House Report 113-473 - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2015

[House Report 113-473]
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113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 113-473
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2015

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R E P O R T

of the

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

together with

ADDITIONAL VIEWS

[TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 4870]

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June 13, 2014.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2015

113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 113-473
_______________________________________________________________________

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2015

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R E P O R T

of the

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

together with

ADDITIONAL VIEWS

[TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 4870]

[GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]

June 13, 2014.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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CONTENTS

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Page
Bill Totals...................................................... 1
Committee Budget Review Process.................................. 3
Introduction..................................................... 3
Funding Increases................................................ 3
Committee Recommendations by Major Category...................... 3
Active, Reserve, and National Guard Military Personnel......... 3
Operation and Maintenance...................................... 3
Procurement.................................................... 4
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation..................... 5
Defense Health Program......................................... 6
Overseas Contingency Operations................................ 6
Classified Programs............................................ 6
TITLE I. MILITARY PERSONNEL...................................... 7
Military Personnel Overview.................................... 9
Summary of End Strength...................................... 9
Overall Active End Strength.................................. 9
Overall Selected Reserve End Strength........................ 9
Full-Time Support Strengths.................................. 10
Reprogramming Guidance for Military Personnel Accounts....... 10
Special Interest Items....................................... 11
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response....................... 11
Long-Term Temporary Duty Assignments......................... 12
Permanent Change of Station Efficiencies..................... 12
Cultural Sensitivity Training................................ 13
Handicapped Accessibility of Military Service Stations....... 13
Personnel Transition Coordination............................ 14
Minority Outreach and Officer Accessions..................... 14
Military Personnel, Army....................................... 14
Regionally Aligned Forces Language Capability................ 18
Military Family Housing at Camp Humphreys.................... 18
Military Personnel, Navy....................................... 18
Military Personnel, Marine Corps............................... 22
Military Personnel, Air Force.................................. 26
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force..................... 30
Reserve Personnel, Army........................................ 30
Reserve Personnel, Navy........................................ 33
Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps................................ 36
Reserve Personnel, Air Force................................... 39
National Guard Personnel, Army................................. 42
National Guard Personnel, Air Force............................ 45
TITLE II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.............................. 49
Reprogramming Guidance for Operation and Maintenance Accounts 51
Operation and Maintenance Budget Execution Data.............. 52
Special Interest Items....................................... 52
Readiness.................................................... 52
Service Audit Agency Validation.............................. 53
Depot-Level Maintenance and Repair Budget Exhibits........... 54
Depot Maintenance............................................ 55
Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization........ 55
Suicide Prevention Training and Outreach..................... 55
Working Conditions in Bangladesh............................. 56
Overestimation and Reporting of Civilian Workforce........... 56
Operation and Maintenance Budget Documentation............... 57
Operational Reserve.......................................... 57
Military Information Support Operations...................... 58
Nuclear and Natural Disaster Response........................ 58
Performance Measures......................................... 59
Operation and Maintenance, Army................................ 59
Cemeterial Expenses.......................................... 64
Army Inventory Management System............................. 64
Operation and Maintenance, Navy................................ 65
Tire Successor Initiative.................................... 74
Shipboard Lighting Systems................................... 74
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps........................ 74
Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force................. 77
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force........................... 77
Air Force Flying Hour Metrics................................ 83
Air Force Weapon System Sustainment.......................... 83
Air Education and Training Command Infrastructure............ 84
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide........................ 84
Special Operations Command--Operation and Maintenance Funding 90
Special Operations Command--Flying Hours Restoration......... 90
Special Operations Command--Budget Justification............. 90
Special Operations Command--Reprogramming Guidance........... 91
Special Operations Command--Use of Major Force Program-11
Funds...................................................... 91
Special Operations Command--Oversight........................ 92
Special Operations Command--National Capital Region.......... 92
Special Operations Command--Suicide Prevention and
Psychological Health....................................... 93
Special Operations Command--Human Physical Performance
Program.................................................... 94
Special Operations Command--Advanced Education Program....... 94
Special Operations Command--Classified Adjustments........... 95
Energy Efficiency............................................ 95
Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit............................. 96
Automated Continuous Evaluation System....................... 96
Overseas Military Installation Inventory..................... 96
Spare Parts Management....................................... 96
Transportable, Modular, Renewable Energy Platforms........... 97
National Security Education Program.......................... 97
Audit Readiness.............................................. 97
Cloud Computing Services..................................... 98
Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve........................ 98
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve........................ 101
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve................ 104
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve................... 107
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard................. 110
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard.................. 113
Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Account............... 116
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces............ 116
Environmental Restoration, Army................................ 116
Environmental Restoration, Navy................................ 116
Vieques and Culebra Environmental Restoration................ 116
Environmental Restoration, Air Force........................... 117
Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide........................ 117
Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites......... 117
Environmental Restoration Annual Report to Congress.......... 117
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid................. 117
Humanitarian Mine Action Program............................. 117
Cooperative Threat Reduction Account........................... 118
Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund... 118
TITLE III. PROCUREMENT........................................... 119
Special Interest Items....................................... 121
Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts.............. 121
Reprogramming Reporting Requirements......................... 121
Funding Increases............................................ 121
Classified Annex............................................. 121
High Mobility Engineer Excavator............................. 122
Tactical Power Sources....................................... 122
Mobile User Objective System Terminals....................... 122
Aircraft Procurement, Army..................................... 122
Army Aviation Restructure Initiative......................... 126
Missile Procurement, Army...................................... 126
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army....... 129
Procurement of Ammunition, Army................................ 133
Other Procurement, Army........................................ 137
Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System...................... 145
Body Armor Modernization..................................... 145
Air and Missile Defense Planning and Control System.......... 145
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Modernization..... 145
Aircraft Procurement, Navy..................................... 146
MH-60R....................................................... 153
EA-18G Aircraft.............................................. 153
Weapons Procurement, Navy...................................... 153
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps............... 158
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy.............................. 162
Cruiser Modernization........................................ 165
Aircraft Carrier Refueling................................... 165
Littoral Combat Ship......................................... 166
Other Procurement, Navy........................................ 166
Procurement, Marine Corps...................................... 177
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force................................ 182
CV-22........................................................ 189
KC-10........................................................ 189
Missile Procurement, Air Force................................. 190
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle............................ 194
Global Positioning System III................................ 194
Preferred Munitions.......................................... 194
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force........................... 194
Preferred Munitions.......................................... 197
Other Procurement, Air Force................................... 197
Procurement, Defense-Wide...................................... 202
National Guard and Reserve Component Proportionate Funding... 207
National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account................. 207
Special Operations Command--C-146A........................... 207
Defense Production Act Purchases............................... 208
Rare Earth Elements.......................................... 208
TITLE IV. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION............. 209
Special Interest Items....................................... 211
Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts.............. 211
Reprogramming Reporting Requirements......................... 211
Funding Increases............................................ 211
Classified Annex............................................. 211
Lithium-Ion Batteries........................................ 212
Hybrid Airship Development................................... 212
Anti-Corrosion Efforts....................................... 212
Explosive Ordnance Disposal.................................. 212
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army............... 213
Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle................................ 223
Network Integration Evaluation............................... 223
Degraded Visual Environment.................................. 224
Polymer Research Improvements................................ 224
Advanced Concepts and Simulation............................. 224
Testing of Virtual Training Systems.......................... 224
Army Net Zero Policy......................................... 225
Lightweight Advanced Personnel Protection.................... 225
Ammunition Management........................................ 225
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy............... 226
Amphibious Combat Vehicle.................................... 239
Automated Test and Re-Test................................... 239
Littoral Combat Ship Training................................ 239
Arctic Center of Excellence.................................. 239
Wound Care Research Program.................................. 240
Automated Critical Care System............................... 240
P-8A Open Architecture....................................... 240
Aircraft Systems Modernization............................... 241
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force.......... 241
Global Hawk, U-2, and High Altitude ISR...................... 252
Combat Rescue Helicopter..................................... 253
Next Generation JSTARS....................................... 253
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Survivability 254
Airborne Electronic Attack................................... 254
Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles........................... 254
KC-46A....................................................... 255
Beyond Line of Sight Command and Control..................... 255
High Performance Computing................................... 255
Human Performance Monitoring................................. 255
Liquid Rocket Engine Development Program..................... 256
Space Based Infrared System High............................. 256
Air Force Technology Transfer Program........................ 256
Global Positioning System Space Modernization Initiative..... 257
Global Positioning System User Equipment..................... 257
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide....... 258
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority
Institutions............................................... 269
Advanced Innovative Technologies............................. 269
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.................... 269
Laser-Driven X-Ray Technology................................ 269
Modeling and Simulation...................................... 270
Cybersecurity................................................ 270
Human and Robot Collaboration................................ 270
Missile Defense Agency....................................... 270
Missile Defense Agency--Iron Dome............................ 271
Missile Defense Agency--Cooperation with Universities........ 272
Disabling and Neutralizing Weapons of Mass Destruction....... 273
Additive Manufacturing....................................... 273
Systems Engineering Research Center.......................... 273
Conventional Prompt Global Strike............................ 273
Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense....................... 274
TITLE V. REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS.......................... 277
Defense Working Capital Funds.................................. 277
TITLE VI. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS................... 279
Defense Health Program......................................... 279
Reprogramming Guidance for the Defense Health Program........ 283
Carryover Authority.......................................... 283
Electronic Health Record..................................... 283
Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program.................... 284
Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Programs....................... 285
Peer-Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program............... 285
Intelligent Prosthetics...................................... 286
Prescription Drug Abuse...................................... 286
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.................................... 286
Childhood Trauma in Military Dependents...................... 287
Air Force Military Acuity Model Training Program............. 287
Trauma Clinical Research Repository.......................... 287
Telemedicine................................................. 288
Preservation of Muscle Mass During Immobilization Periods.... 288
Cooperation Between Military Medical Facilities, Civilian
Healthcare Facilities, and Universities.................... 288
Canine Therapy Research...................................... 289
Thermal Injury Prevention.................................... 289
Efficiency of Patient Care Delivery.......................... 289
Military Mental Health Pilot Program......................... 289
Multi-Disciplinary Brain Research............................ 289
Access to Military Treatment Facilities...................... 290
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense............. 290
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense......... 290
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities................ 291
Budget Justification Material................................ 291
National Guard State Plans................................... 292
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund.................. 292
Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund............................ 292
Support for International Sporting Competitions................ 293
Support for International Sporting Competitions.............. 293
Office of the Inspector General................................ 293
Office of the Inspector General.............................. 293
TITLE VII. RELATED AGENCIES...................................... 295
National and Military Intelligence Programs.................... 295
Classified Annex............................................. 295
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System
Fund......................................................... 295
Intelligence Community Management Account...................... 295
Wildlife Trafficking......................................... 296
TITLE VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS................................... 297
TITLE IX. OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS........................ 307
Committee Recommendation....................................... 307
General Provisions............................................. 307
TITLE X.......................................................... 309
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.................. 309
Changes in the Application of Existing Law..................... 309
Appropriations not Authorized by Law........................... 320
Transfer of Funds.............................................. 321
Rescissions.................................................... 323
Transfer of Unexpended Balances................................ 324
Directed Rule Making........................................... 324
Program Duplication............................................ 324
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives.......... 324
Compliance with Rule XIII, CL. 3(e) (Ramseyer Rule)............ 324
Earmark Disclosure Statement................................... 324
Comparison with the Budget Resolution.......................... 325
Five-Year Outlay Projections................................... 325
Financial Assistance to State and Local Governments............ 325
Full Committee Votes........................................... 326
Additional Views............................................... 343

113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 113-473

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2015

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June 13, 2014.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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Mr. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following

R E P O R T

together with

ADDITIONAL VIEWS

[To accompany H.R. 4870]

The Committee on Appropriations submits the following
report in explanation of the accompanying bill making
appropriations for the Department of Defense, and for other
purposes, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015.

BILL TOTALS

Appropriations for most military functions of the
Department of Defense are provided for in the accompanying bill
for fiscal year 2015. This bill does not provide appropriations
for military construction, military family housing, civil
defense, and military nuclear warheads, for which requirements
are considered in connection with other appropriations Acts.
The President's fiscal year 2015 budget request for
activities funded in the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act totals $490,741,995,000 in new budget obligational
authority for the base military bill.

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COMMITTEE BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS

During its review of the fiscal year 2015 budget request
and execution of appropriations for fiscal year 2014, the
Subcommittee on Defense held a total of thirteen hearings and
eight formal briefings during the period from January 2014 to
May 2014. Testimony received by the Subcommittee totaled 1,067
pages of transcript. Hearings were held in open session, except
when the security classification of the material to be
discussed presented no alternative but to conduct those
hearings in executive or closed session.

INTRODUCTION

The Committee recommendation for the fiscal year 2015
Department of Defense base budget is $490,943,820,000, which is
an increase of $201,825,000 above the budget request. The
Committee recommendation for overseas contingency operations is
$79,445,000,000.
To reach the recommended level, the Subcommittee has
reviewed in detail the budget request, and found areas and
programs where reductions are possible without adversely
impacting the warfighter or modernization and readiness
efforts. Examples of such reductions include: programs which
have been terminated or restructured since the budget was
submitted, savings from favorable contract pricing adjustments,
contract or schedule delays resulting in fiscal year 2015
savings, unjustified cost increases or funding requested ahead
of need, anticipated or historical underexecution, rescissions
of unneeded prior year funds, and reductions that are
authorized in the pending National Defense Authorization Act
for fiscal year 2015.

FUNDING INCREASES

The Committee directs that the funding increases outlined
in the tables for each appropriation account shall be provided
only for the specific purposes indicated in the tables.

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BY MAJOR CATEGORY

ACTIVE, RESERVE, AND NATIONAL GUARD MILITARY PERSONNEL

In title I of the bill, the Committee recommends a total of
$128,127,640,000 for active, reserve, and National Guard
military personnel, a decrease of $829,953,000 below the budget
request, and a decrease of $668,647,000 below the fiscal year
2014 enacted level. The Committee recommendation provides
funding to increase basic pay for all military personnel by 1.8
percent, as authorized by current law, effective January 1,
2015. The Committee recommends full funding to support the
requested end strength levels for active duty and Selected
Reserve personnel.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

In title II of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $164,631,638,000 for operation and maintenance support to
the military Services and other Department of Defense entities,
a decrease of $1,371,180,000 below the budget request, and an
increase of $4,761,912,000 above the fiscal year 2014 enacted
level. The recommended levels will robustly fund operational
training programs in fiscal year 2015. Requests for unit and
depot-level maintenance, facilities sustainment, restoration
and modernization, and base operations support program funding
have been fully supported.

PROCUREMENT

In title III of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $91,227,819,000 for procurement.
Major initiatives and modifications include:
$1,356,227,000 for the procurement of 87 UH-60 Blackhawk
helicopters, an increase of $119,226,000 and eight aircraft
above the President's request.
$892,504,000 for the procurement of 32 CH-47 Chinook
helicopters, the same as the President's request.
$239,581,000 for the procurement of 19 improved, longer
range MQ-1 unmanned aerial vehicles, an increase of $49,000,000
above the President's request.
$532,605,000 for the procurement of 97 MSE missiles for the
Patriot missile system, an increase of $148,000,000 above the
President's request.
$183,838,000 for the procurement of Patriot Missile
modifications, an increase of $52,000,000 above the President's
request.
$664,087,000 for the procurement of WIN-T Ground Forces
Tactical Networks, a decrease of $99,000,000 below the
President's request.
$125,711,000 for the procurement of Joint Tactical Radio
Systems, a decrease of $50,000,000 below the President's
request.
$416,617,000 for the procurement of 55 UH-72A Lakota
helicopters, the same as the President's request.
$435,110,000 for the procurement of upgrades for the fourth
brigade set of Strykers to double V-hulls, plus Stryker
nuclear, biological, chemical reconnaissance vehicle fielding
support, an increase of $50,000,000 above the President's
request.
$122,451,000 for the procurement of 40 M88A2 Improved
Recovery Vehicles, an increase of $72,000,000 and 25 vehicles
above the President's request.
$1,018,547,000 for the procurement of twelve EA-18G Growler
electronic attack aircraft, an increase of $975,000,000 and
twelve aircraft above the President's request.
$2,128,787,000 for the procurement of nine P-8A Poseidon
multi-mission aircraft, an increase of $125,460,000 and one
aircraft above the President's request.
$809,057,000 for the procurement of 27 UH-1Y/AH-1Z
helicopters, an increase of $30,300,000 and one aircraft above
the President's request.
$5,843,108,000 for the procurement of 38 F-35 Lightning
aircraft, an increase of $479,000,000 and four aircraft above
the President's request: six short take-off and vertical
landing variants for the Marine Corps, four carrier variants
for the Navy, and 28 conventional variants for the Air Force.
$14,256,361,000 for the procurement of six Navy ships,
including two DDG-51 guided missile destroyers, two SSN-774
attack submarines, and two Littoral Combat Ships.
$789,300,000 above the President's request for the advance
procurement of material for the refueling of the USS George
Washington (CVN-73).
$1,097,691,000 for the procurement of 14 C/HC/MC/KC-130J
aircraft, the same as the President's request.
$1,481,100,000 for the procurement of 19 MV-22 aircraft, a
decrease of $5,900,000 below the President's request.
$373,218,000 for the procurement of 24 MQ-9 Reaper unmanned
aerial vehicles, an increase of $133,000,000 and 12 aircraft
above the President's request.
$1,582,685,000 for the procurement of seven KC-46 tanker
aircraft, the same as the President's request.
$1,346,046,000 for the procurement of three Evolved
Expendable Launch Vehicles and infrastructure, a decrease of
$35,000,000 below the President's request.
$350,972,000 for the Israeli Cooperative Program Iron Dome,
$175,000,000 above the President's request.
$100,000,000 for HMMWV modernization for the Army National
Guard, an increase of $100,000,000 above the President's
request.

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

In title IV of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $63,362,890,000 for research, development, test and
evaluation.
Major initiatives and modifications include:
$181,609,000 for the continued development of High
Performance Computing, the same as the President's request.
$320,177,000 for the continued development of modifications
to Abrams, Bradley, and Stryker Vehicles, an increase of
$25,000,000 above the President's request.
$849,277,000 for the continued development of the
replacement for the Ohio class ballistic missile submarine, the
same as the President's request.
$146,200,000 for the continued development of the E-2D
Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, a decrease of $47,000,000 below the
President's request.
$230,733,000 for the continued development of the Next
Generation Jammer, a decrease of $16,123,000 below the
President's request.
$1,636,130,000 for the continued development of the F-35
Lightning Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, a decrease of
$4,976,000 below the President's request.
$403,017,000 for the continued development of the Unmanned
Carrier Based Strike System, the same as the President's
request.
$319,037,000 for the continued development of the Multi-
mission Maritime Aircraft, an increase of $11,000,000 above the
President's request.
$913,728,000 for the development of a new penetrating
bomber, the same as the President's request.
$766,937,000 for the continued development of the Next
Generation Aerial Refueling Aircraft, a decrease of $10,000,000
below the President's request.
$73,088,000 for the development of a Next Generation JSTARS
aircraft, the same as the President's request.
$309,501,000 for the continued development of the Space
Based Infrared Satellite and associated ground support systems,
a decrease of $10,000,000 below the President's request.
$212,571,000 for the development of the Global Positioning
System III operational control segment, the same as the
President's request.
$220,000,000 above the President's request to begin
development of a domestically produced liquid rocket engine for
space launch.
$2,848,318,000 for the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency, a decrease of $66,452,000 below the President's
request.
$268,842,000 for the Israeli Cooperative Programs, an
increase of $172,039,000 above the President's request.

DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

The Committee recommends a total of $31,634,870,000 for the
Defense Health Program to support worldwide medical and dental
services for active forces and other eligible beneficiaries.
The Committee recommends funding to augment the request for
enduring traumatic brain injury, psychological health, and
wounded, ill and injured requirements. To address these
challenges of the Defense Health Program, the Committee
recommends the following:

Traumatic brain injury and psychological health research $125,000,000
Peer-reviewed spinal cord research...................... $30,000,000
Peer-reviewed orthopedic research....................... $30,000,000

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

In title IX of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $79,445,000,000 for overseas contingency operations. Despite
a recent announcement from the Administration regarding plans
for an enduring military presence in Afghanistan, no Overseas
Contingency Operations budget request has been submitted,
therefore this level of funding is subject to change.

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS

As described elsewhere in this report, the Committee's
budget review of classified programs is published in a
separate, detailed, and comprehensive classified annex.
Adjustments to the classified programs are addressed in the
classified annex accompanying this report.

TITLE I

MILITARY PERSONNEL

The fiscal year 2015 Department of Defense military
personnel budget request totals $128,957,593,000. The Committee
recommendation provides $128,127,640,000 for the military
personnel accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee
recommendations:

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MILITARY PERSONNEL OVERVIEW

The Committee recommendation provides $128,127,640,000 for
the military personnel accounts, which funds military pay and
allowances, recruitment and retention initiatives, and overall
quality of life programs for active duty, reserve, and National
Guard personnel. The recommendation fully supports the resource
requirements needed to maintain the authorized end strength
levels for fiscal year 2015. The Committee recommendation
provides funding to increase basic pay for all military
personnel by 1.8 percent as authorized by current law,
effective January 1, 2015. The Committee continues to encourage
constructive evaluations of recruitment and retention programs,
bonus and special pay incentives, and personnel benefit
programs for fiscal year 2015. The Committee remains supportive
of programs intended to enhance the morale and quality of life
of military personnel and their families.

SUMMARY OF END STRENGTH

The fiscal year 2015 budget request includes a decrease of
52,800 in total end strength for the active forces and a
decrease of 12,900 in total end strength for the Selected
Reserve as compared to the fiscal year 2014 authorized levels.
The following tables summarize the Committee recommendations
for end strength levels, both in the aggregate and for each
active and Selected Reserve component.

OVERALL ACTIVE END STRENGTH

Fiscal year 2014 authorized........................... 1,361,400
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 1,308,600
Fiscal year 2015 recommendation....................... 1,308,600
Compared with fiscal year 2014.................... -52,800
Compared with fiscal year 2015 budget request..... - - -

OVERALL SELECTED RESERVE END STRENGTH

Fiscal year 2014 authorized........................... 833,700
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 820,800
Fiscal year 2015 recommendation....................... 820,800
Compared with fiscal year 2014.................... -12,900
Compared with fiscal year 2015 budget request..... - - -

SUMMARY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL END STRENGTH
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Fiscal year 2015
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Fiscal year Change
2014 Budget Committee Change from
authorized request recommended from fiscal
request year 2014
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Active Forces (End Strength):
Army.......................................... 520,000 490,000 490,000 - - - -30,000
Navy.......................................... 323,600 323,600 323,600 - - - - - -
Marine Corps.................................. 190,200 184,100 184,100 - - - -6,100
Air Force..................................... 327,600 310,900 310,900 - - - -16,700
Total, Active Forces...................... 1,361,400 1,308,600 1,308,600 - - - -52,800
Guard and Reserve Forces (End Strength)
Army Reserve.................................. 205,000 202,000 202,000 - - - -3,000
Navy Reserve.................................. 59,100 57,300 57,300 - - - -1,800
Marine Corps Reserve.......................... 39,600 39,200 39,200 - - - -400
Air Force Reserve............................. 70,400 67,100 67,100 - - - -3,300
Army National Guard........................... 354,200 350,200 350,200 - - - -4,000
Air National Guard............................ 105,400 105,000 105,000 - - - -400
Total, Selected Reserve................... 833,700 820,800 820,800 - - - -12,900
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Total, Military Personnel......................... 2,195,100 2,129,400 2,129,400 - - - -65,700
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FULL-TIME SUPPORT STRENGTHS

There are four categories of full-time support in the
National Guard and reserve components: military technicians
(dual status), Active Guard and Reserve, non-technician
civilians, and active component personnel.
Full-time support personnel organize, recruit, train,
maintain, and administer the reserve components. Military
technicians (dual status) directly support units and are
critical to helping units maintain readiness and meet the
wartime missions of the Army and Air Force.
The following table summarizes the National Guard and
reserve components full-time support end strengths:

SUMMARY OF GUARD AND RESERVE FULL-TIME SUPPORT
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Fiscal year 2015
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Fiscal year Change
2014 Budget Committee Change from
authorized request recommended from fiscal
request year 2014
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Army Reserve:
AGR........................................... 16,261 16,261 16,261 - - - - - -
Technicians................................... 8,395 7,895 7,895 - - - -500
Navy Reserve:
AR............................................ 10,159 9,973 9,973 - - - -186
Marine Corps Reserve:
AR............................................ 2,261 2,261 2,261 - - - - - -
Air Force Reserve:
AGR........................................... 2,911 2,830 2,830 - - - -81
Technicians................................... 10,429 9,789 9,789 - - - -640
Army National Guard:
AGR........................................... 32,060 31,385 31,385 - - - -675
Technicians................................... 27,210 27,210 27,210 - - - - - -
Air National Guard:
AGR........................................... 14,734 14,704 14,704 - - - -30
Technicians................................... 21,875 21,792 21,792 - - - -83
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Totals:
AGR/AR........................................ 78,386 77,414 77,414 - - - -972
Technicians................................... 67,909 66,686 66,686 - - - -1,223
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Total, Full-Time Support.................. 146,295 144,100 144,100 - - - -2,195
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REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS

SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

Items for which additional funds have been provided or
items for which funding has been reduced as shown in the
project level tables or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only
for'' or ``only to'' in the Committee report are congressional
interest items for the purpose of the Base for Reprogramming
(DD Form 1414). Each of these items must be carried on the DD
Form 1414 at the stated amount specifically addressed in the
Committee report. Below threshold reprogrammings may not be
used to either restore or reduce funding from congressional
interest items as identified on the DD Form 1414. These items
remain special interest items whether or not they are repeated
in a subsequent conference report.

SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE

The Committee remains concerned by reports of sexual
assaults being committed by those in key positions of trust,
including sexual assault response coordinators, victim
advocates, military recruiters, commanders, and military
leaders. The Army recently conducted a review of personnel
serving in key positions of trust, and almost 600 soldiers
currently serving in those positions were disqualified for
infractions. While the Committee commends the Army for
conducting such a review and holding soldiers accountable and
urges the other Services to conduct similar comprehensive
reviews, it remains disturbed that so many of the personnel
currently serving should never have qualified for those duties.
The Committee is also concerned by the persistently high
prevalence of sexual assault at the military academies. The
Committee believes that more must be done to institute best
practices at the military academies, training bases, and
recruiting commands to increase prevention efforts as well as
to preclude perpetrators from serving in influential and
sensitive occupations. While the Service Secretaries must be
aggressive in prosecuting and punishing perpetrators of sexual
assault, they must increase their efforts to protect
servicemembers from the threat of sexual assault in the first
place. Further, commanders remain responsible for ensuring good
order and discipline in their units and should be held
responsible when crimes are committed under their watch. Recent
allegations that commanders ignored reports of sexual assault
or permitted inappropriate work environments in violation of
Service sexual harassment and hazing policies is extremely
concerning and must not be tolerated.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014
provided an additional $25,000,000 to expand the Special
Victims' Counsel (SVC) program to all Services. This program
provides legal representatives to give advice and
representation to sexual assault victims. The SVC helps
navigate victims through the legal process and intervenes on a
victim's behalf when appropriate. The Committee understands
that the Air Force SVC pilot program has shown success in
assisting victims throughout the process and believes victims
throughout the military will benefit by having access to a SVC.
The Committee is pleased to learn that an expansion of the
program is underway and it fully funds the budget request for
the SVC program.
The recommendation also includes a provision requested by
the President to make funds available for the Services,
including the National Guard and reserve components, to support
high priority Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program
requirements and activities, including the training and funding
of personnel. In addition, the Committee fully funds the budget
request for Sexual Assault Prevention and Response programs and
encourages the Secretary of Defense and the Service Chiefs to
do more to stop this destructive epidemic in the military.

LONG-TERM TEMPORARY DUTY ASSIGNMENTS

The report accompanying the House version of the Department
of Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014 included
language which expressed the Committee's concern related to
reports of Services sending personnel on long-term temporary
duty assignments (TDY) that do not comply with the regulations
as stated in the Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR). The
JFTR states that long-term TDY assignments must be temporary in
nature, of reasonable time duration, lower in cost than round-
trip permanent change of station expenses, and not to exceed
180 consecutive days. The Committee continues to believe that
the practice of sending personnel on extended TDYs that violate
the JFTR would be both a waste of taxpayer resources and a
violation of Department-wide rules and regulations. Further,
the Committee is concerned that the Special Operations
Command's (SOCOM) growing use of continuous rotational TDYs is
being used to establish permanent persistent presences in
countries overseas. The Committee understands that with limited
exception, SOCOM currently lacks the legal authority to
establish and maintain a permanent persistent presence globally
and therefore questions whether the use of continuous
rotational TDYs is being used in lieu of seeking the necessary
legal authorities. The Committee also questions whether this
practice violates the JFTR, limitations on billets in combatant
command positions, requirements for dwell time, and Department
and interagency policies and procedures regarding the
establishment of permanent assignments overseas.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014
directed the Secretary of Defense to evaluate the use of
extended TDYs and to submit a report to the congressional
defense committees on the practice and its compliance with the
JFTR. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to include
as part of his report a comprehensive look into SOCOM's use of
continuous rotational TDYs. The Committee is currently waiting
for the completion and release of the report and looks forward
to reviewing its recommendations.

PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION EFFICIENCIES

The Consolidated Appropriations Acts for fiscal years 2013
and 2014 recommended total reductions of almost $300,000,000 in
the Permanent Change of Station (PCS) budget activities for
program efficiencies. In addition, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014 directed the Department
of Defense Inspector General to conduct a review of the
military personnel PCS program and to identify potential cost
savings and efficiencies that could be implemented throughout
the program.
In its report, the Inspector General found that the
Department of Defense, the United States Transportation
Command, and the Services were taking a number of steps in
response to congressional direction to find cost savings and
efficiencies within the PCS program. These include using
upgraded systems that better monitor moves to ensure they meet
regulations regarding weight and cost requirements,
implementing logistics efficiencies through regionalization and
operations consolidations, and improving internal controls to
increase fidelity of accounting data to identify areas for
future cost savings. The Committee commends the Secretary of
Defense and the Service Secretaries for their efforts to
improve accountability and oversight and reduce waste in the
PCS program.
At the same time, the Inspector General found multiple
areas where additional cost savings and efficiencies could be
found. These include transferring financial responsibility and
payment for non-temporary storage after the entitlement period
has ended, establishing controls to ensure overpayments for
shipping household goods are recouped by the Services, using
less costly methods to ship and store domestic household goods
weighing 1,000 pounds or less, reviewing policies regarding
unlimited weight limits for local moves, reviewing policies
regarding the use of certain flights for servicemember PCS
travel, and implementing a statutory incentive for
servicemembers to voluntarily reduce the weight of shipped
goods.
The Committee supports the findings of the Inspector
General report and directs the Secretary of Defense and Service
Secretaries to review and implement the recommendations as soon
as possible. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report on the status of implementation of the
recommendations and the estimated cost savings associated with
implementation to the congressional defense committees not
later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act.

CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING

The Committee recognizes that the Department of Defense and
the Services have multiple cultural sensitivity training
programs for military personnel. The Committee believes that
protecting servicemembers' rights regarding religious exercise
and ethnic heritage is important. The Committee supports
efforts to identify resource and personnel gaps that may exist
in the Department of Defense Office of Diversity Management and
Equal Opportunity, as well as efforts to identify existing gaps
in protections for new and prospective servicemembers.

HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY OF MILITARY SERVICE STATIONS

The Committee recognizes that while efforts to improve
services for handicapped patrons on Department of Defense
installations have been made, the layout and design of Army and
Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) gas stations limits
accessibility for many handicapped patrons. While some service
stations have installed call buttons to allow patrons to ring
for assistance, the buttons often are not clearly marked or are
difficult to utilize. The Committee understands that AAFES is
undertaking a pilot study to redesign and install new service
call systems and encourages the continued efforts to improve
handicapped accessibility.

PERSONNEL TRANSITION COORDINATION

As the Department of Defense reduces the size of the force,
the Committee supports efforts to assist military personnel in
leveraging their unique skills and experiences as they
transition from military to civilian life. The Committee urges
the Secretary of Defense, in partnership with the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, state and local government representatives,
non-governmental organization leaders, and private sector
leaders, to continue efforts to increase employment
opportunities for former servicemembers, including in fields
related to disaster relief.

MINORITY OUTREACH AND OFFICER ACCESSIONS

Minorities remain underrepresented in the general officer
ranks across the Services. To build a more diverse
organization, the Committee supports efforts to conduct
effective outreach and recruiting programs focused on
increasing officer accessions in minority communities and
encourages the Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries
to support efforts to improve diversity in the military.

MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $40,787,967,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 41,225,339,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 41,183,729,000
Change from budget request............................ -41,610,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$41,183,729,000 for Military Personnel, Army. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

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REGIONALLY ALIGNED FORCES LANGUAGE CAPABILITY

The Committee supports efforts to improve foreign language
capabilities for Army regionally aligned forces in order to
increase soldiers' effectiveness when conducting joint
operations and training and mentoring foreign military leaders.
The Committee is concerned that an insufficient number of
soldiers are receiving foreign language training and encourages
the Secretary of the Army to review how many officers and non-
commissioned officers with foreign language skills it needs to
meet the regionally aligned forces requirement.

MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING AT CAMP HUMPHREYS

The Committee supports the agreement between the United
States and the Republic of Korea to consolidate most U.S.
forces at Camp Humphreys, Korea. The Commander of United States
Forces Korea (USFK) currently has a requirement that 40 percent
of the authorized command sponsored families must reside on-
post to meet operational and force protection needs, but there
is a significant shortage in planned on-post family housing as
compared to the requirement. The Committee strongly supports
efforts to increase the current and future inventory of on-post
family housing to meet the command requirement and urges the
Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of Defense, and the
Commander of USFK to work together to find a solution that will
satisfy the requirement in a fiscally responsible and
sustainable manner.

MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $27,231,512,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 27,489,440,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 27,387,344,000
Change from budget request............................ -102,096,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$27,387,344,000 for Military Personnel, Navy. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

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MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $12,766,099,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 12,919,103,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 12,785,431,000
Change from budget request............................ -133,672,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$12,785,431,000 for Military Personnel, Marine Corps. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $28,519,993,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 27,815,926,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 27,564,362,000
Change from budget request............................ -251,564,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$27,564,362,000 for Military Personnel, Air Force. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE FORCE

The Air Force has three missile wings, located at
installations in Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota, that are
responsible for the nation's 450 nuclear intercontinental
ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The nuclear mission remains
critical to national security. Recently, during the process of
investigating alleged drug use by airmen, evidence of
widespread cheating by ICBM crewmembers on test material at
Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana was uncovered. A command-
directed investigation (CDI) discovered problems in the
organizational culture and leadership that helped create an
environment where crewmembers could compromise or fail to
report the compromise of test material. The CDI team proposed
recommendations in four areas that should be implemented across
the enterprise: reforming organizational culture, empowering
crew commanders, improving the quality and purpose of training,
and reforming testing and evaluation.
The Committee is extremely concerned with the cheating
incidents, the rumors that toleration and acceptance of
cheating is part of the missileer culture, and concerns that
the ICBM mission is seen as a dead-end job within the Air
Force. The Committee commends the Secretary of the Air Force
and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force for their immediate
response and recognition of the seriousness of this issue. The
Committee is also concerned with reports of sub-par working
conditions for missile crews, including aging and run-down
facilities, a lack of opportunity for promotion within their
Air Force Specialty Code, and a lack of support by senior Air
Force leadership.
The Committee was disappointed to see that the operation
and maintenance portion of the Nuclear Force Improvement
Program, submitted as part of the Air Force unfunded priority
list, failed to focus its priorities on items directly
impacting the ICBM crews. The Committee provides an additional
$21,600,000 in Operation and Maintenance, Air Force for the
Nuclear Force Improvement Program and directs the funding to be
used for efforts that directly improve the quality of life and
morale of the ICBM crews. This funding is a congressional
special interest item. Further, the Committee directs the
Secretary of the Air Force to submit a detailed spending plan
to the congressional defense committees not less than 30 days
prior to the obligation of these funds. The Committee continues
to be supportive of efforts to directly improve the quality of
life and morale of the ICBM crews and looks forward to working
with the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of
the Air Force to review additional proposals as they are
recommended.

RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $4,377,563,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 4,459,130,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 4,304,159,000
Change from budget request............................ -154,971,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,304,159,000
for Reserve Personnel, Army. The total amount recommended in
the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year
2015:

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RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $1,843,966,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 1,863,034,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,836,024,000
Change from budget request............................ -27,010,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,836,024,000
for Reserve Personnel, Navy. The total amount recommended in
the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year
2015:

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RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $655,109,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 670,754,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 659,224,000
Change from budget request............................ -11,530,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $659,224,000
for Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

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RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $1,723,159,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 1,675,518,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,652,148,000
Change from budget request............................ -23,370,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,652,148,000
for Reserve Personnel, Air Force. The total amount recommended
in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year
2015:

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NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $7,776,498,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 7,682,892,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 7,644,632,000
Change from budget request............................ -38,260,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,644,632,000
for National Guard Personnel, Army. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

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NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $3,114,421,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 3,156,457,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,110,587,000
Change from budget request............................ -45,870,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,110,587,000
for National Guard Personnel, Air Force. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

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TITLE II

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

The fiscal year 2015 Department of Defense operation and
maintenance budget request totals $166,002,818,000. The
Committee recommendation provides $164,631,638,000 for the
operation and maintenance accounts. The table below summarizes
the Committee recommendations:

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REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS

The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit
the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for each of the
fiscal year 2015 appropriation accounts not later than 60 days
after the enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense is
prohibited from executing any reprogramming or transfer of
funds for any purpose other than originally appropriated until
the aforementioned report is submitted to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to use the
normal prior approval reprogramming procedures to transfer
funds in the Services' operation and maintenance accounts
between budget activities in excess of $15,000,000. In
addition, the Secretary of Defense should follow prior approval
reprogramming procedures for transfers in excess of $15,000,000
out of the following budget sub-activities:
Army:
Maneuver units
Modular support brigades
Land forces operations support
Force readiness operations support
Land forces depot maintenance
Base operations support
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Navy:
Mission and other flight operations
Aircraft depot maintenance
Mission and other ship operations
Ship depot maintenance
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Marine Corps:
Depot maintenance
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Air Force:
Primary combat forces
Combat enhancement forces
Combat communications
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Operating forces depot maintenance
Mobilization depot maintenance
Training and recruiting depot maintenance
Administration and service-wide depot maintenance
Air Force Reserve:
Depot maintenance
Air National Guard:
Depot maintenance

Finally, the Secretary of Defense should follow prior
approval reprogramming procedures for transfers in excess of
$15,000,000 into the following budget sub-activity:
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard:
Other personnel support/recruiting and advertising

With respect to Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide,
proposed transfers of funds to or from the levels specified for
defense agencies in excess of $15,000,000 shall be subject to
prior approval reprogramming procedures.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET EXECUTION DATA

The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to continue
to provide the congressional defense committees with quarterly
budget execution data. Such data should be provided not later
than 45 days after the close of each quarter of the fiscal
year, and should be provided for each O-1 budget activity,
activity group, and sub-activity group for each of the active,
defense-wide, reserve, and National Guard components. For each
O-1 budget activity, activity group, and sub-activity group,
these reports should include the budget request and actual
obligation amount, the distribution of unallocated
congressional adjustments to the budget request, all
adjustments made by the Department in establishing the Base for
Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) report, all adjustments resulting
from below threshold reprogrammings, and all adjustments
resulting from prior approval reprogramming requests.

SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

READINESS

The Committee shares the concern of the Secretary of
Defense and the Service Chiefs regarding reduced readiness
levels across the military. A decade of war coupled with the
impacts of sequestration and the current fiscal climate has
limited the Services' ability to transition their focus from
counter-insurgency operations to full spectrum training in
preparation for future requirements. The Committee supports the
Service Chiefs' commitment to improved readiness and recognizes
that it will take time and stable budgets to restore full
spectrum readiness.
The Committee recommendation includes $1,000,000,000 in
title VIII of the bill to be transferred to the operation and
maintenance accounts for the active Services, the National
Guard, and the reserve components, to be used only for
improving military readiness. The funding is to be divided
proportionately amongst the Services and the National Guard and
reserve components, and shall be used only to improve
readiness, including increased training, depot maintenance, and
base operations support. None of the funding provided may be
used for recruiting, marketing, or advertising programs. The
Committee believes that as the Services continue to reduce
personnel levels, they must become more efficient and effective
with the advertising and recruiting dollars provided in the
base budget and should not use funds intended for readiness on
increased advertising or recruiting efforts. Additional funds
are also provided to the Army, Navy, and Air Force for depot
maintenance in their respective depot maintenance sub-activity
groups.
The funding provided is a congressional special interest
item. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense and the
Service Secretaries to submit a detailed spending plan by
budget activity and sub-activity group to the congressional
defense committees not less than 30 days prior to the
obligation of these funds.

RELEASE OF DETAINEES

The Committee is deeply concerned with the Administration's
handling of the recent transfer of five senior level Taliban
leaders detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba. It is clear that the Department violated Section
1035 of the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization
Act, which requires a 30 day prior notification to the transfer
of any detainees to a foreign country. While the debate of
negotiating with terrorists will continue for some time, the
violation of trust between the Department and Congress to use
funds in violation of current law cannot be easily overlooked.
In fact, the restriction on foreign transfers of detainees,
which has been in place for five years, was modified in good
faith on Congress' part just last year. Further, any notion
that exigent circumstances prevented proper congressional
notification rings hollow when the Administration clearly has
been negotiating this transfer for several years. The Committee
understands the unique nature of the events that led to this
transfer, but believes that is exactly the reason why prior
notification is so important. The decision to negotiate with
terrorists for the release of prisoners is a dangerous
precedent, one that has implications far beyond the Department
of Defense, and one that Congress should have a voice in
deciding. Therefore, to further clarify Congressional
prerogatives which were ignored, the Committee includes a
general provision which prohibits the Secretary from spending
any funds in violation of Section 1035 of the fiscal year 2014
National Defense Authorization Act.

SERVICE AUDIT AGENCY VALIDATION

The Committee understands that in fiscal year 2014, the
Secretary of Defense revised the guidance for reporting
associated with section 2466 of title 10, United States Code,
in a manner that suggests a renewed interest in enforcing
intra-departmental policies on depot maintenance workloads and
50-50 reporting. However, this guidance, while more detailed in
some ways than that issued in the past, directs that the
validation effort focus on the 50-50 data collection process
instead of on the actual data. It also appears to give the
Services additional flexibility to use reviewers other than
those associated with their respective audit agencies to
validate their respective processes prior to submission of the
data to the Secretary of Defense. The Committee has two
concerns with regard to the new guidance. First, the Committee
considers a review of the 50-50 data to be submitted to
Congress as critical to ensuring compliance with section 2466.
Second, given the results of past reviews, the Committee
considers Service audit agency involvement in the validation of
the submissions essential to ensuring the accuracy of the 50-50
report.
The Committee directs each Service Secretary to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
30 days after the enactment of this Act on the respective
Service plan to ensure that the Service audit agency is
directly involved in the process of annually validating that
the data submitted for the report to Congress on the
Distribution of Department of Defense Depot Maintenance
Workloads are accurate and complete, beginning with the report
for fiscal years 2014 through 2016. The report produced by each
Service Secretary shall provide details regarding the Service
audit agency's plan to validate all data submitted for
inclusion in future 50-50 reports, including a description of
the approach that will be used to accomplish this data
validation and a description of plans to review depot-level
maintenance and repair workload estimates associated with
contractor logistics support, interim contractor support,
performance based logistics, and similar contractual
arrangements. As a further means of enhancing the annual
validation process, the Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to develop a standard set of data fields to guide the
Services and defense agencies in their annual collection of
data for the 50-50 report and to establish a requirement that
all depot maintenance expenditure data collected be retained at
the Service or defense agency's headquarters for at least three
years. Moreover, the Committee recommends that the Service
Secretaries and the directors of the defense agencies work to
automate their data collection processes wherever possible to
improve the auditability of their data and reduce the
likelihood of human errors in the calculations.

DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR BUDGET EXHIBITS

The Committee remains frustrated with the quality of the
annual budget justification materials related to the Department
of Defense depot-level maintenance expenditures. The OP-30
budget exhibit provides useful details concerning the extent to
which the operation and maintenance budget request meets the
Services' requirements for depot-level maintenance and repair
of end items. The OP-31 budget exhibit provides insight
regarding estimated orders for depot-level repairables (DLRs).
The fiscal year 2015 budget request also includes the PB-45
budget exhibit, which some Services provide in lieu of the OP-
30; this document provides additional useful information about
methods of accomplishment of depot-level maintenance and repair
workloads. What is missing, however, is an overarching document
that summarizes the request for all depot-level maintenance and
repair workloads, regardless of whether the work pertains to
end items or DLRs, and regardless of which appropriations
account funds the work.
Therefore, beginning with the fiscal year 2016 request, the
Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
to include, in addition to the documentation referenced above,
an exhibit that provides a comprehensive view of depot-level
maintenance and repair workloads for each of the Services in
future budget requests. Each Service shall submit with its
budget request an exhibit that summarizes funded requirements
for its active, reserve, and Guard components, where
applicable, which shows the full range of depot-level
maintenance and repair workload, including all end items and
DLRs. This budget exhibit shall display major maintenance
activities and their method of accomplishment (including
contractor logistics support, interim contractor support, other
contract, and organic) by appropriations account for the prior
year, current year, and budget year. The Under Secretary of
Defense (Comptroller) should ensure that these exhibits do not
include expenditures for work other than depot-level
maintenance and repair.

DEPOT MAINTENANCE

With the recent drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, repair
operations at the depots have increased as the Services
rebalance for training and preparation for full-spectrum
operations. The Committee is aware of the critical role that
the depots play in maintaining readiness and recognizes that
after a decade of war, capital investments and modernization of
the repair facilities is required to support the reset of
platforms needed for full-spectrum operations. Therefore, the
Committee provides an additional $90,000,000 specifically for
depot maintenance for the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION

The Committee has expressed concern for the last three
fiscal years that base facility sustainment requirements are
underfunded. The Committee believes that deferring this
maintenance has a long-term detrimental impact on both military
readiness and the quality of life and work environment of
servicemembers. The Committee provides an additional
$720,000,000 to the facilities sustainment, restoration, and
modernization programs to address the maintenance backlog for
the active Services, the National Guard, and the reserve
components.

SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING AND OUTREACH

Suicide remains an issue of concern in the Services,
especially within the Guard and reserve components. Whereas
servicemembers serving on active duty return from deployments
to military bases which provide structured support networks,
returning Guardsmen and reservists are frequently
geographically isolated from their units and may not have the
regular interactions with their peers and chain of command that
their active duty counterparts experience.
The Committee is aware of programs for the reserve
components, such as the National Guard Psychological Health
Program, to improve access to mental health providers, and the
Committee recommendation fully funds the budget request for
this program. The Committee recommendation provides additional
funding for suicide prevention in the Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide account. In addition, the Committee
recognizes the important role that programs such as Yellow
Ribbon play in helping Guardsmen and reservists transition to
civilian life upon returning from deployment.
The Committee acknowledges the steps that the Services have
taken to implement suicide prevention training and outreach
efforts and to lower the rate of suicide among servicemembers
but believes that more must be done to identify at-risk
servicemembers and to improve prevention and outreach efforts.
The Committee urges the Service Secretaries to continue to make
suicide prevention a key priority and to regularly update the
Committee on actions being taken.

WORKING CONDITIONS IN BANGLADESH

The Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014
directed the Secretary of Defense to provide quarterly reports
to the congressional defense committees that specify if any
garments purchased by the military exchange system are
manufactured in Bangladesh from suppliers that are not
signatories or in compliance with the Accord for Fire and
Building Safety in Bangladesh. The Committee is aware that
there is a second organization of companies, the Alliance for
Bangladesh Worker Safety, that is also concerned with ensuring
compliance. The Committee supports the continued reporting on
this issue and directs the Secretary of Defense to include in
the quarterly submissions if any of the garments purchased by
the military exchange system are manufactured in Bangladesh
from suppliers that are not signatories or in compliance with
either the Accord or the Alliance.

OVERESTIMATION AND REPORTING OF CIVILIAN WORKFORCE

The fiscal year 2014 budget request substantially
overestimated the number of civilians that would be employed by
the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2014. The
Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014 used data
provided by the Services and defense agencies to identify the
actual civilian full time equivalents (FTE) that were recorded
beginning in fiscal year 2014 and reduced funding in the
operation and maintenance accounts based on this overestimation
of civilian FTE levels. While the Committee supports a strong
civilian workforce, the Department of the Army and the
Department of the Air Force again substantially overestimated
the number of civilians that would be employed during fiscal
year 2015. For the Army and Air Force, including the reserve
components but not the National Guard, the current fiscal year
2014 estimate for civilian FTEs is well below what was provided
for in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014
and what is planned in the fiscal year 2015 budget request. As
such, the Committee recommends reductions in fiscal year 2015
due to overestimation of civilian FTEs in these accounts.
The Committee has not received the Department of the Navy's
projected fiscal year 2015 average civilian FTE strength.
Additionally, the Navy has not provided that data to the
Government Accountability Office (GAO) to enable it to complete
its annual analysis of the Department of Defense civilian
personnel budget request. Failure to provide information in a
timely manner makes it difficult for the Committee and the GAO
to conduct proper oversight. Therefore, the Committee again
reduces the Navy, but not the Marine Corps, fiscal year 2015
request for civilian personnel commensurate with the
Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014.
To ensure that timely and accurate information is provided
in future fiscal years, beginning in fiscal year 2016 the
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to include the
projected average civilian FTE strength as well as the civilian
end strength in its quarterly end strength report.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET DOCUMENTATION

While the Department of Defense and the Departments of the
Army and the Air Force all provide average annual civilian
salary by sub-activity group (SAG) in the personnel summary
exhibit in the OP-5, the Department of the Navy does not
provide this information. The Committee is aware that the
Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (FMR)
does not require this data as part of the budget justification
materials. The Committee recommends that the Under Secretary of
Defense (Comptroller) modify the FMR to require that this
information be provided at the SAG level of detail as part of
all operation and maintenance account budget justification
submissions. Further, until the FMR is amended to require this
information be included in the annual budget justification
submissions, the Committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense (Comptroller) and the Service Secretaries to provide
the average annual civilian salary in the personnel summary
exhibit for each sub-activity group for each Service and
agency.
The Committee is disappointed that in many cases throughout
the fiscal year 2015 budget justification materials, the
Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense use the
term ``partially offset'' rather than breaking out program
changes by program increase and program decrease for every line
item in the OP-5. This makes it difficult for the Committee to
have full visibility over the changes occurring within
programs. Therefore, beginning in fiscal year 2016, the
Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
and the Service Secretaries to fully display all increases and
decreases at the SAG level in the OP-5 exhibits.
Finally, in many of the workload exhibits in the operation
and maintenance accounts, there is no accompanying explanation
of the units of measurement. The Committee directs the Under
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and the Service Secretaries
to properly annotate the exhibits to specify the units of
measurement presented in the display.

OPERATIONAL RESERVE

The Committee has previously expressed concern regarding
the Army's support for maintaining an operational reserve.
After reviewing the fiscal year 2015 budget request, the
Committee remains concerned that the Army Reserve and the Army
National Guard readiness accounts are significantly
underfunded. The Committee believes that this will have an
immediate and lasting impact on the Army National Guard and the
Army Reserve's readiness that will be difficult to restore in
future fiscal years.
Significant taxpayer investment has been made to enable the
Guard and reserve to become an integral part of the operational
force. The Committee supports the enduring vision of an
operational reserve and encourages all Services to continue
resourcing and utilizing the Guard and reserve components as
key members of the operational force.
In addition to the $1,000,000,000 provided for increased
military readiness described elsewhere in the Committee report,
of which the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard will
receive a proportional share, $135,000,000 is provided directly
to the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard to be used
specifically to further improve readiness of the operational
reserve. The recommendation also includes $68,000,000 for the
Army National Guard to fully fund two Combat Training Center
rotations in fiscal year 2015 as scheduled.

MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT OPERATIONS

The Committee appreciates the attention that the Department
has given to the Committee's concern that funding for military
information support operations (MISO) activities only be used
to fulfill core military activities rather than duplicate
programs and activities more appropriately conducted by other
departments and agencies. The Committee believes that
significant progress has been made and appreciates the
Department's efforts in this regard. The Committee notes that
there are some specific issues that warrant further review
which are detailed in the classified annex accompanying the
Committee report. The Committee looks forward to continuing to
work with the Department to address these matters. The
Committee recommendation reduces the base budget request for
MISO funding by $15,000,000. The allocation of funds by
combatant command and funding levels for certain programs is
specifically delineated in the classified annex. The
delineation of this funding is a congressional special interest
item and any deviations from the allocations are subject to
sections 8005, 8006, and 9002 of this Act.
The Secretary of Defense is also directed to submit a
report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not
later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act that details
the proposed execution of the funding provided for MISO
programs. The report shall include the program name, activity,
a description of service, target audience, goals and
objectives, attribution, measures of effectiveness, prior year
obligations and expenditures, and the estimated budget for the
year of execution. This report, and the delineation of each
program, project, and activity, shall serve as the basis for
reprogramming in accordance with section 8006 of this Act.

NUCLEAR AND NATURAL DISASTER RESPONSE

The Committee understands that differences between
Department of Defense and civilian guidelines regarding nuclear
or radiological event disaster response created challenges
during Operation Tomadachi, which provided humanitarian
assistance following the earthquake and the tsunami, and the
subsequent release of radioactive material from the Fukushima
nuclear reactor in Japan. The Committee understands that more
uniform methodologies are being considered to eliminate
confusion among responders and improve the decisionmaking
process during such operations, and it encourages the Secretary
of Defense to consider such proposals when reviewing guidelines
for conducting nuclear, radiological, and natural disaster
response and humanitarian assistance operations.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

The Committee supports efforts to include performance
measures in the budget justification documents. These
performance measures should be result oriented and demonstrate
how prior year investments show progress toward achieving
performance goals. The Committee urges the Secretary of Defense
to work with the Comptroller General of the United States to
develop result oriented performance measures that will assist
the Department in the implementation of its strategic guidance.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $30,768,069,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 33,240,148,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 32,671,980,000
Change from budget request............................ -568,168,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$32,671,980,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Army. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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CEMETERIAL EXPENSES

The Committee notes that for the third year in a row, the
fiscal year 2015 budget request includes $25,000,000 in the
Operation and Maintenance, Army account to assist with the
maintenance backlog at Arlington National Cemetery instead of
requesting all funds within the Cemeterial Expenses, Army
account. As stated in the reports accompanying the House
versions of the Department of Defense Appropriations Acts for
fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the Committee does not support the
proposal to fund Arlington National Cemetery through separate
accounts contained in two different appropriations bills. Split
funding undermines the federal budgeting principles requiring
expenditures to be charged against the same account each year,
once an account has been identified for such purpose. The
Committee rejects the proposal to fund cemeterial expenses in
the Operation and Maintenance, Army account and instead
provides funding to address the maintenance backlog at
Arlington National Cemetery in the Cemeterial Expenses, Army
account in the House-passed Military Construction and Veterans
Affairs Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015. Further, the
Committee directs that future budget requests include all
funding proposed for Arlington National Cemetery within the
Cemeterial Expenses, Army account.

ARMY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The Committee recognizes the difficulty of efficiently
managing the retrograde of equipment and material from
Afghanistan to military installations overseas and in the
United States. The Committee understands that problems also
extend to the cataloging, inventorying, and tracking of
equipment at domestic bases because much of the cataloging and
tracking of the data plates and bar codes for this equipment is
accomplished with pen and paper. This process is slow,
expensive, and can lead to errors in which equipment is lost,
left behind, or sent to the wrong destination. The Committee is
aware that the Army is testing automated inventory tracking and
management solutions to capture data plate and bar code
information and supports further testing and evaluation to
determine if these solutions can be cost effective and time
saving replacements for the current systems. The Committee
supports the Army's efforts to automate its inventory
management activities and to achieve cost savings associated
with modernized systems.

DEFENSE GENERATOR AND RAIL EQUIPMENT CENTER AT HILL AIR FORCE BASE

The Committee understands that the Defense Generator and
Rail Equipment Center (DGRC), located at Hill Air Force Base
(AFB), needs significant renovations to address deficiencies,
including some necessary for improved health and safety.
Further, while DGRC is currently located within the boundaries
of Hill AFB, the Committee is aware that after completion of
the enhanced use lease project DGRC could be located outside of
the boundaries and if so, would be required to provide its own
force protection which would increase operational costs. The
Committee urges the Secretary of the Army to work with the
Secretary of the Air Force and relevant state and local
stakeholders to address concerns raised by the current DGRC
location and to reach an agreement acceptable to all parties on
the future status and location of the DGRC. The Committee is
also concerned that obligating funds to perform non-safety
related renovations of the DGRC before a consensus is reached
would not be a good use of limited resources. Therefore, the
Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to limit
renovations to those required only for health and safety until
such an agreement is reached and to keep the congressional
defense committees informed of all safety-related renovations
performed, as well as a justification for why the renovations
are required.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $36,311,160,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 39,316,857,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 39,073,543,000
Change from budget request............................ -243,314,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$39,073,543,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Navy. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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TIRE SUCCESSOR INITIATIVE

The Defense Logistics Agency established the Tire Successor
Initiative (TSI) to contract with a non-tire manufacturer for
tire contract management. However, the Department of the Navy
received an exemption from TSI for their existing tire
contract. As a result of the exemption, the existing Navy tire
contract is administered by a tire manufacturer, creating a
perception of a lack of competition. Now that the Navy's
existing tire contracts are set to expire, the Committee
directs the Secretary of the Navy to administer tire
procurement through the Tire Successor Initiative as
administered by the Defense Logistics Agency.

SHIPBOARD LIGHTING SYSTEMS

The Navy is researching how to increase light-emitting
diode supply and vendor capacity, decrease costs, and rapidly
field solid state lighting on ships. The lighting program
replaces existing fixtures on various ship classes to continue
the savings associated with more efficient lighting methods.
The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to continue
to replace outdated and inefficient fixtures and urges the
Secretary of the Navy to update the lighting specification
standards.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $5,397,605,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 5,909,487,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 5,984,680,000
Change from budget request............................ +75,193,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,984,680,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

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SPECIAL PURPOSE MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE

Since its inception, the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground
Task Force--Crisis Response teams have responded successfully
in several locations in the United States Africa Command area
of responsibility. Their missions have included supporting
local security operations, acting as a quick reaction force,
conducting limited offensive and defensive operations,
providing tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel,
providing limited humanitarian assistance, and conducting
limited non-combatant evacuation operations missions. The
Committee is highly supportive of the Commandant's plan to
provide Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force support to
all combatant commands and has provided funding to establish
teams in the Central Command and the Southern Command areas of
responsibility.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $33,248,618,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 35,331,193,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 35,024,160,000
Change from budget request............................ -307,033,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$35,024,160,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force. The
total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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AIR FORCE FLYING HOUR METRICS

The Committee is concerned that the Air Force has not
developed a cost effective, goal oriented, metric based program
on which to base its flying hour requirements and annual
funding request. In fiscal year 2015, the Air Force requests
significant increases for air operations and states that the
requested funding for flying hours is based on available funds
rather than any stated requirement. Further, a review of
execution of previous fiscal years' flying hour programs shows
that the Air Force consistently underexecutes its flying hour
program. In these fiscally constrained times, ensuring that
every dollar is spent to its maximum effectiveness means that
flying to the budget instead of the readiness requirement risks
significant waste of taxpayer resources. In addition, the lack
of objective criteria or performance goals makes conducting
objective, data driven analysis by the Committee impossible.
The Committee strongly supports robust funding for flying
hours and other training required to achieve pilot competence,
safety, and combat readiness, and recognizes that providing
sufficient funding for the flying hour program to achieve these
goals requires significant investment and resources. Therefore,
the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to conduct
a comprehensive evaluation of the air operations program and to
report to the congressional defense committees at the time of
its fiscal year 2016 budget submission the results of this
review. As part of the review of the flying hour program, the
Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to consult
with experts including, but not limited to, the Under Secretary
for Personnel and Readiness, the Director of Cost Assessment
and Program Evaluation, and the leadership at the Federally
Funded Research and Development Centers, in order to establish
metrics and goals for the flying hour program which will
directly relate the flying hours requested in the budget to a
clear, requirement-based training curriculum which will
leverage limited resources in order to achieve maximum
readiness. The Committee further directs the Secretary of the
Air Force to review and revise the budget justification
materials for the flying hours sub-activity groups in order to
improve the clarity and completeness of those materials in
future fiscal years, beginning with the fiscal year 2016 budget
submission.

AIR FORCE WEAPON SYSTEM SUSTAINMENT

The lack of objective data-driven metrics for the flying
hour program has budget implications throughout the Operation
and Maintenance, Air Force account. Within the Weapon System
Sustainment (WSS) program, funding requirements for flying
hours and depot maintenance are interrelated and can vary
significantly depending on the number of flying hours executed.
While the Air Force states that the WSS program is managed as
an ``enterprise level concept'' and claims to regularly review
the program in the year of execution to determine the actual
requirement, the type and number of systems being inducted or
work being performed can vary tremendously between what was
included in the budget justification materials and what is
actually executed.
Further, while the Air Force has improved its effort to
capture all funding requested for depot maintenance, including
contractor logistics support, in the depot maintenance sub-
activity groups (SAGs), it is not yet able to fully
differentiate between flight-line activities, for which funding
should be requested in the aircraft operations and mission
support SAGs, and depot maintenance activities, for which
funding should be requested in the depot maintenance SAGs. The
Committee remains concerned that the lack of fidelity and
quality of the WSS and depot maintenance justification
materials prevents the Committee from conducting meaningful
analysis or oversight of either program. The Air Force
acknowledges that its current justification materials could be
seen as misleading, and the Committee understands that the Air
Force will attempt to provide more useful, complete, and
meaningful justification material for the WSS program in future
fiscal years. While the Committee recognizes that requirements
can change due to unexpected changes in mission or requirements
during the fiscal year, it also believes that the lack of
program goals and metrics for the flying hour program drives
much of the lack of fidelity in funding requirements in other
areas, including WSS and depot maintenance funding. In addition
to the review of the budget justification materials for the
flying hours SAGs directed in previous report language, the
Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to review and
revise the budget justification materials for the mission
support and depot maintenance SAGs to improve the clarity and
completeness of those materials in future fiscal years,
beginning with the fiscal year 2016 budget submission.

AIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND INFRASTRUCTURE

The Committee recognizes the important role that the Air
Education and Training Command plays in recruiting, training,
and educating airmen. The Committee understands that flooding
and other infrastructure challenges have adversely impacted
facilities, equipment, operations, and training for airmen and
encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to take steps to
address these deficiencies.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $31,450,068,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 31,198,232,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 30,896,741,000
Change from budget request............................ -301,491,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$30,896,741,000, for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide.
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2015:

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SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING

The Committee recommends a total of $5,087,384,000 for the
Special Operations Command (SOCOM) operation and maintenance
funding, an increase of $305,441,000, or six percent over the
fiscal year 2014 enacted level. In addition, the recommendation
transfers $32,000,000 originally requested within the SOCOM
budget to other Department of Defense agencies better equipped
to address the needs of the special operations community. The
recommendation reflects the Committee's continued commitment to
ensure that the necessary resources are provided to maintain
and support the readiness of special operators.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND--FLYING HOURS RESTORATION

The Committee recommendation provides an increase of
$124,729,000 above the request for the flying hour program of
the Special Operations Command (SOCOM). The Committee is
disappointed that, again this year, the fiscal year 2015 base
budget for SOCOM proposes a reduction to baseline flying hours
which would result in only 67 percent of the training
requirement being met. The Committee is concerned that while
the overall SOCOM budget request represents a nine percent
increase over the fiscal year 2014 enacted level, flying hour
requirements were not prioritized within the request but rather
listed as SOCOM's top unfunded priority. With anticipated
reductions in operational flying hours funded in the overseas
contingency operations budget due to the Afghanistan drawdown,
it is important that baseline SOCOM flying hours training be
preserved to maintain pilot proficiency. Therefore, the
Committee recommendation restores the proposed flying hours
reduction and provides the full amount identified on SOCOM's
unfunded priority list.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND--BUDGET JUSTIFICATION

The Committee is pleased with the progress made to address
concerns regarding the annual congressional budget
justification submission. The fiscal year 2015 budget
submission was a marked improvement over previous years. The
Committee appreciates that changes to the submission require a
tremendous effort on the part of the staffs of the Comptroller,
Special Operations for Financial Management (SOFM), the
individual components, and the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) and they are to be commended for their work.
After consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller), the Committee agreed to a phased approach to
conform the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) budget
justification materials to the Department of Defense Financial
Management Regulation (FMR) Volume 2A, Chapter 3, as it applies
to the Services. A two year transition was proposed to
establish sub-activity groups and line item/program elements as
part of the budget justification submission. The Committee
appreciates that it received this level of detail informally
from SOCOM during the fiscal year 2015 budget review process.
The Committee directs that the fiscal year 2016 submission
delineate SOCOM's operation and maintenance budget at this
level of detail in the formal justification material. The
Committee further directs the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) and the Comptroller, SOFM to consult with the
Committee during development of the fiscal year 2016 budget
submission on actions being taken to make these necessary
changes not later than October 1, 2014.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND--REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE

The Committee is concerned that the Special Operations
Command (SOCOM) has not complied with longstanding Department
of Defense regulations requiring submission of a prior approval
reprogramming request prior to the initiation of a new start as
it pertains to operation and maintenance programs. Over the
last two years, SOCOM has initiated significant new programs,
contracts, and activities that were not previously identified
or explicitly justified in budget justification materials
without submitting a reprogramming request for approval. SOCOM
has also started programs and activities prior to receiving
funding approval in the applicable appropriations Acts.
The Committee understands that the characteristics of
operation and maintenance programs are such that new starts do
not occur with the same frequency as acquisition programs.
However, there are new starts in operation and maintenance
accounts and, as such, established reprogramming procedures
must be followed. Specifically, Department of Defense Federal
Management Regulation, Volume 3, Chapter 6, section 060903D
states that for operation and maintenance accounts ``new starts
would be significant new programs, contracts, or activities
that have not been explicitly justified to the Congress in
budget justification material.'' The Committee directs the
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to review this matter
and issue any necessary clarifying guidance to SOCOM and report
actions taken to the Committee not later than 60 days after the
enactment of this Act to ensure full compliance with
established regulations. The Committee strongly encourages the
Commander of SOCOM to consult with the Committee as necessary.
Finally, the Committee notes that language is included
elsewhere in the Committee report reminding the Secretary of
Defense that reductions included in the project level tables
are to be treated as congressional interest items and thus
cannot be restored through the use of below threshold
reprogramming actions.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND--USE OF MAJOR FORCE PROGRAM-11 FUNDS

In fiscal year 2014, the Committee raised concerns
regarding the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) use of Major
Force Program-11 (MFP-11) funds for non-MFP-11 activities. MFP-
11 funds are to be used only to acquire and/or develop special
operations forces (SOF)-peculiar materiel, supplies, and/or
services, rather than to supplement or supplant activities that
are or should be provided by the military Services. The
Committee's review of the report provided in accordance with
the Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014 has
raised concerns that SOCOM used a waiver process to use MFP-11
funds for otherwise ineligible activities in a manner
inconsistent with existing Department of Defense directives and
regulations. The Committee appreciates the actions being taken
by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low
Intensity Conflict to revise the process used to grant waivers
from the restrictions on the use of MFP-11 funds, including the
requirement for quarterly notifications. The Committee directs
the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to submit a report
not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act that
describes the revised process and to submit a quarterly report
listing all waivers granted and the justification for each
waiver.
The Committee also directs the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) to ensure that the fiscal year 2016 congressional
budget justification clearly identifies and justifies all MFP-
11 operation and maintenance funding for programs and
activities for which the Services or other defense agencies
previously had responsibility for funding, including those
related to special operations, the justification for the use of
MFP-11 funds, and/or the funds that would be transferred
between the MFP-11 budget and other Major Force Program budgets
and the justification for such transfers.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND--OVERSIGHT

Over the years, concerns have been raised regarding the
ability of the Department of Defense to conduct the same level
of oversight over Special Operations Command (SOCOM) activities
and funding as is applied to the Services and other defense
agencies. In an era of declining resources and when faced with
difficult choices to preserve the most critical capabilities of
the Department of Defense, vigorous oversight of all programs
and activities is required. The Committee notes that at a time
when the Services are facing significant reductions in their
manpower and budget requests, SOCOM manpower and budget
requests increase in fiscal year 2015. The Committee
appreciates the commitment of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (ASD
SOLIC) to provide oversight and looks forward to his
recommendations for ways to improve the oversight of SOCOM. The
Committee recommendation includes an increase of $2,000,000
under the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Policy) for the
Office of ASD SOLIC for additional staffing to provide
necessary oversight.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND--NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

Subsequent to the fiscal year 2015 budget request
submission, the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) notified the
Committee that it no longer intended to pursue a waiver of
section 8018 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal
year 2014 in order to establish an additional SOCOM office in
the Washington, D.C. area. Therefore, the Committee
recommendation does not include $5,000,000 to establish a
Special Operations Command--National Capital Region entity.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND--SUICIDE PREVENTION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH

The Committee understands the toll that more than a decade
of war has taken on all servicemembers and their families,
including special operators. The Committee has always made the
care of all servicemembers and their families its highest
priority, including the special operations community.
The Committee is extremely concerned that the suicide rate
for special operators has continued to increase since calendar
year 2010, and for the past two years the suicide rate within
the special operations force has surpassed those of the
Services. The Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year
2014 provided $17,800,000, the full amount requested by the
Special Operations Command (SOCOM), under the Defense Health
Program to accelerate the expansion of the embedded behavioral
health program to the entire special operations community in an
effort to address the psychological health of the force.
While SOCOM has requested significant increases in both
fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for the Command's Preservation of
the Force and Family Initiative, the Committee notes that this
initiative and the corresponding budget requests have been
heavily focused on a human performance program. The human
performance program has emphasized physical readiness with
costly military construction and multi-year service contracts
for physical therapists, strength and conditioning specialists,
athletic trainers, and sports dieticians. At the same time,
SOCOM has not requested funding for targeted suicide prevention
programs. According to SOCOM, suicide prevention efforts have
been minimal and met as unfunded requirements. Further, the
Committee is aware that SOCOM only recently signed and
promulgated a force-wide Suicide Prevention Policy Memorandum
dated March 31, 2014.
The Committee shares the concerns expressed in the House-
passed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015
regarding the current emphasis on the human performance program
and agrees that suicide prevention and the psychological health
of the force must be given the highest priority. Therefore, the
Committee recommends a transfer of $18,800,000 from the amount
requested for the human performance program to bolster the
psychological health of the force as follows: $14,800,000 to
the Defense Health Program for behavioral health and warrior
care management, providing a total of $29,600,000; and
$4,000,000 to the Office of Suicide Prevention to implement the
recommendations of the review and report on suicide among
members of the special operations forces as mandated in section
581 of the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act for
fiscal year 2015.
The Committee also provides $1,200,000 for chaplain
training, as requested, and expects that training emphasis will
be placed on suicide prevention training and awareness efforts
within the special operations community.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND--HUMAN PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM

The Committee recommends a total of $24,200,000 to support
the physical training programs for the Special Operations
Command (SOCOM). While the budget justification documentation
included funding within multiple sub-activity groups for the
human performance program, the Committee recommendation
consolidates all funding for human performance contract
personnel across the entire special operations force (SOF)
enterprise within the other operations sub-activity group. The
recommendation provides a total of $20,000,000 for the SOF
enterprise for human performance contracts, an increase of
$3,500,000 above the fiscal year 2014 enacted level.
The Committee has long supported physical training programs
to ensure that special operators are in top physical condition
to achieve their mission. As the Committee noted in fiscal year
2014, past training approaches used by SOCOM varied by
component and were not scientifically based to address the
unique requirements of special operators. Further, the training
needs vary significantly between special operators based on
their mission set. In fiscal year 2007, at the request of
SOCOM, the Committee began to fund the Tactical Athlete Program
within the Department of the Navy to provide the necessary
scientific research for each individual type of SOF operator in
order to design appropriate physical training programs to meet
those specialized needs. This approach was previously used by
the Department of the Army to successfully develop a training
program for the 101st Airborne Division. The Committee
continues to believe that the completion of this research
program for all SOF components and its corresponding results
will provide research-based injury prevention and performance
optimization solutions and will enable the design of training
programs uniquely tailored to the needs of special operators in
the most productive and cost effective manner possible. The
Committee is disappointed that while SOCOM has publicly
endorsed this research effort, it has not requested funds to
complete the multi-year research programs being conducted for
Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps special operations
components. Therefore, the recommendation transfers $4,200,000
from SOCOM's human performance program to the Department of the
Navy to complete these ongoing assessments.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND--ADVANCED EDUCATION PROGRAM

The fiscal year 2015 budget request includes $4,473,000 for
Advanced Education programs for special operations forces
(SOF), an increase of $3,473,000 over the fiscal year 2014
enacted level. The Committee supports professional military
education opportunities for all servicemembers, including those
in the SOF community. However, professional military education
is a Service-managed and funded responsibility to ensure
equitable opportunities for all servicemembers given that the
Services are responsible for managing career promotion and
command selection decisions. The Committee continues to
question the request of the Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
to use SOF funding to augment SOF participation in established
Service and civilian programs outside of the normal funding and
selection process. The Committee also questions whether SOCOM's
proposal to expand education programs to fellowship, doctorate,
and executive programs with the private sector meets existing
Department of Defense regulations.
The Committee notes that the House-passed National Defense
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015 directs the Secretary of
Defense to submit an assessment of SOCOM's master's degree
requirements. The Committee believes that the results of that
review will assist in providing a better understanding of SOF
advanced education requirements, as well as how existing
programs are addressing these requirements.
Finally, the Committee is concerned that SOCOM began the
establishment of several new programs in fiscal year 2013 prior
to seeking and receiving the necessary congressional approvals
for these programs. For example, SOCOM executed an agreement
with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to provide Major Force
Program-11 funds for expanded SOF participation when no funds
were appropriated for this effort. This resulted in unnecessary
stress and confusion on the part of the impacted
servicemembers. Therefore, the Committee recommendation
transfers $1,613,000 from the SOCOM operation and maintenance
account to the Naval Postgraduate School account to ensure
appropriate program and budget oversight of NPS programs.
Additionally, the Committee recommendation includes a reduction
of $2,000,000 from the request based on concerns regarding
duplication and unvalidated requirements. The remaining
$860,000 is not to be obligated until 30 days after the
congressional defense committees have received the Secretary's
assessment as directed by the House-passed National Defense
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015 and SOCOM has provided a
spend plan for the use of the funds which explains the SOF-
unique requirements for which no other Department of Defense or
Service program exists.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND-CLASSIFIED ADJUSTMENTS

Further explanation and direction regarding the classified
programs and recommendations for the Special Operations Command
is contained in the classified annex accompanying this report.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

The Committee is concerned about the perceived lack of
progress on energy efficiency initiatives within the Department
of Defense. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 180 days after the enactment of this
Act on the energy use and energy efficiency projects at the
Pentagon and the ten largest Department of Defense facilities.
The report shall include, but is not limited to, an analysis of
energy use at the Pentagon Reservation and the ten largest
facilities; an accounting, including dates, of when energy
audits and energy efficiency projects have been conducted at
such facilities; and an accounting of energy savings projects
that could be achieved by enacting a consistent, timely, and
proper mechanical insulation maintenance program and upgrading
mechanical insulation at such facilities.

COMMERCIAL JOINT MAPPING TOOLKIT

The Committee is concerned with the ability of combatant
commanders to exploit data provided by the National Geospatial-
Intelligence Agency (NGA) in environments with limited
bandwidths. The Committee directs the Director of NGA, in
coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense
(Intelligence), to submit a report not later than 60 days after
the enactment of this Act, to the congressional defense and
intelligence committees, that details an acquisition strategy,
which includes cost and schedule data, for a competitive
Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit follow-on program that
supports the combatant commands' requirements for exploitation
and dissemination of NGA data in limited bandwidth operational
environments.

AUTOMATED CONTINUOUS EVALUATION SYSTEM

The Committee understands that the Automated Continuous
Evaluation System (ACES) was developed by the Defense Personnel
Security Research Center and is the program that the Department
of Defense and the Office of Management and Budget recommend as
the enterprise solution for government-wide continuous
personnel security evaluations. The Committee further
understands that there is an Army pilot program on personnel
security evaluation that is being used interchangeably with
ACES. The Committee believes that these are two different
programs and should be referred to as such.
The Committee believes that the granting of a security
clearance for Department of Defense personnel is an inherently
governmental function of the Department of Defense. Therefore,
the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
120 days after the enactment of this Act, on the feasibility
and costs associated with the Department of Defense assuming
the responsibilities of conducting security clearance
investigation activities for all Department of Defense
personnel.
The Committee also encourages the Secretary of Defense to
consider measures to optimize and streamline data sharing and
best practices for continuous personnel security evaluations
and threat analysis.

OVERSEAS MILITARY INSTALLATION INVENTORY

The Committee looks forward to receiving the Secretary of
Defense's report on the inventory of United States military
installations located overseas as directed in the explanatory
statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act for
fiscal year 2014. The Committee expects that the report will
include an assessment of the requirements for overseas military
force structure and infrastructure, an inventory of potentially
excess infrastructure, and any opportunities for infrastructure
consolidation.

SPARE PARTS MANAGEMENT

The Committee understands that the Department of Defense is
implementing its Comprehensive Inventory Management Improvement
Plan to address inefficiencies and unnecessary expenditures in
the management of spare parts. The Committee supports these
efforts but continues to monitor the progress of
implementation.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
120 days after the enactment of this Act on further
implementation of the Comprehensive Inventory Management
Improvement Plan. The report should include details of the
efforts to strengthen demand forecasting, visibility of on-hand
inventory, reviews of on-order excess inventory, and management
of inventory held for economic and contingency reasons.
Additionally, the report should include a summary of the
efforts to establish a standardized set of supply chain and
inventory management metrics to measure key attributes
including materiel readiness, responsiveness, reliability,
cost, and planning and precision of supply chain management
operations.

TRANSPORTABLE, MODULAR, RENEWABLE ENERGY PLATFORMS

The Committee supports efforts by the Department of Defense
to invest in cost-saving energy measures, including
transportable, modular, renewable energy platforms that reduce
the warfighter's reliance on traditional fuel supplies in
theater.

NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM

The Committee understands that the National Security
Education Program (NSEP) plays an important role in increasing
the pool of cultural and linguistic experts in government, and
it supports Department of Defense and other government agencies
efforts to partner with higher education institutions to
achieve the goals of the NSEP. The Committee believes that
these efforts should continue to consider minority serving
institutions, such as Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, to ensure diversity within the intelligence
community and to increase the number of analysts with
proficiency in critical languages and cultural studies,
including Chinese, Farsi, and Arabic.

AUDIT READINESS

By September 30, 2017, the Department of Defense is
required to validate its financial statements as ready for
audit. To prepare for this milestone, the Department has
focused its efforts in two broad areas. First, processes,
controls, and systems that produce budgetary information and
support the Statement of Budgetary Resources have been
strengthened. Second, the accuracy and reliability of
management information in several critical areas, including
military equipment and real property, has been improved. The
Government Accountability Office highlighted remaining
challenges associated with identifying and mitigating risks to
achieving the goals of the Department's Financial Improvement
and Audit Readiness (FIAR) effort in a May 2013 review.
Successful implementation of the FIAR guidance by the Services
and defense agencies, modernizing business information systems,
and improving the financial management workforce are essential
to preparing for the September 2017 milestone. Accordingly, the
Committee provides $8,000,000 above the request for the Under
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to improve business and
financial systems throughout the Department to achieve audit
readiness.

CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES

The Committee supports the Department of Defense's
investments in cloud computing services for the Joint
Information Environment. The Committee is aware of many options
for cloud computing services and payment strategies for users
to purchase cloud computing services. In order to provide
further insight into the Department's cloud computing strategy,
the Committee directs the Chief Information Officer of the
Department of Defense to submit a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment
of this Act on the adoption and potential expansion of cloud
computing within the Department, Services and defense agencies.
The report shall include an update on the use of commercial
cloud computing services in the Department of Defense, the
current plans for the expansion of cloud computing, the
purchasing and billing methodologies being proposed, an
analysis of the costs, and if applicable, the savings
associated with the utilization of cloud computing within the
Department over the future years defense plan.

TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR COMMISSARY GOODS

The Committee supports the Defense Commissary system and
the benefits it yields to servicemembers worldwide.
Historically, the Department of Defense has subsidized the
secondary transportation costs for commissary goods shipped
overseas. The Committee now understands that the Defense
Commissary Agency plans to re-compete the contracts for
delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables and will require that
proposed prices for goods include secondary transportation
costs, thereby passing the costs for these goods on to
commissary customers.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees on the proposed
change in procurement and transportation policies for
commissary goods. Further, the Committee directs that the
current policies and procedures associated with second
destination shipping for commissaries cannot be modified until
the report is delivered and the committees have 30 days to
review and approve the proposed changes included in the report.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $2,940,936,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 2,490,569,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,535,606,000
Change from budget request............................ +45,037,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,535,606,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $1,158,382,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 1,007,100,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,011,827,000
Change from budget request............................ +4,727,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,011,827,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $255,317,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 268,582,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 270,485,000
Change from budget request............................ +1,903,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $270,485,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $3,062,207,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 3,015,842,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,989,214,000
Change from budget request............................ -26,628,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,989,214,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $6,857,530,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 6,030,773,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 6,116,307,000
Change from budget request............................ +85,534,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,116,307,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $6,392,304,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 6,392,859,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 6,393,919,000
Change from budget request............................ +1,060,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,393,919,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER ACCOUNT

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ - - -
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... $5,000,000
Committee recommendation.............................. - - -
Change from budget request............................ -5,000,000

The Committee recommends no funding for the Overseas
Contingency Operations Transfer Account.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $13,606,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 13,723,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 13,723,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $13,723,000
for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $298,815,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 201,560,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 201,560,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $201,560,000
for Environmental Restoration, Army.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $316,103,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 277,294,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 277,294,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $277,294,000
for Environmental Restoration, Navy.

VIEQUES AND CULEBRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION

The Committee remains concerned about the pace of
environmental restoration on the islands of Vieques and
Culebra. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy, in coordination with the Secretary of the Army, to submit
a report to the congressional defense committees not later than
60 days after the enactment of this Act detailing a plan and
schedule for the completion of the clean-up of the contaminated
areas of Vieques and Culebra.
The Committee also notes that there are gaps in information
about the types and amounts of ordnance used on Vieques and
Culebra and potential links between such ordnance and present
threats to public health. The Committee further directs the
Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Secretary of
the Army, to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this
Act that details the types of weapons deployed on these
islands, as well as the estimated level of use of these types
of ordnance at these two sites. Finally, the Committee also
urges the Secretary of Defense to make the relevant documents
available to the public.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $439,820,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 408,716,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 408,716,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $408,716,000
for Environmental Restoration, Air Force.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $10,757,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 8,547,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 8,547,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,547,000 for
Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $287,443,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 208,353,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 233,353,000
Change from budget request............................ +25,000,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $233,353,000
for Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS

The Committee believes that improved oversight and
management of the Department of Defense Environmental
Restoration programs will yield continued benefits. The
Committee awaits the completion and release of the Defense
Environmental Program's Annual Report to Congress and looks
forward to receiving and reviewing the report and the
additional data required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act
for fiscal year 2014. The Committee reminds the Secretary of
Defense that the additional reporting requirements should be
considered an ongoing annual requirement.

OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $109,500,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 100,000,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 103,000,000
Change from budget request............................ +3,000,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $103,000,000
for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid.

HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION PROGRAM

Explosive remnants of war such as mines, unexploded
ordnance, and small arms ammunition disrupt innocent civilian
populations in unimaginable ways, including maiming,
disfiguring, and possibly causing death. The Humanitarian Mine
Action (HMA) program provides training and readiness-enhancing
benefits to military forces. The HMA program aids in the
development skills for host country personnel to sustain their
mine action programs after military trainers have redeployed.
To enhance the effectiveness of this program, the Committee
recommendation provides an increase of $3,000,000.

COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $500,455,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 365,108,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 365,108,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $365,108,000
for the Cooperative Threat Reduction Account.

ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE

The Committee recognizes that the Department of Defense has
been involved with assisting the people of Ukraine through
funding provided in the Cooperative Threat Reduction Account.
Additionally, the Committee notes the continued suffering of
the Ukrainian people. The Committee therefore directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than 60 days after the enactment
of this Act describing additional assistance that the
Department may provide to Ukraine.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $51,031,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 212,875,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 51,875,000
Change from budget request............................ -161,000,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $51,875,000
for the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund.

TITLE III

PROCUREMENT

The fiscal year 2015 Department of Defense procurement
budget request totals $89,660,299,000. The Committee
recommendation provides $91,227,819,000 for the procurement
accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee
recommendations:

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SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS

The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to continue
to follow the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report
accompanying the House version of the fiscal year 2008
Department of Defense Appropriations Act (House Report 110-
279). Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming
funds will remain at $20,000,000 for procurement and
$10,000,000 for research, development, test and evaluation.
The Secretary shall continue to follow the limitation that
prior approval reprogrammings are set at either the specified
dollar threshold or 20 percent of the procurement or research,
development, test and evaluation line, whichever is less. These
thresholds are cumulative from the base for reprogramming value
as modified by any adjustments. Therefore, if the combined
value of transfers into or out of a procurement (P-1) or
research, development, test and evaluation (R-1) line exceeds
the identified threshold, the Secretary of Defense must submit
a prior approval reprogramming to the congressional defense
committees. In addition, guidelines on the application of prior
approval reprogramming procedures for congressional special
interest items are established elsewhere in this report.

REPROGRAMMING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) to continue to provide the congressional defense
committees quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports
for Service and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of
this Act as required in the explanatory statement accompanying
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year
2006.

FUNDING INCREASES

The Committee directs that the funding increases outlined
in these tables shall be provided only for the specific
purposes indicated in the tables.

CLASSIFIED ANNEX

Adjustments to the classified programs are addressed in a
classified annex accompanying this report.

HIGH MOBILITY ENGINEER EXCAVATOR

The Committee recognizes the versatility and broad
application that the High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE)
provides for the military. The HMEE offers full spectrum
capability to accomplish standard engineer missions of
survivability, mobility and counter-mobility, and the expanded
mission of route clearance and breaching operations. The HMEE
is transportable by C-130 and C-17 aircraft and is capable of
operating at speeds of 60 miles per hour. It is a versatile
engineer vehicle for expeditionary forces and for homeland
support missions. The Committee urges the Service Secretaries
to thoroughly review requirements for this vehicle for tactical
operations as well as for National Guard dual use applications.

TACTICAL POWER SOURCES

Generators used by the Army and Marine Corps consume a
large percentage of the fuel used in Afghanistan. The Committee
is aware of the commitment by the Department of Defense to
increase fuel efficiency and reduce costs. The Committee
understands that the advanced medium power source generators
may be more fuel efficient, reliable, lighter, and quieter than
legacy tactical generators. The Committee commends the Army and
the Marine Corps for pursuing advanced technology in the
generation of tactical electricity. The Committee encourages
the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy to continue to seek
advances in tactical electric power.

MOBILE USER OBJECTIVE SYSTEM TERMINALS

The synchronization of ground terminals with the launch of
satellites is a constant challenge for satellite communication
systems. If the Department of Defense relies entirely upon
acquisition of new terminals for the Mobile User Objective
System (MUOS), the Department may not take advantage of the
increased capability the MUOS constellation provides. The
Committee supports the MUOS program and encourages the
Secretary of Defense to consider the upgrade of existing
communications terminals to accelerate the fielding of full
MUOS capability to as many users as possible.

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $4,844,891,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 5,102,685,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 5,295,957,000
Change from budget request............................ +193,272,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,295,957,000
for Aircraft Procurement, Army. The total amount recommended in
the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year
2015:

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ARMY AVIATION RESTRUCTURE INITIATIVE

The Army's fiscal year 2015 budget request proposes a
significant restructuring of Army aviation assets. Part of this
proposal is to transfer all Apache helicopters from Army
National Guard units to the active Army and to shift Blackhawk
helicopters from the active Army to the Army National Guard.
Another component of the proposal is to retire the Kiowa
Warrior helicopter, including the TH-67 helicopter, currently
being used as the training platform for Army aviation. The
Committee understands that the Army made this proposal
primarily for affordability reasons. The Committee approves the
proposal, with the exception of the transfer of Apache aircraft
from the Army National Guard, as discussed in title VIII of
this Act. With respect to the retirement of TH-67 aircraft, the
Committee is extremely concerned about the impact on the rotary
wing industrial base of placing such a large amount of excess
airframes on the market. Therefore, the Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than 120 days after the enactment
of this Act on the aircraft being retired as part of the Army
proposal. This report should include the number of airframes
being divested, the number of airframes being transferred to
other government agencies, the number of airframes being
offered for sale to other nations, the cost of divesting these
aircraft, and the impact the divestiture of these airframes
will have on the domestic rotary wing industrial base. Further,
the Secretary of the Army is prohibited from divesting any
aircraft until the report is submitted by the Secretary of
Defense.

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $1,549,491,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 1,017,483,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,217,483,000
Change from budget request............................ +200,000,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,217,483,000
for Missile Procurement, Army. The total amount recommended in
the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year
2015:

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PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $1,610,811,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 1,471,438,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,703,736,000
Change from budget request............................ +232,298,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,703,736,000
for Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army.
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2015:

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PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $1,444,067,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 1,031,477,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,011,477,000
Change from budget request............................ -20,000,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,011,477,000
for Procurement of Ammunition, Army. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

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OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $4,936,908,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 4,893,634,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 4,812,234,000
Change from budget request............................ -81,400,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,812,234,000
for Other Procurement, Army. The total amount recommended in
the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year
2015:

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HANDHELD STANDOFF MINE DETECTION SYSTEM

The Committee recognizes that the Army's AN/PSS-14 Handheld
Standoff Mine Detection System is a cost effective and
efficient method of providing a reliable handheld mine
detection capability to the warfighter. The Committee commends
the Army's efforts to improve the system's capability through
the use of engineering change proposals, to seek cost effective
mine detection devices, and to potentially achieve significant
savings.

BODY ARMOR MODERNIZATION

The Committee recognizes that numerous lives have been
saved by body armor. However, the Committee recalls the
struggles involved with production, fielding, and maintenance
of body armor kits at the beginning of the war in Iraq. The
Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to develop a plan
to replace and refurbish expired body armor, to modernize the
body armor inventory through replenishment, and to ensure that
the industrial base is able to continue the development and
manufacture of more advanced body armor. Elements of the plan
shall include the completion and issuance of the Program
Executive Office (PEO) Soldier study on the shelf-life of body
armor, consistent with that study, a determination of the
number of pieces of body armor in the inventory that have
expired, the qualification by PEO Soldier of the progressively
lighter body armor that is being developed for the Future
Soldier Protection Systems program, a determination of the
number of expired body armor pieces that should be replaced by
the lighter body armor qualified by PEO Soldier or refurbished,
a determination of the amount of body armor procurement (both
replacement and refurbishment) required on an annual basis to
ensure that the manufacturing base remains viable and is able
to continue the development of more advanced body armor until
the Future Soldier Protection Systems program is implemented,
and a detailed schedule for the replacement or refurbishment of
expired body armor in the inventory consistent with the PEO
Soldier study and as discovered in the above determinations.

AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM

The air and missile defense planning and control system is
an Army objective force system that provides integration of air
and missile defense operations at all echelons. The Committee
is aware that funding provided in the base budget for fiscal
year 2015 will be used to buy five air defense and air space
management cells. The Committee is concerned that the funding
requested, which is double the amount provided in fiscal year
2014 and half the amount provided in fiscal year 2013, may be
insufficient to support the software upgrades necessary to meet
the needs of the air and missile defense theater aviation
commands. The Committee urges the Secretary of the Army to
review and stabilize the funding for this program.

HIGH MOBILITY MULTIPURPOSE WHEELED VEHICLE MODERNIZATION

The Committee recognizes that the National Guard has
consistently included modernized High Mobility Multipurpose
Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) among its top funding priorities. The
Committee includes $100,000,000 above the request to modernize
the aging National Guard HMMWV fleet to satisfy this
requirement. In conducting fleet modernization, the Committee
urges the Secretary of Defense to integrate advanced safety
systems, including the application of emerging commercial
technologies such as electronic control units and airbag
technology, to improve the safety of these vehicles with
respect to underbody blast, crash, or rollover events.

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $16,442,794,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 13,074,317,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 14,054,523,000
Change from budget request............................ +980,206,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$14,054,523,000 for Aircraft Procurement, Navy. The total
amount recommended in this bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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MH-60R

The Navy proposes to prematurely terminate the MH-60R
helicopter production line in fiscal year 2016, despite the
program being bound under a multi-year procurement contract,
along with the Army's UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters. The
rationale for this termination is due to force structure
changes, partially driven by the decision to decrease the
number of carrier air wings as a result of the Navy's decision
to prematurely decommission the USS George Washington (CVN-73).
As discussed elsewhere in this report, the Committee provides
the required fiscal year 2015 funding to retain CVN-73, thus
obviating that variable as a reason to prematurely terminate
the MH-60R procurement program. The Committee directs the
Secretary of the Navy to fully fund the remaining MH-60R
helicopters as previously planned and fulfill the terms of the
joint H-60 multi-year procurement with the Army.

EA-18G AIRCRAFT

The EA-18G aircraft provides the Navy, and the nation, with
an unequaled airborne electronic attack capability. The Navy
has recently conducted studies showing that the capability
brought by the EA-18G aircraft increases with the addition of
two aircraft per carrier based squadron. Due to an increasing
electronic threat from the nation's adversaries, the Committee
sees great value in a more capable airborne electronic attack
presence. Therefore, to begin to increase the size of carrier
based airborne electronic attack squadrons, the recommendation
provides an additional $975,000,000 for the procurement of
twelve EA-18G aircraft.

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $3,009,157,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 3,217,945,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,111,931,000
Change from budget request............................ -106,014,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,111,931,000
for Weapons Procurement, Navy. The total amount recommended in
the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year
2015:

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PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $549,316,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 771,945,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 629,372,000
Change from budget request............................ -142,573,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $629,372,000
for Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $15,231,364,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 14,400,625,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 14,256,361,000
Change from budget request............................ -144,264,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$14,256,361,000 for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy. The
total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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CRUISER MODERNIZATION

The Committee is pleased that the budget request did not
propose to retire seven Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile
Cruisers as had been proposed for the last two years. These
cruisers have many years of additional service life remaining
and with the Navy struggling to reach and maintain its
requisite fleet size of 306 ships, retiring these valuable
assets early does not make sense. However, the Committee was
disappointed that the most recent Navy proposal included a plan
to lay-up eleven of these ships for an average of nine years,
starting in fiscal year 2015. The Committee is concerned that
this long term lay-up will lead to decommissioning some or all
of these cruisers in the near future. While the Committee
understands the rationale for the proposal, there is likely a
more reasonable middle ground between continuing to operate the
ships and decommissioning the ships. Therefore, the Committee
agrees with a lay-up and modernization plan for the cruisers,
with certain modifications. Instead of inducting all eleven
cruisers at one time, the Secretary of the Navy is directed to
induct no more than two cruisers per year into the phased
modernization period, beginning with two cruisers being
inducted in fiscal year 2016. Further, the Secretary of the
Navy is directed to allow no more than six cruisers in lay-up
at any given time. Finally, the Secretary of the Navy is
directed to ensure that the duration of the lay-up period be no
longer than four years and that modernization equipment be
ordered and placed on contract in the year prior to the ship
entering its modernization period. The Committee believes this
approach will maximize the use of the Navy's cruiser fleet
while ensuring it is modernized and relevant for the duration
of its service life. The Committee recognizes this approach
comes with a cost and therefore adds $540,000,000 to the Ship
Modernization, Operations, and Sustainment Fund, as outlined in
title VIII of this bill.

AIRCRAFT CARRIER REFUELING

The Navy includes no funding in the fiscal year 2015 budget
request for the refueling of the aircraft carrier USS George
Washington (CVN-73). While the Secretary of the Navy explained
this as a cost saving measure and a deferral of the actual
refueling decision, the Committee believes it to be a
shortsighted position since the Congress has already
appropriated in excess of $500,000,000 towards the effort. The
George Washington will have half of its service life remaining
after being refueled. Nearly $3,000,000,000 was invested for
the construction of the George Washington in 1983, and the
Committee believes that walking away from the George Washington
halfway through its service life is shortsighted. The Committee
is also concerned with the Navy's lack of budgetary discipline,
sending a fiscally broken program to Congress for the second
consecutive year. Last year, the Secretary of the Navy did not
fully fund the procurement of the two submarines requested,
forcing Congress to provide nearly $1,000,000,000 to fully fund
the program. Again this year, the Committee must provide
$789,300,000 to maintain the CVN-73 refueling schedule, despite
the Navy's claim it can simply defer the decision to fiscal
year 2016. Therefore, the Committee provides $789,300,000 to
maintain the CVN-73 refueling schedule, and directs the
Secretary of the Navy to fully fund the remaining cost of the
CVN-73 refueling in fiscal year 2016.

LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP

The Committee is extremely concerned with statements made
by the Secretary of Defense regarding the Littoral Combat Ship
(LCS). While presenting the fiscal year 2015 budget, he
expressed concerns as to whether LCS has the independent
protection and firepower to operate and survive against a more
advanced military adversary and emerging new technologies,
especially in the Asia-Pacific region. The Secretary further
stated that, in light of continued fiscal restraints, the
Department of Defense must direct future shipbuilding resources
toward platforms that can operate in every region along the
full spectrum of conflict. The Secretary subsequently directed
that the Navy not engage in new LCS contract negotiations
beyond 32 ships and that it submit alternative proposals to
procure a capable and lethal small surface combatant, generally
consistent with the capabilities of a frigate. Within these
alternative proposals, the Navy should consider a completely
new design, existing ship designs, and a modified LCS design.
Under the current plan, the Navy would purchase the 32nd LCS in
fiscal year 2018, a full four years after the very strong,
worrisome statements made by the Secretary of Defense. The
Committee believes that if the current LCS is not the correct
small surface combatant of the future, the Navy should correct
its course sooner rather than later and begin purchasing the
correct ship well before fiscal year 2019. The Committee was
surprised that the Secretary of Defense allowed so much time to
pass before ensuring the correct small surface combatant begins
construction. Therefore, the recommendation removes
$476,000,000 and one ship from the request to minimize the
number of ships being procured prior to the completion of the
Navy's review while maintaining the industrial base.
Additionally, the Secretary of the Navy is directed to include
the results of the small surface combatant study into the
shipbuilding plan in time to influence the procurement of small
surface combatant ships in fiscal year 2016.

OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $5,572,618,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 5,975,828,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 5,923,379,000
Change from budget request............................ -52,449,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,923,379,000
for Other Procurement, Navy. The total amount recommended in
the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year
2015:

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PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $1,240,958,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 983,352,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 927,232,000
Change from budget request............................ -56,120,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $927,232,000
for Procurement, Marine Corps. The total amount recommended in
the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year
2015:

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AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $10,379,180,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 11,542,571,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 12,046,941,000
Change from budget request............................ +504,370,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$12,046,941,000 for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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CV-22

The Air Force's fiscal year 2015 request does not include
funds to procure additional CV-22 Osprey aircraft, and the
Committee understands that the Air Force currently has no plans
for future procurement of CV-22s. The last CV-22 will deliver
in December 2016 and leave the Air Force with a fleet of 50
aircraft, equivalent to what the Air Force has identified as
the medium risk program of record. Future operational losses
would require the Air Force to accept an increasing level of
risk to the CV-22 mission. The Air Force already has suffered
two such losses, one on overseas deployment in April 2010, and
one during a training mission in June 2012. These lost aircraft
were replaced with additional funds provided by Congress. The
Committee understands that while other variants of the V-22
will remain in production for some time, and that the variants
possess a high degree of commonality, there are certain CV-22-
unique modifications, such as the multi-mode radar, that are at
risk of falling out of supply if the Air Force or foreign
military sales do not generate additional orders for CV-22
aircraft.
Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes an
additional $15,000,000 to protect the CV-22 fleet against undue
risk from diminishing manufacturing sources for unique parts
and modifications. The Committee directs the Secretary of the
Air Force to prioritize those end-items that have a long lead
time for production and are at the greatest risk for loss of
supply should those production lines shut down with the
delivery of the last Air Force CV-22 currently funded. The
Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a
report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act that details
an expenditure plan for these funds.

KC-10

The Air Force has indicated that should spending limits
contained in current law remain in force in fiscal year 2016,
it will propose to retire the entire fleet of 59 KC-10 tanker
aircraft by fiscal year 2020, saving an estimated
$2,300,000,000 over the future years defense program. The
Committee believes that eliminating the KC-10 fleet poses a
serious risk to the Air Force's ability to carry out one of its
stated core missions, that of providing global reach for the
armed forces. The KC-10, with its ability to deliver 150,000
pounds of fuel at a range of 4,400 nautical miles using both
the boom and drogue methods, is a critical element of providing
the air bridge to combatant commanders across the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans.
The Committee urges the Secretary of the Air Force to be
more forthcoming about the operational impact of retiring the
KC-10 fleet, a proposal which appears to be driven primarily by
the Air Force's stated preference for ``vertical cuts'' that
eliminate entire fleets and their associated infrastructure to
achieve the requisite level of savings under current law and
Department of Defense policy. Current acquisition plans for the
KC-46 will not provide an adequate replacement for the KC-10,
since the Air Force already plans to replace the older fleet of
KC-135s with KC-46s on a one-for-one basis. The Committee notes
that the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act for
fiscal year 2015 prohibits the Air Force from taking any action
toward divestment of the KC-10 fleet and requires the Commander
of the United States Transportation Command to submit an
operational risk assessment and mitigation strategy to the
congressional defense committees along with any proposal to
divest the KC-10 fleet in the fiscal year 2016 budget.

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $4,446,763,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 4,690,506,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 4,546,211,000
Change from budget request............................ -144,295,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,546,211,000
for Missile Procurement, Air Force. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

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EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE

The Committee is concerned with the continued changes in
the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program. Therefore
the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide
notification to the congressional defense committees of each
change to the EELV acquisition plan and schedule as compared to
the plan and schedule included in the budget submission for
fiscal year 2015. Each notification shall include an
identification of the change, a national security rationale for
the change, the impact of the change on the EELV block buy
contract and launch manifest, the impact of the change on the
opportunities for competition for certified EELV launch
providers, and the costs or savings associated with the change.

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM III

The budget request includes $57,000,000 for advance
procurement of the Global Positioning System (GPS) III Space
Segment to acquire long lead items for Space Vehicle 10,
including atomic clocks and critical bus hardware. GPS III is
an acquisition program based on efficiencies gained through
larger, predictable buys with insertion of evolutionary
capability improvements. However, the budget request reduces
funding for future acquisitions to one satellite per year,
increasing the overall life-cycle cost of the program. The
Committee recommendation includes $87,000,000 for GPS III
advance procurement, an increase of $30,000,000 above the
budget request, to restore funding for future acquisitions at
the level of two satellites per year.

PREFERRED MUNITIONS

The Committee understands that the Air Force projects
shortfalls in certain munitions based upon current inventories,
procurement plans, and expenditure rates. In order to support
Air Force readiness, the Committee recommendation includes an
additional $10,000,000 for preferred munitions. The Committee
directs that these funds may be reclassified by the Secretary
of the Air Force to other line items within this account as
necessary to meet this intent. Not less than 15 days prior to
reclassifying or obligating these funds, the Secretary of the
Air Force shall provide a report to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees detailing the specific use of these
additional funds.

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $729,677,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 677,400,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 648,200,000
Change from budget request............................ -29,200,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $648,200,000
for Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

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PREFERRED MUNITIONS

OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $16,572,754,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 16,566,018,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 16,633,023,000
Change from budget request............................ +67,005,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$16,633,023,000 for Other Procurement, Air Force. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $4,240,416,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 4,221,437,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 4,358,121,000
Change from budget request............................ +136,684,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,358,121,000
for Procurement, Defense-Wide. The total amount recommended in
the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year
2015:

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NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE COMPONENT PROPORTIONATE FUNDING

The National Guard and reserve forces regularly receive
less than a proportionate share of funding to resource their
dual-use equipment needs. However, the role of the reserve
components in providing fully equipped, trained, and ready
forces in the Services' force generation models is essential.
The Committee recommends that the Secretaries of the Army and
the Air Force re-examine their funding and fielding plans for
all National Guard equipment procurement and rebalance those
plans to provide the Army and Air National Guards with the same
new equipment when their active component counterparts field
new equipment.

NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT

The Committee recommends $2,000,000,000 for the National
Guard and Reserve Equipment Account in the Overseas Contingency
Operations funds, to meet urgent equipment needs.
This funding will allow the Guard and reserve components to
procure high priority equipment that may be used for both their
combat missions and their missions in support of state
governors. This funding will allow the National Guard and
reserve components to procure items such as emergency
management training simulation; in-flight propeller balancing
systems; SINCGAR ASIP radio enhancements; interoperable
wideband network communications; global satellite
communications on-the-move, and all necessary related hardware;
C-130 propulsion system engine and propeller upgrades;
electronic flight bags with tablet enabled interface; active
electronically scanned array radars, wireless mobile mesh
network systems; security and support mission equipment
communications packages for UH-60 civil support communications;
reduced size external crashworthy fuel systems; acoustic
hailing devices; high mobility engineer excavators; mobile ad
hoc network radios; and small arms simulation training systems.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND--C-146A

The fiscal year 2015 budget request includes $37,700,000
for the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) as a new start to
procure two additional C-146A aircraft. While the Committee
recommendation includes the requested funds, the Committee
directs that none of the funds may be obligated until 30 days
after the Commander of SOCOM submits a report to the
congressional defense committees that includes the validated
requirement as defined by the geographic combatant commanders
justifying the need for additional non-standard aviation (NSAV)
platforms, an explanation as to why this requirement cannot be
satisfied with existing SOCOM NSAV or Service platforms, an
explanation of how these platforms are integrated in the SOCOM
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) way
forward, the anticipated costs across the future years defense
plan, the funding sources associated with this investment, and
the impact that this investment will have on existing SOCOM
NSAV and ISR platforms.

DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $60,135,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 21,638,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 51,638,000
Change from budget request............................ +30,000,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $51,638,000
for Defense Production Act Purchases. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Change from
Budget Committee request
request recommended
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NEXT GENERATION STAR TRACKER 4,305 4,305 - - -
SYSTEM..........................
READ OUT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT 2,639 2,639 - - -
FOUNDRY IMPROVEMENT AND
SUSTAINABILITY..................
SPACE QUALIFIED SOLAR CELL SUPPLY 1,500 1,500 - - -
CHAIN...........................
COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE 1,690 1,690 - - -
SEMICONDUCTOR FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR LIQUID 700 700 - - -
ROCKET ENGINES..................
CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE SUBSTRATES 1,591 1,591 - - -
ACTIVATED CARBON CAPACITY 4,213 4,213 - - -
EXPANSION.......................
MODERNIZATION OF STEEL PLATE 2,000 2,000 - - -
PRODUCTION......................
SCALE UP OF GREEN ENERGETICS..... 2,000 2,000 - - -
TRANSPARENT CERAMICS INITIATIVE.. 1,000 1,000 - - -
PROGRAM INCREASE................. - - - 30,000 30,000
TOTAL, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT 21,638 51,638 30,000
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RARE EARTH ELEMENTS

The production of rare earth elements and minerals are
critical to the nation's security in many ways. From
incorporation in tools for the manufacture of various platforms
and weapons systems to critical components within the platforms
and weapons systems themselves, rare earth materials play a
critical role. The Committee strongly encourages the Secretary
of Defense to develop reliable domestic sources of these rare
earth materials to meet the nation's strategic material
requirements.
TITLE IV

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

The fiscal year 2015 Department of Defense research,
development, test and evaluation budget request totals
$63,533,947,000. The Committee recommendation provides
$63,362,890,000 for the research, development, test and
evaluation accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee
recommendations:

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SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS

REPROGRAMMING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

FUNDING INCREASES

The Committee directs that the funding increases outlined
in these tables shall be provided only for the specific
purposes indicated in the tables.

CLASSIFIED ANNEX

Adjustments to the classified programs are addressed in a
classified annex accompanying this report.

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES

The Committee supports the Department's investments in
power generation and energy storage. In particular, the
development and deployment of lithium-ion batteries is
important to current and future Department platforms. The
Committee understands that recent technology issues and
concerns have slowed this development. Due to the capability
increase lithium-ion batteries could potentially provide, the
Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to dedicate
resources to further the development of these batteries.

HYBRID AIRSHIP DEVELOPMENT

The Secretary of Defense, in cooperation with the Secretary
of the Air Force and the Commander of the United States
Transportation Command, should work to solicit competitive bids
for proof-of-concept demonstrations of hybrid airships with
global reach capabilities. Such efforts should be developed
with a view to rapidly transition to full scale production
hybrid airships for heavy lift. The Committee is aware that
such airships can operate in areas without significant ground
infrastructure, allowing the delivery of cargo directly to
where it is needed, including areas far removed from air and
sea ports and areas where infrastructure has been destroyed by
natural disaster or conflict.

ANTI-CORROSION EFFORTS

The Committee understands that the Department of Defense
continues to pursue an anti-corrosion program that is
practical, affordable, and cost effective. The Department
spends substantial amounts of money every year to prevent and
mitigate corrosion on various platforms, equipment, and
facilities. The Committee is aware that suppliers to the oil
and gas industry use several different corrosion prevention
materials to meet their anti-corrosion requirements.
Additionally, other government agencies have made great strides
in metallic coatings that may offer anti-corrosion properties
and extend the service life of equipment and infrastructure.
The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to
investigate these anti-corrosion activities and adapt them in
the Department of Defense where possible.

EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL

Accidental detonation of unexploded ordnance has claimed
the lives of a significant number of servicemembers. The
Committee strongly supports efforts to develop, demonstrate,
and field solutions and techniques to protect warfighters from
accidental detonation of unexploded ordnance. Further, the
Committee believes there is a need to develop environmentally
sustainable, near 100 percent efficient Explosive Ordnance
Disposal (EOD) technologies and techniques for unexploded
ordnance containing highly insensitive energetic materials,
while at the same time minimizing the amount of energetic
material required for successful EOD operations. Alternate EOD
technologies and techniques will reduce the risk of increased
range contamination with energetic materials and will
potentially reduce the cost of restoring training ranges.
Alternative technologies will also increase EOD safety on the
battlefield by reducing the time required to address unexploded
ordnance and promoting efficiency by decreasing the logistical
burden of transporting and handling demolition explosives.

MULTISPECTRAL SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT

The Committee is aware of the emerging threat posed by
shortwave infrared detection systems that are increasingly
available in the civilian marketplace and may be deployed by
adversaries. In many cases, the passive signature management
systems currently deployed by the Department of Defense do not
provide adequate protection against these advanced sensors. In
order to mitigate this increased vulnerability, the Committee
recommends the development and procurement of passive
multispectral protection, and encourages the Secretary of
Defense to pursue domestically-produced, cost effective
solutions that provide visual, near-infrared, thermal infrared,
and broad-band radar threat mitigation capabilities. The
Committee urges the Secretary of Defense to develop solutions
that address the Department's demonstrated need for urban and
aviation signature management systems, as well as to identify a
suitable replacement for outdated arctic signature management
systems.

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $7,126,318,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 6,593,898,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 6,720,000,000
Change from budget request............................ +126,102,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,720,000,000
for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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ARMORED MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE

The congressional defense committees have encouraged the
Army to adopt or develop a replacement vehicle for the M113
series armored personnel carriers of Vietnam War vintage. The
challenge is to replace the M113 series with a vehicle or
vehicles capable of filling the M113 mission roles across the
breadth and depth of the formations. Since any vehicles
procured by the Army are likely to remain in service for 40 or
more years, the Committee expects the Army to make choices
based on merit and fiscal responsibility. When selecting a
replacement, the Army must also consider the five missions
performed by the M113 variants: general purpose, mortar
carrier, mission command, medical evacuation, and medical
treatment. Additionally, the Army should consider the full
spectrum of evolving missions. The Committee notes that the
Army has fielded a wheeled medical evacuation vehicle based on
a wheeled combat vehicle and that it has served in combat as a
component of the armored brigade combat teams. The Committee is
aware that the Army is focusing on first replacing the 2,897
M113 series vehicles that are located in the brigade combat
teams. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to
respond promptly to provide reports and briefings directed by
the congressional defense committees, while advancing the
program within funding limitations. The Committee
recommendation provides $92,353,000, fully funding this effort
in fiscal year 2015.
In addition, the Committee directs the Director of Cost
Assessment and Program Evaluation to provide a report to the
congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after
the enactment of this Act on existing wheeled and tracked
combat vehicles that are used for medical purposes. The report
should assess the speed, agility, mobility, survivability,
patient comfort, and suitability of these vehicles for use by
field medical personnel as well as the procurement and
operation and support costs for these vehicles to determine
their suitability as the medical evacuation variant of the
Armored Multi-purpose Vehicle (AMPV) within the armored brigade
combat team. This report shall compare the results of the
assessment cited above to the current Army plans to develop,
procure, and operate a new medical evacuation vehicle as part
of the current AMPV program of record. In addition, this report
shall include a separate section providing the independent
views of the Army Surgeon General on the criteria outlined
above and any other criteria deemed relevant by the Army
Surgeon General.

NETWORK INTEGRATION EVALUATION

The Committee notes that the Army's Network Integration
Evaluation (NIE) program has made substantial progress in
enhancing its ability to assist in the delivery of successful
network technologies. The Committee is aware that the Army NIE
program has tested or evaluated secure tactical nodal software
which is intended to provide a more efficient way to integrate
tactical capabilities within the network. The Committee
understands that the technology that is being incorporated into
the Army's network operations has successfully completed the
NIE process. The Committee urges the Secretary of the Army to
continue to incorporate technologies from small businesses in
upcoming Army Network Integration Evaluations.

DEGRADED VISUAL ENVIRONMENT

The Committee is aware that many of the accidents involving
Army helicopters that result in the loss of aircraft and
personnel are attributable to flight operations in a degraded
visual environment. Additionally, despite the improvements in
pilot assist devices that are available on newer aircraft, a
significant part of the helicopter fleet is older and does not
have the upgrades to assist with the effects of a degraded
visual environment. A 2009 Department of Defense study, updated
in 2012, noted that 70 percent of fatalities and 80 percent of
aircraft losses resulted from serious accidents that were not
the result of hostile fire, but rather wire strikes, engine
failures, and brownouts. The Committee understands that the
Army has prepared to conduct operational field testing on
various products to assist flight crews during situations of
degraded visual environment. The Committee recommendation
includes an additional $20,000,000 to support the Army's
operational testing of counter degraded visual environment
equipment. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to
provide a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act on the
Army's expenditure plan of the funds provided to assist the
Army with the degraded visual environment challenge.

POLYMER RESEARCH IMPROVEMENTS

Polymers are becoming more easily manufactured, less
expensive to manufacture, and increasingly lightweight. State-
of-the-art polymer materials can also result in improved
ballistic performance. Accordingly, the Committee encourages
the Secretary of the Army to consider the application of
polymers in the context of conducting ballistic research.

ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND SIMULATION

The Committee recognizes the importance of maintaining and
improving the military decision making process. Proven skill in
the decision making process has a large effect on performance
in battle. Gaming, modeling, and simulation establish a reality
factor which assists military leaders in preparation for all
functions on the battlefield, including logistics. The
Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to focus
research and development investments with institutions of
higher education developing cognitive map-based modeling and
simulation tools to advance battlefield readiness of military
planning for both tacticians and logisticians.

TESTING OF VIRTUAL TRAINING SYSTEMS

Live, virtual gaming has become a valuable component of the
Army's training curriculum. Due to its adaptability, virtual
gaming may provide potential cost savings, improved training
experience, and enhanced readiness. However, the Committee is
concerned that these virtual training systems lack consistent
testing and evaluation. The Committee encourages the Secretary
of the Army to establish standards and testing to ensure that
these systems provide the warfighter with the best training
experience possible.

ARMY NET ZERO POLICY

The Army's net zero energy, water, and waste policy
requires installations to produce as much energy as they
consume, limits freshwater consumption, restores the watersheds
surrounding installations, and attempts to reduce, reuse, or
recover waste streams to convert the waste to resources. The
Committee supports the Army's net zero policy and strongly
encourages the Secretary of the Army to develop and demonstrate
technologies to advance the policy and enhance the sustainable
operation of its industrial munitions base.

LIGHTWEIGHT ADVANCED PERSONNEL PROTECTION

The Committee is aware of progress being made at the Natick
Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center to design
and test lightweight advanced armor to better protect the
warfighter, specifically the face and eyes. The Committee
encourages the Secretary of the Army to explore the use of
novel, high-performance, lightweight, transparent ballistic
protection materials to continue the progress being made to
better protect the warfighter.

AMMUNITION MANAGEMENT

The Army is the single manager for conventional ammunition
(SMCA) for the entire Department of Defense. In this capacity,
the Army ensures effective life cycle management of
conventional ammunition, a role becoming more challenging as a
result of declining resources and force structure reductions.
The Committee believes the management of conventional
ammunition could be assisted by the establishment of new
generation munitions material and manufacturing technologies in
the national technical industrial base. Further, the Committee
believes that automated and streamlined munitions manufacturing
and new ammunition technologies play a critical role to the
Department of Defense as they will provide a sustaining, cost
saving, flexible manufacturing capability for the nation's
munitions well into the future. The Committee encourages the
Secretary of the Army, as the SMCA, to equip the national
technical industrial base with these new and emerging smart
manufacturing and ammunition technologies.

BATTLEFIELD MAPPING AND CHARTING

The BuckEye and Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical
Center of Expertise (JALBTCX) provide valuable engineering,
mapping, and charting information to support planning,
training, and operations to maintain maritime navigation.
BuckEye provides imagery intelligence, geospatial intelligence,
and geospatial foundation data for battlefield intelligence
from manned and unmanned platforms over a range of altitudes,
while JALBTCX provides coastal and underwater high resolution
elevations and imagery which provides data fusion products
required to help manage navigable waters of the United States.
The Committee recognizes the military value these programs
provide to combatant commanders and coalition and host nation
forces, and expects that the President's budget request for
Overseas Contingency Operations will request full funding for
these important programs.

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $14,949,919,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 16,266,335,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 15,877,770,000
Change from budget request............................ -388,565,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$15,877,770,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2015:

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AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHICLE

The Committee is supportive of the Marine Corps' Amphibious
Combat Vehicle (ACV) program, which is being developed to
replace the rapidly aging Amphibious Assault Vehicle. However,
the Committee is aware that the strategy for the ACV program is
currently being revised due to a re-evaluation of requirements,
estimated costs, and schedule, and that a contract award is
unlikely to occur in fiscal year 2015. Therefore, the Committee
recommends a rescission of $78,800,000 from the total
$122,967,000 appropriated in the Consolidated Appropriations
Act for fiscal year 2014, but recommends fully funding the
fiscal year 2015 request of $105,749,000. This will allow the
Marine Corps to immediately implement the ACV acquisition
strategy once the path forward has been finalized, without
unnecessarily reserving resources that could be used for higher
priority items. The Committee will continue to support the ACV
program as the strategy is refined in future budget submissions
and looks forward to continuing discussions with the Marine
Corps regarding the ACV program progress.

AUTOMATED TEST AND RE-TEST

The Committee recommends fully funding the Navy's request
for $8,115,000 for the Automated Test and Re-test effort.
According to a recent Navy report, funding for this program
will continue throughout the future years defense plan. The
Committee understands that this program will provide
significant savings to many of the software intensive programs
currently in use, as well as those in development, and looks
forward to tracking the progress of this effort in future years
as the Navy provides additional funding.

LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP TRAINING

Due to the small crew size and operational concept of the
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the LCS Total System Training
Architecture is a vital component to the success or failure of
the LCS program. Limited at sea training opportunities will
exist for the crews of the LCS so they need to maximize their
shore based training to the greatest extent possible. As the
training architecture is such an important component of the LCS
program, the Committee is puzzled as to why the Navy has
reduced the funding for this effort from the appropriated
levels over the last several years. The budget justification
material shows that nearly $100,000,000 has been removed from
the LCS training system budget over the last three years. This
large reduction could very possibly jeopardize the readiness of
the LCS crews as they man ships and begin to take them to sea.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to
ensure the entire fiscal year 2015 appropriated amount of
$19,547,000 is allocated towards the LCS Total System Training
Architecture.

ARCTIC CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

The Navy's most recent Arctic Roadmap provides direction
and recommendations to enhance the Navy's ability to operate in
the arctic region. The roadmap recommended the establishment of
an Arctic Center of Excellence and the development of an arctic
engagement plan focused on partnerships with other stakeholders
in the arctic region, both public and private. The Committee
believes that these recommendations go hand in hand since the
Arctic Center of Excellence would support these partnerships.
The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to establish
the Arctic Center of Excellence to support arctic-related
training, operations, and scientific research. Further, the
Secretary of the Navy is encouraged to consider locations for
the Center that could bring together elements from public and
private communities, including academia, who can contribute to
advancing the nation's interests in the arctic region.

WOUND CARE RESEARCH PROGRAM

The Committee recommends $13,000,000 for the wound care
research program. The Committee is aware of the continued need
to develop wound care technology to improve treatment for
combat wounded servicemembers. The Committee is also aware of
the challenges associated with treating wounds, particularly in
combat environments, and the risk of developing bacteria,
biofilms, and other infections. The Committee encourages the
Secretary of the Navy to research technologies that can prevent
biofilm formulation, bacteria, and infections in combat wounds.

AUTOMATED CRITICAL CARE SYSTEM

Trauma care for Marines and sailors deployed in remote
locations or on ships poses a serious challenge to Navy
caregivers. The Committee is extremely concerned with the
potential deterioration of these injured servicemembers while
being stabilized, evacuated, or transported to a facility
possessing high-level medical care. Coordinating and providing
care while safely transporting injured patients with life
threatening conditions strains medical personnel and other
mission resources. Incorporation of state-of-the-art medical
device technologies with automated decision controls may well
mean the difference between life and death and will have a
significant impact in medical care for both the military and
civilian communities. The automated critical care system (ACCS)
being developed by the Navy has the potential to be such an
innovative medical device. The Committee fully supports the
ACCS and provides an additional $5,300,000 to accelerate the
development effort.

P-8A OPEN ARCHITECTURE

There are numerous benefits to utilizing open architecture
in today's software intensive weapon systems. It enables low
cost capability insertion, allows numerous capabilities to be
supported by a common hardware set, and allows the sharing of
information across different platforms. The Committee is aware
of the Navy's ongoing effort to develop an open architecture
system for the P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft.
The Committee strongly encourages the Secretary of the Navy to
continue this development effort and to incorporate open
architecture into the P-8A as soon as possible.

AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

The Committee provides $10,000,000 as requested for
aircraft systems modernization. The Committee is aware that a
major modernization effort is the development of technology
needed to support the transition of highly integrated photonics
into naval aircraft systems. This funding will support
requirements study, technology maturation, and system design
and demonstration of general-purpose avionics networks. The
Committee understands that this work will have a positive
impact on life cycle costs associated with maintaining and
upgrading networks aboard Navy aircraft. Accordingly, the
Committee expects that this effort will continue to receive
full funding in fiscal year 2016 and over the future years
defense plan.

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $23,585,292,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 23,739,892,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 23,438,982,000
Change from budget request............................ -300,910,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$23,438,982,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force. The total amount recommended in the bill will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2015:

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GLOBAL HAWK, U-2, AND HIGH ALTITUDE ISR

The Air Force's fiscal year 2015 budget request proposes to
retain the RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 fleet while preparing for
the divestment of the U-2 fleet in fiscal year 2016. This
proposal constitutes a reversal of the Air Force's previous
position on the two platforms. The Air Force has explained that
its reversal primarily is based on declining operation and
sustainment costs for the Global Hawk, making it a more prudent
long-term investment. The Committee views the U-2 and the
Global Hawk Block 30 as complementary, rather than rival,
systems for high altitude intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance; at the same time, the Committee acknowledges
that budget constraints in current law have driven the Air
Force to choose between the two platforms.
The Committee is concerned, however, by the Air Force's
present plan to initiate and complete a precipitous drawdown of
the U-2 fleet in fiscal year 2016. The U-2 possesses flight
performance, sensor, and other capabilities that the Global
Hawk Block 30 does not presently have. Among these U-2
capabilities is carriage of the Optical Bar Camera (OBC), which
provides vital imagery enabling American support of the Israel-
Egypt peace treaty. The Air Force to date has not proposed a
mitigating solution for the loss of the OBC capability after
2016. The Committee understands the Air Force is reviewing
alternate options for divestment, including the option of a
temporary mixed fleet of Global Hawks and U-2s beyond fiscal
year 2016, in order to address these concerns.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014
provided the Air Force with an additional $10,000,000 to
conduct a study of the feasibility of adapting U-2 sensors or
similar alternatives to the Block 30. The Committee believes
that a favorable solution to improving the electro-optical/
infrared capability of the Block 30 would involve a sensor that
provides imagery intelligence comparable to or better than that
provided by the SYERS-2 on the U-2, including National Image
Interpretability Rating Scale score, range, field of regard,
and area coverage; preserves the ability for simultaneous
carriage of the synthetic aperture radar on the Block 30; does
not unduly compromise the availability of SYERS-2 units for U-2
missions in the event that the Air Force opts for a mixed
fleet; minimizes the integration work necessary for adaptation
to the Block 30 using the Sensor Interface Module; and can be
developed and procured at a cost not exceeding the ``parity''
option identified as meeting Air Combat Command sensor
attributes in the report of April 2013. The Committee
understands that the ultimate solution will involve reasonable
trade-offs between these parameters.
In addition, the Committee believes that it is critical to
invest in upgrades that will provide Block 30 with necessary
weather avoidance and anti-icing capabilities; improved sensor
capabilities are of less consequence if inclement weather
remains a significant limiting factor on Block 30 operations,
especially in the Pacific Command area of responsibility.
To date, the Air Force has not presented the Committee with
a requirements-driven, accountably resourced, and realistically
scheduled plan for improving capabilities on the Global Hawk
Block 30 and mitigating the loss of U-2 capabilities such as
the OBC after fiscal year 2016. The Committee directs the
Secretary of the Air Force to present such a plan to the
congressional defense committees prior to taking any action to
divest the U-2 fleet. The Committee will review the progress of
actions by the Air Force in this regard when the fiscal year
2016 budget request is submitted, and intends to take
intervening action against full and immediate divestment of the
U-2 fleet if such plans are not satisfactory. The Committee
also notes that the House version of the National Defense
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014 requires the Air Force
to produce a transition plan and prohibits the Air Force from
taking any steps toward retirement of the U-2. The Committee
urges the Secretary of the Air Force to use previously
appropriated funds to continue critical sustainment programs
for the U-2 until divestment of the fleet is authorized by
Congress.

COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER

The Committee fully supports the Air Force's decision to
proceed with an acquisition program for a new Combat Rescue
Helicopter (CRH) despite budget constraints. The CRH will
replace the Air Force's rapidly aging fleet of HH-60
helicopters for the combat search and rescue mission. While the
fiscal year 2015 request includes no additional funds for CRH,
the Air Force has indicated to the Committee that the
$333,558,000 provided in the Consolidated Appropriations Act
for fiscal year 2014 is sufficient to fund the program through
fiscal year 2015 given the adjustments the Air Force has made
to extend the program schedule. The Committee is aware that the
Air Force will need to rectify a $436,000,000 shortfall in the
current future years defense plan to fully fund CRH
development, but believes that this cost must be weighed
against the considerable costs that likely would be incurred to
extend the life of the HH-60 fleet should CRH be terminated.
The Committee's recommendation includes $100,000,000 for CRH to
partially address this shortfall and designates these funds as
a congressional special interest item. The Committee directs
the Secretary of the Air Force to keep the Committee informed
of the progress of the CRH program, including rates of
obligation and expenditure.

NEXT GENERATION JSTARS

The Committee fully funds the Air Force request for
$73,088,000 to develop a next generation platform for the
moving target indicator and battle management command and
control (BMC2) missions currently performed by the E-8C JSTARS
fleet. The Committee notes that while the program justification
submitted with the fiscal year 2015 request appears to assume
that the BMC2 system, sensor systems, communications systems,
and air vehicle will be separately competed with the government
as the lead system integrator, the Air Force presently is
considering alternative acquisition strategies for the new
system. Due to the reduction in capability that will result
from the retirement of five operational JSTARS aircraft in
fiscal year 2015, the Committee encourages the Secretary of the
Air Force to adopt an acquisition strategy for a business jet-
based integrated solution with mature technologies that is
consistent with the completed analysis of alternatives, will
minimize development cost and schedule, field new aircraft
ahead of first planned delivery date in fiscal year 2019, and
provide an open system architecture to allow for competitively
procured future upgrades. The Committee directs the Secretary
of the Air Force to brief the congressional defense committees
on its selected approach not later than 30 days following the
approval of the acquisition strategy for the Next Generation
JSTARS.

CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR SURVIVABILITY

The Committee understands that the Joint Program Office
(JPO) for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) intends to conduct a
live fire test and evaluation on a chemical, biological,
radiological, and nuclear decontamination system for the JSF in
fiscal year 2016. The Committee regards this test as critical
for ensuring that the JSF will meet the operational
requirements document and be able to conduct missions in
denied, high-threat environments. The Committee recommends that
the JPO take appropriate steps, utilizing funds made available
in this and previous appropriations for development of all
three JSF variants, to accelerate this testing into fiscal year
2015 and sustain the industrial base for the development and
production of such decontamination systems.

AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC ATTACK

The Committee fully funds the Air Force request of
$25,000,000 to fund analysis of alternatives (AoA) efforts
within the Airborne Electronic Attack program, including
$5,000,000 for the Non-Kinetic Counter-Electronics (NKCE) AoA.
The Committee supports the Air Force's decision to incorporate
the results of the Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave
Missile Project joint capability technology demonstration and
correlated operational utility assessment into the NKCE AoA.
The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to
begin its NKCE AoA effort as soon as possible, and directs the
Secretary of the Air Force to report the results of the NKCE
AoA, as well as the Next Generation Electronic Attack AoA and
Counter-Integrated Air Defense System AoA, to the congressional
defense committees not later than 30 days after the approval of
the respective reports.

ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

The Committee understands that the size of the United
States Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility, when
coupled with the paucity of base access and supporting
infrastructure, places a premium on long range, long endurance
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets. The
Committee is aware that the Air Force is currently flight
testing a medium altitude, long endurance unmanned aerial
vehicle with flexible multi-intelligence sensor and
communications relay capabilities. The Committee encourages the
Secretary of the Air Force to adopt a plan for these assets
that would preserve their ability to be deployed if AFRICOM or
any other combatant command that identifies an operational need
for such capabilities.

KC-46A

The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to
continue to submit quarterly reports on any KC-46A contract
modifications with a cost greater than or equal to $5,000,000,
as directed by the explanatory statement accompanying the
Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012.

BEYOND LINE OF SIGHT COMMAND AND CONTROL

In 2011, the Air Force requested additional funds to
develop the beyond line of sight command and control
architecture in response to a United States Central Command
requirement, and the Committee supported this request. A
portion of these funds was used to develop Tactical Airborne
Communications Pods (TACPods) for use on unmanned aerial
vehicles. The Air Force informed the Committee that the TACPods
would be used to support the bi-directional movement of full
motion video across common data link radios including thousands
of ROVER terminals used by ground forces, and that the
capability would be fielded within twelve months of receipt of
funds. The Committee is concerned that the Air Force has not
fielded this capability as planned, but instead has placed
TACPods into storage while pursuing a possibly redundant
program to provide a similar capability. The Committee directs
the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the
Secretary of the Navy and the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, to provide a briefing
to the Committee not later than November 1, 2014 on the
existing and planned activities in support of beyond line of
sight command and control for intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance systems.

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

The Department of Defense High Performance Computing (HPC)
modernization program supports solutions to the complex
challenges faced by Department acquisition programs. The HPC
program has invested considerable resources to develop and
deploy engineering software applications to improve outcomes
for weapon system acquisitions. The HPC program includes the
Computational Research for Engineering Acquisition Tools and
Environments (CREATE) initiative, a program with the potential
to substantially reduce costs, shorten schedules, increase
design and program flexibility, and improve overall acquisition
program performance by speeding up systems integration while
identifying and correcting design flaws prior to production.
The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to
institutionalize advances made by HPC pilot projects within the
acquisition system by establishing through the Air Force Life
Cycle Management Center a systems engineering capability for
weapon system virtual prototyping-based HPC applications,
including CREATE software.

HUMAN PERFORMANCE MONITORING

The Committee recognizes and supports Air Force Research
Laboratory (AFRL) research in human performance monitoring,
which is a key element of human-machine interface technology.
Human monitoring is as important as equipment monitoring as the
two must perform in tandem at optimum levels for successful
mission completion and personnel safety. The Committee
encourages the Director of the AFRL to continue to research
nano-bio manufacturing of materials and sensor devices that are
capable of detecting biomarkers and other substances
correlating to human body conditions such as stress, fatigue,
and organ damage.

LIQUID ROCKET ENGINE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

The Committee believes that the United States should rely
on domestically manufactured launch vehicles as the foundation
for access to space and is concerned about the reliance of some
national security space launches on rocket engines produced in
Russia. Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes
$220,000,000 to begin risk reduction and development of a next-
generation liquid rocket engine that is manufactured in the
United States, meets the requirements of the national security
space community, and is ready for launch not later than fiscal
year 2022 using full and open competition. The Committee
directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration as practicable, to submit a report to the
congressional defense and intelligence committees not later
than 180 days after the enactment of this Act that includes a
risk reduction and development plan for a next-generation
liquid rocket engine program. The report must analyze national
security and civil space rocket engine development
requirements, examine the costs and benefits of public-private
partnerships for development of the engine, and estimate costs
for development, procurement, and operations and maintenance
for the life of the program.

SPACE BASED INFRARED SYSTEM HIGH

The Committee supports the Air Force decision to review the
overhead persistent infrared mission to lower costs, increase
resilience, and achieve better mission performance. The
Committee understands that the Department of Defense is
conducting an Analysis of Alternatives to mitigate obsolescence
and ensure resilient options beyond the current program of
record. The Committee encourages quick completion of this
review to ensure adequate time to start operational
demonstrations as appropriate and directs the Secretary of the
Air Force to brief the findings of the review to the
congressional defense committees immediately upon completion.

AIR FORCE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM

The Committee recommends $10,000,000 above the request for
a regionally focused technology transfer innovation pilot
program. The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering to conduct a pilot program
on public-private technology transfer ventures between
Department of Defense research and development centers and
regionally focused technology incubators, with the goal of
increasing the commercialization of intellectual property
developed in the Department's research and development
enterprise in support of critical cross-service technological
needs such as energetics, unmanned systems, and rapid
prototyping. Technology incubator partners should be selected
through full and open competition emphasizing strong business
plans, demonstrated expertise in mentorship and
commercialization, and strong regional partnerships.

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM SPACE MODERNIZATION INITIATIVE

The budget request includes $32,900,000 for the Global
Positioning System (GPS) III Space Modernization Initiative
(SMI) to address issues related to design, systems,
engineering, program management, obsolescence, and efficiencies
for GPS satellites. The Committee recommendation includes full
funding for the GPS III SMI but directs the Secretary of the
Air Force to allocate $20,000,000 to study technological
maturation, including the use of an alternative digital GPS
payload, and risk reduction consistent with the GPS enterprise
analysis of alternatives.

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM USER EQUIPMENT

The Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) program provides M-
code GPS receivers with improved capability to counter emerging
threats and interference with positioning, navigation, and
timing capabilities. The Department of Defense will field MGUE
receivers across a broad range of Army, Air Force, Navy, and
Marine Corps platforms. The Committee understands that the
Department is accelerating the implementation of M-code and
supports those efforts. The Committee recommends $156,659,000,
which fully funds the fiscal year 2015 request for MGUE,
including technology development, platform integration, and
system engineering and integration activities. The Committee
supports the Air Force strategy of implementing a proactive,
collaborative MGUE platform integration activity to mitigate
risk, and encourages the Service Secretaries to procure MGUE
receivers in fiscal year 2016.

EJECTION SEAT SAFETY/SUSTAINABILITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

The Committee is concerned by Air Force data that indicate
safety concerns with legacy ejection seat technology for
aircrews using helmet mounted displays. The Committee
recommendation includes $6,000,000 for improvements or
replacement of legacy aircraft ejection seats that address
documented safety concerns and requirements. In implementing
this program, the Secretary of the Air Force should consider
all technology used or approved in current Department of
Defense programs to ensure that these ejection seat
improvements or replacements are achieved through a full and
open acquisition process.

COST SHARING OF FORWARD-DEPLOYED NUCLEAR WEAPONS

The United States currently provides the vast majority of
the funding necessary to sustain forward-deployed nuclear
weapons in Europe. In light of the growing costs of this
mission, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees
outlining the proportional contributions of NATO members to the
cost of sustaining forward-deployed nuclear weapons. This
report should include the effects of NATO proportional cost-
sharing on the Department's five year costs of maintaining
forward-deployed nuclear weapons and shall be submitted not
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act.

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $17,086,412,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 16,766,084,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 17,077,900,000
Change from budget request............................ +311,816,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$17,077,900,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide. The total amount recommended in the bill will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2015:

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HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY INSTITUTIONS

The Committee includes additional funding for the
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority
Institutions program (HBCU/MI). The HBCU/MI program provides
access to scientific and technical information products and
services to faculty, staff, and students of Historically Black
Colleges and Universities, American Indian Tribally Controlled
Colleges and Universities, Native American-Serving Nontribal
Institutions, and other minority serving institutions.

ADVANCED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

The Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) was created to
identify, analyze, and accelerate capabilities to counter
strategic adversaries and improve the posture for engaging
future threats. As part of its mission, the SCO examines
alternative strategies, explores multi-domain solutions, builds
partnerships across national security divides, analyzes cost
effectiveness, risk and performance, develops prototypes to
accelerate capabilities, and increases the operational options
available to senior leadership. The Committee is aware that one
of the capabilities the SCO is exploring is the early fielding
of a smaller tactical electromagnetic railgun system for both
land-based and ship-based railgun systems, and encourages this
advancement.
Additionally, a reduction to the Advanced Innovative
Technologies demonstration and validation program element
should be taken from programs other than ship-based guns and
land-based guns for base defense.

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Within its Biomedical Technology line, the Director of the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is encouraged
to make resources available for the development of restorative
products and technologies which may serve as an alternative to
amputation.
Additionally, the Committee supports the leadership
initiatives at DARPA to better manage the execution of funds.
DARPA's efficiency, financial execution, and ability to
obligate funds have greatly improved. Therefore, as DARPA's
efficiencies continue to improve, a non-prejudicial reduction
of $69,000,000 will be determined, by program, at the
discretion of the Director of DARPA.

LASER-DRIVEN X-RAY TECHNOLOGY

The Committee continues to place a high priority on
research to address the threats of nuclear proliferation and
nuclear terrorism. Therefore, the Committee encourages the
Secretary of Defense to maintain the fiscal year 2014 funding
level in fiscal year 2015 to conduct research to speed
development of laser-driven x-ray technologies that will bring
this technology closer to the ultimate goal of a field
demonstration of stand-off detection of shielded nuclear
materials and other weapons of mass destruction.

MODELING AND SIMULATION

The Committee recognizes the important contributions of the
modeling and simulation industry in many sectors of the
American economy, and in particular its applications in
training warfighters. Modeling and simulation is effective in
providing platforms to prepare warfighters and small unit
leaders for rapid decision making in asymmetric and irregular
combat. The Committee recognizes that modeling and simulation
will continue to serve as a valuable and cost effective
training method for every warfare specialty and maintenance
area. The Committee believes that the Department of Defense
should further harness the entrepreneurial and innovative
spirit of industry, academia, and the government to facilitate
the progress in state-of-the-art training by making greater use
of modeling and simulation. The Committee encourages persistent
and augmented use of modeling and simulation technology in
scenario-based training, aggressive simulation technology
research and development efforts, and active endeavors to
substitute simulation for more expensive forms of training.

CYBERSECURITY

The Committee recognizes the importance of sustaining a
robust cybersecurity research program within the Department of
Defense, particularly as it relates to the interdisciplinary
nature of cyber systems and the role of human behavior. The
interdisciplinary cybersecurity research model can contribute
to the development of novel approaches for risk assessment,
which incorporate components of risk beyond computer science
such as understanding risk-related fundamental properties of
dynamic cyber threats; developing recognition capabilities for
new cyber threats; and increasing resilience against attacks.
Accordingly, the Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense
to leverage information assurance and cyber defense research
done through defense agencies, including the National Security
Agency, as the Department plans and conducts interdisciplinary
research to identify and close cybersecurity gaps.

HUMAN AND ROBOT COLLABORATION

The Committee recognizes the need to enhance manufacturing
by flexibly assigning work to the human or machine most capable
of performing a given task, and thereby reducing the need to
invest in fixed heavy manufacturing equipment. Accordingly, the
Committee urges the Secretary of Defense to increase resources
available for the defense-wide manufacturing science and
technology program to support formation of industry-university
partnerships on a competitive basis to develop technologies and
processes that utilize human and robot collaboration for large
scale manufacturing.

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

The Committee is pleased that in both the fiscal year 2014
and 2015 budget requests the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has
refocused its efforts from far-term, conceptual programs to
near-term programs that are necessary to defend the United
States and its allies from missile threats. The Committee
believes that the discrimination of threats is paramount to
improving the threat assessment and reliability of the
ballistic missile defense system and supports programs designed
to improve the discrimination capability of the ballistic
missile defense system.
The Committee supports the budget request for the
development of the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR);
however, the Committee is concerned by the lack of details
provided in the budget request submission. Therefore, the
Committee directs the Director of the MDA to provide a report
to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days
after the enactment of this Act detailing the strategy for
developing and procuring the LRDR. The report shall include the
program's objectives and key parameters, a detailed schedule
through full operational capability, and a cost estimate by
fiscal year.
The Committee also supports the budget request of
$99,500,000 for the re-designed exo-atmospheric kill vehicle
(EKV) for the ground-based interceptor as part of the ground-
based midcourse defense program. However, the budget request
submission lacks details necessary for continued oversight of
the program. Therefore, the Committee directs the Director of
the MDA to provide a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this
Act detailing the strategy for developing, procuring, and
fielding the re-designed EKV. The report shall include the
program's objectives and key parameters, a detailed schedule,
and a cost estimate by fiscal year. The report shall also
include any necessary legislative provisions that the Director
of the MDA may require to fully implement the acquisition
strategy for the EKV.

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY--IRON DOME

The Committee recommends $350,972,000 for the Iron Dome
short-range rocket defense system, an increase of $175,000,000
above the budget request.
Since fiscal year 2011, the Committee has supported the
government of Israel by providing more than $720,000,000 for
the Iron Dome system. With the fiscal year 2015 recommendation,
that total will increase to more than $1,070,000,000.
The Committee understands that there is a signed agreement
between the Israeli and United States governments concerning
the procurement of the Iron Dome system and the necessity for
producing various components of the system in the United
States. The Committee is also aware that the Missile Defense
Agency (MDA) and the Israeli Missile Defense Organization
(IMDO) formerly agreed to the United States providing $680
million between fiscal years 2012 and 2015 for the Iron Dome
program. The Committee is concerned that the agreement does not
cover the full amount that is recommended for fiscal year 2015.
Given the significant American investment in this system, the
Committee believes that co-production of parts and components
should be accomplished in a way that will maximize American
industry participation in interceptor and battery deliveries
for Israel's defense needs.
Therefore, the Committee directs that the Director of the
MDA may not obligate or expend $175,000,000 of the amount
recommended in fiscal year 2015 until the Government of Israel
submits a sufficiently detailed cost and schedule justification
to the Director of the MDA and the Director approves it. The
detailed cost and schedule justification must include a
detailed timeline for obligation and expenditure of program
funds received above the budget request for each fiscal year
for which funds were appropriated; copies of signed and
ratified contracts, sub-contracts, and teaming arrangements
between Israeli and American industry for all Iron Dome co-
production efforts; delivery to MDA of all technical data
packages as accepted by American industry suppliers for co-
production; and a common cost model of Iron Dome components, to
be jointly developed and agreed upon by MDA and IMDO that
includes recurring and non-recurring engineering costs,
estimates for future buys, and actual costs beginning with
fiscal year 2013, the required quantities for all components
through fiscal year 2019, and component lead-times and delivery
schedules.
Additionally, the Committee expects that the Director of
the MDA will ensure that Iron Dome operational data has been
provided per previous commitments; that this additional funding
be applied to the work share percentage for fiscal year 2015
funding between American and Israeli industry as proscribed
under the recently signed Iron Dome procurement agreement; and,
that the additional funds are required to meet Israeli defense
needs. Any funds found to be in excess of Israel's justified
and documented needs during fiscal year 2015 may be transferred
to appropriations available for the procurement of weapons and
equipment according to priority needs.
The Committee also believes that if there is a request for
Iron Dome funding for fiscal year 2016, the Director of the MDA
must establish for the Committee how those funds will resolve
details and agreements needed for American-based co-production
of all-up rounds and cover the export of Iron Dome technology
to American and Israeli allies, including co-production of
parts, components, and all-up rounds of those exports.
The Committee directs the Director of the MDA, in
coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, to provide a report to
the congressional defense committees not later than October 1,
2014, on the information provided in the required detailed cost
and schedule justification, including the views of the Director
and the Under Secretary on its sufficiency.

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY--COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITIES

The Committee commends the Director of the Missile Defense
Agency (MDA) for working with universities to best leverage
innovative breakthrough research and technologies for next
generation ballistic missile defense capabilities. The
Committee encourages the Director of the MDA to continue
cooperating with universities and to establish a university
affiliated research center. Such a center would consolidate
core research and development capabilities in areas such as
advanced interceptor propulsion systems and high fidelity
modeling and simulation and would potentially enhance the
ability of the MDA to improve the ground-based midcourse
defense program, augment command and control systems, and
increase overall mission assurance.

DISABLING AND NEUTRALIZING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

The budget request includes $283,694,000 for
Counterproliferation Initiatives--Proliferation Prevention and
Defeat. The Committee recommendation provides $291,694,000, an
increase of $8,000,000 above the budget request, to support the
demonstration of technology solutions applicable to the Army
and related Department of Defense organizations in addressing
operations in subterranean environments. The Committee notes
that the increased program funding will support a dedicated
effort to mature prototypes and demonstrate capabilities in
support of the Army to disable and neutralize weapons of mass
destruction.

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

The Committee is aware that additive manufacturing
techniques and capabilities have the potential to lower the
cost of maintaining aging weapon platforms. Currently, the
Department of Defense uses additive manufacturing for design
iteration, prototyping, tooling and fixtures, and for some
noncritical parts. However, the Department eventually wants to
use additive manufacturing to build aerospace parts. The
Committee believes that the Department of Defense can utilize
additive manufacturing improvements to save money in upfront
manufacturing costs, improve fleet readiness by creating on-
demand alternatives to the current parts supply chain, reduce
parts certification and transition costs, and reduce costs with
improved weapon systems parts. The Committee encourages the
Secretary of Defense to research creative applications for
additive manufacturing technology.

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER

The budget request includes $44,246,000 for Systems
Engineering. The Committee recommendation provides $44,746,000,
an increase of $500,000 above the budget request to support the
Systems Engineering Research Center, a systems-oriented study
to assess the current state of the Army's lethality capability
and to provide actionable recommendations to transform it at
the enterprise level. These recommendations should address
multiple dimensions, including technologies, development and
acquisition processes, personnel requirements, doctrine,
structure and governance, and infrastructure. The intent of
these recommendations should have the cumulative intent to
transform the Army's lethality capability.

CONVENTIONAL PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE

The Committee remains interested in the Department's
development efforts for a conventional prompt global strike
capability. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of
the Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 120 days after the enactment of this
Act, on the Department's ability, or likelihood thereof, to
field a conventional prompt global strike capability by fiscal
year 2019. The report should incorporate findings from the
recently completed conventional prompt global strike land-based
study. The report may include a classified annex if necessary.

OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $246,800,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 167,738,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 248,238,000
Change from budget request............................ +80,500,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $248,238,000
for Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee Change from
Budget request recommended request
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OPERATIONAL TEST ACTIVITIES AND ANALYSIS............... 48,013 128,513 80,500
Electronic Warfare Test Capability--transfer from - - - 80,500 - - -
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TITLE V

REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $1,649,214,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 1,234,468,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,334,468,000
Change from budget request............................ +100,000,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,334,468,000
for the Defense Working Capital Funds accounts. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
pogram in fiscal year 2015:

EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Committee Change from
Budget request recommended request
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY............................. 13,727 13,727 - - -
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE........................ 61,717 61,717 - - -
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE..................... 44,293 44,293 - - -
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA..................... 1,114,731 1,214,731 100,000
Program increase................................... - - - 100,000 - - -
TOTAL, DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS........... 1,234,468 1,334,468 100,000
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TITLE VI

OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $32,699,158,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 31,994,918,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 31,634,870,000
Change from budget request............................ -360,048,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$31,634,870,000 for the Defense Health Program. The total
amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

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REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR THE DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

The Committee remains concerned regarding the transfer of
funds from the In-House Care budget sub-activity to pay for
contractor-provided medical care. To limit such transfers and
improve oversight within the Defense Health Program operation
and maintenance account, the Committee includes a provision
which caps the funds available for Private Sector Care under
the TRICARE program subject to prior approval reprogramming
procedures. The provision and accompanying report language
included by the Committee should not be interpreted as limiting
the amount of funds that may be transferred to the In-House
Care budget sub-activity from other budget sub-activities
within the Defense Health Program. In addition, the Committee
continues to designate the funding for the In-House Care budget
sub-activity as a congressional special interest item. Any
transfer of funds from the In-House Care budget sub-activity
into the Private Sector Care budget sub-activity or any other
budget sub-activity will require the Secretary of Defense to
follow prior approval reprogramming procedures for operation
and maintenance funds.
The Committee also remains concerned with continual reports
that substantial amounts of funding are transferred from the
Private Sector Care budget sub-activity without the submission
of written notification as required by prior year Department of
Defense Appropriations Acts. The Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide written notification to the
congressional defense committees of cumulative transfers in
excess of $10,000,000 out of the Private Sector Care budget
sub-activity not later than fifteen days after such a transfer.
Furthermore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act that
delineates transfers of funds in excess of $10,000,000, and the
dates any transfers occurred, from the Private Sector Care
budget sub-activity to any other budget sub-activity groups for
fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014.
The Committee further directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Health Affairs) to provide quarterly reports to the
congressional defense committees on budget execution data for
all of the Defense Health Program budget activities and to
adequately reflect changes to the budget activities requested
by the Services in future budget submissions.

CARRYOVER AUTHORITY

For fiscal year 2015, the Committee recommends one percent
carryover authority for the operation and maintenance account
of the Defense Health Program. The Committee directs the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to submit a
detailed spending plan for any fiscal year 2014 designated
carryover funds to the congressional defense committees not
less than 30 days prior to executing the carryover funds.

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD

The Committee has grown increasingly alarmed about the
inability of the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to
develop and procure interoperable electronic health records.
Despite the mandate for full interoperability included in the
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2008 and
significant funding investments, the two Departments still do
not have electronic health record systems that are able to
meaningfully exchange patient data.
The Committee is deeply concerned with the lack of progress
by the two Departments to achieve full interoperability and
believes that there must be more cooperation throughout the two
Departments to find, develop, and implement the best solution
that will allow interoperability in a timely manner. The
Committee understands that the two Departments have begun
implementation of a temporary system that allows some
administrators and clinicians to view and manipulate patient
data; however, the number of providers that has access to this
system is extremely limited at this point. Additionally, while
this system is designed to improve interoperability in the near
term, the Committee remains concerned about interoperability in
the future, when each Department will have a different records
system than what is currently in use.
The Committee includes a provision that restricts the
amount of funding that may be obligated for the Interagency
Program Office (IPO), the Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Modernization (DHMSM) program, and the Defense Information
Management Exchange (DMIX) to 25 percent of the funding
provided until the Secretary of Defense provides the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees an expenditure plan that
includes numerous reporting requirements.
Furthermore, the Committee directs the IPO to continue to
provide quarterly reports on the progress of interoperability
between the two Departments to the House and Senate
Subcommittees on Appropriations for Defense and the House and
Senate Subcommittees on Appropriations for Military
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies.
The Committee reminds the Program Executive Officer (PEO)
of the Defense Healthcare Management Systems (DHMS) to not lose
sight of the ultimate goal of interoperability with the
enhanced health record system of the Department of Veterans
Affairs. The PEO DHMS, in conjunction with the director of the
IPO, is directed to provide quarterly reports to the
congressional defense committees on the cost and schedule of
the program, to include milestones, knowledge points, and
acquisition timelines, as well as quarterly obligation reports.
The Committee further directs the PEO DHMS to continue briefing
the House and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittees on a
quarterly basis, coinciding with the report submission.

JOINT WARFIGHTER MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM

The Committee recommendation includes $45,000,000 for the
continuation of the joint warfighter medical research program.
The funding shall be used to augment and accelerate high
priority Department of Defense and Service medical requirements
and to continue prior year initiatives that are close to
achieving their objectives and yielding a benefit to military
medicine. The funding shall not be used for new projects nor
for basic research, and it shall be awarded at the discretion
of the Secretary of Defense following a review of medical
research and development gaps as well as unfinanced medical
requirements of the Services. Further, the Committee directs
the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide
a report not later than 180 days after the enactment of this
Act to the congressional defense committees which lists the
projects that receive funding. The report should include the
funding amount awarded to each project, a thorough description
of each project's research, and the benefit the research will
provide to the Department of Defense.

PEER-REVIEWED CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAMS

The Committee recommendation includes $120,000,000 for the
peer-reviewed breast cancer research program, $80,000,000 for
the peer-reviewed prostate cancer research program, $20,000,000
for the peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research program,
$10,500,000 for the peer-reviewed lung cancer research program,
and $15,000,000 for the peer-reviewed cancer research program
that would research cancers not addressed in the aforementioned
programs currently executed by the Department of Defense.
The funds provided in the peer-reviewed cancer research
program are directed to be used to conduct research in the
following areas: colorectal cancer, genetic cancer research,
kidney cancer, listeria vaccine for cancer, liver cancer,
melanoma and other skin cancers, mesothelioma, pancreatic
cancer, stomach cancer, and the link between scleroderma and
cancer.
The funds provided under the peer-reviewed cancer research
program shall be used only for the purposes listed above. The
Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health
Affairs) to provide a report not later than 180 days after the
enactment of this Act to the congressional defense committees
on the status of the peer-reviewed cancer research program. For
each research area, the report should include the funding
amount awarded, the progress of the research, and the relevance
of the research to servicemembers and their families.
The Committee continues to support the establishment of a
task force to focus on research for metastasized cancer with a
focus on clinical and translational research aimed at extending
the lives of advanced stage and recurrent patients. The
Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health
Affairs) to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this
Act on the status of establishing such a task force.

PEER-REVIEWED PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM

The Committee recommends $80,000,000 for the peer-reviewed
prostate cancer research program. The Committee is aware that
the pace of prostate cancer research may possibly be enhanced
through the use of data derived from large patient studies that
include long-term health records, bio-specimen repositories,
and pre-existing research. The Committee encourages the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to support
research that applies state-of-the-art proteomic analysis,
bioinformatics, and mathematical models to such data to improve
disease classification, risk assessment, education, treatment,
and management.

INTELLIGENT PROSTHETICS

The Committee recommends $30,000,000 for the peer-reviewed
orthopedics research program. The Committee is aware that many
of the injuries sustained by servicemembers in combat include
multiple limb trauma and are often distinct from trauma
typically seen in the civilian environment, thus requiring a
unique solution set. The Committee encourages the Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to support research at
the intersection of bioengineering, neuroscience, and
rehabilitation to support neural interfaces to peripheral
nerves and advanced prosthetics that deliver more functionality
to amputees.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE

The Committee remains concerned with pain management
prescription medication dependency among servicemembers. It is
imperative that proper steps are taken to prevent
overmedication and that treatment options are available for
those facing possible addiction. The Committee recognizes that
the Department of Defense currently provides a range of
medication therapy management services at military treatment
facilities. These services are designed to optimize therapy or
the adherence to therapy between providers, pharmacists, and
patients. The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Health Affairs) to provide a report not later than 180
days after the enactment of this Act to the congressional
defense committees detailing the progress of including
pharmacists in the care team provided by the Patient Centered
Medical Home (PCMH), the success rate of patients in properly
adhering to medicine treatment and prescription levels, and if
there have been cases in which the inclusion of a pharmacist in
the PCMH has contributed to reducing the level of medication
taken by patients who may have been overmedicating.

HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) are the signature wounds of more than a decade
of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since 2000, the military
has accounted for more than 280,000 cases of traumatic brain
injury and nearly 120,000 diagnoses of new post-traumatic
stress disorder. Patients suffering from these conditions are
often prescribed various psychotropic drugs to ease their
symptoms. These drugs often have negative side effects and
carry the risk of leading to dependency.
The Committee understands that the Department of Defense
has studied the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an
alternative treatment for servicemembers suffering from TBI and
PTSD. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing pure oxygen
in a pressurized room which allows for the intake of more
oxygen. The oxygen enters the bloodstream and stimulates the
release of growth factors and stem cells, which, in turn,
promote healing. The Committee understands that although
private sector research has shown positive effects of using the
therapy, the Department of Defense has decided not to pursue
its use, citing that clinical trials failed to show positive
results.
The Committee directs the Comptroller General of the United
States to conduct a review and provide a report to the
congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after
the enactment of this Act on the use of hyperbaric oxygen
therapy to treat TBI and PTSD. The report should include a
review of the clinical trials completed by the Department of
Defense, an assessment of the conclusions reached by the
trials, an assessment of whether the trials were appropriately
administered, and a review of private sector research on the
use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and whether those conclusions
are similar or different from the Department of Defense study.

CHILDHOOD TRAUMA IN MILITARY DEPENDENTS

The Committee is concerned with the rise in outpatient
mental health visits among children of active duty and reserve
servicemembers. The Committee believes that it is imperative to
develop efficient means to identify children at risk of
deployment-related mental health issues and to provide tools,
education, and guidance to the professionals and families
caring for these children. It is also important that the proper
steps are taken to prevent predictable mental health problems
from manifesting in dependent children. The Committee
encourages the Secretary of Defense to make the prevention of
childhood trauma in military dependents a priority.

AIR FORCE MILITARY ACUITY MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM

The Committee understands that the Air Force Military
Acuity Model has provided benefits such as more efficient and
improved access to care. The Committee encourages the Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to consider expanding use
of the model throughout the military health system.

TRAUMA CLINICAL RESEARCH REPOSITORY

Traumatic injuries continue to cause nearly all combat
deaths, as well as many in the general civilian population.
Numerous advances in trauma care have been achieved through the
medical research undertaken by the Department of Defense; this
life-saving impact of trauma research can be seen on the
battlefield and in civilian trauma response. To capitalize on
these important research investments, the Committee included
$5,000,000 in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal
year 2014 to create a trauma clinical research repository
accessible to both public and private researchers. With the
projected decline in military funding as a result of the
imminent end of combat operations, there remains an urgency to
maintain the momentum on advances in trauma care and bridge the
lessons learned from the military to civilian communities. The
trauma clinical research repository will help breakthroughs in
research lead to significant advances in treatment,
particularly for battlefield injuries. Data shared in the
trauma repository should be utilized for future research, such
as studies to identify biomarkers of trauma-related organ
dysfunction or studies on new life-saving pharmaceuticals.
The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Health Affairs) and the Director of the Defense Health Agency
to fully implement the trauma clinical research repository and
to collaborate with other federal entities to create a task
force to identify existing critical research gaps. Future
research must focus on these gaps to supplement advances in
care achieved over the past decade of combat operations,
translate the lessons learned into the civilian community, and
maintain the momentum in trauma research.

TELEMEDICINE

The Committee is aware of the advantages of using
telemedicine to enhance medical care provided to servicemembers
while at home or when deployed around the world.
The use of telemedicine increases access to care, reduces
patient and specialist travel, decreases lost work times, and
saves money by avoiding referrals to the private sector.
The Committee supports expanding telemedicine projects that
can lower the cost of military health care and maintain the
skill proficiencies of military medical personnel. The
Committee encourages the Service Surgeons General to
appropriately fund and expand telemedicine initiatives,
particularly for beneficiaries at overseas military treatment
facilities.

PRESERVATION OF MUSCLE MASS DURING IMMOBILIZATION PERIODS

The Committee believes that high-level motor performance
and endurance is critical for servicemembers in combat. While
servicemembers typically have above average skeletal muscle
strength and relative resistance to fatigability, during long
periods of immobilization, which can occur in theater, while
traveling, or when recuperating from injuries, muscle de-
training often occurs. The Committee encourages the Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to support research on
training that enhances muscle fitness and decelerates the
process of muscle de-training.

COOPERATION BETWEEN MILITARY MEDICAL FACILITIES, CIVILIAN HEALTHCARE
FACILITIES, AND UNIVERSITIES

The Committee recognizes the importance of cooperation
between military medical facilities, universities, and other
civilian partners to provide valuable medical trauma training
to sustain the education of military medical providers. This
training and real-life experience contributes to maintaining
the capabilities of the National Guard Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, and Nuclear Explosives Enhanced Response Force
Packages, the National Guard Homeland Response Forces, and the
Army Reserve Consequence Management Response Forces.
The Committee encourages the Service Surgeons General and
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to continue to pursue
trauma training with civilian partners in order to maintain
unit medical readiness at optimum levels as military healthcare
providers maintain their individual skills to respond
effectively to emergency incidents.

CANINE THERAPY RESEARCH

The Committee is aware of the potential benefits of canine
therapy for treatment of servicemembers suffering from
traumatic brain injuries (TBI) or post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). While still experimental, canine therapy may
be a promising alternative to pharmaceutical treatment.
The Committee understands that the Department of Defense is
currently studying if and why canines can help servicemembers
cope with debilitating injuries and whether this treatment can
be substantially utilized in the future. The Committee
encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
to continue this research to evaluate the effectiveness of
canine therapy in treating servicemembers suffering from TBI
and PTSD.

THERMAL INJURY PREVENTION

The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to
establish standards to prevent thermal injuries caused by
ground combat and tactical vehicles. Survivability enhancement
efforts such as fire prevention, fire suppression, and fuel
containment should continually be addressed in order to provide
the best possible protection for servicemembers.

EFFICIENCY OF PATIENT CARE DELIVERY

The Committee understands the necessity of developing
technologies to improve the efficiency of patient care in
military treatment facilities. The Committee recognizes that,
in the event of a mass casualty, military treatment facilities
would experience a significant increase in patient volume. The
ability to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of care would
be critical to the management of an overwhelming surge in
patient volume and intensity. The Committee encourages the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to research the
development of an automated resource management system to
improve patient care, both in normal and emergency situations.

MILITARY MENTAL HEALTH PILOT PROGRAM

The Committee is pleased that the Secretary of Defense
created a pilot program to improve efforts to treat
servicemembers suffering from mental health disorders in the
National Guard and reserve components through community
partnerships. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense
to expand this program to include additional community partners
through a competitive and merit-based award process.

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY BRAIN RESEARCH

The Committee supports the pursuance of multi-disciplinary
research toward translational medicine that may provide better
diagnostic tools and treatment outcomes for servicemembers who
suffer from traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress
disorder, and other neurotrauma. The Committee encourages the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to support
researchers, scientists, and health care professionals in this
field and to encourage them to share their findings with the
Department of Defense. With proper support, translational
research in this field could lead to the integration of new
treatments in military treatment facilities and could improve
care in the near-term.

ACCESS TO MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITIES

The Committee is aware of unobligated balances remaining
from funds appropriated in section 8110 of the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011. The Committee
believes that these unobligated balances should be utilized for
the purposes for which originally appropriated. Accordingly,
the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
60 days after the enactment of this Act on any remaining
balances from funds appropriated in section 8110 of the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011.
The report shall include the amount of remaining balances and
an execution plan for these funds that will improve access to
the Department's military treatment facilities.

NON-OPIOID PAIN MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT

The Committee remains concerned with pain management
prescription medication dependency and addiction among
servicemembers. Many servicemembers have endured physical and
emotional wounds associated with combat and have relied on
prescription opioids, sometimes for years, to manage their
pain. While over-prescription of narcotics is a problem that
must be addressed, the Committee believes that all patients
have the right to effective relief of both acute and chronic
pain. Narcotic abuse requires a multi-pronged approach, but the
development of non-narcotic pain relief strategies is an
essential component. Therefore, the Committee encourages the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to establish a
peer-reviewed research program to research and develop
alternatives to opioid-based pain management.

CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $1,004,123,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 828,868,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 828,868,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $828,868,000
for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense. The
total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $1,015,885,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 820,687,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 944,687,000
Change from budget request............................ +124,000,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $944,687,000
for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense. The
total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Change from
Budget Committee request
request recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
COUNTER-NARCOTICS SUPPORT........ 719,096 669,631 -49,465
Transfer to National Guard - - - -89,465 - - -
counter-drug program........
Program increase............. - - - 40,000 - - -
DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM.... 101,591 105,591 4,000
Young Marines--drug demand - - - 4,000 - - -
reduction...................
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG - - - 169,465 169,465
PROGRAM.........................
Transfer from counter- - - - 89,465 - - -
narcotics support...........
Program increase............. - - - 80,000 - - -
TOTAL, DRUG INTERDICTION 820,687 944,687 124,000
AND COUNTER-DRUG
ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE.....
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DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES

The Committee remains concerned about the continued
decrease in funding for the Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug
Activities, Defense account. The efforts being funded in this
account are instrumental in not just monitoring, detecting, and
interdicting drug shipments on their way into the United
States, but in providing intelligence support to track
laundered drug money that often flows to transnational crime
organizations. Drug trafficking remains a major source of
funding for terrorist organizations and contributes to violence
in parts of the United States and instability in many other
countries. The Committee understands the unique capabilities
that the Department of Defense has in supporting this mission,
and recommends an additional $40,000,000 specifically for
counter-narcotics support.

BUDGET JUSTIFICATION MATERIAL

The Committee understands that the funding included in the
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense account
is divided into three major categories of funding: counter-
narcotics support, the drug demand reduction program, and the
National Guard counter-drug program. The Committee recommends
dividing the funding into three separate sub-activity groups to
provide greater transparency and oversight of the program and
its budget execution. In lieu of formal reprogramming guidance
and restrictions, the Committee directs the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Counter-narcotics and Global Threats) to
provide written notification to the congressional defense
committees not less than 15 days before transferring funding in
excess of $5,000,000 between any lines. In addition, the
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to request funding
for each separate sub-activity group under the Drug
Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense account in
the fiscal year 2016 budget submission and subsequent budget
years.

NATIONAL GUARD STATE PLANS

The Committee is disappointed that, for the third year in a
row, the budget request underfunds the National Guard counter-
drug program. The Committee recognizes the importance of the
mission of the National Guard counter-drug program as a support
organization to combatant commands and federal, state, and
local law enforcement agencies. To help address the lack of
funding of this important program, the Committee recommends an
additional $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.

JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ - - -
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... $115,058,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 65,464,000
Change from budget request............................ -49,594,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $65,464,000
for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. The
total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2015:

EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Change from
Budget Committee request
request recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------
STAFF AND INFRASTRUCTURE
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS.. 49,594 - - - -49,594
Carryover.................... - - - -10,000 - - -
Excess to need............... - - - -39,594 - - -
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL............... 38,001 38,001 - - -
MOBILIZATION DESIGNEES........... 6,683 6,683 - - -
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND 7,300 7,300 - - -
COMMUNICATIONS..................
FACILITIES....................... 12,032 12,032 - - -
TRAVEL........................... 624 624 - - -
OTHER (SUPPLIES)................. 824 824 - - -
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TOTAL, JOINT IED DEFEAT 115,058 65,464 -49,594
FUND....................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

JOINT URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS FUND

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ - - -
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... $20,000,000
Committee recommendation.............................. - - -
Change from budget request............................ -20,000,000

The Committee recommends no funding for the Joint Urgent
Operational Needs Fund.

SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTING COMPETITIONS

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation............. - - -
Fiscal year 2015 budget request............ $10,000,000
Committee recommendation................... 10,000,000
Change from budget request................. - - -

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,000,000
for Support for International Sporting Competitions.

SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTING COMPETITIONS

The Committee understands that the Support for
International Sporting Competitions Fund is one way in which
the Department of Defense helps support people with
disabilities. The Support for International Sporting
Competitions Fund proposed for fiscal year 2015 is a no-year
appropriation that provides $10,000,000 for continuing
Department of Defense support to national and international
sporting events. In addition, the Committee is aware that funds
remain available from the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act for fiscal year 2003. The Committee supports the request
for fiscal year 2015 and expects the Secretary of Defense to
allocate remaining prior year funds towards this effort. The
Committee would entertain a reprogramming of funds if required
for proper execution of these funds to fully support these
events.

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $316,000,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 311,830,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 311,830,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $311,830,000
for the Office of the Inspector General. The total amount
recommended in the bill will provide the following program in
fiscal year 2015:

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

Since 2008, Congress has provided the Department of Defense
Inspector General (DODIG) with additional funding to support
increased audit, investigative, assessment, and evaluation
capabilities, commonly referred to as the DODIG Growth Plan.
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013
directed the DODIG to provide an updated requirements plan to
establish future staffing objectives based on oversight needs
and current budgetary realities. The Committee understands that
the Inspector General is currently reviewing future DODIG
funding requirements to support its ability to conduct robust
oversight and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the Department.
The Committee believes that the DODIG must have a robust and
stable source of funding to operate effectively and
efficiently, and it was pleased to see that the fiscal year
2015 budget supports stable funding for the DODIG compared to
previous fiscal years. The Committee remains supportive of the
revised DODIG funding requirement, which balances both current
fiscal realities and its oversight needs, and it directs the
Secretary of Defense to request full funding for the DODIG in
the fiscal year 2016 budget request and the future years
defense plan.
TITLE VII

RELATED AGENCIES

NATIONAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS

The National Intelligence Program and the Military
Intelligence Program budgets funded in the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act consist primarily of resources for
the Director of National Intelligence including the
Intelligence Community Management staff, the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency, the
National Reconnaissance Office, the National Security Agency,
the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the intelligence
services of the Departments of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and
the CIA Retirement and Disability fund.

CLASSIFIED ANNEX

The Committee's budget review of classified programs is
published in a separate, detailed, and comprehensive classified
annex. The intelligence community, Department of Defense, and
other organizations are expected to fully comply with the
recommendations and directions in the classified annex
accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for
fiscal year 2015.

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $514,000,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 514,000,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 514,000,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -

This appropriation provides payments of benefits to
qualified beneficiaries in accordance with the Central
Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain
Employees (P.L. 88-643), as amended by Public Law 94-522. This
statute authorized the establishment of the CIA Retirement and
Disability System for certain employees and authorized the
establishment and maintenance of a fund from which benefits
would be paid to those beneficiaries.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $514,000,000
for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System Fund. This is a mandatory account.

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

Fiscal year 2014 appropriation........................ $528,229,000
Fiscal year 2015 budget request....................... 510,194,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 501,194,000
Change from budget request............................ -9,000,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $501,194,000
for the Intelligence Community Management Account.
The Committee understands that there is confusion within
the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as
to whether section 8105 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act
for fiscal year 2014 impacts or otherwise hinders the ability
of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to take actions
necessary to improve its budget processes by implementing
capability-based budget formulation and execution. As the
Committee has previously indicated to the ODNI, nothing in this
section is intended to inhibit or otherwise preclude the CIA
from continuing its ongoing efforts to implement an activity/
capability-based budget as has been directed in the
appropriations Acts. Nothing in this Act, Committee report, or
classified annex accompanying the report, is intended to
preclude, nor shall it be construed as precluding the CIA from
conducting any further such activity or capability-based budget
activities.

WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING

The Committee is concerned that wildlife poaching and
trafficking, particularly of African elephant ivory, can be
used as a source of funding by terrorist organizations,
extremist militias, and transnational organized crime
syndicates in Central and Eastern Africa. The Committee
encourages the Director of National Intelligence to work with
American and international law enforcement and partner
countries to share information and analysis on transnational
criminal organizations, terrorist entities, corrupt officials,
and others that facilitate illegal wildlife trafficking.
TITLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

The accompanying bill includes 138 general provisions. Most
of these provisions were included in the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014 and many have been
included in the Defense Appropriations Acts for a number of
years. A description of each provision follows.
Section 8001 provides that no funds made available in this
Act may be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not
authorized by Congress.
Section 8002 provides for conditions and limitations on the
payment of compensation to, or employment of, foreign
nationals.
Section 8003 provides that no funds made available in this
Act may be obligated beyond the end of the fiscal year unless
expressly provided for a greater period of availability
elsewhere in the Act.
Section 8004 provides a 20 percent limitation on the
obligation of certain funds provided in this Act during the
last two months of the fiscal year.
Section 8005 has been amended and provides for the general
transfer authority of working capital funds to other military
functions.
Section 8006 has been amended and provides that the tables
titled ``Explanation of Project Level Adjustments'' in the
Committee report and classified annex shall be carried out in
the manner provided by the tables to the same extent as if the
tables were included in the text of this Act.
Section 8007 provides for the establishment of a baseline
for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for
the current fiscal year.
Section 8008 provides for limitations on the use of
transfer authority of working capital fund cash balances.
Section 8009 provides that none of the funds appropriated
in this Act may be used to initiate a special access program
without prior notification to the congressional defense
committees.
Section 8010 has been amended and provides limitations and
conditions on the use of funds made available in this Act to
initiate multi-year contracts.
Section 8011 provides for the use and obligation of funds
for humanitarian and civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of
title 10, United States Code.
Section 8012 has been amended and provides that civilian
personnel of the Department of Defense may not be managed on
the basis of end strength or be subject to end strength
limitations.
Section 8013 prohibits funding from being used to influence
congressional action on any matters pending before the
Congress.
Section 8014 prohibits compensation from being paid to any
member of the Army who is participating as a full-time student
and who receives benefits from the Education Benefits Fund when
time spent as a full-time student is counted toward that
member's service commitment.
Section 8015 provides for the transfer of funds
appropriated in title III of this Act for the Department of
Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program.
Section 8016 provides for the Department of Defense to
purchase anchor and mooring chains manufactured only in the
United States.
Section 8017 has been amended and makes permanent the
prohibition of funds made available to the Department of
Defense from being used to demilitarize or dispose of certain
surplus firearms and small arms ammunition or ammunition
components.
Section 8018 provides a limitation on funds being used for
the relocation of any Department of Defense entity into or
within the National Capital Region.
Section 8019 has been amended and provides for incentive
payments authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act
of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544).
Section 8020 provides that no funding for the Defense Media
Activity may be used for national or international political or
psychological activities.
Section 8021 provides for the obligation of funds for
purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10, United
States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions from
the Government of Kuwait.
Section 8022 has been amended and provides funding for the
Civil Air Patrol Corporation.
Section 8023 has been amended and prohibits funding from
being used to establish new Department of Defense Federally
Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC), with certain
limitations and reduces funding provided for FFRDCs.
Section 8024 provides for the Department of Defense to
procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate melted and rolled
only in the United States and Canada.
Section 8025 defines the congressional defense committees
as being the Armed Services Committees of the House of
Representatives and the Senate and the Subcommittees on Defense
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
Section 8026 provides for competitions between private
firms and Department of Defense depot maintenance activities
for modification, depot maintenance, and repair of aircraft,
vehicles, and vessels, as well as the production of components
and other defense-related articles.
Section 8027 has been amended and provides for revocation
of blanket waivers of the Buy American Act upon a finding that
a country has violated a reciprocal defense procurement
memorandum of understanding by discriminating against products
produced in the United States that are covered by the
agreement.
Section 8028 provides for the availability of funds
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
Facility Investment Recovery Account for purposes specified in
section 2921(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for fiscal year 1991.
Section 8029 provides for the conveyance, without
consideration, of relocatable housing units that are excess to
the needs of the Air Force 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 to Indian
Tribes located in the states of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington.
Section 8030 provides authority to use operation and
maintenance appropriations to purchase items having an
investment item unit cost of not more than $250,000.
Section 8031 has been amended and prohibits the use of
Working Capital Funds to purchase specified investment items.
Section 8032 has been amended and provides that none of the
funds appropriated for the Central Intelligence Agency shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year
except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for
Contingencies, the Working Capital Fund, or other programs as
specified.
Section 8033 provides that funds available for the Defense
Intelligence Agency may be used for the design, development,
and deployment of General Defense Intelligence Program
intelligence communications and intelligence information
systems.
Section 8034 provides for the availability of funds for the
mitigation of environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting
from Department of Defense activities.
Section 8035 requires the Department of Defense to comply
with the Buy American Act, chapter 83 of title 41, United
States Code.
Section 8036 provides conditions under which contracts for
studies, analyses, or consulting services may be entered into
without competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal.
Section 8037 places certain limitations on the use of funds
made available in this Act to establish Field Operating
Agencies.
Section 8038 places restrictions on converting to
contractor performance an activity or function of the
Department of Defense unless it meets certain guidelines
provided.

(RESCISSIONS)

Section 8039 has been amended and provides for the
rescission of $964,648,000 from the following programs:

2013 Appropriations:
Aircraft Procurement, Army:
MQ-1 payload.................................. $27,000,000
Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army:
Howitzer, SP 155 109A6........................ 5,000,000
Other Procurement, Army:
Mid-tier networking vehicular radio........... 30,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Navy:
RQ-4 UAV...................................... 47,200,000
Weapons Procurement, Navy:
Standard missile.............................. 27,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
C-130 modifications........................... 12,500,000
MQ-IB modifications........................... 16,300,000
MQ-IB spares.................................. 4,500,000
MQ-9.......................................... 37,800,000
Missile Procurement, Air Force:
Minuteman III modifications................... 7,100,000
Missile support equipment..................... 6,700,000
2014 Appropriations:
Other Procurement, Army:
JTRS HMS radio................................ 100,000,000
WIN-T increment 2............................. 100,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Navy:
Aviation life support modifications........... 6,267,000
Common electronic countermeasures............. 17,355,000
E-2D hawkeye.................................. 30,000,000
F/A-18E/F advance procurement................. 75,000,000
P-8A contract savings......................... 43,000,000
Weapons Procurement, Navy:
Classified programs........................... 25,000,000
Rolling airframe missile...................... 5,036,000
Sidewinder.................................... 5,000,000
Standard missile.............................. 46,400,000
Tomahawk obsolescence......................... 10,000,000
Other Procurement, Navy:
National airspace system...................... 1,505,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
A-10.......................................... 45,300,000
MQ-IB spares.................................. 2,100,000
Missile Procurement, Air Force:
Evolved expendable launch vehicle............. 118,685,000
Minuteman III modifications................... 2,500,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army:
Biometric enabled intelligence................ 5,000,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy:
Amphibious combat vehicle..................... 78,800,000
JATAS termination............................. 20,000,000
Marine Corps combat services support.......... 6,600,000

Section 8040 prohibits funds made available in this Act
from being used to reduce authorized positions for military
technicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air
National Guard, Army Reserve, and Air Force Reserve unless such
reductions are a direct result of a reduction in military force
structure.
Section 8041 prohibits funding from being obligated or
expended for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose.
Section 8042 provides for reimbursement to the National
Guard and reserve when members of the National Guard and
reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence support to
the combatant commands, defense agencies, and joint
intelligence activities.
Section 8043 prohibits funds from being used to reduce
civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to
military treatment facilities below the September 30, 2003
level unless the Service Surgeons General certify to the
congressional defense committees that it is a responsible
stewardship of resources to do so.
Section 8044 has been amended and prohibits the transfer of
Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agencies drug
interdiction and counter-drug activity funds to other agencies
except as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
Section 8045 prohibits funding from being used for the
procurement of ball and roller bearings other than those
produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin.
Section 8046 prohibits funding from being used to purchase
supercomputers which are not manufactured in the United States.
Section 8047 prohibits funding made available in this or
any other Act from being used to pay the salary of anyone who
approves or implements a 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
express authorization of the Congress.
Section 8048 provides for prior congressional notification
of article or service transfers to international peacekeeping
organizations.
Section 8049 prohibits funding from being used for
contractor bonuses being paid due to business restructuring.
Section 8050 provides for the transfer of funds to
appropriations available for pay of military personnel in
connection with support and services for eligible organizations
and activities outside the Department of Defense.
Section 8051 provides for the Department of Defense to
dispose of negative unliquidated or unexpended balances for
expired or closed accounts.
Section 8052 provides conditions for the use of equipment
of the National Guard Distance Learning Project on a space-
available, reimbursable basis.
Section 8053 provides for the availability of funds to
implement cost effective agreements for required heating
facility modernization in the Kaiserslautern Military
Community, Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center, and Ramstein
Air Base, Germany.
Section 8054 provides for the limitation on the use of
funds appropriated in title IV to procure end-items for
delivery to military forces for operational training,
operational use, or inventory requirements.
Section 8055 provides for a waiver of ``Buy America''
provisions for certain cooperative programs.
Section 8056 prohibits funding from being used to support
the training of members of foreign security forces who have
engaged in gross violations of human rights.
Section 8057 prohibits funding in this Act from being used
for repairs or maintenance to military family housing units.
Section 8058 provides obligation authority for new starts
for advanced concept technology demonstration projects only
after notification to the congressional defense committees.
Section 8059 provides that the Secretary of Defense shall
provide a classified quarterly report on certain matters as
directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act.
Section 8060 prohibits the use of funds made available to
the Department of Defense to provide support to an agency that
is more than 90 days in arrears in making payments to the
Department of Defense for goods or services provided on a
reimbursable basis.
Section 8061 provides for the use of National Guard
personnel to support ground-based elements of the National
Ballistic Missile Defense System.
Section 8062 prohibits the use of funds made available in
this Act to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition
held by the Department of Defense that has a center-fire
cartridge and is designated as ``armor piercing'' except for
demilitarization purposes.
Section 8063 provides for a waiver by the Chief of the
National Guard Bureau or his designee for all or part of
consideration in cases of personal property leases of less than
one year.
Section 8064 provides for a limitation on funding from
being used to support non-appropriated funds that purchase
alcoholic beverages.
Section 8065 has been amended and provides for the transfer
of funds made available in this Act under Operation and
Maintenance, Army to other activities of the Federal Government
for classified purposes.
Section 8066 has been amended and provides for the forced
matching of disbursements and obligations made by the
Department of Defense in the current fiscal year.
Section 8067 provides for the transfer of funds made
available in this Act under Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide to the Department of State Global Security Contingency
Fund.
Section 8068 provides grant authority 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.
Section 8069 has been amended and provides funding and
transfer authority for the Israeli Cooperative Programs.
Section 8070 prohibits funding from being obligated to
modify command and control relationships to give Fleet Forces
Command operational and administrative control of Navy forces
assigned to the Pacific Fleet or to give United States
Transportation Command operational and administrative control
of certain aircraft.
Section 8071 has been amended and provides for the funding
of prior year shipbuilding cost increases.
Section 8072 has been amended and provides that funds made
available in this Act for intelligence activities are deemed to
be specifically authorized by Congress for purposes of section
504 of the National Security Act of 1947 until the enactment of
the Intelligence Authorization Act for the current fiscal year.
Section 8073 prohibits funding from being used to initiate
a new start program without prior written notification.
Section 8074 has been amended and provides that the budget
of the President for the subsequent fiscal year shall include
separate budget justification documents for costs of the United
States Armed Forces' participation in contingency operations
for the military personnel, operation and maintenance, and
procurement accounts.
Section 8075 prohibits funding from being used for the
research, development, test, evaluation, procurement, or
deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense
system.
Section 8076 provides the Secretary of Defense with the
authority to make grants in the amounts specified.
Section 8077 prohibits funding from being used to reduce or
disestablish the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance
Squadron of the Air Force Reserve.
Section 8078 prohibits funding from being used for the
integration of foreign intelligence information unless the
information has been lawfully collected and processed during
conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities.
Section 8079 provides that at the time members of reserve
components of the armed forces are called or ordered to active
duty, each member shall be notified in writing of the expected
period during which the member will be mobilized.
Section 8080 provides for the use of current and expired
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy subdivisions to reimburse the
Judgment Fund.
Section 8081 prohibits funding from being used to transfer
program authority relating to current tactical unmanned aerial
vehicles from the Army and requires the Army to retain
responsibility for and operational control of the MQ-1C
unmanned aerial vehicle.
Section 8082 provides funding under certain conditions for
the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for the purpose of
enabling the Pacific Command to execute certain Theater
Security Cooperation activities.
Section 8083 has been amended and limits the availability
of funding provided for the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds
appropriated for research and technology, which shall remain
available for the current and the following fiscal years.
Section 8084 provides for the adjustment of obligations
within the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy appropriation.
Section 8085 has been amended and provides for the
establishment of a baseline for application of reprogramming
and transfer authorities for the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence for the current fiscal year.
Section 8086 is new and prohibits changes to the Army
Contracting Command-New Jersey without prior notification.
Section 8087 provides for the transfer of funds by the
Director of National Intelligence to other departments and
agencies for the purposes of Government-wide information
sharing activities.
Section 8088 provides for limitations on funding provided
for the National Intelligence Program to be available for
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or transfer
of funds in accordance with section 102A(d) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403-1(d)).
Section 8089 directs the Director of National Intelligence
to submit a future-years intelligence program reflecting
estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations.
Section 8090 defines the congressional intelligence
committees as being the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the Subcommittees
on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
Section 8091 directs the Department of Defense to continue
to report incremental contingency operations costs for
Operation Enduring Freedom or any other named operations in the
Central Command area of operation on a monthly basis in the
Cost of War Execution Report as required by Department of
Defense Financial Management Regulation.
Section 8092 provides the authority to transfer funding
from operation and maintenance accounts for the Army, Navy, and
Air Force to the central fund for Fisher Houses and Suites.
Section 8093 provides that funds appropriated in this Act
may be available for the purpose of making remittances and
transfers to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development
Fund.
Section 8094 provides that any agency receiving funds made
available in this Act shall post on a public website any report
required to be submitted by Congress with certain exceptions.
Section 8095 prohibits the use of funds for federal
contracts in excess of $1,000,000 unless the contractor agrees
not to require, as a condition of employment, that employees or
independent contractors agree to resolve through arbitration
any claim or 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, and to certify
that each covered subcontractor agrees to do the same.
Section 8096 has been amended and provides funds for
transfer to the Joint Department of Defense--Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
Section 8097 prohibits the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence from employing more Senior Executive
employees than are specified in the classified annex.
Section 8098 prohibits funding from being used to pay a
retired general or flag officer to serve as a senior mentor
advising the Department of Defense unless such retired officer
files a Standard Form 278 or successor form.
Section 8099 provides for the purchase of heavy and light
armed vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for
force protection purposes up to a limit of $250,000 per
vehicle.
Section 8100 has been amended and provides grants through
the Office of Economic Adjustment to support critical existing
and enduring military installation and missions on Guam, as
well as any potential Department of Defense growth.
Section 8101 prohibits the Secretary of Defense from taking
beneficial occupancy of more than 3,000 parking spaces to be
provided by the BRAC 133 project unless certain conditions are
met.
Section 8102 requires monthly reporting of the civilian
personnel end strength by appropriation account to the
congressional defense committees.
Section 8103 has been amended and prohibits funding to
separate, or to consolidate from within, the National
Intelligence Program budget from the Department of Defense
budget.
Section 8104 has been amended and provides the Director of
National Intelligence with general transfer authority with
certain limitations.
Section 8105 has been amended and provides $540,000,000 to
remain available in the Ship Modernization, Operations, and
Sustainment Fund until September 30, 2021 for the purpose of
manning, operating, sustaining, equipping, and modernizing
Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers.
Section 8106 reduces the total amount appropriated in this
Act by $545,100,000 to reflect savings due to favorable
exchange rates.
Section 8107 prohibits funding to transfer or release any
individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba into the United
States, its territories, or possessions. This language is
identical to language enacted in Public Law 112-74.
Section 8108 prohibits funding to modify any United States
facility (other than the facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba) to
house any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This
language is identical to language enacted in Public Law 112-74.
Section 8109 prohibits funding from being used to enter
into contracts or agreements with corporations with unpaid tax
liabilities.
Section 8110 prohibits funding from being used to enter
into contracts or agreements with a corporation that was
convicted of a federal criminal violation in the past 24
months.
Section 8111 prohibits funding from being used to violate
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
Section 8112 prohibits funding from being used to violate
the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.
Section 8113 prohibits funding from being used to violate
the War Powers Resolution Act.
Section 8114 prohibits funds from being used to purchase or
lease new light duty vehicles except in accordance with the
Presidential Memorandum-Federal Fleet Performance.
Section 8115 prohibits funds from being used to enter into
a contract with a person or entity listed in the Excluded
Parties List System/System for Award Management as having been
convicted of fraud against the Federal Government.
Section 8116 prohibits funds from being 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 Rosoboronexport, except under certain conditions.
Section 8117 prohibits the use of funds for the purchase of
manufacture of a United States flag unless such flags are
treated as covered items under section 2533a(b) of title 10,
United States Code.
Section 8118 has been amended and provides for the transfer
of funds for purposes of high priority sexual assault
prevention and response program requirements.
Section 8119 prohibits the use of funds for certain
activities in Afghanistan.
Section 8120 provides that funds may be used to provide ex
gratia payments to local military commanders for damage,
personal injury, or death that is incident to combat operations
in a foreign country.
Section 8121 has been amended and prohibits the use of
funds to conduct any environmental study related to Minuteman
III silos.
Section 8122 prohibits the use of funds to cancel the
avionics modernization program of record for C-130 aircraft.
Section 8123 has been amended and prohibits the use of
funding to reduce the force structure at Lajes Field, Azores,
Portugal.
Section 8124 prohibits the use of operation and maintenance
funds in contradiction to 49 U.S. Code Section 41106 pertaining
to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
Section 8125 prohibits the use of funds for flight
demonstration teams outside of the United States.
Section 8126 prohibits the use of funds providing certain
missile defense information to the Russian Federation.
Section 8127 prohibits the use of funds by the National
Security Agency targeting American persons under authorities
granted in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Section 8128 is new and provides for the transfer of funds
to the Maritime Administration for expenses related to the
Ready Reserve Force.
Section 8129 is new and provides for the transfer of up to
$1,000,000 to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service
Training and Development Trust Fund.
Section 8130 is new and provides $533,500,000 to fully fund
an increase in basic pay for all military personnel by 1.8
percent as authorized by current law.
Section 8131 is new and provides $244,700,000 for basic
allowance for housing for military personnel.
Section 8132 is new and prohibits the use of funds to
reduce, convert, decommission, or otherwise move to nondeployed
status any Minuteman III ballistic missile silo that contains a
deployed missile.
Section 8133 is new and prohibits the use of funds to
divest E-3 airborne warning and control system aircraft.
Section 8134 is new and prohibits the use of funds to
implement the Arms Trade Treaty until ratified by the Senate.
Section 8135 is new and provides $139,000,000 to construct,
renovate, repair, or expand elementary and secondary public
schools on military installations.
Section 8136 is new and prohibits the transfer of certain
helicopters from the Army National Guard to the regular Army.
Section 8137 is new and provides $1,000,000,000 for
military readiness.
Section 8138 is new and limits the availability of funds
for activities authorized under Section 1208 of Public Law 112-
81.
Section 8139 is new and prohibits the use of funds in
contravention of Sec. 1035 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
Section 8140 is new and prohibits the use of funds to
implement changes to hair standards and grooming policies for
female servicemembers.
TITLE IX

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

In title IX, the Committee recommends total new
appropriations of $79,445,000,000 as a placeholder for ongoing
military operations in Afghanistan. Despite a recent
announcement from the Administration regarding plans for an
enduring military presence in Afghanistan, no Overseas
Contingency Operations budget request has been submitted;
therefore this level is subject to change. This new
discretionary spending authority for the Department of Defense
will provide the necessary resources for deployed
servicemembers, including funding for personnel requirements,
operational needs, new aircraft to replace combat losses,
combat vehicle safety modifications, and maintenance of
facilities and equipment.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Title IX contains several general provisions, many of which
extend or modify war-related authorities included in previous
Acts. A brief description of the recommended provisions
follows:
Section 9001 provides that funds made available in this
title are in addition to funds appropriated or otherwise made
available for the Department of Defense for the current fiscal
year.
Section 9002 provides for general transfer authority within
title IX.
Section 9003 provides that supervision and administration
costs associated with a construction project funded with
appropriations available for operation and maintenance, the
Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund, or the Afghanistan Security
Forces Fund may be obligated at the time a construction
contract is awarded.
Section 9004 provides for the procurement of passenger
motor vehicles and heavy and light armored vehicles for use by
military and civilian employees of the Department of Defense in
the Central Command area of responsibility.
Section 9005 has been amended and provides funding for the
Commander's Emergency Response Program, with certain
limitations.
Section 9006 provides lift and sustainment resources to
coalition forces supporting military and stability operations
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Section 9007 prohibits the establishment of permanent bases
in Iraq or Afghanistan or United States control over Iraq oil
resources.
Section 9008 prohibits the use of funding in contravention
of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Section 9009 limits the obligation of funding for the
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund until certain conditions have
been met.
Section 9010 provides for the purchase of items of a
particular investment unit cost from funding made available for
operation and maintenance.
Section 9011 has been amended and provides funding for the
operations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation
in Iraq and security assistance teams.
Section 9012 has been amended and restricts funds provided
in operation and maintenance accounts for payments of Coalition
Support Funds for reimbursement to the Government of Pakistan
until certain conditions are met.
Section 9013 prohibits the use of funds with respect to
Syria in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Section 9014 prohibits the use of funds in the Afghanistan
Infrastructure Fund for new construction projects.
Section 9015 is new and limits the obligation of funding
for Overseas Contingency Operations until certain conditions
have been met.
TITLE X

Title X contains one new general provision. A brief
description of the recommended provision follows:
Section 10001 is new and provides that the amount by which
new budget authority exceeds spending caps is $0.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

The following items are included in accordance with various
requirements of the Rules of the House of Representatives:

CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following statements are
submitted describing the effect of provisions in the
accompanying bill which directly or indirectly change the
application of existing law.
Language is included in various parts of the bill to
continue ongoing activities which require annual authorization
or additional legislation, which to date has not been enacted.
The bill includes a number of provisions which place
limitations on the use of funds in the bill or change existing
limitations and which might, under some circumstances, be
construed as changing the application of law.
The bill includes a number of provisions, which have been
virtually unchanged for many years that are technically
considered legislation.
The bill provides that appropriations shall remain
available for more than one year for some programs for which
the basic authorizing legislation does not presently authorize
each extended availability.
In various places in the bill, the Committee has allocated
funds within appropriation accounts in order to fund specific
programs.
Changes in the application of existing law found within
appropriations headings:
Language is included in various accounts placing a
limitation on funds for emergencies and extraordinary expenses.
Language is included that provides not more than
$15,000,000 for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund.
Language is included that provides not more than
$36,000,000 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses.
Language is included that provides not less than
$36,262,000 for the Procurement Technical Assistance
Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than
$3,600,000 shall be available for centers.
Language is included that makes available $8,881,000 for
certain classified activities, allows such funds to be
transferred between certain accounts, and exempts such funds
from the investment item unit cost of items ceiling.
Language is included that provides that any transfer
authority provided under the heading ``Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' shall be in addition to any other
transfer authority provided in this Act.
Language is included under the various Environmental
Restoration accounts that provides that the Service Secretaries
may transfer such funds for the purposes of the funds provided
under such appropriations headings, and provides that such
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer
authority provided in the Act.
Language is included that provides for specific
construction, acquisition, or conversion of vessels under the
heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy''.
Language is included under the heading ``Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'' that provides funds
for certain activities.
Language is included under the heading ``Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' that provides
$250,000,000 for the Defense Rapid Innovation Program and
provides for the transfer of funds subject to certain
requirements.
Language is included that provides that not less than
$8,000,000 of funds provided under ``Defense Health Program''
shall be available for HIV/AIDS prevention education
activities.
Language is included that provides for the carry-over of
one percent of the Operation and Maintenance account under the
``Defense Health Program''.
Language is included that limits obligation of funds
provided under the ``Defense Health Program'' that limits the
obligation of funds provided for the Interagency Program
Management Office, the Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Modernization program, and the Defense Medical Information
Exchange until submission and approval of an expenditure plan
describing certain matters.
Language is included that specifies the use of certain
funds provided under ``Chemical Agents and Munitions
Destruction''.
Language is included that provides for the transfer of
funds under ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities''.
Such transfer authority shall be in addition to other transfer
authority provided elsewhere in the Act.
Language is included that makes funds available for certain
purposes notwithstanding any other provision of law, under
``Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund''.
Language is included under ``Joint Improvised Explosive
Device Defeat Fund'' that provides for the transfer of such
funds for the purposes of such fund to other appropriations
accounts, provides that such transfer authority shall be in
addition to any other transfer authority provided in the Act,
and requires prior notification of such transfers.
Language is included under ``Support for International
Sporting Competitions'' providing for purposes of such funds.
Language is included that provides that no funds made
available in this Act may be used for publicity or propaganda
purposes not authorized by Congress.
Language is included that provides for conditions and
limitations on the payment of compensation to, or employment
of, foreign nationals.
Language is included that provides that no funds made
available in this Act may be obligated beyond the end of the
fiscal year unless express provision for a greater period of
availability is provided elsewhere in this Act.
Language is included that provides a 20 percent limitation
on the obligation of funds provided in this Act during the last
two months of the fiscal year with certain exceptions.
Language is included that provides for general transfer
authority.
Language is included that provides for incorporation of
project level tables.
Language is included that provides for the establishment of
a baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer
authorities for fiscal year 2015 and prohibits certain
reprogrammings until after submission of a report.
Language is included that provides for limitations on the
use and transfer authority of working capital fund cash
balances.
Language is included that provides that prohibits funds
appropriated in this Act to initiate a special access program
without prior notification to the congressional defense
committees.
Language is included that provides limitations and
conditions on the use of funds made available in this Act to
initiate multi-year contracts.
Language is included that provides for the use and
obligation of funds for humanitarian and civic assistance costs
under Chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code.
Language is included that provides that civilian personnel
of the Department may not be managed on the basis of end
strength or be subject to end strength limitations, sets forth
certain requirements related to end strength for the budget
submission, and requires that Department of Army Science and
Technology be managed based on budget availability.
Language is included that prohibits funds made available in
this Act from being used to influence congressional action on
any matters pending before the Congress.
Language is included that prohibits compensation from being
paid to any member of the Army who is participating as a full-
time student and who receives benefits from the Education
Benefits Fund when time spent as a full-time student is counted
toward that member's service commitment.
Language is included that provides for the transfer of
funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the Department
of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program.
Language is included that provides for the Department of
Defense to purchase anchor and mooring chains manufactured only
in the United States.
Language is included that prohibits funds made available to
the Department of Defense from being used to demilitarize or
dispose of surplus firearms.
Language is included that provides a limitation on funds
being used for the relocation of any Department of Defense
entity into or within the National Capital Region.
Language is included that provides for incentive payments
authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974
(25 U.S.C. 1544).
Language is included that provides that no funds made
available in this Act for the Defense Media Activity may be
used for national or international political or psychological
activities.
Language is included that provides for the obligation of
funds for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10,
United States Code.
Language is included that provides funding for the Civil
Air Patrol Corporation.
Language is included that provides for the number of staff
years of technical effort that may be funded for defense
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.
Language is included that provides for the Department of
Defense to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate melted
and rolled only in the United States and Canada.
Language is included that defines congressional defense
committees as being the Armed Services Committees and the
Subcommittees on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of
the House and Senate.
Language is included that provides for competitions between
private firms and Department of Defense Depot Maintenance
Activities for modification, depot maintenance, and repair of
aircraft, vehicles, and vessels, as well as the production of
components and other Defense-related articles.
Language is included that provides for revocation of
blanket waivers of the Buy America Act upon a finding that a
country has violated a reciprocal trade agreement by
discriminating against products produced in the United States
that are covered by the agreement.
Language is included that provides for the availability of
funds for purposes specified in section 2921(c)(2) of the 1991
National Defense Authorization Act, namely facility maintenance
and repair and environmental restoration at military
installations in the United States.
Language is included that provides for the conveyance,
without consideration, of relocatable housing units located at
Grand Forks, Malmstrom, Mountain Home, Ellsworth, and Minot Air
Force Bases to Indian Tribes that are excess to Air Force
needs.
Language is included that provides authority to use
operation and maintenance appropriations to purchase items
having an investment item unit cost of not more than $250,000.
Language is included that prohibits the purchase of
specified investment items within Working Capital Fund.
Language is included that provides that none of the funds
appropriated for the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year except
for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contingencies, the
Working Capital Fund, or other certain programs authorized
under section 503 of the National Security Act.
Language is included that provides that funds available for
the Defense Intelligence Agency may be used for intelligence
communications and intelligence information systems for the
Services, the Unified and Specified Commands, and the component
commends.
Language is included that provides that not less than
$12,000,000 within ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide''
shall be for mitigation of environmental impacts on Indian
lands.
Language is included that provides for the Department of
Defense to comply with the Buy American Act (chapter 83 of
title 41, United States Code).
Language is included that provides conditions under which
contracts for studies, analyses, or consulting services may be
entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited
proposal.
Language is included that provides for the limitations of
funds made available in this Act to establish Field Operating
Agencies.
Language is included that provides grant authorities for
the Department of Defense acting through the Office of Economic
Adjustment.
Language is included that provides for the limitations on
the conversion of an activity or function of the Department of
Defense to contractor performance.
Language is included that provides for the rescission of
previously appropriated funds.
Language is included that prohibits funds made available in
this Act from being used to reduce authorized positions for
military technicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard,
Air National Guard, Army Reserve, and Air Force Reserve unless
such reductions are a direct result of a reduction in military
force structure.
Language is included that provides that none of the funds
made available in this Act may be obligated or expended for
assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless
appropriated for that purpose.
Language is included that provides for reimbursement to the
National Guard and reserve when members of the National Guard
and reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence support
to the Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies, and Joint
Intelligence Activities.
Language is included that prohibits funds made available in
this Act from being used to reduce civilian medical and medical
support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities
below the September 30, 2003, level unless the Service Surgeons
General certify to the congressional defense committees that it
is a responsible stewardship of resources to do so.
Language is included that provides that Defense and Central
Intelligence Agencies' drug interdiction and counter-drug
activity funds may not be transferred to other agencies unless
specifically provided in an appropriations law.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds
appropriated by this Act for the procurement of ball and roller
bearings other than those produced by a domestic source and of
domestic origin.
Language is included that provides for the Department of
Defense to purchase supercomputers manufactured only in the
United States unless the Secretary certifies such acquisition
must be made for national security purposes.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made
available in this or any other Act to transfer 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
expressed authorization of the Congress.
Language is included that provides for prior congressional
notification of article transfers to international peacekeeping
organizations.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made
available in this Act for contractor bonuses from being paid
due to business restructuring.
Language is included that provides for the transfer of
funds to be used to support personnel supporting approved non-
traditional defense activities.
Language is included that provides for the Department of
Defense to dispose of negative unliquidated or unexpended
balances for expired or closed accounts.
Language is included that provides conditions for the use
of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project on
a space-available, reimbursable basis.
Language is included that provides for the availability of
funds provided by this Act to implement cost-effective
agreements for required heating facility modernization in the
Kaiserslautern Military Community, Germany.
Language is included that provides for the limitation on
the use of funds appropriated in title IV to procure end-items
for delivery to military forces for operational training,
operational use, or inventory requirements.
Language is included that provides for a waiver of the
``Buy America'' provisions for certain cooperative programs.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made
available in this Act to support the training of members of
foreign security forces who have engaged in gross violations of
human rights.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made
available in this Act for repairs or maintenance to military
family housing units.
Language is included that provides obligation authority for
new starts for advanced concept technology demonstration
projects only after notification to the congressional defense
committees.
Language is included that provides that the Secretary of
Defense shall provide a classified quarterly report on certain
matters as directed in the classified annex accompanying this
Act.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made
available to the Department of Defense to provide support to an
agency that is more than 90 days in arrears in making payments
to the Department of Defense for goods or services provided on
a reimbursable basis.
Language is included that provides for the use of National
Guard personnel to support ground-based elements of the
National Ballistic Missile Defense System.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made
available in this Act to transfer to any nongovernmental entity
ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has a
center--fire cartridge and designated as ``armor piercing''
except for demilitarization purposes.
Language is included that provides for a waiver by the
Chief, National Guard Bureau or his designee for all or part of
consideration in cases of personal property leases of less than
one year.
Language is included that prohibits funds made available in
this Act from being used to purchase alcoholic beverages.
Language is included that provides for the transfer of
funds made available in this Act under ``Operation and
Maintenance, Army'' to other activities of the Federal
Government for classified purposes.
Language is included that provides for the forced matching
of disbursement and obligations made by the Department of
Defense in fiscal year 2015.
Language is included that provides a limitation of
$200,000,000 for transfer to the Department of State Global
Security Contingency Fund, and set forth certain reporting
requirements prior to such transfer.
Language is included that provides grant authority 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.
Language is included that provides funding and transfer
authority for the Israeli Cooperative missile defense programs.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made
available in this Act to be obligated to modify the command and
control relationship to give the Fleet Forces Command
administration and operations control of U.S. Naval Forces
assigned to the Pacific Fleet.
Language is included that provides for the transfer of
funds to properly complete prior year shipbuilding programs.
Language is included that provides that funds made
available in this Act are deemed to be specifically authorized
by Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National
Security Act of 1947 until enactment of the authorization Act.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made
available in this Act to initiate a new start program without
prior written notification.
Language is included that provides that the budget of the
President for fiscal year 2015 shall include separate budget
justification documents for costs of the United States Armed
Forces' participation in contingency operations that contain
certain budget exhibits as defined in the Department of Defense
Financial Management Regulation.
Language is included that prohibits funds made available in
this Act from being used for the research, development, test,
evaluation, procurement, or deployment of nuclear armed
interceptors of a missile defense system.
Language is included that provides the Secretary of Defense
discretionary authority to make grants to the United Service
Organizations and the Red Cross if he determines it to be in
the national interest.
Language is included that prohibits funds made available in
this Act from being used to reduce or disestablish the
operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the
Air Force Reserve.
Language is included that prohibits funds made available in
this Act from being used for the integration of foreign
intelligence information unless the information has been
lawfully collected and processed during conduct of authorized
foreign intelligence activities.
Language is included that provides that at the time members
of reserve components of the Armed Forces are called or ordered
to active duty, each member shall be notified in writing of the
expected period during which the member will be mobilized.
Language is included that provides that the Secretary of
Defense may transfer funds from any available Department of the
Navy appropriation to any available Navy ship construction
appropriation to liquidate costs caused by rate adjustments or
other economic factors.
Language is included that provides for the use of current
and expired ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' subdivisions
to reimburse the Judgment Fund.
Language is included that prohibits the transfer of program
authorities related to tactical unmanned aerial vehicles from
the Army.
Language is included that provides funding and authority
for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative program.
Language is included that limits the obligation authority
of funds provided for the Director of National Intelligence to
the current fiscal year except for research and technology
which shall remain available for the current and the following
fiscal years.
Language is included that provides for the adjustment of
obligations within the ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy''
appropriation.
Language is included that prohibits transfers of funds
until the Director of National Intelligence submits a baseline
for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities.
Language is included that prohibits the realignment or
personnel reductions for certain Army command sites within
prior notification to the congressional defense committees.
Language is included that provides for the transfer of up
to $20,000,000 of funds available for the Program Manager for
Information Sharing Environment to be transferred to other
departments and agencies for certain purposes.
Language is included that sets forth reprogramming and
transfer procedures for the National Intelligence Program.
Language is included that provides that the Director of
National Intelligence shall provide budget exhibits identifying
the five year future-years intelligence program.
Language is included that defines the congressional
intelligence committees.
Language is included that directs the Department of Defense
to report on the Cost of War Execution Report on a monthly
basis.
Language is included that provides that funds from certain
operation and maintenance accounts may be transferred to a
central fund established pursuant to section 2493(d) of title
10, United States Code.
Language is included that provides that funds may be used
for the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund.
Language is included that provides that agencies post
congressionally directed reports on a public website.
Language is included that provides limitations on the award
of contracts to contractors that require mandatory arbitration
for certain claims as a condition of employment or a
contractual relationship. The Secretary is authorized to waive
the applicability of these limitations for national security
interests.
Language is included that provides funds and transfer
authority for the Joint Department of Defense-Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
Language is included that provides a limitation on the
number of senior executives employed by the Office of the
Director of National Intelligence.
Language is included that provides a limitation on certain
senior mentors unless such mentors make certain financial
disclosures.
Language is included that provides authority to purchase
heavy and light armored vehicles notwithstanding price or other
limitations on the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles.
Language is included that provides availability of funds
appropriated under ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide''
for activities related to the military buildup of Guam.
Language is included that places limitations on the number
of parking spaces provided by the BRAC 133 project, with
certain waiver authorities.
Language is included that requires the Secretary of Defense
to provide quarterly reports on civilian personnel end
strength.
Language is included the places limitations on the use of
funds to make certain modifications to the appropriations
account structure or the allotment, obligation and disbursement
processes.
Language is included that provides transfer authority for
the Director of National Intelligence for the National
Intelligence Program.
Language is included that provides funds and transfer
authority for the purpose of manning, operating, sustaining,
equipping, and modernizing certain guided missile cruisers
subject to certain requirements.
Language is included that prohibits funds to transfer or
release certain individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
into the United States, its territories, or possessions.
Language is included that prohibits funds to construct,
acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its
territories, or possessions to house individuals detained at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Language is included that places limitations on the
provision of funds to any corporation with an unpaid Federal
tax liability.
Language is included that places limitations on the
provision of funds to any corporation convicted of a felony
criminal violation within the preceding 24 months.
Language is included that prohibits the Department of
Defense from entering into certain agreements with
Rosoboronexport with certain waiver authorities.
Language is included that prohibits the purchase or
manufacture of a United States flag uncles such flag is treated
as a covered item under section 2533a(b).
Language is included that provides funds and transfer
authority to the Services to support high priority Sexual
Assault Prevention and Response Program requirements and
activities.
Language is included that provides for the payment of ex
gratia payments in certain circumstances subject to certain
conditions.
Language is included that limits force structure changes at
Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal except in accordance with section
1048 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2015.
Language is included that provides for the transfer of
funds to the Ready Reserve Force for expenses related to the
National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Language is included that provides funds for transfer to
the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust
Fund.
Language is included that provides an additional
appropriation and transfer authority for pay for military
personnel.
Language is included that provides for an additional
appropriation and transfer authority for basic allowance for
housing for military personnel.
Language is included that sets forth certain reporting
requirements related to airborne warning and control.
Language is included that provides an additional
appropriation and transfer authority for construction,
renovation, repair, and expansion of public schools on military
installations.
Language is included that provides an additional
appropriation and transfer authority for military readiness
improvements.
Language is included that requires certain notification on
funds provided under section 1208 authorities, with a waiver
for exigent circumstances.
Language is included that requires the Chiefs of National
Guard and Reserve components to submit the modernization
priority assessment for their respective components to the
congressional defense committees.
Language is included that provides that funds made
available in title IX are in addition to amounts appropriated
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2015.
Language is included that provides for transfer authority
between appropriations made available in title IX.
Language is included that provides for supervision and
administration costs associated with overseas contingency
operations.
Language is included that provides authority to purchase
passenger, heavy, and light armored vehicles notwithstanding
price or other limitations on the purchase of passenger
carrying vehicles for use in the U.S. Central Command area of
responsibility.
Language is included that provides funds and authority for
the Commander's Emergency Response Program and establishes
certain reporting requirements.
Language is included that authorizes the use of funds to
provide certain assistance to coalition forces supporting
military and stability operations in Afghanistan and
establishes certain reporting requirements.
Language is included that places limitations on the use of
Afghanistan Security Forces Funds and requires certain
certifications.
Language is included that authorizes funds in title IX for
the purchase of items having an investment unit cost of up to
$250,000, subject to certain conditions.
Language is included that authorizes up to $150,000,000
under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' for the Office
of Security Cooperation in Iraq and security assistance teams,
and operations and activities authorized in the fiscal year
2015 National Defense Authorization, subject to written notice
requirements.
Language is included that provides for the rescission of
previously appropriated funds.
Language is included that places limitations on the use of
Coalition Support Funds for the Government of Pakistan.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds
appropriated by this Act in contravention of Sec. 1035 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
implement changes to hair standards and grooming policies for
female servicemembers.
Language is included that limits the obligation of funding
for Overseas Contingency Operations until certain conditions
have been met.

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TRANSFER OF FUNDS

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following is submitted describing
the transfer of funds provided in the accompanying bill.
Language has been included under ``Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' which provides for the transfer of
funds for certain classified activities.
Language has been included under ``Environmental
Restoration, Army'' which provides for the transfer of funds
for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of
hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for
similar purposes.
Language has been included under ``Environmental
Restoration, Navy'' which provides for the transfer of funds
for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of
hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for
similar purposes.
Language has been included under ``Environmental
Restoration, Air Force'' which provides for the transfer of
funds for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of
hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for
similar purposes.
Language has been included under ``Environmental
Restoration, Defense-Wide'' which provides for the transfer of
funds for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of
hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for
similar purposes.
Language has been included under ``Environmental
Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites'' which provides for
the transfer of funds for environmental restoration, reduction
and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris, or for similar purposes.
Language has been included under ``Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation, Defense Wide'' which provides for the
transfer of funds for the Defense Rapid Innovation Program to
appropriations for research, development, test and evaluation
for specific purposes.
Language has been included under ``Drug Interdiction and
Counter-Drug Activities, Defense'' which provides for the
transfer of funds to appropriations available to the Department
of Defense for military personnel of the reserve components;
for operation and maintenance; for procurement; and for
research, development, test and evaluation for drug
interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of
Defense.
Language has been included under ``Joint Improvised
Explosive Devise Defeat Fund'' which provides for the transfer
of funds to appropriations available to the Department of
Defense for military personnel; for operation and maintenance;
for procurement; for research, development, test and
evaluation; and for defense working capital funds for purposes
related to assisting United States forces in the defeat of
improvised explosive devices.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8005'' which provides for the transfer of working capital funds
to other appropriations accounts of the Department of Defense
for military functions.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8008'' which provides for the transfer of funds between working
capital funds and the ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations,
Defense'' appropriation and the ``Operation and Maintenance''
appropriation accounts.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8015'' which provides for the transfer of funds from the
Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program to any other
appropriation for the purposes of implementing a Mentor-Protege
Program development assistance agreement.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8050'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' to appropriations
available for the pay of military personnel in connection with
support and services of eligible organizations and activities
outside the Department of Defense.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8065'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'' to other activities of the
federal government.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8067'' which provides for the transfer of funds available under
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' to the Department
of State ``Global Security Contingency Fund''.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8069'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Procurement, Defense-Wide'' and ``Research, Development, Test
and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' for the Israeli Cooperative
Programs.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8071'' which provides for the transfer of funds under the
heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' to fund prior
year shipbuilding cost increases.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8087'' which provides for the transfer of funds appropriated in
the Intelligence Community Management Account for the Program
Manager for the Information Sharing Environment to other
departments and agencies for the purposes of Government-wide
information sharing activities.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8092'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', ``Operation and
Maintenance, Navy'', and ``Operation and Maintenance, Air
Force'' to the central fund established for Fisher Houses and
Suites.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8093'' which provides that funds appropriated by this Act may
be made available for the purpose of making remittances to the
Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8096'' which provides for the transfer of 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.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8104'' which provides for the transfer of funds for the
National Intelligence Program.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8105'' which provides for the transfer of funds from the ``Ship
Modernization, Operations, and Sustainment Fund'' to
appropriations for military personnel; operations and
maintenance; research, development, test and evaluation; and
procurement only for certain purposes.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8118'' which provides for the transfer of funds from the
Department of Defense to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air
Force, including Reserve and National Guard, to support high
priority Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program
requirements and activities.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8128'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Operations and Maintenance, Navy'' to the Ready Reserve
Force, Maritime Administration account of the Department of
Transportation for the expenses related to the National Defense
Reserve Fleet.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8129'' which provides for the transfer of funds to the John C.
Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8130'' which provides for the transfer of funds for pay for
military personnel for purposes of fully funding the authorized
military pay raise.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8131'' which provides for the transfer of funds for basic
allowance for housing for military personnel.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8135'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for transfer to the
Secretary of Education to construct, renovate, repair, or
expand elementary and secondary public schools on military
installations.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8137'' which provides for the transfer of funds to the
operation and maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, Marine,
and Air Force, including National Guard and reserve, for
purposes of improving military readiness.
Language has been included under title IX ``Other
Appropriations'' which provides for the transfer of funds to
Defense Health Program, Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug
Activities, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund,
Office of the Inspector General, and Defense Working Capital
Fund.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
9002'' which provides for the authority to transfer funds
between the appropriations or funds made available to the
Department of Defense in title IX, subject to certain
conditions.

RESCISSIONS

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following table is submitted
describing the rescissions recommended in the accompanying
bill:

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Aircraft Procurement, Army, 2013/2015.......... $27,000,000
Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, 2013/ 5,000,000
2015..........................................
Other Procurement, Army, 2013/2015............. 30,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 2013/2015.......... 47,200,000
Weapons Procurement, Navy, 2013/2015........... 27,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2013/2015..... 71,100,000
Missile Procurement, Air Force, 2013/2015...... 13,800,000
Other Procurement, Army, 2014/2016............. 200,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 2014/2016.......... 171,622,000
Weapons Procurement, Navy, 2014/2016........... 91,436,000
Other Procurement, Navy, 2014/2016............. 1,505,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2014/2016..... 47,400,000
Missile Procurement, Air Force, 2014/2016...... 121,185,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 5,000,000
Army, 2014/2015...............................
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 105,400,000
Navy, 2014/2015...............................
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TRANSFER OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the bill contains a general provision
which allows for the transfer of unexpended balances from the
Operation and Maintenance and Military Personnel accounts to
the ``Foreign Currency Fluctuation, Defense'' account to
address shortfalls due to foreign currency fluctuation.

DIRECTED RULE MAKING

This bill does not contain any provision that specifically
directs the promulgation or completion of a rule.

PROGRAM DUPLICATION

No provision of this bill establishes or reauthorizes a
program of the Federal Government known to be duplicative of
another Federal program, a program that was included in any
report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress
pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139, or a program
related to a program identified in the most recent Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance.

STATEMENT OF GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following is a statement of
general performance goals and objectives for which this measure
authorizes funding:
The Committee on Appropriations considers program
performance, including a program's success in developing and
attaining outcome-related goals and objectives, in developing
funding recommendations.

COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XIII, CL. 3(e) (RAMSEYER RULE)

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, the Committee notes that the
accompanying bill does not propose to repeal or amend a statute
or part thereof.

EARMARK DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Neither the bill nor the report contains any congressional
earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as
defined in Clause 9 of Rule XXI.

COMPARISON WITH THE BUDGET RESOLUTION

Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives requires an explanation of compliance with
section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as
amended, which requires that the report accompanying a bill
providing new budget authority contain a statement detailing
how that authority compares with the reports submitted under
section 302 of the Act for the most recently agreed to
concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year from
the Committee's section 302(a) allocation. This information
follows:

[In millions of dollars]
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302(b) Allocation This Bill
---------------------------------------------------------
Budget Budget
Authority Outlays Authority Outlays
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee
allocations to its subcommittees:
Subcommittee on Defense
Discretionary:
General Purpose............................... 490,944 522,774 490,944 \1\522,774
Overseas Contingency Operations \2\........... 79,445 36,839 79,445 36,839
Mandatory......................................... 514 514 514 514
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\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism

FIVE-YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS

In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
(Public Law 93-344), as amended, the following table contains
five-year projections associated with the budget authority
provided in the accompanying bill.

[In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Non-OCO OCO
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Projection of outlays associated with
the recommendation:
2015................................ \1\319,129 \1\36,839
2016................................ 99,964 25,039
2017................................ 36,482 10,096
2018................................ 17,621 3,983
2019 and future years............... 13,352 2,416
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\1\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
Note: OCO is Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

In accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act of 1974 (Public Law
93-344), as amended, no new budget or outlays are provided by
the accompanying bill for financial assistance to State and
local governments.

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ADDITIONAL VIEWS--FISCAL YEAR 2015 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
BILL

With this bill, the Committee has carried out its
Constitutional responsibility to recommend the appropriations
necessary to provide for the common defense of our Nation. The
Committee did this in a collegial and bipartisan fashion
consistent with its longstanding traditions.
The base portion of this bill provides $490,751,963,000 in
new budget authority covering all Department of Defense (DoD)
and Intelligence Community functions except for Military
Construction and Family Housing. This is $201,825,000 above the
President's request, and $4,109,363,000 above last year's
enacted level.
This bill provides the support required for our national
security and the protection of U.S. interests at home and
abroad. It provides stability for our military personnel,
maintains readiness, and preserves the industrial base.
The Committee continues to support efforts on sexual
assault prevention and response, supporting high priority
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program requirements,
including training and funding of personnel, as requested.
Funding is provided above the President's budget request
for traumatic brain injury and psychological health research,
suicide prevention outreach programs, and several other
invaluable medical programs. The bill and report also carry
language aimed at increasing cooperation between the
Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs in their ongoing
efforts to develop interoperable electronic health records.
Continuing problems in DoD's strategic forces are also
addressed. While it is disappointing that the Air Force
included improvements in this area as unfunded priorities, this
shortfall is addressed.
The bill emphasizes maintaining the readiness of US armed
forces, one of the most important priorities expressed by the
Services' secretaries and Chiefs of Staff. The bill provides
$1,000,000,000 above the request to fill gaps in key readiness
programs, including $135,000,000 for the Army Reserve and Army
National Guard. The bill also invests in programs vital to
rebuilding and resetting the force after nearly thirteen years
of conflict. Examples include additional funding for facility
sustainment and modernization, and depot maintenance.
There is a focus on the important work of meeting the
fiscal year 2017 deadline for achieving fully auditable
financial statements. The measure provides $8,000,000 above the
request for the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) to make
business and financial system improvements throughout the
Department.
One other area of the bill we would like to highlight is
the funding increase for the Humanitarian Mine Action program.
Albeit a small program, its mission is of immense value. All
too often, innocent civilians are the victims of explosive
remnants of war. It is only right to share our military's
expertise with host nations on the detection, clearance,
disposal, and demilitarization of explosive ordnance.
With regards to the industrial base, the legislation
retains important Buy America provisions that were omitted from
the budget request. Several other provisions and initiatives
are aimed at securing our industrial base, including
$220,000,000 to establish a program for the domestic
development of a next-generation liquid fueled rocket engine.
While the bill includes essential funding and legislative
provisions, there are some reasons for concern as well.
Fundamentally, these concerns have little to do with the
detailed work of the Committee. Rather, these concerns reflect
Congress' continued failure to confront the Defense
Department's long-term fiscal challenges. In the fiscal year
2015 budget request, the Defense Department proposed
significant initiatives to modify military pay, streamline
TRICARE, and retire several weapons systems. These initiatives
were proposed for DoD to stay under the fiscal year 2015 budget
cap, provide for future flexibility, and meet the objectives of
the US national security strategy.
In this constrained fiscal environment, DoD indicates that
growing compensation and health care costs will limit the
Department's ability to fund readiness requirements in the
future. From a historical perspective, the Department has seen
health care costs grow from 4 percent of the Department's base
budget in 1990 to almost 10 percent in 2012. Since TRICARE's
establishment, Congress has also dramatically limited
beneficiary contributions. DoD has taken steps internally to
manage these costs. But these measures alone are insufficient
to curb the expected increase in health care costs in the
coming years. We look forward to recommendations that the
Department of Defense may put forward in the fiscal year 2016
budget request to manage the growth of military compensation.
DoD must also begin to retire aging and underperforming
weapons systems to free resources needed for development and
fielding of new systems. Unless DoD continues to enhance its
weaponry, we risk losing the technological edge that US forces
rely upon. Major systems proposed for retirement or termination
in this request include: the A-10 Close Air Support (CAS)
aircraft, the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter, the U-2
surveillance aircraft, seven E-3 AWACS aircraft, and the Ground
Combat Vehicle.
With few exceptions, these proposals have gained no
traction within Congress. Most were excluded or were subject to
language prohibiting or postponing their start in the recently
passed National Defense Authorization Act. This is not to
suggest that the Administration is uniformly correct in these
proposals. Nor does this view dismiss the impacts of many of
these initiatives. However, the alternative of staying the
course and hoping for some fiscal relief in fiscal year 2016 is
simply unrealistic. The sooner Congress reaches the consensus
required to make the difficult decisions that are essential to
deal with the reality of finite resources, the better we can
provide for our national defense.
In addition to the lack of congressional action on these
proposals, the Administration undercut its own efforts by
programming spending levels above the Budget Control Act (BCA)
in fiscal years 2016 through 2019, by submitting the
Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative, and also by
submitting unfunded priority lists.
Finally, and perhaps most important, is the problem faced
by the Committee on funding for Overseas Contingency Operations
(OCO). The Committee has been placed in a very difficult
position in its deliberations on the fiscal year 2015 budget
request, having to defend a $79,445,000,000 ``place holder''.
Recent decisions on the post-2014 troop levels in Afghanistan
clear up the major policy issue that held back a detailed
budget request. Unfortunately, the clarity gained was quickly
muddled by the proposed $5 billion Counterterrorism
Partnerships Fund and the $1 billion European Reassurance
Initiative. At a time when many in Congress are rightfully
looking to limit what is an eligible expense in OCO and shift
activities to the base budget, these new proposals further
complicate the Committee's task. Clarity must be brought to the
opaque nature of OCO.
Although this bill leaves a number of long-term issues
unresolved, its consideration is necessary and timely.
Moreover, the process for preparing this bill, and the
recommendations it contains were done in a deliberate and
thoughtful manner. As such, this bill upholds the best
traditions of the Committee.

Nita M. Lowey.
Peter J. Visclosky.