House of Representatives Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Page H4685 · Official textThe House met at 10 a.m. and was called to order by the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Stutzman).
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 119 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Designation of Speaker Pro Tempore
Page H4685 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following communication from the Speaker:
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July 21, 2026.
I hereby appoint the Honorable Marlin A. Stutzman to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day.
Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Morning-Hour Debate
Page H4685 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore
Pursuant to the order of the House of January 6, 2026, the Chair will now recognize Members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning-hour debate.
The Chair will alternate recognition between the parties, with time equally allocated between the parties and each Member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to 5 minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m.
High Cost of War
Page H4685 · Official text(Mr. Latimer of New York was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today more than 5 months since the American people were forced into a war of choice in Iran. As the President's negotiations fail, Americans are still bearing the expense every day. This is all while Russell Vought and Pete Hegseth claim the cost of the war to be roughly $30 billion, but the President's request for extra funds puts the true cost at a staggering $100 billion, if not more.
With this money, we could have instead paid for: 66 million Social Security retirement checks, 2 years of free school lunch for every child in the United States, 2 million teachers' salaries, 1 million 4-year college degrees, or the entire SNAP program for a year, serving 40 million Americans in need of food assistance.
It is imperative that Congress exercise our congressional oversight authority so that these stratospheric costs receive due scrutiny and the voice of the people we represent may be heard.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today as President Trump lays the groundwork for a namesake arch right here in the heart of our Nation's Capital. Despite the arch's violation of a height restriction for D.C. buildings, a panel consisting of the President's allies is likely to permit the plans.
Unfortunately, this symbolism of corruption coming from the President of the United States is not novel. Need I remind the American people that he has already demolished the White House Rose Garden, planned to take over a 100-year-old public golf course in Washington, D.C., and plastered two large posters of his likeness on government buildings along The National Mall, just to name a few, and also placing his name on our coinage and currency.
Donald Trump is trying at every attempt to enshrine his legacy in Washington, D.C., but legacy doesn't always mean being remembered for your name. This Nation is not a hotel chain. He is leaving rather a legacy of being the most un-American President we have ever had.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Disability Pride Month. In July of 1990, Congress passed the Americans With Disability Act, also known as the ADA.
The passage of this landmark legislation was seen as an international victory for many Americans with disabilities and inspired similar legislation in 181 countries worldwide. The ADA changed the way we view disabilities and brought a level of compassion and understanding for those with a disability, oftentimes invisible.
We celebrate this month with pride, for the one in four Americans reported to have a disability and the millions around the world who want to continue without limitations.
In the name of furthering the ADA's mission, we must continue to create a country that is equitable, inclusive, and accessible for everyone, regardless of differences or limitations.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President.
THE WONDERFUL McCOURT FAMILY
Pages H4685–H4686 · Official text(Ms. Foxx of North Carolina was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize John McCourt and his wonderful wife, Eileen, who are the epitome of the American Dream.
John began his career in 1970 in County Tyrone, Ireland, in the screening equipment business on the factory assembly line for Powerscreen International Limited. After building his reputation and business acumen across Europe, he and his wife, Eileen, relocated their family to the United States, and he soon established his own distributorship in Texas.
Fast-forward to today, and the McCourt family runs a highly successful equipment business with a reputation and a track record that is steeped in high quality and unparalleled commitment. Their business is family owned and family operated with over 500 years of experience in the industry and over 150 employees.
I was fortunate to meet members of the McCourt family recently in Washington through Associated Equipment Distributors. They are a wonderful group of dedicated people.
The wonderful story of their parents, John and Eileen, as well as the story and success of their entire family, is something to marvel at, Mr. Speaker.
We should all take the time to recognize the impeccable, business-driven and value-driven people in our communities and across the Nation like the McCourt family for all they do in supporting our great American economy.
Mr. Speaker, I rise to highlight a very insightful and pertinent report from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, ACTA, titled: "A Broadside for the Nation, Preparing College Students for Informed Citizenship."
ACTA is a wonderful, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting academic excellence, academic freedom, and accountability through the trustees at America's colleges and universities as well as informing and engaging the general public.
The broadside is reminiscent of the many broadsides published during the revolutionary period that were so important in informing the people along with getting their support for the revolution.
Being an informed citizen isn't passe. It is one of our most sacred responsibilities as Americans and one we cannot afford to abandon or ignore.
As the report's authors lay out: "True patriotism includes a commitment to and appreciation of American values and principles. Since the founding of our Nation, our greatest leaders have recognized that our freedom and our prosperity depend on informed and engaged citizens."
We just celebrated 250 years of American greatness, Mr. Speaker, and we ought to do all that we can to learn of and espouse the values and principles that make America the greatest country in the world.
Michael Poliakoff, the president of ACTA, captured this sentiment perfectly in this report: "The birth of America 250 years ago amazed the world, and our founding documents have inspired the search for freedom and human rights throughout the world. The colleges and universities built and maintained by the vision and generosity of generations of Americans owe it to the Nation to ensure that every student they graduate understands the precious heritage we share."
Let us not forget the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson who once opined on this very issue: "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
I commend ACTA and the many authors who contributed to this report for calling attention to this issue. It is one that we all would do well to wholeheartedly support.
Recognizing University at Buffalo President Satish Tripathi
Page H4686 · Official text(Mr. Kennedy of New York was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of an extraordinary leader, educator, and public servant whose vision has transformed the University at Buffalo and our entire community.
After 15 years as president of UB, Dr. Satish Tripathi is concluding a remarkable chapter of service defined by innovation, collaboration, and an unwavering commitment to academic excellence.
During his tenure, the University at Buffalo has reached new heights. Enrollment has grown to nearly 30,000 students. Flourishing scientific research has positioned UB among the Nation's premier public research institutions, and UB has strengthened its role as an engine of economic opportunity, helping to launch and nurture hundreds of local startup companies.
UB is attracting world-class faculty and empowering the next generation of innovators, scientists, engineers, and healthcare professionals.
Under Dr. Tripathi's leadership, the medical school found a new home on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, strengthening the connection between higher education, healthcare, and the revitalization of our great city.
UB has become a cornerstone of New York's Empire AI initiative, ensuring that western New York sits at the forefront of AI innovation.
Yet, Mr. Speaker, if you ask Dr. Tripathi about these extraordinary accomplishments, he is quick to credit the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners who have helped make them possible.
That humility has long been one of his defining qualities. His leadership has never been about personal recognition. It has always been about building an institution that empowers others to succeed.
He will continue serving UB as a researcher and educator, focused on advancing the ethical development of artificial intelligence and mentoring the next generation of scholars. The University at Buffalo, western New York, and our Nation are stronger because of Dr. Tripathi's leadership. His legacy will be measured in the lives he has changed and the brighter future he has helped create with generations of students.
On behalf of a grateful community, State, and Nation, I thank Dr. Satish Tripathi for his extraordinary service, congratulate him on an exceptional presidency, and wish him continued success as he begins this next chapter.
Godspeed to Dr. Tripathi.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate a remarkable milestone for western New York: The 50th anniversary of The Belle Center in Buffalo, New York.
For one-half of a century, The Belle Center has been a place where every child has been welcomed, every family is valued, and every family is given the opportunity to thrive.
Under the exceptional leadership of Executive Director Lucy Candelario and her dedicated team, The Belle Center has continually evolved to meet the changing needs of Buffalo's west side. Through early childhood education, after-school programing, workforce development, and services for families and seniors, The Belle Center has remained steadfast in its mission to meet Buffalonians where they are and provide the support they need to build brighter futures.
As our neighborhoods have grown more diverse and new challenges have emerged, the center has answered the call by expanding educational opportunities, welcoming new Americans through English language learning, supporting working families, and celebrating the rich cultures that make our community stronger.
As we celebrate this golden anniversary, we also celebrate the countless staff members, volunteers, and community partners whose dedication has transformed lives and strengthened the City of Good Neighbors.
Today, I join western New York in congratulating The Belle Center on 50 extraordinary years of service. May it continue to uplift our neighbors, strengthen our community, and carry forward Father Belle's enduring legacy of compassion and service for generations to come.
I congratulate The Belle Center.
Honoring Former Mayor Dolly Perez
Pages H4686–H4687 · Official text(Ms. De La Cruz of Texas was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.) Ms. De La Cruz. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor former mayor, Dolly Perez, on her retirement after nearly four decades of service to the city of Premont. Dolly's deep commitment to her hometown is a family legacy, inspired by her father who served on the city council over 70 years ago. After giving 36 incredible years of service as Premont's city secretary, Dolly answered the call to leadership, successfully running for mayor to finish community projects, balancing the city budget, and building a brighter future for the town she loves. Her decades of sacrifice, compassion, and leadership have left an incredible mark on the community. I thank Mayor Dolly Perez for her extraordinary lifetime of public service and congratulate her on her well-deserved retirement. Ms. De La Cruz. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the extraordinary life and legacy of an American hero and a pillar of the McAllen community, retired United States Air Force Major Homer Gallegos. Born and raised in McAllen, Major Gallegos answered the call to duty in 1968, enlisting in the Air Force and serving a tour of duty in south Vietnam. He dedicated 30 years to the Air Force Reserves, ultimately retiring at the rank of major. His service to our Nation did not end when he took off the uniform. For over two decades, Major Gallegos worked as a licensed professional counselor at the McAllen Vet Center, helping his fellow veterans heal from the invisible wounds of war. He served as a commander of the VFW Post 8788 for over 20 years, where he stood in the honor guard to provide final military honors to Rio Grande Valley veterans. His lifetime of selflessness earned him the national Hands and Heart Award from the Secretary of Veteran's Affairs. His legacy will forever be defined by his faith, devotion to his family, and his servant's heart.
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100th Anniversary of Falfurrias Volunteer Fire Department
Ms. De La Cruz. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the incredible men and women of the Falfurrias Volunteer Fire Department for 100 years of service to south Texas. The department's history traces back to 1926, when local citizens formed a bucket brigade to fight a fire breaking out in Falfurrias. Recognizing the need for an organized operation, the brave community members officially established the department. From its earliest days, operating with an old Jeep carrying a single barrel of water, the department has grown into a modern emergency response powerhouse with a fleet of over 15 trucks, covering more than 500 square miles across Brooks County. For 100 years, their mission has remained unchanged: to serve with honor and with bravery. We are grateful to the Falfurrias Volunteer Fire Department for keeping Brooks County safe. Ms. De La Cruz. Mr. Speaker, I would like to quickly recognize that we have special interns from the district that are celebrating their birthday today. I would like to wish a happy birthday to David Rodriguez and Joseph Uribe. We wish them many blessings, today and always. God bless them.
36th ANNIVERSARY OF ADA
Page H4687 · Official text(Mr. Hoyer of Maryland was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, one of the proudest moments of my time in public service was sponsoring the Americans with Disabilities Act and seeing it through to enactment.
I was honored to work closely with House and Senate colleagues, leaders like Bob Dole, Tom Harkin, Tony Coelho, Steve Bartlett, Orrin Hatch, and Ted Kennedy, just to name a few. We passed it on a bipartisan basis, and it was signed into law by President George Bush in 1990.
This month, we celebrate the 36th anniversary of the ADA. In those 36 years, that law has made a transformative difference for millions of Americans. It did so not only for physical access to public and private spaces of public accommodations but also in ensuring reasonable accommodations in workplaces and nondiscrimination in every facet of American life.
We have seen it strengthened through legislation like the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 and through the courts with decisions like Olmstead v. L.C. in 1999.
That decision concerned the ADA's nondiscrimination rule and applied it to the forced segregation of disabled people away from their communities, a historic tragedy in centuries past.
The Olmstead ruling affirmed that States are required to provide disability services in the most integrated setting possible: in schools, workplaces, and even individuals' homes.
Last month, the Department of Justice issued new guidance that the ADA does not guarantee--according to them--a right to live and receive services in integrated settings. Instead, it reinterprets the Olmstead's decision as only prohibiting States from unnecessarily institutionalizing those with disabilities without adequate justification and that it did not establish a general integration mandate.
Frankly, that is absurd. Olmstead merely affirmed what Congress had clearly intended in the ADA. Unlike when we speculate on what our Founders' intent was in paraphrasing certain parts of our Constitution, when it comes to laws enacted 36 years ago, we can go right to the source.
Let me be absolutely and unambiguously clear, as the House sponsor of the ADA: An integration mandate, as outlined correctly in the Olmstead ruling, was our intent.
Senators Dole, Kennedy, and Hatch may no longer be here to state it, but I am sure former Senator Harkin and former Representative Coelho, Bartlett, and others, who were involved in drafting and enacting the law, will affirm the same.
Among the findings expressly listed in the text of the ADA was that, "Society has tended to isolate and segregate individuals with disabilities, and, despite some improvements, such forms of discrimination against individuals with disabilities continue to be a serious and pervasive social problem," according to the Olmstead case.
The Department of Justice is wrong and ought to retract its new guidance to States and communities.
At the same time, we have also seen the Trump administration use disability rights as an excuse to undermine ballot access and trample on the Help America Vote Act, which I also had the honor of sponsoring.
The same principle just outlined about Olmstead applies here as well. It was never Congress' intent in writing the ADA that accommodating people with disabilities should be used as an excuse to limit Americans' right to vote, just as it should not be issuing a rule penalizing Americans with disabilities for living at home with their families and caregivers and slashing Medicaid funding, upon which so many in the disability community rely.
I certainly hope statements like this one--from someone who was intimately involved in the writing of the ADA and stated from the floor--will serve as a reminder of the legislative intent of the ADA and of the Congress: It is truly all about nondiscrimination, public accommodation, equal access, and, yes, integration as much as possible within communities.
We cannot turn the clock back to the time before the ADA, when those with disabilities were ostracized, isolated, and locked away.
I am proud of the part I played in changing that. All of us should be proud that this institution came through and delivered in both promise and practice. Let us continue to do so today.
Recognizing Robert Bentley
Pages H4687–H4688 · Official text(Mr. Taylor of Ohio was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a homegrown veteran and great American hero, Mr. Robert Bentley.
Known as "Bob" by his friends and family, Mr. Bentley was a student at Jefferson High School in Adams County, Ohio, in 1968, when he made the courageous decision to leave school and answer the call to serve his country as a teenager.
After attending basic and advanced military training, Bob served in Vietnam as a Specialist 4 in the United States Army from April 1969 to December 1970. Bob joined countless young Americans who set aside their own personal ambitions to defend the Nation they loved. His honorable service left a lasting legacy in his family, community, and our great Buckeye State.
I am proud to not only commend Bob for his selfless service but to congratulate him for being awarded an honorary high school diploma by the Adams County Ohio Valley School Board in recognition of his sacrifice and dedication. My staff was honored to attend his ceremony and present him with a congressional commendation as well.
We congratulate Bob. This year, his high school education is complete.
Veterans like Bob continue to inspire those in southern Ohio and the whole Nation through outstanding courage, deep patriotism, and remarkable selflessness. It is heroes like him that preserve our Nation's values and the freedoms that we hold so dear.
We thank Bob for his service.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the White Oak High School's head baseball coach Chris Veidt for his 500th career win this year.
As a long-standing head coach of 35 years, Coach Veidt has made his mark not only on the diamond but throughout Highland County as well.
Buckeye baseball has always been in Coach Veidt's blood. After graduating from Logan High School in 1982, he played competitively at the University of Rio Grande and Wilmington College, where he ultimately earned a degree in physical education. He went on to obtain a master's in health and sports science from the University of Dayton. Go Fliers.
Afterward, he applied his extensive knowledge as an assistant coach for the Wilmington baseball team, helping the Quakers clinch the State championship in 1989.
Over the course of his coaching career, Coach Veidt has earned five SHAC Coach of the Year Awards, nine Southeast District Coach of the Year honors, multiple State and regional recognitions, and was inducted into the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2024. He earned a place in the Southeast District Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2014, and has served as an OHSBCA State Poll voter since 1993. To top it all off, Coach Veidt was awarded the OHSAA Sportsmanship, Ethics, and Integrity Award at the end of the 2026 season.
It is devoted figures like Coach Veidt whose impact stretches far beyond the baseball field and into the lives of their players, their families, and their communities.
The mentorship, leadership, and commitment he has demonstrated toward hundreds of student-athletes has developed the next generation of leaders. He has cheered his players on for nearly four decades, and now Ohio is rooting for him.
I congratulate Coach Veidt on a storied career and 500 wins.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an outstanding southern Ohioan who has served thousands of Chillicothe families for nearly six decades, Dr. John Seidensticker.
Following in his grandfather's footsteps, John attended medical school and started working in internal medicine at the Chillicothe Hospital in 1967. After gaining experience, he moved over to endocrinology, which he ultimately specialized in.
Over the decades of practicing medicine, John served multiple generations of Buckeye families and witnessed firsthand how advancing technologies changed the medical field.
When the Chillicothe Hospital became Adena Health in the late 1990s, John was instrumental in creating their hospice program after seeing a need for additional care in our local aging population. John took pride in getting to know his patients over the years and became well known in the community for his genuine concern and excellent care.
This year marks his retirement after an incredible 59 years of practicing medicine. John shared that he loves his work and will find it challenging to step back into this new season but is looking forward to spending time in his home workshop making canes and walking sticks. Even in his retirement, he will be contributing in a new way to help people meet their community's needs.
I thank Dr. Seidensticker for his tremendous dedication to our community and congratulate him on his retirement. It is because of outstanding health care providers like him that generations of southern Ohio families are able to live healthier and more prosperous lives.
Honoring Christopher Doyle Matthews
Page H4688 · Official text(Mr. Keating of Massachusetts was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Christopher Doyle Matthews, a friend and longtime member of my staff. We were devastated to have learned just a few weeks ago of his passing.
Chris was born in Boston on December 15, 1989, to Richard and Mary-Ellen Matthews and was proudly raised in Scituate, Massachusetts. He grew up loving boats and the water, his parents' classic rock and roll music, and politics.
When columnist Mary McGrory famously observed that "every baby born in Massachusetts is born with a campaign manager's gene," she could have very well been inspired by Chris.
With political instincts that were second to none, Chris was a go-to organizer in Massachusetts politics. He was, without question, one of the Commonwealth's sharpest political minds, a true generational talent.
Even at a young age, there are not many candidates from the South Shore of Massachusetts who did not seek out Chris' help or his opinion. He served as the chair of the South Shore Democratic Caucus, and as a Democratic leader with the Massachusetts State Committee, the Plymouth County League, and several South Shore town committees in Massachusetts. Candidates and voters alike trusted Chris because of his belief that government can change people's lives for the better.
Chris' untimely and sudden death has sent shock waves through our congressional family. He served in various positions with us for a decade and a half. He started as a 20-year-old volunteer on my first campaign for Congress and, over time, moved to be my district outreach and communications director when he passed away suddenly and untimely at the age of 36.
At a time in America when some have doubts and when hope can seem remote, remember Chris Matthews if you ever begin to lose faith in this country.
Remember that Chris was more than a congressional aide. He took the belief that through our actions, we can all bring forth needed change, and he brought it with him through many interstate bus rides to canvass distant pivotal States and to the doors of the families he inspired.
Remember through his example that public service is a genuinely noble vocation. As a trusted member of our office, he helped countless veterans, families, and those who could not advocate for themselves.
Remember his laugh and his wry, often biting, humor, insightfully contrasting the way things are to the way things should be. Remember his authentic belief that in this country, people can bring about progress and meaningful change. It was real to him, and his sincerity shone through.
I imagine if Chris wanted us to remember anything, it would be that he was a loving partner and father figure to Molly and Eli, that he was a compassionate and reliable son and brother, and that he was the most steadfast of loyal friends.
Though we wish we had more time with him, his memory will continue to give us faith that one person can significantly make better the lives of all those around him, and all of us in our office certainly know this to be true.
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to have known Chris Matthews and to honor his life. I ask my colleagues to join with me in recognizing his commitment to this institution and to the people of Massachusetts. May his memory be a blessing.
Recognizing Pamela Irvine
Pages H4688–H4689 · Official text(Mr. Cline of Virginia was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an extraordinary Virginian whose life has been defined by service to others. After 45 years of leadership, Pam Irvine is retiring as president and CEO of Feeding Southwest Virginia.
When Ms. Irvine founded the organization in 1981, it began with little more than a vision--and even the food bank's first truck caught fire on the road. Undeterred, she persevered, building one of the Commonwealth's leading hunger relief organizations.
Under her leadership, Feeding Southwest Virginia has grown from distributing 1 million pounds of food annually to more than 20 million pounds, serving 26 counties and 9 cities, and helping more than 127,000 neighbors each month.
Guided by compassion, faith, and an unwavering belief that no one should go hungry, Pam Irvine has transformed the fight against hunger throughout southwest Virginia.
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of Virginia's Sixth Congressional District, I thank Pamela Irvine for her extraordinary service, congratulate her on an exceptional career, and wish her every happiness in her well-deserved retirement.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Luray Fire Department of Luray, Virginia, as it marks an extraordinary milestone: 125 years of dedicated service to the people of Luray and Page County.
Founded in 1901 and chartered in 1933, the Luray Fire Department has stood as a proud, all-volunteer, and nonprofit organization with the goal of protecting the lives and property of so many for over a century. From its early days when the department attended its first State Firefighters Convention in Staunton and a year later sent its first reel team to a State contest in Portsmouth, the department has remained the cornerstone of community safety and pride.
With a membership of nearly 100 volunteers, the LFD has celebrated many milestones and accomplishments since then, and it continues to strengthen community ties through annual traditions such as the concert and ceremony held on September 11 as well as its raffle and fundraiser held on September 12.
Today, we honor the men and women, past and present, whose selfless service reflects the very best of our Commonwealth. Join me in celebrating the strong and brave Luray Fire Department on 125 years of steadfast commitment to not only their community but to the Nation.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the passage of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2027 out of the Budget Committee last week.
Congress' primary responsibility is to defend the American people and preserve the strength of our Nation, and this resolution reflects that duty. It invests in our warfighters; supports our ranchers, farmers, and producers; and secures the integrity of our voting systems with the SAVE America Act.
For rural districts like Virginia's Sixth, this resolution delivers real support and stability for our farmers. It empowers our national defense, stands behind our warfighters, secures our food supply, and ensures American elections are decided only by American citizens.
This budget reflects a commitment to responsible governance while restoring the faith and confidence of voters in our election system.
Mr. Speaker, this resolution reflects a vision of a stronger, safer, and more prosperous America. It demonstrates our commitment to defending our Nation, supporting the American people, and governing with responsibility. I urge my colleagues to support this resolution this week and join us in advancing policies that strengthen our country for generations to come.
Consider New Approach to Cuba
Pages H4689–H4690 · Official text(Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about United States policy toward Cuba, or rather our lack of a coherent policy and our decades-long failure to help the people of Cuba.
Cuba is our neighbor. We have lived side by side for centuries. Our histories are intertwined. Our futures are, too.
Almost 10 million people live on the island of Cuba. They go to school and work, raise families and go about their lives, and crave freedom and justice, but the people of Cuba struggle to realize their aspirations.
The Cuban Government deprives the people from enjoying their civil and political rights. Freedom of expression and assembly are severely curtailed. The recent release of 2,000 prisoners was welcome, as is the recent release of Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, a political prisoner in the Defending Freedoms Project of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, but over 700 prisoners of conscience remain behind bars, according to Human Rights Watch.
Yet, for all the abuse of the Cuban people by the Cuban Government, so too has the United States deprived the Cuban people of enjoying their economic and social rights. The crushing U.S. embargo has stunted their economic development and caused immense hardship. These U.S. policies are human rights violations.
America's cruel and illegal blockade is creating a severe humanitarian crisis, denying energy imports, which the Cuban people depend on for their healthcare, food distribution, and livelihood.
Cubans recently experienced the eighth collapse of their power grid since October 2024. Some 3 million Cubans experience water shortages every single day, and the U.N. reports that infant mortality has doubled to 9.9 per 1,000 births. Childhood cancer survival rates have fallen from 85 to 65 percent. Supplies of essential medicines are only 30 percent of normal.
What we are witnessing in Cuba, as some have characterized it, is basically Gaza in slow motion: man-made starvation with the help and complicity of the United States of America.
Meanwhile, arrogant politicians in Washington tell Cubans on the island that they must suffer violations of their economic and social rights as the only way to restore their civil and political rights. This is an insult to their dignity, and it is wrong.
The six-decade embargo has been a miserable failure. Over and over we see that it does not work. It only emboldens hard-liners and makes things worse for regular people.
Now, we hear that the administration is plotting military action against Cuba. This would be horrible, wasteful, inhumane, and illegal.
Cuba is not doing anything that would legitimize a war. Congress has approved no declaration of war, no Authorization for Use of Military Force. Military action against Cuba would make America a rogue State, aligning us with Russia, China, Iran, and others that believe that international rules don't matter.
If we want to know why invading Cuba would be such a disaster, look no further than Venezuela. Meet the new boss; same as the old boss. The Venezuelan people still have no democracy or human rights, while listening to Marco Rubio lecture them with empty promises about freedom and self-determination. Their economy was still in shambles even before the earthquake.
Trump and Rubio are pals with the new President. The U.S. has immense leverage, but we are not using it to restore democracy, improve human rights, or fight hunger. The security apparatus remains in place. Political prisoners remain in jail. Oil revenues go to the elites.
The people of Venezuela deserve better, and the people of Cuba do not deserve to be screwed over in the same undignified and illegal manner.
Cubans deserve to shape their own future, not have it selected for them by arrogant politicians in Washington.
There is a better way. Ten years ago, the U.S. tried a better approach. We tried diplomacy. We tried engagement. We tried talking to each other, working through our differences, and guess what. It started working.
American tourists went to Cuba. We dropped barriers. We opened up relations. Things started getting better for the Cuban people, and there was hope that some day they could shape their own future.
My U.S.-Cuba Trade Act, H.R. 7521, would reverse our decades of failed policies toward Cuba. It would repeal the statutory basis of the embargo. It would give us tools to work with the Cuban people on economic and political progress. It would ensure that Americans and Cubans can be good neighbors.
We must chart a shared path to the future, built not on fear and threats or marked by invasion and blockade. The future we must build is one of good will and diplomacy, reinforced by trade and exchange.
Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to consider a new approach to Cuba. It is time for a new path forward. The Trump administration has damaged our Nation's standing in the world. They have totally screwed up the Middle East by ignoring human rights and embracing war. I urge my colleagues to stand with me in demanding that they not repeat the same cruel mistakes in Cuba.
Remembering Wes Anderson
Page H4690 · Official text(Mr. Baumgartner of Washington was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to note the passing of a great American, a great patriot, and a friend, Mr. Wes Anderson of Spokane, Washington.
Wes was known across the communities of Spokane County for his exemplary service to fellow veterans who knew him best as "Doc."
Wes was a lifelong Spokanite whose life was defined by service, first in Vietnam where he served as a hospital corpsman and later across our communities where he had time for every veteran.
The moments in Vietnam crystallized a lifetime of determination to serve veterans when, on his return to the United States, he had to fight his way through a crowd of war protesters on his flight home. His service to veterans took the form of over five decades of service through leadership roles in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, where he was honored for his work as a chaplain, and through various initiatives, small and large, that included his support for the residents of Spokane's veterans homes, 20 consecutive years of cleaning the Spokane Vietnam Veterans Memorial on each Memorial Day, and his volunteer work for veterans organizations such as Heroes Homestead.
With Wes' passing, there is a void in our community that will be felt for many years to come.
Mr. Speaker, Wes was a patriot, a great American, and a friend. I speak for the entire Spokane community when I say that he will be sincerely missed.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Eastern Washington University Eagles football team as they prepare for what promises to be a fantastic 2026 season.
Everyone in eastern Washington knows that EWU plays some of the most exciting brands of football in the Western United States, and I know personally that their tailgating in Cheney is second to none.
They are led by Coach Best, a former All-Big Sky center and Eastern Washington alum who has had an exemplary career as coach of the Eags.
The Eastern Washington Eagles have a stacked schedule this fall with away games at Northern Arizona, South Dakota, University of Washington, UC Davis, University of Idaho, and Utah Tech, while welcoming schools like Northern Iowa, Cal Poly, Northern Colorado, Montana, Montana State, and Portland State to Cheney.
I look forward to a great season of Eastern football, and I know the Eastern Eagles will be very competitive. I am sure the coach, his staff, every student-athlete, and the student body of Eastern all look forward to this exciting season.
Go Eags.
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA)10:45 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Spokane native Tim Merck, an outstanding businessman, philanthropist, and family man. He and his wife, Beth, have raised an outstanding family.
Tim built a multimillion dollar business in Spokane from the ground up, Old World Christmas, which was known across the country and across the world as providing the best Christmas ornaments anyone can find.
Today, I also want to recognize a bit of trivia about Tim. When he sent his son and daughter to Notre Dame, he realized that there was not a leprechaun sculpture on Notre Dame's campus, and Tim set out to rectify that. Tim and Beth Merck, along with their children, Jon and Katherine, have long demonstrated a commitment to preserving stories and dreams in their operation.
Jon and Katherine fulfilled a dream for their grandmother by attending and graduating from Notre Dame. When they noticed that the leprechaun was not there, they reached out to the president, and today, there is this leprechaun statue at gate 10 of the Purcell Pavilion, the very gate through which the Leprechaun Legion enters the arena to cheer on their basketball and volleyball teams.
This is a tremendous story. Tim is also a very proud graduate of the University of Idaho, and upon presenting the leprechaun, he said: I guess it takes a Vandal to make sure that the students of Notre Dame have a leprechaun to celebrate.
Mr. Speaker, Tim is a great American and a great friend. I love him and Beth. Go Vandals. Go Irish.
Standing Up for Cuba
Pages H4690–H4691 · Official text(Ms. Dexter of Oregon was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, the American people need to know that their government is intentionally suffocating the nation of Cuba. There is no other way to describe what is happening.
Earlier this month, I traveled to Cuba with a congressional delegation to see firsthand how U.S. policy is affecting this country that is just 90 miles off our shore.
This is a country that is known for its joy and for its culture. It is a country that has had a glimpse of prosperity and promise during the Obama administration when relations were normalized and decades of sanctions lifted, only to have Trump reinstate the blockade in 2017.
Normalized relations led to an explosion of opportunity for small businesses, international investment, and cultural exchange. Hope was contagious.
Today, much of that hope has disappeared.
Ultimately, it comes down to fuel. Immediately after coming back into office in January of 2025, Trump decisively cut off the ability for any fuel to get into their country--fuel the country depends on to run its electrical power plants, vehicles, and generators.
Cuba is not a nation that can produce its own, so without imported fuel, there is no electricity. This has reverberations across every aspect of Cuban life.
Families cannot go to the grocery store as they always have done and keep their groceries in a fridge or a freezer because they do not have reliable electricity. Meat, milk, and medicine spoil with the power outages that plague the nation. Basic services have broken down. Daily life is a constant struggle.
Cuba's public health system and its medical training programs are the envy of much of the world. Their healthcare system is filled with highly qualified, well-trained physicians, and yet the hospital I toured in Havana was nearly empty.
Physicians have no patients because they have no transportation, no buses to get there. They have tens of thousands of people waiting for surgeries because supplies are insufficient and only a fraction of their operating rooms are running.
I saw three CT scanners, their only scanners in this hospital, all broken down, an MRI machine also not working, and a handful of working ultrasounds, because parts cannot be imported.
I sat face-to-face with these doctors and understood the deep pain that they are feeling, having the skills and the will to care for people but being denied the opportunity for political reasons.
The difference is here in the U.S. we have never had the political will to ensure that every American has access to healthcare.
As a physician, I do not know what it is like to care for every patient that comes in my door without worrying whether they can afford it. In Cuba, they have spent decades fulfilling their promise to make healthcare a human right. Every person has access to healthcare for free. Can you imagine?
They made it a reality. We should be aspiring to that commitment to human health, not punishing an entire population for it.
Congress must not continue standing by while our own government intentionally inflicts hardship on an entire nation.
The Cuban people deserve dignity, safety, and self-determination. It is past time for the United States to choose engagement over isolation and humanity over cruelty.
I am calling on every Member of this Congress to cosponsor Representative McGovern's legislation to end the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba and move this nation toward normalized relations.
As Trump continues to act erratically abroad, Congress must send a clear and unified message: There will be no military action against Cuba.
It is time to stand up for the people of Cuba. This is about basic human decency. Congress cannot look to this administration to find that.
From Havana to Portland, we will stand up, and that means ending this cruel blockade now. I will use every tool at my disposal to make this happen, and I am asking every one of my colleagues to join me.
One Year of Working Families Tax Cuts
Page H4691 · Official text(Mr. Mann of Kansas was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, just over a year ago, President Trump signed the Working Families Tax Cuts into law on July 4, 2025.
One year later, the results are clear. American families are keeping more of the money they earn. Businesses are investing. Farmers and ranchers have stronger risk management tools, and our Nation is once again putting American workers first.
Our legislation prevented the largest tax increase in American history and made President Trump's 2017 tax cuts permanent.
During the most recent filing season, 97 percent of taxpayers received a tax cut, and $82 billion was returned directly to the American people. Nearly 70 percent of those receiving relief earned less than $100,000.
This law was written for working families, small businesses, seniors, farmers, ranchers, and Americans who get up every morning and work hard to build a better life.
More than 7.5 million workers claimed the no tax on tips deduction. More than 29 million claimed no tax on overtime. Nearly 40 million families claimed the enhanced child tax credit, and more than 35 million seniors benefited from the enhanced deduction for seniors.
These are real savings for Americans buying groceries, paying rent, putting gas in the car, and raising a family.
The Working Families Tax Cuts also delivered for Kansas agriculture. I called this legislation farm bill 1.0 because it strengthened the farm safety net and gave family farms more options to invest in their operations and keep their agricultural assets in the family.
It expanded access to affordable crop insurance, improved risk management tools for livestock producers and specialty crop growers, strengthened disaster and conservation programs, and provided immediate tax relief for farmers, ranchers, and small rural businesses.
It also significantly increased the death tax exemption, protecting nearly 2 million family farms and helping ensure that land, livestock, and operations can be passed from one generation to the next.
In the Big First district, agriculture is our way of life. Producers face unpredictable weather, volatile markets, and rising input costs. They deserve certainty from Washington, not higher taxes and more red tape.
This law also made historic investments in rural America by creating the Rural Health Transformation Program and providing $50 billion over 5 years to improve rural healthcare access in places like the Big First district of Kansas.
The bill also supported President Trump's work to secure our border and restore integrity to Federal programs. American taxpayers should not be forced to fund benefits for people who enter our country illegally. The Working Families Tax Cuts helps ensure that Medicaid and SNAP resources serve eligible, working Americans while supporting the men and women serving our communities and enforcing our laws.
Mr. Speaker, 1 year ago, President Trump and congressional Republicans made a commitment to working families. We promised lower taxes, a stronger economy, support for rural America, and policies that put American citizens first.
Mr. Speaker, 1 year later, Americans are seeing the benefits. The Working Families Tax Cuts are helping families keep more of their money, protecting family farms, strengthening rural communities, and creating greater opportunity across our country. Promises made. Promises kept.
Honoring Ms. Yolanda Jackson
Pages H4691–H4692 · Official text(Ms. Sewell of Alabama was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a dear friend and extraordinary woman of faith, and a living testament to courage and resilience: Ms. Yolanda Jackson.
This week, the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will present Yolanda with its Iron Strong Award for her courageous battle with breast cancer. I cannot think of anyone more deserving of this recognition.
I have known Yolanda for more than 20 years. We became fast friends as neighbors in 2005, after we moved into the same apartment complex in Birmingham, Alabama. But our connection actually began years earlier. While working as a human resource consultant for the city of Selma in the early nineties, Yolanda became known to my mother, Nancy Gardner Sewell--Selma's first Black city councilwoman--and she adored Yolanda. It was a wonderful reminder of how small and how special our Alabama family can be.
Over the past two decades, we have celebrated life's blessings together, and we stood beside one another through some of life's toughest moments. Yolanda has been there for me, just as I try to be there for her, and I am extraordinarily grateful for her friendship. My life is richer because she is in it.
Not long after moving to Birmingham in 2005, Yolanda was diagnosed with breast cancer. She would go on to face two more cancer diagnoses in 2022 and again in 2024--three cancer diagnoses, three difficult battles, and three remarkable victories.
Throughout every step of that journey, Yolanda received exceptional care from the physicians, nurses, and staff at the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. Her final treatment was in October of 2025. Her treatment was a success. Today, I am grateful to say that she remains in remission.
When you ask Yolanda where she finds her strength, her answer is simple: her faith. She believes that even at our hardest moments, God is at work, and that through suffering, he walks beside us, gives us strength to endure, and uses our trials to shape our character, deepen our faith, and make us into the people he wants us to be.
Yolanda has lived that belief every day of her life. She encourages everyone facing cancer to hold on to hope, to stay positive, and never stop fighting. She believes we all need someone to love, something to look forward to, and something to live for.
For Yolanda, that purpose shines brightest through her beautiful family. In 2019, she welcomed and adopted two precious twin boys, Ayden and Jayden, into her life. Last year, she opened her heart again by adopting their younger brother, Kyrie. Those three boys are truly blessed to have such a loving, faithful, and determined mom.
Today, we celebrate Yolanda. We also celebrate the extraordinary work of the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. Their groundbreaking research, innovative treatments, and compassionate care have transformed countless lives, and Yolanda's story is a powerful testament to their mission.
Today, we celebrate an iron strong survivor, my dear friend Yolanda Jackson. More than that, we celebrate an iron strong woman, a faithful servant, a devoted mother, loyal friend, and an inspiration to everyone blessed enough to know her.
Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Yolanda on this well-deserved honor. Her courage, her faith, and her unwavering hope inspires everyone who has been privileged to know her.
I ask my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to join me in congratulating Ms. Yolanda Jackson and wishing her beautiful family many years of continued health, happiness, and God's abundant blessings. I love you, Yolanda.
Legacy of American Liberty
Page H4692 · Official text(Mr. McGuire of Virginia was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, imagine riding 40 miles through dark Virginia woods to save the American Revolution.
In June 1781, militia Captain Jack Jouett did just that, galloping from Louisa County in the Fifth District to Monticello, also in the Fifth District, to warn Governor Thomas Jefferson of an impending British capture. Jouett's warning saved Jefferson and the general assembly in Charlottesville, preserving our young Nation's leadership.
These heroes are deeply tied to Virginia's historic Fifth Congressional District, which still includes Albemarle and Louisa County today.
In 1789, the Fifth District hosted a legendary race: James Madison, the father of the Constitution, campaigned against his friend and neighbor, James Monroe, the Revolutionary War veteran who was the father of the Monroe Doctrine. Madison won, becoming Virginia Fifth District's very first Representative.
From Jack Jouett's courage to the vision of three Presidents, the legacy of American liberty was forged right here in Virginia's Fifth Congressional District.
Mr. Speaker, Virginia's Fifth can tell one remarkable founding story through four names.
Thomas Jefferson gave the Nation its words in the Declaration of Independence and served as Virginia's wartime Governor and our third President. He left this district with Monticello and the University of Virginia.
James Madison gave those words structure, helping shape the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Though Montpelier now sits just outside today's Fifth, his work still lives in Charlottesville through the university he helped build and lead.
James Monroe was a soldier, diplomat, Governor, and the fifth President. He gave us the Monroe Doctrine, and he carried that work forward from his Albemarle home, Highland.
Jack Jouett rode through the night from Louisa to Charlottesville to warn Jefferson and save Virginia's leadership from capture.
Together, these Virginians helped write, defend, and steady the American experiment.
Mr. Speaker, Virginia's Fifth Congressional District began with Thomas Jefferson. He gave independence its voice as the principal author of the Declaration, then helped secure liberty again through the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and the founding of the University of Virginia.
Beside him stood James Madison, Jefferson's close collaborator and the Nation's constitutional architect. Known as the father of the Constitution, Madison helped win ratification through the Federalist Papers and then steered the Bill of Rights through Congress.
James Monroe carried that Virginia legacy from soldier to statesman. A Continental Army veteran, he later helped to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase, presided over the Era of Good Feelings, and gave American diplomacy a landmark win in the Monroe Doctrine.
Connecting them all is militia Captain Jack Jouett, whose overnight warning in 1781 helped Jefferson and Virginia leaders escape British capture, protecting the cause these Founders were still building.
Cuban Blockade Is Inhumane
Pages H4692–H4693 · Official text(Mr. Pocan of Wisconsin was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I just got back from a fact-finding trip to Cuba a week ago after having visited the country 30 years ago and 3\1/ 2\ years ago, as well. Let me tell you what I found on this trip.
The United States' blockade of Cuba is crushing the Cuban people. We are hurting the very people who we profess to care about, and we are not doing so for national security reasons but for political reasons.
Here is what I saw. Our blockade is inhumane. Food, medicine, fuel for energy, literally everything you need to live and thrive, is blocked by us. It is not just us. We forced the world into an involuntary global blockade, as well, as we will punish anyone who does business with these sanctions.
Our boot is on the throats of the Cuban people after over 65 years of blockading their government. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Our punishing of the people of Cuba has not brought the regime change that some politicians want, but we are pushing our boot harder onto the necks of the people. Insanity.
Mr. Speaker, we had a period of time of lifting the restrictions under Barack Obama. Guess what. Americans visited Cuba. The people of the country thrived and loved our country, and America was no less safe.
All of that got taken away by Donald Trump. In fact, we didn't just go back to the same old repression. Instead, we went to new levels of sadism against the Cuban people. Ships can't bring supplies due to our blockade. Goods can't be exchanged with the Cuban people because of our blockade. Medicine--even in war, we allow medicine through. Medicine and medical parts can't get to the Cuban people due to our blockade.
Cuba is a nation that trains doctors who serve around the world, especially in Central and South America. Yet, in Cuban hospitals, MRI and CAT scan machines sit idly because they can't get the parts they need to fix them. I have seen it with my own eyes.
The infant mortality rate has doubled due to the tightening of the blockade. Nearly 14,000 kids and 100,000 adults are waiting for surgeries.
When the power goes out, which it does quite often due to our oil ban, surgeons finish surgeries with the light from their cell phones because of our blockade.
In fact, while I was there, the power went out across the country for the second time that week: 42 hours down, then 1\1/2\ hours of power, and then a shutdown again. Garbage is lining the streets because garbage trucks can't pick up trash, causing additional health hazards.
We say that we want to transform the country with a more robust private sector, yet we make it harder for small businesses to open and thrive. I have talked to small business owners there, one who went from 400 employees to 12 due to our blockade. The government in Cuba announced 176 reforms for helping private businesses, but our government refuses to acknowledge a single one. Bluntly, the U.S. Government is lying to the American people about Cuba.
I met with some ambassadors from other countries, and one thing really stuck. One said that it was like a silent Gaza. No, there aren't bombs destroying buildings and neighborhoods, but there is a destruction of the power system. There is a devastation to their healthcare system. There is an attack on their ability to educate their children.
The people of Cuba are hurting economically more than ever, all due to the U.S. sanctions and blockade, not because of the Cuban Government.
Mr. Speaker, their governing system certainly isn't ours. We disagree with some of their actions, for sure. Unfortunately, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is making this personal and political rather than about the best interests of the United States.
The State Department just published a ridiculous report about the threat to America from Cuba. It may be the stupidest, most fantastical, most biased thing I have ever read from a government agency. Enough.
The people of America are tired of war and regime change. We want things in our country addressed, like being able to make a good wage and have groceries, healthcare, and gas be more affordable. Yet, starting another conflict while in a quagmire in Iran is the last thing we need.
We don't want another Gaza in Cuba. We need to end the blockade.
Honoring James Robert Yaroszeufski
Page H4693 · Official text(Mr. Mackenzie of Pennsylvania was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the service and sacrifice of Army veteran James Robert Yaroszeufski.
James served honorably in the United States Army during the Vietnam war. During his service, he was wounded in combat and awarded the Purple Heart in recognition of the sacrifices he made in defense of our Nation.
His military record also includes the Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Like so many veterans of his generation, James answered our Nation's call during a difficult chapter in our history, serving with courage and honor.
Although he passed away in 2015, his service and sacrifice deserve to be remembered.
On behalf of the people of the Lehigh Valley and Poconos, I honor James Robert Yaroszeufski's legacy and thank him for his faithful service to the United States.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the service and sacrifice of Vietnam veteran Michael T. Matsko.
Michael enlisted in the United States Navy in 1964 and deployed to Vietnam in 1968, during the Tet Offensive.
Serving with the brown water Navy, he was wounded when his base at Quy Nhon came under attack. Despite suffering combat injuries that left him with retained shrapnel, he returned to duty and completed his deployment in service to our Nation.
Like so many Vietnam veterans, Michael has carried the lasting effects of war long after returning home. Yet, he has remained committed to serving others by sharing his experience with students and community groups, helping future generations better understand the sacrifices made by those who served in Vietnam.
Michael was also honored by his fellow veterans by creating a commemorative keepsake from recycled American flags, preserving their stories and ensuring their service is never forgotten.
On behalf of the people of the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos, I thank Michael Matsko for his courage, his service, and his continued dedication to preserving the legacy of America's veterans.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the service and sacrifice of Army veteran Robert "Bob" Green, Jr.
Bob served honorably in the United States Army from 1969 until 1975, including two tours in Vietnam with the 196th Light Infantry Brigade.
Over nearly 6 years of service, he rose to the rank of staff sergeant and answered our Nation's call during one of the most challenging periods in our history. His courage and dedication were recognized with numerous military honors, including the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and a Good Conduct Medal.
These decorations reflect not only Bob's bravery in combat but also his steadfast commitment to serving his fellow soldiers and our country.
On behalf of the people of the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos, I thank Robert Green, Jr., for his courage, sacrifice, and his honorable service to the United States.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of Dan Schantz, a longtime Lehigh Valley farmer and leader in Pennsylvania agriculture.
For decades, Dan built one of the region's most recognizable greenhouse businesses, serving generations of families across the Lehigh Valley with the quality and dedication that became synonymous with the Schantz name.
On behalf of the people of the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos, I extend my deepest condolences to the family of Dan Schantz. We honor his lasting contributions to our agricultural community, and may his legacy and memory be everlasting.
No More Endless Wars
Page H4693 · Official text(Mr. Magaziner of Rhode Island was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, in recent days, three more American servicemembers have been killed in the Iran war, while another is missing, and 1,600 civilians have been killed--not combatants--with our tax dollars.
Here at home, the average price of gasoline is above $4 a gallon again, and we continue to spend billions of dollars of taxpayer money on this unnecessary war that President Trump started. This is money that could have been spent to make people's lives better here at home.
President Trump got us into this war for no good reason, with no good plan, and no regard for the pain that it is causing. The American people are tired of endless wars, tired of unnecessary bloodshed, tired of children being bombed in their schools with our tax dollars, and tired of our best and brightest coming home in caskets for a war that nobody can explain.
It is time to put the adults back in charge. Put experienced negotiators at the table to find an end to this unnecessary war, not the President's relatives and real estate buddies.
It is time to elect a new majority here in Congress that takes our responsibility to be a check on the President seriously. We need people here in Congress who have the courage to say "no" when the President has a bad idea, especially when it gets people killed.
We grieve for the American servicemembers who have lost their lives in this war and for their families, and we pray that the Members of this Congress can find the courage to stand up and end this unnecessary war.
Recognizing Colorado Army National Guard Aviators
Pages H4693–H4694 · Official text(Mr. Hurd of Colorado was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Colorado Army National Guard aviators who saved a life on one of Colorado's most challenging peaks.
Earlier this year, a hiker was stranded on Crestone Peak, more than 14,000 feet above sea level. Flight for Life cannot reach that altitude. Ground crews could not reach this hiker. The mission fell to our Colorado Army National Guard aviators.
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Mike Antinora and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Josh Friederichs flew their Black Hawk helicopter at the limits of its capabilities, hovering at 14,380 feet, while Sergeant Noah Jordan and Staff Sergeant Jake Beehler worked the hoist, lowering 180 feet of cable to reach where no one else could.
They brought that hiker home safely.
This is what our National Guard does not just in combat overseas but here at home when no one else can answer the call.
I am proud to recognize Chief Warrant Officer Antinora, Chief Warrant Officer Friederichs, Sergeant Jordan, Staff Sergeant Beehler, and rescue technicians Gerrit Padgham and Steven Gosselin. Colorado is safer because of their service.
Jeff Hurd (R-CO)11:15 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Juan Agredano and his family, owners of C & J Cafe in Delta, Colorado, a community institution that has served Western Slope families since the 1980s.
When I visited last month, I was welcomed the same way every customer is: like family. This is no accident. It is the culture that Juan; his wife, Robin; and their daughter, Jennifer, have built through decades of showing up for their community day after day.
C & J Cafe is the kind of place that doesn't just feed people. It brings them together.
Whether it is the legendary cinnamon rolls, said to be the largest in Delta County, or simply the warmth at the door, the Agredanos have made their restaurant a cornerstone of community life.
When the challenges of COVID threatened restaurants across the country, Juan and Jennifer kept showing up. They kept serving their neighbors, and their neighbors never forgot it.
I am proud to represent a district with families like the Agredanos whose hard work, generosity, and commitment strengthen the communities they call home.
Jeff Hurd (R-CO)11:15 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Grand Valley Power as it celebrates 90 years of keeping the lights on in Colorado's Third Congressional District.
In 1936, a small group of farmers in the Grand Valley could not get electricity. The costs were too high, and the power lines simply didn't reach that far. So, they did what western Coloradans do: They came together to solve the problem themselves.
Neighbor by neighbor, they built what became Colorado's first, and today its oldest, rural electric cooperative. Within a year, electricity reached 250 homes and farms for the very first time. What many Coloradans already took for granted transformed lives across Mesa County.
Today, Grand Valley Power serves more than 18,000 members across the county. It remains not for profit, member owned, and rooted in the same cooperative spirit that inspired its founders nine decades ago.
Ninety years is a testament not only to a successful electric cooperative but to the enduring power of neighbors working together to strengthen their communities.
I am proud to recognize Grand Valley Power and everyone who carried that mission forward.
Jeff Hurd (R-CO)11:15 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dennis Webb, who is retiring after nearly 20 years of covering the environment and natural resources for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
Out West, public lands are not an abstraction. They shape how people work, ranch, hunt, and live. Dennis helped the people of the Western Slope understand the policies that shaped those lands, from water rights to grazing to wildfires and wildlife management.
His reporting earned the respect not only of readers across western Colorado but of legislators and officials in Denver as well as here in Washington, D.C.
Good journalism doesn't tell people what to think. It helps them understand the issues well enough to think for themselves. Dennis did that with clarity, fairness, and a deep understanding of the West.
Thoughtful local journalism is increasingly rare, and western Colorado is better because Dennis Webb devoted his career to getting the story right.
I wish Dennis a well-earned retirement, and I thank him for his service to readers on the Western Slope.
Jeff Hurd (R-CO)11:15 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Patrick Morrissey, a Colorado Hall of Fame wrestler whose great achievement came long after the wrestling mat.
Patrick was a Colorado State champion and an All-American, but in 2019, at just 48 years old, he was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease. Rather than retreat, he leaned into the same determination that defined him as an athlete.
In June 2024, Patrick joined a four-man crew to row 2,800 miles across the Pacific Ocean, from California to Hawaii. For 41 days, he battled towering waves, relentless winds, and the daily challenges of Parkinson's before reaching the shores of Kauai.
Patrick became the first person with Parkinson's to row the mid-Pacific. Along the way, he and his teammates raised more than $41 million for Parkinson's research.
Patrick's story reminds us that courage is not measured by the obstacles that we face but by our determination to keep moving forward.
I am proud to represent Patrick Morrissey and his family, whose example has inspired countless others.
No Data Centers
Pages H4694–H4695 · Official text(Ms. Tlaib of Michigan was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, Michiganders are clear: No data centers. I am introducing a new bill, the No AI Data Centers on Federal Lands Act.
Our bill would permanently ban large data centers on Federal lands, including military bases. It would also remove any existing qualifying AI data center and mandate site remediation to protect our health and our environment.
Our Congress needs to act quickly because we all know that the Trump administration is selling our land to Big Tech right now. We know that the Department of Defense has already requested $30 billion to build hyperscale data centers. They want untested software to make life-or-death decisions in our U.S. military.
These data centers will be built without Clean Air Act permits. Imagine all of this under the Trump administration's new rule that revokes environmental protections.
The administration is also working for Big Tech right now, not us. We should be making it more difficult for the Trump administration to outsource military decisions to the Big Tech companies. We all know they put profit before our lives.
We should protect our public lands from data center destruction. Everywhere I go in my district, all throughout Michigan, our residents are telling us data centers are not welcome. AI data centers bring noise, light, air, and water pollution. Already we know they increase energy costs by as much as 267 percent. Think about that.
Our residents are choking on smog right now from wildfires. This past weekend, we know neighborhoods surrounding Detroit had the worst air quality in the world, and they want to make the climate change crisis even worse.
We already are paying too much for utility bills right now, yet the Pentagon wants to place heavier costs on the shoulders of hardworking Americans by choosing, again, Big Tech instead of us.
Our corrupt, AI-addicted President cannot be allowed to sacrifice our Federal lands so that Big Tech billionaires can get richer.
I will continue to push back against harmful data centers alongside our residents to protect our public lands, health, and environment. Together, we can safeguard our public lands and also prevent higher utility bills. We can tell this President that AI shouldn't be making military decisions and AI shouldn't trump our public health and our environmental laws.
Mr. Speaker, I am introducing the FAIR Credit Act to restore the credit reports of victims of predatory lending, fraud, and financial abuse.
Mr. Speaker, I want you to know that this is not a Republican or Democratic or Independent issue. This is an American issue.
The FAIR Credit Act would address inaccuracies in credit reports found by over a third of consumers. These are our residents. Imagine a third of our residents right now are hurt by credit reports that aren't even accurate.
This is an economic justice bill. Credit records are riddled with errors that prevent people from obtaining jobs, housing, cars, and loans, loans to help them thrive.
Our neighbors are constantly targeted by predatory lenders and scams, especially our senior citizens. For my seniors, my bill would establish the right to free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. They shouldn't have poor credit because they fell victim to scams.
Medical debt should also be prohibited from being on a credit report. It is not their fault they got sick. It shouldn't bring them down and be able to put them in survivor mode because they got sick and couldn't afford the health costs. Oftentimes, we know that patients need lifesaving medical procedures and aren't even aware of the cost in advance.
Adverse credit reports should not drag people down when they are already drowning in medical debt. People who have survived domestic and financial abuse also shouldn't have negative information on their credit reports that they are not even responsible for.
Instead, our bill offers a pathway for them to remove negative information so they can start a healthy financial life.
The FAIR Credit Act removes negative information after 4 years, down from 7 years, because we know economists and others have said 7 years is not even a good indicator.
Our neighbors across the country should not be denied economic opportunities that we know will get them out of survivor mode and help them be able to thrive. A lot of this is because we have a flawed credit report process in our country.
Our residents deserve the FAIR Credit Act. Our residents deserve these changes. This one should be an easy one for many of my colleagues here in this Chamber.
Recognizing Final Flight of A-10 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Page H4695 · Official text(Mr. Ciscomani of Arizona was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the last official A-10 flight at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.
On July 29, the 357th Fighter Squadron commander, Lieutenant Colonel Ryan "Clutch" Rutter, and the 355th Operations Group commander, Lieutenant Colonel Rodney Dwyer, will mark the end of a phenomenal 50-year chapter of A-10 operations in Tucson.
This spring, Davis-Monthan also celebrated the graduation of the final class of the A-10C Thunderbolt II student pilots from the 357th Training Squadron, marking the end of A-10 training at the base.
These milestones bear historical significance and represent a longtime connection between the A-10, Davis-Monthan, and the Tucson community.
The A-10 Thunderbolt II, nicknamed the Warthog, has great military significance not just in Tucson but across the Nation. Designed during the Cold War to combat Soviet tanks in Europe, this aircraft is the Air Force's only one built exclusively for close air support, or CAS.
The A-10 has served the U.S. military for decades. While it will no longer be in use at Davis-Monthan, this aircraft will continue to be an essential asset of our Nation's military.
I thank Lieutenant Colonels Rutter and Dwyer, for their outstanding leadership at Davis-Monthan. I congratulate both lieutenant colonels, the 357th Fighter Squadron, and everyone at Davis-Monthan on an extraordinary 50 years of A-10 operations.
The last official A-10 flight on July 29 will be remembered as a significant milestone at Davis-Monthan, and our community will proudly remember this incredible 50-year chapter in our city's history.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember and honor a dear friend, Linda Barber, who tragically passed in June. She was surrounded by her family and was certainly welcomed home by her husband, Jim, whom she missed dearly and spoke of often.
My wife, Laura, and I are incredibly saddened by this loss to our community.
Linda was deeply loved and involved in Pima County politics for several decades. From serving as a precinct committeeman since 1972, being a legislative district chairman, president of several entities, chairman of the Pima County party, a vice chair of the State party, and office manager of the Arizona Governor's Office, she dedicated her life to making a difference in Arizona.
Linda truly cared about our community and the people around her. She was always there for us. She was a great friend to our family and a big supporter of all of us, as well as many in our community.
I am beyond grateful for Linda's leadership, her friendship, and the example she set for those who knew her.
Laura and I are keeping the Barber family and their loved ones in our prayers. As we all grieve this devastating loss, we always remember her smile and kind heart.
Linda gave so much to those around her. She will be greatly missed, and her legacy will live on through all of those she impacted, which are many.
May my dear friend Linda rest in peace.
Congress Must Respond
Pages H4695–H4696 · Official text(Ms. Mejia of New Jersey was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today with urgency. Weeks ago, President Trump fired every remaining Commissioner of the Federal agency charged with protecting the integrity of our elections. This Chamber has not reckoned with that fully, and it should.
The Election Assistance Commission exists to help carry out free and fair elections in this country. It was structured by law with four bipartisan members precisely so that no single administration could control how our elections are run. That structure is the point.
For over a year, this administration pressed that very Commission to require a passport or original birth certificate as a condition for voter registration. Millions of Americans do not have ready access to either document.
The Commission would not act on this demand, and the courts agreed. Both checks held.
Then, days after the Supreme Court granted the President new authority to remove the heads of independent agencies in a case that had nothing to do with elections, the President used that very authority in order to eliminate every Commissioner.
This was not incidental. It was the removal of the officials standing between this President and a policy his own Commission and the courts have rejected.
Last Thursday night, he took his case to national television. In a prime-time address from the White House, the President declassified documents he claimed proved foreign interference and widespread fraud in the election he lost over 5 years ago.
He alleged a foreign government has compromised the voter data of 220 million Americans and that 278,000 noncitizens were registered to vote. Independent fact checkers, who reviewed those very documents, found that they did not support the claim made about them.
He presented no evidence of a single fraudulent vote because 5 years and 64 court cases have never produced even one.
This Chamber has now watched the same pattern twice: raise unproven claims of fraud, then use them to justify removing the very safeguards standing in the way; first the Commissioners and now a prime-time address built to manufacture support for legislation his own party could not pass on its merits, the SAVE Act.
House Republicans have pushed it through, and Senate Republicans have tried repeatedly to force it through as a reconciliation amendment, needing only a simple majority, only to see it blocked each and every time.
Under this bill, a driver's license does not satisfy the registration requirement. Only a passport, an original birth certificate, or naturalization papers would.
Consider what that means: 146 million Americans do not hold a valid passport, and roughly 69 million married women hold birth certificates that no longer match their legal names. When Kansas tried a version of this requirement, 31,000 eligible citizens, 12 percent of all applicants, were blocked from registering--not noncitizens, citizens.
Mr. Speaker, this has never been a matter of election integrity. It is a matter of who holds power in this country and who is permitted to participate in choosing it.
When a party grows uncertain it could win on the merits, the next move is rarely to accept that outcome. It is to lay the groundwork in advance so any unfavorable results can be dismissed before a single vote is counted.
This Chamber should be prepared to say clearly every time that surfaces that this is not a defense of democracy. It is a preview of what happens if this administration does not like what voters decide.
Congress has an obligation to respond. We must enact durable, statutory protections for the administration of Federal elections so that no single official can dismantle them by executive action.
We must pursue meaningful reform of the Supreme Court, including term limits and enforceable ethical standards because a Court that keeps expanding this President's authority is not exercising oversight. It is, in fact, removing it.
Each of these actions taken individually may appear isolated. Taken together, however, they constitute a sustained effort to narrow the American electorate at the exact moment this country is apt to render judgment on this administration. I will not treat this as acceptable, and I will not stop opposing it.
Recognizing Vance Taylor on His Retirement
Page H4696 · Official text(Mrs. Fedorchak of North Dakota was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a distinguished North Dakotan, Vance Taylor. After 26 years as president and CEO of the North Dakota Mill, Vance is retiring following a remarkable career of service.
Under his leadership, the mill became the largest single-site flour mill in the Nation. That success was built through strategic investments, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to North Dakota farmers.
Just as importantly, Vance built a culture rooted in teamwork and respect. His leadership strengthened one of the State's most important institutions and helped support communities across North Dakota.
North Dakota agriculture is stronger because of Vance Taylor's service. We congratulate him on an extraordinary career and wish him all the best in retirement.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dr. Marshall Stewart on his appointment as the 16th president of North Dakota State University.
Leading one of North Dakota's premier public universities is both an extraordinary honor and an important responsibility. It means preparing the next generation of leaders, advancing groundbreaking research, supporting our State's world-class agricultural innovation, and strengthening the NDSU community for years to come.
Throughout his career, Dr. Stewart has demonstrated a commitment to expanding opportunity and partnerships. Students are at the center of his work. His vision of serving North Dakotans in every corner of our State reflects the values that have long defined North Dakota State University.
North Dakota is proud to welcome Dr. Stewart to the Bison family, and I look forward to working with him as NDSU continues to educate future leaders, drive innovation, and strengthen communities across our great State.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Bowman County Veterans Wall in Bowman, North Dakota.
This remarkable memorial stands as a lasting tribute to the brave men and women who answered our Nation's call to serve. Each name etched into the wall represents a story of courage, sacrifice, and unwavering devotion to our country. Together, they remind us that the freedoms we enjoy each day were secured by those willing to defend them.
What makes this memorial especially meaningful is that it continues to grow. Through the dedication of volunteers, families, and community leaders, more veterans are being recognized, ensuring their service will never be forgotten. That commitment to honoring those who served reflects the very best of North Dakota.
The Bowman County Veterans Wall is more than a monument. It is a promise that the sacrifices of our veterans will be remembered, their legacy preserved, and their example passed on to future generations.
I thank everyone who helped make this tribute possible. I also thank our veterans and their families, for their service, their sacrifice, and their love of our country. May God bless them all.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Cathy Dub on her appointment as president and CEO of the North Dakota Mill.
This well-earned achievement reflects years of dedicated leadership and service to one of North Dakota's most important institutions.
Since joining the mill in 2014, Cathy has helped strengthen an organization that plays a vital role in supporting our farmers, growing our economy, and creating value for communities across our State.
The North Dakota Mill is a source of pride for generations of North Dakotans. As the only State-owned flour mill in the Nation, it has long demonstrated that ingenuity, work ethic, and agricultural excellence define our State.
Cathy's experience, steady leadership, and deep commitment to the mill's mission have prepared her well for this role.
I congratulate Cathy on this well-deserved appointment, and best wishes for continued success in the years ahead.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an outstanding young North Dakotan, Casia Steinhaus.
Casia recently earned the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, one of the Nation's highest honors for undergraduate students pursuing careers in science, math, or engineering.
This highly competitive scholarship recognizes exceptional academic achievement, leadership, and promise in scientific research. It is a testament to Casia's academic excellence and hard work at the University of North Dakota. Her accomplishment reflects not only her own dedication but also the bright future of North Dakota's next generation of innovators, researchers, and problem-solvers.
I have no doubt this is only the beginning for Casia, and I wish her continued success as she pursues her studies and serves our country through her talents.
Honoring Gerard "Jerry" Jonas
Pages H4696–H4697 · Official text(Mr. Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania was recognized to address the House for 5 minutes.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of an absolute legend, Gerard "Jerry" Jonas of Levittown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, whose passing on July 11 marks the loss of a remarkable American story from the battlefields of Korea to the neighborhoods of Lower Bucks County.
As a young man, Jerry answered the call to serve in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean war. Like so many in his generation, he came home, took off his uniform, and quietly went to work, building a better future for his family and our surrounding community.
In 1956, Jerry and his beloved late wife, Elizabeth, bought their home in Cobalt Ridge in Middletown Township and helped lay the foundation of Queen of the Universe Parish as original parishioners. Their home became a gathering place for their parish and a spiritual anchor, reflecting the values of love, integrity, and responsibility.
Mr. Speaker, Jerry was a gifted and versatile writer. He contributed to America's early space and missile programs as a technical writer and editor for General Electric, helping communicate the work of our scientists and engineers at a pivotal moment in the Cold War. He later led advertising at Ballantine beer, and he spent decades in journalism and sports media.
In each chapter of his career, he brought the same curiosity, craftsmanship, and work ethic that defined his heroic military service.
Even in retirement, Jerry did not stop serving. For more than a decade, he volunteered with Operation Stand Down, working to support homeless veterans in our community. At an age when many would have withdrawn from public life, Jerry leaned in, using his time and experience to lift up those who were struggling at home.
Mr. Speaker, Jerry Jonas' life offers us a clear example of what it means to be a good citizen, a good neighbor, and a good, decent, and honorable human being. He loved his family. He loved our country. He loved Bucks County. He lived his faith, and he worked to leave his corner of the world better than he found it.
Jerry Jonas' story is the story of Levittown. It is the story of Bucks County, of men and women who answered the call to serve, came home, built strong families and communities, and never stopped giving back.
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the entire U.S. House of Representatives and the people of the First Congressional District of Pennsylvania, we extend our deepest condolences to Jerry's family, Jerry's friends, and all who loved Jerry, myself included.
May God bless the memory of Jerry Jonas, a devoted husband, a devoted father, a proud marine, and a lifelong servant to our community.
Recess
Page H4697 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fuller)
Pursuant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair declares the House in recess until noon today.
Accordingly (at 11 o'clock and 43 minutes a.m.), the House stood in recess.
After Recess
Page H4697 · Official textThe recess having expired, the House was called to order by the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Strong) at noon.
Prayer
Page H4697 · Official textThe Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following prayer: O God, our teacher, show us the way that we may walk in it. Encourage us to set aside the things that vie for our allegiance that are not of You and let go of the issues so close to our hearts that we cannot imagine You would offer us any other option. In these days, when it seems that we receive only the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, we wait for You to reveal yourself. Do not hide yourself but allow us to see with our own eyes Your abiding presence, to hear with our own ears whether we turn to the right or to the left, Your voice speaking Your clear guidance: This is the way. Walk in it. Wait no longer to be gracious to us. Rise up and show us mercy. O Lord, God of justice, we wait for Your blessing on this day. In the strength that is only found in Your name, do we pray. Amen.
The Journal
Page H4697 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore
The Chair has examined the Journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the House the approval thereof.
Pursuant to clause 1 of rule I, the Journal stands approved.
Pledge of Allegiance
Page H4697 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore
Will the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Conaway) come forward and lead the House in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mr. CONAWAY led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows:
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I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
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The Chair will entertain up to 15 requests for 1-minute speeches on each side of the aisle.
Trump Accounts for Children
Page H4697 · Official text(Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, led by President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, and House Republicans, the Working Families Tax Cut Act created Trump Accounts, giving families the opportunity to invest in the future of their children.
The account is a new tax-deferred opportunity for children under 18, providing retirement savings. Contributions can add up to $5,000 a year. Additional support is provided by leading companies and generous philanthropists.
Children born between 2025 and 2028 will be eligible for a one-time, $1,000 Federal Government deposit. Once the child turns 18, they can use the money for expenses such as education, first home purchases, starting a business, or other use.
Mr. Speaker, in conclusion, God bless our troops. Trump is reinstituting peace through strength, revealing war criminal Putin lies, insulting Trump, mocking Trump, providing targeting intelligence to Iran to murder American troops, and leading President Trump to endorse the Lindsey Graham sanctions act to enable victory for Ukrainians.
Exercising Constitutional Scrutiny
Page H4697 · Official text(Mr. LATIMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, this week we were horrified to learn of the death of four U.S. servicemembers in Jordan and Kuwait as a result of the ongoing war with Iran.
The President and the Pentagon may dismiss these deaths as unfortunate consequences of war; however, I do not accept these catastrophic events as acceptable in any way, shape, or form.
Someone must answer to the American people why soldiers serving at support bases neither in Iran nor the at the Strait of Hormuz are being exposed to enemy fire. Are there adequate defenses in place? If not, why? If so, why are they not working?
If the entire Middle East is a battlefield, as a consequence of this President's war, then this administration has to be honest with the American people about the scale of the conflict we were led to believe was winding down.
Mr. Speaker, I implore my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to join us in exercising constitutional scrutiny that our constituents demand on the many other excesses that have occurred during this current administration.
Honoring Steve Stroud
Page H4697 · Official text(Mr. MOORE of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of Steve Stroud, a friend and a true leader who transformed North Carolina.
After attending North Carolina State University, he built one of North Carolina's most respected commercial real estate firms, shaping the growth of the Triangle region. His impact extends far beyond commercial development.
As the first chairman of the Centennial Authority, he played a pivotal role in the building of what is now known as the Lenovo Center and bringing the Carolina Hurricanes to North Carolina. His determination helped secure our State's first major league professional sports franchise, boosting economic growth, tourism, and pride throughout all of our communities.
He was a leader who saw possibilities where others saw obstacles. He believed in North Carolina, invested in our people, and dedicated his life to creating opportunities for others.
From humble roots in Rutherford County to the Research Triangle, he left a positive, lasting impact on communities all across North Carolina.
Mr. Speaker, as we mourn his passing, may we remember Steve Stroud for his enduring legacy of leadership, service, and love of our great State. Our prayers are with his family and friends.
Gen Z Food and Hunger Summit
Pages H4697–H4698 · Official text(Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, last week I spoke with 160 incredible anti-hunger advocates as part of the fourth Gen Z Food and Hunger Summit.
Shocking research from Purdue University shows that nearly one in three members of Gen Z have experienced food insecurity--one in three. Let that sink in. In fact, many of the young people I met experienced hunger firsthand. Congress ought to listen to them. I will continue to amplify and uplift their voices.
Gen Z leaders at the summit came together to strategize, holding over 150 congressional meetings to highlight their generation's struggle to afford food.
Mr. Speaker, I am so glad the next generation of Americans is impatient and unwilling to wait for a hunger-free future.
There is a lot to be discouraged by these days, but the young people I met at the Gen Z Food and Hunger Summit give me hope. I am grateful for their energy, and I am grateful for their passion and our shared work to end hunger.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my Republican colleagues and members of this administration to pay attention to them. We live in the richest country in the history of the world, and we have 50 million Americans who are hungry and food insecure. It is unconscionable. It is shameful, and we can do something about it.
Congratulating Reva Foster
Page H4698 · Official text(Mr. CONAWAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate Reva Foster on her retirement from Willingboro Township, where she served as director of the senior citizen center, as well as executive director of the Department of Aging and Veterans Affairs, and community affairs.
After joining Willingboro Township in 1993, she became a fierce advocate for seniors and veterans in the region. Under her leadership, the town's senior services program grew into a highly respected, State-recognized resource that provided a welcoming community for generations of residents.
Her responsibility expanded to include the township's community affairs and Veterans affairs departments where she continued to champion programs that have improved the quality of life for Willingboro residents.
As a reflection of her achievements, in 2020, the senior citizen center was renamed the Reva Foster Senior Center, and in 2024 she was inducted into New Jersey Hall of Fame.
Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Reva and thank her for her career of tireless advocacy and service.
Honoring Jefferson Holland
Page H4698 · Official text(Ms. ELFRETH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of a friend, Jefferson Holland, poet laureate of Annapolis and a modern-day Chesapeake troubadour.
Anyone fortunate enough to know Jeff knows that he is a pillar of our community who has dedicated his life to capturing and sharing the essence of the Chesapeake Bay through song, story, and poetry.
Leading up to America's 250th anniversary, Jeff spearheaded Poets Afloat, a unique celebration featuring original poetry by locals, inspired by the rich history, characters, and spirit of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County.
Mr. Speaker, I will leave you with Jeff's own words that capture Annapolis' role in Nation's history--words I couldn't put to paper but words I hope this entire Chamber can take to heart: Let Annapolis show the world how democracy is done with justice, not with vengeance; with the truth, not outright lies; with good sense and consensus.
Providing for Consideration of H.r. 8800, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; Providing for Consideration of H.r. 8884, Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act...
Pages H4698–H4705 · Official textMr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1438 and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:
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Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and amendments specified in this section and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services or their respective designees. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-33 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived.
Sec. 2. (a) No further amendment to H.R. 8800, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of this resolution.
(b) Each further amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
(c) All points of order against further amendments printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.
Sec. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services or their respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
Sec. 4. During consideration of H.R. 8800 for amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate.
Sec. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of H.R. 8800 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such further amendments as may have been adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.
Sec. 6. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-34 shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit.
Sec. 7. At any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036. The first reading of the concurrent resolution shall be dispensed with. All
points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution are waived. General debate shall be confined to the concurrent resolution and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget or their respective designees. An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-37 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The concurrent resolution, as amended, shall be considered as read. After general debate the Committee shall rise and report the concurrent resolution, as amended, to the House. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent resolution and amendments thereto to adoption without intervening motion except amendments offered by the chair of the Committee on the Budget pursuant to section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to achieve mathematical consistency. The concurrent resolution shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question of its adoption.
Sec. 8. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on House Administration now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-38, modified by the amendment printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit.
Sec. 9. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 6955) to make improvements to the Federal banking laws, and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-35 shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit.
Sec. 10. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 9770) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit.
Sec. 11. In the engrossment of H.R. 8800, the Clerk shall--
(a) add the text of S. 1383, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 8800;
(b) assign appropriate designations to provisions within the engrossment;
(c) conform cross-references and provisions for short titles within the engrossment; and
(d) be authorized to make technical corrections, to include corrections in spelling, punctuation, page and line numbering, section numbering, and insertion of appropriate headings within the engrossment.
The SPEAKER pro tempore12:20 p.m.
The gentlewoman from North Carolina is recognized for 1 hour.
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)12:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)12:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks.
The SPEAKER pro tempore12:20 p.m.
Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from North Carolina?
There was no objection.
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)12:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule and the underlying legislation.
Yesterday, the Committee on Rules met and produced the rule, H. Res. 1438, providing for the House's consideration of H. Con. Res. 113, H.R. 9770, H.R. 8800, H.R. 8884, H.R. 7008, and H.R. 6955.
This rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8800, the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, under a structured rule and makes in order 320 amendments.
The rule provides for 1 hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and the ranking member of the Committee on Armed Services or their respective designees, and one motion to recommit.
Additionally, the rule provides that upon House passage of H.R. 8800, the Clerk shall add the text of S. 1383, the SAVE America Act, to the bill and transmit it to the Senate as one bill.
The bill further provides for consideration of H.R. 8884, the Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act, under a closed rule.
The rule provides for 1 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Armed Services or their respective designees and one motion to recommit.
The rule further provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 113, establishing the congressional budget for fiscal year 2027, under a closed rule. The rule provides for 1 hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the Committee on the Budget or their respective designees.
Additionally, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, under a closed rule.
The rule provides for 1 hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the Committee on House Administration or their respective designees and one motion to recommit.
The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 6955, the Main Street Capital Access Act, under a closed rule.
The rule provides for 1 hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services or their respective designees and one motion to recommit.
Finally, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 9770, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027, under a closed rule.
The rule provides for 1 hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the Committee on House Administration or their respective designees and one motion to recommit.
Mr. Speaker, the rule and its six underlying measures are a direct reflection of our Republican majority's expressed commitments on multiple fronts.
Contrary to the predictable and entirely incoherent hubbub that will reverberate from the other side of the Chamber during today's debate, Republicans remain at the helm, like we always have, and remain focused, as we always have.
It is okay to tune out those on the other side of the aisle while they are blathering on, Mr. Speaker. Their fevered, political rhetoric does not carry an iota of substance.
There is a great deal of business to attend to this week, Mr. Speaker. All of us understand that time indeed is of the essence here.
Let's talk for a moment about that business.
H. Con. Res. 113 begins the process to provide urgent, necessary resources for our Nation's firefighters, reinforce election integrity measures, and support the hardworking men and women of our agricultural community so that our Nation's food supply and food security remain as strong as they possibly can be.
H.R. 9770 upholds Congress' explicit Article I duties to fund the Federal Government so that its operational continuity does not lapse or is subjected to the same disgraceful political subterfuge that our colleagues across the aisle engaged in last year.
H.R. 8800, the keystone of Congress' mandate to provide for the common defense of the Nation, delivers for our Nation's servicemembers, allocates the resources necessary to maintain a strong posture of defense and deterrence, and confronts waste, fraud, and abuse head-on.
H.R. 8884 allows disabled Americans, who want to join the workforce to better their own lives, to do so without having to worry about whether their disability benefits will disappear abruptly.
H.R. 7008 prohibits Members of Congress, their spouses, or dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks, while also implementing the requirement--that the American people overwhelmingly support--of requiring a photo ID to vote in Federal elections.
It is entirely disingenuous for the other side to use fear-mongering tactics to scare people into believing that Republicans are trying to take away anyone's right to vote. That is downright false.
Finally, H.R. 6955 makes life more affordable for Americans, while also empowering Main Street, by ensuring that community lenders are no longer burdened by ill-advised mandates that make it harder for them to serve families, small businesses, and local economies.
That is the business at hand, Mr. Speaker.
We are not here to entertain the ever-so-tired ranting and raving from our colleagues across the aisle that the sky is falling, the world is ending, or any kind of absurd political musings they may want to spout off.
We are here to do the people's business, the business that makes America stronger, more secure, and more prosperous.
As we celebrate the 250th year of the greatest country in the world, Republicans are working hard to strengthen America and help it endure.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
James P. McGovern (D-MA)12:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for yielding me the customary time, and I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, this Congress is an absolute mess. The gentlewoman from North Carolina says that our rhetoric doesn't carry a bit of substance.
But let me begin by asking a question of the American people, a very simple question: Are you better off today than you were 1\1/2\ years ago?
It has been 18 months since Donald Trump returned to the White House. Republicans have controlled every lever of power in Washington for over 1\1/2\ years. They control the House. They control the Senate. They control the White House. They even control the Supreme Court.
That is the one simple question to me that matters more than anything else that we will debate today. In fact, it is the only thing that matters, really. Is it easier to fill up your gas tank? Are your rent bills more affordable? Are your groceries cheaper? Have your prescription medicine costs gone down? Does your paycheck go further?
In short, Mr. Speaker, has life gotten easier for anybody over these last 18 months, or has it gotten harder? I think most people, including most Republicans, if they are being honest with themselves, know the answer.
They don't need a politician or a fancy economics degree to say that things are not better. They are not better. In fact, they will tell you that things are worse--much, much worse.
They see it every time they tap their credit card at the gas station. They see it every time they check out at a grocery store. They see it every month when their rent is due, when their electric bill comes in, and when the pharmacist says that their kids' medicine is more expensive. They see it when their paycheck just doesn't go as far as it used to.
This is the Republican economy. These are their prices, and it is their policies that have failed America miserably.
Donald Trump and Republicans promised they would use their power to lower costs on day one. Well, it is year two, and costs are not lower, which by any definition would make that a broken promise.
Mr. Speaker, why are prices up? Why is life harder? Why are things worse off now? The reason is simple: It is because instead of working with Democrats to fight for everyday people, Republicans have made one decision after another to help the rich and the powerful and, basically, hurt everybody else.
I have example after example. Are things better off because of Trump's tariffs, Mr. Speaker? The tariffs the New York Federal Reserve says are almost exclusively paid by American consumers, American farmers, American manufacturers, and American companies, does that make anybody better off?
I don't think most people would say that tariffs have made their lives better. I would say that the tariffs have made their lives worse, more expensive, more difficult.
What about the war in Iran--a new, endless, illegal war, another one of Donald Trump's broken promises? Does anyone think that has made life better for the American people?
Maybe it has made life better for defense contractors. Maybe it has for the crazy neocon warmongers who get a kick out of another war, but not for everyday people.
We have spent probably well over $100 billion on this illegal and reckless war. That is $100 billion. That is not helping make sure that Americans don't go hungry. That is not lowering healthcare costs, lowering people's rents, or lowering gas prices. It is on this crazy war, a war of choice that the President had no plan for.
He doesn't know what the hell he is going to do next. This is nuts. In fact, we are now 5 months into a war that these guys said would only last a couple of weeks. They have declared victory like six times, yet the Strait of Hormuz is still closed. More American troops, sadly, were killed this weekend. Gas prices are back above $4 a gallon. Inflation continues to skyrocket.
Does anybody think that has made life better for most Americans? There has been 5 months of war in the Middle East. I can go right down the line.
Republicans promised better healthcare. Instead, they passed a law that takes hundreds of billions of dollars out of Medicaid and leaves millions more people uninsured. How the hell does that make anybody's life better?
Republicans promised lower taxes, except they chose another tax giveaway for those at the very top, and they pat themselves on the back for the pennies they gave to everyone else. Has that made life better for people?
After 18 months of higher costs, more inflation, new wars, costly tariffs, and stunning, stunning corruption, now they are bringing us a continuing resolution that kicks the can down the road.
They are bringing us a pathetic excuse of a stock trading ban that fails to address the much larger culture of corruption and self-dealing coming out of the White House, and they are bringing us a budget framework authorizing $73 billion for Trump's illegal Iran war, $12 billion as a Band-Aid to help farmers that their policies continue to hurt, and another $10 billion to rig the November elections.
That is nearly $100 billion in new spending with no offsets, meaning this bill could very well increase the debt by over $100 billion. Whatever happened to the old-fashioned Republicans who wanted to pay for things, who didn't want to increase the deficit or the debt? I guess that is a thing of the past.
Not one thing in this reconciliation bill, by the way--not a single damned thing--will be about affordability. Not one thing will lower prices. That is called being out of touch, Mr. Speaker.
There will be time to debate their crummy bills on the floor this week, but this hour is about priorities, and Republicans have their priorities all out of whack. Their agenda has only made things better for those at the top, for the Mar-a-Lago members and CEOs with private jets, the donor class and the corporate special interests. Things are better for them, but for the rest of America, their agenda has been a disaster.
The policies of this Republican Congress are a dumpster fire for everyday people, a total disaster. Their tariffs are crushing people. Their war is driving up costs. Their toxic environmental policies are filling our air with smoke and our food with parasites, and Americans are dying in the Middle East for their war.
Again, Mr. Speaker, when I go back home and I ask people if they are better off than they were 18 months ago, they don't even answer. They laugh because it is such a ridiculous question. It is so obvious that all of us are worse off because of this Republican majority and because of this administration, which cares only about not hurting the President's fragile feelings and delicate ego.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)12:30 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I will just note that our priorities are not out of whack. The number one role of the Federal Government is the defense of this Nation.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Fuller).
Clay Fuller (R-GA)12:30 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me time.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the rule. This important legislation is required to allow Republicans in this House to advance important priorities for the American people, including funding legislation to keep our government operating.
Unfortunately, it has become clear, as the House has considered appropriations legislation on the floor and in Chairman Cole's committee, that Democrats are trying to hold our government hostage.
This legislation will make clear where Democrats stand. Will they vote against keeping the government working for the American people, or will they vote to keep us hostage?
Will they vote with me to fund important priorities, such as the programs that will allow communities in my district and many others to clean up and recover from years of PFAS contamination, or will they vote to hold hostage programs that will make Appalachia communities, like mine, healthier all to score political points?
I know where I stand. I know where leadership in this body stands. I promised my constituents that I would be a warrior for north Georgia, and I am proud to do that today.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this rule.
James P. McGovern (D-MA)12:30 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I am a little confused. The gentleman who just spoke maybe doesn't know this, but the government funding deadline isn't for months away, and he is scolding us as if it is now.
I am going to tell you what the crisis is right now. It is that people can't afford to live.
The gentlewoman from North Carolina said that our priority is about national security and national defense. I have news for her. National security means more than the number of bombs we have.
It also means healthcare for people. It means whether people can afford food, whether they can afford rent, whether they can afford to put gas in the tank of their car or pay their everyday bills, and whether they have a good job that allows them to support their family. Those are all sources of our national defense and our national security.
I will just say one other thing. I don't know how the hell our national defense and national security are served when the President takes us into an illegal, risky war in the Middle East, a war of choice, that he has no plan for.
Our troops are being put into harm's way, and this President has no plan about how to conduct this war or what the heck he is doing there. That is not national security.
Mr. Speaker, I urge that we defeat the previous question. If we do that, I will offer an amendment to the rule to make in order an amendment to H.R. 7008 consisting of the text of H.R. 6731, the Restore Trust in Government Act.
This bill is the Democratic proposal for a more comprehensive and robust stock trading ban than is found in the Republican plan. It is one which also includes the President of the United States and the Vice President.
There is a level of corruption that we have never ever seen in the White House. What is the response from our Republican colleagues? Silence. They are scared of the guy in the White House. They won't challenge this corruption, so he makes billions and billions of dollars while hardworking Americans struggle.
Mr. Speaker, in the first year of his term, President Trump cashed in to the tune of more than $2 billion--billion with a b.
In 2025 alone, the President completed over 21,000 stock trades. His investment accounts grew by over $850 million. He tweets out glowing endorsements of companies after he buys their stocks. Now, he is considering having people pay to get early access to his social media posts so they can cash in, too.
We need to ensure that people can trust their government to work for them and not enrich himself. This means banning stock ownership by Members and by this President.
That is what the Democratic proposal will do. Let the House decide and make this amendment in order. That is all we are asking, is to allow us to have this debate. You can vote however you want.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the Record, along with any extraneous material, immediately prior to the vote on the previous question.
The SPEAKER pro tempore12:40 p.m.
Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Massachusetts?
There was no objection.
James P. McGovern (D-MA)12:40 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Jayapal) to discuss our proposal.
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)12:40 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, let me be clear about what my colleagues are trying to do in their bill that they are advancing. They are trying to advance a fake stock trading ban. I want to be very clear: Their bill does not block insider trading, no matter what it is called.
It does not ban stock trading, which is the number one issue for over 80 percent of Americans who want Members of Congress to stop padding their own pockets instead of addressing their constituents' interests, things like ending the illegal war in Iran, bringing down gas prices, bringing down grocery prices, and investing in housing. None of that is going to be protected.
Their bill allows Members to still purchase private stocks, keep public stocks that they already own, and act on legislative matters that directly increase the value of their stocks. It allows Members to continue selling stocks that they know will decrease in value based on insider information they got while in Congress.
Their bill would do nothing to stop Congressman Rob Bresnahan, who just last year dumped $130,000 worth of stock in four Medicaid providers before he voted to slash Medicaid for constituents and people across the country.
It would do nothing to stop Congresswoman Lisa McClain, whose husband bought at least $100,000 worth of stock in Elon Musk's AI company shortly before its model was adopted by the Defense Department.
A Common Cause report published at the end of 2025 said that Members of Congress made 13,324 trades, totaling a whopping $635 million in 2025. This is absurd. No wonder we are governing in a moment when public trust is at historical lows.
Only 2 in 10 Americans trust the government to do what is right for them, and they are constantly seeing their elected officials selling them out to the highest bidder. They see the people elected to represent them instead making decisions to increase their own personal wealth and pad their profits.
Who is to blame for thinking that there is no trust in Congress, in the government, when there is a President who is openly profiting from the American people? He generated at least $2.2 billion in income in his first full year in office. Now, he is selling Wall Street firms early access to Truth Social posts, where he brings out information that is "market movers." This is literally the highway to making profit.
The Republican proposal is nothing but a sham to score cheap political points before they go home to their constituents. It tries to make you forget that there is a real solution that I helped co-lead called the Restore Trust in Government Act, which actually does ban stock trading. It does ban insider trading. It does root out corruption in government. It does prohibit Presidents, Vice Presidents, Members of Congress, and their dependent children, spouses, and trustees from owning and trading individual stocks.
If this Republican majority were to bring that bill to the floor, if we were allowed to force a vote on these bills, they would actually pass, and Republicans would have to admit that their bill does nothing.
The SPEAKER pro tempore12:40 p.m.
Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President.
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)12:40 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are skirting very closely to having their words taken down when they call out individual Members.
Mr. Speaker, our colleagues sometimes ask who is to blame for the lack of trust of Members of Congress. It is Members of Congress and the press who call into question acts that are done by Members of Congress that are totally legal.
We already have laws in place against insider trading. There have been a couple of Members of Congress who have been prosecuted for that, and that is appropriate, but the Stop Insider Trading Act will prevent that.
I believe, and Republicans believe, that no lawmaker should profit off of insider information. I frankly don't know how people get the insider information, but the top line of the legislation we are bringing here, the Stop Insider Trading Act, led by Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, will ensure that lawmakers cannot use their positions to profit off insider information, if there is insider information.
The Stop Insider Trading Act has a prohibition on stock purchasing. It bans Members, their spouses, and their dependent children from purchasing securities issued by publicly traded companies. It requires Members to file a public notice at least 7 days but no more than 14 days in advance for any intended stock sale with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate. Then, if a Member of Congress, spouse, or dependent child decides not to sell a covered investment, the Member must publicly withdraw the notice prior to its expiration.
There are penalties, Mr. Speaker, for violators. They will be assessed a fine equal to $2,000 or 10 percent of the value of the transaction, whichever is greater, and then any net gain realized from a transaction. This is designed to make sure that Members do not take advantage of any potential information or advantage that the Member has.
Mr. Speaker, we want to restore public trust in this institution. Members are doing their jobs diligently. They do not want to be under a cloud. News outlets and social media accounts have garnered significant attention for aggregating the stock trades of Members of Congress.
Under the STOCK Act of 2012, lawmakers are prohibited from using nonpublic information for their own financial benefit, but many Americans have become concerned that the STOCK Act is insufficient and stronger measures must be implemented.
The Stop Insider Trading Act will increase transparency and reinforce to the American people that Members are working for them, not themselves.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
James P. McGovern (D-MA)12:50 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I just want to respond to the gentlewoman. I am just a little confused. I thought I heard her say that we already have laws to deal with stock insider trading. If that is the case, then why are we doing a bill to ban stock insider trading?
I mean, the bottom line is we are doing it because it is a problem, and our objection is the fact that they are basically excluding somebody who is violating the law in our face right now, blatantly, who is in the White House, who is making countless millions, if not billions, of dollars on some really shady deals. Quite frankly, it makes Richard Nixon look like a Boy Scout.
I mean, the deal is the American people are sick of it. They want us to clean up Washington. That includes Congress, and that includes the executive branch.
I just also would like to kind of highlight kind of the absurdity of all the stuff. We have six different bills that we are talking about here today, but I want to read a tweet from a Republican, Tom Massie.
He says: "The House will pass a $12 billion bailout for farmers suffering from high fuel & fertilizer prices caused by the Iran war, expensive equipment & parts caused by tariffs, and lower sales prices for commodities due to trade disputes with China. But the GOP is fighting communism!"
The Republican leadership had a big press conference earlier today. It was all about communism, but I have to say to Mr. Massie, I don't think I have heard truer words spoken by a Republican Member of Congress. I really appreciate that, the truth, the accuracy of what the situation is.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Olszewski).
Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD)12:50 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this rule.
I agree, it is past time that we ban congressional insider trading. No one should benefit from public service, but wouldn't the easiest way to do that be to just completely ban stock trading entirely, not take the baby steps attached to this bill included in the rule?
Still, I was open to voting for the bill, to accept that incremental but wholly insufficient progress. What I am not open to, Mr. Speaker, is accepting modest progress on stock ethics, insufficient progress in exchange for significantly compromising American voting rights, and that is also exactly what this bill would do. It would add unnecessary and unrelated provisions that make it harder for Americans to vote.
Republicans can't even be bothered to provide the IDs they would have Americans be required to have in order to vote. In fact, that was in the bill, and they took it out. That is not reform, Mr. Speaker. That is a bait-and-switch.
It is one more ruse by this Republican majority to distract the public from their inability or their unwillingness, or both, to rein in costs and address corruption.
The American people deserve so much better. I urge a "no" vote.
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)12:50 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, the voter ID provisions in this bill amend the Help America Vote Act to require States to obtain a photo ID from an individual to vote in person in a Federal election or to require a copy of the photo ID to be submitted with a ballot cast other than in person.
These requirements do not apply to an absent uniformed services voter or an individual provided the right to vote other than in person by the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act.
The bill permits voters to use several different forms of photo ID: a valid State-issued motor vehicle driver's license that includes a photo of the individual and an expiration date, a valid State-issued identification card that includes a photo of the individual and an expiration date issued by a State motor vehicle authority, a valid United States passport for the individual, a valid photo identification card for the individual issued by the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs, or a valid identification document issued by a Tribal government that includes a photo of the individual and an expiration date.
While my friends across the aisle claim the bill will prevent individuals who cannot afford a photo ID from voting, this is nothing but false alarmism. The Supreme Court has held photo ID laws are constitutional only where the State provides a photo ID to those who do not have them. In other words, a photo ID requirement in the bill is not a barrier to voting for someone who cannot afford to pay the typical photo ID fee.
The data supports that Democrats are being disingenuous when they claim this bill would suppress voting. The nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research tracked 1.6 billion data points over an 8-year period. This massive amount of data confirms strict voter ID laws have no statistically measurable negative impact on voter participation.
This comprehensive, multiyear study found zero negative impact on overall registration or turnout, no drops in participation among minority or young voters, and an increase in Hispanic participation in some ID law States.
Photo ID as a form of verification is a part of American life. Americans must show an ID to participate in a wide range of everyday activities, including boarding a plane, entering government buildings, cashing their checks, buying a gun, and enjoying Olive Garden's Never Ending Pasta Bowl.
Politico just announced that more than 6,000 noncitizens were registered to vote in New Jersey and have been voting since 2023. This is clearly an issue which must be addressed.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
James P. McGovern (D-MA)12:50 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, you know, one of the frustrating things about kind of where we are in terms of political debate in this country is that issues that really matter to regular people are being ignored or being shoved aside because, quite frankly, Republicans don't want to do anything about it.
They know that their agenda is unpopular. They know that people are struggling with the issue of affordability. They know that people are having a tough time paying their rent, filling up their gas tanks, affording healthcare costs--I can go on and on and on--buying food, and they don't want to talk about that. They know that the American people kind of are sick and tired of what they are doing here, and so they are trying to divert attention.
I just want to address something that happened this morning, and that is the Republican leadership in this House held this wackadoodle press conference. I have never quite seen anything like it, trying to divert attention away from issues of affordability and get people to look someplace else.
Basically, the Republican Party's new favorite talking point is calling Democrats Communists. I mean, oh, my God, Mr. Speaker, I mean, really? Really? Communists? Did we accidentally step into a time machine?
I get it. I get it. They don't want to talk about the real issues, the bread-and-butter issues. They don't want to talk about affordability. I guess my question is, is Joe McCarthy back from the dead? It sounds like that is who wrote all the garbage coming from Republicans about communism. These guys dust off the same, tired, old talking points every time they are backed into a corner.
Every time a new poll comes out saying that their economic agenda sucks, what they do is they change the subject. They try to divert attention. It is pathetic. But, fine, if they want to play that game, let's play that game.
Let's talk about the Republican Party, a party that worships one man above the Constitution in a cult of personality, a party that demonizes immigrants and says they poison the blood of our country, a party that calls the free press the enemy of the people and sics the Justice Department on journalists they don't like.
It is a party that says their political opponents are internal enemies and calls them "the enemy within." It is a party that is okay with invading our allies, including other democracies, and it is a party that punishes their political opponents.
It is a party that has deployed troops on our own streets, that wants to use the American military on the American people. It is a party that believes any unhinged lie, fantasy, and conspiracy theory as long as it comes from one man.
It is a party that tries to lock up Members of Congress for exercising their free speech rights. It is a party that has tried to violently overthrow the results of a free and fair election in the United States of America.
It is a party that, in fact, pardoned everyone who invaded this building on January 6, 2021, and tried to throw out the votes of millions of Americans because the President couldn't accept a loss.
How dare that party lecture anyone.
How dare they talk about communism when their own party has totally lost touch not just with the founding ideals of this country but lost touch with reality itself?
If we are going to start assigning political labels based on conduct, then let's call things by their proper names. The Republican Party has become the party of fascism, full stop. They have become a party of far-right fascists who are hell-bent on destroying our country and our way of life. Every single time they call us Communists, it is nothing more than a projection of their own radicalization. They don't want to talk about that, and they definitely don't want to talk about their higher grocery prices or skyrocketing gas prices or higher inflation or the cost of healthcare or their new endless illegal war that has now cost over $100 billion.
Instead, they scream and they yell because they have nothing else left to offer.
This would be funny, Mr. Speaker, if it weren't so pathetic and so unhinged.
Mr. Speaker, Democrats are patriots who love this country enough to fight for it. We are fighting to make it easier for people to afford groceries. We are fighting to try to make it easier for people to afford rent, prescription drugs, and healthcare. We will not be lectured by a fascist Republican Party that offers the American people nothing but lies, fear, endless culture wars, and tax breaks for billionaires.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)1:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I think after that, I will reserve the balance of my time.
James P. McGovern (D-MA)1:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, I want to return to the question I asked at the start of this debate: Are Americans better off than they were 18 months ago?
Think about the family sitting at the kitchen table tonight. The rent is due. The electric bill is higher, and groceries cost more. The gas tank is on empty. A prescription is waiting at the pharmacy. Somebody is trying to figure out which bill they can put off for 1 more week.
That family does not need a lecture about how great Donald Trump is. They know what life costs, and they know it costs more--much, much more--than it did 18 months ago.
Eighteen months is long enough to judge a majority by its choices. There is a lot packed into this rule, a budget resolution, a continuing resolution, a Defense bill, a disability bill, a banking bill, a bill on Congressional stock trading, and a bill to rig the elections. I could go on and on and on.
Republicans could not--could not--find a single provision for us to consider today about lowering the cost of housing, or lowering the cost of food, or lowering the cost of medicine or healthcare or electricity.
There is nothing--nothing in anything we are going to be considering does any of that or focuses on any of those issues. They have time to weaken bank oversight. They have time to combine a watered-down stock trading bill with new restrictions on voting. They have time to bring back bills that failed weeks ago. They have time to protect the President, bail out powerful special interests, and finance another endless war.
However, helping working people somehow never makes the cut. It never makes the cut.
Mr. Speaker, these bills are not just stacks of paper. They are statements on our values. They tell people who matter, who gets hurt, who gets helped, and who are expected to fend for themselves.
The answer from MAGA has been painfully clear, Mr. Speaker: The greedy get protected. The well-connected get rewarded, and everyone else gets told: Sorry, maybe next time.
Again, I ask: Are Americans better off?
The answer is "no."
Do the measures in this rule lower their costs, improve their healthcare, make them safer, or give them greater peace of mind?
The answer is absolutely "no." Nothing does that.
We will hear talks about socialism and communism and all this other stuff to get people to not focus in on the fact that they are getting screwed over.
The American people deserve more than excuses. They deserve more than distractions. They deserve more than another blank check for the people on top from this failed Republican majority. They deserve a government that is on their side. They deserve a government that is on their side, and that is not what they are getting here.
Mr. Speaker, I urge a "no" vote on this rule.
We have to do better. We have to do better. The American people are hurting, and my friends on the other side of the aisle behave like everything is just fine and nobody is noticing.
Go and do in-person townhalls in your districts, I would say to all my colleagues who are listening, and you will get an earful. People have had it. They are fed up with the corruption in Washington. They are fed up with the policies that reward the well-off and well-connected. They are tired of getting screwed over.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)1:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, we live in the greatest country in the world. We just celebrated the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. We have a lot more to be talking about, about the founding of this country, and I hope people will pay close attention to that.
We do have a government that is on the side of the American people. We believe in capitalism. Our friends across the aisle constantly talk about how much people need to be paying more in taxes. We believe on the Republican side that the people have a right to what they have earned and not that the government should take their money and spend it the way the government wants to spend it.
Let me remind our colleagues that just 1 year ago H.R. 1 delivered the largest middle- and working-class tax cut in U.S. history. Low-income workers realized the largest percentage reduction in their tax liability.
Yes, we indeed care about the American people and the fruits of their labor. Nearly 40 percent of taxpayers have claimed one of President Donald Trump's signature cuts this year.
This tax season over 7.5 million filers claimed no tax on tips, with an average deduction of over $7,000. Over 29 million filers claimed no tax on overtime with an average deduction of over $3,100, and over 35 million seniors have claimed the enhanced deduction for seniors with an average deduction of over $7,500.
We do, indeed, care for the American people in allowing them to keep the fruits of their labor.
More than 5.5 million Trump Accounts have been opened with 1.4 million eligible for the $1,000 pilot program contribution. Nearly 40 million families have claimed the enhanced child tax credit, and over 127 million filers, or 90 percent of all tax filers, have claimed the permanently doubled standard deduction.
We do, indeed, care for American taxpayers.
I am not at all surprised by the recent rant from our colleague when one-half of the Democrats could not vote for a resolution against socialism.
Mr. Speaker, it is really no secret that this is a week of monumental importance in the people's House. The rule and six underlying measures carry with them a commitment to deliver upon the priorities of the President, the Nation, and the American people.
Some are quick to write off the progress that this Republican majority has made thus far, and they are dead wrong in doing so.
This week, Mr. Speaker, we will continue to build upon that progress in just the one issue I discussed, H.R. 1.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote "yes" on the previous question and "yes" on the rule.
The material previously referred to by Mr. McGovern is as follows:
An Amendment To H. Res. 1438 Offered By Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts
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Strike section 8 of the resolution, insert the following, and redesignate the subsequent sections accordingly:
Sec. 8. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on House Administration now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-38, modified by the amendment printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration or their respective designees; (2) the further amendment specified in section 9 of this resolution, if offered by Representative Magaziner of Rhode Island or a designee, which shall be in order without intervention of any point of order, shall be considered as read, shall be separately debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question; and (3) one motion to recommit.
Sec. 9. The amendment referred to in section 8 of this resolution is as follows:
Strike all after page 1, line 1, and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "Restore Trust in Government Act".
SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE AND OWNERSHIP OF COVERED
INVESTMENTS.
(a) Table of contents.--The table of contents for chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
SUBCHAPTER IV. RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE AND OWNERSHIP OF COVERED INVESTMENTS
13151. Definitions.
13152. Trade and ownership of covered investments.
13153. Penalties.
(b) Restrictions.--Chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end a new subchapter:
"SUBCHAPTER IV--RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE AND OWNERSHIP OF COVERED INVESTMENTS
"Sec. 13151. Definitions
"In this subchapter:
"(1) COMMODITY.--The term `commodity'--
"(A) has the meaning given the term in section la of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1a); and
"(B) does not include a precious metal (as defined in section 1027.100 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations).
"(2) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.--The term `covered individual' means any of the following:
"(A) A Member of Congress, as defined in section 13101.
"(B) A dependent child (as defined in section 13101) or a spouse of a Member of Congress.
"(C) A trustee of a trust in which an individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B) has a beneficial interest in the principal or income of the trust as described in section 1403(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"(D) The President, or the spouse or a dependent child (as defined in section 13101) of the President.
"(E) The Vice President, or the spouse or a dependent child (as defined in section 13101) of the Vice President.
"(F) A Supreme Court Justice, or the spouse or a dependent child (as defined in section 13101) of the Supreme Court Justice.
"(3) COVERED INVESTMENT.--The term `covered investment'--
"(A) means an investment in a security, a commodity, a future, or any comparable economic interest acquired through synthetic means, such as the use of a derivative, including an option, warrant, or other similar means; and
"(B) does not include--
"(i) a widely held investment fund described in section 13104(f)(8) that is diversified and publicly traded on a national or regional stock exchange;
"(ii) a United States Treasury bill, note, or bond;
"(iii) a State or municipal government bill, note, or bond;
"(iv) any compensation received by a spouse or a dependent child described in paragraph (2) from an employer of the spouse or dependent child;
"(v) an interest in a small business concern and, in the case of an investment in a family farm or ranch that qualifies as an interest in a small business concern, a future or commodity directly related to the farming activities and products of the farm or ranch;
"(vi) an interest in a limited liability company created for the sole purpose of purchasing or holding real estate that serves as the personal residences of the Member of Congress;
"(vii) any share of Settlement Common Stock issued under section 7(g)(1)(A) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(g)(1)(A)); or
"(viii) any share of Settlement Common Stock, as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602).
"(4) DIVERSIFIED.--The term `diversified', with respect to an investment fund, means such fund does not have a stated policy of concentrating its investments in any industry, business, single country other than the United States, or bonds of a single State within the United States except for the State in which the Member of Congress resides.
"(5) FUTURE.--The term `future' means a financial contract obligating the buyer to purchase an asset or the seller to sell an asset, such as a physical commodity or a financial investment, at a predetermined future date and price.
"(6) SECURITY.--The term `security' has the meaning given the term in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)).
"(7) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.--The term `small business concern' has the meaning given that term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
"(8) SUPERVISING ETHICS OFFICE.--The term `supervising ethics office' has the meaning given the term in section 13101.
"Sec. 13152. Trade and ownership of covered investments
"(a) Conduct during federal service.--Except as described in subsection (b)(1)(B) and
subsections (e) through (g), no covered individual may, directly or indirectly, own or trade a covered investment.
"(b) Compliance.--
"(1) REQUIREMENT.--To comply with subsection (a)--
"(A) a covered individual may not purchase a covered investment; and
"(B) a covered individual shall divest of any covered investment by the effective date established in paragraph (2) at fair market value.
"(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date is established as follows:
"(A) 180 days for an individual who is a covered individual on the date of enactment of the Restore Trust in Government Act.
"(B) 90 days within the date on which an individual becomes a covered individual if such date occurs after the date of enactment of the Restore Trust in Government Act.
"(c) Certificates of divestiture.--
"(1) APPLICATION OF CERTIFICATE OF DIVESTITURE PROGRAM.--For purposes of section 1043 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986--
"(A) this section shall be treated as a Federal conflict of interest statute;
"(B) any covered individual described in section 13151(2)(A) shall be treated as an eligible person described in section 1043(b)(1)(A) of such Code; and
"(C) any spouse or dependent child described in section 13151(2)(B) shall be treated as an eligible person described in section 1043(b)(1)(B) of such Code.
"(2) ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF DIVESTITURE.--
"(A) IN GENERAL.--Each supervising ethics office shall issue a certificate of divestiture to each covered individual required to divest under this subchapter upon submission of proof of compliance by such individual with the requirements to divest or any extensions granted by the supervising ethics office.
"(B) ELIGIBILITY.--Such certificate shall include an identification of each specific property eligible for the application of the certificate of divestiture program as determined by the supervising ethics office.
"(d) Income tax.--A loss from a transaction or holding involving a covered financial instrument that is conducted in violation of this section may not be deducted from the amount of income tax owed by the covered individual.
"(e) Occupational exception.--A spouse or dependent child of a covered individual as described in section 13151(2)(B) may trade any covered investment if such covered investment is not owned by a covered individual and if such trade is performed as a function of the primary occupation of the spouse or dependent child.
"(f) Trusts.--
"(1) QUALIFIED BLIND TRUST.--Any covered investment held in a qualified blind trust as defined in section 13104(f)(3) shall be divested in accordance with subsection (b)(1)(B) by the effective date established in subsection (b)(2).
"(2) FAMILY TRUST.--A supervising ethics office may grant an exemption for covered investments held in a family trust only if--
"A) no covered individual--
"(i) is a grantor of the family trust;
"(ii) contributed any covered investment to the family trust; or
"(iii) has any authority over a trustee of the family trust, including the authority to appoint, replace, or direct the actions of such a trustee; and
"(B) the grantor of the family trust is or was a family member of the covered individual.
"(3) REQUESTS.--A covered individual seeking an exemption under paragraph (2) shall submit to the applicable supervising ethics office a request for the exemption, in writing, certifying that the conditions described in that paragraph are met.
"(g) Assets acquired in special circumstances.--In the event that a covered individual acquires a covered investment after the date of enactment of the Restore Trust in Government Act other than by purchase (such as by marriage, inheritance, divorce settlement, or other circumstance), the covered individual shall have 90 days from the date on which such investment was acquired to divest such covered investment at fair market value.
"(h) Extension.--A supervising ethics office may grant a covered individual an extension of time to comply with a divestment deadline under this subchapter if a covered investment cannot be divested by such deadline due to low liquidity, vesting schedules, or contractual restrictions.
"(i) Interpretative guidance.--The supervising ethics office shall issue interpretive guidance on any relevant term not defined in this subchapter.
"Sec. 13153. Penalties
"(a) In general.--
"(1) PENALTIES.--Any covered individual who violates the restrictions on trading or ownership of covered investments in section 13152 shall, at the direction of the supervising ethics office--
"(A) pay a fee equal to ten percent of the value of the covered investment; and
"(B) disgorge the profits of any transaction that violates the provisions of this subchapter.
"(2) PAYMENT OF PENALTY TO TREASURY.--A penalty imposed under paragraph (1)(B) shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States.
"(b) Payment restrictions.--A Member of Congress may not pay any of the penalties under this section by using amounts from the following sources:
"(1) The Members' Representational Allowance.
"(2) The Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account.
"(3) Any contribution (as defined in section 301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101(8))) accepted as a candidate, and any other donation received as support for activities of the individual as a holder of Federal office.
"(c) Publication.--Each supervising ethics office shall publish on a publicly available website a description of--
"(1) each fine assessed by the supervising ethics office pursuant to this section;
"(2) the reason why each such fine was assessed; and
"(3) the result of each assessment.".
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)1:10 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Kustoff)1:10 p.m.
The question is on ordering the previous question.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
James P. McGovern (D-MA)1:10 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore1:10 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed.
Recess
Page H4705 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore
Pursuant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair declares the House in recess subject to the call of the Chair.
Accordingly (at 1 o'clock and 11 minutes p.m.), the House stood in recess.
After Recess
Page H4705 · Official textThe recess having expired, the House was called to order by the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Loudermilk) at 1 o'clock and 31 minutes p.m.
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
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Proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed. Votes will be taken in the following order:
The motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1118;
Ordering the previous question on House Resolution 1438; and
Adoption of House Resolution 1438, if ordered.
The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as 5-minute votes.
Value Over Cost Act of 2026
Pages H4705–H4706 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1118) to amend title 41, United States Code, and title 10, United States Code, to provide best value through the multiple award schedule program, and for other purposes, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Burlison) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
This is a 15-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 421, nays 1, not voting 9, as follows:
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Adams Aderholt Aguilar Alford Allen Amo Amodei (NV) Ansari Arrington Auchincloss Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Balint Barr Barragan Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Beatty Begich Bell Bentz Bera Bergman Beyer Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Bishop Boebert Bonamici Bost Boyle (PA) Brecheen Bresnahan Brown Brownley Buchanan Budzinski Burchett Burlison Bynum Calvert Cammack Carbajal Carey Carson Carter (GA) Carter (LA) Carter (TX) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Ciscomani Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Cline Cloud Clyburn Cohen Cole Collins Comer Conaway Correa
Costa Courtney Craig Crane Crank Crawford Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davidson Davis (IL) Davis (NC) De La Cruz Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier DesJarlais Dexter Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Elfreth Ellzey Emmer Escobar Espaillat Estes Evans (CO) Evans (PA) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Fields Figures Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Fletcher Flood Fong Foster Foushee Foxx Frankel, Lois Franklin, Scott Friedman Frost Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Garamendi Garbarino Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gill (TX) Gillen Gimenez Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Goldman (TX) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Gooden Goodlander Gottheimer Graves Gray Green, Al (TX) Griffith Grijalva Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Harder (CA) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hayes Hern (OK) Hill (AR) Himes Hinson Horsford Houchin Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Hudson Huffman Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Ivey Jack Jackson (IL) Jackson (TX) Jacobs James Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Johnson (TX) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Kean Keating Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (NY) Kennedy (UT) Khanna Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Krishnamoorthi Kustoff LaHood LaLota Landsman Langworthy Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Letlow Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Lynch Mace Mackenzie Magaziner Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mannion Mast Matsui McBath McBride McCaul McClain McClain Delaney McClellan McClintock McCollum McCormick McDonald Rivet McDowell McGarvey McGovern McGuire McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Messmer Meuser Mfume Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Min Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WI) Moore (WV) Moran Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Mrvan Mullin Murphy Nadler Neal Neguse Nehls Newhouse Norcross Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ocasio-Cortez Ogles Olszewski Omar Onder Owens Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Patronis Pelosi Perez Perry Peters Pettersen Pfluger Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Reschenthaler Riley (NY) Rivas Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Ross Rouzer Roy Ruiz Rulli Rutherford Ryan Salazar Salinas Sanchez Scalise Scanlon Schakowsky Schmidt Schneider Scholten Schrier Schweikert Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Self Sessions Sewell Sherman Shreve Simon Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smith (WA) Smucker Sorensen Soto Spartz Stansbury Stanton Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Stevens Strickland Strong Stutzman Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Taylor Tenney Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Turner (OH) Underwood Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Wagner Walberg Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Whitesides Wied Williams (GA) Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Massie
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Crenshaw Fine Gosar Higgins (LA) Moulton Rose Wilson (FL)
Mr. STANTON, Ms. McCOLLUM, and Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia changed their vote from "nay" to "yea." So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. The title of the bill was amended so as to read: "A bill to amend title 41, United States Code, to provide best value through the multiple award schedule program, and for other purposes.". A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Providing for Consideration of H.r. 8800, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; Providing for Consideration of H.r. 8884, Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act...
Pages H4706–H4707 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on the resolution (H. Res. 1438) providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the continuing resolution (H. Con. Res 113) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6955) to make improvements to the Federal banking laws, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9770) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes; and for other purposes; on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
The question is on ordering the previous question.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 213, nays 209, not voting 9, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Davidson De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gooden Graves Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rouzer Roy
Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Goodlander Gottheimer Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA)
Beyer Biggs (AZ) Carter (TX) Clyde Fine Gosar Moulton Rose Wilson (FL)
So the previous question was ordered. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore2:11 p.m.
The question is on the resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
James P. McGovern (D-MA)2:11 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore2:11 p.m.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 214, noes 211, not voting 6, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Davidson De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gooden Graves Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Goodlander Gottheimer Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Massie Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA)
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Moulton Wilson (FL)
So the resolution was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Main Street Capital Access Act
Pages H4707–H4731 · Official textMr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1438, I call up the bill (H.R. 6955) and ask for its immediate consideration by the House.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bost)
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services, printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-35 is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered read.
The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows:
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the "Main Street Capital Access Act" or the "Main Street Act".
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 101. Promoting New Bank Formation. Sec. 102. New Bank Application Numbers Knowledge. Sec. 103. CDFI Fund Transparency. Sec. 104. CDFI Bond Guarantee Improvement.
Sec. 201. Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk. Sec. 202. Small Bank Holding Company Relief. Sec. 203. Tailoring and Indexing Enhanced Regulations. Sec. 204. Community Bank Regulatory Tailoring.
Sec. 301. Halting Uncertain Methods and Practices in Supervision. Sec. 302. Fair Audits and Inspections for Regulators' Exams. Sec. 303. Supervisory Modifications for Appropriate Risk-based Testing. Sec. 304. Financial Integrity and Regulation Management.
Sec. 401. FDIC Board Accountability. Sec. 402. Stop Agency Fiat Enforcement of Guidance. Sec. 403. Regulatory Efficiency, Verification, Itemization, and Enhanced Workflow.
Sec. 501. Bringing the Discount Window into the 21st Century. Sec. 502. Keeping Deposits Local.
TITLE VI--PROMOTING BANK COMPETITION AND MERGER CLARITY
Sec. 601. Bank Competition Modernization. Sec. 602. Merger Agreement Approvals Clarity and Predictability. Sec. 603. Merger Process Review. Sec. 604. Bank Failure Prevention.
TITLE VII--STRENGTHENING TRANSPARENCY AND INVOLVEMENT IN BANK
RESOLUTIONS
Sec. 701. Least Cost Exception. Sec. 702. Enhancing Bank Resolution Participation. Sec. 703. Failing Bank Acquisition Fairness.
TITLE VIII--FACILITATING INNOVATION AND BANK PARTNERSHIPS
Sec. 801. Merchant Banking Modernization. Sec. 802. Bank-Fintech Partnership Enhancement. Sec. 803. Discretionary surplus fund.
SEC. 101. PROMOTING NEW BANK FORMATION.
Section 908 of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking "180-day" and inserting "90-day";
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in the heading, by inserting "and Extension" after "Study";
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
"(2) Safety and soundness determination; extension of pilot program.--
"(A) Determination.--Not earlier than January 1, 2031, and not later than June 30, 2031, the Federal banking agencies may, jointly, determine that subsections (a) and (b) have had a significant adverse effect on the safety and soundness of qualifying community banks.
"(B) Extension.--Unless the Federal banking agencies make the determination described in subparagraph (A), the authorities under subsections (a) and (b) shall be permanent.
"(C) Termination.--If the Federal banking agencies make the determination described in subparagraph (A)--
"(i) subsections (a) and (b) shall only apply to a qualifying community bank that became an insured depository institution before the date of such determination; and
"(ii) the Federal banking agencies shall issue a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, and make such report available to the public, containing such determination and the reasons for such determination."; and
(3) in subsection (e)(6)(B), by striking "between January 1, 2026, and December 31, 2028" and inserting "on or after January 1, 2026".
SEC. 102. NEW BANK APPLICATION NUMBERS KNOWLEDGE.
(a) Annual Report on National Bank and Federal Savings Association Charter Applications.--The Comptroller of the Currency shall publish an annual report that includes the following, or with respect to any equivalent procedure used by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency includes the following:
(1) The number of applications for a national bank or Federal savings association charter received, approved on a preliminary basis, approved on a final basis, denied, withdrawn, inactive, expired, mooted, returned, returned pending resubmission, or otherwise dispositioned.
(2) The mean and median times for preliminary approval of such applications.
(3) The mean and median times for final approval of such applications.
(4) To the extent practicable, common reasons leading to the denial, withdrawal, or expiration of preliminary approval of such applications.
(b) Annual Report on Federal Credit Union Charter Applications.--The National Credit Union Administration shall publish an annual report that includes the following, or with respect to any equivalent procedure used by the agency includes the following:
(1) The number of Federal credit union charter applications received, approved on a final basis, denied, withdrawn, inactive, or returned pending resubmission.
(2) The mean and median times for final approval of such applications.
(3) To the extent practicable, common reasons leading to application denial, withdrawal, inactivity, or to applications being returned for resubmission.
(c) Annual Report on Depository Institution Holding Company Applications.--
(1) In general.--The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall publish an annual report that includes the following, or with respect to any equivalent procedure used by the Board of Governors includes the following:
(A) The number of applications to become a top-tier depository institution holding company received, approved on a preliminary basis, approved on a final basis, denied, withdrawn, inactive, expired, mooted, returned, returned pending resubmission, or otherwise dispositioned.
(B) The mean and median times to approve such applications.
(C) To the extent practicable, common reasons leading to denial or withdrawal of such applications.
(2) Top-tier depository institution holding company defined.--In this subsection, the term "top-tier depository institution holding company" means a depository institution holding company (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)) that is not controlled by any other depository institution holding company.
(d) Annual Report on Federal Deposit Insurance Applications.--The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall publish an annual report that includes the following, or with respect to any equivalent procedure used by the Corporation includes the following:
(1) The number of applications for deposit insurance received, approved on a preliminary basis, approved on a final basis, denied, withdrawn, inactive, expired, mooted, returned, returned pending resubmission, or otherwise dispositioned.
(2) The mean and median times to approve such applications.
(3) To the extent practicable, common reasons leading to denial or withdrawal of such applications.
(e) Annual Report on State Depository Institution and State Credit Union Charter Applications.--
(1) In general.--The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration Board shall, jointly, and in consultation with State banking regulators and State credit union regulators, publish an annual report that includes the following, or with respect to any equivalent procedure used by such agencies includes the following:
(A) The number of applications for a State depository institution charter received, approved on a preliminary basis, approved on a final basis, denied, withdrawn, inactive, expired, mooted, returned, returned pending resubmission, or otherwise dispositioned.
(B) The mean and median times to approve such applications, with times for each State shown separately.
(C) To the extent practicable, common reasons leading to denial or withdrawal of such applications.
(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) State.--The term "State" means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any territory of the United States.
(B) State depository institution.--The term "State depository institution" means--
(i) a State depository institution, as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and
(ii) a State credit union, as defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752).
SEC. 103. CDFI FUND TRANSPARENCY.
Section 104(b) of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703(b)) is amended by adding to the end the following:
"(5) Annual testimony.--The Secretary of the Treasury (or a designee of the Secretary) shall, at the discretion of the Chair of the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Chair of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, annually testify before such committees (or a subcommittee of such committees) regarding--
"(A) the operations of the Fund during the previous year;
"(B) steps the Secretary and the Fund are taking to support community development financial institutions through the financial agent mentor-protege program; and
"(C) steps the Secretary and the Fund are taking to coordinate with regulators to ensure
certification and reporting requirements are appropriately streamlined for community development financial institutions.".
SEC. 104. CDFI BOND GUARANTEE IMPROVEMENT.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the authority to guarantee bonds under section 114A of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a) (commonly referred to as the "CDFI Bond Guarantee Program") provides community development financial institutions with a sustainable source of long-term capital and furthers the mission of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (established under section 104(a) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 4703(a))) to increase economic opportunity and promote community development investments for underserved populations and distressed communities in the United States.
(b) Guarantees for Bonds and Notes Issued for Community or Economic Development Purposes.--
(1) In general.--Section 114A of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a) is amended--
(A) in subsection (c)(2)--
(i) by striking ", multiplied by an amount equal to the outstanding principal balance of issued notes or bonds"; and
(ii) by inserting "outstanding" before "principal amount";
(B) by amending subsection (e)(2) to read as follows:
"(2) Limitation on guarantee amount.--The Secretary may not guarantee any amount under the Program equal to an amount less than $25,000,000, but the total of all such guarantees in any fiscal year may not exceed $1,000,000,000.";
(C) in subsection (g)(1), by striking "10 basis points" and inserting "not fewer than 10 basis points and not more than 15 basis points"; and
(D) in subsection (k), by striking "September 30, 2014" and inserting "December 31, 2028".
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-325; 108 Stat. 2160) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 114 the following:
"Sec. 114A. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for community or economic development purposes.". (c) Report on the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue a report to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives on the effectiveness of the CDFI bond guarantee program established under section 114A of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a).
SEC. 201.
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TAKING ACCOUNT OF INSTITUTIONS WITH LOW OPERATION
RISK.
(a) Tailoring Regulation to Business Model and Risk.--
(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
(A) the term "Federal financial institutions regulatory agency" means the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; and
(B) the term "regulatory action"--
(i) means any proposed, interim, or final rule or regulation; and
(ii) does not include any action taken by a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency that is solely applicable to an individual institution, including an enforcement action, adjudication, or order.
(2) Consideration and tailoring.--For any regulatory action occurring after the date of enactment of this Act, each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency shall--
(A) take into consideration the risk profile and business models of each type of institution or class of institutions subject to the regulatory action; and
(B) tailor the regulatory action applicable to a class or type of institution in a manner that limits the regulatory impact, including cost, human resource allocation, and other burdens, on the institution or type of institution as is appropriate for the risk profile and business model involved.
(3) Factors to consider.--In carrying out the requirements of paragraph (2) with respect to a regulatory action, each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency shall consider--
(A) the aggregate effect of all applicable regulatory actions promulgated by such agency on the ability of institutions to flexibly serve customers of the institutions and local markets on and after the date of enactment of this Act;
(B) the potential that efforts to implement the regulatory action and third-party service provider actions may work to undercut efforts to tailor the regulatory action, as described in paragraph (2)(B); and
(C) the statutory provision authorizing the regulatory action, the congressional intent with respect to the statutory provision, and the underlying policy objectives of the regulatory action.
(4) Notice of proposed and final rulemaking.--Each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency shall disclose and document in every notice of proposed rulemaking and in any final rulemaking for a regulatory action how the agency has applied paragraphs (2) and (3).
(5) Reports to congress.--
(A) Agency reporting.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a report on the specific actions taken to tailor the regulatory actions of the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency pursuant to the requirements of this section.
(B) GAO reporting.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a report evaluating the effects of this section on the factors described in paragraph (3).
(b) Short-form Call Reports for All Banks Eligible for the Community Bank Leverage Ratio.--The appropriate Federal banking agencies, as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813), shall establish a reduced reporting requirement for all banks eligible for the Community Bank Leverage Ratio, as defined in section 201(a) of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5371 note), when making the first and third report of condition of a year as required by section 7(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(a)).
(c) Report to Congress on Modernization of Supervision.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the appropriate Federal banking agencies, as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813), in consultation with State bank supervisors, shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a report on the modernization of bank supervision, including the following factors:
(1) Changing bank business models.
(2) Examiner workforce and training.
(3) The structure of supervisory activities within banking agencies.
(4) Improving bank-supervisor communication and collaboration.
(5) The use of supervisory technology.
(6) Supervisory factors uniquely applicable to community banks.
(7) Changes in statutes necessary to achieve more effective supervision.
SEC. 202. SMALL BANK HOLDING COMPANY RELIEF.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall revise appendix C to part 225 of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the "Small Bank Holding Company and Savings and Loan Holding Company Policy Statement"), to raise the consolidated asset threshold under that appendix to $6,000,000,000 for any bank holding company or savings and loan holding company.
SEC. 203. TAILORING AND INDEXING ENHANCED REGULATIONS.
(a) Periodic Adjustments to Thresholds.--The Financial Stability Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"SEC. 177. PERIODIC ADJUSTMENTS TO THRESHOLDS.
"(a) In General.--
"(1) Adjustment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and every 5 years thereafter, the Board of Governors shall increase each threshold described in subsection (b) by the ratio, if greater than 1, of the annual value of the economic indicator selected by the Board of Governors as appropriate for that threshold under paragraph (2)(B) for the calendar year preceding the year in which the adjustment is calculated under this section, to the published annual value of such economic indicator for the calendar year preceding April 1, 2026.
"(2) Selection of economic indicators.--Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Board of Governors shall--
"(A) complete a study on the advantages and disadvantages of the use of either nominal United States gross domestic product (as published by the Department of Commerce) or the Consumer Price Index (as published by the Department of Labor) to adjust periodically the quantitative regulatory thresholds described in subsection (b);
"(B) for each threshold described in subsection (b), select either nominal United States gross domestic product (as published by the Department of Commerce) or the Consumer Price Index (as published by the Department of Labor) as appropriate for adjusting such threshold;
"(C) transmit a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing--
"(i) all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study required under subparagraph (A); and
"(ii) all selections made under subparagraph (B).
"(b) Covered Thresholds.--The thresholds described in this subsection are the following:
"(1) Each bank holding company or savings and loan holding company total consolidated asset amount in the second subsection (s) (relating to assessments) of section 11 of the Federal Reserve Act.
"(2) Each bank holding company total consolidated asset amount in--
"(A) sections 116(a), 121(a), 163(b), 164, 165(a)(1), 165(h)(2), 165(j)(1) of this Act; and
"(B) section 401(f) of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.
"(3) Each financial company total consolidated asset amount in section 165(i)(2)(A) of this Act.
"(c) Currency of Information.--The values used in the calculation under subsection (a) shall be, as of the date of the calculation, the values most recently published by the Department of Commerce or Department of Labor, as appropriate.
"(d) Rounding.--
"(1) If any amount equal to or greater than $100,000,000,000 determined under subsection (a) for any period is not a multiple of $50,000,000,000, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $50,000,000,000.
"(2) If any amount less than $100,000,000,000 determined under subsection (a) for any period is not a multiple of $5,000,000,000, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $5,000,000,000.
"(e) Publication.--Not later than April 5 of any calendar year in which an adjustment is required to be calculated under subsection (a), the Board of Governors shall publish in the Federal Register the amounts as so calculated.
"(f) Implementation Period.--Any increase in amounts determined under subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1 of the year immediately succeeding the calendar year in which the increase is required to be calculated under subsection (a).
"SEC. 178. PERIODIC ADJUSTMENTS TO THRESHOLDS ESTABLISHED BY
RULE.
"(a) Agency Review.--Not later than June 30, 2026, and the 1st day of each subsequent 5-year period, the Board of Governors, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Corporation shall, to the extent applicable, review--
"(1) any regulation--
"(A) implementing section 165 of this Act; or
"(B) making specific cross-reference to any regulation of the Board of Governors implementing section 165 of this Act; and
"(2) any asset threshold or other quantitative threshold in such regulations implementing section 165 of this Act, or in such regulations making specific cross-reference to any regulation of the Board of Governors implementing section 165 of this Act, the amount of which is not prescribed by statute.
"(b) Modifications Required.--The Board of Governors, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Corporation shall modify any such thresholds identified by each review conducted under subsection (a) by the ratio, if greater than 1, of the annual value of the economic indicator selected by the agency as appropriate for that threshold under paragraph (1) for the calendar year preceding the year in which the adjustment is calculated under this section, to the published annual value of such economic indicator for the calendar year preceding the effective date of such threshold, as each respective agency shall determine as appropriate for such regulations.
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In making such determination, the Board of Governors, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Corporation shall--
"(1) not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, for each threshold identified by each review conducted under subsection (a), select either nominal United States gross domestic product (as published by the Department of Commerce) or the Consumer Price Index (as published by the Department of Labor) as appropriate for adjusting such threshold, and use the values of such selected economic indicator most recently published as of the date of commencement of the review to compute the ratio described in this subsection;
"(2) seek to establish, to the extent feasible, uniform thresholds for use by each such agency, taking into account the entities regulated by each such agency and the purposes for which such threshold was established; and
"(3) seek to adjust such thresholds, to the extent feasible, with rounding consistent with section 177(d) of this Act.
"(c) Report.--Upon conclusion of each review required under subsection (a), each of the Board of Governors, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Corporation shall transmit a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing a description of any modification of any regulation such agency made pursuant to subsection (b).".
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 176 the following:
"Sec. 177. Periodic adjustments to thresholds. "Sec. 178. Periodic adjustments to thresholds established by rule.".
SEC. 204. COMMUNITY BANK REGULATORY TAILORING.
(a) Periodic Adjustments to Thresholds.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Adjustment.--By April 1, 2031, and the 1st day of each subsequent 5-year period, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall prescribe the amount by which each dollar amount described in subsection (b) shall be increased by the ratio, if greater than 1, of the annual value of the economic indicator selected by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as appropriate for that dollar amount under subparagraph (B) for the calendar year preceding the year in which the adjustment is calculated under this section, to the published annual value of such economic indicator for the calendar year preceding April 1, 2026.
(B) Selection of economic indicators.--Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall--
(i) complete a study on the advantages and disadvantages of the use of either nominal United States gross domestic product (as published by the Department of Commerce) or the Consumer Price Index (as published by the Department of Labor) to adjust periodically the dollar amounts described in subsection (b);
(ii) for each dollar amount described in subsection (b), select either nominal United States gross domestic product (as published by the Department of Commerce) or the Consumer Price Index (as published by the Department of Labor) as appropriate for adjusting such dollar amount;
(iii) transmit a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing--
(I) all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study required under clause (i); and
(II) all selections made under clause (ii).
(2) Currency of information.--The values used in the calculation under paragraph (1) shall be, as of the date of the calculation, the values most recently published by the Department of Commerce or Department of Labor, as appropriate.
(3) Rounding.--
(A) If any amount equal to or greater than $100,000,000,000 determined under paragraph (1) for any period is not a multiple of $50,000,000,000, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $50,000,000,000.
(B) If any amount less than $100,000,000,000 but equal to or greater than $10,000,000,000 determined under paragraph (1) for any period is not a multiple of $5,000,000,000, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $5,000,000,000.
(C) If any amount less than $10,000,000,000 but equal to or greater than $1,000,000,000 determined under paragraph (1) for any period is not a multiple of $500,000,000, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $500,000,000.
(D) If any amount less than $1,000,000,000 but equal to or greater than $100,000,000 determined under paragraph (1) for any period is not a multiple of $50,000,000, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $50,000,000.
(E) If any amount less than $100,000,000 but equal to or greater than $10,000,000 determined under paragraph (1) for any period is not a multiple of $5,000,000, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $5,000,000.
(F) If any amount less than $10,000,000 but equal to or greater than $1,000,000 determined under paragraph (1) for any period is not a multiple of $500,000, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $500,000.
(G) If any amount less than $1,000,000 but equal to or greater than $100,000 determined under paragraph (1) for any period is not a multiple of $50,000, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $50,000.
(H) If any amount less than $100,000 but equal to or greater than $10,000 determined under paragraph (1) for any period is not a multiple of $5,000, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $5,000.
(I) If any amount less than $10,000 but equal to or greater than $1,000 determined under paragraph (1) for any period is not a multiple of $500, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $500.
(J) If any amount less than $1,000 but equal to or greater than $100 determined under paragraph (1) for any period is not a multiple of $50, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $50.
(K) If any amount less than $100 but equal to or greater than $10 determined under paragraph (1) for any period is not a multiple of $5, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $5.
(L) If any amount less than $10 but equal to or greater than $1 determined under paragraph (1) for any period is not a multiple of $0.50, the amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $0.50.
(4) Publication.--Not later than April 5 of any calendar year in which an adjustment is required to be calculated under paragraph (1), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall publish in the Federal Register the dollar amounts as so calculated.
(5) Implementation period.--The increase in the dollar amounts shall take effect on January 1 of the year immediately succeeding any calendar year in which an adjustment is required to be calculated under paragraph (1).
(b) Dollar Amounts.--The dollar amounts described in this subsection are the dollar amounts described in each of the following:
(1) Section 5(c)(3)(C)(ii) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1844(c)(3)(C)(ii)).
(2) Section 809(a) of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (12 U.S.C. 2908(a)).
(3) Sections 202(4), 203(1), and 204 of the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act (12 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.).
(4) Sections 210(o), 210(r)(1)(A)(i), and section 956(f) Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.).
(5) Sections 202(a)(6), 202(b)(1)(A), 202(c)(1)(A)(iii), 216(b)(2)(B)(iii)(II), 216(f)(2), 216(i)(4)(B), 216(j)(2)(A), and 216(o)(4) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).
(6) Sections 7(a)(12), 11(p)(1)(A)(i), 36(i)(1)(B), 36(j), 38(b)(2)(A)(ii), and 38(k)(2)(B)(iii) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq.).
(7) Section 2(10) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1422(10)).
(8) Sections 7(a)(1) and 22(h)(5)(C) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 221 et seq.).
(9) The second paragraph (3) of section 304(i) (relating to "Exemption from certain disclosure requirements") and section 309(a) of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 (12 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.).
(10) Section 5(u)(2)(A) of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1464(u)(2)(A)).
(11) Section 909(a)(1) of the International Lending Supervision Act of 1983 (12 U.S.C. 3908(a)(1)).
(12) Section 3(1)(B)(iv) of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2602(1)(B)(iv)).
(13) Section 5136A(a)(2)(D)(ii) of the Revised Statutes of the United States (12 U.S.C. 24a(a)(2)(D)(ii)).
(14) Section 129C(b)(2)(F)(i) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1639c(b)(2)(F)(i)).
SEC. 301. HALTING UNCERTAIN METHODS AND PRACTICES IN
SUPERVISION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) CAMELS ratings (Capital adequacy, Asset quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, and Sensitivity to market risk) are a critical tool for evaluating the safety and soundness of financial institutions, and the basis for determining significant regulatory matters such as the evaluation for mergers and acquisitions and a bank's deposit insurance premiums;
(2) the CAMELS rating system relies heavily on examiner judgment, which can lead to subjective and inconsistent ratings across similar institutions;
(3) establishing articulable, clear, and reviewable measures for each CAMELS component and their relative weighting in determining composite ratings will promote fairness, consistency, and accountability in supervisory assessments; and
(4) examination and supervision, as well as the CAMELS rating system, should focus on a financial institution's material financial condition or solvency.
(b) Amendments to the CAMELS Rating System.--
(1) In general.--The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"SEC. 1012. AMENDMENTS TO THE CAMELS RATING SYSTEM.
"(a) In General.--The Council shall make recommendations to amend the Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System, and the CAMELS components thereunder, to--
"(1) establish articulable, clear, and reviewable criteria for assessing each CAMELS component;
"(2) revise the factors affecting each CAMELS component to derive a composite rating that more accurately reflects the material financial condition and risk profile of the financial institutions being rated;
"(3) revise the management component of the CAMELS components to limit the assessment under such component to articulable, clear, and reviewable measures of an institution's management in relation to its risk profile;
"(4) ensure that composite ratings consider the financial institution's compliance with--
"(A) section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1829b);
"(B) chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91-508 (12 U.S.C.
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1951 et seq.);
"(C) subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code; and
"(D) any other applicable requirements and implementing regulations relating to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing; and
"(5) ensure that composite ratings are determined based on a transparent methodology that is limited to the objective criteria established for each CAMELS component.
"(b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 12 months after the Council makes the recommendations required under subsection (a), the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies shall, jointly, issue rules to carry out the recommendations described under subsection (a).
"(c) Public Comment Period.--In issuing the rules required under subsection (b), the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies shall--
"(1) publish a notice of proposed rulemaking with respect to such rules; and
"(2) provide for a public comment period of not less than 90 days.
"(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the authority of the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies to take supervisory, adjudicatory, or enforcement actions to ensure the safety and soundness of financial institutions.".
(2) Well managed definition.--
(A) Bank holding company act of 1956.--Section 2(o)(9)(A) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841(o)(9)(A)) is amended--
(i) by striking "achievement of" and all that follows through "a CAMEL" and inserting "achievement of a CAMEL";
(ii) by striking "; and" and inserting "; or"; and
(iii) by striking clause (ii).
(B) Revised statutes of the united states.--Section 5136A(g)(6)(A) of the Revised Statutes of the United States (12 U.S.C. 24a(g)(6)(A)) is amended--
(i) by striking "agency--" and all that follows through "the achievement" and inserting "agency, the achievement";
(ii) by striking "; and" and inserting "; or"; and
(iii) by striking clause (ii).
SEC. 302. FAIR AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS FOR REGULATORS' EXAMS.
(a) Timeliness of Examinations and Examination Reports.--The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), as amended by section 301(b)(1), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
"SEC. 1013. TIMELINESS OF EXAMINATIONS AND EXAMINATION
REPORTS.
"(a) Timeliness of Examinations.--A Federal financial institutions regulatory agency shall complete any examination of a financial institution, other than a financial institution subject to a continuous or resident examination program, within 270 days of commencing the examination, except that such period may be extended by the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency by providing written notice to the financial institution describing with particularity the reasons that a longer period is needed.
"(b) Final Examination Report.--A Federal financial institutions regulatory agency shall provide a final examination report to a financial institution, other than a financial institution subject to a continuous or resident examination program, not later than 90 days after the later of--
"(1) the exit interview for an examination of the institution; or
"(2) the provision of additional material information by the institution relating to the examination.
"(c) Exit Interview Requirement.--Within 30 days of completing an examination for a financial institution not subject to a continuous or resident examination program, a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency shall conduct an exit interview with the financial institution's senior management or the board of directors, except that such period may be extended by the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency by providing written notice to the institution describing with particularity the reasons that a longer period is needed to complete the exit interview.
"(d) Examination Materials.--Upon the written request of a financial institution, the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency shall include with the final report an appendix listing all examination or other factual information relied upon by the agency in support of a material supervisory determination.".
(b) Timeliness of Required Prudential Private Letter Rulings.--The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
"SEC. 1014. TIMELINESS OF REQUIRED PRUDENTIAL PRIVATE LETTER
RULINGS.
"(a) Authority and Regulation.--
"(1) In general.--Each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency shall establish procedures providing that a covered financial institution may, upon application by the covered financial institution and with respect to a covered action, obtain written advice regarding--
"(A) the agency's non-objection to the financial institution conducting a particular activity;
"(B) the agency's interpretation of a law or regulation as applied to a particular matter;
"(C) the agency's interpretation of how generally accepted accounting principles or accounting objectives, standards, and requirements apply to a particular matter; or
"(D) the agency's application of any supervisory guidance, statement of policy, or interpretive rule to a particular matter.
"(2) Covered action defined.--In this subsection and with respect to a covered financial institution, the term `covered action' means--
"(A) any action in connection with a regulated activity that the covered financial institution is taking or is intending to take, including--
"(i) entering into a transaction;
"(ii) issuing a product or service; or
"(iii) changing the corporate structure of the covered financial institution; and
"(B) a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency's objection to the covered financial institution commencing or otherwise conducting an activity (including an action described in subparagraph (A)).
"(b) Contents of Request.--The procedures established under subsection (a) shall provide that a request for written advice made under the procedures shall be in writing and contain--
"(1) the nature of the request;
"(2) applicable facts relating to the matter;
"(3) applicable law, regulations, or generally accepted accounting principles relating to the matter; and
"(4) a summary of the request.
"(c) Response to Request.--A Federal financial institutions regulatory agency receiving a request for written advice under subsection (a) shall, not later than 30 days after receiving the request--
"(1) provide the financial institution making the request with written notification confirming receipt of the request and stating whether the request contains all of the information required under subsection (b); and
"(2) if the request does not contain all of the information required under subsection (b)--
"(A) provide the financial institution with an explanation of what information is missing; and
"(B) notify the financial institution that the financial institution may provide the missing information to the agency within 30 days.
"(d) Providing Missing Information.--If a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency informs the financial institution under subsection (c) that the request for written advice does not contain all the information required under subsection (b), the financial institution may provide the missing information to the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency within 30 days of the date the financial institution receives the explanation of the missing information under subsection (c).
"(e) Determination.--A Federal financial institutions regulatory agency receiving a request for written advice under the procedures established under subsection (a) shall provide the financial institution with a written response (or, for purposes of paragraph (3), notify the financial institution that a determination cannot be made)--
"(1) if the initial request contains the information required under subsection (b), not later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency notifies the financial institution of the receipt of the request under subsection (c);
"(2) if the initial request does not contain the information required under subsection (b), but the financial institution provides the missing information during the 30-day period described under subsection (d), not later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date such missing information is provided; or
"(3) if the initial request does not contain the information required under subsection (b), and the financial institution does not provide the missing information during the 30-day period described under subsection (d), not later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the end of such 30-day period.
"(f) Limited Binding Effect.--Written advice issued by a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency under the procedures established under this section--
"(1) shall be binding on the agency with respect to the financial institution requesting the written advice and the specific facts described in the request;
"(2) may be relied upon by the financial institution requesting the written advice in good faith; and
"(3) shall not be binding on the agency with respect to any other person or institution and shall not be treated as precedent.
"(g) Confidentiality and Privilege.--
"(1) Treatment of written advice.--Written advice issued under this section, and any materials submitted in connection therewith, and the fact that a request for written advice was made shall be treated as confidential supervisory information and exempt from disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code.
"(2) Publishing of anonymized or redacted summaries.--A Federal financial institutions regulatory agency may publish anonymized or redacted summaries of rulings for informational purposes.
"(h) Modification or Revocation.--A Federal financial institutions regulatory agency may modify or revoke written advice issued under this section only if--
"(1) the requesting financial institution made a material misstatement or omission of fact;
"(2) there has been a change in controlling law; or
"(3) the ruling is inconsistent with a final rule or judicial decision issued after the date the written advice was issued.
"(i) Reasonable Fees.--Each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency may establish and collect a reasonable fee for the processing and issuance of any written advice issued under this section, and such fee--
"(1) shall be based on the estimated cost to the agency of reviewing, analyzing, and responding to the request;
"(2) may vary based on the complexity of the request or the size of the requesting institution; and
"(3) shall be prescribed by regulation.
"(j) Finality.--Written advice issued under the procedures established under this section shall not be construed as a final agency action.".
(c) Office of Independent Examination Review.--
(1) In general.--The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), as amended by subsection (b), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
"SEC. 1015.
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OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION REVIEW.
"(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Council an Office of Independent Examination Review (the `Office').
"(b) Board of Independent Examination Review.--
"(1) In general.--The head of the Office shall be the Board of Independent Examination Review, which shall be comprised of 3 members, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
"(2) Qualifications.--The President shall appoint 1 member of the Board from each of the following classes of individuals:
"(A) Individuals who have been employed by a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency.
"(B) Individuals who are not, and were not during the previous 5-year period, employed by a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency or a Federal reserve bank and who--
"(i) are a licensed attorney or a certified public accountant authorized to practice under the laws of a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States;
"(ii) have academic or private sector experience relating to financial services; or
"(iii) have relevant work-related experience in consumer affairs or compliance with consumer protection laws with respect to financial institutions.
"(C) Individuals with at least 10 years private sector financial services senior management-level experience.
"(3) Prohibition on certain individuals serving as a board member.--The President may not appoint an individual as a member of the Board if the individual--
"(A) is, or was during the previous 2-year period, employed by a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency or a Federal reserve bank; or
"(B) is, or was during the previous 2-year period, employed by a financial institution.
"(4) Consultation.--In appointing members of the Board, the President shall consult with the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies and financial institutions.
"(5) Term.--
"(A) In general.--Each member of the Board shall serve for a term of 3 years. Upon the expiration of a member's terms of office, the member shall continue to serve until the member's successor has been confirmed by the Senate.
"(B) Term limitation.--No individual may serve more than 2 full terms on the Board.
"(6) Political affiliation.--Not more than 2 members of the Board shall be members of the same political party.
"(7) Quorum.--
"(A) In general.--3 members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
"(B) Initial quorum.--During the 6-month period beginning on the date of enactment of this section, 1 member of the Board shall constitute a quorum until the Board has 3 members.
"(8) Rate of pay.--The annual rate of basic pay for the members of the Board shall be the rate of basic pay for Level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
"(c) Staffing.--The Board is authorized to hire staff to support the activities of the Office of Independent Examination Review, and set the salaries of such staff. One-fifth of the costs and expenses of the Office, including the salaries of its employees, shall be paid by each of the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies. Annual assessments for such share shall be levied by the Council based upon its projected budget for the year, and additional assessments may be made during the year if necessary.
"(d) Duties.--The Board shall--
"(1) receive and, at the discretion of the Board, investigate complaints from financial institutions, their representatives, or another entity acting on behalf of such institutions, concerning completed examinations, examination practices, or examination reports;
"(2) hold meetings, at least once every three months and in locations designed to encourage participation from all sections of the United States, with financial institutions, their representatives, or another entity acting on behalf of such institutions, to discuss examination procedures, examination practices, or examination policies;
"(3) review examination procedures of the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies to ensure that the written examination policies of those agencies are being followed in practice and adhere to the standards for consistency;
"(4) conduct a continuing and regular program of examination quality assurance on a sample for all examination types conducted by the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies;
"(5) carry out an independent review of any supervisory appeal initiated under section 1016; and
"(6) report annually to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, and the Council, on the reviews carried out pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (5), including compliance with the requirements set forth in section 1014 regarding timeliness of examination reports, and the Board's recommendations for improvements in examination procedures, practices, and policies.
"(e) Confidentiality.--
"(1) In general.--The Board and the Council shall keep confidential--
"(A) all meetings, discussions, and information provided by financial institutions and Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies that involve confidential supervisory information or privileged information;
"(B) all information and communications exchanged between a financial institution and the Office of Independent Examination Review; and
"(C) all information and communications exchanged between a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency and the Office of Independent Examination Review.
"(2) Submission of information does not constitute a waiver.--Section 18(x) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(x)) and section 205(j) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1785(j)) shall apply to the submission of information to the Board by a financial institution or a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency to the same extent as such sections 18(x) and 205(j) apply to the submission of information described in such sections 18(x) and 205(j).
"(3) Sharing of information without waiving privilege.--The Board shall be considered a `covered agency' for purposes of section 11(t) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1821(t)).".
(2) Definitions.--Section 1003 of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3302) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking "and" at the end; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
"(4) the term `Board' means the Board of Independent Examination Review established under section 1015(b);
"(5) the term `material supervisory determination' has the meaning given such term in section 309(c) of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994;
"(6) the term `insured depository institution' has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; and
"(7) the term `insured credit union' has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act.".
(d) Right to Independent Review of Material Supervisory Determinations.--The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), as amended by subsection (c), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
"SEC. 1016. RIGHT TO INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF MATERIAL
SUPERVISORY DETERMINATIONS.
"(a) In General.--A financial institution shall have the right to obtain an independent review, as described in this section, of a material supervisory determination contained in a final report of examination. A Federal financial institutions regulatory agency and the Board may not conduct concurrent reviews.
"(b) Notice.--
"(1) Timing.--A financial institution seeking review of a material supervisory determination under this section shall file a written notice
with the Board within 30 days after receiving the final report of examination that is the subject of such review.
"(2) Extension.--The institution may file a written request with the Board for an extension of the 60-day time period described under paragraph (1), which shall state good cause for granting the extension. Such request shall be granted in the sole discretion of the Board.
"(3) Identification of determination.--The written notice shall--
"(A) identify the material supervisory determination that is the subject of the requested independent examination review;
"(B) state the reasons why the institution believes that the material supervisory determination is incorrect or should otherwise be modified; and
"(C) include--
"(i) a clear and complete statement of all relevant facts and issues;
"(ii) all arguments that the institution wishes to present; and
"(iii) all relevant and material documents in the possession of the institution that the institution wishes to be considered.
"(4) Information made available to institution.--A financial institution seeking a review of a material supervisory determination may, not later than 7 days after receiving the final examination report, request that the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency that made the material supervisory determination provide the financial institution with all examination and factual information relied upon by the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency in making the material supervisory determination.
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The Federal financial institutions regulatory agency shall provide such information to the financial institution not later than 14 days after receiving the request.
"(5) Submission of record.--After receiving a written notice of review from a financial institution under this subsection, the Board shall direct the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency that made the material supervisory determination under review to file with the Board the supervisory record of the examination resulting in the material supervisory determination under review.
"(c) Determination; Right to Hearing.--
"(1) In general.--The Board shall--
"(A) determine the merits on the record, including whether the material supervisory determination being reviewed should be upheld, canceled, or modified; or
"(B) at the election of the financial institution, conduct a hearing, which shall take place not later than 60 days after the petition for review is received by the Board, except that such 60-day period may be extended if both the financial institution and the Board agree to such extension.
"(2) Right to obtain testimony.--A financial institution electing for a hearing under paragraph (1)(B) shall have the right the obtain testimony under oath from agency employees and obtain documents and other evidence at the hearing, or in advance of the hearing, according to procedures instituted by the Board consistent with those set forth under sections 556 and 557 of title 5, United States Code.
"(3) Basis of decision.--The Board shall issue a written decision based upon the record of the examination, supplemented by the record established before the Board and at any hearing.
"(4) Standard of review.--The Board's review of a material supervisory determination being reviewed under this subsection shall be de novo, and the Board shall not defer to the opinions of the examiners or the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency, but shall independently determine the appropriateness of the material supervisory determination based upon the relevant statutes, regulations, other appropriate guidance, and the evidentiary record.
"(5) Policy matters.--The Board shall conduct reviews under this section applying the policies, regulations, and interpretations of the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency that made the material supervisory determination under review in effect at the time the material supervisory determination was made.
"(d) Final Decision.--A decision by the Board on an independent review under this section shall--
"(1) be made not later than 60 days after the record has been closed; and
"(2) be deemed final and shall bind the agency whose supervisory determination was the subject of the review and the financial institution requesting the review.
"(e) Referral of Violations.--If the Board, in carrying out this section, determines that a financial institution has violated a law or regulation, the Board shall refer such determination to the applicable Federal financial institutions regulatory agency.
"(f) Annual Report.--
"(1) In general.--The Board shall report annually to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, and the Council on actions taken under this section, including the types of issues that the Board has reviewed and the results of those reviews, including information on each final determination with respect to a material supervisory determination.
"(2) Confidentiality.--In reporting under paragraph (1), the Board shall redact information about individual financial institutions and any confidential supervisory information or privileged information shared by financial institutions, and shall anonymize any un-redacted information that could, in the aggregate, identify a financial institution.
"(g) Retaliation Prohibited.--
"(1) In general.--A Federal financial institutions regulatory agency may not--
"(A) retaliate against a financial institution, including service providers, or any institution-affiliated party, for exercising appellate rights under this section; or
"(B) delay or deny any agency action that would benefit a financial institution or any institution-affiliated party on the basis that an appeal under this section is pending under this section.
"(2) Retaliation.--For purposes of this subsection, retaliation includes delaying consideration of, or withholding approval of, any request, notice, or application that otherwise would have been approved, but for the exercise of a financial institution's rights under this section.
"(h) Rulemaking.--The Board shall issue rules, consistent with subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the `Administrative Procedure Act'), to establish procedures for hearings described under this section, including that--
"(1) a financial institution may appear at the hearing personally or through counsel;
"(2) a financial institution may provide an oral and written presentation at the hearing;
"(3) the Board may ask questions of any person participating in the hearing;
"(4) the hearing shall not be governed by the Federal Rules of Evidence; and
"(5) the Board shall have a verbatim transcript of the hearing prepared.
"(i) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed--
"(1) to affect the right of a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency to take enforcement or other supervisory actions related to a material supervisory determination under review under this section; or
"(2) to prohibit the review under this section of a material supervisory determination with respect to which there is an ongoing enforcement or other supervisory action.".
(e) Additional Amendments.--
(1) Regulatory appeals process, ombudsman, and alternative dispute resolution.--
(A) In general.--Section 309 of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4806) is amended--
(i) in the heading, by striking "regulatory appeals process, ombudsman," and inserting "ombudsman" (and by conforming the item relating to such section in the table of contents accordingly);
(ii) by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c);
(iii) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), respectively;
(iv) in subsection (b), as so redesignated--
(I) in paragraph (2)--
(aa) in subparagraph (B), by striking "and" at the end;
(bb) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting "; and"; and
(cc) by adding at the end the following:
"(D) ensure that appropriate safeguards exist for protecting any party from retaliation by any agency for exercising rights under this subsection."; and
(II) by adding at the end the following:
"(6) Retaliation.--For purposes of this subsection, retaliation includes delaying consideration of, or withholding approval of, any request, notice, or application that otherwise would have been approved, but for the exercise of a financial institution's rights under this section."; and
(v) in paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (c), as so redesignated--
(I) in clause (ii), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(II) in clause (iii), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon; and
(III) by adding at the end the following:
"(iv) any issue specifically listed in an exam report as a matter requiring attention by the institution's management or board of directors; and
"(v) any suspension or removal of an institution's status as eligible for expedited processing of applications, requests, notices, or filings on the grounds of a supervisory or compliance concern, regardless of whether that concern has been cited as a basis for a material supervisory determination or matter requiring attention in an examination report, provided that the conduct at issue did not involve violation of any criminal law; and".
(B) Effect.--Nothing in this subsection affects the authority of a Federal banking agency (as defined in section 304(b)) to take enforcement or other supervisory action.
(2) Federal credit union act.--Section 205(j) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1785(j)) is amended by inserting "the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection," before "the Administration" each place that term appears.
(3) Federal financial institutions examination council act.--The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) is amended--
(A) in section 1003 (12 U.S.C. 3302)--
(i) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
"(1) the term `Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies'--
"(A) means the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration; and
"(B) includes the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection for purposes of sections 1012 through 1015;"; and
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting ", except that for purposes of sections 1013 through 1016, the term `financial institution' does not include a credit union that is not an insured credit union;";
(B) in section 1004(a)(4) (12 U.S.C. 3303), by striking "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" and inserting "Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection"; and
(C) in section 1005 (12 U.S.C. 3304)--
(i) by striking "One-fifth" and inserting "One-fourth"; and
(ii) by inserting "described under section 1003(1)(A)" after "agencies".
(f) Election of Forum for Review of Supervisory Enforcement.--
(1) Federal deposit insurance act.--Section 8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
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1818) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:
"(11) Hearing.--With respect to any notice properly issued and served upon a depository institution or institution-affiliated party under this subsection, such depository institution or institution-affiliated party shall be afforded a hearing before--
"(A) the appropriate Federal banking agency; or
"(B) if such institution or person submits a request within 20 days after the issuance of the notice, the appropriate United States district court, and that court shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate all claims and requested remedies stated in the notice of charges, including those authorized under this subsection.";
(B) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following:
"(8) Hearing.--With respect to any notice properly issued and served upon an institution-affiliated party under this subsection, such institution-affiliated party shall be afforded a hearing before--
"(A) the appropriate Federal banking agency; or
"(B) if such party submits a request for such hearing and forum within 20 days after the issuance of the notice, the appropriate United States district court, and that court shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate all claims and requested remedies stated in the notice, including those authorized under this subsection.";
(C) in subsection (h)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking "(other than the hearing provided for in subsection (g)(3) of this section)" and inserting "(other than the hearing provided for in subsection (b)(11)(B), (e)(8)(B), (g)(3), or (i)(2)(H)(ii))"; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
"(4) Any hearing provided for in subsection (b)(11)(B), (e)(8)(B), or (i)(2)(H)(ii) shall be subject to the jurisdiction, powers, and equitable authority of the district court and be governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence.
"(5) Any final decision of a United States district court made pursuant to a respondent's election under subsection (b)(11)(B), (e)(8)(B), or (i)(2)(H)(ii) shall be reviewable in the appropriate court of appeals in the same manner and to the same extent as any other civil action to which the United States is a party.";
(D) in subsection (i)(2)--
(i) by amending subparagraph (E)(ii) to read as follows:
"(ii) Finality of assessment.--If, with respect to any assessment under clause (i), a hearing is not requested or an election is not made and timely noticed pursuant to subparagraph (H) within the period of time allowed under such subparagraph, the assessment shall constitute a final and unappealable order.";
(ii) by amending subparagraph (H) to read as follows:
"(H) Hearing.--The insured depository institution or institution-affiliated party against whom any penalty is assessed under this paragraph shall be afforded a hearing before--
"(i) an agency, if such institution or person submits a request for such hearing within 20 days after the issuance of the notice of assessment; or
"(ii) the appropriate United States district court, if such institution or person submits a request for such hearing and forum within 20 days after the issuance of the notice of assessment."; and
(iii) by amending subparagraph (I)(ii) to read as follows:
"(ii) Appropriateness of penalty not reviewable.--In any civil action under clause (i), except a civil action tried in a United States district court pursuant to subsection (b)(11)(B), (e)(8)(B), or (i)(2)(H)(ii), the validity and appropriateness of the penalty shall not be subject to review."; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
"(x) Savings Clause.--Nothing in subsection (b)(11)(B), (e)(8)(B), or (i)(2)(H)(ii) shall be construed to--
"(1) limit the authority of a Federal banking agency to initiate an administrative enforcement action; or
"(2) impair the validity of any consent order.".
(2) Federal credit union act.--Section 206 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1786) is amended--
(A) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following:
"(5) Hearing.--With respect to any notice properly issued and served upon an insured credit union, credit union which has insured accounts, or an institution-affiliated party under this subsection, such insured credit union, credit union which has insured accounts, or institution-affiliated party shall be afforded a hearing before--
"(A) the Administration; or
"(B) if such insured credit union, credit union which has insured accounts, or institution-affiliated party submits a request within 20 days after the issuance of the notice, the appropriate United States district court, and that court shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate all claims and requested remedies stated in the notice of charges, including those authorized under this subsection.";
(B) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following:
"(8) Hearing.--With respect to any notice properly issued and served upon an institution-affiliated party under this subsection, such institution-affiliated party shall be afforded a hearing before--
"(A) the Administration; or
"(B) if such institution-affiliated party submits a request within 20 days after the issuance of the notice, the appropriate United States district court, and that court shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate all claims and requested remedies stated in the notice of charges, including those authorized under this subsection.";
(C) in subsection (j)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking "(other than the hearing provided for in subsection (i)(3) of this section)" and inserting "(other than the hearing provided for in subsection (e)(5)(B), (g)(8)(B), (i)(3), or (k)(2)(H)(ii))"; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
"(4) Any hearing provided for in subsection (e)(5)(B), (g)(8)(B), (i)(3), or (k)(2)(H)(ii) shall be subject to the jurisdiction, powers, and equitable authority of the district court and be governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence.
"(5) Any final decision of a United States district court made pursuant to a respondent's election under subsection (e)(5)(B), (g)(8)(B), (i)(3), or (k)(2)(H)(ii) shall be reviewable in the appropriate court of appeals in the same manner and to the same extent as any other civil action to which the United States is a party.";
(D) in subsection (k)(2)--
(i) by amending subparagraph (E)(ii) to read as follows:
"(ii) Finality of assessment.--If, with respect to any assessment under clause (i), a hearing is not requested or an election is not made and timely noticed pursuant to subparagraph (H) within the period of time allowed under such subparagraph, the assessment shall constitute a final and unappealable order.";
(ii) by amending subparagraph (H) to read as follows:
"(H) Hearing.--The insured credit union or institution-affiliated party against whom any penalty is assessed under this paragraph shall be afforded a hearing before--
"(i) the Administration, if such insured credit union or institution-affiliated party submits a request for such hearing within 20 days after the issuance of the notice of assessment; or
"(ii) the appropriate United States district court, if such insured credit union or institution-affiliated party submits a request for such hearing and forum within 20 days after the issuance of the notice of assessment."; and
(iii) by amending subparagraph (I)(ii) to read as follows:
"(ii) Appropriateness of penalty not reviewable.--In any civil action under clause (i), except a civil action tried in a United States district court pursuant to subsection (e)(5)(B), (g)(8)(B), or (k)(2)(H)(ii), the validity and appropriateness of the penalty shall not be subject to review."; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
"(x) Savings Clause.--Nothing in subsection (e)(5)(B), (g)(8)(B), or (k)(2)(H)(ii) shall be construed to--
"(1) limit the authority of the Administration to initiate an administrative enforcement action; or
"(2) impair the validity of any consent order.".
SEC. 303. SUPERVISORY MODIFICATIONS FOR APPROPRIATE RISK-
BASED TESTING.
(a) Examination Relief for Certain Well Managed and Well Capitalized Financial Institutions.--
(1) Insured depository institutions.--Section 10(d) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
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1820(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(11) Examination relief for certain well managed and well capitalized insured depository institutions.--
"(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the following shall apply to a well managed and well capitalized insured depository institution with $6,000,000,000 or less in consolidated assets:
"(i) Alternating limited-scope examinations.--After an insured depository institution receives a full-scope, on-site examination from the appropriate Federal banking agency, the next examination of the insured depository institution by the appropriate Federal banking agency shall be a limited-scope examination, as determined by the appropriate Federal banking agency.
"(ii) Combined examinations.--If an insured depository institution is otherwise subject to separate safety and soundness examinations, consumer compliance examinations, and information technology and cybersecurity examinations, the appropriate Federal banking agency shall, upon request of the insured depository institution, combine two or three such examinations, as specified by the insured depository institution, and carry them out at the same time.
"(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an insured depository institution if--
"(i) the insured depository institution is currently subject to a formal enforcement proceeding or order by the Corporation or the appropriate Federal banking agency; or
"(ii) a person acquired control of the insured depository institution since the most recent full-scope, on-site examination of the insured depository institution from the appropriate Federal banking agency.
"(C) Rulemaking.--Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Federal banking agencies shall issue rules to carry out subparagraph (A), including, with respect to an insured depository institution described under subparagraph (A), to--
"(i) establish procedures for the limited-scope examinations described in subparagraph (A)(i);
"(ii) establish procedures for reviewing insured depository institutions described under subparagraph (A), that--
"(I) experience material changes in financial condition or operational risk profile between scheduled examinations; or
"(II) have failed to comply with Federal or State banking laws and regulations; and
"(iii) balance the goals of streamlining the examination cycle for individual insured depository institutions and reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens while maintaining sufficient oversight to ensure the continued safety and soundness of the insured depository institutions and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
"(D) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to limit the authority of a Federal banking agency to conduct off-site monitoring, targeted reviews, or additional full-scope, on-site examinations of an insured depository institution if the Federal banking agency determines such monitoring, reviews, or examinations are appropriate to ensure safety and soundness or compliance with applicable laws.
"(E) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
"(i) Consumer compliance examination.--The term `consumer compliance examination' means an examination to assess compliance with the requirements of Federal consumer financial law (as such term is defined in section 1002 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010).
"(ii) Well capitalized.--The term `well capitalized' has the meaning given that term in section 38(b).
"(iii) Well managed.--With respect to an insured depository institution, the term `well managed' means that, when the institution was most recently examined by the appropriate Federal banking agency, the institution was found to be well managed, and the institution's composite condition was found to be satisfactory or outstanding.".
(2) Insured credit unions.--Section 204 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1784) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(h) Examination Relief for Certain Well Managed and Well Capitalized Insured Credit Unions.--
"(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the following shall apply to a well managed and well capitalized insured credit union with $6,000,000,000 or less in consolidated assets:
"(A) Alternating limited-scope examinations.--After an insured credit union receives a full-scope, on-site examination from the National Credit Union Administration, the next examination of the insured credit union by the National Credit Union Administration shall be a limited-scope examination, as determined by the National Credit Union Administration.
"(B) Combined examinations.--If an insured credit union is otherwise subject to separate safety and soundness examinations, consumer compliance examinations, and information technology and cybersecurity examinations, the National Credit Union Administration shall, upon request of the insured credit union, combine two or three such examinations, as specified by the insured credit union, and carry them out at the same time.
"(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an insured credit union if the insured credit union is currently subject to a formal enforcement proceeding or order by the National Credit Union Administration.
"(3) Rulemaking.--Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the National Credit Union Administration shall issue rules to carry out paragraph (1), including, with respect to an insured credit union described under paragraph (1), to--
"(A) establish procedures for the limited-scope examinations described in paragraph (1)(A);
"(B) establish procedures for reviewing insured credit unions that--
"(i) experience material changes in financial condition or operational risk profile between scheduled examinations; or
"(ii) have failed to comply with Federal or State banking laws and regulations; and
"(C) balance the goals of streamlining the examination cycle for individual insured credit unions and reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens while maintaining sufficient oversight to ensure the continued safety and soundness of the insured credit unions and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
"(4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may be construed to limit the authority of the National Credit Union Administration to conduct off-site monitoring, targeted reviews, or additional full-scope, on-site examinations of an insured credit union if the National Credit Union Administration determines such monitoring, reviews, or examinations are appropriate to ensure safety and soundness or compliance with applicable laws.
"(5) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
"(A) Consumer compliance examination.--The term `consumer compliance examination' means an examination to assess compliance with the requirements of Federal consumer financial law (as such term is defined in section 1002 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010).
"(B) Well capitalized.--The term `well capitalized' has the meaning given that term in section 216(c).
"(C) Well managed.--With respect to an insured credit union, the term `well managed' means that, when the credit union was most recently examined by the National Credit Union Administration, the credit union was found to be well managed, and the credit union's composite condition was found to be satisfactory or outstanding.".
(b) Examination Practices.--
(1) Insured depository institutions.--Section 10(d) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1820(d)), as amended by subsection (a)(1), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
"(12) Examination practices.--With respect to on-site examination of an insured depository institution with less than $6,000,000,000 in total assets, the appropriate Federal banking agency shall--
"(A) ensure the examination is led by, to the maximum extent practicable, an examiner with significant experience as an examiner;
"(B) make every effort, to the maximum extent practicable, to minimize the number of examiners utilized and the amount of time spent at the institution to carry out the examination;
"(C) make every effort, to the maximum extent practicable, to schedule the examination at a time that is convenient for the institution; and
"(D) to the maximum extent practicable, give the institution advance notice of issues expected to be covered in the examination.
"(13) Report.--In its annual report to Congress, each Federal banking agency shall include--
"(A) information on how the agency is complying with paragraphs (11) and (12); and
"(B) aggregate data summarizing the agency's examination practices with respect to insured depository institutions with less than $6,000,000,000 in total assets, including--
"(i) the average experience of examiners, including the average number of years of examiner experience of those who lead on-site examinations;
"(ii) the average number of examiners utilized; and
"(iii) the average amount of time the agency spends visiting such institutions for on-site examinations.".
(2) Insured credit unions.--Section 204 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1784), as amended by subsection (a)(2), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
"(i) Examination Practices.--With respect to on-site examination of an insured credit union with less than $6,000,000,000 in total assets, the National Credit Union Administration shall--
"(1) ensure the examination is led by, to the maximum extent practicable, an examiner with significant experience as an examiner;
"(2) make every effort, to the maximum extent practicable, to minimize the number of examiners utilized and the amount of time spent at the credit union to carry out the examination;
"(3) make every effort, to the maximum extent practicable, to schedule the examination at a time that is convenient for the credit union; and
"(4) to the maximum extent practicable, give the credit union advance notice of issues expected to be covered in the examination.
"(j) Report.--In its annual report to Congress, the National Credit Union Administration shall include--
"(1) information on how the Administration is complying with subsections (h) and (i); and
"(2) aggregate data summarizing the Administration's examination practices with respect to insured credit unions with less than $6,000,000,000 in total assets, including--
"(A) the average experience of examiners, including the average number of years of examiner experience of those who lead on-site examinations;
"(B) the average number of examiners utilized; and
"(C) the average amount of time the Administration spends visiting such credit unions for on-site examinations.".
SEC. 304.
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FINANCIAL INTEGRITY AND REGULATION MANAGEMENT.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the primary objective of financial regulation and supervision by the Federal banking agencies is to promote safety and soundness of depository institutions;
(2) all federally legal businesses and law-abiding citizens regardless of political ideology should have equal opportunity to obtain financial services and should not face unlawful discrimination in obtaining such services;
(3) financial service providers are private entities entitled to provide services to whichever customers they so choose, provided that those decisions do not violate the law;
(4) financial service providers should strive to ensure that all business decisions are based on factors free from unlawful prejudice or political influence;
(5) the use of reputational risk in supervisory frameworks encourages Federal banking agencies to regulate depository institutions based on the subjective view of negative publicity and provides cover for the agencies to implement their own political agenda unrelated to the safety and soundness of a depository institution;
(6) Federal banking agencies have in fact used reputational risk to limit access of federally legal businesses and law-abiding citizens to financial services in 2018 when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation acknowledged that the agency used reputational risk reviews to limit access to financial services by certain industries, commonly known as "Operation Choke Point"; and
(7) reputational risk does not appear in any statute and is an unnecessary and improper use of supervisory authority that does not contribute to the safety and soundness of the financial system.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Depository institution.--The term "depository institution"--
(A) has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
(B) includes a depository institution holding company, as such term is defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and
(C) includes an insured credit union, as such term is defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752).
(2) Federal banking agency.--The term "Federal banking agency"--
(A) has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and
(B) includes--
(i) the National Credit Union Administration; and
(ii) the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
(3) Foreign terrorist organization.--The term "foreign terrorist organization" means a foreign organization that is designated by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(4) Reputational risk.--The term "reputational risk" means the potential that negative publicity or negative public opinion regarding a depository institution's business practices, whether true or not, will cause a decline in confidence in the institution or a decline in the customer base, costly litigation, or revenue reductions or otherwise adversely impact the depository institution. The previous sentence does not apply to negative publicity or negative public opinion regarding an institution's business practices where such practices involve unlawful transactions in connection with state sponsors of terrorism or foreign terrorist organizations.
(5) State sponsors of terrorism.--The term "state sponsors of terrorism" means a country, the government of which has been determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, for purposes of--
(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A)(i));
(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371);
(C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or
(D) any other provision of law.
(c) Study on Reputational Risk.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Federal banking agency shall--
(1) carry out a study to evaluate the use of reputational risk in the supervision of depository institutions; and
(2) determine whether the removal of reputational risk in the supervision of depository institutions would threaten the safety and soundness of those depository institutions.
(d) Removal of Reputational Risk as a Consideration in the Supervision of Depository Institutions.--If a Federal banking agency determines, under subsection (c), that the removal of reputational risk in the supervision of depository institutions would not threaten the safety and soundness of those depository institutions, the Federal banking agency shall remove from any guidance, rule, examination manual, or similar document established by the agency any reference to reputational risk, or any term substantially similar, regarding the supervision of depository institutions such that reputational risk, or any term substantially similar, is no longer taken into consideration by the Federal banking agency when examining and supervising a depository institution.
(e) Prohibition.--If a Federal banking agency determines, under subsection (c), that the removal of reputational risk in the supervision of depository institutions would not threaten the safety and soundness of those depository institutions, the agency may not engage in rulemaking, the issuance of guidance, supervision activities, or enforcement activities related to the reputational risk of a depository institution or the managing of reputational risk by a depository institution, including--
(1) establishing any rule, regulation, requirement, standard, or supervisory expectation concerning or related to the reputational risk of a depository institution, or the management thereof, whether binding or not;
(2) conducting any examination, assessment, data collection, or other supervisory exercise concerning or related to reputational risk of a depository institution, or the management thereof;
(3) issuing any examination finding, supervisory criticism, or other supervisory or examination communication concerning or related to reputational risk of a depository institution, or the management thereof;
(4) making any supervisory ratings decision or determination that is based, in whole or in part, on any matter concerning or related to reputational risk of a depository institution, or the management thereof; and
(5) taking any formal or informal enforcement action that is based, in whole or in part, on any matter concerning or related to reputational risk of a depository institution, or the management thereof.
(f) Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each Federal banking agency shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a report that--
(1) confirms implementation of this section; and
(2) describes any changes made to internal policies as a result of this section.
SEC. 401. FDIC BOARD ACCOUNTABILITY.
Section 2 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1812) is amended--
(1) by striking "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" each place such term appears and inserting "Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection";
(2) by amending subsection (a)(1)(C) to read as follows:
"(C) 3 of whom shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among individuals who are citizens of the United States, 1 of whom shall have State bank supervisory experience, and separately 1 of whom shall have demonstrated primary experience working in or supervising depository institutions having less than $17,000,000,000 in total assets."; and
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following: "No individual may be appointed as a member for more than two terms."; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
"(4) Maximum length of service.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no person shall serve as a member for more than twelve years in total.".
SEC. 402. STOP AGENCY FIAT ENFORCEMENT OF GUIDANCE.
(a) In General.--Each financial agency shall include a guidance clarity statement as described in subsection (b) on any guidance issued by that financial agency on and after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Guidance Clarity Statement.--A guidance clarity statement required under subsection (a) shall be displayed prominently on the first page of the document and shall include the following: "This guidance does not have the force and effect of law and therefore does not establish any rights or obligations for any person and is not binding on the agency or the public. If this guidance suggests how regulated entities may comply with applicable statutes or regulations, noncompliance with this guidance does not conclusively establish a violation of applicable law.".
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Financial agency.--The term "financial agency" means the following:
(A) The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
(B) The Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(C) The Department of the Treasury.
(D) The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(E) The Federal Housing Finance Agency.
(F) The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(G) The National Credit Union Administration.
(H) The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
(I) The Securities and Exchange Commission.
(2) Guidance.--The term "guidance" means a financial agency statement of general applicability, intended to have a future effect on the behavior of regulated parties, that sets forth a policy on a statutory, regulatory, or technical issue, or an interpretation of a statute or regulation, but does not include--
(A) a rule promulgated pursuant to notice and comment under section 553 of title 5, United States Code;
(B) a rule exempt from rulemaking requirements under section 553(a) of title 5, United States Code;
(C) a rule of financial agency organization, procedure, or practice under section 553(b)(A) of title 5, United States Code;
(D) a decision of a financial agency adjudication under section 554 of title 5, United States Code, or any similar statutory provision;
(E) internal guidance directed to the issuing financial agency or other agency that is not intended to have a substantial future effect on the behavior of regulated parties; or
(F) internal executive branch legal advice or legal opinions addressed to executive branch officials.
SEC. 403. REGULATORY EFFICIENCY, VERIFICATION, ITEMIZATION,
AND ENHANCED WORKFLOW.
Section 2222 of the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (12 U.S.C.
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3311) is amended--
(1) by striking "appropriate Federal banking agency" each place such term appears and inserting "Federal financial institutions regulatory agency";
(2) by striking "appropriate Federal banking agencies" and inserting "Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies";
(3) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking "represented on the Council"; and
(B) by striking "once every 10 years" and inserting "once every 8 years";
(4) in subsection (b)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and adjusting the margins accordingly);
(B) by striking "In conducting" and inserting the following:
"(1) Solicitation of public comment.--In conducting"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
"(2) Internal review of cumulative impact.--Each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency shall conduct an internal review of the cumulative impact of regulations issued by the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency that--
"(A) assesses the effects of such regulations on consumers' access to financial products and services;
"(B) assesses the effects of such regulations on the availability of financial products and services to financial and nonfinancial firms;
"(C) assesses the impact of such regulations on credit availability and financial market liquidity in United States financial markets;
"(D) assess the effects of such regulations on consumer protection;
"(E) assesses the balance of benefits and costs of such regulations with respect to the safety and soundness of the United States financial system and overall economic activity in the United States;
"(F) to the extent practicable, quantifies the direct and indirect economic costs imposed by such regulations; and
"(G) includes recommendations to streamline or eliminate duplicative, outdated, and unnecessarily burdensome regulations.";
(5) in subsection (c)--
(A) by striking "subsection (b)(2)" and inserting "subsection (b)(1)(B), and the internal review under subsection (b)(2),"; and
(B) by striking "once every 10 years" and inserting "once every 8 years";
(6) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking "and" at the end;
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
"(2) a summary of the findings and determinations of each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency of the internal review conducted by the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency under subsection (b)(2); and"; and
(D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking "the regulatory burdens associated with such issues by regulation" and inserting "the regulatory burdens associated with the issues identified by public comments received by the Council and the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies, as well as the regulatory burdens identified by each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency through the internal reviews conducted under subsection (b)(2), by regulation"; and
(7) by adding at the end the following:
"(f) Federal Financial Institutions Regulatory Agency Defined.--The term `Federal financial institutions regulatory agency' has the meaning given that term in section 1003 of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3302).".
SEC. 501. BRINGING THE DISCOUNT WINDOW INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
Section 10 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:
"(11) Review of discount window operations.--
"(A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Board of Governors shall commence a review of the discount window lending programs of the Federal reserve banks (the `discount window'), and shall complete such review not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph.
"(B) Contents.--The review required by subparagraph (A) shall include a consideration of--
"(i) the effectiveness of the discount window in providing liquidity to financial institutions, including in times of financial stress;
"(ii) whether the technology infrastructure, including means of communications, are sufficient to support the timely provision of liquidity, including in times of financial stress;
"(iii) the effectiveness of cybersecurity measures implemented with respect to discount window operations;
"(iv) the effectiveness of communications between Federal reserve banks, financial institutions, the Board of Governors, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Secretary of the Treasury regarding discount window operations;
"(v) the effectiveness of the Board of Governors in providing oversight of the discount window and in ensuring consistent access to the discount window across the Federal Reserve System;
"(vi) how the discount window interacts with other providers of liquidity, including the Federal Home Loan Banks, during both normal operations and times of financial distress;
"(vii) the effectiveness of existing discount window operating hours and whether such hours should be expanded, taking into account the interaction between discount window operating hours and the operating hours of payment systems of the Federal reserve banks, such as the Fedwire Funds Service and FedNow Service;
"(viii) the impact of mobile banking and instant communications technology on depositor behavior and liquidity risk posed to financial institutions, including how the discount window can--
"(I) help financial institutions better respond to rapid liquidity shortfalls; and
"(II) prevent broader financial instability; and
"(ix) the effectiveness of the discount window in light of the stigma associated with its usage, ways to reduce such stigma, and ways to improve access, operational efficiency, transparency, and timeliness of the process for financial institutions seeking advances, including on the pricing and other terms of such advances.
"(C) Remediation plan.--After the Board of Governors completes the review required by subparagraph (A), the Board of Governors, in consultation with the Federal reserve banks, shall--
"(i) identify deficiencies with the discount window and areas for enhancing discount window effectiveness; and
"(ii) develop a written plan to remediate the identified deficiencies and implement the identified enhancements, which shall include--
"(I) an identification of actions that will be taken to enhance discount window effectiveness and remediate identified deficiencies;
"(II) timelines and milestones for implementing the plan and measures to demonstrate how the implemented improvements will be maintained on an ongoing basis; and
"(III) measures of managing and controlling any deficiencies and current operations until the plan is implemented in full.
"(D) Report to congress on review and plan.--
"(i) In general.--Not later than 365 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Board of Governors shall submit a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing--
"(I) the findings of the review required by subparagraph (A); and
"(II) the remediation plan required by subparagraph (C).
"(ii) Consultation.--Before submitting the report required by clause (i), the Board of Governors shall--
"(I) provide a copy of the proposed report to the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Secretary of the Treasury; and
"(II) provide the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Secretary of the Treasury with an opportunity to provide feedback on the report.
"(iii) Testimony.--The Chairman of the Board of Governors shall, at the semi-annual hearing required under section 2B, testify with respect to the contents of the report required under this subparagraph.
"(E) Annual reports to congress.--
"(i) Reports by the board.--The Board of Governors shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing a review of the effectiveness of discount window operations and a progress report on the actions taken to implement the identified enhancements described in subparagraph (C).
"(ii) Reports by the inspector general.--The Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing a report on the progress of the Board of Governors in implementing the remediation plan required by subparagraph (C).
"(F) Confidential report information.--Any report required under this paragraph may contain a confidential annex containing information that, if made public, could--
"(i) impact monetary policy, financial stability, or cybersecurity; or
"(ii) significantly endanger the safety and soundness of any financial institution.
"(G) Repeal.--This paragraph shall be repealed on the date on which the Board of Governors notifies the Congress and publishes on a public website of the Board of Governors that the remediation plan required under subparagraph (C) has been fully implemented.".
SEC. 502. KEEPING DEPOSITS LOCAL.
(a) Amount of Reciprocal Deposits That Are Not Considered To Be Funds Obtained by or Through a Deposit Broker.--Section 29(i)(1)(C) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831f(i)(1)(C)) is amended by striking "$96,333,333,333" and inserting "$250,000,000,000".
(b) Definition of Agent Institution.--Section 29(i) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
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1831f(i)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking subclause (I) and inserting the following:
"(I) when most recently examined under section 10(d) was assigned a CAMELS rating of 1, 2, or 3 under the Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System (or an equivalent rating under a comparable rating system); and";
(B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and
(C) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
"(ii) has not yet been examined under section 10(d) and the deposits of which first became insured under this Act during the current calendar year or during the immediately preceding calendar year;"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
"(3) Reservation of authority.--If an insured depository institution ceases to be an agent institution because it no longer satisfies any of the criteria in paragraph (2)(A), the Corporation may, on a case-by-case basis and upon application, provide a waiver to permit the institution to continue to consider some or all of the deposits previously subject to the exception under paragraph (1) as continuing to be subject to the exception under paragraph (1), for a specific or indefinite period of time, if the Corporation determines that failure to grant such a waiver would negatively impact the safety and soundness of the insured depository institution.".
(c) Reciprocal Deposits Study.--
(1) In general.--The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in consultation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, shall carry out a study on reciprocal deposits.
(2) Contents.--The study required under paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) an analysis of how reciprocal deposits have performed since 2018, which shall include--
(i) the use of quantitative and qualitative data;
(ii) a breakdown of the usage of reciprocal deposits by size of insured depository institution;
(iii) the usage of reciprocal deposits during periods of stress; and
(iv) an analysis, to the extent practicable, of end-user depositors, such as municipalities, businesses, and non-profit organizations, that drive demand for reciprocal products;
(B) an analysis, to the extent practicable, of how reciprocal deposits compare to other deposit arrangements; and
(C) an analysis of the benefits and potential risks of reciprocal deposits.
(3) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall issue a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study required under paragraph (1).
TITLE VI--PROMOTING BANK COMPETITION AND MERGER CLARITY
SEC. 601. BANK COMPETITION MODERNIZATION.
(a) In General.--Section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(c)), as amended by section 604(c), is further amended--
(1) in paragraph (4)(C)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking "or" at the end;
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; or"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
"(iii) the proposed merger transaction would result in an entity with less than $10,000,000,000 in assets and would not result in there being only one insured depository institution with a physical presence in any relevant metropolitan statistical area."; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
"(16) For Merger Transactions Resulting in Institutions With Less Than $10,000,000,000 in Assets and That Would Not Result in There Being Only One Insured Depository Institution With a Physical Presence in Any Relevant Metropolitan Statistical Area.--Notwithstanding paragraph (5), if a proposed merger transaction would result in an institution with less than $10,000,000,000 in assets and would not result in there being only one insured depository institution with a physical presence in any relevant metropolitan statistical area, then the responsible agency shall not consider whether such merger transaction would--
"(A) result in a monopoly, or would be in furtherance of any combination or conspiracy to monopolize or to attempt to monopolize the business of banking in any part of the United States; and
"(B) have the effect in any section of the country of substantially lessening competition, tending to create a monopoly, or in any other manner restraining trade.".
(b) For Bank Holding Companies.--Section 3(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(8) For proposed transactions resulting in companies with less than $10,000,000,000 in assets and that would not result in there being only one insured depository institution with a physical presence in any relevant metropolitan statistical area.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if a proposed acquisition, merger, or consolidation under this section would result in a company with less than $10,000,000,000 in assets and would not result in there being only one insured depository institution with a physical presence in any relevant metropolitan statistical area, then the Board shall not consider whether such acquisition, merger, or consolidation would--
"(A) result in a monopoly, or would be in furtherance of any combination or conspiracy to monopolize or to attempt to monopolize the business of banking in any part of the United States; and
"(B) have the effect in any section of the country of substantially lessening competition, tending to create a monopoly, or in any other manner restraining trade.".
(c) For Savings and Loan Holding Companies.--Section 10(e) of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1467a(e)), as amended by section 604(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
"(10) For proposed transactions resulting in companies with less than $10,000,000,000 in assets and that would not result in there being only one insured depository institution with a physical presence in any relevant metropolitan statistical area.--Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), if a proposed transaction under this section would result in a company with less than $10,000,000,000 in assets and would not result in there being only one insured depository institution with a physical presence in any relevant metropolitan statistical area, then the Board shall not consider whether the transaction would--
"(A) result in a monopoly, or would be in furtherance of any combination or conspiracy to monopolize or to attempt to monopolize the savings and loan business in any part of the United States; and
"(B) have the effect in any section of the country of substantially lessening competition, tending to create a monopoly, or in any other manner restraining trade.".
SEC. 602. MERGER AGREEMENT APPROVALS CLARITY AND
PREDICTABILITY.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall carry out a study on the use of commitments, conditions, and other aspects of merger review procedures by Federal depository institution regulatory agencies in connection with insured depository institution merger applications. The study shall--
(1) include an evaluation of relevant quantifiable metrics;
(2) review the extent to which the use of commitments and conditions has aligned with statutory requirements, including a review of whether the use of commitments and conditions has been influenced by extrastatutory issues or considerations;
(3) consider the benefits and risks of utilizing different merger review approaches and procedures in compliance with the law; and
(4) include an evaluation of the impact of such merger review procedures and resulting approved mergers on safety and soundness, financial stability, competition, and the availability of financial products and services offered by insured depository institutions.
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall issue a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study required under subsection (a).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Application.--The term "application" means an application, notice, or other similar request for permission submitted to a Federal depository institution regulatory agency.
(2) Federal depository institution regulatory agency.--The term "Federal depository institution regulatory agency" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration Board.
(3) Insured depository institution.--The term "insured depository institution"--
(A) has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and
(B) means an insured credit union, as defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752).
(4) Insured depository institution merger application.--The term "insured depository institution merger application" means an application with respect to the acquisition of an insured depository institution, its equity interests, its assets, or its deposits under--
(A) section 10(e) of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1467a(e));
(B) section 205(b) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1785(b));
(C) section 7(j) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j));
(D) section 18(c)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(c)(2));
(E) section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1842); and
(F) section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1843).
SEC. 603. MERGER PROCESS REVIEW.
(a) Review.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the Inspector General of each Federal depository institution regulatory agency shall review the Federal depository institution regulatory agency's merger review procedures, including record of timeliness and efficiency in reviewing and acting upon insured depository institution merger applications.
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The review shall--
(1) include an evaluation of relevant quantifiable metrics, including mean and median application processing times;
(2) identify sources of delay that may hinder the timely consummation of proposals that meet the relevant statutory factors;
(3) consider the benefits and risks of utilizing different merger review approaches and procedures in compliance with the law;
(4) include an evaluation of the impact of such merger review procedures and resulting approved mergers on safety and soundness, financial stability, competition, and the availability of financial products and services offered by insured depository institutions; and
(5) include specific recommendations to improve the merger review process, including timeliness and efficiency of application processing, consistent with the Federal depository institution regulatory agency's statutory responsibilities.
(b) Report.--Each Inspector General described under subsection (a) shall, at the conclusion of each review required under subsection (a), issue a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing all findings and determinations made in carrying out the review, and publish such report online.
(c) Agency Response.--In response to each report issued under subsection (a), the appropriate Federal depository institution regulatory agency shall submit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and publish online a written response, including a plan to implement the recommendations in the report, to the extent such implementation is appropriate.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Application.--The term "application" means an application, notice, or other similar request for permission submitted to a Federal depository institution regulatory agency.
(2) Federal depository institution regulatory agency.--The term "Federal depository institution regulatory agency" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration.
(3) Insured depository institution.--The term "insured depository institution"--
(A) has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and
(B) means an insured credit union, as defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752).
(4) Insured depository institution merger application.--The term "insured depository institution merger application" means an application with respect to the acquisition of an insured depository institution, its equity interests, its assets, or its deposits under--
(A) section 10(e) of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1467a(e));
(B) section 205(b) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1785(b));
(C) section 7(j) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j));
(D) section 18(c)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(c)(2));
(E) section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1842); and
(F) section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1843).
SEC. 604. BANK FAILURE PREVENTION.
(a) Bank Holding Companies.--Section 3(b)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1842(b)(1)) is amended--
(1) by striking "Upon receiving" and inserting the following:
"(A) In general.--Upon receiving";
(2) by striking "required" and inserting "acquired";
(3) by striking "In the event of the failure of the Board to act on any application for approval under this section within the ninety-one-day period which begins on the date of submission to the Board of the complete record on that application, the application shall be deemed to have been granted."; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
"(B) Complete record on an application.--
"(i) Notice to applicant.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Board receives an application for approval under this section, the Board shall transmit to the applicant a letter that either--
"(I) confirms the record on the application is complete; or
"(II) details all additional information that is required for the record on that application to be complete.
"(ii) Extension of notice.--Notwithstanding clause (i), the Board may, if an application is complex, extend the 30-day period described under clause (i) for an additional period not to exceed 60 days.
"(iii) Receipt of response; deeming of complete record.--Upon receipt of a response from an applicant to a notice requesting additional information described under clause (i)(II), the record on the application shall be deemed complete unless the Board--
"(I) determines that the applicant's response was materially deficient; and
"(II) not later than 30 days after the date on which the Board received the response, provides the applicant a detailed notice describing the deficiencies.
"(iv) Treatment of third-party information.--In determining whether the record on an application is complete, the Board may take into account only information provided by the applicant, and may not base the determination of completeness on any information (including reports, views, or recommendations) provided by third parties.
"(C) Deadline for determination.--
"(i) In general.--Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), the Board shall grant or deny an application submitted under this section not later than 120 days after the date on which the application was initially submitted to the Board, regardless of whether the record on such initial application was complete.
"(ii) Failure to make a determination.--If the Board does not grant or deny an application within the time period described under clause (i), such application shall be deemed to have been granted.
"(iii) Tolling of period.--The Board may at any time extend the deadline described under clause (i) at the request of the applicant, but may not extend the deadline more than 30 days past the deadline described under clause (i).".
(b) Savings and Loan Holding Companies.--Section 10(e) of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1467a(e)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ", and shall render a decision within 90 days after submission to the Board of the complete record on the application";
(2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (9); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
"(7) Complete record on an application.--
"(A) Notice to applicant.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Board receives an application for approval under this subsection, the Board shall transmit to the applicant a letter that either--
"(i) confirms the record on the application is complete; or
"(ii) details all additional information that is required for the record on that application to be complete.
"(B) Extension of notice.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Board may, if an application is complex, extend the 30-day period described under subparagraph (A) for a period not to exceed 60 days.
"(C) Receipt of response; deeming of complete record.--Upon receipt of a response from an applicant to a notice requesting additional information described under subparagraph (A)(ii), the record on the application shall be deemed complete unless the Board--
"(i) determines that the applicant's response was materially deficient; and
"(ii) not later than 30 days after the date on which the Board received the response, provides the applicant a detailed notice describing the deficiencies.
"(D) Treatment of third-party information.--In determining whether the record on an application is complete, the Board may take into account only information provided by the applicant, and may not base the determination of completeness on any information (including reports, views, or recommendations) provided by third parties.
"(8) Deadline for determination.--
"(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the Board shall grant or deny an application submitted under this subsection not later than 120 days after the date on which the application was initially submitted to the Board, regardless of whether the record on such initial application was complete.
"(B) Failure to make a determination.--If the Board does not grant or deny an application within the time period described under subparagraph (A), such application shall be deemed to have been granted.
"(C) Tolling of period.--The Board may at any time extend the deadline described under subparagraph (A) at the request of the applicant, but may not extend the deadline more than 30 days past the deadline described under subparagraph (A).".
(c) Insured Depository Institutions.--Section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(14) Complete Record on an Application.--
"(A) Notice to applicant.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the responsible agency receives a merger application for approval under this subsection, the responsible agency shall transmit to the applicant a letter that either--
"(i) confirms the record on the application is complete; or
"(ii) details all additional information that is required for the record on that application to be complete.
"(B) Extension of notice.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the responsible agency may, if an application is complex, extend the 30-day period described under subparagraph (A) for a period not to exceed 60 days.
"(C) Receipt of response; deeming of complete record.--Upon receipt of a response from an applicant to a notice requesting additional information described under subparagraph (A)(ii), the record on the application shall be deemed complete unless the responsible agency--
"(i) determines that the applicant's response was materially deficient; and
"(ii) not later than 30 days after the date on which the responsible agency received the response, provides the applicant a detailed notice describing the deficiencies.
"(D) Treatment of third-party information.--In determining whether the record on an application is complete, the responsible agency may take into account only information provided by the applicant, and may not base the determination of completeness on any information (including reports, views, or recommendations) provided by third parties.
"(15) Deadline for Determination.--
"(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the responsible agency shall grant or deny a merger application submitted under this subsection not later than 120 days after the date on which the application was initially submitted to the responsible agency, regardless of whether the record on such initial application was complete.
"(B) Failure to make a determination.--If the responsible agency does not grant or deny an application within the time period described under subparagraph (A), such application shall be deemed to have been granted.
"(C) Tolling of period.--The responsible agency may at any time extend the deadline described under subparagraph (A) at the request of the applicant, but may not extend the deadline more than 30 days past the deadline described under subparagraph (A).".
TITLE VII--STRENGTHENING TRANSPARENCY AND INVOLVEMENT IN BANK
RESOLUTIONS
SEC. 701. LEAST COST EXCEPTION.
(a) In General.--Section 13(c)(4) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
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1823(c)(4)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting "except as provided in subparagraph (I)," before "the total amount";
(2) in subparagraph (E)(i), by inserting "and except as provided in subparagraph (I)," after "appropriate,"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
"(I) Least cost resolution exception.--
"(i) In general.--With respect to an exercise of authority by the Corporation described in subparagraph (A), the Corporation may, at the discretion of the Corporation, select an alternative method of exercising such authority that is not the least costly to the Deposit Insurance Fund, if--
"(I) the Corporation determines that the selected alternative complies with the requirements of clause (iii); and
"(II) the Corporation and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, determine that the potential additional risks to the Deposit Insurance Fund of the selected alternative are outweighed by the reasonably expected benefits of limiting further concentration of the United States banking system in global systemically important banking organizations.
"(ii) Maximum cost to the deposit insurance fund.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Corporation, by rule, shall establish criteria for determining on a case-by-case basis the maximum allowable cost against the net worth of the Deposit Insurance Fund that may be utilized to account for any determination under clause (i).
"(iii) Requirements described.--The requirements for the selected alternative described in clause (i) are as follows:
"(I) The selected alternative is least costly to the Deposit Insurance Fund of all alternatives that do not involve a transaction with a global systemically important banking organization and that do not exceed the cost of liquidating the insured depository institution.
"(II) The difference between the cost of the selected alternative and the cost of a covered alternative is less than or equal to the maximum cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund specified pursuant to the rule adopted under clause (ii).
"(III) In the case of a selected alternative that involves another person purchasing assets of the insured depository institution or assuming deposit liabilities of the insured depository institution, such person agrees to pay an assessment to the Corporation comprised of payments--
"(aa) made over a period to be determined by the Corporation, but which may not be less than 5 years; and
"(bb) in an amount that takes into account, on a case-by-case basis, criteria the Corporation, by rule, shall establish, including a realistic discount rate, the aggregate amount equal
to the difference calculated in subclause (II), and any bid inconsistent with the purposes of this Act, with such rule to be established by the Corporation not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subparagraph.
"(iv) Report to congress.--Not later than 30 days after selecting an alternative described in clause (i), the Corporation shall issue a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing an analysis of the economic difference between the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund of the selected alternative and the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund of the least costly alternative that would have been selected absent the application of this subparagraph.
"(v) Cost determinations.--All cost determinations required under this subparagraph shall be made in accordance with subparagraphs (B) and (C).
"(vi) Definitions.--In this subparagraph:
"(I) Covered alternative.--The term `covered alternative' means a method of exercising authority described in subparagraph (A) that is the least costly to the Deposit Insurance Fund of all such methods that involve a sale of all or substantially all assets of the insured depository institution to, and assumption of all or substantially all deposit liabilities of the insured depository institution by, a global systemically important banking organization.
"(II) Global systemically important banking organization.--The term `global systemically important banking organization' means a global systemically important BHC (as such term is defined in section 217.402 of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto) and any affiliate thereof.".
(b) Rule of Construction.--Section 13(c)(4)(H) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1823(c)(4)(H)) does not apply to the amendments made by subsection (a).
SEC. 702. ENHANCING BANK RESOLUTION PARTICIPATION.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Board of the Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall, jointly, carry out a study of--
(1) the use by the Comptroller of the Currency of shelf charters, including all conditional or preliminary shelf charter approvals granted between January 1, 2008, and the date of enactment of this Act;
(2) the use by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of the modified bidder qualification process;
(3) the application of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) and section 10 of the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1467a) to shelf charter proposals;
(4) whether shelf charters and modified bidder qualification processes were considered or used in connection with the receivership of any insured depository institution for which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was appointed receiver in 2023;
(5) with respect to such receiverships, the extent to which greater use of shelf charters and modified bidder qualification processes could have--
(A) expanded the pool of participants in the acquisition of the assets or liabilities of such failed insured depository institutions;
(B) resulted in greater competition and diversity in market outcomes;
(C) protected the Deposit Insurance Fund; or
(D) strengthened financial stability and reduced the need for any emergency determination by the Secretary of the Treasury under section 13(c)(4)(G) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1823(c)(4)(G)) with respect to any such receivership;
(6) the impact of the use of shelf charters and modified bidder qualification processes since January 1, 2008, including on financial stability, the safety and soundness of affected insured depository institutions, and the availability of financial products and services provided to consumers by such institutions; and
(7) any benefits and risks of private equity ownership of banks through the use of shelf charters and modified bidder qualification processes.
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Board of the Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall, jointly, submit a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing--
(1) all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study required under subsection (a); and
(2) an identification of statutory or regulatory barriers to the use and effectiveness of shelf charters and modified bidder qualification processes in the resolution of failed insured depository institutions, including recommendations for legislative and regulatory changes.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Insured depository institution.--The term "insured depository institution" has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
(2) Modified bidder qualification process.--The term "modified bidder qualification process" has the meaning given such term in the press release of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation titled "FDIC Expands Bidder List for Troubled Institutions Plan Allows Those Without a Bank Charter to Participate in the Process" published November 26, 2008.
(3) Shelf charter.--The term "shelf charter" has the meaning given such term in the report issued by the Comptroller of the Currency titled "Activities Permissible for National Banks and Federal Savings Associations, Cumulative" published October 2017.
SEC. 703. FAILING BANK ACQUISITION FAIRNESS.
(a) Concentration Limit Exceptions Only Available to Avoid Serious Adverse Economic or Financial Effects.--
(1) Concentration limits with respect to deposits.--
(A) Federal deposit insurance act.--The Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq.) is amended--
(i) in section 18(c)(13)--
(I) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
"(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an interstate merger transaction if--
"(i) such interstate merger transaction involves 1 or more insured depository institutions in default or in danger of default and the responsible agency determines, based on clear and convincing evidence, that consummation of the proposed interstate merger transaction is necessary to prevent significant economic disruption or significant adverse effects on financial stability, and the Corporation has not received any qualified bid from a company that is not subject to the prohibition in subparagraph (A); or
"(ii) the Corporation provides assistance under section 13 to facilitate such interstate merger transaction and the responsible agency determines, based on clear and convincing evidence, that consummation of the proposed interstate merger transaction is necessary to prevent significant economic disruption or significant adverse effects on financial stability, and the Corporation has not received any qualified bid from a company that is not subject to the prohibition in subparagraph (A)."; and
(II) in subparagraph (C)--
(aa) in clause (i), by striking "and" at the end;
(bb) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(cc) by adding at the end the following:
"(iii) the term `qualified bid' means an application, proposed application, or bid from a company where--
"(I) if applicable, the company, any affiliate insured depository institution, and any affiliate depository institution holding company are well capitalized and well managed, as of the date of the application, proposed application, or bid; and
"(II) upon consummation of the transaction, the resulting insured depository institution is well capitalized;
"(iv) the term `well capitalized'--
"(I) with respect to an insured depository institution, has the meaning given such term in section 38(b) (12 U.S.C. 1831o(b));
"(II) with respect to a bank holding company, has the meaning given such term in section 2(o)(1)(B) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841(o)(1)(B));
"(III) with respect to a savings and loan holding company, has the meaning given such term in section 238.2 of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations; and
"(IV) with respect to a company that is not an insured depository institution, bank holding company, or savings and loan holding company, means maintaining equity capital that the Corporation determines is commensurate with the capital maintained by an insured depository institution that is well capitalized; and
"(v) the term `well managed' has the meaning given such term in section 2(o)(9) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C.
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1841(o)(9))."; and
(ii) in section 44, by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
"(e) Exception for Banks in Default or in Danger of Default.--
"(1) General exception.--The responsible agency may, without regard to paragraph (1), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (b) or paragraph (2), (4), or (5) of subsection (a), approve an application under subsection (a)(1) for approval of a merger transaction if--
"(A) the merger transaction involves 1 or more banks in default or in danger of default; or
"(B) the Corporation provides assistance under section 13(c) to facilitate such merger transaction.
"(2) Concentration limit exception.--The responsible agency may, without regard to subsection (b)(2), approve an application under subsection (a)(1) for approval of a merger transaction if--
"(A) the merger transaction involves 1 or more banks in default or in danger of default and the responsible agency determines, based on clear and convincing evidence, that consummation of the proposed interstate merger transaction is necessary to prevent significant economic disruption or significant adverse effects on financial stability, and the Corporation has not received any qualified bid from another institution that is not subject to the prohibition in subsection (b)(2); or
"(B) the Corporation provides assistance under section 13(c) to facilitate such merger transaction and the responsible agency determines, based on clear and convincing evidence, that consummation of the proposed interstate merger transaction is necessary to prevent significant economic disruption or significant adverse effects on financial stability, and the Corporation has not received any qualified bid from another institution that is not subject to the prohibition in subsection (b)(2).
"(3) Qualified bid defined.--In this subsection, the term `qualified bid' has the meaning given that term in section 18(c)(13)(C).".
(B) Bank holding company act of 1956.--The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) is amended--
(i) in section 3(d), by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
"(5) Exception for banks in default or in danger of default.--
"(A) General exception.--The Board may, without regard to subparagraph (B) or (D) of
paragraph (1) or paragraph (3), approve an application pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) if--
"(i) the application is for an acquisition of 1 or more banks in default or in danger of default; or
"(ii) the application is for an acquisition with respect to which assistance is provided under section 13(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
"(B) Concentration limit exception.--The Board may, without regard to paragraph (2), approve an application pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) if--
"(i) the application is for the acquisition of 1 or more banks in default or in danger of default and the Board determines, based on clear and convincing evidence, that consummation of the proposed acquisition is necessary to prevent significant economic disruption or significant adverse effects on financial stability, and the Corporation has not received any qualified bid from another institution that is not subject to the prohibition in paragraph (2); or
"(ii) the application is for an acquisition with respect to which assistance is provided under section 13(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Board determines, based on clear and convincing evidence, that consummation of the proposed acquisition is necessary to prevent significant economic disruption or significant adverse effects on financial stability, and the Corporation has not received any qualified bid from another institution that is not subject to the prohibition in paragraph (2).
"(C) Qualified bid defined.--In this paragraph, the term `qualified bid' has the meaning given that term in section 18(c)(13)(C) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act."; and
(ii) in section 4(i)(8), by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
"(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an acquisition if--
"(i) such acquisition involves an insured depository institution in default or in danger of default and the Board determines, based on clear and convincing evidence, that consummation of the proposed acquisition is necessary to prevent significant economic disruption or significant adverse effects on financial stability, and the Corporation has not received any qualified bid (as defined in section 18(c)(13)(C) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act) from another institution that is not subject to the prohibition in paragraph (2); or
"(ii) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation provides assistance under section 13 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to facilitate such acquisition and the Board determines, based on clear and convincing evidence, that consummation of the proposed acquisition is necessary to prevent significant economic disruption or significant adverse effects on financial stability, and the Corporation has not received any qualified bid (as defined in section 18(c)(13)(C) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act) from another institution that is not subject to the prohibition in paragraph (2).".
(2) Concentration limit with respect to consolidated liabilities.--Section 14(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1852(c)) is amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively;
(B) by striking "With the" and inserting the following:
"(1) In general.--With the"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
"(2) Limitation.--The Board may provide written consent for an acquisition described in paragraph (1)(A) or in paragraph (1)(B) only if the Board determines, based on clear and convincing evidence, that consummation of the proposed acquisition is necessary to prevent significant economic disruption or significant adverse effects on financial stability, and the Corporation has not received any qualified bid (as defined in section 18(c)(13)(C) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act) from another institution that is not subject to the prohibition in subsection (b).".
(b) Congressional Notification and Justification for Waivers.--
(1) In general.--Whenever the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation waives a concentration limit under section 18(c)(13)(B) or section 44(e) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or under section 3(d)(5), section 4(i)(8)(B), or section 14(c)(2) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, in connection with the acquisition of a bank or insured depository institution in default or in danger of default, or in connection with an acquisition with respect to which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation provides assistance under section 13 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the waiving agency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, jointly, shall, not later than 30 days after such waiver, submit a written report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in the Senate containing--
(A) a justification for the waiver, including an analysis of why it was necessary to prevent significant economic disruption or significant adverse effects on financial stability;
(B) a description of alternative bids or outcomes considered, including efforts to solicit and encourage bids from entities that would not require a waiver;
(C) an explanation of why alternative bids were not selected, if applicable; and
(D) any recommendations for legislative or regulatory changes to improve competition in future insured depository institution resolutions.
(2) Public disclosure.--The waiving agency submitting a report under paragraph (1) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall make the report publicly available on their respective websites, subject to redactions for confidential supervisory information and any other information described under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code.
(c) Limitation on Considering Bad Faith Bids in Least Cost Determination.--Section 13(c)(4) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1823(c)(4)), as amended by section 701(a)(3), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
"(J) Limitation on considering bad faith bids.--In making a determination under this paragraph of whether an exercise of authority is the least costly to the Deposit Insurance Fund, any application, proposed application, or bid that would result in violation of--
"(i) section 18(c)(13) or 44(b)(2), or
"(ii) section 3(d)(2), 4(i)(8), or 14 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, shall not be considered a possible method for meeting the Corporation's obligation under this section for purposes of subparagraph (A).".
TITLE VIII--FACILITATING INNOVATION AND BANK PARTNERSHIPS
SEC. 801. MERCHANT BANKING MODERNIZATION.
(a) In General.--Section 4(k)(7)(A) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1843(k)(7)(A)) is amended by inserting "Under such regulations, the period of time generally permitted for holding merchant banking investments shall not be less than 15 years. For any merchant banking investment held on the date of enactment of the Main Street Act, the holding period of time permitted shall not be less than 15 years from the initial date of the investment." after the period at the end.
(b) Merchant Banking Study.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall carry out a study on merchant banking investments to assess--
(A) the number, investment size, holding period, and risk characteristics of merchant banking investments by financial holding companies, with the assessment of investment sizes and holding periods based on the average, median, and distribution of the investment sizes and holding periods;
(B) the types of businesses, projects, assets, and activities in which such merchant banking investments are made, including the extent to which such merchant banking investments support infrastructure projects and housing development and construction; and
(C) any information, analyses, or findings related to merchant banking investments that the Board determines to be relevant.
(2) Report.--Not later than the end of the 18-month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall issue a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study required under this subsection.
SEC. 802.
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BANK-FINTECH PARTNERSHIP ENHANCEMENT.
(a) Study on Bank-Fintech Partnerships.--
(1) Study.--The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall carry out a study of--
(A) the impact of partnerships between banking organizations, on the one hand, and financial technology companies, on the other hand, on the banking sector, competition, innovation, consumer protection, and the availability of financial products and services, including the extent to which these partnerships support the formation of new banking organizations, reduce time to market for products and services, lower compliance burdens, boost customer acquisition, improve technological capabilities, and provide access to more diverse funding sources; and
(B) what changes to Federal laws governing banking organizations, or to rules or guidance adopted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, may help promote effective partnerships between banking organizations, on the one hand, and financial technology companies, on the other hand.
(2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall issue a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study required under paragraph (1).
(3) Banking organization defined.--In this subsection, the term "banking organization" means a depository institution holding company or an insured depository institution, as such terms are defined, respectively, under section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
(b) Study on Credit Union-Fintech Partnerships.--
(1) Study.--The National Credit Union Administration shall carry out a study of--
(A) the impact of partnerships between credit unions, on the one hand, and financial technology companies, on the other hand, on the credit union sector, competition, innovation, consumer protection, and the availability of financial products and services, including the extent to which these partnerships support the formation of new credit unions, reduce time to market for products and services, lower compliance burdens, boost customer acquisition, improve technological capabilities, and provide access to more diverse funding sources; and
(B) what changes to Federal laws governing credit unions, or to rules or guidance adopted by the National Credit Union Administration,
may help promote effective partnerships between credit unions, on the one hand, and financial technology companies, on the other hand.
(2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Credit Union Administration shall issue a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study required under paragraph (1).
SEC. 803. DISCRETIONARY SURPLUS FUND.
(a) In General.--The dollar amount specified under section 7(a)(3)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 289(a)(3)(A)) is reduced by $425,000,000.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on September 1, 2036.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
The bill, as amended, shall be debatable for 1 hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services, or their respective designees.
The gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Hill) and the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters) will each control 30 minutes.
The Chair now recognizes the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Hill).
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Arkansas?
There was no objection.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Main Street Capital Access Act.
As a former community bank founder and CEO in my hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas, I have seen firsthand the important role that our community banks and credit unions play to drive the economic engine of America and help Main Street grow and thrive.
During the financial crisis, they were there. During the COVID pandemic, they were there, staying up all night to close emergency paycheck protection loans.
Every Member of this body knows this and knows it well. They have their own story from their own town about how that local financial institution was there for a customer, for a family, to help a startup, to help a business or restaurant cope with the pandemic.
Community banks and hometown credit unions know their customers. They understand the needs of their communities, and they keep capital flowing where it is needed most.
When a family is trying to buy their first home, they often walk into the offices of a community bank where that lender knows them, recognizes their goals, and is invested in their success.
Mr. Speaker, as I have said on this House floor many times this year, our banks under $10 billion make 6 out of 10 home construction loans.
When a local farmer or entrepreneur needs the capital to expand or initiate their crop for the year, they need someone who understands their particular business and is committed to seeing them succeed and, thereby, their communities succeed.
I loved my role as a hometown Main Street community banker and investor. Even to this day, almost three decades later, I smile driving by that restaurant location that I helped grow or driving by a building or a shopping center or a doctor's practice that our small bank helped finance--finance its construction, finance its future, finance its home for those employees.
Community banks make that possible, and this bipartisan Main Street Capital Access Act gives them the tools they need to keep capital flowing where it is needed most up and down our main streets in our beautiful country.
For decades, Washington has made it harder for community banks to thrive and operate efficiently. The Dodd-Frank Act, passed in the heat and horror of the global financial crisis, took the approach that many community and midsize banks across our Nation were faced with the same rules and the same level of scrutiny of the largest, most systemically important institutions. It was just too much, Mr. Speaker.
That approach, that overkill, has stifled local lending, constrained economic growth, accelerated industry consolidation--something I hear about from Members on both sides of the aisle all the time--and pushed important financing activity for both families and businesses out of the regulated financial sector. Again, I don't believe that was a goal by the proponents of Dodd-Frank after the financial crisis.
Our local lenders, Mr. Speaker, too often now spend more time on check-the-box compliance requirements rather than serving their communities.
When I made my presentation to our party here in the House to chair our Committee on Financial Services, I said that the impact of Dodd-Frank and other rules had focused Main Street bank presidents staying up all night worrying, not about their loan pipeline, not about where to get their next lending officer. Instead, they are up all night wondering how they can afford another compliance officer to try to meet this standard that is, in my judgment, unreasonable for a small, straightforward, local bank.
Our committee Republicans, with their great leadership from our subcommittee chair, Andy Barr of Kentucky, have worked mightily over the years to find a bipartisan set of solutions to exactly the problem I outline today.
Recently, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which became law, contained nine community banking provisions that provided this sort of thematic, clear, needed relief to America's local lenders and expanded financing for both residential mortgages and housing construction and development. These measures that we are debating today in the Main Street Capital Access Act were in that same philosophy of what we just overwhelmingly passed in both Chambers just a few days ago.
Mr. Speaker, I say today that we are building on the success of our 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act with Main Street Capital Access Act. We are expanding access to capital, supporting American businesses, and ensuring our financial system remains the most dynamic and diverse in the world.
This bill delivers on those goals. It spurs formation of new banks. It brings this commonsense tailoring back to regulation. It restores fairness and transparency in bank supervision. It helps banks attract, retain, and diversify important funding sources from sources of deposits, and it removes unnecessary barriers that have limited lending in communities across this country.
Mr. Speaker, with all of this effort, we have seen solid bipartisan support, input, and leadership in developing this bill. Expanding access to capital strengthens our local economies. It gives entrepreneurs the confidence to invest, businesses the ability to grow, and families the opportunity to build long-term wealth through that most abundant of American dreams: owning their own home.
When Main Street banks succeed, our communities thrive. I thank my colleague again, my friend, the chairman of our Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Barr), for his tireless efforts in developing this bill and his commitment to strengthening community banking, not only in Kentucky but across our Nation.
Mr. Speaker, I also thank his hardworking colleague who has spent hours tirelessly thinking through the best approach to these provisions, and that is the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Foster) of Chicago.
Their collaboration will benefit our country, and I hope that we see a strong, bipartisan vote on this bill in this Chamber today.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Maxine Waters (D-CA)2:50 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, let me start by saying that we all care about community banks and credit unions.
For that reason, I was pleased to work with Chair Hill on a package of community bank provisions included in our landmark housing bill, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
Now, even though Trump refused to sign it, that legislation has become the law of the land. That law not only will get America back in the business of building housing, but it will help community lenders provide mortgages and other types of financing to support the American Dream of homeownership.
Importantly, that bill did not have handouts. It did not have handouts for megabanks, Big Tech, payday lenders, debt collectors, or credit bureaus. That is not the case for the bill that is before us today.
H.R. 6955 is Wall Street deregulation--that is what it is--hiding as a community bank bill. This package is made up of 24 Republican bills with just two Democratic bills.
Today, we mark the 16th anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act being signed into law. That is the law that bears the name of the late great and former Chairman Barney Frank. Unlike President Trump, President Obama knew when to sign a good bill when he saw it.
That law was passed in response to the 2008 financial crisis when, in case my Republican colleagues have forgotten, millions of Americans lost their jobs, their homes, and their life savings.
Yet, H.R. 6955 ignores these lessons and rolls back a long list of safeguards and oversight of the largest banks. Importantly, the Nation is grappling with an affordability crisis and surge in financial scams and fraud, costing consumers tens of billions of dollars. This was all made worse when Trump shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Voting for H.R. 6955 would add insult to injury by thwarting a future CFPB from issuing rules, such as fixing credit reporting or reining in debt collectors or abusive medical debt practices. Maybe that is the point.
Interestingly, Rules Committee Chairwoman Foxx said the quiet part out loud yesterday. She confessed that Republicans love deregulation. That is what this bill is all about. It is not affordability and not protecting consumers. It is about deregulation for Wall Street's megabanks.
Mr. Speaker, what is more is that this bill ignores lessons from the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and other regional banks just 3 years ago. Those large regional banks failed after Congress rolled back capital, liquidity, and other rules specifically for those banks.
Nevertheless, this bill allows even more of these large banks to escape critical safeguards, which risks even more failures and harm to Americans and small businesses.
If H.R. 6955 were to become law, it would be the most sweeping deregulation of Wall Street since the 2008 financial crisis.
Two sections of the bill, sections 203 and 204, amend 15 different banking and consumer protection laws and would increase more than 40 different regulatory thresholds. There are so many laws being rolled back. The committee report for this bill is over 600 pages long, mostly to show how all these different laws are amended.
In fact, the sponsors of this bill were so zealous to raise thresholds that they increased two thresholds that will aid bad actors who commit fraud against a bank or a large financial institution.
You can't make this up. There is a provision that will increase the amount that individuals can defraud a bank or future AIG by and then get government money to buy those failed assets for their own benefit.
The largest labor union in the U.S., the AFL-CIO, and consumer advocates like Americans for Financial Reform and others wrote a letter saying that taken together, these changes would be more damaging than the sum of their parts, leaving the financial system dramatically weaker and more vulnerable to instability and crisis.
Now, Republicans made some technical changes at the request of Trump regulators, but let me give you another example of what they didn't fix.
Wells Fargo, which many of you may remember created millions of fake consumer accounts and has been the subject of countless enforcement actions for consumer harm, like discrimination and anti-money-laundering deficiency, would have a new tool to delay future enforcement actions when consumers have been harmed.
Mr. Speaker, instead of letting Wall Street put Americans and our economy at risk again, we should be addressing the affordability crisis caused by Trump's failed economic policies and endless war with Iran.
Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to oppose this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.
J. French Hill (R-AR)3:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, our next speaker has worked tirelessly to assemble this package of bills that will help our Main Street banks and credit unions thrive, grow, better serve their customers, and, in turn, be able to see their local economies benefit.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Barr), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions.
Andy Barr (R-KY)3:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I want to start by applauding my good friend from Arkansas, Chairman French Hill, for his leadership on this critical legislation. Great job working across the aisle for bipartisan support for this legislation that will help strengthen Main Street America.
The Main Street Capital Access Act is exactly the kind of reform needed to advance this committee's goal of making community banking great again. Over the past 18 months, we have worked hard to develop over two dozen banking reform bills--many of them with strong bipartisan support--and combined them into one multifaceted package designed to strengthen our community financial institutions, not big banks, like the ranking member is referring to, community banks, Main Street banks, midsize banks.
If we want to help hold big banks accountable, then what we need is competition. Competition and choice are good for America, good for consumers, and good for financial stability.
Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a link to 14 letters of support from the Consumer Bankers Association, the American Bankers Association, the Bank Policy Institute, the Independent Community Bankers of America, the National Association of Home Builders, and others: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:4c869bbb-74d2-4d1e-befb-1b3aba1a0be3
Community banks and credit unions are the financial backbone of this country. They finance farms, factories, first-time home buyers, and the local entrepreneurs who create jobs in every corner of America. These institutions don't just serve communities. They are part of the community.
Here is the hard truth: Community banks have suffered under a regulatory framework that forgot who the system should serve. For too long, Washington has been writing rules as if every bank and credit union in America is a trillion-dollar global institution. They are not. They are our hometown banks and community financial institutions.
These guardrails that the ranking member talks about rolling back, we are not rolling back guardrails for big, multitrillion-dollar banks. We are talking about small community financial institutions.
The goal is simple: Regulation should follow the risk, not the ZIP Code or the political fashion. A $500 million community bank in rural Kentucky, rural Arkansas, or rural Michigan should not be regulated under the same framework built for a trillion-dollar institution operating around the globe. That means higher costs, fewer loans, more forced consolidation. This hurts everyday Americans by reducing both access to credit and opportunities for small business growth.
The Main Street Capital Access Act is about changing that. It is about rightsizing this regulatory framework to ensure that community lenders get back to what they do best: serving their customers and their communities.
Main Street opens the door for new bank formation, improving transparency in the chartering process, making applications more predictable, and ensuring rural and underserved communities can once again see new institutions formed instead of watching their local banks disappear.
You want to hold big banks accountable? Allow new banks to form.
It also restores proportionality to regulation, updating capital leverage and enhanced prudential standards to actually reflect a bank's risk profile, not just an arbitrary static asset threshold. That means less money spent on regulatory gymnastics and more money available for loans in your communities.
We are also bringing fairness and due process back to the supervision process. Banks and credit unions should not be governed by opaque examiner preferences. They should be governed by clear risk-based and transparent standards that focus on core financial performance rather than foot faults and check-the-box compliance.
Main Street also addresses the structural problems that are driving consolidation. This legislation requires regulators to ensure clarity and predictability in the merger process so that healthy banks can grow and troubled banks can find partners before they fail. It ensures that when banks do fail, like Silicon Valley Bank, community banks aren't shut out of the resolution process by design.
Finally, this legislation recognizes reality: Innovation is happening. The question is whether it happens inside the banking system, where it is supervised and safe, or outside, where it isn't. This bill lets banks partner, modernize, and compete.
Community banks, Mr. Speaker, are the financial infrastructure of America--rural America, suburban America, urban America. When they thrive, small towns thrive. When they are regulated out of existence, capital dries up and opportunity for local ownership disappears.
The Main Street Capital Access Act is a critical step toward restoring the financial backbone of this country.
Mr. Speaker, I urge all my colleagues to support this legislation.
Maxine Waters (D-CA)3:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez), the ranking member of the Committee on Small Business.
Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY)3:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 6955.
Community banks and credit unions are the foundations of our financial system. As ranking member of the House Small Business Committee, I understand better than most the role they play in our communities, offering small business loans, farm loans, and mortgages. They are critical lifelines to our rural and underserved communities that have been left behind by our biggest banks.
While I believe in sensible tailoring to help community banks and credit unions do what they do best--deliver personalized products to meet the needs of their customers--this bill moves far beyond sensible tailoring.
Instead of focusing on modest improvements, this package represents the largest amount of bank deregulation since before the financial crisis. It includes sweeping reforms that will not only significantly roll back necessary safeguards and weaken oversight, but it will also undermine consumer protection and antidiscrimination measures and hamper the CFPB's ability to issue new rules. This deregulation package will push risk into the shadows and make the next publicly financed bailout more likely.
This is especially concerning at a time when financial regulatory agencies are under political attack, pursuing industry-friendly agendas, and are starved of resources. That is why more than 25 labor, consumer, housing, economic justice, and public interest organizations are opposing this bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore3:00 p.m.
The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Maxine Waters (D-CA)3:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from New York.
Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY)3:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote "no" on this bill.
J. French Hill (R-AR)3:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, our next speaker has worked in this House for over a decade, speaking on behalf of Main Street Michigan. From that real estate community, from his own background, his own business entrepreneurship and that of his family, he knows the value of how our local financial institutions help grow an economy and have more opportunities.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga), the vice chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services.
Bill Huizenga (R-MI)3:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, as a small business owner, I have seen it. I have lived it. When community banks disappear, families and small businesses lose the local lenders who know their communities and their customers best. Less competition means fewer financing options, higher borrowing costs, and less investment on Main Street, not Wall Street, as some of my colleagues are trying to assert.
This bill lowers unnecessary regulatory costs for community and midsize banks, not those big business center banks on Wall Street and in New York and around the world. In fact, this ends debanking. Mr. Speaker, it restores the flexibility these institutions need to better serve you and your family.
I am also pleased that this bill includes two of my bills: the FDIC Board Accountability Act, which strengthens governance of the FDIC board on behalf of smaller institutions, and the Enhancing Bank Resolution Participation Act, which simply seeks to bring more qualified bidders into failed-bank resolutions when disaster strikes.
Better oversight and broader participation can protect depositors. It is going to promote competition. It reduces further concentration in the banking system, and I would think, Mr. Speaker, we would want that. However, it appears that some on the other side do not.
This package makes it easier to form new banks, strengthens local funding and liquidity, and helps community lenders put more deposits to work financing homes, small businesses, and entrepreneurial dreams.
At a time when Americans are struggling with everyday expenses, Washington should not make credit more expensive through needless red tape.
H.R. 6955, the Main Street Act, will promote competition. It will expand access to capital and help make life more affordable for American families.
I thank the chairman both of the full committee as well as our subcommittee, and I urge passage.
Maxine Waters (D-CA)3:10 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Let me be clear: Dodd-Frank has not led to bank consolidation. That trend began when Congress repealed Glass-Steagall almost 30 years ago. What Dodd-Frank has done is ensure the longest stretch of economic growth in a generation. The threat to community banks is not Dodd-Frank, but it is to repeal it and return to their needless days, reckless days that led to the 2008 financial crisis.
Just last week, we passed my bill as part of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. My bill eased the requirements on new banks. H.R. 6955, however, would set new banks up for failure. In fact, the bill undermines much of what we were trying to accomplish when we worked together in a bipartisan way.
What we have to do at this point in time is understand a provision of the housing bill that was carefully negotiated. Mr. Speaker, I thought we all were supposed to be in support of the housing bill. Everybody raved about the greatness of it. Now, 10 days after it became law, now some on the opposite side of the aisle are already trying to undo the bill.
Now, this bill will actually make it easier for more, not less consolidation. The bill is bad for new banks but great for megabanks.
Let me just say this: We all talk about loving community banks. I want you to know it is not the talk about loving community banks, it is action and what we do for or against them. I want you to know the big megabanks don't even want them in their doors. They don't even want to have those working behind the counter serving us. They have you serving from outside the bank.
When you can get in touch with them, I want you to know, you have got to go through a hell of a menu to try to talk with someone that maybe in a community bank you can talk to.
Do you know why we love community banks? It is because they understand the community. They know the people in the community. They work with you when you have a problem.
The megabanks don't know you, don't care about you, don't do anything to assist you, and hope you can't get through their menus in order to speak with anybody.
I say, it is not a lot of talk about loving community banks. It is action and what you do.
Now, then you come in here talking about how much you love the community banks, yet you know that you can't get the deregulation that you are doing unless you hid behind the community banks. If you love the community banks, all you have got to do is work with us to separate the regulations in a way that it does not undermine the community banks.
If you want to be fair, charge all your big friends and all the big banks everything they should be charged with regulation.
This is about whether or not you are going to use your power to literally undo what we have worked so hard to do to give the average person a decent chance with a bank, and that is community banks.
Mr. Speaker, I am asking for a "no" vote on this bill because, in the final analysis, I know that if you get away with these deregulations, we are going to have consolidation. It will only be five banks, almost only five big banks in the country that control everything. I am asking for a "no" vote, and I reserve the balance of my time.
J. French Hill (R-AR)3:10 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, let me address that comment that the ranking member has articulated, which is that somehow this bill reduces the power of community banks to compete with the big, globally systemic banks that she described.
I would really argue just the contrast. This bill tailors the regulatory compliance so that a bank with a straightforward, simple business plan that is well managed, that is well capitalized can have a lower tailored compliance cost compared to the one-size-fits-all approach that was a part of Dodd-Frank aimed at those big, Wall Street globally systemic banks.
Secondly, if you don't want them to grow, then you want community banks to have access to more capital. That is offered in this bill. You want them to be more successful. That is offered in this bill.
You want them to be able to buy a failing bank on their own or with partners to compete with the biggest banks in the country who are just simply given banks that need resolution at the FDIC. If a small bank fails in some State, they just let the big banks bid on them.
This bill creates competition. Chairman Barr walked through that. This actually increases the chance for entrepreneurs to acquire, unfortunately at the demise of a local bank, so that it is not sold to some big Wall Street lender.
I could go on with all the benefits of this bill that is tailored and focused on the growth and success of our Main Street institutions, but I can think of no better person to help me make that case than the next speaker.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Loudermilk), the vice chairman of our Financial Institutions Subcommittee.
Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)3:10 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman of the Committee for his hard work on this and for including several of my provisions in this bill that is designed for the small guy.
I obviously rise in support of H.R. 6955 not only because it is a good bill, but also because I recognize the need to rightsize Federal regulations and gain more transparency into the financial regulatory process.
For too long, Federal financial regulators have taken this one-size-fits-all approach. If we applied that same status to ourselves, then let's just issue every Member of Congress one suit of clothes so that we all wear the same suit of clothes. Now, we wouldn't accept that because we would only have clothes to fit the largest Member of Congress.
What we are saying is that is what we have in the financial services industry right now. We need to tailor the regulations to fit the business model of the business, especially the small business. That is why I am proud that my TAILOR Act has been included in this package.
I can't stress enough the importance of the TAILOR Act because it is for the little guy. It is important because it requires all future regulations to be tailored to the risk of the regulated institution. It rewards institutions that adopt sound risk management practices with fewer regulations and punishes those who take an unhealthy amount of risk.
I also wish to highlight my New BANK Act, which requires Federal financial regulators to publish annual reports on applications received for creating new financial institutions. These reports will help give critical insights to the current de novo chartering process and how Congress can reduce complexities and redundancies in the system.
To conclude, Mr. Speaker, I believe this legislative package with my bills included is much more aligned with the goal of a safe and sound financial system that works for all the American people, and I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
Maxine Waters (D-CA)3:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Garcia), who is a big supporter of community banks.
Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX)3:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise against H.R. 6955. Instead of the Main Street Act, this bill, Mr. Speaker, should be called the Wall Street wins Main Street loses act.
It does not help end the affordability crisis, feed hardworking Americans, or keep a roof over their heads. Instead, this bill sneaks in deregulatory measures, further weakens the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and weakens community reinvestment and anti-discrimination safeguards.
For this reason, at the appropriate time, I will offer a motion to recommit this bill back to committee.
If the House rules had permitted it, I would have offered the motion with an important amendment to this bill. My amendment would limit the provisions of this bill from applying to any globally systemically important bank holding companies. Simply put, it ensures that the bill's deregulatory provisions do not apply to megabanks.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the Record immediately prior to the motion to recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore3:20 p.m.
Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Texas?
There was no objection.
Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX)3:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join me in voting for the motion to recommit. Let's send this back to Committee so that we can make sure that it truly works for our community banks and that it does not give Wall Street another big win.
J. French Hill (R-AR)3:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Loudermilk who spoke a moment ago. The vice chairman of our Subcommittee on Financial Institutions made a very good point also about how this bill strengthens competition.
Chairman Andy Barr of Kentucky, Ranking Member Waters of California, and Mr. Loudermilk all mentioned the importance of encouraging de novo banks, meaning start-up banks, particularly in our fast-growing communities that have seen disproportionate business and population growth, like south Florida or other places across the Nation.
All three of those Members have something in common, which is they support greater de novo provisions. We had Ms. Waters in the housing bill, and we have two in this bill that encourage start-up banks and encourage the regulators to work and have a better strategy for start-up financial institutions because that means that they can meet the growth.
What does that do, Mr. Speaker?
It increases competition for the biggest companies because they are close to customers, they have a business strategy, and they are unique to the marketplace. That is another example of how this bill is, in fact, counter to the assertion that it is only geared towards Wall Street institutions.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Meuser), who understands finance from both the point of view of one of our biggest and most industrial States, Pennsylvania, having been a statewide officer as well as a highly successful manufacturer and entrepreneur. Mr. Meuser is the chair of our Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
Daniel Meuser (R-PA)3:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I commend our chairman, French Hill, for his excellent leadership.
I do rise in support of the very appropriately named Main Street Capital Access Act introduced by Chairman Hill and Subcommittee Chairman Barr. The legislation does exactly what it says. It supports access to capital for Main Street.
At the start of this Congress, Chairman Hill said one of our Committee's priorities was to make community banking great again. Since then, we have advanced the package of bills before us that is the largest community bank deregulatory reform effort since the 1990s.
Mr. Speaker, 20 years ago, community banks financed 65 percent of home loans in this country. Today, it is less than 30 percent. This bill helps reverse that trend. It lowers capital hurdles so new community banks can form, and it tailors bank regulations so small and midsize banks are regulated fairly.
These changes allow banks to extend more mortgages, be more competitive on small business loans, and improve access to credit for all Americans. This is a housing bill, a small business bill, an affordability bill, and an access to capital bill.
Importantly, the bill also includes legislation to codify President Trump's executive order preventing debanking, such as my bill, the SAFE Guidance Act, which affirms guidance does not have the effect of law.
Both guidance and reputational risk were weaponized under previous administrations to debank legitimate, legal businesses.
This bill corrects those wrongs. This legislation supports community banks, protects Main Street across the country, and I urge support.
Maxine Waters (D-CA)3:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time for each side is remaining.
The SPEAKER pro tempore3:20 p.m.
The gentlewoman from California has 15 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Arkansas has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Maxine Waters (D-CA)3:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I will mention again one of the atrocities that I have been able to experience working on these issues.
Again, Wells Fargo was fined $3.7 billion just a few years ago for widespread mismanagement of automobile loans and mortgages. Their actions included unlawful fees and even repossession of cars.
Now, someone would say, $3.7 billion, well, I want you to know they make so much money that is just a cost of doing business. They will keep doing it if we keep allowing them to get away with what they are trying to get away with today.
If my friend wants a guarantee that this bill helps Wells Fargo, then he should support Ms. Garcia's amendment that says that megabanks can't benefit from this bill, but I guess he won't.
After all, my friend knows that today is Dodd-Frank's birthday, and he is the skunk at the party. There is so much that we could point out that the average citizen knows in dealing with their banks. The average citizen is tired of being treated in the way that they are treated by their banks.
I tell my friend that he is correct in the support that he did for the big bill that Mr. Hill and I worked so hard on. We have a lot in that bill.
But let me point out one of the things in that bill that gives us cause to be concerned. Right now, Mr. Speaker, if you find a residence that you would like to buy, particularly if you are in a rural community, or you may be a low-income community, but you work every day and you can afford a house for maybe $90,000 to $100,000, the bank doesn't want to be bothered with you. The bank wants the big loans. The bank wants the million-dollar loans. They want the half-billion-dollar mortgages. They don't want the small mortgages.
Guess what, Mr. Speaker. They don't do them.
As a matter of fact, many communities where there are residents who could afford the houses in their community are sold out to private equity firms and others who come and buy these houses for pennies on the dollar, but they won't sell them to you, Mr. Speaker, because you don't look like a big profitmaker for them.
I am so pleased I worked with Mr. Hill, and we have done something to change that to encourage the banks to pay attention to those who can afford that $90,000 house, that $100,000 house, that $150,000 house, that $200,000 house. They are working every day. They can afford it, but the banks are not interested.
My friend tells me that we should not be concerned about deregulation that puts these banks in a position where they are not only moving toward consolidation, but they are taking over banking in ways that will help them to get richer and richer.
Guess what, Mr. Speaker. They will keep paying the fines, the big banks will, because that is the cost of doing business, and they still make money. This is outrageous. This is ridiculous.
No more deregulation. No more looking at how you can frame it in such a way, Mr. Speaker, that you are saving the community banks. Mr. Speaker, you are not saving the community banks. As a matter of fact, you are putting them out of business.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
J. French Hill (R-AR)3:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from the beautiful territory of Guam (Mr. Moylan). He has a strong background in financial services, healthcare, business, and insurance.
James C. Moylan (R-GU)3:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6955, the Main Street Capital Access Act.
When the people of Guam set out to enterprise new business ventures, we turn to our community banks to raise capital. However, much of America's financial system is not designed with small businesses in mind. While big banks have the resources to cut through red tape, small community ventures often struggle to comply with a regulatory regime that never had them in mind.
The Main Street Capital Access Act makes commonsense reform, tailoring regulations so small lenders can comply, while opening more resources to the new banks, small banks, and rural banks which serve communities like Guam. This bill will give the Guam business community a fair chance, and I thank the Financial Services Committee for their work on this legislation.
Maxine Waters (D-CA)3:30 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, proponents say this bill is just for community banks, but here we have another example of the Big Banks sneaking in their rollbacks.
I have four postings from the Bank Policy Institute, which represents all of the largest banks, like Wells Fargo. These postings advocate for indexing regulatory thresholds to nominal GDP instead of inflation. Why? It allows more and more banks to escape regulatory scrutiny.
This bill will give Trump's regulators--and only Trump's regulators--the opportunity to index 40 different thresholds to let large banks off the hook. Wall Street is making record profits while they are helping them.
Mr. Speaker, for those of us who really care about community banks, we want to keep them because they service their communities in a more profound way. Again, I will repeat: They know and understand when you have a problem, you can call a big bank and you will find nobody. You will go through different menus that they have, but you will not be able to walk into the bank and talk to somebody sitting at a desk who will help you with your problem. Do I have to say more?
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
J. French Hill (R-AR)3:30 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Knott).
Brad Knott (R-NC)3:30 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 6955, the Main Street Capital Access Act.
For the vast majority of our Nation's history, community banks were the primary artery into progress for all Americans. That reality is being threatened today by sloppy and ineffective policies that originate right here in Washington, D.C.
Whether it is the Dodd-Frank regulatory structure or the millions of rules and regulations that are in existence today, community banks have been choked out by these all-encompassing regulations.
With administrative costs rising every year, local banks simply cannot afford to operate. We can see this most clearly in 1980 where there were more than 14,000 community banks in the United States. Now because of the regulatory structure of the current market, there are roughly 4,000 community banks. This stifles lending, reduces competition, and makes it harder for Americans, especially in rural communities, to access capital. Put plainly, the current regulatory climate punishes community banks, and it benefits larger international banks.
My home State of North Carolina has long had a proud history of vibrant community banks. Today, there are very few exceptions to this, but there are really only two choices for community banks in today's market if they want to survive. That is to grow large enough to be acquired or to merge with another institution. Whether it was Wachovia, First Citizens, BB&T, or Bank of America, each of these began in North Carolina as a local community bank before growing and becoming a key player in our economy through a merge or an acquisition.
It is time to restore a market that welcomes and protects community banks, a market that encourages competition, and most importantly, one that serves the American citizen. H.R. 6955 does just that.
Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Hill for his important work on this legislation, and I strongly urge my colleagues to support this bill today.
Maxine Waters (D-CA)3:30 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, a wide variety of labor, consumer, and civil rights groups are strongly opposed to this bill. Let me read from one of the letters we received: "The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and our network of 700+ community organizations urge Members to oppose H.R. 6955, the Main Street Capital Access Act and vote no on the House floor."
That is what we are being urged to do by our supporters.
"H.R. 6955 is a broad bank deregulation package that would weaken fair lending transparency, community accountability, bank supervision, and merger review. The bill would reduce the tools regulators and communities rely on to detect redlining, monitor access to credit, evaluate bank mergers, prevent harmful consolidation, and hold financial institutions accountable to the people they serve."
The signers of the letters don't just come from blue States but from all over the United States of America. This includes Build WyCo from the great State of Kansas. We also have Building Neighborhoods Together in Pennsylvania, Fair Housing Center of Northern Alabama, and Freedom Equity in Ohio. More signers include Georgia Advancing Communities Together, the Neighborhood Recovery Community Development Corporation in Texas, and the United States Broadway Corporation in New Mexico.
I could go on and on, but there is no time for that.
Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the letter from NCRC.
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July 21, 2026. Re Oppose H.R. 6955, the Main Street Capital Access Act.
Hon. Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Leader, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Hon. Katherine Clark, Democratic Whip, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Hon. Pete Aguilar, Chair, House Democratic Caucus, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Leader Jeffries, Whip Clark, Chair Aguilar, and Members of Democratic Leadership: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and our network of 700+ community organizations urge Members to oppose H.R. 6955, the Main Street Capital Access Act and vote no on the House floor.
H.R. 6955 is a broad bank deregulation package that would weaken fair lending transparency, community accountability, bank supervision and merger review. The bill would reduce the tools regulators and communities rely on to detect redlining, monitor access to credit, evaluate bank mergers, prevent harmful consolidation and hold financial institutions accountable to the people they serve.
NCRC appreciates the inclusion of CDFI-related provisions, including CDFI Fund transparency and CDFI Bond Guarantee Program improvements. However, those revisions do not fix the bill's core problem: H.R. 6955 moves federal banking policy in the wrong direction by weakening community accountability, fair-lending transparency, merger review and supervisory safeguards.
Earlier this year, NCRC urged a no vote when H.R. 6955 was considered in committee. All Democratic members who were present voted no in Committee: We urge you to continue that opposition and vote no on the House floor. 1. H.R. 6955 would sharply limit monopoly and competition
review for mergers involving roughly 96 percent of all
banks.
Section 601 would prohibit federal banking regulators when evaluating many mergers resulting in institutions below $10 billion in assets from engaging in a competition review and thus they cannot consider whether the mergers would create monopolies or substantially lessen competition. The latest floor version preserves competition review where a transaction would leave only one insured depository institution with a physical presence in the area. This narrow exception does not solve the problem and protects only against the most extreme case, while preventing regulators from reviewing many mergers that could still substantially reduce competition, reduce branch access, or weaken small-business, agricultural and consumer credit options in local markets.
Because roughly 4,129 of the nation's 4,287 insured banks (or approximately 96 percent) hold under $10 billion in assets, this carveout would cover a large share of community and regional bank merger activity. The problem is especially acute in rural counties and smaller local markets. A merger between two banks that are not nationally large can still have significant local consequences. In many communities, the loss of one local institution can mean fewer branches, reduced small-business lending, less agricultural credit, weaker customer service, and fewer banking choices.
NCRC conducted an analysis of every US county to assess the impact of potential mergers between the two largest banks in each county, with their combined assets being under $10 billion. NCRC found that 641 counties, predominantly rural, would shift from competitive markets to highly concentrated markets. In ten counties, one bank would control 100 percent of all local deposits. According to the FDIC's Merger Decisions Annual Report to Congress (2024), regulators approved 61 regular bank-merger applications in 2023. Of those, 57 out of the 61 would have resulted in institutions less than $10 billion. Under H.R. 6955, many comparable transactions would fall within the bill's competition-review safe harbor, unless the narrow one-physical-depository-institution MSA exception applied. 2. H.R. 6955 would weaken CRA, HMDA and fair lending
accountability
Section 204 would substantially reduce the tools communities rely on to ensure fair access to credit and hold banks accountable to local needs. The floor version no longer uses the same mechanics as the committee-reported bill, but the core concern remains: Section 204 would create an automatic increase for statutory thresholds across consumer and community-focused laws, including the Community Reinvestment Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.
Beginning in 2031 and every five years after that, Section 204 would require the Federal Reserve to raise the dollar cutoffs in laws like CRA and HMDA that determine which banks are subject to stronger reporting, examination and accountability rules. The Fed would decide whether to base those increases on nominal GDP or inflation.
That is the wrong test for community accountability. Nominal GDP measures the size of the overall economy, while CPI measures inflation. Neither one measures whether banks are serving communities fairly, the rates of redlining, the extent of market concentration, have sufficient data to detect discrimination, and whether credit needs in LMI communities are being met. A larger economy does not mean community needs are being met.
The same problem applies to inflation indexing. Adjusting thresholds for CPI may sound technical or even routine, but in this context, this approach would still cause fair-lending transparency to shrink automatically over time without any finding that communities are being served fairly.
For NCRC and our members, the HMDA and CRA implications are especially serious. HMDA data is one of the primary tools used to detect redlining, evaluate whether lenders are serving borrowers and neighborhoods fairly, and identify gaps in mortgage access. CRA examinations are one of the few mechanisms that require banks to demonstrate that they are meeting the credit needs of their entire communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. 3. H.R. 6955 would compress merger review and sideline
community evidence
Section 604 would set a fixed 120-day clock for certain applications, beginning at the time of filing even if the submission is incomplete. If the Federal Reserve fails to act within that period, the application would be deemed granted.
That is a dangerous standard for complex bank transactions. Merger review should focus on whether a transaction will serve the convenience and needs of affected communities, preserve access to banking services, protect consumers and avoid harmful concentration. It should not be driven by an artificial clock that rewards incomplete applications and pressures regulators to approve deals quickly.
Section 604 would also restrict how regulators treat information from outside parties when determining whether an application is complete, potentially discounting community and consumer evidence that is often essential to understanding a transaction's
real-world impact. Community groups, local officials, small businesses and affected residents are often able to identify branch closure risks, fair lending concerns, weak CRA performance or service gaps that are not evident from the applicant's own submission. 4. H.R. 6955 focuses on how long merger approval takes,
instead of whether mergers benefit local economies.
Section 603 directs the Inspector General of each Federal depository institution regulatory agency to conduct a study every three years on the "timeliness and efficiency" of merger approvals, including number of days it takes to process merger applications and the identification of "sources of delay." Merger applications warrant scrutiny to evaluate their effect on each of the statutorily required factors of review, including how a proposed combination will serve the convenience and needs of the affected communities. Studies show signs of decreased small business lending after mergers, as well as lower rates paid to customers for deposits. However, despite this evidence, practically all merger applications are currently approved. Local economic needs would be much better served by directing the agencies to study the actual impacts of mergers and bank consolidation, instead of counting days to pressure regulators to make decisions faster.
Furthermore, concerns about the timeliness of merger reviews appear to be unfounded. NCRC analyzed the approval times of 18 merger applications submitted to the OCC in 2024. As shown in the table below, we found that the median days for approval after receipt of an application was 60 days, and that the average was 84 days. In other words, about half of these applications were approved 30 days after the end of a 30-day public comment period. 5. H.R. 6955 would pressure regulators to ignore reputational
risk
Section 304 would pressure federal banking agencies to remove reputational risk from supervision. This provision is framed as preventing regulators from using vague concepts to pressure banks, but the practical effect would be to create blind spots.
Reputational risk is not simply "bad press." It can be a warning sign of deeper institutional failures: predatory lending, discriminatory treatment, abusive fees, money laundering, fraud, weak compliance systems or repeated consumer complaints. Regulators should not be forced to ignore patterns of harm merely because those patterns also damage a bank's reputation.
Communities often experience these harms before they show up as capital problems. If regulators are barred from considering reputational risk, they may lose an important early-warning tool for identifying conduct that threatens consumers, communities and the institution itself.
The bill's supporters argue that H.R. 6955 will help local banks. What the bill actually does is weaken fair lending transparency, reduce CRA and HMDA accountability, make bank mergers easier, limit meaningful community input, and make supervision more difficult.
NCRC is especially concerned that fair lending, CRA, HMDA and consumer protection requirements are recast as regulatory burdens rather than public accountability tools. These laws exist because markets have not reliably served all communities fairly. They help identify discrimination, credit gaps, support enforcement, and ensure that banks receiving public benefits meet public obligations.
For these reasons, we urge Members to oppose H.R. 6955 and vote "no" on final passage.
Sincerely,
ACHD--Washington, ASIAN, Inc.--California, Brighton Park
Neighborhood Council--Illinois, Build WyCo--Kansas, Building
Neighborhoods Together, Inc.--Pennsylvania, California
Coalition for Rural Housing--California, CASA of Oregon--
Oregon, Ceiba--Pennsylvania, Community Development Network of
Maryland--Maryland, Community Housing Development
Corporation--California, Delaware Community Reinvestment
Action Council Inc.--Delaware, Development Finance Authority
of Summit County--Ohio, Economic Action Maryland Fund--
Maryland, Fair Finance Watch--New York, Fair Housing Center
of Northern Alabama--Alabama, Freedom Equity Inc.--Ohio,
Georgia Advancing Communities Together, Inc.--Georgia.
Help The People Programs, Inc--Georgia, Homes on the Hill
CDC--Ohio, Housing Education and Economic Development
(HEED)--Mississippi, Impact Hub Baltimore Inc.--Maryland,
Long Island Housing Services, Inc.--New York, Neighborhood
Recovery Community Development Corporation--Texas, New Jersey
Citizen Action--New Jersey, People's Opportunity Fund--
California, Philadelphia Association of Community Development
Corporations--Pennsylvania, Proud Ground--Oregon, Rural
Housing Coalition of New York--New York, South Dallas Fair
Park Innercity Community Development Corporation--Texas,
Southwest Community Development Corporation--Pennsylvania,
TCH Development Inc--Texas, United Ballot--Louisiana, United
South Broadway Corporation--New Mexico, Utah Housing
Coalition--Utah, Women's Economic Ventures--California.
Ms. WATERS. Members have a choice today. Whose side are you on?
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Do you want to advance Donald Trump's deregulatory agenda to help out his wealthy friends on Wall Street, or are you on the side of working families, labor unions, consumers, and civil rights groups like those all over the country who just want equal and fair access to affordable financial products and services?
For many of you who have been in this struggle with banks, where you have tried to get help with all kinds of issues, I want you to, again, go to your bank where you have a problem--don't go because they are only available on the phone--and state your problem. See who you can get to talk to. See if you can get an appointment. See if you can get some answers to the questions that you have.
You can't do this with these big mega banks. They don't have time for you. They don't have time to listen to you talking about how you only have $200,000 and you want to buy this House around the corner. They are not interested in that.
They are interested in the big money. They are interested in not only providing the loans for those who are spending a half million or so on a bank that they are trying to use to get a house.
It is clear: The Big Banks are sick and tired of the way that they are being treated. They know they have a lot of power and a lot of friends in the Congress of the United States of America.
They don't know a new day is coming and a new way is coming. People are learning more and more why they have a right to be disturbed about the way that they are being treated.
I tell people: Don't be afraid to confront those Big Banks. Call us. Get your legislator to help you out. That is what we are supposed to do. Sometimes they can't find us.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HILL of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Maxine Waters (D-CA)3:40 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, I have another letter that says: "This dangerous bank deregulation package would undermine core safeguards and supervision, push risk into the shadows, and make the next publicly financed bailout more likely. Further deregulation is especially alarming at a time when financial regulatory agencies are under political attack, pursuing industry-friendly agendas, and starved of resources, and when there is effectively no oversight of financial markets."
It was signed by the AFL-CIO, Americans for Financial Reform, and dozens of others.
Mr. Speaker, I include this letter in the Record.
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July 21, 2026. Re Oppose bank deregulation package H.R. 6955, the Main
Street Capital Access Act or the Main Street Act.
Hon. Member of Congress, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Representative: The 28 undersigned labor, civil rights, democracy, consumer, housing, economic justice, and public interest advocacy organizations are writing to oppose H.R. 6955, the Main Street Capital Access Act or the Main Street Act. This dangerous bank deregulation package would undermine core safeguards and supervision, push risk into the shadows, and make the next publicly financed bailout more likely. Further deregulation is especially alarming at a time when financial regulatory agencies are under political attack, pursuing industry-friendly agendas, and starved of resources, and when there is effectively no oversight of financial markets.
H.R. 6955 treats bank rules as burdens to be minimized rather than what they are: essential safeguards that reduce the likelihood and severity of systemic risk, bank failures, and publicly financed bailouts, while protecting consumers from predatory practices, redlining, and other forms of racial discrimination in lending.
Sections 201-204 would raise statutory thresholds, extend "tailoring" well beyond genuinely small and simple banks, and hard-wire automatic future threshold increases. As a result, fewer institutions, activities, and risks would remain within baseline guardrails even as the financial system grows more complex and interconnected. The combined effect would be higher leverage and risk-taking, thinner cushions against losses, and weaker prudential standards. It
would return the financial system to a pre-2008 pattern in which risk migrates out of view, problems build for years at midsize and large institutions, and the public is left holding the bag when those institutions fail.
Sections 201-204 would raise statutory thresholds, expand "tailoring" well beyond genuinely small and simple banks, and hard-wire automatic future threshold increases. As a result, fewer institutions, activities, and risks would remain inside baseline guardrails even as the system grows more complex and interconnected. The combined effect is to encourage higher leverage and risk-taking, thinner cushions of safety, and looser prudential standards. It would return the financial system to a pre-2008 pattern where risk migrates out of view, problems build for years at midsize and large institutions, and the public is left holding the bag when things break.
The supervision and governance provisions in Sections 301-304 and 401-403 would tie regulators' hands by narrowing what examiners may consider, slowing supervisory action, and giving banks more opportunities to appeal, contest, and delay findings. At the same time, the bill would weaken transparency and accountability, making it harder to detect problems early and intervene before they turn into crises.
The competition and merchant banking provisions in Sections 601, 604, and 801 would add new stress points by accelerating bank-fintech/crypto arrangements, and making it easier to rubber stamp mergers and concentration--while expanding merchant banking des that blur the line between banking and commerce and increase conflicts of interest and complexity.
This radical legislation would compound an already aggressive deregulatory spree at the Federal Reserve and other banking agencies. Taken together, these changes would be more damaging than the sum of their parts, leaving the financial system dramatically weaker and more vulnerable to instability and crisis. The provisions discussed below show how H.R. 6955 would magnify ongoing agency deregulation and dismantle safeguards needed to identify and contain risks before they harm families, the financial system, and the broader economy.
Sec. 201. Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation
Risk.
This section would significantly weaken financial regulation by mandating that agencies prioritize reducing compliance costs for financial institutions over protecting consumers and ensuring financial stability. The section would create fertile ground for even large banks to challenge regulations in court by claiming undue burden, potentially overturning existing Dodd-Frank rules and hindering future regulatory actions. Regulators already tailor rules based on institution size and risk, which makes this legislation unnecessary and potentially harmful by creating additional legal and procedural barriers to effective oversight. Sec. 202. Small Bank Holding Company Relief.
This section would double title consolidated asset threshold under the Small Bank Holding Company and Savings and Loan Holding Company Policy Statement from $3 billion to $6 billion, posing risks to subsidiary small banks and the financial system. This change would allow a broader range of bank holding companies to operate with higher levels of debt and be exempt from certain capital and leverage requirements, particularly in order to facilitate mergers. The Federal Reserve has long recognized that bank holding companies should "serve as a source of strength for their subsidiary banks." Allowing parent holding companies to operate with higher levels of debt would undermine that principle and, instead of "a source of strength," holding companies may even drain the resources of the subsidiary banks in order to service excessive debt. By allowing larger institutions to operate under looser standards, this section could dangerously incentivize increased leverage, reduce bank safety and soundness, and accelerate bank consolidation. Additionally, this threshold has already been eroded over the past decade, raising it from $500 million to $1 billion in 2014, and again to $3 billion in 2018. Sec. 203. Tailoring and Indexing Enhanced Regulations.
This section would establish automatic increases to asset thresholds for enhanced prudential oversight every five years, allowing problems to fester unaddressed in increasingly large institutions that could have significant systemic implications. The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic demonstrate the danger of mechanically raising asset thresholds--the last round of tailoring reduced scrutiny of institutions whose failures ultimately required extraordinary government intervention. Sec. 204. Community Bank Regulatory Tailoring.
Under the pretext of relief for community banks, this section would rewrite a wide swath of federal banking, consumer financial protection, and fair lending laws by mandating automatic increases of a broad range of statutory thresholds every five years based on inflation or nominal economic growth. The practical effect would be to steadily and broadly expand the number and size of banks that are excluded from regulatory oversight. The threshold increases would inappropriately reduce compliance under statutes that were designed for genuinely smaller and simpler banking institutions with limited systemic footprint, and would happen without any determination as to whether the affected exemptions remain appropriate, whether the institutions have become more complex or interconnected, or whether raising the thresholds would create new supervisory gaps. Over time, this section would reduce the number of institutions and activities subject to baseline guardrails, weaken transparency, increase conflicts of interest, and blunt early warning and accountability tools embedded in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) framework. At a time of overlapping risks, this kind of across-the-board threshold inflation is likely to lead to supervisory and regulatory gaps and obscure risk from view until it is too late--all simply because the economy has grown or prices increased. The result would be a banking system that is more opaque and less resilient when conditions worsen--increasing financial fragility and the probability that losses will need to be socialized through emergency interventions or outright bailouts.
Importantly, the automatic increases of supervisory thresholds would include--and thus periodically erode--Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) coverage and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) applicability, undermining fair lending accountability and weakening critical tools that help detect and deter redlining and other forms of racial discrimination in mortgage and small business lending. Sec. 301. Halting Uncertain Methods and Practices in
Supervision.
This section would undermine effective bank supervision by restricting the CAMELS rating system to "objective" criteria only, sidelining important qualitative factors like management quality and reputational risk. These factors are essential in identifying and deterring harmful practices, such as predatory lending, money laundering, and risky environmental exposures. While not easily quantifiable, sound management and public confidence have repeatedly proven vital to bank stability, as evidenced by failures like Riggs Bank, SVB, and Credit Suisse. The proposed changes would not eliminate risk but would instead conceal real risks from regulators, making supervision more mechanical and increasing the likelihood of future financial crises. Sec. 302. Fair Audits and Inspections for Regulators' Exams.
This section would significantly weaken bank supervision by allowing bank to appeal any supervisory determination to a new external "Office of Independent Examination Review," which would conduct a de novo review without deference to the original findings. This additional appeals process, layered atop existing mechanisms, would enable banks, especially large banks, to challenge numerous supervisory findings, thereby impeding effective oversight. Such changes would undermine the post-2008 financial crisis regulatory framework, increasing systemic risks and exposing the public to potential abuses. Robust supervision is necessary to maintain financial stability and protect consumers, and this section undermines it.
Addidonally, this section now includes new language that would also allow banks, credit unions, executives, and other institution-affiliated parties to move certain enforcement and civil penalty proceedings from the appropriate regulator to federal district court. This would give regulated firms another avenue to delay and complicate enforcement, increasing litigation costs and weakening regulators' ability to address misconduct and unsafe practices promptly. Sec. 304. Financial Integrity and Regulation Management.
This section would open the door and pressure regulators to remove reputational risk considerations when assessing a bank's safety and soundness. Reputational damage has historically contributed to instability in major banks. Eliminating consideration of reputational risk would hinder regulators' ability to identify and mitigate risks, potentially increasing the incidence of money laundering, financial fraud and exploitation, national security threats, and bank failures. Please also see this letter signed by 25 public interest organizations opposing the FIRM Act (H.R. 2702). Sec. 401. FDIC Board Accountability.
This section would alter the criteria for serving on the FDIC, reduce the consideration of consumer protection and enforcement of consumer protection and consideration of regulatory compliance. Sec. 402. Stop Agency Fiat Enforcement of Guidance.
This section would require financial regulators to emphasize that supervisory guidance is not legally binding and that failure to follow guidance does not itself establish a violation of law. Guidance is an important tool for communicating supervisory expectations, identifying emerging risks, and encouraging institutions to correct unsafe practices before they become violations or crises.
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The mandated disclaimer could encourage regulated firms to disregard prudent supervisory expectations unless every standard is first imposed through a lengthy formal rulemaking or enforcement action, weakening regulators' ability to respond quickly to developing risks.
Sec. 403. Regulatory Efficiency, Verification, Itemization,
and Enhanced Workflow.
This section would require financial regulators to conduct
more frequent reviews of existing rules and place greater
emphasis on cumulative compliance costs and regulatory
burdens. This would still institutionalize a recurring
deregulatory process that treats longstanding safeguards as
burdens to be minimized. These reviews could divert limited
agency resources from supervision and enforcement while
creating repeated opportunities for industry to weaken or
eliminate protections that remain necessary.
Sec. 601. Bank Competition Modernization.
This section would weaken scrutiny of bank mergers
involving institutions with less than $10 billion in assets
by directing regulators not to consider whether qualifying
transactions would substantially reduce competition or
restrain trade. This would permit greater consolidation in
many local and rural markets without a meaningful assessment
of the effects on prices, service quality, branch access, or
the availability of small-business and agricultural credit.
These anticompetitive problems will be more acute for those
with limited transportation and for services that are more
commonly received at community banks, like small business
loans and farm loans.
Sec. 604. Bank Failure Prevention.
This section would weaken oversight of bank mergers by
imposing a strict 120-day deadline--running from initial
submission, regardless of whether the record was complete--
for regulators to approve or deny applications, regardless of
whether the application is complete or all necessary
information has been provided. This would limit regulators'
ability to consider input from affected stakeholders and
properly evaluate the risks of consolidation. Bank merger
scrutiny needs to become more robust, and this section would
move in the opposite direction--further enabling a pattern of
rubber-stamping mergers, increasing costs for depositors,
customers, and small businesses as well as heightening
systemic risk.
Sec. 801. Merchant Banking Modernization.
This section would extend the alliance between the
megabanks and merchant banking that can create
anticompetitive problems and complex combinations of banking
and commerce, as happened when JPMorgan was charged with
manipulating aluminum prices through its merchant bank
affiliates' ownership of an aluminum warehouse. These
merchant banking partnerships are more likely to run afoul of
the mixing of banking and commerce and primarily benefit the
biggest banks. There is no need to extend this by 50 percent.
Moreover, it is deceptive to suggest that banks need merchant
banks to make affordable housing and small business
investments, because most banks can and do extend commercial
credit for these purposes already.
For the reasons above, we urge you to oppose this dangerous
deregulatory package and protect borrowers, small investors,
retirees, and the integrity and stability of our financial
system.
Sincerely,
African Community Housing & Development (ACHD), AFL-CIO,
Americans for Financial Reform, ASIAN. Inc., Communications
Workers of America (CWA), Community Housing Development
Corporation, Consumer Federation of America, Consumer
Reports, Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council Inc.,
Fair Finance Watch, Freedom Equity Inc., Georgia Advancing
Communities Together, Inc., Indivisible, National Association
of Consumer Advocates.
National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), National
Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income clients),
New Yorkers for Responsible Lending, Oregon Consumer Justice,
Oregon Consumer League, Proud Ground, Public Citizen, Rise
Economy, South Dallas Fair Park Innercity Community
Development Corporation, Strong Economy For All Coalition,
TCH Development, Inc, Transparency Task Force, Utah Housing
Coalition, Virginia Citizens Consumer Council.
Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, we know how to support community banks and credit unions. We just did that with our landmark housing bill, and I was pleased to work with the chairman of that committee, Mr. Hill. It became law just a few days ago and included five Republican bills and four Democratic ones that were focused on supporting community banks.
Now, here come Republicans to push for what they and their allies want: financial deregulation. This bill has 24 Republican provisions compared to just 2 from Democrats.
In fact, I am disappointed that my friends on the other side of the aisle are advancing provisions that even contradict our carefully crafted bipartisan agreement in the housing bill.
There is a provision in this bill on de novo banks that goes beyond our bipartisan deal, allowing regulators to decide whether to make permanent reforms that really should be for Congress to decide.
We struck a compromise in passing the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, and I think everyone who voted for that should honor that compromise.
Ultimately, Mr. Speaker, this bill is a distraction from what Congress should be focusing on: ending the affordability crisis caused by Trump's failed policies.
Nothing in this bill will help consumers afford groceries or pay for gas. Do you know who is not suffering during the affordability crisis? Wall Street. This bill would loosen the guardrails on Wall Street mega banks even as they report record profits.
Even Chairwoman Foxx admitted that this bill is all about deregulation and rolling back Dodd-Frank, a law she said she strongly dislikes. Chairman Hill said they received drafting assistance from Trump's regulators and banks, but not from organizations that represent workers or consumers.
Mr. Speaker, we are not stupid. We understand that Trump controls all of his so-called organizations that are independent. He tells them what to do. We get that. He is in control. He is running this country. Those people who are selected to run these so-called independent agencies are those who will do nothing but what they are told to do.
That is probably because the groups who represent actual people oppose this bill. That is what they are told to do. That is the leadership they have.
Now is not the time to plant new seeds for the next crisis. Now is not the time to juice the mega banks' profit margins. Now is not the time to legitimize Trump's efforts to gut the CFPB, fair lending, and other consumer protections.
Again, I am so proud and pleased with the work we did in a bipartisan manner. I am so proud and pleased that we were able to negotiate through some very tough times. I am so proud to announce that we had to give some, and we took some. They gave some, and we worked it out.
I don't know exactly what they are being told by Trump, but I know Trump is in charge, and he is charging a lot of what is going on.
I urge my colleagues to please vote "no" on this bill, and support the citizens, support their constituents, not Wall Street.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. HILL of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to the time remaining.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Arkansas has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Mr. HILL of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, first, before I start, I thank the ranking member and the committee members on her side of the aisle for their work with us on developing this bill over many months.
Mr. Speaker, two-thirds of the bills in this package that we are voting on, the Main Street Capital Access Act, are supported by Members on the Democratic side of the aisle. This is a truly bipartisan package of bills.
We have significant work and support from individual Members on the Democratic side of the aisle in partnership with House Republicans.
I also thank Maura Woosley, who is the majority staff director, Jae Jang, and their entire team in the majority working with the minority staff, and the minority staff to craft this package. In Congress, you can't put together the kinds of successful legislative packages that the House Financial Services Committee has done in this Congress without a very hardworking and competent staff. I thank them on both sides of the aisle.
I thanked Andy Barr, our majority subcommittee chair, a few minutes ago, but I will also thank Dr. Bill Foster of Illinois, who serves as the ranking member on our Subcommittee on Financial Institutions for his collaboration with Mr. Barr on this succesful bill.
Mr. Speaker, I heard a lot of charges about this bill, that somehow this bill benefits Wall Street versus Main Street, and I just couldn't disagree more. I noted that two-thirds of these bills have strong Democratic support, along with our Republicans.
Secondly, there is nothing in this bill that weakens consumer compliance. The fair lending laws, the fair housing laws, and the equal credit opportunity laws, all those consumer statutes are upheld in this text. They are not really affected by this text.
Banks have to comply with those laws. They had to comply with those
laws before Dodd-Frank, and they comply with them since Dodd-Frank. I reject the idea that somehow we are limiting or curtailing or blocking or making ineffective consumer compliance.
Maxine Waters (D-CA)3:40 p.m.
Secondly, it is our hometown banks, both rural banks and urban banks in our towns and cities, that benefit from this banking set of provisions. As the ranking member noted, in our housing bill that we collaborated on successfully--that we got passed and it became law on July 10--banks had some provisions there that helped them.
This is the same theme continuing in this bill. If you are a small, well-managed bank under $6 billion, you get some relief, Mr. Speaker. If you are well-managed, have good capital, you can help schedule your exams.
I was with a community banker in North Carolina this week. The bank is smaller than $500 million, and I said, how are things going? He said, it is going great except when I have five exams in a row and then the loan pipeline goes to zero. Because, guess what, I am the chief loan officer and the chief compliance officer in this small bank, and when my community bank is filled with bank examiners for an IT exam, a trust exam, an investment exam, an AML, anti-money laundering, and Bank Secrecy Act exam, a loan quality exam, a consumer compliance exam, I can't make loans.
If you are well-managed and have high capital, you get some relief in this bill. That is who this bill, Mr. Speaker, is aimed at. If you have a concern that your exam was unfair, we return some fairness in the exam process. You can go and actually question, was my exam fair or not? Whose idea was that, Mr. Speaker? Democrat from Michigan Don Riegle, U.S. Senator, 1995. Was it ever implemented? No, but it will be implemented when this bill becomes law.
This bill is focused on more capital, more deposits, more business, more success for our community banks, which in turn helps every one of our towns in this country.
Who is for it? Community development financial institutions, our CDFIs, have bipartisan support. They are for this bill. Our community development officials across the Nation are for this bill, as they were for the housing bill. The National Bankers Association, our national association for African-American bankers, wrote a letter for this bill.
Mr. Speaker, this bill has overwhelming support to increase competition and help our community banks thrive and succeed, which means our towns will thrive and succeed.
In closing, Mr. Speaker, I urge everyone on both sides of the aisle to support this bill. Echo Alexander Hamilton, our first Secretary of the Treasury, when he said that our banks in this early founding of our Nation are the nurseries of our national wealth.
Mr. Speaker, today, 250 years later, long after the adoption of our government, our community banks, our credit unions, they are the nurseries of the national wealth that help our families and our businesses succeed.
I urge a "yes" vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore1:50 p.m.
All time for debate has expired.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the previous question is ordered on the bill, as amended.
The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read the third time.
Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX)1:50 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore1:50 p.m.
The Clerk will report the motion to recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
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Ms. Garcia of Texas moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6955 to the Committee on Financial Service.
The material previously referred to by Ms. Garcia of Texas is as follows:
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Ms. Garcia of Texas moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6955 to the Committee on Financial Services with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment:
After section 1, insert the following:
SEC. 2. LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO G-SIBS.
The provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not apply to any global systemically important BHC (as such term is defined in section 217.402 of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation).
The SPEAKER pro tempore1:50 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit.
The question is on the motion to recommit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it.
Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX)1:50 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore1:50 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed.
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027
Pages H4731–H4736 · Official textMr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1438, I call up the bill (H.R. 9770) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the bill is considered read.
The text of the bill is as follows:
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes, namely:
Sec. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2026 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 2026, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts:
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-37).
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-74).
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-75).
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-74).
(5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 (division E of Public Law 119-75).
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-86).
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division C of Public Law 119-74).
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-75).
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 (division C of Public Law 119-37).
(10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division D of Public Law 119-37).
(11) The National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (division F of Public Law 119-75).
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division D of Public Law 119-75).
Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for:
(1) the new production of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2026 or prior years;
(2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2026 funds; or
(3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a program element, and for any investment items defined as a P-1 line item in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R-1 line item that includes a program element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2026.
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later.
Sec. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to the extent and in the
manner that would be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
Sec. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2026.
Sec. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the period for which funds or authority for such project or activity are available under this Act.
Sec. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2027, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs:
(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act.
(2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2027 without any provision for such project or activity.
(3) December 4, 2026.
Sec. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law.
Sec. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.
Sec. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2027 because of distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
Sec. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities.
Sec. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2026, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October 2026 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for such payments.
Sec. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026, except that such authority provided under this section shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses.
Sec. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).
Sec. 114. (a)(1) For each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(a)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, each provision of law designating each such amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to such section shall not apply.
(2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives, is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2027 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.
(b) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget.
(c) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated in division B of Public Law 117-159, division J of Public Law 117-58, or in section 443(b) of division G of Public Law 117-328 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget shall continue to be treated as an amount specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-5.
Sec. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary budget authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)--
(1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that does receive an appropriation in this Act; or
(2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropriations in this Act, may be continued instead by reducing the rate for operations otherwise provided by section 101 for such current applicable TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge on the final funding prerogatives of the Congress.
(b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection (a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser of--
(1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act; or
(2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2026, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act.
(c) No later than November 20, 2026, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of the rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to section 101: Provided, That the information in such comprehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect any subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2026, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate upon request.
Sec. 116. Amounts made available by section 101 for "Domestic Food Programs--Food and Nutrition Service--Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)" may be apportioned at the rate for operations necessary to maintain participation.
Sec. 117. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) and section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C.
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1635 note; Public Law 106-78) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for "September 30, 2026".
Sec. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for "Small Business Administration--Business Loans Program Account" may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate increased demand for commitments for general business loans authorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), for commitments to guarantee trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 634(g)), for commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697), and for commitments to guarantee debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(b)).
Sec. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds made available under the heading "District of Columbia--District of Columbia Funds" for such programs and activities under the Fiscal Year 2026 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2026 (title IV of Division E of Public Law 119-75) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2027 Local Budget Act of 2026 (Bill 26-0659) as modified as of the date of enactment of this Act.
Sec. 120. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 747 of title VII of division E of Public Law 119-75 shall be applied by--
(1) substituting "2026" for "2025" each place it appears;
(2) substituting "2027" for "2026" each place it appears;
(3) substituting "2028" for "2027"; and
(4) substituting "section 747 of division E of Public Law 119-75" for "section 747 of division B of Public Law 118-47, as continued in effect and modified by section 1605 of title VI of division A of Public Law 119-4 (as continued in effect and modified by division A of Public Law 119-37)" each place it appears.
Sec. 121. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for "September 30, 2026"
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2026, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2026.
Sec. 122. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security under the heading "Federal Emergency Management Agency--Disaster Relief Fund" may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out response
and recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
Sec. 123. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for "Department of Health and Human Services--Indian Health Service--Indian Health Services" at a rate for operations of $75,774,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2022, 2026, and 2027, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such facilities.
(b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for "Department of Health and Human Services--Indian Health Service--Indian Health Facilities" at a rate for operations of $8,296,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2022, 2026, and 2027, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such facilities.
Sec. 124. During the period covered by this Act, section 1701 of title VII of division B of Public Law 117-43, as amended, shall be applied by substituting "calendar years 2021 through 2026" for "2021 or 2022 or 2023 or 2024" each place it appears.
Sec. 125. Amounts made available by section 101 for "Department of the Interior--Department-Wide Programs--Wildland Fire Management" and "Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Wildland Fire Management" may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for wildfire suppression activities.
Sec. 126. Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other than under section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3), in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2026, and out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
Sec. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, there is appropriated--
(1) for payment to Alfredia Scott, widow of David A. Scott, late a Representative from the State of Georgia, $174,000; and
(2) for payment to the heirs at law of Lindsey O. Graham, late a Senator from South Carolina, $174,000.
Sec. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during the period covered by this Act.
This Act may be cited as the "Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027".
The SPEAKER pro tempore
The bill shall be debatable for 1 hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations, or their respective designees.
The gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole) and the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) each will control 30 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole).
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Oklahoma?
There was no objection.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 9770, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027.
This Congress has a constitutional duty to fund the government. If Article I teaches us anything, it is that governing means doing the work, not waiting for a crisis. It is a responsibility I have never viewed as optional and one I have remained committed to honoring through regular order.
Over the last year, Mr. Speaker, the House Committee on Appropriations has acted to fulfill our fiscal year 2027 responsibilities. Previous partisan shutdowns and political headwinds never deterred us from doing our work. In fact, we refused to let political dysfunction become an excuse for inaction.
So, line by line, bill by bill, we delivered all 12 regular appropriations bills out of committee. This was accomplished before the end of June, the earliest date on record since fiscal year 2020. We have also passed three of these bills across this very floor with bipartisan support. I am deeply proud of the engagement, discipline, and focus of our cardinals and appropriators and the support of our colleagues in this Chamber.
While I wish I could say the same momentum and determination is being exercised on the other side of the Capitol, it is not. Senate Democrats won't even allow markups to progress. It is impossible to negotiate full-year funding when circumstances make clear that one side is willing to bring the process to a standstill before it can even leave committee.
The hard reality before us is straightforward. The fiscal year deadline is outpacing the work that remains.
Our Conference refuses to let the obstruction and inaction of Senate Democrats trigger another manufactured shutdown at the end of September.
That is why we are acting before a funding lapse crisis, not in response to it.
This clean, short-term continuing resolution simply keeps the government open, protects the progress we have made, and preserves the path to full-year appropriations.
For anyone questioning this legislation, the facts are simple:
It extends the government funding deadline to December 4, denying any party the opportunity to manufacture leverage before elections.
It contains no poison pills or partisan riders.
It prevents harmful disruptions to our national security and the vital programs our constituents rely on.
And it preserves the House's progress toward completing full-year fiscal 2027 appropriations.
You see, it is never too early to do the right thing.
In fact, after Senate Democrats forced the two longest government shutdowns in American history and abandoned previously negotiated funding agreements more than once, we have every reason to act early and every responsibility to do so.
The House will make clear to the Nation where we stand, and it is on the side of stability, certainty, and the American people.
Additionally, supporting this bill does not limit, hinder, or halt any work on the full-year appropriations for any of the 12 bills.
The choice is clear: Either Members will vote to keep the government working or they will vote to risk another unnecessary shutdown.
I know which option my constituents expect. I know which option gives families relying on nutrition assistance or disaster relief the certainty they need. I know which options our troops, veterans, TSA agents, and government employees deserve. I know which option I will choose.
I urge my colleagues to join me in voting for this responsible measure, and I look forward to continuing the fiscal year 2027 appropriations process in the coming months.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, for those of you who may not know and have not been following this process closely, I would like to bring you up to speed on how we came to consider this piece of legislation before us today.
On Friday afternoon, after everyone had gone home for the weekend, Republicans released a bill to extend government funding from September 30 through December 4. Republicans introduced the measure with no bipartisan negotiation, little advanced notice, and without any information from the government agencies as to what funding they will actually require to continue their operations for the duration of the bill.
The final Homeland Security bill that passed unopposed in April was bipartisan, and it was by a voice vote. And it was in that direction because it included a provision to remove all of the funding for the Border Patrol.
Chair Cole's bill does not continue that agreement. That prohibition is removed by this continuing resolution, which would allow Homeland Security Secretary Mullin to transfer billions of dollars to the Border Patrol.
We assumed that the removal of this language was a mistake--no harm, no foul--so before the bill was introduced, we reached out to our colleagues across the aisle, informed them of the error, and shared language to fix it. Yet, they refused to do so.
Instead, they chose to introduce a bill that would allow Secretary Mullin to transfer billions more taxpayer dollars to the Border Patrol without implementing any of the protections that Democrats have sought since the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good earlier this year, a clear line in the sand that Democrats have drawn for months.
The American people support these protections, protections like mandating the use of body-worn cameras, not just taking the money for them and then refusing to turn them on; prohibiting operations at sensitive locations like schools, hospitals, and houses of worship; requiring agents to get a warrant from a judge before kicking in someone's door; allowing independent investigations into misconduct; ending racial profiling; and taking off the masks.
The need for these protections is as urgent as ever. In recent weeks, immigration agents have shot and killed residents in Maine and in Texas, neither of whom were targets of enforcement operations. We cannot in good conscience allow billions of dollars to flow to these agencies without major reforms to keep our constituents safe from further violence.
I want to say clearly and plainly that Democrats do not want a government shutdown. There would be no need for one. There are still 2 months before the funding deadline. There is no need to rush through an incomplete extension. We ought to take the time to gather the information we need to get it right the first time.
I might add that yesterday afternoon we received a list of the programs that have been compiled by the Federal agencies detailing the additional provisions the agencies believe are necessary to sustain their operations through December 4.
Mr. Speaker, we received this late yesterday afternoon. There are over 50 programs listed by the agencies to take some action so they can be protected during a continuing resolution, and many of these provisions are not included in the bill that we are considering today.
I asked my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to look through the list. There may be something in your community, in your district, that is very important to you, and it is not in this bill which you are going to potentially vote for today.
Among these efforts, there are changes to support wildfire suppression operations. They provide public housing agencies with funding to maintain housing assistance for tens of thousands of households, and they continue programs that provide utility assistance for rural communities.
If you ask people today what are the highest costs they are paying for today in an affordability crisis, it is the cost of utilities. That assistance is not in this bill.
It is no surprise that the measure that we are considering failed to include these provisions. After all, the bill was introduced 3 days before we had this information, but that is the problem. Rushing this bill to the floor haphazardly without carefully considering the various needs that must be met is no way to govern, and it is irresponsible.
This resolution was dropped on us on Friday afternoon without any bipartisan negotiation. Had we been consulted, there are several provisions we would have pushed for to strengthen the measure and to protect congressional prerogatives, including the reversal of a proposed Federal rule from the Office of Management and Budget that allows political appointees--political appointees in the Trump administration to unilaterally block or terminate grant funding if they deemed it not sufficiently in line with the President's policy priorities.
If we had taken the time to negotiate this measure, we could be here touting a bipartisan agreement with a plan to fully fund the government for the next fiscal year before the end of this Congress. Instead, we are scrambling--scrambling to jam through a one-sided, stopgap measure 2 days before everyone leaves for the August recess.
At minimum, I cannot support this bill without the inclusion of the technical language regarding the Border Patrol that was agreed upon in April. Beyond that, the decision to pursue this path without any bipartisan negotiations gives me serious reservations moving forward.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Tom Cole (R-OK)4:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Womack), my very good friend, and chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the full Appropriations Committee.
Steve Womack (R-AR)4:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend, Mr. Cole, for giving me this time.
Mr. Speaker, I rise to support H.R. 9770, the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2027, in hopes that it is not necessary. If we were to complete our work as the Framers had intended and outlined for us, we wouldn't be standing here today.
This is an insurance policy. This ensures that, assuming we don't finish our work by the end of September, by the end of this fiscal year, our government will be held harmless. Who could argue an insurance policy that holds a government harmless when we begin a new fiscal year?
Under the leadership of Mr. Cole, the House Appropriations Committee, as you just heard, has advanced all 12 bills out of committee. We have done our job well before the end of the fiscal year. Three of these full-year funding bills have already cleared the floor and are ready for action in the Senate.
That is sizeable progress toward our goal of restoring regular order in this appropriations process. I am exceedingly proud of the work my colleagues and I have done in crafting responsible bills that rightsize the discretionary side of our budget, but I am also pragmatic.
I am aware of the political realities that lie before us right now, and the very fact is that we have a job to do, and time is running out on us. Too often, Mr. Speaker, we wait until the eleventh hour to create some kind of a process by which we can avoid a real catastrophe, gambling with the functions of government that people depend on.
H.R. 9770 is a clean solution to extend government funding until December 4, ensuring zero disruptions to the operations of programs like SNAP, like WIC, the National Flood Insurance Program, disaster relief fund, and scores of other programs.
It is no secret that I am not a fan of CRs. No self-respecting appropriator would ever embrace a CR. My preference has always been to fulfill our Article I responsibility before the deadline, following through on the job that the American people sent us to Washington to do. Passing this CR is a much better alternative than to threaten the government shutdown at the expense of the American people.
This CR does not prevent us from continuing our work on full-year fiscal year 2027 appropriations. Instead, it provides a runway to work with our Senate counterparts and iron out a final agreement, all while preventing the abyss of uncertainty created by a lapse in appropriations.
Mr. Speaker, for 43 days, a stalemate in Congress caused an unnecessary and costly government shutdown as political games took priority over our constitutional responsibility. The shutdown impacted many services and programs that our constituents count on. It crippled biomedical research, upended infrastructure projects, and risked our national security.
As chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, I can speak directly to the impact it had on agencies within our jurisdiction. Prior to the shutdown, the FAA was already falling short of its controller staffing targets. The shutdown exacerbated that problem.
Without the promise of a paycheck, many of these air traffic controllers opted to take other employment opportunities instead of doing the job that the American people needed them to do. The results were canceled or delayed flights and ground stops at airports across the Nation.
By the end of the shutdown, Mr. Speaker, 6 million people had been affected, not to mention the estimated costs incurred by the U.S. travel sector of $150 million a day.
This is just one of many examples of the catastrophic consequences of a government shutdown. What we are doing today is offering this insurance policy to see that that doesn't happen again.
We have a binary choice later today on this bill. You are either going to vote for continuing the appropriations that fund the discretionary side of government till December 4, or you will be in the column voting to shut the government down. I think it is a pretty simple, no-brainer kind of vote.
I encourage my colleagues--including my friend, the ranking member, Ms. DeLauro from Connecticut--to vote "yes" on this bill.
Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)4:10 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, I might add, with all this concern about the folks who were out of work, who were waiting in long lines, about our folks in the Coast Guard and others, it was my proposal that said: Let's fund those agencies. Since there is difficulty about ICE and about Border Patrol, let's fund the agencies and move forward.
It took Republicans 79 days to decide that that was the good fix, and, therefore, we could pay those people. They kept them dangling in the wind for those 79 days, all because they would like to continue to fund rogue agencies that are lawless, that are putting at risk people in our communities--and more than at risk with, most recently, two people killed, one in Maine and one in Texas.
The Homeland bill passed--I am going to mention it again--unopposed in April, a voice vote, because it included the provision to remove all funding for the Border Patrol.
This continuing resolution doesn't continue that agreement. As I said, we viewed that there was an error that was made because it would allow Homeland Security Secretary Mullin to transfer billions of dollars to the Border Patrol, the same agency responsible for harassing and killing American citizens.
Again, what we tried to do was to reach out to our colleagues on the other side of the aisle in good faith. We crafted the language, informed them of the error, and shared the language to fix it. They have refused to do so and continue to refuse to do so.
One has to ask the question: Why? Who wants to shut down a government? I certainly don't. Democrats do not want a government shutdown. If I had my way, we would be able to fund the government on a bipartisan basis through the appropriations process, one bill at a time.
Unfortunately, it seems increasingly likely that, at some point, a continuing resolution will be necessary. That does not mean we must rush through an incomplete, hastily constructed, one-sided stopgap measure that fails to adequately meet the government's funding needs.
Agencies only came up with their needs yesterday afternoon, over 50 of these needs. I admonish my colleagues on the other side of the aisle: Read it carefully because something that may affect your community and something you care deeply about, and seeing that agency move forward during a period of a continuing resolution, may be in here, but not on what you will vote on this afternoon.
I am disappointed that the apparent error in this measure--which, again, allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to transfer billions of dollars, in direct contravention of the agreement--has not been corrected. I would much rather be standing before you to tout a bipartisan agreement that, in fact, moves us forward through the appropriations process on a bipartisan basis.
It is a partisan path that my colleagues have taken us on here, without all the information necessary to draft an adequate funding extension and without consulting anyone else on their proposal. This is a go-it-alone approach. You know what? That is not a way to govern. We know that, especially those of us who sit on the Committee on Appropriations. It is not a go-it-alone approach.
My colleagues have to engage. They have to be involved in a negotiation, which is what we were involved in in April, and we came to a conclusion. That is what we should be doing now: engaging in a negotiation, coming to a conclusion, and fixing what is an error in the drafting of the language of the continuing resolution.
Don't hold us up and pass a bill that doesn't meet the needs of the American people.
I strongly urge my colleagues to take the time. Let's get it right the first time. Let's come to the table. Let's negotiate an agreement we can all support. Let's work together to fully fund the government for fiscal year 2027. That is what we can do. There isn't any question in my mind that we can do that.
All of these obstacles that you want to put forward with arguments about who wants to shut the government down, let's get real: Fix the error that was made. Fix the error that was placed in that bill. We said no money for Border Patrol unless there would be the protections. There is an open door to Border Patrol, and there are no protections.
I believe the American people have sent us here to do the work on their behalf, to make sure that we address the issues that we care about. We can do that, and it wouldn't take very long. I don't know what the reluctance is to fix the error that would be made and set us on a path to be able to pass bipartisan bills and a continuing resolution that we can all support. It is what I am committed to doing.
Mr. Speaker, I encourage a "no" vote on this legislation in its current form. I yield back the balance of my time.
Tom Cole (R-OK)4:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
I want to begin by complimenting my good friend, the ranking member of the full Appropriations Committee. She has bargained with us throughout this process in good faith, and it has been a pleasure to work with her.
I have often been quoted, and I will say it here on the House floor, you can trust Rosa DeLauro. When she gives you her word, she keeps her word. We have no complaint at all with our friends on the other side of the aisle in the House and certainly not with our distinguished ranking member.
I will tell you, we have not seen that same sort of good faith from the Senate of the United States, particularly the Senate Democrats. Quite frankly, they came to a bill agreement last year when we were trying to get the first three bills out--which we succeeded working together in doing--that, gosh, let's just keep working. What we want is a clean continuing resolution and a short date.
We gave them both those things. Instead, they then added new demands unrelated to the subject at hand, demands that, frankly, we did not agree with, did not accept. What did we get? We got a 79-day full shutdown, as my friend pointed out. We don't think that is acceptable. We want to continue the process.
Second, we negotiated again earlier this year. Again, we thought we had an agreement. We made concessions to our friends on the other side, concessions which we thought really weren't concessions. They were helpful suggestions from the Democrats. Let's add more training for our men and women in ICE, you know, Department of Homeland Security. Let's have some additional training. Let's have some additional funding. Those were all things we agreed to, and then once again we got another shutdown.
Frankly, we just want to make assurance. I have no doubt we can negotiate differences, including some of the concerns my friend raised today, in the time we have between now and September 30. What we don't want is a government shutdown used and perverted for political purposes 5 weeks before an election. We think that is a risk that we are running in dealing with the Senate.
While we have worked productively, we have gotten bills out on both a partisan and a bipartisan basis, we haven't seen that in the Senate. Honestly, they haven't passed a single appropriations bill yet. They have refused to sit down and negotiate in good faith in the Senate.
I would say our friends in the House have negotiated in good faith. We actually did backflips last year to give our friends in the House the measures that needed to get passed in the form that they asked to pass them. They kept their word. We passed all those bills.
In the Senate, frankly, we did not get that kind of response. We gave them those things. Instead, we got a shutdown; a shutdown that, frankly, was inexplicable. We want to avoid that. We have presented here today a bill that should be noncontroversial. It simply extends funding through December 4.
It does not have any poison pills in it. There is nothing in the bill that my friends object to. If they want to put additional things in the bill, fine, we can talk about that, but let's just assure that funding is going to go on no matter what. That is all this clean continuing resolution does.
Look, I have been around here long enough to know that tensions rise as you move toward an election. I have been around here long enough to see Members on both sides of the aisle try to leverage a shutdown to extract additional concessions. We want to avoid that.
We want to continue to both move bills across this floor. Obviously, we have moved ours out of committee. We want to give the Senate time to do the same thing. Count me as skeptical that they are going to do much before the election.
We want to make sure between when we leave here on September 30 and that election, and sometime beyond that, December 4, that the government continues to function, and we are available to negotiate at any time.
We, as my friends on the House side have done, have kept our word in those negotiations. They have been in good faith. All this does is make sure that we do not have a shutdown come September 30, nor do we have a wild effort by either individual Members or either party to demand things in exchange for keeping the government open.
The government will be open until the election is over. I actually think that is a concession and a favor to everybody. It is a favor to the American people to make sure that they are not inconvenienced and endangered by a government shutdown.
If we have to wait until after the election until our friends in the Senate want to sit down and work, then we will wait until after the election. We don't have to wait through a shutdown. We don't have to create the temptation for individual Members to exploit an artificial deadline of the end of the fiscal year.
We just need to keep working, as we have, productively. That is all this bill does. There are no poison pills in it. There is no increase in funding. There is no other extraneous legislation attached to it. It is a clean, simple CR to avoid a shutdown before a scheduled election and to give us enough time after that election to sit down, either resolve our differences--which is what I hope we can do--or if we need additional time, we will look at that then.
If there are other matters along the way, we are happy to sit down and talk about those. We just want to take the possibility of a government shutdown off the table.
Some people may think that is being cautious. Those people would probably not be aware that we went through the longest full government shutdown in American history triggered by our friends in the United States Senate, the Democrats in the United States Senate.
Some people might think that, you know, again, we run the risk of our borders. We had to resort to extraordinary measures to continue to fund the Border Patrol. Why anybody is mad at the Border Patrol, I will never know. All they have done is their job. We have had no known illegal entries in the United States in over a year. That is something to be proud of. Why the Border Patrol is mixed up in this, I will never know, but I am happy to talk to my friends about it on the other side.
Let's do the prudent thing, as my friend, Mr. Womack, said. Let's take out an insurance policy. Let's remove the option of a government shutdown, and let's continue to work in good faith. We have done that in this House. That is why all 12 bills are out of committee.
I commend my friends on the other side. They made their points. They made their arguments. They supported a couple of those bills, others they might not. The point is, they worked in good faith. That has not happened in the United States Senate.
We have had two shutdowns triggered by people that historically condemn any shutdown. Their argument has always in the past been: Let's keep the government open while we negotiate. That is all this CR does. It ensures no artificial deadline, and it ensures we will get the election in the rearview mirror without shutting down the government as we move into an election.
We think this is a prudent thing to do. I hope some of my friends on the other side will accept that view and vote accordingly. If not, we will try to do this on our own, but we would prefer to do it in cooperation with our friends. Again, that is all we are trying to do.
I would urge, Mr. Speaker, that my colleagues support this bill, that we make sure there is no government shutdown come the end of the fiscal year, and that we make sure we can conduct our elections in November without the threat of a shutdown leading into those elections. Then we would prudently try to resolve our differences on the other side of the election.
It is pretty simple stuff. Again, we are willing to talk about other matters that our friends want to bring up. We just want to take the option of a shutdown off the table. It is that simple. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Moran)4:20 p.m.
All time for debate has expired.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the previous question is ordered on the bill.
The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read the third time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore4:20 p.m.
The question is on passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)4:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore4:20 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Pages H4736–H5000 · Official textMr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 8800.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Womack)
Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Alabama?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 8800.
The Chair appoints the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Moran) to preside over the Committee of the Whole.
Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, with Mr. Moran in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The CHAIR4:30 p.m.
Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the first time.
General debate shall be confined to the bill and amendments specified in the first section of House Resolution 1438 and shall not exceed 1 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services or their respective designees.
The gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers) and the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith) each will control 30 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers).
Mike Rogers (R-AL)4:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, throughout our committee's oversight hearings this year, we have heard a consistent theme: The defense industrial base, the foundation of our military power, is in deep trouble. Over the last 30 years, the defense industrial base has atrophied significantly. We are no longer capable of manufacturing for our warfighters at scale and speed.
In the 1990s, America had 51 prime defense contractors. Today only six remain. Skilled talent has left the workforce, leaving hundreds of thousands of defense manufacturing jobs unfilled. Excessive regulation pushed small businesses, startups, and private capital out of the defense business. Inconsistent demand signals discouraged prime contractors from investing in production capacity.
As a result, our stockpiles of critical defense articles have fallen to dangerously low levels. That includes critical minerals, which we have very little capacity to mine, refine, or process.
While America allowed vital manufacturing capability to erode, China did not. China's shipbuilding capacity dwarfs ours. They are outproducing us on ships, drones, and munitions. They control over 90 percent of the world's critical mineral refining and processing capacity, and they have embedded themselves deep within our defense supply chains.
The consequences are clear. There are growing doubts about our ability to sustain a protracted conflict against China and our other adversaries, and that is unacceptable.
We must take action to address these problems before American deterrence erodes any further.
The FY27 NDAA, takes that action. This year's bill is focused on revitalizing the defense industrial base. We are giving industry the certainty it needs to invest, expand, and produce faster. We are cutting needless regulations that prevent innovative businesses from working with the Pentagon. We are reviving our organic industrial base by improving conditions at our depots, arsenals, and shipyards. We are securing our supply chain by giving the Department authorities to better identify vulnerabilities and then replace them with domestic or allied sources, and we are creating new jobs and helping Americans build advanced technical skills.
In addition to revitalizing the defense industrial base, the NDAA meets our other crucial needs. We are raising pay for servicemembers and improving housing, education, and childcare for military families. We are strengthening our nuclear deterrence and missile defense, while maintaining a strong posture to deter our adversaries, and we are prioritizing the development of innovative technologies that will give our warfighters the edge in future conflicts.
To support these policies, we are authorizing $1.15 trillion in discretionary funds to match President Trump's historic budget request. For the first time in 40 years, we have been presented a budget that accounts for the true cost of American deterrence. This top line begins to reverse the damage caused by decades of underinvestment in the U.S. military.
However, we understand that with this historic investment comes an even more urgent need to guard against waste, fraud, and abuse. The bill does so by cutting nearly $30 billion in wasteful spending, reducing fraudulent payments, and providing new authorities to ensure the Pentagon achieves a full, clean audit within 24 months.
Peace through strength doesn't begin on the battlefield. It begins in our factories, our depots, and our shipyards. This bill reflects our commitment to rebuilding that foundation. It will build the ready, capable, and lethal fighting force we need to deter China and other adversaries.
Mr. Chair, I urge all my colleagues to support it, and I reserve the balance of my time. House of Representatives,
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Washington, DC, June 29, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Agriculture.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Agriculture does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Glenn "GT" Thompson, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture.
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Washington, DC, June 29, 2026. Hon. Glenn "GT" Thompson, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Thompson: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Agriculture has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Agriculture is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 11, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800. the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Appropriations does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Tom Cole, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Cole: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Appropriations has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Appropriations is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 11, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on the Budget does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Jodey C. Arrington, Chairman, Committee on the Budget.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Jodey C. Arrington, Chairman, Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Arrington: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on the Budget has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on the Budget is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 10, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Education and Workforce.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Education and Workforce does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Tim Walberg, Chairman, Committee on Education and Workforce.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Tim Walberg, Chairman, Committee on Education and Workforce, House of
Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Walberg: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Education and Workforce has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Education and Workforce is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 11, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I write to you concerning H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. While there are provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, I write this letter to notify you that the Committee wil forgo action on the bill and waive any sequential referral rights so that it may proceed expeditiously to the House floor for consideration.
This is done with the understanding that the Committee's jurisdictional interests over this and similar legislation are in no way diminished or altered. In addition, the Committee reserves the right to seek conferees on H.R. 8800 and requests your support when such a request is made.
I would appreciate your response confirming this understanding with respect to H.R. 8800 and ask that a copy of our exchange of letters on this matter be included in the committee report on the bill or in the Congressional Record during consideration of the bill on the House floor.
Sincerely,
Brett Guthrie, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Brett Guthrie, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Guthrie: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Energy and Commerce has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Energy and Commerce is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Foreign Affairs does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Brian Mast, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 13, 2026. Hon. Brian Mast, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Mast: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Foreign Affairs has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill.
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I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Foreign Affairs is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 11, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Homeland Security.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Homeland Security does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Andrew R. Garbarino,
Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security.
Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Andrew R. Garbarino, Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Garbarino: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Homeland Security has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Homeland Security is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 11, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford, Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Eric A. "Rick" Crawford, Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Crawford: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 11, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I write regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. Provisions of this bill fall within the Judiciary Committee's Rule X jurisdiction, and I appreciate that you consulted with us on those provisions. The Judiciary Committee agrees that it will forgo any further consideration of the bill so that it may proceed expeditiously to the House floor.
The Committee takes this action with the understanding that forgoing further consideration of this measure does not in any way alter the Committee's jurisdiction or waive any future jurisdictional claim over these provisions or their subject matter. We also reserve the right to seek appointment of an appropriate number of conferees in the event of a conference with the Senate involving this measure or similar legislation.
I ask that you please include this letter in your committee's report to accompany this legislation. I appreciate the cooperative manner in which our committees have worked on this matter, and I look forward to working collaboratively in the future on matters of shared jurisdiction. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Jim Jordan, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Jim Jordan, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Jordan: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on the Judiciary has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on the Judiciary is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 10, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Natural Resources.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Natural Resources does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Bruce Westerman, Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Bruce Westerman, Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Westerman: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Natural Resources has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Natural Resources is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 11, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform agrees to be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, so that it may proceed expeditiously to the House Floor.
By foregoing consideration of H.R. 8800 at this time, I do not waive any jurisdiction over the subject matter contained in this or similar legislation, and I ask to be appropriately consulted and involved on this or similar legislation as it moves forward. I also would seek appointment of an appropriate number of conferees from my committee to any House-Senate conference on this legislation.
I ask that you place a copy of our exchange of letters on this bill in the bill report filed by the Committee on Armed Services and in the Congressional Record during House floor consideration thereof. I appreciate your cooperation regarding this bill and look forward to future opportunities to work together on matters of shared jurisdiction.
Sincerely,
James Comer, Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. James Comer, Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Comer: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing
a sequential referral, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology,
Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor.
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Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Brian Babin, Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Brian Babin, Chairman, Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Babin: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 10, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Small Business (Committee).
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Small Business does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Roger Williams, Chairman, Committee on Small Business.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Roger Williams, Chairman, Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Williams: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Small Business has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Small Business is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure,
Washington, DC, June 10, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the interest of permitting your Committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name Members of this Committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Sam Graves, Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Sam Graves, Chairman, Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Graves: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 11, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the interest of permitting the Committee on Armed Services to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive consideration of this bill by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill at this time, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs does not waive any future claim on the subject matters in the bill that fall within its jurisdiction and that my Committee will be appropriately consulted on any issues that fall under its jurisdiction. Further, I request that you urge the Speaker Johnson to name members of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions to ensure that we deliver the best NDAA for our servicemembers and their families.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 as well as in the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the continued partnership between our two Committees to improve the lives of active duty servicemembers, veterans, and their families.
Sincerely,
Mike Bost, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Mike Bost, Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Bost: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs is not
waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers, Chairman.
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Washington, DC, June 11, 2026. Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Rogers: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 8800, the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027". There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means.
In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Ways and Means does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.
Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 8800 and into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective committees.
Sincerely,
Jason Smith, Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means.
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Washington, DC, June 12, 2026. Hon. Jason Smith, Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Chairman Smith: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I agree that the Committee on Ways and Means has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Ways and Means is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.
Sincerely,
Mike Rogers,
Chairman.
Adam Smith (D-WA)4:30 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
First of all, I want to thank Chairman Rogers for the process that he put together on this bill. In committee, I think we had a very fair and open process, certainly the way the bill was put together originally. The chairman did a lot of work in the last couple of years on acquisition reform, and we did that in a bipartisan way. It is reflected in the substance that was in the bill. Then we had a very good debate. A lot of amendments were offered, and I think it was handled in a very bipartisan way. So the product has a lot of good aspects to it, and the chairman mentioned most of them.
The continuation down the road of acquisition reform can best be summed up as we need to innovate faster at scale. The chairman did a great job of describing why that is so important and the progress we have made and why this committee has played such a crucial role in helping to make that happen. I think we should be proud of that.
I think the bill also reflects support for the troops, as the chairman mentioned: a pay raise, but more than that, just genuinely making sure that they and their families have the support that they need. This builds off of the Quality of Life task force that we had 2 years ago to continue to show strong support for our troops, and, yes, crucially the oversight component.
We are really focused on trying to get the Pentagon to a place where they can pass an audit, where we can be more confident that the money that they are spending is being effectively spent, and I think this bill reflects that.
The chairman didn't mention this, but we have had a lot of frustrations with this particular Pentagon in terms of their not providing information in a timely manner to us and to the American public. We have a number of provisions in this bill that require that or fence funding for aspects of the Pentagon to get them there.
I will say also a couple of Democratic amendments did pass in the process. We got collective bargaining for all defense employees back in on a bipartisan vote. We also changed back to the base names that the commission put in place, which I think is a very positive step. There are a lot of good things about this bill and certainly about the process as it came out of committee.
There are just three problems from the Democratic perspective. First of all, the rule is incredibly partisan. There are a number of issues on the size of the budget, the number of oversight issues concerns, and concerns we have about the war in Iran. None of those amendments were ruled in order.
I just don't think that is the way this process should work. They should be ruled in order. If they want to vote them down, then vote them down, but they have completely blocked any of those Democratic amendments. Of the amendments that are up for debate, I believe that only one is a Democratic amendment.
There is a lot of mutually agreed upon stuff that is en bloc, but on the truly controversially important amendments, they don't give us a chance to even have the debate. Those debates are incredibly important because there are a lot of concerns we have, not so much with this bill as with the Department of Defense as it is currently being run, and as the President is currently exercising national security defense policy in this country.
I will mention just two: number one, the war in Iran. We are all sort of, I guess, in collective denial about what an utter disaster this has been and how it is getting worse every day. We lost four more servicemembers over the weekend. This is after we have been told over and over and over again that Iran is completely obliterated, they have no military capacity whatsoever.
Yet, they are still launching missiles. They are still launching drones. They are still wounding and killing American servicemembers and threatening shipping throughout in the Strait of Hormuz. The degree to which the President is not living in reality on the war in Iran is unbelievably alarming.
Why do we let this continue?
Why doesn't the Republican Party Speaker say: Yes, it would be great if we could drop a certain number of bombs on Iran and they would quit, and they would give up, and they would abandon their nuclear program. They would abandon their support for terrorism. They would get rid of their ballistic missile program. They would open up the Strait of Hormuz.
There is no plan to make that happen, and yet the President keeps going forward, keeps dropping more bombs deplenishing our stockpile, placing us at greater risk, and creating greater global chaos.
Whatever else may be said about the NDAA, there are a lot of positive aspects to it. It will continue to support the Department of Defense which the President is using to wage this war, this incredibly disastrous, terrible decision of a war. That makes it very difficult to support this. We need to get peace now, and that would help.
Second, the amount of money. You add it up, this is $1.15 billion. They want $350 billion for a reconciliation package, and they want another $90 billion in a supplemental package. That puts them at $1.6 trillion.
Could we effectively spend $1.6 trillion in the Department of Defense? Maybe. I question whether or not they could spend that much money that quickly, that effectively. Sure, there are a lot more missiles, drones, ships, and planes we could buy.
We have a $40 trillion debt. We are making cuts in Medicaid and other healthcare programs in order to fund this $1.6 trillion. Even then, we are still driving up the debt because we insist on doing $4 trillion in tax cuts. The math just doesn't add up.
We cannot support a defense budget of that size when we know that it is making it more likely that we are going to struggle to fund crucial domestic programs in healthcare, infrastructure, energy, and all kinds of areas that are an incredible priority. The dollar figure is simply too high.
Mr. Chairman, in closing--this is a plea that always falls on deaf ears, but I will try--you can't vote to increase the debt by $4 trillion and then a couple months later vote for a balanced budget amendment. We are not living in reality around here. Make a decision. Either the debt is fine and you don't worry about it, or you want to balance it. You can't vote to increase the debt and then say, oh, my gosh, we need a balanced budget amendment.
The lack of fiscal reality is one of the two biggest problems with this bill. The other one is the continued support for the war in Iran that is implicitly included in it.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)4:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wittman), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces.
Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)4:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support today of H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027.
I thank Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Smith for their leadership in putting together this critical piece of legislation. I also thank my friend and subcommittee Ranking Member Don Norcross for his partnership in leading the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces.
Also, I thank our Tactical Air and Land professional staff: Michael Kirlin, Heath Bope, Caroline Kehrli, Brooke Alred, Amelia Litynski, Jay Vallario, and Andrew Smith.
The FY27 NDAA takes several steps to ensure that our servicemembers operate with unmatched capabilities to deter and defeat any adversaries.
This bill allows the Secretary of War to enter into multiyear procurement contracts for both the F-15EX and F-35 aircraft.
H.R. 8800 prioritizes helicopter and rotorcraft procurement, authorizing the purchase of additional Chinook, Black Hawk, and Grey Wolf helicopters. It also fully funds the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program to continue development of the MV-75 Cheyenne.
Our forces must excel in both offensive and counter-small UAS mission sets.
This bill also assists the Department in achieving this by standardizing sUAS operating systems, establishing sUAS test ranges to inform and accelerate drone innovation.
To counter such systems, the bill strengthens the definition of counter-UAS systems and applies standards for networked, autonomous, kinetic capabilities for sUAS defense.
This NDAA also emphasizes the importance of our munitions supply. It directs the Army to expand and upgrade facilities used to manufacture 155-millimeter artillery rounds and advances the integration of novel energetics into weapon systems.
Lastly, the bill leans into innovation by expediting the development and procurement of nontraditional intermediate-range fires capabilities.
Mr. Chairman, this is an extremely strong bill that sends a signal to our servicemembers that we have their back. I urge this bill's passage.
Joe Courtney (D-CT)4:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, I yield myself 2\1/4\ minutes.
Mr. Chairman, I rise to endorse many provisions of the Seapower and Projections Forces mark of the 2027 NDAA, which our subcommittee crafted under the able leadership of my good friend, Chairman Trent Kelly.
A whole range of much-needed Navy warships and auxiliary platforms are authorized in this bill using multiyear contracting, which will save money for the taxpayer and provide certainty to our shipbuilding industrial base to invest and grow.
The bill authorizes $15 billion for the Pentagon's number one acquisition priority, the Columbia-class ballistic submarine program. It also provides $12.5 billion for Virginia-class attack submarines and full funding for shipyard wage improvements and workforce pipelines which are vital to hiring and retention.
Adding more Virginia subs will grow our undersea fleet and keep our commitment to Pillar One of the AUKUS security agreement to sell three in-service subs to the Australian Navy in the 2030s.
Multiyear contracts for destroyers and oilers are also included, as well as investments in missiles and hypersonics from unmanned surface vessels.
Ukraine has demonstrated how effective unmanned systems are in their defense against Russia's Black Sea invasion, and we must embrace that trend and expand our unmanned capabilities.
There are areas of disagreement in this bill. Particularly, its approval of the administration's request for $1 billion for obsolete battleships without a detailed design.
I would note, last month the Senate Armed Services Committee wisely voted to reject this wasteful request. That money should, instead, be spent for the Marine Corps' request for new landing ships, which is missing from both this bill and the new reconciliation bill.
Mr. Chair, the NDAA has passed for 65 consecutive years because of disciplined avoidance of irrelevant hyperpartisan amendments. Unfortunately, the NDAA rule passed earlier today merging the NDAA with a completely nongermane voter suppression bill, the SAVE America Act, violates that long tradition.
If Republican leadership is serious about passing a 66th NDAA with bipartisan support, the SAVE America Act merger should be stripped from the bill or later in conference.
Mr. Chairman, I look forward to achieving that outcome, if not today, then later in the NDAA negotiations with the Senate.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)4:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. DesJarlais), the chairman of Strategic Forces Subcommittee.
Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)4:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I rise today in favor of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
As the chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, I was proud to work in a bipartisan fashion along with my friend Ranking Member Seth Moulton on some of the most consequential issues to our national security.
This legislation authorizes full funding to keep modernizing the Nation's nuclear forces as well as the Department of Energy's scientific and production capabilities upon which our deterrent depends.
It also approves acquisition flexibility for the nuclear enterprise and refocuses statutory requirements related to plutonium pit production on the long-term need for the deterrent.
We authorize significant increases for many programs that support the Golden Dome Initiative and border missile defense efforts, including space-based sensing, development of the Next-Generation Interceptor, and procurement of Standard Missile 3 interceptors.
In space, we require a single official to lead the vital positioning, navigation, and timing enterprise and eliminate the current PNT bureaucracy. We also streamline redundant space acquisition organizations to build on the progress made last year to reform acquisitions.
Perhaps most importantly, this bill authorizes a historic increase in the Space Force's budget. This will allow them bring online the next generation of systems necessary to fight and win in space and support new missions to address emerging threats.
This bill prioritizes the industrial base, expands U.S. defense production capacity, and supports the President's request to raise all servicemembers' pay. It rebuilds depleted munition stockpiles through new authorities and saves taxpayers over $30 billion by cutting inefficient programs and government bureaucracy.
I encourage all of my colleagues to vote in support of this legislation.
Joe Courtney (D-CT)4:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi), the ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness.
John Garamendi (D-CA)4:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I begin by honoring those members of the military that lost their lives recently in the Iran conflict.
Mr. Chair, I thank Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Smith for their leadership. It has also been a pleasure to work with Chairman Bergman. He is a great partner. I also thank the Readiness Subcommittee, both on the majority and minority sides.
I am proud of what we were able to accomplish this year, authorizing over $2 billion for new barracks and dormitories and other critical infrastructure projects. The bill includes positive provisions, including servicemember pay raises, protections for civilian workers, right-to-repair authorities, and transparency on military operations in the Middle East.
Good provisions do not cure the larger problems this bill faces. I voted against this bill in committee and will on the floor.
This bill cannot continue to increase military spending while the administration unilaterally misuses our Armed Forces at home and abroad, as they intend to fight immigration and Iran.
This bill also authorizes more than $1.5 trillion, plus another $300 billion in the reconciliation bill, which apparently will be with us soon, plus another $80 billion or $90 billion to pay for the Iran war. This is an outrageous and dangerously irresponsible amount of spending.
Increasing the budget is not a strategy. Without discipline and oversight, it rewards programs that are over budget, behind schedule, and failing to deliver.
How is all this paid for? It is paid for with cuts to healthcare. Medicaid is eviscerated in the upcoming months ahead. The children's food programs, in schools and out, are not there. They will go hungry. Several hundred billion dollars in healthcare is gone, and it goes on and on. This could not possibly be in our interest.
The CHAIR4:50 p.m.
The time of the gentleman has expired.
Joe Courtney (D-CT)4:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the gentleman from California.
John Garamendi (D-CA)4:50 p.m.
I haven't even gotten to my favorite issue, the Sentinel and the programs of our nuclear arsenal. Again, why? We don't need the Sentinel. We don't need to spend billions on it. We can get along quite well with the existing Minuteman.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)4:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Kelly), the chairman of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee.
Trent Kelly (R-MS)4:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I start by commending the chairman for his leadership over the committee for the last 6 years.
I am excited to highlight a few of the many wins for the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee in this year's bill.
The committee-reported product authorizes the procurement of the fourth Columbia-class submarine, two Virginia-class submarines, two guided missile destroyers, and two amphibious warships. Combined with incremental funding authority for long-lead time components for the Virginia-class program, multiyear procurement authority for destroyers, and multiship procurement authority for future amphibious warships, we are supporting responsible investments in the future of our surface fleet and in the continued growth of our subsea advantages.
At the same time, we are growing our asymmetric capabilities, investing in transformational and innovative unmanned systems like the MQ-25 carrier-launched unmanned aircraft and unmanned surface vehicles to complement our traditional platforms in a lethal and high-low mix.
The bill also contains parts of the SHIPS for America Act, which will help us down the path to a rejuvenated maritime industrial base.
We are also reinforcing our commitment to our force projection and airborne combat capabilities, with procurement of intra-theater airlift, 12 P-8 maritime patrol aircraft, 6 E-2Ds Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft, a new strategic sealift vehicle, and a bulk fuel vehicle. We also provide authorities for cost savings and a consistent demand signal to industry for a multiyear procurement of E-2D aircraft, as well.
The challenges of our global security environment are only growing more complex, but what cannot change is our ability to project American power. The technology and platforms may change with the moment, but the end goal remains the same: peace through strength.
This is a strong bill that makes essential steps toward delivering on the promise now and for the years to come.
Mr. Chair, I urge all Members to vote "yes." I also thank my Ranking Member, Joe Courtney, and the staff: Kyle Noyes, Kelly Goggin, Jeanine Womble, Abby Snyder, and my personal staff, Semaj Redd, Shields Armstrong, and our fellow, Marc Mundy for all their hard work.
Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for allowing me to speak in favor of the FY27 NDAA.
Joe Courtney (D-CT)4:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Norcross), the ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces.
Donald Norcross (D-NJ)4:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I thank Ranking Member Smith and Chairman Rogers for crafting this bill.
Mr. Chair, this bill continues the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee's proud bipartisan tradition and reaffirms our shared responsibility for managing strategic risk. In particular, I thank Chairman Wittman and our subcommittee staff for building this strong bipartisan bill.
I am, however, disappointed that some in the majority would kill the bipartisan hard work that we have done on this bill. Our servicemembers and their families deserve better.
Mr. Chair, this bill authorizes funding levels for key defense programs, including $4.3 billion for helicopter procurement, $3.3 billion for the F-35 program, over $3.9 billion for ground combat vehicles, and over $4.9 billion for key weapon systems procurement.
Mr. Chair, this bill also addresses the risks and the costs of military modernization without sacrificing oversight, such as authorizing multiyear procurement for the F-15EX and the F-35 aircraft, conditional on procuring sufficient spares for each aircraft; requiring the Air Force to budget for procurement a sufficient number of E-7A aircraft; and authorizing multiyear procurement for key munitions, coupled with strong funding for the munitions industrial base.
Mr. Chair, this bill also includes legislation that fortifies the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. I have great concern with this administration's plan for the DOT&E. We must ensure this office remains independent and relevant.
Finally, I thank our subcommittee professional staff, including Jay Vallario, Mike Kirlin, Heath Bope, Caroline Kehrli, Brooke Alred, and certainly my personal staff, Sam DeVito, Naajidah Khan, and our defense fellow Captain John Dacier for their work on this bill.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)4:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bacon), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation.
Don Bacon (R-NE)4:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. I thank Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Smith for their leadership in compiling this bill. By the way, it passed with a huge bipartisan majority in committee.
I also thank my friend and subcommittee ranking member, Mr. Ro Khanna, for his collaboration this year, and I appreciate the great subcommittee staff who do such a fantastic job.
As we have seen across modern battlefields, technology is evolving at a faster rate than ever before. Artificial intelligence, cyber, quantum, biotechnology, and other emerging capabilities are changing the way wars are fought and won.
The United States is the gold standard for scientific innovation, and it is of the utmost importance that we remain committed to equipping our servicemembers with the most up-to-date, state-of-the-art, and mission-relevant tools available.
This year's NDAA delivers on that promise by supporting our defense industrial base, our science and technology communities, and our warfighters. The FY27 NDAA helps lay the foundation for our future technological edge by providing budget certification authority for the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to enable better oversight of the military services' S&T budgets and priorities.
This bill also requires the Department to review, update, and modernize its policies on leveraging AI for military functions, ensuring more secure and robust development of AI capabilities.
The FY27 NDAA also helps tackle the "valley of death" by requiring more formal integration and technology transition between the Defense Innovation Unit and military services.
Finally, this Defense bill importantly restores our defense spending to 4.5 percent of the GDP, which is critical to deter conflict and reinforce America's commitment to ensuring security and stability around the world.
This NDAA is a strong, bipartisan bill that takes care of our servicemembers and promotes U.S. military dominance, and I urge all my colleagues to support H.R. 8800.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Houlahan), the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)5:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I thank the ranking member, Mr. Smith, for yielding me the time.
Mr. Chair, today, I have the opportunity to speak briefly with regards to the fiscal year 2027 NDAA.
The bipartisan bill that passed out of committee includes many quality-of-life provisions and priorities for our servicemembers and their families. These issues have an immeasurable impact on our recruitment and our retention efforts as well as on readiness.
The bill includes a targeted pay raise in which junior servicemembers would get higher pay increases. These improvements to servicemembers' paychecks should provide welcome relief to military families who are still struggling with ever-increasing gas and food prices caused by the ill-conceived and poorly executed tariffs and the current war with Iran.
H.R. 8800 also addresses the growing concerns about medical readiness and access to healthcare by reversing efforts by the Department to limit the scope of services available at military treatment facilities. We need to make sure that military treatment facilities and military health systems can deliver a force that is medically ready to deploy at a moment's notice and, just as importantly, we must be sure that the medical providers themselves have the requisite skills to address whatever injuries might come their way.
The bill expands ongoing efforts to improve access to safe and quality childcare by including au pairs in the Child Care in Your Home pilot program and establishing a student internship program to improve recruitment and staffing of military child development centers. It provides a process by which military families executing a permanent change of station will receive timely and relevant relocation assistance and available childcare and food access services in advance of that military duty station move.
Finally, the bill requires the Department to issue regulations banning the Department of Defense personnel from insider trading on prediction markets, a necessary and crucial step in safeguarding our national security.
We brought this bill to the floor in a bipartisan fashion, and I urge my colleagues to reject poison pill riders that will destabilize this important work and to not insert bipartisan politics over the well-being of our servicemembers.
This NDAA, like many previous defense bills, should continue to be bipartisan.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:00 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bergman), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Jack Bergman (R-MI)5:00 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman for yielding.
Each of us swore an oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution. It is the basis for which we serve.
Within our Constitution is the enumerated responsibility of Congress to raise an army and maintain a navy. Our committee fulfilled our constitutional duty when we reported the National Defense Authorization Act to the floor today.
As our chairman indicated, we are delivering on President Trump's request to authorize the first of two defense appropriations, including this authorization of $1.15 trillion.
While there is much to be made about the generational investments in ships and aviation, this bill also fully supports the sustainment of the defense enterprise. It strengthens our Nation's commitments to our servicemembers and their families, and it delivers major quality-of-life initiatives, including significant funding for facilities.
Now, it is easy for some Members to reject this bill because it provides too much money for our national security. Theirs is a false hope that a chaotic and irreverent global disorder will never reach the shores of our magnificent Nation.
I reject this premise. I believe we are already in a strategic race for the continued rise and stability of our Nation.
This defense budget sits as the cornerstone of this great enterprise. We need to fulfill our constitutional responsibility, and we need it now.
I thank my Subcommittee on Readiness ranking member, Mr. John Garamendi, and our personnel and professional staff that serve our Subcommittee on Readiness for their work on this bill. We are united in purpose, in making our Department of War a presence to be respected in both peace and, if necessary, prevail in conflict.
I commend Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Smith for delivering this magnificent defense bill.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I don't have any further speakers at this point, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:00 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Jackson), chairman of the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations.
Ronny Jackson (R-TX)5:00 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027.
I will begin by thanking Chairman Rogers for his leadership in bringing the NDAA to the floor for the 66th consecutive year.
As chairman of the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, I am especially proud that this bill provides our Special Operations Forces, the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, and the Security Cooperation Enterprise with the tools and resources needed to execute the Department's National Defense Strategy and counter an ever-changing threat landscape.
Crucially, this bill provides an approximately $1.3 billion increase in funding for U.S. Special Operations Command to address critical needs within its programs. The bill also invests in a wide range of intelligence capabilities and disciplines, including my provision to develop a periodic ISR strategy to make better threat-informed decisions.
We continue to ask more of our Special Operations Forces, uniform and civilian intelligence personnel, and Security Cooperation Enterprise personnel. This year's NDAA ensures that they are equipped with the capabilities necessary to maintain their operational edge over any adversary.
I also highlight that this bill advances critical reforms to revitalize our defense industrial base, restore lethality, and deliver on President Trump's Peace Through Strength agenda.
I was proud to lead efforts to support test and training space for unmanned aerial systems, incorporate foreign military sales demand into domestic industrial base assessments, and to officially restore the name of the Department of War.
Finally, I recognize the tremendous work of the professional staff from the ISO Subcommittee and my personal office in developing this bill. I also thank Ranking Member Jason Crow for his hard work in this endeavor.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 8800.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:00 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Fallon), chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pat Fallon (R-TX)5:00 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I thank Chairman Rogers for his dedication. He is a great American truly, and it has been an honor to serve under him. I also thank Ranking Member Smith for his good-faith efforts to do everything he can to protect our country. He is truly a credit, and I thank him from the bottom of my heart for his work on this bill.
The fiscal year 2027 NDAA contains substantial wins for servicemembers and their families and continues the committee's tradition of improving the quality of life of servicemembers and their families by authorizing a substantial pay raise, expanding childcare, reauthorizing special pays and bonuses, a significant overhaul of the military health system, and multiple military justice reforms. The bill also expands access to healthcare, increases dental coverage for our children and members of the Guard and Reserve, prevents the elimination of uniformed doctors, and increases access to specialty care.
Additionally, this bill invests in our defense industrial base by completely restructuring the pay and personnel policies for our wage-grade employees in order to increase wages and reward our hardest workers with quicker promotions and more substantial bonuses.
The fiscal year 2027 NDAA includes essential reforms that we all know are critical to refocus our military on warfighting and lethality by requiring all personnel actions to be based on individual merit and demonstrated performance, rather than race, ethnicity, or sex, and preventing the weaponization of administrative investigations.
Mr. Chairman, I strongly urge the passage of the fiscal year 2027 NDAA so we can deliver on our promises to our servicemembers and their families.
I personally wish to thank from my personal office: Andrew Bond and Jay Knoxville, and also our professional staff here: Dave Giachetti, Hannah Kaufman, Ali Evers, Ellie Bender, Anna Reed and from the minority staff: Ilka Regino and Michaela Reardon for their work on this bill. They have all been really great to work with, and I think we had a wonderful year. I also thank again the leadership from the chairman and the ranking member.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Wilson), my friend and colleague.
Joe Wilson (R-SC)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I am grateful to support the National Defense Authorization Act.
We all appreciate Chairman Mike Rogers for his leadership and commitment for our men and women in uniform and for promoting peace through strength.
We are in a conflict we did not choose between dictators with rule of gun invading democracies with rule of law.
This National Defense Authorization Act prepares America for emerging threats from our adversaries who, working together, seek to destroy our hard-won freedom.
This bill makes clear that we stand with our allies against murderous invasion. America is engaged in worldwide competition. There is inclusion of robust authorization for nuclear modernization, emerging technologies, information operations, and industrial capacity advancements.
President Donald Trump has made it clear: We will defend American families with our allies and give our warriors the tools they need to win.
Israeli research has been vital for missile defense, and Ukraine is leading on drones and robotics.
The late Sergeant Thomas Caughman of Lexington, South Carolina, an American hero, is correct: Freedom is not free.
Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Virginia (Mrs. Kiggans).
Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
As a Navy veteran, former helicopter pilot, Navy spouse, and Navy mom, I know our military is only as strong as the men and women who serve.
This bill puts our warfighters first by supporting a pay raise of up to 7 percent and providing them with the training, equipment, and resources they need to fight, win, and return home safely.
It strengthens American airpower, rebuilds our munitions stockpiles, advances unmanned and next-generation technologies, and invests in ships the Navy needs.
It also supports American shipbuilders, ship repair professionals, aviators, and maintainers who keep our fleet at sea and our aircraft in the sky.
I am proud that my provisions will accelerate the development of American-made unmanned surface vessels, bring greater transparency to TRICARE, fight to protect pharmacy choice, expand access to childcare, and improve military nursing staff shortages.
This bill delivers peace through strength for our military, for our families, and for Virginia's Second Congressional District and Hampton Roads.
Mr. Chair, I urge its passage.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Guam (Mr. Moylan), an outstanding member of the Armed Services Committee.
James C. Moylan (R-GU)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
Guam is on the front line of America's national security in the Pacific. This bill delivers nearly $1.9 billion in vital defense investments on the island while ensuring the people of Guam remain a priority.
This legislation secures an extension to the H-2B workforce provision through 2035 to guarantee long-term stability for our local economy.
It sets a target for military commissaries to source at least 15 percent of produce from local farmers, expanded workforce credentialing for our students, and protected local land by removing a proposed military acquisition of over 100 acres.
Guam has carried a tremendous share of our Nation's defense responsibilities for generations.
As the people of Guam continue to serve this country, the passage of this NDAA will, in turn, serve our island.
Mr. Chairman, I urge our colleagues to support the passage of this bipartisan bill.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mills), another outstanding member of the Armed Services Committee.
Cory Mills (R-FL)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Likewise, the gentleman from Alabama is an amazing chairman. We appreciate everything he has done for the National Defense Authorization Act but also for our warfighters.
Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong support of my amendment in the National Defense Authorization Act.
Right now, our Nation's Defense Industrial Base is facing a massive supply chain crisis. We need to innovate, be agile and resilient, and we need to win.
The answer is right here in our small businesses, especially our employee-owned small businesses, also known as ESOPs.
In 2021, the Department of Defense created a pilot program to incentivize contracting with high-performing, worker-owned companies. It was a great idea, but under the current rules, a business must be 100 percent employee-owned to qualify.
Mr. Chairman, that rigid rule locks out nearly 6,500 ESOPs nationwide, covering 14 million to 15 million American workers. It makes the program completely unusable for the vast majority of ESOPs in place in every district represented in this Chamber.
My amendment fixes this by aligning the ESOP threshold with the Small Business Administration rules and giving the Department of War the discretion to rate these companies on merit and not formula.
Data shows that employee-owned companies consistently perform better, stay resilient, and deliver higher value. By lowering this arbitrary barrier, we support these businesses while we boost competition in the DOW procurement, support American workers, and drive Federal dollars back to the Main Street.
Let's empower our small businesses, strengthen our national security, and pass this amendment.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Strong), a former member of the Armed Services Committee.
Dale W. Strong (R-AL)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. This amendment would compromise the intent of the program.
Congress created and strengthened the pilot program to incentivize the Department of Defense to contract with businesses that are wholly owned by their employees.
This wasn't a partisan idea. It was championed by Members from across the political spectrum because it works for the Department and for the workforce.
My district is home to companies that have flourished under full employee ownership, and their success underscores exactly why this program was designed the way it was.
Yes, this amendment would extend that benefit to partially owned firms where a single owner or a small group retains control. The benefit shifts away from the employees this program was designed to reward and undermines the very purpose of the pilot program.
For this reason, I respectfully oppose the amendment.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. McGuire), a freshman member of the Armed Services Committee.
John J. McGuire III (R-VA)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I thank Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Smith for their leadership.
Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this historic National Defense Authorization Act.
In the Navy, we used to say: The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
For decades, our Defense Industrial Base was allowed to decay, but thanks to President Trump, our Secretary of War, and this Armed Services Committee, we are finally turning the ship around. This bill supercharges our industrial base and builds on last year's acquisition reforms.
For Virginia's Fifth District, this bill unleashes local expertise in munitions manufacturing and next-generation nuclear power. We wouldn't have a country without our men and women in uniform. We owe them the best we have.
Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Once again, I thank the chairman for the process that we went through here. I have made the arguments. I don't want to restate them and belabor them, but we are deeply concerned about the ongoing war in Iran. There is no plan, no direction, continually rising costs. We are also concerned about the amount of money that is being poured into defense, at the same time that we are seeing cuts in Medicaid, cuts in food stamps, cuts in a variety of programs that are enormously important, and tax cuts that continue as the deficit and the debt get ever higher.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:10 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
First, I will take a minute to thank my friend, Ranking Member Smith, for his tremendous partnership in fashioning this piece of bipartisan work that is so important for our Nation. He has been a great partner, and I do want everybody to know that.
This is a very important bill. It provides critical authorities for our warfighters to keep us free and safe.
I urge all Members to support it, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. McDowell)5:10 p.m.
All time for general debate has expired.
Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 5-minute rule.
In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed Services, printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-33 shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for purposes of further amendment under the 5-minute rule and shall be considered as read.
The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows:
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027".
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF
CONTENTS.
(a) Divisions.--This Act is organized into four divisions as follows:
(1) Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations.
(2) Division B--Military Construction Authorizations.
(3) Division C--Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations.
(4) Division D--Funding Tables.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees.
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 111. Standards for networked, autonomous, kinetic capabilities to protect against small unmanned aircraft systems.
Sec. 121. Temporary unavailability of amphibious warfare ships. Sec. 122. Authority to use incremental funding for long lead-time components for Virginia class submarines. Sec. 123. Multiyear procurement authority for Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers. Sec. 124. Multiyear procurement authority for John Lewis class Oilers. Sec. 125. Procurement authorities for certain amphibious shipbuilding programs. Sec. 126. Contract authority for submarine tender program. Sec. 127. Multiyear procurement authority for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. Sec. 128. Authority to use incremental funding for the construction of a Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG). Sec. 129. Authority for advance procurement of components for Ship-to-Shore Connector class craft. Sec. 130. Torpedo modernization, testing, and inventory sufficiency for two simultaneous regional conflicts. Sec. 131. Limitation on construction of Battleship pending certification on technology readiness levels. Sec. 132. Strategy for iterative development and flight modifications for FF(X) class frigates. Sec. 133. Report on continuity of mission and readiness during transition of F-5 to F/A-18E/F aircraft for the Navy Reserve.
Sec. 141. Inventory requirements for certain fighter aircraft. Sec. 142. Extension of prohibition on retirement of F-22 aircraft. Sec. 143. Limitation on retirement of E-3 airborne warning and control system aircraft and requirements relating to E-7 aircraft. Sec. 144. Evaluation for potential transfer of certain A-10 aircraft among military departments. Sec. 145. Extension of requirements relating to C-130 aircraft. Sec. 146. Limitation on availability of funds for C-37 aircraft recapitalization program. Sec. 147. Limitation on retirement of MQ-9 Reaper aircraft. Sec. 148. Analysis of alternatives for next generation airlift capabilities. Sec. 149. Authorization of transitional activities to improve airlift operations. Sec. 150. Conveyance of certain F-14 aircraft to U.S. Space and Rocket Center Commission in Huntsville, Alabama. Sec. 151. Report on the feasibility of restoring nuclear capability to the B-1B Lancer bomber aircraft.
Subtitle E--Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters
Sec. 161. Multiyear procurement authority for F-15EX aircraft. Sec. 162. Multiyear procurement authority for F-35 aircraft. Sec. 163. Prohibition on procurement and use of humanoid robotic systems produced, developed, or controlled by foreign adversaries. Sec. 164. Limitation on availability of funds to retire or decommission certain radar systems. Sec. 165. Standards for common operating system for small unmanned aircraft systems. Sec. 166. Minimum annual procurement goal for AbilityOne Program. Sec. 167. Implementation of Comptroller General recommendations on F-35 Joint Strike Fighter technical data needs for sustainment. Sec. 168. Implementation of GAO recommendation on F-35 joint strike fighter use of contract incentive fees. Sec. 169. Study on fuel procurement practices of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
Sec. 211. Budget review and certification for certain categories of research and development. Sec. 212. Deputy Directors of Operational Test and Evaluation. Sec. 213. Repeal of pilot authority for use of other transactions for installation or facility prototyping. Sec. 214. Modifications to responsibilities of the Defense Innovation Unit. Sec. 215. Test and evaluation repository and regional test hubs of the Test Resource Management Center. Sec. 216. Weapon system platform modernization and cyber hardening. Sec. 217. Repeal of requirement for Secretary of Defense to act through a specified official for NATO innovation program. Sec. 218. Modification to test program for engineering plant of certain vessels. Sec. 219. United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative. Sec. 220. Establishment of synthetic training environment to support Indo-Pacific operations. Sec. 221. Requirement to establish test and training corridors for small unmanned aircraft systems and associated capabilities. Sec. 222. Operational autonomy requirements for unmanned surface vessels. Sec. 223. Realignment of the National Strategic Research Institute to the Department of the Air Force. Sec. 224. Reimbursement of National Guard for research, development, test, and evaluation expenses. Sec. 225. Use of innovative and emerging food production technologies for components of military rations. Sec. 226. Support for advanced technologies that strengthen United States agricultural production, agrifood systems, and associated bioindustrial manufacturing capacity. Sec. 227. Prize competitions to support the research and development of biotechnology for the Department of Defense. Sec. 228. Pilot program to recognize outstanding achievements in technology and prototype development. Sec. 229. Pilot program on forward deployable biomanufacturing capabilities. Sec. 230. Pilot program on the use of automated data security posture management technologies for artificial intelligence systems. Sec. 231. Pilot program on technologies to strengthen authentication and attribution of human authorization for consequential actions. Sec. 232. Cloud laboratory pilot program. Sec. 233. Pilot program to test and evaluate muzzle blast overpressure mitigation devices. Sec. 234. Space technology demonstration of advanced nuclear propulsion technologies. Sec. 235. Prohibition on pilot trainees operating T-7 aircraft pending testing and corrective actions. Sec. 236. Prohibition on availability of funds for gain of function research. Sec. 237. Prohibition on availability of funds for animal research in collaboration with foreign countries of concern.
Sec. 251. Policy to guide the development and acquisition of quantum computing systems for the Department of Defense. Sec. 252. Plan for competitive experimentation relating to autonomous and nontraditional capabilities relevant to the A-10 mission set. Sec. 253. Plan for establishment and evaluation of experimental, drone-centric reconnaissance and security formations. Sec. 254. Plan for use of certain aircraft for research and development purposes. Sec. 255. Sonobuoy modernization, testing, and inventory sufficiency for two simultaneous regional conflicts. Sec. 256. Review and implementation of strategies to accelerate the qualification process for domestically produced advanced energetic materials.
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 311. Inclusion of nuclear energy in energy policy of Department of Defense and related matters. Sec. 312. Modification to pilot program on Navy installation nuclear energy. Sec. 313. Standardized document on scope of projects carried out under Military Munitions Response Program. Sec. 314. Pilot program for secure recycling of domestic electronic waste. Sec. 315. Program for deployment of transportable nuclear microreactor in area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. Sec. 316. Prohibition on operation of connected vehicles designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign entity of concern on Department of Defense property. Sec. 317. Pilot program on off-grid tactical power. Sec. 318. Clarification of certain authorities independent from designated Executive Agent for installation or operational nuclear energy.
Sec. 321. Requirement for quarterly reports on munitions inventory numbers. Sec. 322. Increase of capital investment program threshold for working-capital funds. Sec. 323. Establishment of Civil Reserve Industrial Base. Sec. 324. Modification of minimum capital investment for certain depots of Department of Defense. Sec. 325. Expansion of covered depots to include Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Indiana. Sec. 326. Expansion of space-available travel program for members of the Armed Forces stationed at United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sec. 327. Authorization of sustainable aviation fuel procurement. Sec. 328. Modification and extension of pilot program on optimization of aerial refueling and fuel management in contested logistics environments through use of artificial intelligence. Sec. 329. Army expansion of production of 155mm artillery ammunition. Sec. 330. Requirements relating to aerial refueling capability of Air Force tanker fleet. Sec. 331. Navy containerized expeditionary advanced manufacturing capabilities pilot program. Sec. 332. Expansion of transportation services on Navy installations. Sec. 333. Requirements relating to sustainment of A-10 aircraft and related training. Sec. 334. Requirement for standardized munitions with respect to certain unmanned aircraft. Sec. 335. Requirement to ensure sufficiency of naval mine inventory.
Sec. 341. Strategy to support Joint Strike Fighter sustainment and maintenance in contested operating environments.
Sec. 351. Establishment of Center for the Study of the National Guard. Sec. 352. Disposition of accountable property in designated theaters of operation. Sec. 353. Certification requirement for motor carriers transporting Department of Defense freight. Sec. 354. Establishment of national security registry for motor carriers handling Department of Defense freight. Sec. 355. Protection of property owned, possessed, or shipped by the Department of Defense from lien, arrest, or seizure during shipment. Sec. 356. Establishment of United States Marine Corps Museum System. Sec. 357. Requirement for FireGuard program. Sec. 358. Pilot program for testing and evaluation of counter-fire unmanned fire suppression aircraft systems on military installations. Sec. 359. Pilot program on data collection and analysis in connection with Army combat training center rotations. Sec. 360. Minimum maritime firefighting capability standards for naval installations that berth large naval vessels. Sec. 361. Minimum staffing requirements for fire apparatus at certain Space Force installations. Sec. 362. Activities for evaluating integration and interoperability of technologies for subterranean operations. Sec. 363. Improvements to Osprey aircraft safety efforts. Sec. 364. Army pilot program on electronic ammunition simulation for small arms training. Sec. 365. Pilot program on hydrophobin-based biomanufactured treatment as flame-resistant and water-repellent treatments for military uniforms.
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves. Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). Sec. 414. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support. Sec. 415. Authorized strengths: Senior enlisted members on active duty or on full-time National Guard Duty for administration of the Marine Corps Reserve.
Sec. 421. Military personnel.
Subtitle A--Officer Policy and Reserve Component Management
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501. Flexibility in requirements of selection boards: composition; convening. Sec. 502. Requirements for removal of certain general and flag officers. Sec. 503. Ranks of Judge Advocates General. Sec. 504. Grades of certain chiefs of reserve components. Sec. 505. Grade of Chief of the Veterinary Corps of the Army. Sec. 506. Limitation on the transfer to the Space Force of certain functions of the Air National Guard. Sec. 507. Inclusion of Judge Advocates in Global Force Management processes. Sec. 508. Role of military chaplains.
Subtitle B--Recruitment, General Service Authorities and Prohibitions, and Military Records
Sec. 511. Recruitment: improvements relating to secondary schools. Sec. 512. Prohibition on reduction in personnel assigned to duty with a service review agency; report on reviews of certain discharges related to PTSD. Sec. 513. Selective Service System: omission of deceased persons from registration. Sec. 514. Requirement of equal opportunity, racial neutrality, and exclusive use of merit in military personnel actions. Sec. 515. Prohibition of hate symbols: regulations; guidance; training. Sec. 516. Timely resolution of career-impacting administrative investigations. Sec. 517. Prohibition on use of prediction markets by personnel of the Department of Defense. Sec. 518. Pilot program on modernization of drug testing using voice-based risk assessment. Sec. 519. Soldier Digital Lifecycle Modernization Initiative. Sec. 519A. Authority to study the propensity of certain students to serve in the Armed Forces.
Sec. 521. Ineligibility of a national of a non-allied foreign nation to attend a Service Academy. Sec. 522. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics program for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Sec. 523. Additional nominees to the Service Academies from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sec. 524. Elimination of cap on the number of cadets or midshipmen who may receive alternative service obligations to become professional athletes. Sec. 525. Elimination of the right of cadets to automatic reexamination. Sec. 526. Congressional communications officials of the Service Academies. Sec. 527. Revision to decision timeframe for expedited transfers at the military service academies. Sec. 528. Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructor pay. Sec. 529. Establishment of program to promote participation of foreign students in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Sec. 529A. Establishment of the Military Service Academy Panel on Athletics. Sec. 529B. Limitation on authority to eliminate the 70th Flying Training Squadron of the United States Air Force Academy.
Sec. 531. Establishment of a doctor of psychology program and a master of social work program at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Sec. 532. Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program: eligible institutions; continuity of payments. Sec. 533. Inclusion of National Intelligence College as part of the National Defense University. Sec. 534. Defense Information School: authority to grant associate's degree in communications. Sec. 535. Eligibility of an enlisted member to receive a degree from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Sec. 541. Clarification of qualifications for judge advocates. Sec. 542. Authority of special trial counsel to enter into pretrial agreements with respect to certain offenses. Sec. 543. Clarifying amendment to completion of appellate review under article 57 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Sec. 544. Review of courts-martial records. Sec. 545. Uniform Code of Military Justice: prohibition of review of factual sufficiency in certain appeals before a Court of Criminal Appeals. Sec. 546. Clarification of court of criminal appeals review of sentencing. Sec. 547. Expansion of victim access to Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Sec. 548. Modifications to offense of wrongful broadcast or distribution of intimate visual images under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Sec. 549. Authorization of death penalty for offense of rape of a child under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Sec. 549A. Punitive article on retaliation for reporting of sexual harassment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Sec. 549B. Revision of Department of Defense Instruction regarding early release eligibility for offenders convicted of certain sexual offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Sec. 549C. Notification required to implement changes to military legal system recommended by Special Review Panel activities. Sec. 549D. Analysis of potential establishment of separate punitive article on hazing under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Sec. 551. Extension of Special Victims' Counsel services to domestic violence victims. Sec. 552. Policies regarding the reporting of missing members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 553. Authority of Naval Criminal Investigative Service to investigate sexual harassment. Sec. 554. Cross-service data sharing regarding substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct. Sec. 555. Inclusion of sexual harassment in Catch a Serial Offender program. Sec. 556. Military domestic violence emergent housing policy. Sec. 557. Requirement for standardized policies and processes to ensure the timely review, documentation, and resolution of requests for military protective orders. Sec. 558. Reestablishment of Defense Advisory Committee for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct. Sec. 559. Pilot program on use of advanced monitoring and rehabilitative technologies in Army correctional facilities.
Sec. 561. Establishment of separation oath for members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 562. Designation of senior official for military-to-civilian transition. Sec. 563. Authorization of pilot program to help members separating from certain Armed Forces obtain employment as teachers. Sec. 564. Study on separation of members of the Armed Forces due to the mandate to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and the transfer of education benefits by such members.
Subtitle H--Family Programs, Child Care, and Dependent Education
Sec. 571. Extension of non-medical counseling services program for military families. Sec. 572. Pilot program to increase payments for child care services in high-cost areas. Sec. 573. Pilot program to provide financial assistance to members of the Armed Forces for in-home child care: inclusion of au pairs. Sec. 574. Modifications to pilot program to provide financial assistance to members of the Armed Forces for in-home child care. Sec. 575. Certain assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of military and civilian personnel. Sec. 576. Policies to support military families subject to court-ordered child custody arrangements. Sec. 577. Authority for pilot program for certain military spouses to become special education teachers in DODEA schools. Sec. 578. Pilot program for push-text notifications to members and dependents.
Sec. 581. Gold star survivor: definition prescribed by Secretary of Defense. Sec. 582. Medal of Honor recipients: access to any military installation; liaison. Sec. 583. Technical correction to authorization to award the Distinguished-Service Cross to Isaac "Ike" Camacho. Sec. 584. Authorization of service ribbon for a member of the National Guard who performs homeland defense duty. Sec. 585. Authorization for posthumous award of Medal of Honor to Rafael Peralta for acts of valor. Sec. 586. Authorization for posthumous award of Medal of Honor to Robert A. Lodge for acts of valor. Sec. 587. Authorization for award of the Distinguished-Service Cross for James O. Ratliff for acts of valor during the Vietnam War. Sec. 588. Authorization to award the Distinguished-Service Cross to Joseph P. Lynch for acts of valor as a member of the Army during the Vietnam War. Sec. 589. Sense of Congress regarding award of medal of honor to Thomas J. Grasso for acts of valor during Operation Freedom's Sentinel. Sec. 589A. Sense of Congress regarding award of Medal of Honor to retired Colonel Philip J. Conran for acts of valor in Laos during the Vietnam war.
Sec. 591. Expansion of eligibility of veterans for certain military adaptive sports program. Sec. 592. Expanded goals of authorized program regarding the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. Sec. 593. Local agricultural procurement in Guam commissaries. Sec. 594. Submission of review of operational effectiveness of Army and Marine Corps ground combat units.
Sec. 601. One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay authorities. Sec. 602. Authorizing board certification incentive pay for medical officers with doctoral degrees. Sec. 603. One-time corrective increase and annual adjustments for certain special and incentive pays for members of the armed forces; clarification of special and incentive pay authorities for members of reserve components. Sec. 604. Payment of maximum amount of aviation incentive pay to aviation officers with more than 8 years of aviation service; enhancement of retention incentives available to aviation officers. Sec. 605. Expansions of authorities to contract with members of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Sec. 606. Retroactive granting of waivers for aviation incentive pay.
Sec. 611. Basic needs allowance: exclusion of basic allowance for housing from the calculation of gross household income of an eligible member of the Armed Forces. Sec. 612. Basic allowance for housing: permanent authority to make certain temporary increases. Sec. 613. Temporary adjustment to a rate of the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed services: lower threshold; permanent authority. Sec. 614. Modifications to cost-of-living allowance in the continental United States for members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force. Sec. 615. Payment of costs to ship breast milk of a member performing certain duty.
Sec. 621. Accrual of leave for members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 622. Accumulation of leave for members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 623. Bereavement leave for a member of the Armed Forces in the case of a loss of pregnancy or stillbirth.
Sec. 631. Payment to participant in Survivor Benefit Plan whose spouse dies before the participant. Sec. 632. Increase in and cost-of-living adjustment of death gratuity.
Sec. 641. Use of commissary stores by employees of the Department of Defense Education Activity and military child development centers. Sec. 642. Single-use shopping bags in commissary stores. Sec. 643. Limitation on implementation of Supply Chain Transformation Initiative of the Defense Commissary Agency.
Sec. 651. Career flexibility programs: eligibility of a member already subject to a period of obligated service; minimum length of program. Sec. 652. Provision of information regarding food access and child care for members receiving orders for a change of permanent station. Sec. 653. Reserves and retired members: acceptance of employment, payments, and awards from foreign governments through private entities. Sec. 654. Program to provide to certain patrons a discount on motor fuel sold at exchange stores.
Sec. 701. Dental readiness for certain members of Selected Reserve. Sec. 702. Expanded access to dental care for certain dependents. Sec. 703. Fertility treatment for certain members of the Armed Forces and dependents. Sec. 704. Limitation on ability of Secretary of Defense to modify scope of medical services. Sec. 705. Prohibition on and reversal of actions to modify scope of medical services provided at certain military medical treatment facilities. Sec. 706. TRICARE coverage for increased supply for contraception. Sec. 707. Pilot program to help certain members of the Armed Forces stop smoking.
Sec. 721. Improvements to Defense Health Agency. Sec. 722. Improvements to administration of military medical treatment facilities. Sec. 723. Designation of Defense Health Agency as Combat Support Agency. Sec. 724.
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Accounts for medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense. Sec. 725. Availability of Combat and Operational Medicine Program Account and other funds for certain medical countermeasures. Sec. 726. Inclusion of Defense Health Agency in reporting requirements relating to unfunded priorities. Sec. 727. Joint trauma system. Sec. 728. Clarification of consistent evaluations of medical malpractice claims. Sec. 729. Chaperones for certain sensitive examinations at military medical treatment facilities. Sec. 730. Requirement to offer medical chaperones during sensitive medical examinations. Sec. 731. Uniform protocols on screening for unwanted sexual behavior. Sec. 732. Requirement to notify Committees on Armed Services of hospitalization of combat wounded members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 733. Authority to provide residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs for civilian health care professionals of the Department of Defense. Sec. 734. Notification to TRICARE beneficiaries of coverage transition requirements. Sec. 735. Waiver of referral requirement under TRICARE Prime for certain physical therapy. Sec. 736. Rates of pay for a provider of care or services furnished under TRICARE program. Sec. 737. Plans on military health system. Sec. 738. Modification to qualification waiver authority for applicants for nursing or practical nurse positions in the Department of Defense. Sec. 739. Aerial transport and Department-wide capability for high-consequence infectious diseases. Sec. 740. Availability of obstetrician-gynecologists and certified nurse-midwifes at military medical treatment facilities. Sec. 741. Availability of sexual assault nurse examiner services at military medical treatment facilities. Sec. 742. Improvement of process for filing of complaints and reporting of issues under TRICARE program. Sec. 743. Pilot program on filling primary care management positions at remote military medical treatment facilities. Sec. 744. Establishment of pilot program on use of health care assessments other than periodic health assessments.
Sec. 751. Quarterly briefing on military treatment facilities. Sec. 752. Enhanced medical coverage for civilian employees of the Department of Defense and dependents in certain locations. Sec. 753. Modifications to pilot program to assist certain members of the Armed Forces and dependents with additional supplemental coverage relating to cancer. Sec. 754. Modifications to evaluation and report on TRICARE program effectiveness. Sec. 755. Extension of extramedical maternal health providers demonstration project. Sec. 756. Modification of traumatic brain injury oversight strategy and action plan of the Department of Defense. Sec. 757. Expansion of prohibition on painful research on certain animals. Sec. 758. Pilot program to treat pregnancy as a qualifying event for enrollment in TRICARE Select. Sec. 759. Access to automated external defibrillators during military physical training. Sec. 760. Pilot program on remote blood pressure monitoring for certain pregnant and postpartum TRICARE beneficiaries. Sec. 761. Pilot program on secure, mobile personal health record for members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 762. Pilot program to provide for the use of blue-light dissipating displays to certain individuals. Sec. 763. Extension and improvement of pilot program of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences on pharmaceutical supply chain. Sec. 764. Working group on digital strategy for traumatic brain injuries. Sec. 765. Study on long-term effects of military flight operations on brain health and mental health. Sec. 766. Study on feasibility of establishing military medical treatment facility at Homestead Air Reserve Base. Sec. 767. Study on feasibility of establishing digital system relating to access to care at military medical treatment facilities. Sec. 768. Review by Inspector General of the Department of Defense on efforts to prevent suicide. Sec. 769. Requirements relating to wellness checks for health and welfare of certain members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 770. Reports on Department of Defense Comprehensive Autism Care Demonstration program. Sec. 771. Transition of medics to civilian workforce. Sec. 772. Strategic plan to address mental health of certain members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 773. Briefing on prostate cancer incidence and emerging diagnostic technologies. Sec. 774. Assessment of access, fairness, and transparency under TRICARE pharmacy benefits program. Sec. 775. Report on feasibility of pilot program on behavioral neurology fellowships. Sec. 776. Government Accountability Office study on reserve component dental readiness and benefit sufficiency. Sec. 777. Review of the occupational health and safety conditions of operational facilities associated with the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system. Sec. 778. Continued evaluation of the TRICARE program through beneficiary experience surveys. Sec. 779. Removal of peptides from prohibited performance enhancing substances list. Sec. 780. Study on long-term effects of exposure to toxic substances on reproductive health and fertility.
TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Sec. 801. Responsibilities and authorities of portfolio acquisition executives with respect to contractors. Sec. 802. Ensuring best value in procurement. Sec. 803. Limitation on certain contract clauses for commercial products or commercial services. Sec. 804. Elimination of late cost and pricing data submission defense. Sec. 805. Reporting of price increases. Sec. 806. Limitation on suspension of progress payments. Sec. 807. Uniform requirements for electronic contract writing systems and acquisition management systems. Sec. 808. Risk-based approach to monitoring contractor business systems. Sec. 809. Procurement of initial spares. Sec. 810. Procurement of local produce, seafood, and meat in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. Sec. 811. Review of defense audit agencies. Subtitle B--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations Sec. 821. Modification to certain acquisition thresholds. Sec. 822. Use of accrued interest by certain consortium managers. Sec. 823. Amendment to other transaction authority. Sec. 824. Requirement for modular open system approach and modifications to rights in technical data. Sec. 825. Modifications to requirements relating to long-term concessions agreements with certain retailers. Sec. 826. Prohibition on contracting with employers of convicted traffickers. Sec. 827. Acquisition thresholds for certain materials. Sec. 828. Clarification of certain elements of Department of Defense Mentor-Protege Program. Sec. 829. Codification of program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. Sec. 830. Consumption-based procurements and associated payments. Sec. 831. Extension of briefing and certification requirement. Sec. 832. Preference for recycled strategic and critical materials. Sec. 833. Transfer authority for rapid transition of other transaction authority prototypes. Sec. 834. Portfolio-based acquisition of autonomous capability. Sec. 835. Establishment of Pathfinder Programs to inform requirements reform. Sec. 836. Requirements for certain unmanned surface vessels to be manufactured in the United States. Subtitle C--Provisions Relating to Acquisition Workforce Development Sec. 851. Acquisition workforce data analytics capability. Sec. 852. Chief Acquisition Talent Officer. Sec. 853. Codification of acquisition workforce key performance objectives. Sec. 854. Demonstrated proficiency requirements for critical acquisition positions. Sec. 855. Extension and modification of acquisition workforce demonstration project. Sec. 861. Reform of technical data and software rights to support competition, sustainment, and readiness. Sec. 862. Intellectual Property Ombudsman; voluntary expert mediation for certain intellectual property matters. Sec. 863. Expansion of reverse engineering authority for prototype projects. Sec. 864. Clarifications to sustainment planning requirements for covered systems. Sec. 865. Software accountability improvements over lifecycles. Sec. 866. Assessment of a Pay-to-Print Program. Sec. 867. Prioritizing maintenance, repair, and overhaul for readiness. Sec. 871. Enhancement to defense supply chain resilience and secondary source qualification. Sec. 872. Tailored acquisition pathways for non-traditional intermediate-range fires capabilities. Sec. 873. Pilot program for domestic antimony and copper production for defense applications. Sec. 874. Addressing the backlog of open cases related to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. Sec. 875. Limitation on availability of funds for purchase of photovoltaic cells, modules, or inverters from foreign entities of concern. Sec. 876. Ensuring Department of Defense contractor compliance with disability hiring goals. Sec. 877. Expedited implementation of commercial acquisition reforms.
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TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 901. Transfer of responsibility to supervise activities of Department of Defense relating to export controls. Sec. 902. Membership of Commandant of the Coast Guard on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sec. 903. Oversight of geographic combatant commands.
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. Sec. 1002. Annual report on unfunded priorities of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Sec. 1003. Equivalency standards for financial management positions. Sec. 1004. Compliance with Payment Integrity Information Act requirements and strengthening improper payments detection. Sec. 1005. Authority to establish Joint Task Force Audit. Sec. 1006. Budget transparency for Army multi-domain task force and Marine Littoral Regiment.
Sec. 1011. Modification of authority to purchase used vessels with National Defense Sealift Fund. Sec. 1012. Requirement for procurement of components for naval vessels from manufacturers in national technology and industrial base. Sec. 1013. Settlement of admiralty claims against the United States. Sec. 1014. Amphibious fleet force structure. Sec. 1015. Armament of naval auxiliary vessels. Sec. 1016. Additional measures for Navy strategy for investment in and support for the maritime industrial base. Sec. 1017. Inclusion of Navy surface combat ship maintenance as a separate line item in operation and maintenance budget. Sec. 1018. Contracting reform for surface ship maintenance, repair, and overhaul. Sec. 1019. Realignment of contract management for Polar Security Cutter program. Sec. 1020. Domestic sourcing of bulk fuel to support Tanker Security Program. Sec. 1021. Requirements relating to unmanned surface vessels. Sec. 1022. Enhancement of Navy submarine rescue capabilities. Sec. 1023. Navy-Coast Guard maritime workforce and capacity coordination plan. Sec. 1024. Pilot program on use of additive and advanced manufacturing to support naval shipbuilding. Sec. 1025. Limitation on use of funds for procurement of a battle force ship. Sec. 1026. Strategy for distributed shipbuilding. Sec. 1027. Strategy of Department of Defense relating to small uncrewed surface vessels. Sec. 1028. Arctic-focused forecasting, ice modeling, and naval readiness assessment. Sec. 1029. Renaming of USNS Cesar Chavez. Sec. 1030. Sense of Congress regarding naming of vessel for Battle of Dai Do. Sec. 1031. Sense of Congress regarding naming of a vessel "USS Guadalcanal". Sec. 1032. Sense of Congress regarding naming of a naval vessel for Battle of Midway. Sec. 1033. Sense of Congress regarding naming of a naval vessel in honor of Casimir Pulaski. Sec. 1034. Sense of Congress regarding naming of vessel for Rear Admiral Alene Duerk.
Sec. 1041. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States. Sec. 1042. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sec. 1043. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to certain countries.
Sec. 1044. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to close or relinquish control of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 1051. Establishment of the Secretaries of Defense historical series and priority declassification authority. Sec. 1052. Inclusion of National Guard Relief Foundation as a military welfare society for certain purposes. Sec. 1053. Joint Experimentation and Training Range Innovation Office. Sec. 1054. Establishment of Army Information Operations Center of Excellence. Sec. 1055. Extension of limitation on retirement or divestment of EA-18G Aircraft. Sec. 1056. Authority for Secretary of Defense waiver relating to certain training. Sec. 1057. Expansion of prohibition on destruction or scrapping of World War II-era aircraft. Sec. 1058. Prohibition on Department of Defense contracts with certain foreign-owned online tutoring services. Sec. 1059. Prohibition on display of unapproved flags. Sec. 1060. Prohibition on lobbying activities with respect to the Department of Defense by certain officers of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department following separation from military service or employment with the Department. Sec. 1061. Integration of small unmanned aircraft systems and counter-unmanned aircraft systems training into initial, officer, and joint collective training. Sec. 1062. Eastern Regional Range Complex demonstration project. Sec. 1063. Pilot program on total replacement value for Air Force Test Center ground test infrastructure. Sec. 1064. Pilot program for blockchain-enabled inventory management. Sec. 1065. Extended deadline to reassess necessity of use of immediate response authority of Department of Defense. Sec. 1066. Reconstitution of A-10 demonstration team. Sec. 1067. Implementation of cognitive performance enhancement program for special operations forces. Sec. 1068. Senator Robert J. Dole Greatest Generation Education Program. Sec. 1069. Recognition program for working dogs. Sec. 1070. Prohibition on availability of funds for closure of Rock Island Arsenal Museum. Sec. 1071. Limitation on availability of funds for deactivation of Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades. Sec. 1072. Limitation on availability of funds for travel expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Sec. 1073. Limitation on availability of funds for travel expenses of Office of the Secretary of Defense until submission certain assessment.
Sec. 1081. Repeal of obsolete reporting requirements. Sec. 1082. Extension of briefing requirement regarding civil authorities at the Southwest border. Sec. 1083. Extension of requirement for annual briefings on national biodefense strategy. Sec. 1084. Annual report and briefing on implementation of Army Transformation Initiative. Sec. 1085. Quarterly reports on effects of unplanned global taskings on operations, deterrence, and readiness in the area of operations of United States Indo-Pacific Command. Sec. 1086. Biannual reports on operational adaptation and fielding of Defense Autonomous Warfare Group. Sec. 1087. Service-wide enterprise strategies for human performance. Sec. 1088. Mobility capabilities strategic plan. Sec. 1089. Required doctrine on use of unmanned autonomous systems and autonomous formations. Sec. 1089A. Strategy for sustainment of certain unmanned aircraft systems. Sec. 1089B. Strategy for use of low-cost and attritable Group 4 and 5 unmanned aircraft systems in contested logistics operations. Sec. 1089C. Feasibility study on tactical information operations command authority. Sec. 1089D. Public availability of findings of Inspector General investigation of certain targeting operations. Sec. 1089E. Report on cost of United States military operations in Iran. Sec. 1089F. Report on Operation Southern Spear. Sec. 1089G. Report on civilian harm investigation relating to Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School. Sec. 1089H. Report on Port Shuaiba investigation.
Sec. 1091. Deeming references to the Department of Defense and Secretary of Defense as references to the Department of War and Secretary of War. Sec. 1092. Definition of special operations activities. Sec. 1093. Definition of counter-sUAS system for purposes of Joint Interagency Task Force 401. Sec. 1094. Increase in cap for support of small scale construction projects of foreign partners in support of counterdrug activities and activities to counter transnational organized crime. Sec. 1095. Modification to funding limitation for procurement of equipment for certain drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. Sec. 1096. National Guard attorney license portability. Sec. 1097. Oversight and direction of Irregular Warfare Exercise Laboratory. Sec. 1098. Ubiquitous technical surveillance and digital force protection. Sec. 1099. Potential designation of information as a domain of warfare.
Sec. 1101. Limitation on outside income for individuals in Office of the Secretary of Defense. Sec. 1102. Skills-based hiring for Department of Defense civilian positions. Sec. 1103. Establishment of a student internship program for military child and youth programs. Sec. 1104. Expansion of eligible educational programs under the Smart Defense Education Program. Sec. 1105. Military technician (dual status): elimination of title 32 authority; conversions of existing positions. Sec. 1106. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian employees working overseas. Sec. 1107. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a combat zone. Sec. 1108. Living quarter allowance for Department of Defense civilian employees with permanent duty station in Guam. Sec. 1109. Pilot program on integration of United States tech force with skills-based hiring authorities. Sec. 1110. Enhanced hiring authority for instructor pilots and civilian simulator instructors. Sec. 1111. Pilot program on tech talent competitiveness. Sec. 1112. Civilian employee and contractor financial management workforce within the Department of Defense. Sec. 1113. Department of Defense best practices guide for Family Child Care homes. Sec. 1114. Delegation of authority for corrective action for nonappropriated fund employees in cases of complaint of reprisal. Sec. 1115. Limitation on use of funds to limit collective bargaining. Sec. 1116. Hiring freeze exceptions. Sec. 1117. Prohibition on availability of funds for termination of DODEA, childcare, and healthcare workers. Sec. 1118. Demonstration project relating to pay and personnel policies for employees at ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile development and maintenance facilities. Sec. 1119. Demonstration project relating to pay and personnel policies for employees at Naval shipyards, Navy regional maintenance centers, and Navy trident refit facilities. Sec. 1120. Demonstration project relating to pay and personnel policies for prevailing rate employees at covered depots. Sec. 1121. Prohibition on carrying out hiring freeze, reduction in force, or hiring delay without cause at public shipyards of Department of Defense.
Sec. 1201. Modification of authority for support of special operations for irregular warfare. Sec. 1202. Authority to build capacity for space domain awareness. Sec. 1203. Establishment of Inter-Pacific Air Forces Academy. Sec. 1204. Review of execution of programs to build partner capacity. Sec. 1205. Establishment of partnership programs on military trauma care and research between the United States and foreign countries.
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the Near and Middle East
Sec. 1211. Extension of counter-terrorism support authority. Sec. 1212. Extension of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to United States military operations. Sec. 1213. Deadline for Afghanistan War Commission final report. Sec. 1214. Prohibition on use of funds to support the Taliban. Sec. 1215. Extension of authority to provide assistance to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Sec. 1216. Extension of limitation on availability of funds for the Iraqi Security Forces.
Sec. 1217. Prohibition on transfers to the Badr Organization.
Sec. 1221. Extension of war reserve stockpile authority for Israel. Sec. 1222. United States-Israel subterranean cooperation. Sec. 1223. United States-Israel cooperation to counter unmanned systems in all warfighting domains.
Sec. 1231. Arms sales and weapons system transfers to NATO countries. Sec. 1232. Extension and modification of oversight of United States military posture in Europe. Sec. 1233.
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Modification of certification with respect to oversight of United States military posture in Europe. Sec. 1234. Poland defense industrial cooperation program. Sec. 1235. Policy on NATO standardization and allied production for next-generation small arms ammunition. Sec. 1236. Review of the analytical basis for United States force posture adjustments in Europe. Sec. 1237. NATO defense planning and burden sharing activities.
Sec. 1241. Sense of Congress on defense alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region. Sec. 1242. Extension of Pacific Deterrence Initiative. Sec. 1243. Extension of requirement for public reporting of Chinese military companies operating in the United States. Sec. 1244. Modifications to public reporting of Chinese military companies operating in the United States. Sec. 1245. Extension and modification of annual report on military and security developments involving the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1246. Modification of Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative. Sec. 1247. Oversight of United States military posture on the Korean peninsula.
Sec. 1251. Oversight of military-to-military exchanges and contacts between the United States and the Russian Federation. Sec. 1252. Report on Russia's targeting of religious infrastructure in Ukraine. Sec. 1253. Study on effectiveness of United States-Somalia policy.
Sec. 1261. Repeal of temporary authority to provide training to military forces or national security forces of Costa Rica and Panama.
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. Sec. 1402. Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense. Sec. 1403. Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense-wide. Sec. 1404. Defense Inspector General. Sec. 1405. Defense Health Program. Sec. 1406. Cable security fleet expansion.
Sec. 1411. Extension of authorities for funding and management of joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois. Sec. 1412. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. Sec. 1413. Critical minerals traceability pilot program.
Sec. 1501. Data recovery requirements and strategy. Sec. 1502. Department of Defense AI incident and vulnerability reporting program. Sec. 1503. Review and realignment of Department of Defense cybersecurity responsibilities. Sec. 1504. Inclusion of critical infrastructure and operational technology security in combatant command planning and readiness exercises. Sec. 1505. Pilot program for autonomous mission integration of unmanned surface vehicles. Sec. 1506. Civilian cybersecurity reserve corps pilot program. Sec. 1507. Federal contractor vulnerability disclosure policy.
Subtitle B--Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence
Sec. 1521. Software planning, programming, budgeting, and execution reform. Sec. 1522. Requirement for guidance and prohibition on use of artificial intelligence of certain artificial intelligence companies. Sec. 1523. Artificial Intelligence Model Rapid Deployment Framework. Sec. 1524. Update of policy on autonomous and artificial intelligence-enabled systems. Sec. 1525. Expansion of AI-enabled maintenance intelligence platforms across Air Education and Training Command.
Sec. 1541. Roadmap for modernization of Top Secret and Special Access Program network architectures. Sec. 1542. Semiannual reports on Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment program.
TITLE XVI--SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS Sec. 1601. Reorganization of acquisition responsibilities of the Space Force. Sec. 1602. Reorganization of oversight of the Department of Defense positioning, navigation, and timing enterprise. Sec. 1603. Space launch support services and alternative launch procurement process. Sec. 1604. Spaceport of the Future initiative. Sec. 1605. Procurement of commercial space-based data and to support wildfire resilience. Sec. 1606. Continuation of Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar program of the Department of the Air Force. Subtitle B--Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities Sec. 1611. Expenditure of funds across fiscal years for Department of Defense intelligence and counterintelligence activities. Sec. 1612. Permanent authority for military intelligence collection and analysis partnerships. Sec. 1613. Repeal of certain reporting and briefing requirements. Sec. 1614. Modification of authority of Army counterintelligence agents to execute warrants and make arrests. Sec. 1615. Periodic strategy and assessment of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to meet intelligence collection priorities. Sec. 1616. Integration of open-source intelligence training and tradecraft into all-source intelligence analysis curricula. Sec. 1617. Object-based generative artificial intelligence for open-source intelligence. Sec. 1618. Report on protection from disclosure of members of the Armed Forces under cover. Sec. 1631. Matters relating to intercontinental ballistic missiles. Sec. 1632. Designation of Air Force Global Strike Command as National Center for Conventional-Nuclear Integration. Sec. 1633. Quadrennial report on the plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear weapons command and control system. Sec. 1634. Prohibition on reduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States. Sec. 1635. Limitation on reallocation of funds for Ronald Reagan Space and Missile Test Range and United States Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll. Sec. 1636. Feasibility assessment for potential designation of Joint Global Strike Operations Center as Global Operations Center-Alternate. Sec. 1637. Space Launch Complex 46. Sec. 1638. Modification of report requirement for certain decisions relating to nuclear weapons employment strategy of the United States. Sec. 1639. Independent assessment of bone marrow radiation shielding for nuclear survivability. Sec. 1651. Prohibition of unauthorized use of name or seal of the Missile Defense Agency. Sec. 1652. Removal of duplicative Missile Defense Agency testing requirement. Sec. 1653. Updated Middle East integrated air and missile defense strategy. Sec. 1654. Next-generation integrated air and missile defense system munitions strategy. Sec. 1655. Space-based interceptors. Sec. 1656. Low-cost exo-atmospheric interceptor development. Sec. 1661. Briefings and reports on cross-functional team for anomalous health incidents. Sec. 1662. Cooperative threat reduction funds. Sec. 1663. Solid rocket motor industrial base. Sec. 1701. Availability of funds for Department of Defense State Partnership Program. Sec. 1702. Inclusion of members of special operations forces in preseparation counseling. Sec. 1703. Copyright to a literary work produced by a civilian faculty member of a Space Force professional military education program in the course of employment: free use by the Federal Government. Sec. 1704. Inapplicability of Defense Base Act to Guam. Sec. 1705. Extension of admission for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers. Sec. 1706. Reauthorization of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. Sec. 1707. United States-Abraham Accords Defense Cooperation Initiative. Sec. 1708. Establishment of the Atomic Civilians Commemorative Service Medal. Sec. 1709. Establishment of the Blast Overpressure Task Force of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 1710. Authorization of transfer of certain land near Dayton National Cemetery to Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 1721. Technical and conforming amendments. Sec. 1722. Countering China's control of the Caucasus. Sec. 1723. Comptroller General study on Skillbridge programs.
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TITLE XVIII--REVITALIZATION OF THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
Subtitle A--Provisions to Protect and Strengthen Supply Chains
Sec. 1801. Requirements for information relating to supply chain risk. Sec. 1802. Oversight of specialty metals procurements under exception relating to agreements with foreign governments. Sec. 1803. Critical materials: tiered sourcing restrictions and requirements. Sec. 1804. Changes with respect to the Federal Acquisition Security Council. Sec. 1805. Modifications to strategy to eliminate sourcing of computer displays from certain nations. Sec. 1806. Extension of Comptroller General assessments and reports on compliance with procurement requirements relating to rare earth elements and strategic and critical materials. Sec. 1807. Requirements related to detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts. Sec. 1808. Analysis and report on sourcing of certain items. Sec. 1809. Assessment and implementation plan for sourcing of synthetic diamond and super abrasive materials used in defense applications. Sec. 1810. Defense Supply Chain Intelligence and Risk Response Program. Sec. 1811. Identification of supply chain dependencies. Sec. 1812. Federal Acquisition Security Council exclusion orders for Chinese military company designees. Sec. 1813. Domestic preference in the procurement of professional services. Sec. 1814. Prohibition on the use of Chinese-manufactured optical fiber by the Department of Defense. Sec. 1815. Report on primary aluminum sector industrial base assessment. Sec. 1816. Assessment of risk related to adversarial capital in the defense industrial base. Sec. 1817. Integration of demand for foreign military sales into industrial base planning. Sec. 1818. Report on the feasibility of requiring Bills of Materials for defense acquisition.
Subtitle B--Provisions Relating to Defense Industrial Base
Manufacturing
Sec. 1831. Clarification of eligible uses of Defense Industrial Base Fund. Sec. 1832. Inclusion of biotechnology in uses of the Industrial Base Fund. Sec. 1833. Development and application of alternative material sources. Sec. 1834. Report and implementation of plan for advanced manufacturing for certain critical readiness items of supply. Sec. 1835. Additional guidance related to advanced manufacturing. Sec. 1836. Modifications to advanced manufacturing policy review and guidance. Sec. 1837. Enhanced domestic content requirement for shipbuilding programs. Sec. 1838. Triennial review of merger and acquisition activity associated with major defense suppliers. Sec. 1839. Multiyear procurement authority for certain munitions. Sec. 1840. Multiyear procurement authority for platforms and components systems. Sec. 1841. Managing and mitigating risks in major munitions programs. Sec. 1842. Comptroller General assessment on improving weapon systems and technology procurement.
Sec. 1861. Modification to annual report on depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by public and private sectors. Sec. 1862. Authority to write off capital expenditures for certain depots of Department of Defense. Sec. 1863. Reforms relating to Army organic industrial base. Sec. 1864. Exclusion of manufacturing arsenal workload from depot carryover calculation. Sec. 1865. Temporary authority for use of operation and maintenance funds to provide training for certain employees performing services or work funded by working-capital funds. Sec. 1866. Demonstration and prototyping program for qualification of organic industrial base as alternate source for manufacture of casts and forged components for legacy aircraft. Sec. 1867. Briefing and report on Defense industrial base chokepoints and organic industrial base modernization.
Sec. 1871. Exception to contract price requirement relating to use of test and evaluation installations by commercial entities. Sec. 1872. Amendments to the procurement technical assistance cooperative agreement program. Sec. 1873. Pilot program on digital engineering and advanced manufacturing to address no-bid solicitations. Sec. 1874. Pilot program to improve participation by small business concerns in certain Department of Defense contracts. Sec. 1875. Guidance to ensure protection of covered information during covered preaward engagements.
Sec. 1881. Skills-based requirements for Department of Defense contractor personnel. Sec. 1882. Modification of working group on the advanced manufacturing workforce. Sec. 1883. Workforce development initiatives to support mining of critical minerals.
Sec. 1891. Exemption from trademark licensing fees for certain military exchange contractors. Sec. 1892. Major system cost growth oversight. Sec. 1893. Inapplicability of Berry Amendment exceptions to certain seafood purchases. Sec. 1894. Clarification of commercial solicitation restrictions during initial entry training for memorabilia and photography.
Sec. 2001. Short title. Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law. Sec. 2003. Effective date.
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2102. Family Housing. Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army. Sec. 2104. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2021 project at Fort Gillem, Georgia. Sec. 2105. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects. Sec. 2106. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Sec. 2107. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects. Sec. 2108. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2024 projects. Sec. 2109. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2025 project at Grafenwoehr, Germany. Sec. 2110. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2026 project at Joint Region Marianas, Guam.
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2202. Family Housing. Sec. 2203. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. Sec. 2204. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects. Sec. 2205. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2024 projects. Sec. 2206. Extension and modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2024 project at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Sec. 2207. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2026 project at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii. Sec. 2208. Transfer of amounts for mitigation for projects located at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington.
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2302. Family Housing. Sec. 2303. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. Sec. 2304. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects. Sec. 2305. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects. Sec. 2306. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects. Sec. 2307. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2024 projects. Sec. 2308. Authority to carry out project at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2402. Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program projects. Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. Sec. 2404. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects. Sec. 2405. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2024 projects.
Subtitle A--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. Sec. 2511. Republic of Korea funded construction projects. Sec. 2512. Republic of Poland funded construction projects. Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve. Sec. 2607. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects. Sec. 2608. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2024 projects. Sec. 2609. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2026 project at Colonie, New York. Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure activities funded through Department of Defense base closure account. Sec. 2801. Execution of projects under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program. Sec. 2802. Inclusion of Tribal governments in Defense Community Infrastructure Program. Sec. 2803. Briefing required for certain basing actions of the Department of the Air Force. Sec. 2804. Unspecified minor military construction dollar thresholds. Sec. 2805. Repeal of limitation on available funds for research, development, test, and evaluation military construction projects. Sec. 2806. Modification of approval and notification thresholds for repair projects on military facilities. Sec. 2807. Department of Defense military installation stormwater project acceleration program. Sec. 2808. Expansion of annual report on unfunded requirements for certain military construction projects. Sec. 2811. Congressional notification of window fall incidents in certain privatized military housing. Sec. 2812. Expansion of protections against reprisal or retaliation for certain tenants of privatized military housing. Sec. 2813. Treatment of nondisclosure agreements with respect to privatized military housing. Sec. 2814. Expansion of pilot program to include authority to replace certain Department of Defense laboratories. Sec. 2815. Modification to pilot program for military construction projects to replace certain military unaccompanied housing facilities. Sec. 2816. Establishment of timeliness standards with respect to maintenance work orders for covered military unaccompanied housing; annual report. Sec. 2817. Expansion of elements included in annual reports on the condition of covered military unaccompanied housing. Sec. 2818. Modification to required investments in improving military unaccompanied housing.
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Subtitle C--Real Property and Facilities Administration
Sec. 2821. Authorization for certain planning, design, and construction contracts in support of military service academies. Sec. 2822. Exemption of certain military installations from guidance with respect to aggregate square footage requirements. Sec. 2823. Matching requirement for the public schools on military installations program. Sec. 2824. Improvement to procedures for processing visitors to Department of Defense military installations. Sec. 2825. Restrictions on data facility equipment placed on facilities leased from the Department of Defense. Sec. 2826. Name of Department of the Army military installation, Augusta, Georgia. Sec. 2827. Name of the Department of the Army military installation located in Muscogee County and Chattahoochee County, Georgia. Sec. 2828. Military installation renamings.
Sec. 2831. Report on land withdrawal at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, State Armory Board, Utah National Guard, Camp Williams State Military Reservation, Lehi, Utah. Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee.
Sec. 2841. Digital twin models at certain military installations. Sec. 2842. Pilot program on wastewater monitoring and pathogen-agnostic monitoring system of certain military installations. Sec. 2843. Department of Defense pilot program for development and use of online real estate inventory tool. Sec. 2844. Pilot program to provide integrated connectivity service.
Sec. 2851. Authority for Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and facilities in the National Capital Region and to administer such property as part of the Pentagon Reservation. Sec. 2852. Establishment of a dashboard for military construction projects for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation facilities. Sec. 2853. Additional authority for defense site reimbursement in the Federated States of Micronesia. Sec. 2854. Recognition of certain aspects of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as a national memorial, national memorial garden, and national K9 memorial.
Sec. 2861. Annual report on supervision, inspection, and overhead costs for military construction projects. Sec. 2862. Requirements relating to the Multi-Mission Dry Dock military construction project at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington. Sec. 2863. Comptroller General review of Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program. Sec. 2864. Conditions on transfer of Department of Defense power grid infrastructure in Guam. Sec. 2865. Annual report on military construction projects supporting readiness and public interest in Guam. Sec. 2866. Annual report on effects of extreme weather on Department of Defense military installations and combatant commander requirements. Sec. 2867. Reports to Census Bureau with respect to military and civilian personnel on military installations.
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
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TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
Subtitle A--National Security Programs and Authorizations
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. Sec. 3104. Nuclear energy.
Subtitle B--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 3111. Modifications to requirements for plutonium pit production capacity. Sec. 3112. Modification to implementation of programs for acceleration of replacement of cesium blood irradiation sources. Sec. 3113. Other transaction authority. Sec. 3114. Extension of alternative personnel system of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Sec. 3115. Deadline for commencement of High Explosive Synthesis, Formulation, and Production Facility. Sec. 3116. Contracting authority to acquire commercial testing services for effects of radiation. Sec. 3117. Prohibition relating to reclassification of high-level waste. Sec. 3121. Technical and conforming amendments relating to codification of atomic energy defense provisions. Sec. 3122. Modification of submission deadline for certain Selected Acquisition Reports. Sec. 3201. Authorization. Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for Maritime Administration. Sec. 3511. Transferring the Administration of the United States Merchant Marine Academy to the Department. Sec. 3512. Establishment of the United States Merchant Marine Academy as an office within the Office in the Department. Sec. 3513. Support for athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Sec. 3521. Limitation on waiver of navigation and vessel-inspection laws to address foreign entities of concern. Sec. 3522. Financing of fishing vessels. Sec. 3523. Cranes; shore power. Sec. 3524. Cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by United States Government. Sec. 3525. Assistance for small shipyards. Sec. 3526. Committee on the Marine Transportation System. Sec. 3527. Assessment of channel depths and placement of aids to navigation. Sec. 3528. Waiver. Sec. 3529. National Maritime Workforce Advisory Committee. Sec. 3530. Enhancing United States maritime workforce. Sec. 3531. Enhancing United States shipyards and shipbuilding. Sec. 3601. Report on privilege. Sec. 3602. Fleet testing and briefing requirement. Sec. 3603. Assessment of the use of commercial best practices for Navy shipbuilding. Sec. 3604. Military Sealift Command. Sec. 3605. Assessment on maritime infrastructure readiness. Sec. 3606. United States Merchant Marine Academy infrastructure and facilities modernization. Sec. 3607. United States Merchant Marine Academy. Sec. 3608. State maritime academies. Sec. 3609. Enforcement of service obligation requirements. Sec. 3610. State Maritime Academy Sea Term Scholarship Programs. Sec. 3611. Implementation plan. Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. Sec. 4101. Procurement.
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TITLE XLII--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
Sec. 4201. Research, development, test, and evaluation.
Sec. 4301. Operation and maintenance.
Sec. 4401. Military personnel.
Sec. 4501. Other authorizations.
Sec. 4601. Military construction.
TITLE XLVII--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
Sec. 4701. Department of Energy national security programs.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES.
In this Act, the term "congressional defense committees" has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 for procurement for the Army, the Navy and the Marine Corps, the Air Force and the Space Force, and Defense-wide activities, as specified in the funding table in section 4101.
SEC. 111. STANDARDS FOR NETWORKED, AUTONOMOUS, KINETIC
CAPABILITIES TO PROTECT AGAINST SMALL UNMANNED
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall establish standards to guide the development, procurement, and fielding of covered capabilities to protect ground combat, support, and mobility platforms against small unmanned aircraft systems.
(b) Requirements.--The standards established under subsection (a) shall provide for the development, procurement, and fielding of covered capabilities that--
(1) are interoperable across brigade combat team elements, including interoperability of capabilities for the detection, tracking, and kinetic interception of small unmanned aircraft systems;
(2) ensure seamless networking between a wide variety of sensors and ground platforms; and
(3) meet such other requirements as the Secretary of the Army determines appropriate.
(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary of the Army establishes the standards under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that includes--
(1) an explanation of the standards; and
(2) identification of any hardware or software components that--
(A) potentially meet such standards; and
(B) would be appropriate for incorporation into covered capabilities.
(d) Covered Capabilities Defined.--In this section, the term "covered capabilities" means platforms and other capabilities that--
(1) are networked and autonomous;
(2) are capable of the detection, tracking, and kinetic interception of small unmanned aircraft systems; and
(3) incorporate--
(A) passive and active sensors for the persistent detection and tracking of threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems;
(B) autonomous kinetic effects capable of neutralizing threats with minimal operator intervention; and
(C) mesh networking to allow for sensor-to-shooter handoffs between multiple ground platforms.
SEC. 121. TEMPORARY UNAVAILABILITY OF AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE
SHIPS.
Section 8062(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting "(1)" before "The naval"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(2) In this subsection, the term `temporarily unavailable', when used with respect to an amphibious warfare ship, means that the ship has not surpassed its planned availability by a margin of--
"(A) greater than 100 percent of the nominal duration of that availability in 2026 or 2027;
"(B) greater than 75 percent of the nominal duration of that availability in 2028 or 2029;
"(C) greater than 50 percent of the nominal duration of that availability in 2030 or 2031; and
"(D) greater than 25 percent of the nominal duration of that availability in 2032 or any year thereafter.".
SEC. 122. AUTHORITY TO USE INCREMENTAL FUNDING FOR LONG LEAD-
TIME COMPONENTS FOR VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINES.
Section 126 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 755) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
"(b) Authority to Use Incremental Funding.--In exercising the authority under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy may enter into incrementally funded contracts for the procurement of covered components that are long lead-time items.".
SEC. 123. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR ARLEIGH BURKE
CLASS DESTROYERS.
(a) Authority for Multiyear Procurement.--Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more multiyear contracts for the procurement of up to 15 Arleigh Burke class Flight III guided missile destroyers.
(b) Authority for Advance Procurement.--The Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts, beginning in fiscal year 2027, for advance procurement associated with the destroyers for which authorization to enter into a multiyear procurement contract is provided under subsection (a), and for systems and subsystems associated with such destroyers in economic order quantities when cost savings are achievable.
(c) Condition for Out-year Contract Payments.--A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2027 is subject to the availability of appropriations or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
(d) Mandatory Inclusion of Prepriced Option in Certain Circumstances.--
(1) In general.--In the event the total base quantity of destroyers to be procured through all contracts entered into under subsection (a) is less than 15, the Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that one or more of the contracts includes a prepriced option for the procurement of additional destroyers such that the sum of such base quantity and the number of destroyers that may be procured through the exercise of such options is equal to 15 destroyers.
(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Base quantity.--The term "base quantity" means the quantity of destroyers to be procured under a contract entered into under subsection (a) excluding any quantity of destroyers that may be procured through the exercise of an option that may be part of such contract.
(B) Prepriced option.--The term "prepriced option" means a contract option for a contract entered into under subsection (a) that, if exercised, would allow the Secretary of the Navy to procure a destroyer at a predetermined price specified in such contract.
(e) Limitation.--The Secretary of the Navy may not modify a contract entered into under subsection (a) if the modification would increase the target price of the destroyer by more than 10 percent above the target price specified in the original contract for the destroyer under subsection (a).
SEC. 124. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR JOHN LEWIS
CLASS OILERS.
(a) Authority for Multiyear Procurement.--Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more multiyear contracts for the procurement of John Lewis class Oilers and systems, components, and long-lead time materials associated with such vessels.
(b) Authority for Advance Procurement.--The Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts, beginning in fiscal year 2027, for advance procurement associated with the oilers for which authorization to enter into a multiyear procurement contract is provided under subsection (a), including economic order quantity purchases and advance procurement of long-lead time materials, to support the continuous production of such vessels and to achieve cost savings.
(c) Condition for Out-year Contract Payments.--A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of
the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2027 is subject to the availability of appropriations or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
(d) Termination Liability.--A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that the total liability to the Federal Government for termination of the contract shall be limited to the total amount of funding obligated for the contract at the time of termination.
SEC. 125. PROCUREMENT AUTHORITIES FOR CERTAIN AMPHIBIOUS
SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS.
(a) Contract Authority.--
(1) Procurement authorized.--The Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts for the procurement of covered ships.
(2) Procurement in conjunction with existing contracts.--The ships authorized to be procured under paragraph (1) may be procured as additions to existing contracts covering programs for covered ships.
(b) Certification Required.--A contract may not be entered into under subsection (a) unless the Secretary of the Navy certifies to the congressional defense committees, in writing, not later than 30 days before entry into the contract, each of the following, which shall be prepared by the milestone decision authority for the covered ship program concerned:
(1) The use of such a contract is consistent with the Commandant of the Marine Corps' projected force structure requirements for amphibious ships.
(2) The use of such a contract will result in savings compared to the total anticipated costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts.
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In certifying cost savings under the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall include a written explanation of--
(A) the estimated end cost and appropriated funds by fiscal year, by hull, without the authority provided in subsection (a);
(B) the estimated end cost and appropriated funds by fiscal year, by hull, with the authority provided in subsection (a);
(C) the estimated cost savings or increase by fiscal year, by hull, with the authority provided in subsection (a); and
(D) the contractual actions that will ensure the estimated cost savings are realized.
(3) The Secretary of the Navy has a reasonable expectation that throughout the contemplated contract period funding will be available for the contract at the level required to avoid contract cancellation.
(4) There is a stable design for the property to be acquired and the technical risks associated with such property are not excessive.
(5) The estimates of both the cost of the contract and the anticipated cost avoidance through the use of a contract authorized under subsection (a) are realistic.
(6) The use of such a contract will promote the national security of the United States.
(7) During the fiscal year in which such contract is to be awarded, sufficient funds will be available to perform the contract in such fiscal year.
(c) Authority for Advance Procurement.--The Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts for advance procurement or advance construction associated with a ship or ships for which authorization to enter into a contract is provided under subsection (a), and for systems, sub systems, spare parts, and major shore based spares associated with such ships in economic order quantities when cost savings are achievable.
(d) Authority to Use Incremental Funding.--The Secretary of the Navy may incrementally fund a contract entered into under subsection (a) or (c).
(e) Condition for Out-year Contract Payments.--A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for such fiscal year.
(f) Termination.--The authority of the Secretary of the Navy to enter into contracts under subsection (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2030.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered ship" means a San Antonio-class or America-class ship.
(2) The term "milestone decision authority" has the meaning given that term in section 4251(e) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 126. CONTRACT AUTHORITY FOR SUBMARINE TENDER PROGRAM.
(a) Contract Authority.--The Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts for the procurement of not more than two AS(X) submarine tenders.
(b) Use of Incremental Funding.--With respect to a contract entered into under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy may use incremental funding to make payments under the contract.
(c) Liability.--Any contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that--
(1) any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose; and
(2) the total liability of the Federal Government for termination of the contract shall be limited to the total amount of funding obligated to the contract at the time of termination.
SEC. 127. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR E-2D ADVANCED
HAWKEYE AIRCRAFT.
(a) Authority for Multiyear Procurement.--Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more multiyear contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2027 program year, for the procurement of twelve E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.
(b) Authority for Economic Order Quantity.--The Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts, beginning in fiscal year 2027, for advance procurement associated with the aircraft for which authorization to enter into a multiyear procurement contract is provided under subsection (a), which may include procurement of economic order quantities of material and equipment for such aircraft when cost savings are achievable.
(c) Liability.--Any contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that--
(1) any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose; and
(2) the total liability of the Federal Government for termination of the contract shall be limited to the total amount of funding obligated to the contract at the time of termination.
SEC. 128. AUTHORITY TO USE INCREMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
(DDG).
(a) In General.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Navy for Shipbuilding and Conversion for fiscal year 2027 may be used by the Secretary of the Navy to enter into an incrementally funded contract for the construction of one Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG).
(b) Availability of Funds and Termination Liability.--A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose, and that total liability to the Government for the termination of the contract shall be limited to the total amount of funding obligated at time of termination.
SEC. 129. AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT OF COMPONENTS FOR
SHIP-TO-SHORE CONNECTOR CLASS CRAFT.
(a) Authority for Advance Procurement.--The Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts, prior to ship authorization, for the advance procurement of components for Ship-to-Shore Connector class craft, including procurement of such components in economic order quantities when cost savings are achievable.
(b) Condition for Out-year Contract Payments.--A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for such fiscal year.
SEC. 130. TORPEDO MODERNIZATION, TESTING, AND INVENTORY
SUFFICIENCY FOR TWO SIMULTANEOUS REGIONAL
CONFLICTS.
(a) Strategy and Inventory Requirement.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for torpedo modernization, testing, production, and inventory sufficiency.
(2) Elements.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of the minimum required inventory levels of--
(i) MK-48 heavyweight torpedoes;
(ii) lightweight torpedoes, including MK-54 torpedoes;
(iii) advanced torpedo variants;
(iv) exercise, training, and telemetry torpedoes; and
(v) torpedo countermeasure systems, necessary to support not fewer than two simultaneous regional conflicts.
(B) An assessment of wartime torpedo expenditure assumptions for combat operations against peer and near-peer maritime adversaries.
(C) An evaluation of current torpedo production capacity, including limitations associated with--
(i) energetics;
(ii) propulsion systems;
(iii) acoustic seekers;
(iv) guidance electronics;
(v) specialty metals;
(vi) undersea weapon integration facilities; and
(vii) single-source suppliers.
(D) A plan to increase annual torpedo production capacity and reduce production lead times during contingencies.
(E) An assessment of the adequacy of existing torpedo testing infrastructure, including--
(i) undersea warfare test ranges;
(ii) target vessels and unmanned targets;
(iii) telemetry and instrumentation systems;
(iv) contested electromagnetic environment testing capabilities;
(v) digital engineering and modeling environments;
(vi) Arctic and deep-water testing capacity;
(vii) shallow water testing capability; and
(viii) opportunities to cooperate on testing activities with allies and partners of the United States.
(F) A description of efforts to improve torpedo survivability and effectiveness against advanced countermeasures and adversary electronic warfare systems.
(G) An assessment of storage, transportation, reload, and expeditionary rearmament capacity for torpedoes during wartime operations.
(H) A description of any statutory or regulatory barriers limiting expansion of torpedo production, testing, or procurement.
(I) Recommendations for legislative or administrative action necessary to improve torpedo readiness and wartime sufficiency.
(b) Industrial Base Expansion Plan.--Not later 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall develop a plan to expand the undersea weapons industrial base to support sustained wartime production requirements. Such plan shall include--
(1) options for second-source suppliers;
(2) expansion of Government-owned, contractor-operated facilities;
(3) use of multiyear procurement authorities pursuant to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code;
(4) opportunities to expand public-private partnerships for undersea weapons manufacturing and sustainment;
(5) measures to improve supply chain resilience for critical components; and
(6) options for surge production during national emergencies or armed conflict.
(c) Reports Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees--
(1) a report on the strategy developed under subsection (a); and
(2) a report on the plan developed under subsection (b).
(d) Briefing Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on--
(1) the highest-risk shortfalls in torpedo inventory and testing capacity;
(2) operational testing methodology for torpedos and efforts to test for real world scenarios;
(3) projected wartime torpedo inventory depletion timelines; and
(4) investments required during period covered by the future-years defense program to ensure torpedo sufficiency for two simultaneous regional conflicts.
SEC. 131. LIMITATION ON CONSTRUCTION OF BATTLESHIP PENDING
CERTIFICATION ON TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS.
The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a contract or other agreement that includes a scope of work for the construction of the lead ship of the Battleship program until the date on which the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that the weapon systems planned for inclusion in such lead ship are at a sufficiently mature technology readiness level.
SEC. 132. STRATEGY FOR ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND FLIGHT
MODIFICATIONS FOR FF(X) CLASS FRIGATES.
(a) Strategy Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy for the iterative development of the FF(X) class frigate.
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Such strategy shall include the following:
(1) Information on the estimated timeline for each planned variant (commonly known as a "Flight") of the FF(X) class frigate.
(2) Details on the integration of additional capabilities for future Flights of the frigate, such as vertical launch systems or improved sensors, and implications for the space, weight, power, and cost of the hull form.
(3) Any additional mission sets or combat functions that may be added to the concept of operation for FF(X) class frigates.
(b) Interim Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the development of the strategy required under subsection (a).
(c) FF(X) Class Frigate Defined.--In this section, the term "FF(X) class frigate" means the new class of frigate vessel under development by the Secretary of the Navy (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) based on a design derived from the Legend class Coast Guard cutter.
SEC. 133. REPORT ON CONTINUITY OF MISSION AND READINESS
DURING TRANSITION OF F-5 TO F/A-18E/F AIRCRAFT
FOR THE NAVY RESERVE.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than March 1, 2027, and annually thereafter for four years, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the status of efforts to transfer F/A-18E/F aircraft to the Navy Reserve to replace the F-5 aircraft.
(b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall include an explanation of--
(1) how the Secretary will mitigate risk to any degradation, gap, or delay in mission execution, fleet readiness, or pilot and maintainer qualification during the period in which aircraft are being transferred and replaced as described in subsection (a);
(2) the Secretary's plans for retaining key Navy Reserve personnel to support operational readiness during such period;
(3) how the Secretary plans, if possible, to ensure that assigned operational and adversary training missions are executed during such period;
(4) how the Secretary plans to maintain pilot and maintenance personnel proficiency, currency, and qualifications during such period; and
(5) the timelines associated with the transfer and replacement of aircraft described in subsection (a), including timelines associated with--
(A) support equipment and initial spares;
(B) pilot and maintenance personnel training;
(C) achievement of initial operational capability and full operational capability; and
(D) execution of all contracts supporting the transfer and replacement of such aircraft.
SEC. 141. INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FIGHTER
AIRCRAFT.
(a) Modification of Inventory Requirements for Air Force Fighter Aircraft.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (i) of section 9062 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"(i)(1) During the period beginning on October 1, 2026, and ending on October 1, 2035, the Secretary of the Air Force shall maintain a total aircraft inventory of fighter aircraft of not less than 1,800 aircraft.
"(2) In this subsection:
"(A) The term `fighter aircraft'--
"(i) means an aircraft that--
"(I) is designated by a mission design series prefix of F-or A-;
"(II) is manned by one or two crewmembers; and
"(III) executes single-role or multi-role missions, including air-to-air combat, air-to-ground attack, air interdiction, suppression or destruction of enemy air defenses, close air support, strike control and reconnaissance, combat search and rescue support, or airborne forward air control; and
"(ii) does not include collaborative combat aircraft.
"(B) The term `primary mission aircraft inventory' means aircraft assigned to meet the primary aircraft authorization to a unit for the performance of its wartime mission.".
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 2026.
(b) Authority to Increase Planned Procurement.--Beginning on October 1, 2026, the Secretary of the Air Force may increase the total planned procurement of F-15EX aircraft to beyond 267 aircraft.
SEC. 142. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT OF F-22
AIRCRAFT.
Section 9062(k)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "September 30, 2027" and inserting "September 30, 2032".
SEC. 143. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF E-3 AIRBORNE WARNING
AND CONTROL SYSTEM AIRCRAFT AND REQUIREMENTS
RELATING TO E-7 AIRCRAFT.
(a) Extension and Modification of Minimum Inventory Requirement.--Section 149 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended--
(1) by striking "below 16" each place it appears and inserting "below 15"; and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking "fiscal year 2026" and inserting "fiscal year 2026 or 2027".
(b) Requirement to Plan and Budget for E-7 Program of Record.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees--
(1) a detailed schedule for procurement, fielding, and achievement of initial and full operating capability for E-7 Wedgetail aircraft; and
(2) a funding profile across the period covered by the Future Years Defense Program sufficient to meet the requirements of paragraph (1).
(c) Capability Assurance.--The Secretary of Air Force shall certify to the congressional defense committees that--
(1) the plan under subsection (b) will ensure there is no degradation in the airborne early warning, battle management, and command and control capabilities available to support combatant commands; and
(2) any proposed retirement of E-3 aircraft will not result in a gap in operational coverage, mission availability, or responsiveness to the demands of the combatant commands.
SEC. 144. EVALUATION FOR POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF CERTAIN A-10
AIRCRAFT AMONG MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.
Section 137(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 174) is amended--
(1) by striking "by this Act or by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263)" and inserting "to the Department of Defense for any of fiscal years 2023 through 2030"; and
(2) by inserting "to another military department or" after "evaluated for potential transfer".
SEC. 145. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO C-130
AIRCRAFT.
(a) Extension of Minimum Inventory Requirement.--Section 146(a)(3)(B) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2455), as most recently amended by section 145(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 760), is further amended by striking "2026" and inserting "2028".
(b) Extension of Prohibition on Reduction of C-130 Aircraft Assigned to National Guard.--Section 146(b)(1) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2455), as most recently amended by section 145(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 760), is further amended by striking "2026" and inserting "2028".
(c) Report Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report detailing the following:
(1) The total number and variant types of C-130 aircraft in the inventory of the Air Force.
(2) Any planned retirements, divestments, or reductions to the fleet of such aircraft.
(3) Modernization and recapitalization efforts, including block upgrades and procurement schedules.
(4) Planned basing actions for fielding C-130J aircraft to recapitalize C-130H aircraft.
SEC. 146. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR C-37
AIRCRAFT RECAPITALIZATION PROGRAM.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Air Force for the procurement of C-37 aircraft, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force submits to the congressional defense committees--
(1) the acquisition strategy for such aircraft; and
(2) a justification for using other than competitive procedures under section 3204 of title 10, United States Code, for the award of a contract for the procurement of such aircraft.
SEC. 147. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF MQ-9 REAPER AIRCRAFT.
(a) Limitation on Retirement or Divestment.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Air Force may be obligated or expended to retire, divest, place in storage, transfer to nonoperational status, or prepare for retirement any MQ-9 Reaper aircraft.
(b) Certification Requirement for Future Retirement or Divestment.--Beginning after September 30, 2027, the Secretary of the Air Force may not retire, divest, or transfer to nonoperational status any MQ-9 Reaper aircraft until the Secretary certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that--
(1) a replacement capability has achieved initial operational capability;
(2) such replacement capability provides comparable or superior--
(A) persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability;
(B) strike capability;
(C) survivability in a dynamic and high-threat environment;
(D) maritime surveillance capability;
(E) communications relay capability; and
(F) operational availability and sortie generation capacity;
(3) the replacement capability is available in sufficient operational quantities to meet requirements of the combatant commands;
(4) the retirement or divestment will not increase operational risk to ongoing contingency operations, homeland defense missions, maritime domain awareness missions, or crisis response operations;
(5) the Secretary has conducted a force structure assessment evaluating the impact of such retirement on--
(A) globally deployed operations;
(B) distributed operations in the Indo-Pacific region;
(C) operations in the United States Central Command area of responsibility;
(D) support to special operations forces; and
(E) support to allied and partner nation operations; and
(6) the Secretary has submitted the assessments required under subsection (c).
(c) Combatant Commander Sufficiency Assessment.--Not later than 30 days prior to submitting a certification under subsection (b), the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees an assessment from--
(1) each of the commanders of the combatant commands regarding the operational sufficiency of the remaining remotely piloted aircraft force to execute approved operational plans and ongoing missions;
(2) the Commander of United States Special Operations Command regarding the impact of such retirement on support to special operations missions;
(3) the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command regarding the impact on distributed maritime surveillance and targeting operations in the Indo-Pacific theater; and
(4) the Commander of United States Central Command regarding the impact on ongoing counterterrorism, force protection, and crisis response operations.
(d) Replacement Capability Defined.--In this section, the term "replacement capability" means a platform, family of systems, or operational capability intended to replace the operational functions currently performed by the MQ-9 Reaper fleet, including--
(1) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance;
(2) precision strike;
(3) maritime domain awareness;
(4) electronic warfare; and
(5) communications relay.
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ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES FOR NEXT GENERATION
AIRLIFT CAPABILITIES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Transportation Command, shall conduct an analysis of alternatives for next generation airlift capabilities.
(b) Elements.--In conducting the analysis of alternatives required under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall--
(1) evaluate a range of options for next generation airlift capabilities, including recapitalization of existing platforms, service life extension and modernization efforts, and development of new airlift platforms;
(2) in evaluating such options, consider operational effectiveness, survivability in contested environments, fuel efficiency, lifecycle costs, connectivity, basing, and interoperability with joint and coalition forces and battle networks; and
(3) assess the feasibility of incorporating unmanned or optionally crewed systems and innovative concepts of operations.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the analysis of alternatives conducted under subsection (a). The report shall include--
(1) the findings and conclusions of the analysis;
(2) recommendations, if any, for future investment in next generation airlift capabilities; and
(3) such other information as the Secretary determines appropriate.
SEC. 149. AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSITIONAL ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE
AIRLIFT OPERATIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force may carry out activities, prior to fielding the next generation airlift aircraft, to improve the readiness, reliability, capacity, and capabilities of the Air Force with respect to airlift operations.
(b) Activities.--The activities carried out under subsection (a) may include--
(1) entering into partnerships with commercial entities--
(A) to provide the Air Force with access to commercially developed aircraft capable of handling outsized airlift payloads; and
(B) to modify such aircraft, as necessary, to meet military requirements;
(2) carrying out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of using commercial providers to test, certify, and operate select C-5 aircraft in support of the Air Force; and
(3) such other activities as the Secretary of the Air Force determines appropriate.
(c) Funding.--This section shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Air Force and no additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.
SEC. 150. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN F-14 AIRCRAFT TO U.S. SPACE
AND ROCKET CENTER COMMISSION IN HUNTSVILLE,
ALABAMA.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Navy may convey, without consideration, to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Commission in Huntsville, Alabama (in this section referred to as the "Commission"), all right, title, and interest of the United States in the following:
(1) F-14 aircraft (Bureau number 159437).
(2) F-14 aircraft (Bureau number 164341).
(3) F-14 aircraft (Bureau number 164602).
(b) Form of Conveyance.--Any conveyance under subsection (a) shall be made by means of a conditional deed of gift.
(c) Conveyance at No Cost to the United States.--Any conveyance under subsection (a) shall be made at no cost to the United States. Any costs associated with such conveyance, costs of determining compliance with terms of the conveyance, and costs of operation and maintenance of the aircraft conveyed shall be borne by the Commission.
(d) Condition of Aircraft.--The aircraft being conveyed under subsection (a) do not have any capability for use as a platform for launching or releasing munitions or any other combat capability that it was designed to have.
(e) Conditions.--The Secretary shall include in the instrument of conveyance of the aircraft under subsection (a)--
(1) a condition that the Secretary is not required to repair or alter the condition of the aircraft before conveying ownership of the aircraft;
(2) a condition that the Secretary shall provide any maintenance and operations manuals that--
(A) are specific to the F-14 aircraft; and
(B) the Secretary has sufficient intellectual property rights to convey;
(3) a condition that the Secretary may provide excess spare parts to make one of the F-14 aircraft flyable or able to complete a static display, provided that any part transferred from existing Navy stock is reimbursed at fair market value by the Commission, with no items being procured by the Secretary on behalf of the Commission; and
(4) a condition that the Secretary will not be responsible for transferring any additional parts or providing any additional support beyond what is stated in this section, during or after the conveyance of the aircraft.
(f) Agreements for Restoration and Operation.--The Secretary may--
(1) authorize the Commission to enter into agreements with qualified nonprofit organizations for the purpose of restoring and operating the aircraft transferred under subsection (a) for public display, airshows, and commemorative events to preserve naval aviation heritage; and
(2) if the Secretary authorizes any such agreement, require such additional terms and conditions in the instrument of conveyance as appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
(g) Reverter Upon Breach of Conditions.--The Secretary shall include in the instrument of conveyance of the aircraft under subsection (a)--
(1) a condition that the Commission shall operate and maintain the aircraft in compliance with all applicable limitations and maintenance requirements imposed by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration;
(2) a condition that the Commission shall not convey any ownership interest in, or transfer possession of, the aircraft to another party without the prior approval of the Secretary; and
(3) a condition that if the Secretary determines at any time that the Commission has failed to comply with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2), all right, title, and interest in and to the aircraft, including any repair or alteration of the aircraft, shall revert to the United States, and the United States shall have the right of immediate possession of the aircraft.
(h) Clarification of Liability.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the conveyance to the Commission of interests in the aircraft under subsection (a), the United States may not be liable for any death, injury, loss, or damage that results from any use of such aircraft by any person other than the United States.
(i) Applicable Law.--The conveyance of an aircraft under subsection (a), and the use of such aircraft following such conveyance, shall be subject to all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, including the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), chapter 37 of title 18, United States Code (commonly referred to as the "Espionage Act"), the regulations set forth in subchapter M
of chapter I of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly referred to as the "International Traffic in Arms Regulations"), subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly referred to as the "Export Administration Regulations"), and chapter V of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly referred to as the "Foreign Assets Control Regulations").
SEC. 151. REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF RESTORING NUCLEAR
CAPABILITY TO THE B-1B LANCER BOMBER AIRCRAFT.
(a) In General.--Not later than December 1, 2026, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Strategic Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the feasibility of restoring nuclear capability to the B-1B Lancer bomber aircraft.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of any structural, electronic, software, and weapons-integration modifications required to enable the B-1B aircraft to deliver nuclear weapons.
(2) An assessment of the compatibility of such aircraft with currently fielded and planned nuclear gravity bombs and air-launched cruise missiles.
(3) Identification of any military construction, storage, security, and certification infrastructure that would be required at forward operating locations within the continental United States should nuclear capability be restored to such aircraft.
(4) Requirements related to aircrew certification, maintenance training, security forces training, nuclear surety inspections, and personnel reliability programs should nuclear capability be restored to such aircraft.
(5) Estimated research, development, test, evaluation, procurement, operations, and sustainment costs over a the five-year period following the initiation of any efforts to restore nuclear capability to such aircraft.
(6) An assessment of the expected remaining service life of the B-1B aircraft fleet.
(7) The estimated time required to achieve initial operational capability and full operational capability should the Air Force pursue restoring nuclear capability to such aircraft.
(8) An assessment of the military utility and strategic deterrence value of restoring nuclear capability to the B-1B aircraft.
(9) An assessment of any costs and additional requirements to restore nuclear capability across bomber bases.
(c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
Subtitle E--Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters
SEC. 161. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR F-15EX
AIRCRAFT.
(a) Authority for Multiyear Procurement.--Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, and except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more multiyear contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2027 program year, for the procurement of--
(1) F-15EX aircraft; and
(2) initial spare parts, alternate mission equipment, and conformal fuel tanks for such aircraft.
(b) Limitation.--The Secretary of Defense may not enter into a contract for the procurement of an aircraft under subsection (a) until the date on which the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that such contract will provide for the procurement of the full complement of initial spare parts, alternate mission equipment, and conformal fuel tanks for each aircraft to be procured under the contract.
(c) Condition for Out-year Contract Payments.--A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2027 is subject to the availability of appropriations or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
(d) Authority for Advance Procurement.--The Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more contracts, beginning in fiscal year 2027, for advance procurement associated with the aircraft for which authorization to enter into a multiyear procurement contract is provided under subsection (a), which may include procurement of economic order quantities of material and equipment for such aircraft when cost savings are achievable.
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MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR F-35 AIRCRAFT.
(a) Authority for Multiyear Procurement.--Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, and except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more multiyear contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2027 program year, for the procurement of--
(1) F-35 aircraft; and
(2) initial spare parts and alternate mission equipment for such aircraft.
(b) Limitation.--The Secretary of Defense may not enter into a contract for the procurement of an aircraft under subsection (a) until the date on which the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that such contract will provide for the procurement of the full complement of initial spare parts and alternate mission equipment for each aircraft to be procured under the contract.
(c) Additional Requirements and Limitations.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may not enter into a contract for the procurement of an aircraft under subsection (a) until the date on which all of the following requirements have been met:
(A) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment has certified to the congressional defense committees that--
(i) any multiyear contracts for the procurement of F-35 aircraft units will achieve savings of not less than 5 percent compared with the estimated cost of procuring the same number and configuration of F-35 aircraft through annual contracts over the same period; and
(ii) the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation reviewed and validated such savings estimate.
(B) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment has submitted to the congressional defense committees a report on the plan of the Department of Defense to improve operational readiness rates of F-35 aircraft. The report shall include--
(i) funding requirements, by fiscal year, that achieve readiness to the required rates of full mission capability, mission capability, and aircraft availability, as defined by the Air Force and the Department of the Navy; and
(ii) funding requirements across the period covered by the future-years defense program that demonstrate full resources budgeted and programmed to achieve annual readiness requirements as identified in clause (i).
(2) Limitation on availability of funds.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment for official travel, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Under Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a certification--
(A) that funding for fiscal year 2026 has been obligated and expended to meet the fiscal year 2026 readiness requirements as identified in paragraph (1)(B)(i); and
(B) that funding for fiscal year 2027 has been requested to meet fiscal year 2027 readiness requirements as identified in such paragraph.
(d) Condition for Out-year Contract Payments.--A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2027 is subject to the availability of appropriations or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
(e) Authority for Advance Procurement.--The Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more contracts, beginning in fiscal year 2027, for advance procurement associated with the aircraft for which authorization to enter into a multiyear procurement contract is provided under subsection (a), which may include procurement of economic order quantities of material and equipment for such aircraft when cost savings are achievable.
SEC. 163. PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT AND USE OF HUMANOID
ROBOTIC SYSTEMS PRODUCED, DEVELOPED, OR
CONTROLLED BY FOREIGN ADVERSARIES.
(a) Prohibition.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may not procure, lease, or otherwise obtain a covered humanoid robotic system that--
(A) is produced or developed by a foreign adversary or foreign adversary entity;
(B) incorporates firmware, software, artificial intelligence models, remote update capability, or cloud services provided by a foreign adversary or foreign adversary entity; or
(C) is subject to remote access, maintenance, data transmission, or update authority controlled by a foreign adversary or foreign adversary entity.
(2) Applicability.--The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to contracts and other agreements entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Limited Waiver for Controlled Testing and Counterintelligence Purposes.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition under subsection (a)(1) with respect to a covered humanoid robotic system if--
(1) the system is to be used solely for counterintelligence, cybersecurity testing, vulnerability assessment, or research purposes;
(2) the system operates in a physically isolated or air-gapped environment;
(3) the system is not connected to operational Department of Defense networks; and
(4) the Secretary notifies the congressional defense committees not later than 30 days after issuing such waiver.
(c) Implementation.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue any rules, regulations, policies, and guidance necessary for the implementation of this section.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the procurement or use of a covered humanoid robotic system solely on the basis that such system incorporates commercially available, off-the-shelf components not specifically designed for humanoid robotic systems, provided that such components do not enable remote access, data transmission, or control by a foreign adversary or foreign adversary entity.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1)(A) The term "covered humanoid robotic system" means a commercially available robotic system that--
(i) is designed for general-purpose interaction within human-occupied environments;
(ii) possesses articulated upper extremities capable of dexterous manipulation;
(iii) is capable of autonomous or semi-autonomous operation using artificial intelligence or machine learning systems; and
(iv) is equipped with wired or wireless networking connectivity, including internet, cellular, satellite, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, radio-frequency communication, or cloud-based data storage or processing services.
(B) Such term does not include--
(i) industrial robotic systems permanently installed in controlled manufacturing environments;
(ii) robotic systems incapable of network connectivity; or
(iii) assistive medical devices regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.).
(2) The term "foreign adversary" means a covered nation as defined in section 4872(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code.
(3) The term "foreign adversary entity" means an entity that--
(A) is organized under the laws of, headquartered in, or subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign adversary;
(B) is owned or controlled by the government of a foreign adversary; or
(C) is owned or controlled by an entity that meets any of the criteria described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
SEC. 164. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO RETIRE OR
DECOMMISSION CERTAIN RADAR SYSTEMS.
(a) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to retire, decommission, divest, or otherwise remove from active operational service, any covered radar system.
(b) Exception.--The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply to any individual unit of a covered radar system that the Secretary of the military department concerned determines has been damaged or degraded beyond economical repair.
(c) Covered Radar System.--In this section, the term "covered radar system" means the following:
(1) The AN/SPN-43 shipboard air traffic control and air marshaling radar system.
(2) The AN/SPY-1 phased-array radar system for the Aegis Combat System.
(3) The AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder counter-battery radar system.
(4) The AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder counter-battery radar system.
(5) Airborne Station Keeping Equipment radar systems, including the AN/APN-243.
SEC. 165. STANDARDS FOR COMMON OPERATING SYSTEM FOR SMALL
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall establish standards for a common operating system for small unmanned aircraft systems.
(b) Elements.--The standards established under subsection (a) shall provide for a common operating system for small unmanned aircraft systems that--
(1) enables interoperability between small unmanned aircraft system platforms from different vendors and classes across the joint force;
(2) enables modular integration of mission applications, including by enabling the use of applications and features from multiple different vendors on the same platform;
(3) facilitates rapid deployment of autonomy and command and control functions;
(4) facilitates rapid deployment of autonomy and operating capabilities in contested, degraded, and denied environments, including capabilities enabling operation in contested electromagnetic and degraded positioning, navigation, and timing environments;
(5) integrates operating software that can function on multiple hardware platforms from different vendors;
(6) supports secure software updates and cybersecurity improvements;
(7) avoids vendor lock by enabling multiple vendors of hardware and software to develop and field applications and capabilities; and
(8) establishes baseline standards for aided target recognition capabilities.
(c) Implementation.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense finalizes the standards under subsection (a), the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall develop and commence implementation of a plan for equipping small unmanned aircraft systems of the Department of Defense with a common operating system that meets such standards.
(2) Use of commercially available solutions.--In implementing the plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall make use of commercially available solutions to the maximum extent practicable.
SEC. 166. MINIMUM ANNUAL PROCUREMENT GOAL FOR ABILITYONE
PROGRAM.
Beginning in fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall establish the goal that the total amount of funds obligated for the procurement of products and services from nonprofit concerns pursuant to chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code, in a fiscal year is equal to not less than one percent of the total amount of funds obligated for all procurement contracts entered into by the Department of Defense in such fiscal year.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL
RECOMMENDATIONS ON F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER
TECHNICAL DATA NEEDS FOR SUSTAINMENT.
(a) Plan Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees and to the Comptroller General of the United States a plan to address the following recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office:
(A) Recommendation 5 in the report titled "F-35 Sustainment: Need for Affordable Strategy, Greater Attention to Risks, and Improved Cost Estimates" (GA-14-778).
(B) Recommendations 1 through 7 in the report titled "F-35 Aircraft: DOD and the Military Services Need to Reassess the Future Sustainment Strategy" (GAO-23-105341).
(C) Recommendations 1 and 2 in the report titled "F-35 Aircraft: Actions Needed to Address Long-Standing Risks to Operational Effectiveness" (GAO-25-107101C).
(2) Elements.--The plan under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) With respect to each recommendation specified in paragraph (1) that the Secretary has implemented or intends to implement--
(i) a summary of actions that have been taken or will be taken to implement the recommendation; and
(ii) a schedule, with specific milestones, for completing implementation of the recommendation.
(B) Identification of any recommendations specified in paragraph (1) that the Secretary does not intend to implement, together with a discussion of the reasons for not implementing the recommendations and any alternative actions taken or intended to be taken to address the matters identified by the Government Accountability Office in connection with such recommendations.
(b) Plan Implementation Report.--Not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the implementation plan under subsection (a), the Secretary shall carry out activities to implement the plan and submit to the congressional defense committees and the Comptroller General of the United States a report on the following:
(1) All critical technical data rights requirements for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter sustainment, including for both organizational-level and depot-level sustainment and repair.
(2) Estimated costs for acquiring identified critical technical data rights for sustainment.
(3) The status of efforts for acquiring identified critical technical data rights for sustainment.
(4) Any known challenges for acquiring identified critical technical data rights for sustainment.
SEC. 168. IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATION ON F-35 JOINT
STRIKE FIGHTER USE OF CONTRACT INCENTIVE FEES.
(a) Implementation Plan.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a plan to address recommendation 3 from the report of the Government Accountability Office titled "F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Actions Needed to Address Late Deliveries and Improve Future Development" (GAO-25-107632).
(2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees and to the Comptroller General of the United States a report on the plan developed under paragraph (1). Such report shall include--
(A)(i) a summary of actions that have been taken or will be taken to implement the recommendation specified in paragraph (1); and
(ii) a schedule, with specific milestones, for completing implementation of the recommendation; or
(B) if the Secretary does not intend to implement the recommendation, discussion of the reasons and alternative actions taken or intended to be taken to address the issues to which the recommendation pertains.
(b) Report on Implementation.--Not later than one year after the submittal of the plan under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Comptroller General of the United States a report on the status of the implementation of the plan. Such report shall include, at a minimum--
(1) the results of a reevaluation of contract incentive fees for inclusion in future F135 and F-35 production contracts;
(2) a timeframe for implementing a new incentive fee structure in future F135 and F-35 production contracts;
(3) a plan for determining the effectiveness of a new incentive fee structure in achieving desired production outcomes; and
(4) an explanation of any efforts to apply a new incentive fee structure more broadly across the F-35 contracting enterprise.
SEC. 169. STUDY ON FUEL PROCUREMENT PRACTICES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Transportation Command and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, shall conduct a study on the fuel procurement practices of the Department of Defense.
(b) Elements.--The study under subsection (a) shall address the following:
(1) The projected amount budgeted by the Department of Defense for fuel procurement and consumption for fiscal year 2026, set forth separately by military department and Defense Agency.
(2) The actual amount spent by the Department of Defense for fuel procurement and consumption for fiscal year 2026, set forth separately by military department and Defense Agency.
(3) Any changes to fuel cost and fuel cost projections for fiscal year 2026 that have occurred since February 28, 2026, including an examination of--
(A) the magnitude of such changes (expressed in total dollars and as a percentage change from prior projections);
(B) the factors driving such changes, including changes in market crude oil prices, changes in the standard price of fuel established by the Defense Logistics Agency, changes in operational demand, and any other relevant factors;
(C) the effects of such changes on the budget of the Department of Defense as a whole and the budget of each military department; and
(D) the effects of such changes on the ability of the military departments to meet readiness standards, including--
(i) any exercises (including joint exercises with allies and partners), training, or other operational activities that were modified, delayed, or canceled as a result of such changes, set forth separately by Armed Force;
(ii) any reductions in readiness accounts resulting from such changes, set forth separately by account, amount, and Armed Force, including--
(I) operation and maintenance accounts; and (II) accounts for depot maintenance and spare parts; and
(iii) any effects of such changes on prepositioned fuel stocks or bulk fuel inventories.
(4) Any transfers, reprogramming actions, or other budgetary adjustments made or anticipated to be made during the period of fiscal years 2026 through 2031 as a result of fuel cost variances.
(c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), including the findings of the study with respect to each element specified in subsection (b).
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the funding table in section 4201.
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
SEC. 211. BUDGET REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION FOR CERTAIN
CATEGORIES OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
Section 133a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking "and" at the end;
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(6) in addition to the duties described in subsection (c), promulgating guidance and recommended standards on adequate levels of science and technology spending by elements of the Department of Defense with responsibilities associated with basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development (budget activities 6.1 through 6.3, respectively, as set forth in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (DOD 7000.14-R), or any successor budget classification) and developmental test and evaluation that could be incorporated into budget and planning guidance of the Department as appropriate.";
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:
"(c) Budget Review and Certification.--
"(1) Transmittal.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), shall require the Secretaries of the military departments and the heads of the Defense Agencies with responsibilities associated with basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development (budget activities 6.1 through 6.3, respectively, as set forth in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (DOD 7000.14-R), or any successor budget classification) and developmental test and evaluation to transmit the proposed budget for such activities for a fiscal year and for the period covered by the future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of this title for that fiscal year to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering for review under paragraph (2) before submitting the proposed budget to the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
"(2) Report and certification.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall review each proposed budget transmitted under paragraph (1) and, not later than January 31 of the year preceding the fiscal year for which the budget is proposed, shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report containing the comments of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering with respect to all such proposed budgets, together with the certification of the Under Secretary regarding whether each proposed budget is adequate.
"(3) Report to congress.--Not later than 15 days after the date on which the budget of the President for each fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report specifying each proposed budget contained in the most-recent report submitted under paragraph (2) that the Under Secretary of Defense for Research Engineering did not certify to be adequate. The report of the Secretary shall include the following matters:
"(A) A discussion of the actions that the Secretary proposes to take, together with any recommended legislation that the Secretary considers appropriate, to address the inadequacy of the proposed budgets specified in the report.
"(B) Any additional comments that the Secretary considers appropriate regarding the inadequacy of the proposed budgets.".
SEC. 212. DEPUTY DIRECTORS OF OPERATIONAL TEST AND
EVALUATION.
Section 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (m); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (k) the following new subsection (l):
"(l) The Director shall have a sufficient number of Deputy Directors to supervise the activities of the Office and to carry out the duties and responsibilities prescribed by law. Each such Deputy Director shall be a appointed from the Senior Executive Service.".
SEC. 213. REPEAL OF PILOT AUTHORITY FOR USE OF OTHER
TRANSACTIONS FOR INSTALLATION OR FACILITY
PROTOTYPING.
Section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (i).
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MODIFICATIONS TO RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEFENSE
INNOVATION UNIT.
(a) In General.--Section 4127(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following new paragraph:
"(11) Coordinate with the portfolio acquisition executives of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force to--
"(A) identify priority acquisition problems and capability needs and gaps;
"(B) identify platforms, capabilities, and solutions developed by entities working with the Unit that have the potential to address the priority acquisition problems and capability needs and gaps identified under subparagraph (A); and
"(C) assist such portfolio acquisition executives in establishing and carrying out programs for the acquisition of such platforms, capabilities, and solutions.".
(b) Clarifying Amendment to BOOST Program.--Section 1833 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C. 3453 note) is amended by striking "commercial" each place it appears.
SEC. 215. TEST AND EVALUATION REPOSITORY AND REGIONAL TEST
HUBS OF THE TEST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CENTER.
(a) In General.--Section 4173 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(1) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(G) To carry out the activities described in subsections (j) and (k).";
(2) by redesignating subsection (j) as subection (l);
(3) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new subsections:
"(j) Repository of Test and Evaluation Facilities.--(1) The Director shall establish and maintain a digital repository that identifies and provides relevant information on all testing and evaluation facilities in the United States that could be made available for use by the Department of Defense and qualified partners for the testing and evaluation of weapon systems and innovative technologies.
"(2) The repository established under paragraph (1) shall--
"(A) identify all testing and evaluation facilities that meet the criteria specified in paragraph (1), including--
"(i) facilities owned or operated by the Federal Government, including--
"(I) facilities in the Major Range and Test Facility Base;
"(II) facilities not included in the Major Range and Test Facility Base; and
"(III) National Guard facilities; and
"(ii) facilities owned or operated by--
"(I) State or local governments;
"(II) academic institutions;
"(III) nonprofit organizations; or
"(IV) for-profit entities; and
"(B) with respect to each testing and evaluation facility identified in the repository, provide--
"(i) a description of the facility, including a description of the capabilities and instrumentation available at the facility;
"(ii) points of contact for scheduling range time at the facility; and
"(iii) such other information as the Director determines appropriate.
"(3) The Director shall update the repository under paragraph (1) not less frequently than annually.
"(4) The Director shall make the repository established under paragraph (1) accessible to such elements of the Department of Defense and qualified partners as the Director determines appropriate.
"(k) Authority to Establish Regional Test and Evaluation Hubs.--(1) The Director may establish and maintain regional test and evaluation hubs at locations within and outside the United States for purposes of facilitating or conducting test and evaluation activities.
"(2) In the event the Director exercises the authority to establish and maintain regional test and evaluation hubs under paragraph (1), the Director shall develop a strategy and criteria for the selection of locations for such hubs, which shall include consideration of whether the geographic region served by the hub provides an environment conducive to the simulation of realistic threats and environmental conditions."; and
(4) in subsection (l), as so redesignated--
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking "Definition" and inserting "Definitions";
(B) by striking "In this section, the term" and inserting "In this section:
"(1) The term"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(2) The term `qualified partner' means an entity that the Director determines--
"(A) is engaged in the development of capabilities for the Department of Defense, such as a contractor, academic institution, or other private sector organization; and
"(B) is qualified to conduct test and evaluation activities at a facility described in subsection (j) or a regional test and evaluation hub described in subsection (k).".
(b) Deadline.--The Director of the Test Resource Management Center shall establish the
repository required under section 4173(j) of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a) of this section), by not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 216. WEAPON SYSTEM PLATFORM MODERNIZATION AND CYBER
HARDENING.
Section 228 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 786; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
"(3) The Secretary shall, not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, select not fewer than three additional weapon system platforms for participation in the demonstration.";
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d), and in such subsection--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by inserting after "2027," the following: "and again on January 1, 2028, and January 1, 2029,"; and
(ii) by striking "with respect to the demonstration conducted pursuant to subsection (a)" and inserting "with respect to the activities carried out under subsections (a), (b), and (c)";
(B) in each of paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking "The report" and inserting "Each report"; and
(C) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
"(B) The results of the evaluation carried out under subsection (c)(1) and any pilot efforts carried out under subsection (c)(2).";
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:
"(c) Operational Integration.--The Secretary of Defense shall--
"(1) evaluate opportunities to integrate data collected and analyzed from the demonstration into command and control, logistics, sustainment, and maintenance systems of the Department of Defense, prioritizing systems with the greatest operational value; and
"(2) conduct pilot efforts to integrate the monitoring capabilities included in the demonstration into the platforms included in the demonstration, as appropriate."; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(e) Duration of Authority.--The authority provided under this section shall remain in effect until September 30, 2028.".
SEC. 217. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO
ACT THROUGH A SPECIFIED OFFICIAL FOR NATO
INNOVATION PROGRAM.
(a) Repeal of Requirement to Act Through Specified Official.--Subsections (a) and (b) of section 222 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 189) are amended by striking ", acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering," each place it appears.
(b) Repeal of Executed Requirement.--Such section is further amended--
(1) by striking subsection (c); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.
SEC. 218. MODIFICATION TO TEST PROGRAM FOR ENGINEERING PLANT
OF CERTAIN VESSELS.
Section 221 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1599) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by inserting "and other large surface combatant" before "vessels";
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting "or any subsequent class of large surface combatant vessels" after "destroyer class of vessels";
(3) in subsection (b), by striking "Senior Technical Authority for the DDG(X) destroyer class of vessels" and inserting "Senior Technical Authority for the class of vessels involved (as designated pursuant to section 8669b of title 10, United States Code)";
(4) in subsection (d), by striking "for the DDG(X) destroyer class of vessels" and inserting "for the class of vessels involved";
(5) in subsection (e), by striking "by not later than the delivery date of the lead ship in the DDG(X) destroyer class of vessels" and inserting "for a class of vessels by not later than the delivery date of the lead ship in that class of vessels"; and
(6) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
"(f) Delivery Date Defined.--In this section, term `delivery date' has the meaning given that term in section 8671 of title 10, United States Code.".
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UNITED STATES-ISRAEL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION
INITIATIVE.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate an executive agent, as such term is defined in Department of Defense Directive 5101.01 (relating to DoD Executive Agent, issued February 7, 2022), responsible for synchronizing cooperative efforts between the United States and Israel, to expand and accelerate bilateral defense technology research, development, testing, evaluation, integration, and industrial cooperation, by--
(1) identifying jointly developed or Israeli-origin technologies with operational utility for potential integration into United States systems and programs of record;
(2) ensuring collaborative research initiatives involving government, private sector, and academic institutions in the United States and Israel, is done in a manner that protects sensitive technology and information and the national security interests of the United States and Israel;
(3) facilitating the transition of technologies from research and development into procurement and acquisition pathways;
(4) establishing frameworks for joint ventures, licensing agreements, and United States-based co-production or manufacturing partnerships with Israeli industry;
(5) coordinating with relevant Department of Defense components, including the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate, capability development and innovation divisions, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the Defense Innovation Unit, the United States-Israel Operations Technology Working Group, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Missile Defense Agency, the United States Space Command, the military departments, and other Department of Defense entities, as appropriate, to align efforts and avoid duplication; and
(6) promoting joint training exercises and information-sharing mechanisms to enhance operational readiness to deploy jointly developed technologies.
(b) Cooperative Efforts.--The synchronized cooperative efforts under subsection (a) may be carried out through the following domains:
(1) Counter-Unmanned Systems including aerial, maritime, and ground platforms.
(2) Anti-tunneling and subterranean threats.
(3) Missile and air defense technologies.
(4) Artificial intelligence, quantum, machine learning, and autonomous systems.
(5) Directed energy and advanced sensing.
(6) Cyber defense, electronic warfare, and digital resilience.
(7) Biotechnology, biomanufacturing, and medical defense.
(8) Network integration, data fusion, and contested logistics.
(9) Defense industrial base cooperation, manufacturing, and co-production.
(10) Other emerging technologies as jointly agreed by the United States and Israel.
(c) Activities in Coordination With Other Federal Departments and Agencies.--The Secretary of Defense shall coordinate activities, as appropriate, with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, to ensure consistency with existing laws and regulations.
(d) Interim Progress Update.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees an interim briefing on--
(1) the executive agent designated pursuant to subsection (a) and the efforts undertaken by such executive agent to lead Department of Defense implementation of the synchronized cooperative efforts described in such subsection;
(2) the status of coordination, Department-wide, with Israeli counterparts;
(3) initial technology areas identified for accelerated cooperation and technologies with operational utility for integration into United States systems and programs of record; and
(4) any early transition, prototyping, or integration activities initiated during the period covered by the update.
(e) Annual Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 2030, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on implementation of the cooperative efforts described in subsection (a). Each such report shall include--
(1) a description of activities conducted;
(2) an assessment of progress made in advancing shared national security interests;
(3) an assessment of collaboration with other relevant Federal programs;
(4) a description of technologies transitioned into United States acquisition programs or fielded systems;
(5) a description of partnerships established with United States and Israeli industry; and
(6) recommendations for future opportunities to promote the long-term integration of joint capabilities between the United States and Israel.
(f) Form.--Each report required under subsection (e) shall be submitted in unclassified form and may include a classified annex.
(g) Public Transparency.--The Secretary of Defense shall make available on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Defense periodic, unclassified updates, to the maximum extent practicable, on the synchronized cooperative efforts carried out under subsection (a), including a description of how these efforts contribute to United States technological and military supremacy. Such updates shall be made in a manner that ensures that classified information or other information that would compromise operational security, export controls, or sensitive technology are not released.
SEC. 220. ESTABLISHMENT OF SYNTHETIC TRAINING ENVIRONMENT TO
SUPPORT INDO-PACIFIC OPERATIONS.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall establish a synthetic training environment that meets the requirements of subsection (b) to support operations in the Indo-Pacific Region.
(b) Requirements.--The synthetic training environment established under subsection (a) shall--
(1) incorporate live, virtual, and constructive elements;
(2) integrate training, testing, and simulation capabilities across the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command;
(3) provide integrated synthetic training and mission rehearsal capabilities across all warfighting domains, including land, maritime, air, space, cyberspace, and the electromagnetic spectrum;
(4) integrate and synchronize, to the maximum extent practicable, existing training, experimentation, and simulation capabilities of the Department of Defense;
(5) enable distributed training of joint and combined forces;
(6) support rehearsal of operational plans and crisis response;
(7) enable experimentation for emerging capabilities;
(8) be scalable to support additional combatant command requirements as directed by the Secretary of Defense; and
(9) be accessible to allies and partners of the United States, consistent with applicable law and security requirements.
(c) Report to Congress.--Before establishing the training environment under subsection (a), but not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(1) an explanation of how the Secretary intends to implement the synthetic training environment required under subsection (a);
(2) a cost estimate for the training environment;
(3) a plan for making the training environment accessible to allies and partners of the United States; and
(4) an assessment of the potential effects of the training environment on readiness.
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REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH TEST AND TRAINING
CORRIDORS FOR SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
AND ASSOCIATED CAPABILITIES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish or designate, and operate, one or more test and training corridors for small unmanned aircraft systems, counter-unmanned aircraft system platforms, and associated capabilities within the national airspace system.
(b) Facilities.--The Secretary of Defense may construct new facilities, or use existing facilities available to the Department of Defense, to support one or more test and training corridors established or designated under subsection (a) that collectively address each of the functions described in subsection (c).
(c) Functions.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any test and training corridor established or designated under subsection (a) enables the research, development, testing, and evaluation of, and training for members of the Armed Forces on--
(1) small unmanned aircraft systems and associated autonomy software, kinetic and nonkinetic payloads, sensors, communications, and navigation technology;
(2) kinetic and nonkinetic counter small-unmanned aircraft system capabilities, including high power microwave, high energy laser, and electronic warfare capabilities, and any requisite autonomy software, sensors, and command and control capabilities;
(3) small to medium caliber counter unmanned aircraft systems ammunition and weapon systems, low collateral damage weapons and munitions, and drone-versus-drone capabilities;
(4) the acceleration of the integration of modular payloads onto multiple unmanned aircraft systems and counter unmanned aircraft systems and platforms;
(5) the reduction in time-to-field for lethal and non-lethal drone-enabled munitions and munition payload capabilities; and
(6) standardization of payload-to-platform interfaces.
(d) Site Selection.--In establishing or designating one or more test and training corridors under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director of the Test Resource Management Center and the Secretaries of the military departments, shall--
(1) identify potential locations within the national airspace system that would be conducive to conducting testing, evaluation, and training activities with respect to small unmanned aircraft systems and counter-small unmanned aircraft capabilities, with prioritization of sites that best support the test and training corridor functions described in subsection (c);
(2) assess whether existing test and evaluation facilities, including Government-owned and non-Government owned facilities, could be used to meet current and future requirements with respect to such testing, evaluation and training;
(3) identify any additional resources required to establish or designate, and operate the corridor, including military construction costs and personnel and manning costs;
(4) identify any sensors and capabilities needed to adequately simulate operationally realistic environments in the corridor, including environments with denied or degraded--
(A) communications;
(B) electromagnetic spectrum; and
(C) global positioning system;
(5) identify any interagency, legal, regulatory, or policy impediments to carrying out testing, evaluation, and training activities with respect to small unmanned aircraft systems and counter-small unmanned aircraft capabilities within the national airspace system, including any impediments to the use of--
(A) electronic warfare;
(B) directed energy (such as high-powered microwave and high energy lasers);
(C) GPS jamming and spoofing;
(D) spectrum enabled and cellular-network enabled systems and capabilities; and
(E) other relevant capabilities;
(6) consult with interagency partners to develop recommendations for--
(A) addressing any impediments identified under paragraph (4); and
(B) ensuring the safety of testing and training activities conducted in the national airspace system; and
(7) consider diverse geographic regions across the United States.
(e) Notification to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after establishing or designating a test and training corridor under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a written notification that describes--
(1) the location of the corridor;
(2) any funding, personnel, or other resources required to support the corridor; and
(3) any agreements with other Federal agencies that may be required to safely operate the corridor in the national airspace system.
SEC. 222. OPERATIONAL AUTONOMY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNMANNED
SURFACE VESSELS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall take such actions as may be necessary, including modification of research and development and acquisition procedures as appropriate, to ensure that unmanned surface vessels are capable of autonomous operation--
(1) during periods in which communications capabilities are denied, degraded, intermittent, or limited; and
(2) during periods in which positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities are degraded or unavailable.
(b) Briefing.--Following implementation of the actions required under subsection (a), but not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on such actions. The briefing shall include an explanation of each of the following:
(1) The ability of unmanned surface vessels to execute preauthorized mission tasks without continuous human control.
(2) The ability of such vessels to adhere to defined autonomy behaviors, decision logic, and safety constraints governing mission execution.
(3) The ability of such vessels to adapt, recover, retask, or terminate missions in accordance with preestablished operational parameters when communications or positioning, navigation, and timing are degraded or unavailable.
(c) Unmanned Surface Vessels.--In this section, the term "unmanned surface vessels" includes--
(1) unmanned surface vessels in use by the Navy or Marine Corps; and
(2) unmanned surface vessels planned for development or procurement for the Navy or Marine Corps.
SEC. 223. REALIGNMENT OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGIC RESEARCH
INSTITUTE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.
(a) Transfer of Responsibility.--Not later than two years after the date of the enactment this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall--
(1) designate the Air Force as the primary sponsor of the National Strategic Research Institute University Affiliated Research Center (referred to in this section as the "Center"); and
(2) coordinate with the Secretary of the Air Force and the Commander of the United States Strategic Command to ensure that the Center receives the funding and other resources necessary to meet the applicable requirements of the UARC Management Plan following such designation.
(b) Resourcing Plan.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which the designation under subsection (a)(1) occurs, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for providing funding and other resources to the Center in accordance with subsection (a)(2).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "prime sponsor" has the meaning given that term in the UARC Management Plan.
(2) The term "UARC Management Plan" means the publication of the Department of Defense titled "Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) Management Plan", dated July 2010 (or any successor to such plan).
SEC. 224. REIMBURSEMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD FOR RESEARCH,
DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION EXPENSES.
(a) Availability.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated after the date of the enactment of this Act for the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation shall be available for reimbursement of pay, allowances, and other expenses which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations for the reserve components of the Armed Forces, including the National Guard, in cases in which members of the such reserve components provide support to research, development, test, and evaluation projects in which their involvement furthers the project because of a member's or unit's availability, qualifications, experience, or education.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed--
(1) to authorize a deviation from established personnel and training procedures of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, including the National Guard; or
(2) to authorize the direct engagement of members or units of such components to conduct independent research, development, test, and evaluation projects.
SEC. 225. USE OF INNOVATIVE AND EMERGING FOOD PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMPONENTS OF MILITARY
RATIONS.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that requirements for the future battlefield include dealing with contested logistics that--
(1) cannot be achieved with the size and weight of currently fielded rations; and
(2) could be mitigated by incorporating within rations, components produced with emerging and innovative technologies developed in partnership with the Department of Defense Combat Feeding Research and Engineering Program.
(b) Activities Required.--Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out the following activities with respect to military rations:
(1) The Secretary shall seek to enter into one or more contracts for the procurement of rations
produced using emerging food technologies such as sonic agglomeration and vacuum microwave drying to reduce size and weight.
(2) The Secretary shall maximize the use of the technologies described in paragraph (1) for individual combat ration components to ensure successful technology transition from small business innovation research and research, development, test, and evaluation.
(3) As operational needs allow, the Secretary shall prioritize clean-label, nutrient-dense components that do not contain unhealthy fats or artificial preservatives.
(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the following:
(1) A description of any emerging and innovative food processing technologies that have been developed or are being developed using research, development, test, and evaluation investments of the Department of Defense.
(2) The total amount of Department of Defense investments in the development of sonic agglomeration and vacuum microwave drying technology for military rations, disaggregated by research, development, test, and evaluation budget activity, including small business innovation research.
(3) The results of warfighter field testing of potential ration components produced with the technologies described in paragraph (2).
(4) An explanation of quantitative and qualitative logistical and nutritional benefits of ration components produced using such technologies.
(5) A description of any procurement processes for military rations that may be barriers to the acquisition of components produced with new and emerging food processing technologies.
(6) A description of any activities carried out to advance the transition and adoption of such technologies to better meet the challenges of military operations in a contested logistics environment.
SEC. 226.
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SUPPORT FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES THAT STRENGTHEN
UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRIFOOD
SYSTEMS, AND ASSOCIATED BIOINDUSTRIAL
MANUFACTURING CAPACITY.
(a) In General.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, may carry out activities to support the development, testing, validation, demonstration, and transition of advanced technologies that strengthen the resilience, security, and operational continuity of United States agricultural production, agrifood systems, and associated bioindustrial manufacturing capacity against biological threats, supply chain disruptions, natural disasters, and other risks to national security, including technologies relating to--
(1) agricultural biosecurity, including detection, prevention, mitigation, and recovery relating to plant disease, livestock disease, invasive species, and other biological threats;
(2) advanced plant, animal, microbial, and bioindustrial technologies supporting defense readiness, domestic manufacturing capacity, and supply chain security;
(3) engineering, automation, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and data systems supporting agricultural production, logistics, and operational resilience;
(4) natural resource management technologies relating to water, energy, soil, forests, and food systems that reduce scarcity risks and enhance civilian and military resilience; and
(5) wildfire prediction, prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery technologies relevant to agricultural productivity, infrastructure resilience, and military readiness.
(b) Activities.--The activities carried out under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) interagency collaboration to accelerate research, development, testing, evaluation, field validation, demonstration, deployment, and transition of technologies described in subsection (a);
(2) collaboration with Federal agencies, federally funded research and development centers, national laboratories, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and private sector entities; and
(3) prioritization, to the extent practicable, of projects demonstrating clear potential to enhance food security, operational readiness, domestic production resilience, or defense supply chain security.
(c) Reporting.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall submit to the congressional defense committees an implementation plan for activities to be carried out under this section.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit authorities of the Department of Defense or the Department of Agriculture that--
(1) were in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) authorize or require conduct or support of research, development, testing, evaluation, or operational activities.
SEC. 227. PRIZE COMPETITIONS TO SUPPORT THE RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.
(a) Program Required.--
(1) In general.--Pursuant to the authority provided under section 4025 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program (referred to in this section as the "Program") to award prizes to support the research, development, and commercialization of biotechnology-based capabilities that address priority areas identified by the Secretary under subsection (b).
(2) Additional requirements.--The Secretary shall--
(A) before commencing prize competitions under the Program, establish requirements for the prize competition process, including--
(i) eligibility criteria for participants consistent with paragraph (3); and
(ii) procedures for the testing, judging, and verification of submissions to the competitions; and
(B) ensure that information on the prize competitions is made available to eligible participants, including by conducting outreach and posting such information to a publicly accessible website of the Department of Defense.
(3) Eligible participants.--To be eligible for a prize award under the Program, an individual or entity shall meet the requirements described in section 24(g)(3) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719(g)(3)).
(4) Judges.--In accordance with section 24(k) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719(k)), an individual from the private sector may be appointed as a judge for a prize competition under the Program.
(5) Coordination.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the Program acting through the head of the Biotechnology Management Office of the Department of Defense and in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments and relevant officials from laboratories of the Armed Forces and other appropriate elements of the Department of Defense.
(6) Deadline.--The Secretary of Defense shall commence implementation of the Program not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Selection of Priority Areas.--
(1) In general.--Before commencing prize competitions under the Program, but not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall identify and select specific, well-defined, and measurable priority areas of biotechnology research and development to be advanced through the award of prizes under the Program.
(2) Biotechnology applications.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary is encouraged to identify and select priority areas that support the following applications of biotechnology for defense purposes:
(A) Bioenergetics.
(B) Biobased material, including for use in existing and planned systems where such materials could provide improved performance over traditional material.
(C) Biomining, including for critical minerals.
(D) Biomanufacturing platforms and processes, including for modular or deployable systems.
(E) Biotechnology convergence with other technologies and subject areas, including artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and advanced computing.
(3) Public input and other considerations.--In identifying and selecting priority areas under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
(A) solicit and consider public input; and
(B) consider--
(i) relevant existing and planned programs and activities of Department of Defense and other research and development entities of the Federal Government;
(ii) the likelihood of relevant research or development being conducted by the private sector without further support from the Federal Government;
(iii) the likelihood that investment in an area by the Department of Defense will result in improved capabilities or readiness, including by increasing supply chain resilience; and
(iv) whether such an investment would foster innovation beyond the primary goal of the proposed priority area.
SEC. 228. PILOT PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS
IN TECHNOLOGY AND PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT.
(a) Pilot Program.--The Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (referred to in this section as the Director) shall carry out a pilot program under which the Director awards prizes, on a competitive basis, to recognize outstanding achievements in technology development and prototype development that----
(1) have the potential to address operational problems and capability gaps identified by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the military departments, and combatant commanders; or
(2) have potential for application to the performance of the military missions of the Department of Defense.
(b) Form of Prizes.--Prizes awarded under this section may include--
(1) cash prizes; or
(2) the award of contracts or other agreements.
(c) Information Dissemination.--The Director shall carry out activities to publicize the prize competitions carried out under this section and to solicit participation in such competitions from eligible individuals and entities.
(d) Prize Maximum and Coinvestment Requirements.--
(1) Maximum value.--The value of a prize awarded under this section may not exceed $15,000,000.
(2) Coinvestment.--The Director may award a prize under this section without receiving approval from the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering if--
(A) the value of the prize is not more than $2,000,000; or
(B) in the case of a prize with a value exceeding $2,000,000, at least half of the funds for the portion of the prize in excess of $2,000,000 are provided by the portfolio acquisition executive of an organization of the Department of Defense outside the Defense Innovation Unit.
(e) Use of Prize Authority.--Use of prize authority under this section shall be considered
the use of competitive procedures for the purposes of chapter 221 of title 10, United States Code.
(f) Commencement and Termination.--
(1) Deadline for commencement.--The Director shall commence implementation of the pilot program under subsection (a) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Termination.--The authority to carry out the pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is three years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(g) Congressional Notice.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 15 days after a contract or other agreement that exceeds a fair market value of $2,000,000 is awarded under this section, the Director shall submit to the congressional defense committees written notice of such award.
(2) Contents.--Each notice submitted under paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) the value of the relevant contract or other agreement, as applicable, including all options;
(B) an identification of any portfolio acquisition executive responsible for implementation or oversight of technology development or prototype development (as applicable) for which an award was made under this section, and a brief summary of lessons learned by such portfolio acquisition executive in carrying out such implementation or oversight;
(C) a brief description of the technology development or prototype for which such contract or other agreement, as applicable, was awarded; and
(D) an explanation of the benefit to the performance of the military mission of the Department of Defense resulting from the award.
(h) Portfolio Acquisition Executive Defined.--In this section, the term "portfolio acquisition executive" has the meaning given that term in section 1737 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 229. PILOT PROGRAM ON FORWARD DEPLOYABLE
BIOMANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES.
(a) Authorization.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Secretary of the Army, may carry out a pilot program--
(1) to identify near-term and long-term use cases for forward deployable mobile biomanufacturing capabilities; and
(2) to conduct demonstrations of such capabilities.
(b) Activities.--In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering may--
(1) consider the use of novel manufacturing processes and equipment, including automation, modularity, and miniaturization of production capabilities;
(2) collaborate with industry to develop forward deployable mobile biomanufacturing capabilities; and
(3) consider the security measures required for such capabilities when forward deployed.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the status of the pilot program under subsection (a).
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The report shall include--
(1) an assessment of existing Department of Defense capabilities related to biomanufacturing and an explanation of whether and how those capabilities may be used as part of the pilot program;
(2) identification of near-term and long-term use cases for the deployment of mobile biomanufacturing;
(3) for each use case identified under paragraph (2), a comparison of the estimated cost of fulfilling such use case through domestic biomanufacturing at an industrial scale versus the cost of fulfilling such use case using mobile biomanufacturing at the miniaturized scale;
(4) an assessment of security measures required to deploy forward deployable mobile biomanufacturing capabilities; and
(5) an assessment of the viability of transitioning technology developed under the pilot program into operational use within the Department, including the resources needed for further development and scaling of such technology and the potential benefits of such technology.
SEC. 230. PILOT PROGRAM ON THE USE OF AUTOMATED DATA SECURITY
POSTURE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS.
(a) Establsihiment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall establish and commence implementation of a pilot program to evaluate the use of commercially available automated data security posture management technologies to enhance the cybersecurity, effectiveness, and reliability of artificial intelligence systems.
(b) Elements.--In carrying out pilot program under subsection (a) the Secretary of the Army shall--
(1) identify, select, and deploy at least one commercially available data security posture management technology platform that is capable of continuous, automated monitoring and assessment of artificial intelligence systems for security threats specific to such systems;
(2) designate at least one artificial intelligence system currently deployed by the Army to demonstrate the data security posture managed technology platform selected under paragraph (1);
(3) complete the demonstration described in paragraph (2);
(4) train relevant personnel on the deployment, maintenance, and data interpretation of the demonstrated data security posture management technology platform;
(5) evaluate the demonstrated data security posture management technologies--
(A) across the different tasks involved in development, deployment, storage, or hosting of components of such artificial intelligence system;
(B) to determine the ability of such technologies to identify, mitigate and restore any corruption or malicious manipulation of the applications or data of such artificial intelligence system; and
(C) for compatibility and ease of adoption into the value chains of existing artificial intelligence systems of the Army;
(6) assess the feasibility of broader deployment of commercially available automated data security posture management technologies to improve the trustworthiness, resilience and integrity of artificial intelligence systems maintained by the Army.
(c) Reports.--
(1) Progress report.--Not later than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary of the Army commences the pilot program under subsection (a), and annually thereafter until the termination date specified un subsection (d), the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the status of implementation and preliminary findings of the pilot program, including with respect to each element described in subsection (b).
(2) Final report.--Not later than 180 days after the termination date specified in subsection (d), the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a final report on the results of the pilot program. The report shall include--
(A) any recommendations of the Secretary with respect to the broader implementation commercially available automated data security posture management technologies to support artificial intelligence systems of the Army; and
(B) an assessment of the costs and benefits of such technologies.
(d) Termination.--The pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is three years after the date on which the Secretary of the Army commences the pilot program.
SEC. 231. PILOT PROGRAM ON TECHNOLOGIES TO STRENGTHEN
AUTHENTICATION AND ATTRIBUTION OF HUMAN
AUTHORIZATION FOR CONSEQUENTIAL ACTIONS.
(a) Pilot Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program to evaluate commercially available technologies that strengthen authentication and attribution of human authorization for consequential actions in order to improve the cybersecurity and physical security posture of the Department of Defense.
(b) Objectives.--Under the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall evaluate technologies that--
(1) strengthen access controls for systems and physical areas of the Department of Defense; and
(2) can be integrated across various environments of the Department without requiring specialized hardware.
(c) Comencement and Duration.--If the Secretary of Defense exercises the authority to carry out the pilot program under subsection (a), the program shall--
(1) commence not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) terminate not later than one year after the date on which the program is commenced.
(d) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(1) a summary of the results of the pilot program under subsection (a); and
(2) recommendations regarding adoption the technologies evaluated under the program at a wider scale across the Department of Defense.
SEC. 232. CLOUD LABORATORY PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Cloud Laboratory Pilot Program.--
(1) Program required.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to support the establishment of cloud laboratories at the Department of Defense.
(B) Requirements.--Each cloud laboratory supported under the pilot program shall generate high-quality data that shall be collected for use and analysis by authorized researchers.
(2) Implementation.--
(A) Initial laboratory.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall establish at least one fully operational cloud laboratory.
(B) Additional laboratories.--Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall, on a competitive basis, establish not fewer than two additional fully operational cloud laboratories.
(C) Biotechnology-focused laboratory.--At least one of the cloud laboratories established under this paragraph shall be focused on advancing research and development of biotechnology.
(3) Implementation plan.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that includes the following:
(A) A plan to establish the cloud laboratories.
(B) A plan for building in considerations related to cybersecurity, biosecurity, and research security from the beginning of development for each cloud laboratory.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "artificial intelligence" has the meaning given such term in section 5002 of the
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283;15 U.S.C. 9401).
(2) The term "authorized researcher" refers to an individual who has been appropriately authorized to access data generated by the cloud laboratories supported under the pilot program, as determined by the Secretary using an authorization process established by the Secretary for such purpose.
(3) The term "cloud laboratory" means a physical laboratory that is equipped with automation and data storage to conduct continuous experiments.
(4) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Defense.
SEC. 233. PILOT PROGRAM TO TEST AND EVALUATE MUZZLE BLAST
OVERPRESSURE MITIGATION DEVICES.
(a) Program Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall carry out a pilot program to evaluate, test, and implement muzzle blast overpressure mitigation devices for small and medium caliber weapons in relevant training and operational environments.
(b) Activities.--Under the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) assess the effectiveness of commercially available and emerging muzzle blast overpressure mitigation devices in reducing blast exposure to operators and nearby personnel;
(2) evaluate the operational suitability, durability, and performance effects of such devices across representative weapon systems and mission sets; and
(3) collect information to inform future Department of Defense policies, requirements, procurement decisions, and force-wide implementation strategies relating to blast overpressure mitigation.
SEC. 234. SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR
PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, acting through the Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, may establish a pilot program to conduct in-space technology demonstrations, and related risk reduction technology development activities, with respect to both advanced nuclear fission propulsion systems and advanced nuclear fusion propulsion systems.
(b) Purpose.--If the Secretary carries out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall carry out the pilot program in a manner that reduces technical risk and informs future development requirements relating to nuclear propulsion for national security missions in space, including potential operations beyond geosynchronous orbit, including in cislunar orbit.
(c) Selection.--If the Secretary carries out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall select entities to carry out activities under the pilot program. In determining the criteria for making such selection, the Secretary shall emphasize previous subcomponent and prototype development and the ability to demonstrate within reasonable timeframes.
(d) Demonstration Required.--If the Secretary carries out the pilot program under subsection (a), not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct in-space demonstrations described in subsection (a), with oversight by the Air Force Research Laboratory Rocket Propulsion Division at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
(e) Activities.--In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall, at a minimum--
(1) establish technical objectives and success criteria for the in-space demonstrations described in subsection (a);
(2) develop a concept of operations and test and evaluation approach for the demonstrations;
(3) conduct ground test activities necessary to support the demonstrations;
(4) assist in the acquisition of launch services;
(5) plan for collection and analysis of on-orbit data sufficient to assess propulsion performance, operability, and reliability; and
(6) assess potential use cases for applications in cislunar operations pending the conclusion of the demonstrations.
(f) Plan.--Before commencing the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan on the pilot program.
(g) Report.--If the Secretary carries out the pilot program under subsection (a), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program.
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The report shall include--
(1) a description of the activities carried out under the pilot program, including the planned demonstration concept of operations and the associated timeline;
(2) the technical objectives and success criteria established under subsection (e)(1);
(3) an assessment of major technical risks and planned risk-mitigation activities; and
(4) an assessment of parallel efforts by the People's Republic of China to develop and deploy advanced space propulsion technologies for strategic purposes.
SEC. 235. PROHIBITION ON PILOT TRAINEES OPERATING T-7
AIRCRAFT PENDING TESTING AND CORRECTIVE
ACTIONS.
(a) In General.--A pilot trainee may not operate a T-7 aircraft of the Air Force until the Secretary of the Air Force certifies to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives that each of the following conditions have been met:
(1) All corrections to flight control laws and mission systems discovered in developmental testing of such aircraft are fully implemented.
(2) The subsonic, transonic, and supersonic full operational flight and performance envelopes of such aircraft are fully tested and characterized.
(3) Qualification testing of the Ground Based Training System for such aircraft is fully completed and all deficiencies are resolved.
(b) Pilot Trainee Defined.--In this section, the term "pilot trainee" means a non-rated officer of the Air Force enrolled as a student participating in a formal undergraduate pilot training course.
SEC. 236. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR GAIN OF
FUNCTION RESEARCH.
(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended--
(1) to conduct gain-of-function research on any potential pandemic pathogen at any facility operated by or on behalf of the Department; or
(2) to award contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or any other form of financial assistance to any institution of higher education, nonprofit organization, private entity, or other research institute that is conducting gain-of-function research on potential pandemic pathogens.
(b) Waiver.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition under subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis, with respect to an individual research project, grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, if the Secretary determines that such a waiver is in the national interests of the United States.
(2) Congressional notice.--Not later than 30 days before the date on which an award is made, a project is initiated, or an agreement entered into, with respect to which a waiver is made under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives notice of such waiver.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "gain-of-function research" means any research that may be reasonably anticipated to confer an attribute to a pathogen such that the pathogen would have enhanced pathogenicity or transmissibility in mammals.
(2) The term "potential pandemic pathogen" means a pathogen that, as a result of any gain-of-function research--
(A) is likely more transmissible or likely capable of wide and uncontrollable spread in human populations;
(B) is likely more virulent or likely to cause modest or greater morbidity or mortality in humans; or
(C) is likely to pose a severe threat to public health, the capacity of the public health systems to function, or national security.
SEC. 237. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ANIMAL
RESEARCH IN COLLABORATION WITH FOREIGN
COUNTRIES OF CONCERN.
(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended--
(1) to carry out research, development, test, evaluation, or training activities involving animals--
(A) in collaboration with a foreign country of concern; or
(B) at any facility located in, or owned or controlled (directly or indirectly) by, a foreign country of concern; or
(2) to enter into a contract or other agreement, or make a grant, pursuant to which such activities would be carried out.
(b) Foreign Country of Concern Defined.--In this section, the term "foreign country of concern" has the meaning given that term in section 9901 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 15 U.S.C. 4651).
SEC. 251. POLICY TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION OF
QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
(a) Policy Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue a policy to guide the development and acquisition of quantum computing systems for the Department of Defense. Under the policy, the Secretary shall--
(1) establish a definition of "quantum computing system" for purposes of the policy;
(2) establish a process for validating and verifying quantum computing systems before such systems are developed or acquired by the Department; and
(3) ensure that the development and acquisition of such systems is consistent with and informed by the findings and processes of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (or any successor initiative).
(b) Limitation and Waiver.--
(1) Limitation.--Following issuance of the policy under subsection (a), a quantum computing system may not be developed or acquired by an element of the Department of Defense unless the system has been validated and verified in accordance with such policy.
(2) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation under paragraph (1), on a case by case basis, with respect to a specific quantum computing system. In the event the Secretary issues such a waiver, the Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense committees, not later than 15 days after date on which the waiver was issued--
(A) written notice of such waiver; and
(B) the Secretary's justification for the waiver.
SEC. 252. PLAN FOR COMPETITIVE EXPERIMENTATION RELATING TO
AUTONOMOUS AND NONTRADITIONAL CAPABILITIES
RELEVANT TO THE A-10 MISSION SET.
(a) Plan Required.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall develop a plan to carry out competitive experimentation, prototyping, and operational assessment of autonomous, semi-autonomous, artificial intelligence-enabled, and adjunct aircraft capabilities relevant to the A-10 mission set.
(b) Elements.--The plan under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Appropriate opportunities for participation by nontraditional defense contractors, commercial technology firms, venture-backed defense firms, and other private-sector entities capable of rapidly developing relevant hardware, software, autonomy, sensing, communications, or mission system capabilities.
(2) Measures to ensure operational experimentation is conducted in a manner consistent with meaningful human command and control, by a qualified military aviator, over mission-critical functions, including target engagement, weapons release, mission abort, and such other functions as the Secretary of the Air Force determines appropriate.
(3) An estimated annual budget for implementing the plan.
(4) Consideration of how to make available to a qualified United States entity a limited number of A-10 aircraft, components, or associated support equipment for the sole purpose of research, development, test, and evaluation activities relevant to the A-10 mission set, autonomous or semi-autonomous aircraft integration, mission systems development, digital battlefield communications, or other related capabilities.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives report on the plan developed under subsection (a).
(d) Qualified United States Entity.--In this section, the term "qualified United States entity" means--
(1) a nontraditional defense contractor;
(2) a traditional defense contractor;
(3) a federally funded research and development center;
(4) a university-affiliated research center; or
(5) another domestic entity the Secretary determines is capable of carrying out the activities described in subsection (a) in a manner consistent with national security and public safety.
SEC. 253. PLAN FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND EVALUATION OF
EXPERIMENTAL, DRONE-CENTRIC RECONNAISSANCE AND
SECURITY FORMATIONS.
(a) Plan Required.--The Secretary of the Army shall develop a plan for establishing and evaluating one or more experimental, battalion-sized formations that integrate unmanned aircraft systems to carry out intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance and precision strike operations at-scale.
(b) Elements.--The plan required under subsection (a) shall--
(1) provide for the establishment of at least one experimental formation, as described in subsection (a), attached to a division;
(2) include mechanisms to enable the Secretary of the Army to evaluate the operational effectiveness, survivability, targeting capacity, and cost-efficiency of such a formation relative to legacy cavalry and scout formations, and to inform future force design decisions;
(3) identify any modifications to organizational design, personnel structure, and training pipelines that may be needed to facilitate the establishment of such a formation;
(4) as appropriate, provide for the use of rapid acquisition pathways to procure unmanned aircraft systems for such a formation; and
(5) coordinate with the Defense Autonomous Working Group to ensure that defense-wide research, development, testing, procurement, and fielding of mass-produced small unmanned aircraft systems will meet current and emerging Army requirements.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(1) the plan developed under subsection (a); and
(2) an estimate of the funding required to establish and sustain the initial experimental formation under the plan, disaggregated by individual appropriation.
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PLAN FOR USE OF CERTAIN AIRCRAFT FOR RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
(a) Plan Required.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall develop a plan to regenerate, restore, modify, and use a limited number of covered aircraft for research, development, test, and evaluation activities relevant to--
(1) autonomous and semi-autonomous aircraft capabilities;
(2) human-machine teaming;
(3) mission autonomy software;
(4) mission systems integration;
(5) sensing, communications, and digital battlefield networking;
(6) operational experimentation and tactics development; and
(7) such other defense innovation purposes as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(b) Elements.--The plan under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Plans for the use of covered aircraft for--
(A) developmental flight testing;
(B) operational evaluation;
(C) autonomy experimentation;
(D) software, sensor, communications, and mission systems integration;
(E) optionally piloted, remotely assisted, or other autonomy-related flight experimentation, to the extent authorized by applicable law and regulation; and
(F) associated ground test, simulation, mission rehearsal, and related research activities.
(2) Consideration of how to make available to qualified United States entities a limited number of covered aircraft for the sole purpose of conducting the research, development, test, and evaluation activities described in this section, including any demilitarization requirements, cost reimbursements, and access to approved testing and evaluation facilities that may be required to facilitate the participation of such entities.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives report on the plan developed under subsection (a).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered aircraft" means an aircraft preserved at, inducted into, or proposed for induction into the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, including an aircraft stored or preserved on behalf of another military department or Department of Defense component, that the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the head of the relevant military department or component, as appropriate, determines--
(A) is structurally viable for regeneration, modification, test, evaluation, or other authorized use under this section;
(B) is not required to meet current operational, training, test, contingency reserve, heritage, or security cooperation requirements; and
(C) may be useful for research, development, test, and evaluation, autonomy experimentation, mission systems integration, uncrewed conversion, or related defense innovation purposes.
(2) The term "qualified United States entity" means a domestic entity that the Secretary determines has the technical, security, financial, safety, and programmatic capability to support activities under this section, including--
(A) a nontraditional defense contractor;
(B) a commercial technology company;
(C) a small business concern;
(D) a traditional defense contractor;
(E) a federally funded research and development center;
(F) a university-affiliated research center; or
(G) a consortium, team, or other arrangement composed of entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (F).
SEC. 255. SONOBUOY MODERNIZATION, TESTING, AND INVENTORY
SUFFICIENCY FOR TWO SIMULTANEOUS REGIONAL
CONFLICTS.
(a) Strategy and Inventory Requirement.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for sonobuoy modernization, testing, production, and inventory sufficiency.
(2) Elements.--The strategy required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of the minimum required inventory levels of----
(i) passive sonobuoys;
(ii) active sonobuoys;
(iii) multistatic sonobuoys;
(iv) air-deployed anti-submarine warfare sensor systems;
(v) exercise, training, and telementry sonobuoys;
(vi) extended-duration and deep-water sonobuoys;
(vii) Arctic-capable sonobuoys; and
(viii) next-generation networked or autonomous sonobuoy systems.
(B) An assessment of wartime sonobuoy expenditure assumptions for combat operations against peer and near-peer maritime adversaries, including assumptions associated with high-tempo anti-submarine warfare operations in the Indo-Pacific and North Atlantic theaters.
(C) An evaluation of current sonobuoy production capacity, including limitations associated with--
(i) acoustic transducers;
(ii) signal processing electronics;
(iii) microelectronics and semiconductors;
(iv) batteries and power systems;
(v) radio frequency transmitters and receivers;
(vi) specialty materials and rare earth elements;
(vii) air deployment integration systems; and
(viii) single-source supplies.
(D) A plan to increase annual sonobuoy production capacity and reduce production lead times during contingencies.
(E) An assessment of the adequacy of existing sonobuoy testing infrastructure, including--
(i) undersea warfare test ranges;
(ii) acoustic measurement and calibration facilities;
(iii) contested electromagnetic spectrum testing capabilities;
(iv) Arctic and deep-water testing environments;
(v) shallow water and littoral testing capabilities;
(vi) digital engineering, modeling, and synthetic testing environments;
(vii) unmanned systems integration and testing capabilities; and
(viii) opportunities for allied and partner nation testing and interoperability.
(F) A description of efforts to improve sonobuoy survivability, persistence, networking capability, and effectiveness against advanced adversary submarine quieting, decoys, electronic warfare systems, and acoustic countermeasures.
(G) An assessment of storage, transportation, prepositioning, and expeditionary resupply capacity for sonobuoys during wartime operations.
(H) A description of efforts to integrate sonobuoys with--
(i) maritime patrol aircrafts;
(ii) carrier-based aircrafts;
(iii) rotary-wing anti-submarine warfare platforms;
(iv) tiltrotor aircrafts;
(v) unmanned aerial systems;
(vi) unmanned surface vessels;
(vii) unmanned undersea vehicles; and
(viii) joint and allied anti-submarine warfare networks.
(I) An assessment of any statutory or regulatory barriers limiting expansion of sonobuoy production, testing, procurement, or fielding.
(J) Recommendations for legislative or administrative action necessary to improve sonobuoy readiness and wartime sufficiency.
(b) Industrial Base Expansion Plan.--Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall develop a plan to expand the sonobuoy industrial base to support sustained wartime production requirements. Such plan shall include--
(1) options for second-source suppliers;
(2) the potential for Government-owned, contractor-operated facilities;
(3) use of multiyear procurement authorities pursuant to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code;
(4) opportunities to expand public-private partnerships for anti-submarine warfare sensor manufacturing and sustainment;
(5) measures to improve supply chain resilience for critical components;
(6) options for surge production during national emergencies or armed conflict; and
(7) opportunities for allied co-production and stockpile interoperability.
(c) Operational Test Events.--Beginning not later than fiscal year 2028, the Secretary of the Navy shall conduct recurring operationally realistic sonobuoy exercises that include--
(1) congested elecromagnetic spectrum conditions;
(2) integrated fleet anti-submarine warfare operations;
(3) multiple simultaneous submarine targets;
(4) degraded communications and positioning, navigation, and timing environments;
(5) unmanned systems integration;
(6) distributed maritime operations;
(7) Arctic and littoral anti-submarine warfare scenarios; and
(8) joint and allied participation, as appropriate.
(d) Briefing Requirement.--Not later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on--
(1) the highest-risk shortfalls in sonobuoy inventory and testing capacity;
(2) projected wartime inventory depletion timelines;
(3) vulnerabilities associated with single-source suppliers and critical materials dependencies; and
(4) investments required during the future-years defense program to achieve sufficiency for two simultaneous regional conflicts.
SEC. 256. REVIEW AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES TO
ACCELERATE THE QUALIFICATION PROCESS FOR
DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED ADVANCED ENERGETIC
MATERIALS.
(a) Acceleration of Formulation-to-system Qualification for Advanced Energetic Materials.--
(1) Review and implementation.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the head of the Joint Energetics Transition Office shall--
(A) conduct a review to identify opportunities to accelerate the qualification process for the integration of novel advanced energetic materials into military systems; and
(B) based on the results of such review, implement measures to accelerate such qualification process.
(2) Elements.--In conducting the review required under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary of Defense shall--
(A) conduct a detailed analysis of the feasibility of--
(i) expediting the qualification of new formulations derived from advanced energetic materials, including developmental classification, insensitive munitions testing, and hazard classification activities;
(ii) streamlining nonstatutory administrative requirements for warhead-level and system-level qualification of advanced energetic materials in cases in which modeling, simulation, and surrogate testing of such materials provide sufficient evidence of equivalent or superior performance and safety compared to legacy energetic materials, without compromising statutorily prescribed safety or environmental standards;
(iii) implementing integrated test campaigns that enable concurrent or overlapping evaluations of the formulation, warhead, and system performance of advanced energetic materials to reduce total time to fielding, aiming for full system qualification within 18 months to the extent feasible, while ensuring no compromise to safety or operational reliability; and
(iv) prioritizing advanced energetic materials for inclusion in mission-aligned prototyping, live-fire demonstrations, and portfolio-level experimentation under rapid acquisition authorities;
(B) identify any barriers to the integration of novel advanced energetic materials into military systems;
(C) develop a set of prioritized measures that may be implemented to address such barriers, including potential near-term measures achievable under existing authorities; and
(D) determine--
(i) estimated timelines for implementing such measures;
(ii) the organizations and elements of the Department of Defense that could carry out such measures; and
(iii) any statutory, regulatory, or administrative barriers inhibiting the implementation of such measures.
(b) Report.--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 report on the findings of the review conducted under subsection (a)(1)(A) and the measures implemented under subsection (a)(1)(B).
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The report shall include--
(1) a list of advanced energetic materials for which the Secretary accelerated the formulation-to-system qualification process as a result of the review under subsection (a)(1)(A) and a list of advanced energetic materials that were identified as candidates for acceleration;
(2) a comparison of the timelines to qualification milestones for materials identified under paragraph (1) compared to such timelines if the formulation-to-system qualification process had not been accelerated for such materials, including quantitative estimates of time savings and measurable milestones to the extent practicable;
(3) a description of any other actions taken to accelerate the qualification process for such materials, with justifications; and
(4) recommendations for further legislative or administrative actions to enhance domestic energetics production and qualification.
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the waiver of any statutory requirement, including any statutory requirement related to safety, environmental protection, or national security.
(d) Advanced Energetic Material Defined.--The term "advanced energetic material" means a domestically produced substance or mixture, such as explosives, propellants, or pyrotechnics, that releases energy rapidly and demonstrates performance improvements over legacy energetic materials in areas such as energy density, as determined by the Secretary of Defense in accordance with established Department of Defense standards.
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4301.
SEC. 311. INCLUSION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN ENERGY POLICY OF
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND RELATED MATTERS.
(a) Inclusion in Energy Policy.--Section 2911 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsections (b) and (e), by inserting " or nuclear energy" after "renewable energy sources" each place it appears;
(2) in subsection (g)--
(A) in the heading, by inserting " and nuclear energy" after "renewable energy";
(B) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting " or nuclear energy" after "renewable energy sources" each place it appears; and
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting " and nuclear energy" after "the use of renewable energy"; and
(3) in subsection (h)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting " or nuclear energy" after "renewable energy source, other than solar energy,"; and
(B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting " or nuclear energy" after "a renewable energy source".
(b) Inclusion in Matters Relating to Use of Energy for Facilities.--Section 2915 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking "renewable forms of energy" and inserting "nuclear energy, renewable forms of energy,";
(2) by striking "solar energy or other renewable forms of energy" each place it appears and inserting "nuclear energy, or solar energy or other renewable forms of energy,"; and
(3) in subsection (b), by striking "a renewable form of energy" and inserting "such a form of energy".
SEC. 312. MODIFICATION TO PILOT PROGRAM ON NAVY INSTALLATION
NUCLEAR ENERGY.
Section 321(b)(2)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 8751) is amended by striking "needed capacity of the reactor is in the range of 20MW to 300MW" and inserting "needed capacity of the reactor is a minimum of 20MW".
SEC. 313. STANDARDIZED DOCUMENT ON SCOPE OF PROJECTS CARRIED
OUT UNDER MILITARY MUNITIONS RESPONSE PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a standardized document for the scope of munitions responses (in this section referred to as a "scope document") for each project carried out under the Military Munitions Response Program at a covered site.
(b) Required Certification and Approval.--The Secretary of Defense shall require that, for each project specified in subsection (a), the Secretary of the military department or head of the Defense Agency concerned certifies and approves the scope document for the project prior to the issuance of any task order for the project.
(c) Elements.--Each scope document shall include, with respect to the applicable project and at a minimum, the following:
(1) A description of the scope of the project, including an identification of the applicable phase or phases of munitions responses under
the project and the key assumptions, data gaps, and principal risk drivers, affecting such scope.
(2) A cost and schedule estimate for the completion of such phase or phases, with contingencies sufficient to account for uncertainty in subsurface conditions, anomaly or contaminant quantity, access limitations, and explosives safety constraints.
(3) A summary of explosives safety, human health, environmental, and mission risks, applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and the consequences of delayed action with respect to the project, set forth in a format that supports the prioritization of projects across covered sites.
(4) Documented certification and approval of the scope document, consistent with the requirement under subsection (b).
(d) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue guidance specifying the required form of, and additional details on the matters required to be included in, each scope document based on the complexity of the covered site at which the applicable project is carried out and the phase of munitions response under such project.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The terms "base closure law" and "Defense Agency" have the meanings given such terms in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.
(2) The term "covered site" means a military installation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense, a National Guard facility, a military installation closed or realigned under a base closure law, or a formerly used defense site.
SEC. 314. PILOT PROGRAM FOR SECURE RECYCLING OF DOMESTIC
ELECTRONIC WASTE.
(a) Pilot Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to evaluate the use of domestic, integrated electronic waste recycling infrastructure to support the secure destruction of data and the recovery of critical materials from electronic equipment of the Department of Defense.
(b) Scope.--In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
(1) use existing facilities capable of end-to-end processing of the electronic waste referred to in such subsection, including the secure dismantling and shredding of such waste and metallurgical recovery from such waste;
(2) assess the potential for reuse in the defense industrial base of critical minerals and other materials so recovered;
(3) assess the environmental and supply chain benefits associated with the domestic recycling of such electronic waste; and
(4) ensure compliance with applicable standards of the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency, respectively, for the destruction of data.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the pilot program under subsection (a), including an assessment of--
(1) the cost effectiveness of the pilot program;
(2) security benefits realized through the pilot program, including with respect to data protection;
(3) the effect of the pilot program on supply chain resilience; and
(4) recommendations of the Secretary regarding the potential expansion of the pilot program across the Department of Defense.
SEC. 315. PROGRAM FOR DEPLOYMENT OF TRANSPORTABLE NUCLEAR
MICROREACTOR IN AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
UNITED STATES INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall commence the conduct of a program for the deployment, operation, and evaluation of a transportable nuclear microreactor in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command.
(b) Designation.--The program under subsection (a) shall be known as the "Operational Energy Deployable Nuclear Power Program".
(c) Leadership and Coordination.--
(1) Executive agent.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment as the Department of Defense executive agent for carrying out the program under subsection (a) and ensuring budget accountability for such program.
(2) Coordination.--In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary designated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall coordinate with--
(A) the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command, who shall be responsible for validating operational requirements under the program, the demonstration of technologies to be deployed under the program, and the operational use of such technologies; and
(B) as appropriate, the Secretary of Energy and the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, for the purpose of ensuring the deployment and operation of any nuclear microreactor under the program is carried out in a manner that is safe, secure, and in compliance with applicable requirements of the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, respectively.
(d) Objectives.--The objective of the program under subsection (a) shall be to deploy and operate, by not later than January 1, 2030, a transportable nuclear microreactor in support of distributed and expeditionary operations in contested logistics environments within the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, with a priority for deployment in such an environment within the Western Pacific area.
(e) Required Activities.--The activities of the program under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) The validation of operational requirements of the United States Indo-Pacific Command with respect to the transportable nuclear microreactor to be deployed under the program, and the integration of such nuclear microreactor with expeditionary and dispersed power architectures in the area of responsibility of such Command.
(2) The development and implementation of a plan for the test and evaluation of such nuclear microreactor, including with respect to sustainment, safety, cybersecurity, and physical security requirements.
(3) The conduct of joint operational demonstrations with the United States Indo-Pacific Command in connection with not fewer than one major exercise within the area of responsibility of such Command, to evaluate the deployment, integration, sustainment, survivability, and operational use of such nuclear microreactor under realistic conditions.
(f) Budget Mechanism.--Beginning with respect to fiscal year 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a dedicated program element, or equivalent budget mechanism, for the program under subsection (a), including to support the transition of technologies under such program from demonstration to operational capability.
(g) Nuclear Microreactor Defined.--In this section, the term "nuclear microreactor" means a nuclear reactor with a rated electric generating capacity of not greater than 50 megawatts.
SEC. 316.
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PROHIBITION ON OPERATION OF CONNECTED VEHICLES
DESIGNED, DEVELOPED, MANUFACTURED, OR SUPPLIED
BY PERSONS OWNED BY, CONTROLLED BY, OR SUBJECT
TO THE JURISDICTION OF A FOREIGN ENTITY OF
CONCERN ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROPERTY.
(a) Prohibition of Operation of Prohibited Connected Vehicles.--
(1) Phase 1.--After January 1, 2027, no covered connected vehicle, as designated by the Department of Commerce under part 791 of title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, may be operated on a military installation or on any other property of the Department of Defense.
(2) Phase 2.--After January 1, 2029, no connected vehicle on the list required under subsection (b) may be operated on a military installation or on any other property of the Department of Defense.
(3) Exception.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of a prohibition under paragraph (1) or (2) to a connected vehicle if the Secretary determines the waiver is in the interest of national security.
(b) List of Prohibited Connected Vehicles.--
(1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall establish and make publicly available on a website of the Department of Defense a list of prohibited connected vehicles that--
(A) are designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign entity of concern; and
(B) the Secretary determines pose--
(i) an undue risk of sabotage to or subversion of the design, integrity, manufacturing, production, distribution, installation, operation, or maintenance of information and communications technology and services in the United States;
(ii) an undue risk of catastrophic effects on the security or resiliency of critical infrastructure in the United States or the digital economy of the United States; or
(iii) an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons.
(2) Incorporation of existing federal rules.--In establishing the list required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall incorporate Federal rules in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act for identifying prohibited connected vehicles.
(3) Annual review.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall review the list required under paragraph (1) not less frequently than once each year and shall make such additions, subtractions, supplements, or amendments to the list as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(B) Explanation of subtractions.--Any review under subparagraph (A) that makes subtractions from the list required under paragraph (1) shall include an explanation of why the subtraction was made.
(4) Notice.--If the Secretary adds a vehicle to the list under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide public notice of the addition.
(5) Consultation.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall consult with the head of any Federal department or agency that the Secretary determines is appropriate in making the list required under paragraph (1) and conducting any annual review under paragraph (3).
(B) Transmittal of list.--The Secretary shall transmit a copy of the list required under paragraph (1), and any modification to that list, to the heads of each Federal department or agency determined appropriate under subparagraph (A).
(c) Implementation Plan and Briefing.--
(1) In general.--Not later than June 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall establish and provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on an implementation plan for carrying out the prohibition under subsection (a).
(2) Elements.--The implementation plan required under paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) an identification of the lead organization within the Department of Defense responsible for implementing and overseeing the prohibition under subsection (a);
(B) a description of the process by which the Department will identify and assess prohibited connected vehicles;
(C) a description of the means by which the Department will conduct coordination with appropriate Federal departments and agencies;
(D) an identification of the metrics by which the Department will assess connected vehicles for threats to national security;
(E) a description of the means by which military installations will ensure compliance with such prohibition; and
(F) an assessment of resource requirements necessary to implement and maintain such prohibition.
(3) Applicability of prohibitions.--A prohibition under subsection (a) shall not take effect before the date on which the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees certification that the implementation of the prohibition is possible.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "connected vehicle" has the meaning given that term in section 791.301 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations.
(2) The term "foreign entity of concern" has the meaning given that term in section 9901 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 4651).
(3) The term "military installation" has the meaning given that term in section 2801(c) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 317. PILOT PROGRAM ON OFF-GRID TACTICAL POWER.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may establish a pilot program on employing expeditionary off-grid power generation capabilities across the Joint Force.
(b) Requirements.--If the Secretary carries out the pilot program authorized in subsection (a), the Secretary shall carry out the following activities under the pilot program:
(1) The exploration of the research, development, procurement, and operational integration of mobile expeditionary tactical microgrid systems to provide resilient power supply to forward-deployed formations and critical command, control, and communications elements at the tactical edge.
(2) The incorporation of novel power generation and advanced battery storage that can integrate with secure satellite communications or other mission-essential electronic systems.
(3) The conduct of operational assessments and testing of systems in conditions that simulate contested logistics and degraded infrastructure.
(c) Report.--If the Secretary carries out the pilot program authorized in subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense committees, not later than one year after the commencement of the pilot program, a briefing on the status and results of the pilot program. The briefing shall include--
(1) an assessment of the technologies used in the program;
(2) an overview of the operational assessments and testing of the systems, including system performance; and
(3) recommendations for fielding across the Joint Force, as appropriate.
SEC. 318. CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES INDEPENDENT
FROM DESIGNATED EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR
INSTALLATION OR OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY.
(a) Military Departments.--Notwithstanding the designation of the Secretary of the Army or any other official as the Department of Defense Executive Agent for installation or operational nuclear energy, and except as expressly otherwise provided in another provision of law, the sole authority to transfer, reprogram, obligate, expend, and otherwise manage any funds authorized to be appropriated for a military department for advanced nuclear energy for installation or operational energy capabilities shall be vested in the Secretary of such military department.
(b) Nuclear Fuel Allocation.--The Secretary of Defense shall make determinations regarding the allocation of nuclear fuel among the military departments, including determinations for the prioritization of such allocation between the military departments.
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting any previously authorized program of the Department of Defense.
SEC. 321. REQUIREMENT FOR QUARTERLY REPORTS ON MUNITIONS
INVENTORY NUMBERS.
Section 222c of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by inserting "; current inventory numbers" after "Out-Year inventory numbers";
(2) in subsection (a), by striking "subsection (c)" and inserting "subsection (d)";
(3) by redesignating subsections (b) through (h) as subsections (c) through (i), respectively;
(4) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:
"(b) Quarterly Reports.--At the same time each year that the budget for the fiscal year beginning in such year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth munitions inventory numbers current as of the date of the submission of such report, presented in the aggregate and disaggregated by armed force.";
(5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking "described in subsection (d)" and inserting "described in subsection (e)";
(6) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by striking "subsection (e)(1)" and inserting "subsection (f)(1)"; and
(7) in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by striking "subsection (c)(10)" and inserting "subsection (d)(10)".
SEC. 322. INCREASE OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM THRESHOLD
FOR WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS.
Section 2208(k)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "installation or a science and technology reinvention laboratory and not less than $250,000 for procurements at all other facilities" and inserting "installation, science and technology reinvention laboratory, or any other facility".
SEC. 323. ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVIL RESERVE INDUSTRIAL BASE.
(a) In General.--Chapter 131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2224a the following new section:
"Sec. 2224b.
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Civil Reserve Industrial Base
"(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall establish the Civil Reserve Industrial Base program under which the Secretary shall enter into agreements under subsection (c) with covered commercial facilities--
"(1) to enhance the availability and responsiveness of sustainment and repair capabilities in support of military operations; and
"(2) to strengthen the collaboration during peacetime between the Department of Defense and the defense industrial base in theater by leveraging the capacity of covered commercial facilities and the co-sustainment capabilities of allies and partners of the United States, including through the assignment of recurring low-volume or mid-volume workloads, to ensure the availability of logistics, sustainment, and repair surge capacity during contingency operations.
"(b) Program Elements.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall--
"(1) identify covered commercial facilities that are located within the area of operations of each of the geographic combatant commands, including facilities in allied and partner nations;
"(2) develop arrangements to store, maintain, and manage replenishment parts and related equipment at covered commercial facilities identified under paragraph (1) that enter into agreements with the Secretary under subsection (c);
"(3) enter into agreements under subsection (c) with such facilities under which such facilities agree to provide peacetime workload or sustainment activities or receive other incentives to ensure such facilities and personnel employed by such facilities remain qualified, ready, and available to support contingency operations; and
"(4) integrate the participating facilities and the capabilities such facilities provide into the product support strategy developed in accordance with section 4324 of this title, other relevant sustainment planning, logistics posture efforts, and the operational plans of the geographic combatant commands.
"(c) Agreements.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Defense may enter into contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other appropriate agreements with covered commercial facilities under which such facilities agree to provide for the storage, maintenance, repair, overhaul, and distribution of replenishment parts and related equipment. An agreement under this subsection may--
"(1) provide for the use of commercial facilities and personnel during peacetime and contingency operations;
"(2) include terms addressing force protection, continuity of operations, and security requirements;
"(3) provide for the sustainment of capability through recurring peacetime workload, as appropriate;
"(4) provide for support for commercial entities headquartered in the United States in order to provide surge operational support when required by the Secretary; and
"(5) support and encourage the negotiation of voluntary license agreements directly between original equipment manufacturers and third parties in accordance with section 3771(b)(9)(C) of this title.
"(d) Contractor and Subcontractor Technical Data.--Sections 3771 through 3775 of this title shall apply to contractor and subcontractor technical data in contracts or agreements entered into under this section.
"(e) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `covered commercial facility' means a commercial facility owned by a United States entity that is capable of providing one or more of the following:
"(A) Warehousing and secure storage.
"(B) Supply chain management and distribution.
"(C) Maintenance, repair, and overhaul.
"(D) Repairable management, component repair, and test capability.
"(E) Other sustainment-related capabilities identified by the Secretary.
"(2) The term `replenishment parts' means repair parts, components, or other items to support the sustainment of Department of Defense systems and equipment through replacement, repair, or overhaul.".
(b) Report.--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 report on the implementation of section 2224b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). Such report shall include each of the following:
(1) A description of the structure and governance of the Civil Reserve Industrial Base program, as established by such section.
(2) A description of the types of covered commercial facilities and capabilities identified under subsection (b)(1) of such section, including the number of such facilities identified that are located in the area of operations of each of geographic combatant commands.
(3) An assessment of the sustainment, readiness, and resiliency benefits of leveraging commercial facilities for in-theater replenishment parts storage and maintenance, including the expected effect on time-to-repair and time-to-resupply for key platforms.
(4) A description of the contracting mechanisms, incentives, or public-private partnership authorities required to enable recurring peacetime use by the Department of Defense of covered commercial facilities under the Civil Reserve Industrial Base program.
(5) A description of any force protection, operational security, or continuity-of-operations requirements applicable to covered commercial facilities participating in the Civil Reserve Industrial Base in the event of conflict.
(6) An identification of statutory, regulatory, or policy barriers that limit the ability of the Department to implement the Civil Reserve Industrial Base, including barriers related to contracting, logistics policy, or cross-border sustainment.
(7) Any recommendations for additional authorities needed to expand or sustain the Civil Reserve Industrial Base.
SEC. 324. MODIFICATION OF MINIMUM CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR
CERTAIN DEPOTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Section 2476(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "the preceding three fiscal years" and inserting "the preceding fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and the estimated amount for the following fiscal year".
SEC. 325. EXPANSION OF COVERED DEPOTS TO INCLUDE CRANE ARMY
AMMUNITION ACTIVITY, INDIANA.
Section 2476(f)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(J) Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Indiana.".
SEC. 326. EXPANSION OF SPACE-AVAILABLE TRAVEL PROGRAM FOR
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES STATIONED AT UNITED
STATES NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.
Section 2641b of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection (g):
"(g) Purchased Transportation to and From United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.--(1) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an individual eligible for the travel program under subsection (c)(1) and stationed at United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may purchase transportation on Department of Defense aircraft, at commercially-competitive rates as determined by the Secretary of Defense, for travel to and from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay on a space-available basis.
"(2) An individual who purchases transportation pursuant to paragraph (1) shall receive a priority consistent with members of the armed forces traveling in a space-required status, as determined by the Secretary.
"(3) Amounts collected pursuant to paragraph (1) for transportation shall be credited to the applicable appropriation of the Armed Force providing such transportation, shall be merged with funds in the appropriation to which credited, and shall be available for the same purposes and period as the appropriation with which merged.".
SEC. 327. AUTHORIZATION OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL
PROCUREMENT.
Section 2911 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(k) Sustainable Aviation Fuel Procurement.--The Secretary of Defense may procure sustainable aviation fuel for operational or training purposes at a cost that exceeds the cost of conventional petroleum based aviation fuel.".
SEC. 328. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON
OPTIMIZATION OF AERIAL REFUELING AND FUEL
MANAGEMENT IN CONTESTED LOGISTICS ENVIRONMENTS
THROUGH USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Section 346 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
"(c) Deadline for Implementation.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, shall implement the pilot program under this section, by not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027.";
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (g);
(3) in subsection (g) as so redesignated, by striking "January 1, 2027" and inserting "January 1, 2030"; and
(4) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsections (e) and (f):
"(e) Responsibility.--Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, shall be responsible for carrying out the pilot program under this section.
"(f) Briefing.--Not later than January 1, 2028, the Under Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the status of the implementation of the pilot program under this section. Such briefing shall address--
"(1) outcomes and performance metrics of the pilot program;
"(2) any barriers identified for integration of the pilot program into operational planning; and
"(3) recommendations regarding continuation, modification, or expansion of the pilot program.".
SEC. 329. ARMY EXPANSION OF PRODUCTION OF 155MM ARTILLERY
AMMUNITION.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the production of 155mm artillery ammunition at a minimum rate to reach total munition requirements is a national priority; and
(2) the production rate of such ammunition should be sustained or increased over the next five years in order to--
(A) fully meet all Army and Marine Corps annual training requirements;
(B) rebuild war reserve inventories for both the Army and the Marine Corps to fully comply with the planning guidance of the Secretary of Defense and ensure that associated inventory and war reserve levels are met;
(C) modernize the stockpile with the best performing weapons; and
(D) continue foreign military sales of ammunition manufactured in the United States to generate the domestic workforce and assures wartime interoperability with United States allies.
(b) Production Expansion.--The Secretary of the Army shall--
(1) expand and upgrade facilities of the Army that are used to produce propellant, metal parts, explosive fill, load assemble pack, and components of 155mm artillery; and
(2) increase the production of propellant, metal parts, explosive fill, load assemble pack, and components of 155mm artillery to ensure that--
(A) the total production capacity of all such facilities reaches 100,000 rounds each month; and
(B) the Out-Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement for 155mm artillery ammunition in effect for the Army pursuant to section 222c of title 10, United States Code, is met.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the steps taken by the Secretary to carry out the requirements of this section.
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Such report shall include--
(1) an identification of the amount of funds required to reach the production capacity under subsection (b)(2)(A);
(2) a plan for--
(A) expanding and upgrading facilities of the Army used to produce 15mm artillery ammunition; and
(B) increasing the rate of production of such munitions;
(3) an estimated time frame for when the production capacity under subsection (b)(2)(A) will be reached;
(4) an estimated time frame for the production of sufficient munitions to replenish stocks to reach total munition requirements under the Out-Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement for 155mm artillery in effect for the Army pursuant to section 222c of title 10, United States Code; and
(5) a long-term plan to sustain munitions production facilities as demand for artillery ammunition may increase or decrease.
SEC. 330. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AERIAL REFUELING
CAPABILITY OF AIR FORCE TANKER FLEET.
(a) Requirements.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall--
(1) adopt the use of metrics and standards for specifically assessing the aerial refueling capability of the tanker fleet of the Air Force;
(2) direct the Commander of the Air Mobility Command, in coordination with any program offices and entities of such command that the Commander determines relevant, to submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives periodic reports on the application of the metrics and standards required under paragraph (1) to assess the aerial refueling capability of the tanker fleet;
(3) conduct a comprehensive Air Force-wide assessment of risks associated with the sustainment of the aerial refueling tanker fleet of the Air Force, including, for each such risk, an assessment of the likelihood of the risk occurring and the likely effects of the risk if it occurs; and
(4) develop a mitigation plan based on the results of the risk assessment required under paragraph (3).
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2027, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the progress of implementing the requirements under subsection (a). Such report shall include a comprehensive readiness improvement plan for addressing the sustainment challenges of the aerial refueling capability of the tanker fleet.
(2) Form of report.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 331. NAVY CONTAINERIZED EXPEDITIONARY ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) Authority.--Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, acting through the Commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command and in coordination with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command and the heads of such other Navy organizations as the Secretary considers appropriate, shall carry out a pilot program to--
(A) field, evaluate, and assess compact containerized expeditionary advanced manufacturing capabilities in support of naval and joint
forces operating in contested, remote, and expeditionary environments;
(B) expand the use of advanced and additive manufacturing within the Department of Defense;
(C) support the objectives of the Department of the Navy Advanced Manufacturing Strategy, including warfighter self-sufficiency and distributed sustainment; and
(D) evaluate and define validated Navy requirements for containerized expeditionary advanced manufacturing capabilities rather than replace traditional industrial base production, depot-level repair, or established logistics systems.
(2) Execution.--
(A) Lead agent.--The Naval Sea Systems Command Technology Office, in coordination with the Naval Surface Warfare Centers, shall serve as the lead technical and programmatic agent for the pilot program.
(B) Support.--The Secretary may use the Naval Postgraduate School, and seek to enter into agreements with other appropriate public or private entities, to support experimentation, operational execution, data collection, digital integration, sustainment planning, training development, and requirements capture activities conducted under the pilot program.
(b) Design of Program.--The Secretary shall design the pilot program to--
(1) evaluate the operational utility of compact, containerized expeditionary advanced manufacturing systems capable of producing metal and polymer components in contested and austere environments;
(2) assess how such capabilities may provide commanders with additional options to restore readiness in remote or denied conditions when traditional resupply or depot support is unavailable or delayed;
(3) evaluate the appropriate role of commander discretion and commander risk in the production and installation of expeditionary-manufactured parts;
(4) identify categories of components suitable for edge production and establish associated qualification, documentation, and digital traceability requirements;
(5) assess operator training, workforce development, and certification requirements necessary to normalize safe and effective use of compact, containerized advanced manufacturing systems;
(6) evaluate sustainment requirements for expeditionary manufacturing systems, including maintenance, consumables, digital integration, configuration management, and supply chain implications;
(7) measure effects such systems on readiness, maintenance timelines, logistics demand, and operational availability; and
(8) inform future Navy requirements, acquisition pathways, standards, and resourcing decisions regarding expeditionary manufacturing as a complementary sustainment capability.
(c) System Characteristics.--To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that advanced manufacturing systems evaluated under the pilot program shall--
(1) consist of containerized platforms not exceeding a 10-foot by 10-foot footprint;
(2) provide multi-material additive manufacturing capabilities;
(3) integrate additive and subtractive manufacturing processes;
(4) support secure digital engineering workflows and configuration control;
(5) be compatible with naval and expeditionary power sources; and
(6) be operable by trained military personnel in deployed maritime and expeditionary environments.
(d) Elements.--The pilot program shall consist of the following two elements:
(1) A forward-oriented element carried out in support of exercises and deployed maritime operations of the United States Indo-Pacific Command to evaluate--
(A) operational employment;
(B) test and evaluation under expeditionary conditions;
(C) commander use authorities; and
(D) training in distributed and contested environments.
(2) An element carried out at one or more naval installations designated by the Secretary that are located in the continental United States and that may support surface, subsurface, and aviation forces to conduct--
(A) real-time fleet feedback;
(B) operator training development;
(C) sustainment refinement;
(D) digital integration; and
(E) iterative requirements development.
(e) Procurement Authority.--To carry out the pilot program under this section, subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of the Navy shall procure not fewer than two expeditionary advanced manufacturing systems using amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Navy for research, development, test and evaluation, operations, or sustainment, consistent with applicable law.
(f) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than one year after the date of the establishment of the pilot program, and annually thereafter for the duration of the pilot program, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(1) an identification of the units and locations selected for purposes of the pilot program;
(2) a description of the operational outcomes of the pilot program, including case studies;
(3) an assessment of the employment authorities of the Commander of United States Pacific Command and associated risk frameworks that are relevant to the pilot program;
(4) an identification of part categories appropriate for expeditionary production;
(5) training, workforce, and certification requirements for the pilot program;
(6) an identification of the sustainment and digital integration requirements of the pilot program;
(7) the effects of the pilot program on readiness, logistics demand, and maintenance timelines; and
(8) the recommendations of the Secretary regarding formal requirement validation and transition of expeditionary point-of-need advanced manufacturing to an enduring complementary capability.
(g) Duration.--The duration of the pilot program required under subsection (a) shall be not fewer than three years and not more than five years.
SEC. 332. EXPANSION OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ON NAVY
INSTALLATIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Navy shall seek to enter into a contract with a public transportation services provider for the purpose of expanding transportation services available on Navy installations for members of the Armed Forces and their families.
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A contract under this section shall prioritize expanding transportation services between lodging facilities, dining facilities, fitness and recreation centers, administrative offices, air terminals, and other activity centers of a Naval installation to improve security and personnel safety at the Navy installation.
(b) Selection of Installations and Providers.--The Secretary shall--
(1) select one or more Navy installations at which to expand transportation services pursuant to a contract under subsection (a); and
(2) for each selected Navy installation, identify a public transportation services provider that--
(A) provides public transportation services in the geographic area where the Navy installation is located; and
(B) the Secretary determines is capable of carrying out the contract in a manner that--
(i) addresses the transportation needs of installation personnel, including junior enlisted personnel without access to personal vehicles;
(ii) improves the quality of life and military readiness of installation personnel; and
(iii) implements best practices for partnerships between the installation and the provider.
(c) Termination.--The period of a contract authorized under this section may not exceed three years.
(d) Report.--
(1) Initial report.--Not later than 90 days after the conclusion of the second year of a contract authorized under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees an initial report on the contract that includes--
(A) preliminary findings on the transportation services provided under the contract, including ridership levels and service effectiveness;
(B) an initial evaluation of effects of the transportation services on the quality of life and military readiness of Navy installation personnel;
(C) the cost to the Secretary of the contract for the first two years; and
(D) the recommendation of the Secretary as to whether to extend the contract or to enter into similar contracts for the provision of transportation services at additional Navy installations.
(2) Final report.--Not later than 180 days after the conclusion of the contract, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a final report on the contract that includes--
(A) a comprehensive assessment of ridership levels and service effectiveness of the transportation services provided under the contract;
(B) a complete evaluation of effects of the mass transit services on the quality of life and military readiness of Navy installation personnel;
(C) the cost to the Secretary of the contract;
(D) the recommendation of the Secretary as to whether to extend the contract or to enter into similar contracts for the provision of transportation services at additional Navy installations; and
(E) such other matters as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "congressional defense committees" has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
(2) The term "Navy installation" means a military installation (as such term is defined in section 2801 of title 10, United States Code) under the jurisdiction of the Chief of Naval Operations.
(3) The term "public transportation services" means--
(A) public transportation, as defined in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code;
(B) over-the-road bus transportation, as defined in section 1501 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 1151), and school bus transportation;
(C) intercity rail passenger transportation, as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code;
(D) the transportation of passengers onboard a passenger vessel, as defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code; and
(E) other regularly scheduled waterborne transportation service of passengers by vessel of at least 20 gross tons.
(4) The term "public transportation services provider" means--
(A) a State, local, or Federal government entity that provides public transportation services; or
(B) or a non-government entity that--
(i) receives financial assistance from a State, local, or Federal government entity; and
(ii) provides public transportation services.
SEC. 333. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO SUSTAINMENT OF A-10
AIRCRAFT AND RELATED TRAINING.
(a) Limitation on Relocation of A-10 Training Unit.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not relocate the formal training unit of the
Air Force for providing to pilots the qualifications necessary for the operation of A-10 aircraft, including by reassigning the primary training activities carried out by such unit to another military installation, unless--
(1) the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees an analysis comparing the costs and benefits of such relocation versus preserving the unit at its current location; and
(2) a period of 90 days has elapsed following the date of such submission.
(b) Sustainment Requirements.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall maintain, as necessary, sufficient training capacity, development, test, and evaluation capacity, depot-level maintenance and repair capacity, supply, logistics, and contractor capacity, and other sustainment-related capacity to ensure the A-10 fleet remains operationally viable through fiscal year 2030, including with respect to each mission and capability of such fleet as of the date of the enactment of this Act (including combat search and rescue missions).
(2) Formal training unit.--In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall, as necessary, maintain a formal training unit of the Air Force for providing to pilots the qualifications necessary for the operation of A-10 aircraft, and a process for the requalification of pilots formerly so qualified.
(3) Budget materials.--Concurrent with the submission to Congress of a budget pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2028 through 2030, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the amounts necessary to implement this subsection.
(c) Annual Briefing on A-10 Sustainment.--
(1) Annual briefing.--Not later than March 1, 2027, and annually thereafter until March 1, 2030, the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing describing the extent to which the Department of the Air Force met the requirements under subsection (b) during the preceding fiscal year.
(2) Elements.--Each briefing required under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(A) An identification of the number of pilots that received the qualifications necessary for the operation of A-10 aircraft during the preceding fiscal year, disaggregated by whether such qualifications were an initial qualification or a requalification.
(B) An identification of the number of officers that received advanced instructor qualifications through the weapons instructor course for A-10 aircraft offered through the United States Air Force Weapons School, disaggregated by whether such qualifications were an initial qualification or a requalification.
(C) A description of the status of actions taken to meet the requirement under subsection (b)(2) during the preceding fiscal year, and any related instructor shortfalls.
(D) A description of the status of operational test and evaluation capacity with respect to the A-10 fleet, including major limitations affecting airworthiness, weapons integration, tactics development, or mission effectiveness.
(E) The status of programmed depot-level maintenance and repair with respect to A-10 aircraft or related infrastructure, and any resulting effect on the ability of the Department to meet the requirements under subsection (b).
(F) The status of logistics, supply, contractor maintenance, and other sustainment functions for the A-10 fleet, and any resulting effect on the ability of the Department to meet the requirements under subsection (b).
(G) An assessment as to whether the Department met the requirements under subsection (b) during the preceding fiscal year.
(H) A description of any shortfall, delay, or other deviation resulting in a failure to meet any such requirement, including any corrective action planned or underway.
(d) Roadmap for A-10 Fleet Sustainment.--
(1) Roadmap required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a roadmap setting forth proposed actions to meet the requirements under subsection (b).
(2) Briefing.--Not later than 15 days after the date of the submission of the roadmap under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on such roadmap and any anticipated material shortfall in meeting a requirement under subsection (b).
(3) Annual updates.--Not later than one year after the date of the submission of the roadmap under paragraph (1), and annually thereafter until September 30, 2030, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a written update to such roadmap.
(e) Program to Preserve Knowledge and History Relating to A-10 Aircraft.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish a program to preserve technical and historical knowledge relating to the operation and sustainment of the A-10 fleet.
(2) Lead entity.--The Director of the Air Force Historical Research Agency shall serve as the lead entity carrying out the program under paragraph (1), in coordination with the Commander of the Air Combat Command, the head of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, and such other organizations of the Department of the Air Force as the Secretary of the Air Force determines appropriate.
(3) Required activities.--The program established under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum the following activities:
(A) The collection of oral histories relating to the A-10 fleet from pilots, advanced instructor-qualified aircrew, maintainers, joint terminal attack controllers, and other personnel involved in the operation (including operational support for combat search and rescue missions) or sustainment of aircraft within such fleet.
(B) The collection and preservation of records associated with the A-10 fleet, including technical data, operational tactics, weapons integration records, upgrade and modification history, and records relating to the sustainment of aircraft within such fleet.
(C) The digital archiving of materials collected under subparagraphs (A) and (B) in a searchable repository accessible to appropriate users within the Department of Defense.
(D) The identification of lessons learned pursuant to the materials so collected.
(E) The development of recommendations for collecting, preserving, and transferring knowledge relating to the A-10 fleet with respect to design, doctrine, training, and sustainment activities relating to successor aircraft.
(4) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing a summary of--
(A) the activities carried out under the program established under paragraph (1);
(B) the status of the archive established pursuant to paragraph (3)(C); and
(C) the principal lessons learned identified pursuant to paragraph (3)(D).
(f) Depot-level Maintenance and Repair Defined.--In this section, the term "depot-level maintenance and repair" has the meaning given such term in section 2460 of title 10, United States Code.
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REQUIREMENT FOR STANDARDIZED MUNITIONS WITH RESPECT
TO CERTAIN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.
(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish standardized munitions for use in one-way attack operations by covered unmanned aircraft.
(b) Covered Unmanned Aircraft Defined.--In this section, the term "covered unmanned aircraft" means an unmanned aircraft (as such term is defined in section 130i(j) of title 10, United States Code), that is categorized as Group 1 or Group 2 pursuant to the Joint Publication 3-30 of the Department of Defense, titled "Joint Air Operations" and dated July 25, 2019, or such successor publication.
SEC. 335. REQUIREMENT TO ENSURE SUFFICIENCY OF NAVAL MINE
INVENTORY.
(a) Requirement.--To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that the inventory of naval mines of the Department of the Navy is sufficient to meet validated operational requirements for not fewer than two simultaneous major regional contingencies.
(b) Annual Certification.--
(1) Submission.--Not later than March 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification that includes the following:
(A) A determination of whether the requirement under subsection (a) is met.
(B) If the requirement under subsection (a) is not met--
(i) a description of the shortfall in the inventory referred to in such subsection; and
(ii) a remediation plan, including timelines and funding requirements, to achieve compliance with such requirement.
(2) Form.--Each certification required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 341. STRATEGY TO SUPPORT JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER
SUSTAINMENT AND MAINTENANCE IN CONTESTED
OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS.
(a) Strategy Required.--The Secretary of the Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary of the Navy, the Commander of the United States Transportation Command, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, shall develop a strategy to support the sustainment and maintenance of Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in contested operating environments. Such strategy shall address, at a minimum, the following:
(1) The transportation of spares and repair parts for such aircraft into and across contested theaters of operation.
(2) Communications requirements necessary for the transportation of such parts in a denied, degraded, intermittent, or limited environment.
(3) Requirements relating to relevant supply chain management software.
(4) Prepositioned stocks of spares and repair parts for Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, including measures to ensure the currency and serviceability of ready for issue parts and to require that the statuses of such prepositioned stocks include instructions for the disposition and replacement of any such parts that are not current or ready for issue.
(5) Spares and repair parts packages deployed on naval vessels in which Joint Strike Fighter aircraft are embarked, including measures relating to prepositioning, currency, and serviceability described in paragraph (4) with respect to spares and repair parts packages deployed on such vessels.
(6) The incorporation of sustainment efforts for deployed Joint Strike Fighter aircraft into the framework of the Air Force for agile combat employment and the framework of the Navy for distributed maritime operations.
(7) The international system for managing spare parts for Joint Strike Fighter aircraft commonly referred to as the "global spares pool".
(8) Support from, and coordination with, allies and partners of the United States.
(b) Report.--
(1) Submission to congress.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the strategy required under subsection (a).
(2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in an unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 351. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
(a) Establishment.--Chapter 1 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 116. Center for the Study of the National Guard
"(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, shall establish a center, to be known as the `Center for the Study of the National Guard' at an appropriate academic institution that--
"(1) maintains an established relationship with the National Guard Bureau;
"(2) possesses a strong academic program in military history; and
"(3) is situated in proximity to a major National Guard installation.
"(b) Responsibilities.--The Center for the Study of the National Guard shall--
"(1) serve as the principal repository for historical documents, oral histories, and other records related to the National Guard;
"(2) conduct research, analysis, and educational programs related to the history, evolution, and operational contributions of the National Guard;
"(3) facilitate outreach efforts to increase public awareness of the role of the National Guard in national defense and domestic response operations; and
"(4) support the Department of Defense in shaping policy decisions and strategic planning related to National Guard operations carried out under this title and title 10.
"(c) Collaboration and Support.--The Chief of the National Guard Bureau may--
"(1) collaborate with the Center for the Study of the National Guard in the collection, preservation, and dissemination of National Guard history;
"(2) provide historical documents, records, and resources to support the research and archival efforts of the Center; and
"(3) facilitate joint initiatives between the National Guard Bureau and the Center to enhance historical preservation, education, and public awareness.
"(d) Public-private Partnership.--The Secretary of Defense shall seek to establish and maintain the Center for the Study of the National Guard as a public-private partnership to minimize costs to the Federal Government.".
(b) Deadline for Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish the Center for the Study of the National Guard required under section 116 of title 32, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), by not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Congressional Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing that includes--
(1) a description of the selection of the academic institution where the Center for the Study of the National Guard required under section 116 of title 32, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), is located;
(2) an identification of the status of the establishment and initial operations of the Center;
(3) a description of any ongoing efforts between the National Guard Bureau and the Center; and
(4) the recommendations of the Secretary to enhance the preservation and study of National Guard history.
SEC. 352. DISPOSITION OF ACCOUNTABLE PROPERTY IN DESIGNATED
THEATERS OF OPERATION.
(a) Oversight of Disposition.--Chapter 153 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2581 the following new section:
"Sec. 2582.
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Disposition of accountable property in
designated theaters of operation
"(a) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 60 days after initiating any significant force reposturing or withdrawal within or from a covered theater of operations, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes, with respect to accountable property used in connection with the operations associated with such reposturing or withdrawal, the following elements:
"(1) A comprehensive inventory of such property (including, to the extent practicable, the serial number and end-item identity of any such property that is a controlled inventory item), including an identification of--
"(A) whether such property remains under the custody and control of the United States;
"(B) to the extent known and consistent with available records, whether such property was previously sold or otherwise transferred to an ally or partner of the United States;
"(C) whether the Secretary has proposed a disposition for such property and if so, which disposition; and
"(D) to the extent known or assessed, the status of such property, including, if known, the disposition of such property and the end user of such property.
"(2) For each category of major defense equipment, an assessment of the feasibility, timeline, operational effect, and security, accountability, and end-user monitoring considerations, associated with potential dispositions for accountable property within each such category.
"(3) For any covered disposition assessed under paragraph (2), a description of any operational or logistical constraint rendering other dispositions unfeasible or impracticable.
"(4) For each potential disposition for accountable property assessed as feasible pursuant to paragraph (2), an estimate of the incremental costs of such option relative to baseline costs of withdrawal and redeployment activities, including an identification of--
"(A) costs associated with the shipping and handling of such property; and
"(B) costs associated with the sustainment and storage for such property.
"(5) A plan to mitigate the risk of diversion or misuse resulting from dispositions of accountable property that includes the following:
"(A) An identification of relevant end-use monitoring requirements of the Department of Defense, including the office of the Department responsible for implementing such requirements, the frequency of monitoring under such requirements, and any procedures for addressing noncompliance with such requirements, including in the event of the loss of the property.
"(B) An identification of any feasible remote disablement capability that may be used with respect to such property, and, for any such capability the use of which is not feasible, an explanation of any technical, operational, or legal constraints to such use.
"(C) Procedures for the implementation of the plan with respect to accountable property that is sensitive technology (including communications security items, cryptographic material, biometrics collection devices, and associated databases) prior to determining a disposition for such technology.
"(D) A plan to secure, retrieve, disable, or otherwise neutralize accountable property in the event of the ally or partner of the United States to which such property was sold or transferred experiencing a collapse or regime change.
"(E) A chain-of-custody plan for the transport, storage, and transfer of accountable property, including an identification of responsible units, storage site controls, and inspection checkpoints.
"(6) For any accountable property previously sold or otherwise transferred to an ally or partner of the United States, or proposed to be so sold or transferred, an assessment of the following:
"(A) The capacity of the end user, or prospective end user, to sustain such property absent support by the United States Armed Forces or contractors of the Department of Defense.
"(B) To the extent practicable, whether the end user, or prospective end user--
"(i) has been subject to any security vetting or monitoring by the Secretary, including an identification of any period of continuous monitoring;
"(ii) maintains effective command-and-control structures; or
"(iii) is subject to infiltration, coercion, or substantial influence by any foreign terrorist organization or other hostile actor.
"(C) The effect, or anticipated effect, of the sale or transfer on morale and retention with respect to the United States Armed Forces.
"(D) Whether there is a history of accountable property previously sold or transferred to the ally or partner being diverted to an unauthorized end user, including, as applicable, an identification of any such prior diversion, the assessed end user, and the quantity and type of any major defense equipment so diverted.
"(E) The risk of the ally or partner experiencing rapid collapse.
"(7) An assessment of the significant force reposturing or withdrawal with respect to applicable lessons learned from the operations of United States Armed Forces in Iraq in 2014, and the withdrawal of such forces from Afghanistan in 2021, including an assessment of--
"(A) specific decision points with respect to such operations in which diversion risk was underestimated; and
"(B) any mitigation measures that would have reduced such risk.
"(b) Notification of Certain Sales and Transfers.--Not later than 30 days after the date of a sale or transfer of accountable property in connection with a significant force reposturing or withdrawal within or from a covered theater of operations, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notification the contains, to the extent known--
"(1) a description of the accountable property sold or otherwise transferred;
"(2) a description of the end user of such property; and
"(3) a certification of the conduct of the assessment required under paragraph (1)(A).
"(c) Senior Approval Requirement.--(1) The Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall approve, in writing, any determination to proceed with a disposition described in paragraph (2) for accountable property with an aggregate replacement value exceeding $10,000,000.
"(2) A disposition described in this paragraph is, with respect to accountable property, the abandonment or loss of such property without continuous custody and control by the United States or a partner or ally of the United States, the destruction of such property, or the demilitarization of such property.
"(d) Annual Report and Notification Requirements.--(1) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing, with respect to the year preceding the date of submission of the report, the following:
"(A) A summary of the dispositions of accountable property in covered theaters of operation, including any covered dispositions.
"(B) A summary of any incidents in which major defense equipment was diverted, including an identification of the quantity and type of equipment so diverted and, to the extent practicable, the assessed end user.
"(C) A summary of risk mitigation measures implemented, consistent with the plan under subsection (a)(5).
"(D) Any material changes in the resilience of allies or partners of the United States relevant to determinations regarding dispositions for accountable property, including with respect to the risk of infiltration or diversion.
"(2) Not later than 30 days after any date on which the Secretary of Defense becomes aware of a collapse of an ally or partner force or other event that the Secretary determines materially increases the risk of accountable property being diverted in a covered theater of operations, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees written notification that includes a description of the event, the categories of property at risk of diversion, and any mitigation measure implemented.
"(3)(A) Not later than 30 days after any date on which the Secretary of Defense becomes aware that accountable property subject to a covered disposition in a covered theater of operations has been diverted and used in an attack conducted by a foreign terrorist organization or other hostile actor against the United States, allies or partners of the United States, or local populations, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a written notification.
"(B) Each notification under subparagraph (A) shall include, to the extent practicable--
"(i) an identification of the accountable property used in the attack;
"(ii) an identification of the date on which, and the location from which, the property left the custody and control of the United States or an ally or partner of the United States;
"(iii) an attribution as to the actor responsible for the attack; and
"(iv) the total number of casualties caused by the attack.
"(e) Form of Reports.--Each report required under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
"(f) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `accountable property' means any accountable property of the Department of Defense, as described in Department of Defense Instruction 5000.64, titled `Accountability and Management of DoD Equipment and Other Accountable Property' and dated June 10, 2019 (or any such successor instruction).
"(2) The term `aggregate replacement value', with respect to accountable property, means the total replacement value of such property as reflected in property accountability systems of the Department of Defense, or, if not recorded therein, the best available estimate for such value as determined by the Secretary.
"(3) The term `controlled inventory item' means any item designated as such pursuant to Department of Defense Instruction 5000.64, titled `Accountability and Management of DoD Equipment and Other Accountable Property' and dated June 10, 2019 (or any such successor instruction).
"(4) The term `covered disposition', with respect to accountable property--
"(A) means disposition of such property other than a retrograde, destruction, demilitarization, sale, or other transfer, carried out in accordance with applicable provisions of law; and
"(B) includes the abandonment of such property without continuous custody and control by the United States or a partner or ally of the United States.
"(5) The term `covered theater of operations' means any geographic area designated by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this section in which the United States Armed Forces are conducting contingency operations, advising or assisting ally or partner forces engaged in hostilities, or conducting operations in an environment with respect to which the Secretary determines there is a material risk of the loss or abandonment of such property without continuous custody and control by the United States or a partner or ally of the United States as a result of armed conflict, terrorist activity, collapse of an ally or partner force, or seizure by a hostile actor, taking into account any history of diversion of such property to an unauthorized end user.
"(6) The term `disposition', with respect to accountable property, includes the retrograde, destruction, demilitarization, sale, transfer, loss, and abandonment of such property.
"(7) The term `foreign terrorist organization' means an organization so designated by the Secretary of State under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
"(8) The term `major defense equipment' has the meaning given such term in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
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"(9) The term `significant force reposturing or withdrawal' means a reduction, redeployment, or consolidation of the United States Armed Forces that the Secretary of Defense determines is significant for purposes of this section, including any action that--
"(A) closes, transfers, or materially reduces the capacity of a facility of the Department of Defense;
"(B) results in the disposition of accountable property with an aggregate value exceeding $10,000,000; or
"(C) reduces United States Armed Forces personnel levels by more than 20 percent in a given covered theater of operations over a 90-day period.".
(b) Initial Baseline Report.--
(1) Report required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that provides baseline information regarding the disposition of accountable property in covered theaters of operation during fiscal year 2026 and contains plans for the implementation of section 2582 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
(2) Elements.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A description of the processes and systems of the Department of Defense for the disposition of accountable property in covered theaters of operations, including any such systems used to record inventories of, or dispositions for, such property.
(B) A description of any policies or procedures of the Department of Defense governing dispositions for accountable property, including the approval procedures for covered dispositions, and any planned updates to such policies to conform with the requirements of such section 2582.
(C) An assessment of any gaps in data that would affect compliance with such requirements, and a plan and timeline to resolve any such gaps.
(3) Form.--The report required under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
(c) Report on Senior Leader Accountability for Certain Dispositions.--
(1) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing processes to determine accountability for covered dispositions of accountable property in connection with a significant force reposturing or withdrawal.
(2) Elements.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A description of the policies and standards applied to assess individual and command responsibility for the covered dispositions referred to in paragraph (1), including distinctions, if any, by grade, position, or component.
(B) A description of any adverse personnel action available, and (as applicable) taken, with respect to members of the Armed Forces as a result of such covered dispositions.
(C) An identification of the criteria used to determine whether such covered dispositions trigger a formal investigation or accountability review.
(D) Any recommendations for statutory, regulatory, or policy changes to ensure accountability standards are applied consistently and proportionately across ranks and responsibilities.
(3) Form.--The report required under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
(d) GAO Review.--
(1) Review.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the implementation of section 2582 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), including with respect to--
(A) the completeness of any inventories submitted under such section;
(B) the validity of cost comparisons used in implementing such section, including any assumptions used in such comparisons;
(C) the adequacy of any plan developed under subsection (a)(5) of such section; and
(D) the frequency of, justifications for, and execution of, sales or transfers of accountable property for which a waiver is issued under subsection (b)(2)(A) of such section, including compliance with the notification and reporting requirements of such subsection.
(2) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the results of the review under paragraph (1).
(e) Definitions.--In this section, the terms "accountable property", "covered disposition", "disposition", and "significant force reposturing or withdrawal" have the meanings given such terms in section 2582(f) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
SEC. 353. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR MOTOR CARRIERS
TRANSPORTING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FREIGHT.
Chapter 157 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2631a the following new section:
"Sec. 2631b. Certification regarding affiliations with
Chinese military companies for surface transportation
contracts
"(a) Certification Required.--(1) No contract for the transportation of cargo by motor carrier for the Department of Defense (including contracts awarded by the United States Transportation Command or the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command) may be awarded to, or performed by, any covered carrier unless such covered carrier submits a certification described in subsection (b).
"(2) The requirement under paragraph (1) shall apply to prime contractors, subcontractors, and owner-operators at all tiers.
"(b) Contents of Certification.--A certification under this section shall state that, to the best of the covered carrier's knowledge after reasonable inquiry--
"(1) the covered carrier is not owned or controlled by, and does not have significant business relationships with, any entity identified on the most recent list of Chinese military companies required under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note); and
"(2) the covered carrier will require the same certification from any subcontractor or owner-operator it engages for performance of the contract.
"(c) Flow-down and Recordkeeping.--Prime contractors shall include the substance of this certification requirement in all subcontracts and lease agreements for Department of Defense freight transportation. Covered carriers shall maintain records of certifications for not less than 5 years.
"(d) Penalties.--Any covered carrier that knowingly provides a false certification under this section shall be subject to suspension or debarment from Department of Defense contracting and civil penalties under section 1001 of title 18.
"(e) Implementation.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to implement this section not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, including integration into existing carrier approval processes of the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command.
"(f) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) Covered carrier.--The term `covered carrier' means any motor carrier, subcontractor, or owner-operator providing surface transportation services.
"(2) Significant business relationships.--The term `significant business relationships' shall have the meaning given by the Secretary of Defense in regulations.".
SEC. 354. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY REGISTRY FOR
MOTOR CARRIERS HANDLING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
FREIGHT.
(a) In General.--Subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 139 the following:
"14001. Definition of registry. "14002. Establishment of registry. "14003. Eligibility and approval. "14004. Use of registry.
"Sec. 14001. Definition of registry
"In this chapter, the term `registry' means the Secure Defense Freight Carrier Registry established under section 14002.
"Sec. 14002. Establishment of registry
"Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this chapter, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish and maintain a registry, to be known as the `Secure Defense Freight Carrier Registry', of motor carriers approved to transport freight for the Department of Defense.
"Sec. 14003. Eligibility and approval
"(a) Eligibility Requirements.--To be included in the registry, a motor carrier shall--
"(1) hold valid operating authority from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration;
"(2) meet all applicable Department of Defense carrier qualification standards;
"(3) undergo enhanced national security vetting, including--
"(A) screening for ownership, control, or significant business relationships with--
"(i) an entity identified on the list maintained by the Department of Defense under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note; Public Law 116-283); or
"(ii) any other foreign adversary entity designated by the Secretary of Defense; and
"(B) verification that drivers and personnel with access to Department of Defense freight meet security standards comparable to those required under Transportation Worker Identification Credential programs or other relevant Federal security programs; and
"(4) submit to periodic revetting not less frequently than once every 2 years.
"(b) Application and Approval Process.--
"(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a streamlined application process for inclusion on the registry.
"(2) Requirement.--The process established under paragraph (1) shall include coordination with existing Department of Defense carrier approval systems.
"Sec. 14004. Use of registry
"(a) Prohibition.--Subject to subsection (b), beginning 1 year after the date of the enactment of this chapter, a motor carrier may not bid on or perform a Department of Defense freight transportation contract unless the motor carrier is included in the registry.
"(b) Waivers.--The Secretary of Defense may grant waivers from the prohibition under subsection (a) for exigent circumstances.".
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 139 the following:
"140. SECURE DEFENSE FREIGHT CARRIER REGISTRY.............14001".....
SEC. 355. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY OWNED, POSSESSED, OR SHIPPED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FROM LIEN, ARREST,
OR SEIZURE DURING SHIPMENT.
(a) In General.--Chapter 157 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 2655.
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Property owned, possessed, or shipped by the
Department of Defense: protection from lien, arrest, or
seizure during shipment
"(a) Prohibition.--No carrier, port agent, warehouseman, freight forwarder, broker, or other person involved in the transportation of cargo owned, possessed, or shipped by the Department of Defense may have any lien on, or hold, impound, or otherwise interfere with the transportation of, such cargo.
"(b) Exemption From Arrest or Seizure.--The following are not subject to lien, arrest, or seizure by judicial process in the United States:
"(1) A vessel, aircraft, motor vehicle, rail car, or other conveyance owned by, possessed by, or operated by or for the Department of Defense.
"(2) Cargo owned, possessed, or shipped by the Department of Defense.
"(c) Authority to Accomplish Delivery.--The Secretary of Defense may take such actions as may be necessary to recoup, recover, arrange for, or accomplish transportation and delivery of cargo owned, possessed, or shipped by the Department of Defense.
"(d) Delay of Shipment for Undeclared, Mispackaged, or Mislabeled Hazardous Material.--Nothing in this section shall preclude a carrier from stopping the movement of undeclared, mispackaged, mislabeled, or otherwise noncompliant hazardous material shipments until the hazardous material is properly offered for transportation in accordance with section 5103 of title 49 and regulations prescribed under that section.
"(e) Arrest or Seizure of Property Pursuant to Federal Criminal or Forfeiture Law.--Nothing in this section shall preclude the United States from arresting or seizing personal property of a member of the armed forces or employee of the Department of Defense pursuant to Federal criminal or forfeiture law.
"(f) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `broker' means a person, other than a carrier or an employee or agent of a carrier, that as a principal or agent sells, offers for sale, negotiates for, or holds itself out by solicitation, advertisement, or otherwise as selling, providing, or arranging for, transportation by carrier for compensation.
"(2) The term `carrier' means a person, including a freight forwarder, that transports passengers or property in commerce by pipeline, rail, motor, air, or water.
"(3) The term `freight forwarder' means a person holding such person out to the general public (other than as a pipeline, rail, motor, air, or water carrier) to provide transportation of property for compensation and in the ordinary course of the business of such person--
"(A) assembles and consolidates, or provides for assembling and consolidating, shipments and performs or provides for break-bulk and distribution operations of the shipments; and
"(B) assumes responsibility for the transportation from the place of receipt to the place of destination.".
(b) Expansion of Coverage.--Section 453(c)(5) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking "baggage and household goods" and inserting "personal property".
SEC. 356. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS MUSEUM
SYSTEM.
Chapter 861 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 8617B. United States Marine Corps Museum System
"(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Navy shall support a system of official Marine Corps museums within the Department of the Navy. Such system shall include the National Museum of the United States Marine Corps and may contain other museums honoring individual installations, units, and branches, as designated by the Secretary of the Navy, that meet criteria established under subsection (b).
"(b) Criteria for Designation.--The Secretary of the Navy shall establish criteria for designating museums of subsection (a) for inclusion in the Marine Corps museum system. Such criteria shall include--
"(1) historical significance to Marine Corps operations, technology, or personnel;
"(2) public accessibility and educational outreach programs; and
"(3) alignment with the mission of the Marine Corps to preserve the heritage of the Marine Corps.
"(c) Criteria for Closure.--The Secretary of the Navy shall establish criteria for the closure of museums within the Marine Corps museum system. No museum within such system may be closed until--
"(1) the Secretary of the Navy submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate notice that includes--
"(A) a plan for the preservation, storage, or alternate display of historical collections contained in the museum;
"(B) how any issues relating to museum personnel will be resolved;
"(C) an identification of any efforts to maintain museum operations through public-private partnerships; and
"(D) an analysis of the cost to transport, consolidate, and preserve the historical collections contained in the museum; and
"(2) period of 90 days has elapsed after the date on which such notice is received by such committees.
"(d) Funding and Support.--Consistent with applicable law, the Secretary may enter into partnerships, including with nonprofit organizations, to enhance the financial sustainability and public engagement of the museums in the Marine Corps museum system.".
SEC. 357. REQUIREMENT FOR FIREGUARD PROGRAM.
Section 510(a) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by striking "may" and inserting "shall".
SEC. 358. PILOT PROGRAM FOR TESTING AND EVALUATION OF
COUNTER-FIRE UNMANNED FIRE SUPPRESSION AIRCRAFT
SYSTEMS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall commence a three-year pilot program under which the Secretary shall conduct testing and evaluation of counter-fire unmanned fire suppression and remote sensing aircraft systems at military installations selected for participation in the program. In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall--
(1) evaluate the effectiveness of counter-fire unmanned aircraft systems with respect to suppressing wildfire, improving the safety of prescribed burns, monitoring wildfire, and responding to other fire emergencies on military installations;
(2) assess the integration of fire suppression drone capabilities with existing fire protection and emergency response systems on military installations;
(3) determine operational parameters, safety protocols, and certification requirements for counter-fire unmanned aircraft systems;
(4) for each counter-fire unmanned aircraft system, evaluate--
(A) suppression payload delivery accuracy;
(B) refill and turnaround time;
(C) night operations capabilities;
(D) beyond visual line-of-sight flight operations;
(E) swarm capabilities; and
(F) sustained sortie rates;
(5) analyze the cost-effectiveness and scalability of counter-fire drone capabilities; and
(6) develop training curricula and operational procedures for personnel operating counter-fire unmanned aircraft systems.
(b) Selection of Installations.--The Secretary shall select at least one military installation to participate in the pilot program. In making such a selection, the Secretary shall consider--
(1) geographic diversity, including climate zones and fire risk profiles;
(2) existing fire suppression infrastructure and capabilities;
(3) airspace availability and compatibility with unmanned aircraft operations;
(4) proximity to civilian communities that could benefit from enhanced fire response capabilities; and
(5) availability of qualified personnel and training facilities.
(c) Reporting Requirements.--
(1) Interim report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the commencement of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees an interim report on the pilot program.
(2) Final report.--Not later than six months after the date of the completion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a final report on the pilot program.
(3) Elements of reports.--Each report required under this subsection shall include, for the period covered by the report--
(A) a description of each counter-fire unmanned aircraft system tested and the performance metrics for each such system;
(B) an assessment of operational effectiveness of each such system in fire detection and suppression scenarios;
(C) an analysis of the integration of each such system with existing fire protection systems;
(D) an identification of any supplementary mission critical use cases for each such system at military installations;
(E) a description of any safety incidents and lessons learned for each such system;
(F) a cost analysis and projection of return on investment for each such system;
(G) any recommendations for the potential broader implementation of each such system across the Department of Defense; and
(H) any recommendations for potential dual-use applications of each such system in support of civilian fire authorities.
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PILOT PROGRAM ON DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS IN
CONNECTION WITH ARMY COMBAT TRAINING CENTER
ROTATIONS.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall establish a pilot program to collect, store, and analyze covered data generated during rotations of members of the Armed Forces at combat training centers.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the pilot program under subsection (a) shall be to improve the realism of training for members of the Armed Forces, enhance unit readiness, collect observational data for application to efforts of the Department relating to agentic artificial intelligence, and support the development of secure systems and analytic tools that enable the responsible deployment and interoperability of the sensors specified in subsection (c)(2)(A).
(c) Activities.--In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall--
(1) designate not fewer than one rotation at a combat training center for the conduct of the pilot program;
(2) identify and evaluate technologies and processes for the collection, storage, and analysis of covered data from multiple sources during such rotation, including--
(A) soldier-borne artificial intelligence small arms weapon sensors and related networked systems; and
(B) unmanned systems;
(3) collect, store, and analyze covered data during such rotation using such technologies and processes;
(4) analyze how data generated by the sensors specified in paragraph (2)(A) may contribute to improved lethality, survivability, and situational awareness in multi-domain operations; and
(5) evaluate the cost, feasibility, and operational benefits of permanently establishing a program for the collection, storage, and analysis of covered data generated during rotations of members of the Armed Forces across combat training centers.
(d) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the completion of the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the activities, findings, and recommendations resulting from such pilot program, including the following:
(1) An assessment of the effectiveness and security of incorporating data derived from sensors specified in subsection (c)(2)(A) into training and readiness analyses.
(2) Recommendations regarding the potential expansion or permanent establishment of a program for the collection, storage, and analysis of covered data generated during rotations of members of the Armed Forces across combat training centers and across the Armed Forces.
(e) Termination.--Not later than three years after the date of enactment of this Act, the pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate.
(f) Covered Data Defined.--In this section, the term "covered data" means data relating to the tactical performance and decision-making of, and training effectiveness for, members of the Armed Forces (at the individual, team, and unit levels).
SEC. 360. MINIMUM MARITIME FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITY STANDARDS
FOR NAVAL INSTALLATIONS THAT BERTH LARGE NAVAL
VESSELS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Navy shall establish minimum maritime firefighting capability standards for naval installations that berth large naval vessels. Such standards shall include each of the following:
(1) The minimum pumping capacity required to support firefighting operations aboard naval vessels moored at piers or within harbor areas.
(2) Required response times for waterside firefighting assets.
(3) The availability of firefighting foam systems and hazardous material response capability suitable for aviation fuel and shipboard fires.
(4) The integration of waterside firefighting assets with shipboard damage control systems.
(5) The availability of redundant maritime firefighting capability in the event of simultaneous emergencies.
(b) Implementation Plan.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to implement the standards established under subsection (a) and to improve fire prevention at private sector repair yards. Such plan shall include each of the following:
(1) An identification of installations that do not meet the standards, as of the date of the submission of the plan.
(2) Options for addressing capability gaps, including procurement of fireboats, modernization of existing vessels, or agreements with municipal or port authority fire departments.
(3) Estimated costs associated with implementing the plan.
(4) Mechanisms to maximize available resources across organizations responsible for fire safety oversight to better ensure contractor fire safety oversight and alleviate the burden on members of the Navy.
(5) Options to reassess progress payment retention rate for surface ship maintenance contracts based on an assessment of the risk to the Government.
(6) Options to reassess the ship repair limitation of liability clause.
(7) The incorporation of safety performance standards into the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan of the Secretary.
SEC. 361. MINIMUM STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRE APPARATUS AT
CERTAIN SPACE FORCE INSTALLATIONS.
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that at any Space Force installation with launch and landing facilities--
(1) the minimum staffing requirements for firefighters and the requirements relating to structural and aircraft, rescue, and firefighting apparatus pursuant to section 388 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 10 U.S.C. 2661 note) and section 1110 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 9771) apply on a permanent basis;
(2) all firefighting structural and aircraft, rescue, and firefighting apparatus are maintained at optimum staffing levels and optimum levels of service at all times; and
(3) the cross-manning of firefighter personnel is not permitted between a first due structural fire engine response apparatus and an aircraft, rescue, and firefighting apparatus.
SEC. 362. ACTIVITIES FOR EVALUATING INTEGRATION AND
INTEROPERABILITY OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR
SUBTERRANEAN OPERATIONS.
(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Army and the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command, shall conduct recurring evaluation activities in subterranean environments for the purpose of assessing the integration and interoperability of technologies supporting operations in such environments, including in conditions involving the denial or degradation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) or other contested communications conditions.
(b) Activities.--Activities conducted pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the evaluation of technologies supporting sensing, mapping, navigation, communications, command and control, and situational awareness across multiple operational systems and platforms in the denied, degraded, and contested conditions described in subsection (a).
(c) Use of Existing Resources.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Defense shall use existing facilities, authorities, training activities, and amounts appropriated or otherwise available for the Department of Defense for such purpose. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the construction of a new facility or the establishment of a new program office or standalone training activity.
(d) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing describing--
(1) the activities conducted pursuant to subsection (a);
(2) any operational integration or interoperability challenge identified in the course of conducting such activities; and
(3) recommendations for improving the integration and interoperability of technologies supporting subterranean operations in denied, degraded, and contested communications environments, including with respect to potential transition pathways for such technologies.
SEC. 363. IMPROVEMENTS TO OSPREY AIRCRAFT SAFETY EFFORTS.
(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Chief of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps--
(1) refine the joint program's process for identifying, analyzing, and responding to all Osprey aircraft safety risks, including incorporating and prioritizing systems and nonsystem safety risks;
(2) refine existing oversight structures with clearly defined roles and responsibilities for resolving known system and nonsystem safety risks in a timely manner and conduct periodic reviews of efforts to resolve those risks;
(3) assess safety-related information sharing agreements and update the agreements as needed to ensure that a process exists to proactively share relevant safety information from hazard and accident reporting with Osprey units and unit safety personnel across the Armed Forces and ensure timely receipt of such information;
(4) establish a routine method, such as a recurring multiservice conference, to share information on Osprey aircraft knowledge and emergency procedures across the joint force; and
(5) maintain a method to share information, immediately or near-immediately, on essential Osprey aircraft safety of flight information and changes to safety processes across the joint force.
(b) Certification to Congress.--Not later than 60 days after the requirements under subsection (a) have been implemented, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force shall each provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of representatives a certification--
(1) verifying that the requirements have been implemented; and
(2) identifying any changes made to comply with such requirements by the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the certifying Secretary.
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ARMY PILOT PROGRAM ON ELECTRONIC AMMUNITION
SIMULATION FOR SMALL ARMS TRAINING.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Army shall carry out a pilot program to evaluate the integration of electronic ammunition simulation systems into small arms training across the Army.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the pilot program are to--
(1) improve individual and collective small arms proficiency through increased training repetitions and enhanced training realism;
(2) enable safe training with assigned weapon systems in a broad range of environments, including non-range locations, as determined appropriate by the Secretary;
(3) reduce costs and logistics burdens associated with the procurement, storage, distribution, and disposal of blank ammunition;
(4) reduce safety risks associated with blank ammunition, including negligent discharges and live-blank ammunition mixing incidents; and
(5) assess the feasibility and scalability of integrating electronic ammunition simulation systems with training environments of the Armed Forces.
(c) Administration.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Army shall designate the Capability Program Executive for Simulation, Training, Test, and Threat as the lead actor responsible for carrying out the pilot program.
(2) Oversight.--The Secretary of the Army shall designate a senior official within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology as the lead actor responsible for providing oversight of the pilot program.
(d) Selection of Training Environments.--The Secretary of the Army shall select not fewer than four training environments with respect to which the Secretary shall carry out the pilot program under subsection (a), which shall include, at a minimum--
(1) one Advanced Camp training event, regional training event, or other training event carried out at a Reserve Officers' Training Corps training site;
(2) one rotation at a combat training center;
(3) one basic combat training activity; and
(4) one brigade-level or battalion-level collective training event carried out at an operational military installation.
(e) Activities.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary of the Army shall--
(1) integrate electronic ammunition simulation systems into training for legacy and next-generation small arms provided through the training environments selected under subsection (d), including in connection with qualification ranges and force-on-force exercises;
(2) evaluate the interoperability of electronic ammunition simulation systems with legacy and successor systems for simulated engagement, including the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System and synthetic training environments;
(3) assess the integrated training carried out pursuant to paragraph (1) with respect to effectiveness, cost savings, safety improvements, and scalability across training environments of the Armed Forces, including the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the Armed Forces; and
(4) develop and validate associated training tactics, procedures, and sustainment requirements for potential expansion of such integrated training.
(f) Coordination of Efforts.--The pilot program under subsection (a) shall supplement, and neither supplant nor duplicate, modernization efforts relating to synthetic training environments and other activities for the modernization of force-on-force training.
(g) Briefings.--
(1) Interim briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall provide to the congressional defense committees an interim briefing on the pilot program under subsection (a) that includes--
(A) evaluation metrics for the pilot program;
(B) an identification of the training environments selected under subsection (d); and
(C) the plan of the Secretary for the integration of activities under the pilot program with respect to such selected training environments.
(2) Final briefing.--Not later than March 1, 2028, the Secretary of the Army shall provide to the congressional defense committees a final briefing on the pilot program under subsection (a) that includes--
(A) the results of the assessment required under subsection (e)(3), including, with respect to cost savings, a comparison between the cost of the integrated training provided pursuant to the pilot program with the cost of training using blank ammunition; and
(B) recommendations regarding--
(i) the continuation, expansion, or termination of the pilot program; and
(ii) with respect to such potential continuation or expansion, recommendations for the transition to acquisition of electronic ammunition simulation systems.
(h) Termination.--The authority to carry out the pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2031.
SEC. 365. PILOT PROGRAM ON HYDROPHOBIN-BASED BIOMANUFACTURED
TREATMENT AS FLAME-RESISTANT AND WATER-
REPELLENT TREATMENTS FOR MILITARY UNIFORMS.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Army shall establish a pilot program, to be carried out through the United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, to evaluate the feasibility, performance, and scalability of hydrophobin-based biomanufactured treatments as flame-resistant and water-repellent treatments for military textile systems, including as potential alternatives to conventional chemical treatments currently used in Department of Defense uniforms.
(b) Selection of Contractors.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall prioritize partnerships with entities that--
(1) demonstrate domestic biomanufacturing capability within the United States;
(2) use advanced biotechnology to produce hydrophobin proteins or related bioderived compounds suitable for textile performance applications; and
(3) possess the capability to transition successful pilot outcomes into large-scale textile finishing or coating processes supporting Department of Defense procurement.
(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the pilot program, including recommendations regarding potential integration of hydrophobin-based biomanufactured treatments into Department of Defense military textile systems.
(d) Duration.--The authority to carry out a pilot program under this section shall terminate four years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES.
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 2027, as follows:
(1) The Army, 469,000.
(2) The Navy, 356,600.
(3) The Marine Corps, 173,700.
(4) The Air Force, 330,400.
(5) The Space Force, 13,200.
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE.
(a) In General.--The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve components as of September 30, 2027, as follows:
(1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 331,300.
(2) The Army Reserve, 172,000.
(3) The Navy Reserve, 56,500.
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 34,700.
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 107,400.
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 67,400.
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 8,500.
(b) End Strength Reductions.--The end strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any reserve component shall be proportionately reduced by--
(1) the total authorized strength of units organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component which are on active duty (other than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and
(2) the total number of individual members not in units organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component who are on active duty (other than for training or for unsatisfactory participation in training) without their consent at the end of the fiscal year.
(c) End Strength Increases.--Whenever units or individual members of the Selected Reserve of any reserve component are released from active duty during any fiscal year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be increased proportionately by the total authorized strengths of such units and by the total number of such individual members.
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN
SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES.
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, as of September 30, 2027, the following number of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in the case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components:
(1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 31,154.
(2) The Army Reserve, 16,511.
(3) The Navy Reserve, 10,409.
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,400.
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 25,533.
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 6,278.
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL
STATUS).
The minimum number of military technicians (dual status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2027 for the reserve components of the Army and the Air Force (notwithstanding section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall be the following:
(1) For the Army National Guard of the United States, 21,294.
(2) For the Army Reserve, 6,258.
(3) For the Air National Guard of the United States, 10,405.
(4) For the Air Force Reserve, 6,455.
SEC. 414. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AUTHORIZED TO
BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.
During fiscal year 2027, the maximum number of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who may be serving at any time on full-time operational support duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United States Code, is the following:
(1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 17,000.
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,000.
(3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200.
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000.
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 16,000.
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000.
SEC. 415. AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS: SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS ON
ACTIVE DUTY OR ON FULL-TIME NATIONAL GUARD DUTY
FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
Section 12012(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking that part of the table pertaining to the Marine Corps Reserve and inserting the following:
"Marine Corps Reserve:
1,100....................................... 68 18 1,200....................................... 75 20 1,300....................................... 81 21 1,400....................................... 87 23 1,500....................................... 93 24 1,600....................................... 99 26 1,700....................................... 106 28 1,800....................................... 112 29 1,900....................................... 118 31 2,000....................................... 124 33 2,100....................................... 130 34 2,200....................................... 137 36 2,300....................................... 143 37 2,400....................................... 149 39 2,500....................................... 155 41 2,600....................................... 161 42 2,700....................................... 168 44 2,800....................................... 174 46 2,900....................................... 180 47 3,000....................................... 186 49".
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MILITARY PERSONNEL.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for military personnel, as specified in the funding table in section 4401.
(b) Construction of Authorization.--The authorization of appropriations in the subsection (a) supersedes any other authorization of appropriations (definite or indefinite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2027.
Subtitle A--Officer Policy and Reserve Component Management
SEC. 501. FLEXIBILITY IN REQUIREMENTS OF SELECTION BOARDS:
COMPOSITION; CONVENING.
(a) Consideration of Temporary Appointments of Officers of the Department of the Navy Designated for Limited Duty.--Section 612(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting "and (C)" after "subparagraph (B)"; and
(2) by inserting a new subparagraph (C):
"(C) A selection board need not include an officer from a competitive category to be considered by the board when considering officers designated for limited duty under section 8146 of this title.".
(b) Selection of Officers for Continuation on Active Duty.--
(1) Officers in the grade of o-3 or o-4.--Section 637 of title 10, United States Code, is amended, in subsection (a)(1)--
(A) by striking "he is selected for continuation on active duty by a selection board convened under section 611(b) of this title." and inserting an em dash; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
"(A) the officer is selected for continuation on active duty by a selection board convened under section 611(b) of this title; or
"(B) the Secretary concerned recommends all officers, whom the Secretary finds to be fully qualified, for continuation on active duty."
(2) Regular officers in the grade of o-5 or o-6.--Such section is further amended, in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) by striking "he is selected for continuation on active duty by a selection board convened under section 611(b) of this title." and inserting an em dash; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
"(A) the officer is selected for continuation on active duty by a selection board convened under section 611(b) of this title; or
"(B) the Secretary concerned recommends all officers, whom the Secretary finds to be fully qualified, for continuation on active duty.".
SEC. 502. REQUIREMENTS FOR REMOVAL OF CERTAIN GENERAL AND
FLAG OFFICERS.
Chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 974 the following new section:
"Sec. 975. Notice of removal of certain general and flag
officers
"Not later than five days after the date on which an officer in a grade above O-8 is removed from, transferred from, or relieved of duty in, a position designated under section 601(a) of this title or by law to carry such grade, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report in writing that describes the performance concerns, actions, or inactions of that officer that are cause for such removal, transfer, or relief of duty.".
SEC. 503. RANKS OF JUDGE ADVOCATES GENERAL.
(a) Army.--Section 7037(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "The Judge Advocate General, while so serving, has the grade of lieutenant general. An officer appointed as Deputy Judge Advocate General who holds a lower regular grade shall be appointed in the regular grade of major general.".
(b) Marine Corps.--Section 8046(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "If the officer to be appointed as the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps holds a grade
lower than the grade of lieutenant general immediately before the appointment, the officer shall be appointed in the grade of lieutenant general.".
(d) Navy.--
(1) The judge advocate general.--Section 8088(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "The Judge Advocate General, while so serving, has the grade of vice admiral or lieutenant general, as appropriate.".
(2) The deputy judge advocate general.--Section 8089(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "If an officer appointed as the Deputy Judge Advocate General holds a lower regular grade, the officer shall be appointed in the regular grade of rear admiral or major general, as appropriate.".
(f) Air Force.--
(1) The judge advocate general.--Section 9037(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "The Judge Advocate General, while so serving, has the grade of lieutenant general.".
(2) The deputy judge advocate general.--Section 9037(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "An officer appointed as Deputy Judge Advocate General who holds a lower regular grade shall be appointed in the regular grade of major general.".
SEC. 504. GRADES OF CERTAIN CHIEFS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS.
(a) In General.--
(1) Chief of army reserve.--Section 7038(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph:
"(4) The Chief of Army Reserve, while so serving, holds the grade of lieutenant general.".
(2) Chief of navy reserve.--Section 8083(b) of such title is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph:
"(4) The Chief of Navy Reserve, while so serving, holds the grade of vice admiral. ".
(3) Commander, marine forces reserve.--Section 8084(b) of such title is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph:
"(4) The Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, while so serving, holds the grade of lieutenant general. ".
(4) Chief of air force reserve.--Section 9038(b) of such title is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph:
"(4) The Chief of Air Force Reserve, while so serving, holds the grade of lieutenant general.".
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the day that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to appointments made on or after such day.
SEC. 505. GRADE OF CHIEF OF THE VETERINARY CORPS OF THE ARMY.
Section 7084 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking "The Chief" and inserting "(a) Appointment.--The Chief"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(b) Grade.--The Chief of the Veterinary Corps of the Army, while so serving, holds the grade of brigadier general.".
SEC. 506. LIMITATION ON THE TRANSFER TO THE SPACE FORCE OF
CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
Section 514 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 10 U.S.C. 20001 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following new subsection (k):
"(k) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to--
"(1) authorize the transfer of a member of the Air National Guard of the United States more than once under subsection (c); or
"(2) establish a waiver of the applicability of any provision of section 104 of title 32, United States Code, or of section 18238 of title 10, United States Code.".
SEC. 507. INCLUSION OF JUDGE ADVOCATES IN GLOBAL FORCE
MANAGEMENT PROCESSES.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that Global Force Management plans and processes--
(1) specifically address the assignment and allocation of active duty and reserve judge advocates; and
(2) convey information on the staffing availability of judge advocates in a manner that enables combatant commanders to readily determine the number of judge advocates who are available for permanent assignment to the combatant commands in the event of an armed conflict.
SEC. 508. ROLE OF MILITARY CHAPLAINS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure--
(1) a covered military chaplain is able to provide pastoral counseling, including emotional, moral, or behavioral assistance counseling;
(2) a covered military chaplain is able to provide pastoral counseling with respect to matters not strictly related to spiritual counseling; and
(3) that privileged communications between covered military chaplains and members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force are protected.
(b) Covered Military Chaplain Defined.--In this section, the term "covered military chaplain" means a chaplain in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force.
Subtitle B--Recruitment, General Service Authorities and Prohibitions, and Military Records
SEC. 511. RECRUITMENT: IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO SECONDARY
SCHOOLS.
Section 503(c)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in clause (ii), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(2) in clause (iii)--
(A) by inserting "academic grades, sexes," after "student names,"; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
"(iv) in addition to the requirement under clause (ii), shall, upon the request of a military recruiter for the purpose described in clause (i), provide at least four visits to each secondary school across each academic year, between classes, when students are physically present, and in a manner that does not interfere with class attendance and, after reasonable notice, in meeting spaces (including auditoriums), at athletic functions, and at other group or social activities.".
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PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO
DUTY WITH A SERVICE REVIEW AGENCY; REPORT ON
REVIEWS OF CERTAIN DISCHARGES RELATED TO PTSD.
(a) Prohibition on Reduction in Personnel Assigned to Duty With a Service Review Agency.--Section 1559(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "Before December 31, 2025" and inserting "During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 and ending on December 31, 2030".
(b) Report on Time Required for a Board to Consider a Review of a Discharge or Dismissal From the Armed Forces Based on Matters Relating to Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or Traumatic Brain Injury.--
(1) Report required.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the periods required for a board established under section 1552 or 1553 of title 10, United States Code, to make a determination in a case involving liberal consideration.
(B) Elements.--The report shall include the following:
(i) An analysis of the time such periods, disaggregated by military department.
(ii) An explanation of the differences between such periods, disaggregated by military department.
(iii) The number of personnel assigned to review, process, and consider such cases.
(iv) Recommendations of the Secretary of Defense to expedite the consideration of such cases.
(C) Form.--The report shall be submitted in unclassified form.
(D) Publication.--The executive summary of the report shall be published on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Defense.
(2) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after submitting the report, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of such report.
(3) Liberal consideration defined.--In this section, the term "liberal consideration" is used as such term is used in section 1552(h) and 1553(d) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 513. SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM: OMISSION OF DECEASED
PERSONS FROM REGISTRATION.
(a) In General.--Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3802), as amended by section 535 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60), is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(c) In carrying out subsection (a), the Director shall not register a person whose name appears in the Death Master File (as such term is defined in section 203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-167; 42 U.S.C. 1306c)).".
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.
SEC. 514. REQUIREMENT OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, RACIAL
NEUTRALITY, AND EXCLUSIVE USE OF MERIT IN
MILITARY PERSONNEL ACTIONS.
(a) Merit Requirement.--Any Department of Defense military personnel action related to accessions, promotions, nominative assignments, command selection, and military and civil schooling selection and training shall be based exclusively on individual merit, fitness, capability, and performance.
(b) Consideration of Race Prohibited.--Consideration of an individual's race, ethnicity, or national origin in any military personnel action is prohibited throughout the Department of Defense.
(c) Limited Exception for Tasking of Specific Missions.--
(1) In general.--This section shall not be construed to prohibit tasking for specific, unconventional missions in foreign countries, where the anticipated ground operating environment of indigenous populations may justify consideration of race, ethnicity, or national origin when tasking for the mission to optimize mission success.
(2) Combatant commander approval required.--Any tasking pursuant to the exception described in paragraph (1) shall require the approval of the combatant commander concerned.
(3) Reporting requirement.--Not later than 60 days after a tasking pursuant to the exception described in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall report the tasking to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The report shall describe--
(A) the mission, including location and duration;
(B) the staffing of the mission;
(C) the demographic factors warranting the tasking;
(D) the number of personnel involved, including their rank, position, and race, ethnicity, and national origin; and
(E) the rationale for the tasking.
SEC. 515. PROHIBITION OF HATE SYMBOLS: REGULATIONS; GUIDANCE;
TRAINING.
(a) Prohibition.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations--
(1) a policy of the Department of Defense that prohibits the display, possession for display, or use of a hate symbol in the workplace or in connection with official duties, including on the body, uniform, civilian work attire, personal equipment, government property, or digital work platforms, including through a tattoo, brand, insignia, patch, apparel, or electronic imagery;
(2) standards for identifying and addressing prohibited hate symbols; and
(3) procedures to review a determination under such policy, order the removal of a symbol determined to be a hate symbol, or other remediation consistent with applicable law.
(b) Exception.--The policy under subsection (a) shall not prohibit the good-faith display or use of a symbol for a legitimate religious, educational, intelligence, law enforcement, or investigative purpose. To determine whether such display or use is subject to an exception under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider--
(1) the historical and cultural meaning of the symbol;
(2) the manner, context, and location in which the symbol is displayed;
(3) whether the symbol is associated with an extremist organization or ideology;
(4) whether the display would reasonably be interpreted as communicating support for hatred, discrimination, or violent extremism;
(5) applicable constitutional and statutory law; and
(6) religious accommodations.
(c) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) issue guidance and reference materials, developed in consultation with subject matter experts, to assist commanding officers, supervisors, human resources personnel, and investigators, regarding the identification of hate symbols; and
(2) review, in consultation with civil rights experts and organizations with recognized expertise in hate and extremist symbols, and update such guidance not less than once every 36 months after such issuance.
(d) Training.--The Secretary shall incorporate instruction on the policy and guidance under this section into existing training programs for members of the covered Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense.
(e) Certification.--Not later than 180 days after the Secretary prescribes regulations under subsection (a), the Secretary of a military department or head of a Defense agency shall certify to the Secretary of Defense whether their subordinate members of the covered Armed Forces or civilian employees subordinate have implemented the regulations. guidance, and training under this section.
(f) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing detailing the implementation of this section.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "hate symbol" means any symbol, image, insignia, emblem, tattoo, sign, coded designation, or other visual representation that, in context, would be reasonably understood to promote violence or unlawful discrimination against a person or group based on a protected identity characteristic.
(2) The term "covered Armed Force" means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.
SEC. 516. TIMELY RESOLUTION OF CAREER-IMPACTING
ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATIONS.
(a) Policy Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe a policy applicable to covered administrative investigations.
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Such policy shall include--
(1) standard timelines for initiation, investigation, legal review, command action, and final disposition of covered administrative investigations;
(2) a requirement that an extension of a standard timeline described in paragraph (1) be approved by an appropriate official in writing that includes an explanation of the reasons for the extension, an identification of the investigative steps remaining, and an expected date of completion of those steps;
(3) a requirement that any covered administrative investigation of a member of the Armed Forces that includes the suspension of a favorable personnel action for such member during the period of investigation--
(A) that is open for 90 days or more may only continue if the investigation is approved by the first general officer, flag officer, or member of the Senior Executive Service in the chain of command of the member of the Armed Forces that is the subject of such investigation; and
(B) is reviewed not less than once every 30 days during the period of investigation to determine whether such suspension is necessary and narrowly tailored to address the particular concern being investigated;
(4) a requirement that prior to initiation of a covered administrative investigation, or continuation of a closed covered administrative investigation, based substantially on allegations occurring outside of an applicable reporting period, the investigating authority make a determination in writing as to--
(A) the reason for the delay in reporting such allegations;
(B) the availability and reliability of witnesses;
(C) the availability of documentary or electronic evidence;
(D) whether a complete and fair inquiry can be conducted; and
(E) whether an alternative to an investigation is more appropriate;
(5) a requirement that a member who is the subject of a covered administrative investigation be given reasonable opportunity to provide evidence and identify witnesses;
(6) a requirement that a member who is the subject of a covered administrative investigation be given written notice of proposed actions, findings, recommendations, and supporting evidence prior to a final adverse administrative action;
(7) a requirement that investigators assigned to a covered administrative investigation be screened for potential conflicts of interest prior to being so assigned;
(8) a requirement that a member who is the subject a covered administrative investigation be given an opportunity to request relief from a suspension of a favorable personnel action for purposes of a permanent change of station, reassignment, military schooling, retirement, or other personnel action when no derogatory finding has been made within the standard timelines required by paragraph (1); and
(9) a requirement that the Secretaries of the military departments regularly review policy and practices with respect to covered administrative investigations to ensure such investigations comply with the requirements of this section and other applicable laws and policies.
(b) Report.--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 report on the implementation of the policy required by subsection (a), including--
(1) the number of covered administrative investigations initiated during the preceding fiscal year;
(2) the number of such investigations exceeding 30, 60, 90, and 180 days in length;
(3) the number of such investigations that included a suspension of favorable personnel action during the period of the investigation;
(4) the number of such investigations that resulted in a delay of a permanent change of station, reassignment, military schooling, retirement, or other personnel action;
(5) the number of such investigations resulting in substantiated, partially substantiated, unsubstantiated, or dismissed findings;
(6) the average and median duration of covered administrative investigations by military department;
(7) the number of such investigations based substantially on allegations reported outside an applicable regulatory reporting period;
(8) the number of covered administrative investigations reviewed for consistency with this section and other applicable laws and policies; and
(9) recommendations for legislative or administrative action.
(c) Covered Administrative Investigation Defined.--In this section, the term "covered administrative investigation" means any non-criminal inquiry or investigation that results in or is reasonably like to result in--
(1) suspension of a favorable personnel action during the period of investigation or as a result of the investigation;
(2) delay or denial of permanent change of station, reassignment, military schooling, retirement, or other personnel action;
(3) adverse administrative action;
(4) filing of adverse information in the personnel file of the member; or
(5) other material career impact, as determined by the Secretary concerned.
SEC. 517. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PREDICTION MARKETS BY
PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Regulations Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall issue regulations prohibiting members of the covered Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense from entering into transactions on prediction markets in cases in which the member or employee--
(1) at the time of the transaction, possesses material nonpublic information relevant to such transaction; or
(2) may reasonably obtain such material nonpublic information in the course of performing official duties, including when such information would not otherwise be available to a member of the public exercising reasonable diligence.
(b) Enforcement.--The regulations under subsection (a) shall specify a range of punishments for the use of prediction markets in violation of the regulations.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered Armed Forces" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.
(2) Term "material nonpublic information" means information--
(A) that a reasonable investor would consider important in making an investment decision; and
(B) that is not publicly available.
SEC. 518. PILOT PROGRAM ON MODERNIZATION OF DRUG TESTING
USING VOICE-BASED RISK ASSESSMENT.
(a) Pilot Program.--The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program to evaluate the use of automated, voice-based risk assessment technology to support targeted drug testing of members of the Armed Forces to determine if such technology can improve the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and operational readiness of the drug testing programs of the Department of Defense by enabling risk-informed testing in place of universal urinalysis.
(b) Elements.--If the Secretary of Defense carries out the pilot program under subsection (a), such pilot program shall--
(1) make use of automated, voice-based risk assessment technology;
(2) be executed as part of the Drug Demand Reduction Program of the Department of Defense;
(3) be conducted consistent with the goals of the drug testing program, including deterrence and to assess the security, military fitness, readiness, good order, and discipline of commands;
(4) be conducted in a manner that allows the results to be used for punitive or other appropriate actions; and
(5) be conducted in a manner that protects individual privacy and complies with applicable law and Department policy.
(c) Report.--If the Secretary of Defense carries out the pilot program under subsection (a), not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary of Defense establishes such pilot, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees an assessment of such pilot program, including the impact of the use of automated, voice-based risk assessment technology as described in subsection (a) on testing volume, cost savings, personnel time, and operational readiness.
(d) Termination.--If the Secretary of Defense carries out the pilot program under subsection (a), such pilot program shall terminate on the date that is three years after the date on which such pilot program is established.
SEC. 519. SOLDIER DIGITAL LIFECYCLE MODERNIZATION INITIATIVE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army shall carry out a pilot program to design, develop, and implement an initiative to be known as the "Soldier Digital Lifecycle Modernization Initiative" to provide members of the Army, prospective recruits to the Army, and veterans of the Army with a secure, digital experience through the lifecycle of a member of the Army, including during recruitment and after separation.
(b) Elements.--The pilot program under subsection (a) shall--
(1) be carried out consistent with Executive Order 14338 (90 Fed. Reg. 163, relating to Improving Our Nation Through Better Design) and Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-23-22 relating to Delivering a Digital-First Public Experience or any successor Executive order or Office of Management and Budget memorandum;
(2) make use of existing digital infrastructure and systems of the Army;
(3) include establishment a secure digital identity record enabling continuity of data from recruitment into the Army through separation and transition to being a veteran;
(4) include development of a unified experience platform for members of the Army that provides integrated, role-based, and personalized digital services;
(5) include modernization of routine administrative workflows to reduce manual processing and data reentry;
(6) include deployment of analytics and decision-support tools to inform readiness and retention decisions; and
(7) include enhancement of digital transition pathways to support separation from the Armed Forces and continued engagement with veterans.
(c) Commercial Best Practices.--In carrying out the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable and cost-effective, make use of commercially available technologies, modular architectures, and open standards to accelerate delivery and improve user experience.
(d) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing--
(1) the implementation plan for the initiative;
(2) key design and integration milestones;
(3) estimated costs by fiscal year;
(4) performance metrics to measure improvements in user experience, administrative burden reduction, retention indicators, and transition outcomes; and
(5) any additional authorities the Secretary determines are required.
(e) Termination.--The pilot program required by subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is three years after the date of the establishment of such pilot program.
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AUTHORITY TO STUDY THE PROPENSITY OF CERTAIN
STUDENTS TO SERVE IN THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Study.--
(1) Agreement.--The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement--
(A) with an entity described in paragraph (2) pursuant to which such entity shall conduct a comprehensive study on the propensity to serve of military-connected students; and
(B) not later than year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Eligible entity.--An entity described in this paragraph is a national nonprofit organization that--
(A) focuses on the educational environment of military-connected youth;
(B) is a partner to an institution of higher education; and
(C) has demonstrated expertise in research, mixed-methods methodology, or adolescent development.
(3) Scope.--Such study shall--
(A) examine the relationship between family military tradition and legacy, including generational service, parental attitudes toward service in the Armed Forces, and household military culture, and a student's propensity to serve in the Armed Forces;
(B) assess the relationship between academic environmental factors (including participation in JROTC, access to military-affiliated mentors and counselors, and type of school) and the propensity to serve;
(C) evaluate the role of peer support programming in shaping plans after secondary school among military-connected students;
(D) catalog factors that enhance or detract from the propensity to serve identified by military-connected students, their parents or guardians, and school personnel; and
(E) aggregate findings by subgroup, including by grade level, gender, race, ethnicity, geographic region, and school type.
(4) Methodology.--Study shall be conducted--
(A) using mixed methods, including--
(i) a quantitative survey administered to a nationally representative sample of not fewer than 1,500 military-connected students, using a purpose-built and validated instrument measuring the propensity to serve, family military legacy, JROTC participation, and school environment; and
(ii) semi-structured qualitative interviews with not fewer than 60 participants, including military-connected students, their parents or guardians, JROTC instructors, school counselors, school liaison officers, and program coordinators; and
(B) in accordance with--
(i) the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (part 46 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations including provisions applicable to research involving minors;
(ii) the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (Public Law 93-380; 20 U.S.C. 1232g); and
(iii) applicable guidance of the Department of Defense governing the conduct of research on human subjects.
(5) Optional participation.--Participation in the study shall be voluntary. A military-connected student who is under 18 years of age may not participate without the informed written consent of a parent or legal guardian.
(b) Reports.--
(1) Interim report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives an interim report on such a study, including--
(A) whether the Secretary has entered into an agreement under subsection (a);
(B) whether such study has begun; and
(C) any preliminary findings available at the time of the report.
(2) Final report.--Not later than two years after the Secretary enters into an agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a final report on the results of the study. Such a final report shall include--
(A) a detailed description of the study methodology, sample characteristics, and data collection procedures;
(B) the quantitative findings, including statistical analyses of the relationship between family military legacy, school environment, JROTC participation, peer-to-peer program participation, and the propensity to serve;
(C) the qualitative findings, including key themes derived from interviews with military-connected students, their parents or guardians, and school personnel;
(D) an integrated analysis of quantitative and qualitative findings;
(E) findings disaggregated by grade level, gender, race, ethnicity, geographic region, and school type;
(F) recommendations for the Secretary regarding military recruitment strategy, development of JROTC programs, and support services for military-connected students; and
(G) recommendations to Congress regarding legislative action based on such findings.
(3) Form.--The reports required under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex if the Secretary determines such annex is necessary.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "military-connected student" means a secondary school student--
(A) enrolled in grade 11 or 12; and
(B) who has at least one parent or guardian who is currently serving, or who previously served, in the Armed Forces.
(2) The term "propensity to serve" means a student's self-reported likelihood of joining the Armed Forces after graduation from secondary school.
(3) The term "JROTC" means the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program authorized under chapter 102 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 521. INELIGIBILITY OF A NATIONAL OF A NON-ALLIED FOREIGN
NATION TO ATTEND A SERVICE ACADEMY.
Section 347 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
(2) by inserting, after subsection (c), the following new subsection (d):
"(d) Ineligibility of Foreign Nationals From Certain Countries.--(1) A person who is a foreign national of a covered nation may not
receive instruction at or otherwise attend a Service Academy pursuant to this section.
"(2) In this subsection, the term `covered nation' has the meaning given such term in section 4872 of this title.".
SEC. 522. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS
PROGRAM FOR JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING
CORPS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 102 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 2037. Science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics program
"(a) Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a program to assist units of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps in providing participants opportunities in STEM fields.
"(b) Elements.--The program required by subsection (a) shall include--
"(1) the provision of guidance and best practices for identifying, evaluating, formalizing, and managing partnerships with local educational agencies, community colleges and trade schools, institutions of higher education, private-sector entities (including non-profit organizations) with expertise in STEM field programming and career and technical education, the defense industrial base, and any other entities with capacity and capability to support learning and development in STEM fields;
"(2) the provision of templates for agreements to facilitate the establishment of such partnerships;
"(3) the establishment of a national directory of prospective partners for opportunities in STEM fields; and
"(4) the establishment of a directory of opportunities in STEM fields for participants in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
"(c) Continuation of Effective Programs.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Defense shall continue and maintain any Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps STEM field program that existed before the enactment of this section if such program demonstrates satisfactory participation and learning outcomes.
"(d) STEM Field Defined.--In this section, the term `STEM field' means the fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.".
(b) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on the development, implementation, and initial outcomes of the program required by section 2037 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
SEC. 523. ADDITIONAL NOMINEES TO THE SERVICE ACADEMIES FROM
THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA
ISLANDS.
(a) United States Military Academy.--Section 7442 of title 10 is amended, in subsection (a)(10), by striking "Three" and inserting "Four".
(b) United States Naval Academy.--Section 8454 of title 10, United States Code is amended, in subsection (a)(10), by striking "Three" and inserting "Four".
(c) United States Air Force Academy.--Section 9442 of title 10, United States Code is amended, in subsection (a)(10), by striking "Three" and inserting "Four".
SEC. 524. ELIMINATION OF CAP ON THE NUMBER OF CADETS OR
MIDSHIPMEN WHO MAY RECEIVE ALTERNATIVE SERVICE
OBLIGATIONS TO BECOME PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES.
(a) United States Military Academy.--Section 7448(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "not more than five cadets, who obtain" and inserting "a cadet who obtains".
(b) United States Naval Academy.--Section 8459(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "not more than five midshipmen, who obtain" and inserting "a midshipman who obtains".
(c) United States Air Force Academy.--Section 9448(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "not more than five cadets, who obtain" and inserting "a cadet who obtains".
SEC. 525. ELIMINATION OF THE RIGHT OF CADETS TO AUTOMATIC
REEXAMINATION.
(a) United States Military Academy.--Section 7451 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting "failure of an examination;" before "effect";
(2) in subsection (a), by striking "studies and recommended" and inserting "studies, or who fails to pass a required examination, and is recommended";
(3) by striking subsection (b); and
(4) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).
(b) United States Air Force Academy.--Section 9451 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting "failure of an examination;" before "effect";
(2) in subsection (a), by striking "studies and recommended" and inserting "studies, or who fails to pass a required examination, and is recommended";
(3) by striking subsection (b); and
(4) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to the first academic year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 526. CONGRESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS OF THE
SERVICE ACADEMIES.
(a) United States Military Academy.--Chapter 753 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7455 the following new section:
"Sec. 7455a.
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Congressional communications official
"(a) Appointment.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Army, shall appoint a civilian employee of the Department of the Army to serve as the congressional communications official of the Board of Visitors under section 7455 of this title.
"(b) Duties.--(1) The congressional communications official shall communicate directly with a Member of Congress, congressional defense committee, or covered congressional employee regarding the activities of such Board of Visitors.
"(2) The Secretary of Defense may not require the congressional communications official to obtain approval, clearance, or review of a communication under paragraph (1) before submitting such communication to a Member of Congress, congressional defense committee, or covered congressional employee.
"(c) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `covered congressional employee' means an employee of a Member of Congress, or of a congressional defense committee, without regard to--
"(A) whether such employee serves on a full-time or part-time basis; or
"(B) where such employee so serves.
"(2) The term `Member of Congress' has the meaning given such term in section 1563 of this title.".
(b) United States Naval Academy.--Chapter 853 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8468 the following new section:
"Sec. 8468a. Congressional communications official
"(a) Appointment.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy, shall appoint a civilian employee of the Department of the Navy to serve as the congressional communications official of the Board of Visitors under section 7455 of this title.
"(b) Duties.--(1) The congressional communications official shall communicate directly with a Member of Congress, congressional defense committee, or covered congressional employee regarding the activities of such Board of Visitors.
"(2) The Secretary of Defense may not require the congressional communications official to obtain approval, clearance, or review of a communication under paragraph (1) before submitting such communication to a Member of Congress, congressional defense committee, or covered congressional employee.
"(c) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `covered congressional employee' means an employee of a Member of Congress, or of a congressional defense committee, without regard to--
"(A) whether such employee serves on a full-time or part-time basis; or
"(B) where such employee so serves.
"(2) The term `Member of Congress' has the meaning given such term in section 1563 of this title.".
(c) United States Air Force Academy.--Chapter 953 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 9455 the following new section:
"Sec. 9455a. Congressional communications official
"(a) Appointment.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Air Force, shall appoint a civilian employee of the Department of the Air Force to serve as the congressional communications official of the Board of Visitors under section 9455 of this title.
"(b) Duties.--(1) The congressional communications official shall communicate directly with a Member of Congress, congressional defense committee, or covered congressional employee regarding the activities of such Board of Visitors.
"(2) The Secretary of Defense may not require the congressional communications official to obtain approval, clearance, or review of a communication under paragraph (1) before submitting such communication to a Member of Congress, congressional defense committee, or covered congressional employee.
"(c) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `covered congressional employee' means an employee of a Member of Congress, or of a congressional defense committee, without regard to--
"(A) whether such employee serves on a full-time or part-time basis; or
"(B) where such employee so serves.
"(2) The term `Member of Congress' has the meaning given such term in section 1563 of this title.".
SEC. 527. REVISION TO DECISION TIMEFRAME FOR EXPEDITED
TRANSFERS AT THE MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES.
(a) United States Military Academy.--Section 7461(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "72 hours" each place it appears and inserting "five days".
(b) United States Naval Academy.--Section 8480(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "72 hours" each place it appears and inserting "five days".
(c) United States Air Force Academy.--Section 9461(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "72 hours" each place it appears and inserting "five days".
SEC. 528. JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS INSTRUCTOR
PAY.
(a) Non-foreign Area COLA.--Not later than July 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall revise the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Standardized Instructor Pay Scale to increase the otherwise applicable minimum instructor pay for instructors located outside of the continental United States or in Alaska by the
amount of the non-foreign area cost-of-living allowance rate pursuant to section 5941 of title 5, United States Code, or the post allowance rate pursuant to section 5924 of title 5, United States Code, as appropriate for the area in which the instructor is located and as would be applicable if the instructor were an employee eligible for such allowance.
(b) Report.--Not later than April 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall complete an analysis of the impact of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Standardized Instructor Pay Scale on recruitment and retention of Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructors and submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing such analysis. Such report shall include--
(1) the total number of authorized Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructor positions, disaggregated by Armed Force, as of--
(A) January 31, 2027;
(B) January 31, 2026; and
(C) January 31, 2025;
(2) the total number of such instructor positions, disaggregated by Armed Force, that were vacant as of each of the dates specified in paragraph (1);
(3) a description of the efforts of the Department of Defense to fill such instructor positions; and
(4) any recommendations of the Secretary to address issues identified in such analysis.
SEC. 529. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM TO PROMOTE PARTICIPATION
OF FOREIGN STUDENTS IN THE SENIOR RESERVE
OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a program using the authority provided under section 2103(b) of title 10, United States Code, to promote the participation of foreign students in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (in this section referred to as the "Program").
(2) Organization.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Secretaries of the military departments, the commanders of the combatant commands, the participant institutions in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, and any other individual the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate, shall be responsible for, and shall oversee, the Program.
(b) Objective.--The objective of the Program is to promote the readiness and interoperability of the United States Armed Forces and the military forces of partner countries by providing a high-quality, cost effective military-based educational experience for foreign students in furtherance of the military-to-military program objectives of the Department of Defense and to enhance the educational experience and preparation of future United States military leaders through increased, extended interaction with highly qualified potential foreign military leaders.
(c) Activities.--
(1) In general.--Under the Program, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(A) identify to the military services' Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program the foreign students who, based on criteria established by the Secretary, the Secretary recommends be considered for admission under the Program;
(B) coordinate with partner countries to evaluate interest in and promote awareness of the Program;
(C) establish a mechanism for tracking an alumni network of foreign students who participate in the Program; and
(D) to the extent practicable, work with the participant institutions in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program and partner countries to identify academic institutions and programs that--
(i) have specialized academic programs in areas of study of interest to participating countries; or
(ii) have high participation from or significant diaspora populations from participating countries.
(d) Strategy.--
(1) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a strategy for the implementation of the Program.
(2) Elements.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall include the following elements:
(A) A governance structure for the Program, including--
(i) the officials tasked to oversee the Program;
(ii) the format of the governing body of the Program;
(iii) the functions and duties of such governing body with respect to establishing and maintaining the Program; and
(iv) mechanisms for coordinating with partner countries whose students are selected to participate in the Program.
(B) A list of additional authorities, appropriations, or other congressional support necessary to ensure the success of the Program.
(C) A description of targeted partner countries and participant institutions in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps for the first three fiscal years of the Program, including a rationale for selecting such initial partners.
(D) A description of opportunities and potential timelines for future Program expansion, as appropriate.
(E) A description of the mechanism for tracking the alumni network of participants of the Program.
(F) Any other information the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
(e) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than September 20, 2028, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) a report on the Program.
(2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following elements:
(A) A narrative summary of activities conducted as part of the Program during the preceding fiscal year.
(B) An overview of participant Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs, individuals, and countries, to include a description of the areas of study entered into by the students participating in the Program.
(C) A description of opportunities and potential timelines for future Program expansion, as appropriate.
(D) Any other information the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
(f) Limitation on Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may not use the authority provided under this section to pay for tuition or room and board for foreign students who participate in the Program.
(g) Termination.--The Program shall terminate on December 31, 2032.
SEC. 529A.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY
PANEL ON ATHLETICS.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish within the Department of Defense a panel to be known as the "Military Service Academy Panel on Athletics" (referred to in this section as the "Panel").
(b) Review.--The Panel shall conduct a comprehensive review and analysis of the effects of the following on athletics at the Service Academies:
(1) Rules of the NCAA regarding the compensation of a collegiate athlete for use of the name, image, and likeness of such athlete.
(2) The transfer portal of the NCAA.
(c) Report.--
(1) Report required.--Not later than December 31, 2027, the Panel shall submit to the congressional defense committees a written report regarding the review under subsection (b).
(2) Elements.--The report shall include the following elements:
(A) The evaluation of the Panel of the effects described in subsection (b) on the recruitment, retention, and military readiness of cadets and midshipmen at the Service Academies who are collegiate athletes.
(B) The legal and ethical implications identified by the Panel, including with regards to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and regulations of the Department, of receipt of compensation described in subsection (b) by a member of a covered Armed Force on active duty or a cadet or midshipman subject to a commissioned service obligation.
(C) The effect of the transfer portal on the rosters and cohesion of athletic teams at the Service Academies, given the unique attrition challenges faced by the Service Academies.
(3) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish the report on a publicly accessible website of the Department. The report--
(A) shall be in unclassified form; and
(B) may not contain any personally identifiable information of a cadet, midshipman, or member of a covered Armed Force.
(d) Termination.--The Panel shall terminate upon submission of the report under subsection (c).
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "commissioned service obligation" has the meaning given such term in section 7448, 8459, or 9448 of title 10, United States Code, as applicable.
(2) The term "covered Armed Force" means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.
(3) The term "NCAA" means the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
(4) The term "Service Academy" has the meaning given such term in section 347 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 529B. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO ELIMINATE THE 70TH
FLYING TRAINING SQUADRON OF THE UNITED STATES
AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
(a) Limitation.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not perform a covered action regarding the 70th Flying Training Squadron of the USAFA until the earlier of the following:
(1) October 1, 2031.
(2) The day that is 90 days after the day that the Secretary submits, to the congressional defense committees and the Board of Visitors to USAFA, a report described in subsection (b).
(b) Report.--A report described in this subsection is a report on covered action regarding the 70th Flying Training Squadron of USAFA. Such a report includes the following elements:
(1) An assessment of the effect of such covered action on the capacity to train cadets at USAFA, including the number of cadets so affected annually.
(2) A plan to maintain capacity described in paragraph (1) provided by the 70th Flying Training Squadron, including the retention of advanced mission sets, simulator training, and evaluator pilot functions.
(3) An analysis of alternatives to such covered action, including the reallocation of chronically vacant billets within Air Force Reserve Command.
(4) An assessment of the cost differential between continued operation of the 70th Flying Training Squadron and replacement of its functions by active-duty personnel.
(5) A plan to preserve the institutional knowledge and instructional capacity currently provided by aviators assigned to the 70th Flying Training Squadron.
(c) Plan Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to sustain the 70th Flying Training Squadron until the earlier day under subsection (a).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered action" includes eliminating, deactivating, defunding, reducing the number of personnel, and reducing the number of aircraft.
(2) The term "USAFA" means the United States Air Force Academy.
SEC. 531. ESTABLISHMENT OF A DOCTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM AND
A MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM AT THE
UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH
SCIENCES.
(a) In General.--Section 2113 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(h) Establishment of a Doctor of Psychology Program and a Master of Social Work Program.--(1) The Secretary shall establish at the University a doctor of psychology program and a master of social work program.
"(2) A doctor of philosophy in clinical psychology shall not be considered to satisfy the requirement of paragraph (1).".
(b) Establishment Date.--The Secretary shall establish the programs required by subsection (h) of section 2113 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the programs required by subsection (h) of section 2113 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), including--
(1) the estimated date of matriculation for the first class of students for each such program;
(2) the estimated graduation date for the first class from each such program;
(3) the expected class size of each such program during the 10-year period following the submission of the report;
(4) the estimated number of faculty needed to operate each such program during the 10-year period following the submission of the report;
(5) an estimate of facilities needs for each such program; and
(6) the estimated cost to establish and operate each such program during the 10-year period following the submission of the report, categorized by--
(A) personnel;
(B) facilities; and
(C) other costs, as determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 532. ARMED FORCES HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOLARSHIP AND
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: ELIGIBLE
INSTITUTIONS; CONTINUITY OF PAYMENTS.
Section 2127 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:
"(f) The Secretary of Defense shall consider an accredited civilian educational institution eligible for a payment, contract, or determination under this section unless the Secretary determines that the accreditation of such institution is under review for potential adverse action.
"(g)(1) The Secretary of Defense may cease payments described in paragraph (2) only if--
"(A) the Secretary makes a determination described in subsection (f); or
"(B) the member of the program is dropped from the program as described in subsection (c) of section 2123 of this title.
"(2) Payments described in this paragraph are payments--
"(A) under this section;
"(B) to an accredited civilian educational institution;
"(C) for educational expenses of a member of the program; and
"(D) incurred in the course of study of such member of the program.".
SEC. 533. INCLUSION OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COLLEGE AS PART
OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY.
Section 2165(b) 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) The National Intelligence College.".
SEC. 534. DEFENSE INFORMATION SCHOOL: AUTHORITY TO GRANT
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN COMMUNICATIONS.
(a) Authority.--Chapter 108 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 2169a Defense Information School: degree of associate
of arts
"(a) Degree Granting Authority.--Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Commandant of the Defense Information School may confer upon a student of the Defense Information School an associate of arts degree in communications.
"(b) Limitation.--A degree may be conferred upon a student under this section only after the Provost of the Defense Information School certifies to the Commandant that the student has satisfied all the requirements prescribed for the degree.".
(b) Reporting.--
(1) Report required.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, subject to termination under paragraph (3), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report regarding the implementation of section 2169a of such title, as added by subsection (a).
(2) Elements.--A report under this subsection shall include the plan and timeline of the Secretary to carry out such implementation.
(3) Termination.--The report under this subsection shall terminate on the day that the Commandant of the Defense Information School first confers a degree under such section.
SEC. 535. ELIGIBILITY OF AN ENLISTED MEMBER TO RECEIVE A
DEGREE FROM THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL.
Section 8545 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (d).
SEC. 541. CLARIFICATION OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR JUDGE
ADVOCATES.
Section 806(a)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code (article 6(a)(1)(B) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by striking "license status that provides current eligibility to actively practice law before such court" and inserting "license status, in good standing, that provides eligibility to practice law".
SEC. 542. AUTHORITY OF SPECIAL TRIAL COUNSEL TO ENTER INTO
PRETRIAL AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
OFFENSES.
Section 824a(c) of title 10, United States Code (article 24a(c) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "paragraph (5)" and inserting "paragraphs (4) and (6)"; and
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting "or pretrial agreement" after "plea agreement";
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:
"(4) Pretrial agreements.--If a special trial counsel exercises authority pursuant to subsection (d) over an offense that occurred before January 1, 2019, the special trial counsel may enter into a pretrial agreement with the accused in accordance with regulations prescribed by the President. Upon acceptance of such an agreement by the military judge of a general or special court-martial, the agreement shall bind the parties and the convening authority.".
SEC. 543.
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CLARIFYING AMENDMENT TO COMPLETION OF APPELLATE
REVIEW UNDER ARTICLE 57 OF THE UNIFORM CODE OF
MILITARY JUSTICE.
Section 857(c) of title 10, United States Code (article 57(c) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
(2) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking "Appeals and--" and all that follows and inserting "Appeals and the review and time requirements described in paragraph (2) are satisfied."; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:
"(2) Review and time requirements.--The review and time requirements referred to in paragraph (1)(B) are satisfied if any of the following applies:
"(A) The time for the accused to file a petition for review by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has expired and the accused has not filed a petition for such review in a timely manner and the case is not otherwise under review by that Court.
"(B) A petition for review by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces is withdrawn by the accused.
"(C) In the case of a petition for review by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces that has been timely filed and not withdrawn, the petition--
"(i)(I) is denied or otherwise rejected by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; or
"(II) the review requested by the petition is completed in accordance with the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; and
"(ii) with respect to subsequent review by the Supreme Court--
"(I) a petition for a writ of certiorari as provided in section 1259 of title 28 is not filed within the time limits prescribed by the Supreme Court;
"(II) such a petition for a writ of certiorari is rejected by the Supreme Court;
"(III) such a petition for a writ of certiorari is withdrawn by the petitioner; or
"(IV) review is otherwise completed in accordance with the judgment of the Supreme Court.".
SEC. 544. REVIEW OF COURTS-MARTIAL RECORDS.
(a) Review When Direct Appeal Is Waived, Withdrawn, or Not Filed.--Section 865(d) of title 10, United States Code (article 65(d) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (2);
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and
(3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking "subparagraph (A), (B), or (C)" and inserting "subparagraph (A) or (B)"; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking "conclusions" and all that follows and inserting "a conclusion on each of the following matters:
"(i) Whether the court had jurisdiction over the accused and the offense.
"(ii) Whether the charge and specification stated an offense.
"(iii) Whether the sentence was within the limits prescribed as a matter of law.".
(b) Technical Correction.--Section 869(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code (article 69(c)(2) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by striking "section 865(b) of this title (article 65(b))" and inserting "section 865(d) of this title (article 65(d))".
SEC. 545. UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE: PROHIBITION OF
REVIEW OF FACTUAL SUFFICIENCY IN CERTAIN
APPEALS BEFORE A COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS.
Section 866 of title 10, United States Code (article 66 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended in subsection (d)(1)(B)--
(1) in clause (i)--
(A) by striking "(i)";
(B) by striking "may consider" and inserting "may not consider"; and
(C) by striking "upon request of the accused if the accused makes a specific showing of a deficiency in proof"; and
(2) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii).
SEC. 546. CLARIFICATION OF COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS REVIEW
OF SENTENCING.
Section 866(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code (article 66(e)(1) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended--
(1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
"(B) whether the portion of the sentence extending to confinement is inappropriately severe, except that in the case of an offense for which the President has established a sentencing parameter for such portion pursuant to section 539E(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, the Court may not consider such portion inappropriately severe if such portion is at or below the upper range of such sentencing parameter;"; and
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking "the sentence" and inserting "the portion of the sentence extending to confinement".
SEC. 547. EXPANSION OF VICTIM ACCESS TO COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Review by Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.--Section 867 of title 10, United States Code (article 67 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:
"(c)(1) The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces may review all decisions taken by a Court of Criminal Appeals pursuant to a petition filed by a victim of an offense under this chapter under section 806b(e) of this title (article 6b(e)) and on good cause shown.
"(3) The victim of an offense under this chapter may petition the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for review pursuant to paragraph (1) not later than 60 days after the earlier of--
"(A) the date on which the victim is notified of the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals on a petition pursuant to section 806b(e) of this title (article 6b(e)); or
"(B) the date on which a copy of the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals, after being served on counsel for the victim (if the victim has counsel), is deposited into the United States mails for delivery by first-class certified mail to the victim at an address provided by the victim or at the latest address listed for the victim in the record of any proceedings held pursuant to section 830a or 832 of this title (article 30a or 32) or during trial.
"(4) Review of any decision of a Court of Criminal Appeals on a petition for writ of mandamus described in section 806b(e) of this title (article 6b(e)) shall have priority in the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, as determined under the rules of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.".
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 806b(e)(3) of title 10, United States Code (article 6b(e)(3) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by striking subparagraph (C).
SEC. 548. MODIFICATIONS TO OFFENSE OF WRONGFUL BROADCAST OR
DISTRIBUTION OF INTIMATE VISUAL IMAGES UNDER
THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE.
Section 917a of title 10, United States Code (article 117a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 917a. Art. 117a. Wrongful broadcast, distribution, or
publication of intimate visual images
"(a) Prohibition.--Any person subject to this chapter who--
"(1) knowingly and wrongfully broadcasts, distributes, or publishes a covered image involving a person who--
"(A) is at least 18 years of age at the time the image was created;
"(B) is identifiable from the image, or from information displayed or provided in connection with the image;
"(C) did not consent to the broadcast, distribution, or publication of the image; and
"(D) did not, in a public or commercial setting, voluntarily--
"(i) display the private area depicted in the image; or
"(ii) engage in the sexually explicit conduct depicted in the image;
"(2) knowingly and wrongfully broadcasts, distributes, or publishes an authentic covered image and knows or reasonably should have known that the image was made under circumstances in which the identifiable individual in the image retained a reasonable expectation of privacy regarding any broadcast, distribution, or publication of the image; or
"(3) knowingly and wrongfully broadcasts, distributes, or publishes a covered image and knows or reasonably should have known that the broadcast, distribution, or publication of the covered image is likely--
"(A) to cause harm, harassment, intimidation, emotional distress, or financial loss for the identifiable individual in the image; or
"(B) to harm substantially the identifiable individual with respect to that person's health, safety, business, calling, career, financial conduction, reputation, or personal relationships, is guilty of an offense under this section (article) and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
"(b) Definitions.--In this section (article):
"(1) Authentic.--The term `authentic', when used with respect to an image, means a visual image of an identifiable individual that accurately represents the individual, and has not been created, altered, manipulated, or generated through the use of machine learning or artificial intelligence in a manner that would cause a reasonable person to perceive the authentic visual image as anything other than a genuine, unmodified, or not digitally forged visual image.
"(2) Broadcast.--The term `broadcast' means to electronically transmit a visual image with the intent that it be viewed by a person.
"(3) Covered image.--The term `covered image' means an authentic or digitally forged visual image of--
"(A) the private area of a person; or
"(B) sexually explicit conduct involving a person.
"(4) Digitally forged.--The term `digitally forged', when used with respect to an image, means any visual image of an identifiable individual created through the use of software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or any other computer-generated or technological means, including by adapting, modifying, manipulating, or altering an authentic visual image, that, when viewed as a whole by a reasonable person, is indistinguishable from an authentic visual image of the individual and does not accurately reflect the original source or reality.
"(5) Distribute.--The term `distribute' means to deliver to the actual or constructive possession of another person, including transmission by mail or electronic means.
"(6) Identifiable individual.--The term `identifiable individual' means an individual whose face, likeness, other distinguishing characteristic (including a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature), or other personally identifiable information is displayed in connection with a covered image.
"(7) Private area.--The term `private area' means the naked or underwear-clad genitalia, anus, buttocks, or female areola or nipple.
"(8) Publish.--The term `publish' means to display, exhibit, present, or otherwise make a covered image available for viewing by another person in any medium without regard to whether such image is--
"(A) directly shown to another person; or
"(B) broadcast or distributed.
"(9) Reasonable expectation of privacy.--The term `reasonable expectation of privacy' means circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that a private area of the person, or sexually explicit conduct involving the person, would not be visible to the public.
"(10) Sexually explicit conduct.--The term `sexually explicit conduct' means actual or simulated--
"(A) genital-genital contact, oral-genital contact, anal-genital contact, oral-anal contact, or the transfer of bodily sexual fluids on to any part of the body of an identifiable individual, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex;
"(B) bestiality;
"(C) masturbation; or
"(D) sadistic or masochistic abuse.
"(11) Visual image.--The term `visual image' means--
"(A) any developed or undeveloped photograph, picture, film, or video;
"(B) any digital or computer image, picture, film, or video made by any means, including those transmitted by any means, even if not stored in a permanent format;
"(C) any digital or electronic data capable of conversion into a visual image; or
"(D) any visual image that is digitally forged.".
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AUTHORIZATION OF DEATH PENALTY FOR OFFENSE OF RAPE
OF A CHILD UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY
JUSTICE.
Section 920b(a) of title 10, United States Code (article 120b(a) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by inserting "by death, or such other punishment" after "shall be punished".
SEC. 549A. PUNITIVE ARTICLE ON RETALIATION FOR REPORTING OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF
MILITARY JUSTICE.
(a) In General.--Subchapter X of chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by inserting after section 932 (article 132) the following new section (article):
"Sec. 932a. Art. 132a. Retaliation for reporting of sexual
harassment
"(a) In General.--Any person subject to this chapter who, with the intent to retaliate against any person for reporting or planning to report sexual harassment or with the intent to discourage any person from reporting sexual harassment--
"(1) wrongfully takes or threatens to take an adverse personnel action against any person; or
"(2) wrongfully withholds or threatens to withhold a favorable personnel action with respect to any person; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
"(b) Sexual Harassment Defined.--In this section, the term `sexual harassment' has the meaning given that term in section 1561 of this title.".
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading of section 932 of title 10, United States Code (article 132 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is amended by striking "Retaliation" and inserting "Retaliation generally".
SEC. 549B. REVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTRUCTION
REGARDING EARLY RELEASE ELIGIBILITY FOR
OFFENDERS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN SEXUAL OFFENSES
UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE.
(a) Revision Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall revise Department of Defense Instruction 1325.07, or any successor instruction, to provide that an individual serving a sentence of confinement imposed pursuant to a conviction by a general or special court-martial for an offense described in subsection (b)
is ineligible for any reduction in the term of confinement based on good-conduct time.
(b) Covered Offenses.--An individual is ineligible for any reduction in the term of confinement based on good-conduct time as described in subsection (a) if the individual is serving a sentence for a conviction under--
(1) section 920 of title 10, United States Code (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to rape and sexual assault;
(2) section 920b of title 10, United States Code (article 120b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to rape and sexual assault of a child;
(3) section 920c of title 10, United States Code (article 120c of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to abusive sexual contact;
(4) section 918 of title 10, United States Code (article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to murder, if the offense was committed in the course of conduct involving a sexual act or sexual contact as defined in section 920 of that title (article 120);
(5) section 919 of title 10, United States Code (article 119 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to manslaughter, if the offense was committed in the course of conduct involving a sexual act or sexual contact as defined in section 920 of that title (article 120);
(6) section 925 of title 10, United States Code (article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to kidnapping, if the victim was a minor;
(7) section 928 of title 10, United States Code (article 128 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to assault, if the offense involved a sexual act or sexual contact as defined in section 920 of that title (article 120);
(8) section 930 of title 10, United States Code (article 130 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to stalking, if the offense involved a sexual motive or the victim was a minor;
(9) section 934 of title 10, United States Code (article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to indecent conduct or indecent acts with another person;
(10) section 934 of title 10, United States Code (article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to the possession, distribution, or production of child pornography;
(11) section 880 of title 10, United States Code (article 80 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to attempts, if the offense attempted is an offense described in paragraphs (1) through (10) of this subsection; or
(12) section 881 of title 10, United States Code (article 81 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), relating to conspiracy, if the offense that is the object of the conspiracy is an offense described in paragraphs (1) through (10) of this subsection.
(c) Applicability.--The revision required by subsection (a) shall apply to sentences imposed after the date on which the revision takes effect. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect a sentence imposed before the effective date of such revision.
(d) Preservation of Victim Rights.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the rights of a victim under section 806b of title 10, United States Code (article 6b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). The Secretary of the military department concerned shall ensure that a victim retains the right to be reasonably heard at any clemency proceeding conducted outside the standard annual review cycle with respect to an individual described in subsection (a).
(e) Certification.--Not later than 30 days after completing the revision required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall certify to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives that Department of Defense Instruction 1325.07 has been revised in accordance with this section.
SEC. 549C. NOTIFICATION REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES TO
MILITARY LEGAL SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY SPECIAL
REVIEW PANEL ACTIVITIES.
(a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Defense may not implement a recommendation of the Special Review Panel until a period of 180 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees all documentation required under subsection (b).
(b) Documentation Required.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees all recommendations and analysis delivered by the Special Review Panel to the Secretary of Defense.
(2) Timing of submissions.--
(A) Any documentation described in paragraph (1) that was delivered to the Secretary of Defense before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees not later than 30 days after such date of enactment.
(B) Any documentation described in paragraph (1) that is delivered to the Secretary of Defense on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees not later than five days after the date of delivery to the Secretary.
(c) Special Review Panel Defined.--In this section, the term "Special Review Panel" means the Special Review Panel established pursuant to the memorandum of the Secretary of Defense dated May 8, 2026, titled "Departmental Review of the Military Legal System and Its Impact on Service Members".
SEC. 549D. ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE
PUNITIVE ARTICLE ON HAZING UNDER THE UNIFORM
CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE.
(a) Analysis Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Joint Service Committee on Military Justice, shall analyze the feasibility and advisability of, and develop recommendations with respect to, modifying chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), to establish a separate punitive article on hazing. As part of such analysis, the Secretary shall develop a proposed definition of the term "hazing" for purposes of such article.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of the analysis under subsection (a).
SEC. 551. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL VICTIMS' COUNSEL SERVICES TO
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS.
(a) Amendments.--Section 1044e of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by inserting "domestic violence and" before "sex-related offenses";
(2) by inserting "domestic violence or" before "sex-related offense" each place it appears;
(3) in subsection (b)(3), by striking "domestic abuse advocate" and inserting "domestic abuse victim advocate";
(4) in subsection (f)(1), by inserting "domestic abuse victim advocate," after "healthcare provider,"; and
(5) in subsection (h)--
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting "Domestic Violence or" before "Sex-related Offense"; and
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking "or 930 of this title (article 120, 120b, 120c," and inserting "928b, or 930 of this title (article 120, 120b, 120c, 128b,".
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect two years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the implementation of policies and procedures to carry out the changes required pursuant to subsection (a).
SEC. 552. POLICIES REGARDING THE REPORTING OF MISSING MEMBERS
OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Policies Required.--Chapter 80 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section.
"Sec. 1568. Policies regarding the reporting of missing
members of the Armed Forces
"The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe policies for the Department of Defense that establish minimum standards with respect to reporting the discovery that a member of the armed forces is missing. Such policies shall include--
"(1) standards for the categorization of absences of members of the armed forces;
"(2) a requirement that the appropriate military criminal investigative organization be notified not later than three hours after a member of the armed forces is discovered to be missing; and
"(3) a requirement that the primary next of kin of the member (as defined in section 1513 of this title) be notified not later than eight hours after a member of the armed forces is discovered to be missing.".
(b) Implementation.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe policies required by section 1568 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 553. AUTHORITY OF NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE
TO INVESTIGATE SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
Chapter 871 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 8750a. Naval Criminal Investigative Service: authority
to investigate sexual harassment.
"(a) In General.--The Naval Criminal Investigative Service shall be the entity within the Department of the Navy with the sole and exclusive authority to conduct investigations of alleged sexual harassment by members of the Navy or Marine Corps.
"(b) Sexual Harassment Defined.--In this section, the term `sexual harassment' means conduct that constitutes the offense of sexual harassment as punishable under section 934 of this title (article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) pursuant to the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of such section (article).".
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CROSS-SERVICE DATA SHARING REGARDING SUBSTANTIATED
ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall establish a data sharing arrangement pursuant to which each Armed Force shall be required to collect and make available to the other Armed Forces data concerning substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct by members of that Armed Force.
SEC. 555. INCLUSION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN CATCH A SERIAL
OFFENDER PROGRAM.
(a) Participation and Notice.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) modify the policies, procedures, and forms necessary to permit individuals who are members of the Armed Forces, adult dependents of such members, or employees of the Department of Defense to participate in the Catch a Serial Offender Program of the Department of Defense if the individual submits a confidential complaint or report of sexual harassment or an unrestricted report or informal complaint of sexual harassment without disclosing the name of the subject to a military criminal investigative organization; and
(2) such individuals are notified of whether such individuals may participate in the Catch A
Serial Offender Program when submitting a confidential complaint or report of sexual harassment or an unrestricted report or informal complaint of sexual harassment.
(b) Applicability to Existing Reports.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that individuals who submitted a confidential complaint or report of sexual harassment or an unrestricted report or informal complaint of sexual harassment before the effective date of the modifications to policies, procedures, and forms in accordance with subsection (a)(1)--
(1) are eligibility to participate in the Catch a Serial Offender Program in the same manner and under the same conditions as an individual who submits such a complaint or report after such effective date; and
(2) are notified of such eligibility.
SEC. 556. MILITARY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EMERGENT HOUSING POLICY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish and implement a policy under which unit level commanders in the covered Armed Forces, in response to domestic violence reports or complaints, shall be required to--
(1) move alleged offenders into military housing separate from the victim; and
(2) maintain emergent housing entitlements to basic allowance for housing or military housing units in support of domestic violence victims for up to one year.
(b) Amendment of DD Form 2873.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall amend the Military Protective Order form, DD Form 2873, to incorporate the changes implemented pursuant to this section.
(c) Covered Armed Forces Defined.--In this section, the term "covered Armed Forces" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.
SEC. 557. REQUIREMENT FOR STANDARDIZED POLICIES AND PROCESSES
TO ENSURE THE TIMELY REVIEW, DOCUMENTATION, AND
RESOLUTION OF REQUESTS FOR MILITARY PROTECTIVE
ORDERS.
(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating when not operating as a service in the Navy with respect the Coast Guard, shall establish standardized policies and processes to ensure the timely review, documentation, and resolution of requests for military protective orders submitted to commanding officers of the Armed Forces.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
(1) to ensure prompt, consistent, and transparent decision making regarding requests for military protective orders;
(2) to enhance the safety of individuals affected by such orders; and
(3) to improve accountability in command actions related to such orders.
(c) Requirements.--In establishing the policies and processes under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) require that any commanding officer of the Armed Forces who receives a request for a military protective order from an individual who is eligible to request such order--
(A) make a determination as to whether to issue such order not later than three calendar days after receipt of the request, unless the officer certifies to the Secretary that extraordinary circumstances prevent the officer from meeting that deadline;
(B) before making such determination, seek counsel and legal review from a Staff Judge Advocate or other qualified judge advocate to inform the decision-making process; and
(C) in the event the commander denies the request for a military protective order, provide written notification of such denial to the individual who requested the order not later than two calendar days after making the denial decision;
(2) update Department of Defense Form 2873 (or any successor form) to reflect enhanced documentation requirements for approved and denied military protective order requests; and
(3) require that such form be completed, maintained, and retained in accordance with applicable records management and privacy policies of the Department of Defense.
(d) Implementation Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate with respect to the Coast Guard, a report that includes--
(1) a summary of the standardized policies and processes established under subsection (a);
(2) a plan for the implementation of such policies and processes; and
(3) a description of--
(A) any revisions to Department of Defense Form 2873 and other changes to documentation procedures made as result of such policies and process; and
(B) measures that will be implemented to ensure compliance with decision-making timelines and legal guidance requirements specified in subsection (c).
(e) Oversight and Reporting.--Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for seven years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate with respect to the Coast Guard, a report that includes, with respect to the year preceding the date of the report--
(1) the number of military protective order requests received by commanding officers of the Armed Forces;
(2) the number of military protective order requests that were approved and denied;
(3) the average processing times for such approvals and denials; and
(4) a description of any barriers to the timely review, documentation, and resolution of requests for military protective orders.
SEC. 558. REESTABLISHMENT OF DEFENSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR
THE PREVENTION OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
(a) Establishment Required.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish and maintain within the Department of Defense an advisory committee to be known as the "Defense Advisory Committee for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct" (in this section referred to as the "Advisory Committee").
(2) Deadline for establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish the Advisory Committee not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Membership.--
(1) In general.--The Advisory Committee shall consist of not more than 20 members, appointed by the Secretary of Defense from among individuals who have an expertise appropriate for the work of the Advisory Committee, including at least one individual with each expertise as follows:
(A) Expertise in the prevention of sexual assault and behaviors on the sexual assault continuum of harm.
(B) Expertise in adverse behaviors, including the prevention of suicide and the prevention of substance abuse.
(C) Expertise in the change of culture of large organizations.
(D) Expertise in implementation science.
(2) Background of individuals.--Individuals appointed to the Advisory Committee may include individuals with expertise in sexual assault prevention efforts of institutions of higher education, public health officials, and such other individuals as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
(3) Prohibition on membership of members of armed forces on active duty.--A member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty may not serve as a member of the Advisory Committee.
(c) Duties.--
(1) In general.--The Advisory Committee shall advise the Secretary of Defense on the following:
(A) The prevention of sexual assault (including rape, forcible sodomy, other sexual assault, and other sexual misconduct (including behaviors on the sexual assault continuum of harm)) involving members of the Armed Forces.
(B) The policies, programs, and practices of each military department, each Armed Force, and each military service academy for the prevention of sexual assault as described in subparagraph (A).
(2) Basis for provision of advice.--For purposes of providing advice to the Secretary of Defense pursuant to this subsection, the Advisory Committee shall review, on an ongoing basis, the following:
(A) Closed cases involving allegations of sexual assault described in paragraph (1).
(B) Efforts of institutions of higher education to prevent sexual assault among students.
(C) Any other information or matters that the Advisory Committee or the Secretary considers appropriate.
(3) Coordination of efforts.--In addition to the reviews required by paragraph (2), for purposes of providing advice to the Secretary of Defense the Advisory Committee shall also consult and coordinate with the Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces on matters of joint interest to the two Advisory Committees.
(d) Annual Report.--Not later than March 30 each year, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the activities of the Advisory Committee pursuant to this section during the preceding year.
(e) Sexual Assault Continuum of Harm Defined.--In this section, the term "sexual assault continuum of harm" includes--
(1) inappropriate actions (such as sexist jokes), sexual harassment, gender discrimination, hazing, cyber bullying, or other behavior that contributes to a culture that is tolerant of, or increases risk for, sexual assault; and
(2) maltreatment or ostracism of a victim for a report of sexual misconduct.
(f) Termination.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Advisory Committee shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date of the establishment of the Advisory Committee pursuant to subsection (a).
(2) Continuation.--The Secretary of Defense may continue the Advisory Committee after the termination date applicable under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that continuation of the Advisory Committee after that date is advisable and appropriate. If the Secretary determines to continue the Advisory Committee after that date, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on the Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives.
(g) Conforming Repeal.--Section 550B of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is repealed.
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PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF ADVANCED MONITORING AND
REHABILITATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN ARMY
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
(a) In General.--Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, acting through
the Commanding General of the Army Corrections Command, shall carry out a pilot program (referred to in this section as the "Pilot Program") to evaluate the use of advanced monitoring and rehabilitative technologies in Army correctional facilities to improve safety, accountability, rehabilitation outcomes, and operational efficiency.
(b) Locations.--The Secretary of the Army shall select one or more correctional facilities of the Army in which to implement the Pilot Program.
(c) Additional Requirements.--In carrying out the Pilot Program, the Secretary of the Army shall--
(1) ensure that personnel participating in the Program receive appropriate training;
(2) establish safeguards to protect privacy and civil liberties; and
(3) develop performance metrics to measure the effectiveness of the technologies evaluated under the Program in reducing misconduct, improving compliance, enhancing rehabilitation outcomes, and supporting reintegration efforts.
(d) Reports.--
(1) Initial report.--Not later than one year after the date on which of the Pilot Program commences, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a initial report on the progress of the Program.
(2) Final report.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Pilot Program terminates under subsection (e), the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a final report on the Program.
(3) Elements.--Each of the reports under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall include--
(A) an evaluation of the costs of the Program as of the date of the report, including the costs of the technologies evaluated under the Program;
(B) any measurable outcomes achieved by the program as of such date;
(C) recommendations as to whether any technologies evaluated under the Program are suitable for implementation across the Army Corrections Command; and
(D) such other information as the Secretary of the Army determines appropriate.
(e) Termination.--The authority to carry out the Pilot Program shall terminate five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(f) Definition.--In this section, the term "advanced monitoring and rehabilitative technologies" means emerging technologies appropriate for correctional environments such as secure digital platforms, biometric identification systems, data analytics, or other such technologies.
SEC. 561. ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATION OATH FOR MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States Armed Forces is the largest, all-volunteer military force in the world, yet less than one percent of the American population serves in the Armed Forces.
(2) Each branch of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard) instills in its members a sense of duty and obligation to the United States, their branch of service, and their comrades-in-arms.
(3) The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that approximately 20 veterans of the Armed Forces commit suicide each day, and a veteran's risk of suicide is 21 percent higher than an adult who has not served in the Armed Forces.
(4) The Department of Veterans Affairs is aggressively undertaking measures to prevent these tragic outcomes, yet suicide rates among veterans remain unacceptably high.
(5) Upon enlistment or appointment in the Armed Forces, a new member is obligated to take an oath of office or oath of enlistment.
(6) Most members of the Armed Forces view this oath not as an imposition, but as a promise that they are bound to fulfill.
(b) Establishment of Separation Oath.--Section 502 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking "The oath" and inserting "An oath established by this section";
(2) by redesignating subsection (b), as amended, as subsection (c); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b):
"(b) Separation Oath.--Prior to retirement or other separation from the armed forces, other than separation pursuant to the sentence of a court-martial, a member of an armed force may take the following oath:
" `I, __________, recognizing that my oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, has involved me and my fellow members in experiences that few persons, other than our peers, can understand, do solemnly swear (or affirm) to continue to be the keeper of my brothers- and sisters-in-arms and protector of the United States and the Constitution; to preserve the values I have learned; to maintain my body and my mind; to give help to, and seek help from, my fellow veterans; and to not bring harm to myself or others. I take this oath freely and without purpose of evasion, so help me God.' ".
(c) Clerical Amendments.--
(1) Section heading.--The heading of section 502 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 502. Enlistment oath and separation oath: who may
administer".
(2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 31 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 502 and inserting the following new item:
"502. Enlistment oath and separation oath: who may administer.".
SEC. 562. DESIGNATION OF SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR MILITARY-TO-
CIVILIAN TRANSITION.
(a) In General.--Chapter 58 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 1156. Senior official for military-to-civilian
transition
"(a) Designation.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall designate a senior official of the Department of Defense to oversee policy and programs related to the transition of members of the armed forces from active duty to civilian life or reserve components.
"(b) Qualifications.--The official designated under paragraph (1) shall be designated from among individuals with extensive experience with veterans services and knowledge of the transition from active duty to civilian life and reserve components..
"(c) Role, Responsibility, and Authority.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall prescribe the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of the official designated under subsection (a).
"(2) The roles, responsibilities, and authorities prescribed under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the transition of members of the armed forces from active duty to civilian life and reserve components and the families of such members experiencing such transition--
"(A) serving as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on policies, operations, and programs and activities relating to the transition of members;
"(B) assisting the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness with policies, operations, and programs and activities relating to the transition of members;
"(C) working, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Education, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of all activities relating to the transition of members;
"(D) serving as the chief transition officer of the Department of Defense, with the mission of coordinating and overseeing the effectiveness of transition programs of the Department of Defense and ensuring all members of the armed forces are well equipped for civilian life or the reserve components, as the case may be;
"(E) overseeing the implementation of transition programs in the Department of Defense;
"(F) conducting a review and assessment of all transition programs and services offered by the Department of Defense, including the programs under this chapter, and proposing legislative or administrative action--
"(i) to improve the efficacy and efficiency of the programs; and
"(ii) to ensure compliance with all legal requirements related to transition assistance; and
"(G) working with Federal agencies, State and local governments, and nongovernmental organizations to improve the delivery of transition support services to members and families of members.".
(b) Implementation and Briefing.--
(1) Implementation.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall designate a senior official under section 1156(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on--
(A) the status of the designation of the official under subsection (a); and
(B) the implementation of the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of the official under subsection (b).
SEC. 563. AUTHORIZATION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO HELP MEMBERS
SEPARATING FROM CERTAIN ARMED FORCES OBTAIN
EMPLOYMENT AS TEACHERS.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program to refer covered members for employment as teachers in elementary and secondary schools that elect to participate in the pilot program.
(b) Priority.--Under such a pilot program, the Secretary shall give priority to participating schools that need teachers of subjects in greater demand, including special education and STEM.
(c) Report.--Under such a pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report regarding such a pilot program. Elements of such a report include the following:
(1) The number of covered members who apply for the pilot program, disaggregated by covered Armed Force and rank.
(2) The number of covered members who obtain such employment under the pilot program, disaggregated by covered Armed Force and rank.
(3) The locations of participating schools.
(4) The percentages of participating covered members who teach in subjects described in subsection (b).
(5) The number and percentages of participating covered members who--
(A) obtain required teaching credentials by expedited means; or
(B) receive exemptions from such requirements.
(6) The results of a satisfaction survey of participating schools.
(7) A summary of interviews with participating covered members who obtain such employment, including such covered members who
do not complete an academic year of such employment.
(d) Termination.--This section shall cease to have any effect on the day that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered member" means a member--
(A) separating from a covered Armed Force; and
(B) who wishes to obtain employment as a teacher in an elementary or secondary school.
(2) The term "appropriate congressional committee" means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives;
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives; or
(D) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
(3) The term "covered Armed Force" means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.
(4) The term "STEM" means science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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STUDY ON SEPARATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
DUE TO THE MANDATE TO RECEIVE THE COVID-19
VACCINE AND THE TRANSFER OF EDUCATION BENEFITS
BY SUCH MEMBERS.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on covered individuals and the transfer of education benefits by covered individuals to covered dependents.
(b) Report.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report containing the results of the study required by subsection (a). Such report shall include--
(A) the number of covered individuals;
(B) the number of covered individuals who initiated a transfer of education benefits to a dependent in accordance with section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, before separation;
(C) the number of covered individuals who initiated such a transfer and did not complete the years of service in the Armed Forces necessary for such dependent to commence use of such education benefits in accordance with such section before separation;
(D) the number of members of the Armed Forces who were denied a religious exemption from the mandate to receive the COVID-19 vaccine during the period beginning on August 24, 2021, and ending on January 10, 2023;
(E) the number of covered individuals who were denied such a religious exemption;
(F) the number of covered individuals who returned to service in accordance with the terms of Executive Order 14184 (relating to reinstating service members discharged under the military's COVID-19 vaccination mandate);
(G) the number of covered individuals who returned to service in accordance with the terms of Executive Order 14184 (relating to reinstating service members discharged under the military's COVID-19 vaccination mandate) who initiated a transfer of education benefits to a dependent in accordance with section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, before separation and return to service;
(H) the number of covered individuals who returned to service in accordance with the terms of Executive Order 14184 (relating to reinstating service members discharged under the military's COVID-19 vaccination mandate) who initiated a transfer of education benefits to a dependent in accordance with section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, before separation and return to service and completed the years of service in the Armed Forces necessary for such dependent to commence use of such education benefits;
(I) the number of covered dependents;
(J) an analysis of the budgetary impact of allowing each covered dependent to commence use of education benefits that were transferred to such covered dependent in accordance with section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, without regard to whether the covered individual who transferred such education benefits to such covered dependent completed the years of service in the Armed Forces necessary for such covered dependent to commence such use; and
(K) any recommendations of the Secretary to address the separation of covered individuals and to ensure covered individuals receive appropriate benefits as veterans of the Armed Forces.
(2) Disaggregation.--The Secretary of Defense shall disaggregate the elements of the report required by paragraph (1) that are described in subparagraphs (A) through (J) of such paragraph by--
(A) Armed Force in which the covered individual served;
(B) whether the covered individual served in an active component or a reserve component;
(C) the grade of the covered individual;
(D) the years of service in the Armed Forces of the covered individual at the time of separation; and
(E) the characterization of the discharge of the covered individual.
(c) Public Availability.--Not later than 60 days after the Secretary of Defense submits the report required by subsection (b), the Secretary shall make such report publicly available on the website of the Department of Defense.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered dependent" means a dependent of an individual who--
(A) is a covered individual;
(B) initiated a transfer of education benefits to such dependent in accordance with section 3319 of title 38, United States Code; and
(C) did not complete the years of service in the Armed Forces necessary for such dependent to commence use of such benefits in accordance with such section.
(2) The term "covered individual" means an individual who, during the period beginning on August 24, 2021, and ending on January 10, 2023, was involuntarily or voluntarily separated from an Armed Force solely on the basis of the refusal of such individual to receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
Subtitle H--Family Programs, Child Care, and Dependent Education
SEC. 571. EXTENSION OF NON-MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICES
PROGRAM FOR MILITARY FAMILIES.
Section 1781(d)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "three years after the date of the enactment of this subsection" and inserting "December 22, 2029".
SEC. 572. PILOT PROGRAM TO INCREASE PAYMENTS FOR CHILD CARE
SERVICES IN HIGH-COST AREAS.
Section 1798 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsection (d) and (e), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:
"(c) Pilot Program for Grants to Increase Infant and Toddler Capacity in High-cost Areas.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible providers seeking to expand the capacity of such providers to provide care for infants and toddlers.
"(2) A grant awarded under the pilot program established under paragraph (1) shall--
"(A) be in an amount determined by the Secretary, but in no case more than 75 percent of the estimated cost of the expansion for which the grant is provided; and
"(B) require the recipient of a grant to--
"(i) make available not less than half of any additional capacity for infants and toddlers to children of members of the armed forces that results from the expansion for which a grant is awarded for the 10-year period that begins on the date on which such expansion is completed; and
"(ii) certify that the recipient will not displace children enrolled on the date described in clause (i) who are not children of members of the armed forces to meet the requirement of clause (i).
"(3) The Secretary--
"(A) shall award grants under the pilot program established under paragraph (1) to not less than 10 eligible providers located in areas with high child care services costs or a significant lack of accessible child care services, as determined by the Secretary; and
"(B) may award grants under the pilot program established under paragraph (1) to eligible providers located in other areas as the Secretary considers appropriate.
"(4) Not later than one year after the establishment of the pilot program under this subsection, and semiannually thereafter until the date of the termination of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the pilot program that includes--
"(A) the number of eligible providers participating in the pilot program, disaggregated by location;
"(B) the number of additional infant and toddler enrollments at eligible providers made available under the pilot program, disaggregated by loacation;
"(C) the determination of the Secretary as to whether grants provided under the pilot program--
"(i) helped reduce child care costs for applicable military families;
"(ii) increased child care provider participation in the financial assistance available under this section; and
"(iii) increased access to infant and toddler care for military families;
"(D) the determination of the Secretary with respect to the feasibility of expanding the pilot program to all communities;
"(E) any challenges identified by the Secretary in carrying out the pilot program;
"(F) legislation or administrative action that the Secretary determines necessary to make the pilot program permanent; and
"(G) any other information the Secretary determines appropriate.
"(5) Not later than 90 days after the date of the termination of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes--
"(A) the elements specified in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of paragraph (4); and
"(B) the recommendation of the Secretary as to whether to make the pilot program permanent.
"(6) The pilot program established under this subsection shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date on which such program is established.
"(7) In this subsection, the term `appropriate congressional committees' means--
"(A) the congressional defense committees;
"(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
"(C) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.".
SEC. 573. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR IN-HOME CHILD
CARE: INCLUSION OF AU PAIRS.
Section 589 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 1791 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking "subsection (b)" and inserting "subsection (c)";
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as subsections (c) through (f), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b):
"(b) Au Pairs.--(1) The Secretary shall treat an au pair who is participating in the Au Pair program of the Department of State as an in-home child care provider who meets qualifications determined under subsection (a)(3)(B).
"(2) No State or local government may enact or enforce a law, regulation, rule, or requirement related to such Au Pair program that would impose an additional or different term or condition on a military family that is the host family for an au pair.".
SEC. 574. MODIFICATIONS TO PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR
IN-HOME CHILD CARE.
(a) In General.--Section 589 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 1791 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:
"(c) Direct Payments.--
"(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense shall provide financial assistance under the pilot program required by subsection (a) to members of the Armed Forces through monthly pay, direct deposit, or other form of direct payment to such members.
"(2) Payment to eligible providers.--The Secretary of Defense may provide financial assistance under the pilot program required by subsection (a) directly to an in-home child care provider with the written consent of the member of the Armed Forces receiving such financial assistance.".
(b) Implementation Date.--The requirements of subsection (c) of section 589 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, as added by subsection (a) of this section--
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), shall apply to financial assistance under the pilot program established pursuant to such section provided on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) shall not apply to financial assistance under such pilot program provided to an in-home child care provider pursuant to an agreement between the Secretary of Defense until the end of the term of such agreement if--
(A) the agreement is in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(B) the agreement provides that the Secretary will make direct payments to such provider.
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CERTAIN ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES
THAT BENEFIT DEPENDENTS OF MILITARY AND
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL.
(a) Continuation of Authority to Assist Local Educational Agencies That Benefit Dependents of Members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense Civilian Employees.--
(1) Assistance to schools with significant numbers of military dependent students.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 by section 301 and available for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities as specified in the funding table in section 4301, $50,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose of providing assistance to local educational agencies under subsection (a) of section 572 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 20 U.S.C. 7703b).
(2) Local educational agency defined.--In this subsection, the term "local educational agency" has the meaning given that term in section 7013(9) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)).
(b) Impact Aid for Children With Severe Disabilities.--
(1) In general.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 301 and available for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities as specified in the funding table in section 4301, $10,000,000 shall be available for payments under section 363 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-77; 20 U.S.C. 7703a).
(2) Additional amount.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 301 and available for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities as specified in the funding table in section 4301, $10,000,000 shall be available for use by the Secretary of Defense to make payments to local educational agencies determined by the Secretary to have higher concentrations of military children with severe disabilities.
(3) Briefing.--Not later than March 31, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the Department of Defense's evaluation of each local educational agency with higher concentrations of military children with severe disabilities and subsequent determination of the amounts of impact aid each such agency shall receive.
SEC. 576. POLICIES TO SUPPORT MILITARY FAMILIES SUBJECT TO
COURT-ORDERED CHILD CUSTODY ARRANGEMENTS.
(a) Policies Required.--Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned shall maintain a policy pursuant to which a member of an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary who is a party to a court-ordered child custody arrangement may, at the discretion of the Secretary, receive--
(1) an exemption from orders for a permanent change of station or similar orders for a period of up to 24 months to enable that member to remain in geographic proximity to their child; and
(2) such other accommodations as the Secretary determines appropriate to promote family stability.
(b) Report to Congress.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the policy required under subsection (a). The report shall include--
(1) a summary of the policy;
(2) the Secretary's plan for implementation of the policy; and
(3) an explanation of how policy meets the requirements of subsection (a) and otherwise promotes family stability among members of the Armed Forces.
(c) Secretary Concerned Defined.--In this section, the term "Secretary concerned" has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 577. AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN MILITARY
SPOUSES TO BECOME SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN
DODEA SCHOOLS.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program under which certain military spouses may become special education teachers in schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity.
(b) Eligibility.--A military spouse eligible to participate in such a pilot program is a military spouse who--
(1) is eligible for assistance under section 1784a of title 10, United States Code; and
(2) has a bachelor's or graduate degree from an institution of higher education.
(c) Assistance.--Under such a pilot program, the Secretary shall provide assistance under section 1784a of title 10, United States Code, to a participating military spouse to seek a certification or other credential as a special education teacher in the State in which the military spouse resides.
(d) Service Obligation.--As a condition of receiving assistance under subsection (c), a military spouse who participates in such a pilot program shall agree to serve as a special education teacher in a school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity for a period of three years.
(e) State Agreements.--The Secretary may seek to enter into an agreement with a State government (or licensing body sanctioned by a State government) to expedite certification described in subsection (c).
(f) Report.--Not later than one year before the termination under subsection (g) of the authority to carry out a pilot program under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report regarding such pilot program. Such report shall include the recommendation of the Secretary whether such authority should be extended or made permanent.
(g) Termination.--The authority under this section shall terminate five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "appropriate congressional committee" means the following:
(A) The Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
(B) The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
(C) The Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives.
(2) The term "institution of higher education" has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).
(3) The term "special education teacher" has the meaning given such term in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003).
SEC. 578. PILOT PROGRAM FOR PUSH-TEXT NOTIFICATIONS TO
MEMBERS AND DEPENDENTS.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to be known as the "Push-Text Initiative" (in this section referred to as the "pilot program") to provide members of the Armed Forces, assigned to one or more military installations located outside of the United States, and the adult dependents of such members, with timely and relevant information via text message.
(b) Implementation.--Under the pilot program--
(1) a member of the Armed Forces assigned to a location participating in the pilot program, or the dependent of such a member, may elect to receive such information using all available text messaging contact information provided by such a member or dependent; and
(2) a member or dependent who elects to receive information under paragraph (1) may opt out of receiving text messages under the pilot program at any time.
(c) Covered Information.--Text messages transmitted under the pilot program shall include--
(1) information on employment opportunities for military spouses, career counseling, and related support programs;
(2) updates with respect to child care services available both on and off the installation, availability of child care, and child care fee assistance programs;
(3) information regarding general TRICARE program benefits, enrollment deadlines, and other health-related resources;
(4) notifications of changes in Department of Defense policies, regulations, or Federal laws that affect members or dependents of members; and
(5) any other information or resources that the Secretary considers relevant to the well-being of members and dependents of members.
(d) Report.--Not later than October 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program. Such report shall include--
(1) a description of how the pilot program was implemented, including the timeline, execution plan, and the official managing the pilot program;
(2) data on participation and usage, including the number of individuals who elected to participate, the rates of enrollment and disenrollment, and the frequency and types of messages transmitted;
(3) any observed benefits or outcomes of the pilot program, including feedback from participants;
(4) an analysis of the costs of operating the pilot program and any cost savings or efficiencies achieved by consolidating or scaling back other outreach efforts with respect to issues addressed by the pilot program; and
(5) the recommendations of the Secretary with respect to the feasibility and advisability of continuing or expanding the pilot program to the entire Department of Defense, including any proposed modifications to the program and an assessment of the anticipated costs, resource requirements, and potential benefits of Department-wide implementation.
(e) Termination.--The pilot program shall terminate on the day that is three years after the date on which the pilot program is established.
SEC. 581. GOLD STAR SURVIVOR: DEFINITION PRESCRIBED BY
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
(a) Definition Prescribed by Secretary of Defense.--Section 1126 of title 10, United States Code, is amended, in subsection (d)(1), by striking "as the Secretaries concerned shall jointly specify in regulations for purposes of this section" and inserting "as the Secretary of Defense prescribes in regulations".
(b) Reference.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended--
(1) by inserting "(1)" before "Under regulations"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(2)(A) An individual eligible for a gold star lapel button under paragraph (1) may be referred to as a `gold star survivor', `member of a gold star family', or `gold star family member'.
"(B) All of the individuals eligible for a gold star lapel button under paragraph (1) because of the loss of the life of one member under any circumstances prescribed in subsection (a) may be referred to as a `gold star family'.".
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 626 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by striking subsection (c).
SEC. 582. MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS: ACCESS TO ANY MILITARY
INSTALLATION; LIAISON.
(a) Access.--Section 1134a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(e) Access.--A person whose name is entered on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll shall be issued a common access card (or successor identification) that grants such person unaccompanied access to any military installation and the Pentagon.".
(b) Liaison.--Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1134a the following new section:
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"(a) Establishment.--There is in the Department of Defense a Medal of Honor Liaison, appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who shall serve as liaison to MOH recipients.
"(b) Duties.--The duties of the Medal of Honor Liaison include the following:
"(1) To serve as a primary point of contact in the Department for MOH recipients and their families.
"(2) To coordinate efforts within the Department, across the armed forces, and with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and other Federal entities regarding MOH recipients.
"(3) To coordinate replacement of military decorations under section 1135 of this title for MOH recipients.
"(4) To standardize protocol regarding MOH recipients across the armed forces.
"(5) To perform public affairs outreach regarding MOH recipients.
"(6) To make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense regarding service on active duty by MOH recipients, including in combat.
"(c) MOH Recipient Defined.--In this section, the term `MOH recipient' means a person whose name is entered on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll under section 1134a of this title.".
SEC. 583. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD THE
DISTINGUISHED-SERVICE CROSS TO ISAAC "IKE"
CAMACHO.
Section 592 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended, in the section heading, by striking the third word.
SEC. 584. AUTHORIZATION OF SERVICE RIBBON FOR A MEMBER OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD WHO PERFORMS HOMELAND DEFENSE
DUTY.
(a) Ribbon Authorized.--The Secretary of the military department concerned may award a service ribbon to a member of the National Guard who performs duty in support of a homeland defense activity, as such term is defined in section 901 of title 32, United States Code.
(b) Design.--The ribbon shall be of an appropriate design approved by the Secretary of Defense.
(c) Issuance to Next-of-kin.--If the member is deceased, the Secretary of the military department concerned may issue such a ribbon to the next-of-kin of the member.
(d) Regulations.--The award of a ribbon under this section shall be subject to such regulations as the Secretaries of the military departments concerned shall prescribe for purposes of this section. The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any regulations prescribed under this subsection are uniform to the extent practicable.
SEC. 585. AUTHORIZATION FOR POSTHUMOUS AWARD OF MEDAL OF
HONOR TO RAFAEL PERALTA FOR ACTS OF VALOR.
(a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in sections 8298(a) and 8300 of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the Armed Forces, the President is authorized to award the Medal of Honor, under section 8291 of such title, to Rafael Peralta for the acts of valor described in subsection (b).
(b) Acts of Valor Described.-- The acts of valor described in this subsection are the actions of Rafael Peralta as a member of the Marine Corps on November 15, 2004, for which he was previously awarded the Navy Cross.
SEC. 586. AUTHORIZATION FOR POSTHUMOUS AWARD OF MEDAL OF
HONOR TO ROBERT A. LODGE FOR ACTS OF VALOR.
(a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 9274 of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the Armed Forces, the President may award the Medal of Honor under section 9271 of such title to Robert A. Lodge for the acts of valor described in subsection (b).
(b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in this subsection are the actions of Robert A. Lodge as a Major in the Air Force on May 10, 1972.
SEC. 587. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE DISTINGUISHED-
SERVICE CROSS FOR JAMES O. RATLIFF FOR ACTS OF
VALOR DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
(a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 7274 of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the Armed Forces, the President may award a Distinguished-Service Cross under section 7272 of such title to James O. Ratliff for the acts of valor described in subsection (b).
(b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in this subsection are the actions of James O. Ratliff on June 18, 1968, as a member of the Army during a combat mission near the village of Ap Go Cong during the Vietnam War.
SEC. 588. AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD THE DISTINGUISHED-SERVICE
CROSS TO JOSEPH P. LYNCH FOR ACTS OF VALOR AS A
MEMBER OF THE ARMY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
(a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 7274 of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the Armed Forces, the Secretary of the Army may award the Distinguished-Service Cross under section 7272 of such title to Joseph P. Lynch for the acts of valor in described in subsection (b).
(b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in this subsection are the actions of Joseph P. Lynch on April 17, 1968, as a member of the Army, during a combat mission near Khe Sanh, Republic of Vietnam, for which he was previously awarded the Silver Star.
SEC. 589. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR
TO THOMAS J. GRASSO FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING
OPERATION FREEDOM'S SENTINEL.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Secretary of Defense should review the acts of valor of Thomas J. Grasso as a Sergeant First Class in the Army during Operation Freedom's Sentinel to determine whether to recommend to the President to award Thomas J. Grasso the Medal of Honor for such acts of valor; and
(2) subject to the enactment of legislation to waive the time limitations in section 7274 of title 10, United States Code, the President should award the Medal of Honor to Thomas J. Grasso for such acts of valor if the Secretary so recommends.
SEC. 589A. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING AWARD OF MEDAL OF
HONOR TO RETIRED COLONEL PHILIP J. CONRAN FOR
ACTS OF VALOR IN LAOS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Secretary of Defense should review the acts of valor of Philip J. Conran on October 6, 1969, as a member of the Air Force, during a combat mission in the Savannakhet Province of Laos to determine whether to recommend to the President to award Philip J. Conran the Medal of Honor for such acts of valor; and
(2) subject to the enactment of legislation to waive the time limitations specified in section 9274 of title 10, United States Code, the President should award the Medal of Honor to Philip J. Conran for such acts of valor if the Secretary so recommends.
SEC. 591. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS FOR CERTAIN
MILITARY ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM.
Section 2564a of title 10, United States Code, is amended, in subsection (a)(1)(B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ", during the one-year period following the veteran's date of separation,".
SEC. 592. EXPANDED GOALS OF AUTHORIZED PROGRAM REGARDING THE
NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM.
The Secretary of Defense shall seek to amend any agreement entered into by the Secretary pursuant to section 539 of the Servicemember
Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159) to include promoting security at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.
SEC. 593. LOCAL AGRICULTURAL PROCUREMENT IN GUAM
COMMISSARIES.
(a) Designation of Liaison.--The Director of the Defense Commissary Agency shall designate an official within the Defense Commissary Agency responsible for liaising with farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and food producers in Guam for the purpose of assisting those persons in doing business with the Defense Commissary Agency and increasing the availability of locally produced food products in commissaries located in Guam.
(b) Plan to Increase Local Procurement.--
(1) Plan required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Commissary Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to increase the volume of locally grown produce sold in commissaries located in Guam.
(2) Elements.--The plan required under paragraph (1) shall--
(A) identify barriers to procuring locally grown produce from producers in Guam;
(B) describe steps the Defense Commissary Agency will take to improve outreach, contracting, distribution, and procurement opportunities for producers in Guam;
(C) establish measurable benchmarks and timelines for increasing the amount of locally grown produce sold in commissaries located in Guam; and
(D) include a goal that not less than 15 percent of all produce sold in commissaries located in Guam be locally sourced from Guam producers.
(c) Report on Implementation.--Not later than two years after the date of the submission of the plan required under subsection (b), the Director of the Defense Commissary Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the implementation of the plan, including--
(1) the percentage of produce sold in commissaries located in Guam that is locally sourced;
(2) a description of progress made toward achieving the goal described in subsection (b)(2)(D);
(3) any challenges encountered in implementing the plan; and
(4) recommendations for legislative or administrative action to further increase procurement from producers in Guam.
SEC. 594. SUBMISSION OF REVIEW OF OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
OF ARMY AND MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT UNITS.
(a) Submission to Congress.--Not later than seven days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress the complete, unredacted review of operational effectiveness of Army and Marine Corps ground combat units that is the subject of the memorandum issued by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on December 18, 2025, relating to "Review of the Operational Effectiveness of Army and Marine Corps Ground Combat Units".
(b) Comptroller General Review.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report reviewing--
(1) the review submitted to Congress under subsection (a); and
(2) any actions taken by the Secretary of Defense in response to the review.
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ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EXPIRING BONUS AND
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES.
(a) Authorities Relating to Reserve Forces.--Section 910(g) of title 37, United States Code, relating to income replacement payments for reserve component members experiencing extended and frequent mobilization for active duty service, is amended by striking "December 31, 2026" and inserting "December 31, 2027".
(b) Title 10 Authorities Relating to Health Care Professionals.--The following sections of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking "December 31, 2026" and inserting "December 31, 2027":
(1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse officer candidate accession program.
(2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of education loans for certain health professionals who serve in the Selected Reserve.
(c) Authorities Relating to Nuclear Officers.--Section 333(i) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking "December 31, 2026" and inserting "December 31, 2027".
(d) Authorities Relating to Title 37 Consolidated Special Pay, Incentive Pay, and Bonus Authorities.--The following sections of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking "December 31, 2026" and inserting "December 31, 2027":
(1) Section 331(h), relating to general bonus authority for enlisted members.
(2) Section 332(g), relating to general bonus authority for officers.
(3) Section 334(i), relating to special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers.
(4) Section 335(k), relating to special bonus and incentive pay authorities for officers in health professions.
(5) Section 336(g), relating to contracting bonus for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
(6) Section 351(h), relating to hazardous duty pay.
(7) Section 352(g), relating to assignment pay or special duty pay.
(8) Section 353(i), relating to skill incentive pay or proficiency bonus.
(9) Section 355(h), relating to retention incentives for members qualified in critical military skills or assigned to high priority units.
(e) Authority to Provide Temporary Increase in Rates of Basic Allowance for Housing.--Section 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (7)(E), relating to an area covered by a major disaster declaration or containing an installation experiencing an influx of military personnel, by striking "December 31, 2026" and inserting "December 31, 2027"; and
(2) in paragraph (8)(C), relating to an area where actual housing costs differ from current rates by more than 20 percent, by striking "December 31, 2026" and inserting "December 31, 2027".
SEC. 602. AUTHORIZING BOARD CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE PAY FOR
MEDICAL OFFICERS WITH DOCTORAL DEGREES.
Section 335(c)(2) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting ", or holds a doctoral degree that the Secretary concerned determines appropriate," after "is board certified".
SEC. 603. ONE-TIME CORRECTIVE INCREASE AND ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS
FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS FOR
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES; CLARIFICATION OF
SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAY AUTHORITIES FOR
MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS.
(a) Adjustments.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 19 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 1017. Adjustments to amounts of special and incentive
pays
"(a) Initial Increase.--Effective on January 1 of the first year that begins after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall increase the amount of each covered special and incentive pay (rounded to the nearest dollar) for members of the armed forces by the greater of--
"(1) the percentage by which the CPI for the base quarter of the preceding year exceeds the CPI for the base quarter preceding the last statutory or administrative increase date for such covered special and incentive pay; and
"(2) the percentage by which the average rate of basic pay for members of the armed forces under section 203(a) of this title in effect on such January 1 exceeds the average rate of basic pay for members of the armed forces under such section 203(a) that was in effect on the last statutory or administrative increase date for such covered special and incentive pay.
"(b) Recurring Increase.--Effective on January 1 of the second year that begins after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, and each January 1 thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall increase the amount of each covered special and incentive pay (rounded to the nearest dollar) for members of the armed forces by the greater of--
"(1) the percentage by which the CPI for the base quarter of the preceding year exceeds the CPI for the base quarter of the year before the preceding year; and
"(2) the percentage by which the rate of basic pay for members of the armed forces under section 203(a) of this title is increased on such January 1 from the rate of basic pay for such members in effect the preceding year.
"(c) Relationship to Limits of Amounts in Law.--The Secretary shall increase the amount of each covered special and incentive pay in accordance with subsection (a) or (b) notwithstanding any limitation on the maximum amount of such pay specified in any other provision of law.
"(d) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `base quarter' for any year is the three-month period ending on September 30 of such year.
"(2) The term `covered special and incentive pay' means--
"(A) a bonus, incentive, or special pay payable under chapter 5 of this title; and
"(B) the allowance payable under section 427 of this title.
"(3) The term `CPI' means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.
"(4) The term `last statutory or administrative increase date' means the date of the most recent adjustment to an amount of pay that--
"(A) reflects a revision based on objective economic indicators or an increase to basic pay for members of the armed forces; or
"(B) was made by Act of Congress.".
(2) Publication of one-time adjustments.--Not later than December 31 of the year of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall publish in the Federal Register a table that identifies--
(A) each covered special and incentive pay (as defined in section 1017 of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section);
(B) the last statutory or administration increase date (as defined in such section 1017) of each such pay;
(C) the amount of increase of such pay after the application of subsection (a) of such section 1017; and
(D) the total amount of such pay after the application of such subsection (a).
(b) Clarification of Special and Incentive Pay Authorities for Members of Reserve
Components.--Section 357 of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking "special or incentive pay" and inserting "bonus, incentive, or special pay"; and
(2) by striking "if the Secretary concerned" and all that follows and inserting a period.
SEC. 604. PAYMENT OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AVIATION INCENTIVE PAY
TO AVIATION OFFICERS WITH MORE THAN 8 YEARS OF
AVIATION SERVICE; ENHANCEMENT OF RETENTION
INCENTIVES AVAILABLE TO AVIATION OFFICERS.
(a) Payment of Maximum Amount of Aviation Incentive Pay to Officers With More Than 8 Years of Aviation Service.--Section 334(c) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting "subject to paragraph (5)," before "aviation incentive"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(5) Maximum amount for officers with more than 8 years of aviation service.--An officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force who is entitled to aviation incentive pay under subsection (a) and has completed more than 8 years of aviation service shall receive the maximum monthly amount of such pay under paragraph (1)(A).".
(b) Enhancement of Air Force Rated Officer Retention Demonstration Program.--
(1) Eligible officers.--Subsection (b)(2) of section 604 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 37 U.S.C. 301b note) is amended--
(A) by striking "and not less than one year"; and
(B) by striking "under section 653 of title 10, United States Code".
(2) Written agreements.--Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended--
(A) by striking "four years" and inserting "one year"; and
(B) by striking "under section 653 of title 10, United States Code".
(3) Retention incentives.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph (1):
"(1) Flexibility of assignment and duty locations.--Under the demonstration program required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall offer to a rated officer described in subsection (b), to the maximum extent practicable (as determined by the Secretary)--
"(A) assignment to the duty location of the rated officer's preference, including consecutive assignments to the same duty location;
"(B) the opportunity to perform a staff assignment that does not require flying remotely, such that the officer may avoid relocation or remain in active flying status; and
"(C) the opportunity to transition indefinitely to a non-combat aviation service position.";
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph (2):
"(2) Aviation bonus.--
"(A) In general.--Under the demonstration program required under subsection (a), notwithstanding section 334(c) of title 37, United States Code, the Secretary may pay to a rated officer described in subsection (b) an aviation bonus not to exceed an average annual amount of $100,000.
"(B) Payment of maximum amount.--The Secretary--
"(i) shall ensure the maximum amount payable under subparagraph (A) is offered to any rated officer described in subsection (b) who executes a written agreement under subsection (c) to remain on active duty for one or more years after the completion of the active duty service obligation of the officer; and
"(ii) may not vary the amount of an aviation bonus offered to an officer based on the active duty service commitment the officer has remaining at the time of offer."; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(4) Aligning total force incentives.--The Secretary shall ensure that an offer under this subsection to a rated officer described in subsection (b) includes--
"(A) contract length options equal to or shorter than contract length options offered by the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve; and
"(B) an aviation bonus under paragraph (2) in an amount that is equal to or exceeds the amounts offered by the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve.".
(4) Extension of demonstration project.--Subsection (g) of such section is amended by striking "2028" and inserting "2031".
SEC. 605. EXPANSIONS OF AUTHORITIES TO CONTRACT WITH MEMBERS
OF THE SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS.
(a) Expansion of Authority to Contract With Members Ineligible for Advanced Training.--Section 2103a(a) of title 10, United States Code is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking "who has completed successfully the first year of a four-year Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps course and".
(b) Contracting Bonus: Increased Maximum Bonus; Expansion of Training Covered by Contract.--Section 336 of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking "$5,000" and inserting "$15,000"; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking "field training or a practice cruise under section 2104(b)(6)(A)(ii) of title 10" and inserting "training requirements prescribed by the Secretary concerned".
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RETROACTIVE GRANTING OF WAIVERS FOR AVIATION
INCENTIVE PAY.
(a) Mandatory Waiver.--Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Navy shall--
(1) waive the requirements relating to months of operational flight for the receipt of aviation incentive pay under section 334 or 357 of title 37, United States Code, for any officer who--
(A) was assigned to a tactical air control squadron during the period beginning on September 1, 2018, and ending on January 1, 2025;
(B)(i) submitted a request to waive such requirements during such period that was denied; or
(ii) did not submit a request for a waiver of such requirements during such period; and
(C) who the Secretary of the Navy determines would have qualified for a waiver of such requirements under the criteria applicable to requests for such a waiver at that time, provided that the Secretary shall consider as qualified for a waiver an officer who accumulated not less than 72 months of creditable operational or proficiency flying duty as of--
(i) in the case of an officer described in paragraph (1)(B)(i), the date of the submission of a request for such a waiver; and
(ii) in the case of an officer described in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), the date on which such officer was determined ineligible for aviation incentive pay under section 334 or 357 of title 37, United States Code, due to the failure to meet the requirements relating to months of operational flight;
(2) apply the waiver required by paragraph (1) for each officer as of--
(A) in the case of an officer described in paragraph (1)(B)(i), the date of such request; and
(B) in the case of an officer described in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), the date on which such officer was determined ineligible for aviation incentive pay under section 334 or 357 of title 37, United States Code, due to the failure to meet the requirements relating to months of operational flight; and
(3) provide each such officer aviation incentive pay under those sections in the amounts such officer would have received had the waiver been granted and applied on such date.
(b) Review of Flying Duty Policies.--
(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (c), if the Secretary of the Navy has reason to believe that the process for certifying operational or proficiency flying duty for members of the Navy or Marine Corps is not being carried out correctly, the Secretary shall conduct a review of such process, including all flying duty policies, procedures, and determinations, and take such corrective actions as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(2) Status of aviation incentive pay.--If the Secretary conducts a review under paragraph (1), the Secretary may not make a determination that an officer is ineligible for aviation incentive pay under section 334 or 357 of title 37, United States Code, due to failure to meet the requirements relating to months of operational flight until the completion of such review.
(3) Submission.--If the Secretary conducts a review under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees the results of the review.
(c) Limitations.--
(1) Appropriations required.--Payments under subsection (a) and corrective action under subsection (b) in a fiscal year may only be made using amounts appropriated in advance specifically for such payments or such corrective action under such subsection in such fiscal year.
(2) Matter of payments.--Payments under subsection (a) and corrective action under subsection (b) shall be made on a pro rata basis if the amounts appropriated for such payments or such corrective action are less than the total amount that would be paid for such payments or such corrective action.
(3) Amounts of payments.--The total amount of funding obligated for payments under subsection (a) and corrective action under subsection (b) may not exceed the amount specifically appropriated for providing payments or taking such corrective action during the period of availability of such amount.
SEC. 611. BASIC NEEDS ALLOWANCE: EXCLUSION OF BASIC ALLOWANCE
FOR HOUSING FROM THE CALCULATION OF GROSS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF AN ELIGIBLE MEMBER OF THE
ARMED FORCES.
Section 402b(k)(1)(B) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking "in" and all that follows through "portion of"; and
(2) by striking "that the Secretary concerned elects to exclude" and inserting "paid to such member".
SEC. 612. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING: PERMANENT AUTHORITY TO
MAKE CERTAIN TEMPORARY INCREASES.
(a) Area Covered by a Major Disaster Declaration or Containing an Installation Experiencing an Influx of Military Personnel.--Subsection (b) of section 403 of title 37, United States Code, is amended, in paragraph (7)--
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking "Subject to subparagraph (E), an" and inserting "An"; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (E).
(b) Area Where Actual Housing Costs Differ From Current Rates by More Than 20 Percent.--Such subsection is further amended, in paragraph (8), by striking subparagraph (C).
SEC. 613. TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENT TO A RATE OF THE BASIC
ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING FOR MEMBERS OF THE
UNIFORMED SERVICES: LOWER THRESHOLD; PERMANENT
AUTHORITY.
Section 403(b)(8) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking "20 percent" and inserting "15 percent"; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (C).
SEC. 614. MODIFICATIONS TO COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE IN THE
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES FOR MEMBERS OF THE
ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINE CORPS, AND SPACE
FORCE.
Section 403b of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection:
"(i) Special Rule for Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.--This section shall be applied for members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force as follows:
"(1) Subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting `shall pay' for `may pay'.
"(2) Subsection (c) shall be applied by substituting for the second and third sentences the following: `The threshold percentage shall be three percent, except that the administering Secretaries may prescribe a higher threshold percentage to be applied for a fiscal year when it is necessary to do so in order to ensure that the total amount of the payments of the cost-of-living allowance made to members of the uniformed services under this section for such fiscal year does not exceed the total amount available to all uniformed services for that fiscal year for paying such allowance.'
"(3) The Secretary concerned may exclude general officers (as defined in section 101(b) of title 10) and flag officers (as defined in such section) from members who are eligible to receive a cost-of-living allowance under this section.".
SEC. 615. PAYMENT OF COSTS TO SHIP BREAST MILK OF A MEMBER
PERFORMING CERTAIN DUTY.
(a) Authority.--Section 453 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(j) Costs to Ship Breast Milk.--(1) The Secretary concerned shall pay directly, or reimburse a covered member for, the costs for shipping expressed breast milk of the covered member to be used by the infant child of such member because the infant is separated from the member by reason of a qualifying circumstance.
"(2) The costs paid or reimbursed by the Secretary concerned with respect to a covered member for a single qualifying event may not exceed $1,000.
"(3) A covered member shall be eligible for a payment or reimbursement under paragraph (1) during the period in which the member is eligible for breastfeeding support pursuant to chapter 55 of title 10.
"(4) In this subsection:
"(A) The term `covered member' means a member of the armed forces serving on active duty or inactive duty training.
"(B) The term `qualifying circumstance' means, with respect to a covered member, any of the following:
"(i) The covered member is performing temporary duty pursuant to orders.
"(ii) The covered member is undergoing a permanent change of station, regardless of whether the tour of duty is an accompanied or unaccompanied tour of duty.
"(iii) The covered member is performing annual training duty.
"(iv) The covered member is performing inactive-duty training.".
(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) prescribe regulations to carry out subsection (j) of section 453 of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section, in a manner that ensures parity with relevant existing programs of the Department of Defense; and
(2) issue implementing guidance by not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 621. ACCRUAL OF LEAVE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
Section 701(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "2\1/2\ calendar days" and inserting "3\1/2\ calendar days".
SEC. 622. ACCUMULATION OF LEAVE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.
(a) Accumulation of Leave for Members of the Armed Forces.--Section 701 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (b), (e), and (g);
(2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (f), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), and (m) as subsections (b) through (j), respectively;
(3) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking "without regard to the limitations in subsections (b) and (e)"; and
(4) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by striking ", subject to the accumulation limits in subsections (b) and (e),".
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Cadets and midshipmen.--Section 702(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "section 701(m)" and inserting "section 701(j)".
(2) Emergency leave retention authority.--
(A) In general.--Section 2508 of title 14, United States Code, is repealed.
(B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 2508.
(3) Payments for unused accrued leave.--Section 501 of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (6); and
(B) in subsection (h), by striking "section 701(f)" and inserting "section 701(d)".
(4) Absences due to sickness, wounds, and certain other causes.--Section 502(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking "and section 701(g) of title 10".
SEC. 623. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE FOR A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES
IN THE CASE OF A LOSS OF PREGNANCY OR
STILLBIRTH.
Subsection (l)(1)(A) of section 701 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking "the death of an immediate family member." and inserting an em dash; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
"(i) the death of an immediate family member; or
"(ii) the loss of a pregnancy or a stillbirth by such member or the spouse of such member.".
SEC. 631. PAYMENT TO PARTICIPANT IN SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN
WHOSE SPOUSE DIES BEFORE THE PARTICIPANT.
(a) Establishment.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting, after section 1448a, the following new section:
"Sec. 1448b.
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Payment to participant whose spouse dies before
the participant
"(a) Payment Required.--The Secretary concerned shall make a one-time payment of $1,000 to a participant described in subsection (b).
"(b) Eligible Participant.--A participant described in this subsection is a person--
"(1) who becomes a participant in the Plan on or after July 1, 2027;
"(2) whose beneficiary under the Plan is the spouse of such person; and
"(3) whose spouse dies before such person.".
(b) Conforming Reduction in Retired Pay.--Section 1452(a)(1) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(C) Additional reduction for payment to participant whose spouse dies before the participant.--The reduction under subparagraph (A) or (B) for a participant in the Plan who elects to provide spouse coverage on or after July 1, 2027, shall be increased by an amount prescribed in regulations by the Secretary of Defense as a premium for coverage under section 1448b of this title.".
SEC. 632. INCREASE IN AND COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF DEATH
GRATUITY.
(a) Increase in Death Gratuity.--
(1) Increase.--Section 1478(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "$100,000" and inserting "$165,000".
(2) Applicability.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Cost-of-living Adjustment of Death Gratuity.--
(1) Adjustment.--Section 1478 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:
"(c) Annual Adjustment to Death Gratuity.--(1) On January 1 of each year, the amount of the death gratuity payable under subsection (a) shall be increased by the percentage (if any) by which the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, during the preceding calendar year exceeds such Consumer Price Index for the calendar year before such preceding calendar year, rounded to the nearest $100.
"(2) The Secretary of Defense shall annually publish the amount of the death gratuity payable under subsection (a), as adjusted by paragraph (1), in the Federal Register.".
(2) Applicability.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply beginning on January 1, 2027.
SEC. 641. USE OF COMMISSARY STORES BY EMPLOYEES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY AND
MILITARY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.
Section 1066(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(3) An employee of the Department of Defense Education Activity or a military child development center may be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities on the same basis as members of the armed forces on active duty.".
SEC. 642. SINGLE-USE SHOPPING BAGS IN COMMISSARY STORES.
Section 2485 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(j) Single-use Shopping Bags.--The Defense Commissary Agency may not prohibit the use of, or charge a fee for, single-use shopping bags in a commissary store.".
SEC. 643. LIMITATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN
TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE OF THE DEFENSE
COMMISSARY AGENCY.
No funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 may be obligated or expended to implement, award contracts in furtherance of, or change commissary supply chain operations pursuant to the two-wholesaler national supply model of the Supply Chain Transformation Initiative of the Defense Commissary Agency until 180 days after the day when the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees the report regarding the Defense Commissary Agency required by the conference report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60).
SEC. 651. CAREER FLEXIBILITY PROGRAMS: ELIGIBILITY OF A
MEMBER ALREADY SUBJECT TO A PERIOD OF OBLIGATED
SERVICE; MINIMUM LENGTH OF PROGRAM.
(a) Eligibility of a Member Already Subject to a Period of Obligated Service.--Section 710 of title 10, United States Code, is amended, in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(3) The Secretary of a military department may not prohibit a member from inactivation under this section solely on the basis that such member is subject to a period of obligated service on active duty other than a period of service under subsection (c)(3).".
(b) Minimum Length of Program.--Such section is further amended, in subsection (b)(1), by inserting "and the minimum period shall be one month" after "may not exceed three years".
SEC. 652. PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING FOOD ACCESS AND
CHILD CARE FOR MEMBERS RECEIVING ORDERS FOR A
CHANGE OF PERMANENT STATION.
Section 1056(b)(2)(F) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in clause (v), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(2) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (viii); and
(3) by inserting after clause (v) the following new clauses:
"(vi) resources regarding food access and assistance, including the supplemental nutrition assistance program (as such term is defined in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (Public Law 88-525; 7 U.S.C. 2012)), State requirements for eligibility for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), and local support services;
"(vii) available child care services, including child care furnished under subchapter II of chapter 88 of this title, other assistance furnished by the Secretary of Defense, community-based partner programs, and other resources; and".
SEC. 653. RESERVES AND RETIRED MEMBERS: ACCEPTANCE OF
EMPLOYMENT, PAYMENTS, AND AWARDS FROM FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS THROUGH PRIVATE ENTITIES.
Section 908(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;
(2) by inserting "(1)" before "Subject to"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(2)(A) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall apply the provisions of this section to the acceptance, by a person described in subparagraph (B) who is under the jurisdiction of such Secretary, of employment (and compensation related to that employment) or payments or awards indirectly from a foreign government through a private entity to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to employment (and compensation related to that employment) and payments and awards described in paragraph (1).
"(B) A person described in this subparagraph is--
"(i) a retired member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force; or
"(ii) a member--
"(I) of a reserve component of an armed force specified in subclause (i); and
"(II) who is not serving on active duty under a call or order to active duty for a period in excess of 30 days.".
SEC. 654. PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TO CERTAIN PATRONS A DISCOUNT ON
MOTOR FUEL SOLD AT EXCHANGE STORES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may, if there is a tax described in subsection (b) applicable to motor fuel, carry out a program to provide to eligible patrons a discount on such motor fuel--
(1) sold at an exchange store; and
(2) dispensed directly into a vehicle owned by an eligible patron.
(b) Amount of Discount.--
(1) Base discount.--A discount provided under subsection (a) shall be an amount not less than--
(A) the rate of tax applicable to gasoline under section 4081 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 4081), except that such discount may not be less than 18.4 cents per gallon; and
(B) the rate of tax applicable to diesel fuel under such section 4081, except that such discount may not be less than 24.4 cents per gallon.
(2) Authorization of supplemental discount.--The Secretary of Defense may, if there is a State or local tax applicable to such motor fuel, provide an additional discount to an eligible patron, with respect to each gallon of motor fuel sold at an exchange store, of such amount as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate.
(c) Automatic Application.--The Secretary of Defense shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that a discount provided under this section is applied upon the sale of motor fuel at an exchange store to an eligible patron.
(d) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall update any appropriate regulations to prevent--
(1) fraud or abuse of a program carried out under this section; and
(2) the resale or commercial use of motor fuel purchased at a discount under this section.
(e) Termination.--The authority of the Secretary of Defense to provide a discount under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2029.
(f) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense carries out a program under this section, and annually thereafter until the termination under subsection (e), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on such a program, including--
(1) the number of exchange stores, disaggregated by exchange system, that sold motor fuel subject to a discount under subsection (b)(1);
(2) the total gallons of such motor fuel sold annually by--
(A) each exchange store;
(B) all exchange stores; and
(C) all exchange stores, disaggregated by exchange system;
(3) the total annual cost of the discount under subsection (b)(1)(A);
(4) the total annual cost of any additional discount under subsection (b)(1)(B);
(5) the average amount of motor fuel sold annually by each exchange store before the date of the enactment of this Act;
(6) any identified fraud, abuse, or issues with implementation with respect to such program; and
(7) any recommendations with respect to continuing or modifying such program.
(g) Coordination.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from coordinating with the heads of other Federal departments or agencies to encourage the adoption of similar policies with respect to discounts on motor fuel--
(1) for members of the uniformed services; or
(2) other persons served by exchange systems outside the Department of Defense.
(h) Eligible Patron Defined.--The term "eligible patron" means a person who is authorized under Federal law and applicable regulations to purchase motor fuel from a fuel station operated by an exchange store.
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DENTAL READINESS FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF SELECTED
RESERVE.
Section 1076a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking "A dental insurance plan" and inserting "Except as provided by paragraph (5), a dental insurance plan";
(B) in paragraph (2), in the header, by inserting "individual ready" after "other"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(5) Plan for certain selected reserve.--A dental benefits plan for members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve in pay grade E-1, E-2, E-3, or E-4.";
(2) in subsection (d)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
"(3) No premium plans.--(A) The dental insurance plan established under subsection (a)(5) is a no premium plan.
"(B) Members enrolled in a no premium plan may not be charged a premium for benefits provided under the plan.";
(3) by redesignating subsections (f) through (l) as subsections (g) through (m), respectively;
(4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f):
"(f) Copayments Under No Premium Plans.--A member who receives dental care under a no premium plan referred to in subsection (d)(3) shall pay no charge for any care described in subsection (c)."; and
(5) in subsection (i), as redesignated by paragraph (4), by striking "subsection (k)(2)" and inserting "subsection (l)(2)".
SEC. 702. EXPANDED ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE FOR CERTAIN
DEPENDENTS.
Paragraph (2) of section 1077(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"(2) Dependents who are covered by a dental plan established under section 1076a of this title may be treated on a space available basis by postgraduate dental residents in a dental treatment facility of the uniformed services under a graduate dental education program accredited by the American Dental Association if the Secretary of Defense determines that adequate resources exist to provide such treatment.".
SEC. 703. FERTILITY TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES AND DEPENDENTS.
(a) Fertility Treatment.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1074o the following new section:
"Sec. 1074p. Fertility treatment for certain active duty
members of the armed forces and dependents
"(a) Coverage.--The Secretary shall ensure that fertility-related care for a covered member (or a dependent of such a member) shall be covered under TRICARE Prime and TRICARE Select.
"(b) In Vitro Fertilization.--In the case of in vitro fertilization treatment furnished to an individual pursuant to subsection (a)--
"(1) three completed oocyte retrievals may be furnished per calendar year; and
"(2) single embryo transfers shall be provided unless otherwise medically indicated in accordance with the guidelines of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
"(c) Cost Sharing and Other Limitations.--The Secretary shall ensure that cost-sharing amounts for an individual who receives fertility-related care under this section are determined under section 1075, 1075a, or other applicable provision of this chapter in accordance with the
kind of care provided (such as an in-network inpatient visit) and without regard to whether the care is fertility-related care. The Secretary may not impose any waiting periods or other limitations once the individual has received a medical diagnosis of infertility.
"(d) Prohibitions.--Funds available to the Department of Defense may not be used for preimplantation genetic screening, human cloning, international surrogacy, or artificial womb technology.
"(e) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `covered member' means--
"(A) a member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force, serving on active duty; and
"(B) does not include a former member of the armed forces.
"(2) The term `infertility' means a disease, condition, or status characterized by--
"(A) the failure to establish a pregnancy or to carry a pregnancy to live birth after regular, unprotected sexual intercourse in accordance with the guidelines of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine;
"(B) the inability of an individual to reproduce without medical intervention either as a single individual or with the partner of the individual; or
"(C) the findings of a licensed physician based on the medical, sexual, and reproductive history, age, physical findings, or diagnostic testing, of the individual.
"(3) The term `fertility-related care' means--
"(A) the diagnosis of infertility; and
"(B) fertility treatment.
"(4) The term `fertility treatment' includes the following:
"(A) In vitro fertilization or other treatments or procedures in which human oocytes, embryos, or sperm are handled when clinically appropriate.
"(B) Sperm retrieval.
"(C) Egg retrieval.
"(D) Preservation of human oocytes, embryos, or sperm.
"(E) Artificial insemination, including intravaginal insemination, intracervical insemination, and intrauterine insemination.
"(F) Transfer of reproductive genetic material.
"(G) Medications as prescribed or necessary for fertility.
"(H) Fertility treatment coordination.
"(I) Such other information, referrals, treatments, procedures, testing, medications, laboratory services, technologies, and services facilitating reproduction as determined appropriate by the Secretary of Defense.".
(b) Program on Fertility Treatment Coordination.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 1110c. Program on fertility-related care coordination
"(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program on the coordination of fertility-related care by the Secretary for purposes of ensuring patients receive timely fertility-related care.
"(b) Training and Support.--In carrying out the program established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide to community health care providers training and support with respect to the unique needs of members of the armed forces and the dependents of such members.".
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1079(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(21) Fertility-related care shall be provided in accordance with section 1074p of this title.".
(d) Exclusion From Contracts for Former Members and Their Dependents.--Section 1086(a) of such title is amended by striking "eye examinations and" and inserting "eye examinations, fertility-related care pursuant to paragraph (21) of such section, and".
(e) Application.--The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to services provided on or after October 1, 2028.
SEC. 704. LIMITATION ON ABILITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO
MODIFY SCOPE OF MEDICAL SERVICES.
(a) Limitation.--Section 1073d(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking "a notification of" and inserting "a notification under paragraph (2) and a report under paragraph (3) regarding"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(3) Each report under paragraph (1) shall contain the following:
"(A) A budget that is consistent with the requirements under this chapter regarding access to medical care and the quality of such care.
"(B) A description of how the Secretary uses enhanced appointment and compensation authorities, including under section 1599c of this title, to recruit and retain civilian employees.
"(C) An analysis of the effects to services at a military medical treatment facility when any medical provider who is a member of the armed forces permanently changes station and the position of such member is not filled (whether by a member, a civilian, or a contractor).
"(D) The number of positions required to fully staff the current military health system, as of the date of the report, and the number of such unfilled positions, including with respect to whether such positions would be filled by a member, a civilian, or a contractor.
"(E) An analysis of the ability of the managed care network to absorb a member or covered beneficiary that cannot be provided care at a military medical treatment facility, including an explanation of the exact elements used in developing a cost analysis between such providing care through such network and such facilities.
"(F) An analysis of the ability of the Defense Health Agency to encourage members and covered beneficiaries to use military medical treatment facilities over the managed care network.
"(G) The status of efforts to close all recommendations by the Comptroller General of the United States contained in the July 2025 report titled `Defense Health Care: Information Needed to Improve Monitoring of Military Personnel Staffing at Medical Facilities' and numbered GAO-25-106988.
"(H) The status of efforts to close all recommendations by the Comptroller General contained in the April 2025 report titled `Defense Healthcare Actions Needed to Address Long-Standing Management Challenges with Medical Facilities' and numbered GAO-25-107432.
"(I) The status of efforts to close all recommendations by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense contained in the December 2025 report titled `Audit of the Defense Health Agency's Management of Military Medical Treatment Facilities Outside the Continental United States in Meeting Access to Primary Care Standards' and numbered DODIG-2026-025.".
(b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any modification of the scope of medical care proposed by the Secretary of Defense on or after January 1, 2026, including such proposals submitted by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 4, 2026.
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PROHIBITION ON AND REVERSAL OF ACTIONS TO MODIFY
SCOPE OF MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED AT CERTAIN
MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES.
(a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Defense may not take any action to carry out a service change described in subsection (c).
(b) Reversal and Restoration.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out the following actions:
(1) Reverse any steps taken to carry out a service change described in subsection (c).
(2) Restore personnel and clinical services affected by any such service change to the level existing as of March 3, 2026 (unless such level is otherwise modified by a provision of law enacted on or after such date).
(c) Service Change Described.--A service change described in this subsection is a service change specified in the notification of service changes submitted by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 4, 2026, pursuant to section 1073d(f) of title 10, United States Code, including the following:
(1) Eisenhower army medical center, fort gordon, georgia.--With respect to the Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia--
(A) converting the military medical treatment facility from an inpatient hospital to an outpatient ambulatory care center;
(B) discontinuing inpatient, operating, and emergency room services; and
(C) realigning medical manpower to other military medical treatment facilities.
(2) 88th medical group, wright-patterson air force base, ohio.--With respect to the 88th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio--
(A) converting the military medical treatment facility from an inpatient hospital to an outpatient ambulatory care center with surgical capabilities;
(B) discontinuing inpatient, operating, and emergency room services;
(C) realigning medical manpower to other military medical treatment facilities;
(D) closing pediatric cardiology services; and
(E) discontinuing contracts for chiropractic services.
(3) Naval hospital beaufort, south carolina.--With respect to the Naval Hospital Beaufort, South Carolina--
(A) converting the military medical treatment facility from an inpatient hospital to an outpatient ambulatory care center;
(B) discontinuing inpatient, operating, and emergency room services;
(C) realigning medical manpower to other military medical treatment facilities; and
(D) discontinuing contracts for chiropractic services.
(4) 22d medical group, mcconnell air force base, kansas.--With respect to the 22d Medical Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(5) 19th medical group, little rock air force base, arkansas.--With respect to the 19th Medical Group, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas--
(A) limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members; and
(B) discontinuing contracts for nutrition services.
(6) 341st medical group, malmstrom air force base, montana.--With respect to the 341st Medical Group, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(7) 28th medical group, ellsworth air force base, south dakota.--With respect to the 28th Medical Group, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(8) 92d medical group, fairchild air force base, washington.--With respect to the 92d Medical Group, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, limiting access to the military medical
treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(9) 90th medical group, francis e. warren air force base, wyoming.--With respect to the 90th Medical Group, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(10) 355th medical group, davis-monthan air force base, arizona.--With respect to the 355th Medical Group, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(11) 9th medical group, beale air force base, california.--With respect to the 9th Medical Group, Beale Air Force Base, California, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(12) 45th medical group, patrick space force base, florida.--With respect to the 45th Medical Group, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(13) 4th medical group, seymour johnson air force base, north carolina.--With respect to the 4th Medical Group, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(14) 20th medical group, shaw air force base, south carolina.--With respect to the 20th Medical Group, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina--
(A) limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members; and
(B) discontinuing contracts for nutrition services.
(15) 460th medical group, buckley space force base, colorado.--With respect to the 460th Medical Group, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(16) 27th special operations medical group, cannon air force base, new mexico.--With respect to the 27th Special Operations Medical Group, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(17) 412th medical group, edwards air force base, california.--With respect to the 412th Medical Group, Edwards Air Force Base, California, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(18) 30th medical group, vandenberg space force base, california.--With respect to the 30th Medical Group, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(19) Naval health clinic corpus christi, texas.--With respect to Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi, Texas, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members.
(20) 23d medical group, moody air force base, georgia.--With respect to the 23d Medical Group, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members living on base.
(21) 366th medical group, mountain home air force base, idaho.--With respect to the 366th Medical Group, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members living on base.
(22) 319th medical group, grand forks air force base, north dakota.--With respect to the 319th Medical Group, Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members living on base.
(23) 61st medical squadron, los angeles space force base, california.--With respect to the 61st Medical Squadron, Los Angeles Space Force Base, California, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty and the dependents of such members living on base.
(24) 78th medical group, robins air force base, georgia.--With respect to the 78th Medical Group, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty.
(25) 72d medical group, tinker air force base, oklahoma.--With respect to the 72d Medical Group, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty.
(26) 75th medical group, hill air force base, utah.--With respect to the 75th Medical Group, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty.
(27) 66th medical squadron, hanscom air force base, massachusetts.--With respect to the 66th Medical Squadron, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, limiting access to the military medical treatment facility only to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty.
(28) David grant medical center, travis air force base, california.--With respect to the David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, California, closing the labor and delivery services.
(29) 42d medical group, maxwell air force base, alabama.--With respect to the 42d Medical Group, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, discontinuing educational and developmental intervention services.
(30) Vilseck army health clinic, germany.--With respect to the Vilseck Army Health Clinic, Germany, discontinuing physical medicine and rehabilitation services.
(31) Desert sage community based medical home, william beaumont army medical center, fort bliss, texas.--With respect to the Desert Sage Community Based Medical Home, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, Texas, closing such home.
(32) Naval health clinic patuxent river, branch health clinic dahlgren, virginia.--With respect to Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River, Branch Health Clinic Dahlgren, Virginia, discontinuing radiology services.
(33) Army health clinic munson, fort leavenworth, kansas.--With respect to Army Health Clinic Munson, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, discontinuing mammography services.
(34) Naval health clinic lemoore, california.--With respect to Naval Health Clinic Lemoore, California, discontinuing operating room services.
(35) 55th medical group, offutt air force base, nebraska.--With respect to the 55th Medical Group, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska--
(A) discontinuing contracts for nutrition services; and
(B) discontinuing contracts for chiropractic services.
(36) 7th medical group, dyess air force base, texas.--With respect to the 7th Medical Group, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, discontinuing contracts for nutrition services.
(37) 2d medical group, barksdale air force base, louisiana.--With respect to the 2d Medical Group, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana--
(A) discontinuing contracts for nutrition services; and
(B) discontinuing contracts for chiropractic services.
(38) 87th medical group, joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst, new jersey.--With respect to the 87th Medical Group, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey--
(A) discontinuing contracts for nutrition services; and
(B) discontinuing contracts for chiropractic services.
(39) 1st special operations medical group,
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hurlburt field, florida.--With respect to 1st Special Operations Medical Group, Hurlburt Field, Florida, discontinuing contracts for chiropractic services.
(40) 10th medical group, united states air force academy, colorado.--With respect to 10th Medical Group, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, discontinuing contracts for chiropractic services.
(41) 96th medical group, eglin air force base, florida.--With respect to 96th Medical Group, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, discontinuing contracts for chiropractic services.
(d) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on each action taken under subsection (b).
(e) Service Change Defined.--The term "service change" means, with respect to a military medical treatment facility, an action by the Secretary of Defense to modify the scope of medical care provided at the facility, or the beneficiary population served at the facility, as described in section 1073d(f) of title 10, United States Code, including with respect to reducing or transferring personnel, converting an inpatient hospital to an outpatient ambulatory care center, and restricting the type of beneficiary that can access the facility.
SEC. 706. TRICARE COVERAGE FOR INCREASED SUPPLY FOR
CONTRACEPTION.
(a) In General.--Beginning not less than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Act, contraceptive supplies of up to 365 days shall be covered for any eligible covered beneficiary to obtain, including in a single fill or refill, at the option of such beneficiary, the total days of supply (not to exceed a 365-day supply) for a contraceptive on the uniform formulary provided through a military treatment facility pharmacy, retail pharmacy described in section 1074g(a)(2)(E)(ii) of title 10, United States Code, or through the national mail-order pharmacy program of the TRICARE Program.
(b) Outreach.--Beginning not later than 90 days after the implementation of coverage under subsection (a), the Secretary shall conduct such outreach activities as are necessary to inform health care providers and individuals who are enrolled in the TRICARE Program of such coverage and the requirements to receive such coverage.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered Armed Force" means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.
(2) The term "eligible covered beneficiary" means an eligible covered beneficiary as such term is used in section 1074g of title 10, United States Code, who is--
(A) a member of a covered Armed Force serving on active duty; or
(B) a dependent of a member described in subparagraph (A).
(3) The term "TRICARE Program" has the meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 707. PILOT PROGRAM TO HELP CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES STOP SMOKING.
(a) Authority.--Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense may carry out a one-year pilot program to furnish to covered members the alternatives to smoking specified in subsection (b)--
(1) to help such covered members stop smoking; and
(2) to improve the health of such covered members.
(b) Alternatives to Smoking.--The alternatives to smoking specified in this subsection are--
(1) counseling;
(2) nicotine gum;
(3) nicotine patches;
(4) electric nicotine delivery systems;
(5) nicotine pouches; and
(6) heat-not-burn products.
(c) Participation.--If the Secretary carries out the pilot program under subsection (a), the pilot program shall operate--
(1) in not less than one covered Armed Force; and
(2) at not less than one military installation at which covered members serve in numbers that exceed the national average for--
(A) smoking cigarettes or other combustible tobacco products;
(B) the population of Black Americans;
(C) the population of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans;
(D) the population of Hispanic Americans; and
(E) the population of Appalachian Americans.
(d) Report.--Not later than one year after the date on which the pilot program under subsection (a) is completed, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the results of the pilot program, including the determination of the Secretary regarding--
(1) whether the pilot program helped covered members stop smoking;
(2) the alternatives specified in subsection (b) that are most effective in helping covered members to stop smoking;
(3) gaps in health care services available to covered members who belong to the populations described in subsection (c)(2); and
(4) the recommendation of the Secretary whether to expand, extend, or make permanent the pilot program.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered Armed Force" means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.
(2) The term "covered member" means a member of a covered Armed Force--
(A) serving on active duty; and
(B) who smokes at least one cigarette (or other combustible tobacco product) per week.
SEC. 721. IMPROVEMENTS TO DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY.
(a) Administration of Military Medical Treatment Facilities.--Subsection (b) of section 1073c of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (H), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (J); and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following new subparagraph (I):
"(I) civilian personnel; and"; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following new subparagraph:
"(C) to determine, in coordination with the senior military operational commander of each military installation with a military medical treatment facility, the scope of medical care provided at each such facility to meet--
"(i) the military personnel readiness requirements of such commander; and
"(ii) the health care requirements of members of the armed forces and covered beneficiaries, as determined by such commander;";
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking "or the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs";
(C) in subparagraph (F), by striking "joint manning" and inserting " uniformed, joint, civilian, and contractor manning";
(D) by striking subparagraph (G);
(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) and (I) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; and
(F) in subparagraph (G), as so redesignated, by inserting "civilian and contractor" after "address".
(b) Assistant Director.--Subsection (c)(1)(A) of such section is amended by inserting "or an officer of the armed forces" before the semicolon.
(c) Deputy Assistant Director for Financial Operations.--Subparagraph (B) of subsection (d)(2) of such section is amended to read as follows:
"(B) The Deputy Assistant Director for Financial Operations shall be responsible for the policy, procedures, and direction of budgeting matters and financial management with respect to the following:
"(i) The provision of direct care at military medical treatment facilities.
"(ii) The TRICARE program.
"(iii) Certain medical readiness activities and expeditionary medical capabilities (as determined by the commanders of the combatant commands, in consultation with the Surgeons General of the armed forces and the Joint Staff Surgeon).
"(iv) Education and training programs.
"(v) Research, development, test, and evaluation.
"(vi) Management and headquarters activities.
"(vii) Facilities sustainment.
"(viii) Procurement.
"(ix) Civilian and contractor personnel.".
(d) Certain Responsibilities of Director.--Subsection (e)(2) of such section is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by striking "Ensuring that" and inserting "Coordinating with the commanders of the combatant commands to ensure"; and
(B) by striking "the commanders of the combatant commands." and inserting "such commanders."; and
(2) in subparagraph (C)--
(A) by striking "Ensuring that" and inserting "Coordinating with the senior military operational commander of each military installation with a military medical treatment facility to ensure"; and
(B) by striking "the senior military operational commanders of the military installations." and inserting "such commanders.".
(e) Consultations on the Military Health System Budget.--Subsection (h) of such section is amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking "Medical Research of Military Departments" and inserting "Certain Matters";
(2) by striking "In establishing" and inserting "(1) In establishing"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(2) On a basis that is not less frequent than semiannually, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall carry out recurring consultations with each military department and the Surgeons General of each armed force regarding the budgetary requirements for each military department, including with respect to each matter specified in subsection (d)(2)(B).".
(f) Definition of Health Care Administration.--Subsection (k) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(4) The term `health care administration' means the administration and management of the following:
"(A) Health information technology.
"(B) Pharmacy operations.
"(C) Medical logistics.
"(D) Facility planning.
"(E) The health plan options of the TRICARE program.".
(g) Submission of Organizational Chart.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate an organizational chart of the Defense Health Agency, including an analysis of how the organization of the Defense Health Agency meets the requirements of section 1073c of title 10, United States Code.
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IMPROVEMENTS TO ADMINISTRATION OF MILITARY MEDICAL
TREATMENT FACILITIES.
(a) Support Provided by MTFs.--Subsection (a) of section 1073d of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "and the readiness of medical personnel," and inserting ", the readiness of medical personnel, and the health care services available for covered beneficiaries,".
(b) Medical Centers.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking "that support medical readiness";
(2) in paragraph (4)(C)(ii), by striking "improving" and inserting "ensuring"; and
(3) in paragraph (5)(C)(ii)--
(A) by striking "may" and inserting "shall"; and
(B) by inserting "or contractors" after "civilian employees".
(c) Hospitals.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:
"(B) inpatient and outpatient health services with limited speciality care to provide medical care to all eligible beneficiaries; and"; and
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
(B) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph:
"(A) is necessary for medical readiness;".
(d) Ambulatory Care Centers.--Subsection (d)(3) of such section is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
(2) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph:
"(A) is necessary for medical readiness;".
(e) Maintenance of Inpatient Capabilities at Military Medical Treatment Facilities Located Outside the United States.--Subsection (e)(2) of such section is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "180 days" and inserting "one year"; and
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
"(C) The Secretary has consulted with the relevant operational commander or installation
commander, as appropriate, to ensure that the proposed elimination would have no impact on access by eligible beneficiaries to health care."; and
(4) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking "Before" and inserting "At least one year before".
(f) Notification Required to Modify Scope of Services Provided at Military Medical Treatment Facilities.--Subsection (f) of such section is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking "180 days" and inserting "one year"; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(D) An analysis of the capability of the local community to absorb patients and the anticipated cost to the managed care support contract.".
SEC. 723. DESIGNATION OF DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY AS COMBAT
SUPPORT AGENCY.
Section 193(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:
"(5) The Defense Health Agency.".
SEC. 724. ACCOUNTS FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) In General.--Section 1100 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 1100. Accounts for medical and health care programs of
the Department of Defense
"(a) Combat And Operational Medicine Program Account.--(1) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States an account to be known as the `Combat and Operational Medicine Program Account'. All sums appropriated to carry out the functions of the Secretary of Defense with respect to the military medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense shall be appropriated to this account.
"(2) Of the total amount appropriated for a fiscal year for the military medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense, the amount equal to three percent of such total amount shall remain available for obligation until the end of the following fiscal year.
"(b) Private Sector Care Program Account.--(1) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States an account to be known as the `Private Sector Care Program Account'. All sums appropriated to carry out the functions of the Secretary of Defense with respect to private sector medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense shall be appropriated to this account.
"(2) Of the total amount appropriated for a fiscal year for the private sector health care programs of the Department of Defense, the amount equal to three percent of such total amount shall remain available for obligation until the end of the following fiscal year.
"(c) Obligation of Amounts From Accounts by Secretary of Defense.--The Secretary of Defense may obligate or expend funds from the accounts under subsection (a) and (b) for purposes of the military medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense and the private sector health care programs of the Department of Defense, respectively, to the extent amounts are available in the accounts.
"(d) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
"(e) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `military medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense' means the medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense that are not private sector health care programs of the Department of Defense.
"(2) The term `private sector health care programs of the Department of Defense' means the programs and activities carried out by the Secretary of Defense under this chapter and any other provision of law providing for the furnishing of medical and dental care and health benefits by the private sector, including pursuant to contracts entered into under section 1079, 1086, 1092, or 1097 of this title.".
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Title 10.--Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(A) Section 1076d(d)(5) is amended by striking "the Defense Health Program Account" and inserting "the Private Sector Care Program Account".
(B) Section 1076e(d)(5) is amended by striking "the Defense Health Program Account" and inserting "the Private Sector Care Program Account".
(C) Section 1076f(b)(2) is amended by striking "the Defense Health Program Account" and inserting "the Private Sector Care Program Account".
(D) Section 1110b(c)(4) is amended by striking "the Defense Health Program Account" and inserting "the Private Sector Care Program Account".
(2) National defense authorization act for fiscal year 2024.--Section 1004(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-81; 10 U.S.C. 240d note) is amended by striking "Defense Health Program account" and inserting "Combat and Operational Medicine Program and Private Sector Care Program Accounts".
(3) National defense authorization act for fiscal year 1997.--Section 742(c)(3) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended by striking "the Defense Health Program account" and inserting "the Combat and Operational Medicine Program account".
(c) References.--Any reference in law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the "Defense Health Program" shall be deemed to be a reference to the "Combat and Operational Medicine Program" or the "Private Sector Care Program", as the case may be based on the nature of the obligation.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2026, and shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.
SEC. 725. AVAILABILITY OF COMBAT AND OPERATIONAL MEDICINE
PROGRAM ACCOUNT AND OTHER FUNDS FOR CERTAIN
MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES.
(a) Availability.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1100 the following new section:
"Sec. 1100a. Availability of Combat and Operational Medicine
Program Account and other funds for certain medical
countermeasures
"(a) Authority.--Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, amounts available under the Combat and Operational Medicine Program Account established under section 1100 of this title, and amounts available under the Operation and Maintenance, Army, account for medical readiness, may be obligated or expended by the Director of the Defense Health Agency to conduct the activities described in subsection (b) for the protection and sustainment of deployed forces across the roles of medical care.
"(b) Activities Described.--The activities described in this subsection are the following:
"(1) The procurement or pre-positioning of a medical countermeasure for forward deployment.
"(2) The forward deployment of a medical countermeasure.
"(3) Any associated logistics, storage, or sustainment activity necessary to ensure the availability or readiness of a forward-deployed medical countermeasure.
"(c) Coordination.--The Director of the Defense Health Agency shall coordinate with the Secretaries of the military departments and the commanders of the combatant commands with respect to any obligation or expenditure of funds under subsection (a).
"(d) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `medical countermeasure' includes--
"(A) a vaccine, therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic; and
"(B) an advanced wound care product, including antimicrobial and barrier-protective dressings, such as silver-plated bandages.
"(2) The term `roles of medical care' has the meaning given such term in the publication of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff titled `Joint Publication 4-02: Joint Health Service', dated December 11, 2017, or such successor publication.".
(b) Reports.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for three years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report describing--
(1) the categories of medical countermeasures procured and forward-deployed using funds authorized to be obligated or expended under section 1100a of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a);
(2) the locations supported by any such use of funds; and
(3) any gaps or shortfalls identified in connection with the provision of such medical countermeasures to deployed forces.
SEC. 726. INCLUSION OF DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY IN REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO UNFUNDED PRIORITIES.
Section 222a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking "the armed force or forces or combatant command" and inserting "the armed force or forces, combatant command, or combat support agency"; and
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(8) The Director of the Defense Health Agency.".
SEC. 727. JOINT TRAUMA SYSTEM.
Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1073f the following new section:
"Sec. 1073g.
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Joint trauma system
"(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall maintain the Joint Trauma System established pursuant to section 707 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) as a permanent operational element of the Defense Health Agency to support the readiness of the armed forces with respect to providing combat casualty care in support of military operations.
"(b) Elements.--In addition to the requirements of section 707(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328), in carrying out the Joint Trauma System, the Secretary shall--
"(1) develop and maintain evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for combat casualty care across the continuum of care, from point of injury through definitive treatment;
"(2) establish standards for, and support the certification of, predeployment medical readiness for military surgeons;
"(3) maintain and integrate trauma registries and data systems of the Department of Defense to support performance improvement, research, and operational planning;
"(4) conduct system-wide performance improvement and lessons-learned analysis for combat casualty care, including dissemination of best practices across the armed forces; and
"(5) support the integration of military and civilian trauma systems to enhance readiness
and improve trauma care outcomes during military operations.
"(c) Combatant Command Trauma Systems.--(1) Each commander of a combatant command shall establish and maintain a Combatant Command Trauma System to support operational planning, exercises, and military operations across the continuum of combat casualty care, from point of injury through definitive care and rehabilitation.
"(2) The Secretaries of the military departments shall assign clinically active and operationally experienced trauma personnel, as required, to support the establishment, sustainment, and operation of each Combatant Command Trauma System in accordance with the requirements outlined in Department policy and implementation guidance with the developmental guidance, operational support, and clinical oversight of the Joint Trauma System.
"(3) Each Combatant Command Trauma System shall--
"(A) integrate trauma care data into the Department of Defense Trauma Registry;
"(B) implement clinical practice guidelines and performance improvement processes of the Joint Trauma System;
"(C) support theater-specific trauma training and readiness requirements; and
"(D) enable operational performance assessment and lessons learned across the continuum of combat casualty care.
"(d) Coordination.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure coordination between the Director of the Defense Health Agency and the Surgeons General of the armed forces, the commanders of the combatant commands, and other elements of the military health system as required.
"(e) Annual Briefing.--Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the activities, readiness posture, and performance of the Joint Trauma System and the Combatant Command Trauma System, including--
"(1) a summary of Department-wide combat casualty care readiness across the Defense Trauma Enterprise, including findings derived from the performance improvement activities, clinical practice guideline implementation, trauma registry data, and other trauma system analyses of the Joint Trauma System supporting readiness oversight;
"(2) the status of establishment, staffing, and operational capability of each Combatant Command Trauma System, including personnel assigned by the Secretaries of the military departments to support such systems;
"(3) identified gaps in combat casualty care readiness affecting the Combatant Command Trauma System;
"(4) actions taken, planned, or resourced to address such gaps; and
"(5) such additional matters relating to the Joint Trauma System or Combatant Command Trauma System as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate.
"(f) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `combat casualty care' means the provision of medical care to wounded members of the armed forces in operational environments, including prehospital care, damage-control resuscitation, and surgical intervention.
"(2) The term `Joint Trauma System' means the Department of Defense's system for improving trauma care through data collection, analysis, performance improvement, and dissemination of best practices.".
SEC. 728. CLARIFICATION OF CONSISTENT EVALUATIONS OF MEDICAL
MALPRACTICE CLAIMS.
(a) Uniform Evaluations.--Section 2733a(h)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting "applicable to each uniformed service" before "consistent with generally"; and
(2) in clause (iv), by inserting "consistent criteria used in the" before "calculation".
(b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to claims filed under section 2733a of title 10, United States Code, on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 729. CHAPERONES FOR CERTAIN SENSITIVE EXAMINATIONS AT
MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES.
Section 1074d of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b):
"(b) Chaperone.--(1) The Secretary shall ensure that a chaperone is present at any sensitive examination performed by an obstetrician-gynecologist at a military medical treatment facility.
"(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
"(A) establish qualifications for a covered individual to serve as a chaperone;
"(B) provide appropriate training to chaperones;
"(C) require chaperones to maintain patient confidentiality except with respect to mandatory reporting of any suspected inappropriate activity under processes established by the Secretary; and
"(D) ensure a patient may request a different chaperone for any reason (and reschedule the sensitive examination if no other chaperone is available).
"(3) In this subsection:
"(A) The term `covered individual' means--
"(i) a member of the armed forces or a civilian employee who is a health-care professional (as defined in section 1094 of this title);
"(ii) a resident or student covered under a formal training agreement;
"(iii) a technician, a health care para-professional, or medical support assistant; or
"(iv) a volunteer at a military medical treatment facility.
"(B) The term `sensitive examination' means a medical examination, treatment, or procedure of the genitalia, rectum, or female breasts, or a forensic health care examination.".
SEC. 730. REQUIREMENT TO OFFER MEDICAL CHAPERONES DURING
SENSITIVE MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.
The Secretary of Defense shall establish and implement a policy throughout the Department of Defense to require that a medical chaperone be offered and available to be present with a patient during any sensitive medical examination, as determined by the Secretary, conducted at a military medical treatment facility.
SEC. 731. UNIFORM PROTOCOLS ON SCREENING FOR UNWANTED SEXUAL
BEHAVIOR.
(a) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Health Agency, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall develop comprehensive written guidance establishing uniform protocols for providing a screening for unwanted sexual behavior to patients at military medical treatment facilities.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date on which the Director issues the guidance under subsection (a), the Director shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the following:
(1) An assessment of the extent to which each military medical treatment facility has implemented the guidance.
(2) Aggregate, de-identified data on screening rates, positive-screen rates, and referral follow-through.
(3) Any planned revisions to the guidance.
(c) Screening for Unwanted Sexual Behavior Defined.--In this section, the term "screening for unwanted sexual behavior" means the use of standardized, evidence-based questions or instruments to detect whether an individual has been subject to any sexual contact or interaction to which the individual did not or could not freely consent, including harassment, coercion, assault, or abuse.
SEC. 732. REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY COMMITTEES ON ARMED SERVICES
OF HOSPITALIZATION OF COMBAT WOUNDED MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES.
Section 1074l of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(d) Other Notifications.--(1) The Secretary concerned shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the occurrence of a hospitalization of a member of the armed forces who is--
"(A) seriously or very seriously wounded in action resulting from the conduct of combat operations; and
"(B) evacuated from a theater of combat and admitted to any military medical treatment facility or civilian medical treatment facility, regardless of location.
"(2) The notifications under paragraph (1)--
"(A) may be made on an aggregate basis; and
"(B) may not include personally identifying information of the hospitalized members.".
SEC. 733. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE RESIDENCIES, INTERNSHIPS, AND
SIMILAR POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS FOR CIVILIAN
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
(a) Authority.--Section 1599c of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking "and compensation" and inserting ", compensation, and training"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(c) Residencies and Internships.--(1) The Secretary may establish residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs at military medical treatment facilities to train individuals whom the Secretary has appointed to civilian health care positions, including physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and behavioral health providers.
"(2) The Secretary may require that an individual who participates in a residency, internship, or similar postgraduate program under paragraph (1) agrees to perform civilian Federal service at a military medical treatment facility for a specific period determined by the Secretary following the completion of such residency, internship, or similar postgraduate program.".
(b) Report.--
(1) Requirement.--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 report on the implementation of subsection (c) of section 1599c of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
(2) Matters included.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A plan to establish residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs under subsection (c) of such section 1599c, including a timeline to implement such subsection.
(B) The anticipated cost of carrying out such subsection.
(C) The number of each type of health care provider the Secretary expects to participate in such residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs.
(D) An explanation for how the Secretary--
(i) will fund such residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs; and
(ii) supervise individuals participating in such residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs.
(E) An analysis of how the residencies, internships, and similar postgraduate programs would help meet the medical workforce needs of the military health system.
(F) Any additional information that the Secretary determines appropriate.
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NOTIFICATION TO TRICARE BENEFICIARIES OF COVERAGE
TRANSITION REQUIREMENTS.
Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1097d the following:
"SEC. 1097E. TRICARE PROGRAM: NOTICE OF COVERAGE TRANSITION
REQUIREMENTS.
"(a) Provision of Notice.--(1) The administering Secretaries shall provide each covered beneficiary with notices of a TRICARE coverage transition requirement that affects the individual.
"(2) The administering Secretaries shall provide notice under paragraph (1) through electronic means.
"(b) Timing of Notice.--The administering Secretaries shall provide notices to a covered beneficiary under subsection (a)(1) as follows:
"(1) On the date that is one year before the covered beneficiary will experience a TRICARE coverage transition requirement.
"(2) On the date that is 180 days before the covered beneficiary will experience a TRICARE coverage transition requirement.
"(3) On the date that is 30 days before the covered beneficiary will experience a TRICARE coverage transition requirement.
"(c) Outreach.--The administering Secretaries shall conduct an outreach and public awareness campaign to inform covered beneficiaries of TRICARE coverage transition requirements, including through the TRICARE internet website, social media, and through family readiness groups.
"(d) Reports.--On an annual basis the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the other administering Secretaries, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this section, including metrics relating to the outreach and public awareness campaign under subsection (c) and any recommendations to improve making covered beneficiaries aware of TRICARE coverage transition requirements.
"(e) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `appropriate congressional committees' means the following:
"(A) The congressional defense committees.
"(B) With respect to matters concerning members and former members of the Coast Guard and dependents of such members and former members, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
"(2) The term `TRICARE coverage transition requirement' means a requirement under this chapter for a covered beneficiary to make a different election under the TRICARE program to continue enrollment in the TRICARE program, including by reason of attaining a certain age as described in section 1086(d) or 1110b of this title.".
SEC. 735. WAIVER OF REFERRAL REQUIREMENT UNDER TRICARE PRIME
FOR CERTAIN PHYSICAL THERAPY.
Section 1095f(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(C) In addition to the requirements under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall waive the referral requirement in paragraph (1) in the case of a member of the armed forces serving on active duty who seeks to obtain an appointment for physical therapy provided by a licensed provider under TRICARE Prime if the provider is located in a State in which the law of that State does not require a referral for that specific appointment.".
SEC. 736. RATES OF PAY FOR A PROVIDER OF CARE OR SERVICES
FURNISHED UNDER TRICARE PROGRAM.
(a) Rates.--Section 1097b(a) of title 10, United States Code is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting "and paragraph (3)(A)" after "Subject to paragraph (2)"; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking "In establishing" and inserting the following
"(A) The Secretary shall establish rates for payments to providers of care or services under the TRICARE program that are specific with respect to the following sites of service at which the care or service is actually provided (regardless of the physical location of the headquarters of the provider):
"(i) A hospital outpatient department.
"(ii) An ambulatory surgical center.
"(iii) The office of a physician.
"(iv) Such other sites as the Secretary determines appropriate in carrying out this paragraph.
"(B) The Secretary shall ensure that--
"(i) each site specified in subparagraph (A) obtains a National Provider Identifier pursuant to section 1833(t) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(23)) that is separate and unique from such identifier for such provider; and
"(ii) no payment for care or services under any provision of this chapter may be made unless the claim for such payment includes the National Provider Identifier for the site at which such hospital care, medical services, or extended care services were furnished.
"(C) In the case of covered OPD services (as defined in section 1833(t)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(1)(B)) that are provided by a provider that is an off-campus outpatient department of a provider (as defined in section 1833(t)(21)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(21)(B)), disregarding clauses (ii) and (iv) thereof, as if such clauses did not exist), the Secretary shall ensure that such department is treated as a subpart of such provider and assigned a unique health identifier pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, and that such provider includes such identifier on any claim form it submits under this subsection, and that such provider may not hold a member of the uniformed services or covered beneficiary liable for such item or service unless such care or services are billed using the separate unique health identifier established for such department under this paragraph.
"(D) Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to--
"(i) prevent the Secretary from determining the appropriate amount of a facility fee;
"(ii) require the Secretary to pay, for the same item or service--
"(I) an independent physician the same amount as the Secretary would pay a hospital-based physician; or
"(II) a hospital-based physician less than the Secretary would pay an independent physician; or
"(iii) affect the authority of the Secretary under paragraph (2).
"(E) In establishing".
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2028.
SEC. 737. PLANS ON MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM.
(a) Requirement.--Section 1073b of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting "plans and" before "reports";
(2) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and
(3) by inserting before subsection (b), as so redesignated, the following new subsection:
"(a) Long-term Plans.--(1) During each year, the Secretary shall develop a long-term plan on the stabilization of health care delivered through the Defense Health Agency.
"(2) Each plan under paragraph (1) shall include information regarding the following with respect to each military medical treatment facility:
"(A) Milestones necessary to implement the plan.
"(B) Definable goals for personnel, budget, supplies, and readiness.
"(C) Cost estimates for personnel, supplies, and other items necessary to manage and operate the military medical treatment facility.
"(D) The number of current (as of the time of the plan) and the projection of vacancies with respect to--
"(i) military medical personnel;
"(ii) civilian and contractor medical personnel; and
"(iii) health care administration personnel.
"(E) Projected modifications of the scope of medical care provided at military medical treatment facilities.
"(F) Budget requirements.
"(3) Each plan under paragraph (1) shall cover the same period covered by the future-years defense program submitted under section 221 of this title during the year in which the plan is developed.
"(4)(A) On a quarterly basis, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on the most recent plan under paragraph (1).
"(B) Any information included in a briefing under subparagraph (A) with respect to a projected modification of the scope of medical care provided at a military medical treatment facility may not be treated as a notification under section 1073d(f) of this title.
"(5) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate each plan under paragraph (1).".
(b) Limitation on Modifications of Scope of Medical Care.--Section 1073d(f)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting "; and"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(D) the Secretary has developed the long-term plan under section 1073b(a) of this title during the year in which the Secretary submits such notification.".
SEC. 738. MODIFICATION TO QUALIFICATION WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR
APPLICANTS FOR NURSING OR PRACTICAL NURSE
POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Section 716(a) of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 10 U.S.C. 1073c note), is amended by striking "who--" and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting "who holds a bachelor's degree or graduate degree from an accredited professional nursing educational program and a current, unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse or practical nurse.".
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AERIAL TRANSPORT AND DEPARTMENT-WIDE CAPABILITY FOR
HIGH-CONSEQUENCE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
(a) Requirement.--Beginning not later than October 1, 2027, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the Secretaries of the other military departments, and the Director of the Defense Health Agency, shall carry out a program to provide for the safe, long-range aerial transport of individuals known to be or suspected of infection by high-consequence infectious diseases.
(b) Aerial Transport Component.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the program under subsection (a) serves as the component of the Department of Defense that--
(1) provides the Department with aerial transport of patients with high-consequence infectious diseases; and
(2) provides support to other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, State and local governments, and civilian and academic partners, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
(c) Program Requirements.--In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall--
(1) develop and maintain a curriculum, and identify qualified instructors to train and certify
military and civilian medical personnel, on procedures associated with the safe, long-range aerial transport of patients with high-consequence infectious diseases;
(2) establish, and periodically update, medical care standards, infection prevention and control measures, and operational safety protocols necessary to maximize patient survival and minimize infection risk to aircrew, medical personnel, and support personnel;
(3) serve as the joint force advocate and executive agent within the Department of Defense for aerial transport of individuals with high-consequence infectious diseases;
(4) establish standards, sustainment requirements, and lifecycle management processes for personal protective equipment, transport isolation systems, and associated medical equipment used in transporting infected patients;
(5) develop, in coordination with the Joint Staff, joint doctrine, concepts of operation, and medical force requirements necessary to support a Department of Defense-wide high-consequence infectious disease capability, including patient movement, definitive care, and integration across the continuum of care;
(6) coordinate with the other Secretaries of the military departments and the Director of the Defense Health Agency to inform the organization, training, and equipping of specialized, organized teams capable of conducting high-consequence infectious disease patient movement and care in operational, austere, and strategic environments;
(7) support interoperability and operational integration with other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, State and local governments, and civilian and academic partners to enable coordinated response to tactical incidents, large-scale contingencies, and research activities related to emerging and future infectious disease threats; and
(8) identify capability gaps and support research, development, testing, and evaluation of medical countermeasures, transport systems, protective equipment, and operational procedures necessary to improve survivability, safety, and mission effectiveness in high-consequence infectious disease operations.
(d) Enterprise Doctrine and Oversight.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop and maintain Department of Defense-wide doctrine and policy to guide the development, fielding, sustainment, and employment of high-consequence infectious disease response capabilities across the Department.
SEC. 740. AVAILABILITY OF OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGISTS AND
CERTIFIED NURSE-MIDWIFES AT MILITARY MEDICAL
TREATMENT FACILITIES.
(a) Requirement.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each military medical treatment facility maintains, at all times, the continuous availability of at least one obstetrician-gynecologist or certified nurse-midwife.
(b) Use of Contracts to Meet Requirement.--The Secretary may satisfy the requirement in subsection (a) with respect to a military medical treatment facility if the Secretary enters into a contract or other agreement with a private provider under which the provider ensures the continuous availability of an obstetrician-gynecologist or certified nurse-midwife to provide services at that facility. In entering into such a contract or other agreement, the Secretary shall ensure the following:
(1) An obstetrician-gynecologist or certified nurse-midwife is on call 24 hours per day and will arrive at the facility not later than two hours after being called.
(2) The obstetrician-gynecologist or certified nurse-midwife is located--
(A) not more than 25 miles by road from the facility; or
(B) within a 30-minute emergency response travel time under normal conditions from the facility.
(3) The obstetrician-gynecologist or certified nurse-midwife meet or exceed all credentialing, training, and certification standards that the Secretary would otherwise apply to an obstetrician-gynecologist or certified nurse-midwife employed directly by the Department of Defense.
(c) Information.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
(1) issue updated policy guidance of the Department of Defense with respect to implementing the requirements of subsections (a) and (b), including standard language for contracts or other agreements under subsection (b); and
(2) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report detailing--
(A) the status of obstetrician-gynecologist and certified nurse-midwife staffing at each military medical treatment facility;
(B) any contracts or other agreements entered into under subsection (b), including the names and locations of providers;
(C) the average response times for obstetrician-gynecologists or certified nurse-midwives and any gaps in coverage experienced during the one-year period preceding the report; and
(D) plans to address any identified shortfalls in service availability.
(d) Military Medical Treatment Facility Defined.--In this section, the term "military medical treatment facility" has the meaning given that term in section 1073c of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 741. AVAILABILITY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINER
SERVICES AT MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT
FACILITIES.
(a) Requirement.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each military medical treatment facility maintains, at all times, the continuous availability of at least one qualified sexual assault nurse examiner to provide forensic medical examinations and related care to sexual assault survivors.
(b) Use of Contracts to Meet Requirement.--The Secretary may satisfy the requirement in subsection (a) with respect to a military medical treatment facility if the Secretary enters into a contract or other agreement with a private provider under which the provider ensures the continuous availability of a qualified sexual assault nurse examiner to provide services at that facility. In entering into such a contract or other agreement, the Secretary shall ensure the following:
(1) A qualified sexual assault nurse examiner is on call 24 hours per day and will arrive at the facility not later than two hours after being called.
(2) The qualified sexual assault nurse examiners are located--
(A) not more than 25 miles by road from the facility; or
(B) within a 30-minute emergency response travel time under normal conditions from the facility.
(3) The qualified sexual assault nurse examiners meet or exceed all credentialing, training, and certification standards that the Secretary would otherwise apply to a sexual assault nurse examiner employed directly by the Department of Defense.
(c) Information.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
(1) issue updated policy guidance of the Department implementing the requirements of subsections (a) and (b), including standard language for contracts or other agreements under subsection (b); and
(2) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report detailing--
(A) the status of sexual assault nurse examiner staffing at each military medical treatment facility;
(B) any contracts or other agreements entered into under subsection (b), including the names and locations of providers;
(C) the average response times for sexual assault nurse examiners and any gaps in coverage experienced during the one-year period preceding the report; and
(D) plans to address any identified shortfalls in service availability.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "military medical treatment facility" has the meaning given that term in section 1073c of title 10, United States Code.
(2) The term "sexual assault nurse examiner" means a registered nurse who has received specialized training and certification in the forensic examination of sexual assault survivors and the collection of forensic evidence, in accordance with standards established by the International Association of Forensic Nurses or an equivalent certifying body.
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IMPROVEMENT OF PROCESS FOR FILING OF COMPLAINTS AND
REPORTING OF ISSUES UNDER TRICARE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue guidance to set forth the process and timeline for covered beneficiaries, direct care providers, and authorized providers under the TRICARE program to file complaints and report issues that have not been resolved through existing channels, including complaints regarding coverage, access to care, denials, incorrect provider directory listings, network adequacy, access to specialized care within a reasonable distance from their homes, overdue or consistently inaccurate payments, and other related issues.
(b) Elements of Guidance.--The guidance required under subsection (a) shall set forth--
(1) the details and effective date of a reporting tool that follows a simple flow chart for filing complaints and reporting issues; and
(2) the timelines and protocols that the Department of Defense will use to monitor and address complaints filed and issues reported that are appropriate to the level of acuity or urgency of such complaint or issue, including responses to the covered beneficiary or provider that include--
(A) steps that have been taken by the Department of Defense to respond to the complaint or issue;
(B) any responses received by relevant parties in investigating the complaint or issue; and
(C) follow-up actions or planned follow-up actions by the Department of Defense in response to the complaint or issue.
(c) Application to Providers.--The guidance required under subsection (a) shall apply to all agreements with authorized providers under the TRICARE program entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that includes the following:
(1) The number of complaints filed or issues reported that are covered by subsection (a), disaggregated by category of complaint or issue, beneficiary complaint or issue, or provider complaint or issue.
(2) A description of steps that were taken to respond to such complaints or issues.
(3) A description of any follow-up actions or planned follow-up actions by the Department of Defense in response to such complaints or issues.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered Armed Force" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.
(2) The term "covered beneficiary" means a covered beneficiary, as defined in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code, who is a beneficiary
by reason of the service by an individual in a covered Armed Force.
(3) The term "TRICARE program" has the meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 743. PILOT PROGRAM ON FILLING PRIMARY CARE MANAGEMENT
POSITIONS AT REMOTE MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT
FACILITIES.
(a) Pilot Program.--Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary may--
(1) appoint individuals to primary care management positions at a remote military medical treatment facility selected under subsection (d); and
(2) provide incentives for highly qualified applicants to such positions.
(b) Duration.--Each Secretary of a military department shall carry out the pilot program under subsection (a) for a period not to exceed five years.
(c) Personnel Authorities.--In carrying out subsection (a), for the purposes of hiring qualified candidates for the pilot program, each Secretary of a military department may use the authorities provided under--
(1) section 1599c of title 10, United States Code (relating to appointment and rates of pay);
(2) section 5379 of title 5, United States Code (relating to student loan repayments); and
(3) sections 5753 and 5754 of such title 5 (relating to recruitment and relocation bonuses and retention bonuses, respectively).
(d) Remote Military Medical Treatment Facilities.--
(1) Selection.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall select not fewer than five remote military medical treatment facilities at which to carry out the pilot program under subsection (a).
(2) Notification.--Each Secretary of a military department shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate of each remote military medical treatment facility selected under paragraph (1).
(e) Reimbursement.--
(1) Requirement.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director of the Defense Health Agency shall reimburse the relevant Secretary of a military department for the actual, reasonable, and allocable cost of the salary and expenses (including with respect to travel, training, equipment, and facility support) of any individual appointed to a primary care management position under the pilot program under subsection (a) during the period in which the employee is employed in the position for which the employee was so appointed (regardless of whether such period exceeds the duration of the pilot program). The Director and the Secretary shall ensure that such costs are tracked using a detailed work breakdown structure to ensure granular tracking and financial accountability.
(2) Memorandum of understanding.--The Director and each Secretary of a military department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to carry out reimbursements under paragraph (1). Such memorandum shall specify--
(A) the scope of services provided by the individuals appointed to a primary care management position;
(B) the allowable cost categories;
(C) billing and accounting procedures;
(D) quality and performance metrics; and
(E) dispute resolution procedures.
(f) Reports.--Not later than 18 months after the date on which each Secretary of a military department commences the pilot program under subsection (a), and annually thereafter during the life of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the pilot program, including with respect to the feasibility of carrying out the pilot program on a long-term basis.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "primary care management position" means a physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, registered nurse, mental health nurse practitioner, licensed practical nurse, or medical assistant.
(2) The term "remote military medical treatment facility" means a military medical treatment facility (as defined in section 1073c of title 10, United States Code) for which medical personnel assigned to the facility may reside at a location that is either--
(A) not more than 50 miles from the military medical facility; or
(B) a distance that on average takes at least one hour to travel by car.
SEC. 744. ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF HEALTH
CARE ASSESSMENTS OTHER THAN PERIODIC HEALTH
ASSESSMENTS.
(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Army shall carry out a pilot program to evaluate the effectiveness of different health care assessment methods for members of the Army serving on active duty, as compared to the periodic health assessment of the Army.
(b) Locations.--The Secretary shall--
(1) carry out the pilot program under subsection (a) at Fort Hood, Texas; and
(2) select at least one more installation of the Army at which to carry out the pilot program.
(c) Participant Selection.--The Secretary shall select not fewer than 100 members of the Army to participate in the pilot program under subsection (a). Such members may not be in a high-risk population, as determined by the Secretary.
(e) Health Care Assessments.--In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide members of the Army participating in the pilot program with the following instead of the periodic health assessment:
(1) An in-person physical examination.
(2) Blood work that includes comprehensive metabolic panel and complete blood count conducted by qualified medical personnel.
(3) Any other test or evaluation as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
(f) Baseline.--The Secretary shall use health care assessments provided to a member of the Army under the pilot program under subsection (a) as a baseline for the purposes of ongoing regular monitoring of the member.
(g) Duration.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program for a two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, but the Secretary may extend such period.
(h) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the pilot program under subsection (a) concludes, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program, including findings relating to--
(1) health care outcomes;
(2) satisfaction of members of the Army; and
(3) any recommendations for broader implementation.
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QUARTERLY BRIEFING ON MILITARY TREATMENT
FACILITIES.
(a) In General.--Section 1073c of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 721, is further amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following new subsection:
"(k) Quarterly Briefing on Military Medical Treatment Facilities.--(1) Not less frequently than once every 90 days, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on military medical treatment facilities.
"(2) Each briefing under paragraph (1) shall include, for each military medical treatment facility and with respect to the 90-day period preceding the date of the provision of the briefing, the following information:
"(A) Of the members of the armed forces and covered beneficiaries who received health care services at the military medical treatment facility during such period, the percentage for whom access standards were met.
"(B) An assessment of the clinical readiness of the members of the armed forces staffing the military medical treatment facility.
"(C) An assessment of the unit readiness of members of the armed forces who receive health care services at the military medical treatment facility.
"(D) The number of members of the armed forces and covered beneficiaries enrolled in TRICARE Prime, disaggregated by category of enrollee, that received health care services at the military medical treatment facility during such period.
"(E) The number of members of the armed forces and covered beneficiaries enrolled in TRICARE Prime, disaggregated by category of enrollee, that received referrals under the TRICARE program from providers at the military medical treatment facility to specialty care providers outside the military medical treatment facility during such period.
"(F) The composition of the workforce at the military medical treatment facility, including the number of members of the armed forces, civilian employees of the Department of Defense, and contractors of the Department.
"(G) With respect to personnel staffing at the military medical treatment facility, the following:
"(i) The number of unfilled billets, disaggregated by type of profession, including clinicians, nurses, hospital administrators, and administrative personnel.
"(ii) The average amount of time for an unfilled billet to be filled, disaggregated in accordance with clause (i).
"(H) A description of any deficiencies or shortages with respect to the budget, medical supplies and equipment, or personnel necessary to meet metrics relating to access to healthcare services provided at the military medical treatment facility and applicable standards of care relating to such services.
"(I) A plan to remedy any such deficiencies.".
(b) Deadline for Initial Briefing.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall submit the first briefing required under section 1073c(k) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a).
SEC. 752. ENHANCED MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPENDENTS IN
CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
(a) Enhanced Medical Coverage.--Section 1599b of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:
"(e) Enhanced Medical Coverage.--(1) Not later than July 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into a contract to provide each covered individual in a location specified in paragraph (2) with enhanced medical coverage for services that are not covered by the health care plan for which the covered individual is enrolled under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan.
"(2) The locations specified in this paragraph are the following:
"(A) Japan.
"(B) Guam.
"(C) Any location the Secretary determines appropriate under a mitigation plan carried out under paragraph (5)(C).
"(3)(A) With respect to covered individuals living in Japan, the Secretary shall ensure that the enhanced medical coverage under subsection (a) includes the following:
"(i) Assistance in finding health care providers with the capacity to meet the health care needs of the individuals.
"(ii) Language translation services to assist in accessing health care.
"(iii) Assistance in making prepayments for health care services if such prepayments are required by the health care provider.
"(iv) Any other supplemental services the Secretary determines appropriate.
"(B) With respect to covered individuals living in Guam, the Secretary shall ensure that the enhanced medical coverage under subsection (a) includes the following:
"(i) Assistance in finding health care providers with the capacity to meet the health care needs of the individuals.
"(ii) Medical evacuation coverage if needed health care services are not available on Guam or are only available in a facility that is not accredited.
"(iii) Any other supplemental services the Secretary determines appropriate.
"(4)(A) On an annual basis, the Secretary shall conduct a review of the availability of health care services for civilian employees of the Department of Defense employed in a position outside the continental United States and accompanying dependents of such employees. Each review shall assess the availability of the following:
"(i) Ambulatory patient services, including outpatient surgery.
"(ii) Emergency services.
"(iii) Inpatient care, including trauma care and intensive care.
"(iv) Maternity and newborn care, including neonatal intensive care.
"(v) Mental health and substance use disorder services.
"(vi) Rehabilitative and habilitative services.
"(vii) Laboratory services.
"(viii) Preventive services.
"(ix) Pediatric services.
"(B) If the Secretary determines in a review under subparagraph (A) that health care services specified in such subparagraph are not available, or do not meet the standards of care for such services provided in the United States, with respect to a specific State, territory or possession of the United States, or foreign country, the Secretary shall--
"(i) carry out a mitigation plan under subparagraph (C); and
"(ii) notify each civilian employee of the Department employed in a position at such location, and any applicant for such a position, of the determination and mitigation plan.
"(C) With respect to each location covered by a determination under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall carry out a mitigation plan under which the Secretary may--
"(i) include such location in the enhanced medical coverage made available under paragraph (1), including with respect to assistance in finding health care providers, providing medical travel benefits, and medical evacuation coverage;
"(ii) designate civilian positions at such location as being unaccompanied; or
"(iii) take such other actions as the Secretary determines appropriate to increase access to health care for civilian employees of the Department employed in a position at such location and accompanying dependents of such employees.
"(5) Not later than February 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on--
"(A) the findings of each review under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5); and
"(B) a summary of each mitigation plan carried out by the Secretary under subparagraph (C) of such paragraph.
"(6) In this subsection:
"(A) The term `covered individual' means an individual who is--
"(i) a civilian employee of the Department of Defense employed in a position at a location specified in paragraph (2) or an accompanying dependent of such an employee; and
"(ii) enrolled in a health care plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan.
"(B) The term `Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan' means the health insurance program under chapter 89 of title 5.".
(b) Current Pilot Program.--The contract awarded by the Secretary of Defense to carry out the pilot program titled "Pilot Health Insurance Enhancement for Department of Defense Civilian Employees in Japan" may continue without interruption, and with the necessary modifications, in implementing subsection (e) of section 1599b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (f) of section 1599b of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking "In this section" inserting "Except as provided by subsection (e), in this section".
SEC. 753. MODIFICATIONS TO PILOT PROGRAM TO ASSIST CERTAIN
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND DEPENDENTS WITH
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE RELATING TO
CANCER.
(a) Agreement.--Subsection (b) of section 734 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
"(C) provide no coordination with any other health benefit plan; and".
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking "a period of not more than three years, and may not be renewed" and inserting "a period of not less than three years"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(3) Requirements.--In entering into an agreement under paragraph (1) with a company, the Secretary--
"(A) may not select such company to provide coverage in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States in which such company--
"(i) is not licensed; and
"(ii) does not meet solvency requirements applicable to such State;
"(B) shall award the agreement based on the expertise of such company;
"(C) shall negotiate the terms and conditions of the fixed indemnity supplemental benefit plan provided under the agreement;
"(D) shall negotiate the cost of coverage with the company that will cover the participants who elect to enroll in such plan;
"(E) shall provide a method for verification of the eligibility of applicants and procedures for determination of eligibility; and
"(F) shall provide a method for payroll deduction of premiums.".
(b) Provision of Information.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking "website" and inserting "website, as determined by the Secretary,".
(c) Preemption.--Such section is further amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:
"(f) Preemption.--An agreement entered into under this section shall be deemed to be a contract for which the Secretary of Defense has determined to preempt State or local laws pursuant to section 1103 of title 10, United States Code, as administered under section 199.17(a)(7)(i) of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.".
SEC. 754. MODIFICATIONS TO EVALUATION AND REPORT ON TRICARE
PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS.
(a) Evaluation.--Subsection (a) of section 717 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 10 U.S.C.
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(1) in paragraph (2), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (3)(B)(v), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
"(4) examine trends with respect to--
"(A) the demographics of members of the Armed Forces and covered beneficiaries;
"(B) the use of the TRICARE program by such members and beneficiaries;
"(C) the costs incurred by the Government relating to such use; and
"(D) the satisfaction of such members and beneficiaries with respect to the TRICARE program and other metrics relating to the performance of the military health system;
"(5) compare the trends examined under paragraph (4) with trends on similar matters experienced by civilian health care programs;
"(6) identify possible determining factors that could cause changes in the use of the TRICARE program or the costs incurred by the Government relating to such use; and
"(7) determine the impacts of cost-sharing amounts under the TRICARE program on members of the Armed Forces and covered beneficiaries.".
(b) Annual Report.--
(1) Revival.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking "March 1, 1997" and inserting "March 1, 2027".
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1061(i) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
SEC. 755. EXTENSION OF EXTRAMEDICAL MATERNAL HEALTH PROVIDERS
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
Section 746 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (d), by striking "five years" and inserting "eight years"; and
(2) in subsection (f)--
(A) in the heading, by inserting "and Briefing" after "Reports"; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(3) Briefing.--Not later than June 30, 2027, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on the feasibility of the Department of Defense hiring doulas to provide services to members of the Armed Forces and covered beneficiaries at military medical treatment facilities that are located in the United States and such facilities that are located outside the United States.".
SEC. 756. MODIFICATION OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY OVERSIGHT
STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
(a) Clarification of Strategy and Plan Requirements.--Section 724 of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b):
"(b) Requirements; Implementation.--
"(1) Requirements.--The oversight strategy and action plan under subsection (a) shall include the following requirements:
"(A) Establishment of a baseline neurocognitive assessment to be conducted during the accession process of all members of the covered Armed Forces before the beginning of training.
"(B) Establishment of annual neurocognitive assessments to monitor the cognitive function of such members to be conducted--
"(i) at least every three years as part of the periodic health assessment of such members, and yearly for members determined to be at a high risk, as determined by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; and
"(ii) as part of the post-deployment health assessment of such members.
"(C) Establishment of standards for recurrent and prolonged exposure.
"(D) Ensuring that all neurocognitive assessments of such members, including those required under subparagraphs (A) and (B), are maintained in the electronic medical record of such member.
"(E) Establishment and maintenance of blast overpressure exposure logs and traumatic brain injury logs for every member of the covered Armed Forces.
"(2) Implementation.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall implement each requirement under paragraph (1).".
(b) Modification of Reports on Suicide.--Section 741(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1467), as amended by section 736(2)(B) of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 138 Stat. 1959), is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (I) through (M) as subparagraphs (J) through (N), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following new subparagraph (I):
"(I) The number of suicides identified under subparagraph (A), as a whole and disaggregated by the military occupational specialty (or other similar classification, rating, or specialty code) of the member, excluding such specialities that the Secretary determines would not provide statistically valid data, with respect to which the member had a history of one of the following:
"(i) Concussive or subconcussive brain injuries, including traumatic brain injuries.
"(ii) Exposure to blast overpressure.
"(iii) Other head trauma, regardless of whether it required the treatment of a medical provider.".
SEC. 757. EXPANSION OF PROHIBITION ON PAINFUL RESEARCH ON
CERTAIN ANIMALS.
Section 732 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking "on domestic cats and dogs" and inserting "on certain animals"; and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking "a domestic cat (Felis catus) or a domestic dog (Canis familiaris)" and inserting "a domestic cat (Felis catus), a domestic dog (Canis familiaris), or a nonhuman member of the order Primates".
SEC. 758. PILOT PROGRAM TO TREAT PREGNANCY AS A QUALIFYING
EVENT FOR ENROLLMENT IN TRICARE SELECT.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall commence a five-year pilot program under which--
(1) the Secretary shall treat pregnancy as a qualifying event under section 1099(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, for enrollment in TRICARE Select by an eligible beneficiary; and
(2) a member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force on active duty may enroll in TRICARE Select under paragraph (1) for a period that ends not later than 180 days after the end of pregnancy.
(b) Initial Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on the status of the pilot program under subsection (a).
(c) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the Secretary commences the pilot program under subsection (a), and annually thereafter for the next four years, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the pilot program. Each such report shall include the number of covered enrollment changes, disaggregated by--
(1) month, beginning with January 2027; and
(2) whether the eligible beneficiary made such covered enrollment change--
(A) because the eligible beneficiary is a member of the covered Armed Forces on active duty who may enroll in TRICARE Select under the pilot program;
(B) because the eligible beneficiary is a member of the covered Armed Forces who separated from active duty;
(C) because the eligible beneficiary is a member of the covered Armed Forces who returned to active duty;
(D) because the eligible beneficiary is a dependent of a member of the covered Armed Forces who separated from active duty;
(E) because the eligible beneficiary is a dependent of a member of the covered Armed Forces who returned to active duty; or
(F) based on the treatment, under the pilot program, of pregnancy as a qualifying event for enrollment in TRICARE Select.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered Armed Forces" means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.
(2) The term "covered enrollment change" means a change to a previous election by an eligible beneficiary under subsection (b)(1) of section 1099 of title 10, United States Code, to enroll in a health care plan designated under subsection (c) of such section.
(3) The term "eligible beneficiary" means an individual--
(A) eligible to enroll in TRICARE Select under section 1075(b) of title 10, United States Code, by reason of being a member or former member of the covered Armed Forces, or a dependent of such a member or former member; or
(B) a member of the covered Armed Forces on active duty.
(4) The terms "TRICARE program" and "TRICARE Select" have the meanings given such terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 759. ACCESS TO AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS DURING
MILITARY PHYSICAL TRAINING.
(a) Access to AEDs.--Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, for any covered physical training event, an automated external defibrillator (in this section referred to as an "AED") is available and accessible at a distance that ensures a three-minute response time calculated under subsection (c).
(b) Requirements.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
(1) require that AEDs be staged at the immediate site of any covered physical training event;
(2) ensure that at least one individual present at covered physical training event site is certified (as of the date of the event) in the use of an AED and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (commonly known as "CPR"); and
(3) establish a standardized protocol for regular quarterly inspections and maintenance of all AED units to ensure operational readiness.
(c) Three-minute Response Time Determination.--The Secretary shall determine the three-minute response time under subsection (a) by calculating the total elapsed time beginning at the recognition of a suspected sudden cardiac arrest and ending at the delivery of the first defibrillation shock, including all time required for AED retrieval, transport, and device preparation. In making such determinations, the Secretary may presume that locating an AED within 100 yards of the site of the covered physical training event will meet such response time.
(d) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report outlining--
(1) the total number of additional AEDs required to achieve Department-wide compliance with this section;
(2) the estimated cost of procurement and maintenance of such AEDs; and
(3) a timeline for full implementation across all military installations to comply with this section.
(e) Covered Physical Training Event Defined.--In this section, the term "covered physical training event" means a required unit level physical training event or high-intensity exercise conducted by the Department of Defense.
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PILOT PROGRAM ON REMOTE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING
FOR CERTAIN PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM TRICARE
BENEFICIARIES.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense Health Agency, shall establish a pilot program on blood pressure monitoring for pregnant and postpartum TRICARE beneficiaries in order to increase the rate of early detection of a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.
(2) Model.--The Secretary may model the pilot program under paragraph (1) on a pilot program for blood pressure self-monitoring under the Healthy Start Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(b) Military Medical Treatment Facilities.--
(1) Number.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program under subsection (a) at not fewer than two military medical treatment facilities of each of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.
(2) Selection.--In selecting the military medical treatment facilities at which to carry out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
(A) ensure that the military medical treatment facilities are geographically diverse, including locations in rural and urban areas; and
(B) give priority to military medical treatment facilities that have a large number of obstetric patients or a history of maternal health programs.
(c) Participants.--
(1) Eligibility.--An individual is eligible to participate in the pilot program under subsection (a) if--
(A) the individual--
(i) is enrolled in the TRICARE program;
(ii) is pregnant or postpartum; and
(iii) receives health care through a military medical treatment facility at which the Secretary is carrying out the pilot program; and
(B) the Secretary determines the individual is at risk (based on evidence and current medical standards and recommendations) of a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy or negative health outcomes as a result of a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.
(2) Voluntary.--The Secretary may not require an individual to participate in the pilot program under subsection (a).
(d) Equipment and Information.--The Secretary shall provide to an individual participating in the pilot program under subsection (a)--
(1) a blood pressure cuff device that--
(A) is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the digital monitoring of blood pressure;
(B) is validated for use during pregnancy according to the International Organization for Standardization (as determined by the Secretary);
(C) is capable of remote monitoring and data transmission; and
(D) has adjustable or alternative cuff sizes; and
(2) educational materials and instructions on the use of such device from a health care provider of the Department of Defense.
(e) Providers.--In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use the primary care and obstetric care provider of the individual participating in the pilot program, to the extent practicable.
(f) Materials.--The Secretary shall develop supporting materials for health care providers who facilitate the pilot program under subsection (a), including the following:
(1) Guidance on how to identify individuals eligible to participate in the pilot program.
(2) Evidence-based educational materials regarding maternal health best practices for such individuals.
(g) Term.--The pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate five years after the date on which the Secretary establishes such pilot program.
(h) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the termination of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make publicly available on the internet website of the Department of Defense, a report on the pilot program. The report shall include the following elements, disaggregated by the Armed Force, sex, age, race, and ethnicity of individuals who participated in the pilot program:
(1) The number of participants.
(2) The percentage of such participants who used the monitors as prescribed.
(3) A summary of barriers or challenges participants experienced using the monitors and if such barriers or challenges resulted in the monitors being underused.
(4) The percentage of participants who had blood pressure readings of concern.
(5) The percentage of participants described in paragraph (4) who received medical attention based on such readings.
(6) A summary of provider and participant feedback, including percentages of--
(A) providers that found the program influenced patient care; and
(B) participants who found the program was helpful in managing the care of the participant.
(7) Recommendations of the Secretary whether the pilot program should be altered, expanded, or made permanent.
SEC. 761. PILOT PROGRAM ON SECURE, MOBILE PERSONAL HEALTH
RECORD FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Pilot Program.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall commence a pilot program under which a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty may use a covered health record platform to collect the health records of the member before separating from active duty.
(b) Selection of Armed Force.--The Secretary shall select not fewer than one Armed Force in which to carry out the pilot program under subsection (a).
(c) Contracts.--
(1) Authority.--The Secretary shall seek to enter into a contract using competitive procedures with an appropriate entity for the provision of the covered health record platform under the pilot program under subsection (a).
(2) Notice of competition.--
(A) Request for proposals.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a request for proposals for the contract described in paragraph (1).
(B) Open competition.--A request under subparagraph (A) shall be full and open to any contractor that has an existing covered health record platform.
(3) Selection.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall award a contract to an appropriate entity pursuant to the request for proposals under paragraph (2) if the Secretary determines that at least one acceptable offer is submitted.
(d) Duration of Pilot Program.--
(1) Period.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program under subsection (a) for a period of not less than one year.
(2) Termination or extension of program.--After carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a) for a period of 180 days, the Secretary shall survey all participants in the pilot program and, based on survey results, may--
(A) terminate the pilot program;
(B) continue the pilot program;
(C) expand the pilot program; or
(D) implement the use of a covered health record platform in the Defense Health Agency throughout the Armed Forces.
(e) Prohibition on New Appropriations.--No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the requirements of this section.
(f) Covered Health Record Platform Defined.--In this section, the term "covered health record platform" means a secure personal health record platform that meets the following requirements:
(1) Has web-based and native mobile phone application capabilities.
(2) Has the capability to store and share records with the Department of Veterans Affairs or any other designated care provider.
(3) Has the capability to store records in the cloud.
(4) Does not have a requirement for integration to receive or share records.
(5) Has the capability to instantly share data based on a combination of access key and personal identifier.
(6) Has the capability to provide secure data storage and records transfer upon separation of a member of the Armed Forces from active duty.
(7) Does not require a business associate agreement with any parties.
(8) Has secure data isolation with access controls.
(9) Has, at a minimum, data security that would require separate encryption for each document, relying on AES256 or better algorithm with keys encryption using RSA2048 or better algorithm, or any successor similar algorithm.
SEC. 762. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF BLUE-LIGHT
DISSIPATING DISPLAYS TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
(a) Pilot Program.--The Director of the Defense Health Agency shall carry out a pilot program under which the Director provides for the use of blue-light dissipating displays by covered individuals in clinical and rehabilitative settings.
(b) Use of Blue-light Dissipating Displays.--The Director shall ensure that blue-light dissipating displays provided under the pilot program under subsection (a) are used to assist covered individuals with screen-mediated tasks associated with rehabilitation, patient education, assistive technology, and telehealth appointments.
(c) Selection of Technology.--In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Director shall select commercially available, stand-alone blue-light dissipating displays that do not require modifications to the electronic health record systems of the military health system.
(d) Locations.--The Director shall select military medical treatment facilities at which to carry out the pilot program under subsection (a).
(e) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on the design of the pilot program under subsection (a), including identification of the military medical treatment facilities selected under subsection (d).
(f) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the pilot program under subsection (a), including an evaluation of each of the following:
(1) Whether the use of blue-light dissipating displays provided under the pilot program changed the time needed to complete screen-mediated tasks associated with rehabilitation, patient education, assistive technology, and telehealth appointments.
(2) Whether such use improved the ability of covered individuals to read information relating to such tasks.
(3) Whether such use improved the glare sensitivity and visual fatigue of covered individuals.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "blue-light dissipating display" means a display technology that is blue-light-dissipating and uses a diffused light-output architecture, including with respect to employing optical-elastomer or diffused light-output nanomaterial light-management layers (or both).
(2) The term "covered individual" means a covered beneficiary (as defined in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code) who is partially blind, legally blind, or otherwise visually impaired.
SEC. 763. EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM OF THE
UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH
SCIENCES ON PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAIN.
(a) Extension.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the pilot program of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences titled "Assessing the Security and Quality of the U.S.
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Military Health System Pharmaceutical Supply Chain" for a period of not less than five years beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Elements.--The Secretary shall ensure that the pilot program under subsection (a) includes the following:
(1) Defining the Department Essential Medicine list to consist of not more than 100 medicines that do not have patent exclusivity and are determined by the Secretary as essential for operational capabilities, predeployment, or the military health system (based on the progress of the pilot program before the date of the enactment of this Act).
(2) To the extent practicable, harmonizing such Department Essential Medicine list with a list of defense-relevant generic drugs based on the risk management framework developed under section 860 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 10 U.S.C. 3241 note prec.).
(3) Refreshing and expanding chemical testing data from the pilot program as carried out before the date of the enactment of this Act to include all medicines listed on the Department Essential Medicine List and creating National Drug Code-specific categorizations of high-risk, moderate-risk, or low-risk based on objective indicators for relative chemical quality and safety risk.
(4) Adding to the objective risk-categorization framework assessment of location of manufacturing, including flagging entities in China and other countries that are not compliant with the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) and creating National Drug Code-specific, objective categorizations of high-risk, moderate-
risk, or low-risk based on independently derived indicators for true country of origin, that includes countries of concern, including China, being classified under the highest-risk category.
(5) Making recommendations for the continuation of the scoring framework at the conclusion of the pilot program.
(c) Independent Testing.--The Secretary shall ensure that, in determining the true country of origin (location quality) and relative chemical quality and safety risks of medicines under the pilot program under subsection (a), the testing for such information is conducted by independent laboratories acceptable to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences that--
(1) are accredited under ISO 17025 standards;
(2) are not registered as a Good Manufacturing Practice facility to ensure no conflicts of interest;
(3) have experience developing and operating a published quality risk scoring framework applicable to individual National Drug Codes; and
(4) are duly licensed and demonstrate an ability to conduct ongoing post-market surveillance through procurement of pharmaceutical products from common wholesalers, and not directly from manufacturers.
SEC. 764. WORKING GROUP ON DIGITAL STRATEGY FOR TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURIES.
(a) Establishment.--In accordance with the Warfighter Brain Health Initiative under section 735 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note), not later than July 1, 2027, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall establish a working group to develop a digital health strategy that leverages advances in artificial intelligence for the treatment of traumatic brain injuries.
(b) Membership.--The Assistant Secretary shall appoint to the working group under subsection (a) members of the Armed Forces, officers and employees of the Department of Defense, and nongovernmental experts. Such individuals shall have expertise in clinical care of traumatic brain injuries, biomedical informatics, biomedical engineering, or biomedical implementation science.
(c) Strategy.--The strategy under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Identification of capability gaps in treatment of traumatic brain injuries that could be addressed through artificial intelligence and digital health technologies.
(2) An analysis of existing research, development, and acquisition efforts leveraging artificial intelligence-based capabilities and digital health, including any applicable commercial off-the-shelf solutions being used by the Department of Defense to support treatment of traumatic brain injuries.
(3) Expert recommendations on advances required to address identified capability gaps and significantly improve treatment of traumatic brain injuries using artificial intelligence and digital health technologies.
(4) A recommended investment plan to advance technology and knowledge readiness levels to field digital solutions for treating traumatic brain injuries.
SEC. 765. STUDY ON LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF MILITARY FLIGHT
OPERATIONS ON BRAIN HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a comprehensive, longitudinal study to assess the long term physiological and psychological effects of military aviation, including with respect to high-performance flight and G-force exposure, on military aviators.
(b) Elements.--The study under subsection (a) shall examine, at a minimum--
(1) the relationship between cumulative flight hours and exposure to G-forces and incidents of traumatic brain injury, subconcussive trauma, or cognitive impairment;
(2) long-term mental health outcomes, including with respect to incidence of depression, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder, in military aviators compared to other members of the Armed Forces;
(3) the correlation between aviation-related physiological stress and suicide risk among aviators;
(4) the prevalence of neurodegenerative conditions (including chronic traumatic encephalopathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease) in current and former military aviators;
(5) the effect of helmet design, oxygen systems, flight suit pressurization, and other cockpit environmental factors on neurocognitive health;
(6) current screening and diagnostic procedures used to detect early signs of neurological injury or psychological distress in military aviators; and
(7) recommended improvements in the monitoring, prevention, and treatment of aviation-related brain trauma and mental health challenges.
(c) Consultation.--In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with--
(1) the Surgeons General of the military departments;
(2) the Director of the Defense Health Agency;
(3) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
(4) relevant academic institutions and federally funded research and development centers with expertise in aviation medicine, neuroscience, and psychiatry.
(d) Pilot Health Registry.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish and maintain a centralized Military Aviator Neurohealth Registry that includes--
(1) anonymized health data of military aviators voluntarily participating in the study under subsection (a);
(2) flight exposure metrics, including cumulative hours and G-force profiles;
(3) relevant health outcomes tracked over time; and
(4) a mechanism for longitudinal follow-up with the military aviators after retirement or separation from the Armed Forces.
(e) Reports.--
(1) Interim report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees an interim report on the study under subsection (a), including any preliminary findings and recommendations.
(2) Final report.--Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the study under subsection (a), including findings and recommendations.
(f) Military Aviator Defined.--In this section, the term "military aviator" means a member of the Armed Forces, including a commissioned officer or a warrant officer, who--
(1) has been designated as a pilot, naval aviator, or aircrew member by the Secretary of the military department concerned;
(2) operates, or is regularly assigned as a flight crew member aboard, high-performance, crewed, fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft designed for tactical, training, or reconnaissance missions, including--
(A) fighter aircraft (such as the F-35, F/A-18, F-22, and F-16 aircraft);
(B) attack aircraft (such as the A-10 and AH-64 aircraft);
(C) trainer jets (such as the T-7, T-38,and T-45 aircraft); and
(D) tiltrotor or high-speed rotary aircraft (such as the V-22 aircraft); and
(3) is subject to sustained or repeated G-forces during the routine execution of flight duties.
SEC. 766. STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING MILITARY
MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITY AT HOMESTEAD AIR
RESERVE BASE.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense Health Agency, in coordination with the Secretary of the Air Force, shall conduct a feasibility study on establishing a military medical treatment facility at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida.
(b) Matters Included.--The study under subsection (a) shall evaluate the following:
(1) The total eligible beneficiary population who would access a military medical treatment facility at Homestead Air Reserve Base, including with respect to members of the Armed Forces (including the reserve components thereof) and covered beneficiaries stationed at such Base or at a different military installation in the proximity of such Base.
(2) The extent to which reliance by such members and covered beneficiaries on civilian health care providers--
(A) meets medical readiness and deployment training requirements;
(B) supports or degrades military-unique clinical skill sustainment; and
(C) satisfies adequacy standards under the TRICARE network.
(3) Identified gaps between civilian health care access and military operational medical readiness requirements.
(4) A cost comparison of--
(A) a direct care military medical treatment facility model;
(B) a hybrid readiness clinic model; and
(C) continued purchased care reliance.
(5) Opportunities for integration with local civilian health care systems while preserving military-unique readiness competencies.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate--
(1) the findings of the study under subsection (a);
(2) a recommended course of action;
(3) estimated cost and manpower requirements;
(4) an assessment of medical readiness impacts; and
(5) an analysis of the implications to covered beneficiaries with respect to accessing medical care.
(d) Covered Beneficiary Defined.--In this section, the term "covered beneficiary" has the meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
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STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING DIGITAL SYSTEM
RELATING TO ACCESS TO CARE AT MILITARY MEDICAL
TREATMENT FACILITIES.
(a) Study.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a digital system under which--
(1) a covered individual who receives health care at a military medical treatment facility may electronically--
(A) file a complaint relating to access to care at such military medical treatment facility; and
(B) view the status of such complaint at any time, including the status of any interim or final action taken to address the complaint;
(2) any complaint filed under paragraph (1)(A) is promptly transmitted to an appropriate patient advocate of the Department of Defense; and
(3) complaints filed under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to a military medical treatment facility may be automatically aggregated and submitted to the Director of the Defense Health Agency on a quarterly basis.
(b) Report.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than December 1, 2027, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the feasibility of establishing the digital system described in subsection (a).
(2) Elements.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) An identification of the most common complaints relating to access to care filed by covered individuals.
(B) A comparison of the number of complaints regarding access to specialty care versus access to primary care.
(C) A comparison of the number of complaints regarding access to pediatric care versus nonpediatric care.
(D) A comparison of the number of complaints regarding administrative hurdles to access to care versus other issues relating to access to care.
(E) A summary of steps taken to reduce complaints relating to access to care.
(c) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the term "covered individual" means an individual enrolled in a health care plan under the TRICARE program and eligible to receive care at a military medical treatment facility.
SEC. 768. REVIEW BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE ON EFFORTS TO PREVENT SUICIDE.
(a) Review.--The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall conduct a review of the efforts of each Secretary of a military department to prevent incidents of deaths by suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation among members of the Armed Forces, including with respect to--
(1) efforts to increase public awareness of such prevention; and
(2) developing unit commanding officer crisis response plans.
(b) Elements.--The review under subsection (a) shall include an assessment of each of the following:
(1) The extent of data collected regarding incidents of deaths by suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation among members of the Armed Forces.
(2) The means used by commanders to prevent and respond to incidents of deaths by suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation among members.
(3) Challenges relating to--
(A) the prevention of incidents of deaths by suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation among members deployed; and
(B) the development of a response to such incidents.
(4) The capacity of teams providing mental health services to members to respond to incidents of suicidal ideation or suicide attempts among members in the respective unit each such team serves.
(5) The means used by such teams to respond to such incidents, including the extent to which post-incident programs are available to members.
(6) Barriers to providing signage and advertisements for mental health resources in high-traffic areas on installations.
(7) Current annual training requirements and leadership training programs for each Armed Force, including any enforcement measures.
(8) Such other matters as the Inspector General determines appropriate.
(c) Report.--Not later April 30, 2027, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report that includes a summary of the results of the review under subsection (a).
SEC. 769. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO WELLNESS CHECKS FOR HEALTH
AND WELFARE OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.
(a) Wellness Checks.--
(1) Wellness checks required.--The Secretary of Defense shall issue such regulations, policies, and procedures as may be necessary to require that, whenever appropriate, following a member of the Armed Forces sustaining any significant injury or illness or being on sick call, a wellness check is conducted to account for the health and welfare of such member.
(2) Methods of contact.--In conducting a wellness check for a member of the Armed Forces pursuant to paragraph (1), if the member does not respond to such check conducted via an electronic or telephone communication method, the individual conducting the check shall progress to an in-person method of contact.
(3) Result of failure to locate.--If, as a result of a wellness check conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) for a member of the Armed Forces, the individual conducting such check is unable to locate such member, the individual shall refer to the applicable regulations, policies, and procedures of the Department of Defense regarding the determination and reporting of such member as missing, absent unknown, absent without leave, or duty status whereabouts unknown.
(b) Implementation by Unit Commanders.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each unit commander coordinates with the judge advocates assigned or attached to, or performing duty with, the unit under the command of such commander for assistance in the implementation of any regulation, policy, or procedure required under subsection (a) with respect to such unit.
(c) Additional Actions by Unit Commanders.--On a routine basis, each unit commander shall--
(1) review the requirements contained in the document titled "Commander's Critical Information Requirements", dated January 2020, or such successor document, to ensure such requirements--
(A) have been issued or updated during the three-year period preceding any such review;
(B) reflect such medical issues or safety incidents of members of the Armed Forces that the commander deems sufficiently significant; and
(C) have been distributed to the unit under the command of such commander; and
(2) host confidential wellness meetings with subordinate commanders at which such commanders may discuss with one or more medical officers assigned to such unit any significant injuries or illnesses affecting members of the Armed Forces serving in or with such unit.
(d) Training Courses.--Each Secretary concerned, and the Secretary of Defense with respect to civilian personnel of the Department of Defense, shall develop and implement training courses to ensure each member of an Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of that Secretary (or each civilian employee of the Department of Defense, respectively) is aware of the importance of accountability with respect to health and welfare and of the significant negative outcomes that may occur when accountability procedures fail. Such courses shall be offered at leadership and supervisor trainings and shall include content relating to the conduct of wellness checks in accordance with subsection (a) and other related actions.
(e) Secretary Concerned Defined.--In this section, the term "Secretary concerned" has the meaning given such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 770. REPORTS ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPREHENSIVE
AUTISM CARE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) Report on Implementation of Recommendations.--Not later than February 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the plan by the Secretary to implement the recommendations made by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the report on the Department of Defense Comprehensive Autism Care Demonstration program submitted under section 737 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1800).
(b) Semiannual Reports.--On a semiannual basis, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the Department of Defense Comprehensive Autism Care Demonstration program, including the following with respect to the period covered by the report:
(1) The total number of children receiving applied behavior analysis services under the program.
(2) The total average wait time for such children, listed by the State in which such services are provided and calculated based on the date of the diagnosis of autism and the date on which such services are first provided.
(3) The number of new referrals for such services.
(4) The number of providers accepting new patients for such services.
(5) The number of providers who no longer accept new patients for such services.
(6) The average number of treatment sessions required by such children.
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TRANSITION OF MEDICS TO CIVILIAN WORKFORCE.
(a) Recommendations.----
(1) Requirement.--Each Secretary concerned shall develop recommendations to improve the transition of medics under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned into the civilian workforce in health care occupations, including as certified nurse aides, licensed practical nurses, or medical assistants.
(2) Considerations.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall--
(A) identify any barriers--
(i) to improving the ability of the Secretary concerned to determine and communicate how the military medic credentials and experience of a medic separating from the Armed Forces translate to credentialed civilian employment in health care occupations;
(ii) that exist to the standardization among the Armed Forces of military medic credentials and experience and the alignment of such credentials and experience to credentialed civilian employment in health care occupations;
(iii) that exist to ensuring members of the Armed Forces with military medic credentials and experience have earned the equivalent civilian credential prior to separation from the Armed Forces in addition to receiving their military credentials;
(iv) to the increased establishment and uptake of accelerated or bridge programs to assist separating members of the Armed Forces in translating military credentials and experience into civilian health care credentials and employment;
(v) to increasing the availability and accessibility of preparatory activities under the SkillBridge program established under section 1143(e) of title 10, United States Code, in the health care sector for members of the Armed Forces preparing for separation, to include--
(I) the approval timeline for separating members to participate in SkillBridge programs in the health care sector; and
(II) requirements to return to their duty station for out-processing; and
(vi) to providing information on civilian health care credentials and employment under the Transition Assistance Program to medics separating from the Armed Forces, including information on State-by-State licensing and credentialing; and
(B) consider the potential effects of--
(i) clarification by States through legislation, actions of State licensing boards, or actions of State credentialing boards of the civilian equivalents of certain military credentials and experience in health care;
(ii) implementation, including through State-provided incentives, of accelerated programs to bridge military medic credentials and experience with civilian health care credentials and licenses;
(iii) financial support or incentives by States to increase the availability and accessibility of such programs;
(iv) requiring the military departments to align military health care credentials with civilian equivalents; and
(v) requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Labor to track and
report the number of separated members of the Armed Forces with health care-related military credentials and experience who continue in the civilian health care sector, including the type of employment they pursue.
(3) Consultation.--The Secretaries concerned shall carry out paragraph (1) in consultation with each of the States (through the Defense-State Liaison Office of the Department of Defense), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Labor.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing--
(1) the recommendations developed under subsection (a); and
(2) a plan to implement those recommendations.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "appropriate congressional committees" means the following:
(A) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(B) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate.
(2) The term "medic" means a member of the Armed Forces acting in a clinical health care-related occupation while serving in the Armed Forces.
(3) The term "Secretary concerned" means--
(A) the Secretary of Defense, with respect to matters concerning the Department of Defense; and
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy.
(4) The term "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands that have a Defense-State Liaison Office.
(5) The term "Transition Assistance Program" means the program of the Department of Defense for pre-separation counseling, employment assistance, and other transitional services provided under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 772. STRATEGIC PLAN TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH OF CERTAIN
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Plan.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with each Secretary of a military department and the Director of the Defense Health Agency, shall develop a strategic plan to address suicide by members of the covered Armed Forces and the mental health services provided to such members.
(b) Elements.--The plan under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Developing and enforcing uniform protocols with respect to--
(A) the regulations prescribed for the self-initiated referral process under section 1090b(e) of title 10, United States Code, for members of the covered Armed Forces seeking mental health evaluations;
(B) the provision of information, including through workplace posters, flyers, and advertisements, to ensure members are aware of such referral process.
(2) Standardized mental health training for members of the covered Armed Forces, including--
(A) specialized training for commanders, senior enlisted leaders, and medical personnel on identifying and addressing mental health concerns;
(B) the development of a certification process based on completion of training with documented proof of compliance;
(C) how to respond when a member initiates the referral process under section 1090b(e) of title 10, United States Code; and
(D) how to recognize signs indicating mental health distress.
(c) Covered Armed Forces Defined.--In this section, the term "covered Armed Forces" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.
SEC. 773. BRIEFING ON PROSTATE CANCER INCIDENCE AND EMERGING
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGIES.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on--
(1) the status and any preliminary findings of ongoing studies on cancer incidence rates among members of the Armed Forces and veterans, including--
(A) the results of and remedial actions taken following the study conducted by the Secretary of Defense on aircrew members of rotary-wing aircraft under section 736 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 935); and
(B) the results of and remedial actions taken following the completion of the study conducted by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to fixed-wing aviators and associated ground crew pursuant to title V of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168) and subsequent related directives;
(2) the incidence and prevalence of prostate cancer among members of the Armed Forces and veterans, including any identified elevated risks within specific occupational specialties;
(3) an assessment of emerging and advanced prostate cancer screening, diagnostic, and prognostic technologies, including those that are less invasive and capable of determining cancer aggressiveness;
(4) the extent to which such technologies are currently available within the military health system and the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
(5) a plan, including timelines and resource requirements, to evaluate and, as appropriate, implement such technologies within the military health system and the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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ASSESSMENT OF ACCESS, FAIRNESS, AND TRANSPARENCY
UNDER TRICARE PHARMACY BENEFITS PROGRAM.
(a) Comptroller General Audits.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct audits of--
(A) data reported by the contractor responsible for the administration of the pharmacy benefits program relating to--
(i) rates of reimbursement and any price concessions;
(ii) any discrepancies between average reimbursements to various types of pharmacies disaggregated by retail, mail order, specialty pharmacies, and any pharmacy owned by or affiliated with such contractor; and
(iii) the difference between what the contractor charges the TRICARE program for a pharmaceutical agent and what the contractor pays to pharmacies for the same pharmaceutical agent, disaggregated by retail, mail order, and specialty pharmacies;
(B) prior authorizations required by the TRICARE program for prescription drug treatments and services;
(C) the timeliness of dispensing prescription drugs from the various types of pharmacies, disaggregated by retail, mail order, and specialty pharmacies; and
(D) the adequacy of the retail pharmacy network under the TRICARE program and access by eligible covered beneficiaries to such network, including with respect to continuity of care, geographic accessibility (taking into account factors in addition to travel time to and from a pharmacy, with special consideration for rural and underserved areas), and the extent to which elections by such beneficiaries reflect personal preference; and
(2) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the audits under paragraph (1).
(3) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report with the results the audits under paragraph (1).
(b) Access to Information.--
(1) In general.--As a condition of administering the pharmacy benefits program on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any contract, subcontract, agreement, or confidentiality provision to the contrary, the contractor responsible for administering the pharmacy benefits program shall agree to make available to the Comptroller General any information the Comptroller General determines necessary to conduct the audits under subsection (a)(1) not later than 30 days after the request for such information by the Comptroller General.
(2) Information to be included.--Information required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) Claims-level data.
(B) Information on reimbursement methodologies and payment rates.
(C) An identification of all price concessions, including rebates, fees, discounts, and remuneration of any kind from manufacturers, pharmacies, or other entities.
(D) Information on amounts charged to the Department of Defense and amounts paid to pharmacies for the same drug.
(E) Contracts, subcontracts, and other arrangements with manufacturers, pharmacies, or third parties relevant to the administration of the pharmacy benefits program.
(3) Prohibition on withholding of information.--Information required to be provided under this paragraph may not be withheld, redacted, or limited on the basis of claims relating to proprietary information, trade secrets, or confidential commercial information, except that the Comptroller General shall protect such information from public disclosure in accordance with applicable law.
(4) Form, detail, and frequency.--The Comptroller General may determine the form, level of detail, and frequency of data submissions required under paragraph (1).
(c) Assessment of Impact.--If any audit conducted under subsection (a)(1) finds that reimbursement rates paid to retail pharmacies under the pharmacy benefits program are, on average or in a systemic manner, less than the documented acquisition cost to such pharmacies for outpatient prescription drugs covered by such audit, the Comptroller General shall include in the report on such audit under subsection (a)(2) an assessment of the impact of such reimbursement rates on retail pharmacy participation, beneficiary access, network adequacy, and continuity of care.
(d) Access Metrics.--In conducting oversight of the pharmacy benefit program, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that measures of access to such program include--
(1) continuity of care and beneficiary preference, including the ability of beneficiaries to remain with their pharmacy of choice; and
(2) meaningful geographic access standards beyond drive-time calculations, with special consideration for rural and underserved areas.
(e) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for the implementation of this section.
(f) Applicability to Existing Contracts.--This section shall apply to any contract, agreement, or other arrangement in effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, including any contract, agreement, or arrangement entered into before such date.
(g) Relationship to Existing Authority.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any existing authority of the Comptroller General.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The terms "eligible covered beneficiary", "pharmaceutical agent", and "prescription drug" have the meanings given those terms in section 1074g of title 10, United States Code.
(2) The term "pharmacy benefits program" means the pharmacy benefit program of the TRICARE program under section 1074g of title 10, United States Code.
(3) The term "TRICARE program" has the meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 775. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF PILOT PROGRAM ON
BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY FELLOWSHIPS.
(a) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Health Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the feasibility of establishing a pilot program that establishes a behavioral neurology fellowship program to provide training opportunities with respect to treating members of the Armed Forces and veterans with traumatic brain injuries, particularly regarding the intersection of behavior and traumatic brain injury.
(b) Matters Included.--The report on the potential pilot program under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) The feasibility of the pilot program meeting the requirements described in subsection (c).
(2) An evaluation of potential locations at which to carry out the pilot program.
(c) Requirements Described.--The requirements described in this subsection are the following:
(1) The pilot program would include two individuals selected for a one-year clinical fellowship program under the pilot program.
(2) An individual may hold a fellowship under the pilot program if the individual--
(A) holds a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from any medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education; and
(B) before participating in the fellowship program, has completed a residency program in neurology or psychiatry at an institution accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
(3) An individual would not be required to be board certified to hold a fellowship under the pilot program.
(4) The pilot program would be carried out in a manner that seeks to allow an individual, upon completion of the fellowship program, to sit for board certification in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry offered by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
(5) The fellowship program would be accredited.
SEC. 776. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY ON RESERVE
COMPONENT DENTAL READINESS AND BENEFIT
SUFFICIENCY.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the sufficiency of the Department of Defense Reserve Component dental program in supporting the medical readiness and deployability of members of the reserve components.
(b) Elements.--The study under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) An assessment of the extent to which current annual benefit caps, including the $1,500 coverage limit under the TRICARE Dental Program, contribute to dental nondeployability among members of the reserve components.
(2) An evaluation of the relationship between out-of-pocket dental costs and delays in obtaining necessary dental care required for deployment readiness.
(3) An analysis of the extent to which dental readiness requirements impose a financial burden on members of the reserve components, including whether such requirements function as an unfunded mandate on individual members.
(4) A review of the findings of section 707 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2652) and an assessment of remaining gaps in data regarding dental readiness and benefit sufficiency.
(5) An identification and evaluation of targeted, cost-effective policy options to improve dental readiness among members of the reserve components, including--
(A) adjustments to annual benefit caps;
(B) coverage of readiness-related dental procedures not currently included under existing plans;
(C) alternative models for delivering dental care to reservists; and
(D) any other mechanisms the Comptroller General determines appropriate to reduce cost-related barriers to deployability.
(6) An assessment of the potential effects of such policy options on--
(A) overall force readiness and deployability;
(B) recruitment and retention within the reserve components; and
(C) cost to the Department of Defense.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the preliminary observations and emerging findings of the study under subsection (a).
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REVIEW OF THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
CONDITIONS OF OPERATIONAL FACILITIES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE LGM-30G MINUTEMAN III INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEM.
(a) In General.--The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Deterrence, Chemical, and Biological Defense Policy and Programs, shall seek to enter into an agreement with the Executive Officer of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a review of the occupational health and safety conditions of covered operational facilities.
(b) Elements.--The review required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An independent review of the methodology and findings of the Missile Community Cancer Study conducted by the Air Force Medical Service and Air Force Global Strike Command.
(2) An independent assessment of occupational hazards, covered toxic substances, and operational activities associated with the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system that accounts for--
(A) enclosed space dynamics;
(B) ventilation inefficiencies; and
(C) limited fresh air exchange rates.
(3) An independent case-controlled retrospective study of cancer incidence rates among--
(A) Minuteman III missile launch officers and support personnel; compared to
(B) a group of members of the Air Force with--
(i) a substantially similar demographic makeup to the group of launch officers and support personnel included in the study;
(ii) responsibilities that are not associated with the Minuteman III system; and
(iii) a low potential for occupational exposure to covered toxic substances, as determined by Air Force Specialty Code and occupational duties.
(4) A comparative evaluation of the suitability and effectiveness of historic versus current year environmental surveillance policies, procedures, and technologies of the Department of the Air Force for covered operational facilities used to detect exposure to covered toxic substances and occupational hazards, including--
(A) air quality;
(B) groundwater and drinking water contamination;
(C) ventilation systems and particulate matter accumulation; and
(D) residual contamination associated with confined operational environments.
(5) An evaluation of the suitability and effectiveness of policies, procedures, and technologies of the Department of the Air Force to prevent occupational hazards, and reduce exposure to covered toxic substances, associated with the Minuteman III system including--
(A) personal protective equipment;
(B) engineering controls;
(C) environmental surveillance; and
(D) other policies, procedures, and technologies deemed relevant.
(6) An evaluation of the suitability and effectiveness of policies, procedures, and technologies of the Department of the Air Force and the Department of Defense for reporting and periodic medical screening, testing, and evaluations for potential exposure to occupational hazards and covered toxic substances for personnel associated with the Minuteman III system.
(7) Recommendations of the Executive Officer with respect to--
(A) Department of Defense actions to ensure that occupational health and safety conditions of covered operational facilities--
(i) meet current occupational safety and national security requirements in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(ii) are applied to the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system; and
(B) potential modifications to--
(i) the current design and operation of the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system; and
(ii) the future design and operation of the Sentinel system.
(c) Information and Clearances.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that personnel of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine supervising the implementation of the agreement required by subsection (a), or conducting the review required by such subsection, are granted, in a timely manner, access to the information and security clearances necessary to carry out such review.
(d) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Executive Officer of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the findings of the review required by subsection (a).
(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered operational facilities" mean physical structures and work environments associated with the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system, including--
(A) launch control facilities;
(B) launch facilities;
(C) missile alert facilities; and
(D) other associated facilities.
(2) The term "covered toxic substances" means contaminants and other risk factors that pose a significant health risk to an individual
when inhaled, ingested, absorbed by, or in close proximity to, the individual, including--
(A) asbestos;
(B) radiation;
(C) polychlorinated biphenyls;
(D) combustion byproducts associated with burning classified materials, accelerants, and industrial solvents;
(E) volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including VOCs from cleaning and maintenance chemicals;
(F) radon and naturally occurring radioactive materials in subterranean facilities;
(G) hydrogen cyanide, hydrazine, ethylene glycol, and sodium chromate;
(H) pesticides and herbicides from facility perimeters and surrounding agricultural runoff;
(I) noise; and
(J) other chemical compounds or elements associated with the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system or covered operational facilities.
SEC. 778. CONTINUED EVALUATION OF THE TRICARE PROGRAM THROUGH
BENEFICIARY EXPERIENCE SURVEYS.
(a) Continued Evaluation Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure the sustained collection and analysis of beneficiary experience data necessary to support the ongoing evaluation of the TRICARE program in meeting the goals of--
(1) increasing access to health care for covered beneficiaries under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code;
(2) improving the quality of health care provided to covered beneficiaries; and
(3) informing oversight of the performance of the military health system.
(b) Elements of Evaluation.--The evaluation under subsection (a) shall include an assessment of each of the following:
(1) The impact of the TRICARE program on members of the covered Armed Forces and the dependents of such members, retirees of the covered Armed Forces and the dependents of such retirees, and dependents with severe disabilities and chronic health care needs of members of the covered Armed Forces serving on active duty regarding access, costs, quality, and beneficiary experience.
(2) Barriers affecting beneficiary utilization of military medical treatment facilities and factors influencing the use of purchased care in lieu of direct care.
(3) Patient safety, quality of care, and access to care at military medical treatment facilities, including appointment wait times, beneficiary satisfaction, and comparison to the access standards of the Department of Defense.
(4) Trends in beneficiary experience and access to care over time through the use of longitudinal population-level data collection methodologies.
(c) Submission.--The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate the results of each evaluation under subsection (a).
(d) Continuity of Data Collection.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any transition or modification to beneficiary experience survey methodologies does not result in a lapse in the collection, analysis, or reporting of population-level beneficiary experience data necessary to support the evaluation, performance assessment, and reporting requirements, of the military health system.
(e) Covered Armed Force.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered Armed Force" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.
(2) The term "covered beneficiary" means a covered beneficiary, as defined in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code, who is a beneficiary by reason of the service by an individual in a covered Armed Force.
(3) The term "TRICARE program" has the meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 779. REMOVAL OF PEPTIDES FROM PROHIBITED PERFORMANCE
ENHANCING SUBSTANCES LIST.
The Secretary of Defense may not include legally available peptides on the prohibited dietary supplement ingredients list established pursuant to Department of Defense Instruction 6130.06, or any other similar list of substances that are prohibited for use by a member of the Armed Forces without a medical exemption, if the member of the Armed Forces obtains and uses such peptides in a manner that is lawful in the location of the member.
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STUDY ON LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO TOXIC
SUBSTANCES ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND
FERTILITY.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a comprehensive, longitudinal study to assess the long-term effects of exposure to toxic substances on the reproductive health and fertility of members of the covered Armed Forces.
(b) Elements.--The study under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) The relationship between service in the covered Armed Forces and exposure to toxic substances.
(2) The resultant effect of exposure to toxic substances on the reproductive health and fertility of covered members of the Armed Forces.
(3) Whether certain career fields in the covered Armed Forces have a higher chance of damaging fertility.
(4) The effects of exposure to toxic substances and other mechanism on the health of children of such members.
(5) The effects of exposure to toxic substances and other mechanisms on the sex of the children of such members.
(6) The rates of infertility and reduced fertility among such members.
(7) The rates of congenital disabilities and birth defects in the children of such members.
(c) Consultation.--In conducting the study subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with--
(1) the Surgeons General of the covered Armed Forces;
(2) the Director of the Defense Health Agency; and
(3) relevant academic institutions and federally funded research and development centers with expertise in fertility and reproductive health.
(d) Report.--
(1) Initial report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate an interim report on the study under subsection (a), including any preliminary findings and recommendations.
(2) Final report.--Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the study under subsection (a), including the following:
(A) Findings.
(B) Identification of the categories of toxic substances most commonly associated with reproductive harm among members of the covered Armed Forces.
(C) A description of current research programs within the Department of Defense examining the relationship between such exposures and reproductive health.
(D) An evaluation of the extent to which members of the covered Armed Forces have access to fertility preservation services, assisted reproductive technology, and fertility services, and any gaps in access to such services, including with respect to members of the reserve components.
(E) Recommendations regarding--
(i) improvements to screening and monitoring protocols for reproductive health outcomes related to toxic exposure;
(ii) expanded access to reproductive health services and fertility treatments for members of the covered Armed Forces affected by toxic exposure; and
(iii) legislative or regulatory actions to address reproductive health effects of such exposure.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered Armed Forces" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.
(2) The term "toxic substances" means any substance known to the Department of Defense to be toxic, hazardous, or otherwise cause negative health outcomes.
TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS
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SEC. 801. RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES OF PORTFOLIO
ACQUISITION EXECUTIVES WITH RESPECT TO
CONTRACTORS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 205 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3105 the following new sections:
"Sec. 3105a. Portfolio acquisition executives: performance
management authorities with respect to contractors
"(a) Performance Management Authorities.--Each portfolio acquisition executive shall, with respect to contractors under the defense acquisition programs assigned to such executive, have the following authorities:
"(1) To issue a performance improvement notice to any contractor that, as documented in any contractor past performance database used by the Department of Defense, has received a rating indicating a deficiency (such as marginal or unsatisfactory) in two or more consecutive assessment periods, or in three or more assessment periods within a period of five years. Such a notice shall specify, with particularity, the deficiencies identified in such ratings and shall establish measurable corrective action benchmarks and a remediation period not to exceed 180 days. The portfolio acquisition executive shall ensure that the notice is provided contemporaneously to the contractor and the component acquisition executive or service acquisition executive of the military department concerned, as applicable, and is documented in any contractor past performance database used by the Department.
"(2) To initiate a contract restructuring action, including an action to adjust a performance metric, milestone schedule, deliverable specification, or associated incentive fee structure, without the prior approval of the component acquisition executive or the service acquisition executive of the military department concerned, as long as the total value of the restructured contract does not exceed any applicable threshold. The portfolio acquisition executive shall provide written notification to the component acquisition executive or service acquisition executive, as applicable, not later than 15 days after initiating such an action.
"(3) To recommend to the component acquisition executive or the service acquisition executive of the military department concerned that a contract be terminated for cause. The service acquisition executive shall act on such recommendation, or determine not to act on such recommendation, not later than 30 days after receiving the recommendation.
"(b) Responsibilities of Component Acquisition Executive or Service Acquisition Executive.--In a case in which the component acquisition executive or service acquisition executive, as applicable, overrides the issuance of a performance improvement notice under subsection (a)(1), overrides a contract restructuring action under subsection (a)(2), or determines not to act on a recommendation under subsection (a)(3), the component acquisition executive or service acquisition executive, as applicable, shall--
"(1) not later than 15 days after such override or determination, make a written documentation of the override or determination that cites the specific statutory, regulatory, or policy basis for the override or determination; and
"(2) provide a copy of such written documentation to the portfolio acquisition executive and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
"(c) Limitation.--This section does not--
"(1) authorize a portfolio acquisition executive to terminate a contract for cause without the approval of the component acquisition executive or service acquisition executive, as applicable; or
"(2) supersede any right of the contractor to notice and opportunity to respond under applicable provisions of law or regulation.
"(d) Guidance.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall issue guidance for the implementation of this section.
"(e) Annual Report.--On an annual basis, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in consultation with each component acquisition executive and service acquisition executive, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the exercise of authorities under this section. The report shall include--
"(1) a consolidated list of all actions taken by a portfolio acquisition executive under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a);
"(2) a consolidated list of all overrides and determinations by a component acquisition executive or service acquisition executive under subsection (b); and
"(3) an assessment of the effectiveness of the actions taken under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a).
"Sec. 3105b. Portfolio acquisition executives: defense-wide
framework of contractor performance metrics
"(a) Framework Required.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in consultation with each component acquisition executive and service acquisition executive, shall establish a framework of contractor performance metrics to be used by all portfolio acquisition executives of the Department of Defense. The framework shall--
"(1) specify metrics that must be used by each portfolio acquisition executive to assess each defense acquisition program assigned to such executive;
"(2) for each such metric, establish minimum thresholds for reporting; and
"(3) provide for consistency and comparability of contractor performance data across the Department while preserving the flexibility of each portfolio acquisition executive to tailor specific indicators and thresholds to the defense acquisition programs assigned to such executive.
"(b) Categories Required.--The framework required by subsection (a) shall include metrics in each of the following categories:
"(1) Cost performance.--Metrics relating to variance from the approved cost baseline, including estimate at completion versus budget at completion, undefinitized contract action definitization rate, and cost overrun recurrence.
"(2) Schedule performance.--Metrics relating to adherence to milestones, including delivery delays measured in days against the approved program baseline and frequency of approved re-baselining.
"(3) Technical performance.--Metrics relating to achievement of key performance parameters at applicable program milestones and deficiency closure rates.
"(4) Sustainment readiness.--Metrics relating to mission capable rate contribution, mean time between failures relative to contractual specifications, and materiel backorder rate.
"(5) Contract management.--Metrics relating to the assignment and distribution of ratings in the contractor past performance database used by the Department, rates of compliance with corrective action plans, and competitive re-compete rates.
"(6) Other categories.--Any other categories that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment considers appropriate.
"(c) Additional Tailored Metrics.--Each portfolio acquisition executive shall--
"(1) for each category established under subsection (b), develop additional metrics and thresholds tailored to the defense acquisition programs assigned to such portfolio acquisition executive;
"(2) submit such additional metrics and thresholds to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; and
"(3) upon approval of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, file such additional metrics and thresholds with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
"(d) Submission to Committees and Comptroller General.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit any metrics and thresholds approved under subsection (c)(3)--
"(1) to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives not later than 30 days after approving such metrics and thresholds; and
"(2) to the Comptroller General upon request.
"(e) Annual Review.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall review the framework under subsection (a) not less frequently than annually and shall update the framework as necessary to reflect changes in acquisition policy, program structure, or operational requirements.
"(f) Relationship to Acquisition Workforce Performance Objectives.--(1) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall ensure that the metrics and thresholds under this section--
"(A) are distinct from, and shall be administered consistent with and separately from, the key performance objectives established under section 826 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (10 U.S.C. 1722b note) for evaluating the performance of civilian members of the acquisition workforce; and
"(B) complement, and do not conflict with, the integration of such key performance objectives into performance management systems of the Department.
"(2) This section does not require the assessment of the individual performance of any member of the acquisition workforce.
"Sec. 3105c. Portfolio acquisition executives: authority to
designate contractors for high performer preference
"(a) Authority to Designate.--Each portfolio acquisition executive shall, with respect to contractors under the defense acquisition programs assigned to such executive, have the authority to designate a contractor for the high performer preference for purposes of this section if the contractor--
"(1) as documented in the contractor past performance database used by the Department of Defense, has received a rating of exceptional or very good for not fewer than three consecutive assessment periods under the defense acquisition programs assigned to such executive; and
"(2) has met or exceeded all key performance parameters applicable to such programs during such period.
"(b) Documentation.--The portfolio acquisition executive shall make a designation under subsection (a) in writing, ensure that it is documented in any contractor past performance database used by the Department, and report the designation not later than 30 days after making the designation to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the component acquisition executive or service acquisition executive of the military department concerned, as applicable.
"(c) Duration; Revocation.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a designation under subsection (a) shall remain in effect for a period not to exceed three years from the date on which the designation is made, at which time a new designation under subsection (a) may be made if the requirements of subsection (a) are met.
"(2) A portfolio acquisition executive may revoke a designation under subsection (a) at any time upon a determination that the contractor no longer satisfies a requirement in subsection (a). The portfolio acquisition executive shall make the revocation in writing, ensure that it is documented in any contractor past performance database used by the Department, and report the revocation not later than 30 days after making the revocation to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the component acquisition executive or service acquisition executive of the military department concerned, as applicable.
"(d) Effect of Designation.--In any competitive source selection conducted under the defense acquisition programs assigned to a portfolio acquisition executive that has made a designation under subsection (a) that remains in effect, the contracting officer shall assign to any offeror with such a designation a past performance confidence rating of substantial confidence, except in a case in which the contracting officer determines, for specific documented reasons supported by specific performance data, to assign a lower past performance rating.
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In such a case, the contracting officer shall document in writing such determination, such reasons, and such data.
"(e) Limitations.--A designation under subsection (a) shall not--
"(1) constitute a sole-source justification or otherwise relieve the contracting officer of the obligation to conduct full and open competition as required by applicable law, regulation, and policy; or
"(2) be used to evaluate the past performance of an offeror in a source selection under a defense acquisition program not assigned to the portfolio acquisition executive that made the designation, except with the prior written concurrence of the porfolio acquisition executive to whom the defense acquisition program is assigned.".
(b) Implementation.--
(1) Guidance.--The guidance required by section 3105a of title 10, United States Code, as added by this section, shall be issued not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Applicability.--The authorities provided by sections 3105a, 3105b, and 3105c of such title, as added by this section, shall apply on and after the date on which such guidance is issued, except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4).
(3) Reports.--The first report required by section 3105a of such title shall be submitted not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(4) Additional tailored metrics.--The first set of additional tailored metrics required by section 3105b of such title shall be submitted not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 802. ENSURING BEST VALUE IN PROCUREMENT.
(a) Codification of Use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process.--
(1) Title 10.--Chapter 223 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3243 the following new section:
"Sec. 3244. Use of lowest price technically acceptable
source selection process
"(a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the Department of Defense to avoid using lowest price technically acceptable source
selection criteria in circumstances that would deny the Department the benefits of cost and technical tradeoffs in the source selection process.
"(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement requires that lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria are used only in situations in which--
"(1) the Department of Defense is able to comprehensively and clearly describe the minimum requirements expressed in terms of performance objectives, measures, and standards that will be used to determine acceptability of offers;
"(2) the Department of Defense would realize no, or minimal, value from a contract proposal exceeding the minimum technical or performance requirements set forth in the request for proposal;
"(3) the proposed technical approaches will require no, or minimal, subjective judgment by the source selection authority as to the desirability of one offeror's proposal versus a competing proposal;
"(4) the source selection authority has a high degree of confidence that a review of technical proposals of offerors other than the lowest bidder would not result in the identification of factors that could provide value or benefit to the Department;
"(5) the contracting officer has included a justification for the use of a lowest price technically acceptable evaluation methodology in the contract file;
"(6) the Department of Defense has determined that the lowest price reflects full life-cycle costs, including for operations and support;
"(7) the Department of Defense would realize no, or minimal, additional innovation or future technological advantage by using a different methodology; and
"(8) with respect to a contract for procurement of goods, the goods procured are predominantly expendable in nature, nontechnical, or have a short life expectancy or short shelf life.
"(c) Avoidance of Use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Criteria in Certain Procurements.--To the maximum extent practicable, the use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria shall be avoided in the case of a procurement that is predominately for the acquisition of--
"(1) information technology services, cybersecurity services, systems engineering and technical assistance services, advanced electronic testing, audit or audit readiness services, or other knowledge-based professional services;
"(2) personal protective equipment; or
"(3) knowledge-based training or logistics services in contingency operations or other operations outside the United States.".
(2) Title 41.--
(A) In general.--Chapter 47 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 4714 the following new section:
"Sec. 4715. Use of lowest price technically acceptable
source selection process
"(a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the United States Government to avoid using lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria in circumstances that would deny the Government the benefits of cost and technical tradeoffs in the source selection process.
"(b) Regulations.--The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall ensure the Federal Acquisition Regulation requires that lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria are used only in situations in which--
"(1) an executive agency is able to comprehensively and clearly describe the minimum requirements expressed in terms of performance objectives, measures, and standards that will be used to determine acceptability of offers;
"(2) the executive agency would realize no, or minimal, value from a contract proposal exceeding the minimum technical or performance requirements set forth in the request for proposal;
"(3) the proposed technical approaches will require no, or minimal, subjective judgment by the source selection authority as to the desirability of one offeror's proposal versus a competing proposal;
"(4) the executive agency has a high degree of confidence that a review of technical proposals of offerors other than the lowest bidder would not result in the identification of factors that could provide value or benefit to the executive agency;
"(5) the contracting officer has included a justification for the use of a lowest price technically acceptable evaluation methodology in the contract file; and
"(6) the executive agency has determined that the lowest price reflects full life-cycle costs, including for operations and support.
"(c) Avoidance of Use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Criteria in Certain Procurements.--To the maximum extent practicable, the use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria shall be avoided in the case of a procurement that is predominately for the acquisition of--
"(1) information technology services, cybersecurity services, systems engineering and technical assistance services, advanced electronic testing, audit or audit readiness services, health care services and records, telecommunications devices and services, munitions response services, or other knowledge-based professional services;
"(2) personal protective equipment; or
"(3) knowledge-based training or logistics services in contingency operations or other operations outside the United States.
"(d) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) Executive agency.--The term `executive agency' has the meaning given that term in section 102 of title 40, except that the term does not include the Department of Defense.
"(2) Contingency operation.--The term `contingency operation' has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10.".
(B) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4714 the following new item:
"4715. Use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.". (b) Ensuring Best Value in Procurement.--Section 152(3)(B) of title 41, United States Code, is amended by striking "lowest overall cost alternative" and inserting "best value". (c) Conforming Repeals.--(1) Department of defense requirement.--Section 813 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. note prec. 3241) is repealed. (2) Government-wide requirement.--Section 880 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (41 U.S.C. 3701 note) is repealed.
SEC. 803. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN CONTRACT CLAUSES FOR
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS OR COMMERCIAL SERVICES.
Section 3452 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(f) Limitations.--The Secretary of Defense may not--
"(1) include in the lists required by subsections (b) and (c)(1) any contract clause that is substantially similar to a contract clause for commercial products or commercial services that is required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation or otherwise required by the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and
"(2) include in a contract for the procurement of commercial products or commercial services a contract clause from the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation or Federal Acquisition Regulation that is not included on such lists.".
SEC. 804. ELIMINATION OF LATE COST AND PRICING DATA
SUBMISSION DEFENSE.
Section 3706(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3) by striking "or" at the end;
(2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period and inserting "; or"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
"(5) updates to cost or pricing data submitted by the prime contractor or subcontractor after the date of agreement on the price of the contract (or price of the modification) or, if applicable and if consistent with subsection (a)(2), such other date agreed upon between the parties, were based on data that was more than 30 days old.".
SEC. 805. REPORTING OF PRICE INCREASES.
Chapter 271 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 3710. Reporting of increases above specified prices
"(a) In General.--An offeror shall be required to submit to the relevant contracting officer a report, not later than 30 days after the offeror becomes aware that the price of a product or service under a covered contract reaches or exceeds an amount equal to--
"(1) 25 percent more than the price specified in the covered contract bid;
"(2) 25 percent more than the price the Government paid for such product or service during the calendar year immediately preceding the date on which the covered contract is entered into; or
"(3) 50 percent more than the price the Government paid for such product or service at any time before the 5-year period preceding the date on which the covered contract is entered into.
"(b) Noncompliance.--With respect to an offeror who fails to submit the report required under this section, the Director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency or the relevant service acquisition executive shall include in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (or any successor system) the following information:
"(1) An identification of such offeror and the specific product or service to which such report should relate.
"(2) The National Stock Number of such product or service and the order quantity, unit cost, total cost, purchasing or reimbursing entity, and date of the order for such product or service.
"(c) Covered Contract Defined.--In this section, the term `covered contract' means a contract awarded using procedures other than competitive procedures under section 3204 of this title or pursuant to section 6.302 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.".
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LIMITATION ON SUSPENSION OF PROGRESS PAYMENTS.
(a) Conditions for Progress Payments.--Section 3804 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking "Commensurate With Work";
(B) by inserting "(1)" before "The Secretary of Defense"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
"(2) After finding substantial evidence that a covered condition applies for a contract, the Secretary of Defense may reduce a progress payment, increase the rate of liquidation, or both for such contract.
"(3) After finding substantial evidence that a covered condition applies for a contract, the Secretary of Defense may suspend a progress payment for such contract only if--
"(A) the relevant contracting officer submits to the prime contractor for such contract a written statement of the substantial evidence that a
covered condition applies and provides the prime contractor ten calendar days to submit a written rebuttal;
"(B) the head of the contracting activity reviews such statement and any rebuttal and recommends the suspension of the progress payment for such contract; and
"(C) the service acquisition executive notifies the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate in writing of the suspension of progress payments for such contract and of the substantial evidence that a covered condition applies.
"(4)(A) Any suspension of progress payments under paragraph (3) shall last not more than 60 calendar days if--
"(i) the prime contractor submits to the relevant contracting officer a written corrective action plan addressing the covered condition that was the basis for the suspension;
"(ii) the prime contractor initiates corrective action consistent with the submitted written plan within such 60-day period; and
"(iii) the service acquisition executive or portfolio acquisition executive, as applicable, after consultation with the head of the contracting activity and the relevant contracting officer, determines that both the corrective action plan and the initiated corrective action are sufficient to address the covered condition and meet the cost, schedule, performance, delivery, quality, readiness, sustainment, and financial-interest objectives of the Department.
"(B) The 60-day limitation in subparagraph (A) shall not apply if the service acquisition executive or portfolio acquisition executive, as applicable, determines such limitation would materially impair the ability of the Department to protect the interests of the Government interests or would create a material risk to the Department."."; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(d) Covered Condition Defined.--In this section, the term `covered condition' means any of the conditions listed in section 52.232-16(c) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (or successor regulation).".
(b) Conforming Regulations.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall revise the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation carry out the amendments made by this section.
(c) Technical Amendment.--Section 3804 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "defense contract" each place it appears and inserting "contract".
SEC. 807. UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRONIC CONTRACT
WRITING SYSTEMS AND ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS.
(a) Uniform Requirements for the Department of Defense.--Chapter 367 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 4754 the following new section:
"Sec. 4755. Requirements for electronic contract writing
systems and acquisition management systems
"The Secretary shall--
"(1) establish, maintain, and make publicly available uniform data standards, internal control requirements, and independent verification and validation requirements for processing procurement requests, contracts, receipts, and invoices by the Department; and
"(2) establish policy to ensure that each electronic contract writing system and acquisition management system of the Department--
"(A) substantially conforms with the standards, requirements, and rules established pursuant to paragraph (1); and
"(B) is a commercial product or commercial service, as required by section 3453 of this title, unless the head of the agency makes the determination required by section 3453(d) of this title regarding non-availability of commercial products or commercial services.".
(b) Implementation.--The initial standards, requirements, and policies required by section 4755 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be established not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Assessment and Phased Implementation Strategy.--
(1) Requirement for strategy.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the strategy of the Secretary to transition the electronic contract writing systems and acquisition management systems of the Department of Defense to full implementation of the policy established as required by section 4755(2) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
(2) Assessment to inform strategy.--The strategy shall include, and be based on, an assessment of the current state, including--
(A) an inventory identifying each such system in use, in development, or in deployment within the Department; and
(B) for each system identified under subparagraph (A)--
(i) an identification of the offices and officials responsible for the system;
(ii) a cost benefit analysis, including an assessment of the criticality of the system and impact on the mission, and an identification of the system as a commercially available of-the-shelf item, an item developed by the Government, or a Government-off-the-shelf item, as applicable; and
(iii) an identification of the annual spending on the system, from inception and estimated remaining cost to complete application baselines and expected annual support and maintenance costs once complete, broken down by--
(I) Government labor and expense;
(II) contracted costs (such as the costs of software licenses and contractor support); and
(III) costs associated with the current hosting approach on the current platform, including identification of the Government's cost of maintaining infrastructure and associated sustainment costs.
(3) Matters included in strategy.--The strategy shall include--
(A) a description of the coordination necessary within and among the military departments, the Defense Agencies, and other elements of the Department to enable successful transition;
(B) for each system identified under paragraph (2)(A) that is not in compliance with the policy described in paragraph (1), a timeline for transitioning from that system, including an estimate of anticipated reductions in deployment timelines for the system to reach full operating capability;
(C) for each system identified under paragraph (2)(A), a strategy for hosting the system on a platform in compliance with the policy described in paragraph (1), including an evaluation of opportunities to leverage existing commercially available or commercial off-the-shelf products and services to reduce the Government's cost of maintaining infrastructure and associated sustainment costs;
(D) a recommended approach to speed the adoption of secure artificial intelligence ("AI") services for such systems, including how best to prioritize the adoption of commercially available or commercial off-the-shelf products and services with AI technology to help prevent the proliferation of redundant and disconnected AI tools;
(E) an identification of funding, staffing, and resource requirements associated with implementation of such systems;
(F) an identification of any challenges, barriers, or risks affecting implementation of such systems and recommended approaches to addressing or mitigating such challenges, barriers, or risks; and
(G) a cost estimate associated with the transition from the current state to full implementation of the policy described in paragraph (1), including any cost savings associated with the reduction or elimination of continued use and development of systems that are not commercial products or commercial services.
(d) Applicability to Current Vendors.--For each system identified under paragraph (2)(A) that is a commercial product or commercial service as of the date on which the policy described in paragraph (1) is established, if the vendor of the system reasonably demonstrates that the system has the capability to meet a preponderance of the Department's requirements, the Secretary shall ensure that the vendor is given a reasonable opportunity to address any unmet requirements, as long as the unmet requirements can be delivered not later than the date that is 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and at no development cost to the Department.
(e) Uniform Requirements for Certain Executive Agencies.--Subchapter II of chapter 11 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 1132. Requirements for electronic contract writing
systems and acquisition management systems
"(a) The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, with respect to the executive agencies other than the Department of Defense, shall--
"(1) establish or update, as necessary, uniform data standards, internal control requirements, independent verification and validation requirements, and business process rules for processing procurement requests, contracts, receipts, and invoices by the Department of Defense or other executive agencies, as applicable;
"(2) establish or update, as necessary, and maintain one or more approved electronic contract writing systems that conform with the standards, requirements, and rules established pursuant to paragraph (1); and
"(3) require the use of electronic contract writing systems approved in accordance with paragraph (2) for all contracts entered into by executive agencies other than the Department of Defense, as applicable.
"(b) Relation to Existing Contract Writing Systems and Acquisition Management Systems.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the head of an executive agency other than the Department of Defense shall meet the requirements of subsection (a)(2) with respect to approved electronic contract writing systems if they were in compliance with the requirements established pursuant to section 862 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (41 U.S.C. prec. 3101 note) on the date of enactment of this section until such time as those requirements are updated pursuant to subsection (a).".
(f) Repeal of Prior Related Provision.--Section 862 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (41 U.S.C. 3101 note prec.) is repealed.
SEC. 808. RISK-BASED APPROACH TO MONITORING CONTRACTOR
BUSINESS SYSTEMS.
(a) Requirement for Risk-based Approach.--Section 3843 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 3843.
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Contractor business systems: monitoring and
surveillance standards
"(a) Requirement for Risk-based Approach.--The Secretary shall implement an agile, streamlined risk-based approach to surveillance of contractor business systems that--
"(1) minimizes the requirements for the surveillance of contractor business systems to only those that are necessary to conform with commercial best practices or industry standards, as applicable;
"(2) integrates the surveillance of contractor business systems into the Defense Contract Management Agency's standard surveillance
framework, and requires that any additional reviews be risk-based and informed by the results of those standard surveillance activities; and
"(3) allows a contractor to provide internal reports in connection with such standard surveillance activities and targeted reviews, and ensures that any such report is considered in the course of reviewing the contractor's business systems.
"(b) Minimum Requirements for Surveillance.--In establishing the minimum requirements for surveillance under subsection (a)(1) for each type of contractor business system, the Secretary shall ensure that such requirements do not exceed the minimum requirements that are necessary to conform with commercial best practices or industry standards, as applicable, for that type of system.
"(c) Surveillance and Review.--(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), in implementing the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the frequency of review of a contractor business system shall be not more than once every three years, unless the standard surveillance activities under subsection (a)(2) indicate that the system has or may have a material weakness.
"(2) In a case in which the contractor is a company that is subject to the securities laws, if a registered public accounting firm attests to the internal control assessment of the contractor, pursuant to section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)), and certified documentation from such registered public accounting firm reflects--
"(A) the unqualified opinion of such firm with respect to the contractor business system, such documentation shall eliminate the need for further review of the contractor business system by the Secretary;
"(B) a qualified opinion of such firm with respect to the contractor business system, the Secretary shall review only those aspects of the contractor business system as to which the opinion was qualified rather than unqualified; and
"(C) an adverse opinion of such firm with respect to the contractor business system, the Secretary shall take action under paragraph (1) or (2), or both, of subsection (d).
"(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Secretary may establish a profit-based exemption for cases in which the contractor is a company that is subject to the securities laws. Under the exemption, the contractor business system of such a contractor may be exempt from further review by the Secretary if the level of profit of the contractor, taking into account all contracts of the contractor with the Department, is below a threshold level established by the Secretary.
"(d) Corrective Actions and Remedies.--The approach implemented under subsection (a) shall ensure the following:
"(1) If the Secretary determines under subsection (c) that a contractor business system has a material weakness, appropriate officials of the Department will be available to work with the contractor to develop a corrective action plan defining specific actions to be taken to address the material weakness and a schedule for the implementation of such actions.
"(2) The Secretary may pursue any other remedies that may be available under the contract or under any other applicable law and regulation.
"(e) Guidance and Training.--The approach implemented under subsection (a) shall provide guidance and training to appropriate Government officials on the approach, the requirements and limitations in subsection (c) that apply to companies that are subject to the securities laws, the data that is produced by contractor business systems, and the manner in which such data should be used to effectively manage Department programs.
"(f) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `contractor business system' means an integrated set of internal controls, processes, procedures, personnel, and information capabilities that a contractor uses to plan, execute, monitor, and report on its performance of Government contracts in a manner that is accurate, consistent, auditable, and compliant with clear and specific business system requirements that are identified and made publicly available.
"(2) The term `material weakness' means a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over information in contractor business systems, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of such information will not be prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis. For purposes of this paragraph, a reasonable possibility exists when the likelihood of an event occurring--
"(A) is probable; or
"(B) is more than remote but less than likely.".
(b) Implementation.--The initial approach required by section 3843 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be implemented not later than December 1, 2027.
(c) Report on Implementing Approach and Defining Minimum Requirements.--
(1) Agreement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into an agreement with the acquisition research organization described in section 4142(a) of title 10, United States Code, requiring the organization to--
(A) document and evaluate commercial best practices and industry standards for each type of contractor business system, as described in subsection (b) of such section 3843; and
(B) make recommendations for the approach required by subsection (a) of such section 3843.
(2) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary and the organization enter into the agreement required by paragraph (1), the organization shall submit to the Secretary a report on the results of the activities carried out under paragraph (1).
(3) Consideration of report.--In implementing the initial approach required by subsection (a) of such section 3843, and in defining the minimum requirements for contractor business systems under subsection (b) of such section, the Secretary shall take into account the report submitted under paragraph (2).
(d) Repeal of Contractor Business Systems Improvement Program.--Section 893 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 3841) is repealed.
SEC. 809. PROCUREMENT OF INITIAL SPARES.
Section 4274 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 4274. Procurement of initial spares
"(a) In General.--Before awarding a contract for a covered end item, the contracting officer for such covered end item shall determine, in writing, that sufficient amounts have been programmed and budgeted for the procurement of initial spares associated with the covered end item.
"(b) Definitions.--
"(1) The term `covered end item' means an end item (as defined section 4863 of this title) for a major defense acquisition program to be procured after the Milestone C approval (as defined in section 4172 of this title) for such major defense acquisition program.
"(2) The term `initial spare' means a repairable or consumable part for use in a major defense acquisition program during the initial period of service of such weapon system.".
SEC. 810. PROCUREMENT OF LOCAL PRODUCE, SEAFOOD, AND MEAT IN
THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES
INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND.
(a) Procurement for Certain Facilities in the Indo-Pacific Region.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a plan to be carried out by the Defense Commissary Agency and the Defense Logistics Agency to increase procurement of local produce, seafood, and meat for a dining facility or commissary store located on a military installation or onboard a naval vessel located in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. Such plan will include a requirement, to the extent practicable, to procure local produce for commissary stores located in such area of responsibility.
(b) Prohibition on Procurement of Foreign Produce or Meat.--Section 4862(g)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ", produce, or meat" after "seafood".
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that include the following:
(1) The plan required under subsection (a), including ways in which the plan would--
(A) support partner or allied nations that are experiencing economic coercion from China; and
(B) provide fresher food in dining facilities or commissary stores described in such subsection.
(2) The percentage of local produce, seafood, and meat available, and projected percentage after two years of implementing such plan--
(A) in each commissary store located on a military installation located in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command;
(B) in each dining facility located on a military installation located in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command; and
(C) onboard a naval vessel located in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command.
(d) Local Defined.--In this section, the term "local" means, with respect to produce, seafood, or meat, that such produce, seafood, or meat is sourced from a partner or allied nation or a State or territory of the United States located in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command.
SEC. 811. REVIEW OF DEFENSE AUDIT AGENCIES.
(a) Review Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with an entity that conducts audits, reviews, or surveillance of companies listed on a national securities exchange, to conduct a comprehensive review of the standards, guidance, and policies of the defense audit agencies relating to audits, reviews, and surveillance of defense contractors. The purpose of the comprehensive review shall be to identify opportunities to improve the processes of the defense audit agencies for auditing, reviewing, and surveilling defense contractors, including to streamline the auditing, reviewing, and surveilling processes, ensure materiality of reviews, and generally improve the effectiveness of the audits, reviews, and surveillance activities of the defense audit agencies.
(b) Elements.--The comprehensive review required by subsection (a) shall assess the following:
(1) A comparison of--
(A) the processes used by the defense audit agencies to conduct audits, reviews, and surveillance of defense contractors; and
(B) industry best practices for such processes.
(2) A comparison of--
(A) the standards used by the defense audit agencies in connection with such audits, reviews, and surveillance, including the use of materiality standards; and
(B) industry best practices for such standards.
(3) The extent to which industry best practices are applicable and transferrable to the audits, reviews, and surveillance of defense contractors by the defense audit agencies.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the entity contracted for the comprehensive review required by subsection (a) shall provide a report
on the results of the review to the Secretary of Defense and the Inspector General of the Department of Defense.
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The report shall include--
(1) findings on the effectiveness of the defense audit agencies in conducting audits, reviews, and surveillance of defense contractors;
(2) the comparison described in subsection (b)(1);
(3) the comparison described in subsection (b)(2);
(4) the assessment described in subsection (b)(3); and
(5) Recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the defense audit agencies in conducting audits, reviews, and surveillance of defense contractors, including recommendations for--
(A) improving the training of the staff of the defense audit agencies who conduct such audits, reviews, and surveillance;
(B) improving the accuracy and reliability of such audits, reviews, and surveillance;
(C) ensuring the use of a materiality standard similar to the standard used in generally accepted auditing standards;
(D) improving the processes used by the defense agencies to conduct such audits, reviews, and surveillance;
(E) relieving the burdens on defense contractors of such audits, reviews, and surveillance without undermining the effectiveness and integrity of such audits, reviews, and surveillance; and
(F) ensuring the effective implementation of such recommendations by the defense audit agencies and the effective monitoring of such implementation.
(d) Submission to Congressional Committees.--Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Inspector General of the Department of Defense receives the report required by subsection (c), the Inspector General shall submit to the congressional defense committees an unaltered copy of the report, along with any comments or recommendations that the Inspector General considers appropriate.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "defense audit agency" means the Defense Contract Audit Agency and the Defense Contract Management Agency.
(2) The term "industry best practices" means the best practices used to conduct audits, reviews, and surveillance of companies listed on a national securities exchange, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards or national securities exchange requirements, as appropriate.
(3) The term "national securities exchange" means an exchange registered as a national securities exchange under section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78f).
Subtitle B--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations
SEC. 821. MODIFICATION TO CERTAIN ACQUISITION THRESHOLDS.
(a) Adjustment to Inflation.--
(1) In general.--Section 1908(c)(2) of title 41, United States Code, is amended by striking "of each year evenly divisible by 5" and inserting ", 2028, and every 3 years thereafter".
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Title 10.--Title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(i) in section 3702(g), by striking "Effective on October 1 of each year that is divisible by 5, each" and inserting "Each"; and
(ii) in section 3742, by striking "Effective on October 1 of each year that is divisible by five, the" and inserting "The".
(B) Title 41.--Section 3502(g) of title 41, United States Code, is amended by striking "Effective on October 1 of each year that is divisible by 5, each" and inserting "Each".
(b) Adjustments to Certain Acquisition Thresholds.--
(1) Major program; title 41.--Section 109 of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (b)(1)--
(i) by striking "$75,000,000 (based on fiscal year 1980 constant dollars)" and inserting "$275,000,000"; and
(ii) by striking "$300,000,000 (based on fiscal year 1980 constant dollars)" and inserting "$1,300,000,000"; and
(B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking "$750,000 (based on fiscal year 1980 constant dollars)" and inserting "$2,000,000".
(2) Simplified procedures for small purchases.--
(A) Title 10.--Section 3205(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "$5,000,000" and inserting "$10,000,000".
(B) Title 41.--Title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(i) in section 1901(a)(2), by striking "$5,000,000" and inserting "$10,000,000"; and
(ii) in section 3305(a)(2), by striking "$5,000,000" and inserting "$10,000,000".
(3) Simplified acquisition threshold.--
(A) Title 10.--Section 3571 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(i) in subsection (a), by striking "For" and inserting "Except as provided in subsection (b), for";
(ii) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
(iii) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:
"(b) Contingency Operations; Humanitarian or Peacekeeping Operations.--For purposes of acquisitions by agencies named in section 3063 of this title, in the case of any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, in support of a contingency operation or a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation, the simplified acquisition threshold means an amount equal to two times the amount specified for that term in subsection (a).".
(B) Title 41.--Title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(i) in section 134, by striking "$250,000" and inserting "$500,000"; and
(ii) in section 153(1), by striking "outside the United States".
(C) Conforming amendments.--Title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(i) in section 1724(a), by striking "section 3205" and inserting "section 3571";
(ii) in section 3862(d), by striking paragraph (1);
(iii) in section 4505(h), by striking paragraph (7);
(iv) in section 4651(b), by striking "(as defined in section 134 of title 41)";
(v) in section 4654(d), by striking "(as defined in section 134 of title 41)";
(vi) in section 4655(c), by striking "(as defined in section 134 of title 41)";
(vii) in section 4656(a)(4)(A), by striking "(as defined in section 134 of title 41)";
(viii) in section 4659(b), by striking "(as defined in section 134 of title 41)"; and
(ix) in section 4753(b)(3), by striking "(as defined in section 134 of title 41)".
(4) Micro-purchase threshold.--
(A) Title 10.--Section 3573 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "$10,000" and inserting "the micro-purchase threshold specified in section 1902(a)(1) of title 41".
(B) Title 41.--Section 1902(a)(1) of title 41, United States Code, is amended by striking "$10,000" and inserting "$25,000".
(5) Modifications to submissions of cost or pricing data; title 41.--Section 3502(a) of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking "2018" each place it appears and inserting "2027";
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking "$2,000,000" and inserting "$10,000,000"; and
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking "$750,000" and inserting "$2,000,000";
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking "$2,000,000;" and inserting "$10,000,000; and";
(ii) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) by striking "prime contract that was entered into on or before June 30, 2018, and that has been modified pursuant to subsection (f)," and inserting "prime contract referred to in paragraph (1)(B),"; and
(II) by striking "$750,000; and" and inserting "$2,000,000."; and
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C);
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraphs (A) through (C) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:
"(A) in the case of a prime contract entered into after June 30, 2027, the price of the subcontract is expected to exceed $10,000,000; and
"(B) in the case of a prime contract entered into on or before June 30, 2027, the price of the subcontract is expected to exceed $2,000,000."; and
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking "if--" and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting "if the price adjustment is expected to exceed $2,000,000.".
(6) Modifications to prior contracts.--
(A) Title 10.--Section 3702(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "2018" and inserting "2026".
(B) Title 41.--Section 3502(f) of title 41, United States Code, is amended by striking "2018" and inserting "2027".
SEC. 822. USE OF ACCRUED INTEREST BY CERTAIN CONSORTIUM
MANAGERS.
Section 4021(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking "The authority" and inserting "(1) The authority"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(2)(A) A contracting officer or an authorized official with legal authority to enter into an agreement on behalf of the Department of Defense under this section may authorize a consortium management organization to retain the interest accruing on the held amounts of such consortium management organization as payment for any covered costs through an agreement that--
"(i) authorizes such consortium management organization to make payments to members of a consortium, other than such consortium management organization, on behalf of the Department of Defense; and
"(ii) requires such consortium management organization to--
"(I) invest such held amounts in Treasury bills of the Government; and
"(II) return to the Department any interest earned on such held amounts that exceeds such covered costs.
"(B) Interest on held amounts of a covered advance payment that is returned to the Department of Defense by a consortium management organization pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be credited to the account from which such covered advance payment was made. Amounts so credited shall be merged with amounts in that account, and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as other amounts in that account.
"(C) In this paragraph--
"(i) the term `consortium management organization' means an entity that is responsible for coordinating, administering, and supporting the activities of a consortium under an agreement described in subparagraph (A);
"(ii) the term `covered advance payment' means an advance payment made by the Department of Defense to a consortium management organization under an agreement described in subparagraph (A) for the purposes of such consortium management organization making payments to members of a consortium on behalf of the Department;
"(iii) the term `covered costs' means--
"(I) the fees chargeable to the Government by a consortium management organization under an agreement described in subparagraph (A); and
"(II) any other costs incurred by a consortium management organization that are directly attributable to the operation or the management of a consortium by a consortium management organization and chargeable to the Government under such agreement; and
"(iv) the term `held amounts' means funds provided as a covered advance payment that have not yet been used by the consortium management organization to which such covered advance payment was made to make a payment to a member of a consortium or returned to the Government in accordance with an agreement described in subparagraph (A).".
SEC. 823.
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AMENDMENT TO OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY.
(a) In General.--Section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "agency that" and all that follows through "the use" and inserting "agency that the use";
(B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking "writing that" and all that follows through "the use" and inserting "writing that the use"; and
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking "subsection (f)" each place it appears and inserting "subsection (g)";
(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) Appropriate Use of Authority.--An official responsible for entering into a transaction under the authority of this section may use such authority upon determining any one of the following conditions:
"(1) The use of such transaction permits the Secretary to use innovative business arrangements or structures that would not be practical or feasible under a contract.
"(2) The prototype project offered is an innovative or novel product, service, process, or business practice that is more practicable to acquire under such transaction than under a contract.
"(3) The use of such transaction is expected to accelerate delivery of capability to members of the armed forces compared with other procurement methods.
"(4) The use of such transaction provides opportunity to expand or strengthen the defense industrial base in a manner that would not be practical or feasible under a contract.";
(3) by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) as subsections (f) through (j), respectively; and
(4) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:
"(e) Additional Considerations.--The official responsible for entering into a transaction under this section shall consider other actions by an offeror relating to such transaction if such actions will increase value to the Government, or contribute positively to the expansion, diversification, or resilience of the defense industrial base, including--
"(1) significant participation by one or more nontraditional defense contractors (as defined in section 3014 of this title) or small business concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)), including through teaming arrangements, joint ventures, or consortia;
"(2) the potential to reduce technical, schedule, or performance risk, or accelerate transition to production; or
"(3) fielding through use of non-Federal cost sharing.".
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) National security act of 1947.--Section 102A(m)(6)(C) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(m)(6)(C)) is amended--
(A) in clause (v), by striking "of Defense";
(B) by repealing clause (vi); and
(C) in clause (vii)--
(i) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking "section 4022(f)(2)" and inserting "section 4022(g)(2)"; and
(ii) in subclause (V)(cc), by striking "section 4022(f)(5)" and inserting "section 4022(g)(5)".
(2) Homeland security act of 2002.--Section 831(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391(d)) is amended by striking "4022(e)" and inserting "4022(f)".
(3) John s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019.--Section 873(c)(1) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 10 U.S.C. 4021 note) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "subsection (f)" and inserting "subsection (g)"; and
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking "or (f)" and inserting "or (g)".
(4) James m. inhofe national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2023.--Section 322(h)(2) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 10 U.S.C. 2911 note) is amended by striking "subsection (f)" and inserting "subsection (g)".
(5) Military construction authorization act for fiscal year 2026.--Section 2828 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended by striking "section 4022(i)" and inserting "section 4022(j)".
SEC. 824. REQUIREMENT FOR MODULAR OPEN SYSTEM APPROACH AND
MODIFICATIONS TO RIGHTS IN TECHNICAL DATA.
(a) Requirement for Modular Open System Approach.--Section 4401 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 4401. Requirement for modular open system approach
"(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a covered system to be procured is designed and developed with a modular open system approach that is appropriately tailored to--
"(1) the characteristics, intended purpose, and use of the covered system;
"(2) the planned service life of the covered system; and
"(3) any other factors relevant to the design and development of the covered system.
"(b) Assessment to Inform Strategy.--Before designing, developing, or making a modification to a covered system, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment to identify one or more open systems objectives to be achieved by the design and development of the covered system. Such assessment shall describe how a modular open system approach would--
"(1) support the objectives of the defense acquisition system established pursuant to section 3102 of this title;
"(2) align with the preference for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services in section 3453 of this title and preserve the commercial characteristics of modules that comprise the covered system;
"(3) reduce the complexity of, and increase the speed by which, new technologies can be integrated into a covered system to enhance military effectiveness and responsiveness to emerging threats;
"(4) enable the use of iterative development cycles and discontinue or terminate the development of capabilities--
"(A) that no longer align with a capability requirement established by the Secretary of Defense; or
"(B) that are experiencing significant cost growth, technical or performance deficiencies, or delays in schedule;
"(5) seek to maintain a robust, resilient, and innovative defense industrial base to support requirements throughout the life cycle of the covered system;
"(6) reduce schedule delays and development timelines;
"(7) increase and enable interoperability of a covered system with the joint force as changes to force design evolve;
"(8) enhance supply chain risk management and mitigate industrial base production capacity risks by enabling the integration of alternative sources of supply or enabling augmented production of modules throughout the life cycle of the covered system; or
"(9) enable effective life-cycle management and product support of a covered system--
"(A) in accordance with the requirements of section 4324 of this title; and
"(B) to achieve applicable operational readiness requirements and materiel readiness objectives (established under section 118(c) of this title) in the most cost-effective manner practicable.
"(c) Architecture Requirements.--(1) In developing an open systems architecture for the procurement of a covered system, the Secretary shall ensure that such architecture--
"(A) adequately designates and defines for the covered system--
"(i) modules;
"(ii) open external interfaces and open module interfaces to ensure loose coupling of modules within the covered system;
"(iii) open external interfaces, including external interfaces with a host platform or other external system, in a manner that supports interoperability; and
"(iv) the openness characteristics identified in subsection (d);
"(B) requires the exposure and full definition of open interfaces in a manner than is most suited to achieve the open systems objectives of the covered system through--
"(i) if available and suitable to achieve the open system objectives, the use, reuse, modification, or adaption of existing open systems architectures, interface standards, or widely supported or consensus-based standards that are available at no cost or under fair and reasonable license terms;
"(ii) the use of commercial standards if such commercial standards are available under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms;
"(iii) the use of new standards that define relationships between module interfaces and external interfaces if such standards include--
"(I) the software-defined syntax and properties that specifically govern how values are validly passed and received between modules of a covered system, and between the covered system and other covered systems or a host platform, in a machine-readable format;
"(II) a machine-readable definition that is compatible with Department-approved digital engineering environments and model-based systems engineering tools and defines the relationship between--
"(aa) a module interface or external interface; and
"(bb) existing standards or interfaces that available in the repository required by subsection (g); and
"(III) documentation with functional descriptions of software-defined interfaces that conveys the semantic meaning of elements of a module interface or external interface; or
"(iv) any combination of clauses (i) through (iii); and
"(C) is designed and developed to accelerate the procurement and integration of commercial products as modules when suitable and appropriate.
"(2) If a contractor develops a new interface standard or modifies an existing standard, and such new or modified standard is incorporated into an open systems architecture for a covered system, the Secretary shall ensure the new or modified standard is submitted to the repository required by subsection (g) and, if the Secretary determines such submission would support the open system objectives of the covered system, is made available to recognized standards bodies.
"(3) The Secretary shall ensure acquisition executives and program managers consider input from private entities as early as possible to inform decisions regarding the level in the open systems architecture at which a modular open system approach will be implemented for a covered system.
"(4) The open systems architecture described in this subsection shall be included in any draft and final solicitations for procurement of a covered system.
"(d) Openness Characteristics.--Consistent with the requirements of subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title, the Secretary shall include in any draft or final solicitation for the covered system a description of the desired openness characteristics of the covered system necessary to achieve the open systems objectives identified in accordance with subsection (b) for such covered system including the following:
"(1) A description of the open systems objectives identified in accordance with subsection (b).
"(2) A description of the application of specifications, architectures, and standards for modularization and module interfaces and external interfaces, including open external interfaces with a host platform or other external system, to achieve such objectives.
"(3) A description of the minimum technical data package elements necessary to achieve such objectives.
"(4) The intended modularity and location of open interfaces.
"(5) The desired license rights in module interfaces or external interfaces based on such objectives, including desired license rights to enable the replacement of a module, module interface, or external interface with an alternative or new module or interface.
"(e) Disclosure Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall make publicly available (to the maximum extent practicable consistent with national security requirements) any standards for implementation of modular open system approaches associated with contracts for covered systems as soon as feasible before the Secretary awards a contract to procure such a covered system, unless the applicable service acquisition executive submits to the Secretary a request to delay or restrict release of such standards, including a justification for such request.
"(f) Applicability to Commercial Products.--In applying the requirements of this
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section to a procurement of a covered system that includes a commercial product, the Secretary of Defense shall--
"(1) procure such commercial product under license terms similar to such terms that are customarily provided to the public, provided such commercial terms include or can be supplemented by the license rights necessary for designated open module interfaces or open external interfaces;
"(2) when applicable, obtain the delivery of commercial software development kits with license rights necessary to support the desired openness characteristics for the covered system; and
"(3) to the maximum extent practical, conduct negotiations for desired license rights in accordance with the preference for specially negotiated licenses in section 3774(c) of this title.
"(g) Digital Repositories for Open Systems Architectures.--
"(1) In general.--To support the creation, use, and reuse of modular open systems approaches, the Secretary shall establish a federated set of digital repositories within the Department of Defense to store open systems architectures and related artifacts for a covered system developed in accordance with this section. The Secretary shall ensure that--
"(A) the repositories incorporate cybersecurity measures consistent with Department standards;
"(B) program managers, portfolio acquisition executives, and other appropriate officials of the Department of Defense have the necessary administrative control to manage assigned repositories and to establish procedures and requirements for content; and
"(C) the repositories are searchable and accessible to authorized persons according to level of security clearance.
"(2) Administration.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate a lead organization responsible for governance, life-cycle management, standards adjudication, and configuration control of repositories established under this subsection. Such organization shall have demonstrated expertise in digital engineering environments, model-based systems engineering, and use of modular open system approaches.
"(h) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `covered system' means a system that is acquired or developed under--
"(A) an acquisition program of the Department of Defense; or
"(B) a research and development program of the Department to address a capability requirement or joint capability requirement (as defined in section 181 of this title).
"(2) The term `external interface' means an interface between a covered system and other elements, such as another covered system or a host platform.
"(3) The term `host platform' means the system or environment that provides the core infrastructure, interfaces, and shared services necessary to support, integrate, and operate modular components or subsystems, while enabling their independent development, upgrade, and replacement through standardized and open interfaces.
"(4) The term `modular open system approach' means an integrated strategy that--
"(A) incorporates acquisition, business, technology, and logistics considerations; and
"(B) uses an open systems architecture to achieve one or more open systems objectives.
"(5) The term `module' means a self-contained discrete functional unit, such as hardware, software, or a combination thereof, in a discrete bundle--
"(A) that can be developed, tested, and deployed independently of a module interface or external interface; and
"(B) that can simultaneously interact with another self-contained discrete functional unit described in subparagraph (A) through a module interface or external interface.
"(6) The term `module interface' means a shared boundary between modules in a covered system defined by physical, logical, or functional characteristics such as electrical, mechanical, fluidic, optical, radio frequency, data, networking, or software.
"(7) The term `open systems architecture' means an architecture composed of a set of modules loosely coupled with other modules via open, well-defined, and verifiable interfaces, thereby enabling modules to be incrementally added, removed, or replaced throughout the life cycle of the covered system by any qualified offeror (as determined by the Secretary), including independent third parties.
"(8) The term `software development kit' means a collection of software tools and programs such as libraries, application programming interfaces, integrated development environments, testing tools, or documentation used to create applications that are appropriate for a specific software platform.".
(b) Applicability.--
(1) In general.--The requirements of section 4401 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by this section, shall apply with respect to a contract entered into on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Guidance.--The Secretary of Defense shall issue guidance to carry out the requirements of section 4401 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by this section in order to implement this section.
(c) Modification to Rights in Technical Data.--
(1) Rights in technical data.--Section 3771 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking " or copyrights" and inserting ", copyrights, trade secrets,"; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(3) Enforcement of certain rights.--Regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) may not affect or limit any right described in paragraph (2)(A) or the ability of a contractor or subcontractor to enforce such a right against a third party that has not otherwise obtained a license for such a right from the United States or from the contractor or subcontractor."; and
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
"(3) Inapplicability of paragraph (2).--Unless otherwise negotiated, paragraph (2) does not apply to technical data that--
"(A) constitutes a correction or change to data furnished by the United States;
"(B) relates to form, fit, or function (other than detailed manufacturing or process data);
"(C) is necessary for operation, maintenance, installation, or training (other than detailed manufacturing or process data, including such data pertaining to a major system component); or
"(D) is otherwise publicly available or has been released or disclosed by the contractor or subcontractor without restriction on further release or disclosure.";
(iii) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
"(4) Exceptions to paragraph (2).--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), unless otherwise negotiated, the United States may release or disclose technical data to persons outside the Government, or permit the use of technical data by such persons, if--
"(A) such release, disclosure, or use--
"(i) is necessary for emergency repair and overhaul; or
"(ii) is a release or disclosure of technical data (other than detailed manufacturing or process data) to, or use of such data by, a foreign government, where such release or disclosure is in the interest of the United States and is required for evaluation or informational purposes;
"(B) such release, disclosure or use is made subject to a prohibition that the person to whom the data are released or disclosed may not further release, disclose, or use such data; and
"(C) the contractor or subcontractor asserting the restriction is notified of such release, disclosure, or use.";
(iv) in paragraph (6)--
(I) in the paragraph heading, by striking "INTERFACES" and inserting "MODULE interfaces of an item";
(II) by inserting ", in perpetuity," after "government purpose rights"; and
(III) by striking "an interface between an item or process and other items or processes" and inserting "a module interface of an item"; and
(v) in paragraph (7)--
(I) in the paragraph heading, by striking "MODULAR system interfaces" and inserting "EXTERNAL interfaces of an item";
(II) in subparagraph (A)--
(aa) by striking "paragraphs (2) and (5)" and inserting "paragraph (5) and except as otherwise provided by subsection (f) of section 4401 of this title,";
(bb) by inserting ", in perpetuity," after "government purpose rights"; and
(cc) by striking "modular system interface" and inserting "external interface of an item";
(III) in subparagraph (B), by striking "modular system interface" and inserting "an external interface"; and
(IV) in subparagraph (C), by striking "modular system interface" and inserting "external interface of an item".
(2) Definitions.--Section 3775(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"(b) Additional Definitions.--In this subchapter, the terms `external interface', `modular open system approach', and `module interface' have the meanings given, respectively, in section 4401 of this title.".
(d) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 3791(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "section 4401(b) of this title" and inserting "section 4401 of this title"; and
(B) in subparagraph (D)(iv), by striking "modular system interfaces (as defined in section 4401(b) of this title)" and inserting "module interfaces (as defined in section 4401 of this title)".
(2) Section 4402 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
(3) Section 4403 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
(4) Section 4425 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 4425. Definitions
"In this subchapter:
"(1) The term `major system platform' means the highest level structure of a major weapon system that is not physically mounted or installed onto a higher level structure and on which a major system component can be physically mounted or installed.
"(2) The term `weapon system component'--
"(A) means a high level subsystem or assembly, including hardware, software, or an integrated assembly of both, that can be mounted or installed on a major system platform through a external system interface (as defined in section 4401 of this title); and
"(B) includes a subsystem, assembly or, module that is likely to have additional capability requirements, is likely to change because of evolving technology or threat, is needed for interoperability, facilitates incremental deployment of capabilities, or is expected to be replaced by another subsystem or assembly described in subparagraph (A).".
(5) Section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 4401 note) is repealed.
SEC. 825. MODIFICATIONS TO REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO LONG-TERM
CONCESSIONS AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN RETAILERS.
(a) In General.--Section 4664 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Waiver.--(1) The Secretary may waive the requirements of subsection (a) with respect to a long-term concessions agreement with a retailer if the Secretary determines that the goods or services to be provided by the retailer under such long-term concessions agreement are vital for the welfare and morale of members of the Armed Forces and no reasonable alternatives exist.
"(2) Not later than 30 days after each use of the waiver authority under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and Senate a justification for such waiver.";
(2) by striking subsection (c);
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and
(4) in subsection (a), by striking "subsections (b) and (c)" and inserting "subsection (b)".
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 841(a)(2)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (10 U.S.C. 4664 note) is amended to read as follows:
"(B) Determination described.--The determination described in this subparagraph is, with respect to a long-term concessions agreement, a determination that the retailer that is a party to such long-term concessions agreement is controlled by a covered nation based on an assessment required by paragraph (1).".
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PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH EMPLOYERS OF
CONVICTED TRAFFICKERS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 363 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 4665. Prohibition on contracting with entities
employing convicted traffickers.
"(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may not enter into a contract or other agreement with an entity if such entity employs an individual convicted of a trafficking crime.
"(b) Definitions.--In this section--
"(1) the term `individual convicted of a trafficking crime' means an individual who has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of a trafficking crime and for whom such conviction has not been overturned; and
"(2) the term `trafficking crime' means an offense--
"(A) under chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code; or
"(B) under State, local, or tribal law consisting of conduct that would have been an offense under the chapter described in subparagraph (A) if the conduct had occurred within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States (as defined in section 7 of title 18, United States Code), or in interstate or foreign commerce.".
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 363 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
"4665. Prohibition on contracting with entities employing convicted traffickers.". (c) Applicability.--Section 4665 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply only with respect to contracts and other agreements entered into, renewed, or extended on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Current Defense Contractors.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each contractor of the Department of Defense as of the date of the enactment of this Act that employs an individual convicted of a trafficking crime (as defined in section 4665 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)) shall submit to Secretary of Defense a notice that contractor employs such an individual.
SEC. 827. ACQUISITION THRESHOLDS FOR CERTAIN MATERIALS.
(a) Strategic Materials.--Section 4863 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
"(f) Exception for Small Purchases.--(1) Subsection (a) does not apply to acquisitions in amounts not greater than $250,000.
"(2) A proposed acquisition of an item subject to subsection (a) in an amount greater than $250,000 may not be divided into several purchases or contracts for lesser amounts in order to meet the exception under paragraph (1).
"(3) On October 1 of each year that is evenly divisible by five, the Secretary of Defense may adjust the dollar threshold in this subsection based on changes in the Consumer Price Index. Any such adjustment shall take effect on the date on which the Secretary publishes notice of such adjustment in the Federal Register.".
(b) Sensitive Materials From Non-allied Foreign Nations.--
(1) In general.--Section 4872(c) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1803 of this Act, is further amended--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively;
(C) by inserting "(1)" before "Subsection (a)"; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(2)(A) Subsection (a) does not apply to procurements in amounts not greater than $250,000.
"(B) A proposed procurement of a material or item subject to subsection (a) in an amount greater than $250,000 may not be divided into several purchases or contracts for lesser amounts in order to meet the exception under subsection (a).
"(C) On October 1 of each year that is evenly divisible by five, the Secretary of Defense may adjust the dollar threshold in this subsection based on changes in the Consumer Price Index. Any such adjustment shall take effect on the date on which the Secretary publishes notice of such adjustment in the Federal Register.".
(2) Coordination of amendments.--For purposes of applying amendments to section 4872 of title 10, United States Code, made by provisions of this Act other than this subsection, the amendments made by this subsection shall be treated as having been enacted immediately after any such amendments to such section 4872 by other provisions of this Act.
(c) Printed Circuit Boards.--Section 4873 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:
"(c) Exception for Small Purchases.--
"(1) Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to acquisitions in amounts not greater than $10,000.
"(2) A proposed acquisition of an item subject to subsection (a)(1) in an amount greater than $10,000 may not be divided into several purchases or contracts for lesser amounts in order to meet the exception under paragraph (1).
"(3) On October 1 of each year that is evenly divisible by five, the Secretary of Defense may adjust the dollar threshold in this subsection based on changes in the Consumer Price Index. Any such adjustment shall take effect on the date on which the Secretary publishes notice of such adjustment in the Federal Register.".
SEC. 828. CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM.
(a) Clarification of Limitation on Protege Firms Participating in Concurrent Mentor-protege Agreements.--Subsection (c)(2) of section 4902 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting "under subsection (e)" after "one agreement"; and
(2) by striking "during the 5-year period beginning on the date such concern enters into the first such agreement" and inserting "after the completion of any previous such agreement".
(b) Clarification of Requirement That Mentor Firms Must Be For-profit Firms.--Subsection (d)(1) of such section is amended--
(1) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (A);
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph (B):
"(B) is an entity organized for profit that operates primarily within the United States; and".
(c) Clarification of Term of Participation Agreement.--Subsection (e)(1)(B) of such section is amended by inserting "for the agreement" after "A program participation term".
(d) Clarification of Matters Relating to Reimbursement of Mentor Firms.--Subsection (e)(2) of such section is amended by striking "may be" and inserting "may provide reimbursement through" after "may be".
SEC. 829. CODIFICATION OF PROGRAM FOR NEGOTIATION OF
COMPREHENSIVE SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING
PLANS.
(a) In General.--Section 834 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (15 U.S.C. 637 note) is transferred to subchapter I of chapter 387 of title 10, United States Code, inserted after section 4902, and redesignated as section 4903.
(b) Amendments.--Section 4903 of title 10, United States Code, as so transferred and redesignated, is amended--
(1) by striking "test" each place it appears in headings and text;
(2) by striking "Test" each place it appears in headings and text;
(3) in subsection (a)(1), by striking "shall establish" and all that follows through "demonstration projects, the Secretary" and inserting
the following: "shall maintain a program under which each service acquisition executive and each head of a Defense Agency may negotiate and administer comprehensive subcontracting plans. The Secretary";
(4) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking "In a demonstration project under the test program, the" and inserting "The"; and
(ii) by inserting at the end the following: "The Secretary shall ensure procedures and systems accurately capture and report--
"(A) the annual goals for each subcontracting plan;
"(B) subcontract awards including number, dollar amount and percentages of subcontracting value and total contract value; and
"(C) the findings of good faith efforts.";
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking "and" at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
"(C) shall comply with the requirements included in section 8(d)(6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(6))."; and
(C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
"(3) A contractor described in paragraph (4) shall annually submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on the number and dollar amount of first-tier subcontracts awarded during the period covered by the report to covered small business concerns, set forth separately--
"(A) by North American Industry Classification System code;
"(B) by major defense acquisition program (as defined in section 4201 of this title);
"(C) by military department; and
"(D) by prime contract, if--
"(i) the prime contract is for the maintenance, overhaul, repair, servicing, rehabilitation, salvage, modernization, or modification of supplies, systems, equipment; and
"(ii) the total value of the prime contract (including options) is greater than $100,000,000.";
(5) by amending subsection (d)(2) to read as follows:
"(2) The Secretary of Defense shall report to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate on any negotiated comprehensive subcontracting plan that the Secretary determines did not meet the subcontracting goals negotiated in the plan for the prior fiscal year and whether the contractor made a good faith effort regarding compliance.";
(6) by striking subsections (e) and (f); and
(7) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (e).
SEC. 830. CONSUMPTION-BASED PROCUREMENTS AND ASSOCIATED
PAYMENTS.
(a) Advance Payments Related to Certain Services.--Section 3324(d) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by inserting "or commercially available content" after "publication"; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(3) charges for information and communications technology subscriptions, reservations, or tenancy, including cloud environments, for which the procuring agency defines appropriate access and security standards.".
(b) Authority to Acquire Consumption-based Solutions.--
(1) Amendment.--Chapter 23 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 2314.
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Authority to acquire consumption-based solutions
"(a) Authority.--The head of each executive agency may acquire services through consumption-based solutions.
"(b) Procurement Requirements.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be updated as necessary to create a new subcategory of services that--
"(1) is any combination of hardware, equipment, software, labor, or services that together provides a seamless capability;
"(2) has the ability to be metered and billed based on actual usage;
"(3) has predetermined pricing at fixed-price units;
"(4) requires the awardee to notify the agency contracting officer when consumption under the contract reaches 75 percent and 90 percent of the funded amount, respectively, of the contract; and
"(5) treats any modification of a contract entered into under the authority established in subsection (a) to add a new feature or capability in an amount less than or equal to 25 percent of the total value of such contract, as originally awarded, as procurements made using competitive procedures (as defined in section 152) for the purposes of chapter 33 of this title.
"(c) Funding.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated for acquisitions using the authority under subsection (a) may be used to enter into incrementally funded contracts or other agreements, including advanced payments.
"(d) Consumption-based Solution Defined.--In this section, the term `consumption-based solution' means a model under which a service is provided to an executive agency and may use any combination of software, hardware or equipment, data, and labor or services that provides a capability that is metered and billed based on actual usage at fixed-price units.
"(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit the use of the authority created under subsection (a) in combination with another contract type provided for under the Federal Acquisition Regulation.".
(2) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 23 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"2314. Authority to acquire consumption-based solutions.". (c) Modification of Pilot Program for Anything-as-a-service.--Section 809 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 3301) is amended--(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (i); and (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsections: "(g) Report.--Not later than March 15, 2029, the Secretary shall provide a report to the congressional defense committees on the implementation of the pilot program, describing the use of the authority under this section and any lessons learned, along with a recommendation on whether to make the authority under this section permanent. "(h) Sunset.--The authority under this section shall terminate on December 31, 2030.".
SEC. 831. EXTENSION OF BRIEFING AND CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.
Section 886 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 138 Stat. 2022) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking "briefings, certification, and limitation on availability of funds" and inserting "briefings and certification";
(2) by striking subsections (a) and (d) and redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; and
(3) in each of subsections (a) and (b), as so redesignated, by striking "30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act" and inserting "30 days after the date on which the Secretary awards a contract for financial management services for fuel contracts".
SEC. 832. PREFERENCE FOR RECYCLED STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL
MATERIALS.
Section 848(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 4811 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
"(3) From sources described in paragraphs (1) and (2) that produce such strategic and critical materials by extracting such materials from electronic waste.".
SEC. 833. TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSITION OF OTHER
TRANSACTION AUTHORITY PROTOTYPES.
(a) Authority.--
(1) In general.--Subject to limitations in paragraph (2), a portfolio acquisition executive may transfer amounts of authorizations made available for programs, projects, or activities that are included in the portfolio assigned under the leadership of such portfolio acquisition executive in accordance with section 1732 of title 10, United States Code.
(2) Limitations on amounts transferred.--The transfer of an amount made in accordance with paragraph (1), with respect to amounts authorized for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation--
(A) shall not exceed 10 percent of the amount authorized for a fiscal year for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation for all programs, projects, or activities in the portfolio of such portfolio acquisition executive; and
(B) may only be transferred to a corresponding Procurement program, project, or activity within the same portfolio.
(b) Transfer Criteria.--A portfolio acquisition executive may transfer amounts under subsection (a) only if--
(1) the capability proposed for procurement using such transfer amounts was developed under a transaction or other agreement entered into under section 4021 or 4022 of title 10, United States Code;
(2) such proposed capability has achieved a technology readiness level of 8, as validated by the milestone decision authority (as defined in section 4211 of title 10, United States Code) or an independent technical authority designated by the Secretary of Defense; and
(3) the portfolio acquisition executive determines in writing that procurement of such proposed capability is necessary to address an operational problem or fulfill a capability requirement (as such terms are defined, respectively, in section 3101 of title 10, United States Code) in a timely and cost-effective manner.
(c) Notification.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 15 days before transferring amounts under subsection (a), the portfolio acquisition executive making such transfer shall submit a written notification of such transfer to--
(A) the congressional defense committees;
(B) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment;
(C) the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; and
(D) the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
(2) Contents.--Each notification required under paragraph (1) with respect to a transfer of amounts under subsection (a) shall include--
(A) the amount to be transferred;
(B) an identification of the program, project, or activity that is the proposed source of the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation amount and an identification of the program, project, or activity that is the proposed recipient Procurement account;
(C) a description of the capability proposed for procurement using such transfer amounts
and the validated technology readiness level of such capability;
(D) the written determination required by paragraph (3); and
(E) an assessment of the benefits or risks anticipated as a result of the transfer of such amounts on the programs, projects, and activities assigned under the leadership of the portfolio acquisition executive concerned.
(d) General Limitations.--
(1) New programs of record.--A portfolio acquisition executive that transfers amounts pursuant to this section may not use such amounts to initiate a program of record without approval from the appropriate milestone decision authority.
(2) Fund availability.--Amounts transferred pursuant to this section shall be subject to the same period of availability as the Procurement appropriation to which they are transferred.
(e) Exclusion From General Transfer Authority.--Amounts transferred pursuant to this section shall not be included in the dollar limitation of section 1001 of this Act.
SEC. 834. PORTFOLIO-BASED ACQUISITION OF AUTONOMOUS
CAPABILITY.
(a) In General.--There is established in the Department of Defense a program to be known as the "Autonomy Integration Account" (in this section referred to as the "Account") under which the Secretary of Defense shall seek to accelerate the resourcing and integration of autonomous mission execution capabilities into systems of the Department to enable the operational availability of such systems.
(b) Elements.--Activities carried out under the Account shall primarily emphasize the procurement, research and development, training and simulation, integration, and continuous modernization of applicable software capabilities for navigation, targeting, communications, mission autonomy, battle management, and other mission-critical software-defined functions that enable autonomous mission execution.
(c) Standards.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director of the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group and each Secretary of a military department, shall establish standards for autonomous mission execution capabilities for any portfolio acquisition executive who leads an unmanned system portfolio. Such standards shall include, at a minimum--
(1) the capability of unmanned systems within such portfolio to execute mission objectives autonomously within the domain of such systems, including in GPS-denied and communications-denied environments;
(2) the capability of such systems to integrate autonomy-enabling software consistent with a modular open systems approach as defined in section 4401 of title 10, United States Code;
(3) common autonomy interfaces, data standards, and safety and assurance criteria that permit the use of autonomy-enabling and other mission-critical software across multiple platforms and domains to the maximum extent practicable in alignment with existing government reference architectures;
(4) establishment of an autonomy software baseline and a process for continuous integration, simulation and training, security testing, and deployment of autonomy-enabling software updates across systems within the portfolio; and
(5) an acquisition preference for scalable commercial solutions, including licensing and service agreements to enable continuous improvement, training and simulation, and rapid deployment, that--
(A) have been operationally validated in real-world deployments to conflict zones; and
(B) have achieved a Technology Readiness Level of 7 or above.
(d) Funding.--Activities under the Account shall be carried out using amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 to Program Element 0604539D8Z on Line 115 of the account for "Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Defense-wide".
(e) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall include with the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the Department of Defense for a fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a report on the activities carried out under the Account for such fiscal year, including--
(1) progress towards adoption of standards under subsection (b);
(2) results from cross-portfolio experimentation, integration, and fielding activities conducted;
(3) an assessment of software modernization efforts, frequency of updates, cybersecurity posture, and workforce readiness to support long-term sustainment of software-enabled capabilities;
(4) an inventory of programs that have transitioned from the integration phase to the sustainment phase; and
(5) identification of any statutory, regulatory, or budgetary barriers limiting rapid integration of autonomy-enabling software across unmanned platforms.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF PATHFINDER PROGRAMS TO INFORM
REQUIREMENTS REFORM.
(a) Requirement for Service-level Requirements Reform Pathfinder Programs.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this section, each Secretary of a military department shall establish a program to be known as a "Pathfinder Program" to--
(1) inform and assist in efforts to reorient and reform the requirements process within such military department in accordance with (b);
(2) support the service chief concerned in the development of capability requirement statements for equipping the armed force concerned that--
(A) describes the operational problem to provide necessary context for the capability requirement;
(B) proposes nonprescriptive solutions to operational problems; and
(C) ensures system interoperability, where appropriate, between and among joint military capabilities (as defined in section 181 of title 10, United States Code); and
(3) develop and establish requirements-related processes of the military department concerned in a manner that supports, and is consistent with the Joint Force Requirements Process prescribed in the "Manual for the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and the Joint Force Requirements Process" (document number CJCSM 5123.01; dated January 15, 2026).
(b) Establishment.--A Pathfinder Program established in accordance with (a) shall seek to--
(1) accelerate the delivery of capability requirements to address operational problems;
(2) remove bureaucratic barriers in the requirements process;
(3) provide operational users of required capabilities with an independent voice and direct role to ensure that capabilities meet the needs of such users;
(4) apply data-based analytics for decision making related to requirements, acquisition, and budgeting;
(5) enable a clear, unbroken linkage from strategic guidance to concepts to capabilities to budgeting;
(6) drive design, development, and integration--
(A) to integrate processes across the military department concerned and with the joint force as required;
(B) to balance the urgency of immediate needs with longer-term strategic investments;
(C) to support the breadth of existing innovative technologies and major programs regardless of acquisitions pathway; and
(D) to address all elements of doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy to deliver holistic solutions considering all such elements; and
(7) align authorities to responsibilities in order to ensure that capability developers have the authority to execute and are held accountable for outcomes.
(c) Evaluation and Lessons Learned.--
(1) In general.--Each Secretary of a military department carrying out a Pathfinder Program shall observe, document, and assess the execution of such Pathfinder Program, to enable the development of recommendations to improve--
(A) speed, clarity, and effectiveness in the prioritization of operation problems and the development of capability requirements statements;
(B) alignment of requirements, acquisition, and budgeting;
(C) integration of user feedback and operational insights;
(D) effectiveness of engagement with private entity partners; and
(E) alignment of requirements processes of military departments with and in support of the Joint Requirements Process.
(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with each Secretary of a military department, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing--
(1) barriers encountered the implementation of the Pathfinder Program;
(2) lessons learned and recommendations developed through the implementation of the Pathfinder Program; and
(3) recommended statutory, regulatory, or organizational changes needed to accelerate the delivery of capability requirements to address operational problems, and remove bureaucratic barriers in the requirements process.
(e) Termination.--
(1) In general.--A Pathfinder Program established under this section may be terminated at the discretion of the Secretary concerned, but shall not be terminated on a date prior to the day that is 24 months after the date of establishment of such Pathfinder Program.
(2) Notification.--Not less than 60 days before the date on which the Secretary concerned prior terminates a Pathfinder Program, such Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense committees a notification of the intent to terminate along with an updated report including the elements described in subsection (d).
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The terms "capability requirement", "operational problem", and "service chief" have the meanings given, respectively, in section 3101 of title 10, United States Code.
(2) The term "requirements document" has the meaning provided in section 3104 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 836. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN UNMANNED SURFACE VESSELS
TO BE MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), on or after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Navy prioritize offers for a covered contract where the offeror provides assurances that--
(1) the supply chain of the offeror for parts or components of a covered program are domestic sources; and
(2) the manufacturing, assembling, and finishing of parts or components of a covered program occurs in the United States and is conducted by entities, the primary place of business of which is located in the United States.
(b) Certification.--The Secretary may enter into a covered contract with an offeror that does not provide the assurances described in subsection (a) if the Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a certification that no
offeror that can provide such assurances is available to perform the contract.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered contract" means a contract or other agreement for--
(A) the construction or manufacture of a covered program or parts or components of a covered program;
(B) the integration of mechanical and electrical systems associated with the power generation of such covered program; or
(C) the operation or sustainment of a covered program, where such contract or other agreement is for the replacement of or improvements to components of a covered program.
(2) The term "covered program" means an unmanned surface vessel acquired, leased, or operated under the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel program of the Department of the Navy.
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SEC. 851. ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DATA ANALYTICS CAPABILITY.
(a) Management for Acquisition Workforce Excellence.--Section 1701a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (10), by striking "and" at the end;
(2) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(12) establish and maintain a Department-wide acquisition workforce data analytics capability to collect, integrate, and analyze data relating to the acquisition workforce in order to support workforce planning and effective performance management of the acquisition workforce, including by--
"(A) integrating data from across the Department of Defense relating to the size, composition, skills, training, certifications, hiring, retention, experience, and performance of the acquisition workforce;
"(B) enabling the assessment of the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition workforce;
"(C) identifying trends, risks, and constraints, including current and projected workforce gaps, affecting workforce readiness and the ability of the acquisition workforce to achieve the objectives described in subparagraph (E);
"(D) informing decisions and resource allocation relating to the recruitment, hiring, development, training, credentialing, retention, and career progression of the acquisition workforce; and
"(E) ensuring that data and analytics generated by the capability support--
"(i) the objectives of the defense acquisition system established pursuant to section 3102 of this title; and
"(ii) the key performance objectives for the acquisition workforce established under section 1722b(d) of this title.".
(b) Implementation of Analytics Capability.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall implement the capability required under paragraph (12) of section 1701a(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), through the development and maintenance of a dashboard or a similar data analytics or visualization tool for such capability.
(2) Data elements.--The tools, systems, or other means used to implement the capability described in paragraph (1) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include Department of Defense-wide acquisition workforce data and analytics necessary to support strategic planning and management, including data and analytics relating to--
(A) the size, composition, and geographic distribution of the acquisition workforce;
(B) the skills, certifications, and experience of members of the acquisition workforce, including relevant education and professional experience;
(C) vacancy rates, time-to-hire metrics, and other indicators of constraints on the capacity of the acquisition workforce;
(D) the activities of the Department for recruiting, hiring, and developing members of the acquisition workforce, including the Defense Civilian Training Corps established under section 2200g of title 10, United States Code;
(E) retention, attrition, career progression, and related characteristics and trends, including retirement eligibility and projected workforce changes in the acquisition workforce;
(F) the performance of the acquisition workforce, including measures relating to the execution of acquisition programs and activities; and
(G) such other matters as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment determines appropriate.
(3) Use of commercial tools.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use commercially available data analytics, workforce management, and data visualization tools to support the capability described in paragraph (1).
(4) Limitation on development of custom information technology.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment may develop or acquire information technology that is not commercially available to support the capability described in paragraph (1) only if the Under Secretary determines that no commercially available good or service can meet the requirements of this subsection without more than minor modifications.
(5) Data access.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and officials responsible for data, digital, and information technology policy and systems of the Department of Defense, shall ensure the availability and integration of data necessary to carry out the capability described in paragraph (1). Each Secretary of a military department and each head of a Defense Agency shall provide such data, in such format and such manner, as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment determines necessary to support such capability.
(6) Workforce assessments.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall use the capability described in paragraph (1) to conduct regular assessments of the capacity, capability, and distribution of the acquisition workforce and provide recommendations to service acquisition executives and component acquisition executives to address identified shortfalls in the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition workforce.
(7) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms "acquisition workforce", "Defense Agency", "military department", and "service acquisition executive" have the meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 852. CHIEF ACQUISITION TALENT OFFICER.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 87 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1702 the following new sections:
"Sec. 1703. Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the
Department of Defense
"(a) In General.--There is a Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense and shall report to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
"(b) Appointment Authorities.--The Secretary of Defense may appoint the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense as--
"(1) a member of the Senior Executive Service; or
"(2) a highly qualified expert under section 9903 of title 5, or other applicable authority.
"(c) Qualifications.--
"(1) In general.--The Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense shall possess substantial experience in strategic talent management, workforce development, or organizational leadership in large public or private sector organizations.
"(2) Exclusivity.--An individual serving as the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense may not hold or occupy another position in the Department of Defense.
"(d) Responsibilities.--
"(1) In general.--The Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense shall support the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment in carrying out the responsibilities of the Under Secretary with respect to the acquisition workforce under section 1702 of this title through Department of Defense-wide strategy, planning, education, training, and management of the acquisition workforce.
"(2) Specific duties.--In carrying out the responsibilities under paragraph (1), the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense shall--
"(A) serve as the principal staff assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment on matters relating to acquisition workforce talent management;
"(B) engage with the service acquisition executives, portfolio acquisition executives, and other appropriate officials of the Department of Defense to provide support and assistance with the responsibilities of such officials related to the planning, development, and management of the acquisition workforce that are required to execute acquisition programs and portfolios;
"(C) use the Department-wide acquisition workforce data analytics capability established under section 1701a(b)(12) of this title to assess the capacity of the acquisition workforce, identify gaps in the capabilities of the acquisition workforce, forecast the needs of the acquisition workforce, and evaluate the effectiveness of acquisition workforce development initiatives and investments;
"(D) develop and maintain a Department of Defense-wide acquisition workforce strategy to ensure that the acquisition workforce has the capacity, capabilities, and competencies necessary to achieve the objectives of the defense acquisition system under section 3102 of this title;
"(E) enable the successful implementation of the acquisition workforce strategy required by subparagraph (D) by--
"(i) assisting the Secretary of Defense in establishing policies and procedures for the effective management of the acquisition workforce in accordance with section 1701 of this title;
"(ii) establishing Department-wide acquisition workforce planning processes; and
"(iii) developing and implementing talent management initiatives for the acquisition workforce;
"(F) coordinate with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the Secretaries of the military departments to enable the alignment of--
"(i) specific education and training for members of the acquisition workforce who are members of the armed forces with general education and training requirements, including professional military education requirements for members of the armed forces; and
"(ii) specific assignment and career development policies related to the civilian members of the acquisition workforce and the members of the acquisition workforce who are members of the armed forces;
"(G) require the activities and curriculum of the Defense Acquisition University and, as appropriate, other education and training providers supporting the acquisition workforce, to--
"(i) align with the objectives of the defense acquisition system established pursuant to section 3102 of this title;
"(ii) promote continuous learning and technical skills improvement across the acquisition workforce; and
"(iii) support and enable the successful implementation of the acquisition workforce strategy required by subparagraph (D);
"(H) support the integration of key performance objectives for the acquisition workforce, established under section 1722b(d) of this title, into the training, certification, career development, and performance management systems of the Department for the acquisition workforce;
"(I) assist the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment in executing programs related to the talent management initiatives of the acquisition workforce, including the Defense Civilian Training Corps authorized under section 2200g of this title, and ensure that such programs are appropriately integrated into Department-wide acquisition workforce planning;
"(J) promote and facilitate the use of the authorities under section 1599g of this title and other mechanisms to strengthen the acquisition workforce through exchanges with the private sector;
"(K) frequently conduct assessments of the capacity, capability, and performance of the acquisition workforce and develop and submit to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment recommendations for Department-wide acquisition workforce investments under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account established under section 1705 of this title; and
"(L) convene, not less frequently than semiannually, the service acquisition executives, Service Chief Acquisition Talent Officers, Component Acquisition Executives (as defined in section 1703a(d) of this title), and such other officers of the Department as determined appropriate by the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department to assess the effectiveness of the acquisition workforce strategy required by subparagraph (D) and review the performance and priorities of the acquisition workforce across the
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"(3) Talent management initiative defined.--In this subsection, the term `talent management initiative' means the activities of the Department of Defense relating to recruitment, hiring, development, education, training, credentialing, performance management, retention, succession planning, and mobility, including rotations, reassignments, and career progression pathways, for the acquisition workforce.
"(e) Acquisition Workforce Plans.--
"(1) In general.--In addition to the duties under subsection (d), the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense shall issue guidance requiring each Service Chief Acquisition Talent Officer and Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officer to develop and submit to the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense not less frequently than annually a plan for the acquisition workforce of the applicable military department or component of the Department of Defense that supports and enables the successful implementation of the acquisition workforce strategy required by subsection (d)(2)(D).
"(2) Timeline.--The Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense shall ensure that the plans required under paragraph (1) are submitted in a timely manner so as to inform the development of the budget submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31.
"(3) Plan elements.--Each plan for the acquisition workforce of a military department or component of the Department of Defense submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) or under paragraph (4) shall include--
"(A) an assessment of the size, composition, and distribution of such acquisition workforce;
"(B) an identification of gaps in critical skills and projected workforce needs of such acquisition workforce, including anticipated hiring requirements and requirements for emerging skills necessary to support acquisition priorities;
"(C) the hiring, retention, and workforce development plans for such acquisition workforce;
"(D) the anticipated requirements for and availability of training programs and development programs to support the hiring, retention, and workforce development plans described in subparagraph (C); and
"(E) an explanation of how the acquisition workforce plan supports the acquisition workforce strategy required by subsection (d)(2)(D).
"(4) Alignment.--The Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense shall, for each plan submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) or under paragraph (6)--
"(A) evaluate whether such plan aligns with the Department-wide acquisition workforce strategy and priorities; and
"(B) provide to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment--
"(i) a recommendation regarding whether to approve such plan; and
"(ii) recommendations regarding workforce investments associated with such plan, including investments under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account established under section 1705 of this title, to ensure alignment with workforce plans approved by the Under Secretary and the Department-wide acquisition workforce strategy.
"(5) Flexibility for program adjustments.--In carrying out this subsection, the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall ensure that workforce planning, evaluation, and reporting under this subsection remain responsive to changes in the requirements of acquisition programs, including program terminations, restructurings, or changes in scope.
"(6) Approval.--
"(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which a Service Chief Acquisition Talent Officer or Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officer submits a plan for the acquisition workforce of the military department or component of the Department pursuant to paragraph (1) or under this paragraph, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall--
"(i) approve or reject such plan; and
"(ii) provide to such Service Chief Acquisition Talent Officer or Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officer a written notice of such approval or rejection.
"(B) Plan revision.--If the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment rejects a plan under subparagraph (A)--
"(i) the Under Secretary shall include in the notice required by clause (ii) of such subparagraph a written explanation of the reasons for such rejection and any revisions required for such plan to be approved; and
"(ii) the Service Chief Acquisition Talent Officer or Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officer that submitted such plan pursuant to paragraph (1) or under this paragraph shall revise such plan and submit such revised plan to the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense.
"(f) Report to Congress.--Not later than March 1 of each year, the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the effectiveness of the Department-wide acquisition workforce strategy, including--
"(1) an assessment of workforce trends, hiring and retention challenges, and critical skill gaps of the acquisition workforce;
"(2) an evaluation of the extent to which the acquisition workforces of the military departments and components are aligned with the objectives of the defense acquisition system established pursuant to section 3102 of this title and the Department-wide acquisition workforce strategy required by subsection (d)(2)(D);
"(3) a summary and assessment of the plans submitted under subsection (e), including for each plan rejected under subsection (e)(6), a summary of the reasons for such rejection; and
"(4) recommendations for legislative and administrative actions to address identified workforce gaps, improve workforce performance, and strengthen the acquisition workforce.
"(g) Deputy Chief Acquisition Talent Officer.--The Secretary of Defense may appoint a Deputy Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense, from among individuals serving in the Senior Executive Service or other appropriate positions in the Department of Defense, to assist the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense in carrying out the responsibilities of the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense under this section.
"(h) Personnel and Resources.--
"(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense is provided dedicated personnel and resources necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense.
"(2) Dedicated personnel and resources defined.--In this subsection, `dedicated personnel and resources' means personnel and resources that are--
"(A) exclusively engaged in supporting the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense in carrying out the responsibilities of the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense; and
"(B) under the exclusive authority of the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense.
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Service and Component Chief Acquisition Talent
Officers
"(a) In General.--The Secretary of each military department and the head of each component of the Department of Defense for which there is a component acquisition executive shall designate a senior official of such military department or component as the Service Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of such military department or the Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of such component.
"(b) Reporting.--
"(1) Military departments.--A Service Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of a military department designated under subsection (a) shall report to the service acquisition executive of such military department.
"(2) Components.--A Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of a component of the Department of Defense designated under subsection (a) shall report to the component acquisition executive of such component, except that if such Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officer is the component acquisition executive of such component, such officer shall report to the head of such component with respect to the duties of such Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officer under this section.
"(c) Duties.--A Service Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of a military department or Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of a component of the Department of Defense designated under subsection (a) shall, subject to the authority, direction, and control of the official to whom such Service Chief Acquisition Talent Officer or Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officer reports under subsection (b)--
"(1) develop, submit to the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense, and implement each plan for the acquisition workforce of such military department or component required under section 1703(e) of this title in accordance with the guidance issued by the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense;
"(2) oversee the execution of workforce plans and talent management initiatives for the acquisition workforce of such military department or component in support of the Department-wide acquisition workforce strategy;
"(3) advise the official to whom such Service Chief Acquisition Talent Officer or Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officer reports under subsection (b) on matters relating to the readiness of the acquisition workforce of such military department or component;
"(4) support the service acquisition executive, portfolio acquisition executive, or component acquisition executive in identifying and addressing acquisition workforce requirements necessary to execute acquisition programs and portfolios;
"(5) coordinate with the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense on Defense-wide initiatives and programs for the acquisition workforce, including implementation of the Department-wide acquisition workforce strategy;
"(6) support the alignment of education and training for members of the acquisition workforce of such military department or component to enable the alignment of--
"(A) specific education and training for members of the acquisition workforce with general education and training requirements, including professional military education requirements for members of the armed forces; and
"(B) specific assignment and career development policies related to the civilian members of the acquisition workforce and the members of the acquisition workforce who are members of the armed forces;
"(7) establish hiring priorities and promote the effective use of hiring authorities for the acquisition workforce of such military department or component;
"(8) support the use of the authorities under section 1599g of this title and other mechanisms to strengthen the acquisition workforce of such military department or component through public-private talent exchanges;
"(9) provide to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment data related to the acquisition workforce of such military department or component as required to support the Department-wide acquisition workforce data analytics capability and workforce planning; and
"(10) perform such other duties as determined appropriate by the official to whom such Service Chief Acquisition Talent Officer or Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officer reports under subsection (b).
"(d) Component Acquisition Executive Defined.--In this subsection, the term `component acquisition executive' means the acquisition executive of a component of the Department of Defense, including combatant commands and the Defense Logistics Agency, who is responsible for all acquisition functions of such component, except that such term does not include service acquisition executives.".
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections of subchapter I of chapter 87 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1702 the following new items:
"1703. Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense. "1703a. Service and Component Chief Acquisition Talent Officers.". (c) Conforming Amendment.--(1) Defense acquisition university.--Section 1746(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: "(2) The President of the Defense Acquisition University shall report directly to the Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense.". (2) Defense civilian and training corps.--Section 2200g of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(d) Administration.--The Chief Acquisition Talent Officer of the Department of Defense shall administer and oversee the Defense Civilian Training Corps program under the authority of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.". (d) Implementation.--(1) Chief acquisition talent officer of the department of defense.--The Secretary of Defense shall implement section 1703 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Service and component chief acquisition talent officers.--Each Secretary of a military department (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) and each head of a component of the Department of Defense described in subsection (a) of section 1703a of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall implement such section with respect to such military department or component, as applicable, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 853. CODIFICATION OF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE KEY
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.
(a) In General.--Section 1722b of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(6) Key performance objectives described in subsection (d)."; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(d) Acquisition Workforce Key Performance Objectives.--(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall implement mandatory key performance objectives (in this subsection referred to as `KPOs') for evaluating the performance of civilian members of the acquisition workforce.
"(2) The KPOs implemented under paragraph (1) shall--
"(A) include strategic outcome objectives and workforce behavioral objectives for the workforce; and
"(B) be developed in a manner that enables an assessment of the degree of alignment between--
"(i) the objectives of the defense acquisition system established by section 3102 of this title; and
"(ii) the prudent and appropriate use by civilian members of the acquisition workforce of innovative, risk-tolerant practices in achieving those objectives.
"(3) The strategic outcome objectives required under paragraph (2)(A) shall align with the objectives of the defense acquisition system established pursuant to section 3102 of this title and shall address strategic acquisition mission areas, including--
"(A) expeditiously delivering capabilities to enhance the operational readiness of the armed forces and enable the missions of the Department of Defense;
"(B) enabling and supporting the integration of innovative solutions to enhance military effectiveness and responsiveness to emerging threats;
"(C) ensuring supply chain and industrial base resilience and surge capabilities to support contingency and operational plans of the Department of Defense;
"(D) cultivating a leadership and organizational culture in civilian members of the acquisition workforce that encourages responsible risk-taking, collaboration, and learning through failure; and
"(E) maintaining a current and proficient workforce through continuous education, including digital and artificial intelligence literacy and technical proficiency necessary for the job function of an individual.
"(4) The workforce behavioral objectives required under paragraph (2)(A) shall be designed to develop the critical skills and behaviors of civilian members of the acquisition workforce, including--
"(A) the adoption of innovative acquisition authorities and approaches;
"(B) a preference for commercial products and commercial services and supporting market research of commercial or emerging technologies;
"(C) engagement with end users to incorporate feedback into acquisition decisions and acquisition program adjustments;
"(D) the ability to use iterative development cycles and inform program tradeoffs, including discontinuing or terminating the development of capabilities--
"(i) that no longer align with approved capability requirements (as defined in section 3101 of this title) or priorities; or
"(ii) that are experiencing significant cost growth, performance or technical deficiencies, or delays in schedule;
"(E) the pursuit of professional development to broaden expertise and assume expanded responsibilities in cross-functional initiatives; and
"(F) the ability to overcome obstacles to prioritize end-user outcomes in acquisition execution.
"(5) The KPOs implemented under paragraph (1) shall be integrated into--
"(A) annual performance appraisals for civilian members of the acquisition workforce;
"(B) promotion, bonus, and assignment considerations for such members; and
"(C) requirements for certification, training, and continuing education under this chapter.".
(b) Repeal.--Section 826 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is repealed.
(c) Application to Members of the Armed Forces.--Not later than October 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the feasibility and advisability of applying the key performance objectives established under section 1722b(d) of title 10, United States Code (as added by this section), to members of the Armed Forces serving in the acquisition workforce (as defined in section 101 of such title), including recommendations on how such objectives could be appropriately adapted for such members.
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DEMONSTRATED PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CRITICAL
ACQUISITION POSITIONS.
Section 1731 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(d) Demonstrated Proficiency Requirements.--(1) In addition to the requirements under section 1735 of this title, the Secretary of Defense shall require that individuals selected for, and individuals serving in, civilian critical acquisition positions demonstrate appropriate proficiency in achieving the key performance objectives established under section 1722b(d) of this title.
"(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with each service acquisition executive and component acquisition executive, shall establish and maintain a Department-wide framework for assessing demonstrated proficiency under this subsection, including methods for evaluating demonstrated proficiency in achieving the performance objectives described in paragraph (1), such as the use of covered authorities in programmatic or operational settings.
"(3) The Secretary shall ensure that the requirements established under this subsection are applied in a manner consistent with the acquisition workforce career field and responsibilities of the position.
"(4) The Secretary may not solely rely on the completion of training requirements of an individual, or any certification or credential earned
by an individual, to satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
"(5) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with each service acquisition executive and component acquisition executive, shall use the framework established under paragraph (2) to--
"(A) identify gaps in demonstrated proficiency among individuals selected for, or serving in, critical acquisition positions; and
"(B) ensure that such individuals who do not demonstrate appropriate proficiency are provided targeted and structured professional development opportunities (including experiential learning, training, or other relevant opportunities) to address such gaps.
"(6) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall periodically review and update the framework established under paragraph (2) to ensure alignment with the objectives of the defense acquisition system under section 3102 of this title and to adapt such framework to incorporate new acquisition practices and technologies.
"(7) In this subsection, the term `covered authorities' means the following:
"(A) Chapter 247 of this title.
"(B) Sections 4021 and 4022 of this title.
"(C) Section 3602 of this title.
"(D) Any other acquisition authority, pathway, or method established by the Secretary to enable the rapid, flexible, or iterative development and delivery of a capability.
"(8) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to modify or supersede any performance management system established under chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code, or to alter any rights or obligations under applicable collective bargaining agreements.".
SEC. 855. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
(a) Increase in Limitation on Number of Participants.--Section 1762 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "130,000" and inserting "143,000".
(b) Extension.--Subsection (g) of such section is amended by striking "December 31, 2031" and inserting "December 31, 2035".
(c) Briefing on Utilization of Acquisition Workforce Demonstration Project Authorities.--Not later than December 1, 2026, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the planned use of authorities under section 1762 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by this section, to support the acquisition workforce. Such briefing shall include--
(1) the current number of individuals participating in the acquisition workforce demonstration project under such section 1762, disaggregated by military department and Defense Agency;
(2) expected growth in participation in the demonstration project over the next 24 months, including anticipated and confirmed transitions of organizations or elements into the demonstration project and estimated implementation timelines for such transitions;
(3) an identification of military departments and other elements of the Department of Defense that have expressed interest in expanding participation in the demonstration project or transitioning additional individuals into the demonstration project;
(4) an assessment of the extent to which statutory limitations on the authorities in section 1762 affect workforce planning or use of the authorities;
(5) steps taken to increase and measure average workforce understanding of how contributions scores under the demonstration project are derived;
(6) findings relevant to the demonstration project based on data from tools used to measure employee satisfaction, such as Defense Organizational Climate Surveys or the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey; and
(7) recommendations on any additional steps, authorities, or flexibilities the Under Secretary considers necessary to support the development of the acquisition workforce.
SEC. 861. REFORM OF TECHNICAL DATA AND SOFTWARE RIGHTS TO
SUPPORT COMPETITION, SUSTAINMENT, AND
READINESS.
(a) Default Government Purpose Rights for Deliverables.--Chapter 239 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3775 the following new section:
"Sec. 3776. Default government purpose rights for
deliverables under Department of Defense contracts
"(a) Default Rights.--Except as provided in subsection (b), any technical data, computer software, or computer software documentation delivered under a contract, subcontract, or other agreement entered into by the Department of Defense shall be provided with government purpose rights unless the contractor establishes, through clear and convincing evidence, entitlement to more restrictive rights.
"(b) Contractor Burden.--A contractor asserting less-than-government purpose rights shall provide--
"(1) a compliant assertions table identifying each specific item of data or software claimed;
"(2) factual documentation of private development funding;
"(3) clause-specific unlimited-rights exclusions applied at the lowest practicable segregable level; and
"(4) corresponding portion markings on the deliverables.
"(c) Failure to Substantiate.--Any failure by a contractor to comply with subsection (b) shall result in the deliverable being treated as provided with government purpose rights.".
(b) Improper Markings of Critical Items.--For any critical readiness items of supply (as that term is defined in section 4324(d)(4) of title 10, United States Code) that are noncommercial items, if the Secretary of Defense determines that a contractor--
(1) applied an incorrect restrictive marking;
(2) failed to exclude unlimited- or unrestricted-rights categories;
(3) failed to portion-mark at the required segregable level; or
(4) submitted an incomplete or invalid assertions table; then all affected technical data, computer software, and documentation shall be deemed as government purpose rights.
(c) Report on Clawback Authorities for Improper Restrictive Markings.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the feasibility and advisability of establishing a mechanism to recover excess payments made by the Department of Defense in cases where improper restrictive markings, invalid assertions tables, or other unjustified restrictions on technical data, computer software, or computer software documentation contributed to reduced competition or sole-source procurement conditions. The report shall include--
(1) an assessment of the extent to which improper restrictions on technical data or software rights may have resulted in excess costs to the Department;
(2) an evaluation of existing authorities available to recover such excess payments;
(3) an assessment of the legal, contractual, and evidentiary challenges associated with establishing a clawback mechanism;
(4) options for calculating excess payments attributable to improper restrictions on technical data or software rights; and
(5) recommendations regarding whether Congress should authorize a clawback mechanism and, if so, the structure of such authority.
(d) Modifications to Rights in Technical Data.--Section 3771(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ", and for which the United States shall have government purpose rights, unless the Government and the contractor negotiate different license rights" after "component)"; and
(2) in paragraph (4)(A)--
(A) in clause (ii), by striking "; or" and inserting a semicolon;
(B) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
(C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause:
"(iii) is a release, disclosure, or use of detailed manufacturing or process data--
"(I) that is necessary for operation, maintenance, installation, or training and shall be used only for operation, maintenance, installation, or training purposes supporting wartime operations or contingency operations; and
"(II) for which the head of an agency determines that the original supplier of such data will be unable to satisfy military readiness or operational requirements for such operations; or".
(e) Applicability.--This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply--
(1) in competitive procurements, to solicitations issued after the date of the enactment of this Act and awards made in connection with such solicitations; and
(2) in non-competitive procurements, to awards made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 862. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OMBUDSMAN; VOLUNTARY EXPERT
MEDIATION FOR CERTAIN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
MATTERS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 275 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3791 the following new sections:
"Sec. 3792.
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Intellectual Property Ombudsman
"(a) Designation.--(1) The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, shall designate a senior official, to be known as the Intellectual Property Ombudsman, to serve as ombudsman on matters involving intellectual property acquired or licensed (or proposed to be acquired or licensed) by the Department.
"(2) The Ombudsman shall be a senior official with--
"(A) demonstrated expertise in matters involving intellectual property acquired or licensed (or proposed to be acquired or licensed) by the Department, including the provisions of the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation that relate to technical data and computer software; and
"(B) at least 5 years of experience on intellectual property matters, of which at least 2 years must have been representing or advising covered contractors of the Department on matters involving intellectual property acquired or licensed (or proposed to be acquired or licensed) by the Government.
"(b) Preservation of Independence.--(1) The Ombudsman shall serve within the Office of the Assistant Secretary and report directly to the Assistant Secretary, without intervening authority, and shall not report to or receive direction from any military department, agency, combatant command, or other element of the Department.
"(2) The Assistant Secretary may assign to the official serving as Ombudsman other primary or collateral duties to the extent the official remains able to carry out his or her duties as Ombudsman, except that the official--
"(A) may not perform any duty, or engage in any activity, that could compromise his or her independence as Ombudsman; and
"(B) may not advise on, or participate in, any source selection process, except to the extent
necessary to carry out his or her duties as Ombudsman.
"(3) The Ombudsman shall not be subject to removal, demotion, or other adverse personnel action based on the substance of any advice, guidance, opinion, or recommendation provided by the Ombudsman to a covered contractor or to a contracting officer or other Department official.
"(c) Personnel and Resources.--The Assistant Secretary shall ensure that the Ombudsman is provided with personnel and resources sufficient to carry out his or her duties as Ombudsman.
"(d) Duties.--(1) The Ombudsman shall, with respect to questions or disputes involving intellectual property acquired or licensed (or proposed to be acquired or licensed) by the Department, including questions or disputes involving rights and obligations relating to the delivery of, or access to, such intellectual property--
"(A) serve as the focal point for assisting covered contractors of the Department on such questions or disputes;
"(B) facilitate communication between covered contractors and appropriate senior officials of the Department on such questions or disputes;
"(C) promote the use of collaborative alternative dispute resolution techniques such as mediation to facilitate the expeditious and cost-effective resolution of such questions or disputes, when appropriate;
"(D) provide guidance to covered contractors and contracting officers with respect to such questions or disputes; and
"(E) upon request of a covered contractor or contracting officer involved in such a question or dispute--
"(i) within 45 days after the request was made--
"(I) obtain from the covered contractor (and any subcontractor involved in the question or dispute) and from the contracting officer information relevant to the question or dispute; and
"(II) complete a review of such information;
"(ii) promptly thereafter, develop and provide guidance to the covered contractor, the contracting officer, or both on matters relevant to the question or dispute, such as--
"(I) relevant laws and regulations and how they apply to the question or dispute;
"(II) alternative approaches to acquisition or licensing that may be available under applicable laws and regulations, such as specifically negotiated licenses (including specially negotiated licenses under section 3774(c) of this title); and
"(III) appropriate valuation of intellectual property under standard industry valuation techniques, including cost, value, capability, market, and income-based techniques; and
"(iii) facilitate communications, and participate in meetings, between the covered contractor and the contracting officer.
"(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the authority of the Ombudsman shall extend only to questions and disputes between covered contractors and the Department, and shall not extend to questions or disputes between or among covered contractors.
"(e) Nature of Guidance.--Guidance provided by the Ombudsman under this section--
"(1) may include analyses, opinions, and recommendations;
"(2) shall be independent and neutral with respect to the covered contractor, the contracting officer, and the Government, and
"(3) shall be advisory only and not binding on the covered contractor, the contracting officer, or the Government.
"(f) Communications Between Contractor and Ombudsman; Confidentiality; Restrictions on Government.--(1) Any communication between a covered contractor and the Ombudsman, including the fact that such a communication occurred, shall be treated as confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person or entity that is not a party to the question or dispute or does not have an interest in the specific question or dispute without the consent of the covered contractor.
"(2) The Government shall not require a covered contractor to disclose any such communication and shall not use any such communication as a basis for evaluating a proposal, making an award, or challenging a restriction.
"(3) A requirement to publish a copy of, or any other information with respect to, communications between a covered contractor and the Ombudsman shall not apply to the extent such copy (or portion thereof) or information would be subject to withholding from public disclosure under section 552 of title 5.
"(g) Inferences.--The decision of a covered contractor to request, or decline to request, assistance from the Ombudsman shall not give rise to any inference regarding the validity of the covered contractor's assertions related to intellectual property and shall not be disclosed or referenced in any validation challenge, litigation, or other legal proceeding.
"(h) Consultation.--The Assistant Secretary shall establish a mechanism for regular consultation with the defense industry, portfolio acquisition executives, program managers, product support managers, and other officials of the Department responsible for sustainment of defense systems regarding the utility and effectiveness of the Ombudsman function and emerging intellectual property issues.
"(i) Public Reporting of Statistics.--On an annual basis, the Ombudsman shall make publicly available a report providing statistical information on the assistance specified in subsection (e) that was provided to covered contractors during the annual period covered by the report. The statistical information shall be presented in an aggregated or anonymized format and shall include information on the number of requests, the nature of requests, the nature of the contractors (such as small business concerns), the disposition of the requests, and the number of days from receipt of request to final disposition of the request.
"(j) Reports to Congress.--On an annual basis, the Ombudsman shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the activities performed during the annual period covered by the report, including any recommendations for changes in law, regulation, policy, procedure, or practice that the Ombudsman considers appropriate.
"(k) Definitions.--In this section--
"(1) the term `covered contractor' includes a contractor or subcontractor (or prospective contractor or subcontractor); and
"(2) the term `subcontractor' includes a subcontractor at any tier.
"Sec. 3792a. Rights in covered data: voluntary expert
mediation
"(a) Establishment and Availability of Process.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish an expert mediation process under this section and shall make that process available to covered contractors and contracting officers to facilitate the resolution of questions or disputes related to covered data.
"(b) Matters Addressed.--The process established under subsection (a) may be used to address any intellectual property matters relevant to the resolution of the question or dispute, including matters such as the following:
"(1) The scope, terms, or interpretation of any relevant agreement with respect to the intellectual property.
"(2) The scope of the rights acquired or licensed (or proposed to be acquired or licensed) by the Government in the intellectual property.
"(3) To the extent the Government's rights in intellectual property are insufficient, or perceived as insufficient, to meet the Department's identified requirement, any matters necessary to address the insufficiency.
"(4) To the extent the intellectual property involves more than one covered contractor, any matters necessary to address the respective rights of the Government and each such contractor.
"(c) Availability and Effect.--The process established under subsection (a) shall be available whenever a question or dispute covered by subsection (a) has arisen, including before, during, or after a procurement and before, during, or after the administration of a contract.
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It shall be available without regard to, and without effect on, any other dispute resolution processes that may be available, and without tolling any periods or deadlines under any other dispute resolution processes or under any applicable statute of limitations.
"(d) Participation Is Voluntary.--Participation in the process established under subsection (a) shall be strictly voluntary, both on the part of the contracting officer and on the part of the covered contractor, except as provided in subsection (h).
"(e) Initiation and Participation.--(1) Within 10 days after receiving a request under this subsection, a party shall submit to the other party a written response either accepting or declining the request.
"(2) A party submitting a written request to initiate, or any written response accepting such a request, shall include facts supporting the position of the party that the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) are met.
"(3) If the request to initiate is accepted, a panel shall be established under subsection (f) and mediation shall commence under subsection (g).
"(f) Establishment of Panel.--(1) Mediation under the process established under subsection (a) shall be conducted by a panel established under this subsection.
"(2) The Secretary may use existing authorities, including those in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (6) of section 1707(d) of this title, to establish the panel.
"(3) The panel shall be composed of three members, each of whom shall be an individual with--
"(A) at least 5 years of experience in alternative dispute resolution; and
"(B) demonstrated expertise in at least two of the following areas: intellectual property law, patent licensing, government contracts data rights, technical data classification, and software licensing.
"(4) Of the three members--
"(A) one shall be selected by the covered contractor and shall have significant experience in intellectual property or data rights matters;
"(B) one shall be selected by the Department and shall have significant experience in intellectual property or data rights matters in government contracts, such as through service as a contracting officer, agency counsel, board of contract appeals judge, or Court of Federal Claims judge; and
"(C) one shall be selected by the other two members and shall serve as the panel chair.
"(5) If the question or dispute involves the valuation of intellectual property, the member selected under paragraph (4)(C) shall have significant experience with standard industry valuation techniques, including cost, market, and income.
"(6) An individual may not serve as a member of the panel if that individual has a financial interest in the outcome or any other conflict of interest that would undermine impartiality.
"(7) In a case in which there is a vacancy in the membership of the panel, a new member of the panel shall be selected as soon as practicable to fill the vacancy in accordance with paragraph (4).
"(g) Mediation Period.--The panel shall be established as soon as practicable and shall commence the mediation not later than 30 days after the date on which the panel is established, except to the extent the parties agree to a later date. The mediation shall end not later than 90
days after the date on which the mediation commenced, except to the extent the parties agree to a later date.
"(h) Effect of Mediation Settlement or Panel Recommendations.--(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (4), the results of the mediation shall be advisory only and shall not be binding on either party.
"(2) To the extent the parties reach a resolution, the parties shall memorialize the resolution in a settlement agreement, which shall be binding upon the parties. Any such agreement shall--
"(A) be executed by the contracting officer and an authorized representative of the covered contractor;
"(B) specifically reference the mediation; and
"(C) be incorporated into any applicable contract by modification.
"(3) To the extent the parties do not reach a full resolution--
"(A) either party may pursue any remedy otherwise available under chapter 71 of title 41 or other applicable law; and
"(B) the mediation shall not be deemed to have resolved the dispute for purposes of chapter 71 of title 41.
"(4) In a case in which the request to initiate the mediation regarding a contract entered into after the date of the enactment of this section was made by the Department and no resolution is reached, the following shall apply:
"(A) The panel may recommend to the Secretary of Defense that the covered contractor with rights in the subject covered data be required to provide non-deliverable access to such covered data if--
"(i) the panel finds that access to such covered data is necessary--
"(I) to address a critical operational requirement;
"(II) to meet a critical materiel readiness objective for a major weapon system (as established in accordance with section 118 of this title); or
"(III) to address a shortfall in a critical readiness item of supply (as defined in section 4324 of this title) or recurring insufficiency of supply that the responsible contractor has failed to remedy in response to a corrective action plan developed in accordance with section 4323 of this title; and
"(ii) the requirement for such covered data was reviewed under section 805 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (10 U.S.C. 3771 note) and an insufficiency was identified under subsection (d) of such section.
"(B) Such a recommendation--
"(i) shall ensure release rights consistent with commercially reasonable terms and conditions (subject to later definitized consideration to reflect development at private expense); and
"(ii) may include a right to release to a covered government support contractor (as defined in section 3775 of this title)--
"(I) subject to a prohibition that the covered government support contractor to which the data is released may not further release, disclose, or use the covered data beyond the purpose for which it was released; and
"(II) subject to notice by the contracting officer to the covered contractor of any such release.
"(C) If the Secretary approves the recommendation, the recommendation shall be binding on the covered contractor and the Department, subject to the availability of appropriations. The parties shall memorialize the recommendation in a settlement agreement, as described in paragraph (2). To the extent the recommendation does not reach a full resolution of the dispute, paragraph (3) shall apply.
"(i) Confidentiality; Protection of Information.--(1) The mediation shall be conducted in accordance with section 574 of title 5.
"(2) Each member of the panel shall--
"(A) sign a nondisclosure agreement, as appropriate, to protect proprietary or nonpublic data;
"(B) access and use proprietary or nonpublic data furnished to the panel only for the purposes of the mediation;
"(C) take all reasonable steps to protect proprietary and nonpublic data furnished to the panel; and
"(D) not use proprietary or nonpublic data furnished to the panel to compete for Government or nongovernment contracts.
"(j) Definitions.--In this section--
"(1) the term `covered contractor' includes a contractor or subcontractor;
"(2) the term `covered data' means technical data and computer software required to enable the Department of Defense or government authorized repair contractors performing under a support contract, to perform repair or maintenance actions on a covered system;
"(3) the term `covered system' means--
"(A) a major defense acquisition program, as defined in section 4201 of this title; or
"(B) an acquisition program or project that is carried out using the rapid prototyping or rapid fielding acquisition pathway under section 3602 of this title that is estimated by the Secretary of Defense to require an eventual total expenditure described in section 4201(a)(2) of this title;
"(4) the term `non-deliverable access' means a model under which the contractor provides access to intellectual property, including any associated license agreements for such intellectual property; and
"(5) the term `subcontractor' includes a subcontractor at any tier.".
(b) Implementation.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) implement sections 3792 and 3792a of title 10, United States Code, as inserted by this section;
(2) provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the implementation of such sections; and
(3) submit to the congressional defense committees an assessment of, and recommendations for, pay and compensation under current law to provide competitive compensation for the Intellectual Property Ombudsman established under section 3792 of title 10, United States Code, as inserted by this Act.
(c) Annual Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than March 1, 2028, and each of the next five years thereafter, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense committees an annual report on the effectiveness of the Intellectual Property Ombudsman established under section 3792 of title 10, United States Code, as inserted by this Act, and the mediation process established under section 3792a of title 10, United States Code, as inserted by this Act, on--
(A) encouraging prime contractors and subcontractors of the Department of Defense to quickly and equitably resolve disputes with the Department concerning intellectual property in order to address critical operational readiness issues;
(B) encouraging contractors to leverage privately-funded innovation and offer their full range of relevant technologies when competing for and performing defense contracts;
(C) improving clarity for both Department and contractor personnel regarding rights in technical data, computer software, and computer software documentation during the procurement process;
(D) resolving data rights disputes more rapidly and collaboratively than through litigation, while protecting contractors' legitimate investments in privately funded innovation; and
(E) expeditiously addressing the Department's national security, sustainment, and competitive procurement needs.
(2) Recommendations.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall also include recommendations by the Under Secretary to address any gaps in statute, regulation, or policy that undermine the Department's ability to access technical data necessary for maintenance and sustainment, asserting existing rights, or protecting interests in intellectual property, and any other recommendations the Under Secretary considers appropriate.
SEC. 863. EXPANSION OF REVERSE ENGINEERING AUTHORITY FOR
PROTOTYPE PROJECTS.
Subsection (f)(5)(B) of section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by section 823, is amended by striking "to address obsolescence".
SEC. 864.
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CLARIFICATIONS TO SUSTAINMENT PLANNING REQUIREMENTS
FOR COVERED SYSTEMS.
(a) Intellectual Property Management Plan.--Section 4324(b)(1)(D) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"(D) An intellectual property management plan for product support developed in accordance with section 3774 of this title, including--
"(i) requirements for technical data, software, and modular open system approaches (as defined in section 4401 of this title);
"(ii) a method to obtain technical data and license rights necessary for maintenance, repair, and overhaul of the covered system before the Milestone B approval (or equivalent approval); and
"(iii) a method to satisfy all other aspects of sustainment for the covered system before the Milestone C approval (or equivalent approval) in accordance with the product support strategy described in subparagraph (A).".
(b) Long-term Technical Data Needs.--Section 3774 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "and" at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(C) include in any contract solicitation for such a system or subsystem requirements relating to technical data and license rights necessary for sustainment of the system or subsystem."; and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
"(2) be developed in accordance with the intellectual property management plan described in section 4324(b)(1)(D) of this title.".
SEC. 865. SOFTWARE ACCOUNTABILITY IMPROVEMENTS OVER
LIFECYCLES.
(a) Software Sustainment Framework.--Section 4324(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(G) A software sustainment framework that--
"(i) defines metrics for software-enabled elements, including patch currency, vulnerability remediation timelines, and version lifecycle status; and
"(ii) provides for periodic review of such metrics.".
(b) Life-cycle Sustainment Planning by Product Support Managers.--Section 4324(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking "and" at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
"(F) maximize software-enabled solutions that reduce unanticipated growth work during maintenance cycles; and
"(G) maximize the use of consumption-based solutions as described in section 3605 of this title.".
(c) Responsibilities of Portfolio Acquisition Executives.--Section 1732(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking "and" at the end;
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(9) establish incentives for effective use by contractors of software-enabled solutions that expand the collection of decision-quality data to reduce unanticipated growth work during maintenance cycles or expedite the construction or procurement of capabilities.".
(d) Responsibilities of Product Support Managers.--Section 1733(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (9) as paragraphs (5) through (10), respectively;
(2) by redesignating the second paragraph (3) (relating to "Adopting predictive analytics") as paragraph (4); and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(11) Maximizing the qualification, approval, integration, and adoption of advanced technologies and processes.".
SEC. 866. ASSESSMENT OF A PAY-TO-PRINT PROGRAM.
(a) Assessment.--The Secretary of Defense shall assess the feasibility and utility of establishing a Department of Defense-wide program to be known as the "Pay-to-Print Program" for the purposes of--
(1) increasing the availability of parts in any supply chains of a weapon system of the Department of Defense;
(2) reducing manufacturing time or costs of such parts; and
(3) increasing the ability to rapidly scale production of such parts.
(b) Elements.--In conducting the assessment required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) identify such parts included in a program, project, or activity in a portfolio assigned under the leadership of a portfolio acquisition executive that could be produced by Government personnel or covered Government support contractors via additive manufacturing processes;
(2) review technical standards, qualification processes, design templates, contracting methods, and policies and determine if any changes are necessary to ensure the feasibility of establishing the Pay-to-Print Program;
(3) review methods of data access and methods to track the use of the data for the Pay-to-Print Program, and identify any lessons learned or best practices that could be implemented for the Pay-to-Print Program;
(4) identify funding authorities and mechanisms necessary to establish the Pay-to-Print program; and
(5) identify any other considerations for the implementation of the Pay-to-Print Program, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate an update on the assessment required by subsection (a).
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall preclude the Secretary of Defense from establishing a pay-to-print program before the submission of the report required in subsection (c).
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "pay-to-print" means a business approach where the customer pays a fee to access the original equipment manufacturer's digital design file for the purpose of printing a physical product using additive manufacturing processes.
(2) The term "portfolio acquisition executive" has the meaning given in section 1732 of title 10, United States Code.
(3) The term "covered Government support contractor" has the meaning given in section 3775 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 867. PRIORITIZING MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND OVERHAUL FOR
READINESS.
Section 4323 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 4323. Continuous sustainment review and analysis
"(a) Review Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall require each Secretary concerned to conduct an assessment, updated not less frequently than annually, of the performance of each major weapon system and each critical readiness item of supply against established operational readiness requirements and the materiel readiness objectives under section 118(c) of this title.
"(b) Analysis of Deficiencies.--For any major weapon system or critical readiness item of supply that fails to meet the requirements and objectives described in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall evaluate the applicable life-cycle sustainment plan (in accordance with section 4324 of this title) or other sustainment plan, as appropriate. If the Secretary concerned determines such a plan does not effectively meet the requirements and objectives at an affordable cost, the Secretary shall conduct a root cause analysis to determine the reasons and to identify the specific parts, services, software, and corresponding intellectual property required to meet the requirements and objectives.
"(c) Corrective Action Plan.--(1) Upon completion of a root cause analysis under subsection (b), the Secretary concerned shall develop and maintain a corrective action plan to address deficiencies identified by such analysis.
"(2) In developing and executing the corrective action plan, the Secretary concerned shall, to the maximum extent practicable, first seek to resolve any identified deficiencies through existing contractual and statutory authorities, including--
"(A) authorities described in subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title, to exercise an option, modify an existing contract or agreement, or enter into negotiations with a covered contractor for a covered system, including--
"(i) providing the covered contractor with the opportunity to submit an alternative corrective action plan to identify, qualify and secure other sources for the required parts, services, software, and intellectual property; and
"(ii) entering into another contract or agreement, or modifying an existing contract or agreement, with the covered contractor to create, develop, and validate technical instructions and procedures; or
"(B) the use of alternative sources, including advanced manufacturing, reverse engineering, re-engineering, or fabrication of parts by Government personnel or covered Government support contractors (as defined in section 3775 of this title).
"(3)(A) The Secretary concerned shall consider seeking assistance from the Intellectual Property Ombudsman (established in accordance with section 3792 of this title) in developing and implementing the corrective action plan if questions or disputes arise involving intellectual property acquired or licensed (or proposed to be acquired or licensed) by the Department for a major weapon system or critical readiness item of supply assessed under subsection (a), including questions or disputes involving rights and obligations relating to the delivery of, or access to, such intellectual property.
"(B) If such questions or disputes are not resolved through assistance from the Intellectual Property Ombudsman, the Secretary concerned shall consider submitting a written request for expert mediation in accordance with section 3792a of this title.
"(d) Submission to Congress.--(1) Not later than five days after the date on which the budget of the President is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, each Secretary concerned, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the following:
"(A) Findings from the assessments required by subsection (a).
"(B) A description of how such assessments informed the submission of materials to Congress required by section 118(c)(2) of this title and the development of the future-years defense program required by section 221 of this title.
"(C) For a covered system which has been declared to meet initial operational capability, and that for two consecutive calendar years has failed to meet established materiel readiness objectives for materiel availability or operational availability (as such terms are defined, respectively, in section 118 of this title), such report shall include--
"(i) an identification of factors contributing to such failure; and
"(ii) a corrective action plan described in subsection (c), including any updates to a previously submitted corrective action plan.
"(D) A summary of actions taken by the Secretary to ensure that each covered system of the military department under the jurisdiction of the Secretary meets the applicable operational readiness requirements and materiel readiness objectives in the most cost-effective manner practicable.
"(2) The report required by this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
"(3) For each report, the Secretary concerned shall make a summary of the report publicly available on an appropriate website of the Department of Defense not later than 60 days after the date on which it is submitted to the congressional defense committees unless the Secretary concerned, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, determines that it is not feasible to make a summary publicly available due to classification or other security concerns.
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Upon making such a determination, the Secretary concerned shall submit to the congressional defense committees a written notification of the determination, including a detailed explanation of the security concerns and the reasons why those concerns cannot feasibly be addressed by redaction or other means.".
SEC. 871. ENHANCEMENT TO DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE AND
SECONDARY SOURCE QUALIFICATION.
(a) Streamlined Acceptance.--In implementing section 865 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 10 U.S.C. 4811 note), the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pathway to streamline and consolidate the approval authority of the process established under such section for applications for Source Approval Requests submitted by the manufacturer of record for such capability.
(b) Applicability.--The pathway established by subsection (a) shall apply in cases where--
(1) a qualified engineering designee has certified in writing that the engineering data included in the applicable Source Approval Request, including the technical data package, conforms to the applicable technical data package or reverse engineering standards; and
(2) the applicant, or the relevant majority-owned manufacturing subsidiary of such applicant, holds a current AS9100 Rev D certification (or successor standard) issued by an accredited third-party certification body.
(c) Expedited Qualification.--
(1) Acceptance of certification.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), an Expedited Qualification Panel established under subsection (f) of such section 865 shall accept a certification
made under subsection (b) as the full engineering evaluation necessary for the review of a Source Approval Request by the Expedited Qualification Panel.
(2) Additional evaluation.--An Expedited Qualification Panel may determine in writing that additional engineering evaluation of a Source Approval Request is required based on safety or mission criticality, novelty, or complexity of the item. Such a determination shall be provided to the applicant not later than 14 days after such applicant submits such Source Approval Request, along with a request from the Expedited Qualification Panel for any additional information needed from the application to complete the expedited qualification process.
SEC. 872. TAILORED ACQUISITION PATHWAYS FOR NON-TRADITIONAL
INTERMEDIATE-RANGE FIRES CAPABILITIES.
(a) Tailored Pathways.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Army Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Fires (the "Portolio Acquisition Executive"), shall tailor and employ existing acquisition pathways to accelerate the development, testing, evaluation, and procurement of non-traditional intermediate-range fires capabilities, including affordable intermediate-range one-way attack munitions.
(b) Elements.--
(1) In general.--The pathways tailored under subsection (a) shall enable rapid development, testing, evaluation, and procurement of intermediate-range, affordable, attritable, and autonomous fires capabilities outside of traditional, legacy munitions.
(2) Capabilities.--The characteristics of the capabilities referred to in paragraph (1) may include--
(A) operational ranges relevant to combatant command requirements;
(B) low-cost munitions and the associated deployment and launch system, payloads, autonomy software, and associated support;
(C) autonomy solutions and collaborative mission software enabling resilience to operate in denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited communications and Global Positioning System-denied environments;
(D) interoperability and iterative characteristics that enable incremental development and field-swappable payloads and support competition for upgrades, sustainment, and follow-on production;
(E) ability for deployment and operations with minimal specialized infrastructure, including in austere environments.
(F) a deployment system capacity, power needs, and integration with existing logistics and fires platforms;
(G) demonstrated producibility and scalable manufacturing, including identification of achievable monthly and annual production rates and the constraints to scaling; and
(H) commercial off-the-shelf components and manufacturing processes to reduce cost and enable production at scale.
(3) Authorities.--To the greatest extent practicable, the pathways tailored under subsection (a) shall leverage existing, alternative acquisition authorities and pathways, such as other transaction authority, rapid prototyping and rapid fielding pathways, middle tier acquisition pathways, and any new or modified acquisition methods available to the Army and identified by the Portfolio Acquisition Executive.
(4) Integration.--The Secretary shall ensure integration across stakeholders and may formalize partnerships between and among the Army, the Defense Innovation Unit, and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to accelerate capability integration.
(5) Mitigation of risks.--The Secretary shall identify and mitigate long-lead risks, including test range access, airworthiness and safety certification processes, and supply-chain constraints associated with intermediate-range attritable munitions.
(6) Transition considerations.--The Secretary shall consider funding and resource needs, requirements, and opportunities to transition evolving prototypes into programs of record or enduring portfolio elements, including strategies for transitioning from research, development, test, and evaluation to procurement.
(7) Co-production arrangements.--The Secretary may consider co-production arrangements with trusted allies and partners to establish secondary production lines, subject to applicable technology security and foreign disclosure requirements and provided that such arrangements do not undermine required rights and deliverables for modular system interfaces and government integration.
(8) Autonomous or semi-autonomous weapon systems.--The Secretary shall ensure that any autonomous or semi-autonomous weapon system is developed, verified, validated, tested, and fielded consistent with Department of Defense policy on autonomy in weapon systems, including appropriate levels of human judgment over the use of force, rigorous verification and validation, and realistic developmental and operational test and evaluation.
(9) Software.--The Secretary shall consider establishing software test and digital engineering infrastructure approaches based on commercial best practices that software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure to enable continuous validation of autonomy and mission software and integration.
(c) Portfolio Alignment.--The Secretary shall determine whether such capabilities are best pursued as--
(1) a new start program within the fires portfolio;
(2) an expansion or modification of an existing effort; or
(3) an Army-wide cross-portfolio initiative under the authority of the Portolio Acquisition Executive.
(d) Coordination With Joint Force Requirements.--Pathways tailored under this section shall align with joint force operational needs for intermediate-range fires, including complementary employment with existing capabilities such as hypersonic systems, cruise missiles, and other precision fires.
(e) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees detailing--
(1) the acquisition pathways tailored under this section;
(2) the capabilities prioritized;
(3) anticipated timelines for prototype demonstration and initial limited operational capability; and
(4) a recommended funding profile for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
(f) Definition.--In this section, the term "intermediate-range" means having a range between 3,000 and 5,500 kilometers.
SEC. 873. PILOT PROGRAM FOR DOMESTIC ANTIMONY AND COPPER
PRODUCTION FOR DEFENSE APPLICATIONS.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to support the recovery of antimony and copper as byproducts of mineral production in the United States.
(b) Elements.--The pilot program required by subsection (a) shall include methods--
(1) to evaluate multiple processes and techniques for recovery of antimony and copper as byproducts of mineral production;
(2) to develop process design plans necessary for scaling recovery of antimony and copper to demonstration-level production;
(3) to generate sample material for independent testing to verify suitability for defense applications; and
(4) to produce qualified antimony material that meets specifications provided by the Defense Logistics Agency.
(c) Contracting Authority.--The Secretary may enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions with appropriate entities to implement the pilot program required by subsection (a).
(d) Report to Congress.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for four years, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the status and findings of the pilot program required by subsection (a).
(2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) a summary of the progress made under the pilot program required by subsection (a) with respect to recovery and processing of antimony and copper;
(B) technical and economic assessments with respect to such recovery; and
(C) recommendations for expanding domestic antimony and copper production and reducing dependency on foreign sources of antimony and copper.
(e) Termination.--The pilot program required by subsection (a) shall terminate not later than five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 874. ADDRESSING THE BACKLOG OF OPEN CASES RELATED TO THE
DEFENSE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
SUPPLEMENT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, acting through the Principal Director for Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy, shall establish a team of experts in acquisition regulations to assist in a process of promulgating and implementing regulations to resolve the backlog of open cases related to the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (commonly known as the "DFARS").
(b) Duties.--The team of experts described in subsection (a) shall be assigned to assist in all aspects of the process described in subsection (a), including drafting proposed and final rules, managing the public comment process, and any other tasks as directed by the Under Secretary.
(c) Administration.--
(1) In general.--In order to achieve the purpose set forth in subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall ensure that the team of experts described in subsection (a) has the appropriate number of staff and such staff possesses the necessary skills, knowledge, and experience to carry out the duties described in subsection (b), including in relevant areas of regulatory process, contracting, acquisition, and law.
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The Under Secretary may use existing authorities to staff the team, including those in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4).
(2) Civilian personnel.--Civilian personnel from within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, military departments, Defense Agencies, and combatant commands may be assigned to serve as members of the team of experts described in subsection (a), upon request of the Under Secretary.
(3) Highly qualified experts.--The Under Secretary may use the authorities for highly qualified experts under section 9903 of title 5, to hire members of the team of experts described in subsection (a).
(4) Contracts.--The Under Secretary may enter into a contract with a private-sector entity for specialized expertise to support the team of experts described in subsection (a). Such entity may be considered a covered Government support contractor, as defined in section 3775(a) of title 10, United States Code.
(d) Funding.--The Under Secretary is authorized to use amounts in the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund for the purpose of
paying salaries of members of the team of experts described in subsection (a) for the life of the team.
(e) Expiration.--The authority to maintain the team of experts established under section (a) shall expire on the earlier of--
(1) the date on which the Under Secretary determines there is no open case in the backlog described in subsection (a) of open cases related to the DFARS that--
(A) implements a requirement imposed by statute; and
(B) has been open for more than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the statute imposing the requirement; or
(2) the date that is three years after the date on which the Under Secretary establishes the team of experts described in subsection (a).
(f) Briefings.--
(1) Initial briefing.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees outlining the strategy and methodology that will be used to establish the team of experts described in subsection (a) and the strategy and methodology to be used to reduce the backlog described in subsection (a) of open cases related to the DFARS.
(2) Progress briefings.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the briefing required by paragraph (1), and at least once in every 30-day period thereafter, the Under Secretary shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the progress made by the team of experts described in subsection (a) in reducing the backlog described in subsection (a) of open cases related to the DFARS. The requirement for briefings under this paragraph shall terminate with the first briefing that occurs after the expiration date under subsection (e).
SEC. 875. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PURCHASE OF
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS, MODULES, OR INVERTERS FROM
FOREIGN ENTITIES OF CONCERN.
(a) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense may be used to enter into a contract for the procurement of photovoltaic cells, modules, or inverters manufactured by a foreign entity of concern (as defined in section 9901(8) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 4651(8))).
(b) Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may waive subsection (a) if the Secretary--
(1) determines that there is no alternative source of photovoltaic cells, modules, or inverters other than from a foreign entity of concern;
(2) determines there is no national security risk posed by the use of photovoltaic cells, modules, or inverters manufactured by a foreign entity of concern; and
(3) submits a certification of such determination in writing to the congressional defense committees not later than 30 days before entering into a contract described under such subsection.
(c) Applicability.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a contract involving any third party financing arrangements, including energy savings contracts and those involving privatized military housing or assets that enhance combat capability.
(2) Delayed effective date for assets that enhance combat capability.--The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply to assets that enhance combat capability for a period of one year following the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Exemption for Certain Activities.--The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply if the procurement is for the purposes of intelligence, electronic warfare, or information warfare operations, testing, analysis, and training.
SEC. 876. ENSURING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTOR
COMPLIANCE WITH DISABILITY HIRING GOALS.
(a) In General.--For each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct an audit of the compliance of the contractors of the Department of Defense with the 7-percent utilization goal for employment of qualified individuals with disabilities by contractors established by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of Labor under section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 793).
(b) Reports.--Not later than 5 months after the end of a fiscal year for which the Secretary of Defense was required to conduct an audit under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the findings of such audit.
SEC. 877. EXPEDITED IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMERCIAL ACQUISITION
REFORMS.
(a) Prioritization Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure the Principal Director for Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy prioritizes the issuance of regulations, guidance, class deviations, or other implementation materials necessary to successfully implement sections 1821 through 1828 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1245 et seq.).
(b) Interim Implementation.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue, to the extent practicable, interim guidance, class deviations, or other temporary implementation instructions necessary to ensure that the policies reflected in sections 1821 through 1828 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 are applied pending completion of final regulations.
(c) Final Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue final regulations in the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation necessary to carry out sections 1821 through 1828 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.
(d) Implementation Schedule and Briefing.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a briefing that includes--
(1) a list of each Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation case, Defense Acquisition Regulations Council action, class deviation, guidance document, or other implementation action associated with sections 1821 through 1828 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026;
(2) the current status of each such action;
(3) the expected date for issuance of any proposed rule, interim rule, final rule, class deviation, or guidance document;
(4) a description of any legal, policy, or resource impediment to timely implementation; and
(5) the actions the Secretary is taking to ensure that implementation of such sections reduces barriers to the participation of nontraditional defense contractors, commercial suppliers, and small businesses in Department of Defense acquisitions.
(e) Limitation on Availability of Funds.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for travel expenses, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary issues interim implementation instructions as required by subsection (b).
TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
SEC. 901. TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPERVISE ACTIVITIES
OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RELATING TO EXPORT
CONTROLS.
(a) Responsibility of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.--Section 134(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (3); and
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
(b) Responsibility of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.--Section 133b(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (9) by striking "and" at the end;
(2) in paragraph (10) by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following new paragraph:
"(11) the responsibility for supervising and directing activities of the Department of Defense relating to export controls.".
SEC. 902. MEMBERSHIP OF COMMANDANT OF THE COAST GUARD ON THE
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.
(a) Membership on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.--Section 151(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(9) The Commandant of the Coast Guard.".
(b) Appointment of Chairman; Grade and Rank.--Section 152 of such title is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking "or the Chief of Space Operations" and inserting "the Chief of Space Operations, or the Commandant of the Coast Guard"; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking "Navy" and inserting "Navy or Coast Guard".
(c) Vice Chairman.--Section 154(f) of such title is amended by striking "Navy" and inserting "Navy or Coast Guard".
(d) Inclusion on the Joint Staff.--Section 155(a) of such title is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "(other than the Coast Guard)";
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking "and" at the end;
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(D) the Coast Guard."; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking "Secretary of the military department having jurisdiction over that armed force" and inserting "Secretary concerned".
(e) Duties as Member of Joint Staff.--Section 302 of title 14, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking "The President may" and inserting the following:
"(a) The President may"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(b)(1) The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall also perform the duties prescribed for the Commandant as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under section 151 of title 10.
"(2) To the extent that such action does not impair the independence of the Commandant in the performance of the Commandant's duties as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commandant shall inform the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating regarding military advice rendered by members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on matters affecting such department.
"(3) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Commandant shall keep the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating fully informed of significant military operations affecting the duties and responsibilities of such Secretary.".
SEC. 903. OVERSIGHT OF GEOGRAPHIC COMBATANT COMMANDS.
Section 916(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1022) is amended by inserting "or fiscal year 2027" after "fiscal year 2026".
SEC. 1001.
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GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY.
(a) Authority to Transfer Authorizations.--
(1) Authority.--Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may transfer amounts of authorizations made available to the Department of Defense in this division for fiscal year 2027 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes as the authorization to which transferred.
(2) Limitation.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), the total amount of authorizations that the Secretary may transfer under the authority of this section may not exceed $6,000,000,000.
(3) Exception for transfers between military personnel authorizations.--A transfer of 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;
(2) may not be used to provide authority for an item that has been denied authorization by Congress; and
(3) may not be used to reduce the total amount of authorizations available for facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization projects for military unaccompanied housing (as defined in section 2871 of title 10, United States Code) or military child development centers (as defined in section 1800 of such title) (commonly known as "Quality of Life Infrastructure").
(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 subsection (a).
SEC. 1002. ANNUAL REPORT ON UNFUNDED PRIORITIES OF DEFENSE
POW/MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY.
Chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 234 the following new section:
"Sec. 235. Unfunded priorities of Defense POW/MIA Accounting
Agency: annual report
"(a) Reports.--Not later than 10 days after the date on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and to the congressional defense committees, a report on the unfunded priorities of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
"(b) Elements.--(1) Each report under subsection (a) shall specify, for each unfunded priority covered by such report, the following:
"(A) A summary description of such priority, including the objectives to be achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in part).
"(B) The additional amount of funds recommended in connection with the objectives under subparagraph (A).
"(C) Account information with respect to such priority, including the following (as applicable):
"(i) Line Item Number for applicable procurement accounts.
"(ii) Program Element number for applicable research, development, test, and evaluation accounts.
"(iii) Sub-activity group for applicable operation and maintenance accounts.
"(2) Each report under subsection (a) shall present the unfunded priorities covered by such report in order of urgency of priority.
"(c) Unfunded Priority Defined.-- In this section, the term `unfunded priority', in the case of a fiscal year, means a program, activity, or mission requirement of the POW/MIA Accounting Agency that--
"(1) is not funded in the budget of the President for the fiscal year as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code;
"(2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associated with an operational or contingency plan of a combatant command or other validated requirement; and
"(3) would have been recommended for funding through the budget referred to in paragraph (1) by the Director of the POW/MIA Accounting Agency in connection with the budget if additional resources had been available for the budget to fund the program, activity, or mission requirement.".
SEC. 1003. EQUIVALENCY STANDARDS FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
POSITIONS.
(a) Equivalency Standards.--Section 1599d of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) as subsections (c) through (g), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b):
"(b) Equivalency Standards.--(1) The Secretary shall include, as part of the standards prescribed under subsection (a), equivalency standards for financial management positions that are applicable across the Department. Such equivalency standards shall include--
"(A) an identification of any test-based professional certification or credential issued by an authority other than the Department that the Secretary recognizes as satisfying, in whole or in part, a standard prescribed under subsection (a);
"(B) an identification of any training or other requirement of the Department for financial management positions required for persons holding a professional certification or credential recognized pursuant to subparagraph (A); and
"(C) rules to prevent duplicative requirements of the Department for such positions with respect to such persons.
"(2) On a basis that is not less frequent than annually, the Secretary shall review the equivalency standards under paragraph (1) and update such standards as may be necessary to reflect changes in the professional certifications or credentials recognized pursuant to such paragraph or modifications to the requirements of the Department for financial management positions."; and
(3) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by inserting ", and shall establish, review, and update the equivalency standards under subsection (b)," after "standards under subsection (a)".
(b) Deadline for Initial Establishment.--The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall establish the equivalency standards required under section 1599d(b) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), by not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1004. COMPLIANCE WITH PAYMENT INTEGRITY INFORMATION ACT
REQUIREMENTS AND STRENGTHENING IMPROPER
PAYMENTS DETECTION.
(a) Requirement.--Not later than September 30, 2027, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall take such corrective actions as may be necessary to achieve full compliance by the Department of Defense with requirements under the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-117; 31 U.S.C. 3301 note), consistent with the recommendations contained in the report of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense Report titled "Audit of the Department of Defense's FY 2024 Compliance with Payment Integrity Information Act Requirements" (DODIG-2025-105) and published on May 27, 2025, including by--
(1) conducting required risk assessments for each program subject to such requirements; and
(2) publishing improper and unknown payment estimates for such programs.
(b) Notification.--Not later than September 30, 2027, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notification outlining the following:
(1) The corrective actions taken to meet the requirement under subsection (a).
(2) Any such corrective action remaining outstanding, including a timeline for the completion of such action.
(c) Audit by Inspector General.--Not later than May 30, 2028, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall complete an updated audit of compliance by the Department of Defense with requirements under the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-117; 31 U.S.C. 3301 note), including a certification of compliance with the requirement under subsection (a).
(d) Briefing.--Not later than September 30, 2027, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on strengthening the recovery audit program of the Department of Defense. Such briefing shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the use, and effectiveness, of the improper payment detection tool of the Department of Defense Advanced Analytics (ADVANA) platform for the detection and prevention of improper payments, as well as each action taken to address high-risk programs.
(2) Comprehensive data on improper payments and recoveries in fiscal years 2025 through 2026.
(3) An identification of any additional resources or authorities necessary to strengthen the detection of improper payments.
SEC. 1005. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH JOINT TASK FORCE AUDIT.
(a) Authority to Establish.--In order to support the goal of achieving an unmodified financial statement audit opinion by December 31, 2028, the Secretary of Defense may establish a task force, to be known as "Joint Task Force Audit". If the Secretary establishes the task force, the Secretary shall designate the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) as the Director of the task force.
(b) Responsibilities.--If the Secretary establishes a task force under subsection (a), the task force shall be authorized to carry out the following responsibilities:
(1) The development and oversight of the execution of the plan of the Department of Defense to achieve an unmodified financial statement audit opinion by not later than December 31, 2028.
(2) The approval, direction, and monitoring of performance on corrective action plans needed to obtain such an unmodified financial statement audit opinion.
(3) The provision of support to components of the Department in order to prioritize audit remediation and audit response activities.
(4) Leading and supporting engagement with the Inspector General of the Department, the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, other appropriate Federal agencies, and any independent public accounting firms on matters pertaining to the audits of the financial statements of the Department.
(5) Coordinating with the Chief Information Officer of the Department on financial system modernization initiatives and the elimination of legacy or duplicative financial systems.
(c) Staffing.--If the Secretary establishes a task force under subsection (a), the Secretary of each military department may designate a representative to serve as a Deputy Director of the task force.
(d) Reports.--If the Secretary establishes a task force under subsection (a), the Director of the task force shall be responsible for meeting the reporting requirements under section 240b(b) of title 10, United States Code, in a complete and timely manner.
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BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR ARMY MULTI-DOMAIN TASK
FORCE AND MARINE LITTORAL REGIMENT.
(a) Consolidated Budget Displays.--In the budget justification materials submitted in support of the budget of the Department of Defense (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter until fiscal year 2032, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall each include a consolidated budget display identifying, with respect to the covered formations of the military department concerned--
(1) the number of personnel authorized to be assigned, and the number of personnel assigned, to such covered formations; and
(2) the amounts of operation and maintenance funding requested for the training and readiness of such covered formations.
(b) Reports.--Not later than March 1, 2027, and annually thereafter until September 30, 2032, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall each submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the covered formations of the military department concerned. Each such report shall include--
(1) an identification of the number of personnel authorized to be assigned, and the number of personnel assigned, to such covered formations;
(2) an identification of the equipment necessary for full operational capability of such covered formations, versus the equipment available to such covered formations;
(3) a description of the status of fielding for long-range fires, air defense, sensing, and command and control capabilities for such covered formations;
(4) projected timelines for such covered formations achieving initial operational capability and full operational capability;
(5) a detailed assessment of operational risks to such covered formations resulting from any identified constraint on readiness, including any such constraint relating to funding, personnel, equipment, training, the industrial base, or supply chains; and
(6) a description of measures to mitigate any risk assessed pursuant to paragraph (5) and resources necessary to restore such covered formations to full operational capability.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "Army multi-domain task force" means a formation of the Army designated as such a task force and organized for the conduct of multi-domain operations in support of joint force employment and the operational plans of the commanders of the combatant commands.
(2) The term "covered formation" means an Army multi-domain task force or a Marine Littoral Regiment.
(3) The term "Marine Littoral Regiment" means a formation of the Marine Corps designated as such a regiment and organized for the conduct of littoral and expeditionary operations in contested maritime environments in support of the operational plans of the commanders of the combatant commands.
(4) The term "military department concerned" means--
(A) the Army, with respect to submissions by the Secretary of the Army; and
(B) the Marine Corps, with respect to submissions by the Secretary of the Navy.
SEC. 1011. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE USED VESSELS
WITH NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND.
(a) Exclusion of Vessels Built in China.--
(1) Exclusion.--Subsection (f)(3) of section 2218 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "any used vessel, regardless of where such vessel was constructed" and inserting "any used vessel (other than an excluded vessel), regardless of where such vessel was constructed,"; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting "(other than an excluded vessel)" after "a used vessel".
(2) Definition of excluded vessel.--Subsection (k) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(6) The term `excluded vessel' means a vessel that was--
"(A) constructed or substantially modified in the People's Republic of China; or
"(B) built by a Chinese military company or a Chinese owned or controlled entity.".
(b) Requirement for Purchase of Two New United States-constructed Vessels for Each Foreign-constructed Used Vessel Purchased in Excess of 12.--Subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subsection (f) of such section is amended to read as follows:
"(C) For each foreign-constructed vessel purchased by the Secretary under the authority of this paragraph in excess of 12, the Secretary shall contract for the purchase of two new vessels each of which is to be constructed in a shipyard located in the United States.".
(c) Clarifying Amendment.--Such paragraph is further amended in subparagraph (D) by striking "subparagraph (A)" and inserting "this paragraph".
(d) Repeal of Obsolete Provision.--Such paragraph is further amended--
(1) by striking subparagraph (E); and
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (E).
(e) Repeal of 30-day Notice-and-wait Period Before Certain Purchases May Be Finalized.--Such paragraph is further amended by striking subparagraph (G).
(f) Technical Amendments to Update Citations.--Such section is further amended--
(1) in subsection (d)(3), by striking "(10 U.S.C. 8661 note)" and inserting "(Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 8661 note)"; and
(2) in subsections (f)(2) and (k)(2)(A), by striking "Public Law 101-510 (104 Stat. 1683)" and inserting "the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 8661 note)".
SEC. 1012. REQUIREMENT FOR PROCUREMENT OF COMPONENTS FOR
NAVAL VESSELS FROM MANUFACTURERS IN NATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE.
(a) Additional Procurement Limitation.--Section 4864(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the following new subparagraphs:
"(G) Auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for all shipboard services.
"(H) Propulsion system components, including engines, shafting, reduction gears, and propellers.
"(I) Shipboard cranes.
"(J) Spreaders for shipboard cranes.
"(K) Air circuit breakers.
"(L) Auxiliary chill water systems.".
(b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contracts entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1013. SETTLEMENT OF ADMIRALTY CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES.
Section 7802 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking "$500,000" both places it appears and inserting "$1,000,000"; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking "$100,000" and inserting "$500,000".
SEC. 1014. AMPHIBIOUS FLEET FORCE STRUCTURE.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the requirement of the Navy and Marine Corps to develop and consistently project three amphibious ready groups and the accompanying marine expeditionary units is foundational to the force sizing construct of the Department of the Navy;
(2) the Secretary of the Navy should obtain the expected service life of the amphibious ships and require the Navy to rigidly adhere to the direction provided by section 8678a of title 10, United States Code;
(3) similar to the analysis conducted on extending the submarine force structure, a comprehensive assessment of all LSD-41 and LSD-49 class dock landing ships should be conducted to assess the viability of extending such ships beyond their expected service life;
(4) the budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, should consistently support a comprehensive service life extension program of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ships and fully resource mid-life maintenance of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships;
(5) the Optimized Fleet Response Plan Force generation construct of the Navy, as operating as of the date of the enactment of this Act, sub-optimizes the ability to project amphibious readiness groups; and
(6) the Navy should adopt an alternative force generation model that expands the ability to maintain a continuous 3.0 amphibious ready group/marine expeditionary unit presence capable of deploying additional amphibious readiness groups.
(b) Annual Risk Assessment.--Section 8026 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting "(a) In General.--" before "The Secretary";
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(b) Risk Assessment.--(1) Not later than March 15 of each year, the Commandant of the Marine Corps shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives an assessment of the risks associated with amphibious forces, which shall be known as the `Amphibious Forces Risk Assessment of the Commandant'. Each such risk assessment shall include, for the year covered by the assessment, each of the following:
"(A) An identification and definition of each level of risk, including the determination of the Commander of what constitutes `significant' risk.
"(B) For each category of risk identified, an assessment of the extent to which the degree of risk is expected to increase, decrease, or remain stable as a result of budgetary priorities, tradeoffs, and fiscal constraints or limitations based on the most recent future-years defense program under section 221 of this title.
"(2) Each risk assessment under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.".
(c) Number of Amphibious Warfare Ships.-- Section 8062 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking "31" and inserting "33";
(2) in subsection (e)(4), by striking " scheduled maintenance and repair actions to maintain the minimum number of available amphibious warfare ships to meet operational requirements." and inserting "the required number of amphibious war ships to achieve a 3.0 amphibious ready group/ marine expeditionary unit presence, as determined pursuant to the Global Force Management Implementation Guidance and the certification of the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the marine expeditionary unit presence requirement."
(d) Modification of Amphibious Warfare Ships.--Section 2244a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(4) Exception for amphibious warfare ships.--The prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply to a modification to an amphibious warfare ship (as such term is defined in section 8062(h) of this title) during any of fiscal years 2027 through 2034.".
(e) San Antonio-class Maintenance Plan.--Not later than September 30, 2027, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a mid-life maintenance plan for San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships class.
(f) Reporting Requirements.--Not later than March 1, 2027, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees the following reports:
(1) A report containing an assessment of all LSD-41 and LSD-49 class dock landing ships and, for each such vessel, an identification of options to extend the service life of the vessel.
(2) A report on options for the comprehensive development of a modernization program that includes a service-life extension plan for Wasp-class amphibious assault ships and a mid-life maintenance plan for San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships. Such report shall include, for each such option, an assessment of--
(A) the overall timing of the application of such option each Wasp-class amphibious assault ship and San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship and whether such timing coincides with the optimal service life extension option for the ship;
(B) specific modernization program objectives for each class of ship;
(C) the amount of funding required to carry out the modernization program; and
(D) the capability of the defense industrial base to support the modernization program.
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ARMAMENT OF NAVAL AUXILIARY VESSELS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 863 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 8699. Armament of naval auxiliary vessels
"(a) In General.--(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Navy shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that each naval auxiliary vessel operated by the Military Sealift Command and designated as a United States Naval Ship is equipped with defensive armament sufficient to provide for the self-defense of the vessel against air, surface, and asymmetric threats in contested environments.
"(2) The requirement under paragraph (1) does not apply to a vessel that is designated as a hospital ship and is protected from attack or capture under the Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea done at Geneva August 12, 1949.
"(b) Minimum Capabilities.--Armament provided pursuant to subsection (a) may include, at the discretion of the Secretary, any of the following:
"(1) Close-in weapon systems or equivalent point-defense systems.
"(2) Crew-served weapons and stabilized naval gun systems.
"(3) Counter-unmanned aerial system capabilities.
"(4) Electronic warfare and decoy systems.
"(5) Modular or containerized weapon systems capable of rapid installation and scaling across classes of vessels.
"(c) Manning and Training.--The Secretary shall ensure that each vessel equipped pursuant to subsection (a) is--
"(1) provided with adequately trained personnel to operate and maintain the armament provided to the vessel; and
"(2) integrated, as appropriate, with Navy reserve or other augmentation forces for wartime operations.".
(b) Deadline for Implementation.--The Secretary shall--
(1) begin implementation of section 8699 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), by not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) in implementing such section, prioritize vessels supporting forward-deployed or contested logistics operations.
(c) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(1) a prioritized list of naval auxiliary vessels to be equipped with armament pursuant to section 8699 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a);
(2) recommended weapon systems for each class of vessel;
(3) cost estimates and installation timelines for providing such armament;
(4) manning and training requirements for each such vessel pursuant to subsection (c) of such section; and
(5) any legislative or regulatory barriers to the implementation of such section.
SEC. 1016. ADDITIONAL MEASURES FOR NAVY STRATEGY FOR
INVESTMENT IN AND SUPPORT FOR THE MARITIME
INDUSTRIAL BASE.
Section 1019 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1032; 10 U.S.C. 8661 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking "programs" and inserting "and sustainment"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(d) Additional Measures.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, the Secretary shall include each of the following measures in the strategy required under subsection (a):
"(1) Measures to determine a total cost and schedule for investments needed to enhance the performance of the submarine industrial base to the extent to which it can support the production of one Columbia class submarine and two Virginia class submarines each year and improve in-service submarine maintenance to achieve the goals of the Navy for operational availability.
"(2) Measures to determine a total cost and schedule for investments needed to enhance the performance of the surface ship industrial base to the extent to which it can support the goals of the Navy for surface ship construction and sustainment.
"(3) Measures to identify roles, responsibilities, and mechanism for coordination and data sharing between all entities within the Department of Defense involved in investing in and supporting the maritime industrial base.
"(4) Measures to conduct an analysis of the capacity of the Department of Defense to effectively plan for, award, and oversee investments in the maritime industrial base and, if relevant offices do not have sufficient capacity, determine how to increase capacity.".
SEC. 1017. INCLUSION OF NAVY SURFACE COMBAT SHIP MAINTENANCE
AS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM IN OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
(a) In General.--The budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2028 and each subsequent fiscal year, shall display Navy surface combat ship maintenance as one or more separate line items under each subactivity within operation and maintenance, Navy.
(b) Surface Combat Ship Defined.--In this section, the term "surface combat ship"--
(1) means a surface ship that--
(A) is designed primarily to engage in attacks against airborne, surface, subsurface, and shore targets; and
(B) uses a propulsion system that is not nuclear-based; and
(2) includes any--
(A) guided missile cruiser;
(B) guided missile destroyer;
(C) guided missile frigate; and
(D) littoral combat ship.
SEC. 1018. CONTRACTING REFORM FOR SURFACE SHIP MAINTENANCE,
REPAIR, AND OVERHAUL.
(a) Indefinite Delivery-indefinite Quantity Contract.--
(1) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Navy shall enter into an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract for the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of covered vessels, and shall issue task orders under such contract for the performance of such activities, across availability periods, by private shipyards, with a separate task order for each category of covered vessel determined by the Secretary consistent with subsection (c).
(2) Responsibilities of contractors.--Each task order issued under the contract required under paragraph (1) shall require the private shipyard performing work under the task order for a category of covered vessels to be responsible for any routine, scheduled, or corrective life-cycle maintenance or repair activity of such vessels assigned to such shipyard under such task order.
(3) Minimum term duration.--The Secretary shall ensure that the term for any contractor that is a party to the indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract required under paragraph (1) is not less than five years after the date on which such contract is entered into.
(b) Pre-contract Requirements.--Prior to entering into the contract required under subsection (a)(1) or issuing any task order under such contract, but not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the following information:
(1) A determination by the Secretary of the categories of covered vessels to be used for purposes of such contract, consistent with subsection (c), including the number, classes, and anticipated availability schedules of vessels the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of which is to be addressed by each task order issued under such contract.
(2) For each such category, an identification of the availability of parts and supply chain capacity, forecasting, and planning necessary to support the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of covered vessels across availability periods.
(3) An identification of standardized work-item sequencing, bundling, and planning requirements to enable predictable maintenance, repair, and overhaul of covered vessels across availability periods.
(4) An assessment of the adequacy of facilities for such maintenance, repair, and overhaul, including with respect to workforce capacity, dry dock and pier availability, and long-term infrastructure necessary to sustain workload requirements under such contract.
(5) A cost baseline for such maintenance, repair, and overhaul, and a methodology for evaluating potential savings or financial risks associated with such contract.
(6) An identification of risks to such maintenance, repair, and overhaul associated with schedule disruptions, supply chain delays, or industrial base shortfalls, and a description of mitigation strategies and contingency planning for such risks.
(c) Considerations for Category Determination.--In determining categories of covered vessels for purposes of the contract required under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall consider--
(1) the facilities, capabilities, and industrial capacity required to carry out maintenance, repair, and overhaul activities for covered vessels;
(2) the need to ensure adequate competition, and prevent the over-concentration of workload, among private shipyards; and
(3) options for task orders issued under such contract to incorporate multiple covered vessels.
(d) Notification of Contract Termination.--Not later than 30 days after any date on which the Secretary terminates the contract required under subsection (a)(1), or any task order under such contract, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notice of such termination, including a justification for such termination.
(e) Applicability of Foreign Shipyard Restrictions.--The limitations under section 8680 of title 10, United States Code, shall apply with respect to the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of covered vessels pursuant to any task order issued under the contract required under subsection (a)(1).
(f) Metrics and Mechanisms for Oversight.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall establish metrics and oversight mechanisms for--
(1) contractor performance;
(2) schedule adherence;
(3) cost performance relative to the established baseline cost;
(4) effects on the industrial base and workforce sustainment; and
(5) effects on fleet readiness and operational availability.
(g) Annual Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that contains, at a minimum, the following:
(1) A description of--
(A) the status of the implementation of the contract required under subsection (a)(1);
(B) the categories of covered vessels determined by the Secretary for purposes of such contract, and the rationale behind such determination;
(C) projected cost savings, schedule improvements, and effects on the industrial base resulting from such contract; and
(D) any risk identified with respect to such contract and as applicable, the measures adopted to mitigate any such risk.
(2) Recommendations for legislative and regulatory changes to improve the authority for, or implementation of, indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contracts entered into by the Secretary.
(h) Covered Vessel Defined.--In this section, the term "covered vessel" means a surface combatant vessel, as such term is defined in section 8227(e) of title 10, United States Code.
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REALIGNMENT OF CONTRACT MANAGEMENT FOR POLAR
SECURITY CUTTER PROGRAM.
(a) Contract Management Alignment.--The Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall take such steps as are necessary to ensure that the Commandant of the Coast Guard is solely responsible for the contract management responsibilities for the Polar Security Cutter program.
(b) Limitation on Navy Contracting Activities.--Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy may not maintain a separate contracting office for the Polar Security Cutter program except as required to provide advisory support requested by the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
(c) Briefing Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing describing the implementation of this section.
SEC. 1020. DOMESTIC SOURCING OF BULK FUEL TO SUPPORT TANKER
SECURITY PROGRAM.
(a) Domestic Sourcing.--Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall seek to procure at least 10 percent of covered bulk fuel from domestic refineries with excess production capacity.
(b) Use of Tanker Security Fleet Vessels.--The delivery of covered bulk fuel procured from a domestic refinery pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transported for delivery to locations outside of the United States on participating fleet vessels.
(c) Coordination.--In carrying out this section, the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall coordinate with the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to align procurement and delivery planning for covered bulk fuel in accordance with subsection (a) with the Tanker Security Program, including by identifying opportunities to increase the use of participating fleet vessels consistent with subsection (b).
(d) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(1) an assessment of the extent to which participating fleet vessels are expected to be used pursuant to subsection (b);
(2) a description of opportunities to increase the delivery of covered bulk fuel procured from a domestic refinery pursuant to subsection (a) in support of the Tanker Security Program, including opportunities to establish recurring shipments of such fuel to fuel depots of the Department located outside of the United States;
(3) an assessment of how such increase would support the availability of United States mariners and long-range fuel supply chains necessary to sustain military operations in contested environments; and
(4) any legislation, policy, or contract authority that the Secretary determines necessary to implement this section.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered bulk fuel" means aviation turbine fuel, marine diesel, or any other refined petroleum product procured by the Secretary of Defense for delivery to locations outside of the United States in support of military operations or fuel depots of the Department of Defense.
(2) The term "excess production capacity", with respect to a refinery, means a production capacity of the refinery that the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, determines is in excess of domestic consumption requirements.
(3) The term "participating fleet vessel" has the meaning given such term in section 53401 of title 46, United States Code.
SEC. 1021. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO UNMANNED SURFACE VESSELS.
(a) Limitation.--The Secretary of the Navy may not accept or take delivery of an unmanned surface vessel before the date on which the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees certification in writing that the Chief of Naval Operations or the Commandant of the Marine Corps has developed both concepts of operation and concepts of employment for at least one of the following combat functions:
(1) Anti-submarine warfare.
(2) Maritime strike.
(3) Logistics.
(4) Electronic warfare.
(5) Command and control.
(6) Intelligence.
(7) Surveillance.
(8) Reconnaissance.
(9) Targeting.
(10) Systems designed to counter any of the functions described in paragraphs (1) through (9).
(11) Any other combat function designated by the Chief of Naval Operations or the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
(b) Strategy Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall develop and implement a strategy for the integration of unmanned surface vessels into naval force design and joint maritime operations. Such strategy shall include each of the following:
(1) A description of the role of unmanned surface vessels in the future force design for the Department of the Navy.
(2) The process and timelines associated with the integration of unmanned surface vessels into joint maritime operations.
(3) An identification of the operational authorities currently governing the use of unmanned surface vessels.
(4) An acquisition strategy for unmanned surface vessels.
(5) An identification of the manpower, training, and infrastructure requirements for the integration of unmanned surface vessels into naval force design and joint maritime operations.
(6) A description of different ownership or operating models for unmanned surface vessels, including ownership and operation by the Government and by contractors, and how each such model would affect--
(A) manpower and infrastructure requirements;
(B) sustainment planning; and
(C) competition and industrial base concerns.
(7) An identification of access and basing requirements for unmanned surface vessels.
(c) Report.--Not later than 210 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the strategy required under subsection (b).
(d) Annual Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the submission of the report required under subsection (c), and biannually thereafter, the Portfolio Acquisition Executive established under section 1732 of title 10, United States Code, shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each such briefing shall include each of the following:
(1) A description of any changes or refinements made to the strategy required under subsection (b) during the period by the briefing.
(2) A description of any planning, scenarios, or simulations carried out by the Navy during the period by the briefing that model the use of unmanned surface vessels in defined environments for specific missions and tasks.
(3) A description of any operational gaps identified during the period by the briefing that unmanned surface vessel capabilities could address.
(4) A description of any validated and emerging requirements of the combatant commands identified during the period by the briefing for unmanned surface vessels and unmanned underwater vessels, and the criteria used to validate such requirements.
(5) Any gaps in operational authority or required changes with respect to unmanned surface vessels and unmanned underwater vessels identified during the period by the briefing.
SEC. 1022. ENHANCEMENT OF NAVY SUBMARINE RESCUE CAPABILITIES.
(a) Diversification.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, in order to ensure operational readiness in the event of a prolonged unavailability of any single system, to the extent practicable, the Secretary of the Navy shall develop and maintain multiple, redundant submarine rescue capabilities, including--
(1) Navy-owned rescue systems; and
(2) commercially-classified or contract-operated rescue systems certified under internationally recognized classification standards.
(b) Technological Modernization.--To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall--
(1) integrate emerging technologies, including unmanned and autonomous underwater vehicles, into submarine rescue operations to improve--
(A) search and location of distressed submarines;
(B) mission situational awareness; and
(C) risk mitigation for human rescue personnel; and
(2) evaluate and, where feasible, develop new deep submarine escape and survival technologies to extend safe crew survivability beyond current operational depth limits.
(c) Training and Operational Readiness.--To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall--
(1) ensure the conduct of frequent, realistic training exercises for submarine crews and rescue teams, simulating disabled submarine scenarios under operationally relevant conditions; and
(2) integrate advanced modeling and simulation tools to optimize rescue search and response planning under uncertain environmental conditions.
(d) International Interoperability.--To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall--
(1) expand cooperation and interoperability with allied submarine-operating nations, including through--
(A) participation in multinational exercises, such as Pacific Reach and NATO Dynamic Monarch; and
(B) engagement with the International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office and other relevant international bodies; and
(2) develop agreements, standard operating procedures, and shared protocols to enable coordinated, multinational response to submarine distress incidents.
(e) Oversight, Safety, and Risk Reduction.--To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall--
(1) ensure independent classification, inspection, and certification of all rescue systems, both Navy-owned and commercially operated, to maintain the highest safety and operational standards; and
(2) continue programs that reduce the likelihood of submarine accidents, including submarine safety and quality assurance initiatives, to complement rescue capabilities.
(f) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the implementation of this section.
SEC. 1023. NAVY-COAST GUARD MARITIME WORKFORCE AND CAPACITY
COORDINATION PLAN.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall establish a recurring coordination mechanism to align maritime industrial workforce requirements and capacity planning activities.
(b) Quarterly Coordination.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall convene meetings not less frequently than once each quarter to--
(1) identify projected workforce requirements and capacity needs associated with shipbuilding, ship repair, maintenance, sustainment, and related maritime industrial activities;
(2) identify areas of overlap, competition, or resource constraints that may adversely affect the ability of either service to meet workforce and industrial base requirements;
(3) assess opportunities to coordinate workforce development activities, training pipelines, and industrial base investments; and
(4) identify actions necessary to reduce duplication and improve coordination across shared industrial sectors.
(c) 10-year Maritime Workforce and Capacity Plan.--
(1) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing a 10-year maritime workforce and capacity plan.
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Each such plan shall include, for the period covered by the plan--
(A) projected workforce requirements across shipbuilding, ship repair, maintenance, sustainment, and critical supplier sectors;
(B) projected demand signals and anticipated requirements for public and private shipyards and related industrial base participants;
(C) an assessment of workforce gaps, shortages, and associated risks to the execution of shipbuilding and sustainment requirements;
(D) the identification of areas in which Navy and Coast Guard requirements may create competing demands for labor, infrastructure, or supplier capacity;
(E) recommendations for mitigating identified constraints and improving coordination between the Navy and the Coast Guard; and
(F) an assessment of actions necessary to provide industry with greater predictability regarding future workforce and capacity requirements.
(2) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which a report is submitted under paragraph (1). the Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the plan contained in the report.
(3) Appropriate congressional committees.--In this subsection, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 1024. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF ADDITIVE AND ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING TO SUPPORT NAVAL SHIPBUILDING.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Navy shall conduct a pilot program through which the Secretary shall expand the use of additive manufacturing and advanced manufacturing technologies to address supply chain constraints, production delays, and part shortages affecting naval shipbuilding and ship repair.
(b) Design of Pilot.--The Secretary shall design the pilot program to--
(1) identify shipbuilding components, replacement parts, tooling, fixtures, and other items that are constrained by limited suppliers, long lead times, obsolete production methods, or foreign dependence;
(2) evaluate the use of additive manufacturing and advanced manufacturing to produce such items in a manner that meets applicable Navy technical, safety, cybersecurity, quality assurance, and certification requirements;
(3) reduce schedule delays in ship construction, maintenance, and repair caused by shortages of parts or production capacity;
(4) strengthen domestic manufacturing capacity for naval shipbuilding; and
(5) support the development of qualification standards and repeatable certification pathways for additive manufactured shipbuilding components.
(c) Implementation.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall--
(1) select not fewer than three classes of naval vessels for participation in the pilot program;
(2) prioritize components and parts that have demonstrated supply chain constraints, production bottlenecks, or recurring availability issues;
(3) partner with public shipyards, private shipbuilders, suppliers, and other entities within the domestic shipbuilding industrial base;
(4) support University Affiliated Research Centers, federally funded research and development centers, and other qualified technical organizations with expertise in additive manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, materials science, and industrial base modernization;
(5) establish procedures for testing, qualification, and certification of additive manufactured parts for naval use; and
(6) ensure that any technical data, digital models, or manufacturing processes developed under the pilot program are managed to support long-term Navy sustainment and avoid vendor lock-in.
(d) UARC Support.--The Secretary may enter into agreements with University Affiliated Research Centers to provide technical support for the pilot program, including support for--
(1) identifying candidate parts and components suitable for additive or advanced manufacturing;
(2) developing manufacturing processes and qualification standards;
(3) conducting materials testing and performance validation;
(4) assessing cybersecurity risks associated with digital manufacturing files and production systems;
(5) supporting workforce development and training for additive manufacturing in the naval shipbuilding industrial base; and
(6) advising the Navy on how to scale successful technologies across shipbuilding and ship repair programs.
(e) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the implementation of the pilot program, including--
(1) the ship classes, shipyards, and industrial base partners participating in the pilot program;
(2) the categories of parts or components selected for additive manufacturing or advanced manufacturing;
(3) the extent to which the pilot program has reduced lead times, production delays, costs, or supplier constraints;
(4) any barriers to qualification, certification, cybersecurity, intellectual property, or technical data rights;
(5) the role of University Affiliated Research Centers and other technical organizations in supporting the pilot program; and
(6) recommendations for expanding the use of additive and advanced manufacturing across naval shipbuilding and ship repair.
(f) Duration.--The authority under this section shall terminate on December 31, 2032.
SEC. 1025. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PROCUREMENT OF A
BATTLE FORCE SHIP.
(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Navy may be obligated or expended to enter into a contract for the procurement of a battle force ship to be built a foreign shipyard that is to be commissioned a United States Ship (USS) warship.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "battle force ship" has the meaning given in Secretary of the Navy Instruction 5030.8C.
(2) The term "foreign shipyard" means any shipbuilding facility located outside of the United States, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
SEC. 1026. STRATEGY FOR DISTRIBUTED SHIPBUILDING.
(a) Strategy.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall develop and implement a strategy to increase distributed shipbuilding.
(b) Briefing.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the strategy required under subsection (a).
(c) Distributed Shipbuilding Defined.--In this section, the term "distributed shipbuilding" means, with respect to a vessel, the construction of modules of the vessel--
(1) by one or more entities that are independent from the operators of the shipyard at which the final assembly of the vessel occurs; and
(2) at a facility that is located separately from, or that is located within but is not operated by, the shipyard at which the final assembly of the vessel occurs.
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STRATEGY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RELATING TO
SMALL UNCREWED SURFACE VESSELS.
(a) Strategy.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy and the Director of the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, shall develop and implement a strategy for the acquisition, sustainment, and operational employment of, and the development of the industrial base for, small uncrewed surface vessels.
(b) Elements.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
(1) A statement of the operational concept for the employment of small uncrewed surface vessels by the naval forces of the United States, including a description of the following:
(A) The missions for which such vessels are intended to be employed.
(B) The role of such vessels in distributed maritime operations and the integration of such vessels with crewed naval vessels.
(C) The integration of such vessels with command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, and logistics structures of the naval forces.
(2) A plan for the acquisition of small uncrewed surface vessels that includes the following:
(A) An identification of the role of the portfolio acquisition executive for robotic and autonomous systems of the Department of the Navy in acquiring such vessels.
(B) Rules for the use of competitive procurement methods that maximize participation by domestic shipyards, including small shipyards and nontraditional defense contractors.
(C) Measures to address the protection of designer technical data and intellectual property in a manner consistent with sustained competition for the manufacture and sustainment of such vessels.
(D) Objectives relating to performance, cost, and schedule, for each class of small uncrewed surface vessel.
(3) A plan for the development of the industrial base for small uncrewed surface vessels, including the following:
(A) An identification of the production capacity, supplier base, and workforce required to meet the acquisition plan under paragraph (2) through fiscal year 2032.
(B) Measures to expand domestic manufacturing capacity for such vessels and to ensure critical elements of the supply chain are available for the construction of such vessels.
(C) An identification of, and measures to address, risks of single-source dependency, foreign content, and supply chain disruption.
(D) Mechanisms for engagement with the maritime industrial base, including small shipyards, to align industrial investment with the demand of the Department of Defense.
(4) A plan for the sustainment of small uncrewed surface vessels, including the following:
(A) An identification of the sustainment capacity of the Department of Defense and contractors of the Department required to support the operational employment of such vessels.
(B) Measures to address the licensing, ownership, and accessibility of technical data necessary to enable the competitive sustainment of such vessels.
(C) Measures to mitigate the risk of a lack of competition for the sustainment of such vessels resulting from proprietary information or restricted technical data relating to such vessels or components or systems thereof.
(c) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense completes the strategy required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees such strategy.
(d) Annual Reports.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until September 30, 2030, the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the portfolio acquisition executive for robotic and autonomous systems of the Department of the Navy, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the development of the industrial base for, and the acquisition of, small uncrewed surface vessels.
(2) Elements.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) An inventory, as of the date of the report, of each small uncrewed surface vessel acquired by the Department of the Navy, disaggregated by program, class, fiscal year of procurement, quantity procured, and unit cost.
(B) The acquisition plan for small uncrewed surface vessels for each fiscal year of the most recent future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code, including the planned quantities and classes of such vessels to be acquired, and the costs of such acquisition.
(C) An assessment of the capacity of the domestic industrial base to meet such plan, including--
(i) an identification of shipyards and prime manufacturers engaged in the production of such vessels;
(ii) an identification of critical component and system suppliers, including suppliers of propulsion, autonomy, communications, and command and control systems for such vessels; and
(iii) an identification of any bottleneck, capacity shortfall, or other constraint that may impede the execution of such plan.
(D) A comparison of the current and projected rates of the production of small uncrewed surface vessels, versus the quantities of such vessels identified as necessary to be maintained pursuant to the strategy required under subsection (a).
(E) An assessment of the availability of the workforce, including any skilled trades within such workforce, required to meet the planned production of such vessels, including an identification of any workforce shortfall and any measures being taken to address any such shortfall.
(F) An assessment of the risks to competition for the sustainment of such vessels arising from such vessels, or components or systems thereof, containing proprietary information or restricted technical data, and a description of any measures being taken to mitigate such risks.
(G) An assessment of foreign content in small uncrewed surface vessels acquired or planned for acquisition, including an identification of supply chain vulnerabilities and dependencies on suppliers from countries of concern.
(H) Any recommendations for legislative, regulatory, or budgetary action necessary to address challenges identified in the report relating to the development of the industrial base for, and the acquisition of, small uncrewed surface vessels.
(e) Form.--The strategy required under subsection (a) and each report required under subsection (d) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "country of concern" means a covered nation as defined in section 4872(d) of title 10, United States Code.
(2) The term "nontraditional defense contractor" has the meaning given such term in 3014 of title 10, United States Code.
(3) The term "small shipyard" has the meaning given such term in section 54101 of title 46, United States Code.
(4) The term "small uncrewed surface vessel"--
(A) means--
(i) an uncrewed surface vessel with a full load displacement of not more than 50 metric tons and a length of not more than 50 feet; or
(ii) any other uncrewed surface vessel designated by the Secretary of the Navy as a small uncrewed surface vessel for purposes of this section; and
(B) does not include any vessel of the program of the Department of the Navy referred to as the "Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel Program".
SEC. 1028. ARCTIC-FOCUSED FORECASTING, ICE MODELING, AND
NAVAL READINESS ASSESSMENT.
(a) Requirements.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy and the Commander of Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, shall assess options to expand and enhance Arctic-focused meteorological, oceanographic, and ice-modeling capabilities to improve naval readiness, operational planning, and force posture in the Arctic region. The Secretary shall seek carry out this subsection to--
(1) strengthen high-resolution Arctic weather forecasting, sea ice analysis, and predictive ice modeling in support of naval and joint operations;
(2) improve the integration of Arctic weather data into operational decision-making, force employment, and logistics planning;
(3) support safe navigation, domain awareness, and mission assurance for surface, subsurface, and aviation forces operating in or transiting the Arctic;
(4) enhance the ability of the Navy to anticipate and adapt to long-term effects from weather affecting Arctic operations; and
(5) align Department of Defense Arctic capabilities with whole-of-government Arctic strategies and priorities.
(b) Report on Effects of Extreme Weather Conditions on Naval Readiness.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes an assessment of the effects of extreme weather conditions on naval readiness and force posture in the Arctic region.
(2) Contents.--Each such report shall include--
(A) an assessment of observed and projected Arctic weather trends affecting naval and ground operations;
(B) an identification of the implications of sea ice variability, permafrost degradation, and extreme weather on naval infrastructure, mobility, and sustainment;
(C) a description of the effects of Arctic weather trends on mission readiness, response timelines, and operational risk;
(D) an evaluation of how enhanced forecasting and ice-modeling capabilities are being used to mitigate such risks; and
(E) recommendations for additional capability development, posture adjustments, or policy actions to strengthen Arctic naval readiness.
SEC. 1029. RENAMING OF USNS CESAR CHAVEZ.
The Secretary of the Navy shall rename the USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14) in keeping with the naming conventions for that class of vessels and by naming the vessel after an individual, place, or concept that best reflects the values, ideals, and history of the United States and the Navy.
SEC. 1030. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING OF VESSEL FOR
BATTLE OF DAI DO.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name an amphibious or expeditionary class vessel for the Battle of Dai Do.
SEC. 1031. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING OF A VESSEL
"USS GUADALCANAL".
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The naval campaign on Guadalcanal during World War II marked a decisive turning point in the Pacific theater and demonstrated extraordinary courage, endurance, and joint warfighting skill by members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
(2) The name "Guadalcanal" carries enduring historical and operational significance for the
United States Navy and Marine Corps, reflecting a campaign that shaped modern amphibious warfare and maritime power projection.
(3) The Department of the Navy has previously honored this legacy through ships bearing the name "Guadalcanal", thereby establishing a lineage consistent with longstanding naval naming tradition.
(4) The continued recognition of historically significant naval battles in ship naming promotes esprit de corps, preserves institutional memory, and strengthens the connection between the Fleet and the Nation's naval heritage.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should give favorable consideration to naming an appropriate future vessel of the United States Navy "USS Guadalcanal".
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SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING OF A NAVAL
VESSEL FOR BATTLE OF MIDWAY.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Battle of Midway during World War II constituted a decisive turning point in the Pacific theater, demonstrating the skill, courage, and operational excellence of United States naval forces.
(2) The name "Midway" carries enduring historical and strategic significance for the United States Navy, reflecting a battle that fundamentally altered the course of the war and validated the importance of naval aviation and maritime power.
(3) The Department of the Navy has previously honored this legacy through vessels bearing the name "Midway," thereby establishing a distinguished lineage consistent with longstanding naval naming traditions.
(4) Recognizing historically significant naval battles through ship naming promotes esprit de corps, reinforces warfighting heritage, and strengthens the connection between the fleet of the United States Navy and the American people.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should give favorable consideration to naming an appropriate future vessel of the United States Navy the "USS Midway".
SEC. 1033. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING OF A NAVAL
VESSEL IN HONOR OF CASIMIR PULASKI.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Casimir Pulaski volunteered to support the cause of American independence during the American Revolutionary War and rendered distinguished service to the Continental Army.
(2) Casimir Pulaski is widely recognized as the "Father of the American Cavalry" for his contributions to the development of cavalry tactics and operations in the United States.
(3) Casimir Pulaski died from wounds sustained while leading forces during the Siege of Savannah in 1779 in support of American independence.
(4) The United States Navy previously honored Casimir Pulaski through the naming of the USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), a ballistic missile submarine that served the United States during the Cold War.
(5) The Republic of Poland remains one of the United States strongest allies in Europe and a critical member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(6) The United States and Poland maintain close military, economic, and diplomatic ties founded upon shared democratic values, mutual security interests, and enduring people-to-people relationships.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name an appropriate vessel of the United States Navy as the "USS Casimir Pulaski" in honor of the service and sacrifice of Casimir Pulaski on behalf of the United States and to commemorate the enduring alliance and strategic partnership between the United States and the Republic of Poland.
SEC. 1034. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING OF VESSEL FOR
REAR ADMIRAL ALENE DUERK.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Following Rear Admiral Duerk's birth in Defiance, Ohio, and graduation from the Toledo Hospital School of Nursing, she received a commission on January 23, 1943, and was appointed as an ensign in the Nurse Corps of the Naval Reserve.
(2) During World War II, Rear Admiral Duerk was assigned as a Ward Nurse at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia, and at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda Maryland where she cared for wounded members of the Armed Forces.
(3) In 1945, Rear Admiral Duerk was stationed on the U.S.S. Benevolence in the Pacific Theater (AH-13) where she treated casualties from Third Fleet operations until the end of World War II.
(4) After World War II, Rear Admiral Duerk progressed in rank and served in positions of increasing responsibility in both active duty and in the Naval Reserves, including posts in Michigan, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, the Philippines, Japan, California, and Washington, D.C.
(5) The dedication and inspirational service of Rear Admiral Durek culminated with her historic selection for the rank of Rear Admiral on April 16, 1972, as the first woman to become a flag officer.
(6) Rear Admiral Duerk was awarded the Naval Reserve Medal, American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with Bronze Star, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, Asia Clasp, and the National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should consider naming a vessel of the United States Navy the "U.S.S. Rear Admiral Alene Duerk" in honor of Rear Admiral Alene Duerk.
SEC. 1041. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR
TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY,
CUBA, TO THE UNITED STATES.
Section 1033 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 1953) is amended by striking "December 31, 2026" and inserting "December 31, 2027".
SEC. 1042. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO
CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN THE UNITED
STATES TO HOUSE DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY,
CUBA.
Section 1034(a) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 1954) is amended by striking "December 31, 2026" and inserting "December 31, 2027".
SEC. 1043. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR
TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY,
CUBA, TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.
Section 1035 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 1954) is amended by striking "December 31, 2026" and inserting "December 31, 2027".
SEC. 1044. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CLOSE
OR RELINQUISH CONTROL OF UNITED STATES NAVAL
STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.
Section 1036 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1551) is amended by striking "fiscal years 2018 through 2026" and inserting "fiscal years 2018 through 2027".
SEC. 1051. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE
HISTORICAL SERIES AND PRIORITY DECLASSIFICATION
AUTHORITY.
Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 150. Publication of historical series
"(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall prepare and publish, on an ongoing basis, a thorough, accurate, and reliable documentary historical record of major United States national security and defense policy decisions and significant diplomatic and military activities of the Department of Defense. Such historical record shall be known as the `Secretaries of Defense Historical Series' (in this section referred to as the `Series'), and shall--
"(1) consist of a comprehensive, multi-volume documentary and narrative history organized, to the extent practicable, by Presidential administration;
"(2) be based on all relevant records, including classified records;
"(3) present a thorough, objective, and scholarly historical record; and
"(4) include appropriate annotation, citations, and indexing to facilitate public and academic research.
"(b) Timeliness Requirement.--The Secretary shall ensure that each volume of the Series is published not later than 30 years after the events documented, to the maximum extent practicable.
"(c) Declassification Priority.--The Secretary shall--
"(1) ensure that records required for the preparation and publication of the Series receive priority for declassification review;
"(2) coordinate with the heads of other departments and agencies to ensure timely declassification of equities contained in such records; and
"(3) establish expedited procedures for interagency review of records associated with the Series.
"(d) Public Availability.--(1) Volumes of the Series shall be published in unclassified form to the greatest extent possible.
"(2) The Secretary shall make such volumes available to the public through--
"(A) the Government Publishing Office; and
"(B) a publicly accessible Department of Defense website.
"(e) Relationship to Other Historical Activities.--The Series shall serve as the flagship historical publication of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Historical Office and shall complement other official Department of Defense historical programs.
"(f) Resourcing.--The Secretary shall ensure that the Office of the Secretary of Defense Historical Office is adequately resourced to carry out this section, including personnel dedicated to--
"(1) historical research and writing; and
"(2) declassification review and coordination.".
SEC. 1052. INCLUSION OF NATIONAL GUARD RELIEF FOUNDATION AS A
MILITARY WELFARE SOCIETY FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.
(a) Provision of Space and Services.--Section 2566(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(E) The National Guard Relief Foundation.".
(b) Non-Federal Entities Authorized for Purposes of Certain Participation by Members of the Armed Forces.--Section 1033(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(E) National Guard Relief Foundation.".
SEC. 1053. JOINT EXPERIMENTATION AND TRAINING RANGE
INNOVATION OFFICE.
Chapter 307 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 4176. Joint Experimentation and Training Range
Innovation Office
"(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering a Joint Experimentation and Training Range Innovation Office (in this section referred to as the `Office').
"(b) Director.--The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall report directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
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The Director shall be subject to the supervision of the Under Secretary without the interposition of any other supervising official.
"(c) Responsibilities.--The Office shall be responsible for the following:
"(1) Centralizing efforts relating to advocacy, budgeting, operations, and sustainment of joint experimentation and training ranges (and capabilities supporting such ranges) that are not facilities or resources of the Major Range and Test Facility Base.
"(2) Accelerating modernization and integration across such joint experimentation and training ranges.
"(3) Serving as the primary authority for the oversight, coordination, and conduct of activities of the Eastern Range Regional Complex, including such activities carried out in territories of the United States located in the Caribbean region.
"(4) Fostering and accelerating innovation in technologies that enable realistic experimentation and training for multi-domain operations (including integrated cyber, electronic warfare, and spectrum operations) in contested and other environments, including with respect to--
"(A) artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomous systems;
"(B) advanced modeling, digital twins, and other simulations;
"(C) hypersonic systems, directed energy capabilities, and other next-generation weapons; and
"(D) integrated systems relating to command, control, computing, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting.
"(5) Establishing and deploying regionally aligned support teams that provide to the Department of Defense remote and on-site technical assistance for joint multi-domain experimentation and training exercises, prototype integration, and related resource-sharing mechanisms, with a particular emphasis on the provision of such support with respect to the Eastern Range Regional Complex.
"(6) Conducting objective, independent risk assessments and other evaluations of the training programs, technologies and other capabilities, and acquisition initiatives, of the joint forces, for the purpose of informing the decision-making of senior officers of the Department of Defense and reducing such risks.
"(7) Developing and regularly updating the strategic plan under subsection (d).
"(d) Strategic Plan.--(1) Not less frequently than once every two fiscal years, the Director of the Office (in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, the Director of the Joint Staff, the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, the Director of the Test Resource Management Center, and the heads of such other Defense Agencies as the Director of the Office may determine relevant) shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a strategic plan addressing the needs of the Department for joint experimentation and training facilities and resources.
"(2) Each strategic plan under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
"(A) An assessment of the feasibility of, and recommendations for, the conduct of a biennial joint multi-domain experimentation and training exercise across multiple States and ranges within the Eastern Range Regional Complex to validate and inform subsequent strategic plans.
"(B) An assessment of requirements for joint experimentation and training (including requirements relating to information technology, network infrastructure, and multi-level security) for the period covered by the plan.
"(C) An assessment of the facilities and resources, including advanced threat environments, live-virtual constructive simulation capabilities, interoperability standards, networks, and data-sharing mechanisms, of the Eastern Regional Range Complex, including a summary of modernization priorities for such matters during the subsequent two-year period.
"(D) An itemization, disaggregated by location, of improvements to joint experimentation and training ranges necessary to directly support the acceleration of experimentation and training involving robotic and autonomous systems and the integration of unmanned systems into joint multi-domain operations.
"(E) An assessment of the effectiveness of the Office with respect to--
"(i) carrying out the responsibilities under subsection (c);
"(ii) increasing regional access to, and frequency of, joint multi-domain experimentation and training exercises consistent with such responsibilities;
"(iii) enhancing military readiness; and
"(iv) strengthening the defense industrial base.
"(F) With respect to the exercises specified in subparagraph (E)(ii)--
"(i) an identification of the number of such exercises carried out during the period covered by the plan;
"(ii) an assessment of the extent to which such exercises incorporated actors within private industry and academia; and
"(iii) a description of lessons learned as a result of such exercises, including any resulting updates to risk assessments.
"(G) An executive summary of any joint multi-domain experimentation and training exercise planned to be carried out within the Eastern Range Regional Complex during the subsequent two-year period.
"(3) Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense receives a strategic plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a copy of such plan and any comments of the Secretary regarding such plan.
"(e) Coordination.--In addition to the coordination required under subsection (d)(1), the Director of the Office shall coordinate with the Secretaries of the military departments, the Joint Staff, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and the commanders of relevant combatant commands, with respect to requirements for joint experimentation and training ranges and plans for joint multi-domain experimentation and training exercises under this section.
"(f) Administrative Support.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Director of the Office administrative support sufficient to carry out the responsibilities under this section. Such support shall be provided from headquarters activities of the Department or from other activities the Secretary determines appropriate.
"(g) Funding.--The Secretary of Defense may use funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for the Joint Electronic Advanced Technology program (or any successor program) for the implementation of this section.
"(h) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or otherwise modify the authorities or responsibilities of the Director of the Test Resource Management Center or the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.
"(i) Major Range and Test Facility Base Defined.--In this section, the term `Major Range and Test Facility Base' has the meaning given such term under section 4173 of this title.".
SEC. 1054. ESTABLISHMENT OF ARMY INFORMATION OPERATIONS
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The information environment has emerged as a decisive domain of strategic competition in which adversaries of the United States operate continuously and below the threshold of armed conflict.
(2) Components of Army information operations, including military information support operations, electronic warfare, public affairs, and cyberspace operations, remain organizationally fragmented, hindering the translation of national-level strategy into synchronized operational and tactical action.
(3) Following the inactivation of the 1st Information Operations Command of the Army, the Department of the Army is undertaking a significant reorganization of its information operations enterprise, including the establishment of region-specific Theater Information Advantage Detachments aligned with Multi-Domain Task Forces.
(4) A dedicated Center of Excellence would improve the translation of national-level information strategies into operational campaigns and theater-tailored tactical activities, advance doctrine, evaluate efficacy, and advocate for resourcing. It would also aid the Army during its reorganization process, facilitating coordination and resource allocation across its information operations enterprise.
(b) Establishment.--Chapter 703 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7024 the following new section:
"Sec. 7025. Army Information Operations Center of Excellence
"(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Army shall operate the Army Information Operations Center of Excellence. The purpose of the Center shall be to serve as the lead organization of the Army for the integration, synchronization, and advancement of information operations across the operational and tactical levels, in support of national and combatant command objectives.
"(b) Purpose.--The Center shall be used to--
"(1) Coordinate and synchronize Army information operations objectives across the geographic and functional combatant commands.
"(2) Provide training and operational planning support for information operations campaigns at the operational level.
"(3) Develop, revise, and disseminate doctrine for Army information operations, ensuring that doctrine evolves in step with on-the-ground developments and emerging threats.
"(4) Assess the efficacy of ongoing Army information operations activities and inform resourcing recommendations to senior Army leadership.
"(5) Advocate for the resourcing of critical information operations requirements within the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution process of the Army.
"(6) Integrate the activities of the components of Army information operations, including military information support operations, electronic warfare, public affairs, and cyberspace operations, to ensure that such components operate in a coordinated, mutually reinforcing manner rather than in fragmentation.
"(7) Serve as the principal liaison of the Army to comparable centers and commands of the other armed forces, including the Navy Information Operations Command, and to the information operations staff of the combatant commands.
"(9) Perform such other functions as the Secretary of the Army may specify.
"(c) Annual Report.--The Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees, and make publicly available on an appropriate website of the Department, an annual report on the activities of the Center.".
(c) Implementation Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for the establishment of the Center of Excellence established under section 7025 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b), including--
(1) the proposed organizational structure, location, and reporting chain of the Center;
(2) the resources, personnel, and authorities required to establish and sustain the Center;
(3) a description of how the Center will integrate with the Theater Information Advantage Detachments, Multi-Domain Task Forces, and the broader reorganization of Army information operations;
(4) milestones for initial operating capability and full operating capability; and
(5) metrics by which the Secretary will evaluate the effectiveness of the Center.
SEC. 1055. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OR
DIVESTMENT OF EA-18G AIRCRAFT.
Section 8062(f)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "September 30, 2027" and inserting "September 30, 2032".
SEC. 1056. AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WAIVER RELATING
TO CERTAIN TRAINING.
Section 1050 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C.
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4172 note) is amended--
(1) by striking "Beginning on" and inserting the following:
"(a) Prohibition.--Beginning on"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(b) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition under subsection (a) with respect to the special operations forces (as identified in section 167(j) of title 10, United States Code) if the Secretary determines such prohibition, including the requirement for the use of alternate methods under paragraph (2) of such subsection, would degrade the readiness of special operations forces medics with respect to the ability to manage the lethal effects of blast injuries.".
SEC. 1057. EXPANSION OF PROHIBITION ON DESTRUCTION OR
SCRAPPING OF WORLD WAR II-ERA AIRCRAFT.
Section 1051 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C. 2572 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting "or the Department of the Navy" after "Air Force";
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting "or the Department of the Navy" after "Air Force";
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ", the Department of the Navy," after "Air Force"; and
(4) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ", the National Naval Aviation Museum, the National Museum of the Marine Corps," after "Air Force".
SEC. 1058. PROHIBITION ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS
WITH CERTAIN FOREIGN-OWNED ONLINE TUTORING
SERVICES.
Section 854 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 10 U.S.C. 4651 note prec.) is amended--
(1) by striking "The Secretary" and inserting "(a) In General--The Secretary";
(2) by striking "the People's Republic of China" and inserting "a country of concern"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(b) Country of Concern Defined.--In this section, the term `country of concern' means any of the following:
"(1) China.
"(2) Russia.
"(3) Iran.
"(4) North Korea.".
SEC. 1059. PROHIBITION ON DISPLAY OF UNAPPROVED FLAGS.
Section 1052(d)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (10 U.S.C. 2661 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) through (N) as subparagraphs (I) through (O), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following new subparagraph:
"(H) The Honor and Remember flag.".
SEC. 1060. PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BY CERTAIN OFFICERS
OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF
THE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING SEPARATION FROM
MILITARY SERVICE OR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE
DEPARTMENT.
Section 1045 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 971) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking "two-year" and inserting "five-year"; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking "one-year" and inserting "three-year".
SEC. 1061. INTEGRATION OF SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND
COUNTER-UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS TRAINING INTO
INITIAL, OFFICER, AND JOINT COLLECTIVE
TRAINING.
(a) In General.--The relevant service secretary shall integrate foundational small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) operation and counter-UAS (C-UAS) recognition and defeat protocols into the program of instruction for all initial entry and officer ascension training pipelines. To ensure institutional integration, sUAS and C-UAS training shall follow the historic, tiered progression of established combat marksmanship training.
(b) Joint Integration in Service-level and Large-scale Combat Exercises.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall ensure that no service-level training exercise or Joint-Force large-scale combat simulation may be certified as combat-ready or complete unless the exercise incorporates realistic, adversarial UAS threat simulation.
(c) Applicability.--The requirements under section (a) and (b) shall apply to the below military department training maneuvers:
(1) United States Marine Corps Marine Air-Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercises and Integrated Training Exercises conducted at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California.
(2) United States Army exercises at the National Training Center and the Joint Readiness Training Center.
(3) United States Air Force and United States Navy Red Flag and large-scale Fleet Exercises.
(d) Establishment of a Matrixed Skill Line.--The Secretary of the Defense shall designate basic sUAS operation and C-UAS tactical defense as Core Warrior Tasks.
SEC. 1062. EASTERN REGIONAL RANGE COMPLEX DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT.
(a) Demonstration Project Required.--Consistent with section 1048 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4171), the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a demonstration project under which the Secretary shall--
(1) integrate with respect to the Eastern Regional Range Complex common network solutions identified with respect to the Western Regional Range Complex;
(2) interconnect training ranges and experimentation sites located in the Eastern Regional Range Complex region;
(3) use such interconnected ranges and sites for the conduct of joint, multi-domain, kinetic and non-kinetic training and experimentation, including within live, virtual, and constructive environments, across the military departments; and
(4) enhance such experimentation and training by integrating the combined operations of other Federal departments and agencies with respect to such experimentation and training.
(b) Use of Existing Ranges and Capabilities.--In carrying out the demonstration project under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use training ranges, experimentation sites, and related capabilities that are available as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Timeline for Completion of Initial Demonstration.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall complete an initial demonstration, interconnecting two or more training ranges located in the region described in subsection (a)(1) or the experimentation sites of two or more military departments located in such region, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the following:
(1) A phased implementation plan and design for the interconnection of training ranges and experimentation sites required under subsection (a), including the initial demonstration required under subsection (c).
(2) An analysis of how the design of such plan aligns with recommendations of the most recent Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy of the Department of Defense.
(3) An analysis of how such design architecture is expected to support high-periodicity training, testing, research, and development, including to inform future network designs and architectures capable of interconnecting and supporting future, advanced, joint, live, virtual, and constructive environments.
(4) An analysis of the number and types of annually recurring and non-recurring training and experimentation activities conducted at training ranges and experimentation sites of the military departments located in the Eastern Regional Range Complex region.
(5) An identification of any shortfalls in the networks, facilities, or equipment of such ranges or sites.
(6) An analysis of any statutory or intergovernmental policy barriers to the use of the Eastern Regional Range Complex, and any recommended changes to accelerate such use.
(7) An analysis of the capacity of the Eastern Regional Range Complex to be used for additional testing and evaluation activities.
(8) An analysis of the possibility of using training ranges and experimentation sites located in the Eastern Regional Range Complex region as threat-relevant environments for the workforce and technology development activities of other Federal department agencies and private sector entities in the United States.
(9) An analysis of the capacity of such ranges and sites to be used for realistic advanced cyber, electronic warfare, and information operations training in live, virtual, or constructive environments.
(10) An analysis of electronic warfare training shortfalls at military installations located in the United States, including with respect to the ability to perform full spectrum electronic warfare training in environments considered unobservable.
(11) An analysis of the feasibility and advisability of establishing, or expanding, dedicated training areas for electronic warfare capabilities in the United States and territories of the United States located in the Caribbean region (including in the immediate vicinity of such locations).
(e) Eastern Regional Range Complex Region Defined.--In this section, the term "Eastern Regional Range Complex region" means the
region encompassing the territories specified in 1048(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4171).
(f) Termination.--This section shall terminate on September 30, 2029.
SEC. 1063.
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PILOT PROGRAM ON TOTAL REPLACEMENT VALUE FOR AIR
FORCE TEST CENTER GROUND TEST INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) Pilot Program.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Air Force shall carry out a pilot program to adopt Total Replacement Value as the standard methodology for calculating cost for ground test infrastructure assets of the Air Force Test Center.
(b) Elements.--The pilot program shall include--
(1) a calculation of the Total Replacement Value for each ground test infrastructure asset of the Air Force Test Center, including separate calculations of Plant Replacement Value and Equipment Replacement Value; and
(2) an association of non-real property installed test equipment with Real Property Unique Identifiers (or a similar identifier for real property or other assets authorized by the Secretary of Defense) in the Defense Property Accountability System, or a successor system, to enable ongoing tracking of Equipment Replacement Value.
(c) Requirements.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall--
(1) beginning in fiscal year 2028, include in the budget justification materials submitted annually to Congress the Total Replacement Value for all ground test infrastructure assets of the Air Force Test Center, the amount requested for sustainment of such ground test infrastructure assets as a percentage of such Total Replacement Value, and, if that percentage is less than two percent, an explanation of the shortfall and the projected impact on infrastructure readiness; and
(2) submit to the congressional defense committees, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, a plan to achieve a funding level for sustainment of such ground test infrastructure assets of not less than two percent of the Total Replacement Value for such assets for a fiscal year, including projected milestones to maintain such funding level for a five-year period.
(d) Report.--Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program that includes--
(1) an assessment of the use of Total Replacement Value as a methodology as the standard methodology for calculating costs for ground test infrastructure assets of the Air Force Test Center;
(2) an assessment of funding levels for ground test infrastructure assets of the Air Force Test Center compared to the Total Replacement Value calculated during the pilot program; and
(3) a recommendation on whether and how to expand the use of the Total Replacement Value methodology to all ground test infrastructure assets of the Major Range and Test Facility Base (as defined in section 4173(j) of title 10, United States Code).
(e) Recommendation.--Not later than one year after the date of the submission of the report required under subsection (d), the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall review the recommendation described in subsection (d)(4) and determine whether to use the Total Replacement Value methodology for all ground test infrastructure assets of the Major Range and Test Facility Base.
(f) Termination.--The pilot program shall terminate on the earlier of--
(1) the date on which the Under Secretary of Defense of Research and Engineering begins use of the Total Replacement Value methodology for all ground test infrastructure assets of the Major Range and Test Facility Base; or
(2) the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this section.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "Equipment Replacement Value" means the estimated cost to replace the non-real property installed test equipment within a ground test infrastructure asset, calculated using the same methodology as Plant Replacement Value is calculated.
(2) The term "Plant Replacement Value" means the estimated cost to replace the physical structure of a ground test infrastructure asset.
(3) The term "Total Replacement Value" means the sum of Plant Replacement Value and Equipment Replacement Value.
SEC. 1064. PILOT PROGRAM FOR BLOCKCHAIN-ENABLED INVENTORY
MANAGEMENT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense may establish a pilot program under which the Department of Defense shall use commercially available distributed ledger technology to seek to improve inventory management within the Department of Defense.
(b) Objectives.--Under the pilot program established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
(1) assess the feasibility and effectiveness of using distributed ledger technology in improving inventory management;
(2) assess the cost savings resulting from the use of distributed ledger technology in inventory management;
(3) assess whether the use of distributed ledger technology in inventory management improves the traceability of inventory;
(4) assess whether the use of distributed ledger technology in inventory management reduces the risk of waste, fraud, and abuse; and
(5) identify and mitigate potential challenges and risks associated with the integration of distributed ledger technology for inventory management, including cybersecurity concerns.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the activities performed under the pilot program established under subsection (a).
(d) Termination.--The authority to carry out a pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate on January 1, 2029.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "distributed ledger" means a ledger that--
(A) is shared across a set of distributed nodes, which are devices or processes, that participate in a network and store a complete or partial replica of the ledger;
(B) is synchronized between the nodes; and
(C) has data appended to it by following a specified consensus mechanism.
(2) The term "distributed ledger technology" means technology that enables the operation and use of distributed ledgers.
SEC. 1065. EXTENDED DEADLINE TO REASSESS NECESSITY OF USE OF
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
(a) Extended Deadline.--Not later than July 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) issue an updated version of Department of Defense Instruction 3025.18, titled "Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)" with a revision to require that each reassessment as to whether there remains a necessity for the use of an immediate response authority pursuant to a request for assistance is completed by not later than one week after the date on which such request is received; and
(2) submit to the congressional defense committees a notification of such issuance.
(b) Immediate Response Authority Defined.--In this section, the term "immediate response authority" has the meaning given such term in Department of Defense Instruction 3025.18, titled "Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)".
SEC. 1066. RECONSTITUTION OF A-10 DEMONSTRATION TEAM.
(a) Reconstitution Required.--The Secretary of the Air Force may reconstitute and operate an A-10 demonstration team to support public outreach, recruiting, heritage, and official commemorative events associated with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
(b) Purpose.--A demonstration team reconstituted and operated under subsection (a) shall--
(1) honor the combat legacy and service history of the A-10 Thunderbolt II;
(2) promote pride in American airpower and the service of the men and women of the United States Air Force;
(3) support appropriate public events, airshows, military ceremonies, and official anniversary observances connected to the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States; and
(4) preserve and showcase the heritage of the A-10 community and the A-10 mission set.
(c) Team Composition.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary may designate such aircraft, aircrew, maintainers, support personnel, and associated equipment as the Secretary determines necessary to establish and operate the demonstration team.
(d) Limitation.--Aircraft designated for the demonstration team under this section--
(1) shall be drawn from A-10 aircraft otherwise retained in the inventory of the Air Force; and
(2) may not be retired, divested, or transferred solely on the basis of designation for demonstration purposes during the period in which the team operates.
(e) Briefing.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on whether the Secretary plans to exercise the authority under this section, and if so, the plan to implement this section. If the Secretary does plan to exercise the authority under this section, the briefing shall include--
(1) the number of aircraft to be assigned to the demonstration team;
(2) the expected cost and source of funds for such team;
(3) the anticipated schedule of appearances and commemorative events;
(4) the basing location of the team;
(5) any safety, maintenance, and sustainment requirements associated with operation of the team; and
(6) an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of rebasing the demonstration team at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
(f) Termination.--The authority to operate a demonstration team under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2033.
SEC. 1067. IMPLEMENTATION OF COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE
ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS
FORCES.
(a) Implementation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command shall implement a cognitive performance enhancement program to enhance cognitive performance metrics across the special operations forces.
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The program shall be known as the "Cognitive Performance Enhancement Program", and the Commander shall include the program in the strategy titled "Comprehensive Strategy for Special Operations Warfighter Brain Health".
(b) Objectives.--The Commander shall ensure that the Cognitive Performance Enhancement Program--
(1) improves readiness, resilience, and recovery, using evidence-based holistic and proactive high-performance brain training that has a validated ability to scale cost-effectively across the special operations forces enterprise;
(2) clearly distinguishes cognitive performance enhancement from brain decline and injuries, including with respect to traumatic brain injury, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and mental health, including post-traumatic stress disorder;
(3) increases awareness of cognitive performance as a critical differentiator that can help ensure special operations forces remains the most lethal, decisive irregular warfare force of the United States; and
(4) ensures baseline cognitive performance assessments, training, and enhancement are included as an essential element of training and assessment throughout the career of a member of the Armed Forces in the special operations forces in a similar manner to other physical training and performance metrics.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date on which the Commander commences the implementation of the Cognitive Performance Enhancement Program, the Commander shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing that includes--
(1) an assessment of cognitive performance enhancement tools used under the Program and whether the tools qualitatively improved readiness, resilience, and recovery for members of the Armed Forces in the special operations forces;
(2) an assessment of how enhanced cognitive performance contributes to operational advantages to the special operations forces; and
(3) any recommendations with respect to the feasibility of implementing cognitive enhancement assessment and training programs across the conventional force.
SEC. 1068. SENATOR ROBERT J. DOLE GREATEST GENERATION
EDUCATION PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish and carry out a comprehensive educational program to increase public awareness and understanding of the achievements, sacrifices, and enduring lessons of the Greatest Generation in winning World War II. The Secretary shall design the program to--
(1) teach the lessons of yesterday to unite the generations of tomorrow, strengthening the bonds between young and old people of the United States;
(2) instill patriotism and pride in the young people of the United States by sharing the stories of courage, sacrifice, resilience, and unity demonstrated during World War II; and
(3) offer hope for the future by demonstrating how the people of the United States, when unified in purpose, can overcome the greatest challenges.
(b) Grants.--Under the program established by subsection (a), the Secretary may make grants to State and local governments, subject to the limitation under subsection (c), and nonprofit organizations. A recipient of such a grant shall use the grant to carry out educational activities for the general public anywhere in the United States that are designed to--
(1) honor and thank World War II veterans, including those who were prisoners of war or listed as missing in action, and their families, for their service and sacrifice;
(2) educate the public about the service and contributions of the United States Armed Forces during World War II, as well as the efforts of Federal agencies, allied nations, and nongovernmental organizations;
(3) promote awareness of the vital role of the home front in the United States during World War II, including the contributions of workers, families, and communities;
(4) remember the Holocaust and honor the memory of its victims, as well as recognizing the Allied forces who liberated Nazi concentration camps;
(5) support programs that engage students and young people of the United States in learning about World War II, fostering civic pride, historical understanding, and national unity; and
(6) support programming and events held at nationally significant sites of remembrance, such as the National World War II Memorial, to reinforce public awareness and provide immersive educational experiences that honor the legacy of the Greatest Generation.
(c) Limitation.--A State government that receives a grant under this section may only use the grant for a new initiative and may not use the grant to provide programming that is part of a secondary education program provided by the State.
(d) Names and Symbols.--The Secretary of Defense shall have the sole and exclusive right to use the name "Senator Robert J. Dole Greatest Generation Education Program", as well as any associated seal, emblem, or badge. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to supersede any rights lawfully established prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
(e) Nonprofit Organization Defined.--The term "nonprofit organization" means an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
SEC. 1069. RECOGNITION PROGRAM FOR WORKING DOGS.
(a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program to recognize working dogs for actions that contribute to mission success, including actions that--
(1) enhance force protection;
(2) support lifesaving efforts; or
(3) otherwise demonstrate exceptional service in the performance of assigned duties.
(b) Relationship to Other Honors.--Recognition of a working dog under this section may not be considered equivalent to, or otherwise diminish, an honor, award, or sacrifice of a member of the Armed Forces or a veteran.
(c) Presentation.--Recognition of a working dog under this section may occur during an official military event in a manner that clearly distinguishes such recognition from an honor or award of a member of the Armed Forces or a veteran.
(d) Records.--Recognition of a working dog under this section may be recorded in the official service documentation maintained for such working dog.
SEC. 1070. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CLOSURE
OF ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL MUSEUM.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Army may be obligated or expended to close the Rock Island Arsenal Museum located in Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.
SEC. 1071. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
DEACTIVATION OF EXPEDITIONARY COMBAT AVIATION
BRIGADES.
(a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any of fiscal years 2027 through 2031 for the Army may be obligated or expended to retire, deactivate, schedule to deactivate, or proceed with any other action that would reduce the capabilities, resources, training, aircraft, or personnel available, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, for the Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades unless the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense committees--
(1) a certification that the Secretary of the Army plans to recapitalize any such aircraft for the Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades and to otherwise restore any such capabilities, resources, training, or personnel levels reduced to the levels preceding such retirement, deactivation, or reduction;
(2) the plan of the Secretary of the Army for the actions specified in paragraph (1); and
(3) a report containing--
(A) an assessment of any planned reduction of capability to Army aviation within the Army Reserve, including reductions by platform and end strength and all changes under the transformation initiative;
(B) an assessment of the effect of such reduction on operational risk, readiness, and mission capability, taking into consideration the operational tempo and missions conducted by the Army during the five-year period preceding the date of the report;
(C) an identification of any military construction projects delayed, modified, or canceled as a result of such reductions;
(D) an assessment of the remaining Army Reserve rotary-wing and fixed-wing aviation capacity, by platform, relative to validated mission requirements.
(E) the scale of the divestment of the Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades as of the date of the enactment of this Act and the effect of such divestment on Army Reserve aviation capabilities, including the number of remaining rotary wing aircraft, by platform, required to meet mission requirements;
(F) a detailed breakdown of options available to the members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees affected by such divestment of the Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades to continue service in the Armed Forces or Department of Defense, as applicable, including an identification of the number of affected members and employees by specialty;
(G) an evaluation of the effect on State and local communities of divesting the Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades, including economic and workforce effects; and
(H) a description of any strategic or scenario-based analysis or modeling used for making decisions to divest the Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades.
(b) Requirement to Restore.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, for any Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade that, prior to such date of enactment, the Secretary of the Army retired or deactivated (or carried out any other activity to reduce the capabilities, resources, requisite individual or unit proficiency or qualification training, aircraft, or personnel thereof), the Secretary of the Army shall reinstate or reactivate such brigade, or otherwise restore such brigade to the levels preceding such reduction, as the case may be.
(2) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the implementation of this subsection.
(c) Plan Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to sustain and modernize the aircraft, readiness generation capacity, maintenance infrastructure, and requisite individual and unit training associated with the Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades.
SEC. 1072. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR TRAVEL
EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for operation and maintenance, defense-wide, and available for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for travel expenses, not more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a certification that the Department of Defense is compliant with the requirements of section 1067 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 138 Stat. 2066), including--
(1) a written statement that a copy of each execute order required to be submitted to the congressional defense committees under subsection (c) of such section has been so submitted; and
(2) a description of the mechanism established to facilitate the provision to the congressional defense committees of all future briefings required under subsection (a) of such section, and the compliance with the disclosure and notice requirements under subsection (c) of such section, within the timeframes required by such section.
SEC. 1073.
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LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR TRAVEL
EXPENSES OF OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
UNTIL SUBMISSION CERTAIN ASSESSMENT.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2027 for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, and available for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for travel expenses, not more than 95 percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense submits the assessment required by section 835(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 338).
SEC. 1081. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Joint Safety Council Briefings.--Section 185 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (l).
(b) Briefings on Basic Housing Allowance for Members Without Dependents When Home Port Change Would Financially Disadvantage Member.--Section 403(p)(2) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking subparagraph (C).
(c) Costs of Forward- Deploying Nuclear Weapons in Europe Briefing.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92) is amended by striking section 1656.
(d) Littoral Combat Ship Report.--Section 123 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2030) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as subsections (a) through (d), respectively.
(e) Annual Explosive Ordnance Disposal Funding Documents.--Section 343 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2082; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (b); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as subsections (b) through (d), respectively.
(f) Report on Military Action of Saudi Arabia and Its Coalition Partners in Yemen.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) is amended by striking section 1265.
(g) Consolidation of Reports on United States Armed Forces, Civilian Employees, and Contractors Deployed in Support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, and Associated and Successor Operations.--Section 1267 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a) through (d);
(2) by striking "(f) Repeal of Superseded Provision.--"; and
(3) by amending the section heading to read as follows:
"SEC. 1267. REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION.".
(h) Strategy to Counter Destabilizing Activities of Iran.--The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) is amended by striking section 1237.
(i) Study on Emerging Biotechnologies.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended by striking section 263.
(j) Annual Report on Progress Toward Depot Infrastructure Improvement.--Section 359 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 1323; 10 U.S.C. 2476 note) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(k) Annual Report of Defense Advisory Committee for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct.--Section 550B of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1381; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended by striking subsection (d).
(l) Annual Report on Programs to Facilitate Award of Private Pilot's Certificates.--Section 560B of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1393; 10 U.S.C. 2015 note).
(m) Report on Legal Institutional Capacity Building Initiative.--Section 1210 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.
(n) Report on Updated Strategy.--Section 1239 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1655) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(o) Study on Competitive Strategies With Respect to China.--Section 1253 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1669) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(p) Report on Lay-down of Marines in Indo-Pacific.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended by striking section 1260K.
(q) Report on Saudi-led Coalition Strikes in Yemen.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended by striking section 1274.
(r) Reports on Expenses Incurred for In-flight Refueling of Saudi Coalition Aircraft.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended by striking section 1275.
(s) Report on Cost Imposition Strategy.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended by striking section 1280
(t) Annual Military Cyberspace Operations Report.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended by striking section 1644.
(u) Independent Study on Policy of No-first-use of Nuclear Weapons.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended by striking section 1673.
(v) Independent Study on Risks of Nuclear Terrorism and Nuclear War.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended by striking section 1674.
(w) Report on Military-to-military Dialogue to Reduce Risks of Miscalculation Leading to Nuclear War.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended by striking section 1675.
(x) Report on Transfers of Equipment to Prohibited Entities.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended by striking section 1722.
(y) Pilot Program on Self-directed Training in Advanced Technologies.--The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) is amended by striking section 248.
(z) Report on Temporary Expansion of Availability of Enhanced Constructive Service Credit in a Particular Career Field Upon Original Appointment as a Commissioned Officer.--Section 503 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3564; 10 U.S.C. 533 note) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(aa) Briefing on Use of Existing Exchange Program Authority.--Section 1102 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3885) is amended by striking subsection (e).
(bb) Report on Enhancing Security Partnerships Between the US and African Countries.--The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) is amended by striking section 1293.
(cc) Report on Progress With Respect to Denying Strategic Goals of Competitors Against Defense Partners.--The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) is amended by striking section 1299G.
(dd) Quarterly Reports on Equipment Disposition.--Section 1521(c) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 4035) is amended by striking paragraph (5).
(ee) Implementation of GAO Recommendations on Preventing Tactical Vehicle Training Accidents.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended by striking section 377.
(ff) Submission to Congress of Certain Research and Analysis Relating to Retention of Female Surface Warfare Officers.--Section 505(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1680) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (2);
(2) by striking "(1) In general.--"; and
(3) by adjusting the text beginning with "Not later than" and ending with "subsection (a)." to appear immediately following and in line with "(c) Reports.--".
(gg) Annual Report on Highest and Lowest Performing Acquisition Programs.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended by striking section 806.
(hh) Report on Russian Influence Operations Targeting US Alliances.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended by striking section 1235.
(ii) Feasibility Briefing on Cooperation Between the National Guard and Taiwan.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended by striking section 1249.
(jj) Notification Relating to Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civil Aid Funds Obligated in Support of Operation Allies Welcome.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended by striking section 1324.
(kk) Annual Status Updates on Child Care Availability.--Section 2816 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 2194; 10 U.S.C. 1971 note) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
(ll) Strategy and Plan for Fostering and Strengthening Defense Innovation Ecosystem.--Section 236 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2491) is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (d) through (f); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (d).
(mm) Plan for Investments to Support Development of Novel Processing Approaches.--The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) is amended by striking section 233.
(nn) Strategy for Increasing Competitive Opportunities for Certain Critical Technologies.--The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) is amended by striking section 861.
(oo) Briefings on Universal Pre-kindergarden Programs.--The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) is amended by striking section 587.
(pp) Report on Resourcing of Arctic Strategy.--Section 1071 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 138 Stat. 2070) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (c); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.
SEC. 1082. EXTENSION OF BRIEFING REQUIREMENT REGARDING CIVIL
AUTHORITIES AT THE SOUTHWEST BORDER.
Section 1070 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2791), as most recently amended by section 1064 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1046), is further amended by striking "through December 31, 2026" and inserting "through December 31, 2027".
SEC. 1083. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL BRIEFINGS ON
NATIONAL BIODEFENSE STRATEGY.
Section 1086(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 6 U.S.C. 104(d)) is amended by striking "March 1, 2025" and inserting "March 1, 2031".
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ANNUAL REPORT AND BRIEFING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
ARMY TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE.
(a) In General.--Not later than February 15, 2027, and annually thereafter through February 15, 2032, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report detailing the programmatic choices made to implement the Army Continuous Transformation initiative, the Army Transformation Initiative, and the Transformation in Contact initiative, including both new developmental and fielded capabilities, as well as capabilities and capacity divested to accelerate implementation of the Army Continuous Transformation initiative.
(b) Briefing Requirement.--Not later than March 15, 2027, and annually thereafter through March 15, 2032, the Secretary of the Army shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the elements described under subsection (c).
(c) Elements.--Each report required under subsection (a), and each briefing required under subsection (b), shall include the following elements:
(1) An assessment of changes in the national defense strategy, the Defense Planning Guidance, the Joint Warfighting Concept (and associated concept required capabilities), and any other planning process of the Department of Defense that informed the initiatives specified in subsection (a).
(2) An inventory and assessment of the exercises and experimentation relating to the Army Continuous Transformation initiative, beginning in fiscal year 2023, including an identification of the capabilities involved and the extent to which such exercises and experimentation validated or militated against proposed capability investments.
(3) An inventory of divestments of capabilities or capacity, whether force structure and equipment, beginning in fiscal year 2023, including the following information:
(A) A timeline of the progress of each such divestment.
(B) The type of force structure or equipment divested or reduced.
(C) The percentage of force structure or equipment divested or reduced, including any equipment entered into inventory management or another form of storage.
(D) The rationale and context behind such divestment.
(E) An identification of whether such divestment affects the ability of the Army to meet the requirements of the Global Force Management process and operational plans, including an explanation of how the Army plans to mitigate the loss of such capability or capacity if the divestment affects the ability of the Army to meet the requirements of the Global Force Management process and operational plans, including through new investments, additional joint planning and training, or other methods.
(F) An assessment of the actual and projected recruitment and retention percentages for the Army, beginning in fiscal year 2023.
(4) An inventory of extant or planned investments in capabilities as a part of the Army Continuous Transformation initiative, disaggregated by combat vehicles, rotary aircraft, munitions, and reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance forces, including--
(A) capability name;
(B) capability purpose and context;
(C) capability being replaced (or not applicable);
(D) date of initial operation capability;
(E) date of full operational capability;
(F) deliveries of units by year; and
(G) approved acquisition objective or similar inventory objective.
(5) An assessment of how the investments described in paragraph (4) contribute to joint force efficacy in new ways, including through the support of other Armed Forces.
SEC. 1085. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON EFFECTS OF UNPLANNED GLOBAL
TASKINGS ON OPERATIONS, DETERRENCE, AND
READINESS IN THE AREA OF OPERATIONS OF UNITED
STATES INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, in line with the most recent national defense strategy under section 113(g) of title 10, United States Code, and national security strategy report of the President under section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043), deterring China and maintaining a favorable balance of military power in the Indo-Pacific region is a strategic priority of the United States.
(b) Quarterly Reports.--Not later than 30 days after the last day of each fiscal quarter, the Director of the Joint Staff, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the effects of unplanned global taskings, contingency deployments, and diverted assets on operations, deterrence, and readiness within the area of operations of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. Each such report shall include, for the quarter covered by the report, each of the following:
(1) A description of specific effects on current and planned operations, exercises, and training events.
(2) An assessment of the effects on the ability of the United States Indo-Pacific Command to maintain required levels of deterrence against adversaries.
(3) An assessment of the overall effects on theater readiness, including any identified capability gaps or elevated operational risks.
(4) An assessment of effects on munitions inventories, shortfalls, and projected resupply timelines within the United States Indo-Pacific Command.
(5) An assessment of the anticipated effects on force generation and sourcing, including for each of the four fiscal quarters following the quarter covered by the report.
(6) A description of mitigation measures planned or underway to address identified operational, deterrence, and readiness effects.
(c) Form.--Each report required under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(d) Termination.--The requirement to submit a report under subsection (b) shall terminate on September 30, 2029.
SEC. 1086. BIANNUAL REPORTS ON OPERATIONAL ADAPTATION AND
FIELDING OF DEFENSE AUTONOMOUS WARFARE GROUP.
(a) Reports Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of United States Special Operations Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the adaptation cycles of the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group and associated autonomous warfare programs. Each such report shall include, for the period covered by the report, each of the following:
(1) A summary of operational lessons identified during such period regarding the employment, maintenance, and integration of autonomous and remotely piloted systems, including lessons derived from combat observations, electronic warfare and cyber threat environments, and joint exercises.
(2) A description of the specific actions taken to incorporate the lessons identified under paragraph (1) into joint and service-level military doctrine, including the timeline from the identification of a lesson to the formal update of doctrinal publications.
(3) A description of modifications made to training pipelines, leader development programs, and personnel policies to reflect operational lessons.
(4) An analysis of how operational feedback has influenced current and future procurement strategies, including--
(A) changes made to existing contracts or performance requirements;
(B) the speed at which technical feedback from operators was translated into hardware or software updates;
(C) an analysis of the reliance on non-domestic supply chains for components altered during adaptation cycles; and
(D) a list of any procurement programs under which existing contractual requirements hindered the rapid adoption of operational lessons.
(5) A summary of the broad allocation of funds across major capability lines and the general distribution profile of resulting autonomous assets across the military departments and combatant commands.
(6) An assessment of the adaptation cycle speed for autonomous systems, defined as the duration between the identification of an operational deficiency or opportunity and the implementation of a corresponding change in doctrine, training, or procurement, including an assessment of the average time required to develop, test, and deploy software patches or technical countermeasures to fielded autonomous systems.
(7) To the extent practicable, a comparison of the adaptation cycle speed of the Department of Defense relative to the observed adaptation cycles of near-peer competitors in the field of autonomous warfare.
(b) Form of Report.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 1087. SERVICE-WIDE ENTERPRISE STRATEGIES FOR HUMAN
PERFORMANCE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall establish a strategy for human performance for that military department. Each such strategy shall include each of the following elements:
(1) Requirements and policies applicable to that military department that are designed to optimize the use and acquisition of human performance technology and services.
(2) The identification of a program of primary responsibility for human performance within that military department, which will be responsible for the integration, synchronization, and optimization of human performance technology and services across the military department.
(3) Requirements for the procurement of human performance technology and services.
(4) Security requirements, including the identification of risks associated with wearable technology devices for which the hardware is assembled in China.
(5) A timeline and estimated funding for implementation of the strategy, including acquisition plans, for the period covering fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
(6) Metrics and performance indicators for assessing the effectiveness and value of the human performance enterprise solution.
(7) An identification of opportunities to leverage existing Department-wide and military department-level enterprise data, analytics, and readiness platforms, and establish interoperability requirements to optimize technology investments and accelerate implementation.
(b) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing a description of the strategy required under subsection (a) for that military department.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "human performance" means the optimization of physical and mental health (such as physical readiness, mental readiness, sleep readiness, nutritional readiness, spiritual readiness) required for optimal performance and improved readiness.
(2) The term "human performance technology and services" means wearable technology devices and data management platforms that support human performance.
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MOBILITY CAPABILITIES STRATEGIC PLAN.
(a) In General.--Not later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Transportation Command and in consultation with the commanders of each of the geographic combatant commands, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that includes a comprehensive and detailed strategic plan for the development, acquisition, modernization, and integration of mobility capabilities of the Department of Defense through fiscal year 2047.
(b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall include each of the following:
(1) An operational environment assessment of--
(A) contested operations across all domains over great distances;
(B) contested lines of communication extending from the United States to operational theaters;
(C) adversary capabilities designed to target United States mobility forces, mobility infrastructure, and logistics networks; and
(D) the requirement for mobility forces to operate in degraded, contested, and highly contested environments including austere locations, battle-damaged airfields, degraded runways, ramps, taxiways, and other runway agnostic operating environments.
(2) An assessment of current mobility force, including--
(A) the ability of Air Mobility Command to support the requirements of all of the Armed Forces in competition, crisis, and conflict;
(B) the ability of Air Mobility Command to support agility concepts for all of the Armed Forces simultaneously in conflict, including agile combat employment, multi-domain task force operations, expeditionary advanced base operations, and distributed maritime operations;
(C) the vulnerability of mobility forces, mobility infrastructure, and global logistics networks in contested environments; and
(D) the degree to which existing mobility capability and capacity meet homeland defense priorities, nuclear mission obligations, and simultaneous global operational demands.
(3) An identification of the attributes required of future mobility forces, including--
(A) secure beyond line-of-sight connectivity with--
(i) service and joint data links;
(ii) service and joint battle management networks; and
(iii) service and joint command and control network;
(B) automation and autonomous aviation capabilities;
(C) the ability to operate across the full spectrum of threat environments;
(D) flexibility across the full scale of mobility missions, including small and distributed missions, tactical, operational, and strategic missions, and oversized and large-volume movements;
(E) the ability to operate from runway-agnostic and degraded operating locations;
(F) fuel-resilient aviation concepts, including aircraft capable of operating on traditional fuels and emerging propulsion systems, such as electric, hybrid-electric, and hydrogen;
(G) consideration of aircraft designed with open architecture enabling rapid integration of mission systems including palletized effects, electronic warfare, battle management, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities; and
(H) signature management capabilities that enable mobility aircraft to operate globally while maintaining operational security, including the ability to comply with international aviation safety requirements while limiting exposure of aircraft identity, position, and mission information through publicly accessible tracking systems or other unclassified means.
(4) An evaluation of future tanker capabilities, including--
(A) collaborative tanker aircraft supporting collaborative, distant, and distributed refueling operation in contested environments;
(B) penetrating stealth tanker aircraft capable of operating in highly contested environments;
(C) low-signature tanker concepts, including blended-wing body tanker aircraft;
(D) tactical tanker aircraft capable of supporting distributed tanker and airlift operations;
(E) modernization of legacy tanker aircraft through connectivity and full automation;
(F) tanker aircraft designed with open architecture and multi-role capability, enabling complementary missions including electronic warfare, battle management, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities;
(G) opportunities to expand tanker capacity through commercial tanker constructs including Government owned, contractor operated; and
(H) the establishment of a Civil Reserve Air Fleet tanker capability that would enable the commercial operation of tanker aircraft to provide immediate and dependable augmentation of United States tanker capacity.
(5) An evaluation of future airlift capabilities across mission scales, including--
(A) autonomous airlift platforms supporting small and tactical missions;
(B) the establishment of a distributed maneuver pool composed of autonomous and highly automated mobility platforms capable of supporting maneuvering units and distributed operations, with mobility capabilities owned or controlled by lower-echelon multi-service operational units and integrated into the broader mobility enterprise;
(C) improved and automated tactical and operational airlift capabilities supporting maneuver and distributed operations;
(D) new and improved strategic airlift capabilities supporting global force flow and theater reinforcement, including the development of a next-generation strategic airlifter to augment or replace the C-17 aircraft and establishing a new standard for military airlift through improved capability, capacity, survivability, connectivity, automation, and operational flexibility;
(E) oversized and large-volume airlift systems;
(F) vertical takeoff and landing and short-field takeoff and landing airlift platforms supporting multi-service agility and distributed operations;
(G) delivery systems, including automated airdrop, glider, towable, and hybrid aircraft logistics platforms; and
(H) opportunities to expand airlift capacity through commercial operation of strategic airlift aircraft, Civil Reserve Air Fleet participation, and service-based acquisition models such as effects-as-a-service.
(6) An assessment of command and control architecture required to support mobility operations in contested environments, including--
(A) the use of maneuver battle management using technologies such as artificial intelligence, algorithmic allocation systems, and advanced data architectures to integrate logistics, maneuver, and mobility operations across the Joint Force; and
(B) integration of distributed traditional air battle management capabilities within mobility forces.
(7) An assessment of opportunities to expand mobility capability and capacity through commercial aviation capabilities, including--
(A) the expansion of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet;
(B) the establishment of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet tanker capability;
(C) the commercial operation of excess, transitioned, or Government-owned strategic airlift and tanker aircraft;
(D) the use of service-based acquisition models such as mobility-as-a-service or effects-as-a-service; and
(E) the role of nonprime aviation companies in enabling the building of the future mobility enterprise.
(c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 1089. REQUIRED DOCTRINE ON USE OF UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS
SYSTEMS AND AUTONOMOUS FORMATIONS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group shall develop a military doctrine for the deployment of unmanned autonomous systems and formations composed of such unmanned autonomous systems. Such doctrine shall address the following:
(1) Concepts for the operational use of such systems and formations.
(2) Tactics, techniques, and procedures for such use.
(3) Force structure requirements relating to such systems and formations.
(4) Plans for the sustainment and maintenance of such systems and formations.
(5) Compliance with safety and legal requirements with respect to the use of such systems and formations.
(6) Such other matters as the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group may determine relevant.
SEC. 1089A. STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINMENT OF CERTAIN UNMANNED
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.
(a) Strategy.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall develop a strategy for the sustainment of covered unmanned aircraft systems. Such strategy shall address, and differentiate between, stockpiled covered unmanned aircraft systems and covered unmanned aircraft systems in use on a more frequent basis.
(b) Elements.--The strategy under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A plan to ensure continuous software updates for fielded covered unmanned aircraft systems across the military departments, including any such updates relating to--
(A) operating systems;
(B) autonomy and other capabilities enabled by artificial intelligence and machine learning; or
(C) automatic target recognition.
(2) A plan to ensure the batteries of fielded covered unmanned aircraft systems are fully functional and charged, including a strategy for charging such batteries in extreme and austere environments.
(3) Metrics to assess the readiness of fielded covered unmanned aircraft systems and associated components.
(4) An identification of the command level, unit level, or other organizational level responsible for ensuring such readiness.
(5) A plan to ensure standardized training for the use of covered unmanned aircraft systems and the sustainment of such systems across the military departments.
(6) A strategy for the repair of fielded covered unmanned aircraft systems, including for field-level maintenance, as appropriate.
(c) Updates.--On a basis that is not less frequent than once every two years, the Secretary of Defense shall update the strategy under subsection (a).
(d) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense completes the strategy under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees such strategy.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered unmanned aircraft" means any unmanned aircraft categorized as Group 1, Group 2, or Group 3 pursuant to the Joint Publication 3-30 of the Department of Defense, titled "Joint Air Operations" and dated July 25, 2019, or such successor publication.
(2) The terms "unmanned aircraft" and "unmanned aircraft system" have the meanings given such terms in section 130i of title 10, United States Code.
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STRATEGY FOR USE OF LOW-COST AND ATTRITABLE GROUP
4 AND 5 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS IN CONTESTED
LOGISTICS OPERATIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall develop a strategy for the use of low-cost and attritable Group 4 and 5 unmanned aircraft systems in contested logistics operations.
(b) Requirements for Strategy.--The strategy under subsection (a) shall include each of the following:
(1) An assessment of current and projected lift capabilities required for contested logistics operations, specifically focusing on identifying--
(A) the limitations of existing platforms; and
(B) mission sets for which the use of Group 4 and 5 unmanned aircraft systems would reduce risk.
(2) An assessment of the challenges presented by communications degradation in contested logistics operations and how unmanned aircraft systems could be integrated into mission sets identified under paragraph (1)(B) to solve capability gaps.
(3) A review of performance specifications, including payload capacity and range, that are required to complete the mission sets identified under paragraph (1)(B).
(4) An evaluation of acceptable loss rates, replacement speed, scale of employment, and integration timelines for unmanned aircraft systems.
(5) A plan for coordinating among, and drafting requirements for, each of the military departments and combatant commands with respect to the use of low-cost and attritable unmanned aircraft systems for contested logistics, as appropriate.
(6) A plan to synchronize research, development, prototyping, and acquisition activities related to such systems.
(7) A transition plan for the operational fielding by the joint force of Group 4 and 5 unmanned aircraft systems for contested logistics operations.
(8) An evaluation of commercially available innovative solutions that could be used to enhance the effectiveness of the Armed Forces and the response of the Department of Defense to emerging threats.
(c) Preference for Commercial Products.--In developing the strategy under subsection (a), the Secretary shall leverage commercially available solutions to the maximum extent practicable.
(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after the development of the strategy required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the strategy.
SEC. 1089C. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON TACTICAL INFORMATION
OPERATIONS COMMAND AUTHORITY.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Information operations must be ongoing, iterative, and responsive to rapidly evolving conditions in the information environment. Narratives and messaging that are effective at one point in time can quickly become outdated or counterproductive as the information environment changes.
(2) Department of Defense Directive 3600.01, "Information Operations", currently designates Combatant Commanders at the four-star and flag officer level as the principal authorities for integrating, synchronizing, employing, and adapting information-related capabilities and for developing, planning, programming, and assessing information operations.
(3) The concentration of tactical information operations approval authority at the Combatant Commander level creates operational bottlenecks, as those officers bear responsibility for the full range of joint force activities and may be unable to respond to tactical information operations requirements with the speed demanded by the information environment.
(4) In other operational domains, commanders at the O-6 level and below routinely exercise authority to execute tactical actions within strategic frameworks approved by higher-level commanders. A similar model may be feasible and beneficial for tactical information operations.
(5) At the same time, information operations carry unique risks, including potential foreign policy, legal, and escalatory implications, that may counsel retaining significant oversight at senior command levels. Any delegation of authority must be carefully calibrated to preserve appropriate oversight while reducing operational bottlenecks.
(6) Before directing any revision to Department of Defense Directive 3600.01, Congress should have the benefit of a thorough and expert assessment of the feasibility, benefits, risks, and implementation requirements of delegating tactical information operations authority to lower-level commanders.
(b) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the feasibility of revising Department of Defense Directive 3600.01 to delegate authority to approve and execute tactical information operations to commanders below the level of the combatant commander.
(2) Contents of report.--The report required in paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) an assessment of the current command authority structure under Department of Defense Directive 3600.01 as it applies to the planning, approval, and execution of tactical information operations, including an assessment of existing operational bottlenecks and their impact on the speed and effectiveness of information operations;
(B) an evaluation of the feasibility of delegating authority to approve and execute tactical information operations to commanders at specified rank levels below combatant commander, including the O-6 (colonel or Navy captain) level, or other appropriate levels as determined by the Secretary of Defense;
(C) For each delegation option evaluated under subparagraph (B), an assessment of--
(i) the potential benefits, including improvements in operational speed, responsiveness, and effectiveness;
(ii) the potential risks, including risks related to escalation, foreign policy implications, legal compliance, consistency with strategic narratives, and unintended consequences;
(iii) the mechanisms and safeguards that would be necessary to ensure that tactical information operations executed by lower-level commanders remain consistent with higher-level strategic objectives and narratives established by Combatant Commanders and the Secretary of Defense;
(iv) the training, education, and personnel requirements necessary to prepare lower-level commanders to exercise information operations authority effectively and responsibly;
(v) the legal authorities and any statutory or regulatory changes that would be required to implement the delegation;
(vi) the oversight mechanisms that would be required to maintain the visibility of the combatant commander and Secretary of Defense into tactical information operations conducted pursuant to delegated authority; and
(vii) the estimated costs and resource implications of implementing the delegation;
(D) an examination of analogous delegation models in other operational domains, including fire support, electronic warfare, and cyber operations, to identify lessons learned and best practices applicable to information operations;
(E) an assessment of the experiences of allied and partner nations that have implemented delegation of tactical information operations authority to lower-level commanders, to the extent practicable;
(F) an evaluation of whether the current bottleneck in tactical information operations approval could be addressed through means other than formal authority delegation, including--
(i) dedicated information operations staff augmentation at the level of the combatant commander;
(ii) predelegated authorities for specific, preapproved categories of tactical information operations activities;
(iii) streamlined approval processes and standing execution orders; and
(iv) improved interoperability and communication systems to reduce approval timelines;
(G) an identification and assessment of any legal, policy, or operational constraints that would prevent or limit the feasibility of delegating tactical information operations authority; and
(H) the assessment of Secretary of Defense of whether revision of Department of Defense Directive 3600.01 to delegate tactical information operations authority to lower-level commanders is feasible, advisable, and in the interest of the Department of Defense.
(3) Form.--The report required in paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include an classified annex.
SEC. 1089D. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF FINDINGS OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN TARGETING
OPERATIONS.
Not later than 90 days after completion of the Evaluation of United States Southern Command Joint Targeting Cycle initiated by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense concerning targeting operations in the area of operations of United States Southern Command, the Secretary of Defense shall make publicly available an unclassified summary of the findings of the evaluation, including findings with respect to--
(1) whether the Joint Targeting Cycle was followed; and
(2) recommendations for corrective actions.
SEC. 1089E. REPORT ON COST OF UNITED STATES MILITARY
OPERATIONS IN IRAN.
(a) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than April 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the total financial cost to the United States of the military operations carried out in Iran during the period beginning on February 28, 2026, and ending on the date that is 30 days before the date of the submission of the report. Such total financial cost shall include the costs associated with damaged or destroyed infrastructure of the United States. The report shall include the following:
(A) A full inventory and replacement valuation of all United States military aircraft, naval vessels, drones, and other significant equipment damaged or destroyed during such military operations.
(B) The total cost and quantity of all weapons, missiles, and munitions expended during such military operations and replacement costs.
(C) A comprehensive assessment of the costs associated with repairing or rebuilding United States military bases and facilities damaged or destroyed during such military operations and the extent to which infrastructure was damaged or destroyed during such military operations.
(D) For any military base or facility or infrastructure identified under subparagraph (C), the location of the base, facility, or infrastructure.
(E) An assessment of the overall effects that damage to infrastructure during such military operations has had on theater readiness, including any plans to not repair or rebuild United States infrastructure in the region.
(F) All costs related to the unplanned deployments and mobilizations of additional members of a covered Armed Force and military assets for such military operations and the costs associated with the enforcement of the maritime blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
(2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. The Secretary shall post the unclassified report on a publicly available and appropriate website of the Department of Defense.
(b) Covered Armed Force Defined.--The term "covered Armed Force" means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.
SEC. 1089F. REPORT ON OPERATION SOUTHERN SPEAR.
(a) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, and quarterly thereafter until 180 days after the conclusion of Operation Southern Spear (or any successor operation), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the total financial cost (as described in subsection (b)) of the military operations carried out under Operation Southern Spear.
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The initial report shall include the period beginning on January 20, 2025, and ending on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section.
(b) Total Financial Cost.--In this section, the total financial cost shall include any funds of the Department of Defense obligated or expended for the operation, including the following:
(1) A full inventory and replacement value of all United States military aircraft, naval vessels, drones, and other significant equipment damaged or destroyed during such military operations.
(2) The total cost and quantity of all weapons, missiles, and munitions expended during such military operations and replacement costs.
(3) A comprehensive assessment of the costs associated with repairing or rebuilding United States military installations, facilities, and infrastructure damaged or destroyed during such military operations.
(4) An assessment of the overall effects that damage to infrastructure during such military operations has had on theater readiness, including any plans to not repair or rebuild United States infrastructure in the region in which such military operations were conducted.
(5) All costs related to the unplanned deployments and mobilizations of additional members of the Armed Forces and military assets for such military operations.
(c) Form.--The report required under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. The Secretary shall make the unclassified report publicly available on an appropriate website of the Department of Defense.
SEC. 1089G. REPORT ON CIVILIAN HARM INVESTIGATION RELATING TO
SHAJAREH TAYYEBEH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 30 days after the completion of the civilian harm investigation of the Department of Defense with respect to the strike on Minab, Iran, that occurred on February 28, 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of such investigation.
(b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.
(c) Public Availability.--The Secretary of Defense shall make publicly available the unclassified portion of the report required under subsection (a).
SEC. 1089H. REPORT ON PORT SHUAIBA INVESTIGATION.
(a) In General.--Upon the conclusion of the Department of Defense investigation into the attack on Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, that occurred on March 1, 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall transmit to the congressional defense committees the following information:
(1) All findings of the investigation.
(2) Any remedial actions taken as a result of the findings.
(3) A detailed description of the conduct of the investigation.
(b) Form of Submission; Availability.--The information required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. The Secretary shall make the unclassified version of the findings publicly available on an appropriate website of the Department.
SEC. 1091. DEEMING REFERENCES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AS REFERENCES TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF WAR AND SECRETARY OF WAR.
Chapter 1 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 103. References to the Secretary of Defense and the
Department of Defense
"Any reference to the Secretary of Defense or Department of Defense in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of War or Department of War, respectively.".
SEC. 1092. DEFINITION OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS ACTIVITIES.
Section 167(k)(6) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "Military information support operations" and inserting "Psychological and cognitive warfare".
SEC. 1093. DEFINITION OF COUNTER-SUAS SYSTEM FOR PURPOSES OF
JOINT INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE 401.
Section 199(h)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting "detecting, identifying, monitoring, tracking," after "lawfully and safely".
SEC. 1094. INCREASE IN CAP FOR SUPPORT OF SMALL SCALE
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF FOREIGN PARTNERS IN
SUPPORT OF COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES AND
ACTIVITIES TO COUNTER TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED
CRIME.
(a) Increase in Cap.--Subsection (i)(3) of section 284 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "$1,000,000" and inserting "$2,000,000".
(b) Technical Correction Relating to Congressional Notification Requirements.--Subsection (h)(1)(B) of such section is amended by inserting "minor military construction or" after "any".
SEC. 1095. MODIFICATION TO FUNDING LIMITATION FOR PROCUREMENT
OF EQUIPMENT FOR CERTAIN DRUG INTERDICTION AND
COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES.
Section 112(a)(3) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by striking "$15,000" and inserting "$25,000".
SEC. 1096. NATIONAL GUARD ATTORNEY LICENSE PORTABILITY.
Chapter 3 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 329 the following new section:
"Sec. 330. Attorney license portability
"(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any law regarding the licensure of attorneys, a judge advocate or technician attorney performing duties under this title may provide legal services in any jurisdiction in support of National Guard training or operations, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be.
"(b) Authorized Legal Services.--Such legal services--
"(1) may be provided only by a judge advocate or a technician attorney who is a member of the bar of a Federal court or of the highest court of a State, and
"(2) must be within the scope of authorized duties as prescribed by the Secretary concerned.".
SEC. 1097. OVERSIGHT AND DIRECTION OF IRREGULAR WARFARE
EXERCISE LABORATORY.
Section 1094 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1066; 10 U.S.C. 127d note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):
"(c) Oversight and Direction.--If the Secretary establishes an Irregular Warfare Exercise Laboratory under subsection (a)--
"(1) such laboratory shall operate under the strategic oversight and policy coordination of the Irregular Warfare Center of the Department of Defense; and
"(2) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, acting through the Director of the Irregular Warfare Center, shall exercise authority, direction, and control over such laboratory to--
"(A) provide policy guidance and integration direction for all activities of the laboratory;
"(B) ensure the alignment of laboratory initiatives with Department-wide irregular warfare strategy and campaigning objectives; and
"(C) prioritize the development of laboratory capabilities in accordance with the most recent national defense strategy under section 113(g) of title 10, United States Code.".
SEC. 1098. UBIQUITOUS TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE AND DIGITAL
FORCE PROTECTION.
(a) Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance Functions.--
(1) Responsibility.--Not later than April 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall designate the head of an organization of the Department of Defense who shall be responsible for--
(A) coordinating and directing the identification of vulnerabilities with respect to ubiquitous technical surveillance;
(B) developing a plan and strategy for research, development, and procurement of secure communications and obfuscation technologies; and
(C) developing ubiquitous technical surveillance training and techniques to enhance digital force protection.
(2) Program of record.--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 plan to establish a program of record to meet counter-ubiquitous technical surveillance and digital force protection needs across the Department of Defense.
(b) Report.--Not later than December 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(1) the plan and strategy developed pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B); and
(2) the identification of the organization of the Department of Defense that has been designated under subsection (a)(1).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "digital force protection" means the policies, tools, and practices used to protect military personnel, operations, and critical assets from adversarial exploitation of the commercial digital surveillance economy, associated commercial data, and digital footprints.
(2) The term "ubiquitous technical surveillance" means persistent, networked, or commercially-enabled technical means used to detect, identify, track, exploit, or monitor personnel, operations, equipment, or digital activities.
SEC. 1099. POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF INFORMATION AS A DOMAIN
OF WARFARE.
(a) Determination Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a determination as to whether to designate information as a domain of warfare of the Department of Defense.
(b) Effect of Positive Determination.--If the Secretary of Defense determines to make the designation specified under subsection (b), the Secretary shall--
(1) revise any applicable guidance, directive, instruction, publication, or doctrine of the Department to reflect such designation, including by directing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to revise the Joint Concept for Operating in the Information Environment and other relevant joint doctrine and publications, to reflect such designation;
(2) ensure that planning, programming, budgeting, and execution processes treat information as a mission-essential consideration in operational planning, rather than solely as a supporting effect;
(3) establish or strengthen career fields, professional military education, and training pipelines for personnel assigned to information domain functions, including with respect to--
(A) military information support operations;
(B) electronic warfare;
(C) public affairs;
(D) intelligence support to information operations; and
(E) cyber operations functions that contribute to information effects; and
(4) improve the integration of cyber operations, electronic warfare, intelligence, and psychological operations capabilities in support of information-domain objectives and reduce redundancy across such operations.
(c) Report.--
(1) Submission.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the determination required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the implementation of this section. Such report shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of the effect of such determination, including with respect to personnel, training, and resourcing.
(B) A description of any revisions to materials made pursuant to subsection (b)(2).
(2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in an unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
SEC. 1101.
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LIMITATION ON OUTSIDE INCOME FOR INDIVIDUALS IN
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
Section 131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(e)(1) Any covered employee who is employed by, or detailed or otherwise assigned to, the Office of the Secretary of Defense may not receive any outside earned income during the period such individual is so employed, detailed, or assigned unless the individual notifies the relevant designated agency ethics official and such official reviews such income and issues a determination (in writing) that--
"(A) the outside earned income received is unrelated to the duties the individual has performed or is expected to perform for the United States; and
"(B) the individual--
"(i) does not have official business in front of the Department of Defense; and
"(ii) the individual is not working on behalf of, or representing, a foreign agent or government.
"(2) Any determination under paragraph (1) shall be published on the public website of the Office of Government Ethics not later than 15 days after such determination is made.
"(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a covered employee who receives outside earned income shall file a public financial disclosure report pursuant section 13103(a) of title 5 not later than 30 days after receiving such income.
"(4) In this subsection--
"(A) the term `covered employee' means--
"(i) any special Government employee (as that term is defined in section 202 of title 18);
"(ii) an officer or employee who is serving without compensation; and
"(iii) any member of a reserve component of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force;
"(B) the term `designated agency ethics official' has the meaning given that term in section 13101 of title 5; and
"(C) the term `outside earned income'--
"(i) means wages, salaries, honoraria, commissions, professional fees and any other form of compensation for services other than salary, benefits, and allowances paid by the United States Government; and
"(ii) does not include the following:
"(I) Items that may be accepted under applicable standards of conduct gift regulations if they were offered by a prohibited source.
"(II) Income attributable to service with the military reserves or national guard.
"(III) Income from pensions and other continuing benefits attributable to previous employment or services.
"(IV) Income from investment activities where the individual's services are not a material factor in the production of income.
"(V) Copyright royalties, fees, and their functional equivalent, from the use or sale of copyright, patent and similar forms of intellectual property rights, when received from established users or purchasers of those rights.
"(VI) Actual and necessary expenses incurred by the employee in connection with an outside activity. Where such expenses are paid or reimbursed by another person, the amount of any such payment shall not be counted as compensation or outside earned income. Where such expenses are not paid or reimbursed, the amount of compensation or earned income shall be determined by subtracting the actual and necessary expenses incurred by the employee from any payment received for the activity.
"(5) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, the Secretary of Defense, in concurrence with the Office of Government Ethics, shall issue such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this subsection.".
SEC. 1102. SKILLS-BASED HIRING FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
CIVILIAN POSITIONS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 1599k. Skills-based hiring for civilian positions
"(a) Framework for Skills-based Hiring.--
"(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish and implement a skills-based hiring framework for appointment to a position in the competitive service or the excepted service that--
"(A) prioritizes the evaluation of applicants based on demonstrated competencies, skills, and relevant experience and validated assessments; and
"(B) permits applicants to qualify for positions through one or more pathways based on experience, training, apprenticeships, certifications, licenses, education, or other alternative credentials, as appropriate to the duties of the position.
"(2) Qualification standards for a position shall be based on a job analysis that identifies the competencies, knowledge, skills, abilities, and education, if applicable, necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
"(b) Use of Education Requirements.--
"(1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (c), and consistent with paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary may waive or remove a minimum education requirement as a mandatory qualification standard for appointment to a position based on a determination that the competencies required for the position may be demonstrated through relevant experience, apprenticeships, certifications, validated assessments, or other alternative qualifications.
"(2) Sunset.--The authority to waive or remove a minimum education requirement under paragraph (1) shall expire on the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027.
"(c) Exceptions.--Subsection (b) shall not apply to a position--
"(1) for which a minimum education requirement is established by Federal statute;
"(2) in a recognized profession for which a minimum education requirement is necessary for professional licensure, certification, or accreditation by a recognized accrediting body, including positions in the fields of medicine, law, engineering, accounting, and other professions as determined by the Secretary; or
"(3) classified in a scientific or technical occupational series for which the Office of Personnel Management has established a positive education requirement that the Secretary determines is directly and specifically necessary for satisfactory performance of the duties of the position.
"(d) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) Education.--The term `education' means any form of formal learning, including a high school diploma or its equivalent, a credential from a qualifying career or technical education program, an associate, baccalaureate, graduate, or professional degree, or industry-recognized certifications and apprenticeships.
"(2) Education requirement.--The term `education requirement' includes a requirement that can be met through--
"(A) education alone; or
"(B) a combination of education and experience.".
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
"1599k. Skills-based hiring for civilian positions.". (c) Implementation Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for implementing this section, including--
(1) a timeline for implementation of this section;
(2) a strategy for training hiring managers and human resources professionals on skills-based assessment methods;
(3) a description of validated assessment tools the Department plans to develop or adopt; and
(4) metrics for evaluating the impacts of this section on time-to-hire, quality of hire, and retention rates.
(d) Annual Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report on the authority under section 1599k(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this Act. The report shall include the following:
(1) Identification of any occupational series or position for which the authority under such section is exercised.
(2) The service, agency, or component to which such position is assigned.
(3) The justification for exercising such section for each such occupational series or position.
(e) Applicability.--Section 1599k of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to job opportunity announcements issued on or after the date that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1103. ESTABLISHMENT OF A STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR
MILITARY CHILD AND YOUTH PROGRAMS.
Subchapter II of chapter 88 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1792 the following new section:
"Sec. 1792a. Internship program for military child and youth
programs
"(a) Establishment.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall establish and carry out an internship program through which an individual described in subsection (b) may perform duties as an intern in a military child and youth program to prepare the individual for possible future employment in a military child and youth program.
"(b) Eligible Individuals.--An individual eligible to be an intern participating in the internship program under this section is an individual who--
"(1) is a student in good standing at an institution of higher education; and
"(2) the Secretary determines--
"(A) to be qualified and talented; and
"(B) has passed appropriate screening and background checks.
"(c) Program Requirements.--Requirements of the internship program shall include the following:
"(1) An intern may perform duties only in a military child development center under the supervision of a child care employee.
"(2) Pursuant to section 1588(a)(3)(B) of this title, a student intern shall perform their duties on a voluntary basis.
"(3) A student intern may not work more than eight hours a day or a total of 40 hours per week.
"(d) Authorization of Certain Expenses.--The Secretary may pay the following expenses incurred in the course of an intern's participation in the internship program:
"(1) Lodging expenses.
"(2) Subsistence expenses.
"(3) Incidental expenses.
"(4) Transportation expenses for transportation between the residence of the intern and the military installation where the intern performs duties under the internship program.
"(e) Agreements.--The Secretary may enter into agreements with one or more institutions of higher education so an intern may receive appropriate levels credit towards a graduate or undergraduate degree for duties performed under the internship program.
"(f) Definition of Institution of Higher Education.--In this section, the term `institution of higher education' has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).".
SEC. 1104. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS UNDER
THE SMART DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
(a) Eligible Educational Programs.--Section 4093(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "is pursuing an associates degree, undergraduate degree, or advanced degree in a critical skill or discipline described in subsection (a) at an accredited institution of higher education" and inserting "is pursuing an associates degree, undergraduate degree, or advanced degree in a critical skill or discipline described in subsection (a) at an accredited institution of higher education or career and technical education, vocational education, apprenticeship preparation, or workforce credentialing program".
(b) Service Agreement Requirements.--Section 4093(c)(1)(B)(ii)(I) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "and" and inserting "or".
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MILITARY TECHNICIAN (DUAL STATUS): ELIMINATION OF
TITLE 32 AUTHORITY; CONVERSIONS OF EXISTING
POSITIONS.
(a) Termination of Title 32 Authority.--
(1) In general.--Section 709 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:
"(k) This section shall cease to be effective on October 1, 2038.".
(2) Technical and conforming amendments.--
(A) In general.--Effective October 1, 2038--
(i) section 115(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "each reserve component of the Army and Air Force" and inserting "the Army Reserve and the Air Force Reserve"; and
(ii) section 10216(a)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "or section 709(b) of title 32".
(B) National guard bureau personnel.--Section 10508(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting "sections 1601 and 1762 of title 10," before "or section 328 of title 32,".
(C) Maintenance and repair duties.--Section 328(b) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by inserting "maintaining and repairing supplies issued to the National Guard or the Armed Forces," before "and training the reserve components".
(b) Conversion Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may convert a military technician (dual status) position filled by an individual employed under section 709 of title 32, United States Code, to either of the following:
(1) A position filled by an individual employed under--
(A) section 3101 of title 5, United States Code; or
(B) section 1601, 1762, or 10508 of title 10, United States Code.
(2) A position filled by an individual who is performing Active Guard and Reserve duty under section 328 of title 32, United States Code, unless such duty is performed as a general or flag officer.
(c) Transfer Authority.--In addition to the conversion authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may, with the consent of the Governor of the State concerned, for the purpose of reducing the number of National Guard military technician (dual status) positions, provide a State with funding for a non-Federal position for an individual employed in such position. Any such funding shall be provided through a cooperative agreement entered into with the State Governor under section 6305 of title 31, United States Code.
(d) Consent of Employee to Conversion or Transfer.--The Secretary of Defense may convert, pursuant to subsection (b), or transfer, pursuant to subsection (c), a filled position only with the written consent of the individual filling such position.
(e) Reemployment.--An individual filling a military technician (dual status) position that is converted to Active Guard and Reserve duty pursuant to subsection (b)(2), waives any reemployment entitlement under section 4314 of title 38, United States Code, to another military technician (dual status) position but may assert reemployment rights to a civilian position employed under section 3101 of title 5, United States Code, or section 1601, 1762, or 10508 of title 10, United States Code if a similar position is reasonably available.
(f) Automatic Adjustment to End Strength Requirements.--Whenever a military technician (dual status) position is converted pursuant to subsection (b)(2)--
(1) the applicable statutory annual end strength limitation for Active Guard and Reserve personnel within the Army and Air National Guards of the United States, in accordance with section 115 of title 10, United States Code, shall be increased accordingly.
(2) the applicable statutory annual minimum end strength required for National Guard military technician (dual status) within the Army and Air National Guards of the United States, in accordance with section 115 of title 10, United States Code, shall be decreased accordingly.
(g) Hiring Freeze.--Beginning on October 1, 2028, no individual may be newly hired or employed, or rehired or reemployed, as a military technician (dual status) under section 709 of title 32, United States Code.
(h) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term "military technician (dual status)" has the meaning given such term in section 10216 of title 10, United States Code; and
(2) the term "State" has the meaning given such term in section 901 of title 32, United States Code.
SEC. 1106. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE ANNUAL
LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY AND AGGREGATE
LIMITATION ON PAY FOR FEDERAL CIVILIAN
EMPLOYEES WORKING OVERSEAS.
Subsection (a) of section 1101 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417), as most recently amended by section 1105 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1074), is further amended by striking "through 2026" and inserting "through 2027".
SEC. 1107. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO GRANT
ALLOWANCES, BENEFITS, AND GRATUITIES TO
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ON OFFICIAL DUTY IN A COMBAT
ZONE.
Paragraph (2) of section 1603(a) of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109-234; 120 Stat. 443), as added by section 1102 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4616) and as most recently amended by section 1106 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1074), is further amended by striking "2027" and inserting "2028".
SEC. 1108. LIVING QUARTER ALLOWANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WITH PERMANENT DUTY STATION
IN GUAM.
Section 1102 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking "rent" and inserting "rent or mortgage payments";
(2) by striking subsection (d) (relating to sunset date 3 years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026); and
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) (relating to sunset date of January 1, 2034) at the end as subsection (d).
SEC. 1109. PILOT PROGRAM ON INTEGRATION OF UNITED STATES TECH
FORCE WITH SKILLS-BASED HIRING AUTHORITIES.
(a) Program Required.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to integrate the United States Tech Force into the implementation of the hiring and promotion reforms authorized under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60).
(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the pilot is to use the United States Tech Force to develop, validate, and deploy the skills-based assessments required to modernize the defense workforce.
(b) Use of Commercial Technology for Skills Verification.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall use commercially available, interoperable technology platforms to--
(1) create a "Digital Skills Passport" for members of the United States Tech Force and Department of Defense civilian employees, documenting verified competencies rather than solely degrees or tenure;
(2) automatically map the skills possessed by United States Tech Force participants to gaps identified in the Department of Defense cyber and digital workforce; and
(3) track the mobility of talent across the Department based on skills proficiency, consistent with the removal of time-in-grade restrictions.
(c) Reporting.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the effectiveness of using commercial skills-based platforms to integrate the United States Tech Force with Department of Defense hiring authorities.
(d) Sunset.--The authority to carry out the pilot program under this section shall expire on the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1110. ENHANCED HIRING AUTHORITY FOR INSTRUCTOR PILOTS
AND CIVILIAN SIMULATOR INSTRUCTORS.
(a) Direct Hire.--The Secretary of Defense may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, (other than sections 3303, 3307, and 3328 of such chapter), qualified candidates to instructor pilot positions and civilian simulator instructor positions.
(b) Rates of Pay.--The Secretary may set annual rates of pay for such positions without regard to the provisions chapters 51 and 53 (relating to classification and pay rates) of such title 5. Such rates shall be equal to the annual rate of pay for positions in private industry comparable to instructor pilot positions and civilian simulator instructor positions, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) Recruitment and Retention Authority.--The Secretary may use the authority provided under sections 5373 and section of title 5, United States Code, for the payment of recruitment, relocation, and retention incentives to instructor pilots and civilian simulator instructors or applicants to such positions.
(d) Study and Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a study on the hiring authorities issued under this section and submit a report on such study to the congressional defense committees. Such study shall include information with respect to the following:
(1) How the authority under this section is being used, including--
(A) how many instances such authority has been used and where the authority is being used;
(B) time to hire; and
(C) the hiring incentives, recruitment bonuses, and special pay authorities used under this section
(2) The total number of--
(A) vacant instructor pilot positions and civilian simulator instructor positions filled using such authority; and
(B) vacant instructor pilot positions and civilian simulator instructor positions remaining.
(3) Any additional authorities necessary to ensure the Secretary is able to hire and retain instructor pilots and civilian simulator instructors.
(e) Sunset.--The authority under this section shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1111. PILOT PROGRAM ON TECH TALENT COMPETITIVENESS.
(a) Pilot Program.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program that expedites and scales the sourcing and placement of early-career talent across the Department of Defense in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math and functional areas of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, biotechnology, materials and manufacturing, and business process innovation. In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) use the authorities under section 213.3102(r) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, to appoint individuals in support of establishing fellowships;
(2) develop and implement a process for identifying, sourcing, and training a pool of qualified candidates;
(3) establish a professional development structure for pilot program participants; and
(4) partner with a nonprofit intermediary organization that have a proven track record in delivering efficient recruitment and screening processes and have demonstrated expertise in navigating the Federal security clearance procedures to support the development of qualified talent pools with the necessary skills and expertise.
(b) Assessment Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until the pilot program sunsets, the Secretary of Defense shall provide an assessment to the congressional defense committees on the effectiveness of the pilot program.
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Each such assessment shall include--
(1) an evaluation of the efficacy in matching the pre-vetted pools of candidates to the requirements of the Department of Defense; and
(2) the effectiveness of partnering with intermediary organizations for the purposes of carrying out activities in support of developing qualified pools of talent with the skills and expertise necessary to meet the purposes of the pilot program.
(c) Program Administration.--For the purposes of carrying out this section, the Secretary of Defense may--
(1) waive any requirement for a permanent billet to be required to support hiring of talent;
(2) make selections based on needs and available budget; and
(3) direct legal counsel of the Department to provide guidance that--
(A) enables post-employment opportunities by avoiding government assignments that preclude hiring outside the Federal Government following the term appointment; and
(B) requires ethics officials to provide guidance that aligns with the temporary nature of the appointment and design protocols to minimize post-employment restrictions.
(d) Sunset.--The pilot program shall terminate on the date that is 3 years after the date such program is established.
(e) Intermediary Organization Defined.--In this section, the term "intermediary organization" means--
(1) a nonprofit registered under section 501(c)(3) of title 26, United States Code; and
(2) an organization having demonstrated expertise in--
(A) streamlining recruitment and pre-screening for early-career tech talent;
(B) carrying out public-private talent exchanges through a proven track record, including managing rotations between private and public sector entities and reducing governmental administrative burden in the process;
(C) skills development and mentorship programming that ensures program participants remain on the cutting edge of their technical and management skills; and
SEC. 1112. CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE AND CONTRACTOR FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT WORKFORCE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
(a) In General.--The planning policies and associated processes, practices, and activities of the financial management civilian workforce within the Department of Defense shall be consistent with the following principles:
(1) Involving top management, staff members, and other stakeholders in developing, communicating, and implementing the strategic workforce plan.
(2) Supporting workforce planning strategies that use existing human capital flexibilities.
(3) Monitoring and evaluating progress toward human capital goals.
(4) Determining needed critical skills.
(5) Developing strategies to address gaps in critical skills.
(b) Financial Management Skills Assessment Integrated Product Team.--
(1) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), shall establish a Financial Management Skills Assessment Integrated Product Team (in this subsection referred to as the "Team") to develop a strategy to identify functions performed by civilian employees and contractors supporting financial management within the Department.
(2) Process.--The Team shall establish and implement a repeatable process for timely reporting on financial management functions performed by civilian employees and contractors across the Department.
(3) Briefing.--The Secretary shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the Team, a description of how the Team tracks financial management functions performed by civilian employees and contractors, and the Department's audit readiness.
SEC. 1113. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BEST PRACTICES GUIDE FOR
FAMILY CHILD CARE HOMES.
(a) Department-wide Family Child Care Guide Required.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall publish a Department-wide best practices guide for individuals seeking to establish and operate a Family Child Care home on a military installation.
(b) Consultation Requirement.--In developing the guide required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall consult with military departments, military installations, Family Child Care program administrators, and established Family Child Care providers operating under successful Family Child Care programs across the Department of Defense to identify and incorporate best practices, lessons learned, and approaches that have demonstrated success in expanding participation and reducing barriers to establishing and operating Family Child Care homes.
(c) Required Elements.--The guide required under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum--
(1) an overview of the process for becoming a certified Family Child Care provider;
(2) standardized information regarding training, inspections, background checks, licensing, and certification requirements;
(3) guidance regarding available financial assistance, startup support, subsidies, grants, and reimbursement opportunities;
(4) information on liability coverage, safety standards, and emergency preparedness requirements;
(5) recommendations for reducing administrative barriers to establishing Family Child Care homes; and
(6) any additional information the Secretary determines appropriate to support prospective Family Child Care providers.
(d) Public Availability.--The Secretary shall make the guide required under subsection (a) publicly available on an internet website of the Department of Defense in a searchable and accessible format for military families.
(e) Service-specific Appendices.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall encourage the Secretaries of the military departments to publish and maintain service-specific appendices accompanying the guide required under subsection (a).
(2) Contents.--A service-specific appendix under paragraph (1) may include--
(A) service-specific policies or procedures;
(B) installation-level best practices;
(C) information regarding unique operational requirements or child care demands within the military department concerned;
(D) guidance regarding military housing considerations related to Family Child Care homes; and
(E) points of contact and resources specific to the military department concerned.
(f) Briefing.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees regarding--
(1) actions taken to implement this section;
(2) efforts to improve awareness of Family Child Care opportunities among military spouses and families;
(3) barriers identified in the establishment of Family Child Care homes; and
(4) recommendations for legislative or administrative action to improve military child care capacity.
SEC. 1114. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR
NONAPPROPRIATED FUND EMPLOYEES IN CASES OF
COMPLAINT OF REPRISAL.
Section 1587(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence.
SEC. 1115. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO LIMIT COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 may be used to implement Executive Order 14251, issued on March 27, 2025, relating to Exclusions from Federal labor management relations programs, or any following policy or guidance.
SEC. 1116. HIRING FREEZE EXCEPTIONS.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 may be used to implement a hiring freeze on the following categories:
(1) Positions essential to immigration enforcement, national security, or public safety.
(2) Positions funded by nonappropriated funds in Department of Defense NAF instrumentalities.
(3) Civilian Mariner positions.
(4) Positions at depots, shipyards, arsenals, and maintenance facilities.
(5) Positions at United States Military Entrance Processing Command.
(6) Positions at military medical treatment facilities that perform patient care or are essential to hospital operations.
(7) Child and Youth Programs staff.
(8) Instructors or facility support staff at Department of Defense schools or child care centers.
(9) Installation positions that support fire, life, and safety functions.
SEC. 1117. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
TERMINATION OF DODEA, CHILDCARE, AND HEALTHCARE
WORKERS.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to terminate employees of Military Child Development Programs, employees of the Department of Defense 9 Education Activity, or employees of the Defense Health Agencies or the healthcare workforce within the Department regardless of whether such positions are funded by appropriated or nonappropriated funds, unless the employee was documented as not performing or engaging in misconduct.
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DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RELATING TO PAY AND
PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR EMPLOYEES AT GROUND-
BASED INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE
DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE FACILITIES.
(a) Commencement.--The Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Air Force, is authorized to carry out a demonstration project, the purpose of which is to determine the feasibility or desirability of one or more proposals for improving the personnel management policies or procedures that apply with respect to the maintenance, modernization, and sustainment of ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile systems at operational missile wings, sustainment facilities, and contractor facilities of the Department of the Air Force.
(b) Application.--Section 4703 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to the demonstration project under this section, except that--
(1) subsection (d)(1)(A) of such section 4703 shall be applied by substituting "15,000" for "5,000"; and
(2) subsection (d)(1)(B) of such section 4703 shall not apply.
(c) Terms and Conditions.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any demonstration project described in subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Pay band structures that provide maximum flexibility to attract and retain employees with critical skills, including into apprentice programs.
(2) Trades, technical, and leadership career paths that provide advancement opportunities for employees to progress through the bands based on performance and contribution to the mission.
(3) Broad classification authority not otherwise subject to current government classification and job grading standards.
(4) A performance management system that emphasizes desired mission outcomes and workforce alignment to Air Force priorities.
(5) Pay flexibilities that promote opportunities for greater recruitment and retention of employees at intercontinental ballistic missile facilities.
(d) Effect of Reorganizations.--The applicability of this section to an organization or team shall not terminate as a result of a reorganization, restructuring, realignment, consolidation, or other organizational change.
(e) Assessments.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate an independent organization to conduct two assessments of this demonstration project described in subsection (a).
(2) Requirements.--Each such assessment shall include the following:
(A) A description of the workforce included in the project.
(B) An explanation of the flexibilities used in the project to appoint individuals to the Air Force workforce participating in the demonstration project and whether those appointments are based on competitive procedures and recognized veteran's preferences.
(C) An explanation of the flexibilities used in the project to develop a performance appraisal system that recognizes excellence in performance and offers opportunities for improvement.
(D) The steps taken to ensure that such system is fair and transparent for all employees in the project.
(E) An explanation of how the project allows the organization to better meet mission needs.
(F) An analysis of how the flexibilities in subparagraphs (B) and (C) are used, and what barriers have been encountered that inhibit their use.
(G) A description of the processes for--
(i) ensuring ongoing performance feedback and dialogue among supervisors, managers, and employees throughout the performance appraisal period; and
(ii) setting timetables for performance appraisals.
(H) The project's impact on career progression.
(I) The project's appropriateness or inappropriateness in light of the complexities of the workforce affected.
(J) The adequacy of the training, policy guidelines, and other preparations afforded in connection with using the project.
(K) Whether there is a process for ensuring employee involvement in the development and improvement of the project.
(L) Five year plan.
(3) Schedule.--The first assessment under this subsection shall be completed not later than September 30, 2028. The second and final assessment shall be completed not later than 2 years after the date the first assessment is completed. The Secretary shall submit to the covered congressional committees a copy of each assessment within 30 days after receiving the assessment.
(f) Covered Congressional Committees.--In this section, the term "covered congressional committees" means--
(1) the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives;
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(3) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
(g) Termination of Authority.--The authority to conduct a demonstration project under this section shall terminate on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(h) Conversion.--Not later than 6 months after the authority to conduct a demonstration project under this section is terminated under subsection (g), employees in the project shall convert to the civilian personnel system created pursuant to section 9902 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 1119. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RELATING TO PAY AND
PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR EMPLOYEES AT NAVAL
SHIPYARDS, NAVY REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTERS,
AND NAVY TRIDENT REFIT FACILITIES.
(a) Commencement.--The Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Navy, is authorized to carry out a demonstration project, the purpose of which is to determine the feasibility or desirability of one or more proposals for improving the personnel management policies or procedures that apply with respect to the maintenance and sustainment of ships, submarines, and their associated systems at shipyards, regional maintenance centers, and trident refit facilities of the Department of the Navy.
(b) Application.--
(1) Title 5.--Section 4703 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to the demonstration project under this section, except that--
(A) subsection (d)(1)(A) of such section 4703 shall be applied by substituting "60,000" for "5,000"; and
(B) subsection (d)(1)(B) of such section 4703 shall not apply.
(2) Prevailing rate employees.--The demonstration project under this section shall only apply to prevailing rate employees.
(c) Terms and Conditions.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any demonstration project described in subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Pay band structures that provide maximum flexibility to attract and retain employees with critical skills, including into apprentice programs.
(2) Trades, technical, and leadership career paths that provide advancement opportunities for employees to progress through the bands based on performance and contribution to the mission.
(3) Broad classification authority not otherwise subject to current government classification and job grading standards.
(4) A performance management system that emphasizes desired mission outcomes and workforce alignment to Navy priorities.
(5) Pay flexibilities that promote opportunities for greater recruitment and retention of shipyard employees.
(d) Effect of Reorganizations.--The applicability of this section to an organization or team shall not terminate as a result of a reorganization, restructuring, realignment, consolidation, or other organizational change.
(e) Assessments.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate an independent organization to conduct two assessments of this demonstration project described in subsection (a).
(2) Requirements.--Each such assessment shall include the following:
(A) A description of the workforce included in the project.
(B) An explanation of the flexibilities used in the project to appoint individuals to the Navy workforce participating in the demonstration project and whether those appointments are based on competitive procedures and recognized veteran's preferences.
(C) An explanation of the flexibilities used in the project to develop a performance appraisal system that recognizes excellence in performance and offers opportunities for improvement.
(D) The steps taken to ensure that such system is fair and transparent for all employees in the project.
(E) An explanation of how the project allows the organization to better meet mission needs.
(F) An analysis of how the flexibilities in subparagraphs (B) and (C) are used, and what barriers have been encountered that inhibit their use.
(G) A description of the processes for--
(i) ensuring ongoing performance feedback and dialogue among supervisors, managers, and employees throughout the performance appraisal period; and
(ii) setting timetables for performance appraisals.
(H) The project's impact on career progression.
(I) The project's appropriateness or inappropriateness in light of the complexities of the workforce affected.
(J) The adequacy of the training, policy guidelines, and other preparations afforded in connection with using the project.
(K) Whether there is a process for ensuring employee involvement in the development and improvement of the project.
(L) Five year plan.
(3) Schedule.--The first assessment under this subsection shall be completed not later than September 30, 2028. The second and final assessment shall be completed not later than September 30, 2033. The Secretary shall submit to the covered congressional committees a copy of each assessment within 30 days after receiving the assessment.
(f) Covered Congressional Committees.--In this section, the term "covered congressional committees" means--
(1) the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives;
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(3) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
(g) Termination of Authority.--The authority to conduct a demonstration project under this section shall terminate on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(h) Conversion.--Not later than 6 months after the authority to conduct a demonstration project under this section is terminated under subsection (g), employees in the project shall convert to the civilian personnel system created pursuant to section 9902 of title 5, United States Code.
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DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RELATING TO PAY AND
PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR PREVAILING RATE
EMPLOYEES AT COVERED DEPOTS.
(a) Commencement.--The Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Army, is authorized to carry out a demonstration project, the purpose of which is to determine the feasibility or desirability of one or more proposals for improving the personnel management policies or procedures that apply with respect to the maintenance and sustainment of covered depots (as that term is defined in section 2476 of title 10, United States Code).
(b) Application.--
(1) Title 5.--Section 4703 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to the demonstration project under this section, except that--
(A) subsection (d)(1)(A) of such section 4703 shall be applied by substituting "60,000" for "5,000"; and
(B) subsection (d)(1)(B) of such section 4703 shall not apply.
(2) Prevailing rate employees.--The demonstration project under this section shall only apply to prevailing rate employees.
(c) Terms and Conditions.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any demonstration project described in subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Pay band structures that provide maximum flexibility to attract and retain employees with critical skills, including into apprentice programs.
(2) Trades, technical, and leadership career paths that provide advancement opportunities for employees to progress through the bands based on performance and contribution to the mission.
(3) Broad classification authority not otherwise subject to current government classification and job grading standards.
(4) A performance management system that emphasizes desired mission outcomes and workforce alignment to Department priorities.
(5) Pay flexibilities that promote opportunities for greater recruitment and retention of covered depot employees.
(d) Effect of Reorganizations.--The applicability of this section to an organization or team shall not terminate as a result of a reorganization, restructuring, realignment, consolidation, or other organizational change.
(e) Assessments.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate an independent organization to conduct two assessments of this demonstration project described in subsection (a).
(2) Requirements.--Each such assessment shall include the following:
(A) A description of the workforce included in the project.
(B) An explanation of the flexibilities used in the project to appoint individuals to the workforce participating in the demonstration project and whether those appointments are based on competitive procedures and recognized veteran's preferences.
(C) An explanation of the flexibilities used in the project to develop a performance appraisal system that recognizes excellence in performance and offers opportunities for improvement.
(D) The steps taken to ensure that such system is fair and transparent for all employees in the project.
(E) An explanation of how the project allows the organization to better meet mission needs.
(F) An analysis of how the flexibilities in subparagraphs (B) and (C) are used, and what barriers have been encountered that inhibit their use.
(G) A description of the processes for--
(i) ensuring ongoing performance feedback and dialogue among supervisors, managers, and employees throughout the performance appraisal period; and
(ii) setting timetables for performance appraisals.
(H) The project's impact on career progression.
(I) The project's appropriateness or inappropriateness in light of the complexities of the workforce affected.
(3) Schedule.--The first assessment under this subsection shall be completed not later than September 30, 2028. The second and final assessment shall be completed not later than September 30, 2033. The Secretary shall submit to the covered congressional committees a copy of each assessment within 30 days after receiving the assessment.
(f) Covered Congressional Committees.--In this section, the term "covered congressional committees" means--
(1) the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives;
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(3) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
(g) Termination of Authority.--The authority to conduct a demonstration project under this section shall terminate on December 31, 2032.
(h) Conversion.--Not later than 6 months after the authority to conduct a demonstration project under this section is terminated under subsection (g), employees in the project shall convert to the civilian personnel system created pursuant to section 9902 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 1121. PROHIBITION ON CARRYING OUT HIRING FREEZE,
REDUCTION IN FORCE, OR HIRING DELAY WITHOUT
CAUSE AT PUBLIC SHIPYARDS OF DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense may be used to--
(1) carry out a hiring freeze at a public shipyard of the Department;
(2) carry out a reduction in force at a public shipyard of the Department; or
(3) delay without cause the filling of a vacant Federal civilian employee position at a public shipyard of the Department.
SEC. 1201. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR SUPPORT OF SPECIAL
OPERATIONS FOR IRREGULAR WARFARE.
Section 127d(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "$20,000,000" and inserting "$50,000,000".
SEC. 1202. AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR SPACE DOMAIN
AWARENESS.
Section 333(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(10) Space domain awareness.".
SEC. 1203. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTER-PACIFIC AIR FORCES ACADEMY.
Chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 352 the following new section:
"Sec. 353. Inter-Pacific Air Forces Academy
"(a) Operation.--The Secretary of the Air Force may operate the Air Force education and training facility known as the Inter-Pacific Air Forces Academy (in this section referred to as the `Academy').
"(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Academy shall be to provide military education and training to military personnel of countries that are--
"(1) within the United States Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility; and
"(2) eligible for assistance under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.).
"(c) Limitations.--
"(1) Concurrence of secretary of state.--Military personnel of a country may be provided education and training under this section only with the concurrence of the Secretary of State.
"(2) Assistance otherwise prohibited by law.--Education and training may not be provided under this section to the military personnel of any country that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of assistance under any other provision of law.
"(d) Supplies and Clothing.--The Secretary of the Air Force may, under such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, provide to a person receiving education and training under this section the following:
"(1) Transportation incident to such education and training.
"(2) Supplies and equipment to be used during such education and training.
"(3) Billeting, food, and health services in connection with the receipt of such education and training.
"(e) Living Allowance.--The Secretary of the Air Force may pay to a person receiving education and training under this section a living allowance at a rate to be prescribed by the Secretary, taking into account the rates of living allowances authorized for a member of the Armed Forces under similar circumstances.
"(f) Funding.--Amounts for the operations and maintenance of the Academy, and for the provision of education and training through the Academy, may be paid from funds available for the Air Force for operation and maintenance.".
SEC. 1204. REVIEW OF EXECUTION OF PROGRAMS TO BUILD PARTNER
CAPACITY.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report containing a review of the execution by the Department of Defense of programs conducted pursuant to section 333 of title 10, United States Code. The review shall include, with respect to such programs, the following information:
(1) The extent to which the Department of Defense has defined measurable timelines and goals with targets for such programs.
(2) The extent to which program execution has been timely and programs have achieved their stated goals.
(3) Challenges affecting the outcomes of such programs.
(4) Any other matters the Comptroller General of the United States determines relevant.
SEC. 1205. ESTABLISHMENT OF PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS ON MILITARY
TRAUMA CARE AND RESEARCH BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
(a) Partnerships.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may establish a joint education and training program on military trauma care and research with appropriate personnel of the military forces of one or more foreign countries.
(b) Elements.--The Secretary may include in each joint education and training program on military trauma care and research under subsection (a) the following:
(1) The sharing of relevant lessons learned in combat casualty care derived from prior conflicts.
(2) The conduct of joint conferences, symposia, and professional exchange programs involving military medical professionals from the United States and the foreign countries participating in the program.
(3) Collaboration through structured knowledge exchanges on matters relating to health policy, health administration, and medical logistics, including with respect to medical supplies and equipment.
(4) The conduct of joint research and development initiatives addressing the health effects of new and emerging weapons and methods of warfare.
(5) Capacity-building programs to support the development, sustainment, and modernization of military trauma care systems and programs.
(6) Coordination, through the Joint Trauma System of the Defense Health Agency, of trauma care doctrine, data collection, performance improvement, and clinical best practices with the Armed Forces of the United States and the military medical services of the foreign countries participating in the program.
(7) The provision of training to the military forces of such foreign countries with respect to--
(A) military trauma care;
(B) combat wound infection; and
(C) post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide prevention relating to the treatment of military trauma care.
(c) Use of Authorities.--In carrying out the joint education and training program on military trauma care and research under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may use the authorities under chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code, and other applicable statutory authorities available to the Secretary.
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the Near and Middle East
SEC. 1211. EXTENSION OF COUNTER-TERRORISM SUPPORT AUTHORITY.
Section 1226(h) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by striking "December 31, 2026" and inserting "December 31, 2027".
SEC. 1212. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF
CERTAIN COALITION NATIONS FOR SUPPORT PROVIDED
TO UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS.
(a) Extension of Authority.--Section 1233(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat.
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393) is amended by striking "beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending on December 31, 2026" and inserting "beginning on October 1, 2026, and ending on December 31, 2027".
(b) Extension of Limitation on Amount.--Section 1233(d)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 393) is amended by striking "beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending on December 31, 2026" and inserting "beginning on October 1, 2026, and ending on December 31, 2027".
SEC. 1213. DEADLINE FOR AFGHANISTAN WAR COMMISSION FINAL
REPORT.
Section 1094(e)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1941) is amended by striking "3 years" and inserting "4 years".
SEC. 1214. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE
TALIBAN.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to provide direct or indirect assistance or support, including training, equipment, services, or currency, to--
(1) the Taliban;
(2) the Government of Afghanistan;
(3) any subsidiary, agent, instrumentality, or successor of the Taliban; or
(4) an entity or foreign country that solicits or accepts support or assistance from the United States with the intent to forward or transfer that support or assistance to the Taliban or the Government of Afghanistan.
SEC. 1215. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO
COUNTER THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA.
Section 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113- 291; 128 Stat. 3558) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "December 31, 2026" and inserting "December 31, 2027"; and
(2) in subsection (n)(6), by striking "December 31, 2026" and inserting "December 31, 2027".
SEC. 1216. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
FOR THE IRAQI SECURITY FORCES.
(a) Limitation on Obligation of Funds.--Not more than 25 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Iraqi security forces under section 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3558) may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a certification that the Government of Iraq has taken credible steps--
(1) to reduce the operational capacity of Iran-aligned militia groups not integrated into the Iraqi security forces through a publicly verifiable disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration process;
(2) to strengthen the authority and operational control of the Prime Minister of Iraq as Commander-in-Chief over the Iraqi security forces; and
(3) to investigate and hold accountable members of Iran-aligned militia groups or members of the Iraqi security forces operating outside the formal chain of command of the Iraqi security forces who engage in attacks on United States or Iraqi personnel or otherwise act in an illegal or destabilizing manner.
(b) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in subsection (a) for a period of not more than 180 days if the Secretary determines that such waiver is in the national security interest of the United States. Any such waiver shall be submitted in writing to the congressional defense committees not later than 15 days after issuance, along with a justification and a description of the steps being taken to achieve the objectives described in subsection (a).
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall apply to funds authorized to be appropriated for the Iraqi security forces that are designated for the Kurdish Peshmerga Forces.
(d) Iraqi Security Forces Defined.--In this section, the term "Iraqi security forces" means the military and other security forces of or associated with the Government of Iraq.
SEC. 1217. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERS TO THE BADR ORGANIZATION.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2027 may be made available to the Badr Organization or any affiliates or successors of the Badr Organization.
SEC. 1221. EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVE STOCKPILE AUTHORITY FOR
ISRAEL.
Section 12001(d) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by striking "January 1, 2027" and inserting "January 1, 2029".
SEC. 1222. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL SUBTERRANEAN COOPERATION.
Section 1279 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (22 U.S.C. 8606 note) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking "anti-tunnel" and inserting "subterranean";
(2) by striking "anti-tunnel" each place it appears and inserting "subterranean";
(3) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the heading, by striking "Anti-tunnel" and inserting "Subterranean"; and
(B) in paragraph (1), strike "underground tunnels" and insert "or destroy subterranean
facilities, including tunnels, bunkers, and other underground targets,";
(4) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking paragraph (4); and
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4); and
(5) in subsection (f), by striking "2028" and inserting "2029".
SEC. 1223. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL COOPERATION TO COUNTER
UNMANNED SYSTEMS IN ALL WARFIGHTING DOMAINS.
Section 1278 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (22 U.S.C. 8606 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking paragraph (4); and
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4); and
(2) in subsection (g), by striking "2028" and inserting "2029".
SEC. 1231. ARMS SALES AND WEAPONS SYSTEM TRANSFERS TO NATO
COUNTRIES.
Section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting ", and arms sales and weapon systems transfers to," after "training in"; and
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting "and decisions related to arms sales and weapon systems and equipment transfers under section 333 of title 10, United States Code, to such member countries" after "countries".
SEC. 1232. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF OVERSIGHT OF UNITED
STATES MILITARY POSTURE IN EUROPE.
(a) Extension.--Section 1249 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting "or fiscal year 2027" after "fiscal year 2026";
(2) in subsection (e), by striking "December 31, 2027" and inserting "December 31, 2028."; and
(3) in subsection (f), by striking "2026" each place it appears and inserting "2027".
(b) Modification of Certain Certifications and Assessments.--
(1) Certifications.--Section 1249(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "The certification described" and inserting following:
"(1) In general.--Except as provided under paragraph (2), the certification described";
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
(C) by adding at the end following new paragraph:
"(2) Exception.--With respect to a proposed action described in paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (a), the certification described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall also include a certification that such action is being undertaken only after submission of the assessment described in subsection (c)(1)(A)(x) which determined it was not feasible to reposition members of the Armed Forces or Department of Defense equipment to a member of NATO located on NATO's eastern flank, including Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, or Romania.".
(2) Assessments.--Section 1249(c)(A) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
"(x) with respect to an assessment under this subparagraph relating to a proposed action described in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3), in cases involving the withdrawal of members of the Armed Forces or Department of Defense equipment from countries in the area of responsibility of the United States European Command, a detailed analysis of the feasibility of repositioning such personnel or equipment to a member of NATO located on NATO's eastern flank, including Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, or Romania, that has demonstrated progress toward meeting the defense investment commitments agreed to in the Hague Summit Declaration of June 25, 2025, and has made substantial investments in infrastructure in support of United States Armed Forces personnel and allied defense objectives, as determined by the Commander of the United States European Command.".
SEC. 1233. MODIFICATION OF CERTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO
OVERSIGHT OF UNITED STATES MILITARY POSTURE IN
EUROPE.
Section 1249(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking "; and";
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
"(3) does not undermine United States or allied deterrence of the Russian Federation; and
"(4) does not reduce the readiness of forces assigned to or stationed in the United States European Command to support global contingencies.".
SEC. 1234. POLAND DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall establish a program to expand cooperation between the defense industrial bases of the United States and Poland to expand co-production capacity, enhance supply chain resilience, and support operational readiness for United States and allied forces.
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The program shall seek to--
(1) enhance bilateral cooperation between the United States and Poland;
(2) reduce barriers to co-production between the United States and Poland; and
(3) strengthen NATO's deterrence capability, including against malign influence from the Russian Federation and People's Republic of China.
(b) Elements.--The program established pursuant to subsection (a) may also include the following:
(1) Co-production of munitions, ground combat systems, air combat systems and other critical defense articles.
(2) The establishment and expansion of forward repair, maintenance, and sustainment capabilities in Poland.
(3) The identification and authorization of technology transfer necessary to establish co-production of co-sustainment capabilities in Poland that support the Armed Forces in Poland and NATO's deterrence capabilities.
(4) The development of redundant and resilient supply chains to carry out the objectives described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a).
(5) Actions to identify and mitigate barriers to defense industrial base cooperation, including barriers relating to export controls, technology transfer, or contracting practices.
(c) Authorities.--In carrying out the program established pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall coordinate with other Federal departments and agencies, including the Department of State and the Department of Commerce, in order to--
(1) enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other bilateral agreements (including under section 4022 of title 10, United States Code); and
(2) provide technical assistance, training, and equipment relating to defense industrial base cooperation.
(d) Industry Engagement.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall seek to coordinate with appropriate counterparts of Poland to convene an annual industry roundtable consisting of United States and Polish defense companies, with the goal of expanding cooperation and engagement across sectors and between government and industry with respect to activities to implement the program established pursuant to subsection (a).
(e) Report.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall annually for a period of 5 years submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on--
(1) any additional legislative authorities required to carry out the program established pursuant to subsection (a) or any of the elements described in subsection (b); and
(2) any regulatory or policy barriers to achieving the objectives described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a).
SEC. 1235. POLICY ON NATO STANDARDIZATION AND ALLIED
PRODUCTION FOR NEXT-GENERATION SMALL ARMS
AMMUNITION.
(a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the Department of Defense that any next-generation small arms ammunition adopted for widespread operational use by the Armed Forces shall, to the maximum extent practicable consistent with operational and survivability requirements--
(1) be aligned with and incorporated into NATO standardization agreements;
(2) support full interoperability among NATO member countries for logistics, resupply, and coalition operations; and
(3) be capable of manufacture at scale by multiple producers, including producers located within NATO member countries.
(b) Engagement for Implementation.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Secretary of the Army, shall implement the policy described in subsection (a) by--
(1) formally engaging appropriate counterparts of NATO member countries, NATO standardization bodies, and allied defense ministries to pursue adoption of a standardization agreement for 6.8x51mm ammunition, or any successor next-generation small arms ammunition, with the objective of pursuing standardization on a timeline not exceeding, to the extent feasible, five years after the date of enactment of this Act;
(2) incorporating NATO standardization and allied production objectives as mandatory program requirements, acquisition strategy elements, and milestone decision criteria for 6.8x51mm ammunition; and
(3) ensuring that domestic ammunition design, performance specifications, and production planning for 6.8x51mm ammunition--
(A) do not foreclose opportunities for NATO standardization through proprietary or design constraints; and
(B) otherwise affirmatively enable NATO standardization and interoperability.
(c) Technical Data Rights for Allied Production.--The Secretary of the Army shall, in implementing an acquisition strategy for 6.8x51mm ammunition consistent with subsection (b)--
(1) obtain, consistent with subchapter I of chapter 275 of title 10, United States Code (and data rights policies issued thereunder), a technical data package and associated unlimited or government-purpose rights with respect to such ammunition sufficient to enable competitive procurement and, where appropriate, allied production;
(2) establish contracting mechanisms to permit licensed or independent production of such ammunition by entities within NATO member countries; and
(3) minimize, to the greatest extent possible and consistent with other applicable provisions of law, proprietary, licensing, or intellectual property restrictions that would unreasonably impede allied production or coalition interoperability.
(d) Report on Interoperability Constraints.--Not later than March 1, 2027, the
Secretary of the Army shall notify the congressional defense committees of any restrictions described in subsection (c)(3) that are not capable of being eliminated, along with the reasons for such incapability.
(e) Strategy for NATO Standardization.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy that--
(1) identifies the specific NATO standardization bodies, forums, and timelines through which standardization described in subsection (b)(1) will be pursued;
(2) describes the industrial base actions required to enable allied production of 6.8x51mm ammunition; and
(3) identifies known barriers to NATO standardization, adoption, or commercialization with respect to such ammunition, whether technical, legal, or contractual, and specific steps and timelines to resolve each.
(f) Annual Progress Report.--Not later than one year after submission of the strategy required under subsection (e), and annually thereafter until the Secretary of Defense makes an affirmative determination described in subsection (g), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that--
(1) describes progress toward NATO standardization of 6.8x51mm ammunition;
(2) identifies actions taken to enable allied production of such ammunition;
(3) assesses any remaining barriers to achieving NATO standardization, adoption, or commercialization and steps planned to address them; and
(4) explains any failure to meet the timelines established in the strategy submitted pursuant to subsection (e).
(g) Termination of Progress Report.--The requirement under subsection (f) shall terminate on the date the Secretary of Defense determines that--
(1) at least one European ally is producing 6.8x51mm ammunition in accordance with the standardization and interoperability objectives of this section; or
(2) no current United States weapons system uses 6.8x51mm ammunition.
(h) Applicability.--To the maximum extent practicable, the requirements of this section shall be implemented through future solicitations, contract modifications by mutual agreement, and new contract awards.
(i) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to require the renegotiation of existing contracts in a manner that would violate applicable procurement laws or result in a breach of contract.
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REVIEW OF THE ANALYTICAL BASIS FOR UNITED STATES
FORCE POSTURE ADJUSTMENTS IN EUROPE.
(a) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(1) the analytical framework, analysis of alternatives, war-gaming activities and other operational assessments, intelligence assessments, and operational and strategic risk assessments used by the Department of Defense in conducting the review of global force posture undertaken during development of the national defense strategy most recently prepared pursuant to section 113(g) of title 10, United States Code, specifically as it pertained to the area of responsibility of the United States European Command; and
(2) an explanation of how and to what extent the analytical framework, analysis of alternatives, war-gaming activities and other operational assessments, intelligence assessments, and operational and strategic risk assessments described in paragraph (1) informed and were consistent with changes to United States force posture in the area of responsibility of the United States European Command implemented after January 20, 2025.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of the modeling assumptions and analytic parameters used in the review to evaluate United States force posture in the area of responsibility of the United States European Command, including--
(A) force-sizing constructs and campaign planning assumptions;
(B) logistics, sustainment, strategic mobility, contested deployment, and reinforcement assumptions;
(C) assumptions relating to United States and allied force availability, readiness, reinforcement timelines, munitions expenditures, prepositioned stocks, and strategic lift capacity;
(D) adversary force readiness, mobilization and reinforcement timelines, and operational objectives; and
(E) assumptions relating to simultaneous or overlapping theater demands.
(2) A comprehensive description of the force-planning scenarios, tabletop exercises, and war-gaming inputs used in the review to evaluate United States force posture in the area of responsibility of the United States European Command.
(3) An assessment of the alternative force posture options considered during the review and the analytical criteria used to evaluate and compare such options, including cost, host nation and allied burden-sharing contributions, the relative operational effects of rotational and permanently stationed forces, and the operational implications of positioning forces closer to potential contingency areas along NATO's eastern flank.
(4) The intelligence assessments and threat analyses used to inform the Department of Defense's review of United States force posture in the area of responsibility of the United States European Command.
(5) An assessment of capability gaps associated with combatant commander campaign plans and NATO regional plans as well as the associated operational and strategic risks identified by the Department of Defense in its review of United States force posture in the area of responsibility of the United States European Command.
(6) A description of how the analytical framework, analysis of alternatives, war-gaming activities and other operational assessments, intelligence assessments, and operational and strategic risk assessments used by the Department of Defense in the review evaluated the ability of NATO allies and partners to mitigate identified capability gaps and associated operational and strategic risks, including projected timelines for capability development and fielding.
(7) A description of the coordination undertaken during the initial review in the development and application of the analytical framework, analysis of alternatives, war-gaming activities and other operational assessments, intelligence assessments, and operational and strategic risk assessments described in paragraphs (1) through (6), with--
(A) the Joint Staff, the Military Departments, and the Commander of United States European Command;
(B) the Department of State;
(C) the intelligence community; and
(D) NATO military authorities and NATO allies and partners in Europe and Canada.
(8) An assessment of the extent to which the analytical framework, analysis of alternatives, war-gaming activities and other operational assessments, intelligence assessments, and operational and strategic risk assessments described in paragraphs (1) through (6) were consistent with United States force posture adjustments within the area of responsibility of the United States European Command implemented after January 20, 2025, including--
(A) an assessment of each such adjustment to United States force posture in Europe during such period;
(B) an assessment of the operational, strategic, fiscal, and risk-based justification for each such adjustment;
(C) an identification of any deviations from the initial review's analytical framework, analysis of alternatives, war-gaming activities and other operational assessments, intelligence assessments, and operational and strategic risk assessments in the analysis underlying such adjustments, including the rationale for any such deviation;
(D) an identification of any deviations from military interagency assessments or non-concurrence about such adjustments, including the rationale for any such deviation; and
(E) an evaluation of the implications of each such adjustment for United States national security interests, NATO's deterrence and defense posture, and execution of combatant commander campaign plans and NATO regional plans.
(c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(d) Independent Assessment by the Government Accountability Office.--
(1) Assessment required.--Not later than 180 days after the submission of the report required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees an independent assessment of--
(A) the analytical framework, analysis of alternatives, war-gaming activities and other operational assessments, intelligence assessments, and operational and strategic risk assessments used in conducting the review of global force posture undertaken during development of the national defense strategy most recently prepared pursuant to section 113(g) of title 10, United States Code, specifically as it pertained to the area of responsibility of the United States European Command;
(B) the conclusions drawn from such review of global force posture; and
(C) the extent to which such analytical framework, analysis of alternatives, war-gaming activities and other operational assessments, intelligence assessments, and operational and strategic risk assessments informed and were consistent with changes to United States force posture in the area of responsibility of the United States European Command implemented after January 20, 2025.
(2) Elements.--The assessment under paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) an evaluation of the completeness, rigor, and methodological validity of the analytical framework, assumptions, scenarios, intelligence inputs, and analysis of alternatives;
(B) an assessment of the consistency between the analytical conclusions and actual posture decisions implemented after January 20, 2025;
(C) a review of the sensitivity of conclusions to key assumptions and variables;
(D) an identification of any gaps, limitations, or sources of analytical risk; and
(E) an evaluation of the implications of each such adjustment for United States national security interests, NATO's deterrence and defense posture, and execution of combatant commander campaign plans and NATO regional plans.
(3) Access to information.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide the Comptroller General with timely access to all data, assumptions, models, briefings, analyses, memoranda, recommendations, dissenting views, decision memoranda, and other information necessary to carry out the assessment required under this subsection, including classified information, consistent with applicable law.
SEC. 1237.
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NATO DEFENSE PLANNING AND BURDEN SHARING
ACTIVITIES.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter through January 1,
2028, the Commander, United States European Command shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on each of the following:
(1) An evaluation of allied progress on meeting the 5 percent defense investment commitment agreed to at the 2025 Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in The Hague.
(2) An evaluation of allied progress on implementing NATO capability targets and any priority capability shortfalls.
(3) A list of critical capabilities required to execute NATO's regional plans that are largely or wholly provided by the United States and a description of any European and Canadian allied efforts to develop or procure those or similar capabilities.
(4) A description of United States forces available to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe under the NATO Force Model.
(5)(A) In the first report submitted under this subsection, a description of any changes to the United States forces available to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe under the NATO Force Model in the previous year.
(B) In the subsequent reports submitted under this subsection, a description of any changes to the United States forces available to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe under the NATO Force Model in the preceding 90-day period.
(6) In the case of any changes described pursuant to paragraph (5)--
(A) an assessment of whether Europe has the force structure, readiness levels, and enabling capabilities to assume responsibility for any decreases in United States forces available to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe under the NATO Force Model;
(B) an assessment of the risk such change poses to NATO's deterrence and defense posture; and
(C) whether modifications to the NATO Defense Planning Process are required, including whether such changes--
(i) alter NATO capability targets or apportionment decisions; or
(ii) require updated NATO political guidance at the ministerial or summit level.
(7) An assessment of NATO's deterrence and defense posture on the alliance's eastern flank, including--
(A) a description of United States military force posture in each country on the eastern flank, including any changes to United States forces on such flank during the 90-day period preceding the submission of the report;
(B) a description of allied military force posture in each country on the eastern flank;
(C) an evaluation of the capacity of United States and allied forces to reinforce NATO's eastern flank in the event of a conflict;
(D) an identification of any obstacles that could delay such reinforcement, including the status of prepositioned United States materiel in Europe; and
(E) a description of efforts by the United States and NATO allies to address the obstacles identified pursuant to subparagraph (D).
(8) An assessment of NATO's deterrence efforts in Romania, including a description and evaluation of--
(A) United States force posture in Romania, including any new rotations to Romania intended to enhance deterrence following the 2025 decision to end the rotational presence of a United States brigade;
(B) consultations with NATO allies regarding efforts to backfill or otherwise mitigate the capability gap resulting from the end the rotational presence of a United States brigade;
(C) NATO Forward Land Forces in Romania;
(D) new or expanded bilateral and multilateral training activities and military exercises conducted to build capacity and improve interoperability among United States forces, Romanian forces, and other NATO allies;
(E) efforts undertaken by the United States, Romania, and other NATO allies to improve critical military infrastructure in Romania, including infrastructure necessary to support collective defense obligations of the alliance and to enable United States contingency operations; and
(F) efforts to support and strengthen the defense industrial base of Romania.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 1241. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DEFENSE ALLIANCES AND
PARTNERSHIPS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should continue efforts that strengthen United States defense alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region so as to further the comparative advantage of the United States in strategic competition with the People's Republic of China, including by--
(1) enhancing cooperation with Japan, consistent with the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States of America and Japan, signed at Washington, January 19, 1960, including by developing advanced military capabilities, upgrading command and control relationships, fostering interoperability across all domains, and improving sharing of information and intelligence;
(2) reinforcing the United States alliance with the Republic of Korea, including by maintaining the presence of approximately 28,500 members of the United States Armed Forces deployed to the Republic of Korea, enhancing mutual defense base cooperation, and affirming the United States extended deterrence commitment using the full range of United States defense capabilities, consistent with the Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea, signed at Washington, October 1, 1953, in support of the shared objective of a peaceful and stable Korean Peninsula;
(3) fostering bilateral and multilateral cooperation with Australia, consistent with the Security Treaty Between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America, signed at San Francisco, September 1, 1951, and through the partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to--
(A) advance shared security objectives;
(B) accelerate the fielding of advanced military capabilities; and
(C) build the capacity of emerging partners;
(4) advancing United States alliances with the Philippines and Thailand and United States partnerships with other partners in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to enhance maritime domain awareness, promote sovereignty and territorial integrity, leverage technology and promote innovation, and support an open, inclusive, and rules-based regional architecture;
(5) broadening United States engagement with India, including through the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue to--
(A) advance the shared objective of a free and open Indo-Pacific region through bilateral and multilateral engagements and participation in military exercises, expanded defense trade, and collaboration on humanitarian aid and disaster response; and
(B) enable greater cooperation on maritime security;
(6) strengthening the United States partnership with Taiwan, consistent with the Three Communiques, the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), and the Six Assurances, with the goal of improving Taiwan's defensive capabilities and promoting peaceful cross-strait relations;
(7) reinforcing the status of Singapore as a Major Security Cooperation Partner of the United States and continuing to strengthen defense and security cooperation between the military forces of Singapore and the United States Armed Forces, including through participation in combined exercises and training;
(8) engaging with the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, and other Pacific island countries, with the goal of strengthening regional security and addressing issues of mutual concern, including protecting fisheries from illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing;
(9) collaborating with Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and other members of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to build connectivity and advance a shared vision for the region that is principled, long-term, and anchored in democratic resilience;
(10) investing in enhanced military posture and capabilities in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command and strengthening cooperation in bilateral relationships, multilateral partnerships, and other international fora to uphold global security and shared principles, with the goal of ensuring the maintenance of a free and open Indo-Pacific region;
(11) supporting efforts by the Republic of Korea to strengthen deterrence and to deepen bilateral defense cooperation between the United States and the Republic of Korea; and
(12) expanding shipbuilding cooperation with the Republic of Korea to bolster the shipbuilding capacity and workforce of the United States and to reinforce the defense industrial base of the United States.
SEC. 1242. EXTENSION OF PACIFIC DETERRENCE INITIATIVE.
(a) Funding.--Subsection (c) of section 1251 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended--
(1) by striking "the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026" and inserting "the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027"; and
(2) by striking "fiscal year 2026" and inserting "fiscal year 2027".
(b) Reports and Briefings.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking "fiscal years 2027 and 2028" and inserting "fiscal years 2028 and 2029"; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking "fiscal years 2027 and 2028" each place it appears and inserting "fiscal years 2028 and 2029".
(c) Extension of Plan.--Subsection (e) of such section is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "fiscal years 2027 and 2028" and inserting "fiscal years 2028 and 2029".
SEC. 1243. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC REPORTING OF
CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Section 1260H(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by striking "2030" and inserting "2035".
SEC. 1244. MODIFICATIONS TO PUBLIC REPORTING OF CHINESE
MILITARY COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE UNITED
STATES.
Section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking "not less frequently" and all that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting "as determined appropriate by the Secretary based on the latest information available.";
(2) by amending subsection (b)(4) to read as follows:
"(4) Language requirement.--The Secretary shall publish the list in English. The Secretary
may include Mandarin Chinese or other foreign-language identifiers as appropriate for entity identification purposes.";
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
"(e) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations as necessary to implement this section."; and
(4) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following:
"(6) Assistance.--The term `assistance' means benefits provided by the Government of China, including grants, loans, subsidies, tax benefits, real or personal property, sponsored research, or any other preferential treatment.
"(7) Formal association.--The term `formal association' includes joint ventures, partnerships, consortiums, task forces, or research collaborations with an entity identified under subsection (g)(2)(B)(i).
"(8) Informal association.--The term `informal association' includes participation in exhibitions, competitions, demonstrations, or other temporary activities with an entity identified under subsection (g)(2)(B)(i).".
SEC. 1245. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON
MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
Section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C.
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113 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking "2027" and inserting "2030"; and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ", including nuclear, missile, air defense, submarine quieting, and drone development cooperation.";
(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
"(6) Complicity, involvement, and degree of association of the People's Liberation Army in the use of forced labor by and the violation of other human rights of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.";
(C) in paragraph (8)(A)--
(i) by inserting a comma after "infrastructure)"; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ", and the likely role of Chinese cyber capabilities in a conflict with the United States, including against allied and partner nations in the First and Second Island Chain and the United States homeland.";
(D) in paragraph (9)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting "including the United States," after "any other country,"; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) by inserting "biotechnology," after "space,"; and
(II) by inserting "and emerging" after "other advanced";
(E) in paragraph (10)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking "and" at the end;
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D); and
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
"(B) how delays in delivery of American defense articles to Taiwan affect the Chinese Communist Party's assessments of the balance of power in the Strait;
"(C) the likely strategic intent of Chinese forces in a conflict over Taiwan, how they will conduct a cyber enabled economic warfare campaign, a cross-strait invasion campaign, or a blockade campaign and how Russia may be assisting China in preparation for such activities; and";
(F) by redesignating paragraph (14) as paragraph (16); and
(G) by inserting after paragraph (13) the following:
"(14) An assessment of the character, extent, trajectory, and consequences of security cooperation between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and North Korea, including how China provides dual-use support to the defense industrial bases of these countries.
"(15) An assessment of the effects that population trends and forecasts of the People's Republic of China have on the force structure and size of the People's Liberation Army.".
SEC. 1246. MODIFICATION OF TAIWAN SECURITY COOPERATION
INITIATIVE.
Subsection (d) of section 1323 of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(3) Fiscal year 2027.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense, not more than $1,000,000,000 may be made available for the purposes of subsection (a).".
SEC. 1247. OVERSIGHT OF UNITED STATES MILITARY POSTURE ON THE
KOREAN PENINSULA.
Section 1268 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended by striking "Amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act may not be obligated or expended" and inserting "None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal years 2026 or 2027 may be obligated or expended".
SEC. 1251. OVERSIGHT OF MILITARY-TO-MILITARY EXCHANGES AND
CONTACTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report detailing any instance of bilateral military-to-military exchange or contact between the Department of Defense and the Government of the Russian Federation.
(b) Elements.--Each report required in subsection (a) shall include--
(1) a list of each instance of military-to-military exchange or contact between the Department of Defense and the Government of the Russian Federation;
(2) a description of the purpose of each such instance of military-to-military exchange or contact;
(3) a detailed description of the benefits the Government of the Russian Federation expects to gain from such military-to-military exchanges and contacts; and
(4) a detailed assessment of the benefits the Department of Defense expects to gain from such military-to-military exchanges and contacts.
(c) Sunset.--This section shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2029.
SEC. 1252. REPORT ON RUSSIA'S TARGETING OF RELIGIOUS
INFRASTRUCTURE IN UKRAINE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 3 years, the Secretary of Defense shall coordinate with the Director of National Intelligence to ensure the preparation of this report does not diminish national intelligence activities, and in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes--
(1) a detailed description of the Russian Armed Forces and their affiliated, quasi-state, or occupation-era activities that damage, destroy, seize, repurpose, or otherwise directly or indirectly engage in or facilitate serious harm to churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious facilities, and their respective religious organizations, in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, including a description of the weapons systems, units, and, where ascertainable, the commanders responsible for ordering or conducting such strikes;
(2) an identification of churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious facilities, including Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other minority religious institutions, that have been destroyed, damaged, seized, repurposed, or otherwise appropriated directly or indirectly by persons operating for or on behalf of the Russian Armed Forces or the Government of the Russian Federation in occupied territories of Ukraine;
(3) an assessment of--
(A) the number of Christians, Jews, Muslims (including Crimean Tatars), and other religious minorities not affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church who have been subjected to persecution, imprisonment, or forced displacement in occupied territories of Ukraine as a result of Russian military operations or occupation-era policies;
(B) restrictions imposed on Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other religions not affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church's religious practices, worship services, or religious education in occupied territories, insofar as such restrictions are imposed or enforced by Russian military or security forces;
(C) efforts by the Government of Russia, by authorities exercising de facto governmental control in occupied territory, or by entities or persons otherwise affiliated with Russia, to compel Christian organizations to affiliate with Moscow-based religious institutions or to suppress Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or any other denominations not aligned with Russian state interests, where such efforts are carried out by or in coordination with Russian military forces; and
(D) the overall impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and its occupation of Ukrainian territory, on religious freedom and the physical integrity of religious infrastructure in occupied territories of Ukraine, including Crimea and Sevastopol; and
(4) a list of individuals and entities affiliated with the Government of Russia, the Russian Armed Forces, or exercising de facto authority in occupied territory, that--
(A) are responsible for ordering, directing, or conducting strikes or occupation-era activities that damaged or destroyed religious infrastructure, or that persecute, suppress, or discriminate against Christians, Jews, or Muslims in Ukraine and in the occupied territories of Ukraine; or
(B) have otherwise engaged in or attempted to engage in any of the conduct described in this subsection.
(b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
SEC. 1253. STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF UNITED STATES-SOMALIA
POLICY.
(a) Study.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into a contract or other agreement with a federally funded research and development center under which the center shall--
(1) conduct a study to assess the effectiveness of the past 20 years of United States policy in Somalia, including through United States security cooperation and security assistance, military operations, and other forms of assistance provided to and in Somalia, with respect to--
(A) addressing and reducing the threat of violence posed by Al Shabaab and ISIS-Somalia; and
(B) achieving other United States objectives with respect to Somalia; and
(2) develop evidence-based options and recommendations for United States policy in Somalia to reduce or resolve the threat of violence posed by Al Shabaab and ISIS-Somalia.
(b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall also discuss the following with respect to Somalia:
(1) Factors leading to initial United States involvement in the conflict.
(2) The legal opinions that interpreted the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force to apply to Al Shabaab.
(3) A description of the threats posed by Al Shabaab and ISIS-Somalia to the United States homeland.
(4) The amount of funds spent on security, development and humanitarian assistance, including the estimated costs of Department of Defense operations.
(5) An assessment of the policy objectives identified by the United States with respect to such assistance and operations and any United States Government efforts to assess whether those objectives were met.
(6) A description of any efforts to push for a political solution for the war, including internal United States Government discussions and outcomes, concerning whether or not to support dialogue with Al Shabaab.
(7) A description of all significant changes in United States policy, practice, or other factors that have contributed to an increase in the number of United States airstrikes in Somalia since January 2025.
(8) A description of past and planned efforts to engage with the Somali armed forces on civilian harm mitigation and response issues.
(9) United States Government benchmarks for disengaging from military operations in Somalia over the course of United States military operations in the country.
(c) Report to Secretary.--The federally funded research and development center that carries out the study and analysis under subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report containing the results of such study.
(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 30 days after receiving the report required by subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit an unaltered copy of the report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives.
(e) Form; Publication.--The submission required by subsection (d) shall be in unclassified form and may include a classified annex. The unclassified portion of the report shall concurrently be made publicly available.
SEC. 1261. REPEAL OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING
TO MILITARY FORCES OR NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES
OF COSTA RICA AND PANAMA.
Section 1209 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 10 U.S.C. 321 note) is repealed.
Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. Sec. 1402. Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense. Sec. 1403.
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Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense-wide. Sec. 1404. Defense Inspector General. Sec. 1405. Defense Health Program. Sec. 1406. Cable security fleet expansion.
Sec. 1411. Extension of authorities for funding and management of joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois. Sec. 1412. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. Sec. 1413. Critical minerals traceability pilot program.
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, as specified in the funding table in section 4501.
SEC. 1402. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION,
DEFENSE.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 4501.
(b) Use.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized for the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521).
SEC. 1403. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES,
DEFENSE-WIDE.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding table in section 4501.
SEC. 1404. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 4501.
SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 for the Defense Health Program for use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for providing for the health of eligible beneficiaries, as specified in the funding table in section 4501.
SEC. 1406. CABLE SECURITY FLEET EXPANSION.
(a) Establishment of the Cable Security Fleet.--Section 53202(a)(2) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking "two" and inserting "not less than 6".
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 53209 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking "$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2021 through 2035" and inserting "$30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2040".
SEC. 1411. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES FOR FUNDING AND
MANAGEMENT OF JOINT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY
DEMONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN JAMES A. LOVELL
HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS.
(a) In General.--Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2573), as most recently amended by section 1421(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 138 Stat. 2129), is amended by striking "September 30, 2027" and inserting "September 30, 2028".
(b) Authority for Transfer of Funds.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for section 1405 and available for the Defense Health Program for operation and maintenance, $174,000,000 may be transferred by the Secretary of Defense to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2571). For purposes of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, any funds so transferred shall be treated as amounts authorized and appropriated specifically for the purpose of such a transfer.
(c) Use of Transferred Funds.--For the purposes of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility operations for which funds transferred under subsection (a) may be used are operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility under an operational agreement covered by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500).
SEC. 1412. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARMED FORCES
RETIREMENT HOME.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund the sum of $77,000,000 for the operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
SEC. 1413. CRITICAL MINERALS TRACEABILITY PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program within the Defense Logistics Agency to develop and evaluate traceability systems for essential materials managed by the Agency, including materials held in or acquired for the National Defense Stockpile. In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to--
(1) improve the ability of the Department of Defense to rapidly mobilize and allocate materials during national emergencies or contingencies; and
(2) inform potential future Department-wide implementation of traceability requirements for defense-critical supply chains.
(b) Contracts.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into contracts with appropriate entities to provide traceability systems in accordance with this section.
(c) Traceability Providers.--
(1) Requirements for providers.--The Secretary of Defense shall require that any entity that enters into a contract under this section--
(A) be organized under the laws of the United States;
(B) be owned and controlled by a United States person; and
(C) not be subject to foreign ownership or control or influence by any foreign government.
(2) Contract requirements.--Any contract entered into under this section shall require that the entity operate exclusively as a noncustodial digital traceability and verification service and shall not--
(A) extract, process, refine, transport, store, broker, finance, or take title to any covered material; or
(B) exercise physical control, custody, or possession of any covered material.
(d) Traceability System.--
(1) Covered materials.--Any contract entered into under this section shall require that the traceability system provided under such contract traces the following materials:
(A) Titanium and titanium alloys.
(B) Cobalt.
(C) Rare earth elements and permanent magnet materials.
(D) Lithium and battery-grade materials.
(E) Such other strategic and critical materials as the Secretary of Defense determines are necessary to support defense production and surge requirements.
(2) Technical requirements.--Any contract entered into under this section shall require that
the traceability system provided under such contract--
(A) provides end-to-end visibility of covered materials from point of extraction through processing, transportation, and end use in defense articles or defense services;
(B) verifies the origin, chain of custody, mass balance, purity, and processing history of covered materials;
(C) maintains tamper-resistant, immutable, and time-stamped records of custody events, transformation events, and compliance status for covered materials;
(D) employs cryptographic mechanisms to protect sensitive commercial and national security data while enabling verification by authorized security personnel;
(E) enables continuous auditing, anomaly detection, and identification and assessment of supply chain threats; and
(F) integrates with existing Department of Defense procurement, intelligence monitoring, and risk assessment frameworks, including support compliance audits conducted under section 252.225-7052 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation, or successor regulations.
(e) Enforcement.--The Secretary of Defense may enforce compliance with the requirements of this section through--
(1) suspension or termination of contracts with entities that fail to comply with traceability system requirements under this section;
(2) withholding of payments for contractors or subcontractors that fail to provide required traceability documentation; and
(3) exclusion from future defense contracts of entities that repeatedly fail to meet traceability system requirements under this section.
(f) Phased Expansion.--
(1) Phase i.--During the period beginning on the date the pilot program is established under subsection (a) and ending on September 30, 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall implement a traceability system for materials managed by the Defense Logistics Agency, with priority given to covered materials designated as critical to weapons systems production.
(2) Phase ii.--Subject to the results of the report required under subsection (h), the Secretary of Defense may expand the traceability system to covered materials procured under defense contracts subject to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, beginning not earlier than October 1, 2029.
(g) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary of Defense establishes the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide a briefing to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. Such briefing shall include--
(1) a description of each traceability system being evaluated under the pilot program, including an assessment of how such system satisfied the technical requirements under subsection (d);
(2) the criteria and process used to select a traceability service provider for the pilot program, including how provider eligibility requirements under subsection (c) were assessed and enforced;
(3) the timeline and status of pilot program implementation milestones; and
(4) any challenges or resource requirements encountered in establishing the pilot programs.
(h) Report.--Not later than two years after the date on which the Secretary of Defense establishes the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the results of the pilot program. Such report shall include--
(1) an assessment of the operational effectiveness of each traceability system evaluated under the pilot program;
(2) an assessment of the impacts of such system on defense readiness an surge capacity;
(3) an assessment of the implications of such system for National Defense Stockpile management and replenishment;
(4) an assessment of the cost, scalability, and integration of such system with existing Department of Defense procurement systems; and
(5) recommendations for expansion of the pilot program or permanent authorization of a traceability requirement for defense-critical supply chains.
(i) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered materials" means any material listed in subsection (d)(1).
(2) The term "National Defense Stockpile" means the stockpile provided for in section 3 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act (50 U.S.C. 98b).
(3) The term "United States person" has the meaning given such term in section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
SEC. 1501. DATA RECOVERY REQUIREMENTS AND STRATEGY.
(a) Data Recovery Requirements.--Chapter 19 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 391b the following new section:
"Sec. 391c.
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Data recovery requirements
"(a) Mandatory Recovery Time Objectives.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall, with respect to each element of the Department of Defense, carry out the following:
"(A) Identify data that is mission critical or essential to the operation of Department of Defense information systems and national security systems.
"(B) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, establish mandatory recovery time objectives for data so identified.
"(2) Each recovery time objective established under paragraph (1) shall satisfy the following requirements:
"(A) Be based upon the type of data to which such objective applies, including with respect to threat exposure.
"(B) Be updated in response to intelligence on evolving threats.
"(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `recovery time objective' means the maximum allowable time the Secretary of Defense determines necessary to restore critical functions and data following a cyberattack.".
(b) Data Resilience Pilot Program.--
(1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of fielding data resilience capabilities for data that is mission critical or essential to the operation of Department of Defense information systems and national security systems, including--
(A) immutable backups that preserve logically separated copies of data isolated from external networks by means of software, firewalls, or other controls; and
(B) continuous monitoring of backup environments to detect tampering, insider threats, and malicious corruption.
(2) Scope.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program under paragraph (1) across not fewer than three covered systems selected by the Secretary, prioritizing covered systems with the highest concentration of data that is mission critical or essential to the operation of Department of Defense information systems and national security systems.
(3) Report.--Not later than one year after the establishment of the pilot program under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program that includes--
(A) an assessment of the effectiveness of the capabilities fielded under the pilot program in supporting recovery time objectives established under section 391c of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a);
(B) the cost of fielding such capabilities; and
(C) a recommendation on whether to extend such capabilities Department-wide.
(4) Definition.--In this subsection, the term "covered system" means an information system or national security system of the Department of Defense that stores or processes data that is mission critical, as identified pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) of such section 391c.
(c) Data Recovery Strategy.--
(1) Submission to committees.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a data recovery strategy for the Department of Defense that includes information relating to the following:
(A) Recovery time objectives for such strategy.
(B) The approach to accomplish such objectives.
(C) Oversight processes with respect to such strategy.
(D) The funds necessary to carry out such strategy.
(E) The approach to fielding data resilience capabilities for data that is mission critical or essential to the operation of Department of Defense information systems and national security systems, including immutable backups that preserve logically separated copies isolated from external networks, and continuous monitoring of backup environments to detect tampering, insider threats, and malicious corruption.
(2) Form.--The strategy under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.
(3) Definition.--In this subsection, the term "recovery time objective" means the maximum allowable time the Secretary of Defense determines necessary to restore critical functions and data following a cyberattack.
SEC. 1502. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AI INCIDENT AND
VULNERABILITY REPORTING PROGRAM.
Chapter 131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2224a the following new section:
"Sec. 2224b. Artificial intelligence incident and
vulnerability reporting program
"(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a centralized Department-wide program for the reporting, tracking, analysis, and remediation of covered AI incidents and covered AI vulnerabilities arising from the development, testing, procurement, fielding, or operation of artificial intelligence systems within the Department of Defense.
"(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the program established under subsection (a) shall be to--
"(1) identify recurring risks, failure modes, vulnerabilities, and systemic weaknesses in artificial intelligence systems, including risks or failure modes arising from human-machine teaming;
"(2) support mitigation of significant risks; and
"(3) inform testing, procurement, cybersecurity, and deployment decisions to improve the safety, security, reliability, and operational effectiveness of such systems.
"(c) Requirements for Program.--The program shall--
"(1) be designed using practices drawn from established safety incident reporting programs, vulnerability disclosure programs, and programs to identify and develop lessons learned;
"(2) emphasize non-punitive reporting, protection of sensitive and proprietary information, and dissemination of lessons learned, as appropriate; and
"(3) include a mechanism to enable timely access to and sharing of relevant logs, system data, and model information as necessary to support analysis and response.
"(d) Designation of Official.--The Secretary shall designate an appropriate official for the reporting, tracking, analysis, and remediation of covered AI incidents and covered AI
vulnerabilities under this section. The Secretary, acting through such official, shall receive and standardize reports, conduct trend analysis, identify recurring risks and failure modes, and issue guidance, alerts, and recommendations, as appropriate.
"(e) Reporting and Categorization.--(1) The Secretary shall require prompt reporting to the official designated under subsection (d) of--
"(A) any covered AI incident; and
"(B) any covered AI vulnerability.
"(2) The Secretary, acting through the official, shall categorize each incident or vulnerability reported to the official according to whether the incident or vulnerability requires--
"(A) a Department-wide response;
"(B) a response at the program level; or
"(C) a response at a local level.
"(f) Department-wide and Program-level Matters.--(1) In the case of any incident or vulnerability categorized under subsection (e)(2)(A) or (B), the Secretary, acting through the official designated under subsection (d), shall coordinate any responses that the Secretary considers appropriate, such as remediation, retesting, mitigation measures, or deployment restrictions.
"(2) In addition, in the case of any incident or vulnerability described in subsection (e)(2)(A), the Secretary, acting through the official, shall require--
"(A) a documented corrective action plan; and
"(B) validation that the mitigation measures, if any, in such plan have been implemented before continued operational use.
"(g) Protection of Reports.--(1) The Secretary shall establish a protected disclosure process, informed by established vulnerability disclosure practices, through which members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees, contractors, and subcontractors at any tier may report covered AI incidents and covered AI vulnerabilities in good faith.
"(2) The Secretary shall ensure that a person making a report in good faith under paragraph (1) is not, on the basis of that report alone, subject to adverse contract action, subject to adverse personnel action, or otherwise retaliated against by the Department.
"(h) Protection of Information.--The Secretary shall establish procedures to protect sensitive, proprietary, and classified information submitted through the protected disclosure process under subsection (g).
"(i) Annual Report.--(1) In each of years 2027 through 2031, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees an annual report on the program. The report shall include--
"(A) the number of reports made of incidents and vulnerabilities and the categorizations of such reports;
"(B) a summary of significant trends, recurring risks, systemic issues, and corrective actions taken in response;
"(C) in the case of any covered AI incident resulting in the loss of life of, or in bodily harm to, a member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force--
"(i) a description of the incident, including the system or systems involved and the operational context;
"(ii) the date and time the incident occurred;
"(iii) an assessment of the cause and operational consequence of the incident; and
"(iv) any corrective actions taken; and
"(D) any recommendations for changes to testing, procurement, cybersecurity, or deployment policies relating to artificial intelligence systems.
"(2) Each report under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
"(j) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `artificial intelligence' has the meaning given such term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).
"(2) The term `covered AI incident' means an event in which an artificial intelligence system--
"(A) causes unintended operational, safety, or security harm;
"(B) operates outside authorized parameters or approved safety, legal, or mission guardrails;
"(C) materially degrades mission performance or reliability in a real-world or operationally representative environment;
"(D) fails to respond to an operator disengage command;
"(E) operates in a manner that, under reasonably foreseeable circumstances, could have resulted in significant unintended operational, safety, or security harm; or
"(F) operates in a manner that raises concerns regarding system control and autonomy.
"(3) The term `covered AI vulnerability' means an exploitable weakness, vulnerability, or systemic issue in an artificial intelligence system or related component that could materially affect mission performance, compromise system integrity, create safety risk, or result in unauthorized or unintended behavior.".
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REVIEW AND REALIGNMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
CYBERSECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) Review and Realignment.--
(1) Review required.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a comprehensive review of the roles, responsibilities, relationships, authorities, and governance structures relating to cybersecurity, information technology, network defense, and defensive cyber operations within the Department of Defense in order to achieve the following goals:
(A) Establish clear accountability for the cybersecurity of Department of Defense information networks, including identification of one official designated as the single accountable official responsible for the cybersecurity of Department of Defense information networks.
(B) Improve the operational effectiveness, responsiveness, and unity of effort of Department-wide cybersecurity, information technology, network defense, and defensive cyber operations.
(C) Eliminate structural overlap, duplication, and fragmentation across organizations responsible for cybersecurity, information technology, network defense, and defensive cyber operations.
(D) Reduce overlapping responsibilities and ensure alignment of policy, strategy, budgetary oversight, and operational support necessary for the cybersecurity of Department of Defense information networks in an evolving threat environment.
(2) Scope.--The review conducted under this subsection shall include an assessment of the roles, responsibilities, relationships, and authorities among--
(A) the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense;
(B) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy;
(C) the Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense;
(D) the Commander of the United States Cyber Command;
(E) the Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command; and
(F) such other offices, elements, or organizations as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(3) Realignment.--As a result of the review, and in order to achieve the goals specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary may, consistent with applicable law--
(A) realign, consolidate, or modify the roles, responsibilities, relationships, and authorities of the officials, offices, elements, and organizations specified in paragraph (2);
(B) reassign functions, personnel, and resources among such officials, offices, elements, and organizations;
(C) eliminate duplicative functions; and
(D) clarify or revise reporting relationships and lines of authority.
(b) Preservation of Functions.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that all functions necessary for the governance, defense, and operation of Department of Defense information networks are maintained, regardless of the organizational structure to which such functions are assigned.
(c) Limitation on Establishment of New Office or Organization.--The Secretary may not establish a new office or organization for the purpose of carrying out this section unless the Secretary determines that such establishment is necessary to achieve the goals specified in subsection (a)(1) and consistent with applicable law.
(d) Limitation on Reassignment or Elimination of Function.--The Secretary may not reassign or eliminate a function associated with an official, office, element, or organization for the purpose of carrying out this section unless the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a notification of the reassignment or elimination of the function and a period of 15 days has elapsed after the date on which the notification was submitted.
(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the Secretary of Defense to modify, transfer, eliminate, or otherwise alter any role, responsibility, relationship, authority, function, or any other matter expressly required by law.
(f) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the review conducted under subsection (a).
(2) Elements.--The report shall include--
(A) identification of the official designated as the single accountable official responsible for the cybersecurity of Department of Defense information networks, as specified in subsection (a)(1)(A);
(B) a description of any realignment, consolidation, or modification made, or to be made, to the roles, responsibilities, relationships, and authorities of the officials, offices, elements, and organizations reviewed, as specified in subsection (a)(3)(A);
(C) a description of any reassignment of functions, personnel, and resources made, or to be made, among the officials, offices, elements, and organizations reviewed, as specified in subsection (a)(3)(B);
(D) a description of any duplicative functions eliminated, or to be eliminated, as set forth in subsection (a)(3)(C);
(E) a description of any clarification or revision made, or to be made, to reporting relationships and lines of authority, as set forth in subsection (a)(3)(D);
(F) a mapping of the responsibilities and authorities assigned as of the date of the enactment of this Act to each respective official, office, element, or organization reviewed (including an identification of whether the responsibility or authority is required by law to be assigned to such official, office, element, or organization, and an mapping of the responsibilities and authorities as they will be assigned after completion of the activities specified in subsection (a)(3);
(G) a timeline for implementation of the activities specified in subsection (a)(3), under which all such activities shall be implemented not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act;
(H) identification of any legislative recommendations, including any provisions of law requiring amendment, to fully implement the goals specified in subsection (a)(1) and the activities specified in subsection (a)(3); and
(I) a justification for the new structure, including an explanation for how the new structure better achieves the goals specified in subsection (a)(1) than the current structure.
(g) Briefing.--Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on preliminary findings of the review.
SEC. 1504. INCLUSION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND
OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SECURITY IN COMBATANT
COMMAND PLANNING AND READINESS EXERCISES.
(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall direct the commanders of the combatant commands, consistent with the authorities provided under sections 164 and 167b of title 10, United States Code, to incorporate critical infrastructure security and operational technology security considerations into--
(1) planning activities conducted to execute national defense strategies; and
(2) joint and combined planning, training, and readiness exercises.
(b) Scope of Activities.--The activities described in subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include--
(1) assessment of vulnerabilities and resilience of critical infrastructure and operational technology systems that support military operations, defense support to civil authorities, and homeland defense missions;
(2) coordination with relevant Federal departments and agencies, State, local, Tribal, and territorial authorities, and private sector owners and operators, as appropriate; and
(3) integration of cyber, operational technology, and physical effects relevant to disruption, degradation, or compromise of such systems.
SEC. 1505. PILOT PROGRAM FOR AUTONOMOUS MISSION INTEGRATION
OF UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Navy, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall establish a pilot program, to be known as the Autonomous Mission Pre-Integration Pilot Program, to assess industry-led approaches for pre-integration of autonomy services and multi-mission payloads on medium unmanned surface vehicles, utilizing a common, cybersecure operating system to enable cross-platform collaboration.
(b) Objectives.--The pilot program shall develop and validate rapidly composable, multi-mission capabilities to support distributed maritime operations in contested environments, including pre-integration of--
(1) autonomy services and mission software;
(2) kinetic and non-kinetic systems;
(3) advanced sensors and communications; and
(4) edge-based collaborative artificial intelligence.
(c) Modular Open Systems Architecture.--The pilot program shall employ modular open systems architecture standards and open interfaces to ensure interoperability, portability, and cybersecurity across platforms. The Secretary shall leverage lessons from prior autonomy and control system efforts while avoiding approaches that limit competition, inhibit innovation, or place primary integration responsibility on the Government where industry solutions are available.
(d) Briefings.--
(1) Initial briefing.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Under Secretary, shall brief the congressional defense committees on the implementation of the pilot program, including--
(A) coordination between and among program offices, the Under Secretary, the commanders of the combatant commands, the operational component, and industry;
(B) methods to reduce technical risk and promote competition, including shifting integration risk to industry through pre-integration and demonstration; and
(C) plans to accelerate prototyping, independent assessment, and operational integration.
(2) Follow-on briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief the congressional defense committees with an update on the implementation of the pilot program, including findings, data, and mission outcomes.
SEC. 1506. CIVILIAN CYBERSECURITY RESERVE CORPS PILOT
PROGRAM.
(a) Program Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to further evaluate the feasibility and advisability of creating and maintaining a civilian cybersecurity reserve corps to enable the Department of Defense and military services to provide qualified civilian manpower to the Department of Defense to effectively respond to significant cyber incidents or to assist in solving other exceptionally difficult cyber workforce-related challenges.
(b) Consideration of Prior Report.--In conducting the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into consideration the findings and recommendations of the report required by section 1540 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2914) (titled "Independent Assessment of Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve for Department of Defense" and dated October 2025).
(c) Planning.--
(1) Plan.--Prior to carrying out the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall create a detailed written plan for the program, which shall include--
(A) a concept of operations for the civilian cybersecurity reserve corps;
(B) an assessment of the necessary legal and contractual requirements;
(C) recruitment, assessment, and selection criteria and methodologies;
(D) talent management processes and system prototypes;
(E) defining the initial mission set and organization structure of the civilian cybersecurity reserve corps;
(F) metrics with respect to cost and benefits that will be used to inform the Secretary's evaluation of the pilot program; and
(G) any other matters that the Secretary considers appropriate.
(2) Report and briefing.--Not later than the date that is six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide the congressional defense committees with a report and briefing on the plan created under paragraph (1).
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The Secretary shall not carry out the pilot program until after the Secretary has provided the report and briefing.
(d) Scope.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall establish an initial cohort of not more than 20 members of the civilian cybersecurity reserve corps.
SEC. 1507. FEDERAL CONTRACTOR VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE
POLICY.
(a) Recommendations.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Cyber Director, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and any other appropriate head of an Executive department, shall--
(A) review the Federal Acquisition Regulation contract requirements and language for contractor vulnerability disclosure programs; and
(B) recommend updates to such requirements and language to the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council.
(2) Contents.--The recommendations required by paragraph (1) shall include updates to such requirements designed to ensure that covered contractors implement a vulnerability disclosure policy consistent with NIST guidelines for contractors as required under section 5 of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 278g-3c).
(b) Procurement Requirements.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the recommended contract language developed pursuant to subsection (a) is received, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council shall review the recommended contract language and update the FAR as necessary to incorporate requirements for covered contractors to receive information about a potential security vulnerability relating to an information system owned or controlled by a contractor, in performance of the contract.
(c) Elements.--The update to the FAR pursuant to subsection (b) shall--
(1) to the maximum extent practicable, align with the security vulnerability disclosure process and coordinated disclosure requirements relating to Federal information systems under sections 5 and 6 of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 278g-3c and 278g-3d); and
(2) to the maximum extent practicable, be aligned with industry best practices and Standards 29147 and 30111 of the International Standards Organization (or any successor standard) or any other appropriate, relevant, and widely used standard.
(d) Waiver.--The head of an agency may waive the security vulnerability disclosure policy requirement under subsection (b) if--
(1) the agency Chief Information Officer determines that the waiver is necessary in the interest of national security or research purposes; and
(2) if, not later than 30 days after granting a waiver, such head submits a notification and justification (including information about the duration of the waiver) to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
(e) Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.--
(1) Review.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall review the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation contract requirements and language for contractor vulnerability disclosure programs and develop updates to such requirements designed to ensure that covered contractors implement a vulnerability disclosure policy consistent with NIST guidelines for contractors as required under section 5 of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 278g-3c).
(2) Revisions.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the review required under subsection (a) is completed, the Secretary shall revise the DFARS as necessary to incorporate requirements for covered contractors to receive information about a potential security vulnerability relating to an information system owned or controlled by a contractor, in performance of the contract.
(3) Elements.--The Secretary shall ensure that the revision to the DFARS described in this subsection is carried out in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c).
(4) Waiver.--The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, in consultation with the National Manager for National Security Systems, may waive the security vulnerability disclosure policy requirements under paragraph (2) if the Chief Information Officer--
(A) determines that the waiver is necessary in the interest of national security or research purposes; and
(B) not later than 30 days after granting a waiver, submits a notification and justification (including information about the duration of the waiver) to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "agency" has the meaning given the term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.
(2) The term "covered contractor" means a contractor (as defined in section 7101 of title 41, United States Code)--
(A) whose contract is in an amount the same as or greater than the simplified acquisition threshold; or
(B) that operates, manages, or maintains a Federal information system (as defined by section 11331 of title 40, United Stated Code) on behalf of an agency.
(3) The term "DFARS" means the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(4) The term "Executive department" has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 5, United States Code.
(5) The term "FAR" means the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(6) The term "NIST" means the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(7) The term "OMB" means the Office of Management and Budget.
(8) The term "security vulnerability" has the meaning given that term in section 2200 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 650).
(9) The term "simplified acquisition threshold" has the meaning given that term in section 134 of title 41, United States Code.
Subtitle B--Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence
SEC. 1521. SOFTWARE PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, BUDGETING, AND
EXECUTION REFORM.
(a) In General.--Chapter 131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2220 the following new section:
"Sec. 2221. Availability of appropriations accounts for full
lifecycle of software capabilities: regulations
"(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the relevant financial management regulations of the Department provide guidance for the budgeting and execution of funds for software capabilities. Such guidance shall--
"(1) reflect that amounts appropriated for operations and maintenance, procurement, or research, development, test, and evaluation may be used at each stage in the lifecycle of a software capability, consistent with applicable law;
"(2) clarify that such amounts may be used, as appropriate, for all activities at each such stage in the lifecycle of a software capability;
"(3) provide that, for any program or activity of the Department that requires a new software capability, the appropriations account primarily available for that program or activity shall be available for that new software capability;
"(4) not impose restrictions on the availability of funds for software capabilities, except as required by law; and
"(5) maintain consistency, to the maximum extent practicable, with Recommendation 11A of the final report (dated March 2024) of the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform, as submitted under section 1004 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1884).
"(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `lifecycle' includes stages such as development, prototyping, testing, fielding, modification, upgrading, licensing, sustainment, and retirement.".
(b) Issuance of Revised Regulations.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue revised regulations to implement section 2221 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this section.
(2) Notification.--Not later than 30 days after the Secretary issues the revised regulations under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees of the revisions.
(c) Updates and Report.--
(1) Written updates.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until the revised regulations required by subsection (b) are issued, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a written update containing--
(A) a description of the progress made toward completing the revised regulations, along with specific actions taken and remaining milestones;
(B) the most up-to-date working draft of the revised regulations, or an outline of such working draft in sufficient detail to demonstrate the manner in which, and the extent to which, the working draft implements section 2221;
(C) a description of any anticipated barriers to full and timely issuance of the revised regulations and full and timely implementation of such regulations;
(D) any recommendations for legislation to fully implement such revised regulations; and
(E) if the Secretary has not issued such revised regulations within the period described in subsection (b), an explanation for the delay and the anticipated timeline for issuing the revised regulations.
(2) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing--
(A) the revised regulations required by subsection (b); and
(B) any remaining barriers to full and timely implementation of such revised regulations.
SEC. 1522. REQUIREMENT FOR GUIDANCE AND PROHIBITION ON USE OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OF CERTAIN ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE COMPANIES.
Section 1532 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (10 U.S.C. 2224 note) is amended in subsection (a)--
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
"(2) Guidance for department systems and devices.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall issue Department of Defense-wide guidance for the identification of covered artificial intelligence companies and processes for the exclusion and removal of artificial intelligence developed by such companies from systems and devices of the Department."; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking "if" and inserting "on and after the date that is 90 days after the date on which".
SEC. 1523. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL RAPID DEPLOYMENT
FRAMEWORK.
(a) Framework Required.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense, shall establish a framework for the rapid deployment of artificial intelligence ("AI"), to be known as the Artificial Intelligence Model Rapid Deployment Framework (in this section referred to as the "Framework"), to enable the evaluation, authorization, and deployment of AI systems on Department enterprise AI platforms, as appropriate.
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The objective of the Framework shall be to enable deployment of such systems on such platforms within 30 days after public availability.
(b) Elements.--The Framework shall include the following elements:
(1) Vendor and model onboarding process.--Establishment of standardized processes for deploying AI systems onto Department enterprise AI platforms, including security reviews, technical assessments, and integration with other Department systems and platforms.
(2) Common definitions and categories.--Common definitions or categories for AI systems deployed on Department enterprise AI platforms, including systems with agentic capabilities, to support acquisition clarity, testing, authorization, and operational adoption.
(3) Security testing and evaluation.--Establishment of security testing and evaluation capabilities to support security assessments for AI systems deployed on Department enterprise AI platforms, including adversarial testing, supply chain risk assessments, and other security testing appropriate for AI systems, consistent with existing cybersecurity and test and evaluation policies.
(4) Multi-classification deployment.--Establishment of capability to deploy AI systems on Department enterprise AI platforms across multiple classification levels, as appropriate, with appropriate security controls and data isolation.
(5) Streamlined system authorization processes.--In coordination with the Chief Information Officer of the Department, establishment of streamlined processes for authorization of AI systems deployed on Department enterprise AI platforms, including reuse of authorization artifacts, common control inheritance, and continuous monitoring capabilities.
(6) Registry and governance systems.--Implementation of registry and governance processes to track version history, performance, security status, and compliance for AI systems deployed on Department enterprise AI platforms.
(c) Integration With Other Frameworks.--The Secretary shall ensure that the rapid deployment of AI systems under the Framework is achieved in a manner that maintains security standards through integration with other relevant frameworks, including--
(1) the plans, strategies, and other matters relating to AI required by section 1544 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (10 U.S.C. 4001 note);
(2) the Defense-wide policy required by section 1512 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (10 U.S.C. 394 note); and
(3) the framework and other requirements required by section 1513 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (10 U.S.C. 2224 note).
(d) Compliance With Requirements.--The Secretary shall ensure that the Framework complies with all applicable requirements for test and evaluation of Department systems in accordance with applicable law, policy, and guidance.
(e) Metrics and Reporting.--The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer shall--
(1) establish metrics to measure the time required to evaluate, authorize, deploy, and update AI systems on Department enterprise AI platforms; and
(2) in each of fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030, submit an annual report to the congressional defense committees on progress toward achieving the objective stated in subsection (a).
(f) Definition.--In this section, the term "Department enterprise AI platform" means a centrally managed platform that hosts or provides AI services or applications for use across multiple elements of the Department, rather than for a single program, system, or mission application.
SEC. 1524. UPDATE OF POLICY ON AUTONOMOUS AND ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED SYSTEMS.
(a) Policy Update Required.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall update policies and guidance of the Department of Defense, including by revising Department of Defense Directive 3000.09 (relating to Autonomy in Weapon Systems) and establishing or revising such additional Department policies and guidance as may be appropriate, governing--
(1) autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systems; and
(2) artificial intelligence-enabled systems intended to support, recommend, or materially influence operational decisions associated with the employment of force, including systems used for operational planning, target development, weaponeering, or engagement recommendation.
(b) Required Policy Elements.--In updating the policies and guidance required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure such policies and guidance include--
(1) criteria for categorizing systems according to such factors as mission context, autonomy, human involvement, and operational consequence;
(2) appropriate and operationally responsive requirements for approval, validation, oversight, and authorized operational use applicable to categories of systems identified pursuant to the criteria in paragraph (1);
(3) realistic and combat-effective requirements for operator intervention, override mechanisms, and operational resilience;
(4) requirements to preserve existing human command responsibility for the use of force involving autonomous systems or artificial intelligence-enabled systems, including procedures to identify the human commanders or operators responsible for authorizing, supervising, and terminating such use of force;
(5) appropriate requirements for auditability, traceability, and accountability;
(6) criteria and procedures for rapidly fielding capabilities following material changes to software, models, data, or operational context;
(7) requirements for appropriate and operationally responsive risk mitigation measures and notifications applicable to systems granted conditional or temporary operational use;
(8) requirements for operational testing, evaluation, and human training commensurate with mission risk and operational consequence, including training to promote calibrated reliance on artificial intelligence-enabled systems; and
(9) processes and timelines for periodic review and reevaluation of approved systems and operational use cases.
(c) Compliance With Law.--The Secretary shall ensure that the policies and guidance required by subsection (a) are consistent with applicable provisions of Federal law, including section 1638 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 10 U.S.C. 491 note), and applicable Department policies and regulations.
(d) Continuity of Operations.--This section does not require the Secretary to suspend or terminate any ongoing operations, activities, or programs pending completion of the updates required by subsection (a).
(e) Interim Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a report to the congressional defense committees describing the progress of the Department toward completion of the updates required by subsection (a), including a preliminary assessment of the matters described in subsection (b).
(f) Final Policy Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the completion of the updates required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on--
(1) the updates completed under subsection (a);
(2) the rationale supporting the updates, including the assessment of the Secretary with respect to each matter described in subsection (b); and
(3) any recommendations for authorities, resources, or statutory changes.
(g) Semiannual Reports.--Not less frequently than semiannually through December 31, 2032, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a report to the congressional defense committees regarding the implementation of the updates required by subsection (a), including--
(1) systems and use cases reviewed under the updates required by subsection (a), including whether such systems and use cases were approved, restricted, suspended, or subject to additional review; and
(2) any significant acquisition, resourcing, sustainment, or programmatic impacts resulting from implementation of the updates required by subsection (a).
SEC. 1525. EXPANSION OF AI-ENABLED MAINTENANCE INTELLIGENCE
PLATFORMS ACROSS AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
COMMAND.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of the Air Force shall establish a pilot program to operationalize and expand artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled maintenance data cleansing and correction capabilities across the Air Force. This program will prioritize the improvement of aircraft availability and pilot production capacity by modernizing maintenance data quality, increasing the effectiveness of sustainment operations, and maximizing readiness of existing training aircraft fleets through enhanced data fidelity and decision support.
(b) Scope.--The program under subsection (a) shall apply across the full portfolio of aircraft operating within Air Education and Training Command.
(c) Objectives.--The objectives of the program are to leverage AI-enabled software solutions to--
(1) cleanse and correct structured and unstructured maintenance and logistics data;
(2) establish validated, high-fidelity ground-truth maintenance datasets to improve the performance and reliability of existing Air Force readiness, logistics, and decision-support systems;
(3) reduce manual data correction burdens and improve interoperability with legacy maintenance information systems;
(4) enhance sustainment efficiency, sortie generation, and scheduling accuracy through improved maintenance visibility;
(5) increase situational awareness for tactical-level maintainers and operational leadership;
(6) establish standardized, reusable maintenance data cleansing, correction, and integration frameworks designed to interoperate with and enhance existing Air Force maintenance, logistics, and readiness systems; and
(7) enable scalable, repeatable integration of AI-enabled maintenance capabilities across the Air Force.
(d) Partnerships.--In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force may partner with a federally funded research and development center, a University Affiliated Research Center, a center of excellence, a military service laboratory, or one or more private-sector entities with experience in deploying AI-powered maintenance intelligence capabilities that support data cleansing, parts forecasting, and sustainment modernization within the Air Force, as well as any other partners the Secretary deems necessary.
(e) Briefing.--At least 30 days before the date on which the authority expires under subsection (f), the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing that includes--
(1) a description of the data cleansing and correction challenges addressed through the program;
(2) an assessment of any improvements in data accuracy, aircraft availability, and maintenance efficiency resulting from the program; and
(3) an evaluation of the feasibility and advisability of expanding these capabilities to additional Air Force units operating the same aircraft types.
(f) Expiration.--The authority to carry out the program under subsection (a) shall expire on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1541.
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ROADMAP FOR MODERNIZATION OF TOP SECRET AND
SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM NETWORK ARCHITECTURES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop and submit to the congressional defense committees, and begin implementation of, a roadmap for the modernization of Department of Defense networks that process, store, or transmit information that is classified at the level of top secret or is designated as being within a special access program.
(b) Elements.--The roadmap required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
(1) An assessment of the current architecture, capacity, security posture, and technical limitations of such networks, including identification of major capability gaps, cybersecurity risks, infrastructure limitations, and technical debt.
(2) Target or reference architectures for modernized environments for such networks, including enterprise-level and component-level networks, as appropriate.
(3) Milestones and timelines for transition from current environments to the target or reference architectures.
(4) Plans to improve resilience, survivability, and operations of such networks in contested, degraded, or disconnected environments.
(5) Plans to improve interoperability and data sharing across such networks and relevant mission partner environments, as appropriate.
(6) An assessment of high-performance computing and distributed computing requirements, whether locally or in cloud environments, necessary to support real-time sensor data fusion, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence capabilities.
(7) An assessment of the extent to which such networks support the operational requirements of combatant commands, including the ability to enable integration with joint and mission partner environments.
(8) Identification of governance, roles, and responsibilities for modernization of such networks across the Department.
(9) Estimated resource requirements necessary to implement the roadmap.
(c) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for each of the next five years, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on progress in implementing the roadmap required under subsection (a).
(d) Report Elements.--Each report submitted under subsection (c) shall include the following:
(1) Progress made toward roadmap milestones and modernization goals.
(2) Updates to the roadmap, as appropriate.
(3) Major risks, delays, or challenges affecting implementation.
(4) Budgetary resources requested and obligated for modernization of such networks.
(5) Any recommendations that the Secretary considers appropriate for legislative or funding actions to implement the roadmap.
(e) Form of Roadmap and Reports.--The roadmap required by subsection (a) and the reports required by subsection (c) shall be submitted in classified form, but may include an unclassified summary.
SEC. 1542. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON CYBER OPERATIONAL READINESS
ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Semiannual Reports Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall, acting through the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense and the Commander of the Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command (DCDC), submit to the congressional defense committees a semiannual report on the implementation of the Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment program of the Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command and the findings from such program.
(b) Contents.--Each report required under subsection (a) shall include, for the period covered by the report, the following:
(1) An overview of the implementation status of the Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment program, including scope, methodology, and assessment cadence across the military departments and the defense agencies and Department of Defense field activities.
(2) Aggregate and component-level findings on cyber operational readiness, including systemic risks, recurring deficiencies, and trends affecting mission assurance.
(3) An assessment of operational resilience, including the ability of the Department of Defense to maintain essential functions, contain adversary activity, and recover from cyber incidents during contested operations.
(4) A description of actions taken or planned to address material risks identified through the program, including timelines, responsible organizations, and any resource constraints.
(5) An initial plan, and subsequent progress reports, for incorporating operational technology (OT) environments into assessments carried out under the program to ensure a comprehensive operational readiness evaluation of mission-critical systems, weapon platforms, industrial control systems, and supporting infrastructure.
(6) An assessment of how assessments under the program will incorporate and operationalize Critical Infrastructure Discovery and Evaluation (CIDE) activities conducted by the Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command on operational technology networks, including alignment of scope, methodology, data collection, reporting, and resourcing to ensure unity of effort and avoid duplication.
(7) A description of any policy, authority, or resourcing gaps that inhibit full execution of the program as an operational readiness assessment.
(c) Purpose.--The purpose of subsection (a) is to ensure that cybersecurity is treated by the Department as an element of operational readiness across the Department and to support senior leader decisionmaking, risk acceptance, and resource prioritization related to the security and resilience of the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN).
(d) Termination.--The requirements of this section shall terminate on the date that is three years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE XVI--SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS
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SEC. 1601. REORGANIZATION OF ACQUISITION RESPONSIBILITIES OF
THE SPACE FORCE.
(a) Elimination of Space Development Agency.--
(1) Repeal.--Section 9087 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Title 10.--Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(i) In section 4092--
(I) in subsection (a)(8)--
(aa) in the heading, by striking "SDA" and inserting "Space force";
(bb) by striking "The Director of the Space Development Agency" and inserting "The portfolio acquisition executive of the Space Force designated under section 1732 of this title with respect to missile warning and tracking"; and
(cc) by striking "the Agency." and inserting "the Space Force.";
(II) in subsection (b)(1)(H)--
(aa) by striking "in the case of the Space Development Agency" and inserting "in addition to any positions appointed under subparagraph (A), in the case of the Space Force"; and
(bb) by striking "the Agency" both places it appears and inserting "the Space Force"; and
(III) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ", the Space Development Agency" and inserting ", the Space Force".
(ii) In section 9016(b)(6)(B)--
(I) by striking clauses (iii), (iv), and (v) and inserting the following new clause:
"(iii) Oversee, direct, and synchronize acquisition projects for all space systems and programs of the Department of the Air Force.";
(II) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (iv); and
(III) in clause (iv), as so redesignated, by striking "Effective as of" and all that follows through "serve" and inserting "Serve".
(B) National defense authorization act for fiscal year 2024.--Section 1608 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note) is repealed.
(b) Elimination of Space Rapid Capabilities Office.--
(1) Repeal.--Section 2273a of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1609(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2273 note) is amended by striking ", including the Space Rapid Capabilities Office".
SEC. 1602. REORGANIZATION OF OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING
ENTERPRISE.
(a) Repeal.--Section 2279b of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
(b) Designation of Official.--
(1) Requirement.--Chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2279 the following new section:
"Sec. 2279a. Oversight of the Department of Defense
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Enterprise
"(a) Designation.--(1) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall designate a single official of the Department of Defense (other than the Chief Information Officer of the Department) as the principal official of the Department with responsibility for the oversight of the Department of Defense positioning, navigation, and timing enterprise.
"(2) The official designated under paragraph (1) shall report directly to the Deputy Secretary of Defense with respect to matters concerning the Department of Defense positioning, navigation, and timing enterprise (including alternative positioning, navigation, and timing efforts of the Department).
"(b) Duties.--The Secretary--
"(1) shall assign to the official designated under subsection (a)(1)--
"(A) any duty the Secretary determines appropriate from among the duties carried out by the former Council on Oversight of the Department of Defense Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Enterprise as of January 1, 2026; and
"(B) any other duty the Secretary determines appropriate; and
"(2) may delegate to other officials of the Department any such duty described in paragraph (1)(A) not assigned to the official designated under subsection (a).
"(c) Annual Certifications; Limitation on Availability of Funds.--(1) At the same time as the President submits to Congress the annual budget request under section 1105 of title 31 for a fiscal year, the official designated under subsection (a)(1) shall submit to the congressional defense committees, with respect to each military department--
"(A) a certification that such budget request would fully fund the user equipment and ground control systems of the Department of Defense positioning, navigation, and timing enterprise; or
"(B) a notice that such budget request would not fully fund such user equipment and ground control systems.
"(2) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2028 or any fiscal year thereafter for the travel expenses of the Secretary of a military department, not more than 90 percent may be obligated or expended during a fiscal year covered by a budget request for which the official designated under subsection (a)(1) did not make a certification under paragraph (1)(A).".
(2) Timing.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate the official under section 2279a of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), by not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1603. SPACE LAUNCH SUPPORT SERVICES AND ALTERNATIVE
LAUNCH PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
(a) Extension of Transition Limitations and Reporting Requirements.--Section 2276a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026" and inserting "fiscal years 2024 through 2031".
(b) Notification of Use of Alternative Launch Procurement.--Section 1601(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 2276 note) is amended--
(1) by striking "the Secretary of Defense" both places it appears and inserting "the portfolio acquisition executive of the Space Force";
(2) by striking "the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office" and inserting "the Director of the Office of Space Launch of the National Reconnaissance Office"; and
(3) by striking "the Director of National Intelligence" and inserting "the Director of the Office of Space Launch".
SEC. 1604. SPACEPORT OF THE FUTURE INITIATIVE.
(a) Program Requirements.--Section 1608 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1177) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(c) Program Requirements.--
"(1) Single program.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall carry out the Spaceport of the Future initiative as a single program of the Space Force overseen by the portfolio acquisition executive for space access pursuant to section 1732 of title 10, United States Code.
"(2) Prioritized investments.--As a part of the defense budget materials (as defined in section 239 of title 10, United States Code) for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031, the portfolio acquisition executive for space access shall submit to the congressional defense committees a list of prioritized investments required for infrastructure efforts under the Spaceport of the Future initiative.".
(b) Annual Updates.--Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows:
"(3) Annual updates.--Not later than March 31 of each of 2027 through 2031, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees an update on the Spaceport of the Future initiative, including with respect to--
"(A) project status;
"(B) estimated completion dates;
"(C) total costs;
"(D) any updated assessments of funding or infrastructure needs; and
"(E) the status of any policy recommendations described in paragraph (2)(D).".
SEC. 1605. PROCUREMENT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE-BASED DATA AND TO
SUPPORT WILDFIRE RESILIENCE.
(a) Procurement.--Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary of the Air Force, acting through the Commercial Space Office and in coordination with the FireGuard program of the National Guard and the Commander of the United States Northern Command, shall procure space-based commercial data and end products to support the efforts of the Department of Defense and the wildfire mission of the United States Northern Command by delivering timely, effective military support to the Federal Government and State, local, and Tribal governments to protect military
readiness and installations, provide emergency military support to civil authorities, and conduct proactive wildland fire management.
(b) Authorized Sharing.--The Secretary may share space-based commercial data and end products procured under subsection (a) with State, local, and Tribal governments to assist with firefighting efforts.
SEC. 1606. CONTINUATION OF NEXT-GENERATION OVERHEAD
PERSISTENT INFRARED POLAR PROGRAM OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.
(a) Requirement to Continue, Maintain, and Execute Program.--Subject to the availability of appropriations made in advance for such purpose, the Secretary of the Air Force shall continue, maintain, and execute the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar program, including Next Generation OPIR, Block 0 Polar, through launch of space vehicles one and two.
(b) Program Management.--The Secretary shall manage Next Generation OPIR, Block 0 Polar as an active acquisition program and shall take all actions necessary to preserve program continuity, including maintaining program office responsibilities, executing planned development and integration activities, supporting contracting actions, preserving schedule, and conducting launch preparation activities necessary to support the launch of space vehicles one and two.
(c) Limitation on Use of Funds for Certain Purposes.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to--
(1) to terminate, close out, materially reduce, restructure, delay, or otherwise impede continuation of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar program, including Next Generation OPIR, Block 0 Polar, through the launch of space vehicles one and two; or
(2) for any activity not directly supporting Next Generation OPIR, Block 0 Polar, including closeout activities, termination activities, or activities solely supporting other missile warning and missile tracking architectures
(d) Program Execution Plan.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in coordination with the Chief of Space Operations of the Space Force, shall submit to the congressional defense committees an execution plan for continuing Next Generation OPIR, Block 0 Polar through the launch of space vehicles one and two. Such plan shall include planned activities, schedule, major milestones, contracting actions, launch preparation activities, program office responsibilities, and obligation and expenditure plans for the funds authorized to be appropriated for such program.
Subtitle B--Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities
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SEC. 1611. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS ACROSS FISCAL YEARS FOR
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AND
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.
Section 429a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking "subsections (b) and (c)" and inserting "subsections (b) and (d)";
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as subsections (d) though (h), respectively;
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:
"(c) Availability of Funds for Programs Across Fiscal Years.--(1) With respect to fiscal year 2027 and any subsequent fiscal year, not more than 10 percent of the amounts described in paragraph (2) may be used for programs under subsection (a) that begin in such fiscal year and end not later than the end of the second fiscal year thereafter.
"(2) The amounts described in this paragraph are amounts--
"(A) made available in fiscal year 2027 or any subsequent fiscal year to carry out the authority in subsection (a); and
"(B) that the Secretary may expend without making a notification pursuant to the limitation in subsection (b)."; and
(4) in subsection (e), as so redesignated--
(A) by striking "Not later" and inserting "(1) Not later";
(B) by striking "section (c)" and inserting "subsection (d)"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(2) The Secretary shall include in each report under paragraph (1) a separate portion detailing how the Secretary carried out subsection (c) during the fiscal year covered by the report with respect to the availability of funds for programs in more than one fiscal year, including--
"(A) an explanation for carrying out such subsection for such programs and the purpose of such programs;
"(B) the balance of such funds available for such programs following the first fiscal year in which funds were expended, by activity and by fiscal year; and
"(C) the program elements of such programs.".
SEC. 1612. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS PARTNERSHIPS.
(a) Permanent Authority.--Section 1621 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 10 U.S.C. 421 note prec.) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking "for four years";
(2) by striking subsection (c); and
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
(b) Transfer.--Section 1621 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 10 U.S.C. 421 note prec.) is--
(1) transferred to chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code;
(2) inserted after section 421; and
(3) redesignated as section 421a.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 421a of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b), is amended--
(1) in the enumerator, by striking "SEC." and inserting "Sec. ";
(2) in the section heading--
(A) by striking the period at the end; and
(B) by conforming the typeface and typestyle, including capitalization, to the typeface and typestyle as used in the section heading of section 421 of such title; and
(3) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking each heading that is not a subsection heading; and
(B) by conforming the margins to the margins used in section 426(a) of such title, including with respect to the use of inline paragraphs and subparagraphs.
SEC. 1613. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING AND BRIEFING
REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Strategy and Plan to Implement Certain Defense Intelligence Reforms.--Section 1622 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 421 note prec.) is repealed.
(b) Briefing on Department of Defense Plan to Deter and Counter Adversaries in the Information Environment.--Section 1560 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2927) is repealed.
SEC. 1614. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF ARMY
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENTS TO EXECUTE WARRANTS
AND MAKE ARRESTS.
Section 7377(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "during the four-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025,".
SEC. 1615. PERIODIC STRATEGY AND ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE,
SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES
TO MEET INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION PRIORITIES.
Chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 426 the following new section:
"Sec. 426a. Periodic strategy and assessment of
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities
to meet intelligence collection priorities
"(a) Biennial Reports.--Not later than December 31, 2027, and every two years thereafter until December 31, 2037, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the congressional intelligence committees a report containing--
"(1) an assessment of the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities of the Department of Defense as of the date of the report; and
"(2) a strategy to improve such capabilities to support the intelligence requirements of the Department.
"(b) Matters Included.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall ensure that each report under subsection (a) includes the following:
"(1) With respect to the assessment under paragraph (1) of such subsection--
"(A) a review of all spaceborne, airborne, surface, and subsurface intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance activities (manned and unmanned);
"(B) an assessment of the capacity and capability to meet intelligence collection requirements, including with respect to the requirements of the commanders of the geographic combatant commands;
"(C) an assessment of the risk and security threats caused by inadequate capacity or capability to meet intelligence collection requirements; and
"(D) a plan to mitigate such risk.
"(2) With respect to the strategy under paragraph (2) of such subsection--
"(A) an assessment of the projected intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities and whether such capabilities will meet future intelligence collection requirements;
"(B) recommendations to improve collection postures in the near-, mid-, and long-term to meet future intelligence collection requirements;
"(C) an assessment of the risk associated with an inability to meet future intelligence collection requirements; and
"(D) a plan to mitigate such risk.
"(3) Any other matters the Under Secretary determines necessary.
"(c) Coordination and Consultation.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall develop each report under subsection (a)--
"(1) in coordination with the heads of the components of the Department of Defense that are elements of the intelligence community, the commanders of the geographic combatant commands, and the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command; and
"(2) in consultation with the service acquisition executives of the military departments.
"(d) Form.--Each report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
"(e) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `congressional intelligence committees' and `intelligence community' have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).".
SEC. 1616. INTEGRATION OF OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE TRAINING
AND TRADECRAFT INTO ALL-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE
ANALYSIS CURRICULA.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 430f. Integration of open-source intelligence training
and tradecraft into all-source intelligence analysis
curricula
"(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of each military department shall ensure that training within such military department for all-source intelligence analysts includes instruction in open-source intelligence tradecraft.
"(b) Guidance and Standards.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall--
"(1) issue guidance to standardize open-source intelligence training requirements for the military departments; and
"(2) establish minimum open-source intelligence tradecraft standards for use by the military departments.
"(c) Matters Covered.--Training required under subsection (a) shall include instruction in open-source intelligence tradecraft, including--
"(1) methods for the discovery, collection, and analysis of publicly available information, including commercially available information;
"(2) use of open-source intelligence tools, platforms, and data sources;
"(3) evaluation of source reliability, data quality, and analytic validity;
"(4) integration of open-source intelligence with other intelligence disciplines;
"(5) legal, policy, and privacy considerations associated with open-source intelligence activities; and
"(6) use of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, to support open-source intelligence analysis.
"(d) Applicability.--The requirements under subsection (a) shall apply to initial-entry training programs for military and civilian all-source intelligence analysts across the military departments.
"(e) Coordination.--In issuing guidance and standards under subsection (b), the Under Secretary shall consult with the Director of National Intelligence to ensure consistency with standards for open-source intelligence in the intelligence community.".
(b) Implementation.--The Secretary of each military department shall implement the requirements of section 430f of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1617. OBJECT-BASED GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
FOR OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE.
(a) Assessment.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall assess the capabilities of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise that support the application of artificial intelligence, including generative artificial intelligence, to open-source intelligence. Such assessment shall--
(1) identify efforts to develop, acquire, or use capabilities that support object-based or entity-centric analysis, including the use of knowledge graphs, retrieval-augmented generation, or similar techniques;
(2) describe the maturity, scope, and users of such capabilities;
(3) assess the extent of duplication, fragmentation, or overlap among such efforts;
(4) identify gaps, limitations, and barriers to scaling such capabilities, including technical, policy, and data access challenges;
(5) evaluate the extent to which commercial technologies are being used for such capabilities; and
(6) identify opportunities to consolidate, scale, or designate a capability as a shared or enterprise solution.
(b) Pilot Program.--
(1) Establishment.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall carry out a pilot program to develop, acquire, or use commercial and other technologies to develop and support an object-based generative artificial intelligence analytic capability for open-source intelligence activities throughout the Defense Intelligence Enterprise.
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The Under Secretary shall design such pilot program to improve the discovery, correlation, and analysis of high-interest objects and the associated relationships of such objects, including weapon systems and related entities.
(2) Capability described.--The object-based generative artificial intelligence analytic capability described in paragraph (1) shall--
(A) make use of object-based data models, knowledge graphs, and retrieval-augmented generation techniques;
(B) enable discovery, contextualization, and analysis of high-interest objects, including weapon systems and associated entities;
(C) integrate publicly available information and commercially available information;
(D) produce explainable, evidence-based analytic outputs; and
(E) align with data, analytic, and security standards of the Department of Defense and the intelligence community.
(3) Pilot program lead.--
(A) Designation.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall designate the head of a component of the Department of Defense to serve as the lead for the pilot program required by paragraph (1). In making that designation, the Under Secretary shall take into consideration analytic capabilities, technical expertise, and the ability to scale throughout the Defense Intelligence Enterprise.
(B) Duties.--The head of the component of the Department of Defense designated under subparagraph (A) shall--
(i) implement and operate the capability described in paragraph (1); and
(ii) support Defense Intelligence Enterprise users.
(c) Transition and Integration.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall evaluate the results of the pilot program required by subsection (b) to determine if--
(1) the capability developed by such pilot program should become an enduring program of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise; and
(2) the Under Secretary should recommend to the Director of National Intelligence that such capability be designated as a service of common concern for the intelligence community.
(d) Briefing.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall provide to the congressional intelligence committees and the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on--
(1) the findings of the assessment required by subsection (a); and
(2) the plan for implementation fo the pilot program required by subsection (b).
(e) Defense Intelligence Enterprise Defined.--In this section, the term "Defense Intelligence Enterprise" has the meaning given that term in section 426(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 1618. REPORT ON PROTECTION FROM DISCLOSURE OF MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES UNDER COVER.
Not later than November 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the efforts of the Department of Defense to update military personnel systems to protect from unauthorized disclosure--
(1) intelligence operations of the Department of Defense;
(2) the identities of undercover personnel conducting intelligence or intelligence-related activities;
(3) intelligence sources and methods; and
(4) cover mechanisms in support of intelligence or intelligence-related activities.
SEC. 1631. MATTERS RELATING TO INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
MISSILES.
(a) Transfer Authority.--Chapter 24 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 499d. Transfer authority to support intercontinental
ballistic missile capabilities
"(a) Transfer Authority.--Subject to the authority, direction and control of the Secretary of Defense, and subject to the limitation under subsection (d), the Secretary of the Air Force may transfer amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 or any fiscal year thereafter under `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation', `Air Force; Other Procurement', `Air Force; Missile Procurement', and `Air Force, Operation and Maintenance' for covered programs between such accounts for the purposes of modernizing, mitigating risk relating to, or otherwise enhancing, the intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities of the United States.
"(b) Treatment of Transferred Funds.--Amounts transferred under subsection (a) shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as amounts in the receiving account.
"(c) Additional Authority.--The authority under subsection (a) is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense.
"(d) Notice and Wait Requirement.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not initiate a transfer under subsection (a) until--
"(1) the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a written notification containing a detailed description of the proposed transfer; and
"(2) a period of 15 days has elapsed following the date of such notification.
"(e) Quarterly Report.--Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter until the date of termination under subsection (g), the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing a summary of any transfers carried out during such fiscal quarter under subsection (a).
"(f) Covered Program Defined.--In this section, the term `covered program' means a program of the Air Force that the Secretary of the Air Force determines supports the following:
"(1) The LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
"(2) The LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile.
"(3) Any reentry vehicle capability for an intercontinental ballistic missile.
"(4) Any other capability for an intercontinental ballistic missile, as determined by the Secretary.
"(g) Termination.--The authority under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this section.".
(b) Exception to Limitation on Expenditures for Modifications for Certain Below-threshold Modifications.--Section 2244a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(4) Exception for below-threshold strategic delivery system modifications.--The prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply to a modification of a strategic delivery system (as such term is defined in section 495(e) of this title) for which the cost is less than $500,000.".
(c) Advance Procurement of Flight Test Kits.--
(1) Authority for multiyear procurement.--Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Air Force may enter into one or more multiyear contracts, beginning in fiscal year 2027, for the procurement of flight test kits in support of the program of the Air Force Global Strike Command for operational test launches of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile
(2) Authority for advance procurement.--The Secretary of the Air Force may enter into
one or more contracts for advance procurement associated with the procurement of the flight test kits for which contracts are authorized under subsection (a), including procurement of systems and subsystems associated with such flight test kits in economic order quantities when cost savings are achievable.
(3) Conditions for out-year contract payments.--Any contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2027 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for such fiscal year.
(4) Termination.--The authority of the Secretary of the Air Force to enter into contracts under subsection (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2030.
(d) Contract Authority to Mitigate Certain Diminishing Sources and Shortages.--
(1) Contract authority.--Subject to the limitation under paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Air Force may enter into one or more contracts for the life-of-program procurement of components necessary to mitigate diminishing manufacturing sources or material shortages affecting a covered program.
(2) Notice and wait requirement.--The Secretary may not enter into a contract under paragraph (1) until--
(A) the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a written notification containing a detailed description of the proposed contract; and
(B) a period of 15 days has elapsed following the date of such notification.
(e) Covered Program Defined.--In this section, the term "covered program" has the meaning given such term in section 499d of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
SEC. 1632. DESIGNATION OF AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND AS
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CONVENTIONAL-NUCLEAR
INTEGRATION.
(a) National Center for Conventional-Nuclear Integration.--Section 9068 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(d) National Center for Conventional-Nuclear Integration.--(1) The Air Force Global Strike Command shall serve as the National Center for Conventional-Nuclear Integration of the Department of the Air Force.
"(2) The responsibilities of the National Center for Conventional-Nuclear Integration under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
"(A) Establishing policies and standards, and issuing guidance, to integrate conventional and nuclear weapons capabilities across the Air Force in a manner that aligns with the operational requirements of the United States Strategic Command, including with respect to integrated planning, command and control, and mission execution in support of such Command.
"(B) Establishing a governance and coordination framework to synchronize efforts for such integration across relevant major commands, field commands, and centers of the Air Force.
"(C) Determining required education, training, and exercise objectives relating to such integration, including by ensuring appropriate operational plans and readiness constructs of the Air Force reflect such integration.
"(D) Identifying any gaps in capabilities necessary for such integration (including with respect to doctrine, interoperability, decision support, and command and control) and establishing resourcing priorities to address any such gaps.".
(b) Deadline for Designation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall designate the Air Force Global Strike Command as the National Center for Conventional-Nuclear Integration of the Department of the Air Force for purposes of section 9068(d) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
(c) Implementation Plan.--
(1) Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for the implementation of this section and the amendments made by this section. Such plan shall include the following:
(A) A description of the organizational structure of, and a resourcing strategy for, the National Center for Conventional-Nuclear Integration under section 9068(d) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
(B) Measurable objectives and milestones for the implementation of the responsibilities under such section 9068(d).
(C) An assessment of the extent to which such responsibilities advance the responsibilities of the Commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command specified in section 9068(c) of title 10, United States Code, including with respect to nuclear and long-range strike missions in support of the United States Strategic Command.
(2) Form.--The plan under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 1633.
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QUADRENNIAL REPORT ON THE PLAN FOR THE NUCLEAR
WEAPONS STOCKPILE, NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX,
NUCLEAR WEAPONS DELIVERY SYSTEMS, AND NUCLEAR
WEAPONS COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM.
Section 492a of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) In the heading, by striking "Biennial" and inserting "Quadrennial".
(2) In subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking "2029" and inserting "2027, and on a quadrennial basis thereafter,"; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking "enhance the safety, security, and reliability of" and inserting "sustain and modernize"; and
(ii) in subparagraph (F)--
(I) by striking "10-year period following the date of the report" and inserting "period covered by the future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of this title"; and
(II) by striking "such 10-year period" and inserting "such period".
SEC. 1634. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTIC MISSILES OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for the following, and the Department may not otherwise take any action to do the following:
(1) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the responsiveness or alert level of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States.
(2) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the quantity of deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States to a number less than 400.
(b) Exception.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any of the following activities:
(1) The maintenance or sustainment of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
(2) Ensuring the safety, security, or reliability of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
(3) Facilitating the transition from the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to the Sentinel LGM-35A intercontinental ballistic missile.
SEC. 1635. LIMITATION ON REALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR RONALD
REAGAN SPACE AND MISSILE TEST RANGE AND UNITED
STATES ARMY GARRISON KWAJALEIN ATOLL.
(a) Limitation on Reallocation of Funds.--Funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 for activities at the Ronald Reagan Space and Missile Test Range or the United States Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll--
(1) may be obligated or expended only for the purposes for which such funds are authorized and appropriated; and
(2) except as expressly authorized by law, may not be transferred or reprogrammed for a purpose other than the purposes for which such funds are authorized and appropriated.
(b) Exception.--The limitation under subsection (a)(2) shall not apply with respect to any transfer or reprogramming action that is carried out in accordance with section 2214 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 1636. FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT FOR POTENTIAL DESIGNATION
OF JOINT GLOBAL STRIKE OPERATIONS CENTER AS
GLOBAL OPERATIONS CENTER-ALTERNATE.
(a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Strategic Command and the Commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that contains an assessment of the feasibility, strategic benefits, risks, and resource requirements associated with the potential designation of the Joint Global Strike Operations Center at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, as an alternate command post to the Global Operations Center of the United States Strategic Command, to be known as the "Global Operations Center-Alternate".
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A proposal setting forth how the Joint Global Strike Operations Center at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, would assume and sustain responsibilities as the Global Operations Center-Alternate in support of nuclear and long-range strike missions of the United States Strategic Command across stages of conflict and crisis response.
(2) A proposal for the organizational structure of the Global Operations Center-Alternate, including with respect to relevant authorities thereof, the relationship to and required coordination with the United States Strategic Command, the Air Force Global Strike Command, and the Eighth Air Force (and associated operational and command and control structures), and arrangements for the provision and receipt of support with respect to other elements of the Department of the Air Force.
(3) An assessment of the capabilities for communications and interoperability (including the redundancy, resiliency, and survivability of such capabilities) necessary to perform the proposed functions of the Global Operations Center-Alternate, including any such capabilities relating to nuclear command, control, and communications systems in support of nuclear and long-range strike missions of the United States Strategic Command.
(4) An identification of the personnel levels and readiness requirements necessary for the performance of such proposed functions, including any specialized requirements to support such missions.
(5) An identification of any facilities or other infrastructure the construction or modification of which would be necessary for the performance of such proposed functions, together with cost estimates and a notional timeline for any such required construction or modification.
(6) An identification of the anticipated funding needs during the period covered by the most recent future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code, for the establishment, operation, and sustainment of the Global Operations Center-Alternate, and any resourcing activities or legislative authorities the Secretary determines necessary for such purpose.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees the report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide
to such committees an unclassified briefing to summarize key findings, recommended actions, and decision points regarding the potential designation of the Joint Global Strike Operations Center at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, as an alternate command post to the Global Operations Center of the United States Strategic Command.
SEC. 1637. SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX 46.
The Secretary of the Air Force may not take any action to reduce or modify the exclusive and priority use of Space Launch Complex 46 by the Secretary of the Navy until the date on which the Chief of Naval Operations submits to the congressional defense committees a notification that--
(1) the test capabilities and infrastructure at Space Launch Complex 51 are equivalent to such capabilities and infrastructure at Space Launch Complex 46 with respect to meeting the mission needs of the Secretary of the Navy; and
(2) the Director of Navy Strategic Systems Programs has issued a final acceptance and certification of the facilities at Space Launch Complex 51.
SEC. 1638. MODIFICATION OF REPORT REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN
DECISIONS RELATING TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS
EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY OF THE UNITED STATES.
Section 491(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ", or a similar evaluation," after "made pursuant to a Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study".
SEC. 1639. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF BONE MARROW RADIATION
SHIELDING FOR NUCLEAR SURVIVABILITY.
(a) Assessment Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense, Policy and Programs shall seek to enter into an agreement with a University Affiliated Research Center affiliated with United States Strategic Command to conduct an independent scientific assessment on whether preserving the viability of bone marrow using partial body radiation shielding can improve the survivability of an individual exposed to gamma radiation as compared to an individual without such protection.
(b) Elements.--The assessment required under subsection (a) shall examine peer-reviewed scientific literature, laboratory studies and relevant experimental data to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of preserving bone marrow using partial body radiation shielding with respect to--
(1) the likelihood of developing Acute Radiation Syndrome;
(2) the severity of Acute Radiation Syndrome when it occurs; and
(3) overall mortality rates following gamma radiation exposure.
(c) Report.--Not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the assessment required under subsection (a) that includes the findings of such assessment.
SEC. 1651. PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED USE OF NAME OR SEAL OF
THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY.
(a) Prohibition.--Section 5502 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(d) Prohibition of Unauthorized Use of Name or Seal.--(1) Except with the written permission of the Secretary of Defense, no person may knowingly use, in connection with any merchandise, retail product, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Secretary, any of the following (or any colorable imitation thereof):
"(A) The words `Missile Defense Agency'.
"(B) The seal of the Missile Defense Agency.
"(2) Whenever it appears to the Attorney General that any person is engaged or is about to engage in an act or practice which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by paragraph (1), the Attorney General may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of the United States to enjoin such act or practice. Such court shall proceed as soon as practicable to the hearing and determination of such action and may, at any time before final determination, enter such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such other actions as is warranted, to prevent injury to the United States or to any person or class of persons for whose protection the action is brought.".
(b) Technical Amendments.--Subsection (c)(3) of such section is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking "the date of the enactment of this subsection" and inserting "December 27, 2021,";
(2) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) by striking "the date of the enactment of this subsection" and inserting "December 27, 2021"; and
(B) by striking "the date of such enactment" and inserting "such date"; and
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking "the date of the enactment of this subsection" and inserting "December 27, 2021,".
SEC. 1652. REMOVAL OF DUPLICATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
TESTING REQUIREMENT.
Section 5534 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
SEC. 1653. UPDATED MIDDLE EAST INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE
DEFENSE STRATEGY.
Section 1658(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2951) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(5) Update.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an update to the strategy under paragraph (1).".
SEC. 1654.
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NEXT-GENERATION INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE
SYSTEM MUNITIONS STRATEGY.
(a) Plan Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees an alternative plan with respect to procuring munitions for the next-generation air and missile defense architecture being developed pursuant to Executive Order 14186 (90 Fed. Reg. 8767).
(b) Elements.--The plan under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A summary of the munitions and associated procurement quantities necessary to meet mission objectives by 2028.
(2) An assessment of current and near-term planned production capacity for each munition.
(3) An overview of alternative munitions with potential air and missile defense capability, including the production capacity of each such munition.
(4) An evaluation of the feasibility of incorporating alternative munitions into the next-generation air and missile defense architecture and associated effects on operational performance.
SEC. 1655. SPACE-BASED INTERCEPTORS.
(a) Independent Life-cycle Cost Estimate.--
(1) Requirement.--The Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall conduct an independent life-cycle cost estimate of the space-based interceptor program.
(2) Affordability controls.--Following the completion of the independent life-cycle cost estimate under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the space-based interceptor program meets affordability controls in accordance with section 4271 of title 10, United States Code.
(3) Submission.--The Secretary may not award a full-rate production contract for the space-based interceptor program unless the Secretary has submitted to the congressional defense committees--
(A) the preliminary findings of the independent cost assessment under paragraph (1); and
(B) a notification that the goals under section 4271(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, have been established with respect to such program.
(b) Flight Test.--In addition to the requirements of section 4171 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary may not make any decision regarding full-rate production, or equivalent, of the space-based interceptor unless the Secretary has--
(1) certified to the congressional defense committees that the Secretary has conducted at least one successful operationally relevant flight test of the space-based interceptor; and
(2) provided to such committees a briefing on the details of such tests, including with respect to the operational realism of such tests.
SEC. 1656. LOW-COST EXO-ATMOSPHERIC INTERCEPTOR DEVELOPMENT.
(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, shall carry out a program to develop and demonstrate a low-cost exo-atmospheric interceptor to provide complementary, scalable intercept capability to existing interceptors in the ballistic missile defense architecture.
(b) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on programs and activities carried out under this section.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on--
(1) the current threat environment necessitating low-cost and scalable exo-atmospheric intercept capability; and
(2) the acquisition strategy for a low-cost and scalable exo-atmospheric interceptor program.
SEC. 1661. BRIEFINGS AND REPORTS ON CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM FOR
ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS.
(a) Briefings and Reports.--Subsection (e) of section 910 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) is amended to read as follows:
"(e) Updates.--(1) The Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing containing updates on the activities carried out by the cross-functional team during the period covered by the briefing as follows:
"(A) On a quarterly basis during the period beginning January 1, 2027, and ending December 31, 2028.
"(B) On a semiannual basis during the period beginning January 1, 2029, and ending December 31, 2030.
"(2) On an annual basis during the period beginning January 1, 2027, and ending December 31, 2030, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the activities carried out by the cross-functional team during the period covered by the report.".
(b) Transfer.--Section 910 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) is--
(1) transferred to chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code;
(2) inserted after section 430e; and
(3) redesignated as section 430f.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 430f of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b), is amended--
(1) in the enumerator, by striking "SEC." and inserting "Sec. ";
(2) in the section heading--
(A) by striking the period at the end; and
(B) by conforming the typeface and typestyle, including capitalization, to the typeface and typestyle as used in the section heading of section 430e of such title; and
(3) in subsection (a), by striking "title 10, United States Code" and inserting "this title".
SEC. 1662. COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS.
(a) Funding Allocation.--Of the $221,332,000 authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 in section 301 and made available by the funding table in division D for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program established under section 1321 of the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3711), the following amounts may be obligated for the purposes specified:
(1) For delivery system threat reduction, $0.
(2) For chemical security and elimination, $23,435,000.
(3) For global nuclear security, $29,950,000.
(4) For biological threat reduction, $66,524,000.
(5) For proliferation prevention, $52,052,000.
(6) For transportation elimination disposition, $26,414,000.
(7) For activities designated as Other Assessments/ Administration Costs, $22,957,000.
(b) Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction Funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 301 and made available by the funding table in division D for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program shall be available for obligation for fiscal years 2027, 2028, and 2029.
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SOLID ROCKET MOTOR INDUSTRIAL BASE.
(a) Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group.--
(1) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a working group of the Department of Defense to be known as the "Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group" to expedite the qualification of solid rocket motors from a supplier that does not otherwise supply such motors.
(2) Membership.--The Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group shall consist of a representative from each of the following:
(A) The Department of the Army.
(B) The Department of the Navy.
(C) The Department of the Air Force.
(D) The Missile Defense Agency.
(E) The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy.
(F) Any other component of the Department of Defense the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate.
(3) Duties.--The Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group shall--
(A) establish a strategy and implementation plan for the Department of Defense with respect to the qualification process for solid rocket motors from a contractor that does not otherwise supply such motors; and
(B) designate not fewer than three missile programs for which the Secretary of Defense will expedite such qualification.
(4) Reports.--
(A) Annual reports.--Not later than September 30, 2027, and annually thereafter through September 30, 2031, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the actions carried out by the Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group, including--
(i) the status of qualifying solid rocket motors from a contractor that does not otherwise supply such motors;
(ii) an implementation plan for such qualification; and
(iii) an estimate of the costs to carry out such plan with respect to each new solid rocket motor or contractor, or both.
(B) Initial report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing--
(i) a certification that the Secretary has established the Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group;
(ii) an identification of who is leading the Working Group; and
(iii) the strategy and implementation plan under paragraph (3)(A).
(C) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the travel expenses of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, not more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which the report under subparagraph (B) is submitted.
(b) Second Sourcing for Production of Existing Critical Munitions.--
(1) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a prime contractor that provides a covered munition sources solid rocket motors for such munition from more than one supplier.
(2) Annual certifications.--
(A) Requirement.--Except as provided by subparagraph (B), at the same time as the President submits to Congress the annual budget request under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification that, for each covered munition, a second supplier has been identified from which the prime contractor will source solid rocket motors for such munition during the fiscal year covered by that budget.
(B) Initial certification.--The Secretary shall submit the initial certification under subparagraph (A) by not later than September 1, 2027, with respect to fiscal year 2028.
(C) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2028 and any fiscal year thereafter for any office described in subparagraph (D), not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended unless the Secretary has submitted the certification under subparagraph (A) for that fiscal year.
(D) Office described.--An office described in this subparagraph is any of the following:
(i) The Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
(ii) The Office of the Economic Defense Unit.
(3) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on carrying out paragraph (1), including--
(A) a timeline and the costs associated with procuring from a second supplier the munitions covered by such paragraph;
(B) an identification of each such second supplier; and
(C) an assessment on the feasibility and advisability of the Secretary carrying out a direct supply strategy regarding the procurement of solid rocket motors by the Department to support critical munition production.
(c) Production of New Munitions.--With respect to a contract or other agreement entered into for a covered munition on or after October 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Secretaries of the military departments and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall ensure that not fewer than two solid rocket motor suppliers are providing solid rocket motors for such munition.
(d) Covered Munition.--In this section, the term "covered munition" means any of the following:
(1) Patriot advanced capability-3 missile segment enhancement.
(2) Terminal high altitude area defense interceptors.
(3) All standard missile variants (including standard missile-6, standard missile-3 blocks IB and IIA).
(4) Tomahawk land attack missiles.
(5) Maritime strike Tomahawk missiles.
(6) Advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles.
(7) Precision strike missiles.
(8) Hydra 70 rockets.
(9) Any other munitions the Secretary determines appropriate.
SEC. 1701. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
Section 341(e)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ", including costs incurred with respect to activities beginning in a fiscal year and ending not later than the end of the first fiscal year thereafter" before the semicolon.
SEC. 1702. INCLUSION OF MEMBERS OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
IN PRESEPARATION COUNSELING.
Section 1142(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting "(including each member of the special operations forces)" after "armed forces";
(2) by inserting "(A)" before "Within"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(B)"
"(B) The Secretary concerned shall ensure that a member described in subparagraph (A) receives preseparation counseling in the following amounts:
"(i) In the case of a member who has accepted an offer of full-time employment,or has enrolled in a program of education or vocational training, that shall commence after the member separates, retires, or is discharged, not fewer than three days.
"(ii) In the case of a member other than a member described in clause (i), not fewer than five days.".
SEC. 1703. COPYRIGHT TO A LITERARY WORK PRODUCED BY A
CIVILIAN FACULTY MEMBER OF A SPACE FORCE
PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION PROGRAM IN THE
COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT: FREE USE BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
(a) Use by Federal Government.--Subsection (d)(2) of section 105 of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (M) through (O) as subparagraphs (O) through (Q); and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the following new subparagraphs:
"(M) Space Force Senior Level Education Program.
"(N) Space Force Intermediate Level Education Program.".
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking "through (L)" and inserting "through (N)"; and
(B) by striking "subparagraph (M)" and inserting "subparagraph (O)";
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking "subsection (d)(2)(M)" and inserting "subsection (d)(2)(O)";
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking "subsection (d)(2)(N)" and inserting "subsection (d)(2)(P)"; and
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking "subsection (d)(2)(O)" and inserting "subsection (d)(2)(Q)".
SEC. 1704. INAPPLICABILITY OF DEFENSE BASE ACT TO GUAM.
Section 1 of the Defense Base Act (42 U.S.C. 1651) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking "and the District of Columbia." and inserting ", the District of Columbia, and Guam;";
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(5) the term `Territory or possession outside the continental United States' does not include Guam."; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
"(g) Limitation on Applicability.--This section shall only apply to Guam during periods in which Guam has in effect worker's compensation regulations that are comparable to the laws and regulations of worker's compensation regulations in any of the 50 States.".
SEC. 1705. EXTENSION OF ADMISSION FOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT H-
2B WORKERS.
Section 6(b)(1)(B) of the Joint Resolution entitled "A Joint Resolution to approve the `Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America', and for other purposes", approved March 24, 1976 (48 U.S.C. 1806(b)(1)(B)), is amended, in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking "December 31, 2029" and inserting "December 31, 2035".
SEC. 1706. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE CYBERSECURITY ACT OF 2015.
(a) In General.--The Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.; enacted as division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016; Public Law 114-113) is amended--
(1) in section 102 (6 U.S.C. 1501; relating to definitions)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), and (18) as paragraphs (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), and (20), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraphs:
"(4) Artificial intelligence.--The term `artificial intelligence' has the meaning given such term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).
"(5) Critical infrastructure.--The term `critical infrastructure' has the meaning given such term in section 1016(e) of Public Law 107-56 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)).";
(2) in section 103 (6 U.S.C. 1502; relating to sharing of information by the Federal Government)--
(A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "develop and issue" and inserting "develop, issue, and, as appropriate, update"; and
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (1)--
(I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting "and, as appropriate, updated," after "developed";
(II) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
"(A) ensure the Federal Government has and maintains the capability to share cyber threat indicators and defensive measures in real-time consistent with the protection of classified information, and maintains the capability to provide technical assistance, on a voluntary basis, to non-Federal entities in utilizing cyber threat indicators and defensive measures for cybersecurity purposes;";
(III) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking "and" after the semicolon;
(IV) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and inserting "; and"; and
(V) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(G) pursuant to section 2212 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
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662), provide one-time read-ins, as appropriate, to select individuals identified by non-Federal entities that own or operate critical infrastructure or artificial intelligence;"; and
(ii) in paragraph (2)--
(I) by inserting "and, as appropriate, updating," after "developing"; and
(II) by inserting "and defensive measures" after "promote the sharing of cyber threat indicators"; and
(C) in subsection (c)--
(i) by inserting "and not later than 60 days after any update, as appropriate, of procedures required by subsection (a)," after "Act,"; and
(ii) by inserting "(or update, as appropriate)" after "procedures";
(3) in section 104 (6 U.S.C. 1503; relating to authorizations for preventing, detecting, analyzing, and mitigating cybersecurity threats)--
(A) in paragraph (3) of subsection (c)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "shall be" and inserting "may be";
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking "or" after the semicolon;
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting "; or"; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(C) to preclude the use of artificial intelligence that is strictly deployed for cybersecurity purposes in carrying out the activities authorized under paragraph (1) provided that such deployment complies with section 105(d)(5)."; and
(B) in subparagraph (B) of subsection (d)(2), by inserting ", which may utilize artificial intelligence that is strictly deployed for cybersecurity purposes," after "technical capability";
(4) in section 105 (6 U.S.C. 1504; relating to sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures with the Federal Government)--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new sentences: "As appropriate, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in consultation with the heads of the appropriate Federal entities, jointly update such policies and procedures, and issue and make publicly available such updated policies and procedures. Such updates shall prioritize rapid dissemination to State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and owners and operators of non-Federal critical infrastructure or artificial intelligence of relevant and actionable cyber threat indicators and defensive measures.";
(ii) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "developed or issued" and inserting "developed, issued, or, as appropriate, updated,"; and
(iii) in paragraph (4)--
(I) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the following new sentence: "As appropriate, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly update and make publicly available such guidance to so assist entities and promote such sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures with such Federal entities under this title."; and
(II) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting "and, as appropriate, updated," after "developed";
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ", and, as appropriate, update," after "review"; and
(ii) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting "and, as appropriate, updated," after "required"; and
(C) in subsection (c)--
(i) in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting ", including if such capability and process employs artificial intelligence" before the semicolon; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
"(C) Outreach.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop and continuously implement an outreach plan, including targeted engagement, to ensure Federal and non-Federal entities, particularly small or rural owners or operators of critical infrastructure which often lack dedicated cybersecurity staff but remain vital to national security--
"(i) are aware of the capability and process required by paragraph (1) to share cyber threat indicators and defensive measures, including the benefits real-time information sharing provides;
"(ii) understand how to share cyber threat indicators and defensive measures;
"(iii) understand the obligation to remove certain personal information in accordance with section 104(d)(7) prior to sharing a cyber threat indicator;
"(iv) understand how cyber threat indicators and defensive measures are received, processed, used, and protected;
"(v) understand the protections they are afforded in sharing any cyber threat indicators and defensive measures; and
"(vi) can provide feedback to the Secretary when policies, procedures, and guidelines that are unclear or unintentionally prohibitive to sharing cyber threat indicators and defensive measures.
"(D) Briefings on outreach.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall annually provide to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a briefing on the implementation of outreach pursuant to subparagraph (B)."; and
(D) in subsection (d)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking "trade secret protection" and inserting "intellectual property protection"; and
(ii) in paragraph (5)(A),
(I) in clause (iv), by striking "or" after the semicolon;
(II) in clause (v)(III), by striking the period and inserting "; or"; and
(III) by adding at the end the following new clause:
"(vi) the purpose of rapidly providing to other Federal entities awareness of a cybersecurity threat that may impact the information systems of such Agencies.";
(5) in section 108 (6 U.S.C. 1507; relating to construction and preemption)--
(A) in subsection (c)--
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "shall be" and inserting "may be";
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking "or" after the semicolon;
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting "; or"; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(4) to preclude the use of artificial intelligence that is strictly deployed for cybersecurity purposes in carrying out activities authorized by this title."; and
(B) in subsection (f)(3), by inserting "to share cyber threat indicators or defensive measures" after "relationship";
(6) in section 109 (6 U.S.C. 1508; relating to report on cybersecurity threats)--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) by inserting "and not later than September 30 of every two years thereafter," after "Act,";
(ii) by inserting "the Secretary of Homeland Security and" after "in coordination with";
(iii) by inserting "and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs" before "of the Senate";
(iv) by inserting "and the Committee on Homeland Security" before "of the House"; and
(v) by inserting "prepositioning activities, ransomware," after "attacks,"; and
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting "prepositioning activities, ransomware," after "attacks,";
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting "prepositioning activity, ransomware," after "attack,";
(iii) in paragraph (3), by inserting "prepositioning activities, ransomware," after "attacks," each place it appears; and
(iv) in paragraph (4), by inserting "prepositioning activities, ransomware," after "attacks,"; and
(7) in section 111(a) (6 U.S.C. 1510(a), relating to effective period), by striking "2025" and inserting "2035".
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2200 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 650; relating to definitions) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting "or compromising" after "defeating";
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting "including a security vulnerability affecting an information system or a technology included in the critical and emerging technologies list of the Office of Science and Technology Policy or successor list, such as artificial intelligence, which may be in a Federal entity's or non-Federal entity's software or hardware supply chain," after "security vulnerability,";
(C) in subparagraph (D), by inserting "or compromise" after "defeat"; and
(D) in subparagraph (F), by inserting "or compromised" after "exfiltrated";
(2) in paragraph (14), by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
"(B) includes, in accordance with section 104(d)(2) of the Cybersecurity Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1503(d)(2)), operational technology, including industrial control systems, such as supervisory control and data acquisition systems, distributed control systems, and programmable logic controllers."; and
(3) in paragraph (25), by inserting "or compromise" after "defeat".
SEC. 1707. UNITED STATES-ABRAHAM ACCORDS DEFENSE COOPERATION
INITIATIVE.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense may establish a United States-Abraham Accords Defense Cooperation Initiative (in this section referred to as the "Initiative") to bolster defense cooperation between the United States and the militaries of Abraham Accords countries.
(b) Relationship to Existing Authorities.--An Initiative established under subsection (a) shall be carried out pursuant to the authorities provided in title 10, United States Code.
(c) Objectives.--The objectives of the Initiative shall include--
(1) deterring aggression by Iran and proxies of Iran in the Middle East;
(2) coordination with the Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement; and
(3) enhancing regional planning and cooperation among the militaries of Abraham Accords countries, particularly with respect to long-term regional projects, such as--
(A) counter-unmanned aircraft systems capabilities;
(B) ground-based air defenses;
(C) theater ballistic missiles and cruise missiles;
(D) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance and tactical command and control;
(E) special operations forces development;
(F) joint air or naval military exercises; and
(G) any other military capability the Secretary considers appropriate.
(d) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date on which the Initiative is established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a strategy for achieving the objectives described in subsection (c).
(e) Abraham Accords Country Defined.--In this section, the term "Abraham Accords country" means--
(1) a country that is a signatory of the Abraham Accords Declaration, done at Washington September 15, 2020; and
(2) any regional, Arab, or Muslim-majority country that has sought to normalize relations with the State of Israel since 2020.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ATOMIC CIVILIANS
COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE MEDAL.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall design and produce a commemorative service medal, to be known as the "Atomic Civilians Commemorative Service Medal" (in this section referred to as the "Medal"), to commemorate the service and sacrifice of civilian employees and contractors of the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies who were instrumental in the development of our Nation's atomic and nuclear weapons programs.
(b) Eligibility Requirements.--
(1) Eligibility.--Current or former civilian employees, and former employees of any contractor, of the United States Government shall be eligible for the Medal if such individual--
(A) directly participated in the detonation of an atomic weapon or device;
(B) directly participated in the cleanup of radioactive material resulting from any such atmospheric detonation;
(C) directly participated in the cleanup of radioactive material resulting from an accident associated with an atomic weapon; or
(D) was exposed to ionizing radiation resulting from the operational use of atomic weapons during World War II.
(2) Documentation.--The Secretary of Defense may require individuals to submit supporting documentation for the medal authorized in subsection (a) to determine eligibility under paragraph (1).
(c) Distribution of Medal.--
(1) Issuance to retired and former civilian employees.--At the request of an eligible individual described under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary of Defense shall issue the Medal to such individual.
(2) Issuance to next-of-kin.--In the case of am individual who is deceased but would otherwise be eligible for the Medal, the Secretary may provide for issuance of the Medal to the next-of-kin of such individual. If applications for a Medal are filed by more than one next of kin of such an individual, the Secretary of Defense shall determine which next-of-kin will receive the Medal.
(3) Application.--The Secretary shall prepare and disseminate as appropriate an application by which eligible individuals and their next-of-kin may apply to receive the Medal.
SEC. 1709. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BLAST OVERPRESSURE TASK FORCE
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall appoint, through the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee under section 320 of title 38, United States Code, the Blast Overpressure Task Force of the Department of Veterans Affairs (in this section referred to as the "Task Force").
(b) Membership.--Each member of the Task Force appointed under subsection (a) shall be a member of the Health Executive Committee under subsection (b)(2) of such section who, at the time of appointment, is involved in research regarding the mitigation and treatment of blast overpressure or blast exposure.
(c) Duties.--The duties of the Task Force are the following:
(1) To improve how the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, provides health care and other benefits to veterans or members of the Armed Forces diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, or other symptoms, from blast overpressure or blast exposure.
(2) To align research agendas and acquisition strategies of the Department regarding such health care.
(3) To establish physiological and cognitive performance baselines for such veterans and members.
(4) To prioritize translational research regarding such veterans and members, including research regarding--
(A) sleep therapy;
(B) blast-related gut health;
(C) mobile diagnostics;
(D) vestibular dysfunction and balance impairment;
(E) autonomic nervous system dysregulation;
(F) cumulative mild traumatic brain injury;
(G) neuroinflammation and glial activation; and
(H) any other issue determined appropriate by the Secretary.
(5) To monitor sensory decline (including with regards to vision, hearing, and vestibular function) and stress-related impairments among such veterans and members.
(6) To support continuity of such care by integrating mobile and longitudinal diagnostic tools.
(d) Reports.--The Task Force shall issue annual reports to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs and on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives. Each such report shall include the following elements:
(1) Details of research initiatives, coordination outcomes, and clinical advancements of the Task Force.
(2) Recommendations of the Task Force regarding--
(A) how claims processors of the Department of Veterans Affairs should evaluate evidence that links such conditions to active military, naval, air, or space service; and
(B) best practices regarding the evaluation of neurological injuries in examinations for benefits under chapters 11 or 15 of title 38, United States Code.
(e) Sunset.--The Task Force shall terminate on September 30, 2029.
SEC. 1710. AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSFER OF CERTAIN LAND NEAR
DAYTON NATIONAL CEMETERY TO DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Transfer.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Montgomery County Land Bank makes an offer to transfer to the Department of Veterans Affairs the parcel of land described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall begin the process of entering into an agreement with the Land Bank to carry out such transfer. Under any such agreement--
(1) the Land Bank shall agree to transfer to the Department all right, title, and interest in such parcel at no cost of the land to the Department and for no consideration; and
(2) the Secretary shall agree to accept such transfer--
(A) in order to use such parcel as a national cemetery; and
(B) not later than three years after the date on which the Land Bank offers to transfer the parcel.
(b) Parcel Described.--The parcel of land described in this subsection is the approximately 58 acres of land located in Dayton, Ohio, across from Dayton National Cemetery, bound by the intersection of McCall St. and South Gettysburg Avenue, the intersection of McCall Street and Resaca Avenue, the intersection of South Gettysburg Avenue and U.S. Route 35 of the Interstate Highway System, and depicted on the map titled "Dayton National Cemetery Proposed Land Transfer" and dated January 26, 2024, and labeled on the map as "Expansion Area".
(c) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to--
(1) require or encourage the Secretary to acquire any parcel other than the parcel described in subsection (b); or
(2) require or encourage the Secretary to enter into any special agreement with an entity other than the Montgomery County Land Bank.
(d) Montgomery County Land Bank Defined.--In this section, the Montgomery County Land Bank means the land bank located at 130 W. Second Street, Suite 1425, Dayton, Ohio 45402.
SEC. 1721. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Title 10, United States Code.--Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) By redesignating the second section 130g (relating to notification requirements for waivers issued under Department of Defense guidance related to autonomy in weapon systems) as section 130h.
(2) In section 130i(m)(4), by striking " `covered facility or asset--' " and inserting " `covered facility or asset'--".
(3) In section 179(f)--
(A) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking "section 6218" and inserting "section 6128"; and
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking "section 231(f)" and inserting "section 231(h)(1)".
(4) In section 222c--
(A) in subsection (c) by redesignating the second paragraph (9) (relating to the estimated aggregate demand from United States allies and partners) as paragraph (10);
(B) in subsection (f), by striking "paragraph (1)" and inserting "subsection (e)(1)"; and
(C) in subsection (g), by striking "subsection (c)(9)" and inserting "subsection (c)(10)".
(5) In section 345(c)(4)(B), by striking ""The" and inserting "The".
(6) In section 430e(a)(2)(C), by striking "; and" and inserting a period.
(7) In section 500f(b), by inserting "of this title" after "section 500e".
(8) In section 714(b)(1), by inserting "of subsection (a)" after "paragraphs (1) through (7)".
(9) In section 1096(e)--
(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting "National" before "Institute"; and
(B) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking "1621" and inserting "1601".
(10) In section 1142--
(A) in subsection (b)(9)(A), by striking ",," and inserting a comma; and
(B) in subsection (c), by redesignating subparagraph (R) as subparagraph (Q).
(11) In section 1597(d), by inserting a comma after "involuntary reduction".
(12) In section 1733(d)--
(A) by redesignating the second paragraph (3) through paragraph (9) as paragraphs (4) through (10), respectively; and
(B) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by inserting "and" before "critical readiness".
(13) In section 2004c(h)(2), by striking "subsection (f)" and inserting "subsection (g)".
(14) In section 2200h(b)(2), by inserting "of" after "renew the appointment".
(15) In section 2866a(g)(2)(B), by striking "subsection (d)(1)(E)" and inserting "subsection (d)(2)(E)".
(16) In section 3702(a)(3)(A)(ii), by striking ".." and inserting ".".
(17) In section 4324, by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
(18) In section 4402(e)(1)(B), by striking "the the" and inserting "the".
(19) In section 9040(b)(4), by inserting a comma after "Secretary of the Air Force".
(b) Title 37, United States Code.--Title 37, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) In paragraph (24)(H) of section 101, by striking "Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service" and inserting "Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service".
(2) In section 206(d)(2), by striking "Ready Reserve or" and inserting "Ready Reserve, or of".
(3) In section 302a(a)(2)(B), by striking "Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service" and inserting "Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service".
(4) In section 302i(b)(1), by striking "Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service" and inserting "Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service".
(5) In section 303(a)(2)(C), by striking "Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service" and inserting "Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service".
(6) In section 303a(b), by striking "Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service" both places it appears and inserting "Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service".
(7) In section 317(b)(2), by striking the period and inserting "; and".
(8) In section 335(j)(8), by striking "reserve corps of the Public Health Service" and inserting "Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service".
(9) In section 351(c)(2)(B)(ii), by striking "of member" and inserting "of a member".
(10) In section 356(g), by striking "(a)".
(11) In the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 8, by striking the item relating to section 463 and inserting the following new item:
"463. Programs of compliance; electronic processing of travel claims.". (12) In section 437, in the section heading, by striking "premiums" and inserting "premium". (13) In section 453(g)(5)(A), by striking "a the" and inserting "the". (14) In section 501(g), by striking "Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service" and inserting "Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service". (15) In section 503(b), by striking "Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service" and inserting "Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service". (16) In section 907(d)(1)(K), by striking "section section" and inserting "section" (17) In section 908(a)(3), by striking "Commissioned Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service" and inserting "Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service". (18) In section 1011, in the section heading, by striking "operation" and inserting "operations".
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(c) Coordination With Other Amendments Made by This Act.--For purposes of applying amendments made by provisions of this Act other than this section, the amendments made by this section shall be treated as having been enacted immediately before any such amendments by other provisions of this Act.
SEC. 1722. COUNTERING CHINA'S CONTROL OF THE CAUCASUS.
(a) Report on Russian and Chinese Intelligence Assets in Georgia.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of State, shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a classified report that--
(1) is prepared consistent with the protection of sources and methods;
(2) examines the penetration of Russian and Chinese intelligence elements and their assets in Georgia; and
(3) examines the potential intersection of Russian and Chinese influence and cooperation in Georgia.
(b) 5-year United States Strategy for Bilateral Relations With Georgia.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a detailed strategy that--
(A) outlines specific objectives for enhancing bilateral ties which reflect the current domestic political environment in Georgia;
(B) includes a determination of the tools, resources, and funding that should be available to achieve the objectives outlined pursuant to subparagraph (A) and an assessment of whether Georgia should remain a top recipient of United States funding in the Europe and Eurasia region;
(C) includes a determination of the extent to which the United States should continue to invest in its partnership with Georgia; and
(D) includes a determination of whether the Government of Georgia remains committed to expanding trade ties with the United States and Europe and whether the United States Government should continue to invest in Georgian projects.
(2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, with a classified annex.
(c) Relevant Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term "relevant congressional committees" means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
(3) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;
(5) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and
(6) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 1723. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON SKILLBRIDGE PROGRAMS.
(a) Study Required.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the Skillbridge programs under section 1143(e) of title 10, United States Code.
(b) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services, and the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, of the Senate and House of Representatives, a report regarding the study required under subsection (a). Such report shall include observations and recommendations of the Comptroller regarding, with respect to members of the Armed Forces and employers who participate in the Skillbridge program--
(1) differences in criteria for participation between the Armed Forces;
(2) other differences in Skillbridge programs between the Armed Forces;
(3) best practices in Skillbridge programs across the Armed Forces, including--
(A) the selection of employers; and
(B) the development of contracts; and
(4) the feasibility of making Skillbridge programs uniform across the Armed Forces.
TITLE XVIII--REVITALIZATION OF THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
Subtitle A--Provisions to Protect and Strengthen Supply Chains
SEC. 1801. REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO SUPPLY
CHAIN RISK.
Section 3252 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
"(1) consulting with and receiving a written recommendation from procurement and other relevant officials of the covered agency, including the chief acquisition officer of the agency (or comparable employee);";
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ", including the conclusions of the risk assessment upon which this determination was made" after "supply chain risk"; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking "risk; and" and inserting "risk, including the facts and evidence upon which this determination was made, the options that were considered in making this determination, and why such options were not reasonably available to reduce supply chain risk; and"; and
(C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
"(3) providing a classified or unclassified notice of the determination made under paragraph (2) to the appropriate congressional committees, which notice shall include--
"(A) a summary of the risk assessment that serves as the basis for the written determination required by paragraph (2); and
"(B) the written determination required by paragraph (2).";
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (h);
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsections:
"(d) Additional Requirements Before Carrying Out a Covered Procurement Action.--
(1) The head of a covered agency may carry out a covered procurement action affecting a domestic source or a non-FOCI entity only after--
"(A) notifying the domestic source or non-FOCI entity that a covered action is being considered;
"(B) providing the domestic source or non-FOCI entity, to the extent consistent with the national security and law enforcement interests, of information that forms the basis for the covered action, in accordance with paragraph (3);
"(C) allowing the domestic source or non-FOCI entity 30 days after receipt of the notice to submit information and argument to the head of the covered agency in response to such notification; and
"(D) submitting notice to the appropriate congressional committees that the covered procurement action is not being taken for any purpose described in paragraph (2).
"(2) The head of a covered agency may not directly or indirectly exclude a domestic source or non-FOCI entity as a source pursuant to subsection (a) for--
"(A) exercising, declining to waive, or declining to renegotiate any right under, or any term or condition of, a contract, subcontract, agreement, license, or other arrangement with a Federal agency; or
"(B) for declining to enter into such an arrangement on terms proposed by a Federal official.
"(3) In carrying out a covered procurement action affecting a domestic source or a non-FOCI entity under this section, the head of a covered agency may not withhold from the domestic source or non-FOCI entity an unclassified written summary of the determinations required under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(2), stated in sufficient detail to notify the entity of the basis for the action and to permit a meaningful opportunity to respond. Specific facts or sources whose disclosure would harm national security or law enforcement interests may be withheld from the domestic source or non-FOCI entity, as applicable, and provided to the appropriate congressional committees under the procedures in subsection (g).
"(e) Exception for Imminent National Security Threat.--The head of a covered agency may immediately carry out a covered procurement action affecting a non-FOCI entity without first providing the information required under subsection (b)(3) and notifications required under subsection (d)(1) if--
"(1) such head determines that an imminent national security threat requires immediate action; and
"(2) not later than three days after carrying out such covered procurement action, such head--
"(A) provides to the appropriate congressional committees--
"(i) the notice required under subsection (b)(3) and a written explanation of the imminent national security threat and the reasons such threat required carrying out such action before providing such notice; and
"(ii) provides to the domestic source or non-FOCI entity the notifications and information required under subsection (d)(1).
"(f) Classified Annex Procedures.--(1) If information required to be provided under subsections (b) or (c) includes classified information, the head of the covered agency may transmit such information in a classified annex.
"(2) A classified annex transmitted under paragraph (1)--
"(A) shall be provided to members of Congress and congressional staff in accordance with applicable security procedures; and
"(B) may include intelligence sources and methods, risk assessments, and other national security information necessary to support the determination.
"(3) To the greatest extent practicable, the agency shall provide an unclassified summary of the information contained in the classified annex."; and
(4) in subsection (h), as so redesignated--
(A) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
"(D) The termination of an existing contract, subcontract, agreement, or license for a covered system, in whole or in part, for the purpose of reducing supply chain risk."; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
"(7) Domestic source.--The term `domestic source' has the meaning in section 702 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4552).
"(8) Non-FOCI entity.--The term `non-FOCI entity' means--
"(A) a domestic source; or
"(B) an entity that has not been identified to be operating under foreign ownership, control, or influence pursuant to a Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency review of such entity.".
SEC. 1802.
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OVERSIGHT OF SPECIALTY METALS PROCUREMENTS UNDER
EXCEPTION RELATING TO AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS.
(a) Limitation on Use of Exception Relating to Agreements With Foreign Governments.--Section 4863 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(o) Limitation on Procurements Under Exception Relating to Agreements With Foreign Governments.--(1) For any fiscal year, the total value of specialty metals acquired, including specialty metals incorporated into end items, pursuant to the exception under subsection (d), may not exceed 30 percent of the total value of specialty metals procured by the Department of Defense during such fiscal year.
"(2) In calculating the total value under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall include specialty metals directly procured by the Department and specialty metals incorporated into articles, materials, and supplies furnished by contractors and subcontractors to the Department.
"(3) Not later than 120 days after the last day of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification described compliance of the Secretary with the requirements of this subsection, including a description of the the methodology used to calculate the total value under paragraph (1).
"(4) The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirements of this subsection if the Secretary determines that such waiver is necessary in the interest of national security and submits to the congressional defense committees a written justification for the waiver not later than 30 days after exercising such authority.".
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report regarding the use of the exception under section 4863(d) of title 10, United States Code relating to agreements with foreign governments.
(2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) an assessment of the frequency with which the Department of Defense, including prime contractors and subcontractors performing contracts for the Department, utilizes the exception under such subsection (d);
(B) the total value and percentage of procurements to which such exception applied during each of the five fiscal years preceding the date of the report;
(C) a list of each foreign country with which the United States has entered into a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding or other defense procurement agreement for purposes of qualifying for the exception under such subsection (d);
(D) a supply chain analysis of each country described in subparagraph (C);
(E) an assessment of the extent to which specialty metals incorporated into articles, materials, or supplies acquired pursuant to the exception in section 4863(d) of title 10, United States Code, originate from countries that are not parties to a defense procurement memorandum of understanding or other defense procurement agreement;
(F) an identification of any secondary dependencies on specialty metals sourced from countries that are not parties to a defense procurement memorandum of understanding or other defense procurement agreement; and
(G) an assessment of risks to the defense industrial base arising from such dependencies.
SEC. 1803. CRITICAL MATERIALS: TIERED SOURCING RESTRICTIONS
AND REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 4872 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 4872. Critical materials: tiered restrictions on
sourcing from covered nations and other foreign nations;
prohibition on sales
"(a) Prohibition on Sourcing Covered Materials From Covered Nations.--Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g), the Secretary of Defense may not procure covered material sourced from, by, or through a covered nation, or a covered item that contains covered material sourced from, by, or through a covered nation.
"(b) Applicability.--This section applies to prime contracts and subcontracts at any tier.
"(c) Exceptions for Certain Items and Material.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the procurement of a covered item that is--
"(1) a commercially available off-the-shelf item, other than a covered COTS item or product;
"(2) an electronic device, unless the Secretary of Defense, upon the recommendation of the Strategic and Critical Materials Board of Directors pursuant to section 10 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h-1), determines that the domestic availability of a particular electronic device is critical to national security;
"(3) a neodymium-iron-boron magnet or samarium-cobalt magnet manufactured from recycled material if the milling of the recycled material and sintering of the final magnet takes place in the United States; or
"(4) tantalum, tungsten, niobium, or molybdenum produced from recycled material, if the contractor demonstrates to the Secretary that--
"(A) the recycled material was produced outside of any covered nation; and
"(B) the melting of the recycled material and any further processing and manufacturing of the recycled material takes place in the United States or in the country of a qualifying foreign government, as defined in section 4863(m)(11) of this title.
"(d) Tier 1 Materials -- Prohibition on Sourcing From Covered Nations; Requirement That a Minimum Percentage Be Sourced From United States.--(1) The Secretary may not procure Tier 1 material sourced from, by, or through a covered nation, or a covered item that contains Tier 1 material sourced from, by, or through a covered nation, except as provided in this subsection or in subsection (c) or (g).
"(2) The Secretary may procure Tier 1 material sourced outside covered nations, or covered items that contain Tier 1 material sourced outside covered nations, but only if the percentage of cost of such material, as calculated under paragraph (3), that is produced by domestically owned entities is at least 50 percent.
"(3) The percentage referred to in paragraph (2)--
"(A) shall be calculated as a fraction (and expressed as a percentage), in which--
"(i) the numerator is the total cost of all Tier 1 material in the procurement (including Tier 1 material contained in any covered item) that is produced by any domestically owned entity; and
"(ii) the denominator is the total cost of all Tier 1 material in the procurement (including Tier 1 material contained in any covered item); and
"(B) shall be calculated without including in either the numerator or denominator any Tier 2 material contained in a covered item excluded by subsection (c).
"(e) Tier 2 Materials -- Prohibition on Sourcing From Covered Nations; Exceptions for Certain Periods.--(1) The Secretary may not procure Tier 2 material sourced from, by, or through a covered nation, or a covered item that contains Tier 2 material sourced from, by, or through a covered nation, except as provided in this subsection or in subsection (c) or (g).
"(2) For each period specified in paragraph (3), the Secretary may procure Tier 2 material sourced from, by, or through a covered nation, or a covered item that contains Tier 2 material sourced from, by, or through a covered nation, but only if the percentage of cost of such material, as calculated under paragraph (4), that is produced outside covered nations is at least the percentage specified in paragraph (3).
"(3) The periods referred to in paragraph (2), and the percentages associated with those periods, are as follows:
"(A) January 1, 2028, to December 31, 2028, 25 percent.
"(B) January 1, 2029, to December 31, 2029, 50 percent.
"(C) January 1, 2030, to December 31, 2030, 75 percent.
"(D) On and after January 1, 2031, 100 percent.
"(4) The percentage of cost referred to in paragraph (2)--
"(A) shall be calculated separately for each category of Tier 2 material, with the calculation for a category including all Tier 2 material within that category and excluding all Tier 2 material not within that category;
"(B) shall be calculated as a fraction (and expressed as a percentage), in which--
"(i) the numerator is the total cost of all Tier 2 material in that category (including Tier 2 material contained in a covered item) that is sourced outside covered nations; and
"(ii) the denominator is the total cost of all Tier 2 material in that category (including Tier 2 material contained in a covered item); and
"(C) shall be calculated without including in either the numerator or denominator any Tier 2 material contained in a covered item excluded by subsection (c).
"(5)(A) In addition to the certifications required by subsection (h), for any procurement of Tier 2 material (or covered item that contains Tier 2 material), for each category of Tier 2 material in the procurement and for each period specified in subparagraph (B) during which the prime contractor delivers such material to the Department under the contract, the Secretary shall require the prime contractor to--
"(i) certify that it has entered into a contractual agreement, or agreements, to obtain a supply of that category of Tier 2 material (or Tier 2 material contained in a covered item, as applicable) from sources outside covered nations in amounts sufficient to ensure that the prime contractor will be able to satisfy the percentages specified in paragraph (3); and
"(ii) provide documentation in accordance with subsection (h)(4) that not less than the applicable percentage specified in paragraph (3) of that category of Tier 2 material (or Tier 2 material contained in a covered item, as applicable) was sourced outside covered nations.
"(B) The period referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be the annual period determined by the contractor's fiscal year or, in the case of a contract with a period of performance of less than one year, the life of the contract. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Secretary may prescribe a period other than an annual period for a contract or type of contract if the Secretary determines that it would be impracticable for the prime contractor to certify and provide documentation for an annual period.
"(C) In making the certification under paragraph (A)(i), the prime contractor--
"(i) shall not be required to determine the country of origin of Tier 2 material that is not counted toward compliance with this subsection;
"(ii) may use a reasonable, consistently applied estimation methodology, including grade-based, weight-based, or industry-standard estimation, provided the methodology is disclosed in the certifications required under subsection (h) and supported by available documentation; and
"(iii) may rely in good faith on certifications and supporting documentation provided by subcontractors at any tier in establishing compliance with this subsection and shall not be required to independently verify a subcontractor certification absent actual knowledge of facts that would cause a reasonable contractor to question the accuracy of the certification.
"(f) Authority of Secretary to Add and Transfer Materials on Tier 1 and Tier 2 Lists.--(1) Not less frequently than once every 6 months, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a review of the categories of Tier 1 and Tier 2 materials.
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If the Secretary determines, based on the results of the review, that an addition or transfer described in paragraph (2) is warranted to protect national security, improve supply-chain resilience, reflect industrial base conditions, or account for changes in defense needs or commercial availability, the Secretary may implement the addition or transfer, subject to the requirements of this subsection.
"(2) An addition or transfer described in this paragraph is limited to one or more of the following:
"(A) The addition of a new category of Tier 1 or Tier 2 material.
"(B) The addition of a material that is not a covered material to a new or existing category of Tier 1 or Tier 2 material.
"(C) The transfer of a material from a category of Tier 2 material to a category of Tier 1 material.
"(3) In carrying out a review under paragraph (1), the Secretary may consider information from the elements and program offices of the Department and private industry sources, including prime and sub-tier contractors and critical mineral producers, as well as any other information the Secretary considers appropriate.
"(4) To implement an addition or transfer under this subsection, the Secretary shall publish the addition or transfer in the Federal Register and on a publicly accessible website of the Department and ensure that the addition or transfer is incorporated, as appropriate, into the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
"(5) The addition or transfer shall take effect on the later of the following dates:
"(A) The date that is one year after the date on which it was published in the Federal Register.
"(B) The date specified in the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
"(g) Authority to Waive Tier 1 or Tier 2 Sourcing Requirements.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of a requirement in subsection (d) or (e), in whole or in part, to a procurement, or to a covered item, or to a Tier 1 or Tier 2 material, or to a supply-chain stage, or to any of the foregoing matters in combination or as a class, if the waiver is made in writing that--
"(A) identifies with specificity the materials and other circumstances covered by the waiver;
"(B) identifies the period during which the waiver applies;
"(C) explains the factual basis for the waiver;
"(D) includes a determination that the Tier 1 material within the scope of the waiver is not produced by domestically owned entities, or the Tier 2 material within the scope of the waiver is not produced outside covered nations, in sufficient quantity, quality, or form to meet defense needs in a timely manner and on reasonable terms;
"(E) includes a determination (which may be based on or informed by a national security waiver issued under section 4863(k) of this title) that, absent the waiver, there would be a significant adverse effect on national security, defense production, readiness, sustainment, or timely contract performance; and
"(F) provides a transition plan identifying actions to reduce reliance by the Department on foreign nations (in the case of a Tier 1 material) or covered nations (in the case of a Tier 2 material), which shall include--
"(i) mitigation measures, with quantifiable milestones and associated timelines;
"(ii) a requirement that, before the end of the period during which the waiver applies, the contractor will enter into one or more binding agreements with suppliers that will result in compliance with this section and obviate the need for a future waiver or renewal; and
"(iii) any contractual considerations the Secretary determines appropriate, such as performance security or an adjustment in performance or price.
"(2) A waiver under this subsection that applies to an upstream form of material (such as an ore, concentrate, oxide, fluoride, salt, precursor, or intermediate) shall not apply to a downstream form of material (such as a metal, alloy, magnet, mill product, or component) unless the waiver expressly so provides.
"(3) A waiver under this subsection may be effective for a period of up to two years and may be renewed one or more times for another such period upon a new written determination satisfying paragraph (1). There shall be no limit on the number of waivers or renewals that may be issued under this subsection.
"(4) A waiver or renewal under this subsection shall not take effect until the Secretary submits notice of the waiver or renewal to the congressional defense committees and a period of 30 days has elapsed or, if the Secretary certifies that there is an urgent need for the waiver or renewal, a period of 7 days has elapsed. The notice shall include the matters required by subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) and the principal mitigation measures required by subparagraph (F)(i).
"(5) A contractor seeking a waiver under this subsection shall submit, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe, reasonably available documentation supporting the waiver.
"(h) Contractor Certification and Records; Special Rule for Preferred Domestic Manufacturers and Producers.--(1) For each procurement of covered material or covered items that contain such material, the Secretary shall require the prime contractor to make the certifications described in paragraph (2), obtain the documentation described in paragraph (3), and maintain such certifications and documentation for not less than 10 years after the date on which the prime contractor receives final payment. The Secretary shall require each prime contractor to ensure that each subcontractor at any tier that supplies such material or items also make such certifications, obtain such documentation, and maintain such certifications and documentation for not less than 10 years after the date on which the subcontractor receives final payment.
"(2) The certifications referred to in paragraph (1) are the following certifications, made in such form as the Secretary may prescribe:
"(A) As a condition of award or exercise of option, that the prime contractor (or subcontractor, as applicable) has a reasonable basis to expect compliance with this section.
"(B) As a condition of payment, that the covered material and covered items supplied by the prime contractor (or subcontractor, as applicable) comply with this section.
"(C) That the prime contractor (or subcontractor, as applicable) has obtained and will
maintain the documentation described in paragraph (3).
"(3) The documentation referred to in paragraph (1) is--
"(A) documentation supporting the known provenance of the covered materials and covered items, together with any certifications and documentation made by subcontractors; or
"(B) if the prime contractor (or subcontractor, as applicable) is a preferred domestic manufacturer or producer, documentation identifying the supplier of the covered material and covered items, together with the attestation of the prime contractor (or subcontractor) that such supplier was also a preferred domestic manufacturer or producer and that such supplier made a certification under paragraph (2)(B) that such material and items comply with this section.
"(4) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to implement this subsection, including uniform standards for the certifications, documentation, and attestations required by this subsection and how those requirements apply to mixed materials, recycled materials, and commingled lots.
"(i) Preferred Domestic Manufacturers and Producers; Designation and Benefits.--(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Secretary may designate as a preferred domestic manufacturer or producer any contractor that--
"(A) is a manufacturer or producer within the United States of covered materials; or
"(B) is a manufacturer or producer that--
"(i) manufactures or produces, within the United States, covered items that contain covered materials;
"(ii) manufactures or produces such items in a manner that complies with the sourcing requirements of subsections (d) and (e); and
"(iii) maintains documentation for such items in a manner that complies with subsection (h).
"(2) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Secretary may revoke such a designation.
"(3) A prime contractor that is supplied covered material, or a covered item that contains covered material, from a supplier that is designated as a preferred domestic manufacturer or producer at the time such material or item is supplied may reasonably rely on that designation in making certifications and obtaining documentation under subsection (h). In a case in which the supplier was not, in fact, a preferred domestic manufacturer or producer at the time such material or item is supplied (such as because the designation was revoked), the prime contractor shall not be accountable for a deficiency in its certifications and documentation under subsection (h) unless the contractor had actual knowledge of facts that would have caused a reasonable contractor to question whether the supplier was in fact a preferred domestic manufacturer or producer.
"(4) The fact that a contractor is designated as a preferred domestic manufacturer or producer may, if appropriate and consistent with law, be used by the Department for other purposes, such as in determining whether to provide credit in source selection, priority in processing of qualifications, or opportunity to participate in pilot programs.
"(j) Delegation.--The authorities in subsections (f), (g), and (i) may be delegated no lower than the senior acquisition executive of the military department concerned or, in the case of a Defense Agency, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
"(k) Annual Report; Publication.--(1) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees, and publish in accordance with paragraph (3), a report on the implementation of this section.
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Each report shall cover the fiscal year that ended on September 30 of the preceding year and the fiscal year immediately preceding that fiscal year.
"(2) Each report shall include, for each fiscal year covered by the report, data for each category of covered material, including--
"(A) sourcing percentages achieved;
"(B) waivers granted under subsection (g), identified by category of material and supply-chain stage, including duration and stated basis;
"(C) contractors designated as preferred domestic manufacturers and producers;
"(D) any findings, whether preliminary or not, of false certification, misconduct, or noncompliance with this section;
"(E) actions taken by the Secretary to increase the supply of Tier 1 and Tier 2 materials that meet the requirements of this section, including progress on investments in domestic capacity; and
"(F) such other information as the Secretary determines appropriate to describe implementation of this section.
"(3) The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
"(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall publish each report in a machine-readable, standardized format on a publicly accessible website of the Department.
"(l) Sale of National Defense Stockpile Materials.--The Secretary of Defense may not sell any material from the National Defense Stockpile, if the National Defense Stockpile Manager determines that such a sale is not in the national interests of the United States, to--
"(1) any covered nation; or
"(2) any third party that the Secretary reasonably believes is acting as a broker or agent for a covered nation or an entity in a covered nation.
"(m) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `commercially available off-the-shelf item' has the meaning given such term in section 104 of title 41.
"(2) The term `covered COTS item' means a commercially available off-the-shelf item--
"(A) at least 50 percent of which, by weight, is covered material; or
"(B) that is a mill product, such as bar, billet, slab, wire, cube, sphere, block, blank, plate, powder, or sheet, that has not been incorporated into an end item, subsystem, assembly, or component.
"(3) The term `covered item' means an end item (as defined in section 4863 of this title), subsystem, assembly, component, or commercially available off-the-shelf item.
"(4) The term `covered material' means a Tier 1 material or a Tier 2 material.
"(5) The term `covered nation' means--
"(A) the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea;
"(B) the People's Republic of China;
"(C) the Russian Federation; and
"(D) the Islamic Republic of Iran.
"(6) The term `domestically owned entity' means an entity organized under the laws of the United States or a State and controlled by United States persons.
"(7) The term `preferred domestic manufacturer or producer' means a contractor designated as a preferred domestic manufacturer or producer under subsection (i).
"(8) The term `supply-chain stage' includes stages such as mining, concentration, refining, separation, reduction, melting, alloying, powder production, sintering, processing, and manufacturing, and any other stage that the Secretary considers appropriate.
"(9) A material is `sourced from, by, or through' a nation if any portion of the mining, refining, separation, melting and pouring, processing, or manufacturing of the material occurred in the nation or was performed by an entity located in the nation.
"(10) The term `sourced outside covered nations' means, with respect to a material, that the contractor has established through the certifications and documentation under this section that the material was not sourced from, by, or through a covered nation.
"(11) Subject to the authority of the Secretary under subsection (f), the term `Tier 1 material' means the following material, as set forth in categories (A) through (G):
"(A) Neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) and samarium-cobalt (SmCo) permanent magnets.
"(B) Tungsten metal powder, tungsten heavy alloy, or any finished or semi-finished component containing tungsten heavy alloy.
"(C) Neodymium oxide and metal, praseodymium oxide and metal, and neodymium-praseodymium oxide and metal, and ores and concentrates from which these oxides and metals are sourced.
"(D) Tantalum, including tantalum ores and oxides, concentrates, metal, tantalum powder, and tantalum alloys.
"(E) On and after December 18, 2027, molybdenum metals, powders, and alloys.
"(F) On and after December 18, 2027, gallium and gallium nitride.
"(G) On and after December 18, 2027, germanium.
"(12) Subject to the authority of the Secretary under subsection (f), and excluding any material that is Tier 1 material, the term `Tier 2 material' means the following material, as set forth in categories (A) through (C):
"(A) Items comprised in whole or in part of oxides, metals, alloys (and intermediate products) of gadolinium, samarium, neodymium, praseodymium, neodymium-praseodymium, and terbium.
"(B) Items of tungsten, including--
"(i) precursors, including tungsten ores and concentrates, ammonium paratungstate, ammonium metatungstate, tungstic acid, sodium tungstate, and tungsten oxides; and
"(ii) on and after January 1, 2029, tungsten carbide.
"(C) Items comprised in whole or in part of niobium oxides, metals, and alloys.
"(13) The term `United States person' means--
"(A) a citizen of the United States;
"(B) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence; or
"(C) an entity organized under the laws of the United States or a jurisdiction within the United States if the ultimate beneficial ownership and control of such entity is with persons described in subparagraph (A) or (B).".
(b) Effective Date and Applicability; Regulations.--
(1) Effective date and applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date (the "effective date") that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to solicitations issued, and contracts entered into, on or after such effective date, except as provided in paragraph (3).
(2) Regulations.--Not later than the effective date specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations to implement section 4872 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a).
(3) Applicability to tier 2 materials.--Subsection (e) of section 4872, as amended by subsection (a), shall not apply to solicitations issued or contracts awarded before January 1, 2028. Until such date, a solicitation issued or contract awarded for a procurement of Tier 2 material (or covered item that contains Tier 2 material) shall be administered in accordance with section 4872 as in effect immediately before the effective date specified in paragraph (1).
(c) Non-execution Into Current Law, and Repeal, of Amendment Prohibiting Procurement of Material Mined, Refined, or Separated in Any Covered Nation.--
(1) In general.--Section 844 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3766), as amended by section 848 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 978), is repealed.
(2) Effective date.--The repeal made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the earlier of December 31, 2026, or the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Expedited Qualification of New Domestic and Allied-nation Sources.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish an expedited qualification process for new domestic and allied-nation sources of covered material (as defined in section 4872 of title 10, United States Code).
(2) Scope.--The process under paragraph (1) shall apply to--
(A) source qualification;
(B) product qualification; and
(C) platform or program qualification.
(3) Deadline.--The Secretary shall ensure that, for each entity seeking to be qualified as a domestic or allied-nation source, the qualification process is completed not later than 12 months after the date on which the entity submits a materially complete qualification package in the form prescribed by the Secretary.
(4) Acceptance of existing testing and qualification data.--In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, accept and rely on--
(A) test data, analyses, certifications, or other qualification evidence from a Government laboratory, an accredited independent laboratory, or an accredited commercial laboratory, whether located in the United States or outside the United States;
(B) qualification results or approvals previously accepted by a military department, another Federal agency, an original equipment manufacturer, or another commercial qualification regime; and
(C) commercial production history, first-article results, lot acceptance data, and comparable evidence of performance.
(5) Department-wide recognition.--The Secretary shall ensure that the result of each qualification process completed under this subsection is accepted throughout the Department of Defense for the same or substantially similar applications to the maximum extent practicable.
(6) Implementation.--The Secretary shall maintain a centralized record of the result of each qualification process completed under this subsection for use across the military departments and defense agencies.
(7) Qualification by prime contractor.--The Secretary shall, for the purposes of this subsection, establish policy for the acceptance of a determination by a prime contractor that a domestic supplier of a covered material is capable of providing such covered material in the form and quality required by the prime contractor and thus deem the domestic supplier a qualified source.
(8) Definition.--In this subsection, the term "allied nation" means the United States or any foreign nation (other than a covered nation, as defined in section 4872 of title 10, United States Code) designated by the Secretary for purposes of this subsection.
SEC. 1804. CHANGES WITH RESPECT TO THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION
SECURITY COUNCIL.
(a) Definition of Source of Concern, Covered Source of Concern, Recommended Order, and Designated Order.--Section 1321 of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
"(3) Covered article.--The term `covered article'--
"(A) has the meaning given that term in section 4713; and
"(B) includes operational technology (as defined in section 3 of the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-207; 15 U.S.C.
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278g-3a)).";
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (8) as paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
"(5) Covered source of concern.--The term `covered source of concern' means a source of concern that sells, produces, or is involved in the development of a covered article that is designated in section 1328(c) as a statutorily designated covered article.
"(6) Designated order.--The term `designated order' means an order described under section 1323(c)(3)."; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
"(11) Recommended order.--The term `recommended order' means an order recommended under section 1323(c)(2).
"(12) Source of concern.--
"(A) In general.--The term `source of concern' means a source--
"(i) subject to the jurisdiction, direction, or control of the government of a foreign adversary, or operates on behalf of the government of a foreign adversary; or
"(ii) that poses a risk to the national security of the United States based on collaboration with, whole or partial ownership or control by, or being affiliated with a military, internal security force, or intelligence agency of a foreign adversary.
"(B) Foreign adversary defined.--In this paragraph, the term `foreign adversary' has the meaning given the term `covered nation' in section 4872(d) of title 10.".
(b) Establishment and Members of Council.--Section 1322 of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking "executive branch" and inserting "Executive Office of the President";
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
"(1) In general.--The members of the Council shall be as follows:
"(A) The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy.
"(B) The Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget.
"(C) The following officials, each of whom shall occupy a position at the level of Assistant Secretary or Deputy Assistant Secretary (or equivalent):
"(i) Two officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, one of which shall be from the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
"(ii) Two officials from the Department of Defense, one of which shall be one from the National Security Agency.
"(iii) Two officials from the Department of Homeland Security, one of which shall be one from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
"(iv) An official from the General Services Administration.
"(v) An official from the Office of the National Cyber Director.
"(vi) Two officials from the Department of Justice, one of which shall be one from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"(vii) Two officials from the Department of Commerce, one of which shall be from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and one of which shall be from the Bureau of Industry and Security.
"(viii) An official from any executive agency not listed under clauses (i) through (vii) whose temporary or permanent participation is determined by the Chairperson of the Council to be necessary to carry out the functions of the Council while maintaining the intended balance in subject matter expertise."; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in the heading, by striking "Lead representatives" and inserting "Members";
(ii) by amending subparagraph (A)(i) to read as follows:
"(i) In general.--The head of each executive agency listed under paragraph (1)(C) shall designate the official or officials from that agency who shall serve on the Council in accordance with such paragraph.";
(iii) by amending subparagraph (A)(ii) to read as follows:
"(ii) Requirements.--To the extent feasible, any official designated under clause (i) shall have expertise in supply chain risk management, acquisitions, law, or information and communications technology.";
(iv) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
"(B) Functions.--A member of the Council shall--
"(i) regularly participate in the activities of the Council;
"(ii) ensure that any information requested by the Council from the agency represented by the member is provided to the Council; and
"(iii) ensure that the head of the agency represented by the member and other appropriate personnel of the agency are aware of the activities of the Council.";
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
"(1) In general.--
"(A) Designation.--Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the President shall a designate a member of the Council to serve as Chairperson of the Council.
"(B) Transition.--The Chairperson of the Council on the day before the date of the enactment of this paragraph shall remain the Chairperson until the President makes a designation pursuant to subparagraph (A)."; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking " subsection (b)(1)(H)" and inserting "subsection (b)(1)(C)(viii)"; and
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking "lead representative of each agency represented on the Council" and inserting "members of the Council"; and
(4) in subsection (d)--
(A) by striking "The Council" and inserting the following:
"(1) Council meetings.--The Council"; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
"(2) Other meetings.--The Chairperson of the Council shall meet, not less frequently than semiannually, with--
"(A) the Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of Defense, and Director of National Intelligence; or
"(B) in the case that any of the officials under subparagraph (A) delegated authority to an official under section 1323(c)(6)(C), with the delegated official.".
(c) Functions and Authorities.--Section 1323 of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking "supply chain" each place it appears and inserting "acquisition security and supply chain";
(B) in paragraph (1), as amended by subparagraph (A), by striking ", particularly" and inserting "that arise";
(C) in paragraph (2), as amended by subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking "sharing information" and inserting "exchanging information";
(ii) by inserting "associated with the acquisition and use of covered articles" after "risk";
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(iv) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and
(v) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
"(C) the process for an executive agency to submit supply chain risk information to the Council in furtherance of identifying, mitigating, or managing its supply chain risk; and";
(D) in paragraph (6), as amended by subparagraph (A), by--
(i) striking "posed by" and inserting "associated with"; and
(ii) inserting "and use" before "of covered articles";
(E) in paragraph (7), by striking "posed by acquisitions" and inserting "associated with the acquisition";
(F) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (12); and
(G) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
"(7) Implementing a prioritization scheme for evaluating the security risks associated with the acquisition and use of covered articles sold, produced, or developed by a covered source of concern.
"(8) Evaluating each covered source of concern to determine whether to issue a designated order with respect to the covered source of concern or a covered article sold, produced, or developed by the covered source of concern.
"(9) Evaluating sources of concern to determine whether to issue a recommended order with respect to the source of concern, or any covered article sold, produced, or developed by the source of concern.
"(10) Monitoring and evaluating compliance by the Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of Defense, and Director of National Intelligence with the requirement to issue designated orders under subsection (c)(6)(B).
"(11) Reporting to Congress annually on the security risks associated with the acquisition and use of covered articles sold, produced, or developed by sources of concern.";
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking "The Council" and inserting the following:
"(1) In general.--The Council";
(B) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by striking "a program office and"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
"(2) Federal acquisition security council program office.--
"(A) Establishment.--Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the President shall establish a Federal Acquisition Security Council Program Office (referred to in this paragraph as the `Program Office') within the Executive Office of the President to carry out the duties described under subparagraph (B).
"(B) Duties.--The Program Office shall provide to the Council, including any committees, working groups, or other constituent bodies established by the Council under paragraph (1)--
"(i) administrative, legal, and policy support; and
"(ii) analysis and subject matter expertise on information communications technology, acquisition security, and supply chain risk.
"(C) Structure.--The head of the Program Office shall be designated by the Chairperson of the Council.
"(D) Prohibition.--The Program Office may not provide administrative support to the Council for any activities of the Council carried out pursuant to a provision of law other than a provision of law under this subchapter.
"(E) Funding and resources.--The Program Office may use the staff and resources of the Executive Office of the President or maintain dedicated staff and resources, as appropriate, in the performance of the duties of the Office.
"(F) Shared staffing authority.--
"(i) In general.--The Program Office may accept officers or employees of the United States or members of the Armed Forces on a detail from an element of the intelligence community (as such term is defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
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3003)) or from another element of the Federal Government on a nonreimbursable basis, as jointly agreed to by the heads of the receiving and detailing elements, for a period not to exceed three years.
"(ii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed as imposing any limitation on any other authority for reimbursable or nonreimbursable details.
"(iii) Nonreimbursable detail.--A nonreimbursable detail made under this subparagraph shall not be considered an augmentation of the appropriations of the receiving element of the Program Office."; and
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "supply chain risk" and inserting "acquisition security and supply chain risk associated with the acquisition of covered articles";
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting "recommended" before "exclusion orders";
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting "recommended" before "removal orders";
(iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(v) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(vi) by adding at the end the following:
"(E) issuing designated orders.";
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in the heading, by striking "Recommendations" and inserting "Recommended orders";
(ii) by striking "use" and inserting ", using";
(iii) by striking "to issue recommendations" and inserting ", recommend orders";
(iv) by striking "Such recommendations" and inserting "Any such order recommended";
(v) by inserting "to the officials described under clause (iii) of paragraph (6)(A) for issuance under such paragraph" after "thereof,";
(vi) in subparagraph (D), by striking "supply chain risk" and inserting "acquisition security and supply chain risk associated with the acquisition of covered articles"; and
(vii) in subparagraph (E), by striking "exclusion or removal";
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively;
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
"(3) Designated orders.--
"(A) Exclusion or removal of covered sources of concern.--
"(i) In general.--Not later than 270 days after a source of concern is designated as a covered source of concern, the Council--
"(I) shall provide to the officials described under clause (iii) of paragraph (6)(B) for issuance under such paragraph orders requiring--
"(aa) the exclusion of the covered source of concern from any executive agency procurement action, including source selection and consent for a contractor; or
"(bb) the removal of covered articles sold, produced, or developed by the covered source of concern from the information system of executive agencies; or
"(II) report to Congress why the Council has determined to not issue an order described under subclause (I) with respect to the covered source of concern or covered articles sold, produced, or developed by the covered source of concern.
"(ii) Contents of order.--Any order provided under clause (i) shall include--
"(I) information regarding the scope and applicability of the order, including any information necessary to positively identify the covered source of concern or covered articles sold, produced, or developed by the covered source of concern required to be excluded or removed under the order;
"(II) a summary of any risk assessment reviewed or conducted in support of the order;
"(III) a summary of the basis for the order, including a discussion of less intrusive measures that were considered and why such measures were not reasonably available to reduce security risk;
"(IV) a description of the actions necessary to implement the order; and
"(V) where practicable, in the Council's sole and unreviewable discretion, a description of mitigation steps that could be taken by the covered source of concern that may result in the Council rescinding the order.
"(B) Exclusion or removal of second order sources or covered articles.--
"(i) Issuance.--In the case that the Council provides an order under subparagraph (A), the Council may also provide an order to the officials described under paragraph (6)(A)(iii) requiring the exclusion of sources or covered articles from executive agency procurement actions or removal of covered articles from executive agency information systems if--
"(I) such covered articles or such sources use a covered source of concern in the performance of a contract with the executive agency; or
"(II) such sources enter into a contract, the performance of which such source knows or has reason to believe will require, in the performance of a contract with the executive agency, the use of a covered source of concern or the use of a covered article sold, produced, or developed by a covered source of concern.
"(ii) Effective date considerations.--Any effective date prescribed by the Council for an order issued pursuant to clause (i) shall take into account--
"(I) the risk posed by the covered source of concern or the covered article sold, produced, or developed by the covered source of concern to the national security of the United States;
"(II) the likelihood of the covered source of concern or the covered article sold, produced, or developed by the covered source of concern causing imminent threat to public health and safety;
"(III) the availability of an alternative source or covered article sold, produced, or developed by an alternative source; and
"(IV) an assessment of the potential direct or quantifiable costs that may be incurred by the Federal Government, a State, local, or Tribal government, or by the private sector, as a result of compliance by the head of an executive agency with such an exclusion or removal order.";
(E) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated--
(i) in the heading, by striking "of recommendation and review" and inserting "and review of recommended and designated orders";
(ii) by striking "the recommendation" each place it appears, and inserting "the order";
(iii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "A notice of the Council's recommendation under paragraph (2)" and inserting "Before the Council recommends an order under paragraph (2) or issues an order under paragraph (3), a notice";
(iv) in subparagraph (A), by striking "a recommendation has been made" and inserting "the order will be recommended or issued";
(v) in subparagraph (D), by striking "paragraph (5)" and inserting "paragraph (6)"; and
(vi) in subparagraph (E), by striking the "the recommendation" and inserting "the order";
(F) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated--
(i) by striking "paragraph (3)" and inserting "paragraph (4)";
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking "paragraph (5)" and inserting "paragraph (6)";
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking "paragraph (6)" and inserting "paragraph (7)";
(iv) by striking "Any notice" and inserting "(A) In general.--Any notice"; and
(v) by inserting at the end the following:
"(B) Information collected.--Any information collected from a source after notice under paragraph (4) shall be exempt from public disclosure and disclosure under subsection (b)(3)(B) of section 552 of title 5 (commonly referred to as the `Freedom of Information Act'), until an order is issued pursuant to paragraph (6)."; and
(G) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated--
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
"(A) Issuance of recommended orders.--
"(i) Modifications to order.--After considering any response properly submitted by a source under paragraph (4) related to an order to be recommended under paragraph (2), the Council shall--
"(I) make such modifications to the order as the Council considers appropriate; and
"(II) provide the order (together with any information submitted by a source under paragraph (4) related to such order) to the officials described under clause (iii).
"(ii) Order.--Not later than 90 days after receiving a recommended order, the officials described under clause (iii) shall--
"(I) issue the order to the heads of the applicable agencies; or
"(II) submit a notification to the Council that the order will not be issued, that includes in the notification to the Council, all the reasons for why the order will not be issued.
"(iii) Officials.--The officials described in this clause are as follows:
"(I) The Secretary of Homeland Security, for exclusion and removal orders applicable to civilian agencies, to the extent not covered by subclause (II) or (III).
"(II) The Secretary of Defense, for exclusion and removal orders applicable to the Department of Defense and national security systems other than sensitive compartmented information systems.
"(III) The Director of National Intelligence, for exclusion and removal orders applicable to the intelligence community and sensitive compartmented information systems, to the extent not covered by subclause (II).";
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (E) as subparagraphs (C) through (F), respectively;
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
"(B) Issuance of designated order.--
"(i) Modifications.--After considering any response properly submitted by a source under paragraph (4) related to a designated order, the Council shall--
"(I)(aa) make any such modifications to the order as the Council considers appropriate; or
"(bb) if the Council determines that the issuance of a designated order is not warranted, rescind the designated order and notify the source of the rescission; and
"(II) except in the case that the Council rescinds the designated order under subclause (I)(bb), provide the designated order (including any modifications made to such order by the Council) to the officials described in clause (iii).
"(ii) Issuance.--The officials described in clause (iii) shall, not later than 90 days after receiving a designated order, issue the order to the heads of the applicable agencies.
"(iii) Officials.--The officials described in this clause are as follows:
"(I) The Secretary of Homeland Security, for exclusion and removal orders applicable to civilian agencies, to the extent not covered by subclause (II) or (III).
"(II) The Secretary of Defense, for exclusion and removal orders applicable to the Department of Defense and national security systems other than sensitive compartmented information systems.
"(III) The Director of National Intelligence, for exclusion and removal orders applicable to the intelligence community and sensitive compartmented information systems, to the extent not covered by subclause (II).
"(iv) Waiver.--An official described under clause (iii) may waive for a period of not more than 365 days the application of an order issued by such official under clause (ii) with respect to a covered source of concern or a covered article sold, produced, or developed by a covered source of concern if the official submits, not later than 30 days after making such waiver, a written notification to the Council, appropriate congressional committees, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate that contains the justification for such waiver.
"(v) Renewal of waiver.--An official described under clause (iii) may renew a waiver under clause (iv) for an additional period of not more than 180 days if--
"(I) the renewal of the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and
"(II) the official submits, not later than 30 days after renewing such waiver, a written notification to the Council, appropriate congressional committees, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate that includes the justification for renewing the wavier.
"(vi) National security waiver.--An official described under clause (iii) may waive the application of an order issued by such official under clause (ii) with respect to a covered source of concern or a covered article
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sold, produced, or developed by a covered source of concern for any activity subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence activities of the United States.
"(vii) Rescission of order.--An exclusion or removal order issued under this subparagraph by an official may be rescinded only by the Council.";
(iv) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated--
(I) by striking "subparagraph (A)" and inserting "subparagraph (A)(iii) or (B)(iii)";
(II) by striking "this subparagraph" and inserting "subparagraph (A)(iii) or (B)(iii)"; and
(III) by striking ", except" and all that follows before the period at the end;
(v) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated--
(I) by striking "this paragraph" and inserting "subparagraph (A)(iii) or (B)(iii)"; and
(II) by striking "help";
(vi) in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by striking "this paragraph" and inserting "subparagraph (A)"; and
(vii) by adding after subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, the following:
"(G) Effective date of orders.--The effective date of an order issued under this paragraph may not be more than 365 days after the order is issued.";
(H) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking "paragraph (5)(A)" and inserting "subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (6)"; and
(I) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking "paragraph (5)" and inserting "paragraph (6)";
(4) in subsection (e), by inserting "the Chief Data Officers Council," before "the Chief Acquisition"; and
(5) in subsection (f)(2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ", unless such source is a covered source of concern.".
(d) Strategic Plan.--Section 1324(a) of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ", and periodically thereafter" after "2018";
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting "acquisition security and" before "supply chain risks";
(3) in paragraph (8), by inserting "acquisition security and" before "supply chain risks"; and
(4) in paragraph (9)(A), by inserting "acquisition security and" before "supply chain risk".
(e) Requirements for Executive Agencies.--Section 1326 of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
"(3) providing any information requested by the Chairperson of the Council for the purpose of carrying out activities of this subchapter, subject to applicable law or policy on the control and handling of classified, sensitive, or proprietary information.";
(2) by striking "supply chain" each place it appears and inserting "security and supply chain"; and
(3) in subsection (b)(6), by striking "supply chain" and inserting "security or supply chain".
(f) Judicial Procedure.--Section 1327(b) of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking "section 1323(c)(6)" and inserting "section 1323(c)(7)";
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking "sections 1323(c)(5)" and inserting "sections 1323(c)(6)"; and
(3) in paragraph (4), by amending subparagraph (B)(i) to read as follows:
"(i) Filing of record.--The United States shall file with the court an administrative record, which shall consist of--
"(I) in the case of a designated order issued under section 1323(c)(6) by the appropriate official, the information the Council relied upon in providing such order to such official; and
"(II) the information that the appropriate official relied upon in issuing an exclusion or removal order under section 1323(c)(6) or a covered procurement action under section 4713.".
(g) Additional Provisions.--Section 1328 of title 41, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 1328. Additional provisions
"(a) Compliance With Existing Prohibitions.--In implementing this subchapter, the Council shall coordinate, as applicable and practicable, with the head of an agency to assist with compliance by the agency with--
"(1) section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act of 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 41 U.S.C. 3901 note);
"(2) section 5949 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act of 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 41 U.S.C. 4713 note); and
"(3) the American Security Drone Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-31; 41 U.S.C. 3901 note).
"(b) Update to Regulations.--The Federal Acquisition Security Council shall update, not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this section, any regulations of the Council as necessary.
"(c) Statutorily Designated Covered Article Defined.--The term `statutorily designated covered article' pursuant to section 1321(5)--
"(1) means a vehicle or a mechanical device commonly known as an `unmanned ground vehicle system' that--
"(A) is capable of locomotion, navigation, or movement on the ground; and
"(B) operates at a distance from one or more operators or supervisors based on commands or in response to sensor data, or through any combination thereof; and
"(2) includes--
"(A) humanoid robots, mobile robotics, remote surveillance vehicles, and autonomous patrol technologies; and
"(B) the vehicle, its payload, and any external device used to control the vehicle.".
(h) Reallocating Existing Resources.--Section 5949(l)(1) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: "and the Federal Acquisition Security Council Program Office established under section 1323(b)(2) of title 41, United States Code".
(i) Implementation by the Department of Defense.--
(1) Notification.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a notification of the designation of the officials of the Department of Defense who shall serve on the Council in accordance with clause (b)(1)(C)(ii) of section 1322 of title 41, United States.
(2) Performance of duties.--The Secretary shall ensure that the officials designated--
(A) regularly participate in the activities of the Council;
(B) ensure that any information requested by the Council from the agency represented by the such official or officials is provided to the Council in a timely manner; and
(C) establish procedures to ensure that Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the Chair of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base
Policy, and other appropriate personnel of the Department of Defense are informed of the activities of the Council in a timely manner.
(j) Technical and Conforming Changes.--Subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the table of sections for the subchapter by adding after the item related to section 1327 the following:
"1328. Additional provisions."; and (2) by striking "of this title" each place the term appears.
SEC. 1805. MODIFICATIONS TO STRATEGY TO ELIMINATE SOURCING OF
COMPUTER DISPLAYS FROM CERTAIN NATIONS.
Section 835 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C. 4651 note prec.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:
"(e) Certifications.--
"(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a written certification--
"(A) not later than June 30, 2027, that implementation of the strategy required by this section has begun; and
"(B) not later than January 1, 2030, that the strategy required by this section has eliminated the reliance of the Department on any covered nation to acquire computer displays.".
SEC. 1806. EXTENSION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENTS AND
REPORTS ON COMPLIANCE WITH PROCUREMENT
REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO RARE EARTH ELEMENTS
AND STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS.
Section 857(c) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2727) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)(A) by inserting ", including any recommendations that the Comptroller General considers appropriate" before the period at the end; and
(2) in subsection (c)(5) by striking "the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act" and inserting "the date that is 12 years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027".
SEC. 1807. REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE OF
COUNTERFEIT ELECTRONIC PARTS.
(a) In General.--Section 818(c)(3) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 10 U.S.C. 3241 note prec.) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking "and" at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (D)(iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(E) require that, for purchases made in accordance with procedures applicable to purchases below micro-purchase threshold (as defined in section 3573 of title 10, United States Code) or in accordance with procedures applicable to purchases below simplified acquisition threshold (as defined in section 3571 of such title), Department personnel--
"(i) obtain electronic parts that are in production or currently available in stock from the original manufacturer or an authorized dealer for such electronic part, or from a supplier that obtains such electronic parts exclusively from the original manufacturer or an authorized dealer for such electronic part; and
"(ii) obtain electronic parts that are not in production or currently available in stock in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to subparagraph (C) or (D).".
(b) DFARS Revision.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to carry out the amendments made by this section.
(c) Guidance Required.--Not later than 30 days after the revision required under subsection (b) has been finalized, the Secretary shall update the guidance required under section 818(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 10 U.S.C. 3241 note prec.)) as amended by this section, including practices and procedures to be used under part 8 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(d) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that reviews of use of government purchase cards by the Department of Defense to obtain electronic parts (as defined in section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 10 U.S.C. 3241 note prec.)) and components for such electronic parts using multiple award contracts or using full and open competition, along with any recommendations to improve procurement procedures to reduce the risk posed by counterfeit electronic parts and components.".
SEC. 1808. ANALYSIS AND REPORT ON SOURCING OF CERTAIN ITEMS.
(a) Analysis Required.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and other appropriate officials, shall conduct an analysis of each item described in subsection (c) and shall make recommendations for action, consistent with the policies, programs, and activities required under chapters 381 through 385 and chapter 389 of title 10, United States Code, chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, and the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C.
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4501 et seq.), including--
(A) actions for restricting procurement of each such item (with appropriate waivers for cost, emergency requirements, and nonavailability of suppliers), including such restrictions applicable to--
(i) domestic suppliers;
(ii) suppliers in the national technology and industrial base (as defined in section 4801 of title 10, United States Code); or
(iii) suppliers in other allied country;
(B) actions for increasing Federal Government investment in research and development or using other available authorities such as contracts, grants, loans, cooperative agreements, or other transaction authorities, including actions to--
(i) expand sourcing, processing, production, manufacturing capability, or production capacity of each such item;
(ii) diversify sources of supply of each such item; or
(iii) promote alternative approaches for addressing military requirements for each such item;
(C) actions for prohibiting procurement each such item from selected sources or countries;
(D) stockpiling actions for each such item, including creating incentives for domestic suppliers to expand and retain capacity such as--
(i) use of long-term purchasing agreements; or
(ii) restrictions related to provenance of each such item purchased for such stockpile;
(E) actions for increasing availability of each such item through recycling or reuse; or
(F) a combination of actions described under subparagraphs (A) through (E).
(2) Considerations.--In conducting the analysis described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider how any actions taken under the analysis would enhance or improve--
(A) national security;
(B) the economy;
(C) current and potential suppliers of the items in subsection (c), including the ability of such suppliers to meet anticipated surge production requirements of the Department of Defense; and
(D) implementation of any existing treaties or international agreements to which the United States is a party.
(b) Reporting on Analyses, Recommendations, and Actions.--Not later than October 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the following:
(1) A summary of the findings of the analyses undertaken for each item pursuant to subsection (a).
(2) Relevant findings and recommendations for action resulting from such analyses.
(3) Descriptions of specific actions undertaken or planned to be taken as a result of the analyses, including schedule and resources allocated for any planned actions.
(4) Any relevant findings or recommendations from such analyses, as appropriate, that should be incorporated into one or more of the following:
(A) The biennial report to Congress on the national technology and industrial base required under section 4814 of title 10, United States Code.
(B) The annual report on unfunded priorities of the national technology and industrial base required under section 4815 of such title.
(C) The Department of Defense national security strategy for the national technology and industrial base and associated policy guidance prescribed under section 4811(c) of such title.
(D) Activities to modernize acquisition processes to ensure integrity of industrial base pursuant to section 4819 of such title.
(E) Activities and associated expenditures related to defense supply chains, including for material, material production, components, subassemblies, and finished products, testing and qualification, infrastructure, facility construction and improvement, and equipment needed in accordance with 4817 of such title.
(F) Activities of the Office of Strategic Capital.
(G) Defense memoranda of understanding and related agreements between the Secretary of Defense, acting on behalf of the United States, and one or more foreign countries considered in accordance with section 4851 of such title.
(H) Activities of the Industrial Analysis Group (or successor group) of the Defense Contract Management Agency.
(I) Activities of the Warstopper Program (or successor program) of the Defense Logistics Agency.
(J) Industrial base or acquisition policy changes.
(K) Legislative proposals for modifications to relevant statutes.
(c) Items Described.--The items described in this subsection are the following:
(1) A material or other item of supply for which the Secretary or another designated official has issued a waiver or exception to a statutory sourcing restriction, or for which a domestic non-availability determination has been applied.
(2) Strategic and critical materials (as defined in section 12(1) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h-3(1)), including rare earth materials.
(3) Strategic and critical minerals derived from recycled or reused minerals and metals.
(4) Printed circuit boards and components of printed circuit boards.
(5) Microelectronic, semiconductor, and data storage components.
(6) Neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnets.
(7) Samarium and samarium-cobalt permanent magnets.
(8) Neodymium oxide and metal, praseodymium oxide and metal, and neodymium-praseodymium oxide and metal.
(9) Additive powders for specialty metals such as titanium-based and nickel-based alloys.
(10) Tantalum, including tantalum metal, tantalum powder, and tantalum alloys.
(11) Gallium, gallium nitride, and gallium oxide.
(12) Niobium, including niobium metal, niobium powder, and niobium alloys.
(13) Tungsten, tungsten carbide, and tungsten precursors, including tungsten ores and concentrates, ammonium paratungstate, ammonium metatungstate, tungstic acid, sodium tungstate, and tungsten oxides.
(14) Heavy rare earth oxides, namely oxides of erbium, gadolinium, lutetium, samarium, scandium, dysprosium, terbium, ytterbium, and yttrium.
(15) Rare earth metals and alloys, namely metals and alloys of erbium, gadolinium, lutetium, neodymium, praseodymium, samarium, scandium, dysprosium, terbium, ytterbium, and yttrium.
(16) Rare earth fluorides, namely fluorides of erbium, gadolinium, lutetium, neodymium, praseodymium, samarium, scandium, dysprosium, terbium, ytterbium, and yttrium.
(17) Magnesium alloy parts.
(18) High-purity iron suitable for rare earth magnet manufacturing, naval shipbuilding alloys, electrical steel, and other specialty alloys.
(19) Aluminum and aluminum-based alloys.
(20) Graphene and graphene-based materials.
(21) Mesophase pitch, isotropic pitch, and other critical precursor materials for carbon-carbon composites and synthetic graphite.
(22) Boron carbide powder or any finished or semi-finished product containing boron carbide powder.
(23) Optical glass or optical glass systems, as defined in section 834 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, and weapon sights made from such glass.
(24) Optical transmission equipment, including optical fiber, optical transmitters, and optical cable equipment.
(25) Continuous filament glass fiber yarn.
(26) Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fiber production capacity.
(27) Copper foil and copper clad laminate (including woven glass mat and glass fibers necessary to produce such laminate).
(28) Chemicals critical to defense applications, as determined by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
(29) Non-rare earth permanent magnets composed of materials such as iron nitride, iron-nickel, or manganese bismuth.
(30) Synthetic diamond and super abrasive materials used in defense applications.
(d) Conforming Repeal.--Section 849 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) is repealed.
SEC. 1809. ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR SOURCING OF
SYNTHETIC DIAMOND AND SUPER ABRASIVE MATERIALS
USED IN DEFENSE APPLICATIONS.
(a) Assessment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(1) an assessment of the extent to which the Department of Defense relies on foreign sources, including sources of concern, for synthetic diamond materials and related super abrasive materials used in defense-critical applications;
(2) a description of the defense systems, subsystems, and manufacturing processes for which such materials are critical, including their role in the production, sustainment, repair, sensing, guidance, navigation, communications, electronic warfare, and precision manufacturing functions of covered systems;
(3) an evaluation of the current and projected capacity of capable domestic sources and capable sources located in allied or partner countries to meet Department of Defense requirements for such materials;
(4) an assessment of risks to the defense industrial base associated with supply disruption, including risks arising from single points of failure, limited qualified suppliers, and reliance on sources of concern; and
(5) recommendations to mitigate identified risks and to strengthen domestic production capability where the Secretary determines such capability is necessary to address national security risks.
(b) Implementation Plan.--Not later than 90 days after submittal of the report under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan--
(1) to reduce reliance on foreign sources of concern for synthetic diamond materials and related super abrasive materials; and
(2) to increase the use of capable domestic sources and, only where such capable domestic sources are not available, capable sources located in allied or partner countries, for such materials in designated defense-critical applications.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "allied or partner country" means a country that the Secretary of Defense determines, based on national security considerations, does not pose an undue risk to the defense industrial base or the security of defense supply chains.
(2) The term "capable domestic source" means a source located in the United States that the Secretary of Defense determines has the technical capability, production capacity, quality controls, security posture, and ability to meet designated defense requirements at program scale.
(3) The term "covered system" means such defense systems or platforms as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate.
(4) The term "source of concern" means a covered nation as defined in section 4872(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code.
(5) The term "super abrasive material" includes cubic boron nitride and other ultra-hard materials used in defense manufacturing or defense system applications.
(6) The term "synthetic diamond materials" means synthetic or laboratory-engineered diamond materials, including grit, powders, wafers, films, optical components, electronic components, and other functional diamond forms, used in defense-critical applications.
SEC. 1810.
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DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN INTELLIGENCE AND RISK
RESPONSE PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, shall establish a Department of Defense-wide program to be known as the "Defense Supply Chain Intelligence and Risk Response Program" (in this section referred to as the "Program") to enhance the Department's ability to illuminate, assess, anticipate, and respond to risks across the defense industrial base supply chain.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Program shall be to provide a coordinated, holistic framework for the Department of Defense to effectively identify and manage the risks within and across the broader defense supply chain, including risks associated with microelectronics, semiconductors, counterfeit items, diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages, obsolescence, supply chain disruptions, cyber vulnerabilities, foreign sourced components, foreign investments, financial distress, and sourcing of critical technologies from entities within or associated with covered nations.
(c) Activities.--The Program shall--
(1) identify and characterize supplier concentration, single-point dependencies, structural vulnerabilities, and risks arising from foreign ownership, control, or influence;
(2) inform Department of Defense policy and funding decisions intended to enable rapid, scalable response to supply chain vulnerabilities, including creation of stockpiles and identification of alternative domestic suppliers and surge capacity; and
(3) support and inform Department of Defense efforts to reduce reliance on covered nations for supply chains essential to the national defense.
(d) Implementation.--In implementing this section, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment and not later than 365 days after the date of the enactment of this Act--
(1) perform an identification and assessment of the supply chain illumination efforts, supply chain risk management activities, and policies of the Department of Defense, along with annual funding profiles associated with such efforts, activities and policies;
(2) develop a common framework across the Department of Defense and with contractors of the Department to enable a holistic and coordinated approach for identifying managing risks within defense supply chains; and
(3) provide the Secretary of Defense the following:
(A) Findings and recommendations based on the assessment performed under paragraph (1), including recommendations related to expansion, consolidation, or cancellation of identified supply chain illumination efforts and supply chain risk management activities.
(B) A plan of action for successful implementation of the framework developed under paragraph (2).
(C) Recommendations for employment of advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities or tools to support and enable Program activities, including capabilities such as--
(i) mapping of multi-tier supply chains across the defense industrial base, including domestic and international supplier networks;
(ii) identifying and linking entities across public records, corporate registries, trade data, and other commercial datasets to identify foreign ownership, control, or influence;
(iii) highlighting supplier concentration, single-point dependencies, and other structural risk indicators; and
(iv) modeling and forecasting of supply chain disruptions and economic security risks.
(e) Commercial Technology Utilization.--The Secretary shall ensure that any advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities or tools to support the Program are procured--
(1) in accordance with the preference for commercial products and commercial services under section 3453 of title 10, United States Code;
(2) in accordance with the requirements to use competitive procedures under applicable law and the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and
(3) in a manner that provides the Department with flexibility to adapt procurement strategies to Program needs, evolving market conditions, and advances in technology throughout the life of the Program.
(f) Reporting Requirements.--
(1) Initial report.--Not later than April 1, 2027, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing--
(A) progress made in implementing the Program;
(B) integration of Program activities with existing Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment activities and supply chain risk management activities; and
(C) resource requirements, including funding, personnel, data access, and technical infrastructure.
(2) Annual report.--Not later than one year after the date on which the Program is established, and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(A) an assessment of the effectiveness of the Program in improving the Department's ability to illuminate, assess, anticipate, and respond to
risks across the defense industrial base supply chain; and
(B) any additional legislative, regulatory, or policy recommendations necessary to strengthen defense industrial base resilience.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered nation" has the meaning given such term in section 4872 of title 10, United States Code.
(2) The term "foreign ownership, control, or influence" refers to ownership structures, governance arrangements, financial relationships, or other mechanisms through which a foreign person or entity may direct, materially influence, or control a supplier or sub-tier entity within the defense industrial base.
(3) The term "economic security risks" means risks arising from supply chain fragility, economic coercion by a covered nation including financing by a covered nation, or other vulnerabilities in a commercial supply chain that may adversely affect national security.
SEC. 1811. IDENTIFICATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN DEPENDENCIES.
(a) Annual Reports.--
(1) In general.--Not later than March 1, 2028, and annually thereafter until 2032, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report with a classified annex that assesses, during the year preceding the date of the report, the extent to which the supply chains for biotechnology equipment and services obtained or funded by the Department of Defense through covered transactions contain critical supply dependencies.
(2) Report contents.--The unclassified report required under paragraph (1) shall, for biotechnology equipment and services described in such paragraph--
(A) describe the supply chains for such biotechnology equipment and services, including an analysis of critical supply dependencies for such supply chains and the overall vulnerability of such supply chains to geopolitical risk stemming from critical supply dependencies;
(B) identify the value of such biotechnology equipment and services, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the total value of such biotechnology equipment and services, where the supply chain for such biotechnology equipment or service contained at least one critical supply dependency;
(C) list the types of such biotechnology equipment or services with critical supply dependencies in defense industrial base supply chains that, if compromised, would cause significant potential disruption to military readiness; and
(D) identify the top five percent of covered transactions for biotechnology equipment and services, as measured by the total expected value over the life of the transaction for biotechnology equipment or services obtained or funded by the Department of Defense for which the supply chains contain at least one critical supply dependency.
(3) Annex contents.--The classified annex required under paragraph (1) shall, for biotechnology equipment and services described in paragraph (1)--
(A) identify any covered foreign entities analyzed in the report that the Secretary of Defense has recommended or is considering recommending to the Office of Management and Budget for designation as a biotechnology company of concern to inform that recommendation;
(B) describe any additional legislative authorities or resource requirements necessary to adequately assess the vulnerability of supply chains for biotechnology equipment and services that contributes to the defense industrial base, including funding, personnel, data access, and technical infrastructure; and
(C) elaborate as necessary on the contents of the unclassified report.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "appropriate congressional committees" means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
(2) The terms "biotechnology company of concern", "biotechnology equipment or service", and "foreign adversary" have the meaning givens, respectively, in section 851 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60).
(3) The term "covered foreign entity" means an entity including any subsidiary thereof, organized under the laws of a foreign country if either the principal place of business of such entity is in a foreign adversary or the equity securities of the entity are primarily traded on one or more exchanges based in a foreign adversary.
(4) The term "covered transaction" means any Department of Defense contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, grant, or other transaction with a value greater than $10,000,000.
(5) The term "critical supply dependency" means a step in a supply chain for a biotechnology equipment or service characterized by a limited supplier base consisting entirely or almost entirely of covered foreign entities, such that disruption from a single covered foreign entity or a small set of covered foreign entities is likely to materially impair the availability of functionally interchangeable biotechnology equipment or services.
SEC. 1812. FEDERAL ACQUISITION SECURITY COUNCIL EXCLUSION
ORDERS FOR CHINESE MILITARY COMPANY DESIGNEES.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) CMC list.--The term "CMC List" means the list of Chinese military companies operating in the United States under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C.
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(2) Covered article.--The term "covered article" has the meaning given such term in section 1321 of title 41, United States Code.
(3) Exclusion order.--The term "exclusion order" means an order referred to in section 1323(c)(1)(A) of title 41, United States Code.
(4) Council.--The term "Council" means the Federal Acquisition Security Council established under section 1322(a) of title 41, United States Code.
(b) Mandatory Referral by the Secretary of Defense.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after determining to add an entity to the CMC List, the Secretary of Defense shall transmit to the Council a written referral recommending that the Council recommend an exclusion order for covered articles produced or provided by such entity.
(2) Contents.--Each referral shall include--
(A) identification of the entity, including known subsidiaries and affiliates;
(B) the basis for the determination under such section 1260H, consistent with protection of intelligence sources and methods; and
(C) any additional information relevant to the Council's assessment of whether to recommend an exclusion order for covered articles produced or provided by such entity.
(c) Required Council Action.--
(1) Review required.--Upon receipt of a referral under subsection (b), the Council shall use the information provided in the referral and any other information the Council determines appropriate under section 1323(c) of title 41, United States Code, to review whether to issue a recommendation to the President for an exclusion order prohibiting executive agencies from procuring covered articles produced or provided by the designated entity. The Council shall complete such review not later than 270 days after the date on which the Council receives the referral.
(2) Recommendation to the president.--If, as a result of the review, the Council determines to issue such a recommendation, the Council shall transmit the recommendation to the President not later than 90 days after the date on which the Council completes the review.
(3) Scope.--The recommendation shall apply Government-wide and include subsidiaries and affiliates identified in the referral.
(d) Removal From CMC List.--
(1) Notice.--Not later than 90 days after determining to remove an entity from the CMC List, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Council of the determination and provide the basis for the determination.
(2) Review.--Upon receipt of such a notice, the Council shall review whether to transmit to the President a recommendation to rescind or modify the exclusion order.
(3) No automatic rescission.--Removal from the CMC List shall not automatically rescind an exclusion order.
(e) Existing Designees.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall transmit to the Council a written referral under subsection (b)(1) for each entity already appearing on the CMC List for which no exclusion order is in effect.
SEC. 1813. DOMESTIC PREFERENCE IN THE PROCUREMENT OF
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
(a) Establishment of Preference.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall revise the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to ensure that with respect to contracts for the procurement of professional services, a contracting officer--
(1) shall establish a preference for offerors that are United States companies, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with the interests of national security; and
(2) may elect not to apply such preference if the contracting officer provides documentation, including a rationale, for not applying the preference, which may include evidence--
(A) that the Secretary of Defense prioritized the urgency of the procurement or delivery of professional services over such preference;
(B) that no United States company is capable of fulfilling the requirements of the contract in a timely or cost-effective manner; or
(C) of other circumstances determined by the Secretary.
(b) Relationship to Other Preferences.--The preference established under subsection (a) shall not take priority over any preference for procurement from the procurement list established pursuant to section 8503 of title 41, United States Code, the Federal Prison Industries catalog described under section 4124(d) of title 18, United States Code, or under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).
(c) Reports.--Beginning on March 1, 2028, and annually thereafter through March 1, 2031, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(1) a description of the effectiveness of the preference described in subsection (a) in improving acquisition outcomes in the procurement of professional services;
(2) the effect of such preference on the number of domestic entities providing professional services to the Department of Defense; and
(3) a summary of instances during the calendar year preceding the date of submission of the report where such preference was not applied, along with rationale for not applying such preference.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "foreign entity" has the meaning given in section 225.772-1 of the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (or a successor regulation).
(2) The term "United States company"--
(A) means a business entity that--
(i) is organized under the laws of a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States;
(ii) has its principal place of business located in the United States, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States; and
(iii) is not directly or indirectly owned and controlled by a foreign entity; and
(B) includes a joint venture for which a business entity described in subparagraph (A) holds an ownership interest greater than or equal to 50 percent.
(3) The term "professional services" includes one or more of the following services:
(A) Engineering.
(B) Architecture.
(C) Design.
(D) Environmental consulting.
(E) Financial consulting.
(F) Program management.
(G) Legal.
SEC. 1814. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF CHINESE-MANUFACTURED
OPTICAL FIBER BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Defense may not procure or obtain optical fiber and optical fiber cable produced, manufactured, or assembled by an entity that is owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of the People's Republic of China for use in Department of Defense information networks or communications systems.
(b) Covered Optical Fiber Defined.--In this section, the term "covered optical fiber" means single-mode or multi-mode optical fiber and optical fiber cable.
(c) Waiver Authority.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition under subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary determines that--
(A) the waiver is necessary for the national security interests of the United States; and
(B) no practicable alternative exists from a source not described in subsection (a).
(2) Limitation.--A waiver granted under this subsection shall be limited in time and in scope to the minimum extent necessary.
(3) Notice.--Not later than 30 days after granting a waiver, the Secretary shall submit written notice to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives describing--
(A) the justification for the waiver;
(B) the duration and scope of the waiver; and
(C) the plan to transition to compliant materials.
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to contracts awarded on and after October 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(e) FASC Recommendation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall direct the Department of Defense official serving on the Federal Acquisition Security Council to formally recommend that the Council--
(1) evaluate optical fiber and optical fiber cable (including fiber optic cable assemblies) sold, produced, or developed by any entity that constitutes a source of concern due to the relationship of the entity to the People's Republic of China; and
(2) determine, based on such evaluation, whether to issue a recommended order with respect to such source of concern, or any covered article sold, produced, or developed by such source of concern.
(f) Scope of Evaluation.--The recommendation under subsection (b) shall specifically request that the Federal Acquisition Security Council evaluation under paragraph (1) of such subsection consider, at a minimum--
(1) whether an entity that produces or assembles optical fiber and optical fiber cable in the People's Republic of China would meet the definition of source of concern; and
(2) potential vectors for intelligence collection, disruption, or degradation of national security communications through optical fiber infrastructure procured from such an entity.
(g) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(A) an assessment by the Secretary regarding national security risks posed by the procurement or use of optical fiber and optical fiber cable produced or assembled by an entity that is a source of concern based on such entity's affiliation with the People's Republic of China;
(B) an assessment of the extent to which such optical fiber is present in, or procured for information networks or communications systems of the Department of Defense, or the networks of Department of Defense contractors and subcontractors;
(C) an assessment of the availability of alternative sources of optical fiber from domestic suppliers or suppliers from a country that is not a foreign adversary;
(D) an update on the status of the recommendation for evaluation made in accordance with subsection (b);
(E) an update on any recommended order or designated order issued or under consideration by the Federal Acquisition Security Council with respect to optical fiber or optical fiber cable from any source of concern affiliated with the People's Republic of China; and
(F) any actions taken or recommended to be taken by the Secretary to mitigate risks identified under subparagraph (A), including any proposed amendments to the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(2) Form.--The report required under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(h) Definitions.--In this section, the terms "covered article", "designated order", "Federal Acquisition Security Council", "foreign adversary", "recommended order", and "source of concern" have the meanings given, respectively, in section 1322 of title 41, United States Code (as amended by section 1804 of this Act) in that term in section 1321(3) of title 41, United States Code (as amended by section 1804 of this Act).
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REPORT ON PRIMARY ALUMINUM SECTOR INDUSTRIAL BASE
ASSESSMENT.
(a) Report.--Upon enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall transmit to the congressional defense committees the report titled "Primary Aluminum Sector Industrial Base Assessment Report" issued by the Industrial Analysis Division of the Defense Contract Management Agency and submitted to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy on April 9, 2025.
(b) Briefing Required.--Not later than March 1, 2027, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing detailing--
(1) the reliance of the United States on imports or scrap for aluminum production, including reliance on foreign adversaries or other foreign sources that are at risk of supply chain disruption;
(2) the current alumina and primary aluminum production capacity in the United States and a near- and long-term assessment of the robustness of such capacity;
(3) the status and risks facing advanced aluminum fabrication facilities that are an essential part of the defense industrial base;
(4) insights and findings from the "Aluminum Wargame" executed by the Defense Logistics Agency under the Defense Logistics Agency Industrial Base Campaign of Learning series;
(5) an assessment of the need for large-scale aluminum extrusion capabilities in the United States to support current and projected national defense requirements;
(6) an assessment of workforce, permitting, infrastructure, and energy considerations associated with sustaining or expanding large-scale aluminum extrusion capabilities in the United States;
(7) opportunities for increased secondary aluminum production in the United States to increase domestic defense-grade aluminum production; and
(8) policy, acquisition, or investment options the Secretary of Defense is undertaking or considering to mitigate identified risks or gaps in domestic aluminum extrusion capacity, including potential public-private partnerships or other industrial base support mechanisms, as appropriate.
SEC. 1816. ASSESSMENT OF RISK RELATED TO ADVERSARIAL CAPITAL
IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE.
(a) Designation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall designate an office within the Office of Industrial Base Policy with primary responsibility for assessing and mitigating risks related to the use of adversarial capital by the entities in the national technology and industrial base (as defined in section 4801 of title 10, United States Code).
(b) Duties.--The Secretary shall ensure the office designated under subsection (a) is responsible for the following:
(1) Facilitating collaboration among elements of the Department of Defense and with other stakeholders, including private sector entities and academia, to identify and mitigate such risks, including--
(A) by coordinating, deconflicting, and synchronizing adversarial capital risk management activities;
(B) by facilitating timely sharing with entities in the national technology and industrial base of threat information, vulnerability assessments, and risk indicators; and
(C) by establishing relationships, including through cooperative research and development agreements, to support shared informational understanding of the commercial and economic domain to advance the economic security interests of the Department.
(2) Tracing the flow of adversarial capital from its source to entities in the national and technological industrial base.
(3) Identifying and monitoring dependencies of entities in the national and technological industrial base on foreign adversaries by identifying--
(A) single points of failure, critical chokepoints, and foreign adversary-controlled aspects of relevant supply chains that could vulnerable to adversarial capital; and
(B) tactics, techniques, and procedures used by foreign adversaries to gain influence or control over such entities.
(4) Providing specific recommendations to Secretary of Defense on actions or policies necessary to reduce adversarial capital flows for mission-critical weapons systems, technologies, and materials.
(5) Working with stakeholders to develop and implement clear legal, contractual, and technical procedures to--
(A) support and enable identification of beneficial ownership data of subcontractors (at any tier) and suppliers in the national and technological industrial base that is relevant to national security;
(B) ensure appropriate liability protections for such subcontractors and suppliers making good-faith disclosures of data described in subparagraph (A);
(C) implement a voluntary risk-sharing framework under which national and technological industrial base entities may share supplier risk information and receive validated risk assessments of the supply chain of such entity in return, with safeguards for proprietary data.
(6) Implementing and maintaining continuous automated monitoring of entities in the national
and technological industrial base for changes in corporate control, beneficial ownership, geographic sourcing, and supply chain structure.
(7) Issuing automated alerts to appropriate members of the acquisition workforce and affected stakeholders upon detection of significant risk indicators of adversarial capital.
(8) Applying corroboration protocols requiring validation of significant risk indicators of adversarial capital across not fewer than two independent data sources before forming the basis for risk-tier elevation, mitigation action, or referral to appropriate law enforcement or regulatory authorities.
(c) Economic Security Risk Assurance Capability.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the office designated under subsection (a) shall establish and maintain a capability to be known as the "Economic Security Risk Assurance" capability, which shall--
(1) consolidate and analyze information related to adversarial capital flows to entities in the national and technological industrial base, supplier identifiers, links between programs of the Department of Defense and suppliers, and other information as determined by such head;
(2) enable analysis and reporting to support the assessment and risk mitigation of adversarial capital in the national technology and industrial base;
(3) provide visualization of the risk of adversarial capital on entities in the national and technological industrial base;
(4) enable federated access by program managers, portfolio acquisition executives, and other appropriate officials of the Department of Defense to supply chain illumination efforts of the Department; and
(5) enable the office to better perform the duties outlined by this subsection.
(d) Reporting Requirements.--
(1) Initial establishment.--The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notification of the designation of an office under subsection (a) and the establishment of the Economic Security Risk Assurance tool in accordance with subsection (c).
(2) Annual report.--Not later than December 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees an annual report analyzing the activities of the office designated under subsection (a). The report may be provided in classified form and may include any recommendations of the Secretary to reduce or further mitigate risks related to adversarial capital in the national and technological industrial base.
(e) Adversarial Capital Defined.--In this section, the term "adversarial capital" means loans or other forms of financial assistance provided to entities in the national and technological industrial base.
SEC. 1817. INTEGRATION OF DEMAND FOR FOREIGN MILITARY SALES
INTO INDUSTRIAL BASE PLANNING.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall include projected demand for foreign military sales, including any foreign military sales that are in progress, in--
(1) Any industrial base assessments conducted by the Secretary.
(2) Munitions production planning documents.
(3) Sustainment planning for major defense acquisition programs (as defined in section 4201 of title 10, United States Code).
(4) Decisions of the Secretary regarding production rate increases and capacity expansion of defense articles (as defined in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403)).
(b) Objectives.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall seek to achieve the following objectives with respect to the defense industrial base:
(1) Expand production capacity.
(2) Stabilize critical suppliers and of the defense industrial base.
(3) Incentivize capital investment in critical production lines.
SEC. 1818. REPORT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF REQUIRING BILLS OF
MATERIALS FOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the following:
(1) The feasibility of including requirements for Bills of Materials, including software, hardware, artificial intelligence, and cryptography, within DoD Instruction 5000.87 and the Software Acquisition Pathway.
(2) The expected value of the information gained through Bills of Materials as it relates to risk management and supply chain integrity.
(3) The necessity of establishing a new system or consolidating existing systems to perform asset management within the Department to house the information in Bills of Materials as it relates to weapon system components currently in use across the Armed Forces.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form and may include a classified annex.
Subtitle B--Provisions Relating to Defense Industrial Base
Manufacturing
SEC. 1831. CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE USES OF DEFENSE
INDUSTRIAL BASE FUND.
(a) In General.--Section 4817(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 867 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60), is amended--
(1) by amending subparagraph (L) to read as follows:
"(L) Ships or submarines, including technologies and capabilities supporting the assembly or automation of ships or submarines, new or modernized infrastructure for the construction of ships or submarines, and infrastructure or capabilities for the maintenance, sustainment, or battle-damage repair of ships or submarines (including private-sector drydock and ship repair infrastructure components and systems)."; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(P) Advanced microelectronics packaging, including substrates, interposers, heterogeneous integration, and related manufacturing capability and capacity.".
(b) Limitation on Use of Certain Funds.--The Secretary of Defense may not use funds made available before the date of the enactment of this Act to carry out activities under the authority of subsection (g)(1)(L) or (g)(1)(P) of section 4817 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this Act.
SEC. 1832. INCLUSION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN USES OF THE
INDUSTRIAL BASE FUND.
(a) In General.--Section 4817(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1831, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(Q) Biotechnology and biomanufacturing.".
(b) Limitation on Use of Certain Amounts.--The Secretary of Defense may not use amounts made available before the date of the enactment of this Act to carry out activities under the authority of subparagraph (Q) of section 4817(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this section.
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DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF ALTERNATIVE
MATERIAL SOURCES.
(a) Defense Modernization Account.--Section 3136(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(7) For developing alternative material sources, through technologies including reverse engineering, reengineering, and advanced manufacturing (as defined in section 4841 of this title), to meet operational requirements.".
(b) Life-cycle Sustainment Plan.--Section 4324(b)(1)(C) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", where such considerations shall include the application of alternative methods to support sustainment, including reverse engineering, reengineering, and advanced manufacturing (as defined in section 4841 of this title)".
SEC. 1834. REPORT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN FOR ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING FOR CERTAIN CRITICAL READINESS
ITEMS OF SUPPLY.
Section 1842 of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended--
(1) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsections:
"(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit the plan required by subsection (a) to--
"(1) the collaborative forum established under section 1844 of this Act (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C. 4811 note);
"(2) the Defense Logistics Agency; and
"(3) the congressional defense committees.
"(d) Implementation.--
"(1) Working group.--Following receipt of the plan described in paragraph (1), members of the collaborative forum established under such section 1844 shall establish a working group (or other appropriate organization) to implement such plan by developing or identifying advanced manufacturing solutions to increase the production of critical readiness items of supply identified under subsection (a)(1), where such solutions are likely ensure the production of such items not later than 24 months after the date of the establishment of the working group.
"(2) Notation.--Not later than 60 days after receipt of the plan described in paragraph (1), the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall update the No Bid Solicitation List to include a notation for items that have been identified under subsection (a)(1) as critical readiness items of supply."; and
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
"(3) The term `No Bid Solicitation List' means the list maintained by the Defense Logistics Agency identifying solicitations that have received no bids or no responsive offers within required procurement timelines.
"(4) The term `covered system' has the meaning given in section 4324 of title 10, United States Code.".
SEC. 1835. ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE RELATED TO ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING.
Section 1846(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking the word "and";
(2) in subparagraph (G)(ii), by striking the period and inserting "; and"; and
(3) by adding the following new subparagraph:
"(H) risk-based policies and best practices to prevent the dissemination of information or capabilities that enable influence of entities located in China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea over the production of parts, including a preference for the use of parts produced through secure, domestic advanced manufacturing processes.".
SEC. 1836. MODIFICATIONS TO ADVANCED MANUFACTURING POLICY
REVIEW AND GUIDANCE.
Section 1846(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C. 4841 note) is amended--
(1) by striking "September 30, 2027" and inserting "February 28, 2027";
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking "and" at the end;
(3) in subparagraph (G)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
"(H) a methodology for establishing common part numbering system for AM materials, processes, and parts; and
"(I) a methodology for qualification testing for small run critical parts.".
SEC. 1837. ENHANCED DOMESTIC CONTENT REQUIREMENT FOR
SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS.
Section 835(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 338; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4201) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting "except as provided in paragraph (5)," before "shall not apply"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(5) Exclusion for shipbuilding programs.--Paragraph (4)(B) shall not apply to manufactured articles procured in connection with a shipbuilding program.".
SEC. 1838. TRIENNIAL REVIEW OF MERGER AND ACQUISITION
ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR DEFENSE
SUPPLIERS.
(a) Triennial Review.--The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall triennially review merger and acquisition activity associated with major defense suppliers, including assessing the resulting financial health of such suppliers and whether resulting mergers and acquisitions have affected the supply of an essential good or service needed to support the Department of Defense's mission to provide national security and defense.
(b) Triennial Report.--Not later than December 31, 2027, and triennially thereafter, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the review conducted for the previous three fiscal years, including a description of the effects of completed mergers and acquisitions on the health of the defense industrial base and actions taken to mitigate any risks identified.
SEC. 1839. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN
MUNITIONS.
(a) Authority.--Subject to the provisions of section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, specified in subsection (c), the head of an agency may enter into one or more multiyear contracts for more than one but not more than seven program years, beginning in fiscal year 2027, for the procurement of the following systems (including items, services, and logistics support associated with those systems and their subsystems):
(1) Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB missile systems.
(2) Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile systems.
(3) Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM).
(4) Standard Missile-6 Missiles (SM-6).
(5) Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM).
(6) Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM).
(7) Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM).
(8) Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) and Maritime Strike Tomahawk (MST).
(9) Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems.
(10) Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) systems.
(11) Low-cost hypersonic strike systems.
(12) Family of Affordable Mass Munitions (FAMM), Extended-Range Attack Munition (ERAM), Enterprise Test Vehicle (ETV), and ground-launched low-cost cruise missile systems.
(13) Joint Advanced Tactical Missiles (JATM).
(b) Procurement in Conjunction With Existing Contracts.--The systems authorized to be procured under subsection (a) may be procured as an addition to an existing contract relating to such systems.
(c) Limited Applicability of Other Law.--The provisions of section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, specified in this subsection are as follows:
(1) Subsection (f).
(2) Subsection (g), applied by substituting "contract awarded pursuant to the authority of this section" for "contract described in subsection (a)" each place it appears.
(3) Subsection (i)(1).
(4) Subsection (1)(3).
(d) Certification to Congressional Defense Committees Required.--The head of an agency may enter into a multiyear contract under subsection (a) only if the head of the agency certifies to the congressional defense committees in writing, not later than seven days before entering into such a contract, each of the following:
(1) That the use of such a contract is consistent with the projected force structure requirements for the applicable program.
(2) That the use of such a contract will result in significant savings compared to the total anticipated costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts.
(3) That there is a reasonable expectation that throughout the contemplated contract period the head of the agency will request funding for the contract at the level required to avoid contract cancellation.
(4) That there is a stable design for the property to be acquired and the technical risks associated with such property are not excessive.
(5) That the estimates of both the cost of the contract and the anticipated cost avoidance through the use of a such a contract are realistic.
(6) That the use of such a contract will promote the national security of the United States.
(7) That during the fiscal year in which the contract is to be awarded, sufficient funds will be available to perform the contract in such fiscal year, and the future-years defense program (as defined in section 221 of title 10, United States Code) for such fiscal year will include the funding required to execute the program without cancellation.
(e) Authority for Advance Procurement.--The head of an agency may enter into one or more contracts for advance procurement associated with a program for which authorization to enter into a multiyear contract is provided under subsection (a) and for systems and subsystems associated with such program, in economic order quantities when cost savings are achievable.
(f) Condition for Out-year Contract Payments.--A multiyear contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2027 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
(g) Definition.--In this section, the term "head of an agency" means--
(1) the Secretary of Defense;
(2) the Secretary of the Army;
(3) the Secretary of the Navy; or
(4) the Secretary of the Air Force.
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MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR PLATFORMS AND
COMPONENTS SYSTEMS.
(a) Authority.--Subject to the provisions of section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, specified in subsection (c), the head of an agency may enter into one or more multiyear contracts for more than one but not more than seven program years, beginning in fiscal year 2027, for the procurement of the following systems (including items, services, and logistics support associated with those systems and their subsystems):
(1) Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS).
(2) 6.8mm ammunition.
(3) Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) (AGR-20 A/B), II / Fixed-Wing, Air Launched, Counter-Unmanned [Aircraft Systems] Ordnance (FALCO) (AGR-20F).
(4) Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS).
(5) Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II).
(6) Air Intercept Missile-9X (AIM-9X).
(7) Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical (GEM-T).
(8) Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS).
(9) Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon Increment 1 (ARRW Inc 1).
(10) Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance (TPY-2).
(11) Javelin CLU (Command Launch Unit).
(12) FGM-148 Javelin.
(13) Coyote Block 2C (C-UAS interceptor).
(14) Sonobuoys (SSQ-36, SSQ-53, SSQ-62, SSQ-101, SSQ-125).
(15) RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM).
(16) RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM).
(17) Remote Modular Terminal (RMT).
(18) Counter Communications System (CCS).
(b) Procurement in Conjunction With Existing Contracts.--The systems authorized to be procured under subsection (a) may be procured as additions to existing contracts covering such systems.
(c) Limited Applicability of Other Law.--In applying section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, to subsection (a), only the following provisions of that section shall apply:
(1) Subsection (f).
(2) Subsection (g), in which the term "contract described in subsection (a)" shall mean a contract awarded pursuant to the authority of this section.
(3) Subsection (i)(1).
(4) Subsection (l)(3).
(d) Certification to Congressional Defense Committees Required.--The head of an agency may enter into a multiyear contract under subsection (a) only if the head of the agency certifies to the congressional defense committees in writing, not less than 7 days before entry into the contract, each of the following:
(1) That the use of such a contract is consistent with the projected force structure requirements for the respective program.
(2) That the use of such a contract will result in--
(A) savings of the total anticipated costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts; or
(B) necessary defense industrial base stability not otherwise achievable through annual contracts.
(3) That there is a reasonable expectation that throughout the contemplated contract period the head of the agency will request funding for the contract at the level required to avoid contract cancellation.
(4) That there is a stable design for the property to be acquired and the technical risks associated with such property are not excessive.
(5) That the estimates of both the cost of the contract and the anticipated cost avoidance through the use of a such a contract are realistic.
(6) That the use of such a contract will promote the national security of the United States.
(7) That during the fiscal year in which the contract is to be awarded, sufficient funds will be available to perform the contract in such fiscal year, and the future-years defense program (as defined in section 221 of title 10, United States Code) for such fiscal year will include the funding required to execute the program without cancellation.
(e) Authority for Advance Procurement.--The head of an agency may enter into one or more contracts for advance procurement associated with a program for which authorization to enter into a multiyear contract is provided under subsection (a) and for systems and subsystems associated with such program, in economic order quantities when cost savings are achievable.
(f) Condition for Out-year Contract Payments.--A multiyear contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment
under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2027 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
(g) Definition.--In this section, the term "head of an agency" means--
(1) the Secretary of Defense;
(2) the Secretary of the Army;
(3) the Secretary of the Navy; or
(4) the Secretary of the Air Force.
SEC. 1841. MANAGING AND MITIGATING RISKS IN MAJOR MUNITIONS
PROGRAMS.
(a) Requirement.--In meeting the requirements of the Department of Defense for major munitions programs, the Secretary of Defense shall consider alternative designs, including designs such as low-cost, mass-produced munitions or other capabilities that could complement existing munitions capabilities.
(b) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term "major munitions program" means--
(A) any major munitions program within the meaning given such term in section 4172 of title 10, United States Code; and
(B) any munitions program that is identified as a critical munitions requirement by the Munitions Acceleration Council in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2027; and
(2) the term "low-cost, mass-produced munition" means any munition that can be produced and delivered by a single contractor--
(A) in quantities two or more times greater than the quantities that the relevant existing munition can be produced and delivered in a single fiscal year using production capacity that is currently available to the contractor; and
(B) at a cost to the Department at least 25 percent lower per unit than the relevant existing munition.
SEC. 1842. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT ON IMPROVING WEAPON
SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENT.
(a) Assessments.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct one or more assessments of how the Secretary of Defense can improve procurement of weapon systems and technologies.
(b) Elements.--Any assessment under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An evaluation of the extent to which the members of the acquisition workforce (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) have the knowledge, skills, and expertise necessary to negotiate a fair deal for weapon systems and technologies for the Department of Defense.
(2) With respect to a procurement described in subsection (a), a determination of whether the Secretary--
(A) has sufficient understanding and data on the incentives and motivations of defense contractors necessary to negotiate a fair deal for the Department of Defense;
(B) has and uses mechanisms to assess contractor performance and tools for accountability for meeting contractual obligations;
(C) understands the data rights needed to maintain, sustain, and upgrade weapon systems and effectively uses contracting approaches to facilitate iterative development and to adopt commercial technologies;
(D) has sufficient understanding of, and can monitor changes in, the defense industrial base, including the effect of mergers and acquisitions and tracking as new entrants; and
(E) evaluates the effectiveness of efforts to reduce supply chain risks and measure the effects of available industrial policy tools.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on plans for any assessments required under subsection (a) and a timeline and format for delivery of the final results of such assessments.
SEC. 1861. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL REPORT ON DEPOT-LEVEL
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORKLOADS BY PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE SECTORS.
Section 2466(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking "each Defense Agency, the percentage" and inserting "each Defense Agency--"
"(A) the percentage";
(2) in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(B) the dollar amount of such expended and projected funds, respectively, disaggregated by covered depot.".
SEC. 1862. AUTHORITY TO WRITE OFF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR
CERTAIN DEPOTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2470 the following new section:
"Sec. 2471. Accounting for certain depots: authority to
write off capital expenditures
"(a) Authority.--With respect to any covered depot, the Secretary of Defense may write off, for accounting purposes, any depreciated cost or debt associated with capital that does not generate revenue as a result of a Government-directed mission change.
"(b) Delegation of Authority.--The Secretary may delegate the authority under subsection (a) to the Secretary of a military department.
"(c) Covered Depot Defined.--In this section, the term `covered depot' has the meaning given such term in section 2476 of this title.".
SEC. 1863. REFORMS RELATING TO ARMY ORGANIC INDUSTRIAL BASE.
(a) Modernization.--Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 2477.
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Modernization of organic industrial base of
Department of the Army
"(a) Modernization.--The Secretary of the Army shall take such steps as may be necessary to accelerate the modernization of the organic industrial base of the Army to meet the requirements of the Army, including by carrying out the following:
"(1) Ensuring the production of additional materials by, or the expanded use of capabilities of, such organic industrial base.
"(2) Establishing an updated structure for the governance of such organic industrial base, under which--
"(A) decisions regarding resourcing and site operations overseen by the Army Materiel Command shall be delineated from, and reconciled with, workload and acquisition requirements overseen by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology; and
"(B) the relationship between the Army Sustainment Command and the Joint Energetics Transition Office established under section 148 of this title shall be delineated with respect to such organic industrial base.
"(3) Establishing an updated resourcing model for such organic industrial base, for the purpose of--
"(A) reducing production costs associated with each covered Army depot; and
"(B) ensuring such costs are, to the maximum extent practicable, competitive with commercial capabilities.
"(4) Ensuring the updated resourcing model established under paragraph (3)--
"(A) details any modification to a working-capital fund of the Army necessary to achieve a purpose specified in such paragraph; and
"(B) accounts for the use of funds appropriated for the Army or relevant elements of the Department of Defense, including the Army Contracting Command, the Civilian Human Resources Agency of the Army, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and the Defense Information Systems Agency, or for base operating services.
"(5) Establishing key training pipelines, and desired throughput with respect to such pipelines, necessary to support each covered Army depot in accordance with this subsection, including by identifying appropriations necessary for such support.
"(b) Limitation on Actions to Decrease Workload.--The Secretary of the Army may not carry out any action that would decrease the workload performed by any covered Army depot for a year by more than 10 percent as compared with the workload performed by that covered Army depot five years prior unless--
"(1) the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense committees a notification that includes an explanation for such decrease and a plan to shift other workload requirements of the Army to the covered Army depot, to maintain workforce capability; and
"(2) a period of 30 days has elapsed following such notification.
"(c) Reports on Modernization Efforts.--Concurrent with the submission of each plan required by section 2473 of this title, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report detailing, with respect to the five-year period covered by the plan, the efforts of the Army over such period to modernize covered Army depots consistent with this section, including the criteria used to allocate funds available for such modernization between such depots.
"(d) Annual Report on Certain Activities.--On an annual basis, the Secretary of the Army shall disseminate to each covered Army depot, and submit to the congressional defense committees, a report that includes--
"(1) with respect to the year preceding the date of the submission of the report, detailed information on--
"(A) the type and quantity of production activities and depot-level maintenance and repair activities performed by each such depot during such year; and
"(B) how such activities were coordinated with other production activities and depot-level maintenance and repair activities across the Department of Defense; and
"(2) with respect to the three-year period following the date of the submission of the report, a comprehensive plan for the production activities and depot-level maintenance and repair activities to be performed by each such depot during such period, including detailed information on--
"(A) the type and quantity of such activities;
"(B) how such activities would be coordinated with other production activities and depot-level maintenance and repair activities across the Department of Defense;
"(C) for each fiscal year within such period, how the projected use of funds for the depot-level maintenance and repair workload of each covered Army depot would contribute to the percentage limitation under section 2466 of this title; and
"(D) the current and projected needs of the Army, the other military departments, and foreign partners, that may be addressed through such activities.
"(e) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `covered Army depot' means a covered depot listed in section 2476(f)(1) of this title.
"(2) The term `organic industrial base of the Army' means each covered Army depot.".
(b) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall issue guidance to implement section 2477 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).
(c) GAO Review.--
(1) Review.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of plans of
the Army for sustainment with respect to the development and fielding of new weapon systems. Such review shall include the following:
(A) An identification of key weapon systems expected to be fielded by the Army for the first time during the five-year period following the date of the commencement of such review.
(B) An assessment of the plans of the Army for the maintenance and repair of, and the logistics, supply chain, and other sustainment functions for, such weapon systems.
(C) An assessment of the extent to which the Army is developing and investing in the sustainment functions specified in subparagraph (B) concurrent with the fielding of such weapon systems.
(2) Briefing.--Not later than April 1, 2027, the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on preliminary observations relating to the review under paragraph (1), including on planned reporting formats and schedules.
(3) Report.--Not later than August 1, 2027, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the review under paragraph (1).
SEC. 1864. EXCLUSION OF MANUFACTURING ARSENAL WORKLOAD FROM
DEPOT CARRYOVER CALCULATION.
Section 377(2) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 10 U.S.C. 2476 note) is amended by inserting "any manufacturing arsenal workload and" after "calculated carryover amount".
SEC. 1865. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FOR USE OF OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE FUNDS TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR
CERTAIN EMPLOYEES PERFORMING SERVICES OR WORK
FUNDED BY WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding subsection (c) of section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of a military department may use funds available for operations and maintenance to pay expenses necessary to train prevailing rate employees, as defined by section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, who perform services or work funded by a working-capital fund.
(b) Termination.--The authority under subsection (a) shall expire on October 1, 2032.
SEC. 1866. DEMONSTRATION AND PROTOTYPING PROGRAM FOR
QUALIFICATION OF ORGANIC INDUSTRIAL BASE AS
ALTERNATE SOURCE FOR MANUFACTURE OF CASTS AND
FORGED COMPONENTS FOR LEGACY AIRCRAFT.
(a) Program.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a demonstration and prototyping program, to be known as the "Organic Industrial Base Qualification Program for Castings and Forgings for Legacy Aircraft", to develop, test, and qualify the organic industrial base as an alternate source for the manufacture of casts and forged components for fixed wing or rotary wing legacy aircraft.
(b) Selection of Depots.--
(1) Selection.--The Secretary shall select one or more covered depots at which to carry out the Program.
(2) Foundry requirement.--The Secretary shall ensure that any covered depot selected under paragraph (1) has a foundry capable of manufacturing casts and forged components.
(c) Activities Authorized.--In carrying out the Program, the Secretary of Defense may conduct at any covered depot selected pursuant to subsection (b) one or more of the following activities:
(1) Such activities as may be necessary to certify or otherwise accredit the covered depot to meet industry standards relating to the manufacturing of casts and forged components for legacy aircraft, including the processing of raw materials for such manufacturing.
(2) The identification of candidate casts or forged components to be manufactured at a covered depot for legacy aircraft.
(3) The manufacture of test articles for such candidate casts or forged components.
(4) The analysis, test, demonstration, and qualification of such candidate casts and forged components for use with respect to legacy aircraft.
(5) The manufacture, in limited production quantities, of such candidate casts and forged components for use as reserve stock for such legacy aircraft.
(6) The development or acquisition of such workforce, equipment, or materials as may be necessary to accomplish any activity under paragraphs (1) through (5).
(d) Public-private Partnership.--
(1) Requirement.--Under the Program, each covered depot selected under subsection (b) shall seek to enter into at least one public-private partnership with an original manufacturer of legacy aircraft for the purpose of such manufacturer supporting the activities conducted at the covered depot under subsection (c).
(2) Authority under partnership.--As part of any partnership entered into between an original manufacturer of legacy aircraft and a covered depot under paragraph (1), such original manufacturer may analyze requirements and specifications relating to legacy aircraft, and update related technical data, to identify the minimum requirements for raw material, processing of such raw material, and manufacturing, relating to casts and forged components for legacy aircraft.
(e) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the activities carried out under the Program, including--
(1) an identification of any certification or accreditation achieved pursuant to subsection (c)(1);
(2) a description of the number and type of casts and forged components manufactured by each covered depot under the Program and whether such casts or forged components have been qualified for use with respect to legacy aircraft;
(3) a description of any operational or funding barriers to implementation of the Program;
(4) any recommendations for legislative, regulatory, or policy modifications necessary to reduce such barriers, including with respect to the receipt of funds to carry out the Program; and
(5) any other recommendations for improving the Program, including whether to extend the or make permanent the Program.
(f) Termination.--The authority to carry out the Program shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered depot" has the meaning given such term in 2476 of title 10, United States Code.
(2) The term "organic industrial base" means each covered depot.
(3) The term "Program" means the program established under subsection (a).
SEC. 1867.
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BRIEFING AND REPORT ON DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
CHOKEPOINTS AND ORGANIC INDUSTRIAL BASE
MODERNIZATION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing and report that include each of the following:
(1) An identification of supply chain chokepoints for each covered strategic component, including--
(A) the defense articles and systems dependent on the chokepoint, particularly for components necessary to produce multiple critical defense articles;
(B) the current domestic and foreign sources of supply, including identification of any covered nation sources and any single points of failure;
(C) the consequences to defense production of a disruption of the chokepoint; and
(D) the estimated time required to restore or replace the capability in the event of a disruption.
(2) A categorization of identified supply chain chokepoints into the following approaches best suited for expanding domestic production, including a description of the criteria used for each category:
(A) Government production.
(B) Government-supported commercial production.
(C) Commercially viable production with de-risked private entry.
(3) An evaluation of production and financing models and mechanisms best suited to expand domestic production for each identified supply chain chokepoint, including each of the following:
(A) Government-owned, government-operated, or other forms of government production;
(B) Government-owned, contractor-operated production;
(C) Contractor-owned, contractor-operated production, or other forms of commercial production;
(D) Pre-qualifying additional commercial production sources;
(E) Strategic stockpiling;
(F) Government lending, grants, and other financing; and
(G) Offtake agreements, price-floor commitments, multiyear procurement, or other government commitments to ensure predictable demand aggregation.
(4) Such recommendations, including legislative recommendations and recommendations for new or expanded production or financing authorities, as the Assistant Secretary considers appropriate to expand organic industrial base and other production needs identified in the briefing and report.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered strategic component" means each of the following:
(A) High-strength steel and titanium castings and forgings and other components supporting the submarine industrial base.
(B) Subcomponents required for long-range fires and air and missile defense systems, including--
(i) solid rocket motors;
(ii) energetics and their precursors; and
(iii) sensitive electronics.
(C) Batteries, rare earth magnets, and other energy storage platforms.
(D) Castings and forgings.
(E) Printed circuit boards.
(F) Subcomponents for attritable, unmanned, and autonomous systems, including--
(i) optical sensors;
(ii) motors; and
(iii) cameras.
(G) Such other components as designated by the Assistant Secretary pursuant to a determination that the sector is critical to the ability of the United States to deter or prevail in a high-end conflict.
(2) The term "supply chain chokepoint" means any component or subcomponent that--
(A) is a necessary input to the production of one or more defense articles within a covered strategic sector; and
(B) is--
(i) produced by a limited number of domestic suppliers, a single domestic supplier, or no domestic supplier; or
(ii) is sourced in significant part from a covered nation, as such term is defined in section 4872(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, the disruption of which would materially impair the production of one or more defense articles.
SEC. 1871. EXCEPTION TO CONTRACT PRICE REQUIREMENT RELATING
TO USE OF TEST AND EVALUATION INSTALLATIONS BY
COMMERCIAL ENTITIES.
Section 4175 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by striking "A contract entered into" and inserting "Except as provided in subsection (e), a contract entered into";
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting "or subsection (e)" after "subsection (c)";
(3) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively;
(4) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:
"(e) Exception to Contract Price Requirement.--(1) Notwithstanding subsection (c), a contract entered into under subsection (a) with a covered contractor may include a provision authorizing a commercial entity using a Major Range and Test Facility Installation under the contract to reimburse the Department of Defense for a cost that is less than the amount of all direct costs to the United States associated with the test and evaluation activities conducted by the covered contractor under the contract if the Secretary determines, and certifies in writing, that--
"(A) such test and evaluation activities are for a promising science and technology concept with a low technology readiness level;
"(B) the contract is expected to yield to the Department of Defense a significant, long-term technological benefit or benefit relating to the defense industrial base; and
"(C) such test and evaluation activities will not delay or displace previously scheduled test activities associated with an existing program of record or the Portfolio Acquisition Executive of such program of record has provided written agreement to the delay or displacement.
"(2) The Secretary of Defense may delegate the authority under paragraph (1) to the commander of a Major Range and Test Facility Installation."; and
(5) in subsection (g), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
"(3) The term `covered contractor' means a small business concern or nontraditional defense contractor, that, during the preceding fiscal year, received not greater than $50,000,000 in contracts or agreements from the Department of Defense.
"(4) The term `nontraditional defense contractor' has the meaning given such term in section 3014 of this title.
"(5) 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. 1872. AMENDMENTS TO THE PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Purposes.--Section 4952(1) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 861 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60), is amended by striking "furnishing procurement technical assistance" and inserting "furnishing confidential procurement technical assistance".
(b) Increased Funding Limits.--Section 4955 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 861(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60), is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking "$1,500,000" and inserting "$2,000,000";
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking "$750,000" and inserting "$1,000,000"; and
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking "1,500,000" and inserting "$2,000,000"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(f) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive or modify the dollar amounts in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary--
"(1) determines that it would be in the best interest of the program; and
"(2) provides the congressional defense committees notice of such modification or waiver not later than 30 days after making such modification or issuing such waiver.".
SEC. 1873. PILOT PROGRAM ON DIGITAL ENGINEERING AND ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING TO ADDRESS NO-BID SOLICITATIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, shall establish a pilot program to leverage small business concerns to address supply chain gaps associated with parts, components, and assemblies listed on the No Bid Solicitation List.
(b) Program Activities.--In carrying out the pilot program established under subsection (a), the Director shall--
(1) identify each part, component, or assembly listed on the No Bid Solicitation List that--
(A) is a critical readiness item of supply;
(B) is associated with a solicitation made at least 18 months in the past that has received no bids or no responsive offers; and
(C) is suitable to be produced by advanced manufacturing;
(2) for each part, component, or assembly identified under paragraph (1), identify one or more small business concerns with capabilities to produce or contribute to the production of the part, component, or assembly, including capabilities such as--
(A) utilization of digital engineering, digital twins, or model-based engineering;
(B) employment of advanced manufacturing technologies, including additive manufacturing;
(C) rapid prototyping or reverse engineering;
(D) ability to produce low-volume or legacy parts, components, or assemblies; or
(E) specialization in--
(i) development of engineering and technical data packages;
(ii) validated manufacturing processes and materials; or
(iii) support testing, certification, and qualification activities of parts, components, or assemblies; and
(3) use available authorities to enter into contracts or agreements with small business concerns identified under paragraph (2) for the manufacture of parts, components, or assemblies identified under paragraph (1).
(c) Duration.--The authority to carry out the pilot program under this section shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date on which the Director establishes the pilot program.
(d) Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Director establishes the pilot program, and annually thereafter for the duration of the program, the Director shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(1) the number and type of parts, components, and assemblies addressed under the program;
(2) the number of small business concerns participating in the program;
(3) the number of small business concerns for which the contract or agreement entered into under the program is their first contract or agreement with the Department of Defense;
(4) improvements in lead times and readiness metrics as a result of the program; and
(5) recommendations of the Director regarding continuation, modification, or expansion of the program.
(e) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term "advanced manufacturing" has the meaning given such term in section 4841(f) of title 10, United States Code;
(2) the term "critical readiness item of supply" has the meaning given such term in section 4324 of title 10, United States Code;
(3) the term "No Bid Solicitation List" means the list maintained by the Defense Logistics Agency identifying solicitations that have received no bids or no responsive offers within required procurement timelines; and
(4) the term "small business concern" means a small business concern as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
SEC. 1874. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE PARTICIPATION BY SMALL
BUSINESS CONCERNS IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE CONTRACTS.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to improve participation by small business concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
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632)) seeking to submit offers for Department of Defense contracts relating to artificial intelligence, software modernization, cybersecurity, quantum technologies, autonomous systems, advanced software development, and related dual-use technologies.
(b) Procedures.--The pilot program established by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Alternative acquisition pathways, including commercial solutions openings, simplified proposal requirements, accelerated acquisition timelines, and other streamlined acquisition procedures.
(2) Coordination with existing Department of Defense innovation organizations, including the Defense Innovation Unit, AFWERX, NavalX, Army Applications Laboratory, Strategic Capabilities Office, or similar organizations.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report describing implementation of the pilot program established by subsection (a), including participation outcomes for small business concerns, barriers to submitting contracts described in subsection (a) identified by participants, and recommendations for improving participation of small business concerns in Department of Defense emerging technology acquisition programs.
SEC. 1875. GUIDANCE TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF COVERED
INFORMATION DURING COVERED PREAWARD
ENGAGEMENTS.
(a) Establishment of Process.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a process to provide timely guidance to covered entities and Department of Defense personnel to ensure protection of covered information during covered preaward engagements.
(b) Requirements.--The process established under subsection (a) shall provide the following:
(1) Standard procedures and guidance to Department of Defense personnel for structuring a covered preaward engagement to reduce the risk of inadvertent disclosure or improper receipt of classified or controlled information.
(2) Development and use of standard templates, request procedures, and best practices for use by covered entities and Department of Defense officials during covered preaward engagements.
(3) Timely notification to a covered entity on measures to ensure proper handling of sensitive information including--
(A) whether the proposed covered preaward engagement may involve covered information;
(B) whether a solicitation-stage Department of Defense Form 254, security classification guide, nondisclosure agreement, controlled unclassified information guidance, or other security instrument may be required before the engagement proceeds;
(C) appropriate procedures for marking, transmitting, storing, or discussing covered information during the engagement;
(D) referral, where appropriate, to existing mechanisms of the Department of Defense for access to classified facilities, secure workspaces, secure networks, or shared classified commercial infrastructure; and
(E) points of contact for resolving unresolved classification, disclosure, or safeguarding questions.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the implementation of this section, including--
(1) steps taken to coordinate the process established under this section with existing mechanisms of the Department of Defense for facility clearances, secure workspaces, classified networks, shared classified commercial infrastructure, and each solicitation-stage Department of Defense Form 254; and
(2) any recommendations for improving the ability of covered entities to engage with the Department before award of a contract, grant, cooperative agreement, other transaction agreement, or other agreement while protecting classified and controlled information.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered entity" means--
(A) a small business concern, as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); or
(B) a nontraditional defense contractor, as defined in section 3014 of title 10, United States Code.
(2) The term "covered information" means information that is or may be--
(A) classified information;
(B) controlled unclassified information;
(C) controlled technical information;
(D) export-controlled technical data;
(E) government-furnished information; or
(F) other technical, operational, or security-sensitive information that may require safeguarding under law, regulation, or Department of Defense policy.
(3) The term "covered preaward engagement" means an engagement between the Department of Defense and a covered entity before the award of a contract, grant, cooperative agreement, other transaction agreement, or other agreement, including market research, technical exchange, concept development, demonstration planning, request for information activity, broad agency announcement activity, commercial solutions opening activity, prototype discussions, or other preaward acquisition or technology-transition activity.
SEC. 1881. SKILLS-BASED REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL.
(a) In General.--Chapter 223 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 802, is further amended by inserting after section 3244 the following new section:
"Sec. 3245. Flexibility in contractor education requirements
"(a) Prohibition.--A solicitation, or a task order or delivery order under an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract, issued by the Department for any procurement of property or services may not set forth any minimum education requirement for proposed contractor personnel in order for an offeror to be eligible for award of a contract (or task or delivery order, as applicable) unless the contracting officer includes in the solicitation (or task order or delivery order, as applicable) a written justification that explains why the needs of the Department cannot be met without any such requirement and clarifies how the requirement ensures the needs are met.
"(b) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `education' means an associate, baccalaureate, graduate, or professional degree, specified coursework, or other form of educational attainment awarded by a junior or community college, baccalaureate, graduate, or professional degree or other form of educational attainment awarded by a junior or community college, college, or university that is accredited as a collegiate institution by a recognized accrediting agency or approved by the appropriate State education authority under State law (or the appropriate education authority of the District of Columbia) to grant associate or higher degrees.
"(2) The term `education requirement' includes a requirement that can be met through--
"(A) education alone;
"(B) either education or experience; or
"(C) a combination of education and experience.".
(b) Applicability.--Section 3245 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply to solicitations, and to task or delivery orders, issued on or after the date that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Regulation.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall revise the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to carry out such section 3245, including--
(1) instructions for contracting officers regarding the written justifications required under such section, including a standardized format or template for such justifications;
(2) instructions encouraging the use of alternatives to education requirements, including skills assessments, relevant work experience, professional certifications, apprenticeship completion, and demonstrated competencies; and
(3) requirements for data collection on the use of education requirements in solicitations, including the number and type of justifications issued and the rate at which education requirements are used relative to alternative qualifications.
(d) Conforming Repeal.--Effective at the close of the date on which the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation is revised as required by subsection (c), section 813 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-214) is repealed.
SEC. 1882. MODIFICATION OF WORKING GROUP ON THE ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE.
(a) Expansion of Responsibilities.--Section 1843(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking "skills and abilities that are required for such fields; and" and inserting "skills, abilities, training, and certifications that are required for such fields in the defense industrial base;";
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
"(3) identify limitations to the capacity of entities in the defense industrial base to recruit, train, and certify a sufficient workforce in advanced manufacturing career fields in the defense industrial base; and"; and
(4) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
"(C) approaches to expand the capacity to develop and sustain a sufficient workforce in advanced manufacturing career fields in the defense industrial base; and".
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report, which may be included along with or as an addendum to the report required under section 1843(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60), that includes--
(1) an assessment of the extent to which existing pilot programs or initiatives, such as the Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing program, demonstrate the ability to train and certify individuals in advanced manufacturing career fields in the defense industrial base;
(2) options for increasing the capacity to train and certify the advanced manufacturing workforce, including options to institutionalize existing pilot programs or initiatives or to establish new programs to address workforce shortages;
(3) options for supporting the long-term sustainability and continuous improvement of workforce training and certification programs, including through public-private partnerships and other funding or cost-sharing mechanisms; and
(4) any recommendations the Secretary may have to accelerate training, credentialing, and qualification of workers supporting the defense industrial base, including recommendations related to improving the Department's planning and resourcing of such activities.
SEC. 1883. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT
MINING OF CRITICAL MINERALS.
(a) Requirement for Initiatives.--In order to support and enable the development of domestic critical mineral supply chains to meet defense industrial base requirements, the Secretary of Defense shall use existing authorities, including authorities under title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C.
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4531 et seq.) and under section 4817 of title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the workforce development initiatives of the Department of Defense for the defense industrial base include workforce development initiatives to support the mining industry.
(b) Initiatives That May Be Included.--The initiatives required by subsection (a) may include--
(1) contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions with accredited mining schools for the purpose of recruiting and educating the next generation of mining engineers, faculty, and other qualified professionals;
(2) scholarship, stipend, or tuition assistance programs designed to reduce financial barriers to entry into fields related to critical minerals;
(3) workforce development pathways, such as cooperative education, apprenticeships, internships, and work-based learning opportunities, in fields related to critical minerals;
(4) industry-driven senior design projects, applied research opportunities, faculty development, and other experiential learning activities directly related to production and processing of critical minerals; and
(5) activities to recruit, train, qualify, and place individuals into the mining profession or occupations supporting the supply chains for critical minerals.
(c) Priority.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall prioritize initiatives that--
(1) align with current and projected defense industrial base requirements for critical minerals; and
(2) demonstrate the ability to expand workforce training, credentialing, and placement into the mining profession or occupations supporting the supply chains for critical minerals.
(d) Coordination.--The Secretary shall ensure that activities carried out under this section are coordinated with other workforce development initiatives of the Department of Defense for the defense industrial base and with institutions and entities participating in such initiatives.
(e) Recommendations to Enhance Implementation.--
(1) Assessment.--Not later than September 1, 2027, the Secretary shall complete an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of requiring,
as a condition of award, that the prime awardee of a covered project award actively participate in one or more workforce development initiatives to support the mining industry, including the feasibility and advisability of requiring that the prime awardee--
(A) establish and maintain a partnership with an accredited mining school as described in subsection (b)(1);
(B) establish and maintain one or more workforce development pathways as described in subsection (b)(3) that are aligned with the workforce needs of the project and are for United States veterans and members of the Armed Forces who are transitioning to civilian life; and
(C) implement any other workforce development initiative identified by the Secretary for inclusion in the assessment.
(2) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2028, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the assessment, including the results of the assessment and any recommendations the Secretary may have to expand domestic mining, processing, refining, recycling, or related production capacity for critical minerals.
(f) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter through 2030, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing--
(1) the activities carried out under this section;
(2) the number of participants supported through workforce development initiatives described in this section and the workforce placement outcomes for those participants; and
(3) any recommendations the Secretary may have to improve the development of mining schools to meet the future workforce needs.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered project award" means an award for a project to expand domestic mining, processing, refining, recycling, or related production capacity for critical minerals made by the Department of Defense under title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) or under section 4817 of title 10, United States Code.
(2) The term "mining industry" means the mining industry of the United States, consisting of the search for, and extraction, beneficiation, refining, smelting, processing, reprocessing, and recycling of, naturally occurring metal and nonmetal minerals from the earth.
(3) The term "mining profession" means the body of jobs directly relevant to--
(A) the exploration, planning, execution, and remediation of metal and nonmetal mining sites; and
(B) the extraction, including the separation, refining, alloying, smelting, concentration, processing, beneficiation, reprocessing, and recycling, of mineral ores.
(4) The term "mining school" means--
(A) a mining, metallurgical, geological, or mineral engineering program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology that is located at an institution of higher education, including a Tribal College or University; or
(B) a geology or engineering program or department that is located at a 4-year public institution of higher education located in a State the gross domestic product of which in 2024 was not less than $2,000,000,000 in the combined categories of "Mining (except oil and gas)" and "Support activities for mining", according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
(5) The term "Tribal College or University" has the meaning given the term in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)).
SEC. 1891. EXEMPTION FROM TRADEMARK LICENSING FEES FOR
CERTAIN MILITARY EXCHANGE CONTRACTORS.
Section 2260 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking "and may retain" and inserting "and may, except as provided in subsection (f), retain";
(2) in subsection (b), by striking "The Secretary concerned" and inserting "Except as provided in subsection (f), the Secretary concerned";
(3) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:
"(f) Exemption for Long-term Exchange Contractors.--(1) The Secretary concerned may not require contractor performing a contract of one year or longer with a military exchange--
"(A) to be subject to any fee described in subsection (a) or (b);
"(B) to obtain approval from the trademark and licensing office of a military department for the production or sale of items sold through such exchange; or
"(C) to pay a royalty or other licensing fee to the trademark and licensing office of a military department, including any royalty or other licensing fee collected pursuant to a licensing agreement authorized under this section, in connection with the production or sale of items through such exchange or a Morale, Welfare, and Recreation program.
"(2) In this subsection, the term `Morale, Welfare, and Recreation program' means a nonappropriated fund activity providing community support, recreational, and quality-of-life services to members of the armed forces and dependents of such members, as authorized under chapter 147 of title 10.".
SEC. 1892. MAJOR SYSTEM COST GROWTH OVERSIGHT.
(a) Shorten Nunn-McCurdy Breach Report Timeline.--Section 4374 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking "When a unit cost report" and inserting "Not later than 30 days after a unit cost report";
(2) in subsection (b), by striking "When a unit cost report" and inserting "Not later than 30 days after a unit cost report"; and
(3) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
"(2) Time for submission of notification to congress.--In the case of a determination based on a quarterly report submitted in accordance with section 4372 of this title or a report submitted in accordance with section 4373 of this title, the Secretary shall submit the notification to Congress within 30 days after the date on which the determination was made.".
(b) End Item Major Subprogram Designation.--Section 4203(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(C) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a major defense acquisition program requires the delivery of two or more end items that are each estimated to require an eventual total expenditure for research, development, test, evaluation, operation, and support of more than $500,000,000, the Secretary shall designate each such end item as a major subprogram for the purposes of acquisition reporting under this subpart.".
(c) Operations and Support Cost Inclusion.--Section 4214(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting "for the life cycle of such major defense acquisition program or designated major subprogram" before the period at the end.
(d) Critical Cost Growth Termination.--Section 4376 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
"(4) Delegation.--The Secretary may not delegate the submission of a written certification under paragraph (1)."; and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking "and" at the end;
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(4) consideration of termination plans that maximize value, including--
"(A) immediate termination of the program with no further action;
"(B) termination of the program after completion of the end items in production and for which funds have been obligated or expended under the program as of the date that is the last day of the applicable 60-day period described in subsection (b)(1) for the program;
"(C) termination of the program after completion of the end items described in subparagraph (B) for which the resale value exceeds the cost of completing such end items; and
"(D) any other course of action to maximize the value to the Government of the funds that have been obligated or expended under the program as of the date that is the last day of the applicable 60-day period described in subsection (b)(1) for the program.".
SEC. 1893. INAPPLICABILITY OF BERRY AMENDMENT EXCEPTIONS TO
CERTAIN SEAFOOD PURCHASES.
Section 4862 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
"(g) Exception for Commissaries, Exchanges, and Other Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities.--Subsection (a) does not apply to items purchased for resale purposes in commissaries, exchanges, or nonappropriated fund instrumentalities operated by the Department of Defense.";
(2) by inserting after subsection (k) the following new subsection:
"(l) Application to Certain Seafood Purchases.--The exceptions in subsections (c) through (h) of this section shall not apply with respect to procurement of any fish, shellfish, or seafood product.".
SEC. 1894.
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CLARIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL SOLICITATION
RESTRICTIONS DURING INITIAL ENTRY TRAINING FOR
MEMORABILIA AND PHOTOGRAPHY.
(a) Amendment to Implementing Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through each Secretary of a military department, shall revise any regulations governing commercial solicitation during initial entry training at military installations, including section 552.60(d) of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations and any similar provisions specific to a military department, to provide the following:
(1) Such regulations shall not apply to preorders for cycle-commemorative or unit-specific merchandise organized at the initiative of members of the Armed Forces or dependents of such members, provided that no financial commitment, payment, or other consideration is made by or collected from a member until delivery of the product occurs after completion of the applicable training cycle.
(2) Such regulations shall not apply to photography services provided by photographers operating under a contract or other agreement with a military installation, a Morale, Welfare, and Recreation program, or a military exchange, for the sale of graduation ceremony photographs to members of the Armed Forces or dependents of such members during or immediately following graduation ceremonies.
(b) Uniformity of Application.--Each Secretary of a military department shall ensure that any military installation-specific policies--
(1) are applied uniformly across military installations under the jurisdiction of such Secretary; and
(2) do not impose restrictions more stringent than those established by the regulations described in subsection (a), as revised by this section.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(2) The term "military exchange" means the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the Navy Exchange Service Command, the Marine Corps Exchange, the Coast Guard Exchange, or any successor organization, as applicable.
(3) The term "Morale, Welfare, and Recreation program" means a nonappropriated fund activity providing community support, recreational, and quality-of-life services to members of the armed forces and their families, as authorized under chapter 147 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the "Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027".
SEC. 2002. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AND AMOUNTS REQUIRED
TO BE SPECIFIED BY LAW.
(a) Expiration of Authorizations After Three Years.--Except as provided in subsection (b), all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVII for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, and contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations therefor) shall expire on the later of--
(1) October 1, 2029; or
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2030.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to authorizations for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, and contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations therefor), for which appropriated funds have been obligated before the later of--
(1) October 1, 2029; or
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for fiscal year 2030 for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, or contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program.
SEC. 2003. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Titles XXI through XXVII shall take effect on the later of--
(1) October 1, 2026; or
(2) the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION
PROJECTS.
(a) Inside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) and available for military construction projects inside the United States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
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State Installation or Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Guam........................................... Joint Region Marianas......................... $155,000,000 Hawaii......................................... Wheeler Army Air Field........................ $380,000,000
Schofield Barracks............................ $30,000,000 Louisiana...................................... Fort Polk..................................... $237,000,000 New York....................................... Fort Drum..................................... $25,000,000 Oklahoma....................................... Fort Sill..................................... $94,000,000 Texas.......................................... Joint Base San Antonio........................ $918,000,000
Fort Bliss.................................... $35,000,000
Fort Hood..................................... $81,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) Outside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) and available for military construction projects outside the United States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations outside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
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Installation or
Country Location Amount ------------------------------------------------------------------------Italy.......................... Caserma Renato Del $17,000,000
Din................ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING.
(a) Construction and Acquisition.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) and available for military family housing functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may construct or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, in the number of units, and in the amounts set forth in the following table:
Army: Family Housing ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country Installation Amount ------------------------------------------------------------------------Germany........................ South Camp Vilseck.. $95,060,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) Planning and Design.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) and available for military family housing functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design activities with respect to the construction or improvement of family housing units in an amount not to exceed $39,079,000.
SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2026, for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Army as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b) Limitation on Total Cost of Construction Projects.--Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under sections 2101 and 2102 of this Act may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
SEC. 2104. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FISCAL YEAR
2021 PROJECT AT FORT GILLEM, GEORGIA.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 4294), the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2101(a) of that Act (134 Stat. 4295) and most recently extended by section 2104 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1266), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
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State Installation or Location Project Authorized Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Georgia............................... Fort Gillem............... Forensic Laboratory...... $71,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2022 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (division B of Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 2161), the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2101 of that Act (135 Stat. 2163) and most recently extended by section 2105 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1267), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
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State/Country Installation or Location Project Authorized Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Georgia............................... Fort Stewart.............. Barracks................. $105,000,000 Germany............................... Smith Barracks............ Live Fire Exercise $16,000,000
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SEC. 2106. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FISCAL YEAR
2022 PROJECT AT FORT STEWART, GEORGIA.
In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2101 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (division B of Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat.
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2161) for Fort Stewart, Georgia for construction of a barracks, the Secretary of the Army may construct a facility consisting of 193,347 square feet.
SEC. 2107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2023 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2970), the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2101 of that Act (136 Stat. 2971), and extended by section 2106 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1267), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
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State/Country Installation or Location Project Authorized Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Germany............................... East Camp Grafenwoehr..... EDI: Battalion Trng Cplx2 $64,000,000
(OPS/Veh Maint)......... Hawaii................................ Fort Shafter.............. Water System Upgrade..... $33,000,000
Tripler Army Medical Upgrade Potable Water $38,000,000
Center................... System.................. Japan................................. Kadena Air Force Base..... Vehicle Maintenance Shop. $80,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2108. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2024 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 709), the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2101 of that Act (137 Stat. 710), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
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State/Country Installation or Location Project Authorized Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Germany............................... Grafenwoehr............... Automated Multipurpose $10,400,000
Machine Gun Range.......
Hohenfels................. Simulations Center....... $88,000,000 Hawaii................................ Aliamanu Military Water Storage Tank....... $20,000,000
Reservation..............
Fort Shafter.............. Clearwell and Booster $80,000,000
Pump....................
Helemano Military Wells and Storage Tanks.. $90,000,000
Reservation..............
Schofield Barracks........ Elevated Tank and $35,000,000
Distribution Lines......
.......................... Water Storage Tank....... $35,000,000 Kentucky.............................. Fort Campbell............. Multipurpose Training $39,000,000
Range................... North Carolina........................ Fort Liberty.............. Aircraft Maintenance $61,000,000
Hangar..................
.......................... Barracks (Facility $85,000,000
Prototyping)............ Texas................................. Red River Army Depot...... Component Rebuild Shop... $113,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2109. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FISCAL YEAR
2025 PROJECT AT GRAFENWOEHR, GERMANY.
In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2101 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Division B of Public Law 118-159; 138 Stat. 2211) for U.S. Garrison Bavaria, Germany, for construction of an Operational Readiness Training Complex (ORTC) underground electric line as specified in the funding table in section 4601 of such Act, the Secretary of the Army may construct an Operational Readiness Training Complex (ORTC) underground electric line at Grafenwoehr, Germany.
SEC. 2110. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FISCAL YEAR
2026 PROJECT AT JOINT REGION MARIANAS, GUAM.
In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2101 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1265) for Joint Region Marianas, Guam, for construction of PDI: Guam Defense System, EIAMD, Phase 2 (Inc), at that location, the Secretary of the Army may construct a 2,496 square foot pump house and 648,000 gallon non-portable water storage tank.
SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION
PROJECTS.
(a) Inside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2203(a) and available for military construction projects inside the United States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
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State Installation or Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------California.................................... Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton............. $53,150,000 Florida....................................... Cape Canaveral Space Force Station........... $60,990,000 Georgia....................................... Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay............... $490,550,000
Albany....................................... $86,350,000 Guam.......................................... Joint Region Marianas........................ $1,346,763,000 Hawaii........................................ Ford Island.................................. $183,760,000
Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay............... $210,640,000 Maryland...................................... United States Naval Academy.................. $86,020,000 Nevada........................................ Naval Air Station Fallon..................... $387,570,000 North Carolina................................ Camp Lejeune................................. $391,910,000 Virginia...................................... Naval Air Station Oceana.................... $104,340,000
Naval Station Norfolk....................... $177,980,000
Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort $65,640,000
Story. Washington.................................... Puget Sound Naval Shipyard................... $14,759,360,000
Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton.................. $195,227,000
Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor..................... $558,530,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) Outside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2203(a) and available for military construction projects outside the United States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations outside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
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Country Installation or Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Japan....................................... Kadena Air Base................................. $31,780,000 Spain....................................... Naval Station Rota............................... $64,080,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2202. FAMILY HOUSING.
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2203(a) and available for military family housing functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design activities with respect to the construction or improvement of family housing units in an amount not to exceed $14,971,000.
SEC. 2203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NAVY.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2026, for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Navy, as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b) Limitation on Total Cost of Construction Projects.--Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under sections 2201 and 2202 of this Act may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
SEC. 2204. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2023 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2970), the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2201 of that Act (136 Stat. 2975) and extended by section 2206 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1271), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
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State/Country Installation or Location Project Authorized Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Florida............................... Naval Air Station Engine Test Cells $100,570,000
Jacksonville............. Modifications........... Hawaii................................ Joint Base Pearl Harbor- Missile Magazines........ $142,783,000
Hickam................... North Carolina........................ Marine Corps Air Station CH-53K Gearbox Repair and $44,830,000
Cherry Point............. Test Facility........... South Carolina........................
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Marine Corps Recruit Depot Recruit Barracks......... $81,690,000
Parris Island............
.......................... Recruit Barracks......... $85,040,000 Spain................................. Naval Station Rota........ EDI: Missile Magazines... $92,323,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2205. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2024 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 709), the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2201 of that Act (137 Stat. 714), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
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State/Country Installation or Location Project Authorized Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------California............................ Marine Corps Air Ground Communications Towers.... $55,341,000
Combat Center Twentynine
Palms.................... Connecticut........................... Naval Submarine Base New Weapons Magazine & $219,200,000
London................... Ordnance Operations Fac. District of Columbia.................. Marine Barracks Washington Bachelor Enlisted $131,800,000
(8th Street and I)....... Quarters & Support
Facility................ Guam.................................. Naval Base Guam........... PDI: Consolidated MEB HQ/ $19,740,000
NCIS Phase II...........
.......................... PDI: Satellite $595,100,000
Communications Facility
(INC)................... Hawaii................................ Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Water Reclamation $318,845,000
Bay...................... Facility Compliance
Upgrade................. Italy................................. Naval Air Station EDI Ordnance Magazines... $90,348,000
Sigonella................ Maryland.............................. Fort Meade................ Cybersecurity Operations $186,480,000
Facility................
Naval Air Station Pax Aircraft Development and $141,700,000
River.................... Maintenance Facilities.. North Carolina........................ Marine Corps Base Camp 10th Marines Maintenance $117,550,000
Lejeune.................. & Operations Complex.... Virginia.............................. Marine Corps Base Quantico Water Treatment Plant.... $127,120,000
Naval Station Norfolk..... MQ-25 Aircraft Laydown $128,678,000
Facility................
Naval Weapons Station Weapons Magazines........ $283,500,000
Yorktown................. Washington............................ Naval Base Kitsap......... Alternate Power $19,000,000
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SEC. 2206. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY
OUT FISCAL YEAR 2024 PROJECT AT MARINE CORPS
BASE QUANTICO, VIRGINIA.
(a) Modification.--In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2201 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 714) for construction of a Water Treatment Plant at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, the Secretary of the Navy may construct 20,000 linear feet of water supply lines, three pump houses (non-occupied), and one 2,300 square foot pump station/multi-purpose building (occupied) in lieu of a water treatment plant at the installation.
(b) Extension.--Such authorization shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
SEC. 2207. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FISCAL YEAR
2026 PROJECT AT PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY
BARKING SANDS, HAWAII.
In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2201 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1268) for construction of PDI: Airfield Pavement Upgrades at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii, the Secretary of the Navy may expand airfield pavement areas to 280,000 square meters to mitigate the risk of aircraft hydroplane.
SEC. 2208. TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS FOR MITIGATION FOR PROJECTS
LOCATED AT PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD,
BREMERTON, WASHINGTON.
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer $42,000,000 of amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 to the Secretary of the Navy to carry out the P454 military construction project (as authorized in the table in section 2201 of this Act) to an account for mitigation efforts not otherwise authorized by law relating to the projects known as "Multi-Mission Drydock" and "Pier 2" located at or near the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, as described in the memorandum of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy signed on April 29, 2026.
SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND
ACQUISITION PROJECTS.
(a) Inside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2303(a) and available for military construction projects inside the United States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Air Force: Inside the United States ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Installation or Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Alabama...................................... Redstone Arsenal............................... $2,050,000,000 Alaska....................................... Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson................ $2,066,050,000
Eielson Air Force Base......................... $91,000,000 Arkansas..................................... Little Rock Air Force Base..................... $27,000,000 California................................... Edwards Air Force Base......................... $4,500,000 Colorado..................................... Schriever Space Force Base..................... $250,000,000 Florida...................................... Tyndall Air Force Base......................... $160,000,000
Eglin Air Force Base........................... $87,800,000
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station............. $409,800,000 Georgia...................................... Moody Air Force Base........................... $15,870,000 Mississippi.................................. Columbus Air Force Base........................ $11,800,000 Missouri..................................... Whiteman Air Force Base........................ $169,000,000 Montana...................................... Malmstrom Air Force Base....................... $1,390,000,000
Nevada...................................... Nellis Air Force Base.......................... $730,700,000
Creech Air Force Base.......................... $91,000,000 New Jersey................................... Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst............... $22,500,000 New Mexico................................... Kirtland Air Force Base........................ $250,000,000 North Dakota................................. Grand Forks Air Force Base..................... $250,000,000
Minot Air Force Base........................... $232,000,000 Oklahoma..................................... Tinker Air Force Base.......................... $110,000,000 Tennessee.................................... Arnold Air Force Base.......................... $20,000,000 Texas........................................ Joint Base San Antonio......................... $180,000,000
Lackland Air Force Base........................ $96,000,000
Dyess Air Force Base........................... $386,000,000 Virginia..................................... Joint Base Langley-Eustis...................... $49,000,000 Wake Island.................................. Wake Island.................................... $335,000,000 Wyoming...................................... F.E. Warren Air Force Base..................... $171,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) Outside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2303(a) and available for military construction projects outside the United States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations outside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Air Force: Outside the United States ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country Installation or Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Djibouti...................................... Chabelley Airfield.............................. $27,000,000 Japan......................................... Kadena Air Base................................. $99,000,000 Spain......................................... Moron Air Base.................................. $156,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2302. FAMILY HOUSING.
(a) Construction and Acquisition.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2303(a) and available for military family housing functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may construct or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations and in the amounts set forth in the following table:
Air Force: Family Housing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country Installation Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------United Kingdom................................ Royal Air Force Croughton.......................
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$24,104,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) Planning and Design.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2303(a) and available for military family housing functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may carry out architectural and engineering services and construction design activities with respect to the construction or improvement of family housing units in an amount not to exceed $25,854,000.
SEC. 2303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, AIR FORCE.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2026, for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Air Force, as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b) Limitation on Total Cost of Construction Projects.--Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under sections 2301 and 2302 of this Act may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
SEC. 2304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2019 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 2240), the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2903 of that Act (132 Stat. 2287) and most recently extended by section 2305 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1274), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
Air Force: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Original
Country Installation or Location Project Authorized
Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------United Kingdom........................ Royal Air Force Fairford.. EDI: Construct DABS-FEV $87,000,000
Storage.................
EDI: Munitions Holding $19,000,000
Area.................... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2305. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2020 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (division B of Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1862), the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in sections 2301(a) and 2912(a) of that Act (133 Stat. 1867, 1913), and most recently extended by section 2306 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1275), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
Air Force: Extension of 2020 Project Authorizations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Original
State Installation or Location Project Authorized
Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Florida............................... Tyndall Air Force Base.... Deployment Center/Flight $43,000,000
Line Dining/AAFES....... Georgia............................... Moody Air Force Base...... 41 RQS HH-60W Apron...... $12,500,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2306. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2023 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2970), the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2301 of that Act (136 Stat. 2978), and extended by section 2308 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1272), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
Air Force: Extension of 2023 Project Authorizations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Original
State/Country Installation or Location Project Authorized
Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Florida............................... Patrick Space Force Base.. Consolidated $97,000,000
Communications Center... Norway................................ Rygge Air Station......... EDI: Base Perimeter $8,200,000
Security Fence..........
Texas................................. Joint Base San Antonio- Child Development Center. $29,000,000 Randolph................. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2307. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2024 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 709), the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in sections 2301 and 2302 of that Act (136 Stat. 719), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
Air Force: Extension of 2024 Project Authorizations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Original
State/Country Installation or Location Project Authorized
Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Alabama............................... Maxwell Air Force Base... MHPI Restructure AETC $65,000,000
Group II................. Colorado.............................. U.S. Air Force Academy... Construction Improvement.. $9,282,000 Florida............................... Eglin Air Force Base..... LRSO Hardware Software $15,500,000
Development and Test
Facility.................
MacDill Air Force Base... KC-46A ADAL Aircraft $25,000,000
Corrosion Control........
KC-46A ADAL Aircraft $27,000,000
Maintenance Hangar.......
KC-46A ADAL Apron and $78,000,000
Hydrant Fueling Pits.....
KC-46A ADAL Fuel System $18,000,000
Maintenance Dock......... Guam.................................. Joint Region Marianas.... PDI: North Aircraft $411,000,000
Parking Ramp (INC)....... Hawaii................................ Joint Base Pearl Harbor- MHPI Restructure-Joint $75,000,000
Hickam.................. Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Massachusetts......................... Hanscom Air Force Base... Child Development Center.. $37,000,000 Mississippi........................... Keesler Air Force Base... MHPI Restructure-Southern $80,000,000
Group.................... Montana............................... Malmstrom Air Force Base. Fire Station Bay/Storage $10,300,000
Area..................... Norway................................ Rygge Air Station........ EDI: DABS-FEV Storage..... $96,000,000
......................... EDI: Munitions Storage $40,000,000
Area..................... Spain................................. Moron Air Base........... EDI: Munitions Storage.... $34,000,000 Texas................................. Joint Base San Antonio- BMT-Chapel For America's $90,000,000
Lackland................ Airmen................... United Kingdom........................ Royal Air Force Fairford. EDI: RADR Storage Facility $67,000,000
Royal Air Force EDI: RADR Storage Facility $51,000,000
Lakenheath.............. Wyoming............................... F.E. Warren Air Force GBSD Integrated Training $85,000,000
Base.................... Center................... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2308. AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT PROJECT AT EGLIN AIR FORCE
BASE, FLORIDA.
The Secretary of the Air Force may carry out a military construction project to construct a 6,934 square meter Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) and Air Battle Management Systems (ABMS) Test Facility at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, in the amount of $87,800,000 using funds made available in fiscal year 2027, or any subsequent fiscal year, for research, development, test, and evaluation.
SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUCTION AND LAND
ACQUISITION PROJECTS.
(a) Inside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403(a) and available for military construction projects inside the United States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Defense Agencies: Inside the United States ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Installation or Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Alabama........................................ Maxwell Air Force Base........................ $44,000,000 Colorado....................................... Def Reutil and Mktg Ofc-Colorado Springs...... $85,000,000 Florida........................................ Naval Air Station Jacksonville............... $40,000,000 Guam........................................... Joint Region Marianas......................... $315,286,000
Kentucky...................................... Fort Knox..................................... $117,000,000 Maryland....................................... Bethesda Naval Hospital....................... $415,739,000
Fort Meade.................................... $1,393,465,000 Nevada......................................... Creech Air Force Base......................... $25,381,000 North Carolina................................. Camp Lejeune.................................. $72,000,000
Fort Bragg.................................... $115,000,000 Utah...........................................
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Camp Williams................................. $471,000,000 Virginia....................................... Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort $36,000,000
Story........................................ Wake Island.................................... Wake Island................................... $1,652,000,000 Washington..................................... Joint Base Lewis-McChord...................... $35,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) Outside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403(a) and available for military construction projects outside the United States as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the installations or locations outside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Defense Agencies: Outside the United States ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country Installation or Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Belgium........................................ Brussels...................................... $33,000,000 Germany........................................ Baumholder.................................... $140,000,000
Ramstein Air Base............................. $20,500,000 Japan.......................................... Yokota Air Base............................... $88,200,000
Camp Butler................................... $37,900,000 Korea.......................................... Kunsan Air Base............................... $65,000,000 United Kingdom................................. Menwith Hill Station.......................... $35,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZED ENERGY RESILIENCE AND CONSERVATION
INVESTMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS.
(a) Inside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403(a) and available for energy conservation projects as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may carry out energy conservation projects under chapter 173 of title 10, United States Code, for the installations or locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
ERCIP Projects: Inside the United States ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Installation or Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Alabama........................................ Redstone Arsenal.............................. $90,000,000 California..................................... Camp Roberts.................................. $79,000,000 Florida........................................ Eglin Air Force Base.......................... $43,000,000 Pennsylvania................................... Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna...... $58,000,000 Puerto Rico.................................... Fort Buchanan................................. $33,500,000 Texas.......................................... Brooks Army Medical Center.................... $55,500,000 Washington..................................... Naval Base Kitsap............................. $132,690,000
Yakima Training Center........................ $73,000,000 Wyoming........................................ F.E. Warren Air Force Base.................... $51,717,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) Outside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403(a) and available for energy conservation projects as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may carry out energy conservation projects under chapter 173 of title 10, United States Code, for the installations or locations outside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
ERCIP Projects: Outside the United States ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country Installation or Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bahrain........................................ Naval Support Activity Bahrain............... $5,900,000 Germany........................................ Army Garrison Ansbach......................... $72,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, DEFENSE AGENCIES.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2026, for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
(b) Limitation on Total Cost of Construction Projects.--Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost of all projects carried out under sections 2401 and 2402 of this Act may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
SEC. 2404. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2023 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2970), the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in section 2402 of that Act (136 Stat. 2983) and most recently extended by section 2406 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1281), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
ERCIP Projects: Extension of 2023 Project Authorizations ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Installation or Original
State/Country Location Project Authorized Amount ------------------------------------------------------------------------California Marine Corps Microgrid and $25,560,000
Mountain Warfare Backup Power....
Training Center. Florida Naval Air Station Facility Energy $2,400,000
Jacksonville.... Operations
Center
Renovation...... Georgia Fort Stewart- Power Generation $25,400,000
Hunter Army and Microgrid...
Airfield........
Naval Submarine SCADA $11,200,000
Base Kings Bay.. Modernization... Texas Fort Hood........ Power Generation $31,500,000
and Microgrid... ------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2405. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2024 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 709), the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in sections 2401 and 2402 of that Act (137 Stat. 726, 727), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
Defense Agencies and ERCIP Projects: Extension of 2024 Project Authorizations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Installation or Original Authorized
State/Country Location Project Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------California.......................... Marine Corps Air Electrical $30,550,000
Station Miramar....... Infrastructure, On-Site
Generation, and
Microgrid Improvements..
Vandenberg Space Force Microgrid and Backup $57,000,000
Base.................. Power................... Georgia............................. Naval Submarine Base Electrical Transmission $74,500,000
Kings Bay............. and Distribution
Improvements, Phase 2... Kansas.............................. Forbes Field........... Microgrid and Backup $5,850,000
Power................... Missouri............................ Lake City Army Microgrid and Backup $80,100,000
Ammunition Plant...... Power................... Nebraska............................ Offutt Air Force Base.. Microgrid and Backup $41,000,000
Power................... North Carolina...................... Fort Bragg (Camp Microgrid and Backup $10,500,000
Mackall).............. Power................... Oklahoma............................ Fort Sill.............. Microgrid and Backup $76,650,000
Power................... Puerto Rico......................... Fort Buchanan.......... Microgrid and Backup $56,000,000
Power................... Spain............................... Naval Station Rota..... Bulk Tank Farm, Phase 1.. $80,000,000 Texas............................... Fort Hood.............. Microgrid and Backup $18,250,000
Power................... Wyoming............................. F.E. Warren Air Force Microgrid and Battery $25,000,000
Base.................. Storage................. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subtitle A--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program
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SEC. 2501. AUTHORIZED NATO CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION
PROJECTS.
The Secretary of Defense may make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program as provided in section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, in an amount not to exceed the sum of the amount collected from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a result of construction previously financed by the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country Installation or Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Worldwide Unspecified....................... NATO Security Investment Program................. $604,270,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NATO.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2026, for contributions by the Secretary of Defense under section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, for the share of the United States of the cost of projects for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program authorized by section 2501 as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
SEC. 2511. REPUBLIC OF KOREA FUNDED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
Pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Korea for required in-kind contributions, the Secretary of Defense may accept military construction projects for the installations or locations in the Republic of Korea, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Republic of Korea Funded Construction Projects ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Installation or
Component Location Project Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Air Force............................ Osan Air Base.......... Consolidated Aircraft $78,000,000
Maintenance Facility,
Phase 1. Air Force............................ Osan Air Base.......... Upgrade Electrical $103,000,000
Distribution, East,
Phase 2. Army................................. Camp Walker............ Elementary School...... $91,000,000 Army................................. USAG Humphreys......... POL Pipeline........... $35,000,000 Marine Corps......................... Camp Mujuk............. Administrative District $18,500,000
Access Control Point. Marine Corps......................... Yecheon Air Base....... Replace Concrete Apron. $47,000,000 Navy................................. CFA Chinhae............ Enlisted Unaccompanied $44,000,000
Personnel Housing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2512. REPUBLIC OF POLAND FUNDED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
Pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Poland for required in-kind contributions, the Secretary of Defense may accept military construction projects for the installations or locations in the Republic of Poland, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Republic of Poland Funded Construction Projects ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Installation or
Component Location Project Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Air Force............................ Wroclaw................ Dormitory and Multi-Use $32,000,000
Support Building. Army................................. Powdiz................. Rotary Wing Maintenance $102,000,000
Hangars. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2601. AUTHORIZED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CONSTRUCTION AND
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS.
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the Army National Guard locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Army National Guard: Inside the United States ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Florida..................................... Camp Blanding.................................... $28,000,000 Guam........................................ Barrigada........................................ $20,000,000 Idaho....................................... Orchard Training Area............................ $27,000,000 Illinois.................................... Peoria........................................... $8,000,000
Louisiana.................................. Abbeville Readiness Center...................... $23,000,000 Massachusetts............................... Camp Edwards..................................... $43,000,000 Oklahoma.................................... Tulsa Army Aviation Support Facility............. $18,500,000 Washington.................................. Yakima Training Center........................... $18,000,000 West Virginia............................... Martinsburg Readiness Center..................... $20,000,000 Wisconsin................................... Black River Falls................................ $20,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2602. AUTHORIZED ARMY RESERVE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND
ACQUISITION PROJECTS.
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the Army Reserve locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Army Reserve: Inside the United States ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Colorado.................................... Fort Carson...................................... $92,000,000 Illinois.................................... Fort Sheridan.................................... $38,000,000 Virginia.................................... Richmond Reserve Center.......................... $48,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2603. AUTHORIZED NAVY RESERVE AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE
CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS.
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may acquire real property and carry out military construction project for the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve location inside the United States, and in the amount, set forth in the following table:
Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve: Inside the United States ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Florida..................................... Naval Air Station Jacksonville................... $47,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2604. AUTHORIZED AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONSTRUCTION AND
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS.
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the Air National Guard locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Air National Guard: Inside the United States ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Alaska...................................... Eielson Air Force Base........................... $16,000,000 Michigan.................................... Selfridge Air National Guard Base............... $425,000,000 Missouri.................................... Rosecrans Air National Guard Base................ $63,000,000 Texas....................................... Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth. $27,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2605. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE RESERVE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND
ACQUISITION PROJECTS.
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the Air Force Reserve locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
Air Force Reserve: Inside the United States ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Location Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pennsylvania................................ Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station................... $19,500,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2606. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NATIONAL GUARD
AND RESERVE.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2026, for the costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces, and for contributions therefor, under chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code (including the cost of acquisition of land for those facilities), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
SEC. 2607.
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EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2023 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2970), the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in sections 2601, 2602, 2603 and 2604 of that Act (136 Stat. 2986-2987) and extended by section 2607 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1287), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2023 Project Authorizations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Installation or Original Authorized
State/Country Location Project Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Alaska............................... Joint Base Elmendorf- Aircraft Maintenance $63,000,000
Richardson............ Hangar................ Arizona.............................. Morris Air National Base Entry Complex..... $12,000,000
Guard Base............
Tucson International Land Acquisition....... $11,700,000
Airport............... Arkansas............................. Camp Robinson.......... Automated Multipurpose $9,500,000
Machine Gun Range..... Florida.............................. Gainesville............ National Guard $21,000,000
Readiness Center......
Perrine................ Army Reserve Center/ $46,000,000
AMSA..................
Hawaii.............................. Marine Corps Base C-40 Aircraft $116,964,000
Kaneohe Bay........... Maintenance Hangar.... Indiana.............................. Fort Wayne Munitions Maintenance $16,500,000
International Airport. and Storage Complex... Puerto Rico.......................... Camp Santiago Joint Engineering/Housing $14,500,000
Maneuver Training Maintenance Shops
Center................ (DPW)................. West Virginia........................ McLaughlin Air National C-130J Apron Expansion. $12,500,000
Guard Base............ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2608. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL
YEAR 2024 PROJECTS.
(a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 709), the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), as provided in sections 2601, 2602, 2604, and 2605 of that Act (137 Stat. 735-737), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2027, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028, whichever is later.
(b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as follows:
National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2024 Project Authorizations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Installation or Original Authorized
State/Country Location Project Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Alabama.............................. Birmingham............. Army Reserve Center/ $57,000,000
AMSA/Land............. Arizona.............................. Davis-Monthan Air Force Guardian Angel POTFF $8,500,000
Base.................. Facility.............. Arkansas............................. Ebbing Air National 3-Bay Hangar........... $54,000,000
Guard Base............
Special Access Program $21,989,000
Facility.............. Florida.............................. Camp Blanding.......... Multipurpose Machine $11,000,000
Gun Range............. Indiana.............................. Fort Wayne Fire Station........... $8,900,000
International Airport. New Mexico........................... Rio Rancho Training National Guard Vehicle $11,000,000
Site.................. Maintenance Shop
Addition.............. Oregon............................... Portland International Special Tactics $23,000,000
Airport............... Complex, Phase 1......
Special Tactics $21,000,000
Complex, Phase 2......
Special Tactics $24,000,000
Complex, Phase 3......
Special Tactics $11,000,000
Complex, Phase 4...... Pennsylvania Hermitage Readiness National Guard $13,600,000
Center Readiness Center...... Rhode Island......................... Quonset Point.......... National Guard $41,000,000
Readiness Center...... South Carolina....................... Aiken County Readiness National Guard $20,000,000
Center................ Readiness Center......
McCrady Training Site.. Automated Multipurpose $7,900,000
Machine Gun Range..... Texas................................ Naval Air Station Joint LRS Warehouse.......... $16,000,000
Reserve Base Fort
Worth................. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2609. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FISCAL YEAR
2026 PROJECT AT COLONIE, NEW YORK.
In the case of the authorization contained in the table in section 2601 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Division B of Public Law 119-60; 139 Stat. 1264) for Albany, New York, for construction of a readiness center as specified in the funding table in section 4601 of such Act, the Secretary of the Army may construct a readiness center at Colonie, New York.
SEC. 2701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR BASE
REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES FUNDED
THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE
ACCOUNT.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2026, for base realignment and closure activities, including real property acquisition and military construction projects, as authorized by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and funded through the Department of Defense Base Closure Account established by section 2906 of such Act (as amended by section 2711 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (division B of Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 2140)), as specified in the funding table in section 4601.
SEC. 2801. EXECUTION OF PROJECTS UNDER THE NORTH ATLANTIC
TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT
PROGRAM.
Section 2350q of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (d), by striking "The construction agent" and all that follows through "to execute" and inserting "The head of the contracting activity for the Department of Defense executing"; and
(2) in subsection (e), by striking "construction agent designated by the Department of Defense" and inserting "head of the contracting activity".
SEC. 2802. INCLUSION OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS IN DEFENSE
COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.
Section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting " Indian tribes," after "local governments,"; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking "or local government" each place such term appears and inserting "government, local government, or Indian tribe,"; and
(2) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii)(I), by striking "or local government" and inserting "government, local government, or Indian tribe"; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(7) The term `Indian tribe' has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).".
SEC. 2803. BRIEFING REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN BASING ACTIONS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.
Section 2392 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:
"(f) Briefing Required for Covered Basing Actions.--(1) Not later than 15 days after any date on which the Secretary notifies the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate of a covered basing action, the Secretary shall provide to Congress a briefing with respect to the covered basing action that includes--
"(A) an identification of the affected basing action, military installation, and unit or weapons system;
"(B) an identification of the authority of the Secretary pursuant to which the covered basing action will be carried out;
"(C) an explanation of the reasons the covered basing action is not in compliance with the process for strategic basing actions under this section;
"(D) an assessment of potential consequences of the covered basing action, including how the covered basing decision may conflict with--
"(i) planning of the Department of the Air Force; and
"(ii) timelines for other military installations, units, or weapons systems;
"(E) an assessment of the military installation in receipt of units or weapons systems pursuant to the covered basing action, including--
"(i) whether the military installation is in compliance with applicable environmental protection laws;
"(ii) the amount of appropriations for military construction needed for the military installation;
"(iii) any deficiencies in infrastructure on the military installation with respect to--
"(I) operational capacity;
"(II) training capacity and requirements; and
"(III) funding.
"(2) In this subsection, the term `covered basing action' means a basing action that--
"(A) is not approved by the strategic basing panel and strategic basing executive steering group pursuant to this section; and
"(B) the Secretary of the Air Force received direction to implement prior to completing the process for strategic basing actions under this section.".
SEC. 2804. UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DOLLAR
THRESHOLDS.
(a) In General.--Section 2805(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "$9,000,000" and inserting "$12,000,000".
(b) Laboratory Revitalization.--Section 2805(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "$9,000,000" each place it appears and inserting "$15,000,000".
(c) Adjustment of Dollar Limitations.--Section 2805(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking "for Location" and all that follows through "Each fiscal year" and inserting "Each fiscal year"; and
(2) by striking "may exceed" and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: "may exceed--
"(1) with respect to a project described in subsection (d), 150 percent of the dollar amount specified in such subsection; and
"(2) with respect to any other project described in subsection (a)(2), 150 percent of the dollar amount specified in such subsection.".
SEC. 2805. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--Section 2810(f)(5) of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
(b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to amounts made available for research, development, test, and evaluation on or after the date of the enactment of this section.
SEC. 2806.
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MODIFICATION OF APPROVAL AND NOTIFICATION
THRESHOLDS FOR REPAIR PROJECTS ON MILITARY
FACILITIES.
Section 2811(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "$7,500,000" and inserting "$20,000,000".
SEC. 2807. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY INSTALLATION
STORMWATER PROJECT ACCELERATION PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment of Program.--Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2815a the following new section:
"Sec. 2815b. Military Installation Stormwater Project
Acceleration Program
"(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program to be known as the `Military Installation Stormwater Project Acceleration Program' (in this section referred to as the `Program').
"(b) Activities.--Under the Program, the Secretary shall--
"(1) establish procedures to accelerate the planning for and implementation of military construction projects described in subsection (c); and
"(2) provide supplemental funding to military construction projects described in such subsection.
"(c) Military Construction Project Described.--A military construction project described in this subsection is a military construction project that is--
"(1) specified in the military installation resilience component of a military installation master plan developed pursuant to section 2864(a);
"(2) identified as a potential military installation resilience project under section 2815 of this title;
"(3) identified as a stormwater management project under section 2815a of this title; or
"(4) identified as suitable to preserve or enhance defense access roads in accordance with section 210 of title 23.
"(d) Merit-based Criteria.--The Secretary shall establish merit-based criteria for use in the selection of military construction projects to receive funding under the Program.
"(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or enable any official of the Department of Defense to provide funding under this section pursuant to--
"(1) a community project funding request; or
"(2) a congressionally directed spending item (as defined in the Standing Rules of the Senate).
"(f) Annual Report.--Not later than March 1 of the first calendar year beginning after the date of the enactment of this section, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the Program. Each such report shall include the following:
"(1) A description of the nature and status of the military construction projects or actions undertaken in whole or part with funds appropriated for the Program.
"(2) An assessment of the effectiveness of such military construction projects or actions as part of a long-term strategy--
"(A) to prevent flooding on--
"(i) military installations;
"(ii) key supporting civilian infrastructure; and
"(iii) and defense access roads; and
"(B) to improve the management of stormwater on or related to a military installation.
"(3) An evaluation of the methodology and criteria used to select and establish priorities for military construction projects and actions funded in whole or part with funds appropriated for the Program.
"(4) Such recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate for legislative or administrative actions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Program.".
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2815a the following new item:
"2815b. Military Installation Stormwater Project Acceleration Program.".
SEC. 2808. EXPANSION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON UNFUNDED
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS.
Section 2806 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 10 U.S.C. 222a note) is amended--
(1) by striking "The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering" and inserting the following: "(a) In General.--The Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering";
(2) by striking "order" and all that follows through the end of the section and inserting "order."; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
"(b) Elements.--Each report required under subsection (a) shall include, for each military construction project listed in the report--
"(1) a description that identifies the objectives of the national defense strategy required under section 113(g) of this title and the National Military Strategy required under section 139(b) of this title that would be advanced if the military construction project were funded, in whole or in part;
"(2) a detailed assessment of each specific risk to the execution of the national defense strategy and the National Military Strategy that would be reduced the military construction project were funded, in whole or in part; and
"(3) a Department of Defense Form 1391.
"(c) Consistency With Military Construction Requirements.--Information regarding project scope, cost estimate, and design maturity for military construction projects included in a report under subsection (a) shall be prepared and validated in a manner consistent with the requirements applicable to military construction projects included in the budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31.
"(d) Certification.--The Secretary of the military department concerned shall certify each military construction project under the jurisdiction of the Secretary that is listed in a report required under subsection (a) as--
"(1) a valid unfunded military construction requirement of the military department; and
"(2) appropriate for consideration by Congress as part of the unfunded priorities of the military department.".
SEC. 2811. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF WINDOW FALL
INCIDENTS IN CERTAIN PRIVATIZED MILITARY
HOUSING.
Section 2857(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking "The Secretary concerned" and inserting "(1) The Secretary concerned";
(2) by inserting "or any other individual" after "minor child"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(2) Not later than 72 hours after any date on which an incident in which a minor child or any other individual falls from a window in a unit of military family housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned occurs, the Secretary concerned shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notification that includes, with respect to such incident--
"(A) the date;
"(B) the location;
"(C) the associated circumstances; and
"(D) whether injury or death resulted.".
SEC. 2812. EXPANSION OF PROTECTIONS AGAINST REPRISAL OR
RETALIATION FOR CERTAIN TENANTS OF PRIVATIZED
MILITARY HOUSING.
Section 2890 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(7), by striking "and housing management office" and inserting "housing management office, the Chief Housing Officer of the Department of Defense, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Inspector General of the military department concerned, or a Member of Congress"; and
(2) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking "for reporting an issue relating to a housing unit" and inserting the following: "who reports an issue relating to a housing unit to any of the following:
"(A) The landlord.
"(B) The chain of command.
"(C) The applicable housing management office.
"(D) The Chief Housing Officer of the Department of Defense.
"(E) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense.
"(F) The Inspector General of the military department concerned.
"(G) A Member of Congress."; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively;
(ii) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph (A):
"(A) provide notice of that determination to the Secretary of the military department concerned;"; and
(iii) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by striking "the Inspector General has taken final action" and inserting "the Secretary of the military department concerned has notified the Inspector General that the Secretary has taken final action".
SEC. 2813. TREATMENT OF NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT
TO PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING.
Section 2890(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence--
(A) by striking "A tenant or prospective tenant of a housing unit may not be required to sign" and inserting "A landlord may not request that a tenant, former tenant, or prospective tenant of a housing unit sign"; and
(B) by inserting "or in connection with the provision of services related to the housing unit" before the period; and
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:
"(2) The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall apply to all housing units, including military family housing and military unaccompanied housing.
"(3) In this subsection, the term `tenant' includes any party (other than a landlord) to a lease for a housing unit.".
SEC. 2814. EXPANSION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE AUTHORITY TO
REPLACE CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
LABORATORIES.
Section 2835 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 10 U.S.C. 2821 note) is amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking "covered military unaccompanied housing" and inserting "department of defense"; and
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ", to replace a covered military unaccompanied housing facility";
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(C) by inserting before subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph (1):
"(1) to replace a covered military unaccompanied housing facility--";
(D) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
(E) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (2):
"(2) to replace a Department of Defense laboratory at which--
"(A) research with respect to science and technology is carried out; or
"(B) test and evaluation activities are conducted.".
SEC. 2815. MODIFICATION TO PILOT PROGRAM FOR MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO REPLACE CERTAIN
MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING FACILITIES.
Section 2835 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 10 USC 2821 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking "a covered military unaccompanied housing facility";
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking "that such Secretary determines is" and inserting "covered military housing facilities that such Secretary determines are"; and
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
"(2) facilities in a failed or failing condition which are located within covered depots, or which are directly related to the function or activity managed through the Army Working Capital Fund.";
(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following new sentence: "Charges for goods and services provided through a working capital fund may not include amounts necessary to recover costs of military construction projects funded under the pilot program.";
(3) in subsection (f), by striking "shall terminate on" and all that follows through "this Act" and inserting "shall terminate on October 1, 2032"; and
(4) in subsection (g)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):
"(3) The term `covered depot' means a depot specified in paragraph (1) of section 2476(f) of title 10, United States Code.".
SEC. 2816.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF TIMELINESS STANDARDS WITH RESPECT
TO MAINTENANCE WORK ORDERS FOR COVERED MILITARY
UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING; ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 2839 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) is amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting "; work order timeliness standards" after "covered military unaccompanied housing";
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through subsection (e) as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:
"(c) Work Order Timeliness Standards; Annual Report.--
"(1) In general.--Not later than July 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall establish Department of Defense-wide timeliness standards for the resolution of work orders for covered military unaccompanied housing.
"(2) Annual report.--In conjunction with the submission of the report under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2028, and on an annual basis thereafter during the reporting requirement under such subsection is effective, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes, for each military installation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, with respect to the fiscal year that precedes the fiscal year during which the report is submitted, an identification of--
"(A) the total number of work orders for covered military unaccompanied housing resolved within a period that complied with the timeliness standards under paragraph (1);
"(B) the total number of such work orders resolve within a period that did not comply with such timeliness standards;
"(C) the total number of such work orders that remain open at the end of the fiscal year covered by the report;
"(D) the total number of work orders comprising the total numbers under subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, that relate to the health and safety of covered military unaccompanied housing;
"(E) the total number of employees with duties that include the maintenance and administration of military unaccompanied housing authorized;
"(F) the total number of authorized positions for employment with such duties that remain open at the end of the fiscal year covered by the report; and
"(G) the total amount obligated or expended on service contracts for the maintenance and administration of covered military unaccompanied housing.".
SEC. 2817. EXPANSION OF ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN ANNUAL REPORTS
ON THE CONDITION OF COVERED MILITARY
UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING.
Section 2839(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraphs:
"(4) A list of whether each such covered military unaccompanied housing facility located on each military installation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military department concerned complies with the uniform minimum habitability standards for covered military unaccompanied housing as required under section 2856b of title 10, United States Code.
"(5) For such facilities that do not comply with uniform minimum habitability standards--
"(A) a list of elements that are not in compliance;
"(B) the funding required to conduct improvements to meet uniform minimum habitability standards; and
"(C) a five-year plan for carrying out such improvements.".
SEC. 2818. MODIFICATION TO REQUIRED INVESTMENTS IN IMPROVING
MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING.
(a) In General.--Section 2814 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking "a covered fiscal year" and inserting "the fiscal years specified in subsection (e)"; and
(B) by striking "five percent" and inserting "ten percent";
(2) by amending subsection (b)(1) to read as follows:
"(1) The term `military unaccompanied housing' has the meaning given in section 2871 of title 10, United States Code.";
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e);
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsections:
"(c) Standards.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a Department-wide standard for tracking the use of facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization funds for military unaccompanied housing.
"(d) Report.--Along with the submission of the budget of the President to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall report on the extent to which each Secretary of a military department is meeting the minimum requirements of this section."; and
(5) in subsection (e), by striking "2026" and inserting "2031".
(b) Applicability.--This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to amounts reserved pursuant to section 2814 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) on or after October 1, 2026.
Subtitle C--Real Property and Facilities Administration
SEC. 2821. AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN PLANNING, DESIGN, AND
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN SUPPORT OF MILITARY
SERVICE ACADEMIES.
Subchapter I of chapter 134 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2246 the following new section:
"Sec. 2247. Authorization for certain planning, design, and
construction contracts in support of military service
academies
"(a) Authority.--Subject to subsection (b) and amounts made available in advance for such purpose, and pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, the Superintendent of a Service Academy may seek
to enter into a contract with a covered foundation for the planning, design, construction, equipping, and maintenance of facilities and other projects that support the mission of such Service Academy.
"(b) Limitations.--Contractual agreements under subsection (a) may be provided only if such agreements--
"(1) are without any liability of the United States to the covered foundation;
"(2) do not affect the ability of any official or employee of the military department concerned to carry out any responsibility or duty in a fair and objective manner;
"(3) do not compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity of any program of the military department concerned, or any individual involved in such a program;
"(4) comply with the Joint Ethics Regulation; and
"(5) have been reviewed and approved by an attorney of the military department concerned.
"(c) Briefing.--In any fiscal year during which the Superintendent of a Service Academy exercises the authority under subsection (a), the Secretary of the military department concerned shall provide a briefing not later than the last day of that fiscal year to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding the campus improvement projects initiated during such fiscal year.
"(d) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `covered foundation' means a charitable, educational, or civic nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that the Secretary concerned determines operates exclusively to support, with respect to a Service Academy, any of the following:
"(A) Recruiting.
"(B) Parent or alumni development.
"(C) Academic, leadership, or character development.
"(D) Institutional development.
"(E) Athletics.
"(2) The term `Service Academy' has the meaning given such term in section 347 of this title.".
SEC. 2822. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS FROM
GUIDANCE WITH RESPECT TO AGGREGATE SQUARE
FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS.
Section 2849(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 10 U.S.C. 2802 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(5) Military installations undergoing a mission transition as of the date of the enactment of this paragraph.".
SEC. 2823. MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--With respect to a grant, cooperative agreement, or supplementary financial assistance provided to a State or local educational agency for a project to construct, renovate, repair, or expand an elementary or secondary public school on a military installation pursuant to section 8109 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103; 136 Stat. 201), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the terms of such grant, cooperative agreement, or financial assistance do not require the recipient State or local educational agency to provide a matching contribution in an amount greater than the amount that is equal to 20 percent of the total cost of the project.
(b) Rulemaking.--The Secretary of Defense shall revise the notice titled "Department of Defense Program for Construction, Renovation, Repair or Expansion of Public Schools Located on Military Installations" (76 Fed. Reg. 55883 et seq.; published September 9, 2011) to carry out the requirements of this section.
(c) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a grant awarded, cooperative agreement entered into, or financial assistance provided on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2824. IMPROVEMENT TO PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING VISITORS
TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, at all military installations located inside the United States--
(1) not fewer than one open gate always has the capability and procedures to process visitors for access to the military installation, regardless of whether the installation's primary visitor control center is open; and
(2) personnel at the military installation responsible for security at all open gates are able to direct visitors to the military installation to the appropriate office on the military installation for visitor processing.
(b) Military Installation Defined.--In this section, the term "military installation" has the meaning given such term in section 2801 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 2825. RESTRICTIONS ON DATA FACILITY EQUIPMENT PLACED ON
FACILITIES LEASED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall not to enter into an enhanced use lease unless the lease terms prohibit the lessee (and any sublessor or operator thereof) from installing or operating data facility equipment that contains one or more significant components manufactured in, or by an entity domiciled in or subject to the jurisdiction of, a covered nation.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered nation" shall mean--
(A) China;
(B) Russia;
(C) Iran; or
(D) North Korea.
(2) The term "data facility" shall mean any data center, supercomputer, or other facility for the mass storage, processing, or transmission of data.
(3) The term "enhanced use lease" means a lease entered into under section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, or any other similar authority.
(4) The term "significant component" shall mean--
(A) any covered printed circuit board, as that term is defined in section 4873 of title 10, United States Code;
(B) advanced semiconductors and chipsets, including any integrated circuit--
(i) manufactured using a non-planar transistor architecture; or
(ii) manufactured using a production technology node of 14 nanometers or smaller; and
(C) any other component that provides a unique functionality to the data facility that the Secretary of Defense determines to be a risk to national security of the United States.
SEC. 2826. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY MILITARY
INSTALLATION, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
The military installation under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army located in Augusta, Georgia, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as "Fort Shughart Gordon".
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Any reference to such military installation in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be considered a reference to Fort Shughart Gordon.
SEC. 2827. NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY MILITARY
INSTALLATION LOCATED IN MUSCOGEE COUNTY AND
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
The military installation under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army located in Muscogee County and Chattahoochee County, Georgia, shall on and after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as "Fort Moore", in commemoration of Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore, Jr., United States Army, and Mrs. Julia Compton Moore. Any reference to such military installation in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be considered a reference to Fort Moore.
SEC. 2828. MILITARY INSTALLATION RENAMINGS.
Upon the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall rename military installations as set forth in the following table:
Military Installation Renamings ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New
State Current Installation Name Installation
Name ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------North Carolina................................. Fort Bragg.................................... Fort Liberty Georgia........................................ Fort Benning.................................. Fort Moore Texas.......................................... Fort Hood..................................... Fort Cavazos Georgia........................................ Fort Gordon................................... Fort Shughart-
Gordon Virginia....................................... Fort Lee...................................... Fort Gregg-
Adams Louisiana...................................... Fort Polk..................................... Fort Johnson Alabama........................................ Fort Rucker................................... Fort Novosel Virginia....................................... Fort Pickett.................................. Fort Barfoot Virginia....................................... Fort A.P. Hill................................ Fort Walker ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 2831. REPORT ON LAND WITHDRAWAL AT YUMA PROVING GROUND,
ARIZONA.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the land withdrawal at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) a description of effects on operational and testing capabilities if the land withdrawal authorization at Yuma Proving Ground were not renewed or extended; and
(2) recommendations of the Secretary with respect to modifications of the land withdrawal at Yuma Proving Ground that the Secretary determines would require an Act of Congress.
SEC. 2832. LAND CONVEYANCE, STATE ARMORY BOARD, UTAH NATIONAL
GUARD, CAMP WILLIAMS STATE MILITARY
RESERVATION, LEHI, UTAH.
(a) Conveyance Authorized.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Army (in this section referred to as the "Secretary") may convey to the Utah National Guard, Lehi, Utah, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, including any improvements thereon, consisting of three parcels described in subsection (b).
(2) Continuation of existing easements, restrictions, and covenants.--The conveyance of the property under paragraph (1) shall be subject to any easement, restriction, or covenant of record applicable to the property and in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Description of Property.--
(1) In general.--The property, including all land, improvements, and appurtenances, described in this subsection is the following:
(A) First parcel.--A strip of land of varying width situated in Section 35, Township 4 South, Range 1 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian. Such strip of land extending 25 feet each side and parallel with the following described center line: Beginning at a point in the East line of section 35, 1298 feet East and 1808 feet North 44 59" West from the Southwest corner of Section 36, Township 4 South, Range 1 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian; thence North 45 9" West 1999 feet, describing a 75 foot strip of land extending 25 feet Eastwardly and 50 feet Westwardly and Parallel with such center line; thence continuing on same bearing 1368.1 feet to the PC of a 5 spiralled curve to the right. Describing a 100 foot strip of land extending 50 feet each side and parallel with said center line, thence Northwesterly along said 5 curve to the right 507.9 feet more or less to a point in the South line of the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of said Section 35, describing a 100 foot strip of land extending 50 feet each side and parallel with such center line.
(B) Second parcel.--An irregular shaped parcel of land situated in the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 35, Township 4 South Range 1 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian. Beginning at the Northwest corner of the herein described land, said point bears West 194 feet from the North quarter corner of Section 35, thence South 5 47" West 587 feet more or less, thence along the line of the 5 spiralled curve to the left a distance of 767.4 feet to a point in the South line of the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of said Section 35; thence East 50 feet to the west right of way line of the Utah Lake Irrigation Company's canal, thence North 1 24" East along said West right of way line in distance of 1180 feet more or less; thence North 3 2" West 128 feet; thence West 115 feet to the point of beginning.
(C) Third parcel.--A parcel of land situated in Southwest quarter of Section 26, Township 4 South, Range 1 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian: Commencing 144 feet West from South quarter corner of Section 26; a strip of land 200 feet wide extending 100 feet each side and parallel with the following described center line: Commencing from said point of beginning North 5 47" East 861.1 feet more or less, along the line of a 7 spiral cure to left a distance of 464.4 feet more of less to a point in North line of Southeast, quarter of Southwest quarter of Section 26, extending 100 feet each side and parallel with side center line.
(2) Survey.--The exact acreage and legal description of the parcels described in paragraph (1) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary.
(c) Reversionary Interest.--
(1) In general.--If the Secretary determines at any time that the property conveyed under subsection (a) is not being used for activities of the Utah National Guard relating to training and readiness, all right, title, and interest in and to the property, including any improvements thereto, may, at the option of the Secretary, revert to and become the property of the United States, and the United States may have the right of immediate entry onto such property.
(2) Determination.--A determination by the Secretary under paragraph (1) may be made on the record after an opportunity for a hearing.
(d) Payment of Costs of Conveyance.--
(1) Payment required.--The Secretary may require the State of Utah to cover all costs (except costs for environmental remediation of the property) to be incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), including costs for environmental and real estate due diligence and any other administrative costs related to the conveyance.
(2) Refund of excess amounts.--If amounts are collected from the State under paragraph (1) in advance of the Secretary incurring the actual costs, and the amount collected exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the State.
(e) Limitation on Source of Funds.--The State may not use Federal funds to cover any portion of the costs required to be paid by the State under this section.
(f) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
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LAND CONVEYANCE, MILAN ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT,
TENNESSEE.
(a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Army may convey, without consideration, to the University of Tennessee System (in this section referred to as the "University") all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to parcels of real property, including any improvements thereon, at Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee, that consist of a total of approximately 5,000 acres for the purpose of permitting the University to use the parcels for education research.
(b) Revisionary Interest.--
(1) Interest retained.--
(A) In general.--If the Secretary of the Army determines at any time that the property conveyed to the University under subsection (a) is not being used in accordance with the purpose of the conveyance specified in such subsection, all right, title, and interest in and to the conveyed property, including any improvements thereon, shall, at the option of the Secretary, revert to and become the property of the United States, and the United States shall have the right of immediate entry onto the property.
(B) Determination.--A determination by the Secretary of the Army under subparagraph (A) shall be made on the record after an opportunity for a hearing.
(2) Alternative consideration option.--In lieu of exercising the reversionary interest retained under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Army may accept an offer by the University to pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair market value of the property conveyed under subsection (a), excluding the value of any improvements on the conveyed property constructed without Federal funds after the date the conveyance is completed, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) Payment of Costs of Conveyance.--The Secretary of the Army shall require the University to pay costs (except costs for environmental remediation of the property) to be incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the conveyance authorized under subsection (a), including survey costs, appraisal costs, costs for environmental documentation related to the conveyance, and any other administrative costs related to the conveyance.
(d) Treatment of Amounts Received.--
(1) In general.--Amounts received as reimbursement under subsection (c) or as alternative consideration under subsection (b)(2) shall be credited to the fund or account that was used to pay the costs incurred by the Secretary of the Army in carrying out the conveyance under subsection (a) or, if the period of availability of obligation for appropriations to that fund or account has expired, to the fund or account that is currently available to the Secretary for the same purpose.
(2) Merger of amounts.--Amounts credited to a fund or account under paragraph (1) shall be merged with amounts in such fund or account and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such fund or account.
(e) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal description of the parcels of real property to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army.
(f) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary of the Army may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance authorized by subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
SEC. 2841. DIGITAL TWIN MODELS AT CERTAIN MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall carry out a three-year pilot program to implement digital twin models at not less than five covered military installations for the purposes of identifying any vulnerabilities or interdependencies of such covered military installations.
(b) Requirements of Models.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each digital twin model represents a virtual model of the infrastructure systems of the respective covered military installation, including--
(1) the energy systems;
(2) the water systems;
(3) the transportation systems;
(4) the communications systems; and
(5) any other critical mission-support systems.
(c) Use of Models.--The Secretary of Defense shall use such digital twin models to--
(1) conduct an assessment of--
(A) the infrastructure system of each covered military installation represented by such digital twin models; and
(B) any public infrastructure systems, including local facilities of the bulk-power system, transportation systems, local systems for the distribution of fuel, and public water systems, that are used by such covered military installations; and
(2) to evaluate, during a disruption scenario, the resilience and continuity of operations of such covered military installations, including during--
(A) a cyber attack;
(B) a kinetic attack;
(C) a natural disaster; or
(D) an interruption of the supply chains of such covered military installations.
(d) Covered Military Installation.--In this section, the term "covered military installation" means a military installation that would be critical to a contingency operation in the Indo-Pacific region, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
SEC. 2842. PILOT PROGRAM ON WASTEWATER MONITORING AND
PATHOGEN-AGNOSTIC MONITORING SYSTEM OF CERTAIN
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
(a) Pilot Program Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary shall develop and implement a comprehensive wastewater monitoring system at not fewer than four military installations at which the Secretary seeks to identify the prevalence of infectious diseases among members of the Armed Forces at the installation (in this section referred to as the "pilot program").
(b) Pathogen-agnostic Pilot Program.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall carry out a second pilot program under which the Secretary shall develop and implement a pathogen-agnostic monitoring system that leverages emerging biotechnologies for early detection of novel pathogens (in this section referred to as the "pathogen-agnostic pilot program").
(2) Purposes.--The purpose of the pathogen-agnostic pilot program shall aim to--
(A) improve detection, identification, and analysis of infectious disease prevalence among members of the Armed Forces and other relevant Department of Defense personnel; and
(B) strengthen early-warning capabilities for novel pathogens.
(c) Technologies and Data System Used.--In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure all systems developed and implemented under such subsection is comprised of appropriate technologies, standardized analytical tools, and a uniform data system.
(d) Duration.--The pilot program shall be carried out during a two-year period beginning on the date of the commencement of the pilot program and the pathogen-agnostic pilot program, respectively.
(e) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the termination of the pilot program and the pathogen-agnostic pilot program, respectively, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the following:
(1) A summary of the findings from all monitoring systems under the pilot program and pathogen-agnostic pilot program.
(2) Recommendations for interventions or policy changes based on trends observed under the pilot program.
(3) An assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot program in enhancing force health protection, readiness, and early pathogen detection.
(f) Strategic Plan.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a strategic plan that--
(1) defines requirements for implementing a scalable, pathogen-agnostic monitoring capability;
(2) identifies technologies and risk-based methodologies to achieve mission requirements; and
(3) demonstrates coordination with the Biodefense Council ensuring compliance with Privacy Act and Department regulations.
SEC. 2843. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PILOT PROGRAM FOR
DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ONLINE REAL ESTATE
INVENTORY TOOL.
(a) Pilot Program Required.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program for the development of an online real estate tool to identify the existing inventory of space available at the military installations selected by the Secretary under paragraph (2) for the purposes specified in subsection (b).
(2) Selection of pilot locations.--The Secretary shall evaluate the online inventory tool at not less than five, but not more than ten, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Space Force military installations selected by the Secretary as appropriate locations for evaluation of the online inventory tool.
(3) Coordination with army.--In addition to the military installations selected under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall include in the pilot program--
(A) all military installations under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army that participated in the pilot program established under section 2866 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 7771 note prec.); and
(B) entries included in the online real estate tool of the Department of Army as of the date on which such pilot program terminated.
(4) Consultation.--The Secretary shall establish the pilot program and develop the online inventory tool in consultation with the Administrator of General Services and each of the service Secretaries.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the online inventory tool are--
(1) to achieve efficiencies in real estate property management consistent with the National Defense Strategy goal of finding greater efficiencies within Department of Defense operations and leveraging commercial off-the-shelf technologies to better enable members of the Armed Forces;
(2) to provide a means to better market to the public information regarding space available at all Department of Defense military installations for better utilization of such space; and
(3) to provide a means to better quantify existing space available at all Department of Defense military installations and how it is utilized for current missions and requirements.
(c) Considerations.--To establish the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) consider innovative approaches, including the use of other transaction authorities consistent with section 2371 of title 10, United States Code, and the use of commercial off-the-shelf technologies;
(2) develop appropriate protections of sensitive or classified information from being included with the online inventory tool; and
(3) develop appropriate levels of access for private sector users of the online inventory tool;
(4) in developing these considerations shall include lessons learned from the Secretary of the Army on the development of the pilot program for the online real estate tool under 2866 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.
(d) Establishment of Use Policy.--In connection with the development of the online inventory tool, the Secretary of the Defense shall develop policy requiring the use of the online inventory tool at all Department of Defense military installations selected under subsection (a)(2) to query for existing inventory at such military installations before any military construction or off-post leases are agreed to for such military installations. The Secretary shall prescribe guidelines that will be implemented by each respective service secretary.
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Further, the Secretary shall ensure that all relevant notifications to congressional defense committees include certification that the online inventory tool was used.
(e) Online Inventory Tool Defined.--In this section, the term "online inventory tool" means the online real estate tool developed under the pilot program to identify existing inventory of space available at Department of Defense military installations selected to participate in the pilot program.
(f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to effect the application of title V of the McKinney- Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411 et seq.).
(g) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than February 15, 2027, the Secretary of the Defense shall submit to Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report evaluating the success of the pilot program in achieving the purposes specified in subsection (b). At a minimum, the report also shall identify and contain the following:
(1) The Department of Defense military installations selected under subsection (a)(2) to participate in the pilot program broken out by respective service.
(2) The number of real estate agreements entered into by each of the respective service secretaries that were facilitated by use of the online inventory tool, including for each agreement the installation, amount of space, value, and purpose of the agreement.
(3) An evaluation of the extent to which use of the online inventory tool reduced the need for military construction or off-post leases.
(4) An evaluation of any impediments to efficient use of the online inventory tool.
(5) The recommendations of the Secretary of Defense regarding whether the pilot program should be extended, expanded, or made permanent.
(h) Duration.--The authority of the Secretary of the Defense to carry out the pilot program shall expire on September 30, 2031.
SEC. 2844. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED CONNECTIVITY
SERVICE.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, shall establish and carry out a pilot program to provide integrated connectivity service to a covered population--
(1) stationed at five covered military installations in the Middle East, as determined by the Secretary; and
(2) at no cost to such covered population.
(b) Program Requirements.--
(1) Service provisioning and ensuring.--The Assistant Secretary shall enter into a contract with an American contracted entity to act as telecommunications operator for the covered military installation--
(A) to provision the integrated connectivity service with a private network management system or a hybrid-capable network management system;
(B) to ensure the integrated connectivity service can support multiple tenant commands, or activity present on such covered military installations with individualized commitments, such as separate network slices and security policies that can be tailored to the tenant command requirements; and
(C) to provision and ensure operation of the integrated connectivity service.
(2) Integrated connectivity service requirement.--The integrated connectivity service provided under the pilot program established pursuant to subsection (a) shall--
(A) provide broadband internet access service as the baseline service and meet or exceed any speed benchmarks established by the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission for broadband internet access services, including--
(i) a minimum download speed of 100-Mbps; and
(ii) a minimum upload speed of 20-Mbps; and
(B) support the integration of P5G data services with broadband internet access service over a common integrated connectivity service, where such mobile services are identified as required by the covered military installation tenant command.
(3) Goods procured under contract.--Any goods procured under the contract described
under paragraph (1) shall be the property of the Department of Defense.
(4) Standard.--Infrastructure setup and operation of the integrated connectivity service--
(A) shall be based on National Institute of Standards and Technology standards specified in NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3, or successor standards, including any future revisions, updates, or successor publications to ensure the availability and security of such integrated connectivity service; and
(B) shall exclude hybrid-capable network management systems with availability and security risks, such as pure public cloud only network management systems.
(5) Cost.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Assistant Secretary shall account for the full life cycle costs of such pilot program, including--
(A) the initial build and setup;
(B) a refresh, every five years during the period the authority to carry out the pilot program is effective, of the integrated connectivity service, including a refresh of the underlying infrastructure of the entire integrated connectivity service, to ensure long-term--
(i) availability;
(ii) security; and
(iii) usability; and
(C) monthly recurring costs, including services provided by--
(i) the host nation carrier for bandwidth; and
(ii) the telecommunications operator.
(6) Methodology.--When carrying out the pilot program, the Assistant Secretary shall use industry standard life cycle methodologies and broadly adopted practices, including the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-53, Information Technology infrastructure library and the Plan, Prepare, Design, Implement, Operate, Optimize methodology to deliver a cost-effective, secure, sustainable, right-sized network infrastructure.
(7) Equipment procurement.--Any articles, materials, or supplies procured by the American contracted entity for the purpose of providing integrated connectivity service, as described under paragraph (1), shall be made in the United States.
(c) Report.--Not later than five years after the date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the pilot program carried out under this section, including--
(1) an analysis of the cost; and
(2) a determination of which additional military installations located outside the contiguous United States should be provided with integrated connectivity service.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "5G" means fifth generation mobile network technology, including higher-speed and lower latency device connectivity over mobile radio networks.
(2) The term "Assistant Secretary" means the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment.
(3) The term "American contracted entity" means an entity--
(A) organized in the United States and with its principal place of business located within the United States;
(B) majority-owned and controlled by a United States citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or publicly traded on a United States stock exchange and subject to United States laws and jurisdiction;
(C) that employs primarily personnel based in the United States to perform management, engineering, operations, and customer support functions, including staffing key operational and decision-making roles within the United States;
(D) that procures equipment and technology through a supply chain compliant with sections 889 and 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283), including the avoidance of prohibited or restricted telecommunications and video surveillance equipment and services; and
(E) that complies with section 8302 of title 41, United States Code, whenever practicable, prioritizing United States manufactured products, United States sourced components, and United States based subcontractors and suppliers wherever and whenever possible, consistent with project requirements, availability and cost reasonableness.
(4) The term "broadband internet access service" has the meaning given such term in section 8.1(b), title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.
(5) The term "cloud only deployment model" means a deployment model in which the network management system is delivered solely as a vendor-managed software-as-a-service offering, with no option for self-hosted, on-premises, or private cloud deployment.
(6) The term "covered military installation" means a military installation as defined in section 2801 of title 10, United States Code, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Air Force, or the Secretary of the Navy and located in the Middle East.
(7) The term "covered population" means active duty members of the Armed Forces, as defined in section 101(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, but may be expanded to include employees of a Defense Agency as defined in section 101(a)(11) of title 10, United States Code, by the tenant command of a covered military installation through the telecommunications officer of the covered military installation.
(8) The term "host nation carrier" means a telecommunications provider that is--
(A) licensed or authorized to operate in the foreign nation in which the covered military installation is located; and
(B) provides broadband internet access, data, or mobile communication services within the foreign nation.
(9) The term "hybrid-capable network management system" means a common architectural framework that supports both broadband internet access service and private or hybrid public and P5G mobile connectivity services, as required and is not limited to a public only deployment model or a cloud only deployment model.
(10) The term "integrated connectivity service" means a fixed, high-speed broadband internet access service, and may include private or hybrid mobile connectivity, including P5G, as required by the Secretary to meet operational requirements.
(11) The term "Mbps" means one million bits per second.
(12) The term "P5G" means a private mobile network service using 5G mobile network technology and available only to members of the Armed Forces stationed on covered military installations participating in the pilot program established in subsection (a).
(13) The term "private network management system" means a network management system that is compliant with the requirements for a cyber security maturity model certification and which is not cloud-based.
(14) The term "public only deployment model" means a deployment model in which the network management system is hosted exclusively in a third-party public cloud environment, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud and cannot be deployed or operated on customer-owned or on-premises infrastructure.
(15) the term "pure public cloud only network management system" means a network management platform hosted and operated exclusively within a third-party public cloud environment and delivered solely as a cloud-based service, with no capability for deployment, operation, or control within on-premises or private cloud infrastructure.
(16) The term "telecommunications operator" means an American contracted entity responsible for the design, installation, and ongoing operations and maintenance of the broadband internet access service and P5G mobile network access to be provided on a covered military installation.
SEC. 2851. AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO ACQUIRE REAL
PROPERTY AND FACILITIES IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
REGION AND TO ADMINISTER SUCH PROPERTY AS PART
OF THE PENTAGON RESERVATION.
(a) Authority of the Secretary of Defense to Acquire Real Property and Facilities in National Capital Region.--Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before section 2674 the following new section:
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Acquisition by Secretary of Defense of real
property and facilities in the National Capital Region
"(a) Authority.--Notwithstanding section 2682 of this title, the Secretary of Defense may acquire real property and facilities in the National Capital Region for an element of the Department of Defense other than a military department.
"(b) Authorization by Law Required for Above-threshold Acquisition.--If the cost to acquire real property or facilities under subsection (a) exceeds the limitations specified in section 2663(c) of this title for an acquisition of interests in land, the Secretary may acquire the real property or facilities only if the acquisition is specifically authorized by law.
"(c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `National Capital Region' and `Pentagon Reservation' have the meanings given those terms in section 2674(f) of this title.".
(b) Acquired Real Property Included in Authorities Applicable to Pentagon Reservation.--Section 2674(f)(1) of such title is amended by striking "means the" and all that follows and inserting the following: "means the following:
"(A) The Pentagon.
"(B) The Mark Center Campus.
"(C) The Raven Rock Mountain Complex.
"(D) Any real property or facility acquired under section 2673 of this title.".
SEC. 2852. ESTABLISHMENT OF A DASHBOARD FOR MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR RESEARCH,
DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION FACILITIES.
(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the enactment of this section, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with each Secretary of a military department, shall establish a central dashboard to monitor and track Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation facility data related to military construction planning, design, and execution metrics across the military departments.
(b) Requirements.--The database shall--
(1) use existing financial management tools;
(2) display relevant data for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation facilities including, at a minimum, facility location, manager of the facility, building number, plant replacement value, age, size, building condition index, mission dependency index, civil engineering projects programmed for the facility, and value of each such projects;
(3) track unfunded facility requirements;
(4) summarize laboratory real property and non-real property data and metrics;
(5) use Real Property Unique Identifiers (or a similar identifier for real property or other assets authorized by the Secretary of Defense) for Equipment Replacement Value of equipment that is not real property; and
(6) display trends across any data included in the database.
(c) Notification to Congress.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the dashboard required by subsection (a) is established, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification that the dashboard is operational and meets the requirements of subsection (b).
(d) Recommendation.--Not later than three years after the enactment of this section, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a recommendation on whether use of the dashboard should be continued. Not later than 15 days after making such submission, the Under Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notice of such recommendation.
(e) Termination.--The authority under this section terminates on December 30, 2030.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation facility" means a laboratory facility or a test and evaluation facility.
(2) The term "Equipment Replacement Value" means the estimated cost to replace the non-real property installed test equipment within a ground test infrastructure asset.
SEC. 2853. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR DEFENSE SITE
REIMBURSEMENT IN THE FEDERATED STATES OF
MICRONESIA.
Using amounts authorized to be appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this Act for such purposes, the Department of Defense is authorized to reimburse the Federal States of Micronesia for land acquisition costs for defense sites in Yap.
SEC. 2854. RECOGNITION OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE NATIONAL
NAVY UDT-SEAL MUSEUM IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA,
AS A NATIONAL MEMORIAL, NATIONAL MEMORIAL
GARDEN, AND NATIONAL K9 MEMORIAL.
The Secretary of the Navy shall recognize the National Navy SEAL Museum Memorial, the Memorial Garden and Living Beach, and the Naval Special Warfare K9 Memorial of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, located at 3300 North Highway A1A, North Hutchinson Island, in Fort Pierce, Florida, as a national memorial, national memorial garden, and national K9 memorial, respectively, of the Navy SEALs.
SEC. 2861. ANNUAL REPORT ON SUPERVISION, INSPECTION, AND
OVERHEAD COSTS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS.
Subchapter III of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2851a the following new section:
"Sec. 2851b. Annual report on supervision, inspection, and
overhead costs of military construction projects
"(a) In General.--Not later than the date on which the budget of the President for fiscal year 2028 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report with respect to supervision, inspection, and overhead costs for military construction projects during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the report is submitted.
"(b) Elements.--Each report required under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the period covered by the report, the following:
"(1) The total amount of supervision, inspection, and overhead costs accrued, disaggregated by--
"(A) military department; and
"(B) construction agent.
"(2) A description of how amounts appropriated for supervision, inspection, and overhead for military construction projects were expended during such period, disaggregated by--
"(A) direct project supervision and inspection costs;
"(B) field office overhead;
"(C) regional office overhead; and
"(D) headquarters overhead.
"(3) The supervision, inspection, and overhead rate in effect during the fiscal year immediately preceding such period.
"(4) If the supervision, inspection, and overhead rate in effect as of the date of the submission of the report is different than the rate described in paragraph (3)--
"(A) a summary of the changes to such rate; and
"(B) the justification for such changes.
"(5) A summary that compares the total amount of supervision, inspection, and overhead costs accrued to the total amount of supervision, inspection, and overhead funds expended, including--
"(A) an identification of any surplus or shortfall in such funds; and
"(B) a description of how any surplus of such funds was used.
"(6) The total amount of any similar overhead cost assessed on operation and maintenance funds used for facility sustainment, restoration, and modernization projects, disaggregated by military department, and a description of the facility sustainment, restoration, and modernization projects for which such operation and maintenance funds were expended.
"(7) Any recommendations of the Secretary with respect to adjustments to the supervision, inspection, and overhead rate for the fiscal year immediately succeeding the fiscal year during which such report is submitted, including the justification for any such recommendations.
"(c) Data Submission by Construction Agents.--Not later than 90 days before the deadline for each report required under subsection (a), the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Commander of the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command shall submit to the Secretary of Defense such data as the Secretary determines necessary to prepare such report, in such form as the Secretary determines appropriate.
"(d) Construction Agent Defined.--In this section, the term `construction agent' means--
"(1) the United States Army Corps of Engineers;
"(2) the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command; or
"(3) any other entity designated to supervise a military construction project pursuant to section 2851 of this title.".
SEC. 2862. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE MULTI-MISSION DRY
DOCK MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT PUGET
SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD, WASHINGTON.
(a) Designation.--The Secretary of the Navy shall designate the Multi-Mission Dry Dock military construction project at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington, authorized under section 2201 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, to be a subprogram of a major defense acquisition program (as defined in section 4201 of title 10, United States Code).
(b) Submission.--Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees--
(1) a Baseline Estimate (as defined in section 4371(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code) for the project described in subsection (a); and
(2) the report described in section 4351 of title 10, United States Code, for the most recently concluded fiscal year quarter for such project.
SEC. 2863. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF SHIPYARD
INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM.
(a) Review.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually until Jan 1, 2031, the Comptroller General of the United States shall review the following:
(1) The costs, timeframes, risks, and progress of the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program of the Department of the Navy.
(2) The status of each project conducted under the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program.
(b) Briefing.--Not later than March 1, 2027, and annually thereafter until March 1, 2031, the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on findings from the review required under subsection (a).
(c) Report.--Not later than June 1, 2031, the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings from the review required under subsection (a).
SEC. 2864. CONDITIONS ON TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
POWER GRID INFRASTRUCTURE IN GUAM.
(a) Grid Infrastructure Transfer Pending Requirements.--The Secretary of Defense may not transfer ownership of any power generation infrastructure or power transmission infrastructure located in Guam to the Guam Power Authority until the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that such infrastructure is sufficient to meet projected mission requirements of the Department of Defense for power generation and transmission capacity in Guam through fiscal year 2036.
(b) Underground Transmission Requirement.--Not less than 50 percent of the total linear miles of power transmission lines transferred to the Guam Power Authority pursuant to any agreement with the Secretary of Defense shall consist of underground transmission lines.
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For purposes of this subsection, transmission lines supported by above-ground concrete poles shall not be considered to be underground transmission lines.
(c) Authorization to Use Operation and Maintenance and Military Construction Funds.--
(1) Amounts described.--The Secretary of Defense may use amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available in fiscal year 2027 or subsequent fiscal years for Operation and Maintenance accounts and for Military Construction accounts to carry out upgrades, repairs, modernization, hardening, or undergrounding of transmission lines, capacity expansion, or other improvements necessary to ensure that power generation infrastructure and power transmission infrastructure in Guam meets the requirements set forth in this section before the Secretary transfers ownership of any such infrastructure to the Guam Power Authority. This paragraph shall apply to infrastructure owned by the Secretary of Defense, including infrastructure that is currently leased to, operated by, or otherwise made available for use by the Guam Power Authority.
(2) Use of amounts.--Amounts described in paragraph (1) may be obligated or expended for planning, design, environmental review, construction, recapitalization, equipment procurement, cybersecurity enhancements, resiliency measures, and related project management costs for power generation infrastructure and power transmission infrastructure necessary to achieve compliance with this section, regardless of whether such infrastructure is under direct control of the Secretary of Defense or subject to a lease or operating agreement with the Guam Power Authority at the time such funds are obligated.
(3) Applicability.--The authority provided by this subsection is in addition to any other authority available to the Secretary of Defense and shall not be construed to limit the availability or use of amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by law for Operation and Maintenance accounts and for Military Construction accounts.
(d) Guam Power Authority Defined.--In this section, the term "Guam Power Authority" means the public corporation of the Government of Guam responsible for electric generation and transmission services in Guam.
SEC. 2865. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
SUPPORTING READINESS AND PUBLIC INTEREST IN
GUAM.
Not later than December 31 of the first calendar year beginning after the date of the enactment of this section, and on an annual basis thereafter for five years, the Commander of Joint Region Marianas, in consultation with the Governor of Guam, shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on military construction projects in progress as of the date of the enactment of this Act that support military readiness and public interests in Guam. Such report shall include military construction projects carried out--
(1) pursuant to--
(A) section 2802 of title 10, United States Code;
(B) section 2805 of such title;
(C) section 2815 of such title;
(D) section 2391(d) of such title; or
(E) any other provision of law granting authority to the Commander to carry out such a military construction project;
(2) using amounts authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year covered by the report for operation and maintenance; and
(3) under any authority under which the Department of Defense transfers funds to other Federal agencies.
SEC. 2866. ANNUAL REPORT ON EFFECTS OF EXTREME WEATHER ON
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
AND COMBATANT COMMANDER REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Annual Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on vulnerabilities to military installations and combatant commander requirements resulting from extreme weather.
(2) Consideration.--In developing the first report required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
(A) consider the report submitted under section 335(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1358); and
(B) expand upon the elements described in subsection (c) of such section that were included in such report.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of how extreme weather affects--
(A) low-lying military installations;
(B) military installations under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy;
(C) military installations located outside the United States;
(D) the ability of members of the Armed Forces to use training ranges on military installations; and
(E) housing safety and food security on military installations.
(2) With respect to military installations located outside the United States, an assessment of the collaboration between the Department and the military or civilian agencies of the government of that country or nongovernmental organizations operating in that country to adapt to risks from extreme weather.
(3) An assessment of the strategic benefits to the national defense of the United States derived from--
(A) the segregation of Department infrastructure located in the United States from the national electric grid; and
(B) the use of energy-efficient, distributed, and smart power grids by the Armed Forces in the United States and overseas to ensure affordable access to electricity.
(4) For each military department, a list of the ten military installations under the jurisdiction of the department that are most vulnerable to extreme weather based on the effects of--
(A) geographic location;
(B) rising sea tides and sea levels;
(C) increased flooding;
(D) drought;
(E) desertification;
(F) wildfires;
(G) thawing permafrost; and
(H) such other categories as the Secretary determines necessary.
(5) A summary of efforts to mitigate the effects listed in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (4), in addition to efforts undertaken by the Department as of the date of the enactment of this section, that the Secretary determines may be necessary to--
(A) ensure the continued operational viability of the military installations identified under such paragraph; and
(B) increase the resilience of such military installations.
(6) An estimation of the costs to the United States of such the efforts described in paragraph (5).
(7) An assessment of how adapting to extreme weather affects the readiness of the Armed Forces to address the threats posed by Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and violent extremism.
(c) Form.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
(d) Publication.--Upon submission of a report required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall publish the unclassified portion of the report on a publicly-available Internet website of the Department of Defense.
(e) United States Defined.--In this section, the term "United States" means the several States, the District of Columbia, and any territory or possession of the United States.
SEC. 2867. REPORTS TO CENSUS BUREAU WITH RESPECT TO MILITARY
AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ON MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.
(a) Reports Required.--Prior to the completion of each decennial census, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Director of the Census a report that identifies, with respect to each military installation located in the contiguous United States, the number of--
(1) military personnel who reside on such installation; and
(2) civilian personnel who reside on such installation.
(b) Coordination.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall coordinate with the Secretaries of the military departments.
(c) Military Installation Defined.--In this section, the term "military installation" has the meaning given that term in section 2801 of title 10, United States Code.
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
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TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
Subtitle A--National Security Programs and Authorizations
SEC. 3101. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2027 for the activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs as specified in the funding table in section 4701.
(b) Authorization of New Plant Projects.--From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy may carry out new plant projects for the National Nuclear Security Administration as follows:
Project 27-D-512 Plutonium Engineering Support Building, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $88,700,000.
SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2027 for defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out programs as specified in the funding table in section 4701.
SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2027 for other defense activities in carrying out programs as specified in the funding table in section 4701.
SEC. 3104. NUCLEAR ENERGY.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2027 for nuclear energy as specified in the funding table in section 4701.
Subtitle B--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations
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SEC. 3111. MODIFICATIONS TO REQUIREMENTS FOR PLUTONIUM PIT
PRODUCTION CAPACITY.
Section 6128 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Requirement.--Consistent with the requirements of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy shall ensure that, by not later than 2050, the nuclear security enterprise has the capability to reliably produce no fewer than 180 war reserve plutonium pits annually."; and
(2) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking "each year" and inserting "each odd numbered year"; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(D), by striking "as compared to the report submitted during the previous year" and inserting "as compared to the preceding report".
SEC. 3112. MODIFICATION TO IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS FOR
ACCELERATION OF REPLACEMENT OF CESIUM BLOOD
IRRADIATION SOURCES.
Section 6156(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "50 percent of the per-device cost" and inserting "100 percent of the cost".
SEC. 3113. OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY.
Chapter 608 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 6328 the following new section:
"Sec. 6329. Other transaction authority
"(a) Authority.--In addition to other acquisition authorities, the Administrator may exercise the acquisition authorities referred to in sections 4021 and 4022 of this title to enhance the mission effectiveness of the Administration or to improve the nuclear security enterprise, subject to the provisions of this section.
"(b) Administering Authority.--In carrying out this section, section 4021 and 4022 of this title shall be applied as follows:
"(1) By substituting `Administrator' for `Secretary of Defense', `Secretary', and `covered official'.
"(2) By substituting `Administration' for `Department of Defense' and `agency'.
"(3) By substituting `nontraditional government contractor' for `nontraditional defense contractor'.
"(4) By substituting `construction' for `military construction'.
"(c) Delegation.--The Administrator may not delegate the authority under subsection (a) to any official other than the Principal Deputy Administrator.
"(d) Annual Report.--(1) Not later than March 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report detailing the use by the Administrator of the authority under subsection (a).
"(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall contain the following:
"(A) The number of transactions entered into using the authority under subsection (a).
"(B) The participants to each such transaction.
"(C) The purpose of each such the transaction.
"(D) The amount of each such transaction.
"(E) Any recommendations by the Administrator for legislative changes to improve the use of such authority.".
SEC. 3114. EXTENSION OF ALTERNATIVE PERSONNEL SYSTEM OF THE
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
Section 3116 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 50 U.S.C. 2441 note prec.) is--
(1) amended in subsection (a)(1), by striking "until the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act" and inserting "through December 31, 2032";
(2) transferred to subtitle C of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2441 et seq.);
(3) inserted after section 3241A of such Act; and
(4) redesignated as section 3242.
SEC. 3115. DEADLINE FOR COMMENCEMENT OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE
SYNTHESIS, FORMULATION, AND PRODUCTION
FACILITY.
Section 3127(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 794) is amended by striking "2034" and inserting "2032".
SEC. 3116. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE COMMERCIAL
TESTING SERVICES FOR EFFECTS OF RADIATION.
(a) In General.--The Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, may seek to enter into contractual arrangements with private entities to acquire services to test the effects of radiation in support of National Nuclear Security Administration and Department of Defense mission requirements for--
(1) nuclear deterrence;
(2) strategic systems survivability; and
(3) weapons component qualification testing.
(b) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the first contractual agreement is executed under this section, and annually thereafter, the Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary, shall submit to Congress a report that includes--
(1) an assessment on the contractual arrangements best suited for accelerating timelines and delivering capabilities, to include, with respect to the number of parts to be tested, the--
(A) cost per radiation shot;
(B) cost per qualification; or
(C) cost per dose rate or fluence;
(2) testing capabilities acquired under the contractual agreement and the cost of such testing capabilities;
(3) an identification of the entities that will use such testing capabilities;
(4) cost comparison analysis relative to Government-owned facilities;
(5) test execution timelines compared to Government-owned facilities; and
(6) an assessment of how commercial entities can complement ongoing Government-owned facilities; and
(7) any recommendations for additional authorities or resources that the Administrator or the Secretary determines is necessary to support the implementation of this section.
SEC. 3117. PROHIBITION RELATING TO RECLASSIFICATION OF HIGH-
LEVEL WASTE.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Energy may be obligated or expended by the Secretary of Energy to apply the interpretation of high-level radioactive waste described in the notice published by the Secretary titled "Supplemental Notice Concerning U.S. Department of Energy Interpretation of High-Level Radioactive Waste" (84 Fed. Reg. 26835), or successor notice, with respect to such waste located in the State of Washington.
SEC. 3121. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO
CODIFICATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE
PROVISIONS.
(a) Section 6114.--Section 6114 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(9), by striking "summary or"; and
(2) in subsection (d)(1)(A)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking "subsection (d)(4)(A)(i)" and inserting "subsection (c)(4)(A)(i)"; and
(B) in clause (ii)--
(i) by striking "subsection (d)(4)" and inserting "subsection (c)(4)"; and
(ii) by striking "subparagraph (B)" and inserting "subparagraph (C)".
(b) Section 6125.--Section 6125 of such title is amended in the section heading by striking "acquisition reports" and inserting "Acquisition Reports".
(c) Section 6171.--Section 6171 of such title is amended in the section heading by striking "environmental cleanup account" and inserting "Environmental Cleanup Account".
(d) Section 6180.--Section 6180(c) of such title is amended to read as follows:
"(c) Coordination.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall act through the Deputy Secretary of Energy, in coordination with such other officials of the Department as the Deputy Secretary determines appropriate.".
(e) Section 6222.--Section 6222(c)(2)(D) of such title is amended by inserting "pursuant" after "completed".
(f) Section 6226.--Section 6226 of such title is amended in the section heading by striking "Annual" and inserting "Biennial".
(g) Section 6272.--Section 6272(a) of such title is amended by striking "sections 5791 and 5792" and inserting "sections 6281 and 6282".
(h) Section 6322.--Section 6322 of such title is amended in the section heading by striking "and report".
(i) Section 6332.--Section 6332 of such title is amended--
(1) by striking "Of the funds" and inserting "(a) Authority.--Of the funds";
(2) by striking "in this Act or subsequent" and inserting "in any";
(3) by striking "Acts," and inserting "Act,";
(4) by striking ": Provided, That the" and inserting ". The";
(5) by striking ": Provided further, That" and inserting a period; and
(6) by striking "notwithstanding Department" and inserting the following:
"(b) Eligibility.--Notwithstanding Department".
(j) Section 6334.--Section 6334 of such title is amended--
(1) by striking "Of the funds" and inserting "Beginning October 1, 2015, of the funds";
(2) by striking "this or any subsequent Act" and inserting "any Act"; and
(3) by striking the colon and all that follows through "2015".
(k) Section 6353.--Section 6353 of such title is amended--
(1) by striking "The Administrator may" and inserting "(a) Authority.--The Administrator may";
(2) by striking ": Provided," and inserting a period;
(3) by striking "That of the amount" and inserting the following:
"(b) Amounts.--Of the amount";
(4) in subsection (b), as so designated--
(A) by striking "these activities" and inserting "the activities under subsection (a)";
(B) by striking ": Provided further, That" and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking "for purposes of this section," and inserting the following:
"(c) Covered Nuclear Weapons Facility Defined.--In this section:"; and
(5) in paragraph (5) of subsection (c), as so designated, by striking "Nevada Test Site" and inserting "Nevada National Security Site".
SEC. 3122. MODIFICATION OF SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN
SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORTS.
Section 6125(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "At the end of the first quarter of each fiscal year" and inserting "Not later than 30 days after the date on which the President transmits to Congress the budget for the following fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31".
SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION.
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027, $45,000,000 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.).
SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Amount.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 for the purpose of carrying out activities under chapter 869 of title 10, United States Code, relating to the naval petroleum reserves.
(b) Period of Availability.--Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 3501.
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AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MARITIME
ADMINISTRATION.
(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2027, for programs associated with maintaining the United States Merchant Marine, the following amounts:
(1) For expenses necessary to support the United States Merchant Marine Academy, $873,500,000 of which--
(A) $129,500,000 shall be for Academy operations;
(B) $120,000,000 shall be for construction of facilities and infrastructure at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in accordance with the Campus Modernization Plan and for facilities maintenance and repair and equipment; and
(C) $624,000,000 shall be for construction of capital improvement projects at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, provided that such authorization shall expire on the later of--
(i) October 1, 2031; or
(ii) the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for the United States Merchant Marine Academy for fiscal year 2032.
(2) For expenses necessary to support the State maritime academies, $53,400,000, of which--
(A) $9,400,000 shall be for the Student Incentive Payment Program;
(B) $7,000,000 shall be for direct payments for State maritime academies;
(C) $12,000,000 shall be for training ship fuel assistance;
(D) $4,000,000 shall be for offsetting the costs of training ship sharing; and
(E) $21,000,000 shall be for maintenance and repair of State maritime academy training vessels.
(3) For expenses necessary to support the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel program, including funds for construction and necessary expenses to construct shoreside infrastructure to support such vessels, $75,000,000.
(4) For expenses necessary to support Maritime Administration operations and programs, $105,760,000, of which--
(A) $15,000,000 shall be for the maritime environmental and technical assistance program under section 50307 of title 46, United States Code;
(B) $15,000,000 shall be for the United States marine highway program, including to make grants authorized under section 55601 of title 46, United States Code;
(C) $2,000,000 shall be for the Office of Environment and Compliance, including to assist in the environmental review of grant and permit programs administered by the Maritime Administration; and
(D) $73,760,000 shall be for headquarters operations expenses.
(5) For expenses necessary for the disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, $6,000,000.
(6) For expenses necessary to maintain and preserve a United States flag merchant marine to serve the national security needs of the United States under chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, $400,500,000.
(7) For expenses necessary to maintain a Cable Security Fleet to serve the national security needs of the United States under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, $30,000,000.
(8) For expenses necessary to maintain and preserve a United States flag merchant marine to serve the national security needs of the United States under chapter 534 of title 46, United States Code, $167,600,000.
(9) For expenses necessary for the loan guarantee program authorized under chapter 537 of title 46, United States Code, $33,700,000, of which--
(A) $30,000,000 may be used for the cost (as such term is defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5)) of loan guarantees under the program; and
(B) $3,700,000 may be used for administrative expenses relating to loan guarantee commitments under the program.
(10) For expenses necessary to provide assistance to small shipyards and for maritime training programs authorized under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, $105,000,000.
(11) For expenses necessary to implement the port infrastructure development program, as authorized under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, subject to the limitation under subsection (b), $550,000,000, to remain available until expended.
(12) For maritime incentive payments to centers of excellence designated under section 51706 of title 46, United States Code, $300,000,000.
(b) Limitation.--
(1) In general.--No funds may be obligated or expended for the port infrastructure development program pursuant to subsection (a)(10) to make a grant to be used for the purchase of fully automated cargo handling equipment that is remotely operated or remotely monitored with or without the exercise of human intervention or control, if the Secretary of Transportation determines such equipment would result in a net loss of jobs within a port or port terminal.
(2) Report.--If the Secretary makes a determination pursuant to paragraph (1), not later than three days after the date on which such determination is made, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that includes the data and analysis used by the Secretary in making such determination.
SEC. 3511. TRANSFERRING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNITED
STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY TO THE
DEPARTMENT.
Chapter 513 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 51301(c)(1), by striking "of the Maritime Administrator under the" and inserting "and";
(2) in section 51307--
(A) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (1) by striking "if available" and inserting "if assigned to such vessel by the Superintendent of the Academy"; and
(ii) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by striking "Maritime Administrator" each place it appears and inserting "Secretary"; and
(B) in subsection (c)(1) by striking "if available" and inserting "if assigned to such vessel by the Superintendent of the Academy";
(3) in section 51309--
(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking "United States Merchant Marine"; and
(B) in subsection (b) by striking "Maritime Administration's Operations and Training" and inserting "Superintendent of the Academy's";
(4) in section 51310 by striking "of the military department that has jurisdiction over the service" and inserting "concerned, as defined in section 101(a)(9) of title 10,";
(5) in section 51312(g)(3) by striking "Maritime Administrator and";
(6) in section 51313(a) by striking "the Maritime Administrator and";
(7) in section 51314(b) by striking "Maritime Administration's Operations and Training" and inserting "Superintendent of the Academy's";
(8) in section 51315--
(A) by striking "Maritime Administrator" in each place it appears and inserting "Superintendent of the Academy";
(B) in subsection (a)--
(i) by striking "Merchant Marine" and inserting "such"; and
(ii) by striking "Administrator's" and inserting "Superintendent's"; and
(C) in subsection (b) by striking "Academy Gift Fund" and inserting "United States Merchant Marine Academy Gift Fund" each place it appears;
(9) in section 51316 by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Secretary";
(10) in section 51317 by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Superintendent of the Academy" each place it appears;
(11) in section 51318--
(A) in subsection (a)(3)(A) by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Secretary";
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Secretary";
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Secretary"; and
(iii) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Superintendent"; and
(C) by striking "Office of Civil Rights of the Maritime Administration" and inserting "Office of the Secretary Office of Civil Rights";
(12) in section 51319--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraph (4)(A)--
(I) by striking "Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, the Maritime Administrator" and inserting "The Superintendent"; and
(II) by striking "Office of Civil Rights of the Maritime Administration" and inserting "Office of the Secretary Office of Civil Rights"; and
(ii) in paragraph (5)(H) by striking "Director of the Maritime Administration Office of Civil Rights" and inserting "Director of the Office of the Secretary Office of Civil Rights";
(B) in subsection (b)(1)--
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
"(A) Reporting.--Each sexual assault response coordinator shall report directly--
"(i) to the Superintendent; or
"(ii) upon belief that the Superintendent is acting inappropriately regarding sexual assault prevention and response matters, to the Secretary."; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking "Maritime Administration" and inserting "Office of the Secretary"; and
(C) in subsection (e) by striking "Administrator of the Maritime Administration" and inserting "Secretary";
(13) in sections 51320, 51321, 51322, 51325, and 51328 by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Secretary" each place it appears;
(14) in section 51322(c)(2) by striking "with the international Convention of Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (32 UST 47) and sections 8106 and 70103(c)" and inserting the following: "with
"(A) section 8106;
"(B) section 70103(c); and
"(C)(i) the International Convention of Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (32 UST 47); or
"(ii) with a certificate of inspection issued under section 3309.";
(15) in section 51322(e) by striking "or staff of the Maritime Administration" each place it appears; and
(16) in section 51326--
(A) in subsection (a) by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Secretary";
(B) in subsection (c) by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Secretary";
(C) in subsection (d) by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Secretary" each place it appears;
(D) in subsection (e) by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Superintendent";
(E) in subsection (f)(3) by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Superintendent"; and
(F) in subsection (h) by striking "Maritime Administrator" and inserting "Superintendent".
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE
ACADEMY AS AN OFFICE WITHIN THE OFFICE IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
Section 102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(k) Office of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.--
"(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Department an Office of the United States Merchant Marine Academy to--
"(A) operate the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York; and
"(B) monitor the service obligations of Academy graduates established under chapter 513 of title 46.
"(2) Leadership.--
"(A) In general.--
"(i) Superintendent.--The head of the Office shall be the Superintendent of the Academy appointed under section 51301(c)(2) of title 46.
"(ii) Reporting.--The Superintendent shall report directly to the Secretary of Transportation to carry out the duties prescribed by the Secretary.
"(B) Deputy superintendent.--
"(i) In general.--A Deputy Superintendent of the Academy shall be appointed in the competitive service by the Secretary.
"(ii) Duties and powers.--The Deputy Superintendent shall carry out the duties and powers prescribed by the Superintendent.
"(3) Elimination or consolidation of offices and office functions.--The Secretary may eliminate or consolidate any office or office function within the Department into the Office of the United States Merchant Marine Academy that the Secretary determines has duties, responsibilities, resources, or expertise that support the purposes of the Office.
"(4) Staffing and budgetary resources.--
"(A) In general.--The Secretary shall ensure that the Office of the United States Merchant Marine Academy is adequately staffed and funded.
"(B) Staffing.--
"(i) In general.--The Secretary may transfer to the Office of the United States Merchant Marine Academy a position within the Department from any office that is eliminated or consolidated under this subsection if the Secretary determines that the position is necessary to carry out the purposes of the Office.
"(ii) Savings provision.--If the Secretary transfers a position to the Office under clause (i), the Secretary, in coordination with the appropriate modal administration, shall ensure that the transfer of the positions does not adversely affect the obligations of such modal administration under any Federal law.".
SEC. 3513. SUPPORT FOR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS OF THE UNITED STATES
MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY.
(a) In General.--Chapter 513 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
"Sec. 51329. Support for athletic programs of the United
States Merchant Marine Academy
"(a) Corporation for Support Authorized.--
"(1) In general.--The Secretary may, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, establish a corporation (in this section referred to as the `corporation') to support the athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. All stock of the corporation shall be owned by the United States and held in the name of and voted by the Secretary.
"(2) Operation.--The corporation shall operate exclusively for charitable, educational, and civic purposes to support the athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
"(b) Corporate Organization.--The corporation shall be organized and operated--
"(1) as a nonprofit corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
"(2) in accordance with this section; and
"(3) pursuant to the laws of the State of New York, its articles of incorporation, and its bylaws.
"(c) Corporate Board of Directors.--
"(1) In general.--The members of the board of directors of the corporation shall serve without compensation as members of the board, except for reasonable travel and other related expenses for attendance at meetings of the board.
"(2) Department of transportation employees.--The Secretary may authorize employees of the Department of Transportation to serve, in their official capacities, as members of the board of directors of the corporation, but such employees shall not hold more than one-third of the directorships. Such authorization to participate in the management of the corporation shall be without compensation and may be made only for the purpose of providing oversight and advice to, and coordination with, the corporation. Participation of the employee in the activities of the corporation may not extend to participation in the day-to-day operations of the corporation.
"(d) Contracts and Cooperative Agreements.--
"(1) In general.--The Secretary may enter contract and cooperative agreements with the corporation for the purpose of supporting the athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
"(2) Authority.--Notwithstanding section 3105 of title 41, the Secretary may enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements on a sole source basis pursuant to section 3304(a) of title 41.
"(3) Acquisitions.--Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, a cooperative agreement under this section may be used to acquire property, services, or travel for the direct benefit or use of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
"(e) Leases.--For the purpose of supporting the athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, in consultation with the General Services Administration, the Secretary may rent or lease real property located at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, under such terms and conditions as are deemed advisable, for a period not exceeding 5 years, such real property as may not be required for immediate use by the United States Merchant Marine Academy, to the corporation, and that proceeds from such a lease shall be retained and expended in accordance with subsection (j).
"(f) Support Services.--
"(1) Authority.--To the extent required by a contract or cooperative agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary may provide support services to the corporation while the corporation conducts support activities at the United States Merchant Marine Academy only if the Secretary determines that the provision of such services is essential for the support of the athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
"(2) No liability of the united states.--Support services may only be provided without any liability of the United States to the corporation.
"(3) Support services defined.--In this subsection, the term `support services' includes utilities, office furnishings and equipment, communications services, records staging and archiving, audio and video support, and security systems, in conjunction with the leasing or licensing of property.
"(g) Transfers From Nonappropriated Fund Operation.--
"(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary may, subject to the acceptance of the corporation, transfer to the corporation all title to and ownership of the assets and liabilities of the United States Merchant Marine Academy nonappropriated fund instrumentality, the function of which includes providing support for the athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, including bank accounts and financial reserves in the accounts of such fund instrumentality, equipment, supplies, and other personal property.
"(2) Limitation.--The Secretary may not transfer under paragraph (1) any interest in real property.
"(h) Acceptance of Support.--
"(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Secretary may accept from the corporation funds, supplies, and services for the support of the athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
"(2) Employees of the corporation.--For purposes of this section, employees or personnel of the corporation may not be considered to be employees of the United States.
"(3) Funds received from other sources.--The Secretary may charge fees for the support of athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. To support the athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, the Secretary may accept funds from the National Collegiate Athletic Association, funds from athletic conferences, game guarantees from other educational institutions, fees for ticketing and licensing, and other consideration provided incidental to the execution of the athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
"(4) Limitation.--The Secretary shall ensure that contributions under this subsection and expenditure of funds pursuant to subsection (j) do not--
"(A) reflect unfavorably on the ability of the Department of Transportation or any employee of the Department of Transportation to carry out any responsibility or duty in a fair and objective manner; or
"(B) compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity of any program of the Department of Transportation, or any individual involved in such a program.
"(i) Trademarks and Service Marks.--
"(1) Licensing, marketing, and sponsorship agreements.--An agreement under subsection (d) may, consistent with section 51330, authorize the corporation to enter into licensing, marketing, and sponsorship agreements relating to trademarks and service marks identifying the United States Merchant Marine Academy, subject to the approval of the Secretary.
"(2) Limitations.--A licensing, marketing, or sponsorship agreement may not be entered into under paragraph (1) if--
"(A) such agreement would reflect unfavorably on the ability of the Department of Transportation or any employee of the Department of Transportation to carry out any responsibility or duty in a fair and objective manner; or
"(B) the Secretary determines that the use of the trademark or service mark would compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity of any program of the Department of Transportation or any individual involved in such a program.
"(j) Retention and Use of Funds.--Funds received by the Secretary under this section may be retained for use to support the athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy and shall remain available until expended.
"Sec. 51330. Licensing of intellectual property
"(a) Authority.--The Secretary may license trademarks and service marks owned or controlled by the Secretary with respect to the United States Merchant Marine Academy and may retain and expend fees received from such licensing in accordance with this section.
"(b) Designated Marks.--The Secretary shall designate the trademarks and service marks regarding which the Secretary will exercise the authority to retain licensing fees under this section.
"(c) Use of Fees.--The Secretary shall use fees retained under this section for the following purposes:
"(1) For payment of costs incurred by the Secretary of securing trademark registrations and of operating the licensing program under this section.
"(2) For support of athletic programs and recruiting activities of the United States Merchant Marine Academy under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, to the extent (if any) that the total amount of the licensing fees available under this section for a fiscal year exceed the total amount needed for such fiscal year under paragraph (1).
"(d) Availability.--Fees received in a fiscal year and retained under this section shall be available until expended.
"(e) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `trademark' and `service mark' have the meanings given such terms in section 45 of the Act of July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to as the Trademark Act of 1946; 15 U.S.C. 1127).".
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new items:
"51329. Support for athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. "51330. Licensing of intellectual property.".
SEC. 3521.
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LIMITATION ON WAIVER OF NAVIGATION AND VESSEL-
INSPECTION LAWS TO ADDRESS FOREIGN ENTITIES OF
CONCERN.
(a) Limitation.--Section 501 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:
"(d) Limitation Relating to Foreign Entities of Concern.--No vessel may operate under a waiver issued under this section until--
"(1) the owner or operator of the vessel and the individual requesting such waiver (if not the owner or operator of the vessel) submits to the Maritime Administrator sufficient proof that the vessel is not owned, operated, or crewed by a foreign entity of concern, as such term is defined in section 10612 of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-167; 42 U.S.C. 19221); and
"(2) the Maritime Administrator confirms the validity of the proof submitted under paragraph (1).".
(b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to vessels operating on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, regardless of whether a waiver governing such operation has been issued under section 501 of title 46, United States Code, prior to such date of enactment.
SEC. 3522. FINANCING OF FISHING VESSELS.
(a) Definitions.--Section 53701 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (15) as paragraphs (6) through (16), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
"(5) Fishing.--The term `fishing' has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1802)."; and
(3) in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, by inserting "used" before "fishing vessels".
(b) Direct Loans.--Section 53702(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading by striking "DIRECT LOANS FOR FISHERIES" and inserting "DIRECT LOANS";
(2) in paragraph (1) by inserting "used" before "fishing vessel"; and
(3) in paragraph (4) by striking "the purpose of" and all that follows through "financing the purchase" and inserting "the purpose of financing the purchase".
(c) Funding Limits.--Section 53704(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking "obligations related to fishing vessels and fishery facilities" and inserting "obligations by the Secretary related to fishing facilities, and used fishing vessels".
(d) Eligible Purposes of Obligations.--Section 53706(a)(1)(A) of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in clause (iv) by striking the second "or";
(2) in clause (v) by striking the period and inserting "; or"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
"(vi) in the fishing industry or seafood related trade.".
(e) Findings Related to Obligors and Operators.--Section 53707(c) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting "or Administrator" after "Secretary".
(f) Findings Related to Economic Soundness.--Section 53708 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(f) Limitation.--The Administrator may not guarantee or make a commitment to guarantee an obligation under this chapter if the Secretary determines such guarantee or commitment is inconsistent with the wise use of the fisheries resources and the development, advancement, management, conservation, and protection of the fisheries resources consistent with the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).".
(g) Amount of Obligations.--Section 53709 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(3)--
(A) by striking "For a fishing vessel or fishery facility" and inserting the following:
"(A) In general.--For a used fishing vessel or fishery facility"; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
"(B) Increased limitation.--For a fishing vessel for which the Administrator guarantees an obligation, the principal amount may not exceed 87.5 percent of the actual cost or depreciated cost."; and
(2) in subsection (e) by inserting "or Administrator" after "Secretary".
(h) Replacement of Vessels Because of Changes in Operating Standards.--Section 53734 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by inserting "fishing, or other seafood related," before "coastwise, intercoastal, or foreign trade";
(2) in subsection (b)(2) by striking "construction or reconstruction of the vessel" and inserting "construction or refinancing and reconstruction of the vessel"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
"(f) Applicability.--Guarantees made under subsection (a) for the construction or refinancing and reconstruction of a vessel designed and to be used in fishing or seafood related trade shall be made only with funds, including funds for the cost of guaranteed loans, appropriated on or after the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.".
(i) Eligibility.--Notwithstanding any requirements that such vessel be reconstructed, reconditioned, or repaired to qualify for a guarantee of an obligation, for a period of 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, a fishing vessel greater than 79 feet overall in length built and documented after January 1, 2021, shall be eligible for a guarantee of an obligation from the Administrator under chapter 537 of title 46, United States Code.
(j) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section, or the amendments made by this section, shall limit the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to provide direct loan obligations authorized by section 211(e) of the American Fisheries Act (Public Law 105-277).
SEC. 3523. CRANES; SHORE POWER.
Section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)(III)--
(A) by striking "including projects to improve port resilience;" and inserting "including--"; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
"(aa) projects to improve port resilience; and
"(bb) projects to upgrade port cranes or parts of port cranes (including hardware and software) that--
"(AA) were installed or provided by the People's Republic of China or any department, ministry, center, agency, or instrumentality of the Government of the People's Republic of China; or
"(BB) are maintained, controlled, or sponsored by the People's Republic of China or any department, ministry, center, agency, or instrumentality of the Government of the People's Republic of China;"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(d) Eligibility of Shore Power Projects.--
"(1) In general.--In making port infrastructure development grants under this section, the Secretary shall treat a project described in paragraph (2) as--
"(A) having met the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (6)(A)(i); and
"(B) being an eligible project under subsection (a)(3).
"(2) Project described.--A project described in this paragraph is a project to provide shore power at a port that services both of the following:
"(A) Passenger vessels described in section 3507(k).
"(B) Vessels that move goods or freight.".
SEC. 3524. CARGOES PROCURED, FURNISHED, OR FINANCED BY UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT.
Section 55305 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) by striking "When the United States Government" and inserting "Except as provided in subsection (c), when the United States Government";
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
"(c) Exception.--When the Department of Transportation procures, contracts for, or otherwise obtains for its own account, or provides financing in any way with Federal funds or advances funds or credits, for the furnishing or obtaining of the equipment, materials, or commodities, the Secretary of Transportation or recipient of such financing shall take steps necessary and practicable to ensure that 100 percent of the gross tonnage of the equipment, materials, or commodities (computed separately for dry bulk carriers, dry cargo liners, and tankers) which may be transported on ocean vessels is transported on privately-owned commercial vessels of the United States, as provided under subsection (b), to the extent such vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates for commercial vessels of the United States, in a manner that will ensure a fair and reasonable participation of commercial vessels of the United States in those cargoes by geographic areas.".
SEC. 3525. ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL SHIPYARDS.
Section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ", including through the acquisition of advanced digital manufacturing capabilities," after "improvements"; and
(B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ", including digital training technologies," after "training"; and
(2) in subsection (h)--
(A) by striking "Small Shipyard Defined" and all that follows through "the term" and inserting the following: "Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) Small shipyard.--The term"; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
"(2) Advanced digital manufacturing capabilities.--The term `advanced digital manufacturing capabilities' means commercially available integrated software and hardware used to plan, design, schedule, execute, and assure quality in ship construction and repair, including--
"(A) product lifestyle management;
"(B) 3-dimensional computer aided design;
"(C) computer aided manufacturing;
"(D) manufacturing execution systems;
"(E) quality management systems;
"(F) digital twin and internet of things sensors and gateways;
"(G) automation systems;
"(H) open data standards for interoperability;
"(I) cybersecurity controls; and
"(J) integration, commissioning, and data-migration services necessary for operational use.
"(3) Digital training technologies.--The term `digital training technologies' means the use of digital tools and platforms, such as simulation, augmented or virtual reality, digital work instructions, e-learning, and learning management systems, to deliver and assess training in shipbuilding and ship repair competencies.".
SEC. 3526. COMMITTEE ON THE MARINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
Section 50401 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating and transferring such section to appear after subsection (k) of section 102 of title 49, United States Code (as added by this Act), as subsection (j), including by redesignating each subordinate provision appropriately to reflect the transfer and by amending the enumerator, subsection catchline, typeface, and typestyle to conform to those appearing in other subsections of such section;
(2) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by inserting "in the Department within the Office of the Deputy Secretary" after "established"; and
(3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated--
(A) in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by adding at the end the following:
"(iii) Work plan.--The Coordinating Board shall approve annually a yearly work plan and to carry out the activities of the Committee.";
(B) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) by striking "The Secretary of Transportation" and inserting the following:
"(i) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation"; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
"(ii) Reporting.--The Executive Director report directly to the Deputy Secretary."; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
"(D) Executive secretariat.--The Executive Secretariat shall provide administrative, analytical, and operational support to the Executive Director to accomplish the purpose and activities of the Committee. The Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary
of Commerce, shall each provide a minimum of one full-time staff member to the Executive Secretariat. Any head of any other member agency may provide additional staff support.".
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3527. ASSESSMENT OF CHANNEL DEPTHS AND PLACEMENT OF AIDS
TO NAVIGATION.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representative and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a proposal to improve coordination between the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Coast Guard with respect to the measurement and publication of channel depths and real time physical oceanographic data with respect to Federal navigation channels and the timely marking of such channels with aids to navigation especially after any changes to such channels as a result of construction or a natural disaster.
SEC. 3528. WAIVER.
Section 501 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2) by inserting ", and the waiver" after "without such a waiver"; and
(2) in subsection (b)(4)(B) by inserting "the waiver and" after "subparagraph (A)(ii)".
SEC. 3529. NATIONAL MARITIME WORKFORCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Chapter 151 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
"Sec. 15110. Maritime Workforce Advisory Committee
"(a) Establishment.--There is established a National Maritime Workforce Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the `Committee').
"(b) Function.--The Committee shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to the skills, training, and numbers of workers necessary to maintain the United States maritime industrial base workforce, including the merchant marine, shipyards, and associated activities.
"(c) Membership.--
"(1) In general.--The Committee shall consist of not more than 25 members appointed by the Secretary in accordance with this section and section 15109 of this chapter.
"(2) Expertise.--Each member of the Committee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience in matters relating to the function of the Committee.
"(3) Representation.--At least 1 member of the Committee shall represent 1 of the following:
"(A) Ocean Common Carriers.
"(B) State Maritime Academies.
"(C) Centers of excellence designated under section 54101.
"(D) Unlicensed Merchant Mariner Labor Unions.
"(E) Licensed Merchant Mariner Labor Unions.
"(F) Shipyard Labor Unions.
"(G) Shipyards.
"(H) Vessel design and construction entities.
"(I) Post-Secondary Education Vocational Training.
"(J) Secondary Education Vocational Training.
"(K) Offshore Energy Production.
"(L) Offshore Support.".
SEC. 3530. ENHANCING UNITED STATES MARITIME WORKFORCE.
(a) Proposals.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees proposals to implement the recommendations set forth in the Maritime Action Plan issued by the White House and dated February, 2026, with respect to--
(1) maximizing the credits for military training and sea service eligible to count toward merchant mariner credential endorsements and expanding associated fee exemptions to all members of the Armed Forces;
(2) in consultation with the National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee established under section 15103 of title 46, United States Code, formalizing equivalency guidance with respect to such credits and credentials;
(3) continuing to approve reciprocity for military courses to meet training requirements for such credentials;
(4) strengthening outreach and counseling to enable members of the Armed Forces eligible for preseparation counseling under section 1142 of title 10, United States Code, to efficiently convert relevant skills of such members to qualifications necessary for such credentials;
(5) streamlining and clarifying the processes for merchant mariner credentialing;
(6) streamlining training approvals for such credentials, including with respect to the approval of training involving simulators and other modern innovations, to safely accelerate the acquisition of skills and qualifications necessary for such credentials; and
(7) streamlining training requirements and provider accreditation to accelerate merchant mariner credentialing.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "appropriate congressional committees" means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
(2) The term "merchant mariner credential" has the meaning given such term in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code.
SEC. 3531. ENHANCING UNITED STATES SHIPYARDS AND
SHIPBUILDING.
(a) Proposals.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees proposals to implement the recommendations set forth in the Maritime Action Plan issued by the White House and dated February, 2026, with respect to--
(1) blending Federal and private resources for durable shipyards and shipbuilding component fabrication;
(2) simplifying and standardizing requirements relating to applications, eligibility, and compliance across programs of the Federal Government that provide assistance or financing for shipyards or shipbuilding;
(3) employing commercially available technologies and solutions in shipbuilding by the Federal Government;
(4) establishing a Federal Government-wide shipbuilding plan;
(5) expanding eligibility, improving efficiency, and streamlining program administration with respect to Federal funding and other incentives for shipbuilding, to align such funding and incentives with modern program management and business practices; and
(6) promulgating, revising, or rescinding such regulations as may be necessary to prioritize shipbuilding in the United States and repairs at domestic shipyards.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
SEC. 3601. REPORT ON PRIVILEGE.
(a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2026, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report including ways to ensure vessels of the United States operating in foreign commerce are privileged in regulation, taxation, fees, insurance, and policy compared to foreign vessels conducting trade with a United States domiciled entity, while remaining consistent with the international obligations of the United States.
(b) Contents.--In submitting the report under subsection (a), the Secretary of Transportation shall include options for regulating trade with foreign vessels in order to sustain and grow the Maritime Security Fleet under chapter 531 of title 56, United States Code, the Cable Security Fleet under chapter 532 of such title, the Tanker Security Fleet under chapter 534 of such title, and other vessels of the United States operating in foreign commerce.
SEC. 3602. FLEET TESTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.
(a) Test.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United States Transportation Command, in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy and the Maritime Administrator, shall devise a tabletop exercise to test the effective control of the Maritime Security Fleet under chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, and the Tanker Security Fleet under chapter 534 of such title, in case of crisis or war.
(b) Briefing.--After completion of the tabletop exercise under subsection (a), the Commander shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing on the results of such tabletop exercise.
(c) Annual Testing.--Beginning not later than 1 year after the briefing is submitted under subsection (b), the Commander shall--
(1) carry out tabletop drills to test effective control of the Maritime Security Fleet under chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, and the Tanker Security Fleet under chapter 534 of such title; and
(2) provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing after each such drill on the results of such drill.
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ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF COMMERCIAL BEST PRACTICES
FOR NAVY SHIPBUILDING.
(a) Assessment.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall--
(A) conduct an assessment of best practices used in the construction and repair of commercial, oceangoing maritime vessels; and
(B) identify--
(i) opportunities for the Navy and Coast Guard to leverage those best practices to make ship construction and repair efforts of combatant and non-combatant vessels more efficient; and
(ii) advanced technologies that can be leveraged to improve the overall readiness and dominance of the United States maritime fleet (both commercial and military), to specifically include small modular reactors for ship power and propulsion.
(2) Elements.--The assessment required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) An evaluation of the best practices described in subparagraph (A) of such paragraph, including best practices used by commercial shipyards in foreign allied countries, consideration of commercial design standards, and the vessel construction manager model used to construct the National Security Multi Mission Vessel Program, that could improve the efficiency of shipbuilding and repair by the Navy and Coast Guard.
(B) An identification of commercial-grade components and capabilities being used in state-of-the-art commercial, oceangoing maritime vessels and an assessment of whether the Navy and Coast Guard could better use commercial off-
the-shelf components or capabilities to reduce costs, improve efficiencies, or enhance capabilities in the construction of new naval vessels and cutters, and in repair of naval vessels and cutters.
(C) A determination as to whether shipbuilding and acquisition programs of the Navy and Coast Guard use modern best practices from the commercial maritime industry in terms of contracting, ship design, construction, overhaul, and maintenance.
(D) An identification of technologies and procedures that are used in commercial shipbuilding that, if used by the Navy and Coast Guard, would improve the efficiency of designing and constructing new naval vessels.
(E) An identification of technologies and procedures that are used in commercial shipbuilding and repair that, if used by the Navy and Coast Guard, would improve the efficiency of repairing naval vessels.
(F) An identification of opportunities to improve commonality in ship design, ship components, and shipbuilding procedures between commercial, oceangoing maritime vessels, naval vessels, and cutters that could lead to improved efficiencies and a more resilient industrial base to support shipbuilding and repair for military and civil maritime vessels.
(G) An identification of advanced nuclear technologies that are under development for use in commercial shipbuilding that, if used by the Navy and Coast Guard, would improve the operational capability of naval vessels and cutters.
(H) An identification of the barriers preventing or making prohibitive the use of small modular reactors in naval or commercial, oceangoing maritime vessels, including--
(i) ambiguity in regulations governing nuclear propulsion restricting the commercial maritime industry from utilizing nuclear propulsion or collaborating between United States and foreign entities under export controls requirements, including section 744.5 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (or a similar successor regulation); and
(ii) a lack of clarity in the meaning of "maritime (civil) nuclear propulsion plant projects" contained in the Export Administration Regulations and "Naval Nuclear Propulsion" contained in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (Cat VI).
(I) An evaluation of education and technology development best practices used by commercial shipyards in foreign allied countries, and an identification of education and technology development opportunities, that could improve the efficiency of shipbuilding and repair by the Navy and Coast Guard.
(J) An evaluation of whether adoption of the best practices evaluated under subparagraph (A) for the construction and repair of naval vessels and cutters would support the domestic commercial maritime shipbuilding industry, the commercial maritime industrial base, and the merchant marine of the United States.
(b) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on--
(1) the results of the assessment required by subsection (a); and
(2) a plan to execute any measures pursuant to such assessment.
(c) Strategy Required.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall--
(1) provide to the appropriate committees of Congress strategies describing how measures identified as a result of the assessment required by subsection (a) will be incorporated into shipbuilding programs for the Navy and Coast Guard; and
(2) publish a public version of the strategies.
SEC. 3604. MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.
(a) Authority To Offer Increased Paid Leave Accrual.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to offer government merchant mariners employed by Military Sealift Command paid leave accrual at a faster rate than provided pursuant to the standard General Schedule (GS) system to make government seafaring jobs more competitive with the commercial sector.
(b) Report on Recruiting and Retention Efforts.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Commander of the Military Sealift Command and the Maritime Security Board, and in consultation with the Commander of United States Transportation Command, the Commander of United States Fleet Forces Command, and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on efforts to improve recruitment and retention of Military Sealift Command Mariners.
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall consider--
(A) opportunities to enhance the integration of Military Sealift Command civilian mariners into the military command structure;
(B) providing training on the roles and significance of Military Sealift Command civilian mariner workforce to relevant military commands; and
(C) authorities required to improve recruitment and retention of civilian mariners in Military Sealift Command.
(c) Report on Extending Charter Durations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report assessing the merits of extending the maximum charter durations of commercial and specialty vessels for the Military Sealift Command.
SEC. 3605. ASSESSMENT ON MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE READINESS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the status and resources and authorities needed to execute and complete necessary vessels, harborcraft, port, shipyard, and other infrastructure improvements to ensure the national security interests of the United States and support the domestic and foreign commerce of the United States.
(b) Contents.--The report under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) consideration of existing literature and reporting from Federal and non-Federal sources;
(2) an assessment of the number of commercial shipping vessels by class required to sustain a peace-time and wartime national economy;
(3) an assessment of opportunities to leverage private sector funding to enhance the capability of marine infrastructure of the United States;
(4) an evaluation of future infrastructure needs to support alternative fuels for vessels and harborcraft;
(5) an assessment of an ability to construct and repair seaports and shipyards during national security emergencies, including readiness to construct temporary facilities, and carry out marine salvage and firefighting operations; and
(6) an evaluation of the possible effects on the commercial operations of United States ports and other critical infrastructure of prohibiting any entity that owns or operates a port or terminal in the United States from using or sharing data with--
(A) LOGINK;
(B) any logistics platform controlled by, affiliated with, or subject to the jurisdiction of the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of the People's Republic of China; or
(C) any logistics platform that shares data with a system described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
(c) Definitions.--
(1) The term "appropriate congressional committees" means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
(2) The term "critical infrastructure" has the meaning given the term in section 721(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)).
(3) The term "LOGINK" means the public, open, shared logistics information network known as the National Public Information Platform for Transportation and Logistics by the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China.
SEC. 3606. UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY
INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES MODERNIZATION.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States Merchant Marine Academy plays a critical role in training service-obligated licensed merchant mariners to operate commercial vessels, in peacetime and during times of conflict.
(2) The United States Merchant Marine Academy is 1 of the 5 Federal service academies and plays a critical role in maintaining a domestic, commercial maritime industry, with each graduate having a commitment to serve not less than 8 years in the foreign and domestic commerce and the national defense of the United States, which may include service on a merchant vessel documented under chapter 121 of title 46, and graduates make up more than 80 percent of the United States Navy's Strategic Sealift Officer Program.
(3) The United States defense readiness and economic security relies on a strong investment in training and cultivating United States Merchant Marine officers at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
(4) Most of the facilities at the United States Merchant Marine Academy date back to the Academy's founding, have not been modernized since, and are not conducive to the immersive training and demanding coursework today's Midshipmen are required to complete.
(5) Rehabilitating and modernizing the campus infrastructure at the United States Merchant Marine Academy is necessary to ensuring current and future generations of Midshipmen receive a first-class education.
SEC. 3607.
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UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States Merchant Marine Academy, one of our Nation's 5 Federal service academies, is vital to our national security, and modernizing the Academy's aging infrastructure and investing in faculty and students must be congressional priorities;
(2) sufficient funding must be provided to enable the maximum student enrollment that the campus infrastructure of the United States Merchant Marine Academy can support; and
(3) considering the Academy's role as a co-equal military service academy, the United States Merchant Marine Academy should be included in the rotation of presidential attendance at graduations.
(b) Report on Enrollment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress identifying the additional resources needed to increase enrollment at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
SEC. 3608. STATE MARITIME ACADEMIES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall submit a report to Congress containing the results of a study to evaluate the additional resources needed to allow State maritime academies to increase enrollment and produce additional mariners.
(b) Need for Additional State Maritime Academies.--Such study shall consider whether there is a need for additional State maritime academies in States that do not operate a maritime academy.
SEC. 3609. ENFORCEMENT OF SERVICE OBLIGATION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--The Maritime Administrator shall ensure that--
(1) each citizen who is appointed as a cadet at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and signs a cadet commitment agreement under section 51306 of title 46, United States Code, meets the service obligation requirements of that agreement; and
(2) each individual that signs a student incentive payment agreement under section 51509 of title 46, United States Code, meets the service obligation requirements under that agreement.
(b) Reporting Requirement.--The Maritime Administrator shall establish an electronic system through which each individual with a service obligation under such section 51306 or 51509 (referred to in this section as a "service-obligated mariner") shall annually demonstrate that they are meeting their service obligation or have a valid deferment consistent with section 51310 of title 46, United States Code, or section 51510 of title 46, United States Code, as applicable.
(c) Notification of Violation.--The Maritime Administrator shall transmit a written notice to each service-obligated mariner who fails to meet the reporting requirement of subsection (b), notifying such individual of the applicable penalties established under section 51306 of title 46, United States Code, or section 51509 of title 46, United States Code, for failure to carry out the applicable service requirements, including cost recovery.
(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Maritime Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the status of all service-obligated mariners, which shall include--
(1) information about how each service-obligated mariner is meeting their service obligation requirement, which shall be based on the results of the data collected under subsection (b);
(2) the number of service-obligated mariners who have not met their service obligation and have not complied with the reporting requirement under subsection (b); and
(3) the number of actions taken by the Maritime Administrator under sections 51306(b), 51306(d), 51306(f), and 51509(g) to recover costs from service-obligated mariners who have not demonstrated that they have met their service obligation requirements.
SEC. 3610. STATE MARITIME ACADEMY SEA TERM SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 515 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
"Sec. 51512. State Maritime Academy Sea Term Scholarship
Programs
"(a) In General.--The Maritime Administrator shall work with private entities in the maritime industry to establish a scholarship program--
"(1) for students at State maritime academies to offset expenses associated with completion of a summer sea term to receive sea-time required to earn a Coast Guard license; and
"(2) which is entirely or predominantly funded through contributions from a private entity.
"(b) Contributed Funds.--The Maritime Administrator shall enter into a cooperative agreement, or other agreement, with private entities in the maritime industry to accept funding from private entities for the purpose of establishing such a scholarship program. The cooperative agreement may include any terms considered necessary by the Maritime Administrator.
"(c) Privileges.--The Maritime Administrator may provide certain privileges to a private entity who contributes funds for a scholarship program under this section, including opportunities to provide information about employment opportunities with the private entity to students enrolled in the scholarship program.
"(d) Structure.--In establishing a scholarship program to offset expenses associated with a summer sea term--
"(1) the Maritime Administrator may enter into an agreement with a student at a State maritime academy that has an agreement with the Secretary of Transportation under section 51505 of this title, to offset expenses associated with completion of a summer sea term; or
"(2) the Maritime Administrator may enter into an agreement with a State maritime academy that has an agreement with the Secretary of Transportation under section 51505 of this title, to offset expenses for all students who participate in a summer sea term program.
"(e) Relationship to Financial Assistance Programs.--Recognizing the need for licensed merchant mariners, the Maritime Administrator shall encourage participants of the financial assistance programs under part C of this subtitle, to enter into agreements under this section to establish scholarship programs to offset expenses associated with summer sea term.
"(f) Requirements for Students.--Any student who benefits from a scholarship program under this section shall enter into an agreement with the Maritime Administrator which requires the student to--
"(1) complete the course of instruction at the academy the individual is attending;
"(2) obtain a merchant mariner license, without limitation as to tonnage or horsepower, from the Coast Guard as an officer in the merchant marine of the United States, accompanied by the appropriate national and international endorsements and certification required by the Coast Guard for service aboard vessels on domestic and international voyages, without limitation, within 3 months of completion of the course of instruction at the academy the individual is attending;
"(3) serve in a position that supports the foreign and domestic commerce and the national defense of the United States for at least 1 year after graduation from the academy--
"(A) as a merchant marine officer on a documented vessel or a vessel owned and operated by the United States Government or by a State; or
"(B) as a commissioned officer on active duty in an Armed Force of the United States, as a commissioned officer in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or in other maritime-related Federal employment which serves the national security interests of the United States, as determined by the Maritime Administrator; and
"(4) report to the Maritime Administrator on compliance with this subsection.".
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 515 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
"51512. State Maritime Academy Sea Term Scholarship Programs.".
SEC. 3611. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
(a) Implementation Plan Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall each submit to the appropriate committees of Congress and the Maritime Security Board a separate implementation plan for carrying out this title, and the amendments made by this title.
(b) Elements.--Each implementation plan required under subsection (a) shall include, for each action required of the Maritime Administrator and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating (as applicable) in this title, including the amendments made by this title--
(1) an identification of all administrative restructuring requirements;
(2) an identification of each office or division within the Maritime Administration or Coast Guard principally responsible for each relevant section of this title;
(3) an identification of additional personnel needed to sufficiently implement this title, a hiring plan, and a training plan;
(4) an identification of any barrier (including any policy, law, or regulation) to implementation of any section of this title, and recommendations to address those barriers;
(5) a descriptive implementation timeline, taking into account the administrative needs of the Maritime Administration or the Coast Guard; and
(6) any additional components determined appropriate by the Maritime Administrator or such Secretary to ensure the success of implementation of this title.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than 15 days after submitting each implementation plan required under subsection (a), the Maritime Administrator and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall provide a briefing to the appropriate committees of Congress on the status of that implementation plan required under subsection (a).
(d) Biannual Update.--Not less frequently than biannually following the submission of the plans under subsection (a) and for 2 years thereafter, the Maritime Administrator and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress separate reports containing any updates on the implementation of such plans.
(e) GAO Review.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall--
(1) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter for 10 years, conduct a review of the activities carried out in accordance with this title, and the amendments made by this title; and
(2) submit to the appropriate committees of Congress the results of each review.
SEC. 4001. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS IN FUNDING TABLES.
(a) In General.--Whenever a funding table in this division specifies a dollar amount authorized for a project, program, or activity, the obligation and expenditure of the specified dollar amount for the project, program, or activity is hereby authorized, subject to the availability of appropriations.
(b) Merit-based Decisions.--A decision to commit, obligate, or expend funds with or to a specific entity on the basis of a dollar amount authorized pursuant to subsection (a) shall--
(1) be based on merit-based selection procedures in accordance with the requirements of sections 3201 and 4024 of title 10, United States Code, or on competitive procedures; and
(2) comply with other applicable provisions of law.
(c) Relationship to Transfer and Programming Authority.--An amount specified in the funding tables in this division may be transferred or reprogrammed under a transfer or reprogramming authority provided by another provision of this Act or by other law.
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The transfer or reprogramming of an amount specified in such funding tables shall not count against a ceiling on such transfers or reprogrammings under section 1001 of this Act or any other provision of law, unless such transfer or reprogramming would move funds between appropriation accounts.
(d) Applicability to Classified Annex.--This section applies to any classified annex that accompanies this Act.
(e) Oral or Written Communications.--No oral or written communication concerning any amount specified in the funding tables in this division shall supersede the requirements of this section.
SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT.
------------------------------------------------------------------------SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT (In Thousands of Dollars) -------------------------------------------------------------------------FY 2027 House Line Item Request Authorized ------------------------------------------------------------------------AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY FIXED WING 003 SMALL UNMANNED 291,472 306,472 AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. Fiber Optic Drone [5,000] Procurement. Program decrease. [-5,000] Solid Oxide [15,000] Powered Long Range Reconnaissance Aircraft Procurement. 004 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 52,398 52,398 SYSTEMS (UAS). 005 HADES PLATFORM, 227,569 227,569 PAYLOADS/PED, AND INTEGRATION. ROTARY 007 AH-64 APACHE BLOCK 1,552 1,552 IIIA REMAN. 009 FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT 127,217 0 FAMILY OF SYSTEMS AP. Program [-127,217] realignment for operational test aircraft. 010 UH-60 BLACKHAWK M 39,257 289,257 MODEL (MYP). 6 additional [250,000] aircraft. 012 CH-47 HELICOPTER..... 210,645 591,645 7 additional [381,000] aircraft. MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 015 MQ-1 PAYLOAD......... 53,190 53,190 016 GRAY EAGLE MODS2..... 2,556 2,556 017 AH-64 MODS........... 251,645 251,645 018 SCALABLE CONTROL 2,061 2,061 INTERFACE (SCI). 019 CH-47 CARGO 108,408 108,408 HELICOPTER MODS (MYP). 020 UTILITY HELICOPTER 120,013 125,013 MODS. UH-72 Limited [5,000] User Test for ARNG helicopters. 021 NETWORK AND MISSION 29,235 29,235 PLAN. 022 COMMS, NAV 14,384 14,384 SURVEILLANCE. 024 AVIATION ASSURED PNT. 55,055 55,055 GROUND SUPPORT AVIONICS 027 AIRCRAFT 125,050 125,050 SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT. 028 CMWS................. 21,511 21,511 029 COMMON INFRARED 140,636 140,636 COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM). OTHER SUPPORT 030 COMMON GROUND 29,778 29,778 EQUIPMENT. 031 AIRCREW INTEGRATED 15,229 15,229 SYSTEMS. 032 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.. 11,044 11,044 033 LAUNCHER, 2.75 ROCKET 3,864 3,864 TOTAL AIRCRAFT 1,933,769 2,457,552 PROCUREMENT, ARMY.
MISSILE PROCUREMENT,
ARMY
SURFACE-TO-AIR
MISSILE SYSTEM 001 LOWER TIER AIR AND 2,036,358 2,036,358
MISSILE DEFENSE
(AMD) SEN. 002 TERMINAL HIGH 907,162 907,162
ALTITUDE AREA
DEFENSE (THAAD). 003 M-SHORAD--PROCUREMENT 712,690 712,690 004 MSE MISSILE.......... 1,297,528 1,297,528 005 PRECISION STRIKE 1,226,526 1,226,526
MISSILE (PRSM). 006 INDIRECT FIRE 1,626,004 1,556,004
PROTECTION
CAPABILITY INC 2-I.
Unjustified [-70,000]
growth. 007 MID-RANGE CAPABILITY 370,351 370,351
(MRC).
AIR-TO-SURFACE
MISSILE SYSTEM 009 JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND 104,059 104,059
MSLS (JAGM). 011 LONG-RANGE HYPERSONIC 301,777 301,777
WEAPON.
ANTI-TANK/ASSAULT
MISSILE SYS 012 JAVELIN (AAWS-M) 417,031 417,031
SYSTEM SUMMARY. 014 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET 1,014,937 1,014,937
(GMLRS). 015 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET 49,106 49,106
(GMLRS) AP. 016 MLRS REDUCED RANGE 7,412 7,412
PRACTICE ROCKETS
(RRPR). 017 HIGH MOBILITY 745,682 745,682
ARTILLERY ROCKET
SYSTEM (HIMARS. 020 FAMILY OF LOW 139,191 139,191
ALTITUDE UNMANNED
SYSTEMS.
MODIFICATIONS 021 PATRIOT MODS......... 796,837 796,837 022 STINGER MODS......... 10,786 10,786 023 AVENGER MODS......... 6,823 6,823 024 MLRS MODS............ 289,496 289,496 025 HIMARS MODIFICATIONS. 54,363 54,363
SPARES AND REPAIR
PARTS 026 SPARES AND REPAIR 6,698 6,698
PARTS.
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT &
FACILITIES 027 AIR DEFENSE TARGETS.. 9,613 9,613
TOTAL MISSILE 12,130,430 12,060,430
PROCUREMENT,
ARMY.
PROCUREMENT OF
WEAPONS AND TRACKED
COMBAT VEHICLES,
ARMY
TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES 001 ARMORED MULTI PURPOSE 1,150,759 1,150,759
VEHICLE (AMPV). 003 ASSAULT BREACHER 17,807 17,807
VEHICLE (ABV). 005 XM30 MECHANIZED 546,990 546,990
INFANTRY COMBAT
VEHICLE (MICV.
MODIFICATION OF
TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES 007 STRYKER UPGRADE...... 45,725 45,725 008 BRADLEY FIRE SUPPORT 4,863 4,863
TEAM (BFIST) VEHICLE. 009 BRADLEY PROGRAM (MOD) 161,979 161,979 010 M109 FOV 74,070 74,070
MODIFICATIONS. 011 PALADIN INTEGRATED 84,193 260,193
MANAGEMENT (PIM).
Program increase. [176,000]
012 IMPROVED RECOVERY 106,036 106,036 VEHICLE (M88 HERCULES). 013 JOINT ASSAULT BRIDGE. 163,354 163,354 014 ABRAMS UPGRADE 654,969 654,969 PROGRAM. 015 VEHICLE PROTECTION 16,134 16,134 SYSTEMS (VPS). WEAPONS & OTHER COMBAT VEHICLES 019 MORTAR SYSTEMS....... 3,575 13,575 Modular Turreted [10,000] Mortar System. 020 LOCATION & AZIMUTH 10,420 10,420 DETERMINATION SYSTEM (LADS. 024 NEXT GENERATION SQUAD 372,641 372,641 WEAPON. MOD OF WEAPONS AND OTHER COMBAT VEH 028 M777 MODS............ 1,569 1,569 030 M119 MODIFICATIONS... 4,453 4,453 SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 031 ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M 512 512 (WOCV-WTCV). 032 PRODUCTION BASE 308,110 308,110 SUPPORT (WOCV-WTCV). TOTAL 3,728,159 3,914,159 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY.
PROCUREMENT OF
AMMUNITION, ARMY
SMALL/MEDIUM CAL
AMMUNITION 001 CTG, 5.56MM, ALL 114,418 134,418
TYPES.
Program decrease. [-30,000]
Program increase. [50,000] 002 CTG, 7.62MM, ALL 41,356 66,356
TYPES.
Program decrease. [-15,000]
Program increase. [40,000] 003 NEXT GENERATION SQUAD 536,695 556,695
WEAPON AMMUNITION.
6.8mm............ [20,000] 004 CTG, HANDGUN, ALL 6,719 6,719
TYPES. 005 CTG, .50 CAL, ALL 50,861 115,861
TYPES.
Program increase. [65,000] 006 CTG, 20MM, ALL TYPES. 9,427 9,427 007 CTG, 25MM, ALL TYPES. 34,038 34,038 008 CTG, 30MM, ALL TYPES. 164,116 164,116 009 CTG, 40MM, ALL TYPES. 146,105 146,105 010 CTG, 50MM, ALL TYPES. 58,221 58,221
MORTAR AMMUNITION 011 60MM MORTAR, ALL 67,727 67,727
TYPES. 012 81MM MORTAR, ALL 123,745 123,745
TYPES. 013 120MM MORTAR, ALL 192,826 192,826
TYPES.
TANK AMMUNITION 014 CARTRIDGES, TANK, 421,735 421,735
105MM AND 120MM, ALL
TYPES.
ARTILLERY AMMUNITION 015 ARTILLERY CARTRIDGES, 48,841 48,841
75MM & 105MM, ALL
TYPES. 016 ARTILLERY PROJECTILE, 120,703 120,703
155MM, ALL TYPES. 018 ARTILLERY 431,328 431,328
PROPELLANTS, FUZES
AND PRIMERS, ALL.
MINES 019 MINES & CLEARING 47,012 47,012
CHARGES, ALL TYPES. 021 MINE, AT, VOLCANO, 4,026 4,026
ALL TYPES.
ROCKETS 022 SHOULDER LAUNCHED 50,235 50,235
MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES. 023 ROCKET, HYDRA 70, ALL 92,772 92,772
TYPES.
OTHER AMMUNITION 024 CAD/PAD, ALL TYPES... 11,615 11,615 025 DEMOLITION MUNITIONS, 21,691 21,691
ALL TYPES. 026 GRENADES, ALL TYPES.. 66,845 66,845 027 SIGNALS, ALL TYPES... 44,927 44,927 028 SIMULATORS, ALL TYPES 11,508 11,508
MISCELLANEOUS 030 AMMO COMPONENTS, ALL 4,109 4,109
TYPES. 031 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 16,290 16,290
MILLION (AMMO). 032 AMMUNITION PECULIAR 14,007 14,007
EQUIPMENT. 033 FIRST DESTINATION 18,712 18,712
TRANSPORTATION
(AMMO). 034 CLOSEOUT LIABILITIES. 101 101
PRODUCTION BASE
SUPPORT 035 INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES 2,331,763 2,351,763
6.8mm equipping [10,000]
support.
6.8mm facilities. [10,000] 036 CONVENTIONAL 161,179 161,179
MUNITIONS
DEMILITARIZATION. 037 ARMS INITIATIVE...... 3,935 3,935
TOTAL 5,469,588 5,619,588
PROCUREMENT OF
AMMUNITION, ARMY.
OTHER PROCUREMENT,
ARMY
TACTICAL VEHICLES 001 FAMILY OF 129,602 129,602
SEMITRAILERS. 003 GROUND MOBILITY 526,796 526,796
VEHICLES (GMV). 004 ARNG HMMWV 100,000
MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM.
HMMWV ABS/ESC [100,000]
Rollover
Mitigation. 006 TRUCK, DUMP, 20T 17,030 35,030
(CCE).
M917A3 Heavy Dump [18,000]
Truck for the
ARNG. 007 FAMILY OF MEDIUM 283,344 283,344
TACTICAL VEH (FMTV).
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008 FAMILY OF COLD 38,294 38,294
WEATHER ALL-TERRAIN
VEHICLE (C. 009 FIRETRUCKS & 40,203 40,203
ASSOCIATED
FIREFIGHTING EQUIP.
010 FAMILY OF HEAVY 169,404 169,404 TACTICAL VEHICLES (FHTV). 011 FAMILY OF COMMON 80,187 80,187 TACTICAL TRUCKS. 013 MODIFICATION OF IN 28,583 88,583 SVC EQUIP. Ground combat [60,000] vehicle Organic Industrial Base. NON-TACTICAL VEHICLES 014 NONTACTICAL VEHICLES, 12,029 12,029 OTHER. COMM--JOINT COMMUNICATIONS 016 C2 INFRASTRUCTURE.... 1,293,203 933,203 Program decrease. [-360,000] 017 C2 TRANSPORT......... 1,581,863 1,121,863 Program decrease. [-460,000] 018 JCSE EQUIPMENT 39 39 (USRDECOM). COMM--SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 021 DEFENSE ENTERPRISE 73,959 73,959 WIDEBAND SATCOM SYSTEMS. 022 ASSURED POSITIONING, 243,303 243,303 NAVIGATION AND TIMING. COMM--COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS 025 HANDHELD MANPACK 516,045 516,045 SMALL FORM FIT (HMS). 026 ARMY LINK 16 SYSTEMS. 33,711 33,711 027 UNIFIED COMMAND SUITE 20,187 20,187 028 COTS COMMUNICATIONS 5,188 5,188 EQUIPMENT. 030 ARMY COMMUNICATIONS & 54,428 54,428 ELECTRONICS. COMM--INTELLIGENCE COMM 031 CI AUTOMATION 16,382 16,382 ARCHITECTURE-INTEL. 032 MULTI-DOMAIN 243,732 208,732 INTELLIGENCE. Program decrease. [-35,000] INFORMATION SECURITY 033 INFORMATION SYSTEM 853 853 SECURITY PROGRAM-ISSP. 034 COMMUNICATIONS 145,507 145,507 SECURITY (COMSEC). 035 BIOMETRIC ENABLING 65 65 CAPABILITY (BEC). COMM--BASE COMMUNICATIONS 036 INFORMATION SYSTEMS.. 133,046 127,046 Unjustified [-6,000] growth. 037 BASE EMERGENCY 50,644 50,644 COMMUNICATION. 038 INSTALLATION INFO 335,050 326,050 INFRASTRUCTURE MOD PROGRAM. Program decrease. [-9,000] ELECT EQUIP--TACT INT REL ACT (TIARA) 042 TITAN................ 368,672 358,672 Program decrease. [-10,000] 043 TERRESTRIAL LAYER 172,558 147,558 SYSTEMS (TLS). Program decrease. [-25,000] 044 COLLECTION CAPABILITY 5,914 5,914 046 DCGS-A-INTEL......... 1,075 1,075 047 TROJAN............... 48,885 48,885 048 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIP 12,441 12,441 (INTEL SPT). ELECT EQUIP--ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) 050 AIR VIGILANCE (AV)... 106,497 106,497 052 ELECTRONIC WARFARE 46,570 46,570 PLANNING & MGMT TOOLS (EWP. 053 FAMILY OF PERSISTENT 163 163 SURVEILLANCE CAP.. 054 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE/ 8,427 8,427 SECURITY COUNTERMEASURES. ELECT EQUIP--TACTICAL SURV. (TAC SURV) 056 SENTINEL MODS........ 485,840 485,840 059 BASE EXPEDITIARY 1,818 1,818 TARGETING AND SURV SYS. 060 INDIRECT FIRE 18,000 18,000 PROTECTION FAMILY OF SYSTEMS. 061 FAMILY OF WEAPON 15,340 15,340 SIGHTS (FWS). 062 ENHANCED PORTABLE 13,228 13,228 INDUCTIVE ARTILLERY FUZE SE. 063 SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS. 9,848 9,848 064 FORWARD LOOKING 84,134 84,134 INFRARED (IFLIR). 065 COUNTER SMALL 994,127 1,009,127 UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS). Non-kinetic c-UAS [15,000] swarm solutions. 067 JOINT EFFECTS 7,663 7,663 TARGETING SYSTEM (JETS). 068 COMPUTER BALLISTICS: 6,382 6,382 LHMBC XM32. 069 MORTAR FIRE CONTROL 2,391 2,391 SYSTEM. 070 MORTAR FIRE CONTROL 7,139 7,139 SYSTEMS MODIFICATIONS. 071 COUNTERFIRE RADARS... 196,522 176,522 Program decrease. [-10,000] Unjustified [-10,000] growth. 072 ADVANCED SITUATIONAL 397,286 397,286 AWARENESS SYSTEMS. ELECT EQUIP--TACTICAL C2 SYSTEMS 074 FIRE SUPPORT C2 3,559 3,559 FAMILY. 075 AIR & MSL DEFENSE 61,127 61,127 PLANNING & CONTROL SYS. 076 IAMD BATTLE COMMAND 1,052,868 982,868 SYSTEM. Unjustified [-70,000] growth. 077 AIAMD FAMILY OF 16,446 16,446 SYSTEMS (FOS) COMPONENTS. 078 LIFE CYCLE SOFTWARE 5,265 5,265 SUPPORT (LCSS). 082 MOD OF IN-SVC 16,673 16,673 EQUIPMENT (ENFIRE). ELECT EQUIP--AUTOMATION 083 ARMY TRAINING 4,303 4,303 MODERNIZATION. 084 AUTOMATED DATA 99,039 99,039 PROCESSING EQUIP. 086 HIGH PERF COMPUTING 75,004 75,004 MOD PGM (HPCMP). CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 087A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS.. 1,577 1,577 CHEMICAL DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT
088 BASE DEFENSE SYSTEMS 143 143 (BDS). 089 CBRN DEFENSE......... 65,020 65,020 BRIDGING EQUIPMENT 090 TACTICAL BRIDGE, 35,806 35,806 FLOAT-RIBBON. ENGINEER (NON-CONSTRUCTION) EQUIPMENT 092 ROBOTICS AND APPLIQUE 84,303 69,303 SYSTEMS. Program decrease. [-15,000] 093 RENDER SAFE SETS KITS 12,461 12,461 OUTFITS. 094 FAMILY OF BOATS AND 8,028 8,028 MOTORS. COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 095 HEATERS AND ECU'S.... 15,021 15,021 097 GROUND SOLDIER SYSTEM 193,491 193,491 101 CARGO AERIAL DEL & 39,505 39,505 PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM. 103 ITEMS LESS THAN $5M 4,129 4,129 (ENG SPT). PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT 104 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, 133,881 133,881 PETROLEUM & WATER. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 105 COMBAT SUPPORT 93,705 103,705 MEDICAL. Modernization of [10,000] field deployed mobile X-rays. MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT 106 MOBILE MAINTENANCE 58,997 58,997 EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 107 CONSTRUCTION 72,582 72,582 EQUIPMENT. RAIL FLOAT CONTAINERIZATION EQUIPMENT 108 ARMY WATERCRAFT ESP.. 75,717 75,717 109 MANEUVER SUPPORT 104,705 166,705 VESSEL (MSV). Army Autonomous [62,000] Resupply Vessel. 110 ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M 22,021 22,021 (FLOAT/RAIL). GENERATORS 111 GENERATORS AND 79,456 79,456 ASSOCIATED EQUIP. MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT 112 FAMILY OF FORKLIFTS.. 6,238 6,238 TRAINING EQUIPMENT 113 COMBAT TRAINING 141,848 141,848 CENTERS SUPPORT. 114 TRAINING DEVICES, 140,860 140,860 NONSYSTEM. 115 SYNTHETIC TRAINING 115,535 115,535 ENVIRONMENT (STE). 116 GAMING TECHNOLOGY IN 4,180 4,180 SUPPORT OF ARMY TRAINING. TEST MEASURE AND DIG EQUIPMENT (TMD) 117 INTEGRATED FAMILY OF 18,570 18,570 TEST EQUIPMENT (IFTE). 118 TEST EQUIPMENT 53,597 53,597 MODERNIZATION (TEMOD). OTHER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 119 PHYSICAL SECURITY 137,271 137,271 SYSTEMS (OPA3). 120 BASE LEVEL COMMON 19,889 19,889 EQUIPMENT. 121 MODIFICATION OF IN- 41,358 41,358 SVC EQUIPMENT (OPA-3). 122 PRODUCTION BASE 362,356 362,356 SUPPORT (OTH). 123 BUILDING, PRE-FAB, 10,878 10,878 RELOCATABLE. 124 SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR 88,721 88,721 TEST AND EVALUATION. OPA2 126 INITIAL SPARES--C&E.. 7,323 7,323 TOTAL OTHER 12,667,053 11,922,053 PROCUREMENT, ARMY.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT,
NAVY
COMBAT AIRCRAFT 001 F/A-18E/F (FIGHTER) 49,088 49,088
HORNET. 002 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER 995,707 995,707
CV. 003 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER 651,081 651,081
CV AP. 004 JSF STOVL............ 62,363 62,363 005 JSF STOVL AP......... 77,963 77,963 006 CH-53K (HEAVY LIFT).. 3,044,450 3,044,450 007 CH-53K (HEAVY LIFT) 429,295 429,295
AP. 009 H-1 UPGRADES (UH-1Y/ 5,974 5,974
AH-1Z). 010 P-8A POSEIDON........ 4,227,350 4,227,350 011 E-2D ADV HAWKEYE..... 2,075,025 1,725,025
E-2D Multi-Year [-350,000]
Procurement Cost
Savings. 012 E-2D ADV HAWKEYE AP.. 550,000 495,000
Excess to need... [-55,000]
OTHER AIRCRAFT 015 KC-130J.............. 1,601,906 1,601,906 016 MQ-4 TRITON.......... 104,326 104,326 017 MQ-25................ 771,177 771,177 018 MQ-25 AP............. 80,965 80,965 019 MARINE GROUP 5 UAS... 118,600 118,600 020 OTHER SUPPORT 204,476 204,476
AIRCRAFT.
MODIFICATION OF
AIRCRAFT 021 F-18 A-D UNIQUE...... 36,951 36,951 022 F-18E/F AND EA-18G 563,832 563,832
MODERNIZATION AND
SUSTAINM. 023 MARINE GROUP 5 UAS 179,603 179,603
SERIES. 024 AEA SYSTEMS.......... 37,125 37,125 026 INFRARED SEARCH AND 171,345 171,345
TRACK (IRST). 027 ADVERSARY............ 24,732 24,732 028 F-18 SERIES.......... 858,716 858,716 029 H-53 SERIES.......... 91,903 91,903
030 MH-60 SERIES......... 236,555 236,555 031 H-1 SERIES........... 304,267 304,267 032 E-2 SERIES........... 96,428 96,428 033 TRAINER A/C SERIES... 12,359 12,359 034 C-130 SERIES......... 185,266 185,266 036 CARGO/TRANSPORT A/C 20,100 20,100 SERIES.
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037 E-6 SERIES........... 270,832 270,832 038 EXECUTIVE HELICOPTERS 57,319 57,319 SERIES. 039 T-45 SERIES.......... 191,139 191,139 040 POWER PLANT CHANGES.. 23,765 23,765 041 JPATS SERIES......... 28,059 28,059 043 COMMON ECM EQUIPMENT. 365,990 365,990 044 COMMON AVIONICS 246,728 222,056 CHANGES. Program decrease. [-24,672] 045 COMMON DEFENSIVE 11,028 11,028 WEAPON SYSTEM. 046 ID SYSTEMS........... 3,199 3,199 047 P-8 SERIES........... 381,014 381,014 048 MAGTF EW FOR AVIATION 20,686 20,686 049 V-22 (TILT/ROTOR 641,715 641,715 ACFT) OSPREY. 050 NEXT GENERATION 458,658 458,658 JAMMER (NGJ). 051 F-35 STOVL SERIES.... 428,881 428,881 052 F-35 CV SERIES....... 135,612 135,612 053 QRC.................. 27,686 27,686 054 MQ-4 SERIES.......... 157,849 157,849 AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 058 SPARES AND REPAIR 4,511,417 4,811,417 PARTS. F-35B Spare Parts [150,000] F-35C Spare Parts [150,000] AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIP & FACILITIES 059 COMMON GROUND 666,140 632,833 EQUIPMENT. Program decrease. [-33,307] 060 AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL 113,513 113,513 FACILITIES. 061 WAR CONSUMABLES...... 56,577 56,577 062 OTHER PRODUCTION 61,970 61,970 CHARGES. 063 SPECIAL SUPPORT 218,318 207,903 EQUIPMENT. Program decrease. [-10,415] TOTAL AIRCRAFT 26,947,023 26,773,629 PROCUREMENT, NAVY.
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT,
NAVY
BALLISTIC MISSILES 001 CONVENTIONAL PROMPT 750,387 750,387
STRIKE.
MODIFICATION OF
MISSILES 002 TRIDENT II MODS...... 3,912,267 3,912,267
STRATEGIC MISSILES 004 TOMAHAWK............. 1,015,106 1,015,106
TACTICAL MISSILES 005 AMRAAM............... 167,439 167,439 006 SIDEWINDER........... 174,750 174,750 007 JOINT ADVANCE 557,806 557,806
TACTICAL MISSILE
(JATM). 008 STANDARD MISSILE..... 733,159 733,159 010 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB 166,688 166,688
II. 011 RAM.................. 119,166 119,166 012 MSE MISSILE.......... 97,835 97,835 013 JOINT AIR GROUND 73,226 73,226
MISSILE (JAGM). 015 AERIAL TARGETS....... 179,931 179,931 016 OTHER MISSILE SUPPORT 3,877 3,877 017 LRASM................ 670,456 606,456
Transfer to RDN- [-64,000]
95. 018 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE 75,972 75,972
(NSM). 019 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE 2,103 2,103
(NSM) AP. 021 PRECISION ATTACK 4,019 4,019
STRIKE MUNITION
(PASM).
MODIFICATION OF
MISSILES 022 TOMAHAWK MODS........ 799,139 799,139 023 ESSM................. 521,006 521,006 024 AARGM-ER............. 20 20 025 AARGM-ER AP.......... 5,210 5,210 026 STANDARD MISSILES 69,579 69,579
MODS.
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT &
FACILITIES 027 WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL 62,403 62,403
FACILITIES. 028 INDUSTRIAL 640 640
PREPAREDNESS.
ORDNANCE SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT 029 ORDNANCE SUPPORT 43,261 43,261
EQUIPMENT.
TORPEDOES AND RELATED
EQUIP 030 SSTD................. 3,969 3,969 031 MK-48 TORPEDO........ 571,274 571,274 032 ASW TARGETS.......... 47,277 47,277
MOD OF TORPEDOES AND
RELATED EQUIP 033 MK-54 TORPEDO MODS... 112,126 112,126 034 MK-48 TORPEDO ADCAP 67,279 67,279
MODS. 035 MARITIME MINES....... 251,724 251,724
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 036 TORPEDO SUPPORT 160,445 160,445
EQUIPMENT.
037 ASW RANGE SUPPORT.... 4,438 4,438 DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION 038 FIRST DESTINATION 6,011 6,011 TRANSPORTATION. GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS 039 SMALL ARMS AND 13,946 13,946 WEAPONS. MODIFICATION OF GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS 040 CIWS MODS............ 7,939 7,939 041 COAST GUARD WEAPONS.. 49,537 49,537 042 GUN MOUNT MODS....... 84,004 84,004 043 LCS MODULE WEAPONS... 2,190 2,190 044 AIRBORNE MINE 14,265 14,265 NEUTRALIZATION SYSTEMS. SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 046 SPARES AND REPAIR 167,242 167,242 PARTS. TOTAL WEAPONS 11,769,111 11,705,111 PROCUREMENT, NAVY.
PROCUREMENT OF
AMMUNITION, NAVY AND
MARINE CORPS
NAVY AMMUNITION 001 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS 45,607 45,607 002 JDAM................. 96,935 96,935 003 AIRBORNE ROCKETS, ALL 92,145 92,145
TYPES. 004 MACHINE GUN 14,832 14,832
AMMUNITION. 005 PRACTICE BOMBS....... 46,782 46,782 006 CARTRIDGES & CART 63,064 63,064
ACTUATED DEVICES. 007 AIR EXPENDABLE 121,059 121,059
COUNTERMEASURES. 008 JATOS................ 8,179 8,179 009 5 INCH/54 GUN 44,136 44,136
AMMUNITION. 010 INTERMEDIATE CALIBER 40,095 40,095
GUN AMMUNITION. 011 OTHER SHIP GUN 43,106 43,106
AMMUNITION. 012 SMALL ARMS & LANDING 48,801 48,801
PARTY AMMO. 013 PYROTECHNIC AND 9,510 9,510
DEMOLITION. 015 AMMUNITION LESS THAN 1,692 1,692
$5 MILLION. 016 EXPEDITIONARY 165,662 165,662
LOITERING MUNITIONS.
MARINE CORPS
AMMUNITION 017 MORTARS.............. 181,464 181,464 018 DIRECT SUPPORT 29,715 29,715
MUNITIONS. 019 INFANTRY WEAPONS 142,179 142,179
AMMUNITION. 020 COMBAT SUPPORT 12,510 12,510
MUNITIONS. 021 AMMO MODERNIZATION... 19,009 19,009 022 ARTILLERY MUNITIONS.. 723,278 713,278
Unjustified [-10,000]
growth. 023 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 8,837 8,837
MILLION.
TOTAL 1,958,597 1,948,597
PROCUREMENT OF
AMMUNITION, NAVY
AND MARINE CORPS.
SHIPBUILDING AND
CONVERSION, NAVY
FLEET BALLISTIC
MISSILE SHIPS 001 COLUMBIA CLASS 10,233,832 10,233,832
SUBMARINE. 002 COLUMBIA CLASS 4,763,342 4,888,342
SUBMARINE AP.
Additive [45,000]
manufacturing
planning for
submarine
industrial base
resilience.
Scaling of Low- [10,000]
Cost Titanum
Manufacturing for
Submarine
Construction.
Submarine [70,000]
Workforce
Pipeline.
OTHER WARSHIPS 003 CARRIER REPLACEMENT 641,907 641,907
PROGRAM. 004 CARRIER REPLACEMENT 1,940,566 1,940,566
PROGRAM AP. 005 CVN-81............... 1,447,882 1,447,882 006 VIRGINIA CLASS 8,402,316 8,402,316
SUBMARINE. 007 VIRGINIA CLASS 4,143,618 4,143,618
SUBMARINE AP. 009 BBG(X) AP............ 1,000,000 1,000,000 010 CVN REFUELING 4,418,902 4,418,902
OVERHAULS. 011 CVN REFUELING 53,070 53,070
OVERHAULS AP. 012 DDG 1000............. 66,516 66,516 013 DDG-51............... 2,954,238 3,954,238
Incremental [1,000,000]
funding for an
additional DDG-51. 017 FF(X)................ 1,429,000 1,429,000
AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS 018 LPD FLIGHT II........ 2,188,700 2,188,700 019 LPD FLIGHT II AP..... 355,950 355,950 021 LHA REPLACEMENT...... 3,850,319 3,850,319
AUXILIARIES, CRAFT
AND PRIOR YR PROGRAM
COST 026 AS SUBMARINE TENDER.. 4,444,000 3,564,000
Program decrease. [-380,000]
Reduction for [-500,000]
incremental
funding of
submarine tender
contract. 028 TAO FLEET OILER...... 1,946,063 1,946,063 031 TAGOS SURTASS SHIPS.. 610,664 580,664
Program decrease. [-30,000] 035 STRATEGIC SEALIFT.... 450,000 450,000 036 OUTFITTING........... 741,270 741,270 037 SHIP TO SHORE 733,895 733,895
CONNECTOR. 038 SERVICE CRAFT........ 177,079 259,079
Additional Yard, [82,000]
Repair, Berthing
and Messing
Barges. 039 AUXILIARY PERSONNEL 83,000 83,000
LIGHTER. 040 BULK FUEL VESSEL..... 450,000 450,000 043 LCAC SLEP............ 37,998 37,998
045 COMPLETION OF PY 2,611,990 2,599,990 SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS. Program decrease. [-12,000] TOTAL 60,176,117 60,461,117 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY.
OTHER PROCUREMENT,
NAVY
SHIP PROPULSION
EQUIPMENT 001 SURFACE POWER 22,668 22,668
EQUIPMENT.
GENERATORS 002 SURFACE COMBATANT 103,871 103,871
HM&E.
NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT 003 OTHER NAVIGATION 83,510 83,510
EQUIPMENT.
OTHER SHIPBOARD
EQUIPMENT 004 SUB PERISCOPE, 344,885 344,885
IMAGING AND SUPT
EQUIP PROG. 005 DDG MOD.............. 1,000,278 1,000,278 006 FIREFIGHTING 177,708 177,708
EQUIPMENT. 007 COMMAND AND CONTROL 2,259 2,259
SWITCHBOARD. 008 LHA/LHD MIDLIFE...... 131,315 131,315 009 LCC 19/20 EXTENDED 766 766
SERVICE LIFE PROGRAM. 010 POLLUTION CONTROL 22,506 22,506
EQUIPMENT.
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011 SUBMARINE SUPPORT 330,951 330,951
EQUIPMENT. 012 VIRGINIA CLASS 83,297 83,297
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. 013 LCS CLASS SUPPORT 15,815 15,815
EQUIPMENT. 014 SUBMARINE BATTERIES.. 26,211 26,211 015 LPD CLASS SUPPORT 213,723 213,723
EQUIPMENT. 016 DDG 1000 CLASS 58,284 58,284
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. 017 STRATEGIC PLATFORM 72,163 72,163
SUPPORT EQUIP. 018 DSSP EQUIPMENT....... 7,440 7,440 019 SMALL UNMANNED 585 585
SURFACE VEHICLES. 020 LCAC................. 22,515 22,515 021 UNDERWATER EOD 20,575 20,575
EQUIPMENT. 022 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 69,425 69,425
MILLION. 023 CHEMICAL WARFARE 2,425 2,425
DETECTORS.
REACTOR PLANT
EQUIPMENT 024 SHIP MAINTENANCE, 2,737,140 2,737,140
REPAIR AND
MODERNIZATION. 025 REACTOR COMPONENTS... 519,821 519,821
OCEAN ENGINEERING 026 DIVING AND SALVAGE 33,013 33,013
EQUIPMENT.
SMALL BOATS 027 MEDIUM UNMANNED 121,130 121,130
SURFACE VEHICLE
(MUSVS). 028 STANDARD BOATS....... 97,746 152,746
Additional 40ft [55,000]
Patrol Boats.
PRODUCTION FACILITIES
EQUIPMENT 029 OPERATING FORCES IPE. 492,100 492,100
OTHER SHIP SUPPORT 030 LCS COMMON MISSION 30,565 30,565
MODULES EQUIPMENT. 031 LCS MCM MISSION 65,113 65,113
MODULES. 032 LCS SUW MISSION 1,719 1,719
MODULES. 033 LCS IN-SERVICE 315,272 125,272
MODERNIZATION.
Insufficient [-35,000]
justification.
Program decrease. [-155,000] 034 SMALL & MEDIUM UUV... 110,955 110,955 035 LARGE UUV............ 222,998 256,998
Procurement of [34,000]
dual modality
large
displacement
unmanned undersea
vehicles. 036 EXTRA LARGE UUV...... 135,802 135,802
LOGISTIC SUPPORT 037 LSD MIDLIFE & 240 240
MODERNIZATION.
SHIP SONARS 039 AN/SQQ-89 SURF ASW 142,355 142,355
COMBAT SYSTEM. 040 SSN ACOUSTIC 454,161 454,161
EQUIPMENT.
ASW ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT 042 SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC 68,881 68,881
WARFARE SYSTEM. 043 SSTD................. 14,857 14,857 044 FIXED SURVEILLANCE 490,548 490,548
SYSTEM. 045 SURTASS.............. 72,190 72,190
ELECTRONIC WARFARE
EQUIPMENT 046 AN/SLQ-32............ 653,483 653,483
RECONNAISSANCE
EQUIPMENT 047 SHIPBOARD IW EXPLOIT. 701,667 701,667 048 MARITIME BATTLESPACE 8,652 8,652
AWARENESS.
OTHER SHIP ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT 049 COOPERATIVE 33,932 33,932
ENGAGEMENT
CAPABILITY. 050 NAVAL TACTICAL 10,108 10,108
COMMAND SUPPORT
SYSTEM (NTCSS). 051 ATDLS................ 52,758 52,758 052 NAVY COMMAND AND 16,167 16,167
CONTROL SYSTEM
(NCCS). 053 MINESWEEPING SYSTEM 14,879 14,879
REPLACEMENT. 054 NAVSTAR GPS RECEIVERS 43,097 43,097
(SPACE). 055 AMERICAN FORCES RADIO 289 289
AND TV SERVICE.
AVIATION ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT 056 ASHORE ATC EQUIPMENT. 83,057 83,057 057 AFLOAT ATC EQUIPMENT. 62,581 62,581 058 ID SYSTEMS........... 35,620 35,620 059 JOINT PRECISION 2,976 2,976
APPROACH AND LANDING
SYSTEM (.
060 NAVAL MISSION 54,487 54,487 PLANNING SYSTEMS. OTHER SHORE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 062 TACTICAL/MOBILE C4I 48,262 48,262 SYSTEMS. 063 INTELLIGENCE 11,824 11,824 SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE (ISR). 064 CANES................ 493,046 486,046 Program decrease. [-7,000] 065 RADIAC............... 38,000 38,000 066 CANES-INTELL......... 43,028 43,028 067 GPETE................ 31,462 31,462 068 MASF................. 5,822 5,822 069 INTEG COMBAT SYSTEM 6,454 6,454 TEST FACILITY. 070 EMI CONTROL 3,435 3,435 INSTRUMENTATION. 071 IN-SERVICE RADARS AND 338,946 338,946 SENSORS. SHIPBOARD COMMUNICATIONS 072 BATTLE FORCE TACTICAL 125,661 125,661 NETWORK. 073 SHIPBOARD TACTICAL 50,350 50,350 COMMUNICATIONS. 074 SHIP COMMUNICATIONS 156,605 156,605 AUTOMATION. 075 COMMUNICATIONS ITEMS 15,097 15,097 UNDER $5M. SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS 076 SUBMARINE BROADCAST 173,069 173,069 SUPPORT. 077 SUBMARINE 88,071 88,071 COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 078 SATELLITE 57,961 57,961 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. 079 NAVY MULTIBAND 57,768 57,768 TERMINAL (NMT). 080 MOBILE ADVANCED EHF 202,305 202,305 TERMINAL (MAT). CRYPTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT 082 INFO SYSTEMS SECURITY 349,099 349,099 PROGRAM (ISSP). 083 MIO INTEL 1,063 1,063 EXPLOITATION TEAM. CRYPTOLOGIC EQUIPMENT 084 CRYPTOLOGIC 7,419 7,419 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIP. OTHER ELECTRONIC SUPPORT 091 COAST GUARD EQUIPMENT 67,106 67,106 DRUG INTERDICTION SUPPORT 092 OTHER DRUG 57,568 57,568 INTERDICTION SUPPORT. SONOBUOYS 093 SONOBUOYS--ALL TYPES. 300,151 550,151 Additional [250,000] Procurement of Sonobuoys. AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 094 MINOTAUR............. 4,831 4,831 095 WEAPONS RANGE SUPPORT 119,900 119,900 EQUIPMENT. 096 AIRCRAFT SUPPORT 69,065 69,065 EQUIPMENT. 097 ADVANCED ARRESTING 23,551 23,551 GEAR (AAG). 098 ELECTROMAGNETIC 36,908 36,908 AIRCRAFT LAUNCH SYSTEM (EMALS. 099 METEOROLOGICAL 7,477 7,477 EQUIPMENT. 100 AIRBORNE MCM......... 9,507 9,507 101 AVIATION SUPPORT 116,873 116,873 EQUIPMENT. 102 UMCS-UNMAN CARRIER 211,216 211,216 AVIATION(UCA)MISSION CNTRL. SHIP GUN SYSTEM EQUIPMENT 103 SHIP GUN SYSTEMS 6,962 6,962 EQUIPMENT. SHIP MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT 104 HARPOON SUPPORT 195 195 EQUIPMENT. 105 SHIP MISSILE SUPPORT 431,069 416,069 EQUIPMENT. Insufficient [-15,000] justification. 106 TOMAHAWK SUPPORT 116,208 116,208 EQUIPMENT. FBM SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 107 CPS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 188,430 188,430 108 STRATEGIC MISSILE 327,941 327,941 SYSTEMS EQUIP. ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 109 SSN COMBAT CONTROL 165,416 165,416 SYSTEMS. 110 ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 25,105 25,105 OTHER ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 111 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE 48,252 48,252 DISPOSAL EQUIP. 113 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 2,592 2,592 MILLION. OTHER EXPENDABLE ORDNANCE 114 ANTI-SHIP MISSILE 606,241 606,241 DECOY SYSTEM. 115 SUBMARINE TRAINING 73,681 73,681 DEVICE MODS. 116 SURFACE TRAINING 218,181 218,181 EQUIPMENT. CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 117 PASSENGER CARRYING 3,567 3,567 VEHICLES. 118 GENERAL PURPOSE 4,801 4,801 TRUCKS. 120 CONSTRUCTION & 91,269 91,269 MAINTENANCE EQUIP. 121 FIRE FIGHTING 17,107 17,107 EQUIPMENT. 122 TACTICAL VEHICLES.... 46,796 46,796 123 AMPHIBIOUS EQUIPMENT. 53,916 53,916 124 POLLUTION CONTROL 3,586 3,586 EQUIPMENT. 125 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 131,449 131,449 MILLION. 126 PHYSICAL SECURITY 998 998 VEHICLES. SUPPLY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 127 SUPPLY EQUIPMENT..... 67,828 67,828 128 FIRST DESTINATION 4,732 4,732 TRANSPORTATION. 129 SPECIAL PURPOSE 323,644 323,644 SUPPLY SYSTEMS. TRAINING DEVICES
130 TRAINING SUPPORT 10,608 10,608 EQUIPMENT. 131 TRAINING AND 331,016 331,016 EDUCATION EQUIPMENT. COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 132 COMMAND SUPPORT 55,202 55,202 EQUIPMENT. 133 MEDICAL SUPPORT 54,862 54,862 EQUIPMENT. 135 NAVAL MIP SUPPORT 5,213 5,213 EQUIPMENT. 136 OPERATING FORCES 15,107 15,107 SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. 137 C4ISR EQUIPMENT...... 33,975 33,975 138 ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT 60,467 60,467 EQUIPMENT. 139 PHYSICAL SECURITY 218,037 191,037 EQUIPMENT. Insufficient [-27,000] justification. 140 ENTERPRISE 40,490 40,490 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. OTHER 142 NEXT GENERATION 223,647 216,647 ENTERPRISE SERVICE. Unjustified [-7,000] growth. 143 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES 7,131 7,131 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 143A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS.. 42,813 42,813 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 144 SPARES AND REPAIR 765,711 765,711 PARTS. TOTAL OTHER 18,866,679 18,959,679 PROCUREMENT, NAVY.
PROCUREMENT, MARINE
CORPS
TRACKED COMBAT
VEHICLES 002 AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT 237,336 237,336
VEHICLE FAMILY OF
VEHICLES. 003 LAV PIP.............. 68,825 68,825
ARTILLERY AND OTHER
WEAPONS 004 155MM LIGHTWEIGHT 5,709 5,709
TOWED HOWITZER.
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005 ARTILLERY WEAPONS 341,085 341,085
SYSTEM. 006 WEAPONS AND COMBAT 50,299 50,299
VEHICLES UNDER $5
MILLION.
GUIDED MISSILES 008 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE 204,639 204,639
(NSM). 009 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE 14,391 14,391
(NSM) AP. 010 GROUND BASED AIR 1,274,446 1,254,446
DEFENSE.
Unjustified [-20,000]
growth. 011 ANTI-ARMOR MISSILE- 63,020 63,020
JAVELIN. 012 FAMILY ANTI-ARMOR 808 808
WEAPON SYSTEMS
(FOAAWS). 013 ANTI-ARMOR MISSILE- 1,265 1,265
TOW. 014 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET 61,355 61,355
(GMLRS).
REPAIR AND TEST
EQUIPMENT 016 REPAIR AND TEST 65,665 65,665
EQUIPMENT.
OTHER SUPPORT (TEL) 017 MODIFICATION KITS.... 1,047 1,047
COMMAND AND CONTROL
SYSTEM (NON-TEL) 018 ITEMS UNDER $5 140,929 140,929
MILLION (COMM &
ELEC).
RADAR + EQUIPMENT
(NON-TEL) 020 GROUND/AIR TASK 55,622 60,622
ORIENTED RADAR (G/
ATOR).
Program increase. [5,000]
INTELL/COMM EQUIPMENT
(NON-TEL) 021 ELECTRO MAGNETIC 79,269 79,269
SPECTRUM OPERATIONS
(EMSO). 022 GCSS-MC.............. 3,435 3,435 023 FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM.. 136,070 146,070
Fiber Optic Drone [10,000]
Procurement. 024 INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT 395,854 395,854
EQUIPMENT. 026 UNMANNED AIR SYSTEMS 262,815 262,815
(INTEL). 028 UAS PAYLOADS......... 14,834 14,834
OTHER SUPPORT (NON-
TEL) 029 MARINE CORPS 190,282 190,282
ENTERPRISE NETWORK
(MCEN). 030 COMMON COMPUTER 15,950 15,950
RESOURCES. 031 COMMAND POST SYSTEMS. 442,308 442,308 032 RADIO SYSTEMS........ 764,001 764,001 034 COMM & ELEC 37,640 37,640
INFRASTRUCTURE
SUPPORT. 035 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES 19,854 19,854 036 UNMANNED 1,001 1,001
EXPEDITIONARY
SYSTEMS.
CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 039A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS.. 2,029 2,029
ADMINISTRATIVE
VEHICLES 040 COMMERCIAL CARGO 27,582 27,582
VEHICLES.
TACTICAL VEHICLES 041 MOTOR TRANSPORT 22,460 22,460
MODIFICATIONS. 042 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL 244,941 244,941
VEHICLE. 043 TRAILERS............. 136,438 136,438
ENGINEER AND OTHER
EQUIPMENT 044 TACTICAL FUEL SYSTEMS 112,197 112,197 045 POWER EQUIPMENT 34,219 34,219
ASSORTED. 046 AMPHIBIOUS SUPPORT 29,042 29,042
EQUIPMENT. 047 EOD SYSTEMS.......... 24,297 24,297
MATERIALS HANDLING
EQUIPMENT 048 PHYSICAL SECURITY 151,740 151,740
EQUIPMENT.
GENERAL PROPERTY 049 FIELD MEDICAL 227,761 227,761
EQUIPMENT. 050 TRAINING DEVICES..... 136,639 136,639
051 FAMILY OF 115,681 115,681 CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. 052 ULTRA-LIGHT TACTICAL 972 972 VEHICLE (ULTV). OTHER SUPPORT 053 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 54,228 54,228 MILLION. SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 054 SPARES AND REPAIR 18,925 18,925 PARTS. TOTAL 6,288,905 6,283,905 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT,
AIR FORCE
STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE 001 B-21 RAIDER.......... 2,230,615 2,230,615 002 B-21 RAIDER AP....... 1,005,667 1,005,667
TACTICAL FORCES 003 F-35................. 2,393,723 2,393,723 004 F-35 AP.............. 738,103 738,103 005 COLLABORATIVE COMBAT 996,528 996,528
AIRCRAFT. 006 COLLABORATIVE COMBAT 150,500 150,500
AIRCRAFT AP. 007 F-15EX............... 2,656,716 2,656,716 009 JOINT SIMULATION 52,695 52,695
ENVIRONMENT.
TACTICAL AIRLIFT 010 KC-46A MDAP.......... 3,520,530 3,470,530
BTAR early to [-50,000]
need.
OTHER AIRLIFT 011 C-130J............... 636,680 916,680
Additional C-130J [20,000]
weapon system
trainer.
Two additional [260,000]
aircraft.
UPT TRAINERS 012 ADVANCED PILOT 529,464 529,464
TRAINING T-7A. 013 ADVANCED PILOT 69,690 69,690
TRAINING T-7A AP.
HELICOPTERS 014 MH-139A.............. 252,949 380,578
Four additional [127,629]
aircraft. 015 COMBAT RESCUE 69,395 69,395
HELICOPTER.
MISSION SUPPORT
AIRCRAFT 016 C-37A................ 208,000 208,000 018 CIVIL AIR PATROL A/C. 3,219 3,219
OTHER AIRCRAFT 020 TARGET DRONES........ 31,912 31,912 021 COMPASS CALL......... 660,000 660,000 024 RQ-20B PUMA.......... 15,513 15,513
STRATEGIC AIRCRAFT 025 B-2A................. 178,668 178,668 026 B-1B................. 146,862 106,862
Excessive growth. [-40,000] 027 B-52................. 422,399 422,399 028 LARGE AIRCRAFT 66,638 66,638
INFRARED
COUNTERMEASURES.
TACTICAL AIRCRAFT 029 COLLABORATIVE COMBAT 822 822
AIRCRAFT MODS. 031 F-15................. 140,204 140,204 032 F-15EX............... 214,176 214,176 033 F-16 MODIFICATIONS... 946,747 946,747 034 F-22A................ 1,052,088 1,052,088 035 F-35 MODIFICATIONS... 335,973 335,973 036 F-15 EPAW............ 141,233 141,233 037 KC-46A MDAP.......... 85,515 85,515
AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT 038 C-5.................. 10,308 10,308 039 C-17A................ 59,867 59,867 042 OSA-EA MODIFICATIONS. 136,786 136,786
TRAINER AIRCRAFT 043 GLIDER MODS.......... 164 164 044 T-6.................. 131,747 131,747 046 T-38................. 84,452 84,452
OTHER AIRCRAFT 047 U-2 MODS............. 297 10,297
Program increase. [10,000] 050 C-130................ 23,546 23,546 051 C-130J MODS.......... 315,308 315,308 052 C-135................ 158,715 148,715
Slow execution... [-10,000] 053 COMPASS CALL......... 506,265 506,265 054 CVR (CONNON ULF 18 18
RECEIVER) INC 2. 055 RC-135............... 252,846 252,846 056 E-3.................. 841 841 057 E-4.................. 30,779 30,779 058 H-1.................. 17,872 17,872 059 MH-139A MOD.......... 5,021 5,021 061 HH60W MODIFICATIONS.. 46,662 46,662 062 HC/MC-130 257,742 257,742
MODIFICATIONS. 063 OTHER AIRCRAFT....... 102,052 91,847
Program decrease. [-10,205] 064 MQ-9 MODS............ 105,966 105,966
065 SOFTWARE DEFINED USER 25,847 25,847 EQUIPMENT. 066 SENIOR LEADER C3 32,654 32,654 SYSTEM--AIRCRAFT. 067 CV-22 MODS........... 168,042 168,042 AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 068 INITIAL SPARES/REPAIR 1,441,052 1,741,052 PARTS. F-35A Spare Parts [300,000] COMMON SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 071 AIRCRAFT REPLACEMENT 252,808 227,528 SUPPORT EQUIP. Program decrease. [-25,280] POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT 073 B-2B................. 95,457 95,457 074 B-52................. 114 114 075 C-17A................ 3,027 3,027 076 CV-22 POST PRODUCTION 5,088 5,088 SUPPORT. 079 F-15EX............... 16,930 16,930 080 F-16 POST PRODUCTION 57,781 57,781 SUPPORT. 081 HC/MC-130 POST PROD.. 20,415 20,415 083 MQ-9 POST PROD....... 15,365 15,365 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS 084 INDUSTRIAL 20,590 20,590 RESPONSIVENESS. WAR CONSUMABLES 085 WAR CONSUMABLES...... 85,387 85,387 OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES 086 OTHER PRODUCTION 2,528,401 2,528,401 CHARGES. CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 088A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS.. 15,800 15,800 TOTAL AIRCRAFT 26,985,236 27,567,380 PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE.
MISSILE PROCUREMENT,
AIR FORCE
MISSILE REPLACEMENT
EQUIPMENT--BALLISTIC 001 MISSILE REPLACEMENT 27,006 27,006
EQ-BALLISTIC.
BALLISTIC MISSILES 003 GROUND BASED 107,602 107,602
STRATEGIC DETERRENT.
STRATEGIC 005 LONG RANGE STAND-OFF 506,047 506,047
WEAPON. 006 LONG RANGE STAND-OFF 456,810 456,810
WEAPON AP.
TACTICAL 007 REPLAC EQUIP & WAR 23,575 23,575
CONSUMABLES. 009 AGM-183A AIR-LAUNCHED 452,035 452,035
RAPID RESPONSE
WEAPON. 010 FAMILY OF AFFORDABLE 55,000 55,000
MASS MISSILE (FAMM). 011 HYPERSONIC ATTACK 403,974 403,974
CRUISE MISSILE. 012 JOINT AIR-SURFACE 967,866 967,866
STANDOFF MISSILE. 013 JOINT ADVANCED 608,743 608,743
TACTICAL MISSILE. 014 JOINT STRIKE MISSILE. 384,607 384,607 015 LRASM0............... 500,916 500,916 016 SIDEWINDER (AIM-9X).. 419,238 419,238 017 AMRAAM............... 115,856 115,856 019 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB.. 44,596 44,596 020 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB 194,509 194,509
II.
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021 STAND-IN ATTACK 401,607 401,607
WEAPON (SIAW).
INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES 022 INDUSTRIAL 931 931
PREPAREDNESS/POL
PREVENTION.
CLASS IV 023 ICBM FUZE MOD........ 169,747 169,747 025 MM III MODIFICATIONS. 9,865 9,865 026 AIR LAUNCH CRUISE 30,407 30,407
MISSILE (ALCM).
MISSILE SPARES AND
REPAIR PARTS 027 MSL SPRS/REPAIR PARTS 15,621 15,621
(INITIAL). 028 MSL SPRS/REPAIR PARTS 123,224 123,224
(REPLEN).
SPECIAL PROGRAMS 030 SPECIAL UPDATE 168,578 168,578
PROGRAMS.
CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 030A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS.. 622,814 622,814
TOTAL MISSILE 6,811,174 6,811,174
PROCUREMENT, AIR
FORCE.
PROCUREMENT OF
AMMUNITION, AIR
FORCE
ROCKETS 001 ROCKETS.............. 102,059 102,059
CARTRIDGES 002 CARTRIDGES........... 157,508 157,508
BOMBS 003 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS 168,469 168,469 004 MASSIVE ORDNANCE 755 755
PENETRATOR (MOP). 005 JOINT DIRECT ATTACK 129,568 129,568
MUNITION. 006 B61-12 TRAINER....... 24,226 24,226
OTHER ITEMS 007 CAD/PAD.............. 45,448 45,448 008 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE 7,168 7,168
DISPOSAL (EOD). 009 SPARES AND REPAIR 626 626
PARTS. 010 FIRST DESTINATION 2,873 2,873
TRANSPORTATION. 011 ITEMS LESS THAN 5,468 5,468
$5,000,000.
FLARES
013 EXPENDABLE 99,180 99,180 COUNTERMEASURES. FUZES 014 FUZES................ 141,149 141,149 SMALL ARMS 015 SMALL ARMS........... 25,619 25,619 TOTAL 910,116 910,116 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE.
OTHER PROCUREMENT,
AIR FORCE
SPECIAL PURPOSE
VEHICLES 005 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL 103,304 103,304
VEHICLE.
MATERIALS HANDLING
EQUIPMENT 009 MATERIALS HANDLING 2,132 2,132
VEHICLES.
MISSION SUPPORT
VEHICLES 012 MISSION SUPPORT 439,892 439,892
VEHICLES.
COMM SECURITY
EQUIPMENT(COMSEC) 014 COMSEC EQUIPMENT..... 374,613 374,613
INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS 016 INTERNATIONAL INTEL 19,060 19,060
TECH & ARCHITECTURES. 017 INTELLIGENCE TRAINING 5,531 5,531
EQUIPMENT. 018 INTELLIGENCE COMM 37,717 37,717
EQUIPMENT.
ELECTRONICS PROGRAMS 019 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL & 58,313 58,313
LANDING SYS. 021 BATTLE CONTROL 3,391 3,391
SYSTEM--FIXED. 022 THEATER AIR CONTROL 11,640 11,640
SYS IMPROVEMEN. 023 3D EXPEDITIONARY LONG- 430,607 430,607
RANGE RADAR. 024 WEATHER OBSERVATION 33,111 33,111
FORECAST. 025 STRATEGIC COMMAND AND 89,931 89,931
CONTROL. 026 CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN 7,434 7,434
COMPLEX. 027 MISSION PLANNING 23,927 23,927
SYSTEMS. 028 STRATEGIC MISSION 9,435 9,435
PLANNING & EXECUTION
SYSTEM.
SPCL COMM-ELECTRONICS
PROJECTS 029 GENERAL INFORMATION 234,417 234,417
TECHNOLOGY. 033 AIR FORCE PHYSICAL 1,770,698 1,660,698
SECURITY SYSTEM.
Program decrease. [-110,000] 034 SAMTEC COMMUNICATIONS 17,641 17,641 035 COMBAT TRAINING 94,378 95,878
RANGES.
BMGR LMR Upgrades [1,500] 036 MINIMUM ESSENTIAL 279,516 279,516
EMERGENCY COMM N. 037 WIDE AREA 17,000 17,000
SURVEILLANCE (WAS). 038 C3 COUNTERMEASURES... 163,127 163,127 040 THEATER BATTLE MGT C2 460 460
SYSTEM. 041 AIR & SPACE 23,778 23,778
OPERATIONS CENTER
(AOC).
AIR FORCE
COMMUNICATIONS 042 BASE INFORMATION 125,702 125,702
TRANSPT INFRAST
(BITI) WIRED. 043 AFNET................ 325,839 322,839
Unjustified [-3,000]
growth. 044 JOINT COMMUNICATIONS 16,267 16,267
SUPPORT ELEMENT
(JCSE). 045 USCENTCOM............ 15,328 15,328 046 USSTRATCOM........... 5,013 5,013 047 USSPACECOM........... 195,370 195,370
ORGANIZATION AND BASE 048 TACTICAL C-E 162,835 162,835
EQUIPMENT. 049 NEXT GENERATION 80,321 80,321
SURVIVAL RADIO
(NGSR). 051 RADIO EQUIPMENT...... 36,874 36,874 052 BASE COMM 158,113 158,113
INFRASTRUCTURE.
MODIFICATIONS 053 COMM ELECT MODS...... 220,855 220,855
PERSONAL SAFETY &
RESCUE EQUIP 054 PERSONAL SAFETY AND 87,994 87,994
RESCUE EQUIPMENT.
DEPOT PLANT+MTRLS
HANDLING EQ 055 POWER CONDITIONING 14,444 14,444
EQUIPMENT. 056 MECHANIZED MATERIAL 24,594 24,594
HANDLING EQUIP.
BASE SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT 057 BASE PROCURED 81,686 81,686
EQUIPMENT. 058 ENGINEERING AND EOD 247,989 247,989
EQUIPMENT. 059 MOBILITY EQUIPMENT... 288,930 268,930
Program decrease. [-20,000] 060 FUELS SUPPORT 81,066 81,066
EQUIPMENT (FSE). 061 BASE MAINTENANCE AND 68,127 68,127
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT.
SPECIAL SUPPORT
PROJECTS 063 DARP RC135........... 31,496 31,496 064 DCGS-AF.............. 316,157 306,157
Unjustified [-10,000]
growth. 066 SPECIAL UPDATE 5,099,420 5,099,420
PROGRAM.
CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 066A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS.. 27,241,704 27,241,704
SPARES AND REPAIR
PARTS 067 SPARES AND REPAIR 8,657 8,657
PARTS (CYBER). 068 SPARES AND REPAIR 14,129 14,129
PARTS.
TOTAL OTHER 39,199,963 39,058,463
PROCUREMENT, AIR
FORCE.
SPACE PROCUREMENT, SF 001 AF SATELLITE COMM 54,391 54,391
SYSTEM. 003 AUXILIARY PAYLOADS... 241,076 241,076 005 COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS. 459,466 459,466 007 EVOLVED STRATEGIC 139,700 139,700
SATCOM (ESS) AP. 011 GROUND MOVING TARGET 1,016,612 1,016,612
INDICATOR (GMTI). 013 GENERAL INFORMATION 14,895 14,895
TECH--SPACE. 014 GPSIII FOLLOW ON..... 680,875 680,875 017 SPACEBORNE EQUIP 95,061 95,061
(COMSEC). 018 MILSATCOM............ 38,067 38,067 020 SPECIAL SPACE 2,021,299 2,021,299
ACTIVITIES. 021 MOBILE USER OBJECTIVE 50,640 50,640
SYSTEM. 022 NATIONAL SECURITY 3,370,958 3,370,958
SPACE LAUNCH. 024 PTES HUB............. 12,046 12,046 025 SPACE DEVELOPMENT 835,197 835,197
AGENCY LAUNCH. 026 SPACE DIGITAL 5,119 5,119
INTEGRATED NETWORK
(SDIN). 027 SPACE MODS........... 448,674 448,674 028 SPACELIFT RANGE 64,885 64,885
SYSTEM SPACE. 029 WIDEBAND SATCOM 81,483 81,483
OPERATIONAL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
SPARES 030 SPARES AND REPAIR 971 971
PARTS.
NON-TACTICAL VEHICLES 031 USSF VEHICLES........ 6,032 6,032
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 033 POWER CONDITIONING 7,906 7,906
EQUIPMENT.
TOTAL 9,645,353 9,645,353
PROCUREMENT,
SPACE FORCE.
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-
WIDE
MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD 002 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD. 213,031 208,031
Program decrease. [-5,000]
MAJOR EQUIPMENT, WHS 006 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, WHS. 453 453
MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DISA 007 INFORMATION SYSTEMS 27,652 27,652
SECURITY. 008 TELEPORT PROGRAM..... 93,512 93,512 009 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 24,013 24,013
MILLION. 010 DEFENSE INFORMATION 392,650 392,650
SYSTEM NETWORK. 012 WHITE HOUSE 611,216 611,216
COMMUNICATION AGENCY. 013 SENIOR LEADERSHIP 81,584 81,584
ENTERPRISE. 015 JOINT SERVICE 53,596 53,596
PROVIDER. 016 FOURTH ESTATE NETWORK 60,808 60,808
OPTIMIZATION (4ENO).
MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DLA 022 MAJOR EQUIPMENT...... 19,707 19,707
MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS 024 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS. 11,689 11,689 025 COUNTER-SMALL 800,000 800,000
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT
SYSTEMS.
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
MISSILE DEFENSE
AGENCY 029 BMDS AN/TPY-2 RADARS. 17,840 17,840 030 SM-3 IIAS............ 778,964 778,964 031 ARROW 3 UPPER TIER 150,000 150,000
SYSTEMS. 032 SHORT RANGE BALLISTIC 30,000 30,000
MISSILE DEFENSE
(SRBMD). 035 IRON DOME............ 20,000 20,000 036 AEGIS BMD HARDWARE 39,256 39,256
AND SOFTWARE.
MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DHRA 037 PERSONNEL 82,438 82,438
ADMINISTRATION.
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
DEFENSE THREAT
REDUCTION AGENCY 040 VEHICLES............. 99 99 041 OTHER MAJOR EQUIPMENT 8,963 8,963 042 DTRA CYBER ACTIVITIES 900 900
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
DMACT 044 MAJOR EQUIPMENT...... 6,854 6,854
MAJOR EQUIPMENT,
USCYBERCOM 045 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 103,855 103,855
CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 045A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS.. 3,587,405 3,587,405
AVIATION PROGRAMS 050 ROTARY WING UPGRADES 185,930 185,930
AND SUSTAINMENT. 051 SKYRAIDER II......... 59,894 279,894
Program increase. [220,000] 053 NON-STANDARD AVIATION 72,650 110,290
Non-Standard [37,640]
Aviations (NSAv). 055 MH-47 CHINOOK........
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168,411 168,411 056 CV-22 MODIFICATION... 9,479 9,479 057 MQ-9 UNMANNED AERIAL 75,841 75,841
VEHICLE. 059 AC/MC-130J........... 366,857 366,857
SHIPBUILDING 060 UNDERWATER SYSTEMS... 76,879 76,879
AMMUNITION PROGRAMS 061 ORDNANCE ITEMS <$5M.. 237,153 380,683
Ground Organic [25,519]
Precision Strike
Systems (GOPSS).
Munitions War [118,011]
Reserves.
OTHER PROCUREMENT
PROGRAMS 062 INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS. 319,241 319,241 064 OTHER ITEMS <$5M..... 119,047 119,047 065 COMBATANT CRAFT 33,858 33,858
SYSTEMS. 066 SPECIAL PROGRAMS..... 130,462 130,462 067 TACTICAL VEHICLES.... 36,983 36,983 068 WARRIOR SYSTEMS <$5M. 511,016 635,125
Advanced Tactical [5,000]
Pants.
Electromagnetic [79,945]
Warfare (EW)
Family of Systems.
Ground Infil [39,164]
Protection
Systems(GIPS). 069 COMBAT MISSION 4,988 4,988
REQUIREMENTS. 070 OPERATIONAL 28,074 28,074
ENHANCEMENTS
INTELLIGENCE. 071 OPERATIONAL 360,595 408,595
ENHANCEMENTS.
Accelerated [36,000]
Fielding of Group
3 Unmanned Aerial
System (UAS)
Capability.
Ground Infil [12,000]
Protection
Systems(GIPS).
CBDP 072 CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL 223,166 223,166
SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS. 073 CB PROTECTION & 117,859 117,859
HAZARD MITIGATION.
TOTAL 10,354,868 10,923,147
PROCUREMENT,
DEFENSE-WIDE.
NATIONAL GUARD AND
RESERVE EQUIPMENT
ARMY RESERVE 001 MISC EQUIPMENT--ARMY 155,000 155,000
RESERVE.
NAVY RESERVE 002 MISC EQUIPMENT--NAVY 57,000 57,000
RESERVE.
MARINE CORPS RESERVE 003 MISC EQUIPMENT-- 23,000 23,000
MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
AIR FORCE RESERVE 004 MISC EQUIPMENT--AF 155,000 155,000
RESERVE.
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 005 MISC EQUIPMENT--ARMY 305,000 305,000
NATIONAL GUARD.
AIR NATIONAL GUARD 006 MISC EQUIPMENT--AIR 305,000 305,000
FORCE NATIONAL GUARD.
TOTAL NATIONAL 1,000,000 1,000,000
GUARD AND
RESERVE
EQUIPMENT.
DEFENSE STRATEGIC
CAPITAL CREDIT
PROGRAM
DEFENSE STRATEGIC
CAPITAL CREDIT
PROGRAM 001 OFFICE OF STRATEGIC 216,000 216,000
CAPITAL LOAN PROGRAM.
TOTAL DEFENSE 216,000 216,000
STRATEGIC
CAPITAL CREDIT
PROGRAM.
TOTAL 257,058,141 258,237,453
PROCUREMENT. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
TITLE XLII--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION (In Thousands of Dollars) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FY 2027 House
Line Program Element Item Request Authorized ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.................................. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY .................................. BASIC RESEARCH 001 0601102A DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES......... 215,322 225,322 .................................. Program increase.............. [10,000] 002 0601103A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES... 63,102 83,102 .................................. Program increase.............. [20,000] 003 0601104A UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH 53,598 71,098 CENTERS. .................................. Foundational Research for [5,000] biotechnology. .................................. Program increase.............. [10,000] .................................. Research Center of Excellence [2,500] Partnership. 005 0601275A ELECTRONIC WARFARE BASIC RESEARCH. 64,031 64,031 006 0601601A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND 2,500 MACHINE LEARNING BASIC RESEARCH. .................................. Army AI Integration Center.... [2,500] .................................. SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH........ 396,053 446,053 .................................. .................................. APPLIED RESEARCH 009 0602135A COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL 26,523 29,023 SYSTEMS (C-SUAS) APPLIED RESEARCH. .................................. Enhanced Acoustic UAS [2,500] Detection and Tracking. 010 0602141A LETHALITY TECHNOLOGY.............. 232,046 239,546 .................................. Applied Armaments Tech for [2,500] Distributed Lethality. .................................. Dynamic Digital Definition of [2,500] Armaments Systems. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-2,500] .................................. Rapid Apt Processing [5,000] Technologies for Hypersonics. 011 0602143A SOLDIER LETHALITY TECHNOLOGY...... 68,018 90,518 .................................. Advance Medical Simulation [15,000] Science and Technologies for Warfighters. .................................. Isostatic Pressure Advanced [2,500] Armor Development. .................................. Next Generation Ballistic [2,500] Plate. .................................. Pathfinder Air Assault........ [2,500] 012 0602144A GROUND TECHNOLOGY................. 44,146 46,646 .................................. Research on the Soil-Structure [2,500] Interaction of Buildings Subjected to Blast Loading from Hypersonic Strike Vehicles. 013 0602145A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE 70,540 75,540 TECHNOLOGY. .................................. Standardized Army Battery for [5,000] Enhanced Performance and Safety. 014 0602146A NETWORK C3I TECHNOLOGY............ 53,373 70,873 .................................. Autonomous EMS Dominance & [2,500] Edge Resilience. .................................. Distributed Aperture Spectrum [5,000] Dominance. .................................. Enhancing Planning and [5,000] Rehearsal for Large-Scale Combat Operations. .................................. Group 3 autonomous operations [5,000] in RF-contested environments. 015 0602147A LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES 24,086 31,586 TECHNOLOGY. .................................. Digital Arsenal for Solid [2,500] Rocket Motors. .................................. PRESTO-Fires Testbed.......... [5,000] 016 0602148A FUTURE VERTICLE LIFT TECHNOLOGY... 17,727 20,227 .................................. UxS Platform Agnostic [2,500] Intelligent Robotic Core. 017 0602150A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY 36,113 43,613 .................................. AI Integration and Security [5,000] for IBCS. .................................. C-UAS Testing and Research [2,500] Center. 021 0602183A AIR PLATFORM APPLIED RESEARCH..... 43,700 53,700 .................................. Ion-trap quantum computing [10,000] systems. 022 0602184A SOLDIER APPLIED RESEARCH.......... 2,429 2,429 023 0602213A C3I APPLIED CYBER................. 63 63 024 0602275A ELECTRONIC WARFARE APPLIED 51,184 46,184 RESEARCH. .................................. Unjustified growth............ [-5,000] 025 0602276A ELECTRONIC WARFARE CYBER APPLIED 9,857 9,857 RESEARCH. 026 0602345A UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS LAUNCHED 22,871 22,871 EFFECTS APPLIED RESEARCH. 027 0602386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MATERIALS-- 14,979 14,979 APPLIED RESEARCH. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-2,500] .................................. Program increase.............. [2,500] 029 0602785A MANPOWER/PERSONNEL/TRAINING 14,275 14,275 TECHNOLOGY. 030 0602787A MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY................ 149,221 142,221 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-7,000] 030A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............... 32,883 32,883 .................................. SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH...... 914,034 987,034 .................................. .................................. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 031 0603002A MEDICAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY....... 17,876 17,876 .................................. Unjustified growth............ [-5,000] .................................. Wearable Blast Overpressure [5,000] Monitoring System. 032 0603007A MANPOWER, PERSONNEL AND TRAINING 11,113 11,113 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. 033 0603025A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND 3,325 5,825 DEMONSTRATION. .................................. Army EW Sensing and Hunting [2,500] UAS Payload. 035 0603041A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE ADVANCED 3,575 3,575 TECHNOLOGY. 036 0603042A C3I ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY........... 1,211 3,711 .................................. Imaging Cold Environments [2,500] using Multispectral Airborne Networks. 037 0603043A AIR PLATFORM ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.. 23,471 20,471 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-3,000] 038 0603044A SOLDIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY....... 3,951 3,951 039 0603116A LETHALITY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY..... 31,812 39,312 .................................. Drone Netting Enclosure System [2,500] for Counter UAS Testing. .................................. Future Armaments Scalable [2,500] Technologies. .................................. Secure Hypersonic Prototype [2,500] Manufacturing. 040 0603118A SOLDIER LETHALITY ADVANCED 125,121 120,121 TECHNOLOGY. .................................. Automated Paragliders for [5,000] Paratroopers. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-10,000] 041 0603119A GROUND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY........ 25,043 40,043 .................................. Fuel cell multi-modular use [10,000] development. .................................. Intelligent Runway Technology [2,500] Program. .................................. Next Generation Cracked Armor [2,500] Laminated Patch Repair Technology. 043 0603135A COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL 156,520 154,020 SYSTEMS (C-SUAS) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-2,500] 044 0603275A ELECTRONIC WARFARE ADVANCED 156,326 149,326 TECHNOLOGY. .................................. Unjustified growth............ [-7,000] 045 0603276A ELECTRONIC WARFARE CYBER ADVANCED 15,278 15,278 TECHNOLOGY. 046 0603345A UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS LAUNCHED 33,129 33,129 EFFECTS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 047 0603386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MATERIALS-- 22,402 22,402 ADVANCED RESEARCH. 048 0603457A C3I CYBER ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT.... 8,509 8,509 049 0603461A HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING 215,090 210,090 MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-5,000] 050 0603462A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE 118,207 143,607 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. .................................. Advanced Passive Fire [5,400] Protection Technologies. .................................. Discontinuous thermoplastic [10,000] materials. .................................. Ground Vehicle Systems Center. [10,000] 051 0603463A NETWORK C3I ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY... 48,490 93,790 .................................. Development and demonstration [15,000] of prototype communications solutions at overseas installations.
.................................. Modular Radio Frequency (RF) [7,000] Communications Technology. .................................. OTM SATCOM Terminals.......... [23,300] 052 0603464A LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES 422,590 430,090 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. .................................. Missile Delivered Launched [7,500] Effects- Virtual Test Range. 053 0603465A FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT ADVANCED 14,984 19,984 TECHNOLOGY. .................................. Program increase.............. [5,000] 054 0603466A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ADVANCED 63,924 78,924 TECHNOLOGY. .................................. CWS Enhanced Swarm Defeat [15,000] Capability. 056 0603920A HUMANITARIAN DEMINING............. 7,619 7,619 056A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............... 80,717 80,717 .................................. SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 1,610,283 1,713,483 DEVELOPMENT. .................................. .................................. ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 058 0603305A ARMY MISSLE DEFENSE SYSTEMS 8,367 12,367 INTEGRATION. .................................. High Power Microwave (HPM) [4,000] Against Lethal Threats (HALT). 059 0603308A ARMY SPACE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION.... 59,573 91,573 .................................. Gliding Offensive Lightweight [32,000] Unmanned Munition (GOLUM). 061 0603619A LANDMINE WARFARE AND BARRIER--ADV 31,374 31,374 DEV. 062 0603627A SMOKE, OBSCURANT AND TARGET 5,596 5,596 DEFEATING SYS-ADV DEV. 063 0603639A TANK AND MEDIUM CALIBER AMMUNITION 277,248 257,248 .................................. Unjustified growth............ [-20,000] 064 0603645A ARMORED SYSTEM MODERNIZATION--ADV 23,594 23,594 DEV. 065 0603747A SOLDIER SUPPORT AND SURVIVABILITY. 4,109 4,109 066 0603766A TACTICAL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE 98,331 113,331 SYSTEM--ADV DEV. .................................. Harsh Environment [15,000] Microelectronics Innovation. 067 0603774A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS ADVANCED 5,310 5,310 DEVELOPMENT. 068 0603779A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY-- 19,499 19,499 DEM/VAL. 069 0603790A NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT..... 5,145 5,145 071 0603804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT-- 12,822 12,822 ADV DEV. 072 0603807A MEDICAL SYSTEMS--ADV DEV.......... 1,017 1,017 073 0603827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS--ADVANCED 56,122 56,122 DEVELOPMENT. 074 0604017A ROBOTICS DEVELOPMENT.............. 20,290 20,290 075 0604019A EXPANDED MISSION AREA MISSILE 235,593 210,593 (EMAM). .................................. Program decrease.............. [-25,000] 077 0604035A LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITE 319 319 CAPABILITY. 078 0604036A MULTI-DOMAIN SENSING SYSTEM (MDSS) 99,471 99,471 ADV DEV. 079 0604037A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING ACCESS 4,123 4,123 NODE (TITAN) ADV DEV. 080 0604100A ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES.......... 10,077 10,077 084 0604114A LOWER TIER AIR MISSILE DEFENSE 162,074 162,074 (LTAMD) SENSOR. 085 0604115A TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES. 314,671 304,271 .................................. 3D printed non-traditional [5,000] battery manufacturing. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-15,400] 086 0604117A MANEUVER--SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENSE 460,980 460,980 (M-SHORAD). 087 0604120A ASSURED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION 18,993 18,993 AND TIMING (PNT). 088 0604121A SYNTHETIC TRAINING ENVIRONMENT 219,137 219,137 REFINEMENT & PROTOTYPING. 089 0604129A ADVANCED POWER APPLICATIONS....... 48,000 48,000 091 0604135A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE FIRES......... 211,848 211,848 092 0604182A HYPERSONICS....................... 82,939 82,939 099 0305251A CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS FORCES AND 22,889 21,889 FORCE SUPPORT. .................................. Unjustified growth............ [-1,000] 099A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............... 261,466 261,466 .................................. SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT 2,780,977 2,775,577 DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES. .................................. .................................. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 100 0604201A AIRCRAFT AVIONICS................. 30,658 35,658 .................................. Enhancing Cyber Resilience for [5,000] Mission Assurance and Supply Chain Security. 101 0604270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT.... 2,807 2,807 102 0604601A INFANTRY SUPPORT WEAPONS.......... 55,296 64,296 .................................. Combat Aviation Aircrew [4,000] Enhancement - Safety and Lethality. .................................. Operational evaluation of an [5,000] omnidirectional tactical throwable camera. 103 0604604A MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES.......... 23,763 23,763 104 0604611A JAVELIN........................... 10,217 10,217 105 0604622A FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES. 43,003 43,003 108 0604642A LIGHT TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES... 6,142 6,142 110 0604710A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS--ENG DEV..... 418,427 418,427 111 0604713A COMBAT FEEDING, CLOTHING, AND 6,701 6,701 EQUIPMENT. 112 0604715A NON-SYSTEM TRAINING DEVICES--ENG 29,685 31,685 DEV. .................................. AI-Enabled Weapon System [2,000] Sensor Integration for Training. 113 0604741A AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, CONTROL AND 14,276 14,276 INTELLIGENCE--ENG DEV. 114 0604742A CONSTRUCTIVE SIMULATION SYSTEMS 5,618 5,618 DEVELOPMENT. 115 0604746A AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT 9,625 9,625 DEVELOPMENT. 116 0604760A DISTRIBUTIVE INTERACTIVE 7,883 7,883 SIMULATIONS (DIS)--ENG DEV. 117 0604798A BRIGADE ANALYSIS, INTEGRATION AND 26,602 26,602 EVALUATION. 118 0604802A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS--ENG DEV.... 124,881 174,881 .................................. Battalion Mortar System [10,000] Modernization. .................................. Development of 120mm APFSDS [10,000] Propellant. .................................. Medium Caliber Ammunition [5,000] Fuzing. .................................. Solid Rocket Second Source [25,000] Qualification Increase. 119 0604804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT-- 65,238 65,238 ENG DEV. 120 0604805A COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS 5,541 5,541 SYSTEMS--ENG DEV. 121 0604807A MEDICAL MATERIEL/MEDICAL 9,744 9,744 BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT--ENG DEV. 122 0604808A LANDMINE WARFARE/BARRIER--ENG DEV. 17,586 17,586 123 0604818A ARMY TACTICAL COMMAND & CONTROL 42,584 42,584 HARDWARE & SOFTWARE. 124 0604820A RADAR DEVELOPMENT................. 58,260 58,260 126 0604827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS--WARRIOR DEM/VAL.. 5,663 5,663 127 0604852A SUITE OF SURVIVABILITY ENHANCEMENT 78,331 78,331 SYSTEMS--EMD. 128 0604854A ARTILLERY SYSTEMS--EMD............ 709,192 651,692 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-7,500]
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.................................. Unjustified growth............ [-50,000]
129 0605013A INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 121,525 116,525
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-5,000]
130 0605018A INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY 102,694 102,694
SYSTEM-ARMY (IPPS-A).
131 0605030A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK CENTER 21,561 21,561
(JTNC).
132 0605031A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK (JTN)...... 50,390 50,390
133 0605035A COMMON INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES 11,573 11,573
(CIRCM).
134 0605036A COMBATING WEAPONS OF MASS 5,605 5,605
DESTRUCTION (CWMD).
135 0605037A EVIDENCE COLLECTION AND DETAINEE 5,513 5,513
PROCESSING.
136 0605038A NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL 13,864 13,864
RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE (NBCRV)
SENSOR SUITE.
137 0605041A DEFENSIVE CYBER TOOL DEVELOPMENT.. 3,519 3,519
138 0605042A TACTICAL NETWORK RADIO SYSTEMS 3,804 3,804
(LOW-TIER).
139 0605047A CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM........... 4,777 4,777
141 0605051A AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY DEVELOPMENT 106,621 96,621
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-10,000]
142 0605052A INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION 175,352 175,352
CAPABILITY INC 2--BLOCK 1.
143 0605053A GROUND ROBOTICS................... 192,185 182,185
.................................. Low expenditure rates......... [-10,000]
144 0605054A EMERGING TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES... 147,881 164,881
.................................. Vertically integrated advanced [17,000]
processes.
145 0605058A TERMINAL HIGH ALTITUDE AREA 1,053,983 1,053,983
DEFENSE (THAAD) RDTE.
146 0605144A NEXT GENERATION LOAD DEVICE-- 2,380 2,380
MEDIUM.
147 0605148A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING ACCESS 35,769 35,769
NODE (TITAN) EMD.
151 0605224A MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE......... 49,594 49,594
152 0605231A PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE (PRSM)... 288,304 288,304
153 0605232A HYPERSONICS EMD................... 446,616 446,616
154 0605233A ACCESSIONS INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT 33,770 33,770
(AIE).
155 0605235A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE CAPABILITY.... 82,550 82,550
157 0605241A FUTURE LONG RANGE ASSAULT AIRCRAFT 2,140,569 2,267,786
DEVELOPMENT.
.................................. Program realignment for [127,217]
operational test aircraft.
159 0605244A JOINT REDUCED RANGE ROCKET (JR3).. 16,014 16,014
161 0605275A ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS 99,691 99,691
DEVELOPMENT.
162 0605330A C2 TRANSPORT...................... 45,370 45,370
163 0605331A C2 APPLICATIONS................... 488,401 488,401
164 0605332A C2 DATA........................... 306,019 306,019
165 0605333A C2 INFRASTRUCTURE................. 64,849 64,849
166 0605345A UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS LAUNCHED 816,433 816,433
EFFECTS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.
167 0605347A COUNTER UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS 359,182 359,182
(UAS) DEVELOPMENT.
169 0605457A ARMY INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE 126,623 126,623
DEFENSE (AIAMD).
170 0605531A COUNTER--SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 695 695
SYSTEMS SYS DEV & DEMONSTRATION.
172 0605625A MANNED GROUND VEHICLE............. 290,069 290,069
173 0605766A NATIONAL CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION 17,211 17,211
(MIP).
174 0605812A JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE 2,749 2,749
(JLTV) ENGINEERING AND
MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT PHASE
(EMD).
175 0605830A AVIATION GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. 951 951
176 0303032A TROJAN--RH12...................... 3,946 3,946
178 0304270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT.... 125,301 125,301 178A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............... 89,121 89,121
.................................. SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND 9,760,747 9,888,464
DEMONSTRATION.
..................................
.................................. MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
179 0604256A THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT...... 60,233 60,233
180 0604258A TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT........ 16,488 16,488
181 0604759A MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT.............. 106,140 106,140
182 0605103A RAND ARROYO CENTER................ 10,737 10,737
183 0605301A ARMY KWAJALEIN ATOLL.............. 7,051 7,051
184 0605326A CONCEPTS EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAM.. 55,596 55,596
186 0605601A ARMY TEST RANGES AND FACILITIES... 469,723 479,723
.................................. Space Layer Representation to [10,000]
Enhance Near-Peer Readiness.
187 0605602A ARMY TECHNICAL TEST 62,303 62,303
INSTRUMENTATION AND TARGETS.
188 0605604A SURVIVABILITY/LETHALITY ANALYSIS.. 31,283 31,283
189 0605606A AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION............ 1,983 1,983
190 0605706A MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS......... 19,013 19,013
191 0605709A EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN ITEMS..... 10,481 10,481
192 0605712A SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL TESTING.... 60,733 60,733
193 0605716A ARMY EVALUATION CENTER............ 65,565 65,565
194 0605718A ARMY MODELING & SIM X-CMD 15,608 15,608
COLLABORATION & INTEG.
195 0605801A PROGRAMWIDE ACTIVITIES............ 52,978 52,978
196 0605803A TECHNICAL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES.. 27,004 27,004
197 0605805A MUNITIONS STANDARDIZATION, 44,851 62,351
EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY.
.................................. Demilitarization Process for [10,000]
White Phosphorus Ammunition
Items.
.................................. Production of Critical [7,500]
Chemicals in a Flexible
Manufacturing Facility.
198 0605857A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY 3,256 3,256
MGMT SUPPORT.
199 0605898A ARMY DIRECT REPORT HEADQUARTERS-- 54,276 54,276
R&D - MHA.
200 0606002A RONALD REAGAN BALLISTIC MISSILE 118,585 118,585
DEFENSE TEST SITE.
201 0606003A COUNTERINTEL AND HUMAN INTEL 5,802 5,802
MODERNIZATION.
202 0606118A AIAMD SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT & 653,653 646,653
INTEGRATION.
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-7,000]
203 0606942A ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS CYBER 6,468 6,468
VULNERABILITIES.
.................................. SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.... 1,959,810 1,980,310
..................................
.................................. OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
205 0603778A MLRS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.. 17,780 17,780 206 0605024A ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.... 6,613 16,613 .................................. Secure Microelectronics for [10,000] Anti-Tamper and Resilient Technology. 207 0607101A COMBATING WEAPONS OF MASS 488 488 DESTRUCTION (CWMD) PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT. 208 0607131A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS PRODUCT 21,553 21,553 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. 209 0607136A BLACKHAWK PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT 35,147 35,147 PROGRAM. 210 0607137A CHINOOK PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT 7,277 7,277 PROGRAM. 211 0607139A IMPROVED TURBINE ENGINE PROGRAM... 100,000 .................................. Program increase.............. [100,000] 213 0607145A APACHE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT......... 30,759 30,759 214 0607148A AN/TPQ-53 COUNTERFIRE TARGET 90,981 80,981 ACQUISITION RADAR SYSTEM. .................................. Unjustified growth............ [-10,000] 215 0607150A INTEL CYBER DEVELOPMENT........... 13,694 13,694 216 0607212A TENCAP ENHANCEMENTS............... 20,982 20,982 219 0607665A FAMILY OF BIOMETRICS.............. 1,640 1,640 220 0607865A PATRIOT PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT....... 219,046 219,046 221 0203728A JOINT AUTOMATED DEEP OPERATION 11,255 11,255 COORDINATION SYSTEM (JADOCS). 222 0203735A COMBAT VEHICLE IMPROVEMENT 492,364 502,364 PROGRAMS. .................................. Development and qualification [10,000] of AGT1500 Abrams tank engine parts. 224 0203752A AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT 239 239 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 225 0203758A DIGITIZATION...................... 1,615 1,615 226 0203801A MISSILE/AIR DEFENSE PRODUCT 2,054 2,054 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 229 0205778A GUIDED MULTIPLE-LAUNCH ROCKET 73,639 73,639 SYSTEM (GMLRS). 232 0303140A INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY 15,932 15,932 PROGRAM. 234 0303142A SATCOM GROUND ENVIRONMENT (SPACE). 4,870 4,870 237 0305179A INTEGRATED BROADCAST SERVICE (IBS) 6,870 6,870 238 0305219A MQ-1 GRAY EAGLE UAV............... 2,590 2,590 239 0708045A END ITEM INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS 68,097 85,097 ACTIVITIES. .................................. Army depot directed energy [5,000] readiness. .................................. Digital Forge................. [12,000] 239A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............... 47,342 47,342 .................................. SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM 1,192,827 1,319,827 DEVELOPMENT. .................................. .................................. SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 240 0608041A DEFENSIVE CYBER--SOFTWARE 94,095 91,095 PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-3,000] .................................. SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL 94,095 91,095 TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS. .................................. .................................. TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 18,708,826 19,201,843 TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY. .................................. .................................. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY .................................. BASIC RESEARCH 001 0601103N UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES... 47,500 .................................. Artificial Intelligence [2,500] Maritime Maneuvering. .................................. Multi-Frequency Satellite Data [5,000] Reception and Technological Upgrades. .................................. Program increase.............. [40,000] 002 0601153N DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES......... 525,399 527,899 .................................. Physiological Stress Response [2,500] Program. .................................. SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH........ 525,399 575,399 .................................. .................................. APPLIED RESEARCH 003 0602114N POWER PROJECTION APPLIED RESEARCH. 38,838 43,838 .................................. Hypersonics Correlation [5,000] Modeling and Simulation. 004 0602123N FORCE PROTECTION APPLIED RESEARCH. 137,779 145,279 .................................. Arctic Unmanned Resilient [5,000] Offshore Reconnaissance Asset (AURORA) USV Study. .................................. Talent and Technology for Navy [2,500] Power Systems. 005 0602131M MARINE CORPS LANDING FORCE 57,567 60,067 TECHNOLOGY. .................................. Unmanned Logistics............ [2,500] 006 0602235N COMMON PICTURE APPLIED RESEARCH... 40,433 40,433 007 0602236N WARFIGHTER SUSTAINMENT APPLIED 60,350 60,350 RESEARCH. 008 0602271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS APPLIED 74,603 74,603 RESEARCH. 009 0602435N OCEAN WARFIGHTING ENVIRONMENT 64,693 64,693 APPLIED RESEARCH. 010 0602651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS APPLIED 4,105 4,105 RESEARCH. 011 0602747N UNDERSEA WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH. 52,515 55,015 .................................. Academic Partnerships for [2,500] Submarine and Undersea Vehicle Research and Manufacturing. 012 0602750N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES APPLIED 305,357 300,357 RESEARCH. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-5,000] 013 0602782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE 24,634 34,634 APPLIED RESEARCH. .................................. Procurement of undersea [10,000] attritable systems. 015 0602861N SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT-- 74,378 74,378 ONR FIELD ACITIVITIES. .................................. SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH...... 935,252 957,752 .................................. .................................. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 016 0603123N FORCE PROTECTION ADVANCED 50,869 50,869 TECHNOLOGY. 017 0603271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS ADVANCED 8,635 8,635 TECHNOLOGY. 018 0603273N SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR 114,767 114,767 RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS. 019 0603640M USMC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 287,897 292,897 DEMONSTRATION (ATD). .................................. Advanced Technology [5,000] Demonstration. 020 0603651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS 8,727 8,727 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 021 0603673N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES ADVANCED 445,977 440,977 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-5,000] 022 0603680N MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.. 79,132 116,632
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.................................. Pilot Program for Adaptive [2,500]
Electronic Warfare-Resilient
and Quantum-Secure Autonomy
small UAS Architecture Testing.
.................................. Solid Rocket Second Source [25,000]
Qualification Increase.
.................................. Trusted Radiation-hardened [10,000]
integrated electronics. 024 0603758N NAVY WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTS AND 66,395 76,395
DEMONSTRATIONS.
.................................. Deployable data centers that [10,000]
deliver remote and resilient
edge computing.
.................................. SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 1,062,399 1,109,899
DEVELOPMENT.
..................................
.................................. ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND
PROTOTYPES 027 0603128N UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM............ 35,706 35,706 029 0603207N AIR/OCEAN TACTICAL APPLICATIONS... 76,141 76,141 030 0603216N AVIATION SURVIVABILITY............ 20,010 20,010 031 0603239N NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCES......... 7,726 7,726 032 0603254N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT........... 20,070 20,070 033 0603261N TACTICAL AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE.. 3,239 3,239 034 0603382N ADVANCED COMBAT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY 32,263 38,263
.................................. C-C Embedded Hypersonics [6,000]
Alternative PNT. 035 0603502N SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER MINE 32,451 32,451
COUNTERMEASURES. 036 0603506N SURFACE SHIP TORPEDO DEFENSE...... 9,920 9,920 037 0603512N CARRIER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT....... 8,806 8,806 038 0603525N PILOT FISH........................ 1,339,052 1,339,052 039 0603536N RETRACT JUNIPER................... 275,300 275,300 040 0603542N RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL.............. 704 704 042 0603561N UNDERSEA WARFARE SYSTEM 132,885 138,885
DEVELOPMENT.
.................................. Automated System Operational [6,000]
Verification Test Capability
for AN/BYG-1. 044 0603563N SHIP CONCEPT ADVANCED DESIGN...... 353,893 363,893
.................................. Hybrid Robotic Automation [10,000]
Demonstration. 045 0603564N SHIP PRELIMINARY DESIGN & 666,640 666,640
FEASIBILITY STUDIES. 046 0603570N ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS.... 392,426 392,426 047 0603573N ADVANCED SURFACE MACHINERY SYSTEMS 269,961 274,961
.................................. Integration of Insulated Bus [5,000]
Pipe (IBP) Into Warship
Designs. 048 0603576N CHALK EAGLE....................... 149,351 149,351 049 0603581N LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS)........ 12,576 7,576
.................................. Insufficient justification.... [-5,000] 050 0603582N COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION......... 18,819 18,819 051 0603595N OHIO REPLACEMENT.................. 331,577 346,577
.................................. Large-Scale Superstructures [15,000]
Cooperative Processing. 052 0603596N LCS MISSION MODULES............... 46,239 16,239
.................................. Insufficient justification.... [-30,000] 053 0603597N AUTOMATED TEST AND RE-TEST (ATRT). 18,070 18,070 054 0603598N ATRT ENTERPRISE RAPID CAPABILITY.. 87,585 97,585
.................................. Digital Combat Console [10,000]
Capability for Aegis Low
Altitude Air Defense
Integration. 055 0603599N FRIGATE DEVELOPMENT............... 212,041 212,041 056 0603609N CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS............ 10,216 10,216 057 0603635M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORT 521,995 501,995
SYSTEM.
.................................. Unjustified growth............ [-20,000] 058 0603654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE 43,568 43,568
DEVELOPMENT. 059 0603713N OCEAN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 15,903 25,903
DEVELOPMENT.
.................................. Expeditionary Lock-Out Dive [10,000]
Trainer. 060 0603721N ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.......... 19,347 19,347 061 0603724N NAVY ENERGY PROGRAM............... 59,591 156,591
.................................. Program increase.............. [97,000] 062 0603725N FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT............ 13,738 18,738
.................................. Robotic Navy Firefighting..... [5,000] 063 0603734N CHALK CORAL....................... 995,658 995,658 064 0603739N NAVY LOGISTIC PRODUCTIVITY........ 929 929 065 0603746N RETRACT MAPLE..................... 655,551 655,551 066 0603748N LINK PLUMERIA..................... 498,853 498,853 067 0603751N RETRACT ELM....................... 87,999 87,999 068 0603764M LINK EVERGREEN.................... 593,835 593,835 069 0603790N NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT..... 5,513 5,513 070 0603795N LAND ATTACK TECHNOLOGY............ 985 985 071 0603851M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TESTING.. 14,152 14,152 072 0603860N JOINT PRECISION APPROACH AND 73,813 73,813
LANDING SYSTEMS--DEM/VAL. 073 0603889N COUNTERDRUG RDT&E PROJECTS........ 6,500 6,500 074 0603925N DIRECTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC 94,825 97,325
WEAPON SYSTEMS.
.................................. Containerized High Energy [5,000]
Laser with Integrated Optical-
dazzler and Surveillance.
.................................. Containerized Maritime High [2,500]
Energy Laser Weapon System.
.................................. Unjustified growth............ [-5,000] 076 0604027N DIGITAL WARFARE OFFICE............ 182,205 176,205
.................................. Unjustified growth............ [-6,000] 077 0604028N SMALL AND MEDIUM UNMANNED UNDERSEA 24,598 24,598
VEHICLES. 078 0604029N UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE CORE 62,460 62,460
TECHNOLOGIES. 081 0604112N GERALD R. FORD CLASS NUCLEAR 111,241 111,241
AIRCRAFT CARRIER (CVN 78--80). 082 0604127N SURFACE MINE COUNTERMEASURES...... 17,762 17,762 083 0604272N TACTICAL AIR DIRECTIONAL INFRARED 14,974 14,974
COUNTERMEASURES (TADIRCM). 084 0604286N NAVY ADVANCED MANUFACTURING....... 10,016 10,016 085 0604289M NEXT GENERATION LOGISTICS......... 24 24 086 0604292N FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT (MARITIME 5,314 5,314
STRIKE). 087 0604295M MARINE AVIATION DEMONSTRATION/ 47,152 95,152
VALIDATION.
.................................. Vertical Takeoff and Landing [48,000]
Development for autonomous
logistics in contested
environments. 088 0604320M RAPID TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITY 125,999 125,999
PROTOTYPE.
089 0604454N LX (R)............................ 18,574 18,574 090 0604536N ADVANCED UNDERSEA PROTOTYPING..... 164,512 164,512 091 0604545N ADVANCED SHIP BUILDING INDUSTRIAL 20,000 BASE AND FUTURE SHIP EXPERIMENTAL. .................................. Fielding of Uncrewed [20,000] Surveillance Systems. 092 0604636N COUNTER UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS 20,833 20,833 (C-UAS). 093 0604659N PRECISION STRIKE WEAPONS 206,873 206,873 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 094 0604707N SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE (SEW) 8,657 8,657 ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING SUPPORT. 095 0604786N OFFENSIVE ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE 104,527 168,527 WEAPON DEVELOPMENT. .................................. Transfer from WPN-17.......... [64,000] 097 0605513N UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE ENABLING 255,135 255,135 CAPABILITIES. 098 0605514M GROUND BASED ANTI-SHIP MISSILE.... 16,307 16,307 100 0605518N CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE (CPS).. 1,341,416 1,341,416 101 0105519N NUCLEAR-ARMED SEA-LAUNCHED CRUISE 175,000 MISSILE (SLCM-N) SUPPORT. .................................. Program adjustment............ [175,000] 102 0207147M COLLABORATIVE COMBAT AIRCRAFT..... 213,934 213,934 104 0303354N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT--MIP...... 3,206 3,206 105 0304240M ADVANCED TACTICAL UNMANNED 1,979 1,979 AIRCRAFT SYSTEM. 107 0304797N UNDERSEA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / 13,563 13,563 MACHINE LEARNING (AI/ML). .................................. SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT 11,237,683 11,650,183 DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES. .................................. .................................. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 108 0603208N TRAINING SYSTEM AIRCRAFT.......... 80,617 80,617 109 0604038N MARITIME TARGETING CELL........... 216,514 216,514 110 0604212N OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT............ 976 976 112 0604215N STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT............. 4,399 4,399 113 0604216N MULTI-MISSION HELICOPTER UPGRADE 88,855 88,855 DEVELOPMENT. 114 0604230N WARFARE SUPPORT SYSTEM............ 73,080 73,080 115 0604231N COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS....... 73,534 73,534 116 0604234N ADVANCED HAWKEYE.................. 390,260 390,260 117 0604245M H-1 UPGRADES...................... 66,446 66,446 118 0604261N ACOUSTIC SEARCH SENSORS........... 48,875 48,875 119 0604262N V-22.............................. 252,335 252,335 120 0604264N AIR CREW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT...... 21,582 21,582 121 0604269N EA-18............................. 131,683 131,683 122 0604270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT.... 168,985 168,985 123 0604273M EXECUTIVE HELO DEVELOPMENT........ 69,438 69,438 124 0604274N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ)...... 50,332 50,332 125 0604280N JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM--NAVY 409,318 412,318 (JTRS-NAVY). .................................. TIMEly Undersea Communications [3,000] Network. 126 0604282N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) 497,011 457,011 INCREMENT II. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-40,000] 127 0604307N SURFACE COMBATANT COMBAT SYSTEM 425,060 425,060 ENGINEERING. 128 0604329N SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB)......... 64,428 64,428 129 0604366N STANDARD MISSILE IMPROVEMENTS..... 539,279 539,279 130 0604373N AIRBORNE MCM...................... 8,567 8,567 131 0604378N NAVAL INTEGRATED FIRE CONTROL-- 42,177 42,177 COUNTER AIR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. 132 0604501N ADVANCED ABOVE WATER SENSORS...... 67,900 67,900 133 0604503N SUBMARINE SWFTS MODERNIZATION..... 195,361 195,361 134 0604504N AIR CONTROL....................... 41,610 41,610 135 0604512N SHIPBOARD AVIATION SYSTEMS........ 30,970 30,970 136 0604516N SHIP SURVIVABILITY................ 7,861 7,861 138 0604522N AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE RADAR 96,642 96,642 (AMDR) SYSTEM. 139 0604530N ADVANCED ARRESTING GEAR (AAG)..... 60,518 60,518 140 0604558N NEW DESIGN SSN.................... 237,103 237,103 142 0604567N SHIP CONTRACT DESIGN/ LIVE FIRE 19,429 19,429 T&E. 143 0604574N NAVY TACTICAL COMPUTER RESOURCES.. 3,415 3,415 144 0604601N MINE DEVELOPMENT.................. 158,666 158,666 145 0604610N LIGHTWEIGHT TORPEDO DEVELOPMENT... 102,159 102,159 146 0604654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE 8,509 8,509 DEVELOPMENT. 147 0604657M USMC GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORTING ARMS 69,478 69,478 SYSTEMS--ENG DEV. 148 0604703N PERSONNEL, TRAINING, SIMULATION, 8,316 8,316 AND HUMAN FACTORS. 149 0604727N JOINT STANDOFF WEAPON SYSTEMS..... 1,447 1,447 150 0604755N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (DETECT & 156,167 156,167 CONTROL). 151 0604756N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: HARD 296,261 296,261 KILL). 152 0604757N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: SOFT 196,761 196,761 KILL/EW). 153 0604761N INTELLIGENCE ENGINEERING.......... 6,426 6,426 154 0604771N MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT............... 6,900 6,900 155 0604777N NAVIGATION/ID SYSTEM.............. 3,388 3,388 156 0604850N SSN(X)............................ 315,914 315,914 157 0605013M INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 14,380 14,380 158 0605013N INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 149,089 149,089 159 0605024N ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.... 3,459 3,459 160 0605180N TACAMO MODERNIZATION.............. 1,662,723 1,552,723 .................................. Contract delay................ [-110,000] 161 0605212M CH-53K RDTE....................... 139,273 139,273 162 0605215N MISSION PLANNING.................. 82,618 82,618 163 0605217N COMMON AVIONICS................... 133,855 133,855 164 0605220N SHIP TO SHORE CONNECTOR (SSC)..... 4,519 4,519 165 0605285N NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER........... 68,498 68,498 167 0605450M JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILE (JAGM) 189,866 189,866 168 0605500N MULTI-MISSION MARITIME AIRCRAFT 87,173 87,173 (MMA). 169 0605504N MULTI-MISSION MARITIME (MMA) 52,951 52,951 INCREMENT III. 170 0605516N LONG RANGE FIRES.................. 186,735 186,735 171 0605611M MARINE CORPS ASSAULT VEHICLES 12,461 12,461 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION. 172 0605813M JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE 2,413 2,413 (JLTV) SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION. 173 0204202N DESTROYERS GUIDED MISSILE (DDG- 50,166 50,166 1000). 174 0301377N COUNTERING ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL 15,563 15,563 WEAPONS (CACW). 175 0302315N NON-KINETIC COUNTERMEASURE SUPPORT 23,146 23,146 181 0304785N ISR & INFO OPERATIONS............. 274,478 274,478 183 0306250M CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY 8,962 8,962 DEVELOPMENT. .................................. SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND 8,977,280 8,830,280 DEMONSTRATION. .................................. .................................. MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 184 0604256N THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT...... 16,453 16,453 185 0604258N TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT........ 22,653 17,653 .................................. Unjustified growth............ [-5,000] 186 0604759N MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT.............. 112,458 104,458 .................................. Unjustified growth............ [-8,000] 187 0605152N STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT--NAVY 4,336 4,336 188 0605154N CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES......... 28,310 28,310 191 0605853N MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & 124,898 124,898 INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT. 192 0605856N STRATEGIC TECHNICAL SUPPORT....... 4,260 4,260 193 0605863N RDT&E SHIP AND AIRCRAFT SUPPORT... 170,699 170,699 194 0605864N TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT.......
470,492 470,492 195 0605865N OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION 31,902 31,902 CAPABILITY. 196 0605866N NAVY SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE 21,498 21,498 (SEW) SUPPORT. 197 0605867N SEW SURVEILLANCE/RECONNAISSANCE 25,144 25,144 SUPPORT. 198 0605873M MARINE CORPS PROGRAM WIDE SUPPORT. 70,013 70,013 199 0605898N MANAGEMENT HQ--R&D................ 33,533 33,533 200 0606295M MARINE AVIATION DEVELOPMENTAL 19,165 19,165 MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT. 201 0606355N WARFARE INNOVATION MANAGEMENT..... 35,931 35,931 202 0606942N ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS CYBER 11,282 11,282 VULNERABILITIES. 203 0305327N INSIDER THREAT.................... 2,214 2,214 204 0902498N MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS 2,054 2,054 (DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES). .................................. SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.... 1,207,295 1,194,295 .................................. .................................. OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 208 0604840M F-35 C2D2......................... 469,779 469,779 209 0604840N F-35 C2D2......................... 428,545 428,545 210 0605520M MARINE CORPS AIR DEFENSE WEAPONS 133,041 133,041 SYSTEMS. 211 0607658N COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY 120,782 120,782 (CEC). 212 0101221N STRATEGIC SUB & WEAPONS SYSTEM 1,051,736 1,051,736 SUPPORT. 213 0101224N SSBN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.. 65,856 65,856 214 0101226N SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE 114,279 114,279 DEVELOPMENT. 215 0101402N NAVY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS..... 88,572 88,572 216 0204136N F/A-18 SQUADRONS.................. 271,429 278,429 .................................. Spiking Neuromorphic Advanced [7,000] Processing. 218 0204229N TOMAHAWK AND TOMAHAWK MISSION 76,653 76,653 PLANNING CENTER (TMPC). 219 0204311N INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.... 71,901 71,901 220 0204313N SHIP-TOWED ARRAY SURVEILLANCE 954 954 SYSTEMS. 221 0204413N AMPHIBIOUS TACTICAL SUPPORT UNITS 1,526 1,526 (DISPLACEMENT CRAFT). 222 0204460M GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED RADAR (G/ 66,255 66,255 ATOR). 223 0204571N CONSOLIDATED TRAINING SYSTEMS 115,839 115,839 DEVELOPMENT. 224 0204575N ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) READINESS 198,560 198,560 SUPPORT. 225 0205601N ANTI-RADIATION MISSILE IMPROVEMENT 80,491 72,442 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-8,049] 227 0205632N MK-48 ADCAP....................... 123,011 123,011 228 0205633N AVIATION IMPROVEMENTS............. 108,505 97,655 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-10,850] 229 0205675N OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS. 252,893 252,893 230 0206313M MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS 268,983 248,983 SYSTEMS. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-20,000] 232 0206623M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/ 79,031 79,031 SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS. 233 0206624M MARINE CORPS COMBAT SERVICES 19,915 19,915 SUPPORT. 234 0206625M USMC INTELLIGENCE/ELECTRONIC 149,055 139,055 WARFARE SYSTEMS. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-10,000] 235 0207161N TACTICAL AIM MISSILES............. 122,518 110,267 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-12,251] 236 0207163N ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR 24,675 24,675 MISSILE (AMRAAM). 237 0207255N MQ-25 STINGRAY.................... 513,308 513,308 238 0208043N PLANNING AND DECISION AID SYSTEM 3,491 3,491 (PDAS). 242 0303138N AFLOAT NETWORKS................... 68,369 68,369 243 0303140N INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY 79,128 79,128 PROGRAM. 244 0305192N MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM 5,187 5,187 (MIP) ACTIVITIES. 247 0305220N MQ-4C TRITON...................... 10,515 10,515 248 0305232M RQ-11 UAV......................... 19,842 19,842 249 0305241N MULTI-INTELLIGENCE SENSOR 49,898 49,898 DEVELOPMENT. 250 0305242M UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) 20,750 20,750 PAYLOADS (MIP). 251 0305421N MQ-4C TRITON MODERNIZATION........ 344,890 344,890 252 0307577N INTELLIGENCE MISSION DATA (IMD)... 787 787 253 0308601N MODELING AND SIMULATION SUPPORT... 16,401 16,401 254 0702207N DEPOT MAINTENANCE (NON-IF)........ 8,097 8,097 255 0708730N MARITIME TECHNOLOGY (MARITECH).... 1,710 1,710 255A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............... 2,755,838 2,755,838
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.................................. SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM 8,402,995 8,348,845
DEVELOPMENT.
..................................
.................................. SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
PILOT PROGRAMS 256 0608013N RISK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION-- 13,017 13,017
SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM. 257 0608231N MARITIME TACTICAL COMMAND AND 25,299 25,299
CONTROL (MTC2)--SOFTWARE PILOT
PROGRAM.
.................................. SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL 38,316 38,316
TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS.
..................................
.................................. TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 32,386,619 32,704,969
TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY.
..................................
.................................. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND
EVALUATION, AIR FORCE
.................................. BASIC RESEARCH 001 0601102F DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES......... 296,535 301,535
.................................. Program increase.............. [5,000] 002 0601103F UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES... 91,394 96,394
.................................. Program increase.............. [5,000]
.................................. SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH........ 387,929 397,929
..................................
.................................. APPLIED RESEARCH 003 0602020F FUTURE AF CAPABILITIES APPLIED 44,029 44,029
RESEARCH. 005 0602102F MATERIALS......................... 139,872 152,872
.................................. Advanced Composites in [10,000]
Hypersonics and Attritable
Aircraft Research.
.................................. Metals Affordability [3,000]
Initiative. 007 0602202F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS APPLIED 103,170 103,170
RESEARCH. 008 0602203F AEROSPACE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES.... 397,809 402,809
.................................. Reusable Hypersonics [5,000]
Development and Transition. 009 0602204F AEROSPACE SENSORS................. 164,962 169,962
.................................. Microelectronic manufacturing [5,000]
development. 011 0602298F SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT-- 10,285 10,285
MAJOR HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES. 012 0602336F NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS TECH 27,031 27,031
EXPLORATION. 013 0602602F CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS............ 130,146 125,146
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-5,000] 014 0602605F DIRECTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY........ 91,798 91,798 015 0602788F DOMINANT INFORMATION SCIENCES AND 149,174 174,174
METHODS.
.................................. Autonomous Battle Management [2,500]
Across the full Spectrum of
Conflict.
.................................. Distributed Quantum Networking [2,500]
Testbed and Quantum Cloud
Computing Environment.
.................................. Future Flag Operational [2,500]
Experimentation Testbed.
.................................. Ion-Trap Quantum Computer for [5,000]
Air Platform Applied Research
activities.
.................................. Photonic Quantum Computing.... [2,500]
.................................. Quantum entanglement [10,000]
distribution research.
.................................. SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH...... 1,258,276 1,301,276
..................................
.................................. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 016 0603032F FUTURE AF INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY 282,004 282,004
DEMOS. 017 0603112F ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR WEAPON 32,808 37,808
SYSTEMS.
.................................. Hypersonics manufacturing [5,000]
development. 018 0603199F SUSTAINMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 13,277 13,277
(S&T). 019 0603203F ADVANCED AEROSPACE SENSORS........ 72,149 72,149 020 0603211F AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DEV/DEMO..... 260,212 312,712
.................................. Advanced High Mach Turbine [2,500]
Engines Using Additive
Manufacturing.
.................................. CCA Propulsion Integration.... [20,000]
.................................. Hybrid Integrated Turret for [2,500]
Extended-Capability High-
Energy Lasers.
.................................. Solid Rocket Second Source [25,000]
Qualification Increase.
.................................. Turboelectric Adaptive Engine [2,500]
Demonstration. 022 0603273F SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR 165,949 172,949
RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS.
.................................. Smart Thermal Protection [7,000]
Systems (TPS) for Next-Gen
Systems. 023 0603456F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS ADVANCED 20,338 20,338
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 024 0603601F CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY... 131,397 128,397
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-3,000] 025 0603605F ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY....... 13,744 13,744 026 0603680F MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.. 99,908 102,408
.................................. Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed [2,500]
Reality Readiness. 027 0603788F BATTLESPACE KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT 31,938 46,938
AND DEMONSTRATION.
.................................. Nationwide Integration of Time [2,500]
Resiliency for Operations.
.................................. Scalable Collaborative [2,500]
Autonomy for Unmanned Systems.
.................................. Secure Hardened Architecture [10,000]
for Radiation Environments. 028 0604776F DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION 29,109 24,109
ENTERPRISE R&D.
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-5,000]
.................................. SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 1,152,833 1,226,833
DEVELOPMENT.
..................................
.................................. ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND
PROTOTYPES 030 0603036F MODULAR ADVANCED MISSILE.......... 15,099 15,099 031 0603260F INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT. 4,012 4,012 033 0603742F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY.. 25,888 25,888 034 0603790F NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT..... 2,320 2,320 035 0603851F INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC 72,112 72,112
MISSILE--DEM/VAL. 036 0604001F NC3 ADVANCED CONCEPTS............. 14,394 14,394 037 0604003F ADVANCED BATTLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 1,040,945 1,035,945
(ABMS).
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-5,000] 039 0604005F NC3 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT & 61,355 61,355
PROTOTYPING. 041 0604009F AFWERX............................ 3,589 6,089
.................................. Ultra-Short Takeoff and [2,500]
Landing Aircraft Development. 042 0604010F NEXT GENERATION ADAPTIVE 513,681 462,313
PROPULSION.
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-51,368] 043 0604015F LONG RANGE STRIKE--BOMBER......... 2,862,677 2,862,677 046 0604033F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING........... 345,769 345,769 047 0604041F FAMILY OF AFFORDABLE MASS MISSILES 525,223 472,701
(FAMM).
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-52,522] 048 0604060F NORAD & USNORTHCOM (N&NC) 39,257 39,257
EXPERIMENTATION. 049 0604183F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING-- 806,142 806,142
HYPERSONIC ATTACK CRUISE MISSILE
(HACM). 050 0604257F ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND SENSORS... 38,756 38,756 052 0604317F TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER............... 2,196 2,196 053 0604327F HARD AND DEEPLY BURIED TARGET 186,385 186,385
DEFEAT SYSTEM (HDBTDS) PROGRAM. 054 0604336F NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS 91,550 91,550
PROTOTYPING. 055 0604343F ADVANCED TANKER SYSTEMS........... 13,036 13,036 056 0604414F CYBER RESILIENCY OF WEAPON SYSTEMS- 44,377 44,377
ACS. 057 0604609F REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS & CONCEPT 57,575 57,575
MATURATION. 058 0604668F JOINT TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT 57,802 57,802
SYSTEM (JTMS). 059 0604776F DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION 5,136 5,136
ENTERPRISE R&D. 060 0604858F TECH TRANSITION PROGRAM........... 166,061 163,455
.................................. AI Hardware and Software for [5,000]
Sensors and Countermeasures.
.................................. Critical Additive Advanced [9,000]
Manufacturing.
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-16,606] 061 0604860F OPERATIONAL ENERGY AND 61,000 183,000
INSTALLATION RESILIENCE.
.................................. Program increase.............. [122,000] 064 0606004F NUCLEAR ENTERPRISE RESEARCH & 1,105 26,105
DEVELOPMENT.
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B-52 Agile Pod Advanced Sensor [25,000]
Fusion Software Development. 065 0606005F DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OFFICE..... 183,398 183,398 067 0207147F COLLABORATIVE COMBAT AIRCRAFT..... 1,373,740 1,236,366
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-137,374] 068 0207179F AUTONOMOUS COLLABORATIVE PLATFORMS 57,217 51,496
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-5,721] 069 0207420F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION............. 1,692 1,692 071 0207455F THREE DIMENSIONAL LONG-RANGE RADAR 22,335 22,335
(3DELRR). 072 0207522F AIRBASE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS 85,305 85,305
(ABADS). 073 0207606F JOINT SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT (JSE) 302,801 302,801 074 0208030F WAR RESERVE MATERIEL--AMMUNITION.. 14,663 14,663 075 0302060F LOOKING GLASS NEXT................ 65,277 65,277 076 0303010F AF ISR DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE..... 24,455 24,455 077 0305236F COMMON DATA LINK EXECUTIVE AGENT 26,401 23,761
(CDL EA).
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-2,640] 079 0305913F PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE........... 29,325 29,325 080 0701200F ENTERPRISE SELECT CLASS II........ 949 949 081 0708051F RAPID SUSTAINMENT MODERNIZATION 27,475 27,475
(RSM). 082 0808736F SPECIAL VICTIM ACCOUNTABILITY AND 1,652 1,652
INVESTIGATION. 083 0808737F INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION..... 4,271 4,271 084 0901410F CONTRACTING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 25,815 25,815
SYSTEM. 085 1206415F U.S. SPACE COMMAND RESEARCH AND 34,719 34,719
DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT.
.................................. SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT 9,338,932 9,231,201
DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES.
..................................
.................................. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION 086 0604200F FUTURE ADVANCED WEAPON ANALYSIS & 35,142 35,142
PROGRAMS. 087 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND 710,780 710,780
IMPROVEMENTS. 088 0604222F NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUPPORT........... 86,921 86,921 089 0604270F ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT.... 260,233 220,233
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-40,000] 090 0604281F TACTICAL DATA NETWORKS ENTERPRISE. 110,151 110,151 091 0604287F PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT....... 8,743 8,743 092 0604288F SURVIVABLE AIRBORNE OPERATIONS 2,218,921 2,218,921
CENTER (SAOC). 093 0604602F ARMAMENT/ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT..... 96,762 87,086
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-9,676] 094 0604604F SUBMUNITIONS...................... 3,599 3,599 095 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT.............. 19,348 19,348 096 0604706F LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS.............. 21,328 21,328 097 0604735F COMBAT TRAINING RANGES............ 132,783 119,505
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-13,278] 098 0604932F LONG RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON........ 565,679 565,679 100 0605056F OPEN ARCHITECTURE MANAGEMENT...... 43,482 39,134
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-4,348] 101 0605223F ADVANCED PILOT TRAINING........... 72,174 64,957
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-7,217] 102 0605238F GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT 4,521,370 4,521,370
EMD. 103 0605296F MICROELECTRONICS SECURE ENCLAVE... 224,664 220,664
.................................. Unjustified growth............ [-4,000] 104 0101125F NUCLEAR WEAPONS MODERNIZATION..... 23,066 23,066 105 0102417F OVER-THE-HORIZON BACKSCATTER RADAR 173,975 173,975 106 0207039F COGNITIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE. 50,496 50,496 107 0207110F F-47.............................. 5,037,904 4,971,525
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-66,379] 108 0207279F ISOLATED PERSONNEL SURVIVABILITY 16,001 16,001
AND RECOVERY. 109 0207328F STAND IN ATTACK WEAPON............ 115,882 115,882 110 0207407F ELECTROMAGNETIC BATTLE MANAGEMENT 45,322 45,322
(EMBM). 111 0207701F FULL COMBAT MISSION TRAINING...... 6,501 6,501 112 0303008F SATURN............................ 4,771 4,771 116 0305282F JOINT FIRES NETWORK (JFN)......... 313,982 313,982
117 0401221F KC-46A TANKER SQUADRONS........... 543,788 315,788 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-228,000] 118 0401319F VC-25B............................ 555,195 555,195 119 0401334F LARGE AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY 17,996 17,996 SYSTEMS (LASS). 120 0701212F AUTOMATED TEST SYSTEMS............ 15,900 15,900 121 0804772F TRAINING DEVELOPMENTS............. 4,947 4,947 .................................. SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND 16,057,806 15,684,908 DEMONSTRATION. .................................. .................................. MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 123 0604256F THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT...... 44,526 44,526 124 0604759F MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT.............. 235,405 220,405 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-15,000] 125 0605101F RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE............ 13,312 13,312 127 0605712F INITIAL OPERATIONAL TEST & 13,562 13,562 EVALUATION. 128 0605807F TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT....... 1,802,502 1,747,802 .................................. Digital Knowledge Model [5,300] Upgrades. .................................. Hypersonic Ground Testing [30,000] Modernization. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-90,000] 131 0605829F ACQ WORKFORCE- CYBER, NETWORK, & 439,592 437,592 BUS SYS. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-2,000] 132 0605831F ACQ WORKFORCE- CAPABILITY 1,206,669 1,206,669 INTEGRATION. 134 0605833F ACQ WORKFORCE- NUCLEAR SYSTEMS.... 342,650 342,650 135 0605898F MANAGEMENT HQ--R&D................ 6,209 6,209 136 0605976F FACILITIES RESTORATION AND 367,369 367,369 MODERNIZATION--TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT. 137 0605978F FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT--TEST AND 298,924 298,924 EVALUATION SUPPORT. 138 0606017F REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND 21,678 19,511 MATURATION. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-2,167] 139 0606398F MANAGEMENT HQ--T&E................ 7,507 7,507 140 0208201F OFFENSIVE SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 30,187 30,187 SYSTEMS (SUAS). 141 0303255F COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATION, 18,068 18,068 AND COMPUTERS (C4)--STRATCOM. 142 0308602F ENTEPRISE INFORMATION SERVICES 80,342 80,342 (EIS). 143 0702806F ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 12,132 10,919 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-1,213] 144 0804776F ADVANCED DISTRIBUTED LEARNING..... 238 238 145 0901215F PRODUCTIVITY INVESTMENTS.......... 4,017 4,017 147 1001004F INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES.......... 4,514 4,514 .................................. SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.... 4,949,403 4,874,323 .................................. .................................. OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 148 0604222F NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUPPORT........... 10,029 10,029 149 0604233F SPECIALIZED UNDERGRADUATE FLIGHT 22,071 22,071 TRAINING. 150 0604283F BATTLE MGMT COM & CTRL SENSOR 44,187 44,187 DEVELOPMENT. 152 0604840F F-35 C2D2......................... 1,128,748 1,138,748 .................................. Supply Chain Advanced [10,000] Manufacturing. 153 0605018F AF INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY 31,777 31,777 SYSTEM (AF-IPPS). 154 0605024F ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE 130,610 117,549 AGENCY. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-13,061] 155 0605117F FOREIGN MATERIEL ACQUISITION AND 4,676 4,676 EXPLOITATION. 156 0605229F HH-60W............................ 87,881 87,881 157 0605278F HC/MC-130 RECAP RDT&E............. 34,932 34,932 158 0606018F NC3 INTEGRATION................... 36,521 36,521 159 0101113F B-52 SQUADRONS.................... 1,478,648 1,478,648 160 0101122F AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE (ALCM) 570 570 161 0101126F B-1B SQUADRONS.................... 273,552 273,552 162 0101127F B-2 SQUADRONS..................... 418,178 398,178 .................................. Slow execution................ [-20,000] 163 0101213F MINUTEMAN SQUADRONS............... 79,313 79,313 164 0101316F WORLDWIDE JOINT STRATEGIC 44,424 44,424 COMMUNICATIONS. 165 0101318F SERVICE SUPPORT TO STRATCOM-- 56,203 56,203 GLOBAL STRIKE. 166 0101328F ICBM REENTRY VEHICLES............. 733,182 733,182 168 0102110F MH-139A........................... 7,046 7,046 169 0102326F REGION/SECTOR OPERATION CONTROL 709 709 CENTER MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. 171 0202834F AVIATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT-- 1,028 1,028 GENERAL. 172 0203345F OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC)....... 45,000 45,000 173 0205219F MQ-9 UAV.......................... 16,723 16,723 174 0205671F JOINT COUNTER RCIED ELECTRONIC 2,816 2,816 WARFARE. 176 0207133F F-16 SQUADRONS.................... 527,739 527,739 177 0207134F F-15E SQUADRONS................... 322,889 322,889 178 0207136F MANNED DESTRUCTIVE SUPPRESSION.... 8,128 8,128 179 0207138F F-22A SQUADRONS................... 950,375 950,375 180 0207142F F-35 SQUADRONS.................... 47,388 47,388 181 0207146F F-15EX............................ 133,274 133,274 182 0207161F TACTICAL AIM MISSILES............. 98,861 93,975 .................................. Dual Mode APKWS............... [5,000] .................................. Program decrease.............. [-9,886] 183 0207163F ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR 53,277 53,277 MISSILE (AMRAAM). 184 0207172F JOINT ADVANCED TACTICAL MISSILE 500,422 500,422 (JATM). 187 0207242F SPECIAL PROGRAM APPLICATIONS...... 35,149 35,149 188 0207247F AF TENCAP......................... 50,913 50,913 189 0207249F PRECISION ATTACK SYSTEMS 14,602 14,602 PROCUREMENT. 190 0207253F COMPASS CALL...................... 66,514 66,514 191 0207268F AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT 205,938 205,938 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 192 0207325F JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE STANDOFF 133,092 133,092 MISSILE (JASSM). 193 0207327F SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB)......... 25,497 25,497 194 0207410F AIR & SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER 158,871 142,984 (AOC). .................................. Program decrease.............. [-15,887] 195 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING CENTER (CRC) 18,137 18,137 196 0207418F AFSPECWAR--TACP................... 5,206 5,206 198 0207431F COMBAT AIR INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM 33,700 33,700 ACTIVITIES. 199 0207438F THEATER BATTLE MANAGEMENT (TBM) 7,014 7,014 C4I. 200 0207439F ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE INT REPROG 73,523 73,523 (EWIR). 202 0207452F DCAPES............................ 5,254 5,254 203 0207457F AIR FORCE SPECIAL WARFARE 24,423 24,423 (SPECWAR). 204 0207461F FLIGHT OPERATIONS SYSTEMS......... 15,978 15,978 205 0207521F AIR FORCE CALIBRATION PROGRAMS.... 2,220 2,220 207 0207590F SEEK EAGLE........................ 36,710 36,710 208 0207611F READINESS DECISION SUPPORT 6,823 6,823 ENTERPRISE. 209 0207697F DISTRIBUTED TRAINING AND EXERCISES 83,659 73,659 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-10,000] 210 0207701F FULL COMBAT MISSION TRAINING...... 6,644 28,644 .................................. AI-enabled maintenance [22,000] intelligence platforms across air education and training command. 211 0208006F MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS.......... 122,175 109,958 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-12,217] 212 0208007F TACTICAL DECEPTION................ 48,857 43,972 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-4,885] 213 0208087F DISTRIBUTED CYBER WARFARE 71,868 69,868 OPERATIONS. .................................. Unjustified growth............
[-2,000] 214 0208088F AF DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 76,758 76,758 218 0208288F INTEL DATA APPLICATIONS........... 7,511 17,511 .................................. FireFly algorithm development. [10,000] 219 0301025F GEOBASE........................... 403 403 226 0301377F COUNTERING ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL 1,343 1,343 WEAPONS (CACW). 228 0301401F AF MULTI-DOMAIN NON-TRADITIONAL 2,754 2,754 ISR BATTLESPACE AWARENESS. 229 0302015F E-4B NATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS 50,873 50,873 CENTER (NAOC). 230 0302315F NON-KINETIC COUNTERMEASURE SUPPORT 4,024 4,024 233 0303131F MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY 254,837 254,837 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (MEECN). 234 0303133F HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO SYSTEMS...... 33,215 33,215 235 0303140F INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY 117,658 117,658 PROGRAM. 236 0303248F ALL DOMAIN COMMON PLATFORM........ 71,312 71,312 238 0304100F STRATEGIC MISSION PLANNING & 89,663 89,663 EXECUTION SYSTEM (SMPES). 239 0304109F THRESHER.......................... 109 109 242 0304260F AIRBORNE SIGINT ENTERPRISE........ 98,319 98,319 243 0304310F COMMERCIAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS...... 1,713 1,713 246 0304784F LONG ENDURANCE--AIRBORNE ISR...... 16,570 16,570 249 0305022F ISR MODERNIZATION & AUTOMATION 16,188 16,188 DVMT (IMAD). 250 0305099F GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT 4,210 4,210 (GATM). 251 0305103F CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE......... 318 318 252 0305111F WEATHER SERVICE................... 29,331 29,331 253 0305114F AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, APPROACH, AND 61,895 61,895 LANDING SYSTEM (ATCALS). 254 0305116F AERIAL TARGETS.................... 1,704 1,704 257 0305128F SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE 9,642 9,642 ACTIVITIES. 258 0305146F DEFENSE JOINT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 2,469 2,469 ACTIVITIES. 259 0305155F THEATER NUCLEAR WEAPON STORAGE & 24,364 24,364 SECURITY SYSTEM. 261 0305179F INTEGRATED BROADCAST SERVICE (IBS) 18,266 18,266 262 0305206F AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS... 34,273 34,273 263 0305207F MANNED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS..... 17,114 17,114 264 0305208F DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE 85,365 85,365 SYSTEMS. 266 0305221F NETWORK-CENTRIC COLLABORATIVE 9,146 9,146 TARGETING. 268 0305240F ISR TRANSPORT AND PROCESSING...... 312,037 277,037 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-35,000] 269 0305249F AF JWICS ENTERPRISE............... 19,324 19,324 270 0305600F INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 62,000 62,000 TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURES. 271 0305836F C2IMERA........................... 11,393 11,393 272 0305903F COCOM MOBILE COMMAND AND CONTROL 2,013 2,013 CENTERS (MCCCS). 273 0305984F PERSONNEL RECOVERY COMMAND & CTRL 1,783 1,783 (PRC2). 274 0307577F INTELLIGENCE MISSION DATA (IMD)... 3,151 3,151 275 0401119F C-5 AIRLIFT SQUADRONS (IF)........ 76,233 76,233 276 0401130F C-17 AIRCRAFT (IF)................ 178,130 198,130 .................................. C-17 Mobility Connectivity [20,000] increase. 277 0401132F C-130J PROGRAM.................... 16,628 16,628 278 0401134F LARGE AIRCRAFT IR COUNTERMEASURES 12,323 12,323 (LAIRCM). 279 0401218F KC-135S........................... 121,742 141,742 .................................. KC-135 Mobility Connectivity [20,000] increase. 280 0401318F CV-22............................. 45,699 45,699 281 0401334F LARGE AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY 50,111 50,111 SYSTEMS (LASS). 283 0708610F LOGISTICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 21,518 21,518 (LOGIT). 284 0801380F AF LVC OPERATIONAL TRAINING (LVC- 23,472 23,472 OT). 285 0804743F OTHER FLIGHT TRAINING............. 1,950 1,950 286 0901202F JOINT PERSONNEL RECOVERY AGENCY... 2,035 2,035 287 0901218F CIVILIAN COMPENSATION PROGRAM..... 4,248 4,248 288 0901220F PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION.......... 2,678 2,678 289 0901226F AIR FORCE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS 81,252 65,002 AGENCY. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-16,250] 291 0901538F FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION 3,316 3,316 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT. 292 0901554F DEFENSE ENTERPRISE ACNTNG AND MGT 38,301 38,301 SYS (DEAMS). 293 1201921F SERVICE SUPPORT TO STRATCOM--SPACE 700 700 ACTIVITIES. 293A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............... 29,113,107 29,113,107 .................................. SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM 39,930,435 39,878,249 DEVELOPMENT. .................................. .................................. TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 73,075,614 72,594,719 TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE. .................................. .................................. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, SPACE FORCE .................................. BASIC RESEARCH 001 0601102SF DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES......... 20,833 20,833 002 0601103SF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES... 14,426 14,426 .................................. SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH........ 35,259 35,259 .................................. .................................. APPLIED RESEARCH 004 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY.................. 234,190 256,690 .................................. Hypersonic weapons advancement [2,500] .................................. In-Space Operational [10,000] Technologies. .................................. Positioning, Navigation, and [10,000] Timing (PNT) Quantum System demonstration. .................................. SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH...... 234,190 256,690 .................................. .................................. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 005 1206310SF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 313,738 313,738 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 006 1206616SF SPACE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 126,427 139,927 DEVELOPMENT/DEMO. .................................. Operational Spacecraft [13,500] Capability Bridge Effort. .................................. SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 440,165 453,665 DEVELOPMENT. .................................. .................................. ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 007 0604002SF SPACE FORCE WEATHER SERVICES 3,581 6,581 RESEARCH. .................................. Enhancing U.S. Air Force [3,000] Academy Rocket Propulsion Curriculum. 008 1203010SF SPACE FORCE IT, DATA ANALYTICS, 45,971 45,971 DIGITAL SOLUTIONS. 010 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING ANALYSIS........ 128,546 128,546 011 1203710SF EO/IR WEATHER SYSTEMS............. 144,434 144,434 012 1203955SF SPACE ACCESS, MOBILITY & LOGISTICS 9,724 9,724 (SAML). 013 1206410SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND 1,246,316 1,246,316 PROTOTYPING. 014 1206427SF SPACE SYSTEMS PROTOTYPE 87,730 87,730 TRANSITIONS (SSPT). 015 1206438SF SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY.......... 62,031 62,031 016 1206458SF TECH TRANSITION (SPACE)........... 241,056 241,056 017 1206617SF OPERATIONAL TEST & TRAINING 265,215 265,215 INFRASTRUCTURE. 018 1206730SF SPACE SECURITY AND DEFENSE PROGRAM 102,140 102,140 019 1206760SF PROTECTED TACTICAL ENTERPRISE 155,885 155,885 SERVICE (PTES). 020 1206761SF PROTECTED TACTICAL SERVICE (PTS).. 449,434 449,434 022 1206857SF SPACE RAPID CAPABILITIES OFFICE... 9,950 9,950 023 1206862SF TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE....... 86,306 86,306 .................................. SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT 3,038,319 3,041,319 DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES. .................................. .................................. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 024 1203269SF GPS III FOLLOW-ON (GPS IIIF)...... 123,793 123,793 025 1206421SF COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS.............. 43,702 43,702 026 1206422SF WEATHER SYSTEM FOLLOW-ON.......... 34,756 34,756 027 1206425SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEMS. 1,317,841 1,317,841 028 1206431SF ADVANCED EHF MILSATCOM (SPACE).... 10,157 10,157 030 1206440SF NEXT-GEN OPIR--GROUND.............
761,425 761,425 031 1206442SF NEXT GENERATION OPIR.............. 209,851 209,851 032 1206443SF NEXT-GEN OPIR--GEO................ 485,703 485,703 033 1206444SF NEXT-GEN OPIR--POLAR.............. 415,000 .................................. Next Generation OPIR, Block 0 [415,000] Polar. 034 1206445SF COMMERCIAL SATCOM (COMSATCOM) 68,554 68,554 INTEGRATION. 035 1206446SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE 3,564,176 3,564,176 TRACKING--LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO). 036 1206447SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE 1,413,662 1,413,662 TRACKING--MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT (MEO). 037 1206771SF COMMERCIAL SERVICES............... 23,752 73,752 .................................. Program increase.............. [50,000] 038 1206853SF NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH 2,748 2,748 PROGRAM (SPACE)--EMD. 039 1206855SF EVOLVED STRATEGIC SATCOM (ESS).... 1,838,718 1,838,718 .................................. SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND 9,898,838 10,363,838 DEMONSTRATION. .................................. .................................. MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 042 1206392SF ACQ WORKFORCE--SPACE & MISSILE 260,731 260,731 SYSTEMS. 043 1206398SF SPACE & MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTER-- 13,717 13,717 MHA. 044 1206399SF SSC ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING & 230,848 230,848 INTEGRATION. 045 1206759SF MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT--SPACE....... 65,731 65,731 046 1206860SF ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH PROGRAM 19,965 19,965 (SPACE). 047 1206864SF SPACE TEST PROGRAM (STP).......... 29,598 29,598 .................................. SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.... 620,590 620,590 .................................. .................................. OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 049 1201212SF SERVICE-WIDE SUPPORT (NOT 28,425 28,425 OTHERWISE ACCOUNTED FOR). 051 1203040SF DCO-SPACE......................... 481,251 481,251 052 1203109SF NARROWBAND SATELLITE 855,860 855,860 COMMUNICATIONS. 053 1203110SF SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK (SPACE). 92,537 92,537 054 1203154SF LONG RANGE KILL CHAINS............ 1,392,025 1,392,025 055 1203155SF SPACE-BASED MOVING TARGET 253,355 253,355 INDICATOR. 056 1203156SF DATA TRANSPORT AND NETWORKING..... 164,974 164,974 057 1203165SF NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM 115,000 115,000 (SPACE AND CONTROL SEGMENTS). 058 1203173SF SPACE AND MISSILE TEST AND 22,487 22,487 EVALUATION CENTER. 059 1203174SF SPACE INNOVATION, INTEGRATION AND 10,538 10,538 RAPID TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 060 1203182SF SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM (SPACE).... 56,781 56,781 061 1203330SF SPACE SUPERIORITY ISR............. 64,290 64,290 064 1203906SF NCMC--ITW/AA SYSTEM............... 25,092 25,092 065 1203909SF BALLISTIC MISSILE EARLY WARNING 128,630 128,630 SYSTEM (BMEWS). 066 1203913SF NUDET DETECTION SYSTEM (SPACE).... 114,004 114,004 067 1203940SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS 294,902 294,902 OPERATIONS. 068 1206423SF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM III-- 332,313 332,313 OPERATIONAL CONTROL SEGMENT. 072 1206772SF RAPID RESILIENT COMMAND AND 109,190 109,190 CONTROL (R2C2). 073 1207440SF AUTOMATE SAT C2................... 1,524,300 804,900 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-719,400] 074 1208053SF JOINT TACTICAL GROUND SYSTEM...... 92,731 92,731 074A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............... 17,330,381 17,330,381 .................................. SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM 23,489,066 22,769,666 DEVELOPMENT. .................................. .................................. SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 075 1208248SF SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS/PLANNING/ 617,062 631,062 TASKING SW. .................................. Expanded Commercial Space [9,000] Domain Awareness. .................................. Space Command & Control-- [5,000] Software Pilot Program. .................................. SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL 617,062 631,062 TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS. .................................. .................................. TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 38,373,489 38,172,089 TEST, AND EVALUATION, SPACE FORCE. .................................. .................................. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE .................................. BASIC RESEARCH 001 0601000BR DTRA BASIC RESEARCH............... 15,070 15,070 003 0601108D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH 17,667 17,667 INITIATIVES. 004 0601110D8Z BASIC RESEARCH INITIATIVES........ 87,091 97,091 .................................. Program increase.............. [10,000] 006 0601120D8Z NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM 165,488 215,488 .................................. Pilot Program To Support [50,000] Advanced Technology Centers At Community Colleges. 007 0601122E EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES............ 387,633 387,633 008 0601228D8Z HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND 99,706 125,706 UNIVERSITIES/MINORITY INSTITUTIONS. .................................. Program increase.............. [26,000] 009 0601384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE 27,425 27,425 PROGRAM. .................................. SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH........ 800,080 886,080 .................................. .................................. APPLIED RESEARCH 011 0602000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY........ 32,145 32,145 012 0602023E ACCESS AND AWARENESS.............. 110,096 110,096 013 0602024E WARFIGHTING PERFORMANCE........... 364,141 364,141 014 0602025E MAKING, MAINTAINING, SUPPLY CHAIN 1,624,523 1,624,523 AND LOGISTICS. 017 0602128D8Z PROMOTION AND PROTECTION 4,260 4,260 STRATEGIES. 018 0602230D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION..... 43,405 43,405 019 0602234D8Z LINCOLN LABORATORY RESEARCH 10,045 18,045 PROGRAM. .................................. Program increase.............. [8,000] 020 0602251D8Z APPLIED RESEARCH FOR THE 59,560 59,560 ADVANCEMENT OF S&T PRIORITIES. 022 0602384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE 207,186 197,186 PROGRAM. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-10,000] 023 0602668D8Z CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH........... 18,575 23,575 .................................. Pacific Intelligence and [5,000] Innovation Initiative. 029 0602718BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS 157,287 157,287 DESTRUCTION APPLIED RESEARCH. 030 0602751D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE 7,069 7,069 (SEI) APPLIED RESEARCH. 031 0602890D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH........ 50,408 50,408 032 0602891D8Z FSRM MODELLING.................... 6,635 6,635 033 1160401BB SOF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT........ 50,856 55,856 .................................. Radio Consolidation and [5,000] Procurement. .................................. SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH...... 2,746,191 2,754,191 .................................. .................................. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 034 0603000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS ADVANCED 64,251 64,251 TECHNOLOGY. 036 0603055D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY 165,060 205,060 IMPROVEMENT. .................................. Program increase.............. [20,000] .................................. TRISO development............. [20,000] 038 0603122D8Z COMBATING TERRORISM TECHNOLOGY 73,618 323,618 SUPPORT. .................................. Emerging Tech Cooperation..... [50,000] .................................. Israel Counter UXS Program.... [100,000] .................................. Israel Subterranean [100,000] Cooperation. 039 0603133D8Z FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TESTING....... 24,950 24,950 040 0603142D8Z MISSION ENGINEERING & INTEGRATION 144,454 144,454 (ME&I). 041 0603160BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS 509,160 509,160 DESTRUCTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 043 0603180C ADVANCED RESEARCH................. 482,573 545,573 .................................. Hypersonic and counter- [60,000] hypersonic testing from unmanned surface vessels. .................................. power source for directed [3,000] energy missile defense satellite system. 044 0603183D8Z JOINT HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY 424,422 454,422 DEVELOPMENT &TRANSITION. .................................. Acceleration of hypersonic [10,000] system development. .................................. AI Enhanced Hypersonic Seeker.
[10,000] .................................. UCAH Classified AI/ML and [10,000] Quantum Computing Infrastructure Project. 045 0603225D8Z JOINT DOD-DOE MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY 45,375 45,375 DEVELOPMENT. 048 0603288D8Z ANALYTIC ASSESSMENTS.............. 36,917 36,917 049 0603289D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE ANALYSIS AND 51,960 51,960 CONCEPTS. 050 0603330D8Z QUANTUM APPLICATION............... 60,333 60,333 051 0603331D8Z FUTURE GENERATION WIRELESS 5,000 5,000 TECHNOLOGIES. 052 0603342D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT (DIU)..... 522,559 540,559 .................................. Off Grid Tactical Power [10,000] Systems Pilot Program. .................................. ONRAMP expansion and [3,000] innovation acceleration activities. .................................. Operator Embedded National [5,000] Security Innovation Partnerships. 053 0603375D8Z TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION............. 982,694 917,694 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-45,000] .................................. Unjustified growth............ [-20,000] 054 0603379D8Z ADVANCED TECHNICAL INTEGRATION.... 79,268 79,268 055 0603384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE 310,308 310,308 PROGRAM--ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT. 056 0603467E DARPA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 1,568,124 1,568,124 DEVELOPMENT. 057 0603468E ADVANCED COMPLEX SYSTEMS.......... 540,362 540,362 058 0603469E ADVANCED ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES.... 331,007 331,007 059 0603618D8Z JOINT ELECTRONIC ADVANCED 49,083 49,083 TECHNOLOGY. 060 0603662D8Z NETWORKED COMMUNICATIONS 696,297 661,297 CAPABILITIES. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-20,000] .................................. Unjustified growth............ [-15,000] 062 0603680D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE MANUFACTURING SCIENCE 581,847 599,347 AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. .................................. Advanced Robotics and [10,000] Maintenance Automation. .................................. Manufacturing Advancement for [5,000] Novel Technology Innovation and Sustainment. .................................. Manufacturing of advanced [2,500] composites for hypersonics aided by digital engineering. 063 0603680S MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.. 49,787 52,287 .................................. Domestic Tantalum processing [2,500] capability. 064 0603712S GENERIC LOGISTICS R&D TECHNOLOGY 18,791 18,791 DEMONSTRATIONS. 065 0603716D8Z STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 60,774 60,774 PROGRAM. 066 0603720S MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY 139,923 139,923 DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT. 072 0603781D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE.... 10,227 10,227 073 0603834D8Z BIOSURVEILLANCE PROGRAM ADVANCED 9,800 9,800 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 074 0603838D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION ACCELERATION 310,977 293,477 (DIA). .................................. Program decrease.............. [-22,500] .................................. UAS Affordable Domestic [5,000] Propulsion. 075 0603924D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER ADVANCED 201,125 206,125 TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. .................................. Ultra-Short Pulsed Laser [5,000] (USPL) Weapons. 076 0603941D8Z TEST & EVALUATION SCIENCE & 3,834,080 3,580,302 TECHNOLOGY. .................................. Common Enterprise Range [5,000] Network. .................................. Hypersonics Testing and [10,000] Evaluation Workforce Development. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-233,778] .................................. Unjustified growth............ [-35,000] 077 0603945D8Z INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION 158,345 154,345 INITIATIVES. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-4,000] 080 1160402BB SOF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 126,085 126,085 DEVELOPMENT. .................................. SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 12,669,536 12,720,258 DEVELOPMENT. .................................. .................................. ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 081 0603161D8Z NUCLEAR MATTERS, ADVANCED 44,685 44,685 COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES. 082 0603600D8Z WALKOFF........................... 227,158 227,158 083 0603851D8Z ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNICAL 125,066 125,066 CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. 085 0603882C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 1,360,611 1,360,611 MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SEGMENT. 086 0603884BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE 391,307 391,307 PROGRAM--DEM/VAL. 087 0603884C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSORS. 865,420 868,420 .................................. Deep Sentry................... [3,000] 088 0603890C BMD ENABLING PROGRAMS............. 1,457,437 1,180,437 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-277,000] 089 0603891C SPECIAL PROGRAMS--MDA............. 1,742,778 1,742,778 090 0603892C AEGIS BMD......................... 927,870 979,870 .................................. Aegis Guam Weapon System (AGS) [52,000] capability enhancements, threat sets. 091 0603896C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND 939,987 939,987 AND CONTROL, BATTLE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS (C2BMC). 092 0603898C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE JOINT 50,430 50,430 WARFIGHTER SUPPORT. 093 0603904C MISSILE DEFENSE INTEGRATION & 57,892 57,892 OPERATIONS CENTER (MDIOC). 094 0603906C REGARDING TRENCH.................. 29,807 29,807 095 0603907C SEA BASED X-BAND RADAR (SBX)...... 274,204 274,204 096 0603913C ISRAELI COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS...... 300,000 300,000 097 0603914C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TEST.... 1,065,474 1,065,474 098 0603915C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TARGETS. 518,506 538,506 .................................. Advanced Target Front End [10,000] (ATFE) Configuration 3 (C3) Risk Reduction. .................................. Unmanned sea-based launch [10,000] platforms. 099 0603923D8Z COALITION WARFARE................. 10,082 10,082 101 0604016D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CORROSION 2,675 2,675 PROGRAM. 102 0604023D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS COMPONENT 7,893 7,893 PROTOTYPING. 103 0604102C GUAM DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT.......... 212,413 232,413 .................................. Program acceleration.......... [20,000] 104 0604115C TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES. 59,700 84,700 .................................. Solid Rocket Second Source [25,000] Qualification Increase. 106 0604125D8Z ADVANCED MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS 52,122 52,122 AND PROTOTYPES. 107 0604162D8Z CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS 945 945 ELIMINATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 108 0604181C HYPERSONIC DEFENSE................ 213,783 263,783 .................................. GPI Acceleration.............. [50,000] 109 0604250D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES.. 2,626,130 2,626,130 110 0604294D8Z TRUSTED & ASSURED MICROELECTRONICS 156,743 159,243
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Antitampering and Authenticity
Validation. 111 0604331D8Z RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM......... 238,800 308,800
.................................. Multi-Mission Optionally [70,000]
Piloted Vessel prototyping. 114 0604400D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) 2,024 2,024
UNMANNED SYSTEM COMMON
DEVELOPMENT. 115 0604539D8Z DEFENSE AUTONOMOUS WARFARE GROUP.. 1,000,000 1,000,000 116 0604551BR CATAPULT INFORMATION SYSTEM....... 7,500 7,500 117 0604555D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY PROTOTYPING-- 53,505 93,505
NON S&T.
.................................. Program increase.............. [40,000] 119 0604679D8Z OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAPITAL (OSC). 18,955 18,955 120 0604682D8Z SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIC ANALYSIS.... 2,802 2,802 122 0604791D8Z MULTI-DOMAIN JOINT OPERATIONS 32,001 32,001
(MDJO). 123 0604797D8Z JOINT ENERGETIC TRANSITION OFFICE. 6,278 6,278 124 0604826J JOINT C5 CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT, 28,314 28,314
INTEGRATION AND INTEROPERABILITY
ASSESSMENTS. 125 0604834D8Z BIOSURVEILLANCE PROGRAM 7,000 7,000
DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING. 126 0604873C LONG RANGE DISCRIMINATION RADAR 125,074 125,074
(LRDR). 127 0604874C IMPROVED HOMELAND DEFENSE 1,344,824 1,344,824
INTERCEPTORS. 129 0604878C AEGIS BMD TEST.................... 61,969 61,969 130 0604879C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSOR 52,919 52,919
TEST. 131 0604880C LAND-BASED SM-3 (LBSM3)........... 25,102 25,102 132 0604887C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 53,761 53,761
MIDCOURSE SEGMENT TEST. 133 0604924D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER ADVANCED 44,485 44,485
COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPE. 134 0202057C SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT......... 2,146 2,146 135 0208059JCY CYBERCOM ACTIVITIES............... 31,735 31,735 137 0208086JCY CYBER TRAINING ENVIRONMENT (CTE).. 120,814 111,814
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-9,000] 139 0305103C CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE......... 2,160 2,160 140 0305245D8Z INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES AND 15,047 15,047
INNOVATION INVESTMENTS. 142 1206895C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM 95,819 95,819
SPACE PROGRAMS.
.................................. SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT 17,094,152 17,090,652
DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES.
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.................................. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND
DEMONSTRATION 144 0604123D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL 11,197 11,197
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (CDAO)--DEM/
VAL ACTIVITIES. 145 0604133D8Z ALPHA-1 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.... 969,825 929,825
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-10,000]
.................................. Unjustified growth............ [-30,000] 146 0604161D8Z NUCLEAR MATTERS, SYSTEM 14,919 14,919
DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION. 147 0604384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE 261,947 234,447
PROGRAM--EMD.
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-27,500] 148 0604771D8Z JOINT TACTICAL INFORMATION 10,200 10,200
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (JTIDS). 149 0605000BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS 16,713 16,713
DESTRUCTION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT. 150 0605013BL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 13,620 13,620 151 0605021SE HOMELAND PERSONNEL SECURITY 9,334 9,334
INITIATIVE. 152 0605022D8Z DEFENSE EXPORTABILITY PROGRAM..... 5,943 5,943 153 0605027D8Z OUSD(C) IT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES 273,253 268,253
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-5,000] 154 0605080S DEFENSE AGENCY INITIATIVES (DAI)-- 51,265 51,265
FINANCIAL SYSTEM. 156 0605210D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE ELECTRONIC 7,918 7,918
PROCUREMENT CAPABILITIES. 157 0605294D8Z TRUSTED & ASSURED MICROELECTRONICS 51,202 51,202 158 0605310D8Z MILITARY AVIATION AND INSTALLATION 4,072 4,072
ASSURANCE SITING CLEARINGHOUSE. 159 0605649D8Z ACQUISITION INTEGRATION AND 92,689 92,689
INTEROPERABILITY (AI2). 160 0605755D8Z RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR DEFENSE 3,090 3,090
MODERNIZATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
AND DEMONSTRATION. 161 0605772D8Z NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, & 2,985 2,985
COMMUNICATIONS. 162 0205401JCA COUNTER--SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 580,348 580,348
SYSTEMS (JIATF-401). 164 0305282K JOINT FIRES NETWORK (JFN)......... 35,000 35,000 165 0305304D8Z REAL PROPERTY ANALYTICS........... 2,573 2,573 166 0305310D8Z COUNTERPROLIFERATION ADVANCED 12,751 12,751
DEVELOPMENT.
.................................. SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND 2,430,844 2,358,344
DEMONSTRATION.
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.................................. MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 168 0603829J JOINT CAPABILITY EXPERIMENTATION.. 12,332 12,332 169 0604122D8Z JADC2 DEVELOPMENT AND 2,109,895 2,079,895
EXPERIMENTATION ACTIVITIES.
.................................. Unjustified growth............ [-30,000] 171 0604774D8Z DEFENSE READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM 8,921 8,921
(DRRS). 172 0604875D8Z JOINT SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE 11,094 11,094
DEVELOPMENT. 173 0604940D8Z CENTRAL TEST AND EVALUATION 1,153,754 1,113,754
INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT (CTEIP).
.................................. Program decrease.............. [-15,000]
.................................. Unjustified growth............ [-25,000] 175 0605001E MISSION SUPPORT................... 108,101 108,101 176 0605100D8Z JOINT MISSION ENVIRONMENT TEST 234,700 234,700
CAPABILITY (JMETC). 177 0605126J JOINT INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE 69,820 69,820
DEFENSE ORGANIZATION (JIAMDO). 179 0605131D8Z LIVE FIRE TESTING................. 9,020 9,020 180 0605142D8Z SYSTEMS ENGINEERING............... 21,992 21,992 181 0605151D8Z STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT--OSD. 5,255 5,255 182 0605161D8Z NUCLEAR MATTERS MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 21,862 21,862 183 0605170D8Z SUPPORT TO NETWORKS AND 26,878 26,878
INFORMATION INTEGRATION. 184 0605200D8Z GENERAL SUPPORT TO 10,695 10,695
OUSD(INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY). 185 0605384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE 89,467 89,467
PROGRAM. 192 0605711D8Z CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS...... 10,913 10,913 193 0605790D8Z SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH 8,435 8,435
(SBIR)/ SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER (STTR) ADMINISTRATION.
194 0605797D8Z MAINTAINING TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE.. 35,512 35,512 195 0605798D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS....... 165,450 165,450 196 0605801KA DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION 57,576 57,576 CENTER (DTIC). 197 0605803SE R&D IN SUPPORT OF DOD ENLISTMENT, 34,359 34,359 TESTING AND EVALUATION. 198 0605804D8Z DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION... 35,106 35,106 199 0605898E MANAGEMENT HQ--R&D................ 5,383 5,383 200 0605998KA MANAGEMENT HQ--DEFENSE TECHNICAL 3,489 3,489 INFORMATION CENTER (DTIC). 201 0606005D8Z SPECIAL ACTIVITIES................ 19,260 19,260 202 0606100D8Z BUDGET AND PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS.... 10,678 10,678 203 0606114D8Z ANALYSIS WORKING GROUP (AWG) 11,668 11,668 SUPPORT. 205 0606220D8Z OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR 75,000 77,000 ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION AND MODERNIZATION. .................................. Acquisition Workforce Data [2,000] Analytics Capability. 206 0606225D8Z ODNA TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE 3,264 3,264 ANALYSIS. 207 0606300D8Z DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD............. 6,307 6,307 208 0606301D8Z AVIATION SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES...... 986 15,986 .................................. Health and Usage Monitoring [10,000] Systems modernization. .................................. HUMS.......................... [5,000] 209 0606771D8Z CYBER RESILIENCY AND CYBERSECURITY 30,746 30,746 POLICY. 211 0606775D8Z JOINT PRODUCTION ACCELERATOR CELL 6,215 6,215 (JPAC). 212 0606829D8Z SUSTAINMENT TRANSITION 29,408 29,408 CAPABILITIES. 215 0204571J JOINT STAFF ANALYTICAL SUPPORT.... 5,088 5,088 216 0207834D8Z BIOSURVEILLANCE PROGRAM........... 7,000 7,000 217 0208045K C4I INTEROPERABILITY.............. 72,581 72,581 218 0303169D8Z INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RAPID 6,416 6,416 ACQUISITION. 219 0305172K COMBINED ADVANCED APPLICATIONS.... 5,566 5,566 221 0305208K DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE 2,951 2,951 SYSTEMS. 222 0305248J JOINT STAFF OFFICE OF THE CHIEF 67,007 67,007 DATA OFFICER (OCDO) ACTIVITIES. 223 0804768J COCOM EXERCISE ENGAGEMENT AND 90,424 90,424 TRAINING TRANSFORMATION (CE2T2)--NON-MHA. 225 0808737SE INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION..... 5,768 5,768 226 0901598C MANAGEMENT HQ--MDA................ 31,863 31,863 228A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............... 36,977 36,977 .................................. SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.... 4,775,182 4,722,182 .................................. .................................. OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 229 0604011D8Z NEXT GENERATION INFORMATION 5,893 5,893 COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (5G). 231 0604538D8Z ECONOMIC DEFENSE UNIT (EDU)....... 403,903 403,903 232 0607162D8Z CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS 2,931 2,931 ELIMINATION TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT. 233 0607210D8Z INDUSTRIAL BASE ANALYSIS AND 1,177,356 1,234,856 SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT. .................................. Digital Twin Center of [2,500] Excellence For Army Ground Vehicles Center and Naval Special Warfare Systems. .................................. Domestic manufacturing [40,000] capability for advanced reactive materials. .................................. Expanding Engineering Research [5,000] & Development Capability for Maritime Industrial Base. .................................. Next Generation Fiber [2,500] Production Line. .................................. Program decrease.............. [-2,500] .................................. Public-Private Advanced [10,000] Manufacturing Initiative in the Indo-Pacific. 234 0607310D8Z COUNTERPROLIFERATION MODERNIZATION 11,304 11,304 235 0607327T GLOBAL THEATER SECURITY 6,010 6,010 COOPERATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (G-TSCMIS). 236 0607384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE 82,695 82,695 (OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT). 237 0607385BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS 4,108 9,108 DESTRUCTION OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT. .................................. Operational Rapid Multi- [5,000] Pathogen Diagnostic Tool. 238 0607757D8Z RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR DEFENSE 2,794 2,794 MODERNIZATION OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT. 239 0208085JCY ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS.. 155,613 155,613 240 0208097JCY CYBER COMMAND AND CONTROL (CYBER 85,958 85,958 C2). 241 0208099JCY DATA AND UNIFIED PLATFORM (D&UP).. 84,687 84,687 245 0302019K DEFENSE INFO INFRASTRUCTURE 13,312 13,312 ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION. 246 0302609V COUNTERING THREATS AUTOMATED 11,710 11,710 PLATFORM. 247 0303126K LONG-HAUL COMMUNICATIONS--DCS..... 10,508 10,508 248 0303131K MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY 10,307 10,307 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (MEECN). 250 0303140D8Z INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY 35,214 35,214 PROGRAM. 252 0303140K INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY 33,502 33,502 PROGRAM. 253 0303153K DEFENSE SPECTRUM ORGANIZATION..... 49,466 49,466 254 0303171K JOINT PLANNING AND EXECUTION 10,615 10,615 SERVICES. 257 0303430V FEDERAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES 50,900 50,900 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 265 0305104D8Z DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE (DIB) 17,077 17,077 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE. 269 0305146V DEFENSE JOINT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 6,751 6,751 ACTIVITIES. 270 0305172D8Z COMBINED ADVANCED APPLICATIONS.... 18,912 18,912 272 0305186D8Z POLICY R&D PROGRAMS............... 11,740 11,740 275 0305199D8Z NET CENTRICITY.................... 55,673 55,673 282 0305387D8Z HOMELAND DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY 1,730 1,730 TRANSFER PROGRAM. 283 0305601K MISSION PARTNER ENVIRONMENTS...... 15,464 15,464 293 0306250JCY CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY 1,303,094 1,308,094 SUPPORT. .................................. Pathfinder.................... [15,000] .................................. Unjustified growth............ [-10,000] 294 0307609V NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY 19,840 19,840 SYSTEMS (NISS). 297 0708012K LOGISTICS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES...... 2,051 2,051 298 0708012S PACIFIC DISASTER CENTERS.......... 2,500 .................................. Program increase.............. [2,500] 299 0708047S DEFENSE PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY 2,829 2,829 SYSTEM. 302 1160403BB AVIATION SYSTEMS.................. 216,781 216,781 303 1160405BB INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.. 109,227 109,227 304 1160408BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS.......... 279,478 310,178 .................................. Ground Infil Protection [25,700] Systems(GIPS). .................................. Next Generation Geospatial [5,000] Intelligence Data Awareness. 305 1160431BB WARRIOR SYSTEMS................... 435,074 468,108 .................................. Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) [3,500] Family of Systems. .................................. Ground Infil Protection [4,000] Systems(GIPS). .................................. Ground Organic Precision [5,000] Strike Systems (GOPSS). .................................. Low Cost, Platform Agnostic [12,000] Lethal Packages (Warhead and Electronic Safe and Arm Device (ESAD)) for Group 1 Drones. .................................. Munitions War Reserves........ [8,534] 306 1160432BB SPECIAL PROGRAMS.................. 25,761 25,761 309 1160483BB MARITIME SYSTEMS.................. 351,721 351,721 310 1160490BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS 25,747 40,747 INTELLIGENCE. .................................. Hybrid Threats Analytical [15,000] Platform (HTAP). 311 1203610K TELEPORT PROGRAM.................. 22,244 22,244 311A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............... 8,923,353 9,102,253 .................................. Foreign Materiel Program...... [168,900] .................................. Forward Based Theater Foreign [10,000] Materiel Exploitation. .................................. SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM 14,093,333 14,420,967 DEVELOPMENT. .................................. .................................. SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 312 0608140D8Z ENTERPRISE PLATFORMS AND 481,775 475,775 CAPABILITIES--SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM.
.................................. Unjustified growth............ [-6,000] 313 0608500D8Z WEAPONEERING CODE SUSTAINMENT..... 23,071 23,071 314 0608648D8Z ACQUISITION VISIBILITY--SOFTWARE 64,364 64,364 PILOT PROGRAM. 316 0608776D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT FIELDING.. 433,867 430,867 .................................. Program decrease.............. [-3,000] 317 0303150K GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM. 124,329 124,329 .................................. SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL 1,127,406 1,118,406 TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS. .................................. .................................. TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 55,736,724 56,071,080 TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE. .................................. .................................. GOLDEN DOME FOR AMERICA FUND .................................. RESEARCH, DEV, TEST & EVAL* 009 0604139D8Z GOLDEN DOME FOR AMERICA--MDA...... 367,000 367,000 015 0901159D8Z GOLDEN DOME FOR AMERICA........... 30,971 30,971 .................................. SUBTOTAL RESEARCH, DEV, TEST & 397,971 397,971 EVAL*. .................................. .................................. TOTAL GOLDEN DOME FOR AMERICA 397,971 397,971 FUND. .................................. .................................. OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE .................................. MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 001 0605118OTE OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION... 101,365 151,542 .................................. Program increase.............. [50,177] 002 0605131OTE LIVE FIRE TEST AND EVALUATION..... 11,000 108,109 .................................. Program increase.............. [97,109] 003 0605814OTE OPERATIONAL TEST ACTIVITIES AND 76,492 ANALYSES. .................................. Program increase.............. [76,492] .................................. SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.... 112,365 336,143 .................................. .................................. TOTAL OPERATIONAL TEST AND 112,365 336,143 EVALUATION, DEFENSE. .................................. .................................. TOTAL RDT&E.................. 218,791,608 219,478,814 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (In Thousands of Dollars) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FY 2027 House Line Item Request Authorized ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY OPERATING FORCES 010 MANEUVER UNITS.................................................... 5,309,790 5,309,790 020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES.......................................... 375,682 375,682 030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE............................................ 1,193,028 1,193,028 040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS.............................................. 2,395,049 2,395,049 050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT.................................... 1,273,674 1,273,674 060 AVIATION ASSETS................................................... 1,930,557 1,930,557 070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT................................ 7,186,195 7,186,195 080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS..................................... 888,277 888,277 090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE..................................... 2,022,115 2,142,115 Ground combat vehicle sustainment............................. [120,000] 100 MEDICAL READINESS................................................. 786,815 796,815 TC3Sim: Battlefield Trauma Readiness.......................... [10,000] 110 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT........................................... 10,390,174 10,390,174 120 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION............... 5,435,364 5,440,864
Army National Guard Controlled Humidity Preservation.......... [5,500] 130 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS........................... 287,812 287,812 140 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES............................................. 383,610 383,610 150 RESET............................................................. 117,880 117,880 160 US AFRICA COMMAND................................................. 693,812 835,812
COCO ISR...................................................... [45,000]
Information Operations........................................ [94,000]
Technology Experimentation and Demonstration.................. [3,000] 170 US EUROPEAN COMMAND............................................... 510,862 513,862
including amount for Classified Program........................ [40,000]
Technology Experimentation and Demonstration.................. [3,000] 180 US SOUTHERN COMMAND............................................... 464,769 467,769
Technology Experimentation and Demonstration.................. [3,000] 190 US FORCES KOREA................................................... 77,775 77,775 200 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS...................... 366,311 358,311
Unjustified growth............................................ [-8,000] 210 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSECURITY.............................. 579,954 579,954
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES..................................... 42,669,505 42,945,005
MOBILIZATION 220 STRATEGIC MOBILITY................................................ 53,602 53,602 230 ARMY PREPOSITIONED STOCKS......................................... 1,125,709 1,125,709
including amount for maintenance of APS-2 in the USEUCOM AOR... [380,000] 240 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS........................................... 3,172 3,172
SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION......................................... 1,182,483 1,182,483
TRAINING AND RECRUITING 250 OFFICER ACQUISITION............................................... 193,530 193,530 260 RECRUIT TRAINING.................................................. 70,431 70,431 270 ONE STATION UNIT TRAINING......................................... 96,115 96,115 280 SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS............................ 503,896 503,896 290 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING........................................ 1,204,230 1,204,230 300 FLIGHT TRAINING................................................... 1,381,437 1,381,437 310 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION................................ 201,481 201,481 320 TRAINING SUPPORT.................................................. 609,925 609,925 330 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING........................................ 712,092 712,092 350 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION.................................. 216,256 216,256 360 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING................................... 218,683 218,683 370 JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS............................. 218,598 218,598
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING.............................. 5,626,674 5,626,674
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
390 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION........................................ 1,483,938 1,311,438
Program decrease.............................................. [-172,500]
400 CENTRAL SUPPLY ACTIVITIES......................................... 703,829 703,829
410 LOGISTIC SUPPORT ACTIVITIES....................................... 634,879 634,879
420 AMMUNITION MANAGEMENT............................................. 525,732 525,732
430 ADMINISTRATION.................................................... 402,276 393,276
Program decrease.............................................. [-9,000]
440 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS........................................ 2,252,914 2,222,914
Program decrease.............................................. [-30,000]
450 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT............................................... 324,069 324,069
460 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT........................................... 961,851 961,851
470 OTHER SERVICE SUPPORT............................................. 2,179,562 2,179,562
480 ARMY CLAIMS ACTIVITIES............................................ 139,480 139,480
490 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT............................................ 308,271 308,271
500 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT READINESS.......................... 434,778 434,778
510 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT..................... 37,654 37,654
520 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY HEADQUARTERS............................... 760,520 760,520
530 MISC. SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS.................................... 28,681 28,681 590A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................................... 3,457,587 3,457,587
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES........... 14,636,021 14,424,521
UNDISTRIBUTED 600 UNDISTRIBUTED..................................................... -417,800
Historical unobligated balances............................... [-417,800]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED........................................ -417,800
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
OPERATING FORCES 010 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES.......................................... 15,213 15,213 020 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE............................................ 674,766 674,766 030 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS.............................................. 121,223 121,223 040 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT.................................... 664,612 664,612 050 AVIATION ASSETS................................................... 37,490 72,490
Aviation force structure...................................... [35,000] 060 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT................................ 380,473 380,473 070 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS..................................... 41,301 41,301 080 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE..................................... 37,429 37,429 090 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT........................................... 577,337 577,337
100 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION............... 411,093 411,093 110 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS........................... 27,810 27,810 120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS...................... 2,725 2,725 130 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSECURITY.............................. 19,422 19,422
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES..................................... 3,010,894 3,045,894
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 140 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION........................................ 15,237 11,237
Program decrease.............................................. [-4,000] 150 ADMINISTRATION.................................................... 11,708 11,708 160 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS........................................ 4,165 4,165 170 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT............................................... 7,300 7,300 180 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT........................................... 63,330 63,330
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES........... 101,740 97,740
UNDISTRIBUTED 210 UNDISTRIBUTED..................................................... -34,700
Historical unobligated balances............................... [-34,700]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED........................................ -34,700
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
OPERATING FORCES 010 MANEUVER UNITS.................................................... 807,777 807,777 020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES.......................................... 233,114 233,114 030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE............................................ 1,143,423 1,143,423 040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS.............................................. 84,598 84,598 050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT.................................... 344,161 344,161 060 AVIATION ASSETS................................................... 1,096,948 1,096,948 070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT................................ 864,172 873,672
GAMER live training capabilty................................. [9,500] 080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS.....................................
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93,367 93,367 090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE..................................... 171,055 171,055 100 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT........................................... 1,326,854 1,326,854 110 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION............... 1,065,363 1,065,363 120 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS........................... 1,116,559 1,116,559 130 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS...................... 6,831 6,831 140 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES--CYBERSECURITY.............................. 24,785 24,785
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES..................................... 8,379,007 8,388,507
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 150 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION........................................ 6,604 6,604 160 ADMINISTRATION.................................................... 50,221 55,221
Center for the Study of the National Guard.................... [5,000] 170 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS........................................ 24,846 24,846 180 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT........................................... 239,142 239,142 190 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT............................................ 4,004 4,004
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES........... 324,817 329,817
UNDISTRIBUTED 200 UNDISTRIBUTED..................................................... -83,000
Historical unobligated balances............................... [-83,000]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED........................................ -83,000
COUNTER-ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP
COUNTER-ISIL TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF) 010 COUNTER-ISIL TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF).......................... 303,099 253,099
Program decrease.............................................. [-50,000]
SUBTOTAL COUNTER-ISIL TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF)............. 303,099 253,099
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
OPERATING FORCES 010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS............................... 8,324,572 8,324,572 020 FLEET AIR TRAINING................................................ 3,128,764 3,128,764 030 AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT............................................... 1,469,165 1,469,165 040 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE........................................ 2,219,583 2,219,583 050 AVIATION LOGISTICS................................................ 2,664,360 2,664,360 060 MISSION AND OTHER SHIP OPERATIONS................................. 7,424,752 7,424,752 070 SHIP OPERATIONS SUPPORT & TRAINING................................ 1,713,065 1,713,065 080 SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE............................................ 14,292,873 14,292,873 090 SHIP DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT..................................... 2,597,722 2,567,722
Program decrease.............................................. [-45,000]
Small Shipyard Grants......................................... [15,000] 100 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE...................... 1,821,744 1,821,744 110 MEDICAL READINESS................................................. 661,800 661,800 120 SPACE SYSTEMS AND SURVEILLANCE.................................... 572,000 572,000 130 WARFARE TACTICS................................................... 1,038,456 1,038,456
140 OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY.......................... 496,272 496,272 150 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES............................................. 2,476,987 2,476,987 160 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT................ 62,570 62,570 170 COMBATANT COMMANDERS CORE OPERATIONS.............................. 105,379 105,379 180 COMBATANT COMMANDERS DIRECT MISSION SUPPORT....................... 1,994,139 1,994,139 190 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................................. 662,040 653,040
Unjustified growth............................................ [-9,000] 200 STRATEGIC AND REGIONAL STRIKE DETERRENCE.......................... 2,220,083 2,220,083 210 WEAPONS MAINTENANCE............................................... 1,833,006 1,833,006 220 OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS SUPPORT...................................... 834,752 834,752 230 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION............................................ 2,196,932 2,185,932
Unjustified growth............................................ [-11,000] 240 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION........................ 4,891,828 4,891,828 250 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT............................................ 6,069,456 6,069,456
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES..................................... 71,772,300 71,722,300
MOBILIZATION 260 SHIP PREPOSITIONING AND SURGE..................................... 378,073 378,073 270 READY RESERVE FORCE............................................... 881,029 881,029 280 SHIP ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS.................................... 831,641 956,641
Platform Supply Vessel........................................ [125,000] 300 COAST GUARD SUPPORT............................................... 27,729 27,729
SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION......................................... 2,118,472 2,243,472
TRAINING AND RECRUITING 310 OFFICER ACQUISITION............................................... 198,743 198,743 320 RECRUIT TRAINING.................................................. 17,813 27,813
U.S. Naval Sea Cadets......................................... [10,000] 330 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS................................... 193,797 193,797 340 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING........................................ 1,163,755 1,173,755
Generative AI and Spatial Computing for Warfighter Performance [10,000] 350 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION................................ 280,521 280,521 360 TRAINING SUPPORT.................................................. 504,282 504,282 370 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING........................................ 261,140 261,140 380 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION.................................. 75,600 75,600 390 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING................................... 60,191 60,191 400 JUNIOR ROTC....................................................... 60,219 60,219
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING.............................. 2,816,061 2,836,061
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
410 ADMINISTRATION.................................................... 1,396,823 1,479,056
Integrated Data Management Systems for Military Personnel [5,000]
Harmful Behaviors Prevention..................................
Support for Navy Tuition Assistance Funding................... [77,233]
430 CIVILIAN MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT........................ 244,308 244,308
450 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT........................ 642,260 642,260
470 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATION...................................... 5,517 5,517
480 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT..................... 60,440 60,440
490 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION........................................ 279,134 279,134
510 PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND PROGRAM SUPPORT........................ 605,530 605,530
520 ACQUISITION, LOGISTICS, AND OVERSIGHT............................. 822,580 822,580
530 INVESTIGATIVE AND SECURITY SERVICES............................... 1,076,664 1,076,664 760A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................................... 728,457 728,457
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES........... 5,861,713 5,943,946
UNDISTRIBUTED 770 UNDISTRIBUTED..................................................... -307,900
Historical unobligated balances............................... [-307,900]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED........................................ -307,900
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
OPERATING FORCES 010 OPERATIONAL FORCES................................................ 3,113,102 3,113,102 020 FIELD LOGISTICS................................................... 2,807,429 2,807,429 030 DEPOT MAINTENANCE................................................. 344,750 344,750 040 MARITIME PREPOSITIONING........................................... 280,543 280,543 050 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................................. 351,199 351,199 060 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION.......................... 3,629,008 3,629,008 070 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT............................................ 3,175,027 3,175,027
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES..................................... 13,701,058 13,701,058
TRAINING AND RECRUITING 080 RECRUIT TRAINING.................................................. 45,521 45,521 090 OFFICER ACQUISITION............................................... 1,346 1,346 100 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING........................................ 242,438 242,438 110 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION................................ 64,994 64,994 120 TRAINING SUPPORT.................................................. 838,526 838,526 130 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING........................................ 363,287 363,287 140 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION.................................. 47,840 47,840 150 JUNIOR ROTC....................................................... 33,292 33,292
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING.............................. 1,637,244 1,637,244
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
180 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION........................................ 154,026 154,026
190 ADMINISTRATION.................................................... 416,349 416,349 300A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................................... 80,140 80,140
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES........... 650,515 650,515
UNDISTRIBUTED 310 UNDISTRIBUTED..................................................... -80,300
Historical unobligated balances............................... [-80,300]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED........................................ -80,300
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE
OPERATING FORCES 010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS...............................
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787,622 787,622 020 AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT............................................... 9,733 9,733 030 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE........................................ 215,547 215,547 040 AVIATION LOGISTICS................................................ 27,703 27,703 050 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS............................................. 19,652 19,652 060 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES............................................. 196,376 196,376 070 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................................. 288 288 080 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION............................................ 30,811 30,811 090 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION........................ 59,386 59,386 100 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT............................................ 111,177 111,177
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES..................................... 1,458,295 1,458,295
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 110 ADMINISTRATION.................................................... 2,747 2,747 120 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT........................ 14,944 14,944 130 ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT................................ 1,230 1,230
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES........... 18,921 18,921
UNDISTRIBUTED 150 UNDISTRIBUTED..................................................... -20,600
Historical unobligated balances............................... [-20,600]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED........................................ -20,600
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE
OPERATING FORCES 010 OPERATING FORCES.................................................. 142,416 142,416 020 DEPOT MAINTENANCE................................................. 23,213 23,213 030 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION........................ 100,709 100,709 040 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT............................................ 128,902 128,902
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES..................................... 395,240 395,240
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 050 ADMINISTRATION.................................................... 9,440 9,440
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES........... 9,440 9,440
UNDISTRIBUTED 070 UNDISTRIBUTED..................................................... -7,000
Historical unobligated balances............................... [-7,000]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED........................................ -7,000
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
OPERATING FORCES 010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES............................................. 1,798,263 1,798,263 020 COMBAT ENHANCEMENT FORCES......................................... 3,117,205 3,117,205 030 AIR OPERATIONS TRAINING (OJT, MAINTAIN SKILLS).................... 2,770,832 2,780,832
Point Defense Battle Lab Program.............................. [10,000] 040 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.............................. 6,092,998 6,092,998 050 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION............... 6,100,395 6,105,395
Advanced Nuclear Energy Demonstration Project................. [5,000] 060 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT............................................ 320,297 320,297 070 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT................... 11,647,415 11,647,415 080 FLYING HOUR PROGRAM............................................... 7,265,480 7,265,480 090 BASE SUPPORT...................................................... 11,318,037 11,318,037 100 GLOBAL C3I AND EARLY WARNING...................................... 1,214,408 1,214,408 110 OTHER COMBAT OPS SPT PROGRAMS..................................... 2,146,977 2,121,977
Program decrease.............................................. [-25,000] 120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................................. 1,155,815 1,146,815
Unjustified growth............................................ [-9,000] 130 TACTICAL INTEL AND OTHER SPECIAL ACTIVITIES....................... 1,992,280 1,992,280 140 MEDICAL READINESS................................................. 561,626 561,626 150 US NORTHCOM/NORAD................................................. 746,165 746,165 160 US STRATCOM....................................................... 656,448 656,448
170 US CENTCOM........................................................ 405,438 405,438
180 US SOCOM.......................................................... 42,261 42,261
190 US TRANSCOM....................................................... 694 694
210 USSPACECOM........................................................ 555,147 555,147 210A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................................... 81,694 81,694
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES..................................... 59,989,875 59,970,875
MOBILIZATION 220 AIRLIFT OPERATIONS................................................ 3,782,668 3,782,668 230 MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS......................................... 321,889 321,889
SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION......................................... 4,104,557 4,104,557
TRAINING AND RECRUITING 240 OFFICER ACQUISITION............................................... 267,971 267,971 250 RECRUIT TRAINING.................................................. 70,462 70,462 260 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC)............................ 143,686 143,686 270 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING........................................ 589,549 589,549 280 FLIGHT TRAINING................................................... 1,122,297 1,122,297 290 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION................................ 280,908 280,908 300 TRAINING SUPPORT.................................................. 192,608 192,608 310 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING........................................ 254,720 254,720 320 EXAMINING......................................................... 7,261 7,261 330 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION.................................. 232,768 232,768 340 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING................................... 354,678 354,678 350 JUNIOR ROTC....................................................... 114,790 114,790
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING.............................. 3,631,698 3,631,698
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
360 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS.............................................. 1,124,763 1,124,763
370 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES...................................... 159,721 159,721
380 ADMINISTRATION.................................................... 1,292,758 1,294,758
Integrated Data Management Systems for Military Personnel [5,000]
Harmful Behaviors Prevention..................................
Program decrease.............................................. [-3,000]
390 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS........................................ 43,892 43,892
410 OTHER SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES...................................... 1,666,547 1,666,547
420 CIVIL AIR PATROL.................................................. 32,984 32,984
430 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT..................... 58,936 58,936
440 SECURITY PROGRAMS................................................. 202,400 202,400
450 INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT............................................. 77,853 77,853 450A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................................... 1,653,652 1,653,652
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES........... 6,313,506 6,315,506
UNDISTRIBUTED 460 UNDISTRIBUTED..................................................... -408,800
Historical unobligated balances............................... [-408,800]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED........................................ -408,800
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE
OPERATING FORCES
010 GLOBAL C3I & EARLY WARNING........................................ 1,056,824 1,056,824
020 SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS........................................... 415,322 415,322
030 SPACE OPERATIONS.................................................. 1,266,939 1,266,939
040 EDUCATION & TRAINING.............................................. 783,168 783,168
050 SPECIAL PROGRAMS.................................................. 733,761 733,761
060 DEPOT MAINTENANCE................................................. 83,803 83,803
070 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION............... 1,384,326 1,384,326
080 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS AND SYSTEM SUPPORT........................... 2,096,381 2,096,381
090 SPACE OPERATIONS -BOS............................................. 551,196 551,196
100 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................................. 289,958 289,958 100A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................................... 118,478 118,478
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES..................................... 8,780,156 8,780,156
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 110 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS.............................................. 36,164 36,164 120 ADMINISTRATION.................................................... 449,597 449,597
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES........... 485,761 485,761
UNDISTRIBUTED 130 UNDISTRIBUTED..................................................... -54,400
Historical unobligated balances............................... [-54,400]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED........................................ -54,400
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
OPERATING FORCES 010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES............................................. 2,138,964 2,138,964 020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS........................................ 217,542 221,542
Program increase.............................................. [4,000] 030 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.............................. 787,861 787,861
040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION............... 187,022 187,022 050 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT................... 654,233 654,233 060 BASE SUPPORT......................................................
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632,638 632,638 070 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................................. 1,655 1,655
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES..................................... 4,619,915 4,623,915
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 080 ADMINISTRATION.................................................... 100,998 100,998 090 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING........................................ 11,620 11,620 100 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERS MGMT (ARPC)............................ 15,893 15,893 110 AUDIOVISUAL....................................................... 561 561
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES........... 129,072 129,072
UNDISTRIBUTED 120 UNDISTRIBUTED..................................................... -52,100
Historical unobligated balances............................... [-52,100]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED........................................ -52,100
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
OPERATING FORCES 010 AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS............................................... 2,744,277 2,744,277 020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS........................................ 663,367 663,367 030 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.............................. 1,210,460 1,210,460 040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION............... 531,241 531,241 050 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT................... 1,632,461 1,632,461 060 BASE SUPPORT...................................................... 1,128,729 1,128,729 070 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT............................................ 26,354 26,354 080 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES............................................. 81,720 81,720
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES..................................... 8,018,609 8,018,609
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 090 ADMINISTRATION.................................................... 64,249 64,249 100 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING........................................ 47,831 47,831
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES........... 112,080 112,080
UNDISTRIBUTED 110 UNDISTRIBUTED..................................................... -50,800
Historical unobligated balances............................... [-50,800]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED........................................ -50,800
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
OPERATING FORCES 010 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF............................................. 534,218 534,218 020 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF--JTEEP...................................... 1,393,798 1,393,798 030 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF--CYBER...................................... 9,103 9,103 040 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE--PSYOP......................... 325,609 340,609
AI-based IO agentic Assessment................................ [15,000] 050 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND COMBAT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.......... 2,589,383 3,017,983
Accelerated Fielding of Group 3 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) [3,600]
Capability....................................................
Maritime Mission Support Vessel............................... [425,000] 060 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MAINTENANCE............................ 1,388,865 1,437,629
Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) Family of Systems................ [1,286]
Ground Infil Protection Systems(GIPS)......................... [15,340]
Ground Organic Precision Strike Systems (GOPSS)............... [3,639]
Munitions War Reserves........................................ [2,888]
Non-Standard Aviations (NSAv)................................. [15,611]
USASOC Dive Tank and Compression Chamber...................... [10,000] 070 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MANAGEMENT/OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.... 180,691 180,691 080 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND THEATER FORCES......................... 3,695,859 3,706,622
Cognitive Performance Initiative.............................. [7,500]
Manpower for TSOC Next........................................ [3,263] 090 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES.................. 78,512 78,512 100 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND INTELLIGENCE........................... 1,130,849 1,138,849
Identity and Signature Management............................. [8,000] 110 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.................... 1,796,851 1,812,851
Identity and Signature Management............................. [11,000]
USSOCOM Lessons Learned Program............................... [5,000] 120 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS............................................. 1,880,381 1,872,381
Unjustified growth............................................ [-8,000] 130 USCYBERCOM HEADQUARTERS........................................... 303,726 303,726
SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES..................................... 15,307,845 15,826,972
TRAINING AND RECRUITING 140 DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY.................................... 193,017 193,017 150 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF............................................. 173,748 173,748 160 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION..... 30,040 30,040
SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING.............................. 396,805 396,805
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES
170 CIVIL MILITARY PROGRAMS........................................... 118,488 374,488
National Guard Youth Challenge Program (NGYCP)................ [198,000]
Senator Robert J. Dole Greatest Generation Education Program.. [5,000]
STARBASE...................................................... [53,000]
180 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY--CYBER.............................. 3,825 3,825
190 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY..................................... 611,600 611,600
200 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY................................ 1,462,988 1,462,988
210 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY--CYBER......................... 42,367 42,367
220 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY................... 1,035,974 1,035,974
240 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY--CYBER............ 16,885 16,885
250 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY--CYBER........................... 49,611 49,611
260 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY.................................. 1,505,352 1,510,352
Modernization of DOD Drug Testing............................. [5,000]
290 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY................................ 3,873,222 3,873,222
300 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY--CYBER......................... 602,017 602,017
310 DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY..................................... 147,620 147,620
320 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY.......................................... 585,610 585,610
330 DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY............................................ 207,551 207,551
340 DEFENSE POW/MIA OFFICE............................................ 160,358 160,358
350 DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY............................... 3,780,757 4,393,834
Additional International Security Cooperation Programs--EUCOM. [210,000]
including amount for Baltic Security Initiative.............. [175,000]
Defense Institute for International Legal Studies............. [1,396]
Institute for Security Governance............................. [1,681]
Prior-year authorization...................................... [400,000]
360 DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY SECURITY ADMINISTRATION........................ 47,101 47,101
370 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY................................... 637,514 637,514
390 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY--CYBER............................ 73,477 73,477
400 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY.......................... 3,493,232 3,563,232
Impact Aid.................................................... [50,000]
Impact Aid Students with Disabilities......................... [20,000]
410 MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY............................................ 487,235 487,235
420 OFFICE OF THE LOCAL DEFENSE COMMUNITY COOPERATION................. 142,597 152,597
Program increase.............................................. [10,000]
430 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF--JIATF...................................... 431,652 431,652
470 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE--CYBER......................... 81,163 124,163
DIB Cybersecurity............................................. [4,000]
Enterprise Unified Data Library............................... [15,000]
Senior Military College DoD Cyber Institutes.................. [24,000]
480 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE................................ 3,832,831 3,875,831
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program [30,000]
(REPI).......................................................
Legacy Resource Management Program............................ [8,000]
Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program [5,000]
(NALEMP)......................................................
510 WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES.................................. 536,546 536,546 510A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS............................................... 24,579,358 24,637,358
Automated Man-made Vertical Obstruction/Obstacle Detection [15,000]
Software Integration..........................................
Forward Based Theater Foreign Materiel Exploitation........... [21,100]
Machine Speed Intelligence Fusion............................. [8,000]
Personnel adjustments......................................... [13,900]
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES........... 48,546,931 49,645,008
UNDISTRIBUTED 520 UNDISTRIBUTED..................................................... -1,380,803
Foreign currency fluctuations................................. [-900,000]
Historical unobligated balances............................... [-480,803]
SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED........................................
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ADMINISTRATION AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES 010 US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES, DEFENSE................. 21,698 21,698
SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES............. 21,698 21,698
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND
ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 010 ACQ WORKFORCE DEV FD.............................................. 37,478 97,478
Defense Civilian Training Corps............................... [30,000]
IP cadre...................................................... [30,000]
SUBTOTAL ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.................... 37,478 97,478
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE 010 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER AND CIVIC AID..................... 78,187 115,335
Program increase.............................................. [37,148]
SUBTOTAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.............................. 78,187 115,335
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT
FSU THREAT REDUCTION 010 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION...................................... 221,332 221,332
SUBTOTAL FSU THREAT REDUCTION................................. 221,332 221,332
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 050 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY................................... 282,444 282,444
SUBTOTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY............................... 282,444 282,444
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 060 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY................................... 305,246 305,246
SUBTOTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY............................... 305,246 305,246
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 070 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE.............................. 320,060 320,060
SUBTOTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.......................... 320,060 320,060
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE
DEFENSE-WIDE 080 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE................................ 8,957 8,957
SUBTOTAL DEFENSE-WIDE......................................... 8,957 8,957
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES
DEFENSE-WIDE 090 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FORMERLY USED SITES..................... 238,927 246,927
Program increase.............................................. [8,000]
SUBTOTAL DEFENSE-WIDE......................................... 238,927 246,927
TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE................................ 338,624,638 337,672,520 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL.
------------------------------------------------------------------------SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL (In Thousands of Dollars) -------------------------------------------------------------------------FY 2027 House Item Request Authorized ------------------------------------------------------------------------Military Personnel.................... 190,771,931 190,021,931 Historical unobligated balances.. [-750,000] MERHCF................................ 14,349,269 14,349,269 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS.
------------------------------------------------------------------------SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS (In Thousands of Dollars) -------------------------------------------------------------------------FY 2027 House Item Request Authorized ------------------------------------------------------------------------INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS................... 20,563 20,563 SUPPLY MANAGEMENT--ARMY
TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY..... 20,563 20,563 WORKING CAPITAL FUND, NAVY NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTERS........... 266,212 266,212 TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, NAVY..... 266,212 266,212 WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE TRANSPORTATION CRITICAL SPARES......................... 4,245,563 4,245,563 SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS.................. 194,851 194,851 TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE 4,440,414 4,440,414 NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND DEFENSE STOCKPILE....................... 5,700 5,700 TOTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE 5,700 5,700 TRANSACTION FUND..................... WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE DEFENSE FINANCE OPERATIONS--DIRECT...... 273,760 273,760 DOD MARKET FLUCTUATION ACCOUNT (FUEL)... 1,000,000 1,000,000 UNDISTRIBUTED........................... -400,000 WCF cash balances.................. [-400,000] TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE- 1,273,760 873,760 WIDE................................. WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY COMMISSARY OPERATIONS................... 1,501,344 1,501,344 TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE 1,501,344 1,501,344 COMMISSARY AGENCY.................... CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 55,972 55,972 EVALUATION............................. TOTAL CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS 55,972 55,972 DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE................. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE COUNTER-NARCOTICS SUPPORT............... 658,191 658,191 DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM........... 135,745 135,745 NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM..... 117,418 117,418 NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS..... 6,648 9,648 Program increase................... [3,000] TOTAL DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER- 918,002 921,002 DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE............. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE............... 501,371 501,371 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL--CYBER.. 2,073 2,073 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 1,506 1,506 EVALUATION............................. PROCUREMENT............................. 1,393 1,393 TOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 506,343 506,343 COMBAT AND OPERATIONAL MEDICINE PROGRAM IN-HOUSE CARE........................... 10,863,317 10,994,317 Dental Readiness................... [131,000] CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SUPPORT............. 2,375,175 2,375,175 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.................. 2,600,177 2,600,177 MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES................... 304,382 304,382 EDUCATION AND TRAINING.................. 349,460 349,460 BASE OPERATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS.......... 2,463,042 2,450,042 Program decrease................... [-13,000] R&D RESEARCH............................ 41,924 66,924 Endometrial cancer research........ [25,000] R&D EXPLORATRY DEVELOPMENT.............. 185,153 185,153 R&D ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT................ 361,241 428,841 Blast Overpressure................. [6,000] Cryopreserved Platelet Development. [5,000] Freeze-Dried Platelet Hemostatics.. [5,000] Joint Neuroscience Demonstration [10,000] Program............................ Musculoskeletal resilience......... [7,000] Pathogen Reduced Freeze-Dried [7,600] Cryoprecipitate Manufacturing Technology......................... Pathogen reduction technology [7,000] Funding............................ Physics-based Neutralizations of [5,000] Threats to Human tissues and Organs Research........................... Resilient Optimization of Load & [15,000] Integrated Neuromusculoskeletal Anabolism Research................. R&D DEMONSTRATION/VALIDATION............ 186,018 214,018 Study of direct electrical nerve [13,000] stimulation on lower limb amputees. Thermal Burn and Concurrent [15,000] Pulmonary Therapies................ R&D ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT............. 124,662 124,662 R&D MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT.............. 100,912 100,912 R&D CAPABILITIES ENHANCEMENT............ 19,452 30,452 Advanced Vital Intervention [11,000] Airborne Training for Emergencies (AVIATE)........................... PROC INITIAL OUTFITTING................. 25,555 25,555 PROC REPLACEMENT & MODERNIZATION........ 231,382 231,382 PROC JOINT OPERATIONAL MEDICINE 31,203 31,203 INFORMATION SYSTEM..................... PROC MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM--DESKTOP TO 78,588 78,588 DATACENTER............................. TOTAL COMBAT AND OPERATIONAL MEDICINE 20,341,643 20,591,243 PROGRAM.............................. PRIVATE SECTOR CARE PROGRAM PRIVATE SECTOR CARE..................... 22,175,472 22,175,472 TOTAL PRIVATE SECTOR CARE PROGRAM.... 22,175,472 22,175,472 TOTAL OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS........... 51,505,425 51,358,025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION (In Thousands of Dollars) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------State/Country and FY 2027 House Account Installation Project Title Request Agreement ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Alabama Army Anniston Army Depot Access Control Point (INC) 0 53,000 Army Anniston Army Depot Consolidated Shipping and 0 5,400 Receiving Facility (Design). Army Anniston Army Depot Welding Shop (Design)..... 0 4,940 Alaska Army Fort Wainwright Barracks (INC 2).......... 24,000 24,000 Florida Army Naval Air Station Key Command and Control 160,000 160,000 West Facility (INC 2). Germany Army Grafenwoehr Underground Electric Lines 12,800 12,800 Guam Army Joint Region Marianas PDI: Guam Def Sys, EIAMD, 190,000 190,000 PH 2 (INC 2). Army Joint Region Marianas PDI: Guam Def Sys, EIAMD, 155,000 60,000 PH 3. Army Joint Region Marianas PDI: Land Acquisition..... 29,000 0 Hawaii Army Fort Shafter CTC: Clearwell and Booster 71,000 71,000 Pump. Army Helemano CTC: Wells and Storage 72,000 72,000 Tanks. Army Schofield Barracks CTC: Elevated Tank and 26,000 26,000 Distribution Lines. Army Schofield Barracks CTC: Water Storage Tank... 21,000 21,000 Army Schofield Barracks Fire Station.............. 30,000 30,000 Army Wheeler Army Air Field Aircraft Maintenance 90,000 90,000 Hangar (INC 1). Italy Army Caserma Renato Del Din Access Control Point...... 17,000 17,000 Japan Army Kadena Air Base CTC: Vehicle Maintenance 69,000 69,000 Shop. Louisiana Army Fort Polk Rotational Unit Billeting 0 157,000 Area. New York Army Fort Drum Automated Record Fire Plus 25,000 25,000 Range. North Carolina Army Fort Bragg CTC: Aircraft Maintenance 31,000 31,000 Hangar. Oklahoma Army Fort Sill Automated-Aided 0 94,000 Instruction Building. Texas Army Fort Bliss Shipping and Receiving 35,000 35,000 Building. Army Fort Hood Vehicle Maintenance Shop.. 0 81,000 Army Joint Base San Antonio Adv Ind Training Barracks- 303,000 103,000 METC (INC). Washington Army Joint Base Lewis- Airfield Fire and Rescue 89,000 89,000 McChord Station. Worldwide Unspecified Army Unspecified Worldwide Design.................... 173,421 173,421 Locations Army Unspecified Worldwide Host Nation Support....... 53,521 53,521 Locations Army Unspecified Worldwide Minor Construction........ 178,626 178,626 Locations Army Unspecified Worldwide PDI: Minor Construction... 76,270 76,270 Locations ........................ Military Construction, Army Total 1,931,638 2,002,978 ...................... Australia Navy Royal Australian Air PDI: Aircraft Maintenance 46,958 46,958 Force Base Darwin Hangar (INC). Navy Royal Australian Air PDI: Maintenance Support 33,955 33,955 Force Base Darwin Facs (INC). California Navy Marine Corps Base Camp Fire/Emergency Response 43,000 43,000 Pendleton Station (53 Area) Replace. Navy Marine Corps Base Camp Landfill Liner Phase III 53,150 53,150 Pendleton and IV. Navy Naval Base Coronado Ford Class CVN 33,000 33,000 Infrastructure Upg., Pier Lima (INC). Navy Naval Air Station Strike Fighter Center of 155,939 155,939 Lemoore Excellence Pacific (INC). Navy Naval Support Activity Naval Innovation Center 50,000 50,000 Monterey (INC). Navy Naval Base Ventura Community & Airfield Area 164,000 164,000 County Point Mugu Flood Protection. Connecticut Navy Naval Submarine Base Submarine Pier 8 142,124 142,124 New London Replacement (INC). Navy Naval Submarine Base Weapons Magazine & 79,600 79,600 New London Ordnance Operations Fac. (INC). District of Columbia Navy Naval Research Biomolecular Science & 157,000 157,000 Laboratory Synthetic Biology Lab. Federated States of Micronesia Navy Yap PDI: Yap Port and Harbor 142,235 142,235 Improvements (INC). Florida Navy Marine Corps Support Communications 46,075 46,075 Facility Blount Infrastructure (INC). Island Navy Cape Canaveral Space Cape Canaveral Railhead & 60,990 60,990 Force Station Transfer Facilities.
Navy Naval Air Station Child Development Center 0 4,135 Whiting Field (Design). Navy Naval Air Station Multi Aircraft Paint & 0 28,225 Jacksonville Strip (Design). Georgia Navy Albany Consolidated Communication 86,350 86,350 Facility. Navy Naval Submarine Base Transit Protection Program 100,000 100,000 Kings Bay Facility (INC). Navy Naval Submarine Base Trident Refit Fac. 30,000 30,000 Kings Bay Expansion (Columbia Sub) (INC). Guam Navy Andersen Air Force PDI: Joint Consolidated 132,416 132,416 Base Communications Center (INC). Navy Apra Heights PDI: Inner Apra Harbor 13,400 13,400 Resiliency (INC). Navy Joint Region Marianas PDI: Defense Access Roads 0 16,500 III (INC). Navy Joint Region Marianas PDI: Joint Communication 60,000 60,000 Upgrade (INC). Navy Joint Region Marianas PDI: Polaris Point 122,000 22,000 Electrical Capacity Upgrade. Navy Joint Region Marianas PDI: Polaris Point 171,800 171,800 Submarine Pier (INC). Hawaii Navy Ford Island Pacific Warfighting Center 183,760 183,760 Expansion. Navy Joint Base Pearl Dry Dock 3 Replacement 507,453 507,453 Harbor-Hickam (INC). Navy Joint Base Pearl Water Treatment Plant 248,170 248,170 Harbor-Hickam (INC). Navy Marine Corps Base 3d Mlr Armory Expansion... 76,550 76,550 Kaneohe Bay Navy Marine Corps Base ATC CO M Compound......... 134,090 34,090 Kaneohe Bay Navy Marine Corps Base Main Gate Entry Control 49,260 49,260 Kaneohe Bay Point. Navy Kauai PDI: Airfield Pavement 142,470 142,470 Upgrades (INC). Japan Navy Kadena Air Base Aircraft Intermediate 31,780 31,780 Maintenance Facility. Maine Navy Portsmouth Naval Multi-Mission Drydock #1 50,755 50,755 Shipyard Extension (INC). Navy Portsmouth Naval Power Reliability & Water 138,875 138,875 Shipyard Resilience Upgrade (INC). Maryland Navy United States Naval Storm Water Management 0 86,020 Academy Facilities. Nevada Navy Naval Air Station Range Training Complex 387,570 387,570 Fallon Improvements. North Carolina Navy Camp Lejeune Amphibious Combat Vehicle 0 24,140 (ACV) Shelters (INC). Navy Camp Lejeune 10th Marines Operational 77,520 77,520 Complex (INC). Navy Camp Lejeune Ammunition Supply Point 15,451 15,451 Upgrade Phase II (INC). Navy Camp Lejeune Combat Water Survival 141,880 141,880 Training Facility. Navy Marine Corps Air CTC: Aircraft Maintenance 47,560 47,560 Station Cherry Point Hangar. Navy Marine Corps Air CTC: CH-53K Gearbox Repair 17,941 17,941 Station Cherry Point and Test Facility. Navy Marine Corps Air F-35 Aircraft Sustainment 89,181 89,181 Station Cherry Point Ctr (INC). Navy Marine Corps Air Maintenance Facility & 62,575 62,575 Station Cherry Point Marine Air Group HQS (INC). Navy Marine Corps Air 2D LAAD Maintenance and 0 19,390 Station Cherry Point Operations Facilities (Design). Federated States of Micronesia Navy Palau PDI: Palau Port and Harbor 384,560 384,560 Improvements (INC). Pennsylvania Navy Mechanicsburg Machinery Control 79,140 79,140 Development Center (INC). Rhode Island Navy Naval Station Newport Consolidated RDT&E 40,000 40,000 Integration Laboratory. Navy Naval Station Newport Next Generation Submarine 73,000 73,000 Platform Facility.
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Navy Naval Station Newport Submarine Payload 40,000 40,000 Integration Laboratory. South Carolina Navy Charleston Air Force Nuclear Power Training Fac 161,700 161,700 Base Simulation Expan (INC). Spain Navy Rota UH for Permanent Party.... 64,080 64,080 Virginia Navy Joint Expeditionary Child Development Center.. 65,640 65,640 Base Little Creek--Ft Story Navy Naval Station Norfolk Pier 10 Replacement 0 15,800 (Design). Navy Naval Station Norfolk Child Development Center.. 93,040 10,000 Navy Naval Station Norfolk Child Development Center.. 84,940 84,940 Navy Naval Station Norfolk Electrical Distribution 124,965 124,965 System Upgrades (INC). Navy Naval Station Norfolk MQ-25 Aircraft Laydown 54,622 54,622 Facilities (INC). Navy Oceana Naval Air Child Development Center.. 104,340 34,340 Station Navy Portsmouth Dry Dock 3 Modernization 189,353 189,353 (INC). Navy Naval Weapons Station CTC: Containerized Long 16,170 16,170 Yorktown Weapons Storage Magazine. Navy Naval Weapons Station CTC: Conventional Prompt 13,710 13,710 Yorktown Strike Test Facility. Navy Naval Weapons Station Weapons Magazines (INC)... 100,782 100,782 Yorktown Washington Navy Naval Base Kitsap- Columbia Submarine Repair 64,000 64,000 Bangor Facility Expansion (INC). Navy Naval Base Kitsap- Columbia Submarine 90,900 90,900 Bangor Training Facility Expansion. Navy Naval Base Kitsap- Missile Assembly Building 195,227 195,227 Bremerton Replacement. Navy Puget Sound Naval Multi-Mission Dry Dock 245,000 245,000 Shipyard (INC). Navy Naval Air Station EA-18G Aircraft Regional 202,000 202,000 Whidbey Island Service Facility.
Worldwide Unspecified Navy Unspecified Worldwide Design.................... 1,163,477 1,163,477
Locations Navy Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 142,764 142,764
Locations Construction. Navy Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 146,460 146,460
Locations Construction.
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Military Construction, Navy Total 8,266,703 8,107,873
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Alabama AF Redstone Arsenal Space Force Operational 250,000 250,000
Facility. AF Redstone Arsenal USSPACECOM HQ............. 450,000 450,000
Alaska AF Eielson Air Force Base Jparc Range Operations 91,000 50,000
Center. AF Joint Base Elmendorf- Joint Integrated Test and 42,000 42,000
Richardson Training Ctr (INC). AF Joint Base Elmendorf- FTR- ADAL Field Training 56,000 56,000
Richardson Detachment (Ftd). AF Joint Base Elmendorf- FTR- Conventional 132,300 132,300
Richardson Munitions Complex. AF Joint Base Elmendorf- FTR- Dormitory............ 451,500 451,500
Richardson AF Joint Base Elmendorf- FTR- Flight Simulator..... 93,800 93,800
Richardson AF Joint Base Elmendorf- FTR- Fuel Cell Maintenance 31,250 31,250
Richardson AF Joint Base Elmendorf- FTR- Infrastructure & 422,100 422,100
Richardson Utilities. AF Joint Base Elmendorf- FTR- Low Observable 63,250 63,250
Richardson Aircraft Structural
Maintenance. AF Joint Base Elmendorf- FTR- Operations and 127,500 127,500
Richardson Generation Hangar. AF Joint Base Elmendorf- FTR- PGM Relocation....... 359,100 359,100
Richardson AF Joint Base Elmendorf- FTR- Public Traffic Route 50,000 50,000
Richardson Realignment. AF Joint Base Elmendorf- FTR- Squadron 1-1 Airfield 125,250 125,250
Richardson Pavements. AF Joint Base Elmendorf- FTR- Squadron 1-1 154,000 154,000
Richardson Flowthrough Hangars.
Arizona AF Davis-Monthan Air Hangar/Aircraft 15,000 15,000
Force Base Maintenance Unit.
Arkansas AF Little Rock Air Force Child Development Center.. 27,000 27,000
Base
California AF Edwards Air Force Base Construct Vehicle Search 0 4,500
Area Afrl Gate Ecp. AF Beale Air Force Base Multi-Domain Operations 126,000 126,000
Complex.
Colorado AF Schriever Space Force Space Force Operational 250,000 250,000
Base Facility.
Djibouti AF Chabelley Airfield Chabelley Power Plant and 27,000 27,000
Primary Dist.
Federated States of
Micronesia AF Yap Airfield PDI: Runway Extension 27,000 27,000
(INC).
Florida AF Cape Canaveral Space Base Support Warehouse.... 64,000 64,000
Force Station AF Cape Canaveral Space Command Facility.......... 85,000 85,000
Force Station AF Cape Canaveral Space Communications Plant 48,400 48,400
Force Station Warehouse. AF Cape Canaveral Space Launch Support Facility... 84,000 84,000
Force Station AF Cape Canaveral Space LRS Vehicle Maintenance 80,400 80,400
Force Station Facility. AF Cape Canaveral Space Security Forces Operations 48,000 48,000
Force Station Facility. AF Tyndall Air Force Base AFCEC RDT&E Facilities and 160,000 80,000
Gate.
Georgia AF Moody Air Force Base Military Working Dog 0 15,870
Flight Operations
Facility.
Hawaii AF Maui Secure Integration Support 3,600 3,600
Lab W/ Land Acq.
Japan AF Kadena Air Base Theater Strategic 99,000 60,000
Communications Hub.
Mississippi AF Columbus Air Force T-7A Allied Support....... 11,800 11,800
Base
Missouri AF Whiteman Air Force B-21 ADAL Field Training 89,000 89,000
Base Detachment, B152. AF Whiteman Air Force B-21 Weapons Loader 80,000 80,000
Base Trainer.
Montana AF Malmstrom Air Force Sentinel Land Acquisition 43,500 43,500
Base (INC). AF Malmstrom Air Force Sentinel Operations & 95,000 95,000
Base Maint. Complex (INC).
Nevada AF Creech Air Force Base RPA Reconnaissance 0 36,000
Operations/Training
Facility. AF Creech Air Force Base Mission Support Facility.. 0 55,000 AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 2-Bay Fuel Cell (F- 52,000 52,000
35). AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Age Washrack......... 500 500 AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Aircraft Washrack & 4,000 4,000
Support Facility. AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Apron Complex........ 192,500 192,500 AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Combined Operations 177,800 177,800
Maintenance Hangar (Comh). AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Consolidated 32,000 32,000
Maintenance Facility. AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Fuel Cell............ 28,000 28,000 AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Fuel Station......... 10,000 10,000 AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Low Observable 38,700 38,700
Corrosion Repair Facility. AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Maintenance Training 29,000 29,000
Facility. AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 R-11 East Side Shade 1,800 1,800
Structure. AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Repair Munitions 4,600 4,600
Admin Facility. AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Re-Programming Lab... 61,000 61,000 AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Simulator Facility... 62,000 62,000 AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Weapons Load Training 34,000 34,000
Facility. AF Nellis Air Force Base F-47 Weapons Storage 2,800 2,800
Facility.
New Jersey AF Joint Base McGuire-Dix- Well No.6 and Wellhouse... 0 11,500
Lakehurst AF Joint Base McGuire-Dix- Well No.5 and Wellhouse... 0 11,000
Lakehurst
New Mexico AF Cannon Air Force Base Dormitory................. 10,000 10,000 AF Kirtland Air Force Space Force Operational 250,000 250,000
Base Facility.
North Dakota AF Grand Forks Air Force Space Force Operational 250,000 250,000
Base Facility. AF Minot Air Force Base Sentinel Consolidated 124,000 49,000
Vehicle Maintenance
Complex.
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AF Minot Air Force Base Sentinel Security Forces 108,000 68,000
Operations Complex.
Ohio AF Wright-Patterson Air Human Performance Wing 0 21,000
Force Base Laboratory (INC). AF Wright-Patterson Air Advanced Materials 0 9,000
Force Base Research Lab (Design).
Oklahoma AF Tinker Air Force Base E-7 AWACS Squadron 0 55,000
Operations Facility. AF Tinker Air Force Base Bomber Agile Common Hangar 112,000 112,000
(INC).
Oregon AF Mountain Home Air Homeland Defense Over-the- 33,650 33,650
Force Base Horizon Radar (INC).
Spain AF Moron Parking Apron............. 75,500 75,500
Tennessee AF Arnold Air Force Base Installation Access 0 20,000
Control Point Gate 2
Upgrade.
Texas AF Dyess Air Force Base B-21 Flight Simulator 63,000 63,000
Facility. AF Dyess Air Force Base B-21 Low Observable 74,000 74,000
Corrosion Control Fac. AF Dyess Air Force Base B-21 Utilities Site 23,000 23,000
Improvements Electric. AF Fort Sam Houston METC--Barracks/Ships/Dorms 308,000 308,000
#1 (INC). AF Goodfellow Air Force Pipeline Student Dormitory 12,000 12,000
Base AF Joint Base San Antonio MWD Large Capacity Kennel. 180,000 80,000 AF Lackland Air Force 91 Cyber Operations Center 96,000 40,000
Base
Utah AF Hill Air Force Base F-35 Maintenance Facility, 100,000 100,000
Phase 1 (INC). AF Hill Air Force Base T-7A Depot Maintenance 72,000 72,000
Complex (INC).
Virginia AF Joint Base Langley- Fuel System Maintenance 49,000 49,000
Eustis Dock.
Wake Island AF Wake Island PDI: Aircraft Park. Apron 129,000 129,000
(Wake) Phase 1 (INC).
Worldwide Unspecified AF Unspecified Worldwide Design.................... 1,820,607 1,849,607
Locations AF Unspecified Worldwide Design.................... 670,005 670,005
Locations AF Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor Military 315,810 315,810
Locations Construction.
Wyoming AF F.E. Warren Air Force GBSD Operations Group 171,000 31,000
Base Facility. AF F.E. Warren Air Force GBSD Utility Corridor 461,158 461,158
Base (INC).
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Military Construction, Air Force Total 10,601,180 10,298,050
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Alabama Def-Wide Maxwell Air Force Base Maxwell Elementary/Middle 44,000 44,000
School Addition. Def-Wide Redstone Arsenal Power Generation and 0 90,000
Microgrid.
Bahrain Def-Wide Naval Support Activity Power Generation.......... 0 5,900
Bahrain
Belgium Def-Wide Brussels Brussels Unit School Annex 33,000 33,000
California Def-Wide Camp Roberts Power Generation and 0 79,000
Microgrid.
Colorado Def-Wide Def Reutil and Mktg General Purpose Warehouse. 85,000 85,000
Ofc-Colorado Springs
Florida Def-Wide Eglin Air Force Base Power Generation and 0 43,000
Microgrid. Def-Wide Homestead Air Reserve SOF Climate Controlled 33,000 33,000
Base Tactical Storage
Warehouse. Def-Wide Naval Air Station Ambulatory Care Center 40,000 40,000
Jacksonville Substance Abuse
Rehabilitation Program
(SARP) Replacement.
Germany Def-Wide Army Garrison Ansbach Power Generation and 0 72,000
Microgrid. Def-Wide Baumholder Baumholder Middle/High 140,000 20,000
School. Def-Wide Ramstein Air Base Vehicle Fueling Facility.. 20,500 20,500 Def-Wide Rhine Ordnance Medical Center Replacement 95,002 95,002
Barracks (INC 13).
Guam Def-Wide Joint Region Marianas PDI: GDS, Command Center 99,700 99,700
(INC). Def-Wide Joint Region Marianas PDI: GDS, EIAMD, Ph1 (INC) 75,113 75,113 Def-Wide Joint Region Marianas PDI: GDS, EIAMD, PH3...... 179,446 179,446
Japan Def-Wide Camp Butler PDI: Truck Offload 37,900 37,900
Facilities. Def-Wide Yokota Air Base PDI: Bulk Storage Tanks PH 88,200 88,200
2.
Kentucky Def-Wide Fort Knox Scott Middle School....... 117,000 37,000
Korea Def-Wide Kunsan Air Base Ambulatory Care Center 65,000 65,000
Replacement.
Maryland Def-Wide Bethesda Naval MEDCEN Addition/Alteration 87,275 87,275
Hospital (INC 10). Def-Wide Bethesda Naval Support Facilities 55,000 55,000
Hospital Replacement (INC). Def-Wide Fort Meade Cyber National Mission 98,411 98,411
Force Mission Operations
Facility (INC). Def-Wide Fort Meade NSAW East Campus Building 180,000 180,000
#5 (INC 2). Def-Wide Fort Meade NSAW East Campus Site 52,000 52,000
Infrastructure.
Nevada Def-Wide Creech Air Force Base Ambulatory Care Center 25,381 25,381
Addition/Alteration.
North Carolina Def-Wide Fort Bragg SOF Operations Ammunition 0 65,000
Supply Point Phase 2. Def-Wide Fort Bragg SOF Battallion Operations 0 6,400
Facility (Design). Def-Wide Camp Lejeune SOF Marine Raider 80,000 80,000
Battalion Operations
Facility. Def-Wide Camp Lejeune SOF Operational Support 72,000 72,000
Facility. Def-Wide Fort Bragg SOF Operational Training 50,000 50,000
Facility.
Pennsylvania Def-Wide Defense Distribution Microgrid................. 0 58,000
Center, Susquehanna
Puerto Rico Def-Wide Fort Buchanan Emergency Water Treatment 0 33,500
System.
Texas Def-Wide Brooks Army Medical Power Generation and 0 55,500
Center Energy Upgrades.
United Kingdom Def-Wide Menwith Hill Station Fire Station Replacement.. 35,000 35,000 Def-Wide Royal Air Force Hospital Replacement, 78,000 78,000
Lakenheath Phase 2 (INC).
Utah Def-Wide Camp Williams Nsau Consolidation-- 50,000 50,000
Mission Facility (INC).
Virginia Def-Wide Joint Expeditionary SOF Launch & Recovery 36,000 36,000
Base Little Creek--Ft Facility.
Story
Wake Island Def-Wide Def Fuel Spt Point PDI: Fueling Facilities... 100,000 100,000
Wake Island
Washington Def-Wide Joint Base Lewis- SOF Tactical Equipment 35,000 35,000
McChord Maintenance Facility. Def-Wide Yakima Training Center Power Generation and 0 73,000
Microgrid. Def-Wide Naval Base Kitsap Power Generation and 0 132,690
Microgrid.
Worldwide Unspecified Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Design (DHA).............. 45,813 45,813
Locations Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Design (DODEA)............ 26,625 26,625
Locations Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Design (MDA).............. 42,846 42,846
Locations Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Design (SOCOM)............ 81,628 81,628
Locations Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Design (DLA).............. 100,511 100,511
Locations Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Design.................... 16,783 16,783
Locations Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Design (NSA).............. 33,700 33,700
Locations Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Design--Joint Analysis 5,000 5,000
Locations Center of Excellence. Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Energy Resilience & 694,307 0
Locations Conservation Investment
Program. Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Design (ERCIP)............ 39,346 39,346
Locations Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Exercise Related Minor 13,328 17,648
Locations Construction. Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide INDOPACOM Military 27,740 27,740
Locations Construction Pilot
Program. Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Minor Construction (SOCOM) 24,500 24,500
Locations
Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide PAX System Support........ 13,000 13,000 Locations Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide UFC System Support........ 12,000 12,000 Locations Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 10,000 10,000 Locations Construction (DODEA). Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 14,237 14,237 Locations Construction (DLA). Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 3,000 3,000 Locations Construction. Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 9,000 9,000 Locations Construction (NSA).
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Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 2,659 2,659 Locations Construction (MDA). Wyoming Def-Wide F.E. Warren Air Force Power Generation and 0 51,717 Base Microgrid With Geothermal Heating and Cooling. ........................ Military Construction, Defense-Wide Total 3,402,951 3,278,671 ...................... Worldwide Unspecified NATO NATO Security NATO Security Investment 604,270 604,270 Investment Program Program. ........................ NATO Security Investment Program Total 604,270 604,270 ...................... Florida Army NG Camp Blanding Automated Multi Purpose 28,000 28,000 Training Range. Guam Army NG Barrigada National Guard Readiness 0 20,000 Center Alteration. Idaho Army NG Orchard Training Area Mission Training Complex 27,000 27,000 (Small). Indiana Army NG Shelbyville Armory Aircraft Maintenance 0 27,500 Hangar Addition/ Alteration (INC). Louisiana Army NG Abbeville National Guard Readiness 23,000 23,000 Center. Massachusetts Army NG Camp Edwards National Guard Readiness 43,000 43,000 Center. New York Army NG Colonie Readiness National Guard Readiness 90,000 90,000 Center Center. North Carolina Army NG Salisbury Readiness Aircraft Maintenance 0 69,000 Complex Hangar Addition/ Alteration (INC). Oklahoma Army NG Tulsa Army Aviation Aircraft Maintenance Bay.. 18,500 18,500 Support Facility Washington Army NG Yakima Training Center Dining Facility........... 18,000 18,000 West Virginia Army NG Martinsburg Readiness National Guard Readiness 20,000 20,000 Center Center Add/Alt. Worldwide Unspecified Army NG Unspecified Worldwide Design.................... 71,909 71,909 Locations Army NG Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 19,500 19,500 Locations Construction. ........................ Military Construction, Army National Guard Total 358,909 475,409 ...................... Colorado Army Res Fort Carson Equipment Concentration 92,000 92,000 Site. Illinois Army Res Fort Sheridan Area Maintenance Support 38,000 38,000 Activity. Virginia Army Res Richmond Reserve Army Reserve Center....... 48,000 48,000 Center Worldwide Unspecified Army Res Unspecified Worldwide Design.................... 10,413 10,413 Locations Army Res Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 21,500 21,500 Locations Construction. ........................ Military Construction, Army Reserve Total 209,913 209,913 ...................... Florida N/MC Res Naval Air Station Ramp Expansion & Rtc...... 47,000 47,000 Jacksonville Texas N/MC Res Fort Worth Hangar 1050 Modernization 56,870 56,870 (INC). Worldwide Unspecified N/MC Res Unspecified Worldwide MCNR Design............... 6,578 6,578 Locations N/MC Res Unspecified Worldwide MCNR Unspecified Minor 2,522 2,522 Locations Construction. N/MC Res Unspecified Worldwide USMCR Design.............. 19,302 19,302 Locations
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Military Construction, Naval Reserve Total 132,272 132,272
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Alaska Air NG Eielson Air Force Base BCE Pavements and Grounds 0 16,000
Facility.
Iowa Air NG Sioux City Repair Runway 13-31 (INC). 0 38,500
Michigan Air NG Selfridge Air National Mitigate Runway 110,000 110,000
Guard Base Encroachment. Air NG Selfridge Air National Taxiway Alpha Extension... 28,000 28,000
Guard Base Air NG Selfridge Air National Taxiway Bravo Extension... 24,000 24,000
Guard Base Air NG Selfridge Air National F-15EX Maintenance Complex 0 60,000
Guard Base Phase 3. Air NG Selfridge Air National F-15EX Maintenance Complex 0 65,000
Guard Base Phase 2. Air NG Selfridge Air National Mcca KC-46 ADAL Aircrew 0 35,000
Guard Base Training Facility. Air NG Selfridge Air National KC-46 ASE Complex (Design) 0 4,300
Guard Base Air NG Selfridge Air National KC-46 ADAL Parking Apron 0 1,400
Guard Base (Design). Air NG Selfridge Air National Mcca KC-46 ADAL SQ Ops B17 0 38,000
Guard Base Air NG Selfridge Air National F-15EX Maintenance Complex 0 65,000
Guard Base Phase 1. Air NG Selfridge Air National KC-46 Dual Bay Hangar 0 21,200
Guard Base (Design).
Missouri Air NG Rosecrans Air National Aircraft Parking Apron.... 0 63,000
Guard Base
Oregon Air NG Kingsley Air Force F-35 FTU Academic Training 80,000 80,000
Base Center.
Texas Air NG Naval Air Station C-130J ADAL Maintenance 27,000 27,000
Joint Reserve Base Hangar B1676.
Fort Worth
Worldwide Unspecified Air NG Unspecified Worldwide Design.................... 110,656 110,656
Locations Air NG Unspecified Worldwide Design.................... 136,565 136,565
Locations Air NG Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor 9,000 9,000
Locations Construction.
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Military Construction, Air National Guard Total 525,221 932,621
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Pennsylvania AF Res Pittsburgh Air Reserve Communications Facility... 19,500 19,500
Station
Worldwide Unspecified AF Res Unspecified Worldwide Design.................... 1,347 1,347
Locations AF Res Unspecified Worldwide Unspecified Minor Military 1,325 1,325
Locations Construction.
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Military Construction, Air Force Reserve Total 22,172 22,172
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Germany FH Con Army South Camp Vilseck FH Replacement 95,060 36,060
Construction (44 Units).
Japan FH Con Army Camp Zama FH Improvement 106,356 106,356
Construction (68 Units).
Worldwide Unspecified FH Con Army Unspecified Worldwide Family Housing Design..... 39,079 39,079
Locations
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Family Housing Construction, Army Total 240,495 181,495
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Worldwide Unspecified FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide Furnishings............... 18,177 18,177
Locations FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide Leased Housing............ 132,820 132,820
Locations FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide Maintenance of Real 172,866 172,866
Locations Property Facilities. FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide Management Account........ 42,802 42,802
Locations FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide Military Housing 42,026 42,026
Locations Privatization Initiative.
FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide Miscellaneous............. 92 92 Locations FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide Services.................. 10,130 10,130 Locations FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide Utilities................. 49,494 49,494 Locations ........................ Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Army Total 468,407 468,407 ...................... District of Columbia FH Con Navy Marine Barracks CTC: W/H Revitalization, 1,532 1,532 Washington (8th Quarters #1 (1 Units). Street & I) Guam FH Con Navy Joint Region Marianas CTC: Replace Andersen 25,876 25,876 Housing PH V (74 Units). FH Con Navy Joint Region Marianas CTC: Replace Andersen 44,920 44,920 Housing PH VI (52 Units). FH Con Navy Joint Region Marianas CTC: Replace Andersen 33,771 33,771 Housing Phase 8 (62 Units). FH Con Navy Joint Region Marianas Replace Andersen Housing 144,495 144,495 PH 9 (149 Units) (INC). Japan FH Con Navy Yokosuka Naval Base W/H & Utility Revit, Ikego 44,128 44,128 Th Ph6 (32 Units). Worldwide Unspecified FH Con Navy Unspecified Worldwide Design.................... 14,971 14,971 Locations FH Con Navy Unspecified Worldwide Navy Southeast MHPI (2nd 52,177 52,177 Locations Restructure) (100 Units). ........................ Family Housing Construction, Navy And Marine Corps Total 361,870 361,870 ...................... Worldwide Unspecified FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide Furnishings............... 17,252 17,252 Locations FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide Housing Privatization 60,997 60,997 Locations Support. FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide Leasing................... 66,242 66,242 Locations FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide Maintenance............... 119,152 119,152 Locations FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide Management................ 54,612 54,612 Locations FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide Miscellaneous.............
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445 445 Locations FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide Services.................. 14,394 14,394 Locations FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide Utilities................. 52,515 52,515 Locations ........................ Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Navy And Marine Corps Total 385,609 385,609 ...................... Alaska FH Con AF Joint Base Elmendorf- MHPI Restructure--JBER 156,964 156,964 Richardson Phase II (1,194 Units). Japan FH Con AF Yokota Air Base Yokota PAIP 10 PH 1 (32 36,100 36,100 Units). United Kingdom FH Con AF Royal Air Force Croughton (Replacement) 24,104 24,104 Croughton (12 Units). Worldwide Unspecified FH Con AF Unspecified Worldwide Design.................... 25,854 25,854 Locations ........................ Family Housing Construction, Air Force Total 243,022 243,022 ...................... Worldwide Unspecified FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide Furnishings............... 28,691 28,691 Locations FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide Housing Privatization..... 40,627 40,627 Locations FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide Leasing................... 5,523 5,523 Locations FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide Maintenance............... 160,528 160,528 Locations FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide Management................ 64,841 64,841 Locations FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide Miscellaneous............. 2,492 2,492 Locations FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide Services.................. 12,957 12,957 Locations FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide Utilities................. 51,097 51,097 Locations ........................ Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Air Force Total 366,756 366,756 ...................... Worldwide Unspecified
FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide Furnishings............... 93 93 Locations FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide Furnishings............... 566 566 Locations FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide Leasing (NSA)............. 14,320 14,320 Locations FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide Leasing (DIA)............. 34,693 34,693 Locations FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide Leasing (DSCA)............ 8,792 8,792 Locations FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide Maintenance............... 37 37 Locations FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide Utilities (DIA)........... 4,548 4,548 Locations FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide Utilities (NSA)........... 15 15 Locations ........................ Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Defense-Wide Total 63,064 63,064 ...................... Worldwide Unspecified FHIF Unspecified Worldwide Administrative Expenses-- 8,412 8,412 Locations FHIF. ........................ DOD Family Housing Improvement Fund Total 8,412 8,412 ...................... Worldwide Unspecified UHIF Unspecified Worldwide Administrative Expenses-- 501 501 Locations UHIF. ........................ Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund Total 501 501 ...................... Worldwide Unspecified BRAC Base Realignment & Base Realignment and 151,293 151,293 Closure, Army Closure. ........................ Base Realignment and Closure--Army Total 151,293 151,293 ...................... Worldwide Unspecified BRAC Unspecified Worldwide Base Realignment & Closure 108,325 158,325 Locations ........................ Base Realignment and Closure--Navy Total 108,325 158,325 ...................... Worldwide Unspecified BRAC Unspecified Worldwide DOD BRAC Activities--Air 111,381 111,381 Locations Force. ........................ Base Realignment and Closure--Air Force Total 111,381 111,381 ...................... Worldwide Unspecified BRAC Unspecified Worldwide INT-4: DLA Activities..... 1,318 1,318 Locations ........................ Base Realignment and Closure--Defense-wide Total 1,318 1,318 ...................... Military Construction, Total 28,565,682 28,565,682 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TITLE XLVII--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS.
------------------------------------------------------------------------SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS (In Thousands of Dollars) -------------------------------------------------------------------------FY 2027 House Program Request Authorized ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Energy And Water Development, And Related Agencies Appropriation Summary: Nuclear Energy.......................... 160,000 160,000 Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D.......... 253,000 0
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Atomic Energy Defense Activities
National nuclear security
administration:
Weapons activities.................. 27,441,159 27,586,159
Defense nuclear nonproliferation.... 2,389,595 2,389,595
Naval reactors...................... 2,393,692 2,243,692
Federal salaries and expenses....... 577,097 577,097 Total, National Nuclear Security 32,801,543 32,796,543
Administration...........................
Environmental and other defense
activities:
Defense environmental cleanup....... 6,983,318 7,194,318
Other defense activities............ 1,184,721 1,184,721 Total, Environmental & other defense 8,168,039 8,379,039
activities............................... Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities... 40,969,582 41,175,582 Total, Discretionary Funding.............. 41,382,582 41,335,582
Nuclear Energy
Idaho sitewide safeguards and security.... 160,000 160,000 Total, Nuclear Energy..................... 160,000 160,000 Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D Program.... 253,000 0 Program decrease........................ [-253,000] Total, Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D..... 253,000 0 Weapons Activities Stockpile Management Stockpile Major Modernization B61-13................................ 46,428 46,428 W80-4 LEP............................. 1,048,340 1,048,340 W80-5 Modification Program............ 0 50,000 Program adjustment.................. [50,000] W87-1 Modification Program............ 913,231 913,231 W93 Program........................... 1,106,106 1,106,106 Future Programs....................... 99,794 99,794 Total, Stockpile Major Modernization...... 3,213,899 3,263,899
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Stockpile services
Stockpile Operations.................. 1,885,290 1,885,290
Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition. 90,760 90,760
Production Operations................. 1,146,586 1,146,586
Nuclear Enterprise Assurance.......... 121,015 121,015 Subtotal, Stockpile Services.............. 3,243,651 3,243,651 Total, Stockpile Management............... 6,457,550 6,507,550
Production Modernization Primary Capability Modernization Plutonium Modernization Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization Los Alamos Pit Production......... 1,460,791 1,460,791 21-D-512 Plutonium Pit Production 812,100 812,100 Project, LANL.................... 07-D-220-04 Transuranic Liquid 10,000 10,000 Waste Facility, LANL............. 04-D-125 Chemistry and Metallurgy 110,000 110,000 Research Replacement Project, LANL............................. Subtotal, Los Alamos Plutonium 2,392,891 2,392,891 Modernization............................ Savannah River Plutonium Modernization Savannah River Pit Production..... 302,000 302,000 21-D-511 Savannah River Plutonium 1,946,523 1,946,523 Processing Facility, SRS......... Subtotal, Savannah River Plutonium 2,248,523 2,248,523 Modernization............................ Enterprise Pit Production Support... 270,897 270,897 Total, Plutonium Modernization............ 4,912,311 4,912,311 High Explosives and Energetics High Explosives & Energetics...... 251,765 251,765 Total, High Explosives and Energetics..... 251,765 251,765 Total, Primary Capability Modernization... 5,164,076 5,164,076
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Secondary Capability Modernization
Secondary Capability Modernization.... 1,728,546 1,728,546
06-D-141 Uranium Processing Facility, 290,000 365,000
Y-12.................................
Commissioning risk reduction and [75,000]
early casting demonstration........ Total, Secondary Capability Modernization. 2,018,546 2,093,546
Tritium and Defense Fuels Program
Tritium and Defense Fuels Program..... 880,781 880,781 Total, Tritium and Defense Fuels Program.. 880,781 880,781
Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization
Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization.. 258,008 258,008
26-D-511 MESA Photolithography 51,000 51,000
Capability (MPC), SNL................
22-D-513 Power Sources Capability, SNL 140,000 140,000 Total, Non-Nuclear Capability 449,008 449,008
Modernization............................
Capability Based Investments............ 203,163 203,163
Warhead Assembly Modernization.......... 47,965 47,965
18-D-680 Material Staging Capability, PX 22,500 42,500
Program acceleration.................. [20,000] Total, Production Modernization........... 8,786,039 8,881,039
Stockpile Research, Technology, and Engineering Assessment Science
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Assessment Science.................... 1,243,267 1,243,267
26-D-512 LANSCE Modernization Project 15,200 15,200
(LAMP), LANL.........................
24-D-513 Z-pinch Experimental 91,700 91,700
Underground System (ZEUS) Test Bed
Facilities Improvement (ZTBFI), NNSS.
17-D-640 U1a Complex Enhancements 154,142 154,142
Project, NNSS........................ Total, Assessment Science................. 1,504,309 1,504,309
Engineering
Engineering........................... 230,043 230,043
26-D-513 Combined Radiation 105,000 105,000
Environments for Survivability
Testing, SNL......................... Total, Engineering........................ 335,043 335,043
Rapid & Advanced Capabilities........... 499,209 499,209
Inertial Confinement Fusion
Inertial Confinement Fusion........... 829,736 829,736
26-D-514 NIF Enhanced Fusion Yield 84,000 84,000
Capability, LLNL..................... Total, Inertial Confinement Fusion........ 913,736 913,736
Advanced Simulation and Computing....... 909,765 909,765
Weapon Technology and Manufacturing 405,413 405,413
Maturation............................. Total, Stockpile Research, Technology, and 4,567,475 4,567,475
Engineering..............................
Infrastructure and Operations Operations of facilities................ 1,752,310 1,752,310 Safety and environmental operations..... 217,902 217,902 Maintenance and repair of facilities.... 1,384,323 1,384,323 Recapitalization........................ 1,203,127 1,203,127 Construction: 27-D-512 Plutonium Engineering Support 88,700 88,700 Building, LANL....................... 25-D-511 PULSE New Access, NNSS....... 50,000 50,000 23-D-517 Electrical Power Capacity 65,000 65,000 Upgrade, LANL........................ Total, Construction....................... 203,700 203,700 Total, Infrastructure and operations...... 4,761,362 4,761,362 Secure transportation asset Operations and equipment................ 443,075 443,075 Program direction....................... 143,996 143,996 Total, Secure transportation asset........ 587,071 587,071 Defense Nuclear Security Operations and Maintenance.............. 1,305,793 1,305,793 Total, Defense nuclear security........... 1,305,793 1,305,793 Information technology and cybersecurity.. 935,000 935,000 Legacy contractor pensions................ 40,869 40,869 Total, Weapons Activities................. 27,441,159 27,586,159 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs Material management and minimization Reactor Conversion and Uranium Supply. 117,820 117,820 Nuclear Material Removal and 68,945 68,945 Elimination.......................... Plutonium Disposition................. 79,039 79,039 Total, Material management & minimization. 265,804 265,804
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Global material security
International nuclear security........ 61,013 61,013
Radiological security................. 193,104 193,104
Nuclear smuggling detection and 136,457 136,457
deterrence........................... Total, Global material security........... 390,574 390,574
Nonproliferation and arms control....... 214,494 214,494
Defense nuclear nonproliferation R&D
Proliferation Detection............... 296,170 296,170
Nuclear Detonation Detection.......... 318,447 318,447
Forensics R&D......................... 30,000 30,000
Nonproliferation Stewardship Program.. 174,383 174,383 Total, Defense nuclear nonproliferation 819,000 819,000
R&D...................................... Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 1,689,872 1,689,872
Programs.................................
Nuclear counterterrorism and incident
response program
Emergency Management.................. 35,045 35,045
Counterterrorism and 650,550 650,550
Counterproliferation................. Total, Nuclear Counterterrorism and 685,595 685,595
Incident Response Program................
Legacy contractor pensions................ 14,128 14,128 Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation... 2,389,595 2,389,595 Naval Reactors Naval reactors operating.................. 1,551,574 1,551,574 Program direction......................... 71,841 71,841 Construction:
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25-D-530 Naval Examination Acquisition 80,000 80,000
Project................................
14-D-901 Spent Fuel Handling 691,953 541,953
Recapitalization Project, NRF..........
Program decrease...................... [-150,000] Total, Construction....................... 771,953 621,953 Use of prior-year balances................ -1,676 -1,676 Total, Naval Reactors..................... 2,393,692 2,243,692
Federal Salaries And Expenses
Program Direction......................... 577,097 577,097 Total, Federal Salaries And Expenses...... 577,097 577,097 Defense Environmental Cleanup Closure sites: Closure sites administration............ 500 500 Richland: River corridor and other cleanup 69,000 134,000 operations............................. Project increase...................... [65,000] Central plateau remediation............. 795,124 795,124 Richland community and regulatory 12,000 12,000 support................................ Construction:........................... 0 24-D-401 Environmental Restoration 0 6,000 Disposal Facility Supercell 11 Expansion Proj....................... Project increase.................... [6,000] Total, Construction--Richland............. 0 6,000 Total, Richland........................... 876,124 947,124 Office of River Protection: Waste Treatment Immobilization Plant 466,000 466,000 Commissioning.......................... Rad liquid tank waste stabilization and 984,000 984,000 disposition............................ Construction: 01-D-16D High-Level Waste Facility.... 330,000 430,000 Project increase.................... [100,000] 15-D-409 Low Activity Waste 75,000 75,000 Pretreatment System.................. 23-D-403, Hanford 200 West Area Tank 90,000 90,000 Farms Risk Management Project........ Total, Construction--Office of River 495,000 595,000 Protection .............................. Total, Office of River Protection......... 1,945,000 2,045,000 Idaho National Laboratory: Idaho cleanup and waste disposition..... 472,726 472,726 Idaho community and regulatory support.. 3,295 3,295 Construction: 22-D-403 Idaho Spent Nuclear Fuel 2,000 2,000 Staging Facility................... 23-D-402--Calcine Construction...... 2,000 2,000 Total, Construction--Idaho................ 4,000 4,000 Total, Idaho National Laboratory.......... 480,021 480,021 NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.. 1,955 1,955 Nuclear facility D & D Separations Process Research Unit..... 950 950 Nevada Site........................... 64,835 64,835 Sandia National Laboratories.......... 1,030 1,030 Los Alamos National Laboratory........ 293,937 293,937 Total, NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites.... 362,707 362,707 Oak Ridge Reservation: OR Nuclear facility D & D............... 289,297 289,297 Total, OR Nuclear facility D & D.......... 289,297 289,297
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U233 Disposition Program................ 70,000 70,000
OR cleanup and disposition.............. 85,800 85,800
Construction:
17-D-401 On-site waste disposal 57,828 57,828
facility........................... Total, Construction--Oak Ridge............ 57,828 57,828 Total, OR cleanup and waste disposition... 213,628 213,628
OR community & regulatory support....... 5,100 5,100
OR technology development and deployment 3,500 3,500 Total, Oak Ridge Reservation.............. 511,525 511,525
Savannah River Sites: Savannah River risk management 465,620 465,620 operations............................. Total, Savannah River Risk Management 465,620 465,620 Operations...............................
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SR Community and Regulatory Support..... 5,450 5,450 Savannah River National Laboratory 90,719 90,719
Operations & Maintenance............... Radioactive Liquid Tank Waste 1,066,000 1,106,000
Stabilization and Disposition..........
Program increase...................... [40,000]
Construction:
20-D-401 Saltstone Disposal Unit 82,500 82,500
#10, 11, 12........................ Total, Construction--Savannah River sites. 82,500 82,500 Total, Savannah River sites............... 1,710,289 1,750,289
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Waste Isolation Pilot Plant............. 400,020 400,020 Construction: 21-D-401 Hoisting Capability Project.. 72,000 72,000 Total, Construction--Waste Isolation Pilot 72,000 72,000 Plant.................................... Total, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant........ 472,020 472,020 Program Direction......................... 297,318 297,318 Program Support........................... 20,320 20,320 Safeguards and Security................... 291,482 291,482 Technology Development and Deployment..... 16,012 16,012 Total, Defense Environmental Cleanup...... 6,983,318 7,194,318 Other Defense Activities Environment, health, safety and security Program direction....................... 81,179 81,179 Environment, Health, Safety & Security.. 150,761 150,761 Total, Environment, Health, safety and 231,940 231,940 security................................. Office of Enterprise Assessments Program direction....................... 56,632 56,632 Enterprise Assessments.................. 32,183 32,183 Total, Office of Enterprise Assessments... 88,815 88,815 Specialized security activities........... 471,082 471,082 Office of Legacy Management Legacy management....................... 177,716 177,716 Program direction....................... 22,670 22,670 Total, Office of Legacy Management........ 200,386 200,386 Defense-related administrative support.... 187,475 187,475 Office of hearings and appeals............ 5,023 5,023 Subtotal, Other Defense Activities........ 1,184,721 1,184,721 Total, Other Defense Activities........... 1,184,721 1,184,721 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Acting CHAIR5:10 p.m.
No further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part A of House Report 119-755, amendments en bloc described in section 3 of House Resolution 1438, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of that resolution.
Each further amendment printed in part A of House Report 119-755 may be offered only in the order printed in the report, by the Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of House Resolution 1438, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
It shall be in order at any time for the chair of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in part A of House Report 119-755 not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of House Resolution 1438, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
During consideration of H.R. 8800 for amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate.
The Acting CHAIR5:20 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 1 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise as the designee of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy), and I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR5:20 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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Strike section 1213 (and redesignate accordingly).
The Acting CHAIR5:20 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Colorado.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:20 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of amendment No. 1. This amendment strikes section 1213 of the bill, which would delay the deadline for the Afghanistan War Commission's final report. Instead, it maintains the reporting deadline already established in current law.
The American people, our veterans, Gold Star families, and all who served in Afghanistan deserve timely answers. Congress created this commission to examine two decades of war, learn from our successes and failures, and ensure those lessons are not forgotten.
Delaying that work only postpones the accountability and transparency that the commission was created to provide. This amendment does not change the commission's mission. It does not alter its responsibilities. It simply ensures that the work Congress has already directed is completed on the timeline we originally required.
We owe it to those who served, those who sacrificed, and the American people to keep this important effort on track.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support amendment No. 1, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Jason Crow (D-CO)5:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR5:20 p.m.
The gentleman from Colorado is recognized for 5 minutes.
Jason Crow (D-CO)5:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I understand my colleague's eagerness to conclude the Afghanistan War Commission's work and to have a full accounting of our Nation's longest war, a war that spanned 20 years, trillions of dollars, millions of combat tours, thousands of American lives lost, tens of thousands of American lives and families forever altered.
I do not want a half measure. I do not want an accounting that is not full and complete. When this body, when this Congress, and the Armed Services Committee created the Afghanistan War Commission years ago on a bipartisan basis, we structured this to be a full and complete accounting. Both sides appointed their Members. We have a Republican co-chair and a Democratic co-chair.
The work of this commission has been impressive so far: over 350 interviews, tens of thousands of documents reviewed, and field hearings across this Nation.
The work is not yet complete. Both the Republicans on the commission and the Democrats on the commission say as much. They need another year to make sure that it presents a clear picture of the things we did right and the things we did wrong so that we are not condemned to repeat the same mistakes from the past, as the saying goes.
Yes, I want a timely result. The thousands of Americans who gave their lives and the tens of thousands who stepped up to serve deserve a full and complete accounting of what happened and, ultimately, what went wrong.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to reject this amendment and make sure that we have the time necessary to have the complete story so we can fix it, do it better, and ensure that this never happens again.
Mr. Chair, I implore my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:20 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, as was stated, this war was two decades. I don't believe the commission needs two decades to complete its work.
Mr. Chairman, I urge support of my colleagues for this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Jason Crow (D-CO)5:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers), the chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, Congress established the Afghanistan War Commission to provide the American people with accountability and transparency after 20 years of war that claimed nearly 2,500 American servicemembers.
The commission has interviewed hundreds of senior leaders across four administrations and reviewed thousands of sensitive records.
While the commission has completed a first draft of its report, government shutdowns and delays in accessing certain agency records have made a 1-year extension necessary.
I share the desire for accountability, but we don't get it if the commission is forced to turn in an incomplete product. This extension will ensure the commission's work is complete and accurate.
Mr. Chair, I urge all Members to oppose the amendment, respectfully.
Jason Crow (D-CO)5:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, once again, the work of this commission has been incredible. We are not asking for 20 years. We are not asking for 2 years. We are asking for a 1-year extension so that the Republicans and the Democrats who have dedicated their time to a full and thorough accounting of our Nation's longest war can do so on a professional and bipartisan basis.
We have heard from the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee whose leadership helped establish this commission, as well. We need to do this right. The men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice and their families deserve all the answers and all the accountability. An additional 1-year extension is necessary to complete that.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR5:20 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR5:20 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR5:30 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 2 printed in part A of House Report number 119-755.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer amendment No. 2 as the designee for Mr. Roy.
The Acting CHAIR5:30 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 521 (page 305, lines 9 through 25) and insert the following new section:
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SEC. 521. INELIGIBILITY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TO ATTEND A
SERVICE ACADEMY.
Section 347 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 347. Ineligibility of foreign nationals to attend a
service academy
"The Secretaries of the military departments may not permit persons from foreign countries to receive instruction at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy.".
The Acting CHAIR5:30 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Colorado.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in support of amendment No. 2.
America's military service academies have a clear and important mission: to educate, train, and prepare the next generation of officers who will lead our Armed Forces.
Admission to these institutions is highly competitive, and every available appointment represents a significant investment by the American taxpayer. This amendment ensures that those limited opportunities are reserved for American citizens who are preparing to serve our country in uniform.
Our first responsibility must be to young Americans who are willing to swear an oath to the Constitution and commit themselves to the defense of this Nation. Our service academies should remain focused on producing American military leaders for the American Armed Forces.
I urge my colleagues to support amendment No. 2. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR5:30 p.m.
The gentlewoman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I rise in opposition to this amendment. This amendment would, indeed, eliminate one of the most successful and the very least expensive national security investments the United States has ever made.
Since as far back as 1863, our service academies have welcomed a small number of exceptional international cadets and midshipmen to study alongside America's future military leaders, and the results have been extraordinary.
Those students return home to become generals, chiefs of defense, ambassadors, and senior government officials in their own lands. They leave with lifelong relationships with the Americans that they trained with, alongside, and a firsthand understanding of the American military professionalism, civilian control of the military, and the very values that define our armed services. Those relationships matter.
In moments of crisis, nations do not simply rely on treaties, they rely on trust, and trust is built between people long before it is tested between governments. This program, indeed, builds that trust. It does so for roughly 60 students per service academy each year.
This isn't charity. It is strategy. We educate the future military leaders from allied nations, and we also send our own cadets and midshipmen overseas to study as well. Both sides built on trust, both sides better officers. America is safer because of it.
Show me another defense investment that creates future allies, strengthens military-to-military relationships around the world, and expands American influence for the cost of educating a couple hundred students. You won't find one.
Supporters of this amendment claim that they are putting America first, and I disagree. America leads because other nations choose to train with us, to fight alongside of us, and to learn from us.
Choosing isolation over influence does not make America stronger. It makes America smaller.
If Members are concerned about capacity at these service academies, then let's expand that capacity and fund additional cadets or more ROTC, create more opportunities for more Americans to serve, but do not dismantle a program that has quietly strengthened American national security for generations.
That is not a stronger defense--it is a weaker one--and yet another example of how undervalued and misunderstood American soft power is by this administration.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to reject this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers), the esteemed chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, this amendment strikes a provision that prohibits the enrollment of Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and North Korean students at our military academies and replaces it with an outright ban on all foreign students, including our allies.
The fact is, there is tremendous benefit in having our cadets study and train alongside cadets of our allies and partners.
Furthermore, the law requires that allies who send students must pay the full tuition and room and board expenses so that the U.S. taxpayer is not paying a dime for those foreign students.
The law also requires these students to be vetted by Homeland Security, State, and DOW to ensure they are not a threat. Finally, the law caps the number of accepted so that no Americans are displaced by the foreign students.
The underlying bill already codifies the prohibition of those students from our adversaries. We shouldn't extend that prohibition to our allies. As such, I oppose this amendment.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, this is an example of what the American people are frustrated with right now. We have a majority here. The American people gave Republicans a trifecta, and every time that Republicans step up to put America first, to make our industries, our military, our economy stronger, we side with Democrats to limit those capabilities.
I have talked with Americans from coast to coast. From our southern border to our northern border, from the heartland of America to the Rocky Mountains, people want us to do the right thing and put Americans first.
This is a commonsense amendment that reserves these special, limited opportunities for American citizens. Our service academies, again, should remain focused on producing American military leaders for the American Armed Forces.
When we see this kind of behavior of crossing the aisle to limit these possibilities for Americans, it is exactly why people back home watch us here on the House floor and get frustrated. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Maryland (Ms. Elfreth), my friend and colleague and fellow member of the Armed Services Committee.
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment that would prohibit international students from attending our United States military academies, including the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis where I have the privilege of representing.
Mr. Chair, this shortsighted, isolationist amendment would have a serious negative impact on U.S. foreign partnerships with allied and friendly forces. For decades, foreign military officers have attended the United States military service academies with strong bipartisan support. This program actually makes our military and our national security stronger.
Thousands of these officers have gone on to serve as reliable military partners to their U.S. counterparts and strengthen diplomatic and military ties.
Let's be clear: American students benefit just as much. They benefit from this program by gaining experience working with officers from allied nations in a controlled environment before entering a coalition operation.
In fact, U.S. officers are more confident in partnering with international counterparts who graduated from the academies, as they share a common education in military strategy and doctrine.
International students also only occupy a very limited number of positions. Only 1 percent of midshipmen are international students.
The Acting CHAIR5:30 p.m.
The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Maryland.
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)5:30 p.m.
This means these students do not impact the opportunities for qualified American counterparts. Again, the countries sending these international students foot the entire bill. This is not on U.S. taxpayers.
As Russia and China actively educate foreign military officers to expand their influence, the U.S. needs to maintain this program so that partner nations don't seek an education elsewhere.
Fundamentally, this amendment is misguided. It is xenophobic, and it does not understand the utility and value of educating international students. Every future allied chief of defense who trained in the U.S. is a strategic asset that would be nearly impossible to replicate through diplomacy alone. That is the true intent and value of the program.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, again, I urge my colleagues to support Chip Roy's amendment No. 2, and put American cadets first. I yield back the balance of my time.
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR5:30 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR5:30 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR5:30 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 3 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:30 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer amendment No. 3 as the designee for Mr. Roy.
The Acting CHAIR5:30 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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Strike section 524.
The Acting CHAIR5:30 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Colorado.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of amendment No. 1300.
Our Nation's military service academies exist to develop officers for the United States Armed Forces.
Every cadet and midshipman receives a world-class education funded by the American taxpayer in exchange for a commitment to serve our country.
This amendment restores a longstanding cap on the number of cadets who may be released early to pursue professional athletics. Exceptional athletic talent is something we certainly should celebrate, but the primary mission of our service academies is military service, not professional sports.
This amendment helps ensure that early releases remain the exception, not the rule. It preserves the longstanding balance our service academies have maintained for years. Our military academies should remain focused on preparing leaders of character for our military, as Congress intended.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support amendment No. 1300 offered by Chip Roy of Texas, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR5:40 p.m.
The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers).
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, President Trump has made it a priority to ensure that our cadets and midshipmen are treated like other college athletes and are able to compete on a level playing field with other Division I universities.
The current statutory limit of five slots per year for cadets and midshipmen to "go pro" is burdensome and prevents superior athletes from choosing to attend a service academy.
These folks will still need to satisfy the 5-year service obligation in the Reserves where they will be an effective recruiting force for our military academies. As such, I respectfully oppose this amendment.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I associate myself with the remarks of Chairman Rogers. I agree with his reasons for opposing it. I urge the body to oppose it.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR5:40 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR5:40 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR5:40 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 4 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise as the designee of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy), and I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR5:40 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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Strike section 518.
The Acting CHAIR5:40 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Colorado.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of my colleague Chip Roy's amendment No. 1301.
This amendment strikes the pilot program that would authorize voice analysis technology as a substitute for additional drug testing.
Our Armed Forces rely on proven standards to ensure military readiness, maintain good order and discipline, and uphold public confidence. Traditional drug testing has long served as a reliable and established tool in meeting these objectives. Before replacing a proven system with a new and untested technology, Congress should be confident that the alternative has demonstrated the same level of reliability and effectiveness.
This amendment takes a straightforward approach. It maintains the current standard rather than authorizing a pilot program to substitute for traditional drug testing. Our military deserves policies built on proven methods, not unnecessary experimentation.
Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support amendment No. 1301, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Pat Harrigan (R-NC)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR5:40 p.m.
The gentleman from North Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes.
Pat Harrigan (R-NC)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition today to the Roy amendment. Section 518 is a limited, responsible pilot. It authorizes, but does not require, the Secretary of War to test a risk-informed approach to drug testing, using voice-based assessment to help target where physical testing is actually warranted. It does not replace it. It stays inside the existing Drug Demand Reduction Program, it comes with privacy protections, a report back to this committee within 1 year, and it sunsets automatically with no action after 3 years. This amendment would kill that pilot before the Department ever has the chance to evaluate it.
The Department of War spends roughly $120 million a year on drug testing and burns more than 4.6 million servicemember hours doing it, even though only a small fraction of tests ever come back positive. A risk-informed approach could return millions of those hours to training and mission execution and save the taxpayers tens of millions of dollars a year. This is not about weakening drug testing. The statute requires the pilot to preserve deterrence, readiness, and good order and discipline. It is about testing whether we can apply our standards more intelligently instead of spreading the same blunt process across a force that is overwhelmingly clean.
This is a readiness issue. It is a taxpayer issue, and it is a servicemember dignity issue all at once. The Roy amendment defends an expensive, outdated status quo over a cautious, measurable pilot that has built-in oversight. Congress should be encouraging this kind of disciplined modernization, not blocking it before the Department of War ever gets the data.
I urge my colleagues to vote "no" on this amendment and preserve section 518.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR5:40 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR5:40 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR5:40 p.m.
The Chair understands that amendment 5 will not be offered.
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Amendments En Bloc No. 1 Offered by Mr. Rogers of Alabama
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, pursuant to House Resolution 1438, I offer amendments en bloc.
The Acting CHAIR5:40 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc.
Amendments en bloc No. 1 consisting of amendment Nos. 10, 11, 13, 16, 21, 23, 24, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, and 104 printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by Mr. Rogers of Alabama.
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At the end of subtitle B of title V, add the following new section:
SEC. 5__. PROHIBITION ON ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN
NATIONALS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARIES.
(a) Enlistment.--Section 504 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(d) Nationals of Foreign Adversary Countries.--Notwithstanding subsection (b), no person who is a national of a covered nation (as defined in section 4872(f) of this title) may be enlisted in an armed force.".
(b) Appointment.--Section 532(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:
"(4) has not been a national of a covered nation (as defined in section 4872(f) of this title) during the five-year period ending on the date of such appointment; and".
(c) Review of Existing Personnel.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report that--
(1) identifies the number of members of the Armed Forces who--
(A) are foreign nationals of a covered nation (as defined in section 4872(f) of title 10, United States Code); and
(B) were lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))) on the date of accession to the Armed Forces;
(2) identifies the date of accession to the Armed Forces of each member identified in paragraph (1);
(3) identifies the number of years of service of each member identified in paragraph (1); and
(4) identifies how many members identified in paragraph (1) are in the process of seeking citizenship in the United States.
(d) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to the original enlistment or original appointment of a person as a member of the Armed Forces on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
In title XV, subtitle B, add at the end the following:
SEC. 15___. REQUIREMENT FOR MEMORANDA OF AGREEMENT REGARDING
VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE AND PROHIBITION ON
PROCUREMENT FROM IT PROVIDERS WHO SHARE CYBER
VULNERABILITIES WITH COUNTRIES OF CONCERN.
(a) Requirement.--On and after the date that is 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall not enter into or renew a contract for the procurement of information technology with any entity that makes such technology commercially available to customers in a country of concern or has operations, subsidiaries, or personnel located in a country of concern unless such entity has entered into a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Defense in accordance with subsection (b).
(b) Memorandum of Agreement.--The Secretary of Defense shall require an entity covered under subsection (a) to agree to a memorandum of agreement under which the entity shall--
(1) disclose to the Department of Defense, prior to any advance disclosure to any other entity, all security vulnerabilities affecting the information technology procured under the contract; and
(2) not provide advance disclosure of such vulnerabilities to any covered company.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "advance disclosure" means any action that preemptively and privately discloses information pertaining to security vulnerabilities to a select number of entities before publicly making such information available to the general public, including through a trusted partners program.
(2) The term "control" means the power, direct or indirect, whether or not exercised, to determine, direct, dictate, or decide important matters affecting an entity, including through--
(A) the ownership of at least 20 percent of the total outstanding voting interest in an entity;
(B) board representation;
(C) the ability to appoint or discharge any board members, officers, directors, employees, or contractors;
(D) proxy voting, a special share, contractual arrangements, legal obligations, formal or informal arrangements to act in concert; or
(E) other means.
(3) The term "country of concern" has the meaning given the term "covered nation" in section 4872(f) of title 10, United States Code.
(4) The term "covered company" means--
(A) any entity owned or operated in whole or in part by a country of concern, or subject to the control of such country of concern, and any subsidiary or parent of such entity; or
(B) any entity organized under the laws of a country of concern, or having its principal place of business in a country of concern, and any subsidiary of any such entity.
(5) The term "information technology" has the meaning given the term in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code.
(6) The term "owned or operated in whole or in part" means that a country of concern--
(A) for an entity that is a publicly traded company, has the ability to control the company, has access to any material nonpublic technical information in the possession of the company, or has any other rights or involvement in directing, dictating, controlling, or participating in the decision-making of the company beyond those available to a retail investor holding an equivalent share of ownership; and
(B) for an entity that is a privately held company, has any share of ownership of such company.
(7) The term "security vulnerability" has the meaning given the term in section 2200 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 650).
(8) The term "trusted partners program" means any initiative or program run by an information technology provider to provide advanced warnings of security vulnerabilities to defensive security providers for the purpose of helping such providers proactively develop defenses against such vulnerabilities.
(d) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary certifies, in writing, to the congressional defense committees that the procurement action is required in the national interest of the United States.
Add at the end of subtitle B of title XVIII, the following new section:
SEC. 18__. COMBAT TRACKED VEHICLE DRIVETRAIN RECIPROCITY AND
SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY.
(a) Limitation.--On or after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense may not procure, directly or through a prime contractor, original equipment manufacturer, lead systems integrator, or subcontractor at any tier, a drivetrain system for use in an advanced combat tracked vehicle of the Department of the Army currently in development if such system is--
(1) manufactured in a foreign country; or
(2) manufactured in the United States by a manufacturer that is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a parent entity headquartered in a foreign country, unless United States firms that manufacture such drivetrain systems are permitted to compete on substantially equal terms for the sale of such systems in--
(A) that foreign country; or
(B) the foreign country in which the parent entity is headquartered.
(b) Waiver Authority.--The Secretary may waive the limitation in subsection (a) if the Secretary--
(1) determines that procurement of a drivetrain system under such subsection is in the national security interests of the United States;
(2) determines that the benefits outweigh any risks to long-term sustainment or supply-chain continuity that may result from such procurement; and
(3) submits a written justification for issuing such waiver to the congressional defense committees not later than 120 days before the date on which the Secretary procures a drivetrain system that, but for the waiver, would otherwise be prohibited under subsection (a).
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Department of Defense from awarding or maintaining a contract with an original equipment manufacturer, prime contractor, or lead systems integrator for an advanced combat tracked vehicle. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the procurement of a drivetrain system that does not comply with subsection (a) and is not covered by a waiver under subsection (b).
(d) Compliance Flexibility.--In implementing the requirements of this section with respect to an advanced combat tracked vehicle, the Secretary of Defense may use such program management and acquisition tools as the Secretary determines are appropriate, including supplier substitution, second sourcing, directed sourcing, licensing arrangements, teaming arrangements, domestic production arrangements, and technical-data or sustainment-access arrangements, to enable the continued use of an original equipment manufacturer, prime contractor, or lead systems integrator with respect to such vehicle while ensuring that the drivetrain system procured for use in such vehicle complies with subsection (a) or is covered by a waiver issued under subsection (b).
(e) Applicability.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contracts or other agreements to procure a drivetrain system entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this section.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "advanced combat tracked vehicle" means a combat tracked vehicle of the Department of the Army that has entered, but not yet completed, the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the defense acquisition process.
(2) The term "drivetrain system" means a transmission, cross-drive assembly, final drive, drivetrain module, hybrid-electric drive module, or other mechanical or electro-mechanical system that transfers power from a propulsion source to the tracks of a combat tracked vehicle, but does not include engines.
(3) The term "headquartered", with respect to an entity, means--
(A) such entity is organized under the laws of a country; or
(B) the principal place of business of such entity is located in a country.
(4) The term "lead systems integrator" has the meaning given in section 802 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 4292 note).
(5) The term "long-term sustainment or supply-chain continuity risk" includes resilience against foreseeable geopolitical or trade-policy volatility over the expected service life of the drivetrain system.
(6) The term "United States firm" has the meaning given in section 4852(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code.
Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Wilson of South Carolina
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following new section:
SEC. 5__.
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CLASSROOM SAFE HAVEN FORCE PROTECTION PILOT
PROGRAM.
(a) Program.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity, shall establish a Classroom Safe Haven Force Protection Pilot Program (in this section referred to as the "Program") to enhance the physical security of classrooms in covered schools.
(b) Objectives.--The objectives of the Program shall be to--
(1) provide enhanced security for the approximately 600 classrooms located in covered schools;
(2) harden classroom entry points against armed attacks;
(3) increase survivability by providing protected safe-haven spaces within classrooms;
(4) improve emergency response effectiveness by extending the time available for law enforcement intervention;
(5) evaluate the operational effectiveness of ballistic-resistant door systems in educational environments; and
(6) assess the contribution of classroom hardening measures to the overall force protection posture and resilience of military communities and installations.
(c) Use of Funds.--Under the Program, the Secretary of Defense shall provide support to covered schools to create protected safe havens within existing classrooms through the installation and evaluation of lightweight, fire-rated, ballistic-resistant door systems and related protective infrastructure designed to provide immediate protection for students and educators during an armed assault or active shooter incident. Such door systems shall--
(1) provide ballistic protection meeting or exceeding UL 752 Level 8 standards, including protection against 7.62x51mm FMJ rounds;
(2) be capable of defeating multiple impacts from high-velocity assault rifle rounds commonly associated with active shooter incidents;
(3) be certified to applicable fire-resistance standards for educational occupancies;
(4) be capable of retrofit installation within existing educational facilities without requiring substantial structural modification or major construction;
(5) preserve the appearance and functionality of standard educational environments during normal operations;
(6) maintain compliance with all applicable life-safety, accessibility, and emergency egress requirements; and
(7) provide continuous passive protection without reliance on external power, electronics, or mechanical deployment during an emergency.
(d) Report.--Not later than 180 days after an initial round of security improvements have been completed in covered schools in accordance with this section, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report detailing--
(1) participating schools and the number of classrooms protected;
(2) implementation costs;
(3) safety and operational outcomes;
(4) lessons learned;
(5) recommendations regarding expansion of the Program across additional covered schools and schools operated by the Department of Defense education activity outside the United States; and
(6) an assessment of the effectiveness of classroom hardening measures in enhancing protection for military-connected students, educators, and school personnel and supporting military family readiness and force protection objectives.
(e) Covered School Defined.--In this section, the term "covered school" means a school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity in the United States.
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new section:
SEC. 10__. DESIGNATION OF SOUTHWEST LAND BORDER ACTIVITIES,
SUPPORT, AND OPERATIONS AS NAMED OPERATION.
(a) Designation.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall designate activities, support, and operations conducted by the Department of Defense in support of civil authorities at the southwest land border as a named operation, for the purposes of--
(1) providing unified identification, planning, budgeting, oversight, and reporting for such activities, support, and operations; and
(2) strengthening efforts to detect, deter, and disrupt transnational criminal organizations and other border-related threats.
(b) Annual Budget Request.--In the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for the first fiscal year following the designation under subsection (a) and each fiscal year thereafter (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code), the Secretary of Defense shall include--
(1) a dedicated budget line item for the named operation so designated;
(2) a display of the requested budgetary authority for such named operation by appropriations account and fiscal year;
(3) a narrative justification describing the scope of, and legal authorities for, the planned activities, support, and operations to be carried out or provided under such named operation using amounts so requested;
(4) with respect to such planned support, a summary of the types and estimated values of support to be provided; and
(5) performance metrics and planned outputs with respect to such named operation for the subsequent fiscal year.
(c) Form.--The summary specified in subsection (b)(4) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the use of military force.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "southwest land border" means the land border of the United States adjacent to Mexico.
(2) The term "support of civil authorities"--
(A) has the meaning given that term in Department of Defense Directive 3025.18, as amended;
(B) includes support relating to planning, logistics, intelligence, aviation, and engineering; and
(C) does not include support provided to a civilian law enforcement agency.
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, insert the following:
SEC. 17__. CLARIFICATION OF SUPERVISORY CHAIN FOR POLITICAL
APPOINTEES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Except as provided under subsection (b), beginning on and after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall take such steps as are necessary to ensure that no political appointee of the Department of Defense is subordinate to any career civilian employee of the Department except for such employees in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 12__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE
EXHIBITIONS.
It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense and its agencies should not participate in international defense exhibitions in any way until the Secretary of Defense certifies that such exhibitions and the jurisdictions in which they are located allow Israeli companies to fully participate in the exhibition and are not using restrictions or the threat of restrictions on any party's participation in the exposition as a means of deterring Israel from defending itself.
Amendment No. 25 Offered by Mr. Gottheimer of New Jersey
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, add the following new section:
SEC. 17__. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO EXECUTION OF
WARRANTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State must use every opportunity at forums involving NATO or major non-NATO allies to ensure that such allied countries do not enforce warrants issued by the International Criminal Court against members of the armed forces of the United States or of its other allies.
At the end of title XVII, add the following new subtitle:
Subtitle C--Initiating Biomedical Outcomes to Garner Advancements Into Innovative Efficacy
SEC. 17__. DESIGNATION OF SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR EMERGING
THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Designation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall designate a senior official of the Department to oversee policy, programs, and other activities related to emerging therapeutic interventions.
(b) Role, Responsibility, and Authority.--The Under Secretary for Health, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall prescribe the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of the official designated under subsection (a), including--
(1) assisting the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Under Secretary for Health with policies, operations, programs, and activities relating to emerging therapeutic interventions;
(2) working in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Secretary of Defense, and the Attorney General to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of all activities related to emerging therapeutic interventions within the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
(3) working with Federal agencies, State and local governments, and nongovernmental organizations to improve the delivery of, and access to, emerging therapeutic interventions.
(c) Briefing on Designation and Implementation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives and Senate on--
(1) the status of the designation of the official under subsection (a); and
(2) the implementation of the roles, responsibilities, and the authorities of the official under subsection (b).
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EMERGING THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and
biannually thereafter, the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives and Senate a report on the activities of the Department with respect to emerging therapeutic interventions, including psychedelic-assisted therapies.
(2) Contents.--At a minimum, each report under paragraph (1) shall, with respect to emerging therapeutic interventions, include--
(A) a summary of research activities, including a list of active and planned clinical trials, of the Department relating to emerging therapeutic interventions;
(B) an identification of key findings from clinical outcomes and patient-reported outcomes made during clinical trials conducted or supported by the Department;
(C) the number of veterans enrolled in treatment programs and clinical trials related to emerging therapeutic interventions;
(D) interagency coordination efforts of the Department, including with the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and other relevant government agencies;
(E) recommendations to improve the delivery of innovative therapies to veterans, including psychedelic-assisted therapies; and
(F) recommendations for legislative or administrative actions relating to emerging therapeutic interventions.
(b) Workforce Readiness.--The Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall develop a workforce implementation-readiness plan for emerging therapeutic interventions (including psychedelic-assisted therapies), including--
(1) conducting a workforce-readiness assessment to identify clinicians and peer support specialists with prior training or certification relevant to emerging therapeutic interventions and gaps in training, supervision, and clinical capacity necessary to support safe and effective implementation of such interventions;
(2) developing a standardized, competency-based training framework for clinicians and peer support specialists participating in emerging therapeutic interventions, including safety monitoring, supervision standards, competent care, interdisciplinary collaboration, and other areas where appropriate; and
(3) developing and implementing a plan to ensure training, using such framework, is conducted, and credentialing standards are applied, with respect to the appropriate clinicians and medical centers of the Department, including any centers of excellence, in a manner designed to ensure access across each Veterans Integrated Service Network.
SEC. 17__. REPORT ON ACCELERATING MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR
SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency, shall provide a report to appropriate committees of Congress on the implementation of Executive Order 14401, titled "Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness" (April 18, 2026).
(b) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--
(1) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives;
(2) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives;
(3) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
(4) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate.
Amendment No. 31 Offered by Mr. Norman of South Carolina
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, add the following new section:
SEC. 17__. TERMINATION OF PILOT PROGRAMS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any pilot program authorized under this Act shall terminate on the earlier of--
(1) the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act; or
(2) such earlier date as may be specified in the provision authorizing such program.
Amendment No. 32 Offered by Mr. Norman of South Carolina
Insert in the appropriate place in title XVII of division A the following:
SEC. 17__. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS PERFORMING
RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.
(a) Research and Development Projects.--Section 4001 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(e) Disclosure Requirements.--Whenever issuing a statement, press release, request for proposals, bid solicitation, or other document describing a project or program that is funded in whole or in part with Federal funding, a person performing a research or development project under paragraph (1) or (5) of subsection (b) shall clearly state the following:
"(1) The percentage of the total costs of the program or project financed with Federal funding.
"(2) The dollar amount of Federal funds obligated for the project or program.
"(3) The percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed from nongovernmental sources.".
(b) Cooperative Research and Development Agreements Under Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.--Section 4026 of such title is amended--
(1) by striking "The Secretary of Defense" and inserting the following:
"(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense";
(2) in subsection (a), as designated by paragraph (1), in the second sentence, by striking "Technology may" and inserting the following:
"(b) Technology Transfer.--Technology may"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(c) Disclosure Requirements.--Whenever issuing a statement, press release, request for proposals, bid solicitation, or other document describing a project or program that is funded in whole or in part with Federal funding, a person performing a research or development project pursuant to a cooperative research and development agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall clearly state the following:
"(1) The percentage of the total costs of the program or project financed with Federal funding.
"(2) The dollar amount of Federal funds obligated for the project or program.
"(3) The percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed from nongovernmental sources.".
(c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should direct the operating divisions of the Department of Defense to design and implement processes to manage and administer grantees' compliance with the requirements added by this section, including determining to what extent to provide guidance to grantees on calculations.
Amendment No. 33 Offered by Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia
At the end of subtitle E of title III, insert the following:
SEC. __. FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL GUARD FACILITIES.
Chapter 1 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 116. Federal financial assistance for operation and
maintenance of National Guard facilities
"The Secretary of Defense may provide assistance, through a grant or cooperative agreement entered into with the Governor of a State (or, in the case of the District of Columbia, with the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard), a local government, or other recipient for the purpose of operating or maintaining National Guard facilities required to organize, train, and equip the National Guard to perform State and Federal operations and missions.".
Amendment No. 35 Offered by Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following new section:
SEC. 12__. UNITED STATES-POLAND MILITARY SPACE COOPERATION
PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a United States-Republic of Poland Military Space Cooperation Program.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the program shall be to strengthen military cooperation between the United States and the Republic of Poland in support of space-enabled military operations, resilience, and preparedness.
(c) Activities.--The program may support the following activities:
(1) Analysis and assessment of threats to military space capabilities and supporting infrastructure.
(2) Development and dissemination of operational concepts, doctrine, tactics, techniques, procedures, and best practices relating to resilient positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities, satellite communications, space domain awareness, and space-enabled military operations.
(3) Collection, analysis, and dissemination of operational lessons learned from contemporary conflicts regarding the employment, protection, and resilience of military space capabilities.
(4) Military exercises, training events, simulations, wargames, personnel exchanges, and other cooperative military activities involving personnel of the United States and the Republic of Poland.
(5) Collaboration, as appropriate, with commercial entities, federally funded research and development centers, academic institutions, and other organizations on matters relating to military space operations, space resilience, satellite communications, positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities, and related emerging technologies.
(6) Such other activities as the Secretary of Defense determines necessary to advance the purposes of the program.
(d) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing--
(1) plans for implementation of the program;
(2) anticipated contributions of the United States and the Republic of Poland;
(3) opportunities to incorporate operational lessons learned from the conflict in Ukraine into military space cooperation activities under the program; and
(4) any legislative or policy recommendations necessary to support the activities of the program.
Amendment No. 36 Offered by Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, insert the following:
SEC. 12__. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF INDO-PACIFIC
MARITIME SECURITY INITIATIVE.
(a) Expansion of Types of Assistance and Training.--Subsection (c) of section 1263 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 10 U.S.C. 4333 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:
"(2) Demonstration and operational test and evaluation of uncrewed systems and asymmetric operational concepts.--During the period ending on December 31, 2028, assistance provided under subsection (a)(1)(A) may also include the provision, in coordination with the Department of State, of the following:
"(A) Operational test and evaluation of uncrewed systems and asymmetric operational concepts as part of other assistance to the national military or other security forces described in subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) or the other national level governmental organizations described in subsection (a)(1)(A)(ii).
"(B) Demonstration of uncrewed systems and asymmetric operational concepts as part of other assistance to the national military or other security forces described in subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) or the other national-level governmental organizations described in subsection (a)(1)(A)(ii).".
(b) Modification of Report Period.--Subsection (i)(1) of such section is amended by striking "calendar year" in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and in subparagraph (G) and inserting "fiscal year".
(c) Extension.--Subsection (j) of such section is amended by striking "December 31, 2027" and inserting "December 31, 2031".
Amendment No. 37 Offered by Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia
At the end of subtitle A of title XII, insert the following:
SEC. 12__.
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INCREASE IN FUNDING THRESHOLD FOR THE REGIONAL
DEFENSE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
Section 345(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "$35,000,000" and inserting "$50,000,000".
At the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII, add the following new section:
SEC. 28__. REPORT ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE RISKS ASSOCIATED
WITH REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS NEAR MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on efforts of the Department of Defense to identify, assess, and mitigate counterintelligence, force protection, operational security, and military readiness risks arising from real property transactions located in proximity to military installations and other defense-sensitive sites within the United States.
(b) Report Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) a description of the policies, procedures, authorities, and resources used by the Department of Defense to identify, assess, and mitigate national security risks associated with real property acquisitions, leases, concessions, development projects, and other transactions located in proximity to military installations and other defense-sensitive sites;
(2) an assessment of counterintelligence, force protection, operational security, and military readiness risks associated with foreign ownership, control, influence, or investment involving property located in the United States and within--
(A) 100 miles of a military installation, as defined in section 2801(c)(4) of title 10, United States Code; or
(B) 50 miles of--
(i) a military training route, as defined in section 183a(h) of title 10, United States Code;
(ii) airspace designated as special use airspace under part 73 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and managed by the Department of Defense;
(iii) a controlled firing area, as defined in section 1.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, used by the Department of Defense; or
(iv) a military operations area, as defined in section 1.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations;
(3) a specific assessment of risks associated with transactions involving a foreign person owned or controlled by, acting on behalf of, or subject to the direction of--
(A) the Government of the People's Republic of China;
(B) the Government of the Russian Federation;
(C) the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran;
(D) the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; or
(E) a foreign terrorist organization designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189);
(4) a description of the processes used by the Department to coordinate with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and other Federal departments and agencies regarding transactions that may present national security concerns;
(5) a description of transactions identified by the Department during the preceding three years as presenting potential counterintelligence, force protection, operational security, military readiness, or other national security concerns, including--
(A) the number and general nature of such transactions;
(B) the basis for the Department's concern, as appropriate;
(C) actions taken by the Department to assess, mitigate, or otherwise address such concerns; and
(D) coordination undertaken with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States or other Federal departments and agencies in connection with such transactions; and
(6) an assessment of any gaps in authorities, resources, personnel, intelligence collection, or information sharing capabilities that limit the ability of the Department to identify, assess, or mitigate such risks, together with recommendations for legislative action.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
(d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should strengthen and maintain counterintelligence activities, threat awareness, and interagency coordination relating to real property transactions and development activities that may facilitate foreign intelligence collection or otherwise threaten the security of military installations and defense-sensitive sites within the United States, or otherwise present counterintelligence, intelligence collection, surveillance, operational security, force protection, or military readiness risks.
At the end of subtitle A of title II, add the following new section:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR COMPACT SEMICONDUCTOR-BASED FAST
NEUTRON DETECTORS.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for Aerospace Sensors (PE 0602204F), Line 9, is hereby increased by $4,300,000 for Compact Semiconductor-Based Fast Neutron Detectors.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 101 for Aircraft Procurement, Navy, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4101, for F-18 Series, Line 028, is hereby reduced by $4,300,000.
At the end of subtitle A of title II, add the following new section:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND THERMAL PROTECTION
COATINGS.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for Aerospace Sensors (PE 0602204F), Line 9, is hereby increased by $8,500,000 for ultra-high-temperature metallic oxide environmental and thermal protection coatings for hypersonic vehicle leading edges, hot structures, and space vehicle heat shields.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 101 for Aircraft Procurement, Navy, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4101, for F-18 Series, Line 028, is hereby reduced by $8,500,000.
At the end of subtitle C of title X, insert the following new section:
SEC. 10__. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF ARMED FORCES TO DETAIN
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Section 1021(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ", other than a citizen of the United States," after "any person".
At the end of subtitle C of title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR ROTARY WING AVIATION LIFT UPGRADE
ENHANCEMENT.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in Division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation, Defense-Wide,as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4201 for system development for Aviation Systems (PE1160403BB) Line 302 is hereby increased by $12,000,000 (with the amount of such increase to be used to support Rotary Wing Aviation Lift Upgrade Enhancement).
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in Division D the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance, Army, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, for Aviation Assets, Line 060, is hereby reduced by 12,000,000.
At the end of subtitle B of title XXVIII, add the following new section:
SEC. 28__. INAPPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ACT TO CERTAIN MILITARY HOUSING.
Section 307104 of title 54, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 307104. Inapplicability of division to White House,
Supreme Court building, United States Capitol, and certain
military housing
"(a) In General.--Nothing in this division applies to--
"(1) the White House and its grounds, the Supreme Court building and its grounds; or
"(2) except as provided in subsection (b), any building or structure on a military installation that is or has ever been used as--
"(A) military unaccompanied housing; or
"(B) military family housing,
"(b) Exception.--The exception under subsection (a) shall not apply to--
"(1) any building or structure described in paragraph (2) of such subsection that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of January 20, 2025; or
"(2) any such building or structure the Secretary of Defense specifically exempts from this provision, subject to subsection (c).
"(c) Limitation.--
"(1) Number of exemptions.--If the Secretary of Defense elects to make a discretionary exemption under subsection (b), the total number of discretionary exemptions may not exceed one-one-tenth of one percent of the total number of buildings or structures on military installations that are or ever have been used as military unaccompanied housing or military family housing.
"(2) Management of exempted buildings.--Any buildings or structures specifically exempted by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall be managed in accordance with this division unless or until the Secretary of Defense elects to remove the discretionary exemption granted to any such building or structure.".
At the end of subtitle __ of title __, add the following section:
SEC. __. OPERATIONAL PILOT PROGRAM ON ORBITAL DATA CENTER
SERVICES.
(a) Short Title.
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This section may be cited as the "Nodes, Enterprise Workloads, and Hybrid Operations, Resilience, Integration, Zero-Trust, Orbital Networks Act" or "NEW HORIZON Act".
(b) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Modern national security space missions generate increasing volumes of data from space-based sensors, platforms, and constellations, placing growing demands on terrestrial data transport, processing, and analysis infrastructure.
(2) Reliance on ground-based data processing can introduce latency, bandwidth constraints, and vulnerabilities that may degrade the timeliness, resilience, and effectiveness of military and intelligence operations in contested environments.
(3) Commercial industry is developing orbital data center and space-based cloud computing capabilities that enable in-space data processing, storage, and analytics, which may reduce latency, enhance resilience, and improve mission outcomes.
(4) The Department of Defense has identified the need for hybrid architectures that integrate space, terrestrial, and commercial capabilities to support joint and national security missions.
(5) An operational pilot program is necessary to evaluate the military utility, operational integration, and transition potential of orbital data center services through real-world mission use cases before any broader adoption or sustained acquisition.
(6) Maintaining a competitive and resilient domestic industrial base for orbital infrastructure, including satellite platforms, communications systems, and in-space computing capabilities, is important to accelerating innovation and supporting operational resilience.
(c) Pilot Program.--
(1) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense (referred to in this Act as the " `Secretary' "), acting through the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit, shall carry out an operational pilot program under the Hybrid Space Architecture initiative to evaluate the use of commercially available orbital data center services and space-based cloud computing capabilities relevant to national security space and joint mission requirements.
(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the pilot program shall be--
(A) to assess the military utility of orbital data center and space-based cloud computing services;
(B) to evaluate the operational integration of such services into existing and planned Department of Defense space and joint architectures;
(C) to examine the resilience, latency, security, and mission assurance benefits of in-space data processing;
(D) to inform the potential transition of such services into sustained programs of record or operational use;
(E) to evaluate concepts of operations for the protection and defense of orbital data center assets against kinetic, nonkinetic, and cyber threats;
(F) to assess the asset protection strategies and vulnerabilities of orbital data center infrastructure; and
(G) to evaluate the integration and operational performance of interoperable, commercially provided orbital infrastructure components sourced from multiple vendors across the hybrid space architecture ecosystem.
(3) Scope.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary may--
(A) employ commercially available orbital data center services in support of real-world mission scenarios, including intelligence, space domain awareness, command and control, data transport, and other national security applications;
(B) conduct testing, demonstration, and limited operational employment necessary to assess technical performance and operational viability; and
(C) support integration activities required to evaluate interoperability with the Department of Defense's space, ground, and network systems.
(4) Acquisition Authority.--The Secretary shall encourage competitive participation from a diverse set of nontraditional defense contractors and commercial space providers.
(5) Security and Resilience Measures for Sensitive and Classified Information.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall ensure that any orbital data center services used to process, store, or transmit sensitive or classified information have in place--
(A) cybersecurity protections, including zero-trust architecture, encryption, identity and access management, continuous monitoring, and protections against insider threats;
(B) risk-management measures--
(i) to address supply chain vulnerabilities and foreign ownership, control, or influence; and
(ii) that achieve compliance with applicable Department of Defense cybersecurity and authorization requirements;
(C) resilience and mission assurance capabilities, including redundancy, failover, operation in degraded or contested environments, and rapid reconstitution or replacement capabilities;
(D) protections against cyber, electronic warfare, counterspace, and other nonkinetic threats;
(E) secure telemetry, tracking, and command links and associated command-and-control systems, including authenticated command uplinks, encrypted telemetry and data links, anti-spoofing and anti-jamming protections, resilient cryptographic key management, protected timing and navigation inputs, and secure software and firmware update mechanisms;
(F) protections for associated ground systems, mission operations centers, terrestrial network connections, software supply chains, and user access interfaces, including segmentation, continuous monitoring, access controls, encryption, and resilience against cyber intrusion, disruption, and unauthorized access; and
(G) protections to ensure workload isolation, tenant separation, and data sovereignty for sensitive or classified information processed, stored, or transmitted through orbital data center services, including safeguards against unauthorized cross-tenant, cross-domain, or provider access.
(6) Integration and Interoperability.--The Secretary shall ensure that any orbital data center services evaluated under the pilot program are interoperable with existing Department of Defense command, control, communications, and intelligence systems.
(7) Consultation.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit, shall consult with--
(A) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy;
(B) service acquisition executives (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code);
(C) the Space Force and other military departments with potential operational interest or transition pathways;
(D) the National Reconnaissance Office;
(E) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; and
(F) such other individuals and organizations as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(8) Briefing.--Not later than December 31, 2028, the Secretary shall provide the congressional defense committees (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) with a briefing on--
(A) execution of the pilot program;
(B) operational use cases evaluated;
(C) lessons learned from operational employment;
(D) recommendations regarding future acquisition or operational use of orbital data center services;
(E) cybersecurity risks, insider threat vulnerabilities, and mitigation measures;
(F) resilience against counterspace threats and contested space environments;
(G) commercial provider risks, including supply chain and foreign ownership concerns; and
(H) recommendations for security, resilience, and acquisition requirements for any future program of record.
(d) Termination.--The authority to carry out the pilot program under this section
shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(e) Orbital Data Center Defined.--In this section, the term "orbital data center" means a space-based computing, data storage, or networking capability, including 1 or more spacecraft, hosted payloads, or distributed orbital architectures, designed primarily to provide persistent, scalable, or shared in-orbit processing, analysis, storage, fusion, routing, or dissemination of data as a distinct operational capability, rather than as a function ancillary to the primary mission of a spacecraft, prior to transmission to terrestrial or other external infrastructure, including to reduce latency, mitigate bandwidth constraints, improve operational resilience, or support time-sensitive missions.
Add at the end of subtitle D of title XVIII, the following new section:
SEC. 18__. AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF APEX ACCELERATORS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, APEX Accelerators may assist small business concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) in receiving contracts for the production of and research on defense articles (as defined in section 301 of title 10, United States Code) under the partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (commonly known as "AUKUS").
At the end of subtitle J of title V, add the following new section:
SEC. 5__. PILOT PROGRAM OF ANONYMOUS NONMEDICAL COUNSELING
FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES.
(a) Pilot Program.--In addition to authorities under sections 167 and 1788a of title 10, United States Code, the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command shall carry out a pilot program to provide anonymous nonmedical counseling services to members of the special operations forces and families of such members using a novel anonymous telehealth platform. The Commander shall ensure that counseling services under the pilot program are available to eligible individuals described in subsection (c) beginning not later than June 1, 2027.
(b) Use of Existing Personnel.--
(1) Designation.--The Commander shall designate counselors and clinicians employed by, contracted to, or assigned to the United States Special Operations Command or its component commands, including counselors and clinicians supporting the Preservation of the Force and Family program, to provide services under the pilot program.
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Counseling hours dedicated to the pilot program shall be equivalent to not less than 20 percent of the total counseling capacity supporting the Preservation of the Force and Family program.
(2) Continuation of existing duties.--The Commander shall ensure that--
(A) designated personnel under paragraph (1) continue to perform the existing assigned duties of the personnel; and
(B) the pilot program and the anonymous telehealth platform serve as a supplemental intake pathway for participating counselors.
(3) Geographic scope of service.--A counselor or clinician designated under paragraph (1) may provide services under the pilot program to any eligible individual described in subsection (c), regardless of the installation, duty station, or geographic location of the counselor, clinician, or eligible individual.
(c) Eligibility.--The Commander shall ensure that the pilot program is available to all individuals currently or previously assigned to, supporting, or augmenting the United States Special Operations Command or its component commands, and to the spouses and dependents (as defined in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code) of such individuals.
(d) Standard of Care.--Services under the pilot program shall consist of nonmedical counseling similar in type and scope to the nonmedical counseling provided under the Department of Defense Military and Family Life Counseling Program under section 1781(d) of title 10, United States Code, including with respect to charting and recordkeeping practices and the cross-jurisdictional authorities described in paragraph (2) of such section, except that services under the pilot program shall be delivered exclusively through an anonymous telehealth platform.
(e) Anonymity.--
(1) Platform.--The Commander shall ensure that--
(A) the anonymous telehealth platform does not collect or retain personally identifiable information regarding any participant; and
(B) session content transmitted during the course of services is protected by end-to-end encryption, such that the platform vendor cannot access such content, and is not retained on the platform after the session.
(2) Participant disclosure.--A participant may voluntarily disclose identifying information in the course of receiving services but is not required to do so as a condition of participation.
(3) Counselor conduct.--A counselor providing services under the pilot program may not request, require, or otherwise solicit personally identifiable information from a participant, except as necessary to act on a duty arising under applicable Federal or State law in cases involving imminent risk of harm.
(4) Use of information.--Participation in the pilot program, and any information disclosed by a participant during services, shall not result in entry into medical records, command notification, or referral, except as required to discharge a duty described in paragraph (3).
(f) Information Security.--The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense shall establish alternative information security requirements for the anonymous telehealth platform used to deliver services under the pilot program, reflecting the anonymous design of the platform and the limited duration of the pilot program. Such requirements shall not include authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
(g) Funding.--No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the pilot program.
(h) Reports.--Not later than February 1 of each year following the date counseling services first become available under the pilot program, the Commander shall submit to the congressional defense committees an annual report evaluating utilization, impact on existing counseling capacity, cost considerations, readiness implications, and recommendations for continuation or expansion.
(i) Sunset.--The authority under this section terminates on September 30, 2029, except that the Commander may extend the pilot program for up to two additional fiscal years upon notification to the congressional defense committees.
At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following new section:
SEC. 3__. ASSESSMENT OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY POTENTIAL WITH
RESPECT TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
(a) Assessment.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall conduct an assessment of geothermal energy resources located on or underlying military installations.
(b) Contents.--The assessment under subsection (a) shall include an identification of the following:
(1) Each military installation with significant geothermal energy potential.
(2) Opportunities to improve the energy resilience (as such term is defined in section 101(f) of title 10, United States Code) of military installations through geothermal energy development.
(3) Opportunities for collaboration between the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy with respect to resource characterization, technology demonstration, and future geothermal energy development.
(c) Report.--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 report containing the results of the assessment under subsection (a).
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. ACAS-X ACTION PLAN.
(a) ACAS-X Action Plan.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and Senate an action plan for advancing the deployment of the Airborne Collision Avoidance System-X (in this section referred to as "ACAS-X"), ACAS-Xa, ACAS-Xr, ACAS-Xo, ACAS-Xu, ACAS-sXu, ACAS-Xp.
(2) Contents.--In developing the action plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include--
(A) a strategic roadmap for the deployment of ACAS-X technology, including steps required for widespread adoption among military aircraft;
(B) actions and funding necessary to complete any applicable research, development, testing, evaluation, and standards development needed to support the certification of such technology;
(C) ACAS-X interoperability considerations for aircraft operators (including rotorcraft operators) equipped with ADS-B Out and ADS-B In equipment;
(D) an assessment of safety benefits for aircraft operators equipping with such technology; and
(E) any recommendations for administrative or legislative action, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, to advance such technology deployment.
(3) Implementation.--The Secretary may take actions, as appropriate, to implement the action plan developed under paragraph (1).
(4) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary submits the action plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and Senate a briefing on the contents of such action plan and any prospective actions to implement such plan.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "ADS-B In" means onboard avionics equipment that receives and processes Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast transmissions that are broadcast in accordance with sections 91.225 and 91.227 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or
any successor regulations), and other aviation advisory information from ground stations, that provides the aircraft with awareness to the location of other aircraft and traffic advisories.
(2) The term "ADS-B Out"--
(A) has the meaning given such term in section 91.227 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; and
(B) includes equipment that broadcasts information from an aircraft in accordance with sections 91.225 and 91.227 of such title 14 (or any successor regulations).
Amendment No. 50 Offered by Mr. Baumgartner of Washington
At the end of subtitle A of title II, add the following new section:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR REACTIVE MATERIAL TO ENHANCE THE
LETHALITY OF MUNITIONS.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test and evaluation, Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for industrial base analysis and sustainment support, line 233 (PE 0607210D8Z) for domestic manufacturing capability for advanced reactive materials is hereby increased by $5,000,000 (to be available for the purpose of accelerating the manufacture of a reactive material to enhance the lethality of munitions).
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, for defense media activity, line 330 is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, add the following new section:
SEC. 28__.
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LAND CONVEYANCE, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON,
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.
(a) Conveyance Authorized.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, but only after the completion of the appraisal under subsection (d)(1), the Secretary of the Air Force shall--
(1) determine whether the parcel of real property described in subsection (b), including any improvements thereon, is excess to the needs of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska;
(2) if the Secretary determines such parcel is excess to such needs, declare that such parcel is excess to such needs; and
(3) take such actions as may be necessary to convey to the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska (in this section referred to as the "Municipality"), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to such parcel, in accordance with--
(A) the North Anchorage Land Agreement; and
(B) any agreement reached between the Municipality and Ektuna, Incorporated, during the one-year period beginning on the date the Secretary makes the declaration under paragraph (2).
(b) Description of Property.--The parcel to be conveyed under subsection (a) consists of approximately 50 acres of land located on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, described as United States Survey Number 8690, Lot 2 Section 22, T14N R2W, Seward Meridian that is--
(1) located adjacent to the Anchorage Regional Landfill; and
(2) leased by the Municipality under the lease numbered USAF-PACAF-HJZH-18-2-0391 as of the date of the enactment of this section.
(c) Termination of Lease.--Any authority granted under the lease referred to in subsection (b) shall terminate on the date on which the Secretary the conveys the property under subsection (a).
(d) Terms and Conditions.--
(1) Appraisal.--The fair market value of the property to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined pursuant to an appraisal to be carried out--
(A) by an independent appraiser selected by the Secretary; and
(B) in accordance with--
(i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; and
(ii) the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
(2) Payment of costs of conveyance.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall require the Municipality to cover costs to be incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), including such costs related to land survey, environmental documentation, real estate due diligence such as appraisals, and any other administrative costs related to the conveyance.
(B) Refund.--If amounts are collected from the Municipality under paragraph (1) in advance of the Secretary incurring the actual costs, and the amount collected exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the Municipality.
(C) Treatment of amounts received as reimbursement of costs incurred.--
(i) Credit to account.--Amounts received under paragraph (1) to reimburse the Secretary for costs incurred by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance under subsection (a) shall be credited to the fund or account used to cover those costs or to an appropriate fund or account available to the Secretary for the purpose for which the costs were paid.
(ii) Availability.--Amounts credited to a fund or account under clause (i) shall--
(I) merge with amounts in such fund or account; and
(II) be available to the Secretary for the same purpose and subject to the same conditions and limitations as the amounts in such fund or account.
(D) Deposit of amounts received as payment.--Amounts received as consideration for the conveyance under subsection (a) shall be deposited in the special account in the Treasury established under section 572(b)(5) of title 40, United States Code.
(3) Pre-conveyance entry.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary, under the terms described in subparagraph (B) and any additional terms and conditions the Secretary determines appropriate, may authorize the Municipality to enter the property to be conveyed under subsection (a) at no charge for pre-construction activities, including site characterization under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), before the property is conveyed under subsection (a).
(B) Required terms.--Any authorization granted under subparagraph (A) shall--
(i) be revocable at the discretion of the Secretary;
(ii) not be construed to covey any right, title, or interest in the property; and
(iii) require the Municipality to comply with installation access and safety requirements and such other requirements as the Secretary determines necessary to protect the interests of the United States.
(4) Additional terms and conditions.--The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
(e) Limitation on Source of Funds.--The Municipality may not use Federal funds to cover any portion of the costs required to be paid by the Municipality under this section.
(f) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or limit the application of, or any obligation to comply with, any environmental law, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).
(g) North Anchorage Land Agreement Defined.--In this section, the term "North Anchorage Land Agreement" means the agreement entered into by the State of Alaska, the Municipality, and Eklutna, Incorporated, pursuant to section 1425 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487; 94 Stat. 2515) (including any amendments to that agreement as of the date of the enactment of this section).
In title XV, subtitle A, add at the end the following new section:
SEC. 15__. CYBER INCIDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR
OPERATIONALLY CRITICAL CONTRACTORS.
Section 391 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
"(2) Rapid reporting.--The procedures established pursuant to subsection (a) shall require each operationally critical contractor to report to the component of the Department designated pursuant to subsection (d)(2)(A)--
"(A) on a rapid basis, each cyber incident with respect to any network or information system of such contractor, including for each such incident--
"(i) an assessment by the contractor of the effect of the incident on the ability of the contractor to meet the contractual requirements of the Department;
"(ii) the technique or method used in such incident;
"(iii) a sample of any malicious software, if discovered and isolated by the contractor, involved in such incident; and
"(iv) a summary of the information compromised by such incident; and
"(B) promptly, but not later than 72 hours after discovery, each discovery within any network or information system of such contractor of any hardware, software, firmware, embedded technology, or update thereto that is manufactured by, is developed under the direction of, or includes source code or design contributions from, a covered Chinese entity, including for each such hardware, software, firmware, technology, or update--
"(i) a description of the hardware, software, firmware, technology, or update discovered and the network or system on which it resides;
"(ii) the function and integration level of such hardware, software, firmware, technology, or update;
"(iii) the date, method, and circumstances of discovery; and
"(iv) any immediate mitigation or isolation measures undertaken."; and
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(3) Covered chinese entity defined.--The term `covered Chinese entity' means an entity--
"(A) organized under the laws of, or primarily subject to the jurisdiction of, the People's Republic of China;
"(B) owned by, controlled by, or subject to the direction of the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party; or
"(C) identified on the list of Chinese military companies operating in the United States under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), or any successor provision.".
Page 1385, line 6, strike "Section" and insert "(a) In General.--Section".
Page 1385, after line 21, insert the following new subsection:
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for three years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on implementation of the amendments made by this section. The Secretary shall include in such report--
(1) the total volume and value of fish, shellfish, and seafood products procured by commissaries, exchanges, and nonappropriated fund instrumentalities during the preceding fiscal year, disaggregated by domestic and foreign origin;
(2) the States and territories of the United States from which such products were sourced, including the volume and value attributable to each; and
(3) the steps taken by the Secretary to maximize procurement of domestically sourced seafood products, including from States and territories of the United States located within the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command.
At the end of subtitle B of title XVIII, add the following new section:
SEC. 18__.
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FEASIBILITY OF ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER
DESIGNATION OF SOURCES OF SUPPLY FOR GROUND
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT PARTS.
(a) Briefing Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the feasibility of implementing a process under which an original equipment manufacturer may designate one or more of its current suppliers as a source of supply for parts produced by such supplier.
(b) Elements.--The briefing required under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the feasibility of establishing a process by which a supplier designated by an original equipment manufacturer as a source of supply for a part may be recognized within Department of Defense supply systems as a vendor for such part not later than 30 days after such designation.
(2) An assessment of the potential benefits of such a process with respect to--
(A) improving direct oversight and supervision of suppliers by original equipment manufacturers;
(B) increasing efficiency within the defense acquisition and sustainment process;
(C) expanding the availability of qualified sources of supply for parts and materials;
(D) reducing administrative burdens associated with supplier qualification and procurement activities; and
(E) improving readiness outcomes through more timely access to critical parts and materials.
(3) An assessment of the feasibility and benefits of ensuring that all suppliers of ground support equipment parts and materials are subject to--
(A) the certificate revocation requirements under section 44726 of title 49, United States Code; and
(B) the penalties under section 38 of title 18, United States Code, for purposes of preventing the acquisition of counterfeit ground support equipment parts and materials.
(4) Recommendations for any legislative, regulatory, policy, contracting, or information technology systems changes necessary to implement the process described in paragraph (1).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "ground support equipment" means equipment, parts, and materials used to support the operation, maintenance, servicing, or sustainment of military aircraft and related systems.
(2) The term "original equipment manufacturer" means a manufacturer that designs, develops, produces, or maintains equipment or components acquired by the Department of Defense.
(3) The term "source of supply" means a supplier designated by an original equipment manufacturer as authorized to manufacture, produce, or provide a part for use in support of equipment produced or supported by such manufacturer.
Add at the end of subtitle B of title XVIII, the following new section:
SEC. 18__. FEASIBILITY OF COMMON CERTIFICATIONS FOR NAVAL
AVIATION AND NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS SUPPLY CHAINS.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the feasibility of establishing common certification standards for suppliers participating in the supply chains of the Naval Air Systems Command and the Naval Sea Systems Command.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the current certification requirements for suppliers to the Naval Air Systems Command and the Naval Sea Systems Command, including an identification of certifications that are duplicative, overlapping, or could be standardized across both commands without compromising quality, safety, or security standards.
(2) An assessment of the feasibility of establishing a common certification framework under which a supplier certified to participate in the supply chain of one command would be recognized, without redundant qualification processes, as eligible to participate in the supply chain of the other command.
(3) An assessment of the potential effects of such a common certification framework with respect to--
(A) increasing competition among suppliers for contracts with the Naval Air Systems Command and the Naval Sea Systems Command;
(B) expanding access to a greater number of qualified suppliers for each command;
(C) reducing administrative and compliance burdens on suppliers, particularly small business concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) and nontraditional defense contractors (as defined in section 3014 of title 10, United States Code), associated with maintaining separate certifications for each command;
(D) improving the sustainability and resilience of the naval supply chain industrial base; and
(E) any risks to quality assurance, safety, or national security that may result from certification standardization.
(4) Recommendations for any legislative, regulatory, or policy changes necessary to implement a common certification framework, including any changes to existing qualification requirements administered by the Defense Contract Management Agency or other relevant entities.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "Naval Air Systems Command" means the systems command of the Department of the Navy responsible for research, development, acquisition, and sustainment of naval aviation systems.
(2) The term "Naval Sea Systems Command" means the systems command of the Department of the Navy responsible for research, development, acquisition, and sustainment of naval sea systems.
At the end of subtitle D of title XVI, add the following new section:
SEC. 16__. ASSESSMENT OF RESILIENT MISSILE DEFENSE SENSING
ARCHITECTURES.
(a) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the strategy of the Department of Defense to develop and field resilient and distributed missile defense sensing architectures.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of current and planned fixed missile defense sensing infrastructure and associated vulnerabilities in contested environments.
(2) An evaluation of modular, transportable, and rapidly deployable sensing capabilities, including their potential to restore degraded sensing coverage under operational stress conditions.
(3) A description of ongoing or planned efforts to incorporate modular open systems approaches and commercially available technologies into missile defense sensing architectures.
(4) An assessment of scalable radar integration concepts and the potential of such concepts to accelerate deployment timelines and improve operational resilience.
(5) An identification of programmatic, technical, or acquisition barriers to fielding distributed sensing architectures and recommended actions to address those barriers.
(6) Recommended near-term investments or pilot efforts to improve the survivability and reconstitution capacity of missile defense sensing networks.
(c) Implementation Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may use funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act to initiate pilot efforts or partnerships that support implementation of the recommendations contained in the report under subsection (a).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "distributed sensing architecture" means a missile defense sensing approach that employs multiple geographically dispersed sensor nodes to reduce reliance on any single point of sensing infrastructure.
(2) The term "modular open systems approach" has the meaning given that term in section 4401 of title 10, United States Code.
Page 431, after line 8, insert the following new section:
SEC. 6__. AUTHORIZATION OF MORE THAN ONE PERIOD OF REST AND
RECUPERATION ABSENCE FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS
EXTENDING DUTY AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS
OVERSEAS.
Section 705(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking "a period of"; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking "a period of"; and
(B) by inserting "one" before "round-trip".
At the end of subtitle A of title II insert the following:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGY.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test, and evaluation, Army as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for advanced technology development for Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology, Line 050, is hereby increased by $7,000,000 (with the amount of such increase to be used to support Virtual Engineering and Army Readiness and Sustainment (VEARS)).
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance, Navy, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, for Ship Depot Operations Support, Line 090, is hereby reduced by $7,000,000.
At the end of subtitle A of title II insert the following:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR RAPID AIRBORNE AND WATERBORNE CHEMICAL
AND BIOLOGICAL THREAT DETECTION.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test, and evaluation, Army, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for applied research for Ground Technology, Line 012, is hereby increased by $10,000,000 (with the amount of such increase to be used to support Rapid Airborne and Waterborne Chemical and Biological Threat Detection (RAW CBTD)).
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance, Navy, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, for Ship Depot Operations Support, Line 090, is hereby reduced by $10,000,000.
At the end of subtitle A of title II, add the following new section:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR THE RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for Rapid Prototyping Program is hereby increased by $4,900,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance, Navy, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, for Ship Depot Operations Support is hereby reduced by $4,900,000.
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following new section:
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MODIFICATIONS TO PAYMENT OF TUITION FOR OFF-DUTY
TRAINING OR EDUCATION.
(a) Authority.--Section 2007 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting "and institution fees" after "tuition";
(2) in subsection (a), by striking "tuition or expenses" and inserting "tuition, expenses, or institution fees"; and
(3) in subsection (c), by striking "tuition or expenses" each place it appears and inserting "tuition, expenses, or institution fees".
(b) Increase in Per-semester Hour Cap.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations increasing the limit on tuition assistance per-semester-hour under section 2007 of title 10, United States Code, to $350.
(c) Annual Report.--Section 2007 of title 10, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(h) The Secretary of Defense shall annually submit to the congressional defense committees a report on outcomes related to off-duty and voluntary education and training for members of the armed forces. Such report shall include--
"(1) the amount of funds used to provide such education and training;
"(2) the number of members of the armed forces receiving assistance with such education and training sections 2005, 2006a, and 2007 of this title;
"(3) an analysis of the compliance of the use of such funds with the requirements of sections 2005, 2006a, and 2007 of this title;
"(4) an analysis of the relationship between the use of funds to provide such education and training to members and the educational attainment, retention, mission readiness, and transition readiness of such members and the recruitment of new members; and
"(5) an analysis of the potential severing of an annual limit per member on the provision of such funds and a per-semester-hour limit.".
Beginning page 1379, line 18, strike "means" and all that follows through page 1380, line 8, and insert "means a mining, metallurgical, or mineral engineering program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology that is located at an institution of higher education, including a Tribal College or University.".
At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following new section:
SEC. 10__. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPENDING REDUCTIONS IN
ABSENCE OF SUBMITTED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR
FAILURE TO ACHIEVE UNQUALIFIED OR QUALIFIED
INDEPENDENT AUDIT OPINION.
(a) Applicability.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this section applies to the Department of Defense, including military departments and Defense Agencies thereof.
(2) Separate applicability.--If a military department or Defense Agency is identified by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget as required to have its own audited financial statement under section 3515 of title 31, United States Code, that military department and Defense Agency shall be treated separately from the Department of Defense for purposes of application of this section.
(b) Adjustments for Financial Accountability.--
(1) In general.--On March 2 of each fiscal year, the discretionary budget authority available for the Department of Defense (or a military department or Defense Agency covered by subsection (a)(2)) for such fiscal year shall be adjusted as provided in paragraph (2).
(2) Adjustment.--If the Department of Defense (or a military department or Defense Agency covered by subsection (a)(2)) has not submitted a financial statement for the previous fiscal year, or if such financial statement has not received either an unqualified or a qualified audit opinion by an independent external auditor, the discretionary budget authority available for the Department of Defense, the military department, or the Defense Agency (as the case may be) shall be reduced by .5 percent, with the reduction applied proportionately to each account (other than an account listed in subsection (d) or an account for which a waiver is made under subsection (d)).
(3) Minimizes national security effects.--Consistent with applicable laws, the Secretary of Defense may make any reduction under paragraph (2) in a manner that minimizes any effect on national security.
(4) Deficit reduction.--An amount equal to the total amount of any reduction under paragraph (2) shall be retained in the general fund of the Treasury for the purposes of deficit reduction.
(c) Accounts Excluded.--The following accounts are excluded from any reductions referred to in subsection (b)(2):
(1) Military personnel, reserve personnel, and National Guard personnel accounts of the Department of Defense.
(2) The Defense Health Program account of the Department of Defense.
(d) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (b)(2) with respect to an account if the President certifies that applying the subsection to that account would harm national security or members of the Armed Forces who are deployed in combat zones.
(e) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date on which an adjustment is made under subsection (b), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress a report that includes a description of the amount and account of each adjustment.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The terms "financial statement" and "external independent auditor" have the meanings given those terms in section 3521(e) of title 31, United States Code.
(3) The term "unqualified", with respect to the audit status of a financial statement, includes the characterizations clean and unmodified.
(2) The term "qualified", with respect to the audit status of a financial statement, includes the characterization modified.
Amendment No. 64 Offered by Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina
At the end of subtitle B of title XIV, insert the following new section:
SEC. 14__. GOVERNMENT-WIDE CRITICAL MINERAL PROCUREMENT AND
RESALE AUTHORITIES FEASIBILITY STUDY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, and the heads of other relevant Executive agencies, shall carry out a study on the feasibility of providing to the heads of all Executive agencies critical mineral procurement and resale authorities similar to those of the Secretary of Defense.
(b) Contents.--The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the need of Executive agencies for critical mineral procurement and resale authorities similar to those of the Secretary of Defense.
(2) An evaluation of the legal, regulatory, and logistical barriers to providing to the heads of all Executive agencies critical mineral procurement and resale authorities similar to those of the Secretary of Defense.
(3) An analysis of the economic and strategic effects of allowing Executive agencies to resell excess critical minerals on the open market, including potential effects on the domestic supply chains and international trade.
(4) Recommendations for legislative or regulatory changes necessary to providing to the heads of all Executive agencies critical mineral procurement and resale authorities similar to those of the Secretary of Defense, including safeguards to prevent market disruption or misuse of proceeds resulting from the use of such authorities by such heads.
(c) Report to Congress.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the study required by subsection (a).
(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be in an unclassified form, but may include as classified annex.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "critical mineral" has the meaning given such term in section 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a)).
(2) The term "critical mineral procurement and resale authority" includes any statutory authority of a Executive agency to acquire, stockpile, manage, sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of critical minerals for purposes of national security, economic security, or emergency preparedness, including authorities under section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4533) and the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.), and any other authority that the Secretary of Defense determines relevant.
(3) The term "Executive agency" has the meaning given such term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.
Amendment No. 65 Offered by Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina
Page 52, line 11, insert "(A)" after "(i)(1)".
Page 52, after line 14, insert the following:
"(B) The Secretary of the Air Force shall maintain a total aircraft inventory of combat-coded fighter aircraft of--
"(i) not less than 1,369 aircraft by December 31, 2030; and
"(ii) not less than 1,558 aircraft by December 31, 2035.".
Amendment No. 66 Offered by Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina
At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PILOT PROGRAM ON THE USE OF CLINICALLY TESTED
DIGITAL FAITH-BASED PLATFORMS TO SUPPORT
SPIRITUAL FITNESS AND READINESS.
(a) Pilot Program Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to evaluate the use of clinically tested, commercially available digital faith-based platforms to support the modernization and digitization of the chaplaincies of the Armed Forces and to promote spiritual fitness, operational readiness, resilience, and overall mental health among members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.
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The Secretary shall design the pilot program to determine whether the platforms evaluated are capable of--
(1) augmenting the ability of military chaplains to provide spiritual care and counseling using established metrics for effectiveness and performance used by the Chaplain Corps today and included in the modernization efforts of the Secretary;
(2) measurably expanding access to voluntary spiritual support resources for geographically dispersed personnel, including deployed members of the Armed Forces;
(3) enhancing spiritual readiness consistent with total force fitness and holistic health initiatives and other applicable standards and metrics;
(4) improving measurable indicators of resilience, morale, and nonclinical mental health support; and
(5) extending access to spiritual wellness resources to military families and dependents, recognizing the integral role of family readiness in overall force resilience.
(b) Requirements.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall--
(1) evaluate and incorporate commercially available platforms supported by peer-reviewed evidence, specific to the platform under evaluation, demonstrating that engagement in religious or spiritual practice through the platform produces positive spiritual wellbeing, spiritual fitness, resilience, or mental health outcomes;
(2) ensure participation is voluntary and consistent with the constitutional protections regarding religious liberty and the prohibition on establishment of religion;
(3) ensure platforms meet applicable cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection standards of the Department;
(4) prioritize evaluation of platforms that--
(A) have a demonstrated record of user engagement and scalability across large and diverse populations;
(B) have a demonstrated record of providing tools that enable faith leaders and religious organizations to create, distribute, and measure engagement with digital spiritual care content; and
(C) provide engagement reporting and analytics sufficient to support the assessments required under subsection (d), including use by geographically dispersed personnel, deployed personnel, and military dependents;
(5) coordinate with the Chiefs of Chaplains of the military departments;
(6) conduct the pilot across not fewer than two military departments, including both active and reserve components; and
(7) carry out the pilot program using other transaction authority under section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, or procedures for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services under part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(c) Duration; Commencement.--The pilot program shall be conducted for a period of not less than 12 months. The Secretary shall commence participant enrollment not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Report and Assessment of Program of Record Feasibility.--Not later than 120 days after completion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the program and an assessment of whether digital faith-based platforms should be incorporated into the spiritual readiness and chaplaincy programs of the Department of Defense. The report shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of participation rates, user engagement, frequency of use, completion of platform content, and sustained use over the duration of the pilot.
(2) An assessment of the extent to which the pilot expanded access to spiritual support resources for members of the Armed Forces and military families who historically under-use traditional chaplain services, including personnel located in geographically dispersed locations and deployed environments, members of the reserve components, and military families.
(3) An assessment of changes in participant-reported measures of spiritual fitness, purpose, meaning, connectedness, resilience, and other indicators identified by the Department as relevant to total force fitness and holistic health initiatives.
(4) An assessment of whether digital faith-based platforms enhanced the ability of military chaplains to provide care, increased the reach of chaplaincy services, reduced barriers to engagement, or otherwise improved delivery of spiritual support across participating units.
(5) To the extent practicable, an assessment of changes in relevant readiness and resilience indicators among participants, including stress management, help-seeking behavior, social connectedness, morale, and other nonclinical indicators identified by the Secretary.
(6) A comparison of the costs and outcomes associated with digital delivery of spiritual readiness resources relative to traditional methods of providing comparable support, including an assessment of scalability across the active and reserve components.
(7) An assessment of cybersecurity, privacy, data protection, acquisition, contracting, and implementation considerations identified during execution of the pilot program.
(8) An assessment of whether digital faith-based platforms demonstrated sufficient effectiveness, user adoption, scalability, affordability, and mission relevance to warrant establishment of a program of record or other permanent capability within the Department. Such assessment shall include--
(A) recommended governance and oversight mechanisms;
(B) recommended funding levels and appropriations accounts;
(C) recommended lead organization or executive agent;
(D) recommended performance measures for future implementation; and
(E) any legislative authorities required to support Department-wide adoption.
(9) Recommendations regarding continuation, expansion, modification, competitive procurement, or termination of the capability.
(e) Definition.--In this section, the term "digital faith-based platform"--
(1) means a commercially available digital platform the primary purpose of which is the creation, delivery, and facilitation of religious and spiritual content and practice; and
(2) includes tools for faith leaders and religious organizations.
In title VIII, subtitle A, add at the end the following new section:
SEC. 8__. PROHIBITION ON ACQUIRING, PROCURING, OR LEASING
NON-TACTICAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPONENTS
PRODUCED BY CHILD AND SLAVE LABOR.
The Secretary of Defense may not acquire, procure, or lease non-tactical electric vehicles, advanced-biofuel-powered vehicles, hydrogen-powered vehicles, or any components or spare parts associated with such vehicles that are not in compliance with subpart 22.15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation maintained under section 1303(a)(1) of title 41, United States Code (or any successor regulations), on the Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor.
At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following new section:
SEC. 10__. PLAN FOR PROTECTION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES FROM UNMANNED
AIRCRAFT THREATS.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a comprehensive plan for the protection of all military installations located in the United States from threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned aircraft (as such terms are defined in section 130i(m) of title 10, United States Code).
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
RECEIVING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDS THAT HAVE
HOSTED CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on institutions of higher education that have--
(1) received funding from the Department of Defense; and
(2) hosted a Confucius Institute.
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new section:
SEC. 10__. PLAN ON RECAPITALIZATION OF F-16 AIRCRAFT OF 140TH
WING OF THE COLORADO AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a comprehensive plan for the recapitalization of the F-16 aircraft of the 140th Wing of the Colorado Air National Guard.
At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following new section:
SEC. __. THREAT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-POWERED ATTACKS,
SCAMS, AND FRAUD.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on the threat of artificial intelligence-powered attacks, scams, and fraud to United States military installations, operations, and personnel.
(b) Evaluation of Use of Artificial Intelligence by Foreign Adversaries.--In conducting the study required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall evaluate the use of artificial intelligence by foreign adversaries for surveillance and targeting.
(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study required by subsection (a).
At the end of subtitle C of title III, add the following new section:
SEC. 3__. IMPROVEMENTS TO MANAGEMENT OF TACTICAL VEHICLES OF
THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.
The Secretary of the Navy shall improve the management of tactical vehicles of the Navy and the Marine Corps by--
(1) establishing clearly defined responsibilities for vehicle commanders; and
(2) implementing standardized procedures that enable first-line supervisors to identify, assess and mitigate operational risks relating to such vehicles during training and mission execution.
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CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Pilot Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program under the TRICARE program under which the Secretary provides covered members with continuous glucose monitoring technology to assess the effects of real-time metabolic health tracking and early intervention on improving--
(1) the health of the members; and
(2) force readiness.
(b) Participation.--The Secretary shall require a covered member to participate in the pilot program under subsection (a) if the Secretary identifies the member as being in either the Partially Medically Ready category or the Not Medically Ready category of the Individual Medical Readiness program.
(c) Data.--
(1) Exclusive uses.--The Secretary may use the health information of a covered member collected under the pilot program under subsection (a) only for the purposes of--
(A) carrying out the pilot program, including with respect to furnishing information to the Comptroller General of the United States pursuant to subsection (g)(1);
(B) providing health care, including preventative care, to the member pursuant to chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code; and
(C) conducting the Individual Medical Readiness program.
(2) No use for medical discharges.--The Secretary may not use the health information of a covered member collected under the pilot program under subsection (a) in separating or discharging the member from the Armed Forces under chapter 61 of title 10, United States Code.
(3) Prohibition on nongovernmental use.--A nongovernmental entity that provides continuous glucose monitoring technology under the pilot program under subsection (a), or otherwise provides services under the pilot program, may not--
(A) retain any rights to health information of a covered member collected under the pilot program;
(B) use such information except as authorized by this section; and
(C) may not retain such information after such authorized use is completed.
(d) Provision of Information and Services.--The Secretary shall provide covered members participating in the pilot program under subsection (a) with--
(1) information regarding metabolic health awareness; and
(2) education and services to improve force readiness.
(e) Training.--The Secretary shall--
(1) provide medical professionals of the military departments with in-person training on the background, procedures, and reporting requirements of the pilot program under subsection (a); and
(2) establish shared educational resources and training materials that may be used by all the military departments.
(f) Duration.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program under subsection (a) for a five-year period.
(g) Reports.--
(1) Comptroller general.--
(A) Initial.--Not later than three years after the date on which the Secretary commences the pilot program under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the pilot program, including--
(i) a comparison of the rates of members in the Partially Medically Ready category or the Not Medically Ready category of the Individual Medical Readiness program during 2025 and during the third year in which the pilot program is carried out; and
(ii) recommendations to improve the pilot program.
(B) Final.--Not later than five years after the date on which the Secretary commences the pilot program under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the pilot program, including--
(i) an assessment of the effectiveness of the recommendations under subparagraph (A)(ii); and
(ii) a determination by the Comptroller General regarding whether the pilot program should be extended.
(2) DOD.--Not later than five years after the date on which the Secretary commences the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the pilot program, including--
(A) data regarding the use and efficacy of the pilot program;
(B) how the pilot program affected force readiness; and
(C) any recommendations by the Secretary to improve the pilot program.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered member" means a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who meets any of the following criteria:
(A) The member has been diagnosed with prediabetes.
(B) The member has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and does not take insulin.
(C) The member has had gestational diabetes.
(D) The member is overweight or obese.
(2) The term "Individual Medical Readiness program" means the program specified in Department of Defense Instruction 6025.19, or successor instruction.
(3) The term "TRICARE program" has the meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new section:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON GO FOR GREEN NUTRITION PROGRAM.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the implementation of the Go for Green nutrition program at military dining facilities.
At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following new section:
SEC. 3__. ASSESSMENT OF CAPACITY FOR GROUND-SAFETY PROGRAMS
WITH RESPECT TO TACTICAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS.
(a) Assessment.--The Secretary of the Army shall conduct an assessment as to whether operational units of the Army have sufficient personnel, resources, and organizational capacity to effectively implement ground-safety programs with respect to tactical vehicle operations.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the assessment conducted under subsection (a).
Add at the end of subtitle F of title XVIII, the following new section:
SEC. 18__. INVENTORY OF LEGACY SEMICONDUCTOR DEPENDENCIES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an inventory of legacy semiconductors that are required for the production, sustainment, maintenance, or modernization of a major defense acquisition program and submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to eliminate reliance on foreign single-source suppliers of such legacy semiconductors.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "legacy semiconductor" means--
(A) a semiconductor device fabricated using process technologies of 28 nanometers or larger; or
(B) any semiconductor designated by the Secretary of Defense as a mature-node semiconductor critical to the sustainment, maintenance, or operation of a major defense acquisition program.
(2) The term "major defense acquisition program" has the meaning given in section 4201 of title 10, United States Code.
At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following new section:
SEC. 10__. ASSESSMENT OF INSTALLATION-WIDE FOOD PROGRAMS OF
ARMY AND NAVY.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall complete an assessment of installation-wide food programs (with respect to the military installations of the Army and Navy, respectively), consistent with the recommendation of the Comptroller General of the United States contained in the report of the Government Accountability Office titled "Department of Defense Food Program: Additional Actions Needed to Implement, Oversee, and Evaluate Nutrition Efforts for Service Members" (GAO-24-106155) and dated June 2024.
At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following new section:
SEC. 3__. REPORT ON REDUCTION OF TRAINING-RELATED ACCIDENTS
ACROSS MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.
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 report on progress made by each military department to reduce training-related accidents, fatalities, and serious injuries. Such report shall include, with respect to each military department--
(1) data trends, including year-over-year comparisons of such data;
(2) an assessment of the effectiveness of any action taken in response to prior congressional concerns expressed regarding training safety; and
(3) a description of ongoing and planned efforts to further reduce training-related incidents, improve risk management practices, and enhance the safety of the members of the Armed Forces during training operations.
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new section:
SEC. 7__. IDENTIFICATION OF BEST PRACTICES RELATING TO
NUTRITION, FITNESS, AND CHRONIC DISEASE
PREVENTION PROGRAMS.
The Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) identify best practices relating to nutrition, fitness, and chronic disease prevention programs of the Armed Forces; and
(2) share successful models for such programs throughout the Department of Defense.
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, add the following:
SEC. 17__. REPORT ON USAGE OF WEARABLE DEVICES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on--
(1) the usage of wearable devices by members of the Armed Forces for health, fitness, readiness, performance, training, recovery, and operational purposes, including when on deployment and when in combat;
(2) the effectiveness of such usage; and
(3) whether such usage should be expanded.
(b) Wearable Device Defined.--In this section, the term "wearable device"--
(1) means a consumer or commercial technology device that is worn on the body of an individual and is capable of collecting, storing, or transmitting data related to the health, fitness, physiological condition, physical activity, sleep, recovery, location, or performance of such individual;
(2) includes smart watches, fitness trackers, smart rings, and similar devices; and
(3) does not include implanted medical devices or equipment issued solely for weapons operation or communications.
At the end of subtitle I of title V, insert the following new section:
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SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING AWARD OF AWARD OF MEDAL
OF HONOR TO GREGORY MCMANUS FOR ACTS OF VALOR.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Secretary of Defense should review the acts of valor of Gregory McManus described in subsection (b) to determine whether to recommend to the President to award Gregory McManus the Medal of Honor for such acts of valor; and
(2) subject to the enactment of legislation to waive the time limitations in section 7274 of title 10, United States Code, the President should award the Medal of Honor to Gregory McManus for such acts of valor if the Secretary so recommends.
(b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in this subsection are the following:
(1) Chief Warrant Officer Gregory McManus distinguished himself for his brave acts of valor while serving in the United States Army by risking his life to save the lives of his fellow servicemembers.
(2) Chief Warrant Officer McManus deserves recognition for his acts of valor while serving as the commander of a single helicopter gunship on an important mission north of Chai Duc.
(3) Discovering an envoy of hundreds of enemy troops along the Cambodian border, Chief Warrant Officer McManus attacked the enemy without hesitation.
(4) Chief Warrant Officer McManus disregarded the tracers that rose to meet him, firing rockets the entire length of the convoy, confusing the enemy, and scattering the troop column.
(5) Chief Warrant Officer McManus then attacked an armored vehicle with a mounted machine gun, destroying it and a large artillery piece which it was towing.
(6) Over and over, Chief Warrant Officer McManus flew through heavy automatic weapons and machine gun fire to attack the enemy, only deciding to return when his ordinance was expended, and his ship had taken so much damage that further flight was inadvisable.
(7) With this noble deed, Chief Warrant Officer McManus was able to destroy the enemy unit and scattered the rest in disorder with a single ship.
(8) Disregarding the size and scope of the enemy troop's convoy, Chief Warrant Officer McManus put his own life in danger, all in the service of his country and members of the Armed Forces.
(9) Because of the heroic actions of Chief Warrant Officer McManus, countless American soldier's lives were saved.
(10) These actions of heroism by Chief Warrant Officer McManus deserves recognition and demonstrates this hero of the United States more than deserve the medal of honor.
In title X, subtitle E, add at the end the following new section:
SEC. 10__. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT EXECUTION BENCHMARKS.
(a) Review Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall enter into an agreement with an independent entity to review the financial management execution benchmarks used by the Department of Defense to assess obligation and expenditure performance across major appropriations.
(b) Matters Reviewed.--The review required by subsection (a) shall assess--
(1) the origin, source, methodology, and authoritative basis of execution benchmarks currently used by the Department;
(2) the extent to which such benchmarks are published in, or traceable to, Department-wide policy, regulation, guidance, or other official issuance;
(3) whether such benchmarks remain relevant to modern acquisition and financial management practices, including rapid prototyping, software development, Other Transaction Agreements, milestone-based payments, program phase, and period of availability; and
(4) whether such benchmarks should be updated, segmented, or otherwise modified to better reflect differences among appropriations, acquisition pathways, contracting mechanisms, and program execution patterns.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) enters into the agreement under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the review, including the findings of the review and any recommendations for changes to Department policy, regulation, guidance, or practice.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "execution benchmark" means any metric, target, curve, rate, standard, threshold, or other measure used by the Department to assess, evaluate, compare, or characterize obligation or expenditure performance.
(2) The term "independent entity" means a federally funded research and development center, a nonprofit research organization, an institution of higher education, or any other entity with relevant expertise in defense financial management, acquisition, budgeting, and program execution, and no organizational conflict of interest.
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, insert the following:
SEC. 17__. REPORT ON INTERAGENCY COORDINATION TARGETING
FENTANYL AND PRECURSOR CHEMICALS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall expand interagency coordination with respect to the targeting of fentanyl and precursor chemicals, including by establishing joint operations with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the coordination required under subsection (a) that identifies, with respect to fentanyl and precursor chemicals, any gaps between agencies in detection, monitoring, and interdiction activities.
At the end of subtitle D of title X, add the following new section:
SEC. 10__. STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE
ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN COGNITIVE DOMAIN.
(a) Strategy Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy for identifying, assessing, and countering foreign malign influence activities conducted in the cognitive domain by foreign adversaries.
(b) Elements.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) an assessment of threats posed by disinformation, psychological operations, propaganda, and other influence activities conducted by foreign adversaries targeting members of the Armed Forces, military families, and national security interests of the United States;
(2) a description of Department of Defense capabilities to counter such activities;
(3) an assessment of capability gaps, organizational challenges, and resource requirements that relate to countering such activities; and
(4) recommendations for improving Department efforts to identify, deter, and counter foreign malign influence activities in the cognitive domain.
(c) Form.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, insert the following new section:
SEC. 17__. GAO STUDY ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RELIANCE ON
CHINESE-SOURCED MATERIALS.
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a component-level assessment on the reliance of the Department of Defense on Chinese-sourced materials in munitions, microelectronics, and energy storage systems, including recommendations for alternative sourcing strategies.
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new section:
SEC. 2__. PRIORITIZATION OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION IN CERTAIN RESEARCH AREAS.
(a) In General.--In exercising the authority to enter into partnerships to support the research, development, test, and evaluation activities of the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize partnerships with institutions of higher education conducting research on hypersonics, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that identifies any ongoing partnerships with institutions of higher education as described in subsection (a).
At the end of subtitle A of title XVIII, insert the following new section:
SEC. 18__. ASSESSMENT OF MILITARY MEDICAL SUPPLY CHAINS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the vulnerabilities to supply chains for the medical supplies and equipment used by the Department of Defense, included a detailed assessment of the reliance of the Department on sources located in China for active pharmaceutical ingredients and medical devices.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the findings of the assessment conducted under subsection (a).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "active pharmaceutical ingredient" has the meaning given such term section 744A of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-41).
(2) The term "medical device" has the meaning given the term "device" in section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(h)).
At the end of subtitle B of title XVI, insert the following:
SEC. 16__. ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY-CONTROLLED DIGITAL
PLATFORMS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of risks posed by foreign adversary-controlled digital platforms to operational security, force protection, military personnel, and military installations.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the assessment required under subsection (a), including--
(1) risks associated with the collection of data regarding members of the Armed Forces;
(2) risks posed to operational security and force protection;
(3) threats arising from foreign influence, information operations, and propaganda activities conducted through such platforms; and
(4) recommendations to mitigate identified risks.
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new section:
SEC. 2__. STRATEGY FOR THE ADOPTION AND INTEGRATION OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, shall develop a strategy regarding the adoption, fielding, integration, and scaling of artificial intelligence technologies across the Department of Defense and the defense industrial base.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
(1) the strategy developed under subsection (a); and
(2) with respect to artificial intelligence technologies, a description of any--
(A) barriers to adoption and integration;
(B) workforce and infrastructure requirements;
(C) opportunities to strengthen collaboration with private industry and institutions of higher education; and
(D) recommendations to improve the deployment of such technologies.
At the end of subtitle A of title VII, insert the following:
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CONTINUITY OF MATERNITY CARE DURING PERMANENT
CHANGE OF STATION.
(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish procedures to ensure continuity of care for pregnant and postpartum members of the Armed Forces and spouses of such members during a permanent change of station.
(b) Requirements.--The procedures required under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) coordination between the military medical treatment facilities at the relevant military installations;
(2) timely transfer of medical records;
(3) assignment of a receiving provider before the permanent change of station, to the extent practicable; and
(4) measures to prevent interruption of prenatal, obstetric, postpartum, and behavioral health services.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the implementation of this section.
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. AUDIT OF CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY-LINKED
PARTICIPATION IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
CONTRACTS AND SUPPLY CHAINS.
(a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit
of the extent to which entities owned, controlled by, affiliated with, or subject to the influence of the Chinese Communist Party participate in Department of Defense contracts and supply chains.
(b) Matters Included.--The audit required under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) an assessment of the extent to which covered entities participate in Department of Defense contracts as prime contractors;
(2) an assessment of the extent to which covered entities participate in Department of Defense contracts as subcontractors, suppliers, affiliates, subsidiaries, or joint venture partners;
(3) identification of sectors of the defense industrial base with significant exposure to covered entities;
(4) an assessment of risks posed to military readiness, supply chain resilience, operational security, and national security;
(5) identification of any known relationships between covered entities and the People's Liberation Army, Chinese intelligence services, or Chinese state-owned enterprises; and
(6) recommendations to reduce identified risks.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the findings of the audit required under subsection (a).
(d) Covered Entity.--In this section, the term "covered entity" means any entity that is--
(1) owned or controlled by the Government of the People's Republic of China;
(2) owned or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party;
(3) identified on a list maintained pursuant to section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283); or
(4) otherwise determined by the Comptroller General to be subject to the direction, ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party.
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SEC. 5__. REPORT ON EFFECT OF EQUIPMENT SHORTFALLS ON
NATIONAL GUARD ABILITY TO ASSIST IN DISASTER
RESPONSE.
Chapter 9 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 909. Report on effect of equipment availability to
assist in disaster response
"Not later than March 31 of the next fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Administration, shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a report with respect to each fiscal year on--
"(1) equipment shortfalls in the National Guard of each State;
"(2) the effect of such shortfalls in the ability of the National Guard of a State to provide assistance or conduct operations related to disaster response, including with respect to hurricanes; and
"(3) recommendations for addressing the shortfalls, including through modernization and preposition of equipment in disaster-prone States.".
At the end of subtitle E of title I, add the following new section:
SEC. 1__. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF CUT FLOWERS AND CUT
GREENS.
(a) Requirement.--
(1) In general.--Funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of Defense may only be used for the procurement of a cut flower or cut green if the cut flower or cut green is grown in a qualifying area.
(2) Applicability.--This subsection shall apply to a procurement made or contracted for--
(A) in the United States; and
(B) on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section.
(b) Gifts for Displays.--
(1) In general.--The Department of Defense may only accept a gift of a cut flower or cut green that is not grown in a qualifying area from a covered entity for the purpose of displaying the cut flower or cut green if the origin of the cut flower or cut green is clearly displayed at the time of delivery.
(2) Requirement.--If the Department of Defense accepts a gift of a cut flower or cut green from a covered entity under paragraph (1), it shall clearly display the origin of the cut flower or cut green during the period of display of the cut flower or cut green.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered entity" means--
(A) a foreign government; and
(B) an agent of a foreign principal (as defined section 1 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611)).
(2) The term "cut flower" means a flower removed from a living plant for decorative use.
(3) The term "cut green" means a green, foliage, or branch removed from a living plant for decorative use.
(4) The term "qualifying area" means--
(A) a State;
(B) the District of Columbia;
(C) a territory or possession of the United States; or
(D) an area subject to the jurisdiction of a federally recognized Indian Tribe.
Add at the end of subtitle G of title XXVIII, the following new section:
SEC. 28__. REPORT ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS FOR
CERTAIN DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS.
Not later than December 31, 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the use of intergovernmental support agreements (as defined in section 2679 of title 10, United States Code) for military installations funded by a working-capital fund (established pursuant to section 2208 such title).
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new section:
SEC. 7__. REPORT ON CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH
PROGRAMS.
(a) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, and make publicly available on the internet website of the Department of Defense, a report on the effects and transition of research funded under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of how research funded under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs has contributed to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, clinical care, operational medicine, or readiness outcomes.
(2) An identification of research funded under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs with near-term potential to transition into the military health system, operational use by the military departments, or broader clinical practice.
(3) An assessment of barriers that may prevent promising research funded under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs from reaching patients or being adopted for clinical or operational use.
(4) Recommendations to improve transition pathways for research funded under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
(c) Form.--The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex or annex with other controlled information.
In section 1524, add at the end the following new subsection:
(h) Public Availability of Unclassified Summary.--For each report under subsection (g), the Secretary of Defense shall make available to the public an unclassified summary of the report, to the maximum extent practicable.
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, insert the following:
SEC. 17__. PROHIBITION ON TELECOMMUNICATION AWARDS TO CERTAIN
ENTITIES SUBJECT TO FOREIGN INFLUENCE.
Beginning on and after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense may not award a Department of Defense telecommunications contract to an entity if the Secretary determines that the entity is subject to foreign ownership, control, jurisdiction, or legal obligations that could require disclosure of Department of Defense information or Department of Defense network operational data to a foreign government.
In title VI, subtitle E, add at the end the following new section:
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PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT AND COMMISSARY SALES OF
SEAFOOD ORIGINATING OR PROCESSED IN THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
(a) Prohibition on Procurement of Seafood Originating or Processed in the People's Republic of China for Military Dining Facilities.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2) or (3), the Secretary of Defense may not enter into a contract for the procurement of seafood that originates or is processed in the People's Republic of China for use in military dining facilities, including galleys onboard United States naval vessels.
(2) Exceptions.--
(A) Undue burden.--The Secretary of Defense, or a designee of the Secretary, may grant exceptions to the prohibition under paragraph (1) to facilities on military installations located outside of the United States if such prohibition would unduly burden or prevent seafood from being served at such facility.
(B) United states vessels visiting foreign ports.--The Secretary of Defense, or a designee of the Secretary, may grant exceptions to the prohibition under paragraph (1) to United States vessels visiting foreign ports.
(3) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition under paragraph (1).
(b) Prohibition on Sales of Seafood Originating in the People's Republic of China at Commissary Stores.--
(1) In general.--Section 2484 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
"(m) Prohibition on Sales of Seafood Originating in the People's Republic of China.--
"(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), raw or processed seafood or seafood products originating in the People's Republic of China may not be sold at commissary stores.
"(2) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition under paragraph (1).".
(2) Briefing on compliance.--Section 2481(c)(4) of such title is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking "; and" and inserting a semicolon;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph (E):
"(E) an assessment of compliance with the prohibition under section 2484(m) of this title; and".
(3) Transition rules.--
(A) Applicability.--The prohibition under subsection (m) of section 2484 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall apply on and after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(B) Disposal of remaining stock.--The Director of the Defense Commissary Agency may determine how to dispose of any stock covered by the prohibition under subsection (m) of section 2484 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), that remains as of the date described in subparagraph (A).
(c) Effective Date.--The prohibitions under this section, and the amendments made by this section, shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following new section:
SEC. 5__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY OF CHILD CARE SERVICES
PROVIDED OR PAID FOR BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to assess the child care programs of the Department of Defense, including military child development centers, family home day care, the Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood program, and the Child Care in Your Home program.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the study required by subsection (a). Such report shall include the following information, disaggregated by covered Armed Force:
(1) The period of time military families in each priority category are on a waiting list from the time of submitting a request until the time of final approval.
(2) The percentage of military families that submitted a request for child care services and did not receive an offer within 90 days of the date requested.
(3) The average percentage of annual income a military family spends on child care per child.
(4) The percentage of military families that require more than one child care program to meet child care needs.
(5) The current amount of funds allocated to each covered Armed Force for the Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood and Child Care in Your Home programs.
(6) How much of the amount described in paragraph (5) is spent on--
(A) administration; and
(B) child care services for military families.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "covered Armed Force" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force.
(2) The terms "military child development center" and "family home day care" have the meaning given those terms in section 1800 of title 10, United States Code.
At the end of subtitle A of title XVI, add the following new section:
SEC. 16__. STUDY ON INDO-PACIFIC CRITICAL COMMERCIAL
SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of the Air Force (acting through the Space Systems Command), in consultation with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall conduct a comprehensive study on the security, physical, cyber, and geopolitical vulnerabilities of commercially owned and operated satellite ground-based nodes located within the Indo-Pacific region that are relevant to a potential crisis or conflict in the region.
(b) Elements.--The study under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of key contractor owned and managed locations for both primary and backup capabilities in a crisis or conflict.
(2) An assessment of physical vulnerabilities to adversary attacks, including with respect to unmanned aerial systems and unconventional warfare sabotage.
(3) An analysis of potential cyber intrusions, remote information technology network breaches, signal jamming, and data spoofing targeting commercial uplink and downlink infrastructure.
(4) An evaluation of host-nation regulatory frameworks, legal authorities, and diplomatic pressures that could force a commercial operators to cease support for the military operations of the United States during a crisis or conflict.
(5) An assessment of the ability of contractors to quickly adjust minimum security requirements during a crisis or conflict.
(6) Recommendations for operational redundancies, expanded governmental security support during conflict, and treaty safeguards for essential commercial operations.
(c) Report.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the findings of the study and any recommendations for regulatory or congressional actions.
(2) Form.--The report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, insert the following:
SEC. 12__. PLAN TO COUNTER PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
INFLUENCE AND ACTIVITIES IN THE FREELY
ASSOCIATED STATES.
(a) Plan Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy shall conduct a comprehensive analysis of PRC influence and activities in the Freely Associated States, and develop recommendations and a plan to counter such influence and activities.
(2) Coordination.--In developing the plan required under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy shall coordinate, as appropriate, with--
(A) the Secretary of State;
(B) the Director of National Intelligence;
(C) the Commander, United States Indo-Pacific Command; and
(D) the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies.
(3) Elements.--The plan required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of the scope, nature and objectives of PRC diplomatic, economic, military and intelligence activities in each of the Freely Associated States.
(B) An identification of vulnerabilities within the FAS that the PRC has sought to exploit or may seek to exploit, including vulnerabilities related to economic development, governance and elite influence.
(C) A description of recommended actions by the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Department of State, the Intelligence Community and other relevant Federal departments and agencies, to counter PRC influence and activities in the FAS.
(D) An assessment of resources, authorities and personnel required to implement the plan.
(E) A description of proposed engagement with FAS governments and other regional partners to strengthen United States relationships and build resilience against PRC influence operations.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the analysis and plan required under subsection (c).
(2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "Freely Associated States" means the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau.
(2) The term "Intelligence Community" has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following new section:
SEC. 3__. STUDY ON POTENTIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF STRATEGIC
INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE.
(a) Study.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall conduct a study on the potential benefits of establishing an initiative, to be known as the "Strategic Infrastructure Partnership Initiative", to conduct strategic assessments and leverage regional engagement to--
(1) advance the identification, development, and implementation of high-quality, resilient, and secure infrastructure projects across the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command;
(2) prioritize, with respect to such infrastructure projects, dual-use infrastructure (including ports, airfields, energy systems, digital networks, and logistics facilities) that supports civilian economic development and regional stability and security objectives;
(3) incorporate into the design and implementation of such infrastructure projects
best practices for infrastructure resilience, including through the adoption of cybersecurity and physical security standards; and
(4) align assistance and security priorities by coordinating with the heads of relevant Federal departments and agencies, including the Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency, with respect to such infrastructure projects.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the study required under subsection (a).
Amendment No. 103 Offered by Mr. Cisneros of California
At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following new section:
SEC. 5__.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTOMATED
VICTIM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish an automated notification system to ensure that a registered victim receives timely and accurate notification of each of the following:
(1) Any proceeding of a service clemency and parole board relating to the offense, not later than 30 days before the date of such proceeding.
(2) Any change in the confinement status of the offender, including release, transfer to a residential reentry center or halfway house, furlough, or escape.
(3) Any grant of clemency or parole with respect to the offender.
(4) The projected release date of the offender, not later than 60 days before such date, including notice of whether the offender has received good time credits for early release.
(b) System Requirements.--In establishing the automated notification system required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure the system incorporates the notification capabilities available in existing Federal and State automated victim notification platforms, including capabilities equivalent to those provided by the Department of Justice Victim Notification System and State-based Victim Information and Notification Everyday programs. At a minimum, the system shall--
(1) provide each registered victim with a unique victim identification number and a personal identification number to enable secure access to case and custody information through an internet-accessible portal and a toll-free automated telephone call center, both available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year;
(2) allow a registered victim to elect to receive notifications through any combination of--
(A) automated telephone call, with persistent retry at regular intervals until receipt is confirmed by entry of the victim's personal identification number, or until a 48-hour threshold is reached, after which a written notification shall be mailed to the victim's address of record;
(B) electronic mail;
(C) short message service text message;
(D) a secure, dedicated mobile application available on commonly used mobile operating systems; or
(E) TTY or other accessible format for victims with hearing impairments;
(3) make notifications available in English and Spanish, and provide access to live interpretation services in not fewer than 10 additional languages through the toll-free call center;
(4) provide each registered victim with the ability to use the internet portal or toll-free call center to--
(A) search for and verify the current custody status and facility location of the offender;
(B) view the projected release date and any scheduled service clemency and parole board proceedings relating to the offense;
(C) update the victim's contact information; and
(D) discontinue participation in the notification program;
(5) continuously poll the military confinement records system for changes in offender custody status and transmit notifications to registered victims not later than 24 hours after a triggering event described in subsection (a);
(6) generate a confirmation record for each notification transmitted, which shall be retained in the confinement record of the offender;
(7) be accessible to victims regardless of the military department of the offender or the military correctional facility in which the offender is confined;
(8) protect the privacy and confidentiality of each registered victim by--
(A) encrypting all victim data at rest and in transit using encryption modules validated under Federal Information Processing Standard 140-3, or any successor standard, as certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology;
(B) limiting access to victim registration data and notification records to authorized personnel with a demonstrated need to know, and maintaining an audit log of all access to such data;
(C) prohibiting the use of victim registration data for any purpose other than providing notifications authorized under this section, and prohibiting disclosure of such data to any person or entity not authorized under this section or applicable Federal law; and
(D) providing each registered victim with a written privacy notice, at the time of registration and upon any material change to the system's data practices, describing the categories of information collected, the purposes for which such information is used, the individuals authorized to access such information, and the procedures by which a victim may request correction or deletion of their registration data; and
(9) be designed, implemented, and operated in a manner consistent with the guidelines for protecting personally identifiable information set forth in National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-122, or any successor publication.
(c) Verification Before Board Proceedings.--(1) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall verify, before convening any proceeding of the applicable service clemency and parole board, that each registered victim, with respect to the offense at issue has been notified of the proceeding in accordance with subsection (a)(1). A record of such verification shall be included in the official record of the proceeding.
(2) If the Board determines that timely notice was not given or that the victim was not adequately informed of the nature of the proceeding, the Board shall continue the hearing for the time necessary to notify the victim of the time, place, and nature of the proceeding.
(3) Before making such determination, the Board shall make every effort to permit the fullest attendance possible by the victim and shall consider reasonable alternatives to the exclusion of the victim from the proceeding.
(d) Coordination.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the system established under subsection (a) is consistent with--
(1) the rights of victims under section 806b of title 10, United States Code (article 6b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); and
(2) the victim and witness assistance programs established under Department of Defense Instruction 1030.02, or any successor instruction.
(e) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of this section, including--
(1) a description of the automated notification system established under subsection (a), including the delivery channels and languages made available;
(2) the number of registered victims enrolled to receive notifications as of the date of the report;
(3) the number of notifications transmitted during the one-year period covered by the report, disaggregated by triggering event type and delivery channel; and
(4) any recommended legislative changes to further strengthen victim notification under section 806b of title 10, United States Code (article 6b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice).
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "registered victim" means a victim of an offense under chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), who--
(A) has a right to receive notices under section 806b(a)(2) of such chapter (article 6b(a)(2)); and
(B) informed the Department of Defense of their desire to receive such notices--
(i) by submitting Department of Defense form 2705 (or a successor form); or
(ii) through another method determined appropriate by the Secretary of Defense.
(2) The term "service clemency and parole board" means a clemency and parole board established by the Secretary of a military department pursuant to sections 952 and 954 of title 10, United States Code.
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new section:
SEC. 7__. FUNDING FOR RESEARCH ON ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 1405 for Combat and Operational Medicine Program, R&D research, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4501, is hereby increased by $5,000,000 for alpha-gal syndrome research.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 1405 for Combat and Operational Medicine Program, R&D Advanced Development, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4501, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
The Acting CHAIR5:40 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers) and the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith) each will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Alabama.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, at this time I reserve the balance of my time.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum).
Betty McCollum (D-MN)5:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I thank the ranking member for yielding.
Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendments in en bloc No. 2 which would reauthorize the Defense Production Act for 5 years.
This administration has shown exactly how it intends to use the Defense Production Act authorities, to preempt State and local law, to bypass Tribal consultation, and to take equity stakes in mining companies when it benefits the administration's allies and some family members.
As a former State legislator, I am particularly concerned about the administration's weaponization of the Defense Production Act to override State and local laws, laws that are enacted to protect our communities.
The Defense Production Act is an important tool for the Department of Defense to work with our industrial base to meet our national security needs, and it does not mean Congress should reauthorize sweeping emergency powers without real guardrails.
We need language that protects Tribal consultation, prohibits the waiving of environmental law, and institutes strong oversight in anticorruption measures.
Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to reject this amendment. I thank the House for its patience with the issue I was having with my throat.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)5:50 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, at this time I have no speakers, and I urge adoption of the en bloc package. I yield back the balance of my time.
Adam Smith (D-WA)5:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I too have no speakers and also urge adoption of the en bloc package. I yield back the balance of my time.
Andre Carson (D-IN)5:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of my amendments to H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, Carson Amendments No. 95 and No. 96. Both amendments are included in a bipartisan En Bloc.
My first amendment, Carson Amendment No. 95, is straightforward. It requires the Department of Defense to prepare a report for Congress and the public on the impact of research funded through the Congressionally Directed Medicat Research Programs, or CDMRP. The report would show how CDMRP-funded research is making a real-world impact for service members, veterans, and the American people.
It would also identify promising research that is ready to move into clinical or operational use, and where those breakthroughs may be getting stuck. That matters because a discovery only fulfills its promise when it reaches the people who can benefit from it. This report would give Congress better information to clear bottlenecks and strengthen the path from research to treatment.
This kind of report matters because CDMRP sits at the intersection of military health needs and broader medical progress. It supports medical research nationwide on serious health challenges tied closely to service, including brain injuries and toxic exposures. It also complements the work of the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs by supporting innovative research that may not fit neatly into other federal programs.
Those investments are already delivering results. CDMRP-supported research has advanced work on brain injury, toxic-exposure-related respiratory conditions, and other military health challenges. Its cutting-edge work on orthotics and prosthetics has also helped injured warfighters regain mobility and independence.
But because this program is so important, Congress needs a clearer picture of its full impact. We should know which projects are improving care and strengthening military readiness. We should also know which discoveries are ready for broader clinical or operational use.
That is what my amendment is designed to do. It gives Congress and the public a better view of CDMRP's value, and what is needed to move more medical breakthroughs into care. It also gives the military community, advocates, and the public a clearer view of what these investments are achieving. That kind of transparency can build even more support for this exemplary program.
This amendment is about making a strong program even stronger by giving Congress better information about what is working and how more promising discoveries can reach the people who need them. The CDMRP has a proven record of supporting high-impact medical research. It deserves our continued support, and it deserves careful oversight that helps good programs deliver even more.
My second amendment, Amendment No. 96, applies the same principle of public transparency to military artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is transforming warfare. It can help our armed forces move faster, understand threats sooner, and protect our country in a more dangerous world. That matters, especially as we face growing threats and strategic competition with China.
But we also need to be honest about the risks. We should not pass weapons of war to algorithms without human judgment, oversight, and accountability.
This bill takes an important step by requiring the Department of Defense to update how it manages these systems. But that work should not happen behind closed doors alone. If the military is developing policies for AI-enabled weapons, the public needs to know what rules and safeguards are being put in place.
My amendment does that in a careful way. It requires DoD to share a public summary of how these systems are being approved and overseen, while protecting classified information and sensitive military operations. That means more transparency for the American people, without compromising national security.
The public deserves to understand how these powerful systems are evolving, and how the military plans to use them. Americans deserve a voice in this debate, and they cannot have that voice if basic facts are locked behind closed doors.
I urge my colleagues to support these amendments through the bipartisan En Bloc.
The Acting CHAIR5:50 p.m.
The question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers).
The en bloc amendments were agreed to.
The Acting CHAIR5:50 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 6 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Wesley Hunt (R-TX)5:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR5:50 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following new section:
SEC. 3__. JUDICIAL PROTECTIONS RELATING TO CERTIFIED ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
(a) Certification.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may certify for purpose of this section any covered infrastructure if the Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and files with the clerk of each Federal district court in the district in which the infrastructure is located, a written determination (signed by the Secretary) that the following criteria are met:
(A) The infrastructure is necessary to ensure military readiness, the continuity of fuel supply to the Department of Defense, or related logistical support for the Department.
(B) Interference with the construction or operation of the infrastructure would materially impair military readiness, fuel supply chains for the Department of Defense, or the sustainment of military operations.
(2) Record.--The Secretary shall maintain a contemporaneous written record of the factual basis supporting each certification issued under paragraph (1), which shall constitute the record for purposes of judicial review under subsection (f) and termination proceedings under subsection (d).
(b) Effect.--A certification under subsection (a) shall take effect upon the date of filing pursuant to such subsection and shall remain in effect unless terminated in accordance with this section.
(c) Rebuttable Presumption.--There shall be a rebuttable presumption that infrastructure previously certified under subsection (a) continues to satisfy the criteria of such subsection.
(d) Termination.--
(1) Authority to terminate.--The Secretary may terminate a certification under subsection (a) with respect to infrastructure only if the following criteria are met:
(A) The Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives--
(i) a written determination that, as the result of a material change in circumstance arising after the effective date of such certification, the infrastructure no longer satisfies the criteria specified in such subsection, including detailed findings supporting such determination and identifying any such material change relied upon; and
(ii) a certification that such written determination--
(I) is based on substantial evidence; and
(II) is not based, in whole or in part, on any reevaluation, reweighing, or redetermination of any fact or circumstance established as of the effective date of such certification.
(B) The Secretary supplements the record supporting such certification maintained under subsection (a)(2) with a description of the substantial evidence specified in subparagraph (A)(ii)(I), which shall constitute
part of such record for purposes of judicial review of the termination of such certification.
(C) A period of 180 days has elapsed following the first date on which the criteria under subparagraphs (A) and (B) are met.
(2) Clarification of material change in circumstances for purposes of termination.--For purposes of paragraph (1), a material change in circumstance does not include--
(A) any change in a policy, priority, or strategic assessment of the Secretary or the President; or
(B) any change resulting from a State or local government action.
(3) Effect of termination.--The termination of a certification under paragraph (1) shall--
(A) constitute final agency action reviewable exclusively in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; and
(B) be stayed automatically during the pendency of any timely petition for judicial review filed not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary submits the materials required under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to the termination.
(4) Prohibition on termination during pending covered action.--No certification under subsection (a) may be terminated while a covered action involving the certified infrastructure remains pending in any Federal or State court.
(e) Priority and Expedited Consideration.--
(1) Expedited review.--Notwithstanding the time period specified in subsection (h)(2), not later than 15 days after receiving a complete request for certification under subsection (h) from an operator of covered infrastructure that meets one or more of the criteria described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall issue a written determination granting or denying certification under subsection (a).
(2) Priority criteria.--The criteria described in this paragraph are that the covered infrastructure, as of the date of the request--
(A) is subject to a pending civil action or administrative proceeding by a State, local government, Tribal government, or other governmental entity seeking to halt or condition its operations;
(B) constitutes the sole pathway for domestic transportation between a domestic crude oil production facility and a petroleum refinery supplying refined petroleum products to one or more military installations; or
(C) is operating pursuant to a Federal order or directive issued within the preceding two years on the basis of military readiness, the continuity of fuel supply to the Department of Defense, or related logistical support for the Department.
(f) Judicial Review.--
(1) In general.--A certification issued under subsection (a) is a final agency action for purposes of chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, and is reviewable in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. No court other than the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall have jurisdiction to review, enjoin, set aside, suspend, or determine the validity of a certification issued under subsection (a). The court of appeals shall give priority consideration to any petition for review of a certification under subsection (a) and shall endeavor to issue a final decision within 180 days of the date on which the petition is filed. A certification issued under subsection (a) shall remain in full force and effect during the pendency of any judicial review proceeding.
(2) Limitation on stays.--No court may stay a certification under subsection (a) except upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence that--
(A) the petitioner is substantially likely to prevail on the merits; and
(B) the stay would not impair military readiness, the continuity of fuel supply to the Department of Defense, or related logistical support for the Department.
(g) Legal Effect of Certification.--In any covered action, a certification issued under subsection (a) shall constitute conclusive evidence that the Secretary of Defense has determined that interruption of the certified infrastructure would materially impair military readiness, the continuity of fuel supply to the Department of Defense, or related logistical support for the Department. No officer, employee, or agency of the United States may contest the existence of the determination reflected in a certification issued under subsection (a) unless such certification has been terminated pursuant to subsection (d). Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the authority of the Department of Justice to represent the interests of the United States, to enforce Federal law, or to participate in litigation concerning issues not resolved by the certification.
(h) Request for Review.--
(1) Authority to request.--Any operator of covered infrastructure that believes such infrastructure satisfies the criteria specified in subsection (a) may submit to the Secretary a written request for certification of such infrastructure pursuant to such subsection, together with supporting documentation demonstrating how the infrastructure satisfies such criteria.
(2) Determinations; requirements for denial.--Not later than 90 days after receiving a complete request under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall issue a written determination granting or denying certification. Any denial shall include a written explanation of the basis for the determination and shall constitute a final agency action reviewable in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit pursuant to subsection (f).
(i) Modified Standard for Preliminary Injunctive Relief Against Certified Infrastructure.--
(1) Modified standard.--In any covered action involving certified infrastructure, no court of the United States and no State court shall issue a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or other form of preliminary equitable relief halting, conditioning, or materially restricting the operation of certified infrastructure unless the court finds, on the basis of clear and convincing evidence presented in the record, that--
(A) the party seeking relief is substantially likely to succeed on the merits of its underlying claim;
(B) the relief sought would not impair military readiness, the continuity of fuel supply to the Department of Defense, or related logistical support for the Department; and
(C) the balance of harms and the public interest clearly favor the issuance of preliminary relief.
(2) Burden of proof.--The burden of establishing each element required under paragraph (1) rests upon the party seeking preliminary relief. Failure to establish any single element by clear and convincing evidence shall be grounds for denial of preliminary relief.
(3) Certification as conclusive evidence.--Pursuant to subsection (g), a certification issued under subsection (a) constitutes conclusive evidence that the interruption of any construction of, modification to, or operation of, certified infrastructure would impair military readiness, the continuity of fuel supply to the Department of Defense, or related logistical support for the Department. No party seeking preliminary relief against certified infrastructure may introduce evidence to rebut or contradict this determination. The party seeking relief bears the burden of establishing by clear and convincing evidence each other element required under paragraph (1).
(4) Expedited review.--In any covered action involving certified infrastructure, the United States or the operator of such infrastructure may seek expedited appellate review of any order granting preliminary relief against certified infrastructure.
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The court of appeals shall give priority consideration to such review and shall endeavor to issue a decision within 30 days of the filing of the notice of appeal.
(5) Declaratory relief.--The modified standard established by this subsection applies to any declaratory judgment or other equitable relief that would have the practical effect of halting or materially conditioning the operation of certified infrastructure, regardless of how such relief is characterized by the party seeking it.
(j) Expedited Proceedings in Covered Actions.--
(1) Trial court priority.--In any covered action pending in a United States district court, the court shall accord the proceeding priority on its docket over other civil matters and shall--
(A) give priority consideration to any motion for temporary restraining order and endeavor to issue a ruling at the earliest practicable date, and in no event later than 10 days of filing;
(B) give priority consideration to any motion for preliminary injunctive relief and endeavor to issue a ruling within 30 days of filing;
(C) give priority to establishing a scheduling order and endeavor to do so within 30 days of removal or initial filing, providing for completion of all discovery and briefing within one year of filing; and
(D) endeavor to conduct any trial or final hearing within 18 months of the date of removal or initial filing.
(2) Appellate expedited review.--In any covered action, the court of appeals having appellate jurisdiction shall--
(A) give priority consideration to any appeal of an order granting or denying preliminary injunctive relief and endeavor to issue a decision within 30 days of the filing of the notice of appeal;
(B) give priority consideration to any appeal of a final judgment in a covered action and endeavor to issue a final decision within 180 days of the filing of the notice of appeal; and
(C) give priority to covered actions on its docket over other civil matters.
(3) Stay standard.--No court of the United States and no State court may stay proceedings in a covered action, or stay any order denying preliminary injunctive relief against certified infrastructure, except upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence that the party seeking the stay is substantially likely to prevail on the merits and that the stay would not impair military readiness, the continuity of fuel supply to the Department of Defense, or related logistical support for the Department. A stay of proceedings shall not stay the obligation of any court to accord priority to a covered action under this section.
(4) Applicability.--The requirements of this subsection apply to all covered actions in all Federal courts and, following removal
under subsection (k), to all removed State civil actions pending in Federal court.
(k) Mandatory Removal of State Civil Actions Involving Certified Infrastructure.--
(1) Removal.--Any covered action that is commenced in a State court shall be removable to the United States district court for the district in which the certified infrastructure is principally located or, at the election of an operator of the certified infrastructure, to the United States district court for the district in which the operator maintains its principal place of business. The operator or the United States may file a notice of removal under this section not later than 60 days after service of the initial pleading or any subsequent pleading first raising a claim involving certified infrastructure.
(2) Effect of removal.--Upon removal under this subsection--
(A) the State court shall have no further jurisdiction over any aspect of the covered action;
(B) any temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or other relief issued by the State court prior to removal shall be reviewed de novo by the Federal district court within 10 days of removal and shall remain in effect only if the Federal district court affirmatively finds that the requirements of subsection (i)(1) are satisfied; and
(C) the Federal district court shall apply Federal law, including the modified injunction standard under subsection (i), to all claims in the covered action.
(3) Pending actions.--Any covered action pending in State court as of the date of enactment of this section may be removed under this section not later than 90 days after the date of enactment.
(4) Right to intervene.--An operator of certified infrastructure shall be entitled to intervene as a matter of right in any covered action involving such infrastructure pursuant to Rule 24(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
(5) Exclusive venue for covered actions.--Any civil action brought in a United States district court by a State, political subdivision of a State, Tribal government, or other governmental entity that constitutes a covered action shall be brought in the United States district court for the district in which the certified infrastructure is principally located or, at the election of an operator of the certified infrastructure, the United States district court for the district in which the operator maintains its principal place of business. Any such action filed in any other United States district court shall be transferred to such proper court upon motion of such operator or the United States, without regard to the convenience of the parties or witnesses. No United States district court other than a court designated by this subsection shall have jurisdiction over a covered action brought by a governmental entity after the date of enactment of this section.
(l) Enforcement.--
(1) Express cause of action.--An operator of certified infrastructure that is subject to, or faces an imminent threat of, a State or local action that halts, conditions, restricts, or otherwise interferes with the construction or operation of certified infrastructure shall have an express cause of action to enforce any provision of this section and may seek declaratory relief, temporary relief, preliminary relief, permanent injunctive relief, specific performance, and such other relief as a court of competent jurisdiction determines appropriate.
(2) Venue.--An operator of certified infrastructure may bring an action under paragraph (1) in any United States district court of competent jurisdiction, including in the district in which the operator maintains its principal place of business.
(3) No exhaustion requirement.--No plaintiff bringing an action under this subsection shall be required to exhaust State administrative remedies prior to seeking relief in Federal court.
(4) Attorney fees.--In any action brought by an operator of certified infrastructure under this section in which the operator substantially prevails, the court shall award the operator reasonable attorney fees and costs against the governmental entity that brought or enforced the challenged action.
(5) Attorney general intervention.--The Attorney General may intervene as a matter of right in any covered action in any Federal or State court in which the United States has an interest in protecting certified infrastructure from State or local governmental interference. The Attorney General shall not intervene in any covered action in a manner inconsistent with the conclusive evidence established under subsection (g).
(6) Presumption of irreparable harm.--In any action brought by an operator of certified infrastructure under this subsection, interference with the construction or operation of certified infrastructure shall constitute irreparable harm for purposes of equitable relief. No operator of certified infrastructure seeking relief under this subsection shall be required to separately demonstrate irreparable harm.
(7) State or local interference.--Subject to paragraph (8), a State or local action that imposes any condition on the construction or operation of certified infrastructure shall be deemed to interfere with such construction or operation if the practical effect of such condition is to halt or substantially delay such construction or operation, without regard to whether such action is framed as a condition rather than a prohibition on such construction or operation. Any operator of certified infrastructure that is subject to such a State or local action may seek relief in any United States district court of competent jurisdiction, consistent with this subsection.
(8) Federal floor; state-imposed conditions.--
(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (7)--
(i) notwithstanding section 510 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1370), section 116 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7416), section 3009 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C.
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6929), or any other provision of Federal law authorizing more stringent State requirements, a requirement described in subparagraph (B) shall be considered a condition imposed under State or local law, and may not be considered a requirement of Federal law, even if such requirement is contained in, administered under, or enforced through a permit or program delegated, approved, or authorized under Federal law; and
(ii) if the imposition of a requirement described in subparagraph (B) has the practical effect described in paragraph (7) and an operator of certified infrastructure that is subject to the State or local action imposing such requirement seeks relief in a United States district court of competent jurisdiction as provided for under such paragraph--
(I) the court shall identify the specific requirement resulting in such effect;
(II) the State or local government concerned shall bear the burden of demonstrating, as a defense for purposes of enforcement under this subsection, that such requirement is a requirement compelled by Federal law; and
(III) if such State or local government does not demonstrate that such requirement is compelled by Federal law consistent with such burden, the rule of construction under subsection (m)(3) may not preserve such requirement or serve as a defense for purposes of enforcement under this subsection.
(B) Requirement described.--A requirement described in this subparagraph is a requirement--
(i) that is imposed by a State or local government;
(ii) that is more stringent than, or is in addition to, a requirement compelled by Federal law; and
(iii) with respect to which the State or local government lacks discretion to waive or decline to impose.
(9) Continuity of operations.--
(A) In general.--During the period in which a certification under subsection (a) is in effect with respect to certified infrastructure, no permit, license, certification, or other authorization of a State or local government may be required as a condition of the operation, maintenance, repair, or restart of the certified infrastructure, to the extent that the requirement to obtain or maintain such permit, license, certification, or authorization would have the practical effect described in paragraph (7).
(B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting--
(i) any permit, license, or authorization required under Federal law, or the authority of any Federal agency to issue, condition, enforce, or revoke any such permit, license, or authorization;
(ii) any requirement of a State or local permit that is a Federal minimum requirement within the meaning of paragraph (8); or
(iii) the application of any State or local permit requirement to infrastructure (or to operations, maintenance, repair, or restart thereof) other than to certified infrastructure (or to operations, maintenance, repair, or restart thereof).
(m) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed--
(1) to create any Federal property interest in any certified infrastructure;
(2) to authorize the Secretary of Defense to direct the operations of any certified infrastructure or to impose operational requirements on an operator of certified infrastructure beyond those imposed by applicable Federal law;
(3) to preempt any Federal environmental, pipeline safety, or occupational health and safety law applicable to certified infrastructure, except as provided in subsection (l)(8)(A)(ii)(III);
(4) to affect any pending Federal criminal proceeding;
(5) to limit the authority of a Federal court to issue injunctive relief in an action brought by the United States or an operator to enforce Federal law or protect Federal interests related to certified infrastructure; or
(6) to authorize the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, or any court to halt, restrict, condition, or compel the operation of any infrastructure.
(n) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "certified infrastructure" means any covered infrastructure that the Secretary of Defense has certified under subsection (a).
(2) The term "covered action" means any civil action, special proceeding, administrative enforcement proceeding, application for equitable relief, or petition for judicial review of a Federal agency decision, brought by a State, political subdivision of a State, Tribal government, other governmental entity, or any private party, that seeks to halt, condition, vacate, remand, or otherwise interfere with the construction, operation, or Federal authorization of certified infrastructure.
(3) The term "covered infrastructure" means domestic energy infrastructure located within the United States that--
(A) consists of crude oil or refined petroleum product pipelines, natural gas pipelines, crude oil or natural gas production or processing facilities, or storage or transportation infrastructure associated with any such matter; and
(B) provides, or has the capacity to provide, crude oil, natural gas, refined petroleum products, or fuel to one or more military installations or operations of the Department of Defense, including through the delivery to a refinery or processing facility from which fuel is supplied to such an installation or operation.
(4) The term "operator" means an entity holding operating authority over infrastructure under applicable Federal permits and authorizations, and any successor operator.
The Acting CHAIR5:50 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hunt) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
Wesley Hunt (R-TX)5:50 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, as a West Point graduate and Army combat veteran, I begin by thanking the members of the Armed Services Committee. They have put forth legislation that protects our troops and helps ensure the United States remains ahead of its adversaries. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to offer my amendments today.
From my time in uniform, I know firsthand that the brave men and women who raise their hands to defend this country are the backbone of our military. Especially with the conflict in Iran today, I am grateful more than ever that our sons and daughters are keeping us safe here at home and abroad.
Another essential pillar of military strength is energy. Without it, our jets don't fly, our ships don't sail, and our weapon systems do not function properly.
Energy security is not merely an economic concern. It is a national security concern. That is why I am grateful for the opportunity to offer amendment No. 818 to hopefully be included in the NDAA.
Amendment No. 818 would strengthen and secure the domestic energy supply chain that supports defense installations across the country. Today, California imports nearly 70 percent of all of its oil from foreign countries, and 30 percent of the oil comes from the Middle East.
It is not hyperbole to say that California has become dependent on the very oil that Iran is attempting to control through the Strait of Hormuz. This has led to a spike in gasoline prices for California residents. It has also exemplified why our military installations should not be reliant solely on foreign oil.
Washington State imports nearly 50 percent of its oil from abroad, despite having critical Navy and Air Force bases that need energy.
To prove this point one last time, Hawaii, home of the U.S. Pacific Command, relies almost entirely on foreign oil, 90 percent to be exact. Mr. Speaker, 60 percent of Hawaii's oil comes from Argentina, 15 percent from Libya, and nearly 10 percent from Nigeria.
How could one of our most significant military commands be 90 percent dependent on foreign oil? We could do it right here in our own country, specifically in my own home State of Texas.
However, we export hundreds of billions of dollars of energy from my home State. Despite these serious supply chain risks, companies working to address them too often face frivolous litigation from climate groups, even when those lawsuits weaken our military readiness.
Amendment No. 818, supported by the Department of War and HASC Subcommittee Chairman Bergman, would help address frivolous litigation targeting companies that supply our military installations with energy.
If the United States finds itself in a conflict with China, the last thing our military should face is a jet fuel shortage caused by baseless litigation tying up our domestic energy producers.
Importantly, this amendment does not lower environmental permitting standards or weaken existing reporting requirements.
This legislation merely secures a supply chain that is heavily dependent on foreign countries that could be weaponized against us if we don't fix it now.
Mr. Chairman, if we are serious about our military readiness, I respectfully ask the Chamber vote "yes" on amendment No. 818, and I reserve the balance of my time.
John Garamendi (D-CA)5:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR5:50 p.m.
The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. GARMENDI5:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I am trying to figure out if this is a drill baby drill or is this just get even with California. This really sounds strange to me, that a State that so much does not want to have the Federal Government messing with that State, the State of Texas, that the Representative from Texas would put forth an amendment that would specifically remove California's ability to regulate energy operations within the State of California.
I would hope that the application of this might just as well go to the State of Texas as it does to California. Perhaps, I will propose an amendment that that be the case.
The reality is that this is not good public policy. There are many reasons why an energy project should not be built. Maybe it is because it goes right through a school or destroys a community. Maybe it is because there are environmental issues or economic issues, but this would simply give to, in this case, the Secretary of War, Mr. Hegseth, the opportunity to say that this energy project in California is necessary, even though it may have little or anything to do with the current war effort in Iran or any other place.
I don't get it. If you are really interested in States' rights, why would you be proposing this amendment, particularly if you happen to be from Texas, which may be the center of States' rights?
Here we go. What are we doing here?
If you are a Tribal Government and you want to put a pipeline through that Tribal land, the Tribal Government has absolutely nothing to say about it if the Secretary certifies that it is necessary for defense, or maybe it is a community, or maybe it happens to be a river or a lake.
All the Secretary has to say is, hey, this is necessary for national defense. Come on. This is bad public policy.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Wesley Hunt (R-TX)6:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.
John Garamendi (D-CA)6:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, we seem to be fighting over who gets the last word, so let me take a shot at the last word.
If you are interested in the power of the State to regulate its environment, to regulate its communities, roads and streets, and rivers and lakes, then you should be opposed to this amendment. Why would we do this? This has little to do with national defense. This has everything to do with sticking it to California.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Wesley Hunt (R-TX)6:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR6:00 p.m.
Does the gentleman ask unanimous consent to reclaim his time?
John Garamendi (D-CA)6:00 p.m.
Yes.
The Acting CHAIR6:00 p.m.
Without objection, the gentleman is recognized.
There was no objection.
John Garamendi (D-CA)6:00 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Carbajal).
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I oppose this amendment. We know that the military does not need this provision to ensure a stable supply. We already are the largest oil producer in the world, producing nearly 14 million barrels of oil a day.
Let's be clear: This is not about energy independence or national security. It is about giving Big Oil special treatment at the expense of California. Under this amendment, a single certification from the Secretary of Defense unlocks sweeping legal protections for fossil fuel projects. States and local governments cannot interfere. Courts are told to presume that delaying this project harms national security on the Secretary's word alone, and we know what that means.
Challengers cannot dispute the Secretary's determination and developers receive procedural advantages that no other litigant enjoys, including the ability to essentially choose which Federal court will hear a challenge.
It is interesting to me that this amendment is sponsored by Congressman Hunt from Houston, where Sable Offshore Oil's headquarters is located.
Sable Offshore, of course, is the operator of the Santa Ynez Pipeline System, which the Trump administration forced back online over the objections of California. This is the pipeline that caused the devastating Refugio oil spill in 2015 in my district.
My constituents, who must live with the risk this operation poses, are overwhelmingly opposed, but the Trump administration used the Defense Production Act to preempt State law.
The State of California is challenging that authority in court. I guess Sable is worried about losing in court, as they should be, because this amendment would allow the company to avoid accountability by moving to a more favorable court, blocking the California lawsuit, and preventing any court from issuing an injunction against this project.
Let me be clear again: This isn't about national security. This is a bailout for polluters.
Mr. Chair, I oppose this amendment, and I urge my colleagues to also vote "no."
The Acting CHAIR6:00 p.m.
The time of the gentleman has expired.
Wesley Hunt (R-TX)6:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, this is, in fact, an issue of national security. As somebody that is from Texas, what I understand very clearly is that we don't need fewer electrons; we need more.
While we are looking for the next abundant source of energy for the future, we ain't getting there, unfortunately, for many people in this room on the other side of the aisle, without energy and oil and gas, especially when it comes to putting fuel in the Apache helicopter that I flew in combat 55 times, supplying energy for our forces abroad, and for our allies abroad, as well.
The only thing that we are trying to do is make sure that we produce it safer, cleaner, and better here in this country than anywhere in the entire world.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Newhouse)6:00 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hunt).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
John Garamendi (D-CA)6:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR6:00 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR6:00 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 7 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Wesley Hunt (R-TX)6:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR6:00 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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Add at the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, the following new section:
SEC. 28__. ACQUISITION OF EASEMENTS FOR DEFENSE FUEL SUPPLY
INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) Authority to Acquire.--The Secretary of Defense is authorized to acquire, by purchase, donation, exchange, or condemnation, on behalf of the United States, such permanent easements over all lands along the route of the Santa Ynez Pipeline System, including all lands owned or otherwise held by the State of California or any agency, department, or instrumentality thereof, as the Secretary of Defense determines necessary to ensure continuous pipeline transportation of crude oil from the Santa Ynez Unit to domestic refineries supplying Department of Defense installations in the State of California. The acquisition of such easements is an authorized purpose for which the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may exercise the land acquisition authorities of section 2663 of title 10, United States Code. Easements authorized to be acquired under this subsection include--
(1) a permanent easement over the Gaviota Segment sufficient for the operation, maintenance, inspection, and repair of Lines CA-324 and CA-325;
(2) a permanent easement over the State submerged lands traversed by the offshore pipeline segments of the Santa Ynez Pipeline System, sufficient for the operation, maintenance, inspection, and repair of such segments; and
(3) such additional permanent easements over any other lands along the route of the Santa Ynez Pipeline System as the Secretary of Defense determines necessary for the continuous and unobstructed operation of such system.
(b) Condemnation.--
(1) In general.--In acquiring easements under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may institute condemnation proceedings in the United States district court for the district in which the property is located, pursuant to section 2663 of title 10, United States Code, and subchapter III of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code.
(2) Vital national security determination.--Congress finds that the acquisition of easements under subsection (a) is required to satisfy a requirement vital to the national security within the meaning of section 2663(g) of title 10, United States Code, and that delay in such acquisition would be detrimental to the national security. The Secretary of Defense may accordingly commence condemnation proceedings under subsection (a) in advance of the report otherwise required under section 2663(f) of title 10, United States Code, and shall submit such report not later than seven days after commencement of such proceedings.
(3) State-owned land and state submerged lands.--The authority to acquire easements under subsection (a) includes authority to acquire easements over--
(A) land owned or otherwise held by the State of California or any agency, department, or instrumentality thereof, including the California Department of Parks and Recreation; and
(B) State submerged lands.
(4) Inapplicability of state law.--The State of California may not assert sovereign immunity, its title under section 3 of the Submerged Lands Act, or any other provision of State law as a defense to, or limitation upon, any condemnation proceeding brought by the United States under this section.
(5) Immediate possession and use.--Upon filing a declaration of taking pursuant to section 3114 of title 40, United States Code, and depositing with the court the estimated amount of just compensation, the United States shall be entitled to immediate possession of, and the right to enter upon and use, the easements sought to be acquired. The court may not condition such possession, or such right to enter upon and use, upon any State administrative approval, State permit, or State agency determination.
(6) Expedited proceedings.--Any condemnation proceeding brought under this section shall be given priority on the docket of the court and shall be resolved on an expedited basis consistent with the national defense purposes of this section.
(c) Just Compensation.--The amount of just compensation payable to the State of California or any agency thereof shall be determined by the United States district court in which condemnation proceedings are brought, or by the United States Court of Federal Claims if the parties so elect. In determining just compensation for an easement over State submerged lands, the court shall account for the powers retained by the United States under section 6(a) of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1314(a)), to which the State's title is subject.
(d) License to Operator.--
(1) In general.--Upon acquisition of any easement under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall issue to the operator of the Santa Ynez Pipeline System a license authorizing such operator to use such easement for the operation, maintenance, inspection, and repair of the Santa Ynez Pipeline System for the purpose of transporting crude oil from the Santa Ynez Unit to domestic refineries supplying Department of Defense installations in the State of California. The Secretary shall include in any such license terms requiring compliance with all applicable Federal pipeline safety requirements under chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code.
(2) Irrevocability.--
(A) In general.--A license issued under paragraph (1) may not be revoked, suspended, modified, or terminated by the Secretary of Defense or any other officer or employee of the executive branch except--
(i) by an Act of Congress that expressly references this section by name and subsection; or
(ii) by the Secretary of Defense, following a final order of the Secretary of Transportation under chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code (or, if such order is challenged, a final judgment of a United States court of appeals sustaining such order), determining that the operator has committed a violation of Federal pipeline safety requirements under such chapter that creates an imminent hazard to public safety, and the operator has failed to cure such violation within a reasonable period after written notice and an opportunity to cure.
(B) No state revocation.--No order, judgment, or determination of a court of the State of California or of any other State shall constitute a basis for revocation, suspension, modification, or termination of a license issued under paragraph (1).
(C) Inapplicability of other actions.--No executive order, presidential directive, secretarial determination, or other administrative action shall otherwise operate to revoke, suspend, modify, or terminate a license issued under paragraph (1).
(3) Transferability.--A license issued under paragraph (1) shall be transferable to
any successor operator of the Santa Ynez Pipeline System
without further action by the Secretary of Defense, provided
that the successor operator is in compliance with all
applicable Federal pipeline safety requirements under chapter
601 of title 49, United States Code. A successor operator
that holds the authorizations required under such chapter 601
shall be deemed to be in compliance for purposes of this
paragraph.
(4) Continuity.--During the period in which a license
issued under paragraph (1) is in effect, no permit,
additional license, certification, or other authorization of
a State or local government shall be required as a condition
of the exercise of the rights granted by such issued license,
to the extent that the requirement to obtain or maintain such
permit, additional license, certification, or other
authorization would have the effect, in practice, of halting
or substantially delaying the use of such easement as
described in paragraph (1). Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to limit or affect any requirement of Federal
law, any permit or authorization required under Federal law,
or the authority of any Federal agency to issue, condition,
enforce, or revoke the same.
(e) Relationship to State Law.--
(1) Preemption.--Any State law, regulation, order, or other
requirement that has the purpose or effect of preventing,
conditioning, or delaying the Secretary of Defense from
exercising the authority granted under this section, or that
has the purpose or effect of preventing the operator of the
Santa Ynez Pipeline System from utilizing any easement
acquired by the United States under this section, is
preempted.
(2) No state permit required.--No authorization, lease,
permit, or approval of the State of California or any agency
thereof, including the California State Lands Commission and
the California Department of Parks and Recreation, shall be
required as a condition of the operation, maintenance,
repair, or use of any segment of the Santa Ynez Pipeline
System.
(3) Pending litigation.--No State court order, injunction,
or other judicial relief issued in any proceeding to which
the United States is not a party shall operate to prevent the
Secretary of Defense from exercising the authority granted
under this section or to prevent the operator of the Santa
Ynez Pipeline System from utilizing any easement acquired by
the United States under this section.
(f) Retained Federal Power Over State Submerged Lands.--The
grant of title to State submerged lands under section 3 of
the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1311) is, and has at all
times remained, subject to the powers retained by the United
States under section 6(a) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1314(a)) for
the constitutional purposes of commerce, navigation, national
defense, and international affairs. The acquisition of
easements over State submerged lands under this section, and
the operation of the offshore pipeline segments of the Santa
Ynez Pipeline System extending through such lands, are
exercises of those retained powers, and the State of
California holds no title or interest in such submerged lands
that is superior to, or that may impede, the exercise of
those powers.
(g) Recovery of Costs.--The Secretary of Defense may, as a
condition of any license issued under subsection (d), require
the licensee to reimburse the United States for all or a
portion of any costs incurred by the United States in
acquiring easements under this section, including just
compensation paid to any State or private party. Amounts
received as reimbursement under this subsection shall be
credited to the appropriation, fund, or account from which
the costs were paid.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "Gaviota Segment" means the approximately
four-mile segment of the Las Flores Pipeline System
traversing land administered by the California Department of
Parks and Recreation within Gaviota State Park, Santa Barbara
County, California.
(2) The term "Las Flores Pipeline System" means the
onshore pipeline comprising Lines CA-324 and CA-325
(previously designated as Lines 901 and 903), including all
associated pipeline segments, pump stations, equipment, and
appurtenant infrastructure extending from the Las Flores
Canyon processing facilities in Santa Barbara County,
California, to Pentland Station in Kern County, California.
(3) The term "Santa Ynez Pipeline System" means the
complete network of offshore and onshore pipelines and
associated infrastructure used to transport crude oil and
associated production from offshore platforms Harmony,
Heritage, and Hondo to Pentland Station in Kern County,
California, including--
(A) the offshore pipeline segments extending from such
platforms over the Outer Continental Shelf and over State
submerged lands to the Las Flores Canyon processing
facilities; and
(B) the Las Flores Pipeline System.
(4) The term "Santa Ynez Unit" means the Federal offshore
oil and gas production unit operated pursuant to one or more
leases granted under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
(43 U.S.C.
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1331 et seq.) off the coast of Santa Barbara
County, California, including offshore platforms Harmony,
Heritage, and Hondo.
(5) The term "State submerged lands" means the lands
beneath navigable waters the title to which was conveyed to
the State of California under section 3 of the Submerged
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1311).
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hunt) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
Mr. HUNT. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chair, amendment 1085 addresses a very similar challenge as amendment 818, but through a more targeted approach.
This amendment would require the U.S. Army to acquire an easement along the Santa Ynez pipeline in California--not property ownership, but an easement.
For more than a century, the U.S. Army has used its existing authority under title 10 to acquire easements that protect critical supply chains.
During World War II, the United States Government routinely condemned land that was used to build ammunition plants to supply our troops in Europe.
In 1941, when U-boats threatened tanker routes supplying the Northeast, Congress gave the government condemnation authority for pipeline rights-of-way. The impact of that legislation ensured that the war effort in Europe was kept fueled.
Amendment 1085 follows that same proven model: a Federal property interest securing a privately operated fuel corridor our military depends on.
California agencies and State legislators have filed repeated lawsuits against the pipeline in an effort to shut it down, even though California imports almost 70 percent of its oil. About half of the oil California imports is from oil that transits through the Strait of Hormuz.
This should not be an acceptable acquisition method for our defense installations that need energy to carry out our mission.
It is no secret in Washington that one of the biggest threats the United States faces--and the whole world, for that matter--is the threat of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. We must be prepared for this should it happen in the not-so-distant future.
We must keep our military installations fueled and energized by domestic sources if we are to maintain deterrence. Along with that, we also want to ensure that we don't engage in any conflict in the Pacific.
Amendment 1085 would affirm that this pipeline is important to national security to keep our military on the West Coast supplied with domestic-sourced energy.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to this amendment.
The ACTING CHAIR6:10 p.m.
The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, this amendment is an outrageous attack on States' rights dressed up as a fake energy emergency.
My colleague refers to a national emergency during World War II where the Army and our country's posture was different. The current environment is not legitimate. It is not a legitimate war environment as he refers to from the past.
Let us be clear about what this does. It would allow the Federal Government to seize California's owned lands through eminent domain for the Santa Ynez pipeline system.
This is the same pipeline that caused the 2015 oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara in my district.
Instead of trying to restore it to safe operating condition, Sable has spent years ignoring and evading California law to try to restart this operation, and not using the latest and best technology available.
California's State Fire Marshal also already indicated the pipeline is not in safe operating operation, but Sable does not think a little thing like State laws or the health and safety of our coasts should stand in the way of their profits.
At the company's request, the administration stripped California of its oversight of the pipeline and used the Defense Production Act to force it to restart operations, and this was before this illegitimate Iran war.
Apparently, that was not enough. Now, Sable is asking its friends in Congress to rig the system in its favor, seize California lands, and issue an irrevocable operating permit. Yes, these are friends from another State.
Let's talk about the hypocrisy here.
What happened to States' rights? This is the most blatant example of corrupt Federal overreach, so why aren't my colleagues across the aisle up in arms? Oh, because it is not convenient.
No one should be able to use the Federal Government as their personal trump card to trample on State laws and regulations for their personal profit, no matter the party, no matter the State.
Unfortunately, this amendment fits a broader pattern of attacks on California by this administration, attacking our clean air standards, undermining our offshore wind industry, and now trying to bulldoze our environmental protections for Big Oil--a Big Oil handout.
I urge my colleagues to vote "no" on this dangerous project and the precedent it sets.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Wesley Hunt (R-TX)6:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining.
The Acting CHAIR6:10 p.m.
The gentleman from California has 2 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Texas has 3 minutes remaining.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi).
John Garamendi (D-CA)6:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, we need to be very, very clear about what this is all about. This is about a company--one company using the Congress and the power of this Congress to feather its nest, to conduct an oil exploration program off the coast of California that can, and has, in the past been extremely detrimental to the communities in California and to the environment of California.
We ought not be doing this for any single company. This is not a national security issue and certainly not a national defense issue. This is about Sable using this Congress to further enrich itself at the expense of California, the environment, the communities along the coast, and particularly the communities in Santa Barbara County.
Mr. Chair, I urge a strong "no" vote.
Wesley Hunt (R-TX)6:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining.
The ACTING CHAIR6:10 p.m.
The gentleman from Texas has 3 minutes.
Wesley Hunt (R-TX)6:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, oil is a globally-traded commodity. This is a one team/one fight conversation.
It doesn't matter which State you are from. Oil production for the United States and every electron that we are able to produce is very critical to our national defense; and also the needs of not just the United States, but also our allies.
We in Texas fully understand that. It is time for the entire country to understand that we have got to get in this fight together if we are going to continue to have abundant energy sources for the future so we can live the lives we have been accustomed to living and continue to defend this great Nation.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I am a marine. I served our country. I know what it is like to fight for our country and to stand up and be ready to be called when we need to do so. But to use the Defense Production Act for a frivolous reason undermines our democracy and undermines the integrity of what we are about, and when we really need to use it, it makes a mockery of us.
Mr. Chair, this is ludicrous. We should not proceed forward with this amendment.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR6:10 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hunt).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR6:10 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR6:10 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 8 printed in House Report 119-755.
James Gallagher (R-CA)6:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of amendment No. 8, and I urge its adoption.
The Acting CHAIR6:10 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, add the following new section:
SEC. 17__. STUDY ON PREEMPTION OR MITIGATION OF STATE ACTIONS
THAT UNDERMINE CRITICAL DOMESTIC REFINING
CAPACITY.
(a) Study.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, Comptroller General of the United States, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Energy Information Administration, shall conduct a study on potential mechanisms by which the Federal government may preempt, repeal, or otherwise mitigate actions taken, or proposed to be taken, by a State or political subdivision thereof that have, or would have, the effect of undermining domestic refining capacity critical to national security.
(b) Elements.--The study under subsection (a) shall assess, at a minimum, the following mechanisms:
(1) The regulatory preemption of State actions specified in such subsection.
(2) The issuance of national security waivers to preclude such actions.
(3) The use of other appropriate Federal legal authorities to ensure the stability and sufficiency of the domestic refining capacity specified in such subsection.
(c) Scope.--In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall assess mechanisms available to the Federal government on a national basis, but shall take into consideration as a case study mechanisms available with respect to actions taken by the State of California.
(d) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing the findings of the study under subsection (a).
(e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
The Acting CHAIR6:10 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentleman from California (Mr. Gallagher) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
James Gallagher (R-CA)6:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of amendment No. 8, and I urge its adoption by this body.
My amendment requires the Federal Government to take a hard look at how the collapse of America's domestic refining capacity threatens our national security and military readiness and what tools exist when State level actions undermine refining capacity as they have in California and, thus, undermine our Armed Forces that we rely upon.
For years, dangerous and, quite frankly, stupid California policy led by Gavin Newsom and Sacramento Democrats have waged an ideological war on the oil and gas industry, and, thus, California's refining industry has been decimated by crushing regulations and Green New Deal mandates.
Today, California produces less than 23 percent of the oil and gas that it consumes and imports more than 65 percent of its crude oil from foreign countries, places like Venezuela, like Ecuador, like the Middle East--some of these countries with horrendous environmental records, with rain forests that are being burned down as we speak. And we are shutting down domestic production that we have in Kern County to our own detriment.
Meanwhile, what has happened to our gas prices in California? They have spiked to the highest in the Nation. Just now, today, the average price of gas in California is $5.50 a gallon. Do you know what it is in North Carolina? $3.72 a gallon. That is policy. That is what we are talking about. Our jet fuel supplies have been reduced by a million gallons.
This is due to the loss of the Valero refinery in the East Bay and the Phillips 66 refinery in Los Angeles, all due to policies that Gavin Newsom championed and, in fact, said that he jammed his legislature to accomplish that policy. It has had horrendous effects.
California is also home to 32 military installations, including some of our Nation's most strategically important bases: Travis Air Force Base, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Naval Base San Diego, Camp Pendleton, and Beale Air Force Base, just to name a few.
Our servicemembers cannot train, deploy, or fight without reliable access to fuel. Congress should not and cannot stand by while California's failed energy policies undermine the energy infrastructure our military depends on.
As the saying goes, energy security is national security. My amendment simply directs that the Federal Government identify what can be done to protect the rest of the refining capacity that we have in California that is essential to the West Coast and is essential to America's national defense.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment. I can't imagine why the opposing party would ever oppose this when we need affordable energy now.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR6:20 p.m.
The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I served in North Carolina in Camp LeJeune. I know the weather there. I know North Carolina, and I also know why I live in California.
I am opposed to this amendment. Once again, this amendment has nothing to do with national security, as much as people want to say that over and over and over.
Yet, it has everything to do with politically motivated attacks on State policies that the other side of the aisle happens to disagree with. Just call it what it is. It specifically requires a report on ways for the Federal Government to preempt State laws, including, once again, through national security waivers.
Mr. Chair, how far the principled have fallen. I thought the Republican Party was the party of States' rights. Maybe it is selective States' rights. But apparently that principle only applies when they agree with the State's policies. Let's call it what it is: selective.
This amendment would strip States of their ability to adopt stronger protections for their communities' air, water, and public health. Unfortunately, it appears that States' rights take a back seat when there is a favor to be done for Big Oil.
This amendment is a roadmap for the Federal Government to undermine States that choose to protect their residents. In places like California, communities have fought for stronger safeguards against pollution and environmental hazards, not weaker ones.
That is why we also believe in renewable energy, something this administration does not. If we were really concerned about energy and diversifying our energy capacity, we would support offshore wind.
This President has gone to great lengths to kill offshore wind projects in California. Let's not talk about energy supply when we are doing everything possible to just give a handout to the oil industry.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
James Gallagher (R-CA)6:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, may I inquire as to the time remaining.
The Acting CHAIR6:20 p.m.
The gentleman from California has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi).
John Garamendi (D-CA)6:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, isn't this an interesting amendment? I happen to resent all of northern California's oil refineries, all five of them. Yes, things are changing. It is not just because it is necessary for all of the environmental reasons that we should be aware of and that seem to be totally ignored by our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. Yet, the reality is that there really is a need for the kind of projects that my colleague from Santa Barbara just spoke to: offshore wind.
Why is it that this administration is killing the offshore wind projects in California? Why is this administration killing the solar and geothermal projects in California?
Now we have from our Republican colleagues some crying about whether we ought to give an open door to our refineries so that they can do anything that they want to do, and we are going to use the Comptroller of the Department of Defense to write some sort of a document about why it is necessary.
The reality is that we need to move forward. The refineries are going to go forward. It may very well be that some in northern California, as in southern California, will shut down. Why? It is because there is a dramatic change that is occurring in this Nation as to how we are going to use energy. Why would we want to stop that process?
This makes very, very bad public policy that we have used the Comptroller to do what should be done by the staff of the minority party.
James Gallagher (R-CA)6:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, it is good that my colleague from California brought up principle, because his party used to be the party of the working class. But it certainly no longer is that, with $5.50 a gallon for gas. The working class in California is being decimated.
Do you know what else is happening? Those good-paying refinery jobs in Benicia, California, that used to be at the Valero refinery are gone because of bad policy, and those people no longer have those jobs.
Yes, the gentleman is right. We should be talking about principle. We should be talking about actually serving our constituents who have been plagued with the worst energy prices in the Nation.
Don't belie the argument. This is about national security because we have all of those bases that I mentioned on the West Coast. They need that fuel supply. They need that jet fuel that they can no longer get from Benicia. They can no longer rely on that. This is absolutely germane to national defense.
What are they so worried about? This amendment is simply calling for a review. It is calling for a study to see what we can do. Are my colleagues afraid of what it might find? Are they afraid of what it might find, that the Democratic policy, far from being one that is diverse and looks to all forms of energy, has put all of its eggs into one basket, solar and wind, to great detriment?
We should be looking at all forms of energy, including our oil and gas. We produce oil and gas in Kern County safely, environmentally friendly. Instead, my colleagues are importing it from countries that have no such record.
Absolutely, I decry what the gentleman is saying today. I decry California's policy. It deserves a review, and we should be using the Federal Government to ensure that our refinery capacity stays stable, that it is affordable, and that it is ready for our men and women of the military.
Again, I ask my colleagues to support this amendment. It is germane. It is much needed in these times.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I think I heard that my colleague supports offshore wind, which is in contrast with the President. I am assuming he disagrees with the President.
Mr. Chair, I am willing to yield for the purposes of a colloquy to ask for an answer to that question. I kind of heard that the gentleman supported offshore wind.
The Acting CHAIR6:20 p.m.
The time of the gentleman has expired.
The Acting CHAIR6:20 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Gallagher).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:20 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR6:20 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR6:30 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 9 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)6:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR6:30 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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At the end of subtitle F of title XVIII, add the following new section:
SEC. 18__. PROTECTION FROM STATE LAWS IMPEDING DISPOSITION
AND RECYCLING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES OR RECOVERY
AND REUSE OF SOURCES OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL
MATERIALS.
Subchapter V of chapter 385 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 4893. Protection from State laws impeding disposition
and recycling of defense articles or recovery and reuse of
sources of strategic and critical materials
"(a) Prohibition.--(1) Notwithstanding section 6929 of title 42, no State or political subdivision thereof may adopt or enforce any law, regulation, standard, or requirement, or apply any interpretation thereof, with respect to any matter described in subsection (b)(1) unless such law, regulation, standard, requirement, or interpretation is identical to the Federal law, regulation, standard, or requirement, or Federal interpretation thereof, governing such matter.
"(2) This subsection shall supersede and preempt any law, regulation, standard, requirement, or interpretation of a State or political subdivision thereof with respect to any matter described in subsection (b)(1) unless such law, regulation, standard, requirement, or interpretation is identical to the applicable Federal law, regulation, standard, requirement, or Federal interpretation governing such matter. Any nonidentical State or local law, regulation, standard, requirement, or interpretation shall have no force or effect.
"(b) Matters Described.--(1) The matters described in this paragraph are the following:
"(A) The physical or mechanical processing of scrap metal (as such term is defined in section 261.1(c)(6) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations).
"(B) The disposition or recycling of any defense article (as such term is defined in section 301 of this title), including any defense equipment, material, or munition subject to demilitarization or disposal.
"(2) The physical or mechanical processing of scrap metal described in paragraph (1)(A) does not include the chemical treatment, stabilization, fixation, or neutralization of waste generated by such processing.".
The Acting CHAIR6:30 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Georgia.
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)6:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in support of my amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2027.
This amendment addresses a serious defense industrial base and national security issue: ensuring the United States can efficiently recycle, recover, and reuse materials from defense articles and scrap metal without being blocked by inconsistent State and local rules.
Our military depends on secure and reliable access to strategic and critical materials. At a time when China controls or influences major portions of global critical mineral and metal supply chains, the United States cannot afford to waste recoverable materials from our own defense systems, equipment, and munitions.
This amendment ensures that the physical or mechanical processing of scrap metal, as well as the disposition and recycling of defense articles, is governed by a clear Federal standard rather than a patchwork of conflicting State and local requirements.
While this amendment is expressly focused on critical metals that often incorporate sensitive military technology, the amendment prevents non-identical State or local rules in this narrow area while preserving applicable Federal standards.
It is limited in scope to ensure chemical treatment, stabilization, fixation, and neutralization of waste are expressly excluded, preserving State authority over hazardous chemical processes and maintaining existing environmental protections.
We have repeatedly heard from both Republicans and Democrats a litany of concerns over how dependent the United States is on foreign sources for critical minerals. We know how incredibly difficult it is to build a new mine and refining capacity in the United States.
I would like to hope that we can at least come together and agree to keeping sensitive technology and the materials that can be recovered from our military equipment within the domestic supply chain.
This is not about lowering safety or environmental standards. This is not about lowering safety or environmental standards. The amendment is narrowly focused on physical and mechanical scrap processing and defense article recycling. It does not cover chemical treatment, stabilization, fixation, or neutralization of waste generated by that processing.
At a time of growing global instability, we should be doing everything possible to strengthen domestic supply chains, reduce dependence on adversaries, and support the defense industrial base.
This amendment is a commonsense national security measure that helps ensure critical materials from defense articles can be responsibly recovered, recycled, and reused for America's security needs.
Mr. Chair, I respectfully urge my colleagues to support this amendment and its inclusion in the NDAA, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR6:30 p.m.
The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I oppose the amendment. Don't get me wrong. I am glad to see my colleagues across the aisle recognize that recycling needs to be part of our minerals and materials strategy. We absolutely should be recovering valuable materials instead of relying entirely on new mining.
This amendment isn't really about recycling, is it? It is another attempt to use national security as a phony justification to override State laws that this majority doesn't like. What happened to States' rights again? Are we being selective again?
It would prevent States and local governments from enforcing requirements governing the recycling and disposal of defense materials unless those requirements are identical to Federal law. Many States and localities have adopted stronger safeguards to protect communities from pollution and industrial hazards. We know that defense equipment can pose significant risks to surrounding communities.
In an era where this administration is trying to roll back every single environmental and public health protection it can, an amendment like this is particularly dangerous. I know. I served in the Marine Corps. I serve on the House Armed Services Committee.
Mr. Chair, I strongly oppose, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)6:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, will you make sure that the gentleman is looking at the same amendment that I am proposing here, because he obviously does not understand it.
This is not about lowering safety or environmental standards. This amendment is narrowly focused on physical and mechanical scrap processing and defense article recycling. It doesn't cover chemical treatment. It doesn't cover stabilization, fixation, or neutralization of waste generated by that processing.
Mr. Chair, respectfully, I ask you to make sure he is looking at the right amendment here, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I don't know what they teach in Georgia. In California, let me tell you, we learn how to read and write. I understand this amendment.
Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi).
John Garamendi (D-CA)6:30 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, this is the fourth amendment in a row that basically preempts State laws of many different kinds. Frankly, I don't understand why we are doing this. I didn't understand, but I have come to understand we are doing this for a specific company that now has a contract to recycle military equipment at the Sierra Army Depot in California.
Basically, what this amendment does is to reduce or eliminate any California law about recycling, the safety of it, the disposition of the hazardous materials, and the way in which they may be affecting the land, the people, or the environment if the California law is different from the Federal law. In reality, there may be no Federal law whatsoever.
We are faced with a situation here of totally removing the ability of the State, any State, actually--this isn't just for California; this is for every State--the ability of the State to regulate the recycling and the disposition of hazardous defense materials in the State of California.
Why would we do that? What is the logic behind this except to benefit a single company, which is exactly what this does? Why would we do that? Just like the previous three amendments, to benefit one company: Sable. Here we are taking our time, providing a specific opportunity for that company to operate.
With regard to the Sierra facility, I am familiar with it. I am also familiar with the Federal laws in that area. They do not protect the people who are doing the work. They do not protect the community around the depot.
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)6:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, for the life of me, I do not understand why they want to cut off their nose to spite their face. This is national security here, Mr. Chairman. This is not trying to preempt the laws. It is narrowly focused. We are talking about recycling national defense materials that include critical minerals, scrap metal.
For the life of me, I don't understand how this is benefiting one company. It is benefiting the United States of America. This is recycling. This is environmentally safe, environmentally sound, environmentally friendly.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, in California, we really believe it is important to protect the public health of our constituents, so I am flabbergasted that this is trying to undermine the standards that we want to have to protect our public health from hazardous and toxic materials.
Now, if you live in another State and the people want to have lesser standards for hazardous materials that could damage their public health, hurt their public health, that is one thing, but to try to undermine those standards in California is another.
This amendment does exactly that. It tries to undermine the will of the State of California and its people. I reserve the balance of my time.
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)6:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, may I inquire as to how much time I have remaining.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Patronis)6:40 p.m.
The gentleman from Georgia has 1 minute remaining.
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)6:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, this is commonsense legislation. This is not trying to benefit one company. This is trying to benefit the United States of America, both environmentally and, more importantly, our national security. It is recycling material of critical minerals that we need.
It ensures that the physical and mechanical processing of scrap metal, as well as the disposition and recycling of defense articles, is governed by a clear Federal standard rather than a patchwork of conflicting State and local requirements.
We are not trying to preempt anyone. We are just simply trying to secure America, trying to be environmentally friendly, and trying to recycle. I reserve the balance of my time.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, in California we have higher standards. It is about public safety. It is about making sure we protect the public health.
If you want to lower your standards somewhere else, knock yourselves out, but in California we are going to fight for the people that elected us to protect their public health.
We know recycling. We know how to do it in a safe and responsible fashion, and we will not lower our standards as other States have done.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)6:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, obviously, I am not getting through here. I am just flabbergasted. I do not understand how the gentleman doesn't understand how this benefits the United States of America.
Forget about California. Forget about Georgia. We are talking about the United States and national security.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, again, I will say it is interesting how two individuals could see something so different. Like I said, in California, it is all about protecting our public health, using recycling in a safe and responsible fashion.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR6:40 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)6:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR6:40 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be postponed.
The Chair understands that amendment No. 12 will not be offered.
The Acting CHAIR6:40 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 14 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ)6:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR6:40 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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At the end of subtitle G of title XII, insert the following:
SEC. 12__. PROHIBITION OF FUNDS TO COVER COSTS OF FOREIGN
MILITARY PERSONNEL PARTICIPATING IN BILATERAL
OR MULTILATERAL MILITARY EXERCISES WITH THE
UNITED STATES.
(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense may be used to pay, reimburse, subsidize, or otherwise cover any costs associated with the participation of foreign military personnel in a bilateral or multilateral military exercise conducted with the Armed Forces of the United States.
(b) Associated Costs.--The associated costs described in subsection (a) include--
(1) transportation;
(2) lodging;
(3) meals;
(4) per diem expenses;
(5) training expenses;
(6) administrative expenses; and
(7) any other expense incurred by the Department of Defense on behalf of foreign military personnel in connection with participation in a bilateral or multilateral military exercise.
(c) Waiver.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that covering such costs is necessary to support a national security interest of the United States.
(2) Notification.--Not later than 30 days before exercising the waiver authority under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate (or such successor committees) a written notification that includes--
(A) the foreign country or countries whose personnel would receive such support;
(B) the bilateral or multilateral military exercise involved;
(C) the estimated costs to be covered by the Department of Defense; and
(D) a detailed justification describing why the waiver is necessary to support a national security interest of the United States.
The Acting CHAIR6:40 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Crane) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ)6:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in support of my amendment, which prohibits funds in this act from covering expenses for foreign militaries participating in exercises with our Armed Forces. If adopted, my amendment would require foreign participants in joint military exercises to cover their own travel, lodging, per diem, and other costs.
As a former servicemember, I understand these operations strengthen military readiness and serve as a powerful deterrent to our adversaries, but that doesn't mean American taxpayers should be picking up every incidental cost for a foreign participant joining these drills.
Our national debt is closing in on $40 trillion, and for several years running, the interest we pay on it alone has surpassed our entire national defense budget. No line item is too small to review, including all of the miscellaneous costs we currently absorb for foreign partners.
According to the House Armed Services Committee staff, we spent $8.1 million on partner expenses in Q2 of this fiscal year. Extrapolated over a full year, these costs run us $32 million, money that belongs in American pockets, not on someone else's expense report.
This debate isn't confined to the Halls of Congress. Two weeks ago, our NATO allies met in Ankara, largely to discuss their own path toward spending 5 percent of GDP on defense. If our allies can move closer to that benchmark, they can cover their own dinner when they train alongside the most elite fighting force the world has ever known.
We also support our partners with personnel, munitions, intelligence, and most of the weaponry and aircraft used in these exercises. Since we are already doing the heavy lifting, it is responsible to expect our partners to cover their own incidentals.
Some of my colleagues may argue this amendment sends the wrong signal to our partners. I firmly disagree. Every serious cost-sharing arrangement between nations works the same way: We cover our personnel. They cover theirs. Asking our allies to pay their own hotel bill doesn't weaken an alliance. Carrying their tab indefinitely is what erodes the case for continued burden sharing on our end.
My amendment also preserves flexibility for legitimate national security needs as the Secretary of War may waive this prohibition when necessary. Prior to issuing the waiver, the Secretary must submit a detailed justification to committees of jurisdiction in the House and Senate at least 30 days in advance.
In plain terms, my amendment keeps Congress' oversight role intact without tying the Secretary's hands. Moreover, my approach doesn't pull back from our commitments to undermine what these exercises are meant to accomplish. Our allies aren't going to walk away from the partnership because we stop paying for their lodging and meals. These drills will continue, just without the unnecessary taxpayer subsidy attached to them.
As Members of this body, we cannot be derelict in our responsibility. The American people sent us here in large part to confront this debt, and that means reviewing every line item, no matter how small and how small the savings look in isolation.
It is time to relieve taxpayers of an expense that was never theirs to carry and shift it back to our allies, where it belongs. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this sensible amendment. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Adam Smith (D-WA)6:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR6:40 p.m.
The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5 minutes.
Adam Smith (D-WA)6:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield myself 2 minutes.
We need partnerships and alliances, and right now they are struggling for a variety of different reasons. We don't need to lump anything else onto the pile of we want to separate ourselves from our partners and allies.
Here I could go down a rabbit hole of complaints about the way the Trump administration treats our partners and allies. It is driving them away, creating major rifts. I mean, just yesterday, we decided that we are going to put a 50 percent tariff on Canada, apparently because the wind is blowing south from their wildfires, and we don't like the smoke.
We need to show our partners and allies that we are with them. We need to begin reversing some of the damage that all of the belittling and insults that the Trump administration has done to our allies has caused. This amendment moves us in the opposite direction.
It is also important to note that these training exercises are of substantial benefit to the U.S. We need these partners and allies. We want them to have the same basic doctrine and methods that we have. It is part of what we do in NATO.
We are bringing them in to make sure that they are properly integrated in our efforts. There is no need to sort of push them further away over a relatively minor amount of money.
I would also point out that we started the war in Iran. We are engaged in a major conflict in Latin America that everybody has sort of forgotten about, but we are at war with all the narcoterrorists down there. We are trying to stand up to China. We are asking the rest of the world to be with us on a lot of stuff that they have serious doubts about.
I think we should spend a little bit of time showing them that we value their partnership, that we want their help, that we need their help. This amendment takes us in the wrong direction.
Mr. Chair, I urge the body to oppose it, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ)6:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, my colleague said that our partners are struggling. I want to remind my colleague that we are pushing $40 trillion in debt. If that is not struggling, then I don't know what is.
My colleague also said that we need to be showing them that we value the partnership. As I laid out in my opening testimony, we also support our partners with personnel, munitions, intelligence, and most of the weaponry and aircraft used in these exercises. I think that is showing them that we value the partnership.
As a servicemember myself, I acknowledge we do receive value from these partnerships, but we shouldn't ask the American people sitting in the gallery right now and all over the country to foot the entire bill. Let's be honest. Our allies also get value from these partnerships, so asking them to pay for the incidentals like their lodging, their hotels, and their food, that is not asking a lot when you look at everything that we provide, Mr. Chair, in addition to world-class training.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Adam Smith (D-WA)6:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, one point of clarification. When I said what our allies are struggling with, what they are struggling with is the idea of staying alive with the U.S., with the understanding that the U.S. still values those partnerships. I wasn't referring to any sort of financial struggle to them.
Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers), who is the chairman of the committee.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)6:50 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, while I agree with the amendment's intent to increase burden sharing, I must respectfully oppose it.
The Department of War opposes this amendment.
Secretary Hegseth requested funding for these authorities in the budget because training with our allies and partners is essential to U.S. military readiness. Many of our partners, specifically those in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific, cannot participate in joint exercises without some limited financial assistance from the U.S.
Those exercises are critical to ensuring American forces can train and operate effectively alongside our allies and partners in a conflict with China. Defunding those programs would only make it harder to strengthen burden sharing to deter China and to defend the homeland.
Mr. Chair, I urge all Members to oppose this amendment.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ)6:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I appreciate the comments from my colleague in bringing up the Department of War and the Secretary of War. It is for that reason that in this amendment we actually preserve the flexibility for legitimate national security needs, and we offer the Secretary of War the option to waive this provision when necessary.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Adam Smith (D-WA)6:50 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, I urge the body to oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR6:50 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Crane).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ)6:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR6:50 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR6:50 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 15 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ)6:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR6:50 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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At the end of subtitle A of title XVII, insert the following:
SEC. 17__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR UKRAINE SECURITY
ASSISTANCE.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 may be made available for Ukraine security assistance other than for funding United States embassy security in Ukraine.
The Acting CHAIR6:50 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Crane) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ)6:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in support of my amendment which ends the Department of War's security assistance to Ukraine for the coming fiscal year apart from funding to protect our Embassy.
For decades, the American people have made clear their opposition to using taxpayer dollars to position the United States as the world's police force.
We have spent blood and resources overseas yet have achieved few tangible wins for hardworking citizens while our Nation has deteriorated from within. Today, Congress appropriated approximately $187 billion for Ukraine and the broader response to this war, funding that could instead go toward problems here at home. We don't have a clear picture of where all of it has ended up.
The Government Accountability Office has already found that the Department of War has misvalued billions of dollars in weapons handed over to Ukraine. Furthermore, the Department's own inspector general has flagged gaps in tracking equipment that went missing or was destroyed. Despite the inspector general and independent auditors flagging corruption, risks, and gaps in oversight, Congress keeps appropriating anyway.
It is sensible to pause and audit our prior funding before continuing to deliver substantial resources.
We also must weigh our own bandwidth given the unrest in the Middle East and rising tensions in the Pacific. Every dollar asset we commit to Ukraine is a dollar or asset unavailable to deter threats more directly relevant to America's national security.
According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, our stockpiles of key munitions, such as Patriot interceptors are already stretched thin by simultaneous demands from the Middle East, the Pacific, and Ukraine. We can't simply flip a switch to restock these weapons as rebuilding depleted inventories requires years of effort and significant cost. Rather than bringing us closer to a lasting resolution, our involvement has prolonged this conflict and drained our stockpiles to shield another nation.
We have also far outpaced our European partners in both financial and security support despite this conflict bearing more directly on their own livelihoods than ours.
Our allies across the Atlantic should take the initiative instead of banking on American taxpayers to underwrite their security. I will also note the current Ukrainian leadership has suspended national elections under martial law, banned rival political parties, and moved against domestic media outlets it considers a security threat. This is worth remembering the next time someone frames this as a fight for democratic values.
It is also risky to keep escalating tensions with a nuclear-armed rival as this conflict grows more destructive on both sides.
Although my amendment halts financial assistance for the coming year, it does not abandon the region or restrict outside assistance to Ukraine. Our Embassy retains full funding to maintain a secure diplomatic presence, and nothing in this amendment stops our European partners from stepping up if they decide it is worth the investment. However, it is not our responsibility to defend the borders of a nation thousands of miles away while failing to address the challenges we face at home.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in refocusing our priorities on the American people by supporting this sensible amendment.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)6:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to this amendment.
The Acting CHAIR (Ms. King-Hinds)6:50 p.m.
The gentlewoman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes.
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)6:50 p.m.
Madam Chair, this amendment prohibits the use of funds for Ukraine security assistance.
This amendment would halt all U.S. aid for Ukraine, a democratic ally, in its existential fight for freedom and sovereignty against Russia.
After Russia's full-scale invasion just 4 years ago, Ukraine has far exceeded global expectations by withstanding Russia's initial invasion, integrated Western weapons systems, and becoming a leading innovator in military technology.
Ukraine is fighting an effective war, and they are degrading the combat power of a major strategic competitor without the deployment of U.S. troops. Russia is losing eight soldiers for every Ukrainian casualty, a dramatic loss on the battlefield for a military that was previously ranked one of the strongest in the world just a few years ago.
Madam Chair, we cannot abandon our ally at this time and give Russia and Mr. Putin exactly what they want. Russia has consistently tried to diminish Western military support to Ukraine because our assistance directly affects the battlefield and Russia's long-term military strength.
When we abandon Ukraine, we abandon our global allies. It would put the U.S. on an island standing alone in abandoning Ukraine as our NATO and European allies have stepped up to answer this call pledging billions in support for Ukraine.
Support for Ukraine must transcend party lines because this is not a conflict between Democrats and Republicans. It is a conflict between Democratic freedoms and autocracy. That is why I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and reaffirm our bipartisan support for Ukraine at this critical juncture in the war.
Madam Chair, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers), who is the chair of the House Armed Services Committee.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)6:50 p.m.
Madam Chair, thanks to President Trump's PURL initiative, our European allies are funding the vast majority of Ukraine's defense. That is exactly as it should be. However, even though our allies pay for those U.S. weapons with that money, the Department still needs the funding to implement the President's policy.
This amendment would also defund intelligence-sharing and end-use monitoring that has kept U.S. weapons from ending up in the wrong hands.
The administration continues to support providing Ukraine intelligence and PURL Initiative in an effort to force Putin to the negotiating table. We shouldn't cut off the President's negotiating leverage.
Madam Chair, for those reasons, I respectfully oppose the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ)7:00 p.m.
Madam Chair, I will comment really quickly on something that my colleague said. He made the typical "we are fighting for diplomatic values" argument. I want to reiterate that the Ukrainian leadership has suspended national elections under martial law, banned rival political parties, and moved against domestic media outlets it considers a security threat. Those are hardly democratic values. I reserve the balance of my time.
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)7:00 p.m.
I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith), my colleague and member of the House Armed Services Committee.
Adam Smith (D-WA)7:00 p.m.
Madam Chair, on that last point, Ukraine was a sovereign democratic state before Russia invaded. Yes, they are in the middle of a war, so their ability to maintain typical democratic principles is in jeopardy precisely because of the invasion. Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus in the middle of the Civil War. In a wartime, you are in a different position. Let's remember what Ukraine was before Russia invaded them and has brutally attacked them for over 4 years now. They were a sovereign, democratic state.
Second, Russia is a threat not just to Ukraine but to the region. They could potentially move on against the Baltics, Romania, or Poland if they are successful in Ukraine.
Lastly, to reiterate the chairman's point, we can achieve peace if Putin knows he can't win. We need to show resolve that we will stand with Ukraine as our allies have stepped up so much in the last couple of years to do so. That is what will bring this war to an end, is Putin knowing that he is not going to be able to take Ukraine. That forces him to the bargaining table. We need to send a strong message that we are not abandoning Ukraine. We are standing with them.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ)7:00 p.m.
Madam Chair, my colleague brings up that the Ukrainians were a Democrat sovereign state prior to the war to justify their President Zelenskyy canceling elections. I doubt my Democrat colleagues on the other side, Madam Chair, would feel the same way if President Trump were to cancel elections while we are at war. I don't think that justifies at all canceling elections.
Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)7:00 p.m.
Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Wilson).
Joe Wilson (R-SC)7:00 p.m.
Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
America has always stood on the side of freedom against dictators: Hitler, Stalin, Castro, Assad, Maduro, Khamenei, and Putin. As a supporter myself of Senator Barry Goldwater, he was right when he said: "Why not victory?"
War Criminal Putin is losing his murderous invasion of Ukraine. He underestimated the resolve of Ukrainians and energized NATO with the admission of Sweden and Finland, as President Donald Trump has achieved 5 percent member defense spending.
President Donald Trump knows that appeasement endangers American families. President Donald Trump courageously tried to stop Putin sending Javelin missiles to Ukraine, placing American troops in Poland, and stopping the corrupt Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
As the Senate works to advance Senator Lindsey Graham's bipartisan sanctions legislation to decimate the Putin war machine, the House should send a strong signal that America will stand for peace through strength.
Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to join me in voting "no."
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)7:00 p.m.
Madam Chair, may I inquire as to how much time I have remaining.
The Acting CHAIR7:00 p.m.
The gentlewoman has 1 minute remaining, and the gentleman from Arizona has 30 seconds.
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)7:00 p.m.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ)7:00 p.m.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)7:00 p.m.
Madam Chair, I share with this group every time I am at a townhall or in the grocery store and people ask me how this body, how this Congress works together, I point to our remarkable bipartisan support of Ukraine as an example of something we can do well and do together.
That very idea is being challenged by this amendment today. I am so grateful to the chair of the committee, to Mr. Wilson for standing up for what is right.
We cannot be isolationists in this world anymore. We know where that leads us. Our support, our commitment, our words to our democratic ally in Ukraine is essential, not just to their survival but to the future of a free Europe.
Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to reject this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR7:00 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Crane).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.
Elijah Crane (R-AZ)7:00 p.m.
Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR7:00 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR7:00 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 17 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Jeff Crank (R-CO)7:00 p.m.
Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR7:00 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:
SEC. 10__. CODIFICATION AND REVISION OF PROCESS BY WHICH
CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL MAY BE
PERMITTED TO CARRY FIREARMS ON A MILITARY
INSTALLATION OR OTHER DEFENSE FACILITY.
(a) In General.--Chapter 53 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
"Sec. 1060d. Firearms on military installations and other
Defense facilities: process by which personnel may be
permitted to carry
"(a) Authority.--A member of the Armed Forces or civilian
employee of the Department of Defense who is assigned to duty
at a facility specified in subsection (b) may carry a firearm
when on that facility if permitted to do so by the designated
commander. Such permission constitutes an authorization for
purposes of section 930(d)(2) of title 18.
"(b) Designated Facilities.--For purposes of subsection
(a), a facility designated in this subsection is any of the
following located in the United States:
"(1) A military installation.
"(2) A military reserve center.
"(3) An armed services recruiting center.
"(4) Any other facility under the jurisdiction, custody,
or control of the Department of Defense that is designated by
the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this section.
"(c) Designated Commander.--For purposes of subsection
(a), a designated commander, with respect to a facility
specified in subsection (b), is an officer serving in a grade
below a General or Flag Officer grade who is--
"(1) the commander of the facility; or
"(2) a military commander otherwise designated by the
Secretary of Defense for the facility for purposes of this
section.
"(d) Presumption of Approval.--In considering a request
for permission to carry a firearm on a designated facility,
the designated commander with respect to that facility may
deny the request only for objective, clearly-described,
individualized reasons.
"(e) Implementation.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish a process for the implementation of this section.
"(f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall
be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of
Defense to permit additional individuals from seeking, or
being granted, permission to carry a firearm on a facility
designated in subsection (b) in accordance with procedures
established by the Secretary.".
(b) Deadline.--The process required by subsection (e) of
section 1060d of title 10, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a), shall be implemented not later than December
31, 2027.
(c) Repeal.--Section 526 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 10
U.S.C. 2672 note) is repealed.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Crank) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Colorado.
Mr. CRANK. Madam Chair, I rise today to offer my amendment to return common sense to decisions surrounding a member of the United States Armed Forces' constitutional rights.
Since 2015, our men and women in uniform have required approval from their base commander to carry a personal firearm on that installation.
Let's be clear: Constitutional rights are the baseline for all Americans, guaranteed to all Americans, and can only be restricted in thoughtful and specific decisions.
The Department's policy for the last 10 years has instead approached the Second Amendment from a no-first perspective, requiring our servicemembers to seek government approval to exercise their Second Amendment right. That is not how the Constitution works.
Madam Chair, I find it hard to reconcile the idea that it is these same men and women who use firearms every single day in training and in defending our country who are being denied access to their personal property.
Our servicemembers are extensively trained in firearms safety and in best practices. Yet, the Department treated them as blanket security risks.
I am grateful to the Secretary of War for taking recent action to ensure that applications for conceal carry on Department property are reviewed with a presumption of approval, returning these decisions to a commonsense yes-first perspective.
My amendment codifies this presumption to ensure that we are protecting the rights of our troops and adds a layer of accountability, requiring the Department to tell a servicemember why their application was rejected. My amendment is straightforward: It preserves a base commander's ability to protect their installation and to deny the right to conceal carry. It restores the universal applicability of constitutional rights, especially to those men and women who serve us every day, and it increases transparency in those decisions. Madam Chair, I thank Chairman Rogers for his support and his assistance in this effort. I urge my colleagues to support the amendment. I reserve the balance of my time.
Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)7:00 p.m.
Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
The SPEAKER pro tempore7:00 p.m.
The gentlewoman from Hawaii is recognized for 5 minutes.
Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)7:00 p.m.
Madam Chair, let's be clear: Our servicemembers already have the ability to bring personally owned firearms into military installations. They simply have to meet commonsense Department of Defense safety requirements, be legally eligible, properly trained, meet age requirements, demonstrate responsible conduct, and safely transport and store their firearms.
Those aren't burdens. They are basic safeguards.
This amendment turns that standard on its head. Instead of commanders deciding who can safely carry a personal firearm on base, it creates a presumption that requests should be approved unless commanders can justify saying no. It weakens commander authority and lowers the safety standards that have protected our installations for years.
When we lower standards around firearms, we increase risk. We have lived through the consequences. Some of the deadliest mass shootings on military installations were carried out with personally owned firearms. At the same time, our military continues to face a heartbreaking suicide rate, with firearms accounting for the vast majority of Active-Duty suicide deaths.
We should be strengthening safe storage, responsible ownership, and commander discretion, not making it easier for firearms to be carried and stored on our bases with fewer safeguards.
Military installations are not public parks. They are secure workplaces. They are homes for military families and critically important national security assets. Commanders must have the authority to protect the people entrusted to them.
If we expect discipline, readiness, and accountability from our troops, we should expect the same when it comes to firearms on our installations.
Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to reject this reckless amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Jeff Crank (R-CO)7:10 p.m.
Madam Chair, I appreciate my colleague's concern. It is always interesting that there are some who put all of these stipulations on the rights of firearm owners, on the Second Amendment.
I always wondered to myself what would happen if we put those same restrictions on the First Amendment, if they had to get approval from the base commander before they exercise their First Amendment right, if they had to get approval from the base commander before they went to church and their First Amendment right to worship God as they see fit. I wonder how some of my colleagues might think of that, Madam Chair.
This is a commonsense approach. These are the men and women who use firearms every single day to defend our rights, our First Amendment rights, our Second Amendment rights, and all of our constitutional rights guaranteed to us in the Bill of Rights. That is who we are talking about.
If we can't trust them to be responsible gun owners, then who in the world can we trust?
Madam Chair, my colleague talked about that a military installation is a place where there are homes. Does a soldier have a right to defend their family in their own home?
These would seem to me to be basic rights, and I guarantee that to the Founders of our Constitution, this is an absolute basic right.
Could you imagine our Founders looking at us today deciding whether the men and women of the militia, the people who carry and use firearms every day to defend us, whether or not they are capable, whether or not government can grant them the right to carry a firearm and defend themselves?
Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)7:10 p.m.
Madam Chair, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Cisneros).
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA)7:10 p.m.
Madam Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. The FY16 NDAA already granted the Department the authority to establish a process for servicemembers to carry personal firearms on base.
It is simple. The chain of command has the authority to grant these requests. However, Secretary Hegseth's MOU from April, which this amendment codifies, has a presumption of approval that weakens an installation commander's authority and would require them to essentially prove a negative to deny a request.
The process that we established was dependent on a servicemember's need for personal or force protection. Yet, this amendment strips that requirement or any justification for that matter in order to carry a personal firearm on base.
The Secretary's logic is that adding more firearms at military installations would make it safer. No law enforcement agency would ever suggest that more people carrying personal weapons makes any place safer. While our military personnel are trained to use firearms, they are not all trained to be law enforcement, and no one should ever take the law into their own hands.
There is nothing in this amendment that would restrict locations for personal firearms. Does that mean junior enlisted servicemembers who account for roughly half of all military suicides are now permitted to carry in the barracks under this amendment?
Are personnel now allowed to walk around the commissaries, schools, the exchange, or libraries with a firearm? More guns does not make us more safe.
Expanding access to personal firearms on base increases the risk of servicemember suicide. Independent research, including reviews commissioned by the Department of Defense itself, has found that greater access to firearms is associated with increased suicide risks among servicemembers.
There is a clear lack of consideration by Republicans for servicemembers' and their families' well-being and safety here.
Madam Chair, I urge all my colleagues to oppose this amendment.
Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)7:10 p.m.
Madam Chair, may I inquire as to the time remaining.
The Acting CHAIR7:10 p.m.
The gentlewoman from Hawaii has 1 minute remaining.
Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)7:10 p.m.
Madam Chair, this amendment is a dangerous solution in search of a problem. Not only is it absolutely unnecessary, but it constrains base commanders in their duty to keep facilities, servicemembers, and families safe.
Madam Chair, I strongly urge my colleagues to oppose this reckless amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR7:10 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Crank).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)7:10 p.m.
Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR7:10 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR7:10 p.m.
The Committee will rise informally to receive a message.
The Speaker pro tempore (Mr. McDowell) assumed the chair.
Message from the Senate
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S. 1041. An act to amend title 35, United States Code, to address the infringement of patents that claim biological products, and for other purposes.
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S. Con. Res. 37. Concurrent Resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to honor the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham.
The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 118-144, the Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, announces the appointment of the following individuals to be members of the Commission to Study the Potential Transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution: Tevi Troy of Maryland. Dara Horn of New Jersey.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
The Committee will resume its sitting.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Pages H5001–H5007 · Official textThe Committee resumed its sitting.
The Acting CHAIR (Ms. King-Hinds)
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 18 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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At the end of subtitle B of title V, add the following new section:
SEC. 5__. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 14183.
Executive Order 14183 (90 Fed Reg. 8757; relating to Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness) shall have the force and effect of law.
The Acting CHAIR
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Colorado.
Madam Chair, I rise today in support of America's brave men and women in uniform to ensure America's warriors have the tools and environment they need to defend our Nation.
Shortly after taking his second oath of office, President Trump acted to protect our servicemembers. He signed an executive order prioritizing military excellence and readiness to prevent radical transgenders from serving in the United States military.
My amendment codifies this executive order, ensuring the integrity of America's great Armed Forces is not jeopardized.
Gender dysphoria was considered a mental disorder by psychologists for decades until 2019. Even the leftist World Health Organization listed it as a mental illness in the international classification of diseases.
According to the Williams Institute, 81 percent of transgender adults have seriously contemplated suicide. That is 15 times higher than the general population. Forty-two percent of transgender adults have attempted suicide, and 56 percent have harmed themselves. People with gender dysphoria are a danger to themselves and others.
The United States military possesses the most powerful weapons known to man. We are the largest Air Force and Navy in the world, with nuclear weapons, artillery, and a host of other weapons with immense destructive capacity.
Every day we trust our brave men and women in uniform to protect us and to use these weapons that we possess responsibly for the defense of America.
We the people have placed our faith and trust in our Armed Forces, and they have placed their faith in this Congress to make responsible policy.
The United States of America cannot allow mentally ill individuals to possess and operate these weapons, and this Congress cannot allow transgenders to jeopardize the safety and readiness of our Armed Forces.
My amendment protects America's servicemembers, ensures force readiness, and prevents dangerous individuals from accessing destructive weapons. No other severely mentally ill person would ever be allowed in the Armed Forces, and this Congress should not make any exception for gender dysphoria. The risk to the American people and our Armed Forces is simply too great.
Secretary Hegseth has often highlighted the need to restore the warrior ethos in the Department of War. After the Armed Forces endured 4 years of waste, fraud, and abuse under the Biden administration, President Trump and Secretary Hegseth have restored the United States military to greatness.
Keeping weapons out of the hands of dangerous, mentally ill individuals is a critical step in maintaining this warrior ethos.
I am proud to support the President in ensuring the United States Armed Forces remains the finest military in the world.
My amendment to codify the President's executive order ensures servicemembers are of sound mind, body, and discipline, and no future administration can rescind these protections for America's heroes.
Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mark Takano (D-CA)7:20 p.m.
Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
The Acting CHAIR7:20 p.m.
The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mark Takano (D-CA)7:20 p.m.
Madam Chair, this amendment would codify President Trump's executive order banning transgender Americans from serving in the United States military.
Since that order came down, the military branches have forced out Americans who have served their country bravely and honorably, leaving entire professional careers behind and gaps in the units and chains of command they once held together.
This amendment would codify that exclusion into law. There are no grounds to exclude trans people from the military except for hatred, prejudice, and bigotry. There is no evidence that having transgender troops negatively impacts military readiness.
Our military is strongest when every qualified servicemember is able to serve. Who are we as a country when strong, qualified, patriotic candidates who want to serve their country are turned away simply because of ignorant legislating?
The American people want Congress to support our servicemembers, not waste time rooting out the ones they want to use as political pawns.
I urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)7:20 p.m.
Madam Chair, since a member of this committee did not reserve the time, I reserve my right to close at this time.
I would just say if gender dysphoria isn't a mental illness, then why do 42 percent of those who identify as transgender attempt suicide?
We don't hand nuclear weapons and fighter jets to people in that kind of crisis. We shouldn't start now. We should be helping these people in real ways rather than handing them weapons of destruction.
This is a very serious issue that we should address right now. No other severe mental disorder gets a waiver into the United States military. Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, they are all disqualifying. Gender dysphoria is no different, except politicians changed the label.
My amendment treats it exactly the same. Madam Chair, I urge adoption of my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR7:20 p.m.
I now recognize the gentleman--
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)7:20 p.m.
No. I closed.
The Acting Chair. The gentlewoman's time has expired.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)7:20 p.m.
That was not a member who claimed time from this committee. He was not able to claim the time in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR7:20 p.m.
The gentlewoman's time has expired.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)7:20 p.m.
And he doesn't get any time to close.
The Acting CHAIR7:20 p.m.
The gentleman from California is now recognized.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)7:20 p.m.
He has no time remaining, Madam Chair.
He is not a member of the committee, and he claimed time in opposition. You didn't, sir.
The Acting CHAIR7:20 p.m.
The gentlewoman will suspend. The gentlewoman has used up all of her time.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)7:20 p.m.
My time, my right to close, and I closed.
The ACTING CHAIR7:20 p.m.
The gentleman from California has 4 minutes remaining.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)7:20 p.m.
There are no further arguments on this amendment.
Adam Smith (D-WA)7:20 p.m.
Could you please tell her what the rules are?
The Acting CHAIR7:20 p.m.
The gentleman has 4 minutes.
Mark Takano (D-CA)7:20 p.m.
Madam Chair, I yield 90 seconds to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Jacobs), my colleague.
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)7:20 p.m.
Madam Chair, it seems like my colleague on the other side of the aisle has just as little understanding of parliamentary procedure as she has understanding of military readiness.
This amendment is a waste of time. The trans military already exists. This executive order is already in effect. So what does this amendment actually do? It makes discrimination permanent.
RAND and the Pentagon have already studied this. They concluded that allowing trans Americans to serve openly doesn't hurt unit cohesion, operational effectiveness, or readiness. Commanders said it made their force stronger.
Do you know what actually hurts readiness? Kicking out trans servicemembers despite their stellar performance and discharging people we have spent time, money, and resources training because of who they are, not how they performed. That costs money. That hurts readiness.
Secretary Hegseth loves talking about the importance of meritocracy in the military, but kicking out qualified people because he doesn't like their identity is the exact opposite of meritocracy.
If you are really cynical and think that trans people only serve to get their healthcare paid for, you would be wrong. The Pentagon spent 6,400 times more on trans servicemembers' career development than on their healthcare.
One of the trans servicemembers I met told me that their most costly procedure was for their shoulder reconstruction after being injured in the line of duty. For the record, shoulder reconstruction has nothing to do with being trans.
Here is the double standard at the heart of this amendment. Hormone therapy is standard, evidence-based care. They just made a whole new policy about it.
The Acting CHAIR7:20 p.m.
The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)7:20 p.m.
The same medical treatment can't strengthen readiness for a cisgender man and hurt readiness when a trans servicemember needs it.
The Acting CHAIR7:20 p.m.
The gentlewoman is no longer recognized.
Mark Takano (D-CA)7:20 p.m.
Madam Chair, I yield 90 seconds to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Sorensen).
Eric Sorensen (D-IL)7:20 p.m.
Madam Chair, I rise today in strong opposition to Representative Boebert's amendment.
I am proud to live in an Army town, and I am the only LGBTQ person to serve on the House Committee on Armed Services.
I find it outrageous that this Commander in Chief and his loyalists want to kick true Americans out of the military for a reason that does not pertain to a person's capability as an effective soldier, sailor, airman, or marine--all because they think there is something inferior or less than if you are trans.
We know what happens in our country when we lose the most qualified members. We saw it during Don't Ask Don't Tell. LGBTQ servicemembers are critical and essential to our Armed Forces.
When any American is called to serve our country, there should be no requirements other than can you do the job and exceed the expectation.
I really don't understand how you can justify this. On one side, hiring should only be by merit, but then on the other side of your mouth, you only want harmful restrictions on those who are highly qualified for the work.
One of the greatest things about being American is being one of many.
In 250 years, we know the value of our country is marked by the service and the sacrifices of those who came before.
Playing politics isn't just cruel because it discriminates. It is cruel because it puts other servicemembers at risk.
I urge my colleagues to reject this amendment because all Americans who serve should be able to serve with dignity, respect, and our Nation's thanks.
The Acting CHAIR7:20 p.m.
Members are reminded to address their remarks to the Chair.
Mark Takano (D-CA)7:30 p.m.
Madam Chair, let me conclude by saying that trans servicemembers are honorable. Trans servicemembers are truthful. Trans members are disciplined. Trans members are heroic. Trans members have sacrificed for our country. They are physically and mentally fit to serve and have made America safer.
Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote "no" on this amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR7:30 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Mark Takano (D-CA)7:30 p.m.
Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR7:30 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado will be postponed.
Adam Smith (D-WA)7:30 p.m.
Madam Chair, I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR7:30 p.m.
The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Adam Smith (D-WA)7:30 p.m.
Madam Chair, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Ryan).
Patrick Ryan (D-NY)7:30 p.m.
Madam Chair, I thank our esteemed ranking member for his leadership.
I am here to speak in strong opposition to the entire bill, but I do have to say: To see folks who have never worn the uniform on this House floor try to fight culture-war BS when we are in the middle of an actual war is a grave, grave disservice to those in uniform.
My opposition to this bill is deeply personal. It is personal to me. Having served 27 months in combat in Iraq, I watched us double down on a losing strategy year after year while my friends and fellow soldiers, many of whose names are on this memorial bracelet I wear, fought and died.
It is personal to the now 18 families who lost their loved ones in this reckless war in Iran--sons, daughters, husbands, wives, somebody's whole world. It is personal to the hundreds more wounded, many carrying injuries that will last their entire lives from this war.
It is personal to the American people, people who are working hard, doing everything that they are asked, while watching the cost of their gas, their groceries, and their utility bills skyrocket; watching the President and Hegseth spend over $100 billion of their hard-earned taxpayer dollars while they continue to flail and fail.
Now they are trying to ask for another $1.5 trillion of my constituents'--our constituents' taxpayer dollars to double down on this reckless, ill-conceived war.
This is a straight-up betrayal from a President, by the way, who promised to end wars, not start wars; a President who has never spent a single day in uniform but is more than willing to send other people's kids to fight in his wars; a President who is now blatantly disregarding the widely held will of the American people and the bipartisan view of this Congress as recognizing the successful passage of a War Powers Resolution by escalating this war rather than winding it down. We can't let that happen.
On behalf of all of our constituents, on behalf of the American people, we have to stop throwing good money after bad. We have to stop repeating the mistakes of the forever wars that my generation fought and served in.
That is why I have been fighting to include my No Funds for Iran War Act in this NDAA, to make sure we don't spend a single penny more on this reckless forever war in the Middle East; to make sure we are investing here at home to lower housing costs, lower grocery costs, lower utility costs, and lower healthcare costs. That is what the American people want. That is what I am fighting for, and that is what my colleagues here are fighting for.
Unfortunately, Mr. Chair, since the majority has refused to include my provision in this bill, I do plan to offer a motion to recommit this bill back to committee, and I urge my colleagues to support it.
Mr. Chair, I include in the Record the text of my amendment.
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At the end of subtitle A of title XVII, insert the following:
SEC. 17__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FORCE IN OR AGAINST IRAN.
(a) Prohibition on Funding.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for any use of military force in or against Iran unless Congress has--
(1) declared war on Iran; or
(2) enacted specific statutory authorization for such use of military force after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Exceptions.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply to a use of military force that is consistent with section 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541(c)) or that may be necessary to defend the United States or an ally or partner of the United States from imminent attack, provided that the President complies fully with the requirements of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(b)) with respect to any such use of military force.
Patrick Ryan (D-NY)7:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, truly, especially to my colleagues of both parties who have worn the uniform of this country, it is foundational and enshrined in our Constitution that it is this body that has say, not a single, unitary executive, to send us to war.
This legislation is common sense and bipartisan. I urge my colleagues to support it.
Adam Smith (D-WA)7:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Babin)7:30 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 19 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Nancy Mace (R-SC)7:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR7:30 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following new section:
SEC. 7__. PROHIBITION ON COVERAGE OF GENDER-RELATED MEDICAL
TREATMENT UNDER TRICARE.
(a) TRICARE.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1076f the following new section:
"Sec. 1076g. TRICARE program: prohibition on coverage and
furnishment gender-related medical treatment
"(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided by subsection (b), medical care under section 1076 of this title with respect to members of the armed forces and dependents of such members does not include gender-related medical treatment, and the Secretary of Defense may not furnish any such treatment.
"(b) Exceptions.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to medical treatment provided for purposes of treating--
"(1) a disorder of sex development, diagnosed by a physician after such physician has determined through genetic or biochemical testing that such minor does not have normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action;
"(2) irresolvably ambiguous biological sex characteristics of such minor, including the presence of--
"(A) 46 XX chromosomes with virilization;
"(B) 46 XY chromosomes with undervirilization; or
"(C) both ovarian and testicular tissue; or
"(3) an infection, injury, disease, or disorder caused or exacerbated by gender-related medical treatment.
"(c) Definitions.--In this section:
"(1) The term `female' means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization.
"(2) The term `gender'--
"(A) means--
"(i) males, females, or the natural differences between males and females, unless such term is otherwise specified or used alone (rather than with or as an adjective modifying other words); and
"(ii) is a synonym for sex; and
"(B) does not mean gender identity, experienced gender, gender expression, or gender roles.
"(3) The term `gender-related medical treatment' means--
"(A) with respect to a female individual, medical treatments provided for purposes of addressing the perception of such individual that the gender or sex of such individual is not female, including--
"(i) surgical procedures, including--
"(I) vaginectomy; "(II) hysterectomy; "(III) oophorectomy; "(IV) reconstruction of the urethra; "(V) metoidioplasty; "(VI) phalloplasty; "(VII) salpingo-oophorectomy; "(VIII) scrotoplasty; "(IX) implantation of erection or testicular protheses; "(X) subcutaneous mastectomy; "(XI) vocal cord surgery; "(XII) pectoral implants; and "(XIII) penile transplantation;
"(ii) exogenous doses of testosterone or other androgens; and
"(iii) puberty blockers, including--
"(I) GnRH agonists; and
"(II) synthetic drugs that suppress the production of estrogen and progesterone or delay or suppress pubertal development in female individuals; and
"(B) with respect to a male individual, medical treatments provided for purposes of addressing the perception of such individual that the gender or sex of such individual is not male, including--
"(i) surgical procedures, including--
"(I) penectomy; "(II) orchiectomy; "(III) vaginoplasty; "(IV) clitoroplasty; "(V) vulvoplasty; "(VI) augmentation mammoplasty; "(VII) facial feminization surgery; "(VIII) vocal cord surgery; "(IX) chondrolaryngoplasty; "(X) gluteal augmentation; and "(XI) uterine transplantation;
"(ii) exogenous doses of estrogen; and "(iii) puberty blockers, including--
"(I) GnRH agonists; and
"(II) synthetic drugs that suppress the production of testosterone or delay or suppress pubertal development in male individuals.
"(4) The term `male' means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.
"(5) The term `sex' means the biological determination as to whether an individual is male or female.
"(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to entitle an individual to medical care under this chapter for which they are not otherwise entitled to under this chapter.".
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Such chapter is further amended as follows:
(1) In section 1077(b), by adding at the end the following:
"(4) Treatment prohibited under section 1076g of this title with respect to members of the armed forces and dependents of such members.".
(2) In section 1079(a)(20), by striking "that could result in sterilization".
The Acting CHAIR7:30 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from South Carolina.
Nancy Mace (R-SC)7:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, let me be clear. There are two biological sexes: male and female. They are assigned at conception and cannot be changed. Biology doesn't care how many hormones someone pumps into their bodies or how they mutilate their bodies. Biological reality cannot be changed by medical intervention.
In the Fiscal Year 2025 NDAA, Congress prohibited TRICARE from covering medical interventions to treat gender dysphoria, which would result in the sterilization of children. This was an important step, but there is more to be done.
This language failed to prohibit the Department of War from chemically and surgically mutilating our servicemembers and their children and performing a number of sick procedures on our kids.
This amendment would prohibit the Department of War from covering or furnishing any chemical or surgical mutilation procedures through TRICARE--not one dime for cross-sex hormones, not one dime for taxpayer-funded puberty blockers, not one dime for taxpayer-funded surgeries, all in the name of gender-affirming care and this crazy gender woke ideology.
The Federal Government and, particularly, the Department of War should not be in the business of funding the chemical and surgical mutilation of our citizens. This is not healthcare. It is the butchering of healthy bodies, and American taxpayers should never pay for it.
Not only do these disgusting trans chemical, trans surgical interventions often cause permanent infertility, sterility, and sexual dysfunction, but they can actually increase depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. They can cause cancer among those on whom these medical procedures are performed.
This amendment restores common sense to military healthcare. It aligns the Department of War with the growing international medical consensus that these interventions, particularly for children, are extremely harmful.
This amendment ensures that Defense health dollars are spent on advancing the health of our servicemembers and their families, not undermining it, and certainly not on advancing an ideology based on delusion. We pay for our warfighters to mutilate the enemy, not to mutilate themselves.
Mr. Chair, I urge all Members to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA)7:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR7:30 p.m.
The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA)7:30 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. This amendment bans gender-affirming care for servicemembers and their dependents under TRICARE.
Recently, the Secretary of Defense just came out in support of gender-affirming care for our male servicemembers by providing the testosterone testing and treatment for those who need it.
The DOD Secretary and Republicans have already canceled health coverage for less than 1 percent of the population within the Department of Defense. The Secretary is currently kicking out transgender servicemembers, and now this cruel amendment is targeting dependents of servicemembers who are receiving hormone therapy and mental health counseling for gender dysphoria.
Dependents not receiving adequate healthcare is a factor pushing people to separate from the military. This culture war ideology amendment can result in a readiness gap issue.
I strongly oppose this amendment and urge my colleagues to vote "no."
I reserve the balance of my time.
Nancy Mace (R-SC)7:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, testosterone treatment for men serving in our military isn't gender-affirming care. We want the most masculine, the most muscular, the toughest warfighters in the world because they are in the trenches. They are doing combat. They are the ones who are putting their lives on the line.
The idea that chopping someone's penis off is risking military readiness is ludicrous. We are talking about mentally ill men that think having a menstrual cycle means bleeding out of your rectum. That is how crazy and insane this conversation is.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA)7:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano).
Mark Takano (D-CA)7:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
Once again, my Republican colleagues are moving forward with a sweeping ban on necessary healthcare, including mental health care for children.
This isn't about cost. This isn't about force readiness. In fact, this amendment will harm our military's force readiness.
This amendment will force servicemembers out of the military either for their own sake or for the sake of their children since this amendment bans mental health care for trans children.
There are and will be trans children born to military households. That is a fact. What parent would choose staying in their job if that means denying their child access to mental health care?
This amendment makes it impossible for the military to retain servicemembers with trans children. This is an inhumane, wasteful, regressive amendment, and I urge my colleagues to vote "no."
Nancy Mace (R-SC)7:40 p.m.
If you think your kid is trans and you are the parent, your kid needs to be taken out of your household. It is insane to think--you are hearing these stories this week in the news how somebody's 2-year-old knew that, when they were born a girl, they are actually a boy and all this craziness.
Children have creative imaginations. They imagine that they might be a monkey. That doesn't mean you feed them bananas and leave them in a jungle because they think they are Curious George. It is insane.
This is a mental health crisis. Anyone who is mentally ill should not be serving in our military, and they absolutely should not be serving in combat.
Every dollar spent by the Department of War on chemical and surgical sex change procedures is a dollar not spent on preparing the readiness of America's warfighter.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA)7:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Jacobs).
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)7:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I don't believe that 435 Members of Congress should play pretend doctor and try to decide the medical care of servicemembers or their children that we have never met. In fact, even the physicians in this body know that there is a legal and ethical standard: that a doctor has to establish a patient-physician relationship, like an evaluation or an exam before prescribing care. None of us should be overriding the actual doctors who decide what kind of care is and isn't necessary.
For the record, every major medical association in this country, representing over 1.3 million American doctors, recognizes that trans healthcare and gender-affirming care is safe, effective, and medically necessary.
Prescribing any kind of care, whether it is puberty blockers or hormones or anything else, doesn't happen on a whim. It is after a rigorous, deliberate, multi-step physical and psychological evaluation by doctors.
Here is the worst part about all this, the double standard at the heart of this amendment: Gender-affirming care is standard evidence-based care. In fact, the military relies on it for cisgender troops: troops with thyroid conditions, low testosterone, or other hormone needs. They just made a whole new policy about it.
My colleague literally said: It is to make sure someone is more masculine. Making someone who is masculine more masculine is literally the definition of affirming one's gender with gender-affirming care.
The same medical treatment can't strengthen readiness for a cis man and hurt readiness when a trans servicemember or our military families need it.
A blanket ban on healthcare is a cruel punishment for kids. Denying them mental health care and therapy is especially disgusting when they are more likely to feel alone and isolated because of the vitriol they hear from people in this very body, people in power like my colleagues.
We are better than this. Our troops are better than this. Our troops deserve better than this.
Nancy Mace (R-SC)7:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, you just heard it from California: cis man. I don't even know what a cis man is. That sounds ridiculous.
Talking about pretend doctors, I think we had a pretend doctor testify on the Hill this week. The president of a prestigious university could not testify that only women can give birth to babies. Someone who is supposed to be training medical physicians and medical doctors here in the United States couldn't say under oath, in Congress, that only women can give birth to babies. I don't think you can trust medical doctors that say being tranny is a thing.
Treating somebody's low T or thyroid, if they are a man, that seems like a natural, biological thing, but not for a woman. If you give a woman a ton of testosterone, it erodes the lining of her bladder. She eventually becomes incontinent. The other hormones are going to eventually give her breast cancer.
It is just a crazy ideology. We need to follow actual science, follow biology, and not these doctors and universities that are training medical doctors, that are making millions and millions of dollars by keeping people on prescriptions, on medicines that drive them crazy, to shoot up schools, churches, and synagogues. All these tranny shootings, all these mass shootings, it is actually insane. They should not be serving in the military.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA)7:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, gender dysphoria is real. It is a real diagnosis, and there is a treatment for it. Yet, our colleagues want to deny them.
Both in this debate and in the previous debate, my colleagues have said gender dysphoria is a mental health issue, and it needs to be treated. Yet, they want to deny individuals, the dependents--family members of our servicemembers and those servicemembers--the treatment required in order to help and support them.
I have a friend, because of this Nation's policies, who is being forced--is leaving this country so that her daughter can go get the treatment that she can get in another country.
This policy, this amendment, is cruel. It is meant to just basically root out a whole people that exist. You want to deny their existence. That is unfortunate, and it is cruel.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR7:40 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA)7:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR7:40 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from South Carolina will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR7:40 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 20 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Nancy Mace (R-SC)7:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR7:40 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following new section:
SEC. 5__. PROHIBITION ON MALE PARTICIPATION IN FEMALE SPORTS
AT DODEA SCHOOLS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that no school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity permits a person enrolled at such school whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for females.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity from permitting males to train or practice with an athletic program or activity that is designated for females so long as no female is deprived of a roster spot on a team or sport, opportunity to participate in a practice or competition, or any other benefit that accompanies participating in the athletic program or activity.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "athletic programs and activities" includes all programs or activities that are provided conditional upon participation with any athletic team.
(2) The term "female" refers to an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and uses eggs for fertilization.
(3) The term "male" refers to an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and uses sperm for fertilization.
The Acting CHAIR7:40 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from South Carolina.
Nancy Mace (R-SC)7:40 p.m.
Mr. Chair, women and girls have fought for so long to have equal opportunities in education and athletics. As the first female graduate of the Citadel's Corps of Cadets, no one understands this more than I do.
Unfortunately, these rights are now under attack. Over 900 medals have been stolen from women and girls by biological males. This flies in the face of common sense and our most basic notions of fairness and women's rights.
Even if some of my colleagues are too afraid to say it, every person in this room knows that men and women are biologically distinct. This truth has been obvious to every civilization in the history of mankind. Yet, mediocre male athletes are forcing their way into little girls' locker rooms and onto their courts and fields. Women and girls are being robbed of athletic opportunities. Make no mistake, this is misogyny masquerading as progress.
This amendment would prohibit biological males from participating in schools administered by the Department of Defense Education Activity.
DoDEA schools serve the children of our warfighters, and they should not have to worry about their little girls having their private spaces invaded, having their accomplishments and opportunities stolen from them, and being injured competing against men.
We have seen countless women's volleyball teams across the country forfeit instead of having to face biological men and risk the same physical injuries experienced by Payton McNabb.
In Massachusetts in 2023, a female field hockey player had her teeth knocked out by a biological male during a game.
In 2024, a high school women's basketball team was forced to forfeit after a 6-foot bearded male athlete injured three of their players, leaving girls in pain and injury on the court.
These are the predictable consequences of a policy which dresses up biological ignorance as compassion.
I urge all Members to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)7:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR7:50 p.m.
The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)7:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, it is unfortunate that, once again, I am here fighting with my colleague from South Carolina to prevent her from injecting culture wars into our military.
Let's clear up a few things. This amendment isn't about the Olympics. It isn't about the World Cup. It isn't even about college-level athletics. It is about discriminating against kids in preschool, from preschool to high school, whose parents are serving this country.
These are kids who are trying to find a place where they fit in and belong, and this amendment makes them a political and physical target.
Military kids change schools frequently due to their parents' careers. They have mastered the art of saying good-bye to their new friends, their home, their routine because they do it so often.
They have missed birthdays and holidays and milestones with their parent when they are deployed, and sometimes they have to grow up too soon, taking on additional responsibilities when one parent is away.
We should be doing everything we can to make sure that these kids get to be kids. However, this amendment does the opposite. It politicizes kids who just want to play on a soccer team with their friends.
My colleague talks a lot about men forcing their way into girls' locker rooms. Well, this amendment actually is about forcing men into girls' locker rooms. It actually makes young girls more vulnerable to the likes of Larry Nassar, who would celebrate a policy like this because it makes it easier to victimize little girls.
Think about it: Actual predators will be happy about this amendment. It could force any girl, especially tall, muscular, or more masculine-presenting girls to have to undergo invasive exams to prove that they are a girl. It could require girls of all ages to answer personal questions about their bodies and physical development to adults they may not know.
I remember being a girl growing up, and as comfortable as I may be now talking about my period with all of you, that would be my worst nightmare in middle school, but that is the experience we would be forcing on millions of little girls around the country; not just trans girls, all girls. Talk about an invasion of little girls' privacy.
At the end of the day, what is this really accomplishing? The number of trans girls in DODEA schools competing in sports is incredibly small. I bet the author of this amendment doesn't even know of any. This isn't a crisis, but my colleague is pretending it is to score political points.
The parents of these military kids serve so we can have debates in this Chamber. The least we can do is not make their kids the collateral damage in culture war fights.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote "no," and I reserve the balance of my time.
Nancy Mace (R-SC)7:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, trans girls aren't real girls. Trans women aren't real women. Cis women, nobody knows what that is. It is not actually a thing.
There are significant physical, biological differences between men and women. Biological men generally have greater muscle mass, bone density, cardiovascular capacity, physical strength than women, and the risk of physical injury is real.
The irony and the hypocrisy to say that banning biological men from girls' locker rooms and sports makes them less safe is ludicrous. It is actually the trannies that are going into prisons or going into schools, going into locker rooms, going into bathrooms.
The LGBTQ-plus-plus-plus whatever it is, queer, these are the people that are putting women at risk. They are raping them in our prisons. They are assaulting them at schools, in the locker rooms, in the bathrooms. This is the kind of thing that we don't want our very masculine, high-T warfighter having to worry about his little girl when he is out there killing the real bad guys. We want to keep them safe.
As a survivor, I know what the vulnerabilities are for women in private spaces and how vulnerable we are at all ages. This bill would protect the little girls of our warfighters across the country.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)7:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano).
Mark Takano (D-CA)7:50 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this amendment. This amendment's language opens the door to invasive, degrading, and humiliating physical examinations of children, children who simply want to play softball or join a basketball team. That is creepy.
This amendment would require the Department of Defense Education Activities schools to determine eligibility for girls' sports teams based on a girl's reproductive system. This amendment will empower child predators.
We can have a nuanced conversation about eligibility rules for elite sports teams, but this amendment is a one-size-fits-all approach that dictates the same rules for a kindergartner wanting to play soccer as a 12th grader participating in competitive basketball. It does so in the most dangerous way, by opening young girls to invasive exams.
Our communities thrive when every child, including trans children, can be part of a team, learn sportsmanship, and challenge themselves. They falter when we write exclusion into our laws.
Nancy Mace (R-SC)7:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I would encourage my colleagues on the left side of the aisle to read Martina Navratilova's X account today, talking about how confirming she was a woman was not invasive. It was a simple cheek swab. This is the fear politics of the left, and that says a lot about how far they have gone.
To say that trans kids just want to be on a team with our little girls, if there is a tranny on a team with our daughters, they need to be kicked right off. If they are in a locker room with our girls, they need to be kicked right out.
We have seen some really crazy stories of grown men with beards shaving at the sink with little girls in towels in the corner of the locker room scared to death and vulnerable to sexual predators. We all know the tranny thing really is about sexual gratification. Sexual attraction to being dressed as a woman has nothing to do with them thinking that they are a woman.
In fact, they are mocking being a woman. They are mocking our femininity, and they are mocking the rights that we fought for for hundreds and hundreds of years. It has not been long since women actually got the right to vote. There are still ceilings to be broken in this country. It is not going to be done by some mentally ill man in a skirt.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)7:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, may I inquire how much time I have remaining.
The Acting CHAIR7:50 p.m.
The gentlewoman from California has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)7:50 p.m.
Mr. Chair, my colleague says that we are just fear-mongering about what these bans would actually mean, but we have actually already seen how trans sports bans have been used to target all girls.
A high school athletic association secretly investigated a female athlete without telling her or her parents to see if she was trans. She was not.
The same association had investigated other complaints, receiving them because "an athlete doesn't look feminine enough," and none of those allegations that the students were trans were verified to be true.
In another incident, a Utah State school board member falsely suggested in 2024 that a high school basketball athlete was trans, subjecting her to relentless harassment and bullying, including threats of violence.
In Florida, a school investigated a trans student's participation in girls' sports, and investigators repeatedly asked other individuals, all children, to describe how the student appeared in various stages of undress.
If this does not disturb you about how our young girls will be treated in sports, then you are clearly not paying any attention. Let's be clear: Trans girls and trans women are much more likely--four times more likely than Cis people to be the victims of violent crime, not the perpetrator.
Let's also be clear about something. The author of this amendment has led her own investigations that have failed, trying to prevent our colleagues from being able to use the restroom.
She is talking about the right to vote. Her side of the aisle is literally pushing to take away a woman's right to vote because of the SAVE Act, and Secretary Hegseth doesn't think women should have the right to vote or serve in the military. This is absurd. I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR8:00 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)8:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR8:00 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from South Carolina will be postponed.
The Chair understands that amendment No. 22 will not be offered.
The Acting CHAIR8:00 p.m.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 26 printed in part A of House Report 119-755.
Addison P. McDowell (R-NC)8:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR8:00 p.m.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
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At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following new section:
SEC. 5__. PILOT PROGRAM ON EXPANDED EDUCATIONAL CHOICE FOR
FAMILIES OF FULL-TIME, ACTIVE-DUTY MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary provides financial assistance to a full-time, active duty member of the Armed Forces in the United States to support the choices of the member for the education of a dependent of the member, including financial assistance for costs of the dependent associated with--
(1) attending a private elementary or secondary school, a faith-based school, or a public charter school;
(2) providing educational training aids to a home-schooled student; or
(3) other costs as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the pilot program under this section are--
(1) to evaluate the demand, feasibility, and scalability of expanded educational choice for dependents of members of the Armed Forces; and
(2) to assess the impact of the pilot program on military and family readiness.
(c) Duration of Program.--The authority of the Secretary of Defense to carry out the pilot program under this section shall terminate after the 2030-2031 school year.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term "dependent" means a minor individual--
(A) who has not completed secondary school; and
(B) who is the child, stepchild, adopted child, ward, or spouse of a sponsor, or who is a resident in the household of a sponsor who stands in loco parentis to such individual and who receives one-half or more of their support from such sponsor.
(2) The term "home-schooled student" has the meaning given such term in section 2164(l)(2) of title 10, United States Code.
(3) The term "United States" has the meaning given such term in section 101(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code.
The Acting CHAIR8:00 p.m.
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McDowell) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina.
Addison P. McDowell (R-NC)8:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, today I rise to offer an amendment to H.R. 8800. My amendment would authorize the Secretary of War to establish a school choice pilot program for members of the Armed Forces.
Over the past 5 years the number of States that have chosen to prioritize education freedom for parents has skyrocketed. On this issue, Americans have spoken. Parents must have a bigger say in their children's education.
Despite overwhelming support, many military families are barred from participating in school choice initiatives because they are either stationed in States without school choice or they are located in one State but domiciled in another.
This amendment would authorize the War Secretary to establish a school choice pilot program for full-time Active-Duty military members.
Mr. Chair, there is no reason why parents who are dedicating their lives in service to our country should not have the same rights as other parents to decide where their kids go to school. This honors a provision in the Department's budget request.
Mr. Chair, I urge all my colleagues to support my amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Joe Courtney (D-CT)8:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR8:00 p.m.
The gentleman from Connecticut is recognized for 5 minutes.
Joe Courtney (D-CT)8:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this amendment.
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the Education Committee, I represent a military district with about 7,000 sailors and officers. Many of those children use local schools which the Federal Government partially reimburses through the Impact Aid Program.
The notion that we are going to start a new program--and really this program is about who pays. It is about funding vouchers. It is not really whether or not military families have a choice in terms of whether they themselves want to go to a parochial school or to a private school. That is not the point. The point that we are talking about here is, again, that this is going to put a stress on the Pentagon's budget, who already, as I said, underfunds Impact Aid and DoDEA schools. If you look at the President's budget that came over, Mr. Chair, there was actually a cut to Impact Aid in terms of what was sent over.
We are going to be in a fight over at the Appropriations Committee to restore funding. Again, as someone who represents a district with public schools that are proudly in the business of offering education for K-12 students, this, again, is just going to be another pressure, external pressure, in terms of reducing what, in fact, these communities really deserve, which is to have the military fully compensate an item that families really depend on in terms of making sure whether they are deployed or whether when they are on base they are getting education and that the local community is not taking an unfair hit in terms of paying for those services.
Again, this amendment would generate a new cost to the Pentagon's budget in terms of DoDEA funding and Impact Aid funding who, again, today are not actually up to the levels that fully paid for those services. For that purpose, I oppose the amendment.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Addison P. McDowell (R-NC)8:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, all this bill does is establish a pilot program so that parents serving in our military have the same rights as other parents to decide where their children go to school.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Joe Courtney (D-CT)8:00 p.m.
Mr. Chairman, this is a voucher program, and vouchers cost money. That is really the issue that I think the proponent really didn't, in my opinion, adequately address.
Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Tokuda).
Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)8:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to this amendment.
Mr. Chair, we all want the same thing for our military families. While our servicemembers carry out the mission to protect and defend our Nation, we have a duty to care for the loved ones whom they leave behind. For families with school-aged children, that means investing in safe, stable, high-quality schools where every child can learn, grow, and thrive.
This amendment does the opposite. It creates a new, unfunded voucher program that diverts taxpayer dollars to private, including religious, schools instead of strengthening the public schools that educate most of our military-connected children.
This year, taxpayers are investing $3.6 billion in DoDEA schools, but the majority of military-connected students attend local public schools, which receive just $70 million in Impact Aid, even though they lose local property tax revenue because of nearby military installations. These schools welcome military children every time new orders arrive, helping them navigate new classrooms, new communities, and the challenges of constant moves and deployments.
If Congress is prepared to invest more in military children's education, and I fully support that, we should be investing where most of them are already learning: our public schools.
This amendment also falls short for families raising children with disabilities. Public schools are legally required to identify students with disabilities and provide the services and accommodations they need. Private schools are not. They may lack specialized staff or refuse to admit a child altogether.
Unlike public schools, private schools are not required to follow the same Federal civil rights protections. Taxpayer dollars could fund schools that discriminate in admissions based on disability, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and other characteristics.
A voucher is not a real choice if a school can simply turn a child away.
Our military families deserve better. Let's strengthen the schools they rely on, fully support DoDEA and public schools through Impact Aid and ensure every military child has access to a well-funded, accountable education.
Joe Courtney (D-CT)8:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, may I inquire how much time is remaining.
The Acting CHAIR8:00 p.m.
The gentleman from Connecticut has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.
Joe Courtney (D-CT)8:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I think Congresswoman Tokuda did a very nice job in terms of laying out the reality of what is actually going on in communities where military installations and military bases exist. Those are tax exempt properties where the communities are, again, more than glad to educate the children of military servicemembers. They have to find a way to finance the cost of that education. Unfortunately, the existing programs in place today, DoDEA and Impact Aid, fall short in terms of making sure that those communities are fairly reimbursed.
Mr. Chair, we are not in a place where there should even be a discussion about starting new funding programs for education paid for by the taxpayer until we keep the promise to those communities that we are going to reimburse the cost of educating military schoolchildren.
For that reason, Mr. Chair, I urge a "no" vote from all our colleagues, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR8:00 p.m.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McDowell).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Joe Courtney (D-CT)8:00 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR8:00 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from North Carolina will be postponed.
The Chair understands that amendment No. 27 will not be offered.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)8:10 p.m.
Mr. Chair, I move that the Committee do now rise.
The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. McDowell) having assumed the chair, Mr. Babin, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.
Recess
Pages H5007–H5008 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore
Pursuant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair declares the House in recess subject to the call of the Chair.
Accordingly (at 8 o'clock and 10 minutes p.m.), the House stood in recess.
After Recess
Page H5008 · Official textThe recess having expired, the House was called to order by the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Haridopolos) at 8 o'clock and 31 minutes p.m.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Pages H5008–H5018 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore
Pursuant to House Resolution 1438 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, H.R. 8800.
Will the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber) kindly take the chair.
Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, with Mr. Weber (Acting Chair) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIR8:31 p.m.
When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, a request for a recorded vote on amendment No. 26 printed in part A of House Report 119-755 offered by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McDowell), had been postponed.
The Acting CHAIR8:31 p.m.
Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in part A of House Report 119-755 on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
Amendment No. 1 by Ms. Boebert of Colorado.
Amendment No. 2 by Ms. Boebert of Colorado.
Amendment No. 3 by Ms. Boebert of Colorado.
Amendment No. 4 by Ms. Boebert of Colorado.
Amendment No. 6 by Mr. Hunt of Texas.
Amendment No. 7 by Mr. Hunt of Texas.
Amendment No. 8 by Mr. Gallagher of California.
Amendment No. 9 by Mr. Carter of Georgia.
Amendment No. 14 by Mr. Crane of Arizona.
Amendment No. 15 by Mr. Crane of Arizona.
Amendment No. 17 by Mr. Crank of Colorado.
Amendment No. 18 by Ms. Boebert of Colorado.
Amendment No. 19 by Ms. Mace of South Carolina.
Amendment No. 20 by Ms. Mace of South Carolina.
Amendment No. 26 by Mr. McDowell of North Carolina.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series.
The Acting CHAIR8:31 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR8:31 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR8:31 p.m.
This will be a 15-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 65, noes 361, not voting 10, as follows:
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Messrs. BRESNAHAN, WEBSTER of Florida, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Messrs. McCAUL, SHREVE, PALMER, and HUIZENGA changed their vote from "aye" to "no." Messrs. CLOUD, JOYCE of Pennsylvania, HAMADEH of Arizona, ROSE, LUTTRELL, BALDERSON, CISCOMANI, and McGUIRE changed their vote from "no" to "aye." So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR9:02 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 2, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:02 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:02 p.m.
This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 61, noes 360, not voting 15, as follows:
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Balderson Barrett Bean (FL) Begich Biggs (SC) Boebert Brecheen Burchett Cammack Cline Cloud Collins Comer Crane Davidson Donalds Downing Emmer Fedorchak Fischbach Fitzgerald Fry Fulcher Fuller Griffith Hageman Haridopolos Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Houchin Joyce (PA) Kennedy (UT) Langworthy Luna Mace Mann Massie McClintock McGuire Miller (IL) Mills Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (WV) Nehls Norman Ogles Onder Patronis Perry Roy Rulli Self Spartz Stefanik Steube Taylor Tiffany Webster (FL) Wied
Adams Aderholt Aguilar Alford Allen Amo Amodei (NV) Ansari Arrington Auchincloss Babin Bacon Baird Balint Barr Barragan Baumgartner Beatty Bell Bentz Bera Bergman Beyer Bice Bilirakis Bishop Bonamici Bost Boyle (PA) Bresnahan Brown Brownley Buchanan Budzinski Bynum Calvert Carbajal Carey Carson Carter (GA) Carter (LA) Carter (TX) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Ciscomani Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Cole Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crank Crawford Crenshaw Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) De La Cruz Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier DesJarlais Dexter Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Dunn (FL) Edwards Elfreth Ellzey Escobar Espaillat Estes Evans (CO) Evans (PA) Ezell Fallon Feenstra Fields Figures Finstad Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Fletcher Flood Fong Foster Foushee Foxx Frankel, Lois Franklin, Scott Friedman Frost Gallagher Garamendi Garbarino Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Gimenez Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Goldman (TX) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Gooden Goodlander Gottheimer Graves Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Guest Guthrie Hamadeh (AZ) Harder (CA) Harrigan Hayes Hern (OK) Hernandez Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Himes Hinson Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Hudson Huffman Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Ivey Jack Jackson (IL) Jackson (TX) Jacobs James Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (SD) Johnson (TX) Jordan Joyce (OH) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Kean Keating Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim King-Hinds Knott Krishnamoorthi Kustoff LaHood LaLota Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Letlow Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Loudermilk Lucas Luttrell Lynch Mackenzie Magaziner Malliotakis Maloy Mannion Mast Matsui McBath McBride McCaul McClain McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McCormick McDonald Rivet McDowell McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Messmer Meuser Mfume Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Min Moolenaar Moore (UT) Moore (WI) Moran Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Moylan Mullin Murphy Nadler Neal Neguse Newhouse Norcross Norton Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Owens Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pfluger Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Ross Rouzer Ruiz Rutherford Ryan Salazar Salinas Sanchez Scalise Scanlon Schakowsky Schmidt Schneider Scholten Schrier Schweikert Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Sessions Sewell Sherman Shreve Simon Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smith (WA) Smucker Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stauber Steil Stevens Strickland Strong Stutzman Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Tenney Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Timmons Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Turner (OH) Underwood Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Wagner Walberg Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Weber (TX) Westerman Whitesides Williams (GA) Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Biggs (AZ) Burlison Clyde Fine Gill (TX) Gosar Grothman Mrvan Plaskett Radewagen Reschenthaler Rivas Thompson (PA) Torres (CA) Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. Mr. KNOTT changed his vote from "aye" to "no." So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. Stated against:
Glenn Grothman (R-WI)9:05 p.m.
Madam Chair, I was in a vital meeting with Torres of California. Had I been present, I would have voted NO on Roll Call No. 256.
The Acting CHAIR9:05 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 3, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:05 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:05 p.m.
This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 65, noes 359, not voting 12, as follows:
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Auchincloss Bean (FL) Begich Biggs (SC) Boebert Brecheen Burchett Burlison Cammack Cline Cloud Collins Comer Crane Davidson Donalds Downing Ellzey Estes Fedorchak Figures Franklin, Scott Fry Fuller Griffith Hageman Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Houchin Houlahan Hudson Hurd (CO) Joyce (PA) Kennedy (UT) Knott Luna Mace Maloy Mann Massie McClintock McCollum McGuire Miller (IL) Moore (AL) Moore (WV) Nehls Norman Ogles Perry Roy Rulli Schmidt Schweikert Self Smith (NJ) Spartz Strickland Tiffany Van Drew Whitesides Wied
Adams Aderholt Aguilar Alford Allen Amo Amodei (NV) Ansari Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Balint Barr Barragan Barrett Baumgartner Beatty Bell Bentz Bera Bergman Beyer Bice Bilirakis Bishop Bonamici Bost Boyle (PA) Bresnahan Brown Brownley Buchanan Budzinski Bynum Calvert Carbajal Carey Carson Carter (GA) Carter (LA) Carter (TX) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Ciscomani Cisneros
Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Cole Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crank Crawford Crenshaw Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) De La Cruz Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier DesJarlais Dexter Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Dunn (FL) Edwards Elfreth Emmer Escobar Espaillat Evans (CO) Evans (PA) Ezell Fallon Feenstra Fields Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Fletcher Flood Fong Foster Foushee Foxx Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Fulcher Gallagher Garamendi Garbarino Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Gimenez Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Goldman (TX) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Gooden Goodlander Gottheimer Graves Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Grothman Guest Guthrie Hamadeh (AZ) Harder (CA) Hayes Hern (OK) Hernandez Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Himes Hinson Horsford Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Huizenga Hunt Issa Ivey Jack Jackson (IL) Jackson (TX) Jacobs James Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (SD) Johnson (TX) Joyce (OH) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Kean Keating Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim King-Hinds Krishnamoorthi Kustoff LaHood LaLota Landsman Langworthy Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Letlow Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Loudermilk Lucas Luttrell Lynch Mackenzie Magaziner Malliotakis Mannion Mast Matsui McBath McBride McCaul McClain McClain Delaney McClellan McCormick McDonald Rivet McDowell McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Messmer Meuser Mfume Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Min Moolenaar Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WI) Moran Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Moylan Mrvan Mullin Murphy Nadler Neal Neguse Newhouse Norcross Norton Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Onder Owens Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Patronis Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pfluger Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Ross Rouzer Ruiz Rutherford Ryan Salazar Salinas Sanchez Scalise Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Sessions Sewell Sherman Shreve Simon Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (WA) Smucker Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Stevens Strong Stutzman Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Taylor Tenney Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Timmons Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Turner (OH) Underwood Valadao Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Wagner Walberg Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Williams (GA) Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gill (TX) Gosar Jordan Mills Plaskett Radewagen Reschenthaler Rivas Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR9:05 p.m.
(Mrs. Cammack) (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.
So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Luz M. Rivas (D-CA)9:08 p.m.
Madam Chair, I missed three votes during a vote series today. Had I been present, I would have voted NO on Roll Call No. 255, NO on Roll Call No. 256, and NO on Roll Call No. 257.
The Acting CHAIR9:08 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 4, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:08 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:08 p.m.
This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 265, noes 161, answered "present" 1, not voting 9, as follows:
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Adams Aguilar Alford Allen Amo Ansari Balint Barragan Barrett Bean (FL) Beatty Begich Bell Beyer Bice Bilirakis Bishop Boebert Bonamici Bost Boyle (PA) Brecheen Brown Brownley Buchanan Budzinski Burchett Burlison Bynum Cammack Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Casten Castro (TX) Chu Ciscomani Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Cline Cloud Clyburn Collins Comer Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crane Crank Crockett Crow Cuellar Davidson Davis (IL) De La Cruz Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier DesJarlais Dexter Dingell Doggett Donalds Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Estes Evans (PA) Fallon Fields Figures Fischbach Fitzgerald Fleischmann Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Fry Fulcher Gallagher Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Gillen Gomez Green, Al (TX) Griffith Grijalva Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harris (MD) Harshbarger Hayes Hern (OK) Hernandez Himes Horsford Houchin Hoyle (OR) Huffman Hunt Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Jordan Joyce (PA) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi Kustoff Landsman Larson (CT) Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Luna Luttrell Lynch Mace Mackenzie Mann Massie Mast Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McCormick McGarvey McGovern McGuire McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Meuser Mfume Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller-Meeks Mills Moore (AL) Moore (WI) Moore (WV) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neguse Nehls Norcross Norman Nunn (IA) Ocasio-Cortez Ogles Olszewski Omar Onder Owens Pallone Palmer Panetta Patronis Pelosi Perez Perry Peters Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Rose Ross Roy Ruiz Rulli Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schmidt Schneider Schrier Scott (VA) Self Sewell Sherman Smith (NJ) Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Spartz Stansbury Stanton Stefanik Steil Steube Stevens Strickland Stutzman Subramanyam Sykes Takano Taylor Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Tiffany Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Tran Van Drew Van Duyne Vargas Velazquez Vindman Wasserman Schultz Watson Coleman Westerman Whitesides Wied Williams (GA) Williams (TX) Zinke
Aderholt Amodei (NV) Arrington Auchincloss Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Baumgartner Bentz Bera Bergman Biggs (SC) Bresnahan Calvert Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Case Castor (FL) Cole Crawford Crenshaw Davids (KS) Davis (NC) Diaz-Balart Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Evans (CO) Ezell Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fitzpatrick Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fuller Garbarino Garcia (TX) Gill (TX) Gimenez Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Goldman (TX) Gonzalez, V. Gooden Goodlander Gottheimer Graves Gray Grothman Guest Guthrie Harder (CA) Harrigan Harris (NC) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houlahan Hoyer Hudson Huizenga Hurd (CO) Issa Ivey Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (SD) Joyce (OH) Kean Keating Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim King-Hinds Knott LaHood LaLota Langworthy Larsen (WA) Latimer Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Magaziner Malliotakis Maloy Mannion McCaul McClain McClintock McDonald Rivet McDowell Messmer Miller (WV) Min Moolenaar Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moran Moylan Murphy Neal Newhouse Norton Obernolte Pappas Pettersen Pfluger Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rouzer Rutherford Scalise Scholten Schweikert Scott, Austin Sessions Shreve
Simon Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smucker Stauber Strong Suozzi Tenney Thompson (PA) Timmons Trahan Turner (OH) Underwood Valadao Van Epps Van Orden Vasquez Veasey Wagner Walberg Walkinshaw Waters Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym
Cohen
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Plaskett Radewagen Reschenthaler Salazar Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. Messrs. GROTHMAN, and VAN ORDEN changed their vote from "aye" to "no." Ms. De La CRUZ, Messrs. JACKSON of Illinois, MRVAN, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. DINGELL, Messrs. DeSAULNIER, BEYER, LUTTRELL, PATRONIS, HERN of Oklahoma, RILEY of New York, Mrs. McBATH, Mr. BARRETT, Mses. PELOSI, MATSUI, McCOLLUM, Mrs. BICE, Messrs. THOMPSON of California, MOULTON, WESTERMAN, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. AMO, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. LOFGREN, Messrs. PALMER and STANTON changed their vote from "no" to "aye." So the amendment was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR9:19 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 6, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hunt), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:19 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:19 p.m.
This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 208, noes 219, not voting 9, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Cuellar De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gonzalez, V. Gooden Graves Griffith Grothman Guest Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kim King-Hinds Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crenshaw Crockett Crow Davids (KS) Davidson Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Edwards Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fitzpatrick Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Goodlander Gottheimer Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Guthrie Harder (CA) Harris (MD) Hayes Hernandez Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Kiley (CA) Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Massie Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Moylan Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Norton Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA)
Baumgartner Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Plaskett Radewagen Waters Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR9:22 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 7, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hunt), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:22 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:22 p.m.
This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 215, noes 214, not voting 8, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Costa Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Cuellar Davidson De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon
Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gonzalez, V. Gooden Graves Gray Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kim King-Hinds Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fitzpatrick Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Gallagher Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Goodlander Gottheimer Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Hernandez Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Kiley (CA) Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Massie Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Moylan Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Norton Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA)
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Jordan Plaskett Radewagen Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. So the amendment was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR9:25 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 8, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Gallagher), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:25 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:25 p.m.
This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 212, noes 216, not voting 8, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Burchett Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Costa Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Cuellar Davidson De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gonzalez, V. Gooden Graves Gray Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (SD) Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim King-Hinds Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Moylan Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bilirakis Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Buchanan Budzinski Burlison Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fitzpatrick Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Goodlander Gottheimer Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Hernandez Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Massie Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Norton Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Patronis Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Rutherford Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA)
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Jordan Plaskett Radewagen Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR9:28 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 9, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:28 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:28 p.m.
This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 201, noes 224, not voting 11, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cole Collins Comer Crank Crawford Crenshaw Cuellar Davidson De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fuller Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gonzalez, V. Gooden Graves Gray Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (SD) Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim King-Hinds Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Sessions Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Timmons Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Begich Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Burchett Burlison Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Cloud Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crane Crockett Crow Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Donalds Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fitzpatrick Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Fulcher Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Goodlander Gottheimer Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Hernandez Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Luna Lynch Magaziner Mannion Massie Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Moylan Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Norton Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Roy Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Self Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Tiffany Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Wied Williams (GA)
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gallagher Gosar Jordan McGuire Plaskett Radewagen Whitesides Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR9:31 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 14, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Crane), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:31 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:31 p.m.
This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 61, noes 365, not voting 10, as follows:
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Bean (FL) Begich Biggs (SC) Boebert Brecheen Burchett Burlison Cammack Cline Cloud Collins Comer Crane Crank Crenshaw Donalds Downing Emmer Ezell Fedorchak Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Gill (TX) Griffith Guest Hageman Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Hunt Jack Joyce (PA) Kennedy (UT) Knott Langworthy Luna Mace Maloy Massie Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Mills Moore (AL) Moore (WV) Norman Ogles Perry Reschenthaler Roy Rulli Schweikert Self Steube Stutzman Taylor Tiffany Wied
Adams Aderholt Aguilar Alford Allen Amo Amodei (NV) Ansari Arrington Auchincloss Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Balint Barr Barragan Barrett Baumgartner Beatty Bell Bentz Bera Bergman
Beyer Bice Bilirakis Bishop Bonamici Bost Boyle (PA) Bresnahan Brown Brownley Buchanan Budzinski Bynum Calvert Carbajal Carey Carson Carter (GA) Carter (LA) Carter (TX) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Ciscomani Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Cole Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crawford Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) De La Cruz Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier DesJarlais Dexter Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Dunn (FL) Edwards Elfreth Ellzey Escobar Espaillat Estes Evans (CO) Evans (PA) Fallon Feenstra Fields Figures Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Fletcher Flood Fong Foster Foushee Foxx Frankel, Lois Franklin, Scott Friedman Frost Garamendi Garbarino Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Gimenez Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Goldman (TX) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Gooden Goodlander Gottheimer Graves Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Grothman Guthrie Hamadeh (AZ) Harder (CA) Haridopolos Hayes Hernandez Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Himes Hinson Horsford Houchin Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Hudson Huffman Huizenga Hurd (CO) Issa Ivey Jackson (IL) Jackson (TX) Jacobs James Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (SD) Johnson (TX) Joyce (OH) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Kean Keating Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim King-Hinds Krishnamoorthi Kustoff LaHood LaLota Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Letlow Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Loudermilk Lucas Luttrell Lynch Magaziner Malliotakis Mann Mannion Mast Matsui McBath McBride McCaul McClain McClain Delaney McClellan McClintock McCollum McCormick McDonald Rivet McDowell McGarvey McGovern McGuire McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Messmer Meuser Mfume Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Min Moolenaar Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WI) Moran Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Moylan Mrvan Mullin Murphy Nadler Neal Neguse Nehls Newhouse Norcross Norton Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Onder Owens Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Patronis Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pfluger Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Ross Rouzer Ruiz Rutherford Ryan Salazar Salinas Sanchez Scalise Scanlon Schakowsky Schmidt Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Sessions Sewell Sherman Shreve Simon Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smith (WA) Smucker Sorensen Soto Spartz Stansbury Stanton Stauber Stefanik Steil Stevens Strickland Strong Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Tenney Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Timmons Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Turner (OH) Underwood Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Wagner Walberg Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Whitesides Williams (GA) Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Davidson Fine Gosar Jordan Mackenzie Plaskett Radewagen Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR9:34 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 15, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Crane), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:34 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:34 p.m.
This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 76, noes 350, not voting 10, as follows:
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Alford Arrington Babin Bean (FL) Begich Biggs (SC) Boebert Brecheen Burchett Burlison Cammack Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Collins Comer Crane Crank Davidson De La Cruz Donalds Ezell Fallon Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fry Fulcher Fuller Gill (TX) Gooden Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Harrigan Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hunt Jack Joyce (PA) Kennedy (UT) Lee (FL) Letlow Luna Mace Mann Massie McDowell McGuire Meuser Miller (IL) Mills Moore (AL) Moore (WV) Nehls Norman Ogles Onder Patronis Perry Roy Rulli Schmidt Self Smith (MO) Smucker Stauber Steube Taylor Tiffany Timmons Weber (TX) Wied Williams (TX)
Adams Aderholt Aguilar Allen Amo Amodei (NV) Ansari Auchincloss Bacon Baird Balderson Balint Barr Barragan Barrett Baumgartner Beatty Bell Bentz Bera Bergman Beyer Bice Bilirakis Bishop Bonamici Bost Boyle (PA) Bresnahan Brown Brownley Buchanan Budzinski Bynum Calvert Carbajal Carey Carson Carter (GA) Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Cole Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crawford Crenshaw Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier DesJarlais Dexter Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Elfreth Ellzey Emmer Escobar Espaillat Estes Evans (CO) Evans (PA) Fedorchak Feenstra Fields Figures Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Fletcher Flood Fong Foster Foushee Foxx Frankel, Lois Franklin, Scott Friedman Frost Gallagher Garamendi Garbarino Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Gimenez Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Goldman (TX) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Goodlander Gottheimer Graves Gray Green, Al (TX) Griffith Grijalva Guest Guthrie Harder (CA) Haridopolos Harris (MD) Hayes Hernandez Hill (AR) Himes Hinson Horsford Houchin Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Hudson Huffman Huizenga Hurd (CO) Issa Ivey Jackson (IL) Jackson (TX) Jacobs James Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (SD) Johnson (TX) Joyce (OH) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Kean Keating Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim King-Hinds Knott Krishnamoorthi Kustoff LaHood LaLota Landsman Langworthy Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Latta Lawler Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Loudermilk Lucas Luttrell Lynch Mackenzie Magaziner Malliotakis Maloy Mannion Mast Matsui McBath McBride McCaul McClain McClain Delaney McClellan McClintock McCollum McCormick McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Messmer Mfume Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Min Moolenaar Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WI) Moran Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Moylan Mrvan Mullin Murphy Nadler Neal Neguse Newhouse Norcross Norton Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Owens Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pfluger Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Ross Rouzer Ruiz Rutherford Ryan Salazar Salinas Sanchez Scalise Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Schweikert Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Sessions Sewell Sherman Shreve Simon Simpson Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Spartz Stansbury Stanton Stefanik Steil Stevens Strickland Strong Stutzman Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Tenney Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Titus Tlaib Tokuda
Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Turner (OH) Underwood Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Wagner Walberg Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Webster (FL) Westerman Whitesides Williams (GA) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Grothman Jordan Plaskett Radewagen Reschenthaler Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. Stated against:
Glenn Grothman (R-WI)9:37 p.m.
Madam Chair, I missed the vote due to a meeting. Had I been present, I would have voted NO on Roll Call No. 264.
The Acting CHAIR9:37 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 17, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Crank), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:37 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:37 p.m.
This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 215, noes 214, not voting 8, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Cuellar Davidson Davis (NC) De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gonzalez, V. Gooden Graves Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kim King-Hinds Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fitzpatrick Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Goodlander Gottheimer Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Hernandez Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Kiley (CA) Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Moylan Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Norton Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Turner (OH) Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA)
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Moore (AL) Plaskett Radewagen Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. So the amendment was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR9:40 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 18, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Boebert), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:40 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:40 p.m.
This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 212, noes 217, not voting 7, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Davidson De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gooden Graves Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott
Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fitzpatrick Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Goodlander Gottheimer Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Hernandez Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna King-Hinds Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lawler Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Moylan Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Norton Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA)
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Plaskett Radewagen Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR9:43 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 19, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:43 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:43 p.m.
This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 219, noes 208, not voting 9, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Cuellar Davidson Davis (NC) De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Figures Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gonzalez, V. Gooden Graves Griffith Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Moylan Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Sewell Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Goodlander Gottheimer Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Hernandez Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna King-Hinds Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Norton Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan
Tran Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA)
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Grothman Plaskett Radewagen Ryan Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. So the amendment was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR9:46 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 20, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:46 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:46 p.m.
This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 221, noes 203, not voting 12, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Cuellar Davidson Davis (NC) De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Figures Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gonzalez, V. Gooden Graves Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim King-Hinds Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Moylan Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Sewell Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Gomez Goodlander Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Hernandez Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moulton Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Norton Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA)
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fields Fine Goldman (NY) Gosar Gottheimer Landsman Moskowitz Plaskett Radewagen Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. So the amendment was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIR9:48 p.m.
The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 26, printed in part A of House Report 119-755, offered by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McDowell), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR9:48 p.m.
A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR9:48 p.m.
This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 214, noes 216, not voting 7, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Davidson De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gooden Graves Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim King-Hinds Knott Kustoff LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Moylan Murphy Nehls Newhouse
Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fitzpatrick Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garamendi Garbarino Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Goodlander Gottheimer Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Hernandez Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi LaHood Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Norton Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA)
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Plaskett Radewagen Wilson (FL)
The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Mike Rogers (R-AL)9:51 p.m.
Madam Chair, I move that the Committee do now rise.
The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Stutzman) having assumed the chair, Mrs. Cammack, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
Page H5018 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore
Proceedings will resume on questions previously postponed.
Votes will be taken in the following order:
The motion to recommit H.R. 6955;
Passage of H.R. 6955, if ordered; and
Passage of H.R. 9770.
Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, all electronic votes will be conducted as 5-minute votes.
Main Street Capital Access Act
Pages H5018–H5019 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to recommit on the bill (H.R. 6955) to make improvements to the Federal banking laws, and for other purposes, offered by the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Garcia), on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
The Clerk will redesignate the motion. The Clerk redesignated the motion.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
The question is on the motion to recommit.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 210, nays 216, not voting 5, as follows:
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Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Goodlander Gottheimer Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Schrier Scott (VA) Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA)
Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Davidson De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gooden Graves Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX)
James Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Scholten Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Wilson (FL)
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Cammack) (during the vote). There are 2 minutes remaining. So the motion to recommit was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. Stated for:
Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI)9:59 p.m.
Madam Speaker, during Roll Call Vote No. 270 on the motion to recommit H.R. 6955, I mistakenly recorded my vote as NAY when I should have voted YEA.
The SPEAKER pro tempore9:59 p.m.
The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
Maxine Waters (D-CA)9:59 p.m.
Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore9:59 p.m.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 270, nays 155, answered "present" 1, not voting 5, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bera Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Boyle (PA) Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Budzinski Burchett Burlison Bynum Calvert Cammack Carbajal Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Correa Costa Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Cuellar Davids (KS) Davidson Davis (NC) De La Cruz Dean (PA) DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Escobar Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Figures Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Fong Foster Foxx Frankel, Lois Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gillen Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gonzalez, V. Gooden Gottheimer Graves Gray Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Harder (CA) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Himes Hinson Horsford Houchin Houlahan Hoyle (OR) Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Johnson (TX) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Landsman Langworthy Latimer Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Lee (NV) Letlow Levin Liccardo Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mast McBride McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDonald Rivet McDowell McGarvey McGuire Meeks Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Moskowitz Mrvan Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Panetta Pappas Patronis Perry Peters Pfluger Quigley Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Salinas Scalise Schmidt Schneider Scholten Schrier Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Sewell Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Sorensen Soto Spartz Stanton Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Suozzi Taylor Tenney Thompson (CA) Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Torres (NY) Tran Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Vasquez Wagner Walberg Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (GA) Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Beyer Bishop Bonamici Brown Brownley Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Davis (IL) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Fletcher Foushee Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Gomez Goodlander Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Hayes Hoyer Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Massie Matsui McBath McClellan McCollum McGovern McIver Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moulton Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Pelosi Perez Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Scott (VA) Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Stansbury Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Trahan Underwood Vargas Veasey Velazquez Vindman Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides
McClain Delaney
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Wilson (FL)
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes remaining. So the bill was passed. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027
Pages H5019–H5020 · Official textThe SPEAKER pro tempore
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on passage of the bill (H.R. 9770) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
The question is on the passage of the bill.
This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 220, nays 205, not voting 6, as follows:
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Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei (NV) Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Castor (FL) Ciscomani Cline Cloud Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Cuellar Davidson Davis (NC) De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra
Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Gallagher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Golden (ME) Goldman (TX) Gonzalez, V. Gooden Graves Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WV) Moran Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Shreve Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Vasquez Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Goldman (NY) Gomez Goodlander Gottheimer Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Harder (CA) Hayes Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Massie Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Vargas Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA)
Biggs (AZ) Clyde Fine Gosar Gray Wilson (FL)
So the bill was passed. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Removal of Names of Members as Cosponsors of H.r. 9336
Page H5020 · Official textMr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to remove the gentleman from California (Mr. Panetta) and the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Norcross) as cosponsors of H.R. 9336.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. McGuire)
Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas?
There was no objection.
Hour of Meeting on Tomorrow
Page H5020 · Official textMr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas?
There was no objection.
Celebrating Rose Smith's 102nd Birthday
Page H5020 · Official text(Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate Rose Smith's 102nd birthday on July 19 of this year.
Rose is a longtime resident of Clearfield, Pennsylvania. She is a valued community member, accomplished veteran, and a devoted mother.
In 1946, 4 years after graduating from high school, Rose enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve as a member of the United States Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, more commonly known as WAVES. This program enlisted women to serve in communications, intelligence, and administrative roles.
During this time, Rose worked at a naval hospital in Maryland and later transferred to the United States Naval Hospital in San Diego. After 2 years in San Diego, she achieved the rank of hospital apprentice first class.
Rose returned to Pennsylvania and married the late Edward Smith in 1950, and they welcomed six children. Today, she is a proud grandmother to 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Rose on this magnificent milestone, and I pray that God will continue to bless her.
Affordable Care Act Healthcare Enrollment Drops
Page H5020 · Official text(Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, reckless changes to the Affordable Care Act by this administration already have ripped away affordable healthcare coverage for 2 million Americans.
Skyrocketing premiums mean healthcare costs too much. Hardworking families simply cannot absorb higher monthly premium costs. My home State of Ohio has been hit the hardest. Almost one-third of marketplace enrollees, 161,385 Ohioans, have dropped their coverage within the last year. That is three times the national average.
When hardworking Americans are forced to choose between groceries and healthcare, guess what, Mr. Speaker. They choose food.
Between the cuts included in the big bonanza bill for billionaires and its refusal to extend the enhanced premium tax credits, it is clear the GOP's majority is intent on worsening this health insurance crisis for our relatives and neighbors.
Before this administration came into office last year, the number of uninsured Americans was at an all-time low. Now, seniors are struggling to afford prescriptions, parents are skipping doctor visits, and millions have lost healthcare altogether.
Mr. Speaker, Ohioans work hard and so do all Americans. They deserve peace of mind and affordable healthcare.
Violence Against Law Enforcement
Pages H5020–H5021 · Official text(Mr. YAKYM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, in the last 2 months northwest Indiana has sadly seen a rash of violence against law enforcement. Three officers in and around my district have been shot in the line of duty.
Trooper Benjamin Beers was shot during a traffic stop. Deputy Jon Samuelson was shot three times while helping a stranded driver. Sergeant Justin Helfin was shot during a pursuit.
I want to be clear: If someone targets our officers, they will face justice.
For far too long, we have seen the officers who protect us demonized while excuses are made for the career criminals who terrorize our communities. It is dangerous, and as we have seen recently, it has tragic consequences.
These officers deserve to go home to their spouses, their children, and their parents at the end of every shift. I am grateful that these three survived, but survival is not safety, and three shootings in 2 months cannot be ignored or normalized. It must be a wake-up call.
Law and order does not sustain itself. It is upheld by the men and women who put on the badge, and they are willing to risk everything for strangers. That is what separates us as a functioning society and why I and the thousands of Hoosiers I serve will always back the blue.
100th Birthday of Van Buren Anderson, Jr.
Page H5021 · Official text(Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Army veteran Van Buren Anderson, Jr., of Tarboro who recently celebrated his 100th birthday.
As a young Army sergeant, Mr. Anderson answered our Nation's call and served in Japan following World War II.
Arriving in Nagasaki in the aftermath of the war, he witnessed firsthand the devastating cost of conflict, a memory that has remained with him throughout his life.
Returning home to Edgecombe County, Mr. Anderson helped establish the Edgecombe County Rescue Squad that would save countless lives and serve generations of eastern North Carolinians.
Whether wearing the uniform of the United States Army or volunteering in his hometown, Mr. Anderson lived by a simple principle: When people needed help, he stepped forward to provide a helping hand, and we will always be grateful.
Mr. Downing Recognizes His Daughter on Her Graduation from Nursing School
Page H5021 · Official textMR. DOWNING RECOGNIZES HIS DAUGHTER ON HER GRADUATION FROM NURSING SCHOOL (Mr. DOWNING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, today I rise as a proud father to recognize my daughter on her graduation from the Montana State University's Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing.
I have watched her work for years and dedicate herself to a profession built on service and compassion.
Sarah has worked hard through her undergraduate degree, her master's, and now she has finished her last class in the nursing school all because she wants to care for others. I could not be prouder of her and all of her cohorts as they begin caring for patients and strengthening communities across Montana.
As I travel around the State, we have a huge need for practitioners, for nurses, and for doctors, and we have just strengthened Montana's Second District workforce by one.
Sarah's mother and I are incredibly proud of her. Our granddaughter, Lyla, has an incredible role model to look up to, and Montana is lucky to have her.
Fifa 2026 World Cup
Page H5021 · Official text(Mr. LaHOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to reflect on the resounding success of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Over 39 days, the United States alongside Canada and Mexico, hosted 104 matches, or the equivalent of 104 Super Bowls, making it the largest sporting event in the history of our country.
More than 6.8 million fans attended matches, another 7.7 million visited fan festivals, and the U.S. welcomed visitors from around the globe with open arms. Beyond the elite level of play on the pitch, the tournament generated tens of billions of dollars in economic activity and supported thousands of American jobs.
I was proud to be a part of the White House FIFA task force under the leadership of Executive Director Andrew Giuliani and President Trump, where we worked with more than 50 Federal agencies in an unprecedented effort to ensure a safe, secure, and exciting event for fans and spectators.
I thank our law enforcement officers, first responders, and public servants who worked tirelessly to make sure the tournament was safe, secure, and ensured the World Cup finished without a single major security incident.
During America's 250th anniversary, our Nation's hospitality, its strength, and its ability to bring the world together were on full display. We once again proved that when the world comes to America, we can deliver.
Honoring the Life and Service of Army Private Isabella Gonzales
Page H5021 · Official text(Mr. GILL of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and service of Army Private Isabella Gonzalez, a 19-year-old soldier from Carrollton, Texas, in the district I am proud to represent.
Private Gonzalez was killed in action last Friday during an Iranian strike on American forces in Jordan where she stood in harm's way to defend this Nation and the troops beside her. She had barely begun her adult life, yet she had already given everything to protect ours.
Carrollton and all of Texas grieves tonight for one of its own. We also give thanks for a young woman who chose service over safety and duty over comfort.
To her family, her fellow soldiers, and all who mourn her, this Congress stands with you, and this Nation will not forget her sacrifice.
Removal of Name of Member as Cosponsor of H.r. 9535
Page H5021 · Official textMr. Speaker, I hereby remove my name as cosponsor of H.R. 9535.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
The gentleman's request is granted.
Adjournment
Page H5021 · Official textMr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn.
The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 10 o'clock and 28 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 11 a.m.
Executive Communications, Etc.
Pages H5021–H5022 · Official textUnder clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:
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EC-4187. A letter from the Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's Major final rule -- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program [Docket ID: FSA-2026-0166] (RIN: 0560-AI88) received July 14, 2026, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture.
EC-4188. A letter from the Acting Division Director, Regulations Management Division, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan Program [Docket No.: RBS-26-BUSINESS-0364] (RIN: 0570-AB14) received July 14, 2026, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture.
EC-4189. A letter from the Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911) [PS Docket No.: 21-479] Improving 911 Reliability [PS Docket No.: 13-75] received July 14, 2026, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
EC-4190. A letter from the Office Manager, Office of the District of Columbia Auditor, transmitting a report titled DCHA "Substantially Complies" with OAG Consent Order,
pursuant to Public Law 93-198, Sec. 455(d); (87 Stat. 803); to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
EC-4191. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress for the period October 1, 2025, and ending March 31, 2026; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
EC-4192. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting Designation of Additional Members of the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7384q(c)(2); Public Law 106-398, Sec. 1 (as amended by Public Law 108-375, Sec. 3166(b)(1)); (118 Stat. 2188); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-4193. A letter from the Register of Copyrights and Director, United States Copyright Office, transmitting Proposed Schedule and Analysis of Copyright Fees to go Into Effect in Fall 2026, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 708(b)(5); Public Law 94-553, Sec. 101(b) (as amended by Public Law 106-379, Sec. 3(a)(3)); (114 Stat. 1445); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-4194. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the "Child Welfare Outcomes 2022" Report to Congress, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 679b(a)(5); Public Law 105-89, Sec. 203(a); (111 Stat. 2127); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
EC-4195. A letter from the Section Chief, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's IRB only rule -- Transfer Tax Safe Harbor for Certain Contributions to Trump Accounts (Rev. Proc. 2026-25) received July 17, 2026, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
EC-4196. A letter from the Senior Regulation Writer, Law and Policy, Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting the Administration's final rule -- Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Cardiovascular Disorders [Docket No.: SSA-2019-0013] (RIN: 0960-AI43) received July 8, 2026, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Public Bills and Resolutions
Pages H5022–H5023 · Official textUnder clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:
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By Ms. GILLEN (for herself and Ms. Malliotakis):
H.R. 9795. A bill to expand the temporary borrowing authority and mandatory distribution for the United States Victims Of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. BONAMICI (for herself, Mr. Thompson of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Nunn of
Iowa):
H.R. 9796. A bill to amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to reestablish the National Technical Assistance Center on Grandfamilies and Kinship Families; to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Ms. UNDERWOOD:
H.R. 9797. A bill to establish a pilot program for State, local, Tribal, and territorial government officials to be trained by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency regarding carrying out security vulnerability or terrorism risk assessments of critical infrastructure facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security.
By Mr. ALLEN:
H.R. 9798. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to exempt certain employer-sponsored group health plans governed by ERISA from the Affordable Care Act's Essential Health Benefits requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Ms. BALINT (for herself, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Carson,
Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mrs.
Foushee, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Ms.
Simon):
H.R. 9799. A bill to establish a bill of rights for third-party sellers on critical trading partners, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BURCHETT:
H.R. 9800. A bill to prohibit Federal agencies from purchasing or accessing automated surveillance systems that identify, track, or record individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By Mrs. DINGELL (for herself and Mr. Schmidt):
H.R. 9801. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide matching payments for ABLE account contributions by certain individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. EZELL (for himself, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Schmidt,
Mr. Case, Ms. Tokuda, and Ms. Pingree):
H.R. 9802. A bill to require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish an assessment program for commercial-scale offshore aquaculture through demonstration projects, to support aquaculture development, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Chu, Mr.
Cisneros, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Garcia of
Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Mr.
McGovern, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr.
Panetta, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Tonko, Mr.
Vargas, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz):
H.R. 9803. A bill to provide for punishments for immigration-related fraud, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. HARRIGAN (for himself, Mr. Sorensen, and Mr.
Gallagher):
H.R. 9804. A bill to amend section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish within the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program a dedicated rural flood resilience supplemental allocation providing formula-based pass-through grants to rural communities through a set-aside from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief Fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
By Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE (for herself, Mr. Johnson of
Georgia, and Mr. Quigley):
H.R. 9805. A bill to provide protections for children in immigration custody, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. LANGWORTHY (for himself and Ms. Schrier):
H.R. 9806. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to address certain alterations in, and the maintenance and repair of, project works, to provide for the licensing of micro hydrokinetic energy projects, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Mrs. LUNA (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Massie, and
Ms. Pingree):
H.R. 9807. A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to prevent preemption of State law claims that are consistent with the misbranding standards of such Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Dexter, Mr.
Levin, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Carter of
Louisiana, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr.
Cohen, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Krishnamoorthi,
Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Mullin,
Ms. Norton, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Vargas,
and Ms. Wasserman Schultz):
H.R. 9808. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require Congress to approve of the application of certain executive exemptions under that Act, to strike an exemption under that Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Ms. McBRIDE (for herself and Mr. Hill of Arkansas):
H.R. 9809. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the disabled access credit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mrs. McIVER (for herself and Ms. Velazquez):
H.R. 9810. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to make improvements to the Small Business Development Center Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.
By Mr. MOORE of Utah (for himself, Mr. Arrington, Mr.
Grothman, Mr. Carey, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Obernolte, and
Mr. Smucker):
H.R. 9811. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase funding for the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. MOULTON:
H.R. 9812. A bill to prohibit certain modifications to United States Postal Service regulations related to the transmission of mail-in or absentee ballots for elections, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By Mr. NEAL:
H.R. 9813. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose limitations on high-income taxpayers with large retirement account balances; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. Kean, Mrs. Houchin, and
Mr. Krishnamoorthi):
H.R. 9814. A bill to instruct the Federal Communications Commission to initiate a notice of inquiry and instruct the Government Accountability Office to complete a study and report providing detailed recommendations to address challenges to transmitting geolocation information with calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Ms. NORTON (for herself and Ms. Pingree):
H.R. 9815. A bill to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide certain information to inmates with respect to voting, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Bell, Ms.
Clarke of New York, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Johnson of
Georgia, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lynch, Ms.
Matsui, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Menefee, Ms. Norton, Ms.
Omar, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Underwood, Mrs.
Watson Coleman, and Mrs. Grijalva):
H.R. 9816. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to improve Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Ms. Underwood, Mrs.
McIver, Ms. Norton, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs.
Watson Coleman, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Johnson of
Georgia, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Menefee,
Mr. Bell, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms.
DelBene, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Stansbury,
Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Figures, Mr. Horsford,
Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Lee of
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Smith of Washington,
Ms. Sewell, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Jackson of
Illinois, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mrs.
Hayes, Ms. Craig, Mr. McGarvey, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr.
Carson, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Johnson of
Texas, Mr. Soto, Ms. Pou, Ms. Tlaib, and Ms. Adams):
H.R. 9817. A bill to end the shackling of pregnant individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. SCHOLTEN (for herself and Ms. Davids of Kansas):
H.R. 9818. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to improve the women's business center program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business.
By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:
H.R. 9819. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require that the Attorney General take child welfare intervention history surveys of offenders in the custody of the Attorney General, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. STANSBURY (for herself and Ms. Leger Fernandez):
H.R. 9820. A bill to improve State, local, and Tribal public health security; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
By Ms. UNDERWOOD:
H.R. 9821. A bill to promote shared values; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Ethics, Agriculture, Ways and Means, Armed Services, the Budget, Education and Workforce, Rules, Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, House Administration, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Mr. WIED:
H.R. 9822. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from lobbying Members, officers, or employees of Congress, and for other purposes; to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
By Ms. BALINT (for herself and Mr. Cline):
H.J. Res. 203. A joint resolution directing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and report on anticompetitive practices and violations of the antitrust laws in the fire truck manufacturing industry; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. FULLER:
H.J. Res. 204. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that certain individuals are natural born citizens; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. ADAMS (for herself, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms.
Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr.
Figures, Ms. Norton, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Frost, Ms.
Bonamici, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Strickland, Mr. McGarvey,
Mr. Quigley, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Castor of
Florida, Mr. Ivey, Ms.
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Tlaib, Ms. Scholten, Ms.
Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr.
Garamendi, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms.
Clarke of New York, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Brown,
Mr. Neguse, Ms. McClellan, Ms. DelBene, Ms. McCollum,
Mr. Lynch, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Omar, Mr.
Meeks, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Brownley, Ms.
Schakowsky, Ms. Simon, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Landsman,
Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Budzinski,
Mr. Carson, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Elfreth, Mr.
Moulton, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Ross, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez,
Ms. Friedman, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Bynum, Ms. Chu, Mr.
Bell, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Walkinshaw, Ms.
Titus, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Thompson of
Mississippi, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Thanedar,
Mr. Menefee, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. Johnson of
Texas, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Cleaver,
Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Takano, Mr.
Evans of Pennsylvania, and Ms. Stevens):
H. Con. Res. 114. Concurrent resolution recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women; to the Committee on Education and Workforce.
By Mr. CRANK:
H. Res. 1443. A resolution amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members of the House from entering inappropriate relationships with House employees; to the Committee on Ethics.
By Mr. KEAN (for himself and Mr. Gottheimer):
H. Res. 1444. A resolution expressing support for maintaining the designation of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mr. Diaz-Balart,
Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Soto, and Mr. Rulli):
H. Res. 1445. A resolution condemning the attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, and encouraging accountability for the attack; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Constitutional Authority Statement
Page H5023 · Official textPursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statements are submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution.
Additional Sponsors
Pages H5024–H5025 · Official textUnder clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows:
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H.R. 45: Mr. Alford.
H.R. 305: Mr. Foster.
H.R. 569: Mr. Yakym.
H.R. 637: Mr. Vargas and Ms. Chu.
H.R. 682: Mr. Biggs of Arizona.
H.R. 711: Mr. Steube.
H.R. 793: Ms. Meng.
H.R. 925: Mr. Shreve.
H.R. 1083: Mr. McDowell.
H.R. 1189: Mr. Amo.
H.R. 1241: Ms. Hageman.
H.R. 1266: Ms. Titus.
H.R. 1317: Mr. Schneider.
H.R. 1657: Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Waters, Mr. Torres of New York, and Mr. Figures.
H.R. 2004: Mr. Moore of North Carolina.
H.R. 2094: Mr. Landsman and Mrs. Luna.
H.R. 2147: Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina.
H.R. 2168: Mr. Obernolte.
H.R. 2352: Mr. DeSaulnier and Ms. Dexter.
H.R. 2395: Mr. Van Epps and Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida.
H.R. 2442: Mr. Alford.
H.R. 2464: Mr. Horsford.
H.R. 2486: Mr. Jackson of Illinois.
H.R. 2533: Mr. Van Orden.
H.R. 2598: Ms. Schrier.
H.R. 2705: Ms. Hageman, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, and Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona.
H.R. 2717: Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Mr. Larsen of Washington.
H.R. 2837: Mr. Thanedar.
H.R. 3036: Mr. Thanedar.
H.R. 3045: Mrs. McBath.
H.R. 3139: Mr. Jackson of Illinois.
H.R. 3183: Mr. Vindman.
H.R. 3184: Mr. Patronis.
H.R. 3243: Mr. Cleaver.
H.R. 3314: Mr. Kiley of California.
H.R. 3437: Mr. Kean.
H.R. 3447: Mr. Suozzi.
H.R. 3543: Ms. Meng.
H.R. 3565: Ms. McClellan.
H.R. 3731: Mr. Moran.
H.R. 3916: Mrs. Foushee and Ms. Friedman.
H.R. 4166: Ms. Craig.
H.R. 4299: Mr. Hern of Oklahoma.
H.R. 4337: Ms. Norton.
H.R. 4448: Mr. Shreve.
H.R. 4487: Mr. Jackson of Illinois.
H.R. 4611: Mrs. Grijalva and Mr. Jackson of Illinois.
H.R. 4669: Ms. Budzinski.
H.R. 4780: Mr. Steube.
H.R. 4837: Ms. King-Hinds.
H.R. 4852: Mr. Evans of Colorado.
H.R. 4876: Ms. Bynum.
H.R. 5168: Ms. Sanchez and Mr. Vindman.
H.R. 5267: Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Cloud, and Mr. Biggs of Arizona.
H.R. 5269: Mr. Valadao.
H.R. 5469: Ms. Houlahan and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina.
H.R. 5490: Mr. Rutherford and Mr. Thanedar.
H.R. 5526: Mr. Wittman.
H.R. 5543: Ms. Tokuda.
H.R. 5791: Mr. Nunn of Iowa.
H.R. 5857: Ms. Craig.
H.R. 5874: Mr. Alford.
H.R. 5901: Ms. Ross.
H.R. 6130: Mr. Quigley and Mr. Nunn of Iowa.
H.R. 6152: Mr. Kean, Mr. Harrigan, and Mr. Dunn of Florida.
H.R. 6164: Mr. Fong and Mr. Issa.
H.R. 6177: Mr. Vindman.
H.R. 6356: Mrs. Beatty.
H.R. 6416: Ms. Craig.
H.R. 6445: Ms. Bynum.
H.R. 6509: Mr. Davis of North Carolina.
H.R. 6731: Mr. Menefee and Ms. Schrier.
H.R. 6875: Mr. Van Orden.
H.R. 6989: Ms. Waters.
H.R. 7015: Mr. Flood.
H.R. 7119: Ms. Simon.
H.R. 7209: Mr. Casar.
H.R. 7230: Mrs. Foushee.
H.R. 7238: Mr. Moulton.
H.R. 7246: Mrs. Beatty.
H.R. 7313: Mr. Frost.
H.R. 7335: Mrs. Foushee and Mr. Carbajal.
H.R. 7539: Mr. Mann, Mr. Miller of Ohio, and Mr. Rulli.
H.R. 7543: Mr. Walkinshaw and Mr. Vargas.
H.R. 7601: Mr. Johnson of Georgia.
H.R. 7602: Ms. Clarke of New York and Mr. Valadao.
H.R. 7609: Mr. Davis of North Carolina.
H.R. 7645: Ms. McClellan.
H.R. 7714: Mr. Crane.
H.R. 7748: Mr. Kean, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Nehls, and Mr. Frost.
H.R. 7769: Mrs. Kim.
H.R. 7802: Ms. Pressley.
H.R. 7828: Ms. Waters.
H.R. 7836: Mr. Carson.
H.R. 7867: Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Leger Fernandez, and Mr. Raskin.
H.R. 7871: Mr. Wilson of South Carolina.
H.R. 7917: Ms. Clarke of New York.
H.R. 7944: Mr. Yakym.
H.R. 8016: Mr. Carson.
H.R. 8106: Mr. Wilson of South Carolina.
H.R. 8163: Mr. Amo and Mr. Golden of Maine.
H.R. 8183: Mr. Messmer.
H.R. 8201: Mr. Amo and Mr. Kean.
H.R. 8261: Ms. Norton.
H.R. 8274: Ms. Davids of Kansas.
H.R. 8375: Mr. Onder.
H.R. 8409: Mr. Mills, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Luna, and Mr. Webster of Florida.
H.R. 8413: Mr. Dunn of Florida.
H.R. 8433: Mr. Kean.
H.R. 8441: Mr. Vindman.
H.R. 8500: Mrs. Foushee.
H.R. 8552: Mr. Vindman.
H.R. 8592: Ms. Bynum, Ms. Chu, and Mr. Peters.
H.R. 8596: Ms. Van Duyne and Mr. Rouzer.
H.R. 8615: Mr. James.
H.R. 8660: Mr. Onder.
H.R. 8666: Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania.
H.R. 8667: Mrs. Grijalva.
H.R. 8730: Mr. Latimer, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Garamendi, and Ms. Van Duyne.
H.R. 8784: Mr. Biggs of Arizona.
H.R. 8791: Mr. Van Orden and Mr. Lieu.
H.R. 8827: Mr. Rulli.
H.R. 8837: Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona.
H.R. 8847: Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina.
H.R. 8868: Ms. Meng.
H.R. 8901: Mr. Harrigan.
H.R. 8909: Mr. Ryan.
H.R. 8959: Mr. Steube.
H.R. 8975: Ms. McCollum.
H.R. 8990: Mr. Schmidt.
H.R. 9006: Mr. Vindman.
H.R. 9034: Mr. Vargas.
H.R. 9035: Mr. Vargas.
H.R. 9036: Mr. Latimer.
H.R. 9043: Mr. Moore of North Carolina.
H.R. 9044: Mr. Lynch.
H.R. 9048: Mr. Quigley, Mr. Carson, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. Vindman.
H.R. 9096: Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina.
H.R. 9097: Mr. Kean.
H.R. 9125: Mr. Walkinshaw.
H.R. 9165: Mr. Vindman.
H.R. 9183: Mr. Huffman.
H.R. 9190: Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona.
H.R. 9211: Mr. Gooden, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Dunn of Florida, and Mr. Soto.
H.R. 9214: Mr. Kean.
H.R. 9298: Mr. Loudermilk and Mr. Hudson.
H.R. 9309: Mrs. Grijalva.
H.R. 9332: Mr. Griffith.
H.R. 9339: Mr. Griffith.
H.R. 9340: Mr. Griffith.
H.R. 9349: Mr. Vindman.
H.R. 9370: Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania.
H.R. 9396: Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Wittman, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Norcross, and Mr. Panetta.
H.R. 9397: Mr. Goldman of Texas and Mr. Wittman.
H.R. 9404: Mr. Van Orden.
H.R. 9415: Mr. Thanedar.
H.R. 9440: Mr. Carbajal.
H.R. 9442: Mr. DeSaulnier.
H.R. 9448: Mrs. Grijalva.
H.R. 9450: Mr. Fitzpatrick.
H.R. 9473: Ms. Chu.
H.R. 9493: Mr. Vindman.
H.R. 9494: Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Moulton, and Ms. Norton.
H.R. 9535: Mr. Hudson.
H.R. 9550: Mr. Vindman.
H.R. 9582: Mr. Gottheimer.
H.R. 9638: Mr. Van Orden.
H.R. 9647: Mr. Fitzpatrick.
H.R. 9661: Mr. Wittman.
H.R. 9680: Mr. Hudson and Mr. Schneider.
H.R. 9701: Mr. Yakym.
H.R. 9724: Mr. Norman.
H.R. 9742: Mr. Rulli.
H.R. 9744: Ms. Meng.
H.J. Res. 108: Ms. Scholten and Mr. Vasquez.
H.J. Res. 121: Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Ms. Scholten.
H.J. Res. 196: Mrs. Grijalva.
H.J. Res. 200: Ms. Lofgren.
H. Con. Res. 106: Ms. Ansari.
H. Res. 500: Mrs. Luna, Mr. Van Drew, and Mrs. Houchin.
H. Res. 1058: Ms. Craig.
H. Res. 1188: Ms. Tokuda.
H. Res. 1286: Mr. Takano.
H. Res. 1378: Mr. Fitzpatrick and Ms. Scholten.
H. Res. 1436: Mr. McCormick.
H. Res. 1442: Mr. Obernolte and Mrs. Foushee.
Deletions of Sponsors from Public Bills and Resolutions
Page H5025 · Official textUnder clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were deleted from public bills and resolutions, as follows:
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H.R. 9336: Mr. Panetta and Mr. Norcross. H.R. 9535: Mr. Jack.