), the Secretary of 
Defense shall consider the following: 
‘‘(i) The appropriate role of each existing 
organization and element of the Department of 
Defense with responsibilities or functions relat-
ing to electromagnetic spectrum operations and 
the potential establishment of a new entity 
dedicated electromagnetic spectrum operations 
within one or more of those organizations or 
elements. 
‘‘(ii) Whether the organizational structure 
responsible for electromagnetic spectrum oper-
ations within the Department— 
‘‘(I) should be a unitary structure, in 
which a single organization or element is 
primarily responsible for all aspects of 
such operations; or 
‘‘(II) a hybrid structure, in which 
separate organizations or elements are re-
sponsible for different aspects of electro-
magnetic spectrum operations.
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‘‘(iii) The resources required to fulfill the 
specified responsibilities and functions.’’; and 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 
SEC. 915. JOINT ALL DOMAIN COMMAND AND CONTROL. 
(a) DIRECTION AND CONTROL OF JOINT ALL DOMAIN 
COMMAND
AND CONTROL.—The Deputy Secretary of De-
fense, in coordination with the Vice Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, shall oversee joint all domain command and 
control (commonly known as ‘‘JADC2’’) to ensure— 
(1) close collaboration with the Joint Requirements 
Oversight Council, the combatant commands, and the 
military services regarding operational requirements and 
requirements satisfaction relating to joint all domain 
command and control; and 
(2) objective assessments to the Deputy Secretary 
and Vice Chairman about the progress of the Depart-
ment of Defense in achieving the objectives of joint all 
domain command and control. 
(b) DEMONSTRATIONS
AND
FIELDING
OF
MISSION 
THREADS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Deputy Secretary and Vice 
Chairman shall take the following actions in support of 
the objectives described in paragraph (2):
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(A) In consultation with the Commander of the 
United States Indo-Pacific Command and the com-
manders of such other combatant commands as 
may be designated by the Deputy Secretary— 
(i) identify a prioritized list of difficult 
mission-critical operational challenges specific 
to the area of operations of the designated 
commands; 
(ii) design and recommend resourcing op-
tions, through the Office of Cost Analysis and 
Program Evaluation and the Management Ac-
tion Group of the Deputy Secretary, a series of 
multi-domain, multi-service and multi-agency, 
multi-platform, and multisystem end-to-end in-
tegrated 
kinetic 
and 
non-kinetic 
mission 
threads, including necessary battle manage-
ment functions, to solve the operational chal-
lenges identified in clause (i); 
(iii) demonstrate the ability to execute the 
integrated mission threads identified in clause 
(ii) in realistic conditions on a repeatable basis, 
including the ability to achieve, through mis-
sion 
integration 
software, 
interoperability 
among effects chain components that do not 
conform to common interface standards, in-
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cluding the use of the System of Systems 
Technology Integration Tool Chain for Hetero-
geneous Electronic Systems (commonly known 
as ‘‘STITCHES’’) managed by the 350th 
Spectrum Warfare Wing of the Department of 
the Air Force; and 
(iv) create a plan to deploy the mission 
threads to the area of operations of the United 
States Indo-Pacific Command and such other 
combatant commands as may be designated by 
Deputy Secretary, and execute the mission 
threads at the scale and pace required to solve 
the identified operational challenges, including 
necessary logistics and sustainment capabili-
ties. 
(B) Designate organizations to serve as transi-
tion partners for integrated mission threads and en-
sure such integrated mission threads are main-
tained and exercised as operational capabilities in 
the United States Indo-Pacific Command and such 
other combatant commands as may be designated 
by Deputy Secretary. 
(C) Designate organizations and elements of 
the Department of Defense as the Deputy Secretary 
determines appropriate to be responsible for—
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(i) serving as mission managers for com-
posing and demonstrating the integrated mis-
sion threads under the mission management 
pilot program established by section 871 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 
191 note); 
(ii) providing continuing support and 
sustainment for, and training and exercising 
of, the integrated mission threads under the 
operational command of the Commander of 
United States Indo-Pacific Command and such 
other combatant commands as may be des-
ignated by Deputy Secretary; 
(iii) planning and executing experimen-
tation and demonstrations with— 
(I) Joint data integration approaches; 
(II) mission integration capabilities, 
especially software; and 
(III) Joint tactics, techniques, and 
procedures; 
(iv) assisting in fielding mission integra-
tion software to encourage the development 
and employment of such software on a larger
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scale, especially at the designated combatant 
commands; 
(v) assessing and integrating, as appro-
priate, the capabilities of Assault Breaker II, 
developed by the Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency, and related developmental ef-
forts as those efforts transition to operational 
deployment; and 
(vi) integrating joint all domain command 
and control mission threads and mission com-
mand and control, including in conflicts that 
arise with minimal warning, and exercising 
other joint all domain command and control 
capabilities and functions. 
(D) Integrate the planning and demonstrations 
of the mission threads with— 
(i) the Production, Exploitation, and Dis-
semination Center in the United States Indo- 
Pacific Command; 
(ii) the Family of Integrated Targeting 
Cells; and 
(iii) the tactical dissemination and infor-
mation sharing systems for the Armed Forces 
and allies of the United States, including the
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Mission Partner Environment and the Maven 
Smart System. 
(2) OBJECTIVES
DESCRIBED.—The objectives de-
scribed in this paragraph are the following— 
(A) to support the emphasis of the National 
Defense Strategy on adversary-specific deterrence 
postures; 
(B) to support actions that can be taken within 
the period covered by the future-years defense pro-
gram focused on— 
(i) critical mission threads, such as kinetic 
kill chains and non-kinetic effects chains; and 
(ii) integrated concepts of operation; 
(C) to support demonstrations and experimen-
tation; and 
(D) to achieve the objectives of the Joint All 
Domain Command and Control Strategy and Imple-
mentation Plan approved by the Deputy Secretary 
of Defense. 
(c) PERFORMANCE GOALS.—The Deputy Secretary, the 
Vice Chairman, and the commanders of such other combatant 
commands as may be designated by the Deputy Secretary 
shall seek to—
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(1) beginning in the third quarter of fiscal year 
2023, demonstrate new integrated mission threads on a 
regularly recurring basis multiple times each year; and 
(2) include such demonstrations, as feasible, in the 
Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve campaign of ex-
perimentation, Valiant Shield, Northern Edge, the Large 
Scale Global Exercise, the quarterly Scarlet Dragon ex-
ercises, the Global Information Dominance Experiments, 
and annual force exercises in the area of responsibility 
of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Deputy Secretary’’ means the Dep-
uty Secretary of Defense. 
(2) The term ‘‘Family of Integrated Targeting 
Cells’’ means the Maritime Targeting Cell-Afloat, the 
Maritime Targeting Cell-Expeditionary, the Tactical In-
telligence Targeting Access Node, Tactical Operations 
Center Medium/Light, and other interoperable command 
and control nodes that are able to task the collection of, 
receive, process, and disseminate track and targeting in-
formation from many sensing systems in disconnected, 
denied, intermittent or limited bandwidth conditions. 
(3) The term ‘‘joint all domain command and con-
trol’’ refers to the warfighting capabilities that support 
commander decision making at all echelons from cam-
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paigning to conflict, across all domains, and with part-
ners, to deliver information advantage. 
(4) The term ‘‘mission command’’ is the employ-
ment of military operations through decentralized execu-
tion based upon mission-type orders and the intent of 
commanders. 
(5) The terms ‘‘mission thread’’, ‘‘kill chain’’, and 
‘‘effects chain’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
the publication of the Office of the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Research and Engineering titled ‘‘Mission 
Engineering Guide’’ and dated November 2020. 
(6) The term ‘‘Vice Chairman’’ means the Vice 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
SEC. 916. STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD DEMONSTRA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct a demonstration of a strategic management 
dashboard to automate the data collection and data visualiza-
tion of the primary management goals of the Department of 
Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
that the strategic management dashboard demonstrated 
under subsection (a) includes the following:
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(1) The capability for real-time monitoring of the 
performance of the Department of Defense in meeting 
the management goals of the Department. 
(2) An integrated analytics capability, including the 
ability to dynamically add or upgrade new capabilities 
when needed. 
(3) Integration with the framework required by sub-
section (c) of section 125a of title 10, United States 
Code, for measuring the progress of the Department to-
ward covered elements of reform (as defined in sub-
section (d) of that section). 
(4) Incorporation of the elements of the strategic 
management plan required by section 904(d) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2008 
(Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 2201), as 
derived from automated data feeds from existing infor-
mation systems and databases. 
(5) Incorporation of the elements of the most recent 
annual performance plan of the Department required by 
section 1115(b) of title 31, United States Code, and the 
most recent update on performance of the Department 
required by section 1116 of that title. 
(6) Use of artificial intelligence and machine learn-
ing tools to improve decision making and assessment re-
lating to data analytics.
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(7) Adoption of leading and lagging indicators for 
key strategic management goals. 
(c) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the demonstration 
required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may 
use the authorities described in paragraph (2), and such 
other authorities as the Secretary considers appro-
priate— 
(A) to help accelerate the development of inno-
vative technological or process approaches; and 
(B) to attract new entrants to solve the data 
management and visualization challenges of the De-
partment. 
(2) AUTHORITIES DESCRIBED.—The authorities de-
scribed in this paragraph are the authorities provided 
under the following provisions of law: 
(A) Section 4025 of title 10, United States 
Code (relating to prizes for advanced technology 
achievements). 
(B) Section 217 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 
114–92; 10 U.S.C. 2222 note) (relating to science 
and technology activities to support business sys-
tems information technology acquisition programs).
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(C) Section 908 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 
117–81; 10 U.S.C. 129a note) (relating to manage-
ment innovation activities). 
(d) USE OF BEST PRACTICES.—In conducting the dem-
onstration required by subsection (a), the Secretary of De-
fense shall leverage commercial best practices in management 
and leading research in management and data science. 
(e) STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘strategic management dashboard’’ 
means a system for dynamically displaying management 
metrics, performance goals, and other information necessary 
for Department of Defense leadership to make strategic deci-
sions related to the management of the Department using 
modern, commercial practices for data visualization and 
drawn from existing automated information systems available 
to the Department. 
SEC. 917. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR COMPONENT CON-
TENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2023, the 
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, in 
coordination with the official designated under section 238(b) 
of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note 
prec. 4061), shall complete a pilot program to demonstrate
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the application of component content management systems to 
a distinct set of data of the Department. 
(b) SELECTION OF DATA SET.—In selecting a distinct 
set of data of the Department for purposes of the pilot pro-
gram required by subsection (a), the Chief Information Offi-
cer shall consult with, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) The Office of the Secretary of Defense, with re-
spect to directives, instructions, and other regulatory 
documents of the Department. 
(2) The Office of the Secretary of Defense and the 
Joint Staff, with respect to execution orders. 
(3) The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Research and Engineering and the military depart-
ments, with respect to technical manuals. 
(4) The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Sustainment, with respect to Con-
tract Data Requirements List documents. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS.—Subject 
to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Defense 
may enter into contracts or other agreements with public or 
private entities to conduct studies and demonstration projects 
under the pilot program required by subsection (a). 
(c) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Information 
Officer shall provide to the congressional defense committees
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a briefing on plans to implement the pilot program required 
by subsection (a). 
(d) COMPONENT CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘component content man-
agement system’’ means any content management system 
that enables the management of content at a component level 
instead of at the document level. 
SEC. 918. REPORT ON POTENTIAL TRANSITION OF ALL MEM-
BERS OF THE SPACE FORCE INTO A SINGLE COM-
PONENT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 2023, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a report on the proposal of the Air Force to transition 
the Space Force into a single component (in this section re-
ferred to as the Space Component)— 
(1) that consists of all members of the Space Force, 
without regard to whether such a member is, under laws 
in effect at the time of the report, in the active or re-
serve component of the Space Force; and 
(2) in which such members may transfer between 
duty statuses more freely than would otherwise be al-
lowed under the laws in effect at the time of the report. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following:
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(1) A plan that describes any rules, regulations, 
policies, guidance, and statutory provisions that may be 
implemented to govern— 
(A) the ability of a member of the Space Com-
ponent to transfer between duty statuses, the num-
ber of members authorized to make such transfers, 
and the timing of such transfers; 
(B) the retirement of members of the Space 
Component, including the determination of a mem-
ber’s eligibility for retirement and the calculation of 
the retirement benefits (including benefits under 
laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs) to which the member would be entitled based 
on a career consisting of service in duty statuses of 
the Space Component; and 
(C) the composition and operation of pro-
motion selection boards with respect to members of 
the Space Component, including the treatment of 
general officers by such boards. 
(2) A comprehensive analysis of how such proposal 
may affect the ability of departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government (including departments and agen-
cies outside the Department of Defense and the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs) to accurately calculate the pay 
or determine the benefits, including health care benefits
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under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to 
which a member or former member of the Space Compo-
nent is entitled at any given time. 
(3) Draft legislative text, prepared by the Office of 
Legislative Counsel within the Office of the General 
Counsel of the Department of Defense, that comprehen-
sively sets forth all amendments and modifications to 
Federal statutes needed to effectively implement the pro-
posal described in subsection (a), including— 
(A) amendments and modifications to titles 10, 
37, and 38, United States Code; 
(B) amendments and modifications to Federal 
statutes outside of such titles; and 
(C) an analysis of each provision of Federal 
statutory law that refers to the duty status of a 
member of an Armed Force, or whether such mem-
ber is in an active or reserve component, and, for 
each such provision— 
(i) a written determination indicating 
whether such provision requires amendment or 
other modification to clarify its applicability to 
a member of the Space Component; and 
(ii) if such an amendment or modification 
is required, draft legislative text for such 
amendment or modification.
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(4) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability 
of— 
(A) exempting the proposed Space Component 
from the existing ‘‘up or out’’ system of officer ca-
reer advancement first established by the amend-
ments to title 10, United States Code, made by the 
Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (Public 
Law 96–513; 94 Stat. 2835); 
(B) combining active and reserve components 
in a new, single Space Component and whether a 
similar outcome could be achieved using the existing 
active and reserve component frameworks with mod-
est statutory changes to allow reserve officers to 
serve on sustained active duty; and 
(C) creating career flexibility for reserve mem-
bers of the Space Component, including in shifting 
retirement points earned from one year to the next 
and allowing members of the Space Component to 
move back and forth between active and reserve sta-
tus for prolonged periods of time across a career. 
(5) An assessment of the implications of the pro-
posed reorganization of the Space Force on the develop-
ment of space as a warfighting domain in the profession 
of arms, particularly with respect to officer leadership, 
development, and stewardship of the profession.
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(6) A determination of whether existing government 
ethics regulations are adequate to address potential con-
flicts of interest for Space Component officers who seek 
to move back and forth between sustained active duty 
and working for private sector organizations in the space 
industry as reserve officers in the Space Component. 
(7) An analysis of the following: 
(A) Whether the proposed Space Component 
framework is consistent with the joint service re-
quirements of chapter 38 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(B) Budgetary implications of the establish-
ment of the Space Component. 
(C) The nature of the relationship with private 
industry and civilian employers that would be re-
quired and consistent with professional ethics to 
successfully implement the Space Component. 
(D) The effect of establishing a Space Compo-
nent on diversity and inclusion within the Space 
Force. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. Sense of Congress relating to the corrective action plans review 
process. 
Sec. 1003. Annual reports on budgetary effects of inflation. 
Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities
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Sec. 1011. Extension of authority to support a unified counterdrug and 
counterterrorism campaign in Colombia. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1021. Modification to annual naval vessel construction plan. 
Sec. 1022. Navy consultation with Marine Corps on major decisions directly 
concerning Marine Corps amphibious force structure and capa-
bility. 
Sec. 1023. Amphibious warship force structure. 
Sec. 1024. Modification to limitation on decommissioning or inactivating battle 
force ships before end of expected service life. 
Sec. 1025. Amphibious warfare ship assessment and requirements. 
Sec. 1026. Battle force ship employment, maintenance, and manning baseline 
plans. 
Sec. 1027. Withholding of certain information about sunken military crafts. 
Sec. 1028. Business case analyses on disposition of certain Government-owned 
dry-docks. 
Sec. 1029. Prohibition on retirement of certain naval vessels. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
Sec. 1031. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of 
individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba, to the United States. 
Sec. 1032. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify fa-
cilities in the United States to house detainees transferred 
from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1033. Modification and extension of prohibition on use of funds for trans-
fer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to certain countries. 
Sec. 1034. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to close or relinquish con-
trol of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1041. Submission of national defense strategy in classified and unclassified 
form. 
Sec. 1042. Department of Defense support for funerals and memorial events 
for Members and former Members of Congress. 
Sec. 1043. Modification of authority for humanitarian demining assistance and 
stockpiled conventional munitions assistance. 
Sec. 1044. Modification of provisions relating to anomalous health incidents. 
Sec. 1045. Security clearances for recently separated members of the Armed 
Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1046. Integrated and authenticated access to Department of Defense sys-
tems for certain congressional staff for oversight purposes. 
Sec. 1047. Introduction of entities in transactions critical to national security. 
Sec. 1048. Joint training pipeline between United States Navy and Royal Aus-
tralian Navy. 
Sec. 1049. Standardization of sectional barge construction for Department of 
Defense use on rivers and intercoastal waterways. 
Sec. 1050. Department of Defense support for recently enacted commissions. 
Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 
Sec. 1051. Modification of annual report on unfunded priorities.
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Sec. 1052. Congressional notification of military information support operations 
in the information environment. 
Sec. 1053. Modification and continuation of reporting requirement relating to 
humanitarian assistance. 
Sec. 1054. Briefing on Global Force Management Allocation Plan. 
Sec. 1055. Report and budget details regarding Operation Spartan Shield. 
Sec. 1056. Annual report on civilian casualties in connection with United States 
military operations. 
Sec. 1057. Extension of certain reporting deadlines. 
Sec. 1058. Extension and modification of reporting requirement regarding en-
hancement of information sharing and coordination of military 
training between Department of Homeland Security and De-
partment of Defense. 
Sec. 1059. Continuation of requirement for annual report on National Guard 
and reserve component equipment. 
Sec. 1060. Modification of authority of Secretary of Defense to transfer excess 
aircraft to other departments of the Federal Government and 
authority to transfer excess aircraft to States. 
Sec. 1061. Combatant command risk assessment for airborne intelligence, sur-
veillance, and reconnaissance. 
Sec. 1062. Study on military training routes and special use air space near 
wind turbines. 
Sec. 1063. Annual reports on safety upgrades to the high mobility multipurpose 
wheeled vehicle fleets. 
Sec. 1064. Department of Defense delays in providing comments on Govern-
ment Accountability Office reports. 
Sec. 1065. Justification for transfer or elimination of certain flying missions. 
Sec. 1066. Reports on United States military force presence in Europe. 
Sec. 1067. Report on Department of Defense practices regarding distinction be-
tween combatants and civilians in United States military oper-
ations. 
Sec. 1068. Report on strategy and improvement of community engagement ef-
forts of Armed Forces in Hawaii. 
Sec. 1069. Report on Department of Defense military capabilities in the Carib-
bean. 
Sec. 1070. Quarterly briefings on Department of Defense support for civil au-
thorities to address immigration at the southwest border. 
Sec. 1071. Annual report on procurement of equipment by State and local gov-
ernments through the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1072. Briefing on financial oversight of certain educational institutions re-
ceiving Department of Defense funds. 
Sec. 1073. Report on effects of certain ethics requirements on Department of 
Defense hiring, retention, and operations. 
Sec. 1074. Joint Concept for Competing. 
Sec. 1075. Analysis of feasibility and advisability of relocating major units of 
the United States Armed Forces to certain European coun-
tries. 
Sec. 1076. Report on effects of strategic competitor naval facilities in Africa. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 1081. Technical and conforming amendments. 
Sec. 1082. Department of Defense Civilian Protection Center of Excellence. 
Sec. 1083. Ronald V. Dellums Memorial Fellowship in STEM.
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Sec. 1084. Amendment to memorial for members of the Armed Forces killed 
in attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport. 
Sec. 1085. Public availability of cost of certain military operations. 
Sec. 1086. Combating military reliance on Russian energy. 
Sec. 1087. Establishment of joint force headquarters in area of operations of 
United States Indo-Pacific Command. 
Sec. 1088. National tabletop exercise. 
Sec. 1089. Personnel supporting the Office of the Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict. 
Sec. 1090. Sense of Congress on redesignation of the Africa Center for Stra-
tegic Studies as the James M. Inhofe Center for Africa Stra-
tegic Studies. 
Sec. 1091. Integration of electronic warfare into Tier 1 and Tier 2 joint train-
ing exercises. 
Sec. 1092. National Commission on the Future of the Navy. 
Sec. 1093. Dynamic airspace pilot program. 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the Sec-
retary of Defense that such action is necessary in the 
national interest, the Secretary may transfer amounts of 
authorizations made available to the Department of De-
fense in this division for fiscal year 2023 between any 
such authorizations for that fiscal year (or any subdivi-
sions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so transferred 
shall be merged with and be available for the same pur-
poses as the authorization to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in paragraph 
(3), the total amount of authorizations that the Sec-
retary may transfer under the authority of this section 
may not exceed $6,000,000,000. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR TRANSFERS BETWEEN MILI-
TARY
PERSONNEL
AUTHORIZATIONS.—A transfer of
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funds between military personnel authorizations under 
title IV shall not be counted toward the dollar limitation 
in paragraph (2). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by subsection 
(a) to transfer authorizations— 
(1) may only be used to provide authority for items 
that have a higher priority than the items from which 
authority is transferred; and 
(2) may not be used to provide authority for an 
item that has been denied authorization by Congress. 
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A transfer 
made from one account to another under the authority of this 
section shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for 
the account to which the amount is transferred by an amount 
equal to the amount transferred. 
(d) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 1002. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO THE CORREC-
TIVE ACTION PLANS REVIEW PROCESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Under Secretary of 
Defense (Comptroller) should— 
(1) take appropriate steps to improve the corrective 
action plans review process, including by linking notices
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of findings and recommendations with the corrective ac-
tion plans to address such notices; and 
(2) update Department of Defense guidance to in-
struct the Department and its components to document 
root cause analysis when needed to address deficiencies 
auditors have identified. 
SEC. 1003. ANNUAL REPORTS ON BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF IN-
FLATION. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the submission of the President’s budget for a fiscal 
year under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Defense shall deliver to the congressional defense 
committees a report on observed and anticipated budgetary 
effects related to inflation, including— 
(1) for each Department of Defense appropriation 
account— 
(A) the amount appropriated for the fiscal year 
preceding the fiscal year during which the report is 
submitted, the amount appropriated for the fiscal 
year during which the report is submitted, and the 
amount requested for the fiscal year for which the 
budget is submitted; 
(B) the relevant inflation index applied to each 
such account at the time of the budget submission 
for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year during
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which the report is submitted, the fiscal year during 
which the report is submitted, and the fiscal year 
for which the budget is submitted; 
(C) the actual inflationary budgetary effects on 
each such account for the fiscal year preceding the 
fiscal year during which the report is submitted; 
(D) the estimated inflationary budgetary ef-
fects for the fiscal year during which the report is 
submitted and the fiscal year for which the budget 
is submitted; and 
(E) a calculation of estimated budgetary ef-
fects due to inflation using the estimated indices for 
the fiscal year during which the report is submitted 
compared to the estimated indices for the fiscal 
year for the budget is submitted. 
(2) for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year dur-
ing which the report is submitted, the fiscal year during 
which the report is submitted, and the fiscal year for 
which the budget is submitted, a summary of any re-
quests for equitable adjustment, exercising of economic 
price adjustment (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘EPA’’) 
clauses, or bilateral contract modifications to include an 
EPA, including the contract type and fiscal year and the 
type and amount of appropriated funds used for the con-
tract;
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(3) a summary of any methodological changes in 
Department of Defense cost estimation practices for in-
flationary budgetary effects for the fiscal year during 
which the report is submitted and the fiscal year for 
which the budget is submitted; and 
(4) any other matters the Secretary determines ap-
propriate. 
(b) PERIODIC BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after 
the conclusion of the Department of Defense budget mid-year 
review, the Secretary of Defense shall provide the congres-
sional defense committees with a briefing on— 
(1) any changes in the observed or anticipated infla-
tion indices included in the report required under sub-
section (a); 
(2) any actions taken by the Department of Defense 
to respond to changes discussed in such report, with spe-
cific dollar value figures; and 
(3) any requests for equitable adjustment received 
by the Department of Defense, economic price adjust-
ment clauses exercised, or bilateral contract modifica-
tions to include an EPA made since the submission of 
the report required under subsection (a). 
(c) TERMINATION.—The requirement to submit a report 
under subsection (a) and the requirement to provide a brief-
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ing under subsection (b) shall terminate on the date that is 
five years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities 
SEC. 1011. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT A UNIFIED 
COUNTERDRUG AND COUNTERTERRORISM CAM-
PAIGN IN COLOMBIA. 
Section 1021 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108– 
375; 118 Stat. 2042), as most recently amended by section 
1007 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1889), is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2025’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2025’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORT ON PLAN COLOMBIA.—Not later 
than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year from 2023 to 
2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees and the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives a report that includes the 
following:
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‘‘(1) An assessment of the threat to Colombia from 
narcotics trafficking and activities by organizations des-
ignated as foreign terrorist organizations under section 
219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189(a)). 
‘‘(2) A description of the plan of the Government of 
Colombia for the unified campaign described in sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(3) A description of the activities supported using 
the authority provided by subsection (a). 
‘‘(4) An assessment of the effectiveness of the ac-
tivities described in paragraph (3) in addressing the 
threat described in paragraph (1).’’. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and 
Shipyards 
SEC. 1021. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL NAVAL VESSEL CON-
STRUCTION PLAN. 
Section 231(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(J) For any class of battle force ship for which the 
procurement of the final ship of the class is proposed in 
the relevant future-years defense program submitted 
under section 221 of this title—
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‘‘(i) a description of the expected specific ef-
fects on the Navy shipbuilding industrial base of— 
‘‘(I) the termination of the production 
program for the ship and the transition to a 
new or modified production program, or 
‘‘(II) the termination of the production 
program for the ship without a new or modi-
fied production program to replace it; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of any such production pro-
gram for which a replacement production program 
is proposed, a detailed schedule for the replacement 
production program with planned decision points, 
solicitations, and contract awards.’’. 
SEC. 1022. NAVY CONSULTATION WITH MARINE CORPS ON 
MAJOR DECISIONS DIRECTLY CONCERNING MA-
RINE CORPS AMPHIBIOUS FORCE STRUCTURE 
AND CAPABILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8026 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or amphibious force 
structure and capability’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps aviation’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such sec-
tion is amended by inserting ‘‘or amphibious force 
structure and capability’’ after ‘‘aviation’’.
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(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 803 of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 8026 and inserting 
the following new item: 
‘‘8026. Consultation with Commandant of the Marine Corps on major decisions 
directly concerning Marine Corps aviation or amphibious force 
structure and capability.’’. 
SEC. 1023. AMPHIBIOUS WARSHIP FORCE STRUCTURE. 
Section 8062 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and not 
less than 31 operational amphibious warfare ships, 
of which not less than 10 shall be amphibious as-
sault ships’’ before the period; and 
(B) in the second sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or amphibious warfare 
ship’’ before ‘‘includes’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or amphibious warfare 
ship’’ before ‘‘that is temporarily unavailable’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) In this section, the term ‘amphibious warfare ship’ 
means a ship that is classified as an amphibious assault ship 
(general purpose) (LHA), an amphibious assault ship (multi-
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purpose) (LHD), an amphibious transport dock (LPD), or a 
dock landing ship (LSD).’’. 
SEC. 1024. MODIFICATION TO LIMITATION ON DECOMMIS-
SIONING OR INACTIVATING BATTLE FORCE SHIPS 
BEFORE END OF EXPECTED SERVICE LIFE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8678a(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘by not later 
than three days after the date on which the President 
submits the budget materials under section 1105(a) of 
title 31 for the fiscal year in which such waiver is 
sought’’ after ‘‘such ship’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘such certification 
was submitted’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for such fiscal year is enacted’’. 
(b) NO EFFECT ON CERTAIN SHIPS.—The amendments 
made by subsection (a) do not apply to a battle force ship 
(as such term is defined in section 8678a(e)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code) that is proposed to be decommissioned 
or inactivated during fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 1025. AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE SHIP ASSESSMENT AND RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
Section 8695 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(e) AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE SHIPS.—In preparing each 
assessment and requirement under subsection (a), the Com-
mandant of the Marine Corps shall be specifically responsible 
for developing the requirements relating to amphibious war-
fare ships.’’. 
SEC. 1026. BATTLE FORCE SHIP EMPLOYMENT, MAINTENANCE, 
AND MANNING BASELINE PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 863 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 8696. Battle force ship employment, maintenance, and 
manning baseline plans 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after the 
date of the delivery of the first ship in a new class of battle 
force ships, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the employ-
ment, maintenance, and manning baseline plans for the class, 
including a description of the following: 
‘‘(1) The sustainment and maintenance plans for 
the class that encompass the number of years the class 
is expected to be in service, including— 
‘‘(A) the allocation of maintenance tasks 
among organizational, intermediate, depot, or other 
activities;
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‘‘(B) the planned duration and interval of 
maintenance for all depot-level maintenance avail-
abilities; and 
‘‘(C) the planned duration and interval of dry-
dock maintenance periods. 
‘‘(2) Any contractually required integrated logistics 
support deliverables for the ship, including technical 
manuals, and an identification of— 
‘‘(A) the deliverables provided to the Govern-
ment on or before the delivery date; and 
‘‘(B) the deliverables not provided to the Gov-
ernment on or before the delivery date and the ex-
pected dates those deliverables will be provided to 
the Government. 
‘‘(3) The planned maintenance system for the ship, 
including— 
‘‘(A) the elements of the system, including 
maintenance requirement cards, completed on or be-
fore the delivery date; 
‘‘(B) the elements of the system not completed 
on or before the delivery date and the expected com-
pletion date of those elements; and 
‘‘(C) the plans to complete planned mainte-
nance from the delivery date until all elements of 
the system have been completed.
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‘‘(4) The coordinated shipboard allowance list for 
the class, including— 
‘‘(A) the items on the list onboard on or before 
the delivery date; and 
‘‘(B) the items on the list not onboard on or 
before the delivery date and the expected arrival 
date of those items. 
‘‘(5) The ship manpower document for the class, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) the number of officers by grade and des-
ignator; and 
‘‘(B) the number of enlisted personnel by rate 
and rating. 
‘‘(6) The personnel billets authorized for the ship 
for the fiscal year in which the ship is delivered and each 
of the four fiscal years thereafter, including— 
‘‘(A) the number of officers by grade and des-
ignator; and 
‘‘(B) the number of enlisted personnel by rate 
and rating. 
‘‘(7) Programmed funding for manning and end 
strength on the ship for the fiscal year in which the ship 
is delivered and each of the four fiscal years thereafter, 
including—
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‘‘(A) the number of officers by grade and des-
ignator; and 
‘‘(B) the number of enlisted personnel by rate 
and rating. 
‘‘(8) Personnel assigned to the ship on the delivery 
date, including— 
‘‘(A) the number of officers by grade and des-
ignator; and 
‘‘(B) the number of enlisted personnel by rate 
and rating. 
‘‘(9) For each critical hull, mechanical, electrical, 
propulsion, and combat system of the class as so des-
ignated by the Senior Technical Authority pursuant to 
section 8669b(c)(2)(C) of this title, the following: 
‘‘(A) The Government-provided training avail-
able for personnel assigned to the ship at the time 
of delivery, including the nature, objectives, dura-
tion, and location of the training. 
‘‘(B) The contractor-provided training available 
for personnel assigned to the ship at the time of de-
livery, including the nature, objectives, duration, 
and location of the training. 
‘‘(C) Plans to adjust how the training de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) will be pro-
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vided to personnel after delivery, including the na-
ture and timeline of those adjustments. 
‘‘(10) The notional employment schedule of the ship 
for each month of the fiscal year in which the ship is 
delivered and each of the four fiscal years thereafter, in-
cluding an identification of time spent in the following 
phases: 
‘‘(A) Basic. 
‘‘(B) Integrated or advanced. 
‘‘(C) Deployment. 
‘‘(D) Maintenance. 
‘‘(E) Sustainment. 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not less than 30 days 
before implementing a significant change to the baseline 
plans described in subsection (a) or any subsequent signifi-
cant change, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees written notification of the 
change, including for each such change the following: 
‘‘(1) An explanation of the change. 
‘‘(2) The desired outcome. 
‘‘(3) The rationale. 
‘‘(4) The duration. 
‘‘(5) The operational effects. 
‘‘(6) The budgetary effects, including— 
‘‘(A) for the year in which the change is made;
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‘‘(B) over the five years thereafter; and 
‘‘(C) over the expected service life of the rel-
evant class of battle force ships. 
‘‘(7) The personnel effects, including— 
‘‘(A) for the year in which the change is made; 
‘‘(B) over the five years thereafter; and 
‘‘(C) over the expected service life of the rel-
evant class of battle force ships. 
‘‘(8) The sustainment and maintenance effects, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) for the year in which the change is made; 
‘‘(B) over the five years thereafter; and 
‘‘(C) over the expected service life of the rel-
evant class of battle force ships. 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SHIPS.—(1) For the pur-
poses of this section, the Secretary of the Navy shall treat 
as the first ship in a new class of battle force ships the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) U.S.S. John F. Kennedy (CVN–79). 
‘‘(B) U.S.S. Michael Monsoor (DDG–1001). 
‘‘(C) U.S.S. Jack H. Lucas (DDG–125). 
‘‘(2) For each ship described in paragraph (1), the Sen-
ior Technical Authority shall identify critical systems for the 
purposes of subsection (a)(9). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) The term ‘battle force ship’ means the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) A commissioned United States Ship war-
ship capable of contributing to combat operations. 
‘‘(B) A United States Naval Ship that contrib-
utes directly to Navy warfighting or support mis-
sions. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘delivery’ has the meaning provided 
for in section 8671 of this title. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Senior Technical Authority’ has the 
meaning provided for in section 8669b of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 863 of such title is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘8696. Battle force ship employment, maintenance, and manning baseline 
plans.’’. 
SEC. 1027. WITHHOLDING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT 
SUNKEN MILITARY CRAFTS. 
Section 1406 of the Sunken Military Craft Act (title 
XIV of Public Law 108–375; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) WITHHOLDING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.—Pursu-
ant to subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B) of section 552(b)(3) of 
title 5 United States Code, the Secretary concerned may 
withhold from public disclosure information and data about 
the location or related artifacts of a sunken military craft
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under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, if such disclosure 
would increase the risk of the unauthorized disturbance of 
one or more sunken military craft.’’. 
SEC. 1028. BUSINESS CASE ANALYSES ON DISPOSITION OF CER-
TAIN GOVERNMENT-OWNED DRY-DOCKS. 
(a) AFDM-10.—Not later than June 1, 2023, the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees the results of a business case analysis for Auxil-
iary Floating Dock, Medium-10 (in this section referred to as 
‘‘AFDM-10’’) that compares the following options: 
(1) The continued use of AFDM-10, in the same lo-
cation and under the same lease authorities in effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) The relocation of AFDM-10 to Naval Station 
Everett, including all infrastructure support requirement 
costs and anticipated operating costs. 
(3) The relocation and use of AFDM-10 in alter-
nate locations under the same lease authorities in effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, including all 
infrastructure support requirement costs and anticipated 
operating costs. 
(4) The relocation and use of AFDM-10 in alter-
nate locations under alternative lease authorities.
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(5) The conveyance of AFDM-10 at a fair market 
rate to an appropriate non-Government entity with ex-
pertise in the non-nuclear ship repair industry. 
(6) Such other options as the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
(b) GRAVING DOCK AT NAVAL BASE, SAN DIEGO.—Not 
later than June 1, 2023, the Secretary of the Navy shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees the results of a 
business case analysis for the Government-owned graving 
dock at Naval Base San Diego, California, that compares the 
following options: 
(1) The continued use of such graving dock, in ac-
cordance with the utilization strategy described in the 
May 25, 2022 report to Congress entitled ‘‘Navy Dry 
Dock Strategy for Surface Ship Maintenance and Re-
pair’’. 
(2) Such other options as the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
(c) MATTERS
FOR EVALUATION.—The business case 
analyses required under subsections (a) and (b) shall each in-
clude an evaluation of each of the following: 
(1) The extent to which the Secretary plans to exe-
cute a consistent and balanced docking strategy that en-
sures the health of private sector maintenance and re-
pair capability and capacity.
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(2) Legal, regulatory, and other requirements appli-
cable to each of the options considered under each such 
analysis, including environmental documentation, and 
the effect that such requirements are projected to have 
on the cost and schedule of such option. 
(3) The extent to which the Secretary is considering 
adding dry dock capacity, including an analysis of the 
projected cost of adding such capacity and the potential 
effects of adding such capacity on private sector repair 
and maintenance facilities. 
(4) The projected use by the Navy of Government 
and non-Government dry docks assets through fiscal 
year 2027. 
(5) For each option considered under each such 
analysis, the projected implementation timeline and 
costs. 
(6) For each option considered under each such 
analysis, the relative maintenance capacity and output. 
SEC. 1029. PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT OF CERTAIN NAVAL 
VESSELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2023 may be obli-
gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in 
storage—