118 HR 4365 PCS: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024
U.S. House of Representatives
2023-10-16
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, for military functions administered by the Department of Defense and for other purposes, namely:<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">MILITARY PERSONNEL</header><appropriations-intermediate id="H3ACF9054745D403285B3DEE7382D33AD"><header>Military Personnel, Army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Army on active duty (except members of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/377">Public Law 97–377</external-xref>, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/402">42 U.S.C. 402</external-xref> note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $50,230,906,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H42985F6EF3524E91A5DC36215FF82F52"><header>Military personnel, navy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/377">Public Law 97–377</external-xref>, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/402">42 U.S.C. 402</external-xref> note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $37,615,388,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HBB72400AEFEF491EADC3F7126276AFF8"><header>Military personnel, marine corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/377">Public Law 97–377</external-xref>, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/402">42 U.S.C. 402</external-xref> note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $15,556,629,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HF09D37587FA74F00AC93D346CFB86419"><header>Military personnel, air force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/377">Public Law 97–377</external-xref>, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/402">42 U.S.C. 402</external-xref> note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $36,512,530,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H3B51CCC0B32D450781C0A699DDA1E463"><header>Military personnel, space force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Space Force on active duty and cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/377">Public Law 97–377</external-xref>, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/402">42 U.S.C. 402</external-xref> note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $1,239,573,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H26BDD7ED43CA4198B41E3081EF3353A2"><header>Reserve personnel, army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 7038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $5,367,436,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H4275FA8E5F654D16A6F3CE17F99C54F9"><header>Reserve personnel, navy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $2,486,718,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H1DF45592A69041E5A8A6704497823E56"><header>Reserve personnel, marine corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $898,928,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H6DAAB75F9CEB47FBB2FD5E9828A78D12"><header>Reserve personnel, air force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 9038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $2,459,466,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H3F7F5D4971C14CFE9ABD5DCA4E411F88"><header>National guard personnel, army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $9,766,369,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H909BE7AD3168416EAA8B4ABC21B332E3" commented="no"><header>National guard personnel, air force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $5,234,625,000.</text><pagebreak></pagebreak></appropriations-intermediate><enum>II</enum><appropriations-major id="H570D2AD9F8D840D6B78646C17E046D69"><header>OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="HAB68FA80A52847DF9393535F824F96B2"><header>Operation and maintenance, army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law, $60,525,399,000 (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $7,750,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That not to exceed $12,478,000 may be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H1F4B3ABAA32741E5B03BB655CF57A558"><header>Operation and maintenance, navy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $73,547,305,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $8,606,779) (reduced by $55,000,000): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That not to exceed $15,055,000 may be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H1591022468DA4660B80682013B149B3E"><header>Operation and maintenance, marine corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $10,909,609,000 (increased by $1,000,000).</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HFB076C1687BA4927ADED920F3A50001C"><header>Operation and maintenance, air force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law, $63,460,822,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $7,200,000) (increased by $7,200,000): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That not to exceed $7,699,000 may be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HD0E28287D91C479496DFBBD67C103DDA"><header>Operation and maintenance, space force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Space Force, as authorized by law, $4,890,886,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $2,500,000).</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HB41CDA7DC9D24E58A1B62816A2F65675"><header> Operation and maintenance, defense-Wide </header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H62EAE95622CC49EDA7FA0773E3716AA8"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments), as authorized by law, $52,453,715,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $8,606,779) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $122,600,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $7,500,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $12,000,000) (reduced by $7,500,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $16,500,000) (reduced by $6,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $50,000,000) (reduced by $300,000,000): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That not more than $2,981,000 may be used for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That not to exceed $36,000,000 may be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and payments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds provided under this heading, not less than $55,000,000 shall be made available for the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be available for centers defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2411">10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D)</external-xref>: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to plan or implement the consolidation of a budget or appropriations liaison office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the office of the Secretary of a military department, or the service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That $25,968,000 to remain available until expended, is available only for expenses relating to certain classified activities, and may be transferred as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to operation and maintenance appropriations or research, development, test and evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and to be available for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any ceiling on the investment item unit cost of items that may be purchased with operation and maintenance funds shall not apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds provided under this heading, $2,304,649,000, of which $1,343,580,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be available to provide support and assistance to foreign security forces or other groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis response, or other Department of Defense security cooperation programs: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made available in this paragraph: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H0F3F8AB4BF694687A201ED4AC8832AB6"><header>Counter-ISIS train and equip fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the <quote>Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and Equip Fund</quote>, $397,950,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, including training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renovation; construction for facility fortification and humane treatment; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or preparing to participate in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated or associated groups: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That amounts made available under this heading shall be available to provide assistance only for activities in a country designated by the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, as having a security mission to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and following written notification to the congressional defense committees of such designation: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that prior to providing assistance to elements of any forces or individuals, such elements or individuals are appropriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing such elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups associated with the Government of Iran; and receiving commitments from such elements to promote respect for human rights and the rule of law: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating from this appropriation account, notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of any such obligation: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, including the Government of Iraq and other entities, to carry out assistance authorized under this heading: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That contributions of funds for the purposes provided herein from any foreign government or other entity may be credited to this Fund, to remain available until expended, and used for such purposes: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize such contributions when providing any assistance for construction for facility fortification: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense may waive a provision of law relating to the acquisition of items and support services or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines that such provision of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise limit the provision of such assistance and a notice of and justification for such waiver is submitted to the congressional defense committees, the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the United States may accept equipment procured using funds provided under this heading that was transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups participating, or preparing to participate in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and returned by such forces or groups to the United States, and such equipment may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense upon written notification to the congressional defense committees: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That equipment procured using funds provided under this heading and not yet transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups participating, or preparing to participate in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense when determined by the Secretary to no longer be required for transfer to such forces or groups and upon written notification to the congressional defense committees: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on the use of funds provided under this heading, including, but not limited to, the number of individuals trained, the nature and scope of support and sustainment provided to each group or individual, the area of operations for each group, and the contributions of other countries, groups, or individuals: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds provided under this heading for stipends for foreign security forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or preparing to participate in activities to counter ISIS in Syria, fifty percent shall not be available for obligation or expenditure until the Secretary of Defense reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that measures are in place to ensure accountability of such funds.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HF66A72217FB743B7A84AB7FAD0AF2DA2"><header>Operation and maintenance, army reserve</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications, $3,559,248,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H55E1D5C856C347E882005F42D2D5CAD6"><header>Operation and maintenance, navy reserve</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications, $1,366,710,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H735E98EA82E948979D1ACBF1DBE36B08"><header>Operation and maintenance, marine corps reserve</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications, $323,395,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H4A736999DAC74EEEA5A935A5A7CBB3D0"><header>Operation and maintenance, air force reserve</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications, $4,056,196,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H14A192FD1C9045AEB900AA245A3C6E65"><header>Operation and maintenance, army national guard</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment (including aircraft), $8,612,404,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H1381474EDF284B5A929844D31DE8F4A7"><header>Operation and maintenance, air national guard</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Air National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of passenger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air National Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment, including those furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau, $7,250,745,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H57EC42C058C946AFA386F98D854DC266"><header>United states court of appeals for the armed forces</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $16,620,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used for official representation purposes. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H66A71FE9E66E4D77B658E2553D2748F3"><header>Environmental restoration, army</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HCDA308D8DC874D18B082736C5A70EAA8"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Department of the Army, $198,760,000 (reduced by $2,500,000), to remain available until transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Army, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. </text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H3AF6CAB56277468DB0AFAFC1D192973B"><header>Environmental restoration, navy</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H96D0571A57C24D9E8FB0A529BAA5E08F"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Department of the Navy, $345,240,000, to remain available until transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Navy, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. </text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HA31CC091BE814991AEF44633572A6500"><header>Environmental restoration, air force</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H1E62B08788414C0496BC1586B37964D7"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Department of the Air Force, $359,744,000, to remain available until transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. </text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H6FCA758AB6A84B93BE2235AA4E56AADA"><header>Environmental restoration, defense-Wide</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H6635FA7B10894A84ACA6050B40EB429A"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Department of Defense, $8,965,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), to remain available until transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department of Defense, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H1C780631E5D942F382F27FD2394D0ED1"><header>Environmental restoration, formerly used defense sites</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H7B93DD463E7246979BC4B8D98B5B88CB"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Department of the Army, $232,806,000, to remain available until transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Department of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. </text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H3360B3BF043E4548896A53800E760506"><header>Overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sections 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, United States Code), $142,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H9D3CB0A6423C4DD393113E02C4323EFA"><header>Cooperative threat reduction account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For assistance, including assistance provided by contract or by grants, under programs and activities of the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program authorized under the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act, $350,999,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HF1B32878A4B34D099BEA069A1FF420F2" commented="no"><header>Department of defense acquisition workforce development account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account, $54,977,000: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That no other amounts may be otherwise credited or transferred to the Account, or deposited into the Account, in fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 10, United States Code. <pagebreak></pagebreak></text></appropriations-intermediate><enum>III</enum><appropriations-major id="H46A1CCAEC0734BD993C72092498155F3"><header>PROCUREMENT</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="HAFF99198F20A4B0E9E40B76C57965EA4"><header>Aircraft procurement, army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $3,030,767,000 (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HB5136AEF73344D5A98C862FC2EE87980"><header>Missile procurement, army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $4,483,806,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H89E72FBDF83D4574B9176632825073BC"><header>Procurement of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction, procurement, production, and modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $3,943,584,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H4AF1A4A00A964FB3B7F25ACB53E968F8"><header>Procurement of ammunition, army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction, procurement, production, and modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $2,971,928,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HB6A4FF060AB742AB9CA1F12085FF1A75"><header>Other procurement, army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction, procurement, production, and modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $8,679,516,000 (increased by $55,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000) (reduced by $750,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HE0E4E0638ABD422B940F872DBDF5B9AA"><header>Aircraft procurement, navy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, $17,450,040,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H1E229833309740329DAF8304B115E053"><header>Weapons procurement, navy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and related support equipment including spare parts, and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, $5,826,997,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H52C2CACF34444D5C88E04FB582B3D376"><header>Procurement of ammunition, navy and marine corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction, procurement, production, and modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $1,238,558,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HA919A62F64204F0B8085E5CA3FC4C3A3"><header>Shipbuilding and conversion, navy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, long lead time components and designs for vessels to be constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as follows:</text><paragraph id="HAF1E2773827544D1B0FF3A250E5134D3"><enum/><text>Columbia Class Submarine, $2,443,598,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6914E08CED044CEBB6064B233AD70D6E"><enum/><text>Columbia Class Submarine (AP), $3,390,734,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H401B6F8D2EA14F4BBC6FB33F64759F9F"><enum/><text>Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–80), $1,104,421,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF12E5487821942E0BBF629DDAE2F2E47"><enum/><text>Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–81), $800,492,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA61CFFD639B7416087D80AC39946FFDA"><enum/><text>Virginia Class Submarine, $7,129,965,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H120BADE164C54F02950BAB4D8424BE97"><enum/><text>Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $3,215,539,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H688C6BB81749421396A3FF5AE57B4696"><enum/><text>CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $802,988,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB8787028D54B4CD6A81F14AED2FF527C"><enum/><text>DDG–1000 Program, $318,655,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7DAEC0B1341E49ADA85057C1A73D1DEC"><enum/><text>DDG–51 Destroyer, $4,199,179,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H81887CF1C04B44A0A33C90BC8E0C9D9E"><enum/><text>DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $284,035,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H07DE6198015D4FFBA762732D812D2697"><enum/><text>FFG–Frigate, $2,133,861,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEFA4143B26FC4B7FBDBE0DF090BFC62C"><enum/><text>LHA Replacement, $1,830,149,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H22E9D17E6EA3443EBEE8D82B1B428503"><enum/><text>AS Submarine Tender, $1,544,595,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2B2992EE82B461CB99A6134920663CD"><enum/><text>TAO Fleet Oiler, $815,420,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E5FB799B2194B229F0D313C6C65A3A1"><enum/><text>LCU 1700, $62,532,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H593C0D58542E49D8B718F8969C343B81"><enum/><text>Ship to Shore Connector, $400,000,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2CD7BC79CDB441881278A7A6D015AC0"><enum/><text>Service Craft, $85,115,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H17CB35465471425BAA45DD308C50E0C9"><enum/><text>LCAC SLEP, $15,286,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H95767730F75F42A9A6FF3D9C42833826"><enum/><text>Auxiliary Vessels, $142,008,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0767E9D5BCB0453AB468773DBBE77278"><enum/><text>For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first destination transportation, $539,681,000; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAF8A59096974E3CA7E678656079046B"><enum/><text>Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Programs, $1,648,559,000.</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="appropriations-intermediate">In all: $32,906,812,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That additional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 2028, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such budgeted work that must be performed in the final stage of ship construction: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds provided under this heading for the construction or conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the United States shall be expended in foreign facilities for the construction of major components of such vessel: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds provided under this heading shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for Columbia Class Submarine (AP) may be available for the purposes authorized by subsections (f), (g), (h) or (i) of section 2218a of title 10, United States Code, only in accordance with the provisions of the applicable subsection.</continuation-text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HE7083446139F43A79F839D0054B1E33E"><header>Other procurement, navy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For procurement, production, and modernization of support equipment and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, $13,675,677,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds are also available for the maintenance, repair, and modernization of ships under a pilot program established for such purposes. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H3DA7A2F9EAEF4325B321AE32965EB025"><header>Procurement, marine corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, $3,775,224,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H33D75D0B0ED94CE98B49602AD82236CA"><header>Aircraft procurement, air force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground handling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things, $20,196,409,000 (increased by $122,600,000) (reduced by $150,000,000) (increased by $150,000,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H74EA4C3827F342C8A41111CA99DC6F47"><header>Missile procurement, air force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things, $4,401,753,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H6227CDF2B3324E9C85EC89F011B373A8"><header>Procurement of ammunition, air force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction, procurement, production, and modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $642,448,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HC76ABF9915364F48B0FC49F37FB67BC9"><header>Other procurement, air force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic and communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehicles; and expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, $29,819,938,000 (reduced by $4,300,000) (increased by $4,300,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H9D7B22814B80400FADA76062445062C1"><header>Procurement, space force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction, procurement, and modification of spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things, $4,109,201,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H51591041ADD941D68B51096E807467BC"><header>Procurement, defense-Wide</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) necessary for procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, $6,289,820,000 (increased by $2,500,000) (reduced by $10,000,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H7445FCA3A6DF4CAFBEE85688DFCFCDA9"><header>Defense production Act purchases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4518">50 U.S.C. 4518</external-xref>, 4531, 4532, and 4533), $618,605,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $50,000,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026, which shall be obligated and expended by the Secretary of Defense as if delegated the necessary authorities conferred by the Defense Production Act of 1950. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H13AE0E54A6BD4843BFDC02987F2A3371" commented="no"><header>National guard and reserve equipment account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tactical and support vehicles; other weapons; and other procurement items for the reserve components of the Armed Forces, $1,000,000,000 (increased by $750,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Chiefs of National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually submit to the congressional defense committees the modernization priority assessment for their respective National Guard or Reserve component: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds made available by this paragraph may be used to procure manned fixed wing aircraft, or procure or modify missiles, munitions, or ammunition. </text><pagebreak></pagebreak></appropriations-intermediate><enum>IV</enum><appropriations-major id="H7941478CE8B348A0902DC2D80D6A2670"><header>RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="HE091FF37CD884F60B30AC19A893D9D58"><header>Research, development, test and evaluation, army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $16,758,462,000 (increased by $15,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $7,500,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $2,500,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $2,500,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $11,000,000) (increased by $11,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $8,400,000) (increased by $8,400,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by $5,600,000) (increased by $5,600,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2025. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H0B03714DCD474A6AA00922E6FDE7F1D0"><header>Research, development, test and evaluation, navy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $27,690,777,000 (increased by $8,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $6,500,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (reduced by $5,500,000) (increased by $5,500,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (reduced by $8,500,000) (increased by $8,500,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique operational requirements of the Special Operations Forces. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HBF787F3443DA4929A166766FC0570F0B"><header>Research, development, test and evaluation, air force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $46,479,858,000 (increased by $7,750,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $12,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $2,500,000) (reduced by $20,000,000) (reduced by $4,500,000) (increased by $4,500,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $44,000,000) (increased by $44,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2025. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HE0539F17854E4A9180F91AB7DF5D9272"><header>Research, development, test and evaluation, space force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $18,839,144,000 (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $2,500,000) (increased by $7,500,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 2025. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H8618ECADBEFE409685BCF8F445C2E6DA"><header>Research, development, test and evaluation, defense-Wide</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments), necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $36,782,566,000 (reduced by $2,500,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $16,500,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $100,000,000) (reduced by $6,500,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $6,500,000) (increased by $6,500,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2025. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H17EAA6D128F64FE3BCDFD0C34546EF87"><header>Operational test and evaluation, defense</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of operational test and evaluation, including initial operational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, and in support of, production decisions; joint operational testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection therewith, $285,444,000 (reduced by $20,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2025.</text><pagebreak></pagebreak></appropriations-intermediate><enum>V</enum><appropriations-major id="H5F3ABF3D60E64A87BF86BBD37EC13964"><header>REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="HAB7D540E25624663816E752B802ED3F0"><header>Defense working capital funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $1,666,779,000 (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000).</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H7F4953B6EB2847038F33789E75C689D4"><header>National defense stockpile transaction fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> For the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund, $7,629,000, for activities pursuant to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/98">50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.</external-xref>).</text><pagebreak></pagebreak></appropriations-intermediate><enum>VI</enum><appropriations-major id="HCC0DEEEE5FB842B49072EC03EE66EAF3"><header>OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H7175D24C6C4D42D8B03FBA571F942994"><header>Defense health program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense as authorized by law, $39,365,472,000 (increased by $4,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (increased by $7,800,000) (reduced by $7,800,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000) (reduced by $200,000) (increased by $200,000); of which $36,826,743,000 (reduced by $7,800,000) (reduced by $200,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) shall be for operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2025, and of which up to $19,762,352,000 may be available for contracts entered into under the TRICARE program; of which $381,881,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026, shall be for procurement; and of which $2,156,848,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000) (increased by $7,800,000) (increased by $200,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by $15,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000), to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2025, shall be for research, development, test and evaluation: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amount made available under this heading for research, development, test and evaluation, not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention educational activities undertaken in connection with United States military training, exercises, and humanitarian assistance activities conducted primarily in African nations: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That of the funds provided under this heading for research, development, test and evaluation, not less than $1,154,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (reduced by $842,000) (increased by $842,000) (increased by $9,000,000) (reduced by $9,000,000) shall be made available to the Defense Health Agency to carry out the congressionally directed medical research programs: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees quarterly reports on the current status of the electronic health record program: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Comptroller General of the United States shall perform quarterly performance reviews of the electronic health record program.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H67D2474C38BE48939D814FF476C52761"><header>Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the provisions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1521">50 U.S.C. 1521</external-xref>), and for the destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the chemical weapon stockpile, $1,091,844,000, of which $89,284,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of which no less than $57,875,000 shall be for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of $23,676,000 for activities on military installations and $34,199,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to assist State and local governments; and $1,002,560,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be for research, development, test and evaluation, of which $1,000,467,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. </text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H1F5E6B3186514BDCB5B846FAE01948BF"><header>Drug interdiction and counter-Drug activities, defense</header></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H02EF22C2664249F6A2798D550FDAA5D9"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the Department of Defense for military personnel of the reserve components serving under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for operation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, development, test and evaluation, $1,162,161,000 (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), of which $693,848,000 (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) shall be for counter-narcotics support; $138,313,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction program; $300,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000) shall be for the National Guard counter-drug program; and $30,000,000 shall be for the National Guard counter-drug schools program: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for obligation for the same time period and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated under this heading may be used to support a new start program or project only after written prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.</text></appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HB3EAA16EC46C4CBE94A2A7B326A81015"><header>Office of the inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $506,629,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000), of which $502,131,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) shall be for operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Inspector General, and payments may be made upon the Inspector General's certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; of which $1,098,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026, shall be for procurement; and of which $3,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be for research, development, test and evaluation. </text></appropriations-intermediate><enum>VII</enum><appropriations-major id="HEC50EDCFE2AC44FF9390D944BB4D1CAC"><header>RELATED AGENCIES</header></appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H979F7C975E71491A81AE27EABA9B0ADA"><header>Central intelligence agency retirement and disability system fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper funding level for continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, $514,000,000.</text></appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H2776380238F64032ACD6E414D68C8659" commented="no"><header>Intelligence community management account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Management Account, $608,820,000.</text><pagebreak></pagebreak></appropriations-intermediate><enum>VIII</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">GENERAL PROVISIONS</header><section id="H346FF939970546F6993844A1043A81DF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8001.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress.</text></section><section id="H5EE59DD38CDD4B008340C302764B9151"><enum>8002.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That salary increases granted to direct and indirect hire foreign national employees of the Department of Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employees, whichever is higher: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That this section shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service national employees serving at United States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Department of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the limitations of this provision shall not apply to foreign national employees of the Department of Defense in the Republic of Turkey.</text></section><section id="H6F6209028BA343F68CB68C2D1E59B1C4"><enum>8003.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.</text></section><section id="HB5B37B8A4F2C446380A2730D0ADE6E93"><enum>8004.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No more than 20 percent of the appropriations in this Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the fiscal year: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That this section shall not apply to obligations for support of active duty training of reserve components or summer camp training of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H36982C0B495846E197A89BDE1FB583F3"><header>(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="HA9FD207A5B9A4A419D62E28DC4C224EF"><enum>8005.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed $6,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds made available in this Act to the Department of Defense for military functions (except military construction) between such appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 30, 2024: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That transfers among military personnel appropriations shall not be taken into account for purposes of the limitation on the amount of funds that may be transferred under this section.</text></section><section id="H55A292A52D8947B8A949F2C420754781"><enum>8006.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H445A3D7A44C5468DB448E24FD19F0376"><enum>(a)</enum><text>With regard to the list of specific programs, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to such programs, projects, and activities) contained in the tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the explanatory statement regarding this Act and the tables contained in the classified annex accompanying this Act, the obligation and expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act for those programs, projects, and activities are hereby required by law to be carried out in the manner provided by such tables to the same extent as if the tables were included in the text of this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="HA4A72E7D53CB413C9585D9EFDFBCE420"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Amounts specified in the referenced tables described in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That section 8005 shall apply when transfers of the amounts described in subsection (a) occur between appropriation accounts.</text></subsection></section><section id="H02F54FAA136C4AFB97F3BC61DDA37AE9"><enum>8007.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H249D5C4BAF9841019CB656A6268B3C71"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2024: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the report shall include—</text><paragraph id="H113D7A63D02C477CB3323F14D4231D40"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display the President's budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF873D79899D1409887A8D349E3376175"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a delineation in the table for each appropriation both by budget activity and program, project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Appendix; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H87CDE3FC17214708BBBE8E081DFE1AD8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an identification of items of special congressional interest.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H171DD91E08774B6D9F41635DCB3DB7ED"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement: <proviso><italic> Provided</italic></proviso>, That this subsection shall not apply to transfers from the following appropriations accounts:</text><paragraph id="H6EF0F48769434650A4014122AD2A288F"><enum>(1)</enum><text><quote>Environmental Restoration, Army</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFD323EA29CB74FBCB8AE066C478172BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text><quote>Environmental Restoration, Navy</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE5E9DD032D984BD981385DA0801FF9A1"><enum>(3)</enum><text><quote>Environmental Restoration, Air Force</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA2541456F0B94A90A4C2C0869E5AE704"><enum>(4)</enum><text><quote>Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6D4C10632251488999F4B2B9CF4AEC40"><enum>(5)</enum><text><quote>Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H54DA914060B344B0B68FD45014C585D1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text><quote>Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities, Defense</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HF8932791ED9647408D79B1111FA98A9C"><header>(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="HFF044037862C4719B9D19DEC358B9F8B"><enum>8008.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made from such funds: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That transfers may be made between such funds: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That transfers may be made between working capital funds and the <quote>Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense</quote> appropriation and the <quote>Operation and Maintenance</quote> appropriation accounts in such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, except that such transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That except in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made against a working capital fund to procure or increase the value of war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such obligation.</text></section><section id="HCE166F4E298A4780B62B41F5D1601AA8"><enum>8009.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used to initiate a special access program without prior notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congressional defense committees.</text></section><section id="H7E5BFA5FC9054EEB84F817DBCB28A28B"><enum>8010.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, unless the congressional defense committees have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to the limits of the Government's liability: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That no multiyear procurement contract can be terminated without 30-day prior notification to the congressional defense committees: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That none of the funds provided in this Act may be used for a multiyear contract executed after the date of the enactment of this Act unless in the case of any such contract—</text><paragraph id="HFB5CBABD817D4503A3072AC294E9838B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress a budget request for full funding of units to be procured through the contract and, in the case of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that includes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through the contract for which procurement funds are requested in that budget request for production beyond advance procurement activities in the fiscal year covered by the budget, full funding of procurement of such unit in that fiscal year;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HECCEBA57FA4F4534850126E43040E48A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cancellation provisions in the contract do not include consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the contractor associated with the production of unfunded units to be delivered under the contract;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1742AE006E641128A4DBA3FF117BD49"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the contract provides that payments to the contractor under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred costs on funded units; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAB3D63D23D3E412DBFC06FB7F90586D7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the contract does not provide for a price adjustment based on a failure to award a follow-on contract.</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="section">Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for multiyear procurement contracts for Naval Strike Missile, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement, Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, and USS Virginia Class (SSN-774).</continuation-text></section><section id="HD9FC28B205C14B5D9CE23563C728E8BB"><enum>8011.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within the funds appropriated for the operation and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/20">chapter 20</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of title 10, United States Code, and these obligations shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United States Code: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds available for operation and maintenance shall be available for providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/239">Public Law 99–239</external-xref>: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That upon a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such action is beneficial for graduate medical education programs conducted at Army medical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of medical services at such facilities and transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam.</text></section><section id="H83AE3C71ED9C499EB5BF8CF8C8570A15"><enum>8012.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before the Congress. </text></section><section id="H7679A39C47E1446DB2068EAB3E9E01BD" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8013.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds available in this Act to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades, or maintenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-deployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in accordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. </text></section><appropriations-small id="H51E723F4E12E435EB05C1D7ECC8775D7"><header>(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="H0BE62F0DAB6B42F6BA5C533A610EF9B8"><enum>8014.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3F384BDD36834FF98D39843041BB0282"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protégé Program may be transferred to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing a Mentor-Protégé Program developmental assistance agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/510">Public Law 101–510</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2302">10 U.S.C. 2302</external-xref> note), as amended, under the authority of this provision or any other transfer authority contained in this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="H952229FB203945EBAF43224DFFD9DEC8"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense shall include with the budget justification documents in support of the budget for fiscal year 2025 (as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) a description of each transfer under this section that occurred during the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which such budget is submitted. </text></subsection></section><section id="HD8EEFE6E7F51434C97204E7DB055EC2E"><enum>8015.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act may be available for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured in the United States from components which are substantially manufactured in the United States: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That for the purpose of this section, the term <term>manufactured</term> shall include cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain and welding (including the forging and shot blasting process): <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That for the purpose of this section substantially all of the components of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered to be produced or manufactured in the United States if the aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured in the United States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured outside the United States: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That when adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of the Service responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes. </text></section><section id="H4B29F521012C4160B571D318E67C7FF3"><enum>8016.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink) on a military installation located in the United States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured within that State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military installation is located: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That, in a case in which the military installation is located in more than one State, purchases may be made in any State in which the installation is located: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That such local procurement requirements for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installations in States which are not contiguous with another State: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most competitive source, price and other factors considered. </text></section><section id="H5351D4F292094CBA97C4480CFE439415"><enum>8017.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds available to the Department of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition components that are not otherwise prohibited from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe for further use. </text></section><section id="H6248A17344484CC99F5792C4508F8BD1"><enum>8018.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated or made available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an organization, unit, activity or function of the Department of Defense into or within the National Capital Region: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional defense committees that such a relocation is required in the best interest of the Government. </text></section><section id="H276DA8B3D1204DA795194B236F73D315"><enum>8019.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the funds provided elsewhere in this Act, $25,000,000 is appropriated only for incentive payments authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1544">25 U.S.C. 1544</external-xref>): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That a prime contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes of being allowed additional compensation under section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1544">25 U.S.C. 1544</external-xref>) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or services, including any contract and any subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code. </text></section><section id="HD11FA708C61C4AD6BAC15979B80196D6"><enum>8020.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H40895F2B5E5C465DA5CD4D35CC1987E1"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington relocatable military housing units located at Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the needs of the Air Force.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3570582D577F4549B00A3941D6B77A11"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a) in accordance with the request for such units that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="H8C8A9D3AECEE4D4A99013E30A6AC2E94"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under subsection (a) before submitting requests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="H2CE2AB3A71AA48EE99CA9CBB5E4951BC"><enum>(d)</enum><text>In this section, the term <term>Indian tribe</term> means any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/454">Public Law 103–454</external-xref>; 108 Stat. 4792; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5131">25 U.S.C. 5131</external-xref>). </text></subsection></section><section id="H27D808649AAE4749B5852D2B9B849BAD"><enum>8021.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense under the heading <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</quote>, not less than $20,000,000 shall be made available only for the mitigation of environmental impacts, including training and technical assistance to tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of information, documenting of environmental damage, and developing a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from Department of Defense activities. </text></section><section id="H22DD5B81CF144BE4998D8E341F037E5B"><enum>8022.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national or international political or psychological activities. </text></section><section id="H7ACC529C387346EF9CF41EBCCFEF9045"><enum>8023.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFD79954776DA4B2682CD700961869373"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available in this Act, not less than $68,100,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which—</text><paragraph id="HDAFE7AC7CF91415B8EFACA5E559EBF79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$55,100,000 shall be available from <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Air Force</quote> to support Civil Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand reduction activities involving youth programs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2AD0ED88B6094A0A850B6B85ABFD62BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$11,000,000 shall be available from <quote>Aircraft Procurement, Air Force</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H08B4769F1A5D489C95705CD884E67227"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$2,000,000 shall be available from <quote>Other Procurement, Air Force</quote> for vehicle procurement.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H82ECF3B7BCD8410CA597067B76133DE5"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and local government agencies. </text></subsection></section><section id="H6202222A9EA44DE9BDF30CC45EC3AB5A"><enum>8024.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8320318C05174860B5F843641FC78E0E"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act are available to establish a new Department of Defense (department) federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other nonprofit entities.</text></subsection><subsection id="HE6A327356A8E434BA2249E950EFABF7B"><enum>(b)</enum><text>No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be compensated for his or her services as a member of such entity, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in a fiscal year: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That a member of any such entity referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the performance of membership duties.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4426D40225074EA1BCFA68DDBA47EEFD"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds available to the Department from any source during the current fiscal year may be used by a defense FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for construction of new buildings not located on a military installation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded by Government grants, for absorption of contract overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include employee participation in community service and/or development.</text></subsection><subsection id="H89EA5D3846954ADAB6F0FBB3A2C9B81F"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds available to the department during fiscal year 2024, not more than $2,885,000,000 may be funded for professional technical staff-related costs of the defense FFRDCs: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That within such funds, not more than $456,803,000 shall be available for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That this subsection shall not apply to staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of the department’s fiscal year 2025 budget request, submit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC by program during that fiscal year and the associated budget estimates, by appropriation account and program: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That this subsection shall not apply to appropriations for the National Intelligence Program and Military Intelligence Program.</text></subsection></section><section id="H283ABEBA731E4487914A6B3A32457E71"><enum>8025.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this Act, the term <term>congressional defense committees</term> means the Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. </text></section><section id="HFAED73F522824307B672F019FD6339C1"><enum>8026.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this Act, the term <term>congressional intelligence committees</term> means the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. </text></section><section id="H0E28642B31C34104860D61C669DF5A1C"><enum>8027.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the current fiscal year, the Department of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production of components and other Defense-related articles, through competition between Department of Defense depot maintenance activities and private firms: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military department or Defense Agency concerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and private bids: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this section. </text></section><section id="HAF131F0D382D45B8A451217C7952574B"><enum>8028.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE2D37C851AB942B791A437CEDB92FDA2"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>Buy American Act</term> means <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/41/83">chapter 83</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection id="H1882AB00164C4C71ACECE69370953E5C"><enum>(b)</enum><text>If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a <quote>Made in America</quote> inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance with section 4658 of title 10, United States Code, whether the person should be debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense.</text></subsection><subsection id="H9B3D85EF70F04C759CF35940CD53A4A6"><enum>(c)</enum><text>In the case of any equipment or products purchased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and products, provided that American-made equipment and products are cost-competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely fashion. </text></subsection></section><section id="H39534E3D85114A30AFBF3585616A3D78"><enum>8029.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or made available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned facility or property under the control of the Department of Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United States or Canada: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That these procurement restrictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of the military department responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in being as of the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></section><section id="HBF896CC7FAA14E9EB820C2E9662BD0DD"><enum>8030.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H52D626E0FBC94D069939BEE287FE987B"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC31E81B8EF3E44FFB6291E336AE04413"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a foreign country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain types of products produced in the United States that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the Secretary's blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with respect to such types of products produced in that foreign country.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4CFCDDDC757144568C2656E72F49942B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the United States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain products in that country.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA5CEC51A931F410C88383731C91FD9B3"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2024. Such report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2501">19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.</external-xref>), or any international agreement to which the United States is a party.</text></subsection><subsection id="H0863BDF61A9544D2AE189236B19DBFFA"><enum>(c)</enum><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>Buy American Act</term> means <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/41/83">chapter 83</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code. </text></subsection></section><section id="HF9679CFF9915447DA5C9113CDB2D9FC1"><enum>8031.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than those produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of the military department responsible for such procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of <quote>commercial products</quote>, as defined by section 103 of title 41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. </text></section><section id="H78640D8B8AF245998BC2EAD7D414C537"><enum>8032.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act may be used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes that is not available from United States manufacturers.</text></section><section id="H60A2802AE40546099FC4FD725CFECD28"><enum>8033.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H007479DC13A540DCA5842383C835ADFA"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation on the procurement of defense items from foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines that the application of the limitation with respect to that country would invalidate cooperative programs entered into between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of defense items entered into under section 4851 of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not discriminate against the same or similar defense items produced in the United States for that country.</text></subsection><subsection id="H7E7E5AC1C42E4EF3A4FA628C7D712456"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Subsection (a) applies with respect to—</text><paragraph id="HF3CAF92713524D748C6F6CDAFBA59EE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B31784EC82D46EA9B1CFB6093685A0D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>options for the procurement of items that are exercised after such date under contracts that are entered into before such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason other than the application of a waiver granted under subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6A407B3A95664120A342F2226B64627F"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by section XI (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and products classified under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404. </text></subsection></section><section id="HB380BD3021B14D27ABACA4F99F2E806D"><enum>8034.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this Act, or any subsequent Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense, may be used for the purchase or manufacture of a flag of the United States unless such flags are treated as covered items under section 4862(b) of title 10, United States Code.</text></section><section id="HB341A2801C5F49EF8C95E8F021F18442"><enum>8035.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the current fiscal year, amounts contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available until expended for the payments specified by section 2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code. </text></section><section id="H86596DE38DF44E1D8B1CE46BBBD0E2AF"><enum>8036.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the current fiscal year, appropriations which are available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items having an investment item unit cost of not more than $350,000: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet the operational requirements of a Commander of a Combatant Command engaged in a named contingency operation overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items having an investment item unit cost of not more than $500,000.</text></section><section id="HDC256876A30C41DE98125EBC60ECF139"><enum>8037.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Navy</quote> may be made available for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the United States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian assistance, and payment of incremental and personnel costs of training and exercising with foreign security forces: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds made available for this purpose may be used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities for humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined exercise expenses: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That funds may not be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of assistance under any other provision of law. </text></section><section id="HAA16F7A5D24046428668F54864B03C33"><enum>8038.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related products in military resale outlets in the United States, its territories and possessions at a price below the most competitive price in the local community: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such regulations shall direct that the prices of tobacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military retail outlets shall be within the range of prices established for military retail system stores located in the United States.</text></section><section id="H1D61BA1306114D28A1A0D4ABD65AA1B0"><enum>8039.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4566968CB56E4ECB9274905414011B62"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the current fiscal year, none of the appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an investment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense for procurement.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5CB67EEDC1A94F209E7E892D531752F4"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The fiscal year 2025 budget request for the Department of Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2025 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment which was classified as an end item and funded in a procurement appropriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2025 procurement appropriation and not in the supply management business area or any other area or category of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds. </text></subsection></section><section id="H531C82720DDE4BA299A8CCC8661687E2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8040.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That funds appropriated, transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until expended: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency for advanced research and development acquisition, for agent operations, and for covert action programs authorized by the President under section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3093">50 U.S.C. 3093</external-xref>) shall remain available until September 30, 2025: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency for the construction, improvement, or alteration of facilities, including leased facilities, to be used primarily by personnel of the intelligence community, shall remain available until September 30, 2026.</text></section><section id="H1EBFCE1F89CB4824BBDA1BEA04B24184"><enum>8041.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H93ED16890D5141B6A5200158AA103986"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may be used—</text><paragraph id="HF9B3FBAAE61B4C3F9FA8CD49E7B669F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish a field operating agency; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4D4F0DFF5554433DAC5EB7699FF37B3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the department who is transferred or reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member or employee's place of duty remains at the location of that headquarters.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF73CA7FB27A24FC09AF8B5892EB28F9A"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the financial requirements of the department.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB1E31F9843DC48589B5A14620207409C"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section does not apply to—</text><paragraph id="HFB82ABF254454BAE8C2AF302ED2CC610"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">field operating agencies funded within the National Intelligence Program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H115DF5C3571E491291BEB1F0075E9D89"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Army field operating agency established to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of improvised explosive devices, and, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, other similar threats;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6FCFABA7D29E43D091EE75F181FB3F58"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Army field operating agency established to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of biometric activities and to integrate common biometric technologies throughout the Department of Defense; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H869426BE051D4861B455565FAFB0C0D3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Air Force field operating agency established to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Program and Mortuary Operations for the Department of Defense and authorized Federal entities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6A3BE7092D53493F98862E5666CC1C80"><enum>8042.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5F1DA31322A44BECB65CF49BD4B54934"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to convert to contractor performance an activity or function of the Department of Defense that, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian employees unless—</text><paragraph id="HC2B2BC7F856F4246BD85F243098E40D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the conversion is based on the result of a public-private competition that includes a most efficient and cost effective organization plan developed by such activity or function;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H56E17FE313F24C71B463AD69A89499C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over all performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for performance of the activity or function, the cost of performance of the activity or function by a contractor would be less costly to the Department of Defense by an amount that equals or exceeds the lesser of—</text><subparagraph id="H54CAE00DED3F4AF49DEACCE316E8E190"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 percent of the most efficient organization's personnel-related costs for performance of that activity or function by Federal employees; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6306DA799C11472CA45E5074774AB1CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7DE8BC512A444F629F95FF3BEA9B3596"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the contractor does not receive an advantage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense by—</text><subparagraph id="H5D49ABAA3F0E4F04940242EE86B82CBB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not making an employer-sponsored health insurance plan available to the workers who are to be employed in the performance of that activity or function under the contract; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8419A15222AE4865A252EA07265F5112"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offering to such workers an employer-sponsored health benefits plan that requires the employer to contribute less towards the premium or subscription share than the amount that is paid by the Department of Defense for health benefits for civilian employees under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/89">chapter 89</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H089BB1DC27C9471B8AC236318A5F9B56"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC450D97D583C4B5986749F0B90E677E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any administrative regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense that—</text><subparagraph id="H7B383F8E50644AAC83659E3FF9184EE0" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is included on the procurement list established pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States Code);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF69A64A46877431EA44249EFD2674DB4" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped individuals in accordance with that Act; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA21DA9C1BACD453B99D25EDCD6DEA523" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b(e)</external-xref>), or a Native Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/637">15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H57416966DC9749568707BB971DEDD6CF" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0937A59E60484EAFBB915E0521CFDC69"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The conversion of any activity or function of the Department of Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be credited toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be established by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed to be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial activities.</text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HFCD254BA963847C28EE4A1C3CB9562DE"><header> (RESCISSIONS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="HC899A48C9A3A41BE86ACE4CCA726B083"><enum>8043.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:</text><paragraph id="HA210500250FC465780E553B7F4D85905"><enum/><text><quote>Missile Procurement, Army</quote>, 2022/2024, $9,093,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F22E1F4146143AEB320019CB81DB723"><enum/><text><quote>Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army</quote>, 2022/2024, $1,900,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA38904ADBC114CDD9739D9654164FF45"><enum/><text><quote>Other Procurement, Army</quote>, 2022/2024, $44,681,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCACB8EC4F0F64759AC82FBCFD12BF379"><enum/><text><quote>Aircraft Procurement, Navy</quote>, 2022/2024, $1,428,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1A6043A8F89C4882BF7EF8E7E1D48EE6"><enum/><text><quote>Weapons Procurement, Navy</quote>, 2022/2024, $13,058,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC47FC73192B44C078EC18B54F254414C"><enum/><text><quote>Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps</quote>, 2022/2024, $1,012,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9F83DD1461046AAA69481A1784BE786"><enum/><text><quote>Other Procurement, Navy</quote>, 2022/2024, $2,975,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H24D0D7CF633143A5BBF6BCE1D2067FC1"><enum/><text><quote>Cooperative Threat Reduction Account</quote>, 2022/2024, $75,000,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H751F2DFBE4BC41B38513B3BC7B24B8DD"><enum/><text><quote>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</quote>, 2023/2024, $75,000,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H011925D43A2540CBAF46ADE66D0AE34F"><enum/><text><quote>Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund</quote>, 2023/2024, $50,000,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD1DE3DBC0DD4C63850C84E03DA6D223"><enum/><text><quote>Other Procurement, Army</quote>, 2023/2025, $4,066,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEC4E7851D5BD4493BAEBE51482A79790"><enum/><text><quote>Aircraft Procurement, Navy</quote>, 2023/2025, $10,033,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBABD6E23B7EA4B7CBD5F73D5B7476720"><enum/><text><quote>Weapons Procurement, Navy</quote>, 2023/2025, $53,139,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8426DE98EEF044C387D3DA6CC1CC55D2"><enum/><text><quote>Other Procurement, Navy</quote>, 2023/2025, $1,550,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB10DC9A1D5B74A7FAE1AEF5DC7EF2DD7"><enum/><text><quote>Procurement, Marine Corps</quote>, 2023/2025, $155,304,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2226F4E303B74EF7B54EFF5B85427B55"><enum/><text><quote>Other Procurement, Air Force</quote>, 2023/2025, $45,000,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1E5277CB19494147B608FEB3A598B031"><enum/><text><quote>Procurement, Defense-Wide</quote>, 2023/2025, $32,148,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE84EC956DFC14564BE607D9897B0C8BF"><enum/><text><quote>Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force</quote>, 2023/2024, $29,300,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H739CEDFBF24A47F4B50EACBA606D6535"><enum/><text><quote>Army Working Capital Fund</quote>, XXXX/XXXX, $100,000,000; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB4F36A8DDD594724AE54AC7588AF26F2"><enum/><text><quote>Navy Working Capital Fund</quote>, XXXX/XXXX, $100,000,000.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H471BE7FFB59549DFA9DE2F9550AB1FD4"><enum>8044.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds available in this Act may be used to reduce the authorized positions for military technicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions are a direct result of a reduction in military force structure. </text></section><section id="HE6B852E206F648D2AD8A18F08382F930"><enum>8045.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That this restriction shall not apply to any activities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of United States Armed Forces personnel from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. </text></section><section id="H860E05A959B94E1F83245B0DBA51379C"><enum>8046.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated in this Act for operation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Combatant Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the activities and programs included within the National Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That nothing in this section authorizes deviation from established Reserve and National Guard personnel and training procedures. </text></section><section id="H2E372704E0D747FDA59DD6D40FA86158"><enum>8047.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBD35721DABDE47738349F4BA010C7155"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds available to the Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other department or agency of the United States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law.</text></subsection><subsection id="HAC495A70A2E64C8D9772C9C20A375423"><enum>(b)</enum><text>None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other department or agency of the United States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law. </text></subsection></section><section id="H4603400EBCCC4961BD945D460A1D09DA"><enum>8048.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, $49,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts specified as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organizations and $25,000,000 to the Red Cross: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this section may be used to encourage, guide, or otherwise assist in migration towards the United States southwest border.</text></section><section id="HE35950AD608F4E4FB995CAAA89364F26"><enum>8049.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set-asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the extramural budget. The Secretary of each military department, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head of each other relevant component of the Department of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, concurrent with submission of the budget justification documents to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report with a detailed accounting of the Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set-asides taken from programs, projects, or activities within such department, agency, or component during the most recently completed fiscal year. </text></section><section id="H2A95B864853A447CBC100E9444A31EF3"><enum>8050.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds available to the Department of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by the contractor to an employee when—</text><paragraph id="H75E981053EBA49029B6F421737AA8A9A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAB09BD307F5F4496BB13C660331D3311" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated with a business combination. </text></paragraph></section><appropriations-small id="H78B16A63E19445EFB71CF8FE967EA5B3"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="HF99723760CA34400911345C0B334D44F"><enum>8051.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the current fiscal year, no more than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the heading <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</quote> may be transferred to appropriations available for the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to be available for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in connection with support and services for eligible organizations and activities outside the Department of Defense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code. </text></section><section id="H49225B31353B451EB39BA52A9035A745"><enum>8052.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1A99C457198441C081127B93FB616D5A"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-available, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such use on a case-by-case basis.</text></subsection><subsection id="HBE447932154C4D3E8C4C961012360D2A"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be credited to funds available for the National Guard Distance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs associated with the use of equipment of the project under that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such purposes without fiscal year limitation. </text></subsection></section><section id="HCD289B04EC6049AD9F2C2EC18BDEA42D"><enum>8053.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4EBE53D926F64F3A88CA4F19905A9CB2"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obligated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C–40 aircraft.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD283ABE9B53048DCB0C6B560D24E163D"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply to an individual C–40 aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no longer mission capable due to a Class A mishap.</text></subsection><subsection id="H6537BCC93A9043ED9151C889A145E955"><enum>(c)</enum><text>If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) that an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification in writing that the status of such aircraft is due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of maintenance, repairs, or other reasons.</text></subsection><subsection id="HA208493D41634C97B87017822B2657A4"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 necessary steps taken by the Department of Defense to meet the travel requirements for official or representational duties of members of Congress and the Cabinet in fiscal years 2024 and 2025.</text></subsection></section><section id="HEDCF8C2EACFA4062A764E3971C336F0A"><enum>8054.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD65938F2F11546B5B693343E2DB4161A"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated in title IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery to military forces for operational training, operational use, or inventory requirements: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That this restriction does not apply to end-items used in development, prototyping in accordance with an approved test strategy, and test activities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational use.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB6D0145063994E06A9D900D398F6014E"><enum>(b)</enum><text>If the number of end-items budgeted with funds appropriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number required in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in coordination with the responsible Service Acquisition Executive, shall certify in writing to the congressional defense committees that there is a bonafide need for the additional end-items at the time of submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code: <proviso><italic>Provided</italic></proviso>, That this restriction does not apply to programs funded within the National Intelligence Program.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDBA7FACF3B664280B58EC27BF88C05A1"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the congressional defense committees a report detailing the use of funds requested in research, development, test and evaluation accounts for end-items used in development, prototyping and test activities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational use: <proviso><italic> Provided</italic></proviso>, That the report shall set forth, for each end item covered by the preceding proviso, a detailed list of the statutory authorities under which amounts in the accounts described in that proviso were used for such item: <proviso><italic> Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the congressional defense committees a certification that funds requested for fiscal year 2025 in research, development, test and evaluation accounts are in compliance with this section: <proviso><italic> Provided further</italic></proviso>, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national security interest to do so. </text></subsection></section><section id="H55E5EA9CB3874E5AB26CAC5B5852BA93"><enum>8055.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or other Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to military family housing units of the Department of Defense, including areas in such military family housing units that may be used for the purpose of conducting official Department of Defense business. </text></section><section id="HD111D7840CE04411944DB3EA212D8DA0"><enum>8056.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading <quote>Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide</quote> for any new start defense innovation acceleration or rapid prototyping program demonstration project with a value of more than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 15 days after a report, including a description of the project, the planned acquisition and transition strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has been provided in writing to the congressional defense committees: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense committees that it is in the national interest to do so. </text></section><section id="HB59A19929BEF47CBABD236E513824EB5"><enum>8057.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall continue to provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. </text></section><section id="HC7DA0EF822824C49B8A24E9A0BEA61BA"><enum>8058.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 10, United States Code, a servicemember who is a member of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, may perform duties in support of the ground-based elements of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. </text></section><section id="HDFBEDEFE718148CBB0E39553D6168D17"><enum>8059.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has a center-fire cartridge and a United States military nomenclature designation of <quote>armor penetrator</quote>, <quote>armor piercing (AP)</quote>, <quote>armor piercing incendiary (API)</quote>, or <quote>armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)</quote>, except to an entity performing demilitarization services for the Department of Defense under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a contract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Permanent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by the Department of State.</text></section><section id="H6D113F6027FC4FF58E7F7BDF9D0F8B22" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8060.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, may waive payment of all or part of the consideration that otherwise would be required under section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fraternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, on a case-by-case basis.</text></section><appropriations-small id="HED2CEE60463240B5A3A6DD6FF18978D2"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="H80EF98A277F34C0EBE8044321359ABBF"><enum>8061.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Army</quote>, $175,943,968 shall remain available until expended: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such funds to other activities of the Federal Government: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real property, construction, personal services, and operations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this section: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That contracts entered into under the authority of this section may provide for such indemnification as the Secretary determines to be necessary: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That projects authorized by this section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and local law to the maximum extent consistent with the national security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. </text></section><section id="HB3EF1F7A30E64A0EBC53D6AFF81E71FF"><enum>8062.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7820B13F29F7442E8B3B1313B2832A00"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to take any action to modify—</text><paragraph id="HC60925BE616947CB8CAA8925B8AC802E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the appropriations account structure for the National Intelligence Program budget, including through the creation of a new appropriation or new appropriation account;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC145A33B19A442CCA3C46522016F1658"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how the National Intelligence Program budget request is presented in the unclassified P–1, R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Department of Defense budget request;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDD875AE3425A4CDE8900422B456E1501"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the process by which the National Intelligence Program appropriations are apportioned to the executing agencies; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H40B465437F244B73996DA67AAD373011"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the process by which the National Intelligence Program appropriations are allotted, obligated and disbursed.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1896155A69ED4DBEB04D26E82F2BA964"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to prohibit the merger of programs or changes to the National Intelligence Program budget at or below the Expenditure Center level, provided such change is otherwise in accordance with paragraphs (1)–(3) of subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="HE6BE1DC409624F4EA26B5721A9D96333"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of achieving auditable financial statements and improving fiscal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for alternative financial management processes. Such study shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk assessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes will adversely affect counterintelligence.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC49009C7F98E4C12A7F260EC826052A9"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Upon development of the detailed proposals defined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall—</text><paragraph id="HF18C89ED070445D3B1252D411E4BAA07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide the proposed alternatives to all affected agencies;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7CC93A79D724EA0924CC7BEA66AB878"><enum>(2)</enum><text>receive certification from all affected agencies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6E3FFE025194A11B1C2D29328A53CE9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text>not later than 30 days after receiving all necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present the proposed alternatives and certifications to the congressional defense and intelligence committees. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H95019C1CFBF9437EADE4E8308AAB95CC"><header> (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="H062CBE538D16473FABC3C121B82C60BA"><enum>8063.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the current fiscal year, not to exceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in title II of this Act for <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Army</quote>, <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Navy</quote>, and <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Air Force</quote> may be transferred by the military department concerned to its central fund established for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. </text></section><appropriations-small id="H9CF21A125A35417C9CFE61D7749FD942"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="H1B0CA39BD88F4D76A63428576252AA8D"><enum>8064.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to remain available for obligation until expended: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That notwithstanding any other provision of law, that upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of military family members when confronted with the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H45D98232D26945A4B43373F556663A25"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="HEFBAAE2F66BF447AB0836F8DD164BAD2"><enum>8065.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated for <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Navy</quote>, up to $1,000,000 shall be available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1105">2 U.S.C. 1105</external-xref>).</text></section><section id="H152A16DB234D4E04A021DBFA8DA23401"><enum>8066.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds available to the Department of Defense may be obligated to modify command and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command operational and administrative control of United States Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the command and control relationships which existed on October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written modification has been proposed to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the proposed modification may be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an objection is received from either the House or Senate Appropriations Committees: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That any proposed modification shall not preclude the ability of the commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to meet operational requirements. </text></section><section id="H8EA772FDAF9C4C81A9930BA8574A5FA2" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8067.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any notice that is required to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 804(a) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be submitted pursuant to that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. </text></section><appropriations-small id="HE4E74EE870114178AED2EDE972882120"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="H6EA03963D16D4D7C9AAB65EEB7E46CE5"><enum>8068.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the headings <quote>Procurement, Defense-Wide</quote> and <quote>Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide</quote>, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative Programs: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That of this amount, $80,000,000 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, subject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended; $127,000,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise missile defense research and development under the SRBMD program; $40,000,000 shall be for co-production activities of SRBMD systems in the United States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for SRBMD, as amended; $80,000,000 shall be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Architecture, of which $80,000,000 shall be for co-production activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; and $173,000,000 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement Program including development of a long range, ground and airborne, detection suite: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the transfer authority provided under this provision is in addition to any other transfer authority contained in this Act.</text></section><section id="H7C13692734E14D44A59A177E3D6082D3"><enum>8069.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, $1,648,559,000 shall be available until September 30, 2024, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for the following programs:</text><paragraph id="HA28B8852840B4514901A1F7029EF15B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2013/2024: Carrier Replacement Program, $624,600,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H68B67BAA77F64D369DA29B34A4C90CEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2015/2024: Virginia Class Submarine Program, $43,419,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6CA349CEEE984BC7BA68EFB025B8200D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2016/2024: Virginia Class Submarine Program, $100,115,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2DCBCEF331F2432BACDDB6F24F4D6F18"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2016/2024: DDG–51 Destroyer, $104,090,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H16C22235EF9D4D609080603FF2820B18"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2017/2024: Virginia Class Submarine Program, $24,646,000; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC68E143AB18343EEAE3A5A83D7776748"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2017/2024: DDG–51 Destroyer, $121,827,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA7AAFDB57195456F968C54FFAA3A6056"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2017/2024: LPD–17, $16,520,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H91D845F6F5FD42059483ED8481FDAF72"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2018/2024: Ship to Shore Connector Program, $43,600,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H46F6A69DA329435FB853364341FB26FE"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2019/2024: Littoral Combat Ship, $23,000,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H040FEE97B71D436F9FDDECF32841AAA4"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2019/2024: TAO Fleet Oiler, $27,060,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD4145F17BE5A4586945091825A5100A1"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2020/2024: CVN Refueling Overhauls, $42,422,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H504455DAD6F042F8A46837D062A98C57"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2020/2024: TAO Fleet Oiler, $93,250,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE08EFC8A5A6C42E18E5E3D0A93FA06CB"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2020/2024: Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship Program, $1,150,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H78F85C5F8EEE482F9725E89245DF752B"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2021/2024: Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship Program, $21,809,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD0B59AF72A77410CA801D87A32FB2176"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2022/2024: TAO Fleet Oiler, $2,585,000;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H63238A3BBA344BD8B0C242B719B52E1C"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2022/2024: Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship Program, $3,300,000; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H491EC5660EC444C795876899F5D3F505"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, 2022/2024: T-AGOS Surtass Ships Program, $355,166,000.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H8E6FFB53020D40828252AC0E406C4698"><enum>8070.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated by this Act for intelligence and intelligence-related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3094">50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)</external-xref>) until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.</text></section><section id="HDA0FD05C0E204002AAE440CEED7F4709"><enum>8071.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity unless such program, project, or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest of national security and only after written prior notification to the congressional defense committees. </text></section><section id="H90E313C89DEA463F93028379E3402EE9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8072.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds in this Act may be used for research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense system.</text></section><section id="HDE95AD316F5348FEAD46FC0CE919C184"><enum>8073.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of decommissioning any Littoral Combat Ship, the USS <italic>Germantown</italic>, or the USS <italic>Tortuga</italic>. </text></section><section id="H47B2D272BEDE446692345EB1E2699428"><enum>8074.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in this Act under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote> shall be considered to be for the same purpose as any subdivision under the heading <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote> appropriations in any prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply to the total amount of the appropriation. </text></section><section id="HF9DB10FB832E4DDD9B0DFEB04D773A77"><enum>8075.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or made available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the levels funded in this Act: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Air Force shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to perform other missions in support of national defense requirements during the non-hurricane season. </text></section><section id="H5D688409E8634FF4A15644D127F2360E"><enum>8076.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H70027C2E27864C8EA5D90B88DB483980"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to transfer research and development, acquisition, or other program authority relating to current tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from the Army.</text></subsection><subsection id="HCA0ED973366B4E0AB45F8A39D53ACFD2"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Army shall retain responsibility for and operational control of the MQ–1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in order to support the Secretary of Defense in matters relating to the employment of unmanned aerial vehicles. </text></subsection></section><section id="HEAC5447EA82D46B1AB1A0247092C970F"><enum>8077.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence information unless the information has been lawfully collected and processed during the conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That information pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution as implemented through Executive Order No. 12333. </text></section><section id="HF957B48C991B4C9B86FD0B9D3E4DA054"><enum>8078.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for research and technology, which shall remain available until September 30, 2025, and except for funds appropriated for the purchase of real property, which shall remain available until September 30, 2026. </text></section><section id="H6FF6E8082FA84567A51B35218C2A43B6"><enum>8079.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8F14FBF63DC249B4B1998F5D418B2D91"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit a report to the congressional intelligence committees to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2024: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the report shall include—</text><paragraph id="HE214DDC0A9384E8495DE8DF964A3C715"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display the President's budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8116EFD4D8F14934BA64780EEAE77D97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a delineation in the table for each appropriation by Expenditure Center and project; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1CC6DDD95C444ED8B197242C8E27C62F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an identification of items of special congressional interest.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE041322F165F4389BB1E8A4B53FAA692"><enum>(b)</enum><text>None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence Program in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement. </text></subsection></section><section id="H02CFE05027CA4F7E8F75DBBE7BA62A86"><enum>8080.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBE508654949D45E0AFE85D1A032E92D3"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3024">50 U.S.C. 3024(d)</external-xref>) that—</text><paragraph id="H20B0E21CBFD049A28DC6EB8484845F09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>creates a new start effort;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE5655A385B3246F39B4FA26FA74B190E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>terminates a program with appropriated funding of $10,000,000 or more;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9E3799D28BD44C51915999A7A6C46E19"><enum>(3)</enum><text>transfers funding into or out of the National Intelligence Program; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDFE2AB209F34BBAB1D00E2C8BFCE1AE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>transfers funding between appropriations, unless the congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification period may be reduced for urgent national security requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H16C45991E1574791B1A4DF11EBE03099"><enum>(b)</enum><text>None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3024">50 U.S.C. 3024(d)</external-xref>) that results in a cumulative increase or decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex accompanying the Act unless the congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification period may be reduced for urgent national security requirements. </text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H536EA4CCD4784C9186F79350AE6CAAEF"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="HF39F64FF3D8A44389FB518298DE41DEC"><enum>8081.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon a determination by the Director of National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in the national interest, the Director may, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made available in this Act for the National Intelligence Program: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 30, 2024. </text></section><section id="H7F02D5D526F34CC9B4A5609F27EEA7B9"><enum>8082.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any transfer of amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account in or for fiscal year 2024 to a military department or Defense Agency pursuant to section 1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, shall be covered by and subject to section 8005 of this Act.</text></section><section id="H1966B23C5FFB427B8E23853A0BE176AC"><enum>8083.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3067FEDE9346407B88CDDAD039EE419B"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for any Federal contract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to—</text><paragraph id="HC685C57FD9974DDCB86E493665F0AFE3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enter into any agreement with any of its employees or independent contractors that requires, as a condition of employment, that the employee or independent contractor agree to resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6ADD556258A9478AA561434991C064BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>take any action to enforce any provision of an existing agreement with an employee or independent contractor that mandates that the employee or independent contractor resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H646F917BA521403D821FA5D31BD7AEDC"><enum>(b)</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for any Federal contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), with respect to any employee or independent contractor performing work related to such subcontract. For purposes of this subsection, a <quote>covered subcontractor</quote> is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="H94D8C9F33E164F1EB304FD191F8F1E2A"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The prohibitions in this section do not apply with respect to a contractor's or subcontractor's agreements with employees or independent contractors that may not be enforced in a court of the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="H639163E3FCE1452480E9688FA1E7B9B1"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary personally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid harm to national security interests of the United States, and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determination shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not avoid harm to national security interests of the United States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress, and simultaneously make public, any determination under this subsection not less than 15 business days before the contract or subcontract addressed in the determination may be awarded. </text></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H0EDA73E4E2D843AEBCC95487D65737C6"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="HE5731897E0A346BAB86A31566DBEBB9E"><enum>8084.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From within the funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program in this Act, up to $172,000,000, shall be available for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/84">Public Law 111–84</external-xref>: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That for purposes of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are operations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/417">Public Law 110–417</external-xref>: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That additional funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. </text></section><section id="H13411AACA5EC41A786C2D4F0FBE2D460"><enum>8085.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used by the Department of Defense or a component thereof in contravention of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United States Code.</text></section><section id="HD36D1B825EE14551A355592D93F07496"><enum>8086.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations available to the Department of Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limitations applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles.</text></section><appropriations-small id="H631DA0D195614E7598469B415A0FDBC4"><header>(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)</header></appropriations-small><section id="HF30C3E662CAB43AEA9213BD47E6273D3" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8087.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for <quote>Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy</quote>, $142,008,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028, may be used for the purchase of two used sealift vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/57100">46 U.S.C. 57100</external-xref>): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the United States Department of Transportation for programs, projects, activities, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That notwithstanding section 2218 of title 10, United States Code, none of these funds shall be transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund for execution.</text></section><section id="H3C0442DA146640EF9AAA26BEFC40C3C2"><enum>8088.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE0786F1D80684CF0A87518444A0E89E3"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public Web site of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest.</text></subsection><subsection id="H9D7CFDCB0F3D481CA11053D9C96C0327"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—</text><paragraph id="HAF170FBCCEA54F3B88B93803FBC4B5B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the public posting of the report compromises national security; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H090EA9263073470B8096A6D5A5070C11"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the report contains proprietary information.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5384D9B453C54EB099DF0E5F08EC8BE0"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. </text></subsection></section><section id="H025609B4F8374BCFBAA6DE814B30D0F8"><enum>8089.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall post grant awards on a public website in a searchable format.</text></section><section id="HA1CD6D2029DA478EB8B3E245D4683863"><enum>8090.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the National Security Agency to—</text><paragraph id="H465269B7921442938F9C08EA755BF347"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States person; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBBD1AAA85AF642A8B15A3055FD0DDE09"><enum>(2)</enum><text>acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, United States Code) of any electronic communication of a United States person from a provider of electronic communication services to the public pursuant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. </text></paragraph></section><section id="H6FE5703763EC413C93F1C76D0C8E3771"><enum>8091.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who approves or implements the transfer of administrative responsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of another Federal agency not financed by this Act without the express authorization of Congress: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly provided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense. </text></section><section id="HAEEEEE6AD7794963888A13AD00FF5E24" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8092.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Navy</quote>, $667,508,000, to remain available until expended, may be used for any purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/57100">46 U.S.C. 57100</external-xref>): <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the United States Department of Transportation for programs, projects, activities, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet.</text></section><section id="H688F7C524C3E4FF49DCBEF6714110A2C"><enum>8093.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6E6CDE923A4747D598DE8524E039E731"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided in this Act for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of the following components unless those components are manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment (including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and subsequent ships of the fleet.</text></subsection><subsection id="H21272036DD2C4DEAA160B8F102A7088F"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided in this Act for the FFG(X) Frigate program shall be used to award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of the following components unless those components are manufactured in the United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; electronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; pumps; propulsion and machinery control systems; totally enclosed lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard cranes; auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion propellers: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of the Navy shall incorporate United States manufactured propulsion engines and propulsion reduction gears into the FFG(X) Frigate program beginning not later than with the eleventh ship of the program.</text></subsection></section><section id="HBB825AC47521495390ECFA9B84DD9A73"><enum>8094.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided in this Act for requirements development, performance specification development, concept design and development, ship configuration development, systems engineering, naval architecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis, industry studies, preliminary design, development of the Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals solicitation package, or related activities for the T–ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T–AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used to award a new contract for such activities unless these contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equipment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manufactured in the United States. </text></section><section id="H73A8D7D5BF574CFCA478FE6FF0D8AF3E"><enum>8095.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No amounts credited or otherwise made available in this or any other Act to the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may be transferred to:</text><paragraph id="H62AF2DE116114C899E45FF13ABF8A9D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Rapid Prototyping Fund established under section 804(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2302">10 U.S.C. 2302</external-xref> note); or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE97FDB112EC04A4FA21B890EAEBFF7AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>credited to a military-department specific fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (as amended by section 897 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017). </text></paragraph></section><section id="HBF9E040B1A1C4F3AB1E90F1A36C00A4F"><enum>8096.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From funds made available in title II of this Act, the Secretary of Defense may purchase for use by military and civilian employees of the Department of Defense in the United States Central Command area of responsibility: (1) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000 per vehicle; and (2) heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limitations applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles. </text></section><section id="H829DEEFB40F94C0DA61F4A6A3E2F0965"><enum>8097.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card expenses by military or civilian personnel of the Department of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 and Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclosure 3, 14a and 14b).</text></section><section id="H104A8A2B24544111B2D1E6B0C5A15B0E"><enum>8098.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H084DACBCBC60491D9430508BFB53D4A0"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network is designed to block access to pornography websites.</text></subsection><subsection id="HAD7BD5BAAC59462585D5C8F6A453D34A"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, or for any activity necessary for the national defense, including intelligence activities. </text></subsection></section><section id="H3722A13C96AD467E8040804E452F2998"><enum>8099.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided for, or otherwise made available, in this or any other Act, may be obligated or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other than small arms and munitions appropriate for customary ceremonial honors, operational military units, or operational military platforms if the Secretary determines that providing such units, platforms, or equipment would undermine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equipment. </text></section><section id="HCB33762B16DF489392A2437E4175768E"><enum>8100.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA7728CB84EBA4AB8BD3D5D97DB71D498"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Federal agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability.</text></subsection><subsection id="H0F83BE4E57234B53883B62C48BF04EC7"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation described in such subsection and has made a determination that such suspension or debarment is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal Government. </text></subsection></section><section id="H16CC5348A7BA48E1848E0B2CAFE70583"><enum>8101.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts appropriated under title IV of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight of the <quote>Explanation of Project Level Adjustments</quote> tables in the explanatory statement regarding this Act, may be used for expenses for the agile research, development, test and evaluation, procurement, production, modification, and operation and maintenance, only for the following Software and Digital Technology Pilot programs—</text><paragraph id="H84FBA655EC904955BE30EE4C9AFE46F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Defensive CYBER (PE 0608041A);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF54A00C2A6824F90AD963E34E6585E85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Risk Management Information (PE 0608013N);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB9AEC34FEAAF41C3AE68723795460A66"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Maritime Tactical Command and Control (PE 0608231N);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD83CCA5AF5164F0EB96CF6AD61DE03AA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Space Command and Control (PE 1208248SF);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB699B89DAF4E4FD28BF39B784F53358E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Global Command and Control System (PE 0303150K);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7152F00EC13940288D854FD1E0602E3E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3302E906617C441381D9CE05E40680E4"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Defense Innovation Unit Fielding (RDTE,DW Line 281).</text></paragraph></section><section id="HCAA453914FA049DFA03C746EE8967C27"><enum>8102.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to transfer the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, and coordination between the National Reconnaissance Office and the Space Force or any other elements of the Department of Defense.</text></section><section id="H30480074FD484A0C9D0772E61364A17E"><enum>8103.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of the following laws enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at New York on December 10, 1984):</text><paragraph id="H5435D40AA01D43CE943AA914D74755BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H170A6A2D18464C029089878D545C26F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>; 112 Stat. 2681–822; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1231">8 U.S.C. 1231</external-xref> note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8B5829C7F5AB40FB8E4FC3EAA38AA280"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/148">Public Law 109–148</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></section><section id="H6FB34B05BC8142F7A88863DB6E14B78D"><enum>8104.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assistance to the Azov Battalion.</text></section><section id="HB89BA76E39D6420E91F2535449C5ADF3"><enum>8105.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the current fiscal year, the Department of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That, such contributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obligations.</text></section><section id="HF006A4C145A4466BBDC9B6D471CCB901"><enum>8106.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</quote>, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $1,343,580,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be available for International Security Cooperation Programs and other programs to provide support and assistance to foreign security forces or other groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis response, or building partner capacity programs: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made available in this section, notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of any planned obligation: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made available in this section. </text></section><section id="HFCEB326A04BD43199681A1C84DA5C212"><enum>8107.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</quote>, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $410,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be available to reimburse Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman under section 1226 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref> note), for enhanced border security, of which not less than $150,000,000 shall be for Jordan: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made available in this section, notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of any planned obligation and the nature of the expenses incurred: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made available in this section.</text></section><section id="H3D3CF1C773DF4A6B9B7666C0D856B9CA"><enum>8108.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1541">50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.</external-xref>). </text></section><section id="H9A36274BB7574E1DBACDA5179A4B0A67"><enum>8109.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 333 of title 10, United States Code, or peacekeeping operations for the countries designated annually to be in violation of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/457">Public Law 110–457</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2370c-1">22 U.S.C. 2370c–1</external-xref>) may be used to support any military training or operation that includes child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assistance is otherwise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. </text></section><section id="H2CCCAC84E47F4FF28F2E91FFA0E49B22"><enum>8110.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be made available for any member of the Taliban. </text></section><section id="H774B32023EF94B269710B519A21FF280"><enum>8111.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign countries in connection with the conduct of operations in which the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in accordance with section 8005 of this Act.</text></section><section id="H891D796119484CCAAEC2B3A672D803B7"><enum>8112.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H96CE3079C0AB4610A8CABF3DCD9B4628"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary of Rosoboronexport.</text></subsection><subsection id="H1C87685FB8404FB8A059934D68D750EB"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, determines that it is in the vital national security interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that—</text><paragraph id="HDA3BDA908A8D4D38831EFFF9FDE2AF73"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of existing lethal military equipment for, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEFBBC1F74C1147CAA8DDFFB0B2840218"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the armed forces of the Russian Federation have withdrawn from Ukraine; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBC1A5516C8D144A1AC68E59793651F08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>agents of the Russian Federation have ceased taking active measures to destabilize the control of the Government of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H704F2C86C50B4F47A988CFFB6EBD2AA4"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall conduct a review of any action involving Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the review conducted with respect to such waiver. </text></subsection></section><section id="H7AAFA25DCD6140F5ACFCE1A79B93C883" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8113.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</quote>, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating nations for logistical, military, and other support, including access, provided to United States military and stability operations to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such reimbursement payments may be made in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, may determine, based on documentation determined by the Secretary of Defense to adequately account for the support provided, and such determination is final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United States, and 15 days following written notification to the appropriate congressional committees: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That these funds may be used for the purpose of providing specialized training and procuring supplies and specialized equipment and providing such supplies and loaning such equipment on a non-reimbursable basis to coalition forces supporting United States military and stability operations to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and 15 days following written notification to the appropriate congressional committees: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made available in this section.</text></section><section id="H2954FBF92C2E47EEB0CA6E012999DB91"><enum>8114.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees in writing not more than 30 days after the receipt of any contribution of funds received from the government of a foreign country for any purpose relating to the stationing or operations of the United States Armed Forces: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such notification shall include the amount of the contribution; the purpose for which such contribution was made; and the authority under which such contribution was accepted by the Secretary of Defense: <proviso><italic>Provided further,</italic></proviso> That not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees in writing a notification of the planned use of such contributions, including whether such contributions would support existing or new stationing or operations of the United States Armed Forces.</text></section><section id="H83A3FC0D76D9461EA9647971AC40AB59"><enum>8115.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H020194997500401B8B44203443578063"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, shall submit to the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, a report on the use of operation and maintenance funds for activities or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that have been designated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned activities for fiscal year 2024.</text></subsection><subsection id="HE4D4195F6D6545D9A22D402A74B7A1BD"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report required by subsection (a) shall also include—</text><paragraph id="H5F4F518C2B444D1DB7CD262F40B76E61"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the title, date, and location, of each activity and exercise covered by the report;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA2CE5302D64C4B11A24B6AF513E48727"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of the military department and units that participated in each such activity or exercise (including an estimate of the number of participants);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H483E55A891734E3D8EB2283978CB76CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total cost of the activity or exercise, by budget line item (with a breakdown by cost element such as transportation); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB7A11646719443D384620969808FDB53"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a short explanation of the objective of the activity or exercise.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9C8BD0CBA44B48B1B7BED6F22AA92447"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text></subsection></section><section id="HFCD45B68CB20487DA2D8EE1E5A7FA2BE"><enum>8116.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after the date on which any foreign base that involves the stationing or operations of the United States Armed Forces, including a temporary base, permanent base, or base owned and operated by a foreign country, is opened or closed, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the opening or closing of such base: <proviso><italic>Provided,</italic></proviso> That such notification shall also include information on any personnel changes, costs, and savings associated with the opening or closing of such base.</text></section><section id="H3E26ACB7633748AD9EC08D13CFB66839"><enum>8117.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1541">50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.</external-xref>), including for the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters while equipped for combat, in contravention of the congressional consultation and reporting requirements of sections 3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543).</text></section><section id="H9DC435E63B034E109281158C7467DC2D"><enum>8118.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1541">50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.</external-xref>), including for the introduction of United States armed or military forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in Syria where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, airspace, or waters while equipped for combat, in contravention of the congressional consultation and reporting requirements of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543).</text></section><section id="HCEC5F10512CB4704A01A8AFA2FF7CAB6"><enum>8119.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be obligated or expended by the United States Government for a purpose as follows:</text><paragraph id="HBA1FEB49166F4F52BE6C74B3F57D0C45"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCA7769A991174A06BDC92DB77F398B3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To exercise United States control over any oil resource of Iraq or Syria.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H7858B5192A7146519D90E7BA3B4103EC"><enum>8120.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act under the heading <quote>Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund</quote>, and under the heading <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</quote> for Department of Defense security cooperation grant programs, may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air defense systems.</text></section><section id="HE786491150B04745BD13CB4C4992C9F9"><enum>8121.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to $500,000,000 of funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency in <quote>Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide</quote> may be used to provide assistance to the Government of Jordan to support the armed forces of Jordan and to enhance security along its borders.</text></section><section id="HE1E667248A6B405F93E3A1F553808814"><enum>8122.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, United States Southern Command shall assume combatant command responsibility for activities related to Mexico.</text></section><section id="HDB214E11A8A348BBAAC37D287B3510AE"><enum>8123.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who—</text><paragraph id="HD0FA89905E75407AAB7A0D8CF1F2A116"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFA114FAE934148999ED4F05EEC71ED64"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HA266D518732747E48D7AD0085543F9F3"><enum>8124.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used to transfer any individual detained at United States Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the individual's country of origin, any other foreign country, or any other foreign entity except in accordance with section 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/92">Public Law 114–92</external-xref>) and section 1035 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/232">Public Law 115–232</external-xref>).</text></section><section id="H121284E9D10742BA889A38A4F79AAF00"><enum>8125.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H984E769FBE3E4A51BF5336923C954ED4"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control of the Department of Defense.</text></subsection><subsection id="H1B7A712596C345EDB9990C12F2445EE2"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3C43C8051D6944BEA72A7BFFED170F01"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual described in this subsection is any individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and who—</text><paragraph id="H32249CEEDB694640ACA2E07898D78155"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a citizen of the United States or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3677A6D01900435FBEFA797D3DA30DB5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is—</text><subparagraph id="H96C97E8C4F724CEEB96BC2AF299EDEB3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the custody or under the effective control of the Department of Defense; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD5312A28B97405AB7FB623E6F4B016C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">otherwise under detention at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8C661772E5C44F13A93A462A559B8E1D"><enum>8126.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment of the United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.</text></section><section id="H07F380A8B26340FA80248EE8E6D7FA1C"><enum>8127.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign exchange rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by $950,000,000.</text></section><section id="HAD930E4E596E44169DBB667AFB970957"><enum>8128.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the program described in the memorandum on the subject of <quote>Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service Members</quote> issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except that—</text><paragraph id="H1B2E9E2012A84069B78559B8656CE3A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the limitation on periods regarding embryo cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not apply; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H13F31FAA84694F2C99D04F0705513D7B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>assisted reproductive technology</term> shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage without limitation on the duration of such cryopreservation and storage.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HEE007B950F4D46ABABB55690A75F3A40"><enum>8129.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made used to support, directly or indirectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory owned or controlled by the governments of the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the Maduro regime, or any other country determined by the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to be a foreign adversary.</text></section><section id="H9FE1025C681947139153A50C25D0DFCC"><enum>8130.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to fund any work to be performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. unless the Secretary of Defense determines that a waiver to such prohibition is in the national security interests of the United States and, not later than 14 days after granting such a waiver, submits to the congressional defense committees a detailed justification for the waiver, including—</text><paragraph id="HD63094C7E2CE4D3884A4B2E895A05C20"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of the Department of Defense entity obligating or expending the funds;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0009C4CA25C44A0195D357B9507A25EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of the amount of such funds;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H143E7493747741838703F0B18481876F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of the intended purpose of such funds;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H85B4780332364360851C6D21FAA74581"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of the recipient or prospective recipient of such funds (including any third-party entity recipient, as applicable);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H403440A0D1E44FCDB41D9FE7EAC89101"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation for how the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0743B66F89C44E02967F268CB0AB1BE2"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other information the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H54583CB3285C4B128B7721B8F5012003"><enum>8131.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Navy shall continue to provide pay and allowances to Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis, United States Navy, until such time as the Secretary of the Navy makes a determination with respect to the separation of Lieutenant Alkonis from the Navy.</text></section><section id="HA7178B03CBCC420E9A12CDB5E54DBE90"><enum>8132.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense may obligate funds made available in this Act for procurement or for research, development, test and evaluation for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to modify up to six F-35 aircraft, including up to two F-35 aircraft of each variant, to a test configuration: <italic>Provided,</italic> That the Secretary of Defense shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, notify the congressional defense committees not fewer than 30 days prior to obligating funds under this section: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That any transfer of funds pursuant to the authority provided in this section shall be made in accordance with section 8005 of this Act.</text></section><section id="H6CECB7A97D604011A78C17BF980017BA"><enum>8133.</enum><text>None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be obligated to integrate an alternative engine on any F-35 aircraft.</text></section><section id="HAAC7E3D6162D456DBB36456F9A134092"><enum>8134.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used to enter into a contract or contracts for the procurement of airframes and engines for the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter program.</text></section><section id="H1CF8295A17504D838EEA72A1BBD62818"><enum>8135.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE6718B930B1241C2998C5D93AC7A5EDA"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to the transfer authority in section 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/167">Public Law 117–167</external-xref>), to the account specified, in the amounts specified, and for the projects and activities specified, in the table titled <quote>Department of Defense Allocation of Funds: CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2024</quote> in the report accompanying this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="H1630B3192FE440BC9BA89149310826E4"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Neither the President nor his designee may allocate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal year under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of Defense: <italic>Provided,</italic> That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing administration of programs allocated using funds transferred from the CHIPS for America Defense Fund, which may be allocated pursuant to the transfer authority in section 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that are no more than the allocation for such purposes in subsection (a) of this section. </text></subsection><subsection id="HF57379C2177C43D2B1743490E3CDD700"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds allocated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the terms and conditions contained in the provisos in section 8005 of this Act: <italic>Provided,</italic> That amounts may be reallocated pursuant to this subsection only for those requirements necessary to carry out section 9903(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/283">Public Law 116–283</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="H35604B5B5F24477B823E5838D0353974"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate proposed allocations by account and by program, project, or activity, with detailed justifications, for amounts made available under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 2025. </text></subsection><subsection id="H436B546CFB694BDD9F7E95886BA1E200"><enum>(e)</enum><text>The Department of Defense shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America Defense Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds.</text></subsection></section><section id="HC5AD36D62D36446FAD2950E55E74EAFB"><enum>8136.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading <quote>Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide</quote> for the Office of Strategic Capital, $99,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, shall be available for the cost of loans and loan guarantees: <italic>Provided,</italic> That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text></section><section id="HF19639EFFAB74D7FAD3F1256E19CDD67"><enum>8137.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, $800,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense to assist with increasing pay for certain enlisted grades: <italic>Provided,</italic> That the Secretary of Defense shall change the following cells in the military monthly basic pay table that was effective as of January 1, 2023 to the following: E-1 with greater than four months in service to $2,600.60, E-2 to $2,799.20, E-3 with less than three years of service to $2,900.90, E-3 with three years of service to $2,950.60, E-3 with four years of service to $3,000.60, E-3 with six or more years of service to $3,050.60, E-4 with less than two years of service to $3,010.50, E-4 with two years of service to $3,060.60, E-4 with three years of service to $3,100.10, E-4 with four years of service to $3,150.80, E-4 with six years of service to $3,210.30, E-4 with eight or more years of service to $3,260.30, E-5 with less than two years of service to $3,100.30, E-5 with two years of service to $3,150.20, E-5 with three years of service to $3,200.20, E-5 with four years of service to $3,250.20, E-6 with less than two years of service to $3,210: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That the 5.2 percent increase in pay in the fiscal year 2024 budget request for all grades is in addition to the changes identified in this section.</text></section><section id="HB246CB71D62A4E3F9359C17AA0E7D90C"><enum>8138.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to release information described in paragraph C4.2.2.5.2 of DoD 5400.11-R regarding a current or former member of the Armed Forces to any non-Federal entity or person without the consent of such member or former member or, if the member or former member is deceased, the consent of the next of kin of such member or former member or a legally authorized representative of the estate of such member or former member, unless such information is requested under section 552 of title 5 (commonly referred to as the “Freedom of Information Act”) and such information is not exempt from disclosure under such section: <italic>Provided,</italic> That if such information is requested under such section, the releasing authority shall notify the member or former member who is the subject of the request or, if the member or former member is deceased, the next of kin of such member or former member, or a legally authorized representative of the estate of such member or former member, prior to the release of such information: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That this section shall not apply to a request for such information from a State or local law enforcement agency. </text></section><section id="HEEFA51B415D646A397CCC939C30985E0"><enum>8139.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended for acquisition, construction, installation, or leasing of temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facilities, and real property, or otherwise update, modernize, or repair current public works, military installations, and facilities, including leased structures, for United States Space Command until such time as the Secretary of the Air Force formally selects and publicly announces the permanent location of the United States Space Command Headquarters in alignment to the United States Air Force Selection Process for the Permanent Location of the United States Space Command Headquarters, as validated by the United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congress concerning United States Space Command (GAO-22-106055) and United States Department of Defense Inspector General Report titled <quote>Evaluation of the Air Force Selection Process for the Permanent Location of the United States Space Command Headquarters</quote> (DODIG-2022-096).</text></section><section id="H6322083F493244EABE66344CE6858EF6"><enum>8140.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to carry out sections 554(a) and 913 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/283">Public Law 116–283</external-xref>).</text></section><section id="HBB5E052301384E93993ADC0A54D0BFAC"><enum>8141.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Strategic Plan of the Department of Defense, or Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for under-served communities through the Federal Government), Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal workforce), Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to further advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities through the Federal government), or shall be used to execute activities that promote or perpetuate divisive concepts related to race or sex, such as the concepts that one race or sex is inherently superior to another, or that an individual's moral character or worth is determined by their race or sex.</text></section><section id="H7C1890BDBF5F4F829734E379841FFBFF"><enum>8142.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for surgical procedures or hormone therapies for the purposes of gender affirming care.</text></section><section id="HB8D301E850EF4189A03CCBD3C78D38E1"><enum>8143.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to promote, host, facilitate, or support events on United States military installations or as part of military recruiting programs that violate the Department of Defense Joint Ethics Regulation or bring discredit upon the military, such as a drag queen story hour for children or the use of drag queens as military recruiters.</text></section><section id="HE250F9B512CC4D1399EADDE10C81A03C"><enum>8144.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used or transferred to another Federal agency, board, or commission to recruit, hire, or promote any person who has been convicted of a Federal or State child pornography charge, has been convicted of any other Federal or State sexual assault charge, or has been formally disciplined for using Federal resources to access, use, or sell child pornography.</text></section><section id="H2CB4013E5E8B4DE2BAE2BF43B8BBB96B"><enum>8145.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by or made available in this Act shall be used to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out the Department of Defense memorandum dated October 20, 2022, or any successor to such memorandum, or to propose, promulgate, or implement any substantially similar rule or policy. </text></section><section id="H8D1511D2497340E68E418B7F9393BA7E"><enum>8146.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to finalize, promulgate, or implement the rule proposed by the Department of Defense titled <quote>Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk</quote> (87 Fed. Reg. 68312; November 14, 2022), or to propose, promulgate, or implement any substantially similar rule or policy.</text></section><section id="H334EDBA410CC49D7B0D286375141AE45"><enum>8147.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with Critical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea or concept that condones an individual being discriminated against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently superior to another race, the United States or its institutions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue of that individual’s race or sex, an individual's moral character as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex, or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created by a particular race to oppress another race.</text></section><section id="H72D7CE350326428DB878DAABC8C62159"><enum>8148.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used to—</text><paragraph id="H2D9D53D796574D608664CA47AE6DA498"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">classify or facilitate the classification of any communications by a United States person as mis-, dis-, or mal-information; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H34683925A395403E8BD1E9DF7880129A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">partner with or fund nonprofit or other organizations that pressure or recommend private companies to censor lawful and constitutionally protected speech of United States persons, including recommending the censoring or removal of content on social media platforms.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HAB6F83D7B4C9425A9DD7444A711B761B"><enum>8149.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to grant, renew, or maintain a security clearance for any individual listed as a signatory in the statement titled “Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails” dated October 19, 2020.</text></section><section id="HB1E185CD05304A7D960840FB21564E62"><enum>8150.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE60C3D62B1D74EB8ACAAB30D7D094897"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appropriations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one man and one woman.</text></subsection><subsection id="HBD0E02E3251644659312C91AAC04FBF7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Discriminatory action defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action taken by the Federal Government to—</text><paragraph id="HD5440E516D9E41A98F5D6ADEC97505BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alter in any way the Federal tax treatment of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemption from taxation under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(a)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to in subsection (a);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H05801EAFC4DC45AFA8AD721C55F34CCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disallow a deduction for Federal tax purposes of any charitable contribution made to or by such person;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA4E47E6503B14BB7A595C283030F1620"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, employment, or other similar position or status from or to such person;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H13C098A0CF6F4555AE55721EFD98E8D4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or benefit under a Federal benefit program, including admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a degree from an educational program, from or to such person; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA636F92CB62A4A46BC640C0107CB6374"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitlement to Federal property, facilities, educational institutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising campaigns from or to such person.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB91496C166A2491F8C96C35711256A41"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Accreditation; Licensure; Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for such purposes but for a determination against such person wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="H8D2487578E164F95AD01AFDF4EA9A6AB"><enum>8151.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Defense or the Service Secretaries to fly or display a flag over or within a facility of the Department of Defense other than the flag of the United States; the flag of a State, Territory, or District of Columbia; the flag of the Department of Defense; the flag of a Military Service; the flag of Flag or General Officers; the flag of Presidentially-appointed, Senate-confirmed civilians; the flag of Senior Executive Service (SES) and Military Department-specific SES; the POW/MIA flag; the flags of other countries with which the United States is an ally or partner, or for official protocol purposes; the flags of organizations in which the United States is a member, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or ceremonial, command, unit, or branch flags or guidons.</text></section><section id="H3222B7890706421795A280021BC1DF8E"><enum>8152.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEF1E1266D84B442F8054CC2213CE72F6"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both the House of Representatives and Senate a report on excessive contractor payments that exceed the Truthful Cost and Pricing Act (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35) threshold and with respect to which none of the exceptions to certified cost or pricing data requirements applies.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDC4463175D9147C8A83CEA25E5858E46"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required by subsection (a) shall also include the following:</text><paragraph id="H51F65641563D42DDA5F2DE31FC075738"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts collected, adjusted, or offset from contractors as a result of providing defective cost and pricing data.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B206D6660CC4D40BF3597C3C5F7A2F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The mechanisms used to identify violations of the Truthful Cost and Pricing Act (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H26B02241EF474C478F1624CB43F4EB2A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disciplinary actions taken by the Department of Defense when violations of the Truthful Cost and Pricing Act (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35) are identified, regardless of whether included in the System for Award Management.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H339AB2139E8841F691FC04C524ABD6FB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any referrals made to the Department of Justice where appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="HA84C8540F6434029A777D66248D3E5BC"><header>SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT</header></appropriations-small><section id="H912F73E9169F49B5BC3B39BAF50A482D"><enum>8153.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$0.</text></section><section id="H7097CF44B8744280A8828EA06A37F39E"><enum>8154.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to eliminate a unit of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at an institution of higher education.</text></section><section id="H38CEB90E3C1149EE99B0F3BF30AB1D39"><enum>8155.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce—</text><paragraph id="HB071026670514E0FAE404100F63B4580"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the proposed action outlined in the Notice published by the Department of Army to the Federal Register on August 4, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 51786); or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9DA2EA43067C45E18C02C0F02E8D3E9F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations of the Naming Commission regarding any monument in Arlington National Cemetery.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H06CC64B153C148B7AF6D8BD324284E1E" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8156.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to deploy United States Armed Forces to Ukraine. </text></section><section id="H24DF42597F8D44398D04E68618A41463"><enum>8157.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The salary of Lloyd James Austin III, the Secretary of Defense, shall be reduced to $1.</text></section><section id="H0AA50D5FC2EE4AAFB81CBF65B76F3258"><enum>8158.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay for the costs of teleworking or remote working for any employee or contractor of the Department of Defense on a regular and recurring base.</text></section><section id="H5E9B415849D04D1DB7EEA5076368C2C9"><enum>8159.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to provide assistance to the Department of Homeland Security to house persons on a military installation located in the United States.</text></section><section id="HB671447AE7524680817689B2DE96CCBA"><enum>8160.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for any office of diversity, equity, or inclusion.</text></section><section id="HAE300CE8F0BE46798268BC2856202799"><enum>8161.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDC6B6934818240ADB345569D8A280FB2"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used, with regards to a member of the Armed Forces with a minor dependent child enrolled in an EFMP—</text><paragraph id="H7588E2103EA84716AB5DB717D42CE9C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide gender transition procedures, including surgery or medication, to such child through such EFMP;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4FBC05C7B33431A85228FFF92E13CA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide a referral for a procedure described in paragraph (1) to such child through such EFMP; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDBBDFEC169CF4E7BB0C5E72E69408AD6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to approve a change of duty station for such member through such EFMP for the purpose of providing such child with access to procedures described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8D5B04CCD1FB4729AE7627CAF25213CF"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>EFMP</quote> means a program under section 1781c(e) of title 10, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><section id="H85963B6A02EE4D19884A0716C8780C4F" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8162.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to remove a Chinese military company from the list required by section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.</text></section><section id="H3C5FC694F7FC430DBFFD4C45FB6A84AD"><enum>8163.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be made available to NewsGuard Technologies Inc.</text></section><section id="H9953A3BD8C074D56A2EF37AE106F13ED"><enum>8164.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to require a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense to receive a vaccination against COVID–19.</text></section><section id="HD90462AB6CF64AA080A3A32ED298FDA8"><enum>8165.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The salary of Cyrus Salazar shall be reduced to $1.</text></section><section id="H39373DE301B34DF8B20EECE256E78275"><enum>8166.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Reynolds Scholars Program of the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Future Warfare of Marine Corps University.</text></section><section id="HD2046383233D42449AE233205D274067"><enum>8167.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to implement any of the following executive orders:</text><paragraph id="H484A4AFC50A5442BA78647FB7EF1A9DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 13990, relating to Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0EBCB807C6854B2DBA5C79EE2502F91E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 14008, relating to Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H383A7B8118CB4343912B98D17239C9FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of Executive Order No. 14013, relating to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0148C4719F5C4C548C0BF8461D8DF627"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 14030, relating to Climate-Related Financial Risk.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC79A61311EBA4977A86D7D895A3AB586"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 14057, relating to Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB1279E706120471599EEE3F1A51FF357"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 14082, relating to Implementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8600FBE03D8A47D2935F2455BB703958"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 14096, relating to Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H20C4E56631CA4FDB9A84EAF9F0F0EA76" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8168.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be expended to create, procure, or display any map that depicts Taiwan, Kinmen, Matsu, Penghu, Wuciou, Green Island, or Orchid Island as part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China.</text></section><section id="H664B0F35A9BF449581756894C15069D5"><enum>8169.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to enforce the restrictions outlined under the headings <quote>Visits and Travel</quote> (regarding limitations on <quote>Travel to Taiwan</quote>) and <quote>Communications</quote> (regarding limitations on <quote>Name</quote>, <quote>Symbols of Sovereignty</quote>, and <quote>Correspondence</quote>) in the Department of State's June 29, 2021, Memorandum for All Department and Agency Executive Secretaries entitled <quote>Revised Guidelines on Interacting with Taiwan</quote>.</text></section><section id="H2EDDDDA87D554F14A845BEB9DB7B1A49"><enum>8170.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enforce any COVID–19 mask mandates.</text></section><appropriations-small id="HAE978C5BD9254F8AAD7FD2E7FB5507B9"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024</short-title></quote>.</text></appropriations-small>Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 2023.Kevin F. McCumber,Clerk.October 16, 2023Received; read twice and placed on the calendar