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IICalendar No. 433118th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 4638[Report No. 118–188]IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJuly 8, 2024Mr. Reed, from the Committee on Armed Services, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendarA BILLTo authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.

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Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents

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Divisions

This Act is organized into four divisions as follows:(1)Division A—Department of Defense Authorizations.(2)Division B—Military Construction Authorizations.(3)Division C—Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations.(4)Division D—Funding Tables. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title.Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees.Sec. 4. Budgetary effects of this Act.DIVISION A—Department of Defense authorizationsTITLE I—ProcurementSubtitle A—Authorization of appropriationsSec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.Subtitle B—Army programsSec. 111. Centralized security monitoring program for facilities of the Army.Sec. 112. Strategy for Army active protection systems.Sec. 113. Certification of additional manufacturer for low, slow, small unmanned aircraft integrated defeat system of the Army.Subtitle C—Navy programsSec. 121. Extension of prohibition on availability of funds for Navy port waterborne security barriers.Sec. 122. Constellation-class frigate program.Sec. 123. Limitation on the construction of the Landing Ship Medium.Sec. 124. Authority for the procurement, leasing, or chartering of a medium-sized landing ship.Sec. 125. Annual report on surface ship suppliers.Sec. 126. Block buy contract and multiyear procurement authority for CH–53K heavy lift helicopter program.Sec. 127. Modification of requirement to incorporate advanced degaussing systems into Arleigh Burke class destroyers.Sec. 128. Modification of authority to purchase used vessels under the National Defense Sealift Fund.Sec. 129. Authority for incrementally funded contract for the construction of a Virginia-class submarine.Sec. 130. Sense of Congress on aircraft carrier acquisition strategies.Sec. 130A. Modifications to procurement authorities for certain amphibious shipbuilding programs.Subtitle D—Air Force programsSec. 131. Prohibition on certain reductions to inventory of E–3 airborne warning and control system aircraft.Sec. 132. Management of temporary relocation of B–1 bomber aircraft and personnel.Sec. 133. Modification of requirements for cost-benefit and technical risk analysis for F–35 propulsion and thermal management modernization program.Sec. 134. Plan for sustainment and recapitalization of Air National Guard fighter fleet.Sec. 135. Air base air defense.Sec. 136. Annual report on Air Force tactical fighter aircraft force structure.Sec. 137. Extension of limitations and minimum inventory requirement relating to RQ–4 aircraft.Sec. 138. Modification of inventory requirements for aircraft of the combat air forces.Subtitle E—Defense-wide, joint, and multiservice mattersSec. 141. Modification of pilot program to accelerate the procurement and fielding of innovative technologies.Sec. 142. Plan for signals intelligence capabilities of armed overwatch aircraft.Sec. 143. Assessments of inventory requirements for air-to-air missiles.TITLE II—Research, development, test, and evaluationSubtitle A—Authorization of appropriationsSec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.Subtitle B—Program requirements, restrictions, and limitationsSec. 211. Ensuring compliance with Department of Defense policy when awarding research grants.Sec. 212. Extension of Global Research Watch Program.Sec. 213. Competitive demonstration of automated target recognition algorithms.Sec. 214. Modifications to test program for engineering plant of DDG(X) destroyer vessels.Sec. 215. Assignment of Department of Defense responsibility for international collaboration on directed energy weapons.Sec. 216. Expansion of authority for technology protection features activities.Sec. 217. Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program.Sec. 218. Limitation on availability of funds for fundamental research collaboration with certain institutions.Sec. 219. Detail authority for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support technology transition.Sec. 220. Prohibition on award of research or development contracts or grants to educational institutions that have violated certain civil rights.Subtitle C—Plans, reports, and other mattersSec. 231. Improvements relating to defining, identifying, and planning the artificial intelligence workforce of the Department of Defense.Sec. 232. Development and implementation of a plan on advancing interests of Department of Defense in matters relating to electromagnetic spectrum in international engagements or fora.Sec. 233. Report on geographic presence of the Defense Innovation Unit.Sec. 234. Report on obligations and expenditure rates for basic research.Sec. 235. Electromagnetic spectrum demonstration program.Sec. 236. Pilot program on development of near-term use cases and demonstration of artificial intelligence toward biotechnology applications for national security.Sec. 237. Roadmap for addressing research and development needs in biotechnology for the Department of Defense.Sec. 238. Plan for optimization of Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate.Sec. 239. National Defense Economic Competition Research Council.Sec. 240. Defense Science Board study on long-term operations and availability of Kwajalein Atoll as a Major Range and Test Facility Base.Sec. 241. Pilot programs on use of artificial intelligence.Sec. 242. Duties of Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing Council relating to artificial intelligence models and advanced artificial intelligence technologies.Sec. 243. Quantum Scaling Initiative.Sec. 244. Incorporating human readiness levels into research, development, test, and evaluation activities.Sec. 245. Management and utilization of digital data to enhance maintenance activities.Sec. 246. Extension and modification of Directed Energy Working Group.Sec. 247. Directed Energy Roadmap and Activity Funding Report.Sec. 248. Pilot program on establishing entities and consortia to conduct prototyping and production of critical and emerging technologies.TITLE III—Operation and MaintenanceSubtitle A—Authorization of AppropriationsSec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.Subtitle B—Energy and EnvironmentSec. 311. Implementation of Inspector General recommendations relating to oversight of defense fuel support points.Sec. 312. Initiative to control and combat the spread of invasive species.Sec. 313. Modification of definition of antenna structure project under Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Clearinghouse for review of mission obstructions.Sec. 314. Provision by Secretary of the Air Force of meteorological data for Air Force and Army.Sec. 315. Modification of sustainable aviation fuel pilot program.Sec. 316. Study and report on the greenhouse gas and toxic pollutant emissions of the production and utilization of non-tactical vehicles of the Department of Defense.Sec. 317. Repeal of limitation on procurement of drop-in fuels; annual report.Subtitle C—Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Polyfluoroalkyl SubstancesSec. 321. Interim responses to address releases or threatened releases of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.Sec. 322. Increase of transfer authority for funding of study and assessment on health implications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in drinking water by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.Sec. 323. Pilot program for performance of maintenance and repair on forward-deployed naval force ships in foreign shipyards.Subtitle D—Logistics and SustainmentSec. 331. Warehouse utilization organization alignment.Sec. 332. Authority for Government-Owned, Government-Operated facilities to access Production Base Support funds.Sec. 333. Codification and permanent extension of authority for reimbursement of expenses for certain Navy mess operations afloat.Sec. 334. Plan for secondary sources in the munitions supply chain.Sec. 335. Counter unmanned aerial system threat library.Subtitle E—ReportsSec. 341. Modification of readiness reports to include total number of combat readiness upgrades or downgrades.Sec. 342. Extension and expansion of incident reporting requirements for Department of Defense.Sec. 343. Report on landing fees collected by installations of the Air Force located outside the continental United States.Sec. 344. Annual briefing on operational readiness of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron prior to commencement of the official hurricane season.Subtitle F—Other MattersSec. 351. Authority for detection and monitoring of illegal drugs regardless of destination.Sec. 352. Extension of protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft.Sec. 353. Limitation on availability of funds for travel expenses of Office of Secretary of Defense.Sec. 354. Retrofitting of anti-lock brake system and electronic stability control kit for certain Army vehicles.Sec. 355. Coordination of planning with respect to stockpiles of basic life sustaining and personnel items and equipment.Sec. 356. Pre-positioned stocks of finished defense textile articles.Sec. 357. Pilot program for advanced manufacturing in the Indo-Pacific region.TITLE IV—Military personnel authorizationsSubtitle A—Active forcesSec. 401. End strengths for active forces.Sec. 402. Annual end-strength authorization for the Space Force.Subtitle B—Reserve forcesSec. 411. End strengths for selected reserve.Sec. 412. End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves.Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).Sec. 414. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support.Sec. 415. Exemption of National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officers from active-duty end strength limits and modification of annual reporting requirement regarding security cooperation activities.Subtitle C—Authorization of appropriationsSec. 421. Military personnel.TITLE V—Military personnel policySubtitle A—Officer personnel policy Sec. 501. Repeal of active duty service requirement for warrant officer appointments in Air Force and Space Force.Sec. 502. Talent management and personnel retention for members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 503. Authority to increase the number of nurse officers recommended for promotion.Sec. 504. Vice Chief of Space Operations; vacancy in position of Chief of Space Operations.Sec. 505. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-grade and other requirements.Sec. 506. Effect of failure of selection for promotion: captains and majors of the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Corps and lieutenants and lieutenant commanders of the Navy.Sec. 507. Removal of officers from a list of Space Force officers recommended for promotion.Sec. 508. Consideration of merit by special selection review boards.Sec. 509. Modification of authority to separate officers when in the best interest of the service.Sec. 509A. Improvements relating to Medical Officer of the Marine Corps position.Sec. 509B. Longer term and eligibility for appointment to rank of Admiral of Commander of Naval Sea Systems Command.Subtitle B—Reserve component managementSec. 511. Permanent modification to the Army National Guard and Air National Guard inactive National Guard statute.Sec. 512. Expanded authority to continue reserve component officers in certain military specialties on the reserve active-status list.Sec. 513. Authority to extend military technicians until age 62.Sec. 514. Extension of time period for transfer or discharge of certain Army and Air Force reserve component general officers.Sec. 515. Transfer to the Space Force of covered space functions of the Air National Guard of the United States.Sec. 516. Report on effect of Air National Guard unit leveling.Subtitle C—General service authorities and military recordsSec. 521. Marine Corps Deputy Commandants.Sec. 522. Treatment of veterans who did not register for the selective service.Sec. 523. Selective Service Director appointment subject to Senate confirmation.Sec. 524. Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title 18, United States Code.Sec. 525. Technical and conforming amendments related to the Space Force.Sec. 526. Modified authority to provide protection to senior leaders of the Department of Defense and other specified persons.Sec. 527. Modification of persons not qualified for enlistment definition.Sec. 528. Improving military administrative review.Sec. 529. Combat status identifier equivalent for remotely piloted aircraft crew.Sec. 529A. Military training and competency records.Sec. 529B. Exemption of women forced to register for draft from requirements to serve in combat roles.Subtitle D—Military justice and other legal mattersSec. 531. Consolidation of military justice reporting requirements for the military departments.Sec. 532. Term of office for judges of the Court of Military Commission Review.Sec. 533. Aiding the enemy definition for purposes of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.Sec. 534. Pre-referral requirements related to sufficiency of admissible evidence.Sec. 535. Detailing of appellate defense counsel.Sec. 536. Expanded command notifications to victims of domestic violence.Sec. 537. Remote appearance before a board of inquiry.Sec. 538. Extension of Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces.Sec. 539. Reimbursement of expenses and property damage for victims of designated offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.Sec. 540. Removal of marriage as a defense to article 120b offenses.Sec. 541. Removal of personally identifying and other information of certain persons from the Department of Defense Central Index of Investigations.Sec. 542. Authority of special trial counsel with respect to certain offenses occurring before effective date of military justice reforms.Sec. 543. Investigations of sexual assaults in the National Guard.Sec. 544. Analysis on the advisability to revise Military Rule of Evidence 513.Subtitle E—Member education, training, and transitionSec. 551. Improving effectiveness of the future servicemember preparatory course.Sec. 552. Determination of active duty service commitment for recipients of fellowships, grants, and scholarships.Sec. 553. Modernizing Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class college tuition assistance program to account for inflation.Sec. 554. Modification of authority to engage in funded and unfunded law education programs.Sec. 555. Distance education option for professional military education.Sec. 556. Extension of Troops-to-Teachers program extension; prohibition on travel until reinstated.Sec. 557. Inclusion of Space Force professional military education programs in definitions of senior and intermediate level service schools and as covered programs for copyright purposes.Sec. 558. Opt-out sharing of information on members retiring or separating from the Armed Forces with community-based organizations and related entities.Sec. 559. Required constitutional law training.Sec. 560. Information on nominations and applications for military service academies.Sec. 561. Improvements to financial literacy training.Subtitle F—Military family readiness and dependents’ educationPART I—Dependents’ EducationSec. 571. Advisory committees for Department of Defense domestic dependents schools.Sec. 572. Expansion of eligibility for virtual programs operated by Department of Defense Education Activity.Sec. 573. Authorization for school meal programs at Department of Defense dependents schools.Sec. 574. Staffing of Department of Defense Education Activity schools to maintain maximum student-to-teacher ratios.Sec. 575. Enrollment in defense dependents' education system of children of foreign military members assigned to United Nations Command.Sec. 576. Certain assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of military and civilian personnel.Sec. 577. Eligibility of certain dependents for enrollment in domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools.PART II—Other MattersSec. 578. Redesign and modernization of child development program compensation and staffing models.Sec. 579. Support for expanding early child care options for members of the Armed Forces and their families.Sec. 579A. Inclusive Playground Pilot Program.Subtitle G—Junior Officers’ Training Corps Sec. 581. Number of enrolled students requirement for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit participation.Sec. 582. Waiver authority for Junior Reserve Officer's training Corps minimum participation requirement.Sec. 583. JROTC waiting list.Sec. 584. Number of Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units.Sec. 585. Extension of JROTC programs to the Job Corps.Subtitle H—Decorations and other awards, miscellaneous reports, and other mattersSec. 591. Authority to award or present a decoration following a congressionally requested review.Sec. 592. Posthumous advancement of General John D. Lavelle, United States Air Force, on the retired list.Sec. 593. Authorization for posthumous award of the Distinguished Service Cross to William D. Owens for acts of valor at La Fiere Bridge.Subtitle I—Enhanced recruiting effortsSec. 595. Improved access to high school and college students for recruiting.Sec. 596. National Commission on Quality of Life for the All-Volunteer Armed Force.Sec. 597. Military Entrance Processing Command processing pilot.Sec. 597A. Military accessions standards review.Subtitle J—Automatic Selective Service System registrationSec. 598. References.Sec. 598A. Selective Service System automatic registration.Sec. 598B. Elimination of Selective Service System registration incentives.Sec. 598C. Technical and conforming amendments.Sec. 598D. Effective date.Subtitle K—Other mattersSec. 599. Evaluation of military recruits and officer candidates for drug use.Sec. 599A. Promoting military, national, and public service.Sec. 599B. Course to educate interested individuals about opportunities to contribute to national security.TITLE VI—Compensation and Other Personnel BenefitsSubtitle A—Pay and AllowancesSec. 601. Reform of basic pay rates.Sec. 602. Authority to pay higher rates of partial basic allowance for housing for unaccompanied housing.Sec. 603. Authority to pay basic allowance for housing to junior enlisted members on sea duty.Sec. 604. Extension of travel allowance for members of the Armed Forces assigned to Alaska.Subtitle B—Bonus and Incentive PaysSec. 611. One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay authorities.Sec. 612. Increase in maximum skill proficiency bonus amount.Sec. 613. Increase in accession bonus for health professions scholarship and financial assistance program.Sec. 614. Extension of authority to pay one-time uniform allowance for officers who transfer to the Space Force.Subtitle C—Other MattersSec. 621. Calculation of retired pay for certain officers who served in grade O–9 or O–10 and retired in grade O–8.Sec. 622. Extension of time for minor survivors to file death gratuity claims.Sec. 623. Access to high-speed internet and wireless network connections for certain members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 624. Extension of exclusion of certain employees from Government lodging program.Sec. 625. Restrictions on retired and reserve members of the Armed Forces receiving employment and compensation indirectly from foreign governments through private entities.Sec. 626. Retroactive effective date of promotions of senior officers of Armed Forces that were delayed as a result of suspension of Senate confirmation.Sec. 627. Fertility and adoption demonstration program.Sec. 628. Selling certain consumer routers and modems on military installations.Sec. 629. Prohibition on sale of garlic from the People's Republic of China at commissary stores.TITLE VII—Health CareSubtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Care BenefitsSec. 701. Health care licensure portability for TRICARE network providers providing mental health services to members of the Armed Forces and certain family members.Sec. 702. Reduction or waiver of cost-sharing amounts under TRICARE pharmacy benefits program for certain dependents enrolled in TRICARE Prime Remote program.Sec. 703. Implementation of authority to provide travel and transportation allowances for specialty care under exceptional circumstances.Sec. 704. Expansion of eligibility for hearing aids to include children of retired members of the uniformed services enrolled in family coverage under TRICARE Select.Sec. 705. Fertility treatment for certain members of the uniformed services and dependents.Sec. 706. Access to specialty behavioral health care under TRICARE Prime.Sec. 707. Assessment on options for inclusion of assisted reproductive technology as services covered under the TRICARE program for members of the Armed Forces and dependents.Sec. 708. Restriction on performance of sex change surgeries.Sec. 709. Prohibition of coverage under TRICARE program of certain medical procedures for children that could result in sterilization.Subtitle B—Brain Health MattersSec. 711. Modifications to Brain Health Initiative of Department of Defense.Sec. 712. Establishment of Defense Intrepid Network for Traumatic Brain Injury and Brain Health as program of record.Sec. 713. Brain health and trauma demonstration program.Subtitle C—Health Care AdministrationSec. 721. Establishment of Indo-Pacific medical readiness program.Sec. 722. Improved implementation of financial relief for civilians treated in military medical treatment facilities.Sec. 723. Extension of time for modifications to premium sharing plans under TRICARE dental program.Sec. 724. Medical countermeasures for overseas personnel of the Department of Defense for acute radiation syndrome and thermal burns.Sec. 725. Establishment of public user satisfaction targets related to electronic health record of Defense Health Agency.Sec. 726. Plan of Department of Defense to address recruitment processing delays relating to health record system.Subtitle D—Access to ContraceptionSec. 731. Contraception coverage parity under the TRICARE program.Sec. 732. Pregnancy prevention assistance at military medical treatment facilities for sexual assault survivors.Sec. 733. Education on family planning for members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 734. Inclusion of comprehensive contraceptive counseling in health assessment forms.Subtitle E—Reports and Other MattersSec. 741. Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility demonstration fund.Sec. 742. Treatment of expert medical opinions with respect to medical malpractice claims by members of the uniformed services.Sec. 743. Expansion of license reciprocity for veterinarians of Department of Defense.Sec. 744. Plan to ensure access of members of the Armed Forces to safe, high-quality pharmaceuticals.Sec. 745. Pilot program on delegation of authority to approve recruits with certain medical conditions.Sec. 746. Infectious disease wastewater surveillance system of Department of Defense.Sec. 747. Reports on suicide among members of the Armed Forces and suicide prevention programs and activities of the Department of Defense.Sec. 748. Report on plan for testing for helicobacter pylori for certain members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 749. Report on non-covered expenses related to cancer treatments for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.TITLE VIII—Acquisition policySubtitle A—Acquisition policy and managementSec. 801. Modifications to other transaction authority.Sec. 802. Streamlining of Milestone A requirements.Sec. 803. Streamlining of Milestone B requirements.Sec. 804. Modification of major defense acquisition program definition.Sec. 805. Middle tier of acquisition for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding.Sec. 806. Advisory panel on the requirements process of the Department of Defense.Sec. 807. Modification to submission of certified cost or pricing data.Sec. 808. Autonomous system acquisition pathways.Sec. 809. Designation of program executive office for acquisition of open-source intelligence tools for Army.Sec. 810. Ensuring competition in artificial intelligence procurement.Sec. 811. Prohibition on the transfer of certain data on employees of the Department of Defense to third parties.Subtitle B—Amendments to general contracting authorities, procedures, and limitationsSec. 821. Limitation on certain options for cost contracts.Sec. 822. Treatment of unilateral definitization of a contract as a final decision.Sec. 823. Updates to earned value management system requirements.Sec. 824. Pilot program on capability-based analysis of price of goods or services offered by nontraditional defense contractors.Sec. 825. Extension of the pilot program for streamlining awards for innovative technology projects.Sec. 826. Use of fixed-price type contracts for certain shipbuilding programs.Sec. 827. Modifications to commercial product and commercial service determinations.Sec. 828. Requirement for contractors to provide reasonable access to repair materials.Subtitle C—Industrial base mattersSec. 841. Domestic nonavailability determinations.Sec. 842. Pilot program for the qualification of alternative sources.Sec. 843. Domestic production of stainless steel flatware and dinnerware.Sec. 844. Inclusion of recycled and reused minerals and metals in preference for sourcing of strategic and critical materials.Sec. 845. Process for consulting on national security import reviews.Sec. 846. Solid rocket motor industrial base.Sec. 847. Pharmaceutical supplier compliance with data submission requirements.Sec. 848. Report and updated guidance on continued risk management for pharmaceutical supply chains of Department of Defense.Sec. 849. Report on impact of mergers and acquisitions on the defense industrial base.Sec. 850. Defense industrial revitalization.Sec. 851. Transparency in acquisition waivers issued by the Department of Defense.Sec. 852. Report on capacity to increase domestic industrial production and procurement of strategic and critical materials.Sec. 853. Employment transparency regarding individuals who perform work in the People's Republic of China.Sec. 854. Department of Defense manufacturing authorities.Subtitle D—Small business mattersSec. 861. Pilot program for tracking awards made through other transaction authority.Sec. 862. Small Business Bill of Rights.Sec. 863. Pilot program for the participation of military research and educational institutions in the STTR program.Sec. 864. Department of Defense pilot program for preliminary calculation estimates for certain programs.Subtitle E—Other mattersSec. 871. Small uncrewed aerial systems supply chain strategy.Sec. 872. Modification to extramural acquisition innovation and research activities.Sec. 873. Modifications to contractor employee protections from reprisal for disclosure of certain information.Sec. 874. Modifications to Comptroller General assessment of acquisition programs.Sec. 875. Modifications to guidelines and collection method for acquisition of cost data.Sec. 876. Program for distribution support and services for contractors.Sec. 877. Inclusion of Japan and the Republic of Korea in contested logistics demonstration and prototyping program.Sec. 878. Modification to limitation on acquisition of excess supplies.Sec. 879. Technical edits to sourcing requirements for strategic materials and sensitive materials.Sec. 880. Technical amendments to title 10, United States Code, and other provisions of law.Sec. 881. Pilot program for commercial production of munitions.Sec. 882. Pilot program on use of reverse engineering for production of parts.Sec. 883. Prohibition on operation, procurement, and contracting related to foreign-made light detection and ranging technology used on manned or unmanned systems.Sec. 884. Reports on Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contracts.Sec. 885. Phase-out of computer and printer acquisitions involving entities owned or controlled by China.Sec. 886. Prohibition on Department of Defense contracts with Chinese-owned online tutoring services.Sec. 887. Requirement to procure domestically produced generic drugs.Sec. 888. Procurement of Department of Defense advanced chemistry batteries.Sec. 889. Prohibition on procurement and commissary sales of seafood originating or processed in China.Sec. 890. Extension of post-government restrictions on senior Department of Defense officials seeking employment with defense contractors.TITLE IX—Department of Defense Organization and ManagementSubtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related MattersSec. 901. Requirement to notify Congress when Deputy Secretary of Defense is performing functions and duties of Secretary of Defense.Sec. 902. Increase in authorized number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Defense.Sec. 903. Matters relating to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.Sec. 904. Enhanced coordination on international cooperation activities.Sec. 905. Force sizing analysis for strategic competition.Sec. 906. Inclusion in Defense Planning Guidance of guidance on size, structure, and posture of special operations forces.Sec. 907. Review of Biodefense Posture Review.Sec. 908. Plan for adequate staffing of Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy and Joint Production Accelerator Cell.Sec. 909. Establishment of Chief Management Officer; elevation of Director of Administration and Management.Subtitle B—Other Department of Defense Organization and Management MattersSec. 911. Establishment of Office of Expanded Competition.Sec. 912. Joint Federated Assurance Center.Sec. 913. Modifications to make permanent the Office of Strategic Capital program on capital assistance.Sec. 914. Addition of Performance Improvement Officer as co-chair of Defense Business Council.Sec. 915. Establishment of cross-functional team to oversee implementation of recommendations of Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform.Sec. 916. Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force.Sec. 917. Modification to the President of the Defense Acquisition University.Sec. 918. Plan for permanent establishment of Special Reconnaissance and Enabling Command.Sec. 919. Affiliate relationships between Army special operations forces and combat-enabling units of general purpose forces.Sec. 920. Feasibility study on expanding the services provided by the Air Force Office of Commercial and Economic Analysis.Sec. 921. Limitation on use of funds for altering Air Force Global Strike Command.Sec. 922. Senior Integration Group for Indo-Pacific Region.Sec. 923. Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion Renewal.Sec. 924. Limitation on availability of funds until Department of Defense complies with certain legal requirements.TITLE X—General provisionsSubtitle A—Financial mattersSec. 1001. General transfer authority.Sec. 1002. Revision of Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation.Sec. 1003. Repeal of audit incentive element in report requirement of Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation Plan.Sec. 1004. Pilot program for the temporary exchange of information technology personnel.Sec. 1005. Authority to use Defense Modernization Account funds for time-sensitive equipment modernization.Subtitle B—Counterdrug activitiesSec. 1011. Capacity building and security cooperation with Mexico to counter threats posed by transnational criminal organizations.Sec. 1012. Authority of Department of Defense in surveillance of southwest border of United States.Sec. 1013. Treatment by Department of Defense of request for support at southwest border of United States.Subtitle C—Naval vesselsSec. 1021. Improving Navy assessments required prior to start of construction on first ship of a shipbuilding program.Sec. 1022. Requirements for the unmanned maritime autonomy architecture.Sec. 1023. Competitive demonstration of extra large unmanned underwater vehicles.Sec. 1024. Extension of the National Commission on the Future of the Navy.Sec. 1025. Clarification of exception to Berry Amendment requirements for procurement of vessels in foreign waters.Sec. 1026. Expansion of shipbuilding infrastructure of the Navy.Subtitle D—CounterterrorismSec. 1031. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States.Sec. 1032. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Sec. 1033. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to certain countries.Sec. 1034. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to close or relinquish control of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Subtitle E—Miscellaneous authorities and limitationsSec. 1041. Protection against misuse of Naval Special Warfare Command insignia.Sec. 1042. Modified requirements for report on the plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear weapons command and control system.Sec. 1043. Prohibition on use of funds to support entertainment projects with ties to the Government of the People’s Republic of China.Sec. 1044. Assessments of casualties and fatalities during hostilities.Sec. 1045. Establishment of major mishap incident designation classification for Department of Defense incidents.Sec. 1046. Requirements relating to payments by the Department of Defense for qualifying injuries to the brain.Sec. 1047. Longer term and eligibility for appointment to rank of Admiral of Commander of Naval Sea Systems Command.Sec. 1048. Prohibition on use of funds for resettlement in the United States of certain individuals from the West Bank or Gaza.Subtitle F—Studies and reportsSec. 1051. Report on Panama Canal security.Sec. 1052. Review of irregular warfare authorities.Sec. 1053. Extension of briefing requirement regarding civil authorities at the Southwest border.Sec. 1054. Extension of annual report on civilian casualties in connection with United States military operations.Sec. 1055. Report on subterranean operations.Sec. 1056. Analysis and report on air superiority of the Joint Force.Sec. 1057. Responding to unmanned aircraft systems incursions.Sec. 1058. Exercise for countering unmanned aerial systems.Sec. 1059. Review, assessment, and analysis of governance structure of counter-narcotics and counter-transnational organized crime activities.Sec. 1060. Modification and extension of requirement for combatant command risk assessment for airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.Sec. 1061. Consideration of protracted conflicts in planning assumptions.Sec. 1062. Study on combat accomplishments of remotely piloted aircraft crew.Sec. 1063. Report on resourcing of Arctic Strategy.Sec. 1064. Assessment of impact of transnational organized crime on military drug overdoses.Sec. 1065. Review and report on operational plans of the Department of Defense.Sec. 1066. Report on undersea cable posture.Subtitle G—Caisson services at Arlington National CemeterySec. 1071. Plan for procurement of military working equids for the Caisson Platoon of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Army.Sec. 1072. Requirement to begin conducting funerals with caisson services at Arlington National Cemetery.Sec. 1073. Monthly report on funerals at Arlington National Cemetery on hold until caisson services resume.Sec. 1074. Land for operations and training of Caisson Platoon of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Army.Subtitle H—Other mattersSec. 1081. Roles and responsibilities for the mitigation, identification, and treatment of traumatic brain injury and the monitoring and documentation of blast overpressure exposure.Sec. 1082. Extension of National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology.Sec. 1083. Enhancement of special operations riverine capability.Sec. 1084. Plan for recapitalization of special operations surface combatant craft.Sec. 1085. Homeland defense planning requirements.Sec. 1086. Authority to provide contracted assistance to secure the southern land border of the United States.Sec. 1087. Liaison with the Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Task Force.Sec. 1088. Introduction of entities in transactions critical to national security.Sec. 1089. Prioritization of accreditation of sensitive compartmented information facilities supporting DX-rated programs.Sec. 1090. Establishment of the National Security Capital Forum.Sec. 1091. Improvements relating to portability of professional licenses of servicemembers and their spouses.Sec. 1092. Pilot program to provide military aircraft support to air shows.Sec. 1093. Establishment of requirements relating to blast overpressure exposure.Sec. 1094. Preferred alternative for the Ambler Mining District in Alaska.TITLE XI—Civilian personnel mattersSec. 1101. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian employees working overseas.Sec. 1102. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a combat zone.Sec. 1103. Extension of enhanced appointment and compensation authority for civilian health care professionals for care and treatment of wounded and injured members of the Armed Forces.Sec. 1104. Extension of direct hire authority for domestic industrial base facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base.Sec. 1105. Removal of Direct Support Activities from personnel limitation on the Office of the Secretary of Defense.Sec. 1106. Authority to provide increased voluntary separation incentive pay for civilian employees of the Department of Defense.Sec. 1107. Employment and compensation of civilian faculty members at Inter-American Defense College.Sec. 1108. Modifications to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellows Program.Sec. 1109. Modification of pilot program on dynamic shaping of the workforce to improve the technical skills and expertise at certain Department of Defense laboratories.Sec. 1110. Permanent authority for noncompetitive appointments of military spouses by Federal agencies.Sec. 1111. Continuity of coverage under certain provisions of title 5, United States Code.Sec. 1112. Modification of direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial base facilities.Sec. 1113. Prohibition on establishment of new diversity, equity, and inclusion positions; prohibition on filling vacancies.Sec. 1114. Prohibition on considering applicant's commitment to diversity, equity, or inclusion in hiring process for certain positions at Department of Defense educational institutions.TITLE XII—Matters relating to foreign nationsSubtitle A—Assistance and trainingSec. 1201. Acceptance and expenditure of contributions for multilateral security cooperation activities.Sec. 1202. Modification of authority to build capacity.Sec. 1203. Authority to build capability and capacity of foreign civilian medical support entities for resilience in crisis and conflict.Sec. 1204. Modification of authority for Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School.Sec. 1205. Extension of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to United States military operations.Sec. 1206. Modification of United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation.Sec. 1207. Extension and modification of authority for Department of Defense support for stabilization activities in the national security interest of the United States.Sec. 1208. Extension of security cooperation programs with foreign partners to advance implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act.Sec. 1209. Extension and modification of Defense Operational Resilience International Cooperation Pilot Program.Sec. 1210. Temporary authority to provide training to military forces or national security forces of Costa Rica and Panama.Sec. 1211. Key partners for Middle East Regional Integration Military Subject Matter Expert Exchange Program.Sec. 1212. Plan to modernize and streamline information technology systems relating to end-use monitoring functions of Defense Security Cooperation Agency.Sec. 1213. Extension of modification to authority to provide support for conduct of operations.Sec. 1214. Defense cooperation with Georgia.Sec. 1215. Extension of authority to implement the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017.Subtitle B—Matters relating to Syria, Iraq, and IranSec. 1221. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to vetted Syrian groups and individuals.Sec. 1222. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.Sec. 1223. Preservation of security and stability in northeast Syria.Sec. 1224. Report on, and prohibition on use of funds to support, terrorist organizations in Iraq.Sec. 1225. Notification relating to arms trafficking by Iran.Sec. 1226. Assessment and plan with respect to equipment provided to Kurdish Peshmerga forces.Sec. 1227. Modification of annual report on military power of Iran.Subtitle C—Matters relating to Europe and the Russian FederationSec. 1231. Extension of prohibition on availability of funds relating to sovereignty of the Russian Federation over internationally recognized territory of Ukraine.Sec. 1232. Modification of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.Sec. 1233. Extension and modification of training for Eastern European national security forces in the course of multilateral exercises.Sec. 1234. Modifications to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Operations Headquarters.Sec. 1235. Report on efforts to identify, disseminate, and implement lessons learned from war in Ukraine.Sec. 1236. Review, report, and plan regarding logistics networks in North America and Europe.Sec. 1237. Sense of the Senate on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.Sec. 1238. Report on defense industrial base cooperation with Ukraine and other allies and partners in Europe.Subtitle D—Matters relating to the Indo-Pacific regionSec. 1241. Indo-Pacific Security Assistance Initiative.Sec. 1242. Indo-Pacific multilateral security assistance initiatives.Sec. 1243. Extension and modification of Pacific Deterrence Initiative.Sec. 1244. Extension and modification of authority to transfer funds for Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup.Sec. 1245. Modification of Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative.Sec. 1246. Establishment of partnership program between the United States and Taiwan for military trauma care and research.Sec. 1247. Indo-Pacific extended deterrence education pilot program.Sec. 1248. Modifications to implementation plan for joint force headquarters in area of operations of United States Indo-Pacific Command.Sec. 1249. Plan to strengthen United States extended deterrence commitments to the Republic of Korea.Sec. 1250. Plan and annual report relating to trilateral security cooperation with Japan and the Republic of Korea.Sec. 1251. Modification of reporting requirement for transfer of defense articles and defense services to Taiwan.Sec. 1252. Implementation plan to support establishment of regional contingency stockpile for Taiwan.Sec. 1253. Consideration of Taiwan for enhanced defense industrial base cooperation.Sec. 1254. Transregional strategy for countering malign activities by the People’s Liberation Army.Sec. 1255. Assessment of use of Department of Defense facilities in Guam as multinational training locations.Sec. 1256. Report on costs of meeting certain requirements of foreign partners relating to agriculture, fisheries, and forestry.Sec. 1257. Returning civic action teams to the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia.Sec. 1258. Modification of public reporting of Chinese military companies operating in the United States.Sec. 1259. Annual report on military capabilities of allies and partners in Indo-Pacific region.Sec. 1260. Review, report, and plan on adequacy of logistics network in Indo-Pacific region.Sec. 1261. Fielding of a common operating picture with Taiwan.Sec. 1262. Report on corruption in People's Liberation Army.Sec. 1263. Sense of the Senate on defense alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region.Sec. 1264. Modification of cooperative program with Vietnam to account for Vietnamese personnel missing in action.Sec. 1265. Prohibition on use of funds for EcoHealth Alliance.Subtitle E—ReportsSec. 1271. Report on cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China.Subtitle F—Other mattersSec. 1281. Quarterly briefings on counterterrorism operations, irregular warfare, and sensitive activities.Sec. 1282. Extension and modification of security briefings on Afghanistan.Sec. 1283. Multilateral Artificial Intelligence Working Group.Sec. 1284. Report on Department of Defense role in supporting international legal operations.Sec. 1285. Report and briefing on security implications of water scarcity and food security for United States Central Command.Sec. 1286. Notifications regarding terrorist groups in Afghanistan.Sec. 1287. Report and briefing on Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar.Sec. 1288. Middle East integrated space and satellite security capability.Sec. 1289. Improvements to security cooperation workforce and defense acquisition workforce.Sec. 1290. Independent assessment of technology release and foreign disclosure reform initiative.TITLE XIII—Cooperative Threat ReductionSec. 1301. Cooperative Threat Reduction funds.Sec. 1302. Temporary continuation of requirement for reports on activities and assistance under Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.TITLE XIV—Other authorizationsSubtitle A—Military programsSec. 1401. Working capital funds.Sec. 1402. Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense.Sec. 1403. Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense-wide.Sec. 1404. Defense Inspector General.Sec. 1405. Defense Health Program.Subtitle B—National Defense StockpileSec. 1411. Restoring the National Defense Stockpile.Sec. 1412. Storage of strategic and critical materials in National Defense Stockpile.Sec. 1413. Consultations with respect to environmental reviews of projects that will increase availability of strategic and critical materials for acquisition for National Defense Stockpile.Subtitle C—Other mattersSec. 1421. Eligibility of Space Force officers for membership on Armed Forces Retirement Home Advisory Council.Sec. 1422. Armed Forces Retirement Home: availability of licensed independent practitioners; resources.Sec. 1423. Authority for transfer of funds to Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois.Sec. 1424. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home.TITLE XV—Space activities, strategic programs, and intelligence mattersSubtitle A—Space activitiesSec. 1501. Modification of Air Force space contractor responsibility watch list.Sec. 1502. Extension and modification of certifications regarding integrated tactical warning and attack assessment mission of the Department of the Air Force.Sec. 1503. Modification of milestone decision authority for space-based ground and airborne moving target indication systems.Sec. 1504. Space Force satellite ground systems.Sec. 1505. Modification of notification of foreign interference of national security space.Sec. 1506. Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve Program.Sec. 1507. Designation of Program Executive Officer for Space Command, Control, and Integration.Sec. 1508. Modification of quarterly reports on Global Positioning System III space segment, Global Positioning System operational control segment, and Military Global Positioning System user equipment acquisition programs.Sec. 1509. Resilience of position, navigation, and timing technologies and services.Subtitle B—Nuclear forcesSec. 1511. Sense of the Senate on the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission.Sec. 1512. Review of recommendations by the Strategic Posture Commission.Sec. 1513. Matters relating to the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile.Sec. 1514. Assessment of updated force sizing requirements.Sec. 1515. Prohibition on reduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States.Sec. 1516. Preparations for possible deployment of additional intercontinental ballistic missiles.Sec. 1517. Periodic updates on the pilot program on development of reentry vehicles and related systems.Sec. 1518. Periodic updates on the modernization of the Strategic Automated Command and Control System.Sec. 1519. Availability of Air Force procurement funds for heat shield material for Mk21A reentry vehicle.Sec. 1520. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of plan for decreasing the time to upload additional warheads to the intercontinental ballistic missile fleet.Sec. 1521. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of information on options for enhancing National Nuclear Security Administration access to the defense industrial base.Sec. 1522. Plan for operational bed down of the long range standoff weapon.Sec. 1523. Expansion of pilot program on development of reentry vehicles and related systems.Sec. 1524. Expansion of nuclear long range standoff capability.Sec. 1525. Office of the Secretary of Defense Management and Process Improvements.Subtitle C—Missile defenseSec. 1531. Establishment of a national integrated air and missile defense architecture for the United States.Sec. 1532. Reporting of incidents affecting the availability of the United States homeland missile defenses.Sec. 1533. Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli cooperative missile defense program co-development and co-production.Sec. 1534. Plan for comprehensive ballistic missile defense radar coverage of Guam.Sec. 1535. Annual briefing on missile defense of Guam.Sec. 1536. Establishing capabilities to further Jordanian air and missile defense.Sec. 1537. Organization and codification of provisions of law relating to missile defense.Subtitle D—Other mattersSec. 1541. Defense Industrial Base workforce development strategy.Sec. 1542. Revision of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in commercial activities as security for intelligence collection activities.Sec. 1543. Extension and modification of defense intelligence and counterintelligence expense authority.Sec. 1544. Limitation on use of funds for certain unreported programs.Sec. 1545. Pilot program on establishing a geospatial workforce development program.Sec. 1546. Intelligence advice and support for Government of Israel in capturing or killing certain officials of Hamas.Sec. 1547. Establishment of pilot program for access to shared classified commercial infrastructure.Sec. 1548. Technical correction.TITLE XVI—Cyberspace-related mattersSubtitle A—Matters relating to cyber operations and cyber forcesSec. 1601. Assessment of feasibility of engaging in cooperative activities with allies to mitigate cyber threats to certain undersea cables.Sec. 1602. Elevation of Joint Force Headquarters–Department of Defense Information Network as subordinate unified command of United States Cyber Command.Sec. 1603. Cyber intelligence center.Sec. 1604. Support for cyber threat tabletop exercises.Sec. 1605. Comptroller General of the United States assessment of cyber command protection of privacy and civil liberties procedures and training requirements for cyber operators.Sec. 1606. Independent evaluation regarding potential establishment of United States Cyber Force.Subtitle B—Matters relating to Department of Defense cybersecurity and information technologySec. 1611. Cyber table top exercises with organizations in defense industrial base.Sec. 1612. Management and cybersecurity of the joint warfighting cloud capability and other multi-cloud environments.Sec. 1613. Update of biometric policy of Department of Defense.Sec. 1614. Guidance for application of zero trust strategy to Internet of Military Things hardware.Sec. 1615. Joint partner-sharing network capabilities for Middle East defense integration.Sec. 1616. Artificial Intelligence Human Factors Integration Initiative.Sec. 1617. Limitation on availability of funds for Mission Partner Environment program.Sec. 1618. Consolidation of briefing requirements relating to the relationship between the National Security Agency and United States Cyber Command.Sec. 1619. Information technology programs of the National Background Investigation Service.Sec. 1620. Cost budgeting for artificial intelligence data.Sec. 1621. Presumed reciprocal software accrediting policy.Sec. 1622. Annual evaluation of products for mobile device cybsecurity.Sec. 1623. Limitation on availability of funds for the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture.Sec. 1624. Briefing on course of education and pilot program on authentication of digital content provenance for certain Department of Defense media content.Sec. 1625. Modification of prohibition on purchase of cyber data products or services other than through the program management office for Department of Defense-wide procurement of cyber data products and services.Sec. 1626. Improvements relating to cyber protection support for Department of Defense personnel in positions highly vulnerable to cyber attack.Sec. 1627. Comptroller General report on efforts to protect personal information of Department of Defense personnel from exploitation by foreign adversaries.DIVISION B—Military Construction AuthorizationsSec. 2001. Short title.Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law.Sec. 2003. Effective date.TITLE XXI—Army Military ConstructionSec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2102. Family housing.Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army.Sec. 2104. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at Kunsan Air Base, Korea.Sec. 2105. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project at Mihail Kogalniceanu FOS, Romania.Sec. 2106. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects.Sec. 2107. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects.Sec. 2108. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.Sec. 2109. Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2025 project at McAlester Army Depot, Oklahoma.TITLE XXII—Navy Military ConstructionSec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2202. Family housing.Sec. 2203. Authorization of appropriations, Navy.Sec. 2204. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects.Sec. 2205. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects.Sec. 2206. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects.Sec. 2207. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.Sec. 2208. Additional authority to carry out fiscal year 2025 project in Cooperative Security Location Comalapa, El Salvador.TITLE XXIII—Air Force Military ConstructionSec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2302. Family housing.Sec. 2303. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.Sec. 2304. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2017 project at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.Sec. 2305. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects.Sec. 2306. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects.Sec. 2307. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects.Sec. 2308. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2021 project at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.Sec. 2309. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.TITLE XXIV—Defense Agencies Military ConstructionSec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2402. Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program projects.Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies.Sec. 2404. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project in Iwakuni, Japan.Sec. 2405. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project in Iwakuni, Japan.Sec. 2406. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2020 project in Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.Sec. 2407. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects.Sec. 2408. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, District of Columbia.Sec. 2409. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.TITLE XXV—International ProgramsSubtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment ProgramSec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO.Sec. 2503. Extension of use of authorized amounts for North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program.Sec. 2504. Modification of contributions for projects executed by the United States under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program.Sec. 2505. Contributions for projects executed by host nations other than the United States under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program.Subtitle B—Host Country In-kind ContributionsSec. 2511. Republic of Korea funded construction projects.Sec. 2512. Republic of Poland funded construction projects.TITLE XXVI—Guard and Reserve Forces FacilitiesSec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve.Sec. 2607. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana.Sec. 2608. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects.Sec. 2609. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 projects.Sec. 2610. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects.Sec. 2611. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project.TITLE XXVII—Base Realignment and Closure ActivitiesSec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure activities funded through Department of Defense Base Closure Account.TITLE XXVIII—Military Construction General ProvisionsSubtitle A—Military Construction ProgramSec. 2801. Inclusion of land acquisition under definition of unspecified minor military construction project.Sec. 2802. Extension of expanded authority to convey property at military installations.Sec. 2803. Authority to accept host nation financial services in the form of an irrevocable letter of credit.Sec. 2804. Modification of authority for Indo-Pacific posture unspecified minor military construction projects.Sec. 2805. Requirement that damaged or destroyed facilities are built back with resilience.Sec. 2806. Industrial plant equipment and associated services as in-kind consideration under leases of non-excess property.Sec. 2807. Ordering authority for design and construction of facilities of Department of Defense.Sec. 2808. Obligation and execution of design funds for military construction projects.Sec. 2809. Modification of definition of military installation for purposes of notifications related to basing decision-making process.Sec. 2810. Guidance regarding maintenance of aggregate square footage of buildings of Department of Defense.Sec. 2811. Pilot program to optimize and consolidate facilities of the Army for resilient and healthy defense communities.Sec. 2812. Information on military construction projects at joint bases.Sec. 2813. Report on munitions and explosives of concern and construction projects in Joint Region Marianas.Sec. 2814. Improvement of conduct by the Navy of the replacement of certain dry docks and other projects.Sec. 2815. Minimum investment for facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization.Subtitle B—Military HousingSec. 2821. Increase in percentage limitations on value of United States investment in privatized military housing projects.Sec. 2822. Treatment of nondisclosure agreements with respect to privatized military housing.Subtitle C—Land ConveyancesSec. 2831. Land conveyance, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas.Sec. 2832. Cleanup and transfer of certain property at former Army installation to East Bay Regional Park District.Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona.Sec. 2834. Release of interests retained in Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas.Sec. 2835. Report on former Army-Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas.Subtitle D—Other MattersSec. 2841. Authority for shoreline erosion control projects to protect military installation infrastructure.Sec. 2842. Coordination of repair and maintenance of Kolekole Pass.Sec. 2843. Consideration of installation infrastructure and other supporting resources by Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center.Sec. 2844. Extension of Department of the Army pilot program for development and use of online real estate inventory tool.Sec. 2845. Review of roles and responsibilities for construction projects of Department of Defense.Sec. 2846. Assessment of public schools on installations of Department of Defense.Sec. 2847. Report on use of areawide contracts to procure utility services.Sec. 2848. Extension of prohibition on joint use of Homestead Air Reserve Base with civil aviation.Sec. 2849. Prohibition on use by Air Force of corporate structure in conducting certain basing decisions.Sec. 2850. Authority to assist State and local governments in supporting installation and industrial base modernization through public infrastructure and services.Sec. 2851. Briefing on projects under Defense Community Infrastructure Program that are still in progress.Sec. 2852. Treatment of historic housing and associated historic properties of the Department of the Army.Sec. 2853. Designation of officials responsible for coordination of infrastructure projects to support additional members of the Armed Forces and their families in the Indo-Pacific region.Sec. 2854. Technical correction to map reference in the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013.Sec. 2855. Prohibition on use of funds for resettlement in the United States of certain individuals from the West Bank or Gaza.Sec. 2856. Expansion of defense community infrastructure pilot program to include installations of the Coast Guard.TITLE XXIX—Military Construction Disaster RecoverySec. 2901. Authorized Navy disaster recovery construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2902. Authorized Air Force disaster recovery construction and land acquisition projects.Sec. 2903. Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for military construction projects.DIVISION C—Department of Energy national security authorizations and other authorizationsTITLE XXXI—Department of Energy national security programsSubtitle A—National security programs and authorizationsSec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration.Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup.Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.Sec. 3104. Nuclear energy.Subtitle B—Program authorizations, restrictions, and limitationsSec. 3111. Limitation on use of funds for naval nuclear fuel systems based on low-enriched uranium.Sec. 3112. Authorization for modification of weapons.Sec. 3113. National Nuclear Security Administration management and process improvements.Sec. 3114. Restoration of a domestic uranium enrichment capability.Sec. 3115. Report on activities from U.S.–U.K. Mutual Defense Agreement.Sec. 3116. Modification of reporting requirements relating to cost-benefit analyses for competition of management and operating contracts.Sec. 3117. Authority for National Nuclear Security Administration to use passenger carriers for contractor commuting.Sec. 3118. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of information on streamlining National Nuclear Security Administration contracting.Sec. 3119. Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of certification relating to W80–4 Alteration-SLCM.Sec. 3120. Prohibition on use of funds to support access to National Nuclear Security Administration facilities.Sec. 3121. Notification of certain regulations that impact the National Nuclear Security Administration.Sec. 3122. Authorization of Department of Defense and contractors to acquire and operate a utilization facility.TITLE XXXII—Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety BoardSec. 3201. Authorization.TITLE XXXV—Maritime AdministrationSec. 3501. Maritime Administration.DIVISION D—Funding TablesSec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables.

3.

Congressional defense committees

In this Act, the term congressional defense committees has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.

4.

Budgetary effects of this Act

The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purposes of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, jointly submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage in the House acting first on the conference report or amendment between the Houses.

A

Department of Defense authorizations

B

Military Construction Authorizations

2001.

Short title

This division may be cited as the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.

2002.

Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law

(a)

Expiration of authorizations after three years

Except as provided in subsection (b), all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVII for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, and contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations therefor) shall expire on the later of—(1)October 1, 2027; or(2)the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2028.(b)

Exception

Subsection (a) shall not apply to authorizations for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, and contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations therefor), for which appropriated funds have been obligated before the later of—(1)October 1, 2027; or(2)the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for fiscal year 2028 for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, or contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program.

2003.

Effective date

Titles XXI through XXVII shall take effect on the later of—(1)October 1, 2024; or(2)the date of the enactment of this Act.

C

Department of Energy national security authorizations and other authorizations

D

Funding Tables

4001.

Authorization of amounts in funding tables

(a)

In general

Whenever a funding table in this division specifies a dollar amount authorized for a project, program, or activity, the obligation and expenditure of the specified dollar amount for the project, program, or activity is hereby authorized, subject to the availability of appropriations.(b)

Merit-based decisions

A decision to commit, obligate, or expend funds with or to a specific entity on the basis of a dollar amount authorized pursuant to subsection (a) shall—(1)be based on merit-based selection procedures in accordance with the requirements of sections 3201 and 4024 of title 10, United States Code, or on competitive procedures; and(2)comply with other applicable provisions of law.(c)

Relationship to transfer and programming authority

An amount specified in the funding tables in this division may be transferred or reprogrammed under a transfer or reprogramming authority provided by another provision of this Act or by other law. The transfer or reprogramming of an amount specified in such funding tables shall not count against a ceiling on such transfers or reprogrammings under section 1001 of this Act or any other provision of law, unless such transfer or reprogramming would move funds between appropriation accounts.(d)

Applicability to classified annex

This section applies to any classified annex that accompanies this Act.(e)

Oral or written communications

No oral or written communication concerning any amount specified in the funding tables in this division shall supersede the requirements of this section.

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