[House Report 117-388]
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117th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 117-388
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2023
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R E P O R T
of the
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[to accompany h.r. 8236]
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June 24, 2022.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
117th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 117-388
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2023
__________
R E P O R T
of the
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[to accompany h.r. 8236]
[GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]
June 24, 2022.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
_________
U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
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CONTENTS
Page
Bill Totals...................................................... 2
Committee Budget Review Process.................................. 3
Introduction..................................................... 3
Definition of Program, Project, and Activity..................... 3
Reprogramming Guidance........................................... 4
Funding Increases................................................ 5
Congressional Special Interest Items............................. 5
Classified Annex................................................. 5
Committee Recommendations by Major Category...................... 5
Active, Reserve, and National Guard Military Personnel......... 5
Operation and Maintenance...................................... 5
Procurement.................................................... 5
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation..................... 6
Defense Health Program......................................... 7
Designated Congressional Special Interest Items.................. 7
Community Project Funding........................................ 7
Combat Rescue Helicopter......................................... 7
Sterilization of Surgical Instruments............................ 7
Littoral Combat Ships............................................ 8
Microelectronics................................................. 8
Cyber Activities................................................. 8
Meeting the Climate Challenge.................................... 9
Federal Law Enforcement.......................................... 9
Nondisclosure Agreements.........................................
Committee Inquiries.............................................. 10
TITLE I. MILITARY PERSONNEL...................................... 11
Military Personnel Overview.................................... 13
Summary of End Strength........................................ 13
Overall Active End Strength.................................... 13
Overall Selected Reserve End Strength.......................... 13
Reprogramming Guidance for Military Personnel Accounts......... 14
Military Personnel Special Interest Items...................... 14
Minority Outreach and Officer Accessions....................... 14
Cultural Sensitivity Training.................................. 14
Trauma Training Program........................................ 15
Extremism in the Military...................................... 15
Suicide Prevention Program Implementation Oversight............ 16
Recruitment and Retention of Women............................. 16
Military Spouses............................................... 17
Marine Corps Force Design...................................... 17
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response......................... 17
Military Families and Food Insecurity.......................... 17
Assistance to Service Members.................................. 18
Military Personnel, Army....................................... 18
Military Personnel, Navy....................................... 21
Military Personnel, Marine Corps............................... 24
Military Personnel, Air Force.................................. 27
Military Personnel, Space Force................................ 30
Reserve Personnel, Army........................................ 33
Reserve Personnel, Navy........................................ 35
Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps................................ 37
Reserve Personnel, Air Force................................... 39
National Guard Personnel, Army................................. 41
National Guard Personnel, Air Force............................ 43
TITLE II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.............................. 45
Reprogramming Guidance for Operation and Maintenance Accounts.. 47
Reprogramming Guidance for Special Operations Command.......... 48
Operation and Maintenance Special Interest Items............... 48
Quarterly Operation and Maintenance Updates.................... 48
Combatant Commands and Natural Resource Programs............... 49
National Disasters............................................. 49
Bison Meat..................................................... 49
Restoring Readiness............................................ 49
Pilot Shortages................................................ 49
Minority and Women-Owned Businesses............................ 50
Tribal Consultation............................................ 50
Childcare...................................................... 51
Maintenance of Facilities...................................... 51
Advertising.................................................... 51
Meals Ready-To-Eat War Reserve................................. 51
Military Criminal Investigative Organizations.................. 51
Plant-Based Food Options for Servicemembers.................... 52
Discharge Review Boards........................................ 52
Justification Documents........................................ 52
Language Flagship Program...................................... 53
Indian Financing Act........................................... 53
Workforce Development Programs................................. 54
Operations at Joint-Use Airports............................... 54
Noise Assessments.............................................. 55
Per-And Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Mitigation................... 55
Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and Perfluorooctanoic Acid Exposure
Assessment................................................... 56
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Cleanup Cost Reporting...... 56
Perfluorinated Chemicals Contamination and first Responder
Exposure..................................................... 57
Tracking of Environmental Contaminants......................... 57
Vieques and Culebra............................................ 57
Taiwan......................................................... 58
Operation and Maintenance, Army................................ 58
Small Business............................................... 62
Army High Altitude Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance Capabilities................................ 62
Operation and Maintenance, Navy................................ 62
Ship Maintenance............................................. 66
Airframe Maintenance......................................... 66
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps........................ 66
Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization........ 68
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force........................... 68
Pilot Shortfall.............................................. 72
Aircraft Protection.......................................... 72
Operation and Maintenance, Space Force......................... 72
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide........................ 74
Legacy Resource Management Program........................... 79
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program... 79
Recycling.................................................... 79
Red Hill Recover Fund........................................ 79
Office of Special Needs...................................... 80
Impact Aid................................................... 81
Support for Those with Disabilities.......................... 81
National Guard Youth Challenge Program....................... 81
Defense Community Infrastructure Program..................... 81
Ronald V. Dellums Memorial Fellowship........................ 82
Civilian Cyber Workforce..................................... 82
Information Sharing.......................................... 82
Cybersecurity Support........................................ 83
Joint Spectrum Center........................................ 83
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report.............................. 83
Audit Oversight.............................................. 83
Community Support............................................ 84
Information Operations....................................... 84
Replacement of Fluorinated Aqueous Film Forming Foams........ 85
Net Zero Waste to Energy..................................... 85
Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility............................ 85
Yemen........................................................ 85
Defense Security Cooperation Agency Programs................. 85
Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response........................ 88
Ex Gratia Payments........................................... 88
Foreign Base Notification.................................... 88
Quarterly Reports on Deployments of United States Armed
Forces..................................................... 88
Mexico.......................................................
Electro-Optical Commercial Layer Contract and Combatant
Command.................................................... 89
Requirements................................................... 89
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund.............................. 89
Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve........................ 90
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve........................ 92
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve................ 94
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve................... 96
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard................. 98
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard.................. 101
Combat Readiness Training Center............................. 103
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces............ 103
Environmental Restoration, Army................................ 103
Environmental Restoration, Navy................................ 103
Environmental Restoration, Air Force...........................
Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide........................ 103
Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites......... 104
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid................. 104
Cooperative Threat Reduction Account........................... 104
Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account 105
TITLE III. PROCUREMENT........................................... 107
Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts................ 109
Funding Increases.............................................. 109
Procurement Special Interest Items............................. 109
Aircraft Procurement, Army..................................... 109
Missile Procurement, Army...................................... 112
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army....... 114
Procurement of Ammunition, Army................................ 117
Other Procurement, Army........................................ 120
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles Antilock Brake
System/Electronic Stability Control........................ 128
Integrated Visual Augmentation System........................ 128
High Mobility Engineer Excavator............................. 128
Aircraft Procurement, Navy..................................... 128
Navy Adversary Aircraft for Training Purposes................ 134
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye........................................ 134
Weapons Procurement, Navy...................................... 134
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps............... 137
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy.............................. 139
Other Procurement, Navy........................................ 141
Procurement, Marine Corps...................................... 148
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force................................ 152
F-15EX....................................................... 157
Missile Procurement, Air Force................................. 157
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force........................... 158
Other Procurement, Air Force................................... 161
Procurement, Space Force....................................... 165
Procurement, Defense-Wide...................................... 168
Accelerating the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative
Technologies............................................... 172
Department of Defense Stockpile for Novel Antibiotics........ 172
Defense Production Act Purchases............................... 172
Critical Minerals Recycling.................................. 173
National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account................... 173
TITLE IV. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION............. 175
Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts................ 177
Funding Increases.............................................. 177
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Special Interest
Items........................................................ 177
Advanced Engine Development.................................... 177
Microgrid Reliability and Resiliency Research.................. 179
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army............... 179
Water Quality and Resiliency Technologies.................... 193
Low-Cost Electrolyzers....................................... 193
Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station-Acoustic Hailing
Devices.................................................... 193
Common Tactical Truck........................................ 193
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing for Environmental Quality
Technology................................................. 194
Carbon Composite Lightweight Wheels and Brakes............... 194
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy............... 194
Resilient Autonomous Systems Research and Workforce Diversity 207
Talent and Technology for Navy Power and Energy Systems...... 207
Research and Workforce Partnerships for Submarine and
Undersea Vehicle Programs.................................. 207
Infrared Telescope Technology................................ 207
Ultra Compact Heat Exchangers................................ 207
Lightweight Anti-Corrosion Nanotechnology Coating Enhancement 208
Stern Tube Seals............................................. 208
Acoustic Monitoring for the Protection of Marine Mammals..... 208
Coastal Environmental Research............................... 208
Critical Protection Technologies............................. 209
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force.......... 209
Air Force Nuclear Modernization.............................. 225
KC-Y......................................................... 225
MQ-9 Multi Domain Operations................................. 226
E-3 Divestment............................................... 226
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Space Force........ 227
Space Force Program Affordability and Executability.......... 232
Missile Warning-Missile Tracking Life-Cycle Cost............. 232
Small Satellite Technology University Research............... 233
University Consortium for Space Technology................... 233
Commercial Space Communications Networks..................... 233
Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy for Data Analytics and
Sensor Systems............................................. 234
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide....... 234
Strategic National Stockpile of Active Pharmaceutical
Ingredients................................................ 249
Clean Energy Technology...................................... 249
National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity..... 249
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Research Centers
of Excellence.............................................. 249
Manufacturing of Advanced Composites for Hypersonics-Aided by
Digital Engineering........................................ 250
Additive and Advanced Manufacturing Coordination Efforts..... 250
Materials Science in Extreme Environments.................... 250
Office of the Inspector General Audits and Reports........... 250
Office of Industrial Policy--Career and Technical Education
Pilot Program.............................................. 250
Carbon Capture Technologies.................................. 251
Human Performance Optimization............................... 251
Mobile Micro-Reactor......................................... 251
Reliance on Chinese Plastics................................. 252
Cybersecurity Innovation..................................... 252
Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense....................... 252
TITLE V. REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS.......................... 253
Defense Working Capital Funds.................................. 253
TITLE VI. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS................... 255
Defense Health Program......................................... 255
Reprogramming Guidance for the Defense Health Program........ 258
Carryover.................................................... 258
Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Programs....................... 258
Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program.................... 259
Combat Readiness Medical Research Program.................... 260
Electronic Health Records.................................... 260
Peer-Reviewed Toxic Exposures Research Program............... 261
Cost and Benefits of Military Health System Transformation... 261
Military Medical Manpower.................................... 262
Medical Research............................................. 263
Brain Injury and Disease Prevention Research................. 263
National Disaster Medical System Pilot and Joint Civilian-
Military Medical Surge Capacity............................ 264
Mobile Application to Enable Periodic Health Assessments for
Reservists................................................. 264
Health and Wellness Outcomes for Military Families Through
Outdoor Recreation and Education........................... 265
Mental Health Professionals and Training..................... 265
Non-Urgent Mental Health Assessments......................... 266
Advance Orthopedic Surgical Training for Military Orthopedic
Surgeons................................................... 266
Neural-Enabled Prosthetics................................... 266
Long Covid and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome................................................... 267
Military Direct Care Provider Education on Eating Disorders.. 267
Metastatic Cancer Research................................... 267
National Intrepid Center of Excellence....................... 268
Access to Infertility Treatments............................. 268
Improving Combat Readiness and Warfighter Health............. 268
Transition of Military Health System to the Defense Health
Agency..................................................... 268
Multifactor Approaches in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Treatment.................................................. 269
Rapid Deployable Synthetic Vaccine Development............... 269
Biorepository Diversity...................................... 269
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense............. 270
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense......... 270
Office of the Inspector General................................ 271
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund Review..................... 271
TITLE VII. RELATED AGENCIES...................................... 273
National and Military Intelligence Programs.................... 273
Classified Annex............................................... 273
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System
Fund......................................................... 273
Intelligence Community Management Account...................... 273
TITLE VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS................................... 275
TABLES........................................................... 284
Military Personnel............................................. 284
Operations and Maintenance..................................... 303
Procurement.................................................... 328
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation..................... 375
COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING ITEMS..................................
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.................. 411
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives.......... 411
Program Duplication............................................ 411
Transfer of Funds.............................................. 411
Rescissions.................................................... 413
Disclosure of Earmarks and Congressionally Directed Spending
Items........................................................ 414
Compliance with Rule XIII, Cl. 3(e) (Ramseyer Rule)............ 431
Changes in the Application of Existing Law..................... 417
Appropriations Not Authorized By Law........................... 427
Comparison with the Budget Resolution.......................... 428
Five-Year Outlay Projections................................... 428
Financial Assistance to State and Local Governments............ 428
Committee Hearings............................................. 428
Full Committee Votes........................................... 434
Minority Views................................................. 458
117th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 117-388
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2023
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June 24, 2022.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
_______
Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 8236]
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, 2023.
BILL TOTALS
Appropriations for most military functions of the
Department of Defense are provided for in the accompanying bill
for fiscal year 2023. 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 2023 budget request for
activities funded in the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act totals $761,678,123,000 in new budget obligational
authority.
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COMMITTEE BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS
During its review of the fiscal year 2023 budget request
and execution of appropriations for fiscal year 2022, the
Subcommittee on Defense held 18 hearings during the period of
March 2022 to May 2022. 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 total fiscal year 2023
Department of Defense funding is $761,681,000,000, which is an
increase of $33,207,001,000 above the fiscal year 2022 enacted
level and $2,877,000 above the President's Budget.
This bill carries out the Committee's constitutional
responsibility to recommend the appropriations necessary to
provide for the common defense of the Nation. The Committee
performed its role in a collegial and bipartisan fashion
consistent with long-standing traditions. Oversight of the
management and expenditure of funds provided to the Department
of Defense and the Intelligence Community is a core function of
the Defense Subcommittee. The Subcommittee performed this
responsibility with a detailed review of the fiscal year 2023
budget request and held 18 hearings.
While the President's Budget was delayed, the Subcommittee
thoroughly reviewed the budget request and identified programs
where reductions are possible without adversely affecting the
safety and effectiveness of military personnel. Examples of
such reductions include savings from favorable contract pricing
adjustments, contract or schedule delays resulting in savings,
unjustified new programs and cost increases, funds requested
ahead of need for the year of budget execution, projected or
historical underexecution, and rescissions of unneeded prior
year funds.
The fiscal year 2023 request for the Department of Defense
was released simultaneously with the National Defense Strategy,
which emphasizes integrated deterrence, campaigning, and
actions that build enduring advantages, such as working with
allies. The war in Ukraine highlights the need to build these
capabilities, including the power of robust diplomatic efforts
to rally the world in opposition to authoritarianism. The
Committee must strike the correct balance between defense,
diplomacy, and development.
Russia's poor military performance also makes clear that
the foundational tasks of properly manning, training,
equipping, and maintaining a modern military is essential to
success in current conflicts. Taking care of personnel and
their families, providing service members with the best
training possible, ensuring that logistical challenges can be
overcome, and giving decision makers the best intelligence
available are vital components to winning any conflict.
Procurement and modernization are important, and it is
imperative to have a qualitative military edge, but assets and
weapons systems are only effective if they can be properly used
and maintained.
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
For the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as amended by
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation
Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-119), and by the Budget Enforcement
Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508), the terms ``program, project,
and activity'' for appropriations contained in this Act shall
be defined as the most specific level of budget items
identified in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
2023, the related classified annexes and Committee reports, and
the P-1 and R-1 budget justification documents as subsequently
modified by congressional action.
The following exception to the above definition shall
apply: the military personnel and the operation and maintenance
accounts, for which the term ``program, project, and activity''
is defined as the appropriations accounts contained in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act.
At the time the President submits the budget request for
fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of Defense is directed to
transmit to the congressional defense committees budget
justification documents to be known as the M-1 and O-1, which
shall identify, at the budget activity, activity group, and
sub-activity group level, the amounts requested by the
President to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for
military personnel and operation and maintenance in any budget
request, or amended budget request, for fiscal year 2024.
REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE
The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow
the reprogramming guidance for acquisition accounts as
specified in the report accompanying the House version of the
Department of Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008
(House Report 110-279). The dollar threshold for reprogramming
funds shall be $10,000,000 for military personnel; operation
and maintenance; procurement; and research, development, test
and evaluation.
Additionally, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
is directed to continue to provide the congressional defense
committees annual DD Form 1416 reports for titles I and II and
quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports for Service
and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of this Act.
Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with guidance
specified in the explanatory statement accompanying the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The Department
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 military personnel (M-1); an operation and
maintenance (O-1); a procurement (P-1); or a 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 statement.
FUNDING INCREASES
The funding increases outlined in the tables for each
appropriation account shall be provided only for the specific
purposes indicated in the tables.
CONGRESSIONAL SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
Items for which additional funds have been provided or
items for which funding is specifically reduced as shown in the
project level tables or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only
for'' or ``only to'' in this report are congressional special
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, as specifically addressed in
the Committee report.
CLASSIFIED ANNEX
Adjustments to the classified programs are addressed in the
classified annex accompanying this report.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BY MAJOR CATEGORY
ACTIVE, RESERVE, AND NATIONAL GUARD MILITARY PERSONNEL
In title I of the bill, the Committee recommends a total of
$173,079,643,000 for active, reserve, and National Guard
military personnel, a decrease of $802,985,000 below the budget
request. The Committee recommendation provides full funding
necessary to increase basic pay for all military personnel by
4.6 percent, effective January 1, 2023.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
In title II of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $269,360,279,000 for operation and maintenance support to
the military Services and other Department of Defense entities,
a decrease of $848,221,000 below the budget request. The
recommended levels will fund robust operational training,
readiness, and facilities needs in fiscal year 2023.
PROCUREMENT
In title III of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $143,912,386,000 for procurement, a decrease of $966,725,000
below the budget request.
Major initiatives and modifications include:
$991,553,000 for the procurement of 35 UH/HH-60M Blackhawk
helicopters;
$693,879,000 for the procurement of 35 AH-64 Apache
helicopters;
$680,089,000 for 48 sets of M109A6 Paladin Self-Propelled
Howitzers and M992A2 Field Artillery Ammunition Support
Vehicles;
$120,000,000 for additional modernized Army National Guard
HMMWVs;
$1,861,016,000 for the procurement of 12 CH-53K
helicopters, an increase of two aircraft and $191,030,000 above
the President's request;
$7,155,558,000 for the procurement of 61 F-35 aircraft, an
increase of $261,651,000 and the same number of aircraft as the
President's request: 15 short take-off and vertical landing
variants for the Marine Corps, 13 carrier variants for the Navy
and Marine Corps, and 33 conventional variants for the Air
Force;
$27,780,407,000 for the procurement of eight Navy ships,
including two DDG-51 guided missile destroyers, two SSN-774
attack submarines, one Frigate, one LPD-17 Flight II amphibious
transport dock, one TAO Fleet Oiler; and one Towing, Salvage,
and Rescue Ship;
$1,880,908,000 for the procurement of 18 F-15EX aircraft;
$430,530,000 for the procurement of 5 KC-130J aircraft;
$2,674,753,000 for the procurement of 15 KC-46 tanker
aircraft;
$694,018,000 for the procurement of 10 combat rescue
helicopters;
$1,523,321,000 for the procurement of eight space launch
services;
$646,962,000 for the procurement of two Global Positioning
System satellites; and
$200,000,000 for the Israeli Cooperative Programs under the
Missile Defense Agency.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
In title IV of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $131,657,180,000 for research, development, test and
evaluation, an increase of $1,559,770,000 above the budget
request.
Major initiatives and modifications include:
$1,131,594,000 to support Army Future Vertical Lift,
including design, prototyping, and risk reduction for the
Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft and the Future Long Range
Assault Aircraft;
$849,949,000 for continued development and fielding of the
Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon;
$404,291,000 for the Army's Mid-Range Missile capability;
$380,147,000 for the Army's Lower Tier Air Missile Defense
capability;
$1,230,041,000 for the continued development of the
conventional prompt strike program, an increase of $25,000,000
above the President's request;
$554,193,000 for the continued development of the TACAMO
modernization program;
$79,783,000 for the continued development for the Marine
Corps ground-based anti-ship missile and long-range fires
programs;
$2,173,134,000 for the continued development of the F-35
Lightning Joint Strike Fighter aircraft;
$3,143,584,000 for the continued development of the B-21
bomber;
$397,932,000 for the continued development of a
Presidential Aircraft Replacement;
$3,527,793,000 for the continued development of the Ground
Based Strategic Deterrent;
$318,727,000 for the Global Positioning System IIIF;
$359,720,000 for the Global Positioning System III
Operational Control Segment;
$3,452,259,000 for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent
Infrared system;
$4,064,014,000 for the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency; and
$300,000,000 for the Israeli Cooperative Programs under the
Missile Defense Agency.
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
The Committee recommends a total of $38,072,432,000 for the
Defense Health Program to support worldwide medical and dental
services for active forces and other eligible beneficiaries.
DESIGNATED CONGRESSIONAL SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to limit
Department overhead and operating costs on congressional
program increases to not more than ten percent of the funding
level provided. The Service Secretaries and the Deputy
Secretary of Defense or their designee may request a waiver to
this requirement by submitting a prior approval request in
writing to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure
that the entire amount of all Community Project Funding is
awarded to its intended recipients.
COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER
The budget request proposed to end procurement of the Air
Force's HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) with the 10
aircraft included in the request, thereby truncating
procurement at 75 aircraft versus 113 aircraft in the program
of record. The Air Force has indicated to the Committee its
concerns regarding the survivability of the HH-60W in future
combat environments and has emphasized that combat search and
rescue is a joint mission. While the Committee acknowledges the
Air Force's justifications, it is concerned that the reduction
to the CRH fleet could create a shortfall in capacity. The
Committee therefore directs the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees on
combat search and rescue requirements under the National
Defense Strategy, the current joint force capacity to meet
these requirements, and the impact that the reduction of the
CRH program to 75 aircraft will have on this capacity. This
report may be submitted in classified form and shall be
submitted not later than 30 days after the submission of the
fiscal year 2024 President's budget request.
STERILIZATION OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
The war in Ukraine is a reminder that future armed conflict
likely will occur via large-scale combat, resulting in high
numbers of casualties over short time periods where ease of
maneuver will make evacuation difficult. These circumstances
will force units to hold casualties at earlier roles of care
for longer periods of time, where lifesaving surgical
interventions will need to take place to preserve life. This
creates significant challenges to safely operating on
casualties with sterile equipment.
The Committee is aware that the Army is coordinating with
the Defense Health Agency and the Undersecretary of Defense for
Research & Engineering to seek industry partners with strong
research and development capabilities to pursue and develop a
chemical sterilant solution and sterilization cabinet that can
sterilize surgical instruments and other materiel through
immersion, including heat-sensitive surgical instruments and
other materiel. The Committee supports these efforts and
encourages the Secretary of Defense to engage industry to
research, develop, and commercialize these medical technologies
expeditiously.
LITTORAL COMBAT SHIPS
The Committee is disappointed to see the list of vessels
the Navy is requesting to decommission in fiscal year 2023,
particularly the littoral combat ships that were commissioned
in 2019 and 2020. The Committee understands that the proposed
use of these vessels does not meet the Navy's original intent.
However, decommissioning them at this time is a waste of
taxpayer funds.
Therefore, the Committee has included bill language that
would restore the four ships that are only two to three years
old and the USS Fort Worth. The Committee directs the Secretary
of the Navy to provide a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this
Act that would provide alternate uses for these vessels, such
as missions in the Southern Command and Africa Command areas of
responsibility. The report should also include any costs for
additional components that are necessary to execute these
missions.
MICROELECTRONICS
The Committee supports the significant investment included
in the fiscal year 2023 President's Budget request for
microelectronics. The Committee encourages the Secretary of
Defense to continue critical microelectronics manufacturing and
supply efforts required for our military and defense of the
nation. Efforts of particular interest include enabling cost
effective exploration of new materials, devices, and
architectures, and prototyping in domestic university
facilities to safeguard domestic intellectual property;
accelerating the transition of new technologies to domestic
microelectronics manufacturers; and conducting other relevant
activities deemed necessary by the Secretary of Defense for
expanding the global leadership of the United States through
the establishment of a national network for microelectronics
research and development.
CYBER ACTIVITIES
It remains unclear to the Committee which offices and
positions at the Department of Defense are responsible for
cyber, cybersecurity, and cyberspace policy and activities. For
example, at quick glance the Committee finds a Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy and a Deputy Principal
Cyber Advisor for Cyber Policy in the office of the Under
Secretary of Defense (USD) for Policy. In the office of the
Chief Information Officer (CIO), also part of USD, there exists
a Principal Director for Cyber Security, a Deputy CIO for
Cybersecurity, and a Principal Deputy CIO who is noted as the
primary advisor to the Secretary of Defense for cybersecurity.
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), which reports to
the CIO, has a Cyber Security and Analytics organization. U.S.
Cyber Command ``directs, synchronizes, and coordinates
cyberspace planning and operations,'' as noted in its mission
statement and directly reports to the Secretary of Defense. The
Department also has a Defense Cyber Crime Center which may also
have responsibilities for cyber activities and policy. Along
with the plethora of positions and organizations in the Office
of the Secretary, each of the Services has its own cyber
establishment.
To provide clarity, the Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a report to the congressional defense
committees on this topic not later than 90 days after the
enactment of this Act. The report should include an
organizational chart listing each office that has
responsibility for cyber activities noted, its
responsibilities, and the reporting structure to leadership.
The report should include descriptions and distinctions between
the surfeit of cyber positions. The report should include
similar information for the cyber activities in the Services.
The report should include information and organizational
placement for cyber education programs and scholarships, as
well as who has responsibility for outreach and recruitment for
cyber positions and education.
MEETING THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE
Senior military leaders have long recognized that a
changing climate will have significant economic impacts across
the globe, lead to food insecurity issues, and cause potential
shifts in regional balances. With significant implications for
United States national security, climate change is reshaping
the geostrategic, operational, and tactical environments.
Accordingly, the fiscal year 2023 President's Budget requests
funding for increased resiliency at military installations;
improved energy efficiency and logistics; and research into
reducing energy demand, improved storage, and other energy
supplies. The Committee recommends the entire request of
$2,500,000,000 to meet the climate challenge.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
The explanatory statement that accompanied the Commerce,
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
directed the Attorney General to ensure implementation of
evidence-based training programs on de-escalation, the use-of
force, and the protection of civil rights, that are broadly
applicable and scalable to all Federal law enforcement
agencies. Several agencies funded by this Act employ Federal
law enforcement officers and are Federal Law Enforcement
Training Centers partner organizations. These agencies are
again directed to consult with the Attorney General regarding
the implementation of these programs for their law enforcement
officers. The Committee further directs such agencies to submit
a report to the Committee on their efforts relating to such
implementation not later than 90 days after consultation with
the Attorney General. In addition, the Committee continues to
direct such agencies to the extent that they are not already
participating, to consult with the Attorney General and the
Director of the FBI regarding participation in the National
Use-of-Force Data Collection. The Committee further directs
such agencies to submit a report to the Committee not later
than 180 days after the enactment of this Act on their efforts
to so participate.
COMMITTEE INQUIRIES
The Committee requires timely responses to inquiries and
requests for technical assistance to successfully perform its
oversight responsibilities. Overly bureaucratic processes among
administrative offices, major commands, and program offices
hinder the Committee's ability to make timely and accurate
decisions, which may ultimately impact program offices and the
servicemembers they support. The Committee expects the
Secretary of the Army to improve the internal processes and
communications with member offices and the Committee on
Appropriations.
TITLE I
MILITARY PERSONNEL
The fiscal year 2023 Department of Defense military
personnel budget request totals $173,882,628,000. The Committee
recommendation provides $173,079,643,000 for the military
personnel accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee
recommendations:
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MILITARY PERSONNEL OVERVIEW
The Committee recommendation provides $173,079,643,000 for
the military personnel accounts, which funds military pay and
allowances, recruitment and retention initiatives, and overall
quality of life programs for active duty, National Guard, and
reserve personnel. The recommendation provides increased basic
pay for all military personnel by 4.6 percent, effective
January 1, 2023. The Committee continues to encourage
constructive evaluations of recruitment and retention programs,
bonus and special pay incentives, and personnel benefit
programs for fiscal year 2023. 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 2023 budget request includes a decrease of
4,139 in total end strength for the active forces and a
decrease of 508 in total end strength for the Selected Reserve
as compared to fiscal year 2022 projected levels. Further, the
total end strength in the budget request includes a decrease of
24,640 personnel below the fiscal year 2022 authorized level.
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 2022 authorized........................... 1,348,040
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... 1,328,300
Fiscal year 2023 recommendation....................... 1,328,300
Compared with fiscal year 2022.................... -19,740
Compared with fiscal year 2023 budget request..... - - -
OVERALL SELECTED RESERVE END STRENGTH
Fiscal year 2022 authorized........................... 799,500
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... 794,600
Fiscal year 2023 recommendation....................... 794,600
Compared with fiscal year 2022.................... -4,900
Compared with fiscal year 2023 budget request..... - - -
SUMMARY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL END STRENGTH
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authorized Request Recommended request 2022
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Active Forces (End Strength)
Army....................................... 485,000 473,000 473,000 - - - -12,000
Navy....................................... 346,920 346,300 346,300 - - - -620
Marine Corps............................... 178,500 177,000 177,000 - - - -1,500
Air Force.................................. 329,220 323,400 323,400 - - - -5,820
Space Force................................ 8,400 8,600 8,600 - - - 200
Total, Active Forces................... 1,348,040 1,328,300 1,328,300 - - - -19,740
Guard and Reserve Forces (End Strength)
Army Reserve............................... 189,500 189,500 189,500 - - - 0
Navy Reserve............................... 58,600 57,700 57,700 - - - -900
Marine Corps Reserve....................... 36,800 33,000 33,000 - - - -3,800
Air Force Reserve.......................... 70,300 70,000 70,000 - - - -300
Army National Guard........................ 336,000 336,000 336,000 - - - 0
Air National Guard......................... 108,300 108,400 108,400 - - - 100
Total, Selected Reserve................ 799,500 794,600 794,600 - - - -4,900
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Total, Military Personnel...................... 2,147,540 2,122,900 2,122,900 0 -24,640
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REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS
The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit the Base for
Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for each of the fiscal year 2023
appropriations 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
Defense Appropriations Subcommittees.
The Secretary of Defense is directed to use the normal
prior approval reprogramming procedures to transfer funds in
the Services' military personnel accounts between budget
activities in excess of $10,000,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
Items for which additional funds have been provided or have
been specifically reduced as shown in the project level tables
or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to''
in this report are congressional special 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 as specifically addressed in the Committee report. Below
threshold reprogrammings may not be used to either restore or
reduce funding from congressional special interest items as
identified on the DD Form 1414.
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, with both personnel and resources, to
improve diversity in the military.
CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING
The Committee recognizes that the Department of Defense and
the military Services have multiple cultural sensitivity
training programs for military personnel. The Committee also
believes in the importance of protecting servicemembers' rights
regarding exercise of religion and ethnic heritage. As such,
the Committee supports efforts to identify resource and
personnel gaps that may exist in the Office for Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion of the Department of Defense as well as
efforts to identify existing gaps in protections for new and
prospective servicemembers.
TRAUMA TRAINING PROGRAM
The Committee recognizes the valuable support that
universities, hospitals, and other military partners provide by
offering civilian based emergency response trauma and critical
care training including public health, bio-environmental, and
biomedical instruction to sustain capabilities of the National
Guard Enhanced Response Forces Packages, National Guard
Homeland Response Forces, and Army Reserve Consequence
Management Response Forces. The Committee encourages the
Director of the National Guard Bureau and the Chiefs of the
reserve components to continue pursuing advanced trauma and
public health training with these civilian partners in order to
maintain unit readiness. The Committee also encourages the
development of enhanced medical and critical care preparedness
programs. The Committee directs the National Guard to continue
pursuing state-of-the-art trauma training, critical care,
behavioral health, public health training and other ancillary,
direct training with these civilian partners, thus maintaining
unit readiness postures at optimum levels as individual members
maintain their skills to provide effective mitigation,
intervention and prevention responses, and successful medical
outcomes to trauma incidents on the homeland and abroad.
EXTREMISM IN THE MILITARY
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence's
assessment found domestic violent extremists, galvanized by
recent political and societal events in the United States, pose
a heightened threat to the homeland. The assessment found these
extremists to be motivated by a range of ideologies, including
white supremacy and anti-government sentiments. Further, the
assessment found that false narratives such as fraud in the
general election and conspiracy theories promoting violence
will almost certainly spur domestic extremists to attempt acts
of violence. This is particularly troubling when coupled with
the Department of Defense's assessment that found extremist
groups are actively seeking to recruit military personnel or
enlist their own members in the military to obtain combat and
tactical experience and gain sensitive national security-
related knowledge.
The Committee understands the Department is taking steps
such as updating Department of Defense Instruction 1325.06 to
include an expanded definition of ``extremist activities'' as a
matter of policy. The Department's efforts to address this
threat continue to be complicated by an inability to collect
and track extremist activity of servicemembers, gaps in
investigative and record keeping procedures, and the absence of
a mechanism to report extremist behavior or attempts at
recruiting military personnel by extremist groups. Moreover,
previous prevention programs implemented by the Department have
yielded mixed results.
As the Department continues to implement the National
Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism, the Committee
expects the Secretary of Defense to prioritize resources
necessary to execute the Strategy. The Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries to provide a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
180 days after the enactment of this Act on the Department's
progress in implementing the Strategy, including the funding
requirements for each effort. Further, the Committee directs
the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the
congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after
the enactment of this Act on the Department's progress on
implementation of the recommendations set forth in the report
provided in response to section 530 of Public Law 116-92 and
dated October 14, 2020, as well as the Secretary of Defense
memorandum ``Immediate Actions to Counter Extremism in the
Department and Establishment of the Countering Extremism
Working Group'' dated April 9, 2021. The Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment
of this Act on the Department's progress in developing improved
security clearance policies, procedures, and training to ensure
that individuals who adhere to extremist ideologies do not have
security clearances. Finally, the Committee encourages the
Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries to study how
counseling and other support services could be leveraged to
prevent and reverse extremist beliefs held by active duty
military personnel who are identified or self-identify as
endorsing white supremacist or violent anti-government
ideologies.
SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION OVERSIGHT
In accordance with the U.S. Government Accountability
Office (GAO) recommendations to address certain implementation
gaps in the suicide prevention program (GAO-22-105888), the
Committee directs the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Marine
Corps to establish oversight mechanisms to help ensure that all
command and installation level suicide prevention program
activities are implemented as required across all installations
and commands, including remote overseas installations. This is
to ensure that servicemembers and dependents have access to
suicide prevention resources or that suicide prevention
procedures are followed in accordance with the Department and
Services policies.
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF WOMEN
The Committee recognizes that the Department has stated
that the recruitment and retention of women is an important
priority. Military personnel should reflect the nation's
population. However, the percentage of active duty personnel
who are female remains below 25 percent. The Committee directs
the Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the Services, to
develop clear guidance for monitoring and guiding the Services'
efforts to recruit and retain female active duty
servicemembers, including establishing goals, performance
measures, and timeframes for the implementation of such
guidance. The Committee further directs the Secretary of
Defense, and the Service Secretaries to brief the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees on their efforts relating to
the recruitment and retention of women not later than 90 days
after the enactment of this Act.
MILITARY SPOUSES
The Committee recognizes the need for comprehensive data
measuring employment among military spouses over time. The
Committee encourages the Department of Defense, in
collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to assess
the potential for measuring labor market outcomes and
characteristics of military spouses with existing survey data
and explore options for modifying such surveys to capture this
population.
MARINE CORPS FORCE DESIGN
The Committee supports the ongoing modernization effort and
recognizes that such a shift requires substantial adjustments
in how the Marine Corps organizes, trains, and equips, moving
away from traditional platforms in pursuit of a more resilient
forward-deployed posture. The Committee directs the Secretary
of the Navy, in conjunction with the Commandant of the Marine
Corps, to provide a briefing to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees not later than 90 days after the
enactment of this Act which details the timeline for achieving
such force design changes, including how the Marine Corps'
modernization strategy may impact possible future force
structure gaps in the next five to ten years.
SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military and at
the Service academies have reached crisis proportions. The Fort
Hood Independent Review Committee Report details the failures
of senior leaders to create a safe and professional environment
for all servicemembers and the failure at the command level to
prevent and punish sexual harassment and assault at the most
basic level. While specific to Fort Hood, the report describes
deficiencies in command climate that pervade all the Services.
The report findings are emblematic of the broader culture in
the military where systemic leadership failures have led to a
permissive environment, resulting in higher rates of sexual
assaults and harassment.
The Committee notes the President's Budget provides
$479,000,000 to fully implement the recommendations of the
Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault and Sexual
Harassment. The Committee recommendation includes full funding
for this effort.
In addition, the Committee recommendation includes
$47,000,000 for the Special Victims' Counsel program for
transfer to the Services, including the National Guard and
reserve components.
MILITARY FAMILIES AND FOOD INSECURITY
The Committee is concerned by the alarming rate of food
insecurity faced by military families. While servicemembers and
their families may have access to government food assistance,
their ability to qualify can vary by program and location,
forcing servicemembers to seek charitable food assistance or
limit the ability to eat healthy or nutritious food. The
coronavirus pandemic and its economic repercussions have only
magnified the problem of food insecurity experienced by
military families. For National Guard and reserve personnel,
the past year of near constant deployments to respond to the
pandemic, civil unrest, and natural disasters has exacerbated
the problem of food insecurity. Recent data from the United
States Census Bureau found hunger among the Guard and reserve
military personnel is more than double the national rate. The
Committee notes the Secretary of Defense is required to submit
a report providing an assessment of the current extent of food
insecurity among servicemembers and their dependents as
directed by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2022. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide the report to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees in conjunction with its submission to the House and
Senate Armed Services Committees and to provide a briefing to
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later than
30 days after the submission of the report.
ASSISTANCE TO SERVICE MEMBERS
The Committee supports the Air Force's initiative to help
servicemembers and their families from states that have enacted
anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex,
plus, legislation and encourages the Secretary of Defense to
implement similar policies Department-wide.
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS
The Committee urges the Secretary of Defense to amend the
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to require
procurement solicitations and contracts to include a clause
prohibiting a contractor from requiring their employees or
independent subcontractors to enter into a non-disparagement or
non-disclosure agreement related to workplace harassment as a
condition of employment, including sexual harassment, sexual
assault, or retaliation for reporting, resisting, opposing, or
otherwise participating in a workplace harassment proceeding.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $50,305,255,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 50,144,455,000
Change from budget request............................ -160,800,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$50,144,455,000 for Military Personnel, Army which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $36,629,226,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 36,244,037,000
Change from budget request............................ -385,189,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$36,244,037,000 for Military Personnel, Navy which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $15,330,068,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 15,230,772,000
Change from budget request............................ -99,296,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$15,230,772,000 for Military Personnel, Marine Corps which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $35,140,287,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 35,060,287,000
Change from budget request............................ -80,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$35,060,287,000 for Military Personnel, Air Force which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $1,117,361,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,084,361,000
Change from budget request............................ -33,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,084,361,000
for Military Personnel, Space Force which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2023:
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RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $5,384,686,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 5,374,686,000
Change from budget request............................ -10,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,374,686,000
for Reserve Personnel, Army which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2023:
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RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $2,410,777,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,400,777,000
Change from budget request............................ -10,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,400,777,000
for Reserve Personnel, Navy which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2023:
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RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $849,942,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 839,942,000
Change from budget request............................ -10,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $839,942,000
for Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2023:
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RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $2,519,878,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,509,878,000
Change from budget request............................ -10,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,509,878,000
for Reserve Personnel, Air Force which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2023:
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NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $9,324,813,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 9,324,213,000
Change from budget request............................ -600,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,324,213,000
for National Guard Personnel, Army which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2023:
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NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $5,127,335,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 5,123,235,000
Change from budget request............................ -4,100,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,123,235,000
for National Guard Personnel, Air Force which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2023:
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TITLE II
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
The fiscal year 2023 Department of Defense operation and
maintenance budget request totals $270,208,500,000. The
Committee recommendation provides $269,360,279,000 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 Secretary of Defense is directed to submit the Base for
Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for each of the fiscal year 2023
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 this report is
submitted to the House and Senate Defense Appropriations
Subcommittees.
The Secretary of Defense is directed to use the normal
prior approval reprogramming procedures to transfer funds in
the Services' operation and maintenance accounts between O-1
budget activities, or between sub-activity groups in the case
of Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, in excess of
$10,000,000. In addition, the Secretary of Defense shall follow
prior approval reprogramming procedures for transfers in excess
of $10,000,000 out of the following readiness sub-activity
groups:
Army:
Maneuver units
Modular support brigades
Land forces operations support
Aviation assets
Force readiness operations support
Land forces depot maintenance
Base operations support
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Specialized skill training
Flight training
Navy:
Mission and other flight operations
Fleet air training
Aircraft depot maintenance
Mission and other ship operations
Ship depot maintenance
Combat support forces
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Base operating support
Marine Corps:
Operational forces
Field logistics
Depot maintenance
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Air Force:
Primary combat forces
Combat enhancement forces
Depot purchase equipment maintenance
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Contractor logistics support and system support
Flying hour program
Space Force:
Global C3l and early warning
Space operations
Contractor logistics support and system support
Administration
Additionally, the Secretary of Defense is directed to use
normal prior approval reprogramming procedures when
implementing transfers in excess of $10,000,000 into the
following budget sub-activities:
Air Force:
Base support
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard:
Base operations support
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard:
Aircraft operations
Contractor logistics support and systems support
REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
baseline report that shows the Special Operations Command's
operation and maintenance funding by sub-activity group for the
fiscal year 2023 appropriation not later than 60 days after the
enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense is further
directed to submit quarterly execution reports to the
congressional defense committees not later than 45 days after
the end of each fiscal quarter that addresses the rationale for
the realignment of any funds within and between budget sub-
activities and the movement of any base funds used to support
overseas contingency operations. Finally, the Secretary of
Defense is directed to notify the congressional defense
committees 30 days prior to the realignment of funds in excess
of $10,000,000 between sub-activity groups.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
Items for which additional funds have been provided or have
been specifically reduced as shown in the project level tables
or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to''
in this report are congressional special 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 as specifically addressed in this report. Below
Threshold Reprogrammings may not be used to either restore or
reduce funding from congressional special interest items as
identified on the DD Form 1414.
QUARTERLY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE UPDATES
Regular interaction with each of the Services' financial
management offices enhances the ability of the Committee to
perform its essential oversight responsibilities. Through these
interactions, the Committee gains a better understanding of the
challenges each of the Services face with the obligation and
execution of their programs and contracts. The Committee notes
the successful quarterly meetings this year with each of the
Services and directs the Director of each of the Service's
Operations Divisions (Financial Management and Budget) to
continue to provide quarterly briefings to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees on their respective operation and
maintenance execution rates in fiscal year 2023.
COMBATANT COMMANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROGRAMS
The Committee recommendation includes $35,000,000 for the
combatant commands to partner with the United States Forest
Service in support of international programs that support
national security priorities related to the destabilizing
effects of extreme weather conditions.
NATIONAL DISASTERS
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense and the
Chief of the National Guard Bureau to provide a briefing to the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 60
days after the enactment of this Act on how the Department of
Defense may more effectively and efficiently apportion National
Guard forces when faced with domestic wildfires, floods and
hurricanes, especially those that may place a heightened risk
to highly populated areas prone to such disasters. The briefing
shall focus on whether the number of members of the National
Guard is sufficient to meet the requirements of their domestic
responses and shifting populations.
BISON MEAT
The Committee understands that bison meat is a healthy and
nutritional food choice that is also a sustainable American
produced food source. The Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense and the Service Secretaries to explore increasing
procurement of bison meat, consistent with the Buy American
Act, with the goal of procuring two million pounds of bison
meat annually to promote bison as a healthy and sustainable
food source and further treaty and trust responsibilities and
Native American Agriculture. The Committee encourages the
Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries to explore
using the authority of the Buy Indian Act, 25 U.S.C. 47 to
procure bison and other livestock products, crops, fresh fruit,
and vegetable produce from Indian tribes and tribal
organizations at a sustainable price.
RESTORING READINESS
The Committee recommendation includes additional readiness
funds for each of the Services within the operation and
maintenance accounts which shall only be used to improve
military readiness, including providing for increased training
and depot maintenance activities. None of the funding provided
may be used for recruiting, marketing, or advertising programs.
The additional funding is a congressional special interest
item. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense and the
Service Secretaries to submit a detailed spend plan by sub-
activity group to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees not less than 30 days prior to the obligation of
these funds.
PILOT SHORTAGES
The Committee supports efforts throughout the Department of
Defense to address the shortage of pilots across the Services.
The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense and the
Service Secretaries to work with higher education institutions,
including Historically Black Colleges and University, Hispanic
Serving Institutions and other Minority Serving Institutions,
to develop programs that will prepare more students to meet the
eligibility requirements for pilot training. In addition, the
Committee encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to examine
university-based training for Air Force ROTC Cadets and
civilian aviation students as pilots and sensor operators for
remotely piloted aircraft. The Committee directs the Secretary
of Defense, in coordination with the Service Secretaries, to
submit a report to congressional defense committees on these
efforts not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act.
MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
quarterly report, beginning 45 days after the enactment of this
Act, to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on its
efforts to work with small minority and women-owned businesses.
The report shall specify the number of minority and women-owned
small businesses receiving contracts from funds appropriated
under this Act, and the amount awarded to each minority and
women-owned small business receiving contracts from funds
appropriated under this Act. The report shall also include
disaggregated data, to include gender and ethnicity, on the
goods and services acquired by the Department of Defense in the
United States or from sources from the United States from a
for-profit entity with funds authorized to be appropriated
under this Act is acquired from small business concerns owned
and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals (as such term is defined in section 8(d)(3)(C) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 367(d)(3)(C)).
TRIBAL CONSULTATION
The Administration issued a Presidential Memorandum on
January 26, 2021, regarding Tribal Consultation and
Strengthening Nation-to-Nation Relationships. This memorandum
requires agencies to create a plan of action to implement
Executive Order 13175 which obligates federal agencies to
consult with tribes when developing policies with tribal
implications. The January 26, 2021 memorandum aligns with
congressional guidance outlined in Section 2802 of P.L. 116-92,
which encourages the Department of Defense to begin tribal
consultations as soon as possible for any project that is
likely to impact tribal lands, cultural properties, or treaty
rights. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this
Act which outlines how the Department of Defense is upholding
the requirements outlined in the January 26, 2021 Presidential
Memorandum. This report should also detail the Department's
efforts to work with tribal communities with a specific
emphasis on the impacts of naval installations that coexist
with tribal communities.
CHILDCARE
The Committee recognizes the ongoing stresses on military
families trying to secure suitable childcare. Military families
can face long waitlists, lengthy commutes, irregular hours,
budget constraints, insufficient open hours, and prohibitive
expenses. The Committee commends the Administration's efforts
in the budget to alleviate these challenges. To ensure that the
increases in the fiscal year 2023 budget are sufficient, the
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to continue to
review existing childcare fee assistance programs, including
Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood (MCCYN), Military
Child Care in Your Neighborhood--PLUS (MCCYN-PLUS), and other
Department of Defense childcare programs, to ensure they will
meet the needs of military families with children. Upon
receiving the review's results, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report not
later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act that
identifies gaps and a plan for improvements needed in the
Department's childcare fee assistance programs' subsidies,
accreditation requirements, and other details to better support
military families.
MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES
The Committee notes that significant investment has been
made to either construct or restore Child Development Centers
and unaccompanied housing units for servicemembers. It is vital
that each of the Services maintain these facilities. The
Committee encourages the Services Secretaries to utilize their
facilities sustainment, restoration and maintenance funds for
quality-of-life facilities at the highest amount possible to
ensure the existing buildings are being maintained to the
standards we expect for our servicemembers.
ADVERTISING
The Committee understands that, as the largest advertiser
in the United States, the federal government should work to
ensure fair access to its advertising contracts for small,
disadvantaged businesses and businesses owned by minorities and
women. The Committee directs each department and agency to
include the following information in its fiscal year 2024
budget justification: expenditures for fiscal year 2023 and
expected expenditures for fiscal year 2024 for all contracts
for advertising services; and contracts for the advertising
services of socially and economically disadvantaged small
businesses concerns (as defined in section 8(a)(4) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4)); and women- and minority-
owned businesses.
MEALS READY-TO-EAT WAR RESERVE
The Committee recommendation supports the fiscal year 2023
request for the Defense Logistics Agency's request for meals
ready-to-eat and reaffirms its support for the War Reserve
stock objective of 5,000,000 cases.
MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
The Committee recognizes that Military Criminal
Investigative Organizations (MCIOs), which include the U.S.
Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID), the Naval Criminal
Investigative Service (NCIS), and the Air Force Office of
Special Investigations (OSI), each play a critical role in
bringing servicemembers who commit serious felonies to justice
and in finding justice for servicemembers who are the victims
of felonies. The foundation for justice is rooted in quality
criminal investigations. The Committee notes the budget
increases included in the fiscal year 2023 Service budget
requests and directs each Service Secretary to refrain from
making mid-year budget cuts to the MCIOs in fiscal year 2023.
The Committee notes the uneven processes across the MCIOs
in addressing cold cases. The Committee expects best practices
to be shared across each of the MCIOs, and is concerned that
disincentives exist to officially close cold cases, in
particular, as it will affect when the Inspector General may
begin to conduct oversight. The Committee directs the Secretary
of Defense to work with the Service Secretaries to develop a
standard across each of the MCIOs for when closed cases should
be conveyed to outside organizations for a peer review or
consideration by the Inspector General. Furthermore, if a case
is not solved prior to the investigators ``rotating out of the
unit'' the Committee expects each Service Secretary to ensure
standard procedures exist that guarantee an effective turn-over
of the case to a new investigator. Finally, the Committee
encourages the Secretary of the Army to consider establishing a
cold case unit similar to NCIS and OSI.
PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTIONS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS
The Committee recognizes the value of the nutritional
health and well-being of servicemembers and the growing demand
for plant-based foods. Therefore, the Committee encourages the
Secretary of Defense to use the Food Service Guidelines for
Federal Facilities, and to implement daily nutritious plant-
based food options into meal choices. The Committee encourages
the Secretary of Defense to use funding provided to offer at
least one plant-based full-service entree option at each meal.
DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARDS
The Committee directs all Discharge Review Boards and
Service respective Boards for Correction of Military Records to
provide explicit information on their web pages for veterans
seeking review of their discharges due to the ``Don't Ask Don't
Tell'' (DADT) policy or similar policy in place prior to the
enactment of DADT, and to ensure that such reviews are
administered consistently and uniformly across all branches of
the Armed Forces. The Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide documentation of the information on each
website to the congressional defense committees not later than
90 days after the enactment of this Act.
JUSTIFICATION DOCUMENTS
The Committee is concerned that some of the justification
books and documents provided by the Department of Defense and
the Services do not provide an adequate accounting for the
funding requested. Neither documentation from the Pacific
Deterrence Initiative (PDI) nor the European Deterrence
Initiative (EDI) books match the information for additional
funds included in the Services' justification documents. Nor do
the descriptions of activities seem to change. In examining the
documents, some of the descriptions are exactly the same year
to year. Therefore, the Committee directs that the PDI and EDI
justification documents be augmented with the submission of the
fiscal year 2024 justification materials to include the
following:
(1) Each individual activity receiving funds will include
the amount of increase in funding (not an overall top line
increase);
(2) Each individual activity will also include the baseline
of funds from the previous fiscal year.
Each augmented program or activity will specify which
service, account, subactivity group or program element line is
increasing.
LANGUAGE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM
The Committee recognizes the National Security Education
Program provides training for servicemembers and civilians in
languages and cultures critical to national security. The
Committee recommendation restores the funding removed in the
budget request for this critical program and includes a total
of $28,000,000 for the program. The Committee encourages the
Secretary of Defense to continue supporting programs that
ensure warfighters receive the language and culture training
needed to effectively complete missions. Additionally, the
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a spend
plan for this program's funding to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees not later than 15 days prior to the
obligation of funds.
The Committee is concerned about the lack of military
personnel with advanced language skills and believes this could
be addressed by promoting foreign language study programs
targeting elementary and secondary students. The National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 authorized the
development of a competitive grant program to provide support
to eligible entities, including Department of Defense Education
Activity schools, for the establishment, improvement, or
expansion of world language study for this population. In
support of this program, the Committee recommendation includes
an additional $15,000,000 for Department of Defense Education
Activity schools. The Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a detailed spend plan to the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees for the implementation of the
program, which should commence with the 2023-2024 academic
year, not later than 45 days after the enactment of this Act.
Additionally, the Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than October 1, 2023 which lists the
schools that receive funds, in what amount, and how the funds
were executed, as well as how the Department plans to expand
the program to public schools in a local education agency that
hosts a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers Corps Training
Center, in the following academic year.
INDIAN FINANCING ACT
The Committee recommendation includes funds for activities
authorized in the Indian Financing Act of 1974 and directs the
Secretary of Defense to obligate such funds not later than 90
days after the enactment of this Act.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
The Committee included requests for several reports in
House Report 117-88 on workforce issues; unfortunately, to
date, the Administration has failed to provide any of the
reports. The Committee understands that the Deputy Secretary of
Defense is leading a working group on the issue within the
Department and is eager to learn of its activities and what, if
any, of its decisions have been implemented in the Department.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Deputy Secretary of
Defense to provide the following reports that were required in
House Report 117-88 not later than 60 days after the enactment
of this Act:
(1) Under ``Hard to Fill Positions,'' a report detailing
both civilian and military hard-to-fill positions in the
Department of Defense which includes how the Department of
Defense's and the Services' modernization strategies may impact
these needs and possible future gaps in the next five to ten
years;
(2) Under ``Hard to Fill Positions,'' the report requiring
delineation of programs and funding levels relating to Career
and Technical Education (CTE) and Science Technology
Engineering and Math (STEM) programs in the Department of
Defense and how hiring gaps in these areas impact programs and
careers throughout the Department of Defense;
(3) Under ``Hard to Fill Positions,'' an update on the
establishment of the Defense CTE and STEM Education and
Workforce Pipeline Strategies;
(4) Each of the reports delineated under the section
``Recruiting and Retention for Hard-To-Fill Positions'';
(5) The report required under ``Aligning Civilian and
Military Education for Workforce Development''; and
(6) The status of the ``Defense Foreign Language and
Cultural Competency Education and Workforce Strategy''.
OPERATIONS AT JOINT-USE AIRPORTS
The Committee is aware of the important relationship
between the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) and civil airport sponsors in fostering
joint civilian and military use of airports on land owned by
the Department. The Committee notes that the FAA has spent over
$700,000,000 in Airport Improvement Funds on infrastructure
projects to accommodate joint civilian operations at Department
of Defense-owned airfields. The Committee directs the Secretary
of Defense to conduct a study examining airports that have
existing joint-use agreements, with an emphasis on large hub
commercial service airports, to be completed within 90 days
after the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall provide
the congressional defense committees with the results of this
study not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
The study shall provide insights toward the creation of a pilot
program that employs Department of Defense funds to build
emergency operations facilities at joint-use airports to
accommodate expanded military operations.
NOISE ASSESSMENTS
The Committee appreciates the concern communities express
when faced with the possibility of increased noise when new
military airframes are introduced to local installations. The
Committee understands that information, such as environmental
impact statements that provide information on noise increases,
may not be generally available tothese communities. The
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022, included
$75,000,000 for noise mitigation tools under a program being
administered by the Office of Local Defense Community
Cooperation (OLDCC). The OLDCC has advised the Committee that
collaboration has begun between the Federal Aviation
Administration and the Department of Defense. The Committee is
optimistic that this program will meet the needs of the
communities involved and looks forward to continued updates
from OLDCC. If State or local officials or community leaders
have questions about proposed noise levels, the Committee
directs the Service Secretary involved in the project to
provide any environmental impact statement or official noise
assessments they may have performed to the requesting entity
upon request.
PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES MITIGATION
Addressing the health effects of PFAS continues to be a top
priority for the Committee, in particular the impacts on
servicemembers, their families, and local communities remain a
concern. The Committee appreciates that the Department and the
Services have been testing drinking water and conducting site
assessments and remedial investigations to fully understand the
scope and impacts of PFAS migration. Further progress may be
negatively impacted by the accumulation of PFAS Investigation-
Derived Waste that requires disposal with a viable on-site
solution. The Committee recognizes the concerns about the
health impacts of incineration of PFAS waste and the existing
moratorium, but that does not eliminate the requirement for
disposal. The Committee understands existing technology is
coming online that has been evaluated as effective by the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Therefore, the Committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to use the fiscal year 2023
Defense Environmental Restoration Program appropriations to
determine the efficacy of whether selected technologies--such
as supercritical water oxidation--are scalable, mobile, and
ready for the destruction of PFAS on-site without incineration
or the release of harmful byproducts.
Further, in communities where the chemicals PFAS, PFOA, and
PFOS have leeched into the groundwater used for drinking in
communities surrounding active and former military
installations, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense
to prioritize mitigation plans that remove the chemical from
the groundwater as quickly and efficiently as possible. The
Secretary of Defense should give additional priority to
communities located in drought-prone regions that rely on
groundwater aquifers as a primary or secondary source of
drinking water, including communities within a U.S. EPA-
designated sole source aquifer established under Section
1424(e) of the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act.
PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE AND PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID EXPOSURE
ASSESSMENT
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
authorized a study and assessment of the health implications of
perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid
(PFOA) contamination in drinking water. The Committee
recommendation includes $15,000,000 for the study and
assessment. The Committee also directs the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment to submit
a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not
later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act on the
Department's strategy to execute this funding.
The Committee remains concerned about PFOS/PFOA
contamination on current and former domestic military
installations. As the Department conducts its exposure
assessment on all installations known to have PFOS/PFOA
drinking water contamination, the Committee directs the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and
Environment to publicly release the measured levels of
contamination found at each installation. For all remediation
activities, the Department is directed to achieve a drinking
water cleanup standard no higher than the threshold of the
Environmental Protection Agency health advisory level
(currently 70 parts per trillion) for federally controlled
sites and surrounding communities whose water sources were
contaminated as a result of Department activities. The
Committee urges the Secretary of Defense to focus continued
investments in groundwater remediation technologies that are
both cost effective and efficacious.
Additionally, the Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to comply with the provisions of section 322 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. The
Committee notes that today's currently available Aqueous Film
Forming Foams (AFFF) contain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl
Substances (PFAS) and currently, none of the commercially
available PFAS-free foams meet the Department's strict safety
standards to rapidly extinguish dangerous fuel fires. The
Committee understands that a prohibition on the use of current
versions of AFFF would drastically reduce the ability of the
Department's firefighters to fight fuel fires and increase risk
to servicemembers and firefighters. However, due to the
significant and salient public health risks associated with
PFOS/PFOA contamination, the Committee urges the Secretary of
Defense to expedite replacement of fluorinated AFFF throughout
all branches of the military and cease use of AFFF prior to
October 1, 2024.
PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES CLEANUP COST REPORTING
The Committee notes the creation of a Per- and
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Task Force to address the
growing health concerns over releases of these substances and
their effects on military installations and the surrounding
communities. To support the Department's efforts, the Committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees, not later than 90 days after
the enactment of this Act, and semi-annually thereafter, a
report on costs associated with investigating and cleaning up
PFAS at sites with funding provided by either the environmental
restoration or operation and maintenance appropriation
accounts. The report shall provide, for each component and by
installation name, for the investigation and cleanup of PFAS;
the actual obligations through the end of fiscal year 2020; the
actual obligations in fiscal year 2021; the planned and actual
obligations in fiscal year 2022; the planned obligations for
fiscal year 2023; and the estimated cost after fiscal year
2023.
PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS CONTAMINATION AND FIRST
RESPONDER EXPOSURE
The Committee remains concerned with the health
implications of exposure to perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs),
including the increased rate of cancer in Department of Defense
firefighter and first responder personnel. The Committee
understands there are ongoing efforts to develop an alternative
firefighting foam that meets military requirements and is free
from PFCs that have been linked to higher rates of certain
cancers. Given the lack of definitive guidance around exposure
levels, the Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to
accelerate adoption of other forms of foam that meet military
specifications and do not contain PFCs. Further, the Committee
understands that testing for firefighters for exposure to PFCs
has begun and that the Department is developing firefighter
population-level summation statistics for PFCs blood sampling
of firefighters. The Committee is encouraged by these efforts
but believes that additional measures need to be taken. The
Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs to provide a report to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees not later than 180 days after the
enactment of this Act on the Department's ongoing efforts to
test and track potential first responder exposure to these
chemicals as part of their existing annual medical surveillance
exams.
TRACKING OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS
The Committee recognizes the importance of the efforts of
the Department of Defense to clean up environmental damages and
manage environmental restoration liabilities, risks, and
testing data of PFAS and other contaminants of emerging
concern. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to evaluate existing commercial-off-the-shelf software
to more efficiently manage environmental site investigations
and cleanups.
VIEQUES AND CULEBRA
The Committee remains concerned with the pace and scope of
environmental restoration on the island municipalities of
Culebra and Vieques in Puerto Rico. The Committee encourages
the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy to work
closely with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Fish and
Wildlife Service, and the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality
Board to maximize public participation and transparency in the
decontamination process in order to achieve a thorough
decontamination result on both islands.
The Committee also is concerned about public safety on the
northwest peninsula of Culebra due to unexploded ordnance
identified there by the Army. The Committee encourages the
Secretary of the Army to exercise available authorities,
including the authority clarified in the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, to decontaminate the
northwest peninsula. Additionally, the Committee directs the
Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy each to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act detailing
all respective decontamination authorities and plans applicable
to Culebra and Vieques, to include particular emphasis on the
decontamination of the northwest peninsula of Culebra.
The Committee also notes that there are gaps in information
about the types and amounts of ordnance used on Vieques and
Culebra, as well as potential links between the ordnance used
and threats to public health. The Committee directs the
Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy to provide
a report to the congressional defense committees not later than
60 days after the enactment of this Act on previously released
information related to the ordnance on the two islands. The
Committee also urges the Secretaries to publish the relevant
documents on the internet in a single location and in a user-
friendly format.
TAIWAN
The Committee notes that Section 1249 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (P.L. 117-81)
required the Secretary of Defense to provide the congressional
defense committees with a briefing on the feasibility and
advisability of enhanced cooperation between the National Guard
and Taiwan. The Committee understands that the Secretary of
Defense continues to assess the feasibility of enhancing the
relationship between the National Guard and Taiwan. Given the
possible impact of this decision, the Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to brief the congressional defense
committees with an update on these determinations not later
than September 30, 2022.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $58,117,556,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 57,583,205,000
Change from budget request............................ -534,351,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$57,583,205,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Army which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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SMALL BUSINESS
The Committee continues to be concerned with the findings
of the Government Accountability Office in its report, ``Army
Futures Command Should Take Steps to Improve Small Business
Engagement for Research and Development'', which notes the lack
of coordination between the Army Futures Command and small
businesses. The Committee recognizes the importance of small
businesses to the Department of Defense and encourages the
Commanding General, Army Futures Command, to develop methods to
improve small business engagement for research and development
and to coordinate with the Army Office of Small Business
Programs in its engagement efforts. The Committee directs the
Secretary of the Army to create performance measures to track
the Army Futures Command's efforts and to submit a report to
the congressional defense committees on these efforts not later
than 60 days after the enactment of this Act.
ARMY HIGH ALTITUDE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE
CAPABILITIES
The Committee understands that the Department of Defense's
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems
play critical roles in support of current military operations.
The demand for ISR capabilities, including processing,
exploitation, and dissemination, is insatiable. The Committee
appreciates that the Army has successfully augmented current
service capabilities with contractor-owned, contractor-operated
platforms to meet mission requirements. Therefore, the
Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army, at the
direction of the EUCOM and INDOPACOM Combatant Commanders, to
continue utilizing the contractor-owned, contractor-operated
model to fulfill ISR requirements in areas of operation which
are of high value and national interest, such as Ukraine, and
not inherently governmental.
The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees a report, not
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, that
evaluates the Army's gap in ISR capabilities, including for
high accuracy initiatives. In addition, the Committee
encourages the Secretary of the Army to include contractor-
owned, contractor-operated models as viable solutions to
complement Service-owned capabilities and to meet the combatant
commands' validated ISR shortfalls and mission requirements.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $66,151,951,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 65,775,711,000
Change from budget request............................ -376,240,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$65,775,711,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Navy which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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SHIP MAINTENANCE
The Committee held multiple discussions with Navy officials
regarding the continued delays to ship maintenance programs,
with particular concern related to submarine maintenance. The
Committee appreciates there are several factors involved in
these delays, however, a solution between the Navy and industry
must be forthcoming. Therefore, the Committee directs the
Secretary of the Navy to continue to provide quarterly reports
to the congressional defense committees, beginning not later
than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, on the status of
maintenance and repair work for all naval vessels with special
attention to submarines. The report shall include the amount of
funding budgeted for submarine maintenance in fiscal year 2023
and the prior three years, the original estimated amount of
time expected for maintenance activities to be completed, any
adjustments to the schedule, the reasons why changes were
necessary, and the new expected timeframe for completion and
any additional costs involved. The report shall be broken out
by shipyard and/or private entity (by site), by name, and type
of vessel. The report shall also include any new efforts the
Navy has taken to address the delays it continues to face.
AIRFRAME MAINTENANCE
The Committee still has concerns about airframe
maintenance. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to
provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense
committees, beginning not later than 30 days after the
enactment of this Act, on the status of maintenance and repair
work for each airframe. The report shall include the amount of
funding budgeted for airframe maintenance in fiscal year 2023
and the prior three years, the original estimated amount of
time expected for maintenance activities to be completed, any
adjustments to the schedule, the reasons why any changes were
necessary, and the new expected timeframe for completion and
any additional costs involved.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $9,660,944,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 9,638,125,000
Change from budget request............................ -22,819,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,638,125,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION
The Committee received a briefing from Marine Corps
officials regarding their proposal to utilize a preponderance
of fiscal year 2023 Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and
Modernization (FSRM) funds to place greater emphasis on
recapitalization and demolition projects, rather than
sustainment activities. The change in focus is due to the fact
that currently 40 percent of the Marine Corps plant replacement
value is in poor or failing condition. The Committee
understands that without this change in scope, facilities may
become unusable. Given this information, the Committee intends
to monitor the program and directs the Secretary of the Navy to
provide the congressional defense committees with a FSRM spend
plan not later than 45 days after the enactment of this Act,
detailing the Marine Corps' fiscal year 2023 FSRM projects,
specifically noting the recapitalization and demolition
projects, with the associated funding levels as well as
aggregate sustainment funding amounts. The Committee also
directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a follow-on report
that details how the fiscal year 2023 funds were spent, with
the same criteria, by January 15, 2024.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $58,281,242,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 58,038,438,000
Change from budget request............................ -242,804,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$58,038,438,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force which
will provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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PILOT SHORTFALL
The Committee remains concerned by the inability of the Air
Force to maintain the requisite number of pilots each year. The
Committee supports new initiatives that the Air Force is
implementing, such as the Pilot Training Next and other efforts
to increase training throughput, and anticipates seeing
positive results of the programs. However, continued oversight
is critical to ensure the Air Force can decrease its pilot
shortfall. Further, the Committee is greatly concerned by the
challenges with J85 engine repair throughputs and its impact on
pilot training. Therefore, the Committee directs the Commander
of Air Education and Training Command and the Deputy Chief of
Staff of Operations at Air Force Headquarters to provide
quarterly updates to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees beginning not later than 45 days after the enactment
of this Act on efforts to address its pilot shortfall.
AIRCRAFT PROTECTION
The Committee recognizes the adverse impact that sunlight
and hail can have on the readiness and service life of
aircraft. Unprotected aircraft can sustain significant damage
during hailstorms and long-term damage from extensive sun
exposure, creating additional, yet preventable, maintenance
costs. The Committee urges the Secretary of the Air Force to
prioritize maintenance that provides protection for aircraft to
prevent damage caused by weather.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $4,034,658,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,967,658,000
Change from budget request............................ -67,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,967,658,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Space Force which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $48,406,516,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 48,663,571,000
Change from budget request............................ +257,055,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$48,663,571,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
which will provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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LEGACY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
The Committee includes an additional $5,000,000 for the
Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program to
continue the work begun in project 17-836 to continue to
identify habitat conservation opportunities that will benefit
both the species and military readiness by avoiding or reducing
regulatory constraints on military testing and training.
READINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INTEGRATION PROGRAM
The Committee recommendation includes $175,000,000 for the
Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) and
notes the importance of REPI and Sentinel Landscape
Partnerships to the successful land and wildlife conservation
activities on land buffering military installations.
The Committee recognizes the important role the Department
of Defense plays as a federal partner in multi-state watershed
restoration projects and the importance of the REPI program in
advancing a critical military goal of limiting encroachment and
land use conflicts. The Committee also is aware of the
importance of deploying stormwater best management practices on
and around military bases to mitigate flooding and runoff,
especially in stormwater-stressed ecosystems. The Committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to prioritize REPI projects
that leverage other federal and non-federal funding sources to
deploy best management practices on lands conserved through
REPI to enhance resilience and improve water quality in
watersheds where the Department of Defense has restoration
partnership obligations and where land subsidence compounds the
threat of sea level rise and associated flooding.
RECYCLING
The Committee recognizes the important role of Qualified
Recycling Programs (QRP), including effective models of
recycling partnerships found at Fort Hood. The Committee also
recognizes the need to enhance existing recycling
infrastructure, establish municipal partnerships, and invest in
quality-of-life improvement projects on all military
installations to facilitate a greater adoption of regional
recycling programs with municipalities. The Committee provides
an additional $3,600,000 and directs the Secretary of Defense
to establish a pilot program to examine ways to incentivize
more cost-effective recycling, explore effective recycling
practices, and to study the impact of forming regional QRPs to
reach economic viability for their recycled materials,
particularly where local recycling rates are low or
uneconomical for municipalities to recycle.
RED HILL RECOVERY FUND
The Committee recognizes the importance of addressing the
community, environmental and national security challenges
caused by the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility leak. The
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary
of the Navy, to continue to take the necessary steps to safely
close the facility, remediate the surrounding environment,
assess and address the harm caused to the aquifer, work in
conjunction with the state of Hawaii and the local community in
these efforts, and build a more distributive fuel
infrastructure for the Indo-Pacific.
For efforts in Hawaii, the Committee directs the Secretary
of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy, to
provide quarterly updates in the form of written reports,
beginning not later than 45 days after the enactment of this
Act, to the congressional defense committees on obligations,
completed and pending actions with the state of Hawaii's
regulatory agencies and the Environmental Protection Agency,
water quality test results, efforts to assess the hydrogeology
and improve water quality testing surrounding the facility,
progress toward decommissioning the facility, and defense funds
used for planned military construction and related planning and
design efforts, community engagement efforts, and actions taken
to address the needs of individual service members and their
families that were affected by the Red Hill crisis.
For efforts to move the fuel from Red Hill to other
locations in the Indo-Pacific, the Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide quarterly updates, in the form
of written reports, beginning not later than 45 days after the
enactment of this Act, to the congressional defense committees
on obligations, new locations of fuel previously stored in the
facility, efforts to build new fuel storage locations, summary
of any planning and design efforts for potential military
construction projects to store bulk fuel in the region, and
efforts to improve the survivability of existing and new fuel
storage locations. Information contained in these reports may
be provided with a classified annex.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL NEEDS
The Committee recognizes that military families with
special needs face unique challenges and that, to assist these
families, each Service implements its own program. In 2018, the
Government Accountability Office found that variations in the
support provided to military family members with special
medical and educational needs through the Department of Defense
Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) led to potential gaps
in assistance. The Committee recognizes the value of community
partners to provide vital support and coordination services to
military personnel and their families and urges the Service
Secretaries to continue partnering with leading non-profit
organizations aimed at addressing the broad range of services
required by individuals with special needs.
The Committee also encourages the Director of the
Department of Defense Office of Community Support for Families
with Special Needs and the leader of each Service EFMP to
establish partnerships with non-profit organizations that offer
coordinated and tracked services for individuals with special
needs that focus on providing comprehensive, integrated
medical, and non-medical services for individuals with special
needs. The Committee directs the Director of such office to
provide a report to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees on these efforts not later than 60 days after the
enactment of the Act.
IMPACT AID
The Committee supports the Impact Aid and Impact Aid for
Children with Disabilities programs. However, the Committee is
concerned by possible discrepancies in how local education
agencies eligible for both programs receive funding. The
Committee directs the Director of the Department of Defense
Education Activity to submit a report to the congressional
defense communities not later than 60 days after the enactment
of this Act that addresses any inconsistencies and
recommendations to close any funding gaps.
SUPPORT FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES
It is the Committee's view that the AbilityOne program is a
critical component of the defense industrial base. In addition
to supporting mission-critical needs of our warfighters with
products made in America, the program employs individuals with
disabilities through Department of Defense contracts. The
mandatory set-aside for all items determined suitable for
production by AbilityOne nonprofit agencies is a long-standing
department-wide mandatory source contracting requirement in
accordance with the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act. However, the
Committee is concerned about a growing number of instances when
requirements for mandatory source items are inappropriately
delayed or terminated from the AbilityOne. Therefore, the
Committee expects the Secretary of Defense to ensure compliance
with existing statutes pertaining to this issue.
NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM
To conform to Section 516 of P.L. 117-81, funding in this
Act may be made available to allow the Department of Defense to
issue non-state matched funding in limited circumstances;
however, before any unmatched funds are disbursed, funding
requirements for current programs must be met. Any funds used
under this new authority shall be reported in the annual
reporting requirement found in 32 USC 509(k).
DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
The Committee continues to support the Defense Community
Infrastructure Program and recommends a total of $100,000,000
for the program for fiscal year 2023. Of the funds included for
this program, the Committee directs the Office of Local Defense
Community Cooperation to include a new category for
consideration for projects. This category would include funding
for training facilities for use by cadets participating in a
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program at Historically
Black Colleges/Universities that are also Land Grant
Universities, meaning a part B institution as defined in
section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1061) and an 1890 Institution as defined in section 2 of the
Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of
1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601). Additionally, only those units that are
not a part of a consortium of other ROTC universities and are
40 miles away from the nearest active duty military
installation may be considered for funding.
RONALD V. DELLUMS MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP
The Committee has included additional funds for the
creation of the ``Ronald V. Dellums Memorial Fellowship.'' To
ensure the success of this program, the Secretary of Defense is
directed to allocate $5,000,000 to establish a fellowship
program, which shall be known as the ``Ronald V. Dellums
Memorial Fellowship for Women of Color in STEAM.'' This
fellowship will provide scholarships and internships for
eligible students with high potential talent in science,
technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). Such
scholarships shall be designed to increase awareness of and
interest in employment at a Defense Agency among under-
represented students in the STEAM fields, particularly women of
color, who are pursuing a degree in a STEAM field; support the
academic careers of underrepresented students, especially women
of color, in STEAM fields; and build a pipeline of women of
color with exemplary academic achievements in a STEAM field
relevant to national security who can pursue careers in
national security and in areas of national need.
CIVILIAN CYBER WORKFORCE
The Committee recognizes the challenge that the Department
of Defense faces in hiring individuals with the necessary
security clearances for the cyber workforce and encourages the
Secretary of Defense to find innovative solutions to increase
the civilian cyber workforce. The Committee believes that the
Department of Defense should collaborate with colleges and
universities to recruit cyber-focused students during their
junior or senior years, with the intent that upon graduation
the student will have a completed security clearance. The
Committee notes the Secretary of Defense is currently required
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees on
efforts to increase the throughput of security clearances and
further directs the Secretary of Defense to provide an update
to the congressional defense committees not later than 60 days
after the enactment of this Act with any changes to the
anticipated date of completion for the report.
INFORMATION SHARING
The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) created a program that
provides federal civilian agencies, state fusion centers, and
select information sharing and analysis centers with no-cost
access to commercial cyber threat intelligence and services.
This model has provided improved cybersecurity to a
constituency that may lack the expertise or other resources to
fully manage a comprehensive information technology security
program, particularly given increasing cyber threats. The
Committee believes that participation in CISA's program by
parties that work with the Department of Defense could reduce
cybersecurity risk to such parties, as well as improve the
overall effectiveness of the federal cybersecurity protection
effort. The Committee directs the Department of Defense Chief
Information Officer to examine opportunities for collaboration
between the Department of Defense and CISA on commercial cyber
threat intelligence shared services, the extent to which
parties working with the Department of Defense are presently
participating in or protected by CISA's program, and approaches
to expand participation across a greater number of such parties
and provide a joint recommendation to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees on a proposal to reach these parties
not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act.
CYBERSECURITY SUPPORT
The Committee recognizes the high demand for American
cybersecurity professionals which has hindered the ability of
the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to fully address our
nation's cybersecurity vulnerabilities. For this reason, the
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Director of CISA, to provide supplementary support to
CISA's efforts where necessary to respond to an increasing
number of intrusions, particularly by Russia and China.
JOINT SPECTRUM CENTER
The joint explanatory statement accompanying the Department
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022, incorporated language
regarding the relocation of the Defense Information Systems
Agency's Joint Spectrum Center. The Secretary of Defense is
required to provide the Committee an update as requested in the
Act.
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REPORT
The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense, in
cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation and the
Secretary of Energy, to evaluate the risks and national
security implications of United States greenhouse gas emissions
on military bases. The Committee recognizes the urgent
necessity of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the
impacts of global climate change. The Committee expects the
Department of Defense to integrate considerations of climate
impacts into all aspects of military planning and funding. The
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report
to the congressional defense committees outlining the
Department's plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on
military bases not later than 180 days after the enactment of
this Act. The report shall be categorized by Service and
include a summary of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
by installation.
AUDIT OVERSIGHT
In 2018, the Department of Defense conducted its first
department-wide audit, which revealed significant
technological, security, and organizational deficiencies in the
Department's financial management systems. These deficiencies
prevent the Department from collecting and reporting financial
and performance information that is accurate, reliable, and
timely. The current estimate for the Department to receive a
clean audit opinion is 2027.
The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) to include with the annual Department of Defense
Agency Financial Report an accompanying report that provides a
summary for each component that has not received an unqualified
opinion, the progress being made, the root cause of identified
deficiencies, and the significant outstanding challenges that
remain. The report shall also include, in consultation with the
Chief Information Officer, which information technology systems
are impeding the ability of the Department to achieve an
unqualified audit opinion. The report shall include a detailed
description of the Department's strategy to improve or replace
its information technology systems and implement business
process reengineering initiatives aimed at producing an
accurate, timely, and reliable audit across all the Services.
Further, the report shall include a plan detailing how the
Department will improve tracking of Department assets. The
report shall be made available publicly, with a classified
annex to the congressional defense committees as necessary, at
the time of publication of the annual Department of Defense
Agency Financial Report.
Finally, the Committee directs the Comptroller General to
review the Department's audit efforts and make recommendations
for steps the Department should take to achieve a clean audit
opinion before 2027 and provide a report to the congressional
defense committees on its findings not later than 270 days
after the enactment of this Act.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
The Committee notes that Hawaii has one of the largest and
most complex military presences in the nation. The leak from
the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility was not met with a
comprehensive response from either the Services or the
Department, and unfortunately, the crises caused confusion and
hardships for military families and the local community. The
Committee notes that some states have set up ``military affairs
council'' offices under the offices of the governor; these
offices serve as liaisons between the state, local entities and
the Services. Understanding that the creation of such councils
takes time, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
work with the Office of the Governor for the State of Hawaii to
help address the disconnect between the Services and the
communities of Hawaii. The Secretary of Defense shall provide a
briefing to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act on the
interaction between the Secretary's office and officials from
the State of Hawaii.
INFORMATION OPERATIONS
The Committee is encouraged by United States Special
Operations Command (USSOCOM) continued work in the information
environment to counter misinformation from the People's
Republic of China and the Russian Federation. The Committee is
also pleased with the establishment of a central fund for
Military Information Support Operations to better enable the
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special
Operations and Low Intensity Conflict and USSOCOM to coordinate
and execute operations both within and across multiple areas of
responsibility. In response to emerging requirements for U.S.
Indo-Pacific Command, the Committee recommends $27,500,000
above the request for information operations consistent with
the unfunded priority list for fiscal year 2023. Additional
direction is included in the classified annex accompanying this
report.
REPLACEMENT OF FLUORINATED AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAMS
The Committee is aware that Tier 1 Air Force facilities,
where loss of aircraft or assets serviced inside would result
in mission failure, have programmed replacement of existing
fluorinated aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) systems while
Tier 2 facilities would use an automatic water sprinkler system
which would not sufficiently protect aviation assets in case of
fire. The Committee is concerned that many critical aircraft
are housed in Tier 2 facilities and directs the Secretary of
the Air Force provide a list of Tier 1 and Tier 2 facilities
and report to the Committee not later than 90 days after the
enactment of this Act on the replacement schedule for phase out
of fluorinated AFFF systems.
NET ZERO WASTE TO ENERGY
The Committee recognizes the importance of replacing
harmful waste removal techniques while simultaneously
strengthening the Army's access to alternative fuels on-base.
The committee supports existing and future efforts to utilize
commercial-scale gasification systems to convert on-base waste
into clean energy. The committee also recognizes the added
value of converting waste into stored energy using these
methods and encourages the Secretary to utilize existing
resources to secure additional net zero waste to energy
capabilities for domestic Army facilities.
GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION FACILITY
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, and
quarterly thereafter, on the current number of detainees at the
Guantanamo Bay detention facility; their legal status; a
description of all Department of Defense costs associated with
the facility during the last two fiscal years by program,
account, and activity; the status of funds for the current
fiscal year; and a description of steps taken to close the
facility.
YEMEN
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
briefing to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not
later than 45 days after the enactment of this Act on the war
in Yemen, including the status of the conflict and any United
States support provided to the Saudi-led coalition. The
briefing should also include information regarding the
occupation of islands and other territory of Yemen.
DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY PROGRAMS
The Secretary of Defense shall, not later than 30 days
after the enactment of this Act, submit to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees a detailed spend plan for amounts
made available for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The
plan shall include amounts planned for each program listed in
the budget justification documents and, for International
Security Cooperation Programs, amounts provided in the prior
two fiscal years and planned for fiscal year 2023 by combatant
command, country, and authority. The plan shall only reflect
amounts requested in the fiscal year 2023 budget justification
materials as modified by fiscal year 2023 appropriations and
the Secretary of Defense shall notify such Committees in
writing not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds in a
manner that would deviate from the plan. A similar document
with requested amounts shall be provided to such Committees
concurrent with the submission of the fiscal year 2024 budget
request.
The Committee recommendation includes $1,377,850,000 for
International Security Cooperation Programs, including
$175,000,000 for countries in the Africa Command area of
responsibility; $130,000,000 for countries in the Southern
Command area of responsibility; and $90,000,000 for Jordan. To
respond to Russian aggression in Ukraine, the recommendation
includes $300,000,000, as requested, for the Ukraine Security
Assistance Initiative. This is in addition to $6,000,000,000
for the Initiative, and $9,050,000,000 to replenish United
States stocks of equipment sent to Ukraine, provided by the
Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022. The
recommendation also includes $300,000,000 for allies and
partners in the region, including $225,000,000 for the Baltic
Security Initiative, $18,750,000 for Poland; $18,750,000 for
Romania; $12,500,000 for Bulgaria; and $25,000,000 for Georgia.
The Committee directs that not less than the above amounts be
specified in the spend plan. The Committee also directs that
congressional notifications submitted for International
Security Cooperation Programs and the Ukraine Security
Assistance Initiative specify the fiscal year, whether funds
support ongoing or new programs, and the duration and expected
cost over the life of each program.
The Committee recommendation supports programs with
countries in the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility,
including for maritime security. The Committee is concerned
about the situation in Sri Lanka and the deployment of Sri
Lanka's military and armored vehicles to the streets of
Colombo. The Committee recommendation provides funding for Sri
Lanka only for human rights programs, women's programs,
institutional capacity building programs, and through the
Maritime Security Initiative.
The Committee urges close coordination by federal agencies,
including the Department of Defense, Department of State, and
Department of Homeland Security, in order to develop and meet
shared national security objectives, particularly in the
Northern Command and Southern Command areas of responsibility.
The Committee recommendation includes $10,000,000 for
International Security Cooperation Programs to build partner
capacity for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
operations and the Secretary of Defense is directed to consult
with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later
than 45 days after the enactment of this Act on the use of
funds for these purposes. The Committee recommendation also
includes $3,000,000, as requested, for programs that advance
the recruitment, employment, development, retention, and
promotion of women in foreign security forces and the Secretary
of Defense is directed to submit a spend plan for these funds
to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later
than 45 days after the enactment of this Act. The Committee
looks forward to reviewing the plan for conducting partner
country assessments on barriers to the participation of women
in the national security forces of partner countries directed
by House Report 117-84, which should inform program
development.
The Committee supports increased measures to ensure that
security cooperation programs supported by this Act are
strategic, address clearly defined goals and objectives, and
are integrated with other programs. Accordingly, not later than
90 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall
submit to the congressional defense committees an integrated
security cooperation strategy for Georgia, Kenya, Peru, and
Vietnam. Each strategy shall include an overview of the
security relationship between the United States and the
country; a description of the goals, objectives, and milestones
of security cooperation programs and initiatives supported by
the Department of Defense and the Department of State; a
description of how programs complement rather than duplicate
one another; funding by account and program for fiscal year
2023 and the prior two fiscal years; and a description of host
country capabilities and financial contributions towards shared
security goals. The Secretary of Defense shall consult with the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 30
days after the enactment of this Act.
The Committee notes that international security cooperation
programs funded under this heading are subject to 10 U.S.C.
362, which prohibits assistance for a unit of a foreign
security force if the Secretary of Defense has credible
information that the unit has committed a gross violation of
human rights. The Committee also expects the Secretary of
Defense to withhold assistance for a unit of a foreign security
force if the Secretary has credible information that the unit
has used United States military assistance against United
States personnel and directs the Secretary of Defense to inform
the congressional defense committees of any such misuse.
Further, the Committee is concerned about end-use monitoring of
assistance provided under this heading and expects the
Department of Defense to implement any outstanding Government
Accountability Office recommendations related to end-use
monitoring not later than 45 days after the enactment of this
Act.
The Committee remains interested in evaluations of security
cooperation programs with Northern triangle countries and
expects the Secretary of Defense to keep the Committee apprised
of any such evaluations. The Committee is also interested in
Army security force assistance brigade deployments and any
congressional notification made pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 321 or 10
U.S.C. 333 should include a description of the number of
individuals deployed and their training; the amount, type, and
purpose of the training and equipment to be provided to the
recipient country's security forces; the timeline and source of
funds; and how the proposed program fits into the overall
security cooperation goals of the brigade or country.
The Committee recommendation includes funding for strategic
evaluations and directs an evaluation of how to assess the will
to fight of foreign security forces and to incorporate such
information in security cooperation programming. The Committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to consult with the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees on these evaluations not later
than 30 days after the enactment of this Act.
The Committee notes the significant unobligated balances
from prior year appropriations and the Committee recommendation
includes a rescission of funds. The Committee directs that such
funds are not derived from congressional priorities, including
programs increased by fiscal year 2022 appropriations, and the
Secretary of Defense is directed to consult with the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees with respect to such
rescission not later than 30 days after the enactment of this
Act. The Committee notes that the Department of Defense has
discontinued the practice of submitting congressional
notifications for funds that have not been appropriated and for
new programs during a continuing resolution period, addressing
concerns raised in House Report 117-88.
CIVILIAN HARM MITIGATION AND RESPONSE
The Committee supports Department of Defense reforms to
avoid, mitigate, and respond to civilian harm and notes the
January 27, 2022, Memorandum from the Secretary of Defense
directing a Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan.
The explanatory statement for the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2022, directed the Secretary to provide a
briefing to the congressional defense committees following the
release of the plan and the Committee will consider funding for
these purposes following this briefing.
EX GRATIA PAYMENTS
The Committee recommendation includes sufficient funds
under Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide for payments made
to redress injury and loss pursuant to section 1213 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public
Law 116-92).
FOREIGN BASE NOTIFICATION
The Act requires the Secretary of Defense to notify the
congressional defense committees of the opening or closing of
foreign bases. The Committee notes that the Department of
Defense has not complied with similar requirements from prior
years and includes language making funds unavailable for
obligation or expenditure until these notifications are
submitted.
QUARTERLY REPORTS ON DEPLOYMENTS OF UNITED STATES
ARMED FORCES
The Act requires the Secretary of Defense to provide
quarterly reports on the deployment of United States Armed
Forces by each geographic combatant command. The Committee
notes that the Department of Defense has not complied with
similar requirements from prior years and includes language
making funds unavailable for obligation and expenditure until
these reports are submitted.
MEXICO
The Committee understands that having a combatant command
with a focus on the nations on our direct borders is vital to
the security of the United States. The Committee also
appreciates the close ties between Mexico and its Central and
South American neighbors. Given these considerations, the
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study
of the impact to U.S. security interests of transferring Mexico
from the Northern Command area of responsibility to the
Southern Command area of responsibility. The Secretary shall
submit a report on the results of this study to the
congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after
the enactment of this Act.
ELECTRO-OPTICAL COMMERCIAL LAYER CONTRACT AND COMBATANT COMMAND
REQUIREMENTS
The Committee notes the importance of commercial imagery in
supporting users' needs and emerging requirements for the
Department of Defense, to include U.S. Special Operations
Command and other geographic combatant commands, and the
Intelligence Community. The National Reconnaissance Office
(NRO) recently finalized negotiations on the Electro-Optical
Commercial Layer (EOCL) contract, which is a critical enabler
for matching commercial imaging capabilities with these
requirements. The Committee fully funds the budget request for
EOCL and strongly encourages users across the federal
government to utilize this enterprise contract to fulfill
electro-optical imagery requirements, maximize efficiency and
eliminate duplication. In the event user needs exceed the
existing scope of imagery purchases, the Committee encourages
users to work within their organizations to identify internal
resources while working with the NRO to augment the scope of
EOCL to meet mission needs.
COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $541,692,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 450,000,000
Change from budget request............................ -91,692,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $450,000,000
for the Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2023:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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Iraq Train and Equip............................................... 358,015 300,000 -58,015
Historical unobligated balances................................ -58,015
Syria Train and Equip.............................................. 183,677 150,000 -33,677
Historical unobligated balances................................ -33,677
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TOTAL, COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND....................... 541,692 450,000 -91,692
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The Committee recommendation supports the Iraqi Security
Forces, Kurdish Peshmerga, and the Syrian Democratic Forces to
participate in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq
and Syria (ISIS). The recommendation continues the requirement
that the Secretary of Defense ensure elements are appropriately
vetted and receiving commitments from them to promote respect
for human rights and the rule of law.
The Committee recommendation includes $300,000,000 to
counter ISIS in Iraq. The Committee supports Department of
Defense efforts to provide a glidepath for stipend support for
the Peshmerga and expects future budget requests to propose
reducing this support while continuing training, equipment, and
sustainment, as appropriate. The Committee recommendation also
includes $150,000,000 to counter ISIS in Syria.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure
that congressional notifications submitted for funds provided
under this heading include a description of the amount, type,
and purpose of assistance to be funded, and the recipient of
the assistance; the budget and implementation timeline, with
anticipated delivery schedule for assistance; and a description
of any material misuse of assistance since the last
notification was submitted, along with a description of any
remedies taken.
The Act continues the authority for the Secretary of
Defense to provide construction for facility fortification and
requires the Secretary to prioritize contributions from foreign
governments when providing any such assistance. The Committee
expects the Secretary of Defense to work with the Secretary of
State to encourage contributions from foreign governments and
directs that any congressional notification submitted for
construction for facility fortification include detailed
information on the scope of proposed projects and contributions
from foreign governments. The Committee further directs the
Secretary of Defense to consult with the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees prior to submitting any congressional
notification for construction for detention facilities.
In line with expected progress to normalize security
assistance for Iraq, the Committee recommendation reduces
funding requested under Operation and Maintenance, Air Force,
for the Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq. Consistent with
the transition described in the June 2021 Assessment of United
States Security Assistance Programs with Iraq submitted by the
Department of Defense, funding for this Office should not be
necessary after fiscal year 2023.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $3,228,504,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,169,504,000
Change from budget request............................ -59,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,169,504,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $1,228,300,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,216,300,000
Change from budget request............................ -12,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,216,300,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $304,233,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 340,733,000
Change from budget request............................ +36,500,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $340,733,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $3,564,544,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,535,544,000
Change from budget request............................ -29,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,535,544,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $8,157,237,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 8,094,937,000
Change from budget request............................ -62,300,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,094,937,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $6,900,679,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 6,908,979,000
Change from budget request............................ +8,300,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,908,979,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER
The Committee acknowledges the need for the Services to
manage their facilities and installations that meet readiness
training requirements. The Committee, however, does not support
decisions by the Department of Defense or the Services, either
by the Active or Reserve Components, to invest in upgrades for
installations, bases, or training centers, only to be followed
by the closure of these facilities. This seems to be a waste of
taxpayer funds. The Committee includes $2,500,000 under the
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard account to review
policies and procedures for closing any combat readiness
training center.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
ARMED FORCES
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $16,003,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 16,003,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,003,000
for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $196,244,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 273,700,000
Change from budget request............................ +77,456,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $273,700,000
for Environmental Restoration, Army.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $359,348,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 390,113,000
Change from budget request............................ +30,765,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $390,113,000
for Environmental Restoration, Navy.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $314,474,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 438,810,000
Change from budget request............................ +124,336,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $438,810,000
for Environmental Restoration, Air Force.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE WIDE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $8,924,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 10,979,000
Change from budget request............................ +2,055,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,979,000
for Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $227,262,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 292,580,000
Change from budget request............................ +65,318,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $292,580,000
for Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites. The
Committee expects the Secretary of Defense and the Service
Secretaries to execute the Military Munitions Response Program
in a manner consistent with the budget request.
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $112,800,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 150,000,000
Change from budget request............................ +37,200,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $150,000,000
for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid, which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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FOREIGN DISASTER RELIEF............................................ 20,000 25,000 5,000
Program increase............................................... 5,000
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE............................................ 77,800 100,000 22,200
Program increase............................................... 22,200
HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION PROGRAM................................... 15,000 25,000 10,000
Program increase............................................... 10,000
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TOTAL, OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID.......... 112,800 150,000 37,200
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The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
spend plan for Humanitarian Assistance and the Humanitarian
Mine Action Program to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees not later than 45 days after the enactment of this
Act. The plan shall include amounts planned for each combatant
command, country, and program area, as well as a comparison to
funding provided in the previous two fiscal years. Such
information shall be included in the justification materials
that accompany the fiscal year 2024 budget request.
The Committee recommendation supports Humanitarian Mine
Action Program training in third party countries to increase
the cost effectiveness of programs and to assist countries such
as Ukraine, where the safety of training and host country
personnel are a concern. The Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to consult with the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees not later than 45 days after the enactment of this
Act on the use of funds for these purposes.
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $341,598,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 351,598,000
Change from budget request............................ +10,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $351,598,000
for the Cooperative Threat Reduction Account which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2023:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination............................... 6,859 6,859 0
Chemical Weapons Destruction....................................... 14,998 14,998 0
Global Nuclear Security............................................ 18,088 18,088 0
Biological Threat Reduction Program................................ 225,000 235,000 10,000
Program increase--Biological Threat Reduction Program.......... 10,000
Proliferation Prevention Program................................... 45,890 45,890 0
Other Assessments/Admin Costs...................................... 30,763 30,763 0
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TOTAL, COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT.................... 341,598 351,598 10,000
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $53,791,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 53,791,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $53,791,000
for the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development
Account.
TITLE III
PROCUREMENT
The fiscal year 2023 Department of Defense procurement
budget request totals $144,879,111,000. The Committee
recommendation provides $143,912,386,000 for the procurement
accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee
recommendations:
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REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS
The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow
the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report
accompanying the House version of the Department of Defense
Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008 (House Report 110-
279). Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming
funds shall be $10,000,000 for procurement and research,
development, test and evaluation.
Also, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is
directed 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. Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with the
guidance specified in the explanatory statement accompanying
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The
Department 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.
FUNDING INCREASES
The funding increases outlined in these tables shall be
provided only for the specific purposes indicated in the
tables.
PROCUREMENT SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
Items for which additional funds have been recommended or
items for which funding is specifically reduced as shown in the
project level tables detailing recommended adjustments or in
paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in this
report are congressional special 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,
as specifically addressed elsewhere in this report.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $2,849,655,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,276,970,000
Change from budget request............................ +427,315,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,276,970,000
for Aircraft Procurement, Army which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2023:
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MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $3,761,915,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,750,465,000
Change from budget request............................ -11,450,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,750,465,000
for Missile Procurement, Army which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2023:
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PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $3,576,030,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,604,302,000
Change from budget request............................ +28,272,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,604,302,000
for Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army
which will provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $2,639,051,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,576,648,000
Change from budget request............................ -62,403,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,576,648,000
for Procurement of Ammunition, Army which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2023:
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OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $8,457,509,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 8,233,869,000
Change from budget request............................ -213,640,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,233,869,000
for Other Procurement, Army which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2023:
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HIGH MOBILITY MULTIPURPOSE WHEELED VEHICLES ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM/
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL
The Committee views soldier safety as a top priority. Since
2018, all new High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles
(HMMWV) have come equipped with Antilock Brake System/
Electronic Stability Control (ABS/ESC) to prevent rollovers.
However, legacy HMMWVs require an ABS/ESC retrofit kit to
provide enhanced rollover protection. Congress appropriated an
additional $183,000,000 above the request in fiscal year 2022
to purchase and install over 10,000 ABS/ESC retrofit kits on
HMMWVs. However, roughly 36,000 HMMWVs remain without this
valuable safety protection. The Army's budget projection shows
a plan to purchase less than 3,000 ABS/ESC retrofit kits over
the next five years. At that pace, it will take 60 years to
update the entire HMMWV fleet. The Committee finds that
unacceptable and recommends an additional $50,500,000 above the
request for the purchase and installation of additional ABS/ESC
retrofit kits for HMMWVs.
INTEGRATED VISUAL AUGMENTATION SYSTEM
The Integrated Visual Augmentation Systems (IVAS) remains a
top priority for the Army. The Program Executive Officer (PEO),
Soldier was scheduled to conduct Initial Operational Test and
Evaluation (IOT&E) on IVAS in the fourth quarter of fiscal year
2021 to ultimately inform a full rate production decision.
However, IOT&E was delayed until 2022 due to a variety of
software and hardware concerns. IOT&E is currently ongoing with
a briefing on the results expected in late July 2022.
Congress has appropriated over $1,000,000,000 for IVAS
procurement and has yet to receive a production quality system.
Further, the fiscal year 2023 request includes an additional
$400,024,000 for procurement of IVAS. With questions still
outstanding regarding the production viability of IVAS, the
Committee cannot recommend additional procurement funding until
after a full review of the results of IOT&E.
The Committee directs the PEO, Soldier to brief the House
and Senate Appropriations Committees on the results of IOT&E as
soon as practicable.
HIGH MOBILITY ENGINEER EXCAVATOR
The Committee notes that the Army did not request funding
for the High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE) program in
fiscal year 2023 and does not plan to request funding in fiscal
year 2024. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees not
later than October 1, 2022, on plans to maintain the HMEZE
production line and the Army's resource strategy for HMEE over
the next five years.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $16,848,428,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 16,334,708,000
Change from budget request............................ -513,720,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$16,334,708,000 for Aircraft Procurement, Navy which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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NAVY ADVERSARY AIRCRAFT FOR TRAINING PURPOSES
The Committee is aware of the growing requirement for near-
peer representative air-to-air training using aggressor
aircraft with capabilities similar to that of advanced
adversaries. The Committee supports ongoing efforts to increase
capabilities of aircraft assigned to aggressor squadrons,
however the Committee remains concerned about the continued use
of some legacy aircraft to carry out this mission in the long-
term. To maintain strategic Navy Reserve air strike fighter and
air aggressor capability, the Committee encourages the
Secretary of the Navy to transition deployable F/A-18E/F
aircraft considered for divestment, as available, from Active
Components to Navy Reserve aviation squadrons.
E-2D ADVANCED HAWKEYE
The E-2D is an essential command and control element of the
Carrier Strike Group's advanced capability to provide force
protection and enable power projection for the United States
and its allies. In 2019, the Navy approved an increase of 11
aircraft to the program of record, bringing the total
warfighter requirement from 75 to 86 aircraft. However, the
fiscal year 2023 President's Budget requests only five aircraft
and does not include any additional aircraft in the future
years defense program. This would result in a shortfall of
eight aircraft. The Committee notes that the Navy's fiscal year
2023 unfunded priorities list includes an additional
$400,000,000 for two E-2D aircraft. The Committee believes that
fulfilling the authorized warfighter requirement will increase
readiness, aircraft availability, and reduce operational risk.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act providing a
plan to fund the remaining aircraft to meet its authorized
warfighter requirement.
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $4,738,705,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 4,594,139,000
Change from budget request............................ -144,566,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,594,139,000
for Weapons Procurement, Navy which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2023:
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PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND
MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $1,052,292,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 911,982,000
Change from budget request............................ -140,310,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $911,982,000
for Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $27,917,854,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 27,780,407,000
Change from budget request............................ -137,447,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$27,780,407,000 for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy which
will provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $11,746,503,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 11,285,187,000
Change from budget request............................ -461,316,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$11,285,187,000 for Other Procurement, Navy which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $3,681,506,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,414,365,000
Change from budget request............................ -267,141,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,414,365,000
for Procurement, Marine Corps which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2023:
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AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $18,517,428,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 18,114,396,000
Change from budget request............................ -403,032,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$18,114,396,000 for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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F-15EX
The Committee's recommendation includes $1,880,908,000 for
the procurement of 18 F-15EX aircraft, a decrease of
$541,440,000 and six aircraft below the request and an increase
of six aircraft above the fiscal year 2022 level. The Committee
continues to support the F-15EX effort as the best means to
recapitalize the deteriorating F-15C/D fleet while providing
significant and relevant capability with its large weapons
capacity and an upgraded electronic warfare system. However,
the Committee notes that since the initial appropriation for F-
15EX in fiscal year 2020, the Air Force continually has awarded
funds using undefinitized contractual actions (UCAs) and that
these UCAs have been subject to prolonged delays to their
definitization as required by defense acquisition regulations.
As of the submission of the President's budget request, all
previous funds provided for F-15EX procurement are on
outstanding UCAs. The Air Force has informed the Committee that
it intends to place fiscal year 2022 funds for F-15EX on yet
another UCA, with the goal of definitizing the contract in
calendar mid-2023.
The Committee finds this unacceptable. As the Committee
noted in House Report 111-230, UCAs ``are to be used as the
exception not as the rule''. On the F-15EX program they have
become the rule. The repeated use of UCAs and the delays to
their definitization hinder congressional oversight by
depriving the Committee of insight into accurate pricing and
other contractual matters, as well as distorting program
financial execution data. In addition to the reduction for
fiscal year 2023, the Committee's recommendation includes a
provision in this account that prohibits the Air Force from
awarding the fiscal year 2023 aircraft through a UCA. At the
same time, the Committee notes that the fiscal year 2023
request proposes to accelerate F-15EX procurement toward a
truncated program of just 80 aircraft, versus the up to 144
aircraft envisioned by the Air Force at the program's outset,
ending procurement with another 24 aircraft to be requested in
fiscal year 2024. The reduction in the program leaves in doubt
the status and future of F-15C/D units, several of which are
housed in the Air National Guard. The Air Force has yet to
provide the Committee with the specific impacts this reduction
will have to the Air Force's strategic basing laydown. The
Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a
report on these impacts to the congressional defense committees
not later than 30 days after the submission of the fiscal year
2024 President's budget request.
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $2,962,417,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,866,722,000
Change from budget request............................ -95,695,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,866,722,000
for Missile Procurement, Air Force which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2023:
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PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $903,630,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 890,530,000
Change from budget request............................ -13,100,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $890,530,000
for Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2023:
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OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $25,691,113,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 25,426,674,000
Change from budget request............................ -264,439,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$25,426,674,000 for Other Procurement, Air Force which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $3,629,669,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,717,369,000
Change from budget request............................ +87,700,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,717,369,000
for Procurement, Space Force which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2023:
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PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE WIDE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $5,245,500,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 5,425,747,000
Change from budget request............................ +180,247,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,425,747,000
for Procurement, Defense-Wide which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2023:
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ACCELERATING THE PROCUREMENT AND FIELDING OF
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
The fiscal year 2022 joint explanatory statement included
$100,000,000 for the Agile Procurement Transition Pilot. The
purpose of these funds is to transition technologies from pilot
programs, prototype projects, and research projects to scale to
capability, software, or service acquisitions. These funds are
also to be used for the rapid procurement of commercially
available technologies that can directly aid the warfighter.
The Committee supports continued development of this fund,
and notes that the President's fiscal year 2023 budget request
included $100,000,000 for this effort. Though the Committee
recognizes the challenges within the SBIR and STTR programs, it
remains convinced that procurement funds are more appropriate
with the intention of rapidly aiding the warfighter. Therefore,
the Committee recommendation includes a transfer of the
$100,000,000 requested under Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Defense-Wide to Procurement, Defense-Wide.
Additionally, the Committee directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering to brief the congressional
defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment
of this Act on the capabilities being tested and the proposed
path to scale innovative technologies, including successes and
failures to date, including the use of fiscal year 2022 funds.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STOCKPILE FOR NOVEL ANTIBIOTICS
The Committee recognizes the threat posed by antimicrobial
resistance, and the need to make novel, more effective
antibiotics available for combat care and bioterrorism
response. Moreover, the Committee is concerned with the lacking
domestic supply of pharmaceutical ingredients. While the
Committee notes the increasing threat posed by antimicrobial
resistance and the threat of supply chain disruption of
critical ingredients and antibiotics, the Committee is also
concerned that adversaries are engineering bioweapons designed
to defeat outdated legacy countermeasures. To enhance
preparedness, support readiness, and to ensure that
servicemembers have access to the best antibiotic treatments,
the Committee encourages the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment to modernize acquisition of
antibiotics; review novel antibiotics stockpile requirements;
and ensure domestic sourcing of ingredients and production of
novel antibiotics where deemed appropriate.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $659,906,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 707,906,000
Change from budget request............................ +48,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $707,906,000
for the Defense Production Act Purchases which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2023:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 659,906 707,906 48,000
Program increase--critical minerals recycling.................. 10,000
Program increase--domestic aluminum castings................... 23,000
Program increase--heavy forging capacity improvement program... 15,000
TOTAL, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES.................... 659,906 707,906 48,000
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CRITICAL MINERALS RECYCLING
The Committee understands the Department's demand and
reliance on foreign sources of critical materials and rare
earth minerals including magnets, cobalt, titanium, copper, and
aluminum. Further, the Committee recognizes the impact that
supply chain challenges and rising raw material prices have on
the Department's access to critical defense materials and
encourages the Secretary of Defense to research alternative
opportunities to source or reclaim these critical materials
domestically from recyclables and end-of-life components. The
Committee recommendation includes an increase of $10,000,000
and directs the Secretary of Defense to develop automated
processing systems to reclaim critical materials from hard disk
drives and electric vehicle motors. The Committee encourages
the Secretary of Defense to explore partnering with Tribal
Nations in this effort.
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... - - -
Committee recommendation.............................. $1,000,000,000
Change from budget request............................ +$1,000,000,000
The Committee recommends $1,000,000,000 for the National
Guard and Reserve Equipment Account. Of that amount,
$349,000,000 is for the Army National Guard; $290,000,000 is
for the Air National Guard; $137,000,000 is for the Army
Reserve; $66,000,000 is for the Navy Reserve; $24,000,000 is
for the Marine Corps Reserve; and $134,000,000 is for the Air
Force Reserve to meet urgent equipment needs in the coming
fiscal year. This funding will allow the National Guard and
reserve components to procure high priority equipment used by
these components for both their military missions and missions
in support of State governors. The funding within this account
is not to be used to procure equipment designated as high-
density critical equipment, major weapon systems, aircraft, and
other equipment central to a unit's ability to perform its
doctrinal mission. The funding within this account is not to be
used to procure equipment purchased by the senior Service, to
expand or accelerate current Service procurement plans, to
purchase expendable items, or to purchase facilities or
equipment for any requirement able to be satisfied elsewhere.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure
that the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account is
executed by the Chiefs of the National Guard and reserve
components with priority consideration given to the following
items: acoustic hailing devices; containerized ice making
systems; aviation status dashboard; crash-worthy, ballistically
tolerant auxiliary fuel systems; degraded visual environment
systems; gamma radiation protection; integration of aluminum
mesh secondary combustion ignition prevention technology for
combat and logistics vehicle fuel tanks; KC-135 aircraft
emergency response refuel equipment kits; land surveying
systems; lightweight, rapidly deployable, computer-based
artillery call for fire training and simulation; modular small
arms ranges and small arms training simulators and tools;
radiological screening portals; small unmanned aerial systems
and tethered drones; software defined radios; UH-72A/B mission
equipment modernization; and upgraded commercial-off-the-shelf
ground mapping for C-130 aircraft.
TITLE IV
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
The fiscal year 2023 Department of Defense research,
development, test and evaluation budget request totals
$130,097,410,000. The Committee recommendation provides
$131,657,180,000 for the research, development, test and
evaluation accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee
recommendations:
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REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS
The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow
the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report
accompanying the House version of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2008 (House Report 110-279). Specifically,
the dollar threshold for reprogramming funds shall be
$10,000,000 for procurement and research, development, test and
evaluation.
Also, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is
directed 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. Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with the
guidance specified in the explanatory statement accompanying
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The
Department 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.
FUNDING INCREASES
The funding increases outlined in these tables shall be
provided only for the specific purposes indicated in the
tables.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION SPECIAL
INTEREST ITEMS
Items for which additional funds have been recommended or
items for which funding is specifically reduced as shown in the
project level tables detailing recommended adjustments or in
paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in this
report are congressional special 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,
as specifically addressed elsewhere in this report.
ADVANCED ENGINE DEVELOPMENT
The Committee's recommendation provides $353,658,000 for
Advanced Engine Development under Research, Development, Test
and Evaluation, Air Force. At the Air Force's request, the
Committee realigns funding within this program element to
support a fiscal year 2023 budget of $133,296,000 for the
Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP) and $220,362,000 for
the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion effort. The Committee
continues to strongly support AETP and its advancement of
adaptive cycle engine technology, which contains the potential
for operationally significant increases in thrust and thermal
management capacity while improving fuel efficiency and
reducing emissions.
The Committee notes that Section 242 of the National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 required
the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a report on an
implementation plan to integrate an AETP-derived engine on the
F-35A and begin activities to retrofit F-35A aircraft not later
than fiscal year 2027. The report delivered in response
provides a notional schedule that would result in the Air Force
awarding a contract for engineering and manufacturing
development (EMD) by the end of fiscal year 2024. The funding
profile for AETP in the fiscal year 2023-2027 future years
defense plan appears to support this notional program.
The Committee is aware that the power and cooling demands
of continuous upgrades to all variants of the Joint Strike
Fighter (JSF) will degrade the performance of the existing F135
propulsion system and ultimately require a modernized solution
to meet future capability requirements. The Committee also is
aware that AETP is one among multiple potential solutions, and
that these solutions present divergent implications in terms of
benefits, cost, schedule, technical risk, supply chain
management, and the value of a joint program that was
foundational to the JSF program's creation. The F-35 Joint
Program Office (JPO) currently is conducting a business case
analysis (BCA) comparing multiple combinations of engines and
power and thermal management systems. This analysis is expected
to be completed and briefed to the JSF Executive Steering Board
(JESB) not later than the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.
The Committee directs the Director of the JPO to brief the
congressional defense committees on the results of this BCA not
later than 30 days after its presentation to the JESB.
The Committee further notes that the Air Force's estimate
for EMD to support F-35A integration is $6,684,000,000, and
that the program will require an independent cost estimate
prior to a Milestone B decision and a contract award for EMD.
Given that Congress may be presented with a request to fund EMD
for AETP-derived engine integration with the F-35A beginning in
fiscal year 2024, the Committee directs the Director of Cost
Assessment and Program Evaluation to conduct an independent
cost estimate and comparative assessment of all propulsion
solutions that are the subject of the JPO's BCA and brief its
findings to the congressional defense committees by the earlier
of not later than 60 days following the submission of the
President's fiscal year 2024 budget request, or April 30, 2023.
This estimate and assessment shall consider, but not be limited
to, the total life-cycle costs of each solution, to include
development, production, and operations and sustainment;
schedule; and, as necessary, the implications of operating a
JSF fleet with more than one propulsion system.
Finally, the Committee understands that the Air Force will,
pursuant to NDAA direction, consider the use of middle tier of
acquisition authorities for AETP integration into the F-35A.
Should the Air Force opt to propose such an approach with the
fiscal year 2024 budget request, the Committee expects the Air
Force to comply with the direction contained under the heading
``Reporting on Middle-Tier Acquisition and Rapid Prototyping
Programs'' in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022.
MICROGRID RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCY RESEARCH
The Committee recognizes the growing need for advanced
microgrid technologies that enhance the reliability and
resiliency of energy systems at Department of Defense
installations and in forward operating environments.
Recognizing the value of a diverse range of efficient
distributed energy resources, the Committee encourages the
Secretary of Defense to evaluate multi-resource microgrid
configurations that incorporate dispatchable, fuel-flexible,
renewable-fuel-compatible, distributed generation technologies,
paired with variable output renewable resources and battery
storage technology, to achieve substantial emissions
reductions, provide multi-week resilience, and improve energy
security.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $13,710,273,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 15,004,405,000
Change from budget request............................ +1,294,132,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$15,004,405,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army which will provide the following program in fiscal year
2023:
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WATER QUALITY AND RESILIENCY TECHNOLOGIES
The Committee supports the Department of the Army's efforts
to address military requirements related to water quality,
water security, and water management. Additional investments
will help protect servicemembers, their families, and the
communities surrounding military installations. The Committee
recommends an additional $7,000,000 above the budget request
for research to address identified water efficiency, quality,
and resilience priorities, including specific priorities
related to PFAS, developing new water and wastewater treatment
technologies, wastewater energy recovery methods, addressing
persistent biofilms, drug resistant bacteria and viruses in
water systems and military buildings, lead contamination in
drinking water and human exposure, and the development of new
sensor systems for water quality analysis to help mitigate
future water quality threats.
LOW-COST ELECTROLYZERS
The Committee recognizes the value of evaluating low-cost
hydrogen in long-duration energy storage applications and for
energy resiliency for military installations. Therefore, the
Committee recommends an additional $7,000,000 for research of
low-cost electrolyzers for hydrogen production and storage.
COMMON REMOTELY OPERATED WEAPON STATION ACOUSTIC HAILING DEVICES
The Army's Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS)
Increment II program extends the operational life of existing
CROWS platforms while providing additional capability including
certain non-lethal technologies such as Acoustic Hailing
Devices (AHDs). As an existing Army program of record, AHDs
have been used with considerable effect to communicate
effectively from safe standoff distances, de-escalate dangerous
situations and reduce both combatant and non-combatant
casualties. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army,
not later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act, to
provide a briefing to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees on the status of the CROWS Increment II program
including a timeline for prototyping and procurement of this
system, as well as the addition of AHDs.
COMMON TACTICAL TRUCK
The Committee is encouraged by the Department's goal of
modernizing the heavy tactical vehicle fleet. To date, the Army
has prioritized its signature modernization programs at the
expense of sustainment vehicles. Adequately funding the Common
Tactical Truck (CTT) program will provide greater competition,
a healthier industrial base, and will result in the best
vehicle to provide sustainment and support to Army units.
The Committee understands that the CTT acquisition will
focus on modular truck prototypes that maximize use of current
commercial heavy truck technologies and commonality. The
Committee is encouraged by this effort and expects prototypes
will optimize available and emerging commercial-off-the-shelf
(COTS) technologies such as advanced driver assistance systems,
digital design, improved fuel economy, predictive maintenance,
diagnostics, and prognostics technologies, as well as set
conditions for lower procurement costs at commercial economies
of scale.
The Committee supports this initiative given the
criticality of logistics capability in large scale combat
operations, as well as providing for increased competition and
innovation in the tactical wheeled vehicle industrial base.
However, the Committee is concerned that the budget request
only includes $16,377,000 for CTT prototypes and no procurement
funding in the out-years of the fiscal year 2023 program
objective memorandum. This amount suggests that the Army is not
fully committed to developing and fielding a 21st century heavy
truck fleet to support Army and other defense logistics
requirements.
The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide
the Army's Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Strategy not later than 90
days after the enactment of this Act, as well as a report that
outlines the following elements of the proposed CTT
acquisition:
1) required characteristics for prototype builds such as
mission roles, commonality, leader-follower or autonomy ready,
force protection and survivability, and demand reduction;
2) planned schedule to include use of soldier touch points;
3) contracting strategy;
4) modified test and evaluation plan that takes into
account COTS technology;
5) funding profile across the future years defense program;
and
6) any courses of action related to transitioning the
program from prototype to a traditional acquisition program of
record.
WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY
The Committee supports the development of Wire Arc Additive
Manufacturing (WAAM) of optimized multi-metal components for
the future of combat systems. This research is key to
maintaining a strong lead in the race for innovation against
near-peer competitors.
CARBON COMPOSITE LIGHTWEIGHT WHEELS AND BRAKES
The Committee recognizes the Army's efforts to develop
lighter weight carbon composite brakes and wheels and supports
the continued development of this technology and associated
components for the CH-47. Potential benefits include reduced
aircraft weight, lower fuel costs, increased payload, and
extended mission range.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $24,078,718,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 25,141,077,000
Change from budget request............................ +1,062,359,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$25,141,077,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy which will provide the following program in fiscal year
2023:
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RESILIENT AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND WORKFORCE DIVERSITY
The Committee supports the Navy's continued investment in
autonomous systems. However, recent emerging threats warrant
additional investment in new technologies and a diverse
workforce equipped with technical skills needed to defend
autonomous systems against cyber-attack. The Committee
recommendation includes an increase of $8,500,000 for resilient
autonomous systems research and workforce diversity.
TALENT AND TECHNOLOGY FOR NAVY POWER AND ENERGY SYSTEMS
The Committee supports the Navy's continued investment in
next-generation integrated power and energy systems for future
surface combatant ships. The Navy must now effectively
integrate new power systems and controls technology and advance
the knowledge and skill of its technical workforce in these
important emergent ship power technologies. The Committee
recommendation includes an increase of $10,500,000 for
workforce talent and technology development efforts in support
of Navy integrated power and energy systems.
RESEARCH AND WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUBMARINE AND UNDERSEA VEHICLE
PROGRAMS
The Committee recommendation includes $25,000,000 to build
stronger partnerships between Navy research labs, warfighters,
academia, and industry. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Research, Development and Acquisition) is directed to
coordinate this effort with the Navy's industrial base partners
to ensure that funded academic research projects are relevant
to specific research, engineering, and manufacturing needs, as
well as defined systems capabilities. The Assistant Secretary
of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition) is further
directed to ensure that partnerships with academia focus on the
specific submarine and autonomous undersea vehicle research
needs, undersea technology acceleration and transition, and
workforce development to ensure a sustainable undersea
industrial base.
INFRARED TELESCOPE TECHNOLOGY
The Committee recognizes the importance of infrared
telescope technology for northern sky surveys in the short-wave
infrared H and K bands, astrophysics observations, Earth
orbital debris, and space traffic management research. The
Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to prioritize
research for infrared telescope technology because the
collection of critical stellar data supports future ground- and
space-based defense systems.
ULTRA COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGERS
The Committee believes that the Department of the Navy
would benefit from using ultra-compact heat exchangers in
vehicle fleets and power systems in order to store greater
quantities of heat while using less space and weight compared
to existing technology. The Committee encourages the Secretary
of the Navy to research ultra-compact heat exchangers for use
in future vehicle fleets and power systems.
LIGHTWEIGHT ANTI CORROSION NANOTECHNOLOGY COATING ENHANCEMENT
The Committee remains concerned about the high cost of
corrosion to Department of Defense assets. The Services,
particularly the Department of the Navy, face complex threats
in the Indo-Pacific region that require military equipment and
infrastructure to be resilient and have maximum operational
availability. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the
Navy to research lightweight, nanotechnology-based technologies
that provide high corrosion resistance which will decrease the
cost of corrosion and increase operational availability of
military equipment and infrastructure.
STERN TUBE SEALS
The Committee remains concerned by data indicating a higher
than desired failure rate of stern tube seals on some classes
of Navy ships. Premature, partial, or complete failure of these
stern tube seals may increase procurement costs, negatively
affect combat readiness, and disrupt the cadence of major
operation and maintenance intervals. The Committee encourages
the Secretary of the Navy to partner with the appropriate
shipyards and industry partners to design, prototype, and test
new seals that are more durable, safe, and cost-effective. New
stern tube seal designs should not require modifications to the
stern tubes of existing classes of ships to ensure a cost-
effective approach to developing and evaluating modernized
seals.
ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR THE PROTECTION OF MARINE MAMMALS
The Committee is concerned by the level of incidental takes
of marine mammals in the Navy's Northwest Testing and Training
Activities plan. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the
Navy to use passive acoustic monitoring to detect southern
resident orcas and other marine mammals during all active sonar
training and testing exercises. The Committee also encourages
the Secretary of the Navy to update the Navy's mitigation
measures for testing and training activities to include, but
not be limited to, expanding the no-use range of sonar to 0.5
nautical miles from any orcas or other marine mammals,
incorporate a real-time whale alert system and manned spotter
systems onboard Navy vessels, and establish seasonal
limitations on the use of sonars in traditional whale and other
marine mammal foraging areas.
COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
The Committee understands the importance of the littoral
region to Navy operations worldwide and believes that testing
and training must replicate the operational and threat
environments that submarines and unmanned systems are likely to
encounter in these areas. The Committee believes that
additional research of the magnetic, electric, and acoustic
ambient fields in the littoral regions and the development of
predictive techniques to distinguish ships and submarines from
naturally occurring background features would be beneficial for
littoral operations. The Committee encourages the Secretary of
the Navy to conduct additional research in this area.
CRITICAL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES
The Committee recognizes the growing threat and ability
posed by adversaries to exploit sophisticated weapon systems
and the need to ensure advantages in the cyber and encryption
arenas. The Committee encourages the Navy to continue
investment in critical protection technologies, and
specifically cybersecurity architecture, to ensure the threat
is matched by continued development of keystone capabilities to
protect weapon systems.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $44,134,301,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 43,173,883,000
Change from budget request............................ -960,418,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$43,173,883,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force which will provide the following program in fiscal
year 2023:
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AIR FORCE NUCLEAR MODERNIZATION
The Committee's recommendation provides $9,353,925,000 in
this account and Air Force procurement accounts for the
Service's three major nuclear modernization programs, the B-21
bomber, the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) and the
Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO). The Committee notes that the
fiscal year 2023 budget requests for research, development,
test and evaluation for all three programs have grown
significantly from the amounts projected in the fiscal year
2021-2025 future years defense plan (FYDP), the last FYDP that
was submitted to Congress prior to the fiscal year 2023 budget
request. The total growth in the amount requested for these
three programs in fiscal year 2023 is slightly under
$1,700,000,000. The fiscal year 2023 budget for LRSO represents
growth of 135 percent over the amount projected in the fiscal
year 2021-2025 FYDP. The Committee further notes that
Department of Defense and Air Force officials have cited the
need to ``fully fund'' nuclear modernization as a partial
reason for decreases in conventional acquisition programs such
as the F-35A.
Because the FYDP was not submitted with the fiscal year
2022 budget request, the budget justification and other program
material submitted to Congress with the fiscal year 2023 budget
request makes it difficult for the Committee to track this
budget growth and the reasons for it. While the Committee's
recommendation is evidence of its support for nuclear
modernization, this support does not extend to rubber stamping
the request and the Committee is not convinced that the budget
growth reflected in the request is necessary to meet these
programs' threshold or objective schedules. The Committee
therefore directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a
report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, not
later than October 31, 2022, that explains the growth in the
fiscal year 2023 research, development, test and evaluation
budget requests for the B-21 (Long Range Strike-Bomber), GBSD,
and LRSO programs between the fiscal year 2021-2025 FYDP and
fiscal year 2023-2027 FYDP. The report shall categorize
explanations as follows: fact-of life changes, such as pricing
inflation and other economic adjustments and higher-than-
expected contractor proposals; program cost items not
previously accounted for in the fiscal year 2021-2025 FYDP;
changes in independent cost estimates and their year-by-year
impact on annual funding requirements through the FY 2023-2027
FYDP; deliberate programmatic decisions, such as accelerating
scheduled events or increasing required test assets; and other
explanations the Air Force deems relevant. Further, the report
shall explain why these increases are necessary to maintain the
threshold or objective schedules for each program. The report
may be submitted in classified form or with a classified annex,
as necessary.
KC-Y
The Committee's recommendation includes $11,281,000, the
same as the request, for the KC-Y or ``bridge tanker'' effort.
The funds were submitted within the program element for KC-46A,
but the Committee recommends these funds be realigned to a
separate program element for greater transparency. The
Committee understands the Air Force will use this funding to
stand up a system program office in anticipation of awarding a
development contract for the KC-Y in fiscal year 2025. While
the Committee understands the Air Force has not committed to an
acquisition strategy for KC-Y, it is concerned that the funding
allocated over the fiscal year 2023-2027 future years defense
plan (FYDP) is insufficient to support a competitive
acquisition approach. The Committee directs the Secretary of
the Air Force to submit a report on funding for the KC-Y
program to the congressional defense committees not later than
30 days after the submission of the fiscal year 2024
President's budget request. This report shall identify the
requested funding for KC-Y in the fiscal year 2024-2028 FYDP by
year and appropriation; provide a status update on the
development of the acquisition strategy; and identify any
funding gaps, by year and appropriation, needed to support a
full and open competition for KC-Y.
MQ-9 MULTI DOMAIN OPERATIONS
The Committee understands the Air Force intends by 2027 to
field, through a combination of new production aircraft cut-in
modifications and retrofits, 77 MQ-9 Block 5 aircraft with
upgraded capabilities that fall under the MQ-9 Multi-Domain
Operations (M2DO) configuration. The Committee further
understands that these capabilities represent a portion of
capabilities that fall under either the baseline M2DO or a
``phase two'' set of capabilities, but that not all these
capabilities are funded in the future years defense plan
(FYDP).
The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to
submit a report on the M2DO effort to the congressional defense
committees not later than 60 days after the submission of the
fiscal year 2024 President's Budget. First, the report shall
detail the Air Force's plan to field 77 MQ-9 aircraft in the
currently planned M2DO configuration, with a table displaying
the annual plan for fielding M2DO-configured aircraft through
both new production and retrofits until completion. Second, the
report shall provide a plan to develop and field additional
M2DO capabilities, including ``phase two'' capabilities, by the
end of the fiscal year 2024-2028 FYDP. This section of the
report preferably will group such capabilities by technical
risk, and identify the annual research, development, test and
evaluation and procurement funding required to field those
capabilities within the specified timeline.
Furthermore, for each group of capabilities, the report
shall identify the funding required to field those capabilities
for a fleet of 77 aircraft as planned by the Air Force; a fleet
that would support operational demands supported by the Air
Force as of the fiscal year 2023 budget request; a fleet that
would support operational demands projected at the end of the
2024-2028 FYDP; and the full projected inventory, disregarding
any proposed divestments, at the end of the 2024-2028 FYDP.
This report may be submitted in classified form, or with a
classified annex, as necessary.
E-3 DIVESTMENT
Though the fiscal year 2023 budget request seeks to achieve
cost savings associated with immediate divestment of 15 E-3
aircraft, the Committee is concerned about further degradation
of already insufficient command, control, and surveillance
capability and specialized manpower in the years between
divestment and replacement. Further, while the Air Force has
identified the E-7 as the E-3 replacement, it has not provided
the Committee sufficient cost or schedule information to ensure
there is not an enduring capabilities gap. Therefore, the
Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
90 days after the enactment of this Act on the projected
schedule for the E-3 replacement and plans to mitigate the risk
incurred on the enterprise, including active duty, civilians,
contractors, and others at Tinker Air Force Base. This report
should also outline the impact divestiture will have on
airborne early warning and control capabilities and how the Air
Force intends to mitigate that gap until a replacement is
operational.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION,
SPACE FORCE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $15,819,372,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 15,461,468,000
Change from budget request............................ -357,904,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$15,461,468,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Space Force which will provide the following program in fiscal
year 2023:
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SPACE FORCE PROGRAM AFFORDABILITY AND EXECUTABILITY
The fiscal year 2023 budget request for the Space Force is
$24,600,000,000, an increase of 36 percent above the fiscal
year 2022 enacted level. Some of this increase is due to the
establishment of a new Military Personnel account, which was
previously included in the Air Force budget, and the planned
transfer of the Space Development Agency into the Space Force.
However, even after adjusting for these transfers, the growth
in the Space Force budget is substantial, about 20 percent.
Moreover, the Space Force's ambitious plans for new
architectures, programs, and mission areas, do not appear to be
backed up with credible budget projections in the outyears to
actually deliver these capabilities. The request shows the
Space Force budget peaking in fiscal year 2024 and then
declining through fiscal year 2027 to levels even lower than
requested for fiscal year 2023. The Committee cautions the
Space Force against starting more programs than it can afford.
The lack of a credible five-year budget raises fundamental
questions about whether any serious analysis or long-term
planning has been done to assess the realism and affordability
of the entire portfolio of programs--not just individual
programs--or to set priorities among programs, including
deciding not to start programs if they are not affordable
within projected budgets. The fiscal year 2023 budget request
fails to clearly communicate the full funding and programmatic
implications of what the Department of Defense is asking the
Committee, and the Congress, to agree to in terms of cost,
risks, uncertainties, and potential alternatives. The Committee
reiterates its expectation that the Space Force's plans and
programs must be based on rigorous technical analysis matched
with executable plans resourced by realistic budgets. The
current plan does not meet this expectation particularly with
respect to aligning priorities within realistic budgets.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force, through the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Space Acquisition and Integration, to provide the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees with a briefing, including
supporting analysis, an assessment of risks, and risk
management plans, not later than by October 1, 2022, on the
projected cost, affordability, and executability of the full
portfolio of classified and unclassified programs and
activities funded in the Space Force accounts.
MISSILE WARNING-MISSILE TRACKING LIFE-CYCLE COST
The fiscal year 2023 request includes more than
$4,500,000,000 for missile warning-related programs.
Specifically, $3,479,459,000 is requested for Next-Generation
Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR), an increase of
$1,140,538,000 over the fiscal year 2022 enacted level. In
addition, the request includes $1,029,567,000 to start a new
program, Resilient Missile Warning-Missile Tracking system. The
Committee recognizes that the Space Force is pivoting away from
relying on a small number of exquisite, yet vulnerable,
satellites to a more proliferated and diverse architecture of
smaller satellites in various orbits. While the Committee
supports the intent of the pivot, the Space Force has not
provided sufficient information on the expected life-cycle cost
of the new architecture, the cost to recapitalize a
proliferated architecture every 3-5 years, potential risks and
challenges in the supply chain, the ability of the Space Force
to scale up capabilities to command and control a much larger
number of satellites, the applicability and ability to meet
stringent requirements for missile warning certification,
cybersecurity, and resilience against reversible and
irreversible kinetic and non-kinetic attacks. Therefore, the
Committee directs the Director of Cost Assessment and Program
Evaluation to develop a life-cycle cost estimate for the
proposed Resilient Missile Warning-Missile Tracking initiative
and provide a report on the estimate to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees, not later than January 30, 2023.
Further, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to continue to provide quarterly briefings on the status
of its missile warning-related program and expand the scope to
include both the OPIR program and the Resilient Missile
Warning-Missile Tracking program as an integrated set of
programs.
SMALL SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
Over the past decade, commercial space companies have
demonstrated the ability to routinely and cost effectively
deliver large numbers of small satellites to orbit. To leverage
these advances for national security, additional technologies
are needed, including low-cost lightweight satellite-to-
satellite optical communications systems, low-cost large
antennas for small satellites to enable space-based radar and
cellular communication, and efficient scalable electric
propulsion systems. There is also a critical need to develop
novel acquisition approaches that simultaneously leverage the
technical expertise of universities and the focus, agility, and
speed of start-up companies. Therefore, the recommendation
provides $20,000,000 for collaboration between start-up
companies and universities on next generation small satellite
technologies to enable small companies to access the expertise
at leading research universities, and to rapidly demonstrate
and transition next generation small satellite technologies to
support national security.
UNIVERSITY CONSORTIA FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY
The Committee recognizes the need to accelerate the
transition of fundamental research and early-stage technology
development into integrated systems capable of aiding the
national security space enterprise. Specifically, the Committee
notes the critical need for a university-led consortium that
addresses and facilitates the advancement of capabilities
related to space domain awareness; position, navigation, and
timing; and space applications for cybersecurity. The
recommendation provides $10,000,000 for university consortia
for space technology. The Committee intends that in addition to
supporting research, development, and demonstration, this
activity will educate and train students for the future
national security space workforce.
COMMERCIAL SPACE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
The Committee supports efforts to leverage commercial space
networks to create an ``outernet'' for future military
communications and believes the Space Force should undertake
activities to promote interoperability standards and use of
commercial ground and cloud architectures to increase the
integration of commercial space networks. Therefore, the
Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Space Acquisition and Integration to provide a briefing, not
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, on specific
policy, plans, and steps the Space Force intends to take to
shift its architecture in a manner that fully promotes and
embraces the future commercial space network.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTONOMY FOR DATA ANALYTICS AND SENSOR
SYSTEMS
The Committee is aware of advancements in artificial
intelligence and autonomy that show promise to realize a new
paradigm of automated, self-optimizing sensor systems that
could enable more collaborative distributed space domain
awareness systems. Such systems could provide resilience
through infrastructure degradation and resolve ambiguities
between sensor systems. Therefore, the recommendation includes
an additional $5,000,000 for artificial intelligence and
autonomy to develop and demonstrate a distributed autonomous
sensor management system and a modular hosting system.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $32,077,552,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 32,599,153,000
Change from budget request............................ +521,601,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$32,599,153,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide which will provide the following program in fiscal
year 2023:
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STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE OF ACTIVE
PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS
The Committee remains concerned about vulnerabilities in
America's reliance on foreign-sourced supplies of active
pharmaceutical ingredients and their chemical components, and
more generally, the nation's reliance on off-shore drug
production. The Committee continues to encourage the Secretary
of Defense, the Director of the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency, and the Director of the Biomedical Advanced
Research and Development Authority to cooperatively research
areas of mutual interest to address public health
vulnerabilities, secure a national stockpile of life-saving
drugs, and address vulnerability points for the military.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Director of the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency to brief the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees, not later than 120 days after the
enactment of this Act, on the status of these efforts, actions
taken to date, and plans for future collaborations.
CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
The Department of Defense is the largest consumer of energy
in the United States. The Committee encourages the Director of
the Defense Innovation Unit to emphasize investments in clean
energy technologies that show promise to significantly reduce
the Department's greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on
fossil fuels.
NATIONAL CENTERS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN CYBERSECURITY
Of the funding provided for the National Centers of
Academic Excellence (CAE), a portion is to be used to sustain
and administer the program, if needed. If funding permits, an
expansion into middle and high schools should be considered.
Not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, the
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
delineation of the program costs for the current fiscal year
for the CAE program to include both the cost of administration
and the estimated future costs to begin expansion into certain
middle and high schools.
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS RESEARCH CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
The Committee believes the Department of Defense faces
challenges recruiting and retaining a workforce skilled in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). While
this is a nationwide concern, the Committee supports Department
of Defense efforts to grow the STEM workforce pipeline and
would like to see increased partnership with Hispanic Serving
Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs), and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to
build a pipeline for scientists and engineers to enter the STEM
workforce upon graduation. The Committee encourages the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to work in
partnership with HBCUs/MSIs to establish additional centers of
excellence aligned to the National Defense Strategy and
Research and Engineering STEM priorities.
MANUFACTURING OF ADVANCED COMPOSITES FOR HYPERSONICS AIDED BY DIGITAL
ENGINEERING
The Committee supports the Department of Defense's
investment in hypersonic flight systems and notes that
manufacturing for high-temperature composite parts suitable for
hypersonic vehicles maybe become more efficient and less
expensive by leveraging modern digital engineering techniques.
Therefore, the Committee supports manufacturing of advanced
composites for hypersonics aided by digital engineering and
encourages exploration of this technology across the Department
of Defense.
ADDITIVE AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING COORDINATION EFFORTS
The Committee recognizes the importance of additive and
advanced manufacturing as a disruptive technology, as well as
the benefits of addressing supply chain challenges with
solutions from the organic industrial base. The Committee
directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees not later than 180 days after the enactment of this
Act, on existing coordination efforts related to additive and
advanced manufacturing across the Department, to include
coordination on resources and investments; and recommendations
to enhance coordinating efforts in future years.
MATERIALS SCIENCE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
The Committee continues to support the Defense Threat
Reduction Agency's Materials Science in Extreme Environments
program, which expands research, education, and technology
development efforts to counter weapons of mass destruction, and
encourages the Secretary of Defense to continue to invest in
this important program.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDITS AND REPORTS
The Committee directs the Office of the Inspector General
at the Department of Defense to conduct audits into cost
overruns at the Air Force Office of Energy, Installations, and
Environment. The Inspector General shall submit an initial
report of findings to the congressional defense committees and
post the report on the website of the Department of Defense not
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
In addition, the Office of the Inspector General is
directed to submit a report on covered contractors' compliance
with the prohibition on advertising contained in 10 U.S.C.
3744(a)(8). Compliance should be reported on an individual
basis for each covered contractor, and the report shall be
posted on the Inspector General's website.
OFFICE OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY--CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PILOT
PROGRAM
The Committee recognizes the need to increase student
enrollment in relevant Career and Technical Education (CTE),
Pre-Apprenticeship, and Apprenticeship programs to address
labor shortages in the defense manufacturing sector. The
Committee recommendation includes $10,000,000 in Industrial
Base Analysis and Sustainment for a pilot program to promote
awareness and enhancement of CTE programs and career pathways
in middle schools, high schools, trade schools, technical
schools, community colleges, and four-year colleges and
universities by funding activities that may, but need not only,
complement resources made available to Perkins, Pre-
Apprenticeship, or Apprenticeship grant recipients specializing
in fields relevant to the defense sector. The Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Industrial Policy is directed to provide a
briefing to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act on the
continuing priorities for this pilot program.
CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES
To meet the climate challenge, the committee recommends the
Department continue to develop technologies that capture carbon
dioxide from seawater and air to turn such carbon dioxide into
clean fuels to enhance fuel and energy security; to develop and
demonstrate technologies that capture carbon dioxide from
seawater and air to reuse such carbon dioxide to create
products for military uses; to develop direct air capture
technologies for use at military installations or facilities of
the Department; or in modes of transportation for use by the
Army or Navy.
HUMAN PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
The Committee continues to support the Department of
Defense with enhancing and sustaining the health, well-being,
and performance of our troops through human performance
optimization (HPO) programs. The Committee believes there is
room to advance research in this area to contribute to the
Services' readiness requirements, and therefore encourages
collaboration across the Services, Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency, Defense Health Agency, and in partnership with
universities and private entities to share relevant research to
enhance the operational purpose of HPO efforts.
MOBILE MICRO-REACTOR
The Committee supports the Strategic Capabilities Office's
(SCO) Project Pele to develop and demonstrate a prototype
transportable nuclear power source with the expectation that
the capability will be transitioned to the Services for
production. The Committee believes that maintaining plans and
schedule for the current effort to demonstrate a prototype
micro-reactor should be its top priority. In addition, the
Committee encourages SCO to support the design maturation
efforts of multiple sources for the mobile micro-nuclear
reactor to ensure a strong industrial base and competition for
any future follow-on production activities. Therefore, the
Committee directs the Director, SCO, to provide the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees a briefing, not later than
August 15, 2022, with an update on cost and schedule to keep
the current effort to develop a prototype on track and to
provide cost and goals of a proposed plan to resource the
design completion of a viable second source for the micro-
reactor.
RELIANCE ON CHINESE PLASTICS
The People's Republic of China remains the world's largest
producer of plastics, which are necessary in the production of
critical materials for national security and defense purposes.
The Committee encourages the Department of Defense to lessen
its dependency on Chinese plastic suppliers and transition to
domestic materials, including hemp, when applicable. Further,
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 outlining the
Department's efforts to increase domestic sourcing of these
materials.
CYBERSECURITY INNOVATION
The Committee is aware that the Defense Innovation Unit
(DIU) is looking at emerging technologies to improve the
security of the Internet of Things and end point devices. The
Committee supports DIU's mission to accelerate innovation in
the commercially focused technology sector. Near peer
adversaries are challenging the United States across several
dimensions to include cyber warfare. The Committee is concerned
that adversaries are at par or ahead of the United States in
critical cyber technology areas, including the threat to the
Internet of Things and end point devices. The Committee
encourages DIU to make investments in innovative commercial
solutions to improve cybersecurity of end point devices against
these threats.
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $277,194,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 277,194,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $277,194,000
for Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2023:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION.................................... 119,529 119,529 - - -
LIVE FIRE TESTING.................................................. 99,947 99,947 - - -
OPERATIONAL TEST ACTIVITIES AND ANALYSIS........................... 57,718 57,718 - - -
TOTAL, OPERATIONAL TEST & EVALUATION, DEFENSE.................. 277,194 277,194 - - -
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TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $1,329,895,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,329,895,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,329,895,000
for the Defense Working Capital Funds accounts which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY....... 29,937 29,937 0
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE.. 80,448 80,448 0
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE- 8,302 8,302 0
WIDE............................
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUND, 1,211,208 1,211,208 0
DECA............................
TOTAL, DEFENSE WORKING 1,329,895 1,329,895 0
CAPITAL FUNDS...............
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TITLE VI
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $36,932,174,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 38,072,432,000
Change from budget request............................ +1,140,258,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$38,072,432,000 for the Defense Health Program which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
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REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR THE DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
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 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, funding for the In-House Care and Private Sector Care
budget sub-activities are designated as congressional special
interest items. Any transfer of funds in excess of $10,000,000
into or out of these sub-activities requires the Secretary of
Defense to follow prior approval reprogramming procedures for
operation and maintenance funds.
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,
and the dates any transfers occurred, from the Private Sector
Care budget sub-activity to any other budget sub-activity.
The Committee further directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs to provide quarterly briefings to
the congressional defense committees on budget execution data
for all Defense Health Program budget activities not later than
30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, and to adequately
reflect changes to the budget activities requested by the
Services in future budget submissions. These reports should
also be provided to the Government Accountability Office.
CARRYOVER
For fiscal year 2023, 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 for Health Affairs to submit a
detailed spending plan for any fiscal year 2022 designated
carryover funds to the congressional defense committees not
less than 30 days prior to executing the carryover funds.
PEER-REVIEWED CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Committee recommends $150,000,000 for the peer-reviewed
breast cancer research program, $110,000,000 for the peer-
reviewed prostate cancer research program, $45,000,000 for the
peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research program, $50,000,000 for
the peer-reviewed kidney cancer research program, $25,000,000
for the peer-reviewed lung cancer research program, $15,000,000
for the peer-reviewed pancreatic cancer research program,
$17,500,000 for the peer-reviewed rare cancer research program,
and $130,000,000 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: bladder cancer; blood cancers; brain cancer;
colorectal cancer; endometrial cancer; esophageal cancer; germ
cell cancers; head and neck cancer; liver cancer; lymphoma;
mesothelioma; metastatic cancers; myeloma; neuroblastoma;
pediatric brain tumors; pediatric, adolescent, and young adult
cancers; sarcoma; stomach cancer; thyroid cancer; and Von
Hippel-Lindau syndrome malignancies (excluding cancers of the
kidney and pancreas). The inclusion of the individual rare
cancer research program shall not prohibit the peer-reviewed
cancer research program from funding the previously mentioned
cancers or cancer subtypes that may be rare by definition.
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 for 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 shall include the funding amount
awarded, the progress of the research, and the relevance of the
research to servicemembers and their families.
The Committee commends the Department of Defense for
ensuring that projects funded through the various peer-reviewed
cancer research programs maintain a focus on issues of
significance to military populations and the warfighter. This
includes promoting collaborative research proposals between
Department of Defense researchers and non-military research
institutions. These collaborations leverage the knowledge,
infrastructure, and access to clinical populations that the
partners bring to the research effort. Additionally, promoting
these collaborations provides a valuable recruitment and
retention incentive for military medical and research
personnel. The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs to continue to emphasize the
importance of these collaborations between military and non-
military researchers throughout the peer-review process.
JOINT WARFIGHTER MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Committee recommendation includes $20,000,000 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 for Health Affairs to submit
a report not later than 180 days after the enactment of this
Act to the congressional defense committees that 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.
COMBAT READINESS MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Committee recommendation includes $5,000,000 for the
Combat Readiness Medical Research program. The program should
focus on medical needs of the warfighter on the battlefield.
Research should address the ``golden hour'' for servicemembers
with life threatening injuries, battlefield diagnostics, and
medical threats and treatments for warfighters deployed around
the world.
The Committee expects the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs to identify current gaps in medical planning
and resources, consider medical capabilities that may mitigate
fatalities, enhance battlefield diagnostics, and find solutions
for life threatening complications after battlefield injury.
The funding in the Combat Readiness Medical Research
program should be used for research and development of rapidly
deployable, all-in-one acute and chronic wound care therapy
engineered to address complex trauma and start tissue
regeneration; freeze dried plasma and platelets; portable
neurological devices in support of mild traumatic brain injury
assessment; hand-held detection devices for traumatic brain
injury; head trauma injury; ruggedized oxygen generation
systems; medical simulation technology; sleep disorders; eating
disorders; Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome;
regenerative medicine; sarcoidosis; complementary health
measures to accelerate return to duty; highly infectious
disease treatment and transport; preventing and relieving
service-related arthritis; telemedicine; Valley Fever; and
infectious diseases.
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
The Committee continues to support the efforts that the
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs
are undertaking with regard to electronic health records and
the health record system. It is the Committee's ongoing
expectation that the Departments' electronic health record
systems must be completely and meaningfully interoperable with
seamless compatibility.
One of the determining factors setting the timeline for
deployment of the electronic health record is the need to
improve informational technology and related infrastructure at
military medical facilities. The Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment
of this Act on the status of the installation of all remaining
information technology and related infrastructure required to
complete the deployment of the electronic health record system,
including the timeline to complete installation, and costs
associated if the Department accelerated the deployment
timeline.
The Committee continues to direct the Comptroller General
to continue quarterly performance reviews of the deployment of
MHS GENESIS with a focus on whether the program is meeting
expected cost, schedule, scope, quality, and risk mitigation
expectations. It is expected that the Program Executive Officer
of Defense Healthcare Management Systems (PEO DHMS) will
facilitate quarterly performance reviews by providing the
Comptroller General with regular and in-depth access to the
program.
Additionally, the Committee directs the Director of the
Interagency Program Office (IPO) to continue to provide
quarterly reports on the progress of interoperability between
the two Departments to the House and Senate Defense
Appropriations Subcommittees and the House and Senate Military
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Subcommittees. The PEO DHMS, in conjunction with
the Director of the IPO and the Director of the Defense Health
Agency, is directed to provide quarterly reports to the
congressional defense committees on the cost of the program,
including indirect costs being funded outside of the DHMS
Modernization Electronic Health Record program; and the
schedule of the program, to include milestones, knowledge
points, and acquisition timelines, as well as quarterly
obligation reports. The Committee directs the PEO DHMS to
continue briefing the House and Senate Defense Appropriations
Subcommittees on a quarterly basis, coinciding with the report
submission.
PEER-REVIEWED TOXIC EXPOSURES RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Committee is concerned by the number of known and
unknown toxins that servicemembers are exposed to as part of
their military service. Since 2006, the Peer-Reviewed Gulf War
Illness Research Program has received congressionally directed
funding to study the health impacts of deployment of
warfighters during the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War. The
Committee remains committed to veterans affected by Gulf War
Illness, and also acknowledges that there is commonality with
this community and others exposed to substances that result in
multiple, diverse symptoms and health abnormalities. Those
exposed to burn pits are included in this category. Therefore,
the Committee recommends $30,000,000 for the peer-reviewed
toxic exposures research program. The Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs is directed to select research
projects of clear scientific merit and direct relevance to
military exposures to toxic substances, including toxic
industrial chemicals, materials, metals, and minerals. The
inclusion of the toxic exposures research program shallnot
prohibit research in any other congressionally directed
research program that may be associated with conditions or
health abnormalities linked to toxic exposures.
As with other research programs, the Committee expects
projects funded through the peer-reviewed toxic exposures
research program to maintain a focus on issues of significance
to military populations and the warfighter, and that the
program shall promote collaborative research proposals between
Department of Defense researchers and non-military research
institutions. These collaborations leverage the knowledge,
infrastructure and access to clinical populations that the
partners bring to the research effort.
COST AND BENEFITS OF MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION
The Committee remains concerned with the implementation of
medical reforms mandated by the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2017. The reforms represent the most
significant changes to the Military Health System (MHS) in
decades, and the Committee believes it is critical to implement
the reforms in such a way that minimizes risk for
servicemembers and beneficiaries.
The Committee has closely followed reform implementation
efforts, to include management of the military treatment
facilities transitioning from the Services to the Defense
Health Agency; descoping military treatment facilities; and the
Department's evaluation that fewer military medical providers
in non-combat critical specialties may be required.
Many assumptions regarding the return on investment from
the MHS reforms have been challenged. The ongoing questions and
concerns are multifaceted. First, the reforms should not hinder
readiness levels or benefits. Second, ensuring that
servicemembers and eligible beneficiaries can easily access
quality health care is crucial. Third, as private sector care
continues to rise, and as more beneficiaries are pushed away
from Military Treatment Facilities and into the national
markets, the Department of Defense may have less control over
costs. The Department does not currently have an objective
baseline from which to provide the costs or savings of the MHS
reform efforts. Therefore, the Committee directs the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to submit a report to
the congressional defense committees, not later than 180 days
after the enactment of this Act, providing the baseline funding
of the MHS prior to the implementation of the major MHS reform
initiatives of fiscal year 2017. This report shall include a
retroactive categorization of assumed costs and savings assumed
by the reforms; the timeframe to achieve such costs or savings;
a description of any assumption of non-monetary return-on-
investment; and a prospective cost estimate for the future
years defense program related to the MHS reforms, broken out by
category and fiscal year.
MILITARY MEDICAL MANPOWER
In response to the reforms mandated by the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, the fiscal year 2020
President's Budget included a proposal to decrease military
medical billets to allow Services to increase the number of
operational billets needed for lethality. Since then, Congress
has raised concerns about the assumptions behind the reductions
and the ability of the Department to meet its obligations to
servicemembers and beneficiaries for access to quality
healthcare services. Reductions in military medical billets
would have major ramifications throughout the Military Health
System, yet leaders across the Department have been unable to
articulate the consequences of these reductions.
The Committee notes that after further review of several
factors, including national defense scenarios and the response
to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of billets the Services
seek to eliminate from fiscal year 2023 through fiscal year
2025 has been modified and reduced. No funding was requested in
the fiscal year 2023 President's Budget Request for the
mitigation of reductions to military medical billets. Each of
the Services have presented a plan to reduce billets over the
coming years, leaving the Defense Health Agency with the
responsibility of backfilling those lost positions with
civilian or contracted medical support. The Committee remains
concerned about servicemember readiness and beneficiary care
and is troubled that the Services' desire to shed billets is
out of balance with survivability requirements in a potential
conflict with a near-peer adversary and the obligation to
beneficiaries of the military health system. Therefore, the
Committee directs the Services' Surgeons General to submit
vacancy rates by occupational code to the congressional defense
committees on a monthly basis, with the first report being
submitted not later than 60 days after the enactment of this
Act.
Additionally, the Director, Defense Health Agency shall
submit to the congressional defense committees not later than
120 days after the enactment of this Act, a detailed staffing
plan, by market, location and type of civilian or contract
personnel required, along with a categorization of effort the
Defense Health Agency will undergo in recruiting and hiring in
those locations for those specific providers. Furthermore,
Director of the Defense Health Agency is directed to submit to
the congressional defense committees on a quarterly basis, with
the first report being submitted the quarter following
enactment of this Act, vacancy rates among military and
civilian medical personnel by location and specialty.
MEDICAL RESEARCH
Beginning in fiscal year 2023, most medical research that
had been under Army's Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation accounts are scheduled to move to the Defense Health
Program. The Committee notes that through careful negotiations
between leaders in the Army and Health Affairs, the Army has
retained two Service-specific labs in the fiscal year 2023
budget request: the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory
and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Environmental
Medicine. The Committee supports this decision in the fiscal
year 2023 recommendation.
The Committee will watch the transition of medical research
assets and funding closely in the coming years to ensure that
core medical research funding is responsive to the needs of our
servicemembers. Additionally, the Committee recommendation for
fiscal year 2023 includes $1,144,000,000 for the
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) to
fund high-risk, high-reward medical research that impacts our
warfighters and Department of Defense beneficiaries. The CDMRP
has historically been managed by the Army through the Medical
Research and Development Command. The Committee directs the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to submit, to
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, a request for
prior approval for any changes in management structure;
functional alignment; or two-tiered, peer-reviewed process
proposed for the CDMRP program, not less than 30 days prior to
any proposed changes taking place.
BRAIN INJURY AND DISEASE PREVENTION RESEARCH
The Committee is supportive of ongoing research and
development efforts focused on the increased risk of certain
conditions after a servicemember experiences traumatic brain
injury. The Committee is aware of research into the
relationship between traumatic brain injury and
neurodegenerative diseases, such as chronic traumatic
encephalopathy (CTE) and Parkinson's disease, and recommends
$65,000,000 aimed at halting the neurodegenerative processes
that follow traumatic brain injury. Servicemembers that have
experienced traumatic brain injury are at risk for developing
CTE and other neurodegenerative diseases associated with
significant persistent behavioral and neurologic
manifestations. Additional resources will accelerate work in
this area and will add to the resources that the Department
provides in its core budget for such efforts.
NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM PILOT AND JOINT CIVILIAN-MILITARY
MEDICAL SURGE CAPACITY
The Committee continues to be concerned with the fracturing
of the Military Health System and that not enough attention has
been paid to the medical capabilities and capacity required for
the homeland defense mission. To address these gaps, Congress
provided an additional $30,000,000 over fiscal years 2021 and
2022 to accelerate a pilot program on civilian and military
partnerships to enhance interoperability and medical surge
capability and capacity of the National Disaster Medical System
(NDMS). Additionally, the Committee's fiscal year 2023
recommendation includes $19,640,000 for the Department of
Defense to continue development of a joint civilian-military
modular surge capacity and capability to include an additional
training function in partnership with the NDMS. This type of
modular medical surge and training capacity should be adjacent
to existing medical facilities and should include laboratories,
intensive care units, and x-rays, and should leverage staff and
services available in the adjacent medical facility. The
medical surge and training capacity should allow for research
and development of best practices for preparedness and response
and include transportable clinical response functionality.
Funding should be used to initiate facility requirements,
including transportable clinical functionality, procurement of
needed equipment and supplies, and development and
implementation of a full complement of training curriculum and
functionality necessary to activate or scale the surge
capacity.
MOBILE APPLICATION TO ENABLE PERIODIC HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR RESERVISTS
The Committee understands that adoption of a mobile
application developed by the Department of Defense's
Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC),
piloted in several states by the National Guard, has resulted
in enhanced medical readiness. The Committee recommends an
increase of $2,000,000 for TATRC to expand implementation of a
mobile application that would enable Reservists to complete the
Periodic Health Assessment on a smartphone, tablet, computer,
or other handheld mobile device and connect directly with
providers. The Committee recommends that the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs coordinate with the
Chief of the Navy Reserve, Chief of the Army Reserve, and the
Chief of the Air Force Reserve to implement this effort and
ensure full compliance with Department of Defense cybersecurity
protocols.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS OUTCOMES FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THROUGH OUTDOOR
RECREATION AND EDUCATION
The Committee recognizes the wellness and health benefits
of organized outdoor recreation and education activities for
servicemembers and military families. Intentional, structured
outdoor recreation and engagement activities offer a host of
benefits, including positive health and behavioral outcomes for
participants. The Committee includes $5,000,000 above the
request and directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs to establish an outdoor recreation wellness
program for military families in conjunction with vetted non-
governmental partners and using a progression of immersive
experiences on national parks, public lands, and waterways.
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND TRAINING
The Committee remains concerned about the shortage of
current and prospective mental health care professionals for
servicemembers and their families, including social workers,
clinical psychologists, and psychiatrists. To address the
shortage across the military health system, the Committee urges
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, along
with the Director of the Defense Health Agency and Services'
Surgeons General, to review the tools available to the
Department to increase the number of mental health
professionals it educates, trains, and hires. This review
should consider how the Health Professions Scholarship Program
and programming through Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences could be expanded to increase the number of
mental health-related scholarships granted with the goal of
increasing the pipeline of mental health providers.
Additionally, the Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Health Affairs to revise regulations regarding
employment of clinical psychologists to include those who
graduate from programs accredited by the Psychological Clinical
Science Accreditation System to ensure the Department has full
access to qualified clinical psychologists.
The Committee notes that the shortage of behavioral health
professionals is not limited to the military health system. It
is a nationwide dilemma. Servicemembers, veterans, and their
families face unique mental health challenges, and mental
health services are not solely accessed within the military
health system. While professionals working in the military
health system are accustomed to dealing with the special needs
of those who have experienced combat, many civilian providers
lack the clinical expertise to effectively treat many of these
unique mental health conditions. The Committee encourages the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to leverage
the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, in
collaboration with leaders at the Department of Veterans
Affairs, to develop a curriculum that could be accessed by
civilian mental health students to broaden their knowledge,
skills, and abilities that are necessary to evaluate and treat
service members, veterans, and military family members.
Additionally, the Committee notes that mental health
training and services vary across the world. The Committee
encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs to explore options for providing training and equipment
for effective short- and long-term post-traumatic stress
disorder treatment to military medical practitioners in partner
nations, including Ukraine.
NON-URGENT MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS
The Committee directs the Director of the Defense Health
Agency (DHA) to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this
Act on the progress made to implement the recommendations of
the August 2020 Department of Defense Inspector General
Evaluation of Access to Mental Health Care in the Department of
Defense. In particular, the Committee is interested in the
DHA's progress in developing a standard definition and required
elements for an initial non-urgent mental health assessment and
a way to track whether the assessment is completed, in either a
primary care or a specialty mental health clinic, within the 7-
day standard. The briefing shall also include resource
requirements that may be necessary to accomplish implementation
of the Inspector General's recommendations.
ADVANCED ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL TRAINING FOR MILITARY ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS
The Committee understands that servicemembers often must
undergo orthopedic procedures and that musculoskeletal injuries
account for a significant number of medical separations or
retirements from military service. Delivery of direct training
based on best practices related to orthopedic procedures for
injuries to the knee, shoulder, and other extremities has
become an increasingly important readiness issue. The Committee
encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs to ensure that military orthopedic health professionals
are provided with opportunities for advanced surgical training
in arthroscopic techniques and to explore partnerships with
medical professional societies that maintain best practices
related to arthroscopic surgery and techniques.
NEURAL-ENABLED PROSTHETICS
The Committee understands the uniqueness of traumatic
injuries and neurological diseases sustained by servicemembers
in combat. Extramural research focused on accelerating
functional recovery and rehabilitation of sensorimotor function
that is also personalized to the needs of the patient would be
valuable to injured servicemembers and their caregivers. The
Committee is aware of the promising technology of wirelessly
activated implantable biomedical technologies capable of focal
stimulation inside nerves and encourages the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to explore research
into such technologies to offset the effects of limb
amputation, orthopedic injury and disease, and other
neurodegenerative diseases.
LONG COVID AND MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS/CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
The Committee urges the Secretary of Defense, in
conjunction with the Service Surgeons General, to address
research projects related to diagnostic testing, cures, and
treatments for post-viral illness, specifically Long COVID and
myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
The Committee recommends that the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs conduct research on Long COVID and
ME/CFS with a focus on issues related to military populations.
MILITARY DIRECT CARE PROVIDER EDUCATION ON EATING DISORDERS
The Committee understands that servicemembers, particularly
active duty servicewomen, and their families are
disproportionately affected by the serious mental illness of
eating disorders, threatening their health and combat
readiness. Medical and behavioral health professionals in the
military health systems should be trained, consistent with
generally accepted standards of care, on how to screen,
intervene, and refer patients to treatment. The Committee
directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs,
in collaboration with the Services' Surgeons General, to submit
a report to the congressional defense committees not later than
180 days after the enactment of this Act, on related education
and training activities undertaken by direct care providers,
the use of generally accepted standards of care and screenings
of servicemembers, and any barriers to implementing a standard,
mandatory training for providers seeing patients suffering from
eating disorders.
METASTATIC CANCER RESEARCH
Research has revealed that there is a genetic basis for
susceptibility to metastatic cancer or resistance to
metastasis, but more research and data are required to develop
a comprehensive understanding of this complex process. Clinical
trials are an important aspect of that progress, and a diverse
representation of patients in clinical trials is integral to
the development of medications and therapies that effectively
treat disease. The Committee encourages the Director of the
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program to continue
to partner with outside experts and other federal agencies to
implement the outstanding recommendation from the April 2018
Task Force Report to Congress on Metastatic Cancer concerning
diverse enrollment in clinical trials. The Committee also
encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs to implement the recommendations to inform patients
about risk factors for metastasis (such as compliance, obesity,
smoking, and alcohol use), increase cancer patient awareness of
healthcare resources, and create standardized survivorship care
plans for patients with metastatic cancer while validating
whether their use improves outcomes for these patients. The
Committee is interested in areas where assistance from other
federal agencies is required to fully implement the
recommendations of the Task Force's report. In addition to the
report required by the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2022, the Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs to provide an updated report, not
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees on the progress of
implementing the recommendations, including an identification
of any barriers to implementation and further recommendations
to improve diverse research opportunities for metastatic cancer
research for congressional consideration.
NATIONAL INTREPID CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
As servicemembers and veterans continue to face higher
rates of brain trauma than civilians, it is imperative that
agencies continue to collaborate to study neurological
conditions. The Committee recognizes the high-quality mental
health care and neurological research being conducted at the
Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic
Brain Injury, and encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs to leverage the tremendous efforts of the
National Intrepid Center of Excellence to expand its work and
share best practices with the Department of Veterans Affairs in
order to strengthen research capacity and streamline access to
preventative care. The Committee also applauds the partnership
across the Military Health System Centers of Excellence and
encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs to streamline and standardize operating procedures and
collaboration guidelines across the locations.
ACCESS TO INFERTILITY TREATMENT
The Committee acknowledges infertility is a widespread
problem, affecting both men and women of diverse ages, races,
ethnicities, and genders, and the Committee notes the
difficulty servicemembers may face in receiving infertility
treatment while on active duty. The Committee urges the
Secretary of Defense to prioritize expansion fertility
procedures accessible to servicemembers. The Committee also
encourages waivers to be considered for servicemembers
undergoing infertility treatment, including waivers for ``time
trying'' requirements, particularly for dual-military couples
with co-location constraints.
IMPROVING COMBAT READINESS AND WARFIGHTER HEALTH
The Committee is aware that health research and clinical
practice do not take sex-based differences into account
consistently. It is of crucial importance to address sex-based
differences in the immune system to provide optimal disease
prevention, treatment, and management for all servicemembers.
The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs and the Director of the Congressionally Directed
Medical Research Program to explore the improvement of combat
readiness and long-term health of the warfighter by
understanding sex-based differences in the immune system.
TRANSITION OF MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM TO THE DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY
The Committee is dismayed by what appears to be a
deprioritization of healthcare programs that had been included
in Service core budgets in previous years. With the transition
of resources and management of health care services from the
Military Departments to the Defense Health Agency (DHA), the
Committee is concerned that, in many cases, investments that
the Services had made to best serve their soldiers, sailors,
airmen, marines, guardians, and their families, may not
transfer to DHA and may be terminated without executing option
years with little explanation. If there were successful
programs in the Services, there should be good justification
for why those programs would not continue at DHA. As such, in
order to increase oversight of these decisions and subsequent
funding implications, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs, along with the Director of the DHA and Service
Secretaries, shall submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this
Act detailing the factors that are being used to evaluate
medical and health contracts that had been funded within the
Services for fiscal years 2021 and/or fiscal year 2022 to
determine whether such contracts should be retained.
MULTIFACTOR APPROACHES IN POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER TREATMENT
The Committee continues to support the peer-reviewed
traumatic brain injury and psychological health research
program. The Committee is aware of the use of novel
combinatorial forms of intervention, including multi factor
approaches that incorporate dietary intervention and non-
invasive brain stimulation, to treat psychological health,
post-traumatic stress disorder, and other stress-related
disorders. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs is encouraged to explore these interventions and
further study genetic markers that may impact treatment
efficacy.
RAPID DEPLOYABLE SYNTHETIC VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
The Committee notes the significant advancements in vaccine
development and the need to rapidly distribute countermeasures
to combat infectious diseases and virus variants when required
for the protection of military personnel worldwide. The
Committee encourages the Commander, Army Medical Research and
Development Command, and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs to research the development of low cost, single
dose, highly scalable synthetic peptide vaccines that allow for
rapid deployment to military personnel against COVID-19, new
virus variants, and infectious disease threats.
BIOREPOSITORY DIVERSITY
The Committee is encouraged by efforts within Defense
Health Program (DHP), including health research programs, to
better understand chronic diseases through biorepositories
which store and catalogue used medical tissues for scientific
understanding. Collecting and cataloging samples from a diverse
population allows both the civilian medical community and DHP
to perform research into health disparities in those
populations and advance health equity. Therefore, the Committee
urges the Secretary of Defense to expand funding opportunities
to increase the number of samples from a diverse population
and, where possible, form cooperative partnerships with
established civilian research efforts into biorepositories for
diseases from diverse populations.
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $1,059,818,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,059,818,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,059,818,000
for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense which
will provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.......................................... 84,612 84,612 0
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION......................... 975,206 975,206 0
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TOTAL, CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE...... 1,059,818 1,059,818 0
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DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $855,728,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 878,027,000
Change from budget request............................ 22,2
99,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $878,027,000
for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense
which will provide the following program in fiscal year 2023:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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COUNTER-NARCOTICS SUPPORT.......................................... 619,474 547,878 -71,596
Transfer to National Guard Counter-Drug Program................ -40,343
Undistributed reduction........................................ -6,300
Program decrease: Project 1387................................. -6,644
Program decrease: Project 5111................................. -2,669
Reduce duplicative efforts..................................... -15,640
DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM...................................... 130,060 130,060 0
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM 100,316........................ 100,316 194,211 93,895
Transfer from Counter-Narcotics Support........................ 40,343
Program increase............................................... 53,552
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS................................ 5,878 5,878 0
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TOTAL, DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 855,728 878,027 22,299
DEFENSE...................................................
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The Committee recommendation includes $547,878,000 for
Counter-Narcotics Support, which supports the counternarcotics
activities of United States Northern Command and United States
Southern Command, including the operations of the Joint
Interagency Task Force South.
The recommendation reduces funding for international
programs, which are supported elsewhere in this Act. The
Secretary of Defense is directed to ensure that international
programs requested and supported by this account do not
duplicate programs funded by the Defense Security Cooperation
Agency in the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account.
Any congressional notification submitted pursuant to 10 U.S.C.
284 shall identify any resources within the Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide account that are allocated for
similar or related purposes.
The Secretary of Defense is directed to provide quarterly
reports to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on
the use and status of funds provided under this heading,
including information for each project as identified in the
Project Definitions (PB 47) budget exhibit of the fiscal year
2023 budget justification materials and other documentation
supporting the fiscal year 2023 budget request. The report
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may be accompanied
by a classified annex.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $479,359,000
Committee recommendation.............................. $479,359,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $479,359,000
for the Office of the Inspector General which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2023:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.......................................... 475,971 475,971 0
PROCUREMENT........................................................ 1,524 1,524 0
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION......................... 1,864 1,864 0
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TOTAL, OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL......................... 479,359 479,359 0
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COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND REVIEW
The Committee directs the Inspector General to review
Department of Defense measures in place to ensure funds
appropriated under the heading Counter-ISIS Train and Equip
Fund reach their intended recipients and other measures to
prevent waste, fraud, and abuse, and to submit a report and
recommendations to the congressional defense committees not
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act.
TITLE VII
RELATED AGENCIES
NATIONAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS
The National Intelligence Program and the Military
Intelligence Program budgets funded in this 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, and Air Force, and the CIA Retirement and
Disability fund.
CLASSIFIED ANNEX
Adjustments to classified programs are addressed in a
separate, detailed, and comprehensive classified annex. The
Intelligence Community, the 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,
2023.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $514,000,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 514,000,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $514,000,000
for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System Fund. This is a mandatory account.
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.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
Fiscal year 2023 budget request....................... $635,000,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 578,705,000
Change from budget request............................ -56,295,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $578,705,000
for the Intelligence Community Management Account.
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title VIII of the accompanying bill includes 149 general
provisions. A brief 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 limits 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 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 multiyear procurement contracts.
Section 8011 provides for the use and obligation of funds
for humanitarian and civic assistance costs.
Section 8012 has been amended and stipulates 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 provides that no funds made available in this
Act shall be used for the support of any non-appropriated funds
activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt
beverages and wine except under certain conditions.
Section 8018 prohibits 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 8019 provides a limitation on funds being used for
the relocation of any Department of Defense entity into or
within the National Capital Region.
Section 8020 provides for incentive payments authorized by
section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C.
1544).
Section 8021 provides for the conveyance, without
consideration, of relocatable housing units that are excess to
the needs of the Air Force.
Section 8022 provides for the availability of funds for the
mitigation of environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting
from Department of Defense activities.
Section 8023 provides that no funding for the Defense Media
Activity may be used for national or international political or
psychological activities.
Section 8024 is new and provides the minimum wage for
certain employees.
Section 8025 has been amended and provides funding for the
Civil Air Patrol Corporation.
Section 8026 has been amended and prohibits funding from
being used to establish new Department of Defense Federally
Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), with certain
limitations, and increases funding provided for FFRDCs.
Section 8027 defines the congressional defense committees
as the Armed Services Committees of the House and Senate and
the Subcommittees on Defense of the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees.
Section 8028 defines the congressional intelligence
committees as being the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House, the Select Committee on Intelligence
of the Senate, and the Subcommittees on Defense of the House
and Senate Appropriations Committees.
Section 8029 provides for competitions between private
firms and Department of Defense depot maintenance activities.
Section 8030 is amended and requires the Department of
Defense to comply with the Buy American Act, chapter 83 of
title 41, United States Code.
Section 8031 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 8032 provides for the revocation of blanket waivers
of the Buy American Act.
Section 8033 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 8034 has been amended and appropriates funding for
the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.
Section 8035 prohibits funding from being used to purchase
supercomputers which are not manufactured in the United States.
Section 8036 has been amended and provides for a waiver of
``Buy American'' provisions for certain cooperative programs.
Section 8037 has been amended and prohibits the use of
funds for the purchase or manufacture of a United States flag
unless such flags are treated as covered items under section
4862(b) of title 10, United States Code.
Section 8038 provides for the availability of funds
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
Facility Investment Recovery Account.
Section 8039 has been amended and provides authority to use
operation and maintenance appropriations to purchase items
having an investment item unit cost of not more than $350,000.
Section 8040 provides authority to use operation and
maintenance appropriations for the Asia Pacific Regional
Initiative Program.
Section 8041 prohibits the sale of tobacco products in
military resale outlets below the most competitive price in the
local community.
Section 8042 prohibits the use of Working Capital Funds to
purchase specified investment items.
Section 8043 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 8044 is new and authorizes the Central Intelligence
Agency to protect its domestic facilities from unmanned
aircraft systems.
Section 8045 places certain limitations on the use of funds
made available in this Act to establish field operating
agencies.
Section 8046 has been amended and places restrictions on
converting to contractor performance an activity or function of
the Department of Defense unless it meets certain guidelines
provided.
(RESCISSIONS)
Section 8047 has been amended and provides for the
rescission of $716,375,000 from the following programs:
2021 Appropriations:
Aircraft Procurement, Army:
ARL SEMA MODS................................. 7,300,000
Other Procurement, Army:
Joint Information Environment................. 3,177,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
H-60.......................................... 8,500,000
KC-46A MDAP................................... 40,600,000
2022 Appropriations:
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide:
DSCA Security Cooperation..................... 75,000,000
DSCA Coalition Support Funds.................. 25,000,000
DSCA Border Security.......................... 75,000,000
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund:
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund............. 100,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Army:
ARL SEMA MODS................................. 9,437,000
Other Procurement, Army:
Joint Effects Targeting System................ 51,896,000
Contract Writing System....................... 12,671,000
Building, Pre-Fab, Relocatable................ 6,977,000
Weapons Procurement, Navy:
Drones and Decoys............................. 30,321,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
E-3........................................... 30,000,000
H-60.......................................... 2,000,000
KC-46A MDAP................................... 32,000,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army:
Information Technology Development............ 26,700,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air
Force:
Advanced Technology and Sensors (C-ABSAA)..... 9,104,000
AWACS......................................... 20,000,000
Battlefield Airborne Communication Node (BACN) 26,292,000
HC/MC-130 Recap............................... 30,000,000
HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter............... 14,400,000
Stand-in Attack Weapon........................ 50,000,000
No-Year Appropriations:
Defense Working Capital Funds:
Defense Counterintelligence and Security 30,000,000
Agency Working Capital Fund..................
Section 8048 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 8049 prohibits funding from being obligated or
expended for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose.
Section 8050 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 8051 prohibits the transfer of Department of
Defense and Central Intelligence Agency drug interdiction and
counter-drug activities funds to other agencies.
Section 8052 provides funding for Red Cross and United
Services Organization grants.
Section 8053 provides funds for the Small Business
Innovation Research program and the Small Business Technology
Transfer program.
Section 8054 prohibits funding from being used for
contractor bonuses being paid due to business restructuring.
Section 8055 provides transfer authority for the pay of
military personnel in connection with support and services for
eligible organizations and activities outside the Department of
Defense.
Section 8056 provides for the Department of Defense to
dispose of negative unliquidated or unexpended balances for
expired or closed accounts.
Section 8057 provides conditions for the use of equipment
of the National Guard Distance Learning Project on a space-
available, reimbursable basis.
Section 8058 has been amended and provides funding for
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Programs.
Section 8059 has been amended and 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 8060 prohibits funding in this Act from being used
for repairs or maintenance to military family housing units.
Section 8061 provides obligation authority for new starts
for advanced concept technology demonstration projects only
after notification to the congressional defense committees.
Section 8062 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 8063 provides for the use of National Guard
personnel to support ground-based elements of the National
Ballistic Missile Defense System.
Section 8064 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 8065 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 8066 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 8067 prohibits funding to separate, or to
consolidate from within, the National Intelligence Program
budget from the Department of Defense budget.
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 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 8070 provides for the transfer of funds made
available in this Act under Operation and Maintenance, Navy to
the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust
Fund.
Section 8071 prohibits the modification of command and
control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command operational
and administrative control of United States Navy forces
assigned to the Pacific fleet.
Section 8072 requires notification for the rapid
acquisition and deployment of supplies and associated support
services.
Section 8073 provides funding and transfer authority for
the Israeli Cooperative Programs.
Section 8074 has been amended and provides for the funding
of prior year shipbuilding cost increases.
Section 8075 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 8076 prohibits funding from being used to initiate
a new start program without prior written notification.
Section 8077 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.
Section 8078 prohibits funding from being used for the
research, development, test, evaluation, procurement, or
deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense
system.
Section 8079 makes funds available for transfer for the
purposes of rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and
associated support services.
Section 8080 prohibits funding from being used to reduce or
disestablish the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance
Squadron of the Air Force Reserve.
Section 8081 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 8082 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 8083 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 limitations on the Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy appropriation.
Section 8085 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 places limitations on the reprogramming of
funds from the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce
Development Account.
Section 8087 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. 3024(d)).
Section 8088 provides that any agency receiving funds made
available in this Act shall post on a public website any report
required to be submitted to Congress with certain exceptions.
Section 8089 prohibits the use of funds for federal
contracts in excess of $1,000,000 unless the contractor meets
certain conditions.
Section 8090 provides funds for transfer to the Joint
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Facility Demonstration Fund.
Section 8091 prohibits the use of funds providing certain
missile defense information to certain entities.
Section 8092 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 $450,000 per
vehicle.
Section 8093 provides the Director of National Intelligence
with general transfer authority with certain limitations.
Section 8094 has been amended and authorizes the use of
funds in the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account to
purchase two used auxiliary vessels for the National Defense
Reserve Fleet.
Section 8095 directs the Secretary of Defense to post grant
awards on a public Web site in a searchable format.
Section 8096 prohibits the use of funds by the National
Security Agency targeting United States persons under
authorities granted in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act.
Section 8097 places restrictions on transfer amounts
available to pay salaries for non-Department of Defense
personnel.
Section 8098 provides that operation and maintenance funds
may be used for any purposes related to the National Defense
Reserve Fleet.
Section 8099 prohibits the use of funds to award a new TAO
Fleet Oiler or FFG Frigate program contract for the acquisition
of certain components unless those components are manufactured
in the United States.
Section 8100 prohibits funds for the development and design
of certain future naval ships unless any contract specifies
that all hull, mechanical, and electrical components are
manufactured in the United States.
Section 8101 has been amended and prohibits funds for the
decommissioning of certain Littoral Combat Ships.
Section 8102 prohibits certain transfers from the
Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development
Account.
Section 8103 prohibits the use of funds for gaming or
entertainment that involves nude entertainers.
Section 8104 prohibits the use of funding for information
technology systems that do not have pornographic content
filters.
Section 8105 has been amended and makes funds available
through the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation for
transfer to the Secretary of Education, to make grants to
construct, renovate, repair, or expand elementary and secondary
public schools on military installations.
Section 8106 provides guidance on the implementation of the
Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the Benefit of
Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured Active Duty Service Members.
Section 8107 places restrictions on the use of funding for
military parades.
Section 8108 has been amended and provides for the use of
funds to modify up to six F-35 Joint Strike Fighters per
variant to a test configuration.
Section 8109 prohibits funds in the Act from being used to
enter into a contract or provide a loan to any corporation that
has any unpaid Federal tax liability.
Section 8110 prohibits funds from being used to transfer
the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force.
Section 8111 requires the Secretary of Defense to make a
certification prior to the transfer of any element to the Space
Force.
Section 8112 prohibits funds to establish a field operating
agency of the Space Force.
Section 8113 provides authority to exceed working capital
fund limitations.
Section 8114 has been amended and provides funds for agile
development, test and evaluation, procurement, production and
modification, and the operation and maintenance for certain
software pilot programs.
Section 8115 prohibits the use of funding in contravention
of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Section 8116 has been amended and provides for the
obligation of funds in anticipation of receipt of contributions
from the Government of Kuwait.
Section 8117 requires notification of the receipt of
contributions from foreign governments.
Section 8118 provides for the procurement of certain
vehicles in the United States Central Command area.
Section 8119 is new and requires notification for the
establishment of any overseas or foreign base.
Section 8120 is new and requires that the Secretary of
Defense provide a report on any deployment of any United States
Armed Forces personnel.
Section 8121 is new and requires the Chairman the Joint
Chiefs to report on any unplanned activity or exercise.
Section 8122 prohibits funding from being used in
contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Section 8123 prohibits the use of funds with respect to
Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Section 8124 prohibits the use of funds with respect to
Syria in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Section 8125 has been amended and provides that nothing in
this Act may be construed as authorizing the use of force
against Iran and North Korea.
Section 8126 prohibits the establishment of permanent bases
in Iraq or Afghanistan or United States control over Iraq or
Syria oil resources.
Section 8127 prohibits the use of funding under certain
headings to procure or transfer man-portable air defense
systems.
Section 8128 prohibits funding from being used in violation
the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.
Section 8129 has been amended and prohibits funds for any
member of the Taliban.
Section 8130 has been amended and provides that certain
support to friendly foreign countries be made in accordance
with section 8005 of this Act.
Section 8131 has been amended and provides funding for
International Security Cooperation Programs.
Section 8132 has been amended and provides funding to
reimburse key cooperating nations for logistical, military, and
other support.
Section 8133 provides funding to reimburse certain
countries for border security.
Section 8134 provides security assistance to the Government
of Jordan.
Section 8135 provides security assistance to the Ukraine.
Section 8136 prohibits funds from being used to enter into
a contract with Rosoboronexport.
Section 8137 prohibits the use of funds to provide arms,
training, or other assistance to the Azov Battalion.
Section 8138 is new and prohibits funds to support military
operations conducted by the Saudi-led coalition against the
Houthis in the war in Yemen.
Section 8139 is new and prohibits funds to operate the
detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
Section 8140 is new and allows for the transfer of funds
for cyber activities.
Section 8141 is new and provides funding and the authority
to address the issues at Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
Section 8142 is new and provides the Secretary of Defense
the authority to expend funding to address the Red Hill Bulk
Fuel Storage Facility issue.
Section 8143 is new and provides additional funding for pay
for military personnel.
Section 8144 is new and prohibits funding from being used
to reduce the availability of aircraft primarily in support of
congressional travel.
Section 8145 is new and prohibits funds from being used to
deny leave for health services.
Section 8146 prohibits the use of funds to be used to
support any activity associated with the Wuhan Institute of
Virology.
Section 8147 is new and prohibits funds for any work to be
performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research
supported by the government of China.
Section 8148 is new and repeals the 2001 Authorization for
Use of Military Force (P.L. 107-40) 240 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
Section 8149 is new and repeals the Authorization for Use
of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law
107-243).
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
The following items are included in accordance with various
requirements of the Rules of the House of Representatives:
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.
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.
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 ``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 ``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.
8055'' 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.
8058'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' to the Department
of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of
the Air Force to support the Sexual Assault Special Victims'
Counsel Program.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8066'' 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.
8069'' 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.
8070'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'' to the John C. Stennis
Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8073'' 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.
8074'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' to fund prior year
shipbuilding cost increases.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8090'' 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.
8093'' 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
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for elementary and
secondary public schools on military installations.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8140'' which provides for the transfer of funds appropriated
for cyber activities.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8141'' which provides for the transfer of funds to address
issues at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
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:
Aircraft Procurement, Army:
ARL SEMA MODS................................. 7,300,000
Other Procurement, Army:
Joint Information Environment................. 3,177,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
H-60.......................................... 8,500,000
KC-46A MDAP................................... 40,600,000
2022 Appropriations:
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide:
DSCA Security Cooperation..................... 75,000,000
DSCA Coalition Support Funds.................. 25,000,000
DSCA Border Security.......................... 75,000,000
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund:
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund............. 100,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Army:
ARL SEMA MODS................................. 9,437,000
Other Procurement, Army:
Joint Effects Targeting System................ 51,896,000
Contract Writing System....................... 12,671,000
Building, Pre-Fab, Relocatable................ 6,977,000
Weapons Procurement, Navy:
Drones and Decoys............................. 30,321,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
E-3........................................... 30,000,000
H-60.......................................... 2,000,000
KC-46A MDAP................................... 32,000,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army:
Information Technology Development............ 26,700,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air
Force:
Advanced Technology and Sensors (C-ABSAA)..... 9,104,000
AWACS......................................... 20,000,000
Battlefield Airborne Communication Node (BACN) 26,292,000
HC/MC-130 Recap............................... 30,000,000
HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter............... 14,400,000
Stand-in Attack Weapon........................ 50,000,000
No-Year Appropriations:
Defense Working Capital Funds:
Defense Counterintelligence and Security 30,000,000
Agency Working Capital Fund..................
DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS
The following table is submitted in compliance with clause
9 of rule XXI, and lists the congressional earmarks (as defined
in paragraph (e) of clause 9) contained in the bill or in this
report. Neither the bill nor the report contain any limited tax
benefits or limited tariff benefits as defined in paragraphs
(f) or (g) of clause 9 of rule XXI.
DEFENSE
[Community Project Funding]
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House
Agency Account Recipient Project House Amount Requestors
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Army RDTE,A..... The Miami Project to Cure U.S. Army Battlefield $1,700,000 Wasserman
Paralysis at the University Exercise and Combat Related Schultz
of Miami, Miami, Florida. Traumatic Brain and Spinal
Cord Injury Research.
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Army RDTE,A..... Texas A&M University-- Operational Test Command 3,900,000 Carter
Central Texas, Killeen, TX. Enhanced Support. (TX)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Army RDTE,A..... Georgia Southern University, Soldier Performance and 5,680,000 Carter
Statesboro, GA. Readiness. (GA)
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Army RDTE,A..... Pennington Biomedical Center for Excellence in 5,000,000 Graves
Research Center, Baton Military Health and (LA)
Rouge, LA. Performance Enhancement.
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Army RDTE,A..... University of Georgia, Expanding Engineering with 5,000,000 Carter
Athens, GA. Nature Installation (GA)
Capacity.
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Army RDTE,A..... Florida State University, Heated Garment Testing 180,890 Lawson
Tallahassee, Florida. Equipment for Warfighters. (FL)
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Defense- RDTE,DW.... Institute for Digital Systems Engineering 1,200,000 Aderholt
Wide Enterprise Advancement, Technology Apprenticeship
Huntsville, AL. and Internship Program.
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Defense- RDTE,DW.... University of Rhode Island SEA (Secure Email Access) 1,240,000 Langevin
Wide Research Foundation, Share.
Kingston, RI.
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Defense- RDTE,DW.... Florida International Central American Open Source 1,300,000 Salazar
Wide University, Miami, FL. Research Initiative and
Coalition.
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Defense- RDTE,DW.... Bioindustrial Manufacturing Scalable comprehensive 5,000,000 Garamendi
Wide and Design Ecosystem, workforce readiness
Emeryville, CA. initiatives in
bioindustrial manufacturing
that lead to regional
bioeconomic transformation
and growth.
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Defense- RDTE,DW.... Prairie View A&M University, Integrated Research and 500,000 McCaul
Wide Prairie View, TX. Training in Artificial
Intelligence and Machine
Learning for ROTC Students.
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Defense- RDTE,DW.... Virginia Polytechnic Research and Development of 2,000,000 Griffith
Wide Institute and State Next Generation Explosives
University, Blacksburg, VA. and Propellants.
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Defense- RDTE,DW.... University of Maine, Orono, Partnerships for 7,000,000 Golden
Wide Maine. Manufacturing Training
Innovation.
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Navy RDTE,N..... Auburn University, Auburn, High-Energy Density and High- 8,000,000 Rogers
AL. Power Density Li-Ion (AL)
Battery Magazines in
Defense Applications.
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Navy RDTE,N..... NYNJ Baykeeper, Hazlet, NJ.. Enhancing Installation 2,500,000 Pallone
Resiliency at Naval Weapons
Station Earle.
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Space Force RDTE,SF.... Texas Engineering Experiment Space Research Hub.......... 4,000,000 Sessions
Station, Bryan, TX.
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CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(A) 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 provide for
the transfer of funds 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.
Language is included in various accounts placing a
limitation on funds for emergencies and extraordinary expenses.
Language is included that provides not more than $3,000,000
for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund.
Language is included that provides not less than
$55,000,000 for the Procurement Technical Assistance
Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than
$5,000,000 shall be available for centers.
Language is included that prohibits the consolidation of
certain legislative affairs or liaison offices.
Language is included that makes available $19,091,000 for
certain classified activities, allows such funds to be
transferred between certain accounts, and exempts such funds
from the investment item unit cost ceiling.
Language is included under the heading ``Counter-ISIS Train
and Equip Fund'' that provides for the use of funds for certain
purposes, compliance with vetting standards, management of
contributions, and the submission of certain reports.
Language is included that limits the use of funds for
official representation purposes under the heading ``United
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces''.
Language is included that limits funds credited or
transferred under the heading ``Department of Defense
Acquisition Workforce Development Account''.
Language is included that provides for specific
construction, acquisition, or conversion of vessels under the
heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy''.
Language is included that provides for the incurring of
additional obligations for certain activities under the heading
``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy''.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds
provided under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'' for the construction of any naval vessel, or the
construction of major components for the construction or
conversion of any naval vessel, in foreign facilities or
shipyards.
Language is included under the heading ``Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy'' that allows funds to be available for
multiyear procurement of critical components to support the
common missile compartment of nuclear-powered vessels.
Language is included under the heading ``National Guard and
Reserve Equipment Account'' providing for the procurement of
certain items and the submission of modernization priority
assessments.
Language is included under the heading ``Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'' that provides funds
for certain activities related to the V-22.
Language is included that specifies the use of certain
funds provided under the heading ``Defense Health Program''.
Language is included that provides that not less than
$12,000,000 of funds provided under the heading ``Defense
Health Program'' shall be available for HIV prevention
educational activities.
Language is included under the heading ``Defense Health
Program'' that provides that not less than $1,144,000,000 shall
be made available to the Defense Health Agency to carry out
congressionally directed medical research programs.
Language is included that specifies the use of certain
funds provided under the heading ``Chemical Agents and
Munitions Destruction, Defense''.
Language is included that specifies the use of certain
funds provided under the heading ``Drug-Interdiction and
Counter-Drug Activities, Defense''.
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 expressly provided for a greater period of
availability elsewhere in the Act.
Language is included that limits the obligation of certain
funds provided in this Act during the last two months of the
fiscal year.
Language is included that provides for the general transfer
authority of funds to other military functions.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that provides for the establishment of
a baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer
authorities for the current fiscal year.
Language is included that provides for limitations on the
use of transfer authority of working capital fund cash
balances.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that provides limitations and
conditions on the use of funds made available in this Act to
initiate multiyear procurement contracts.
Language is included that provides for the use and
obligation of funds for humanitarian and civic assistance
costs.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that prohibits funding 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 provides that no funds made
available in this Act shall be used for the support of any non-
appropriated funds activity of the Department of Defense that
procures malt beverages and wine except under certain
conditions.
Language is included that prohibits 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.
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). Section 8021 provides for the conveyance,
without consideration, of relocatable housing units that are
excess to the needs of the Air Force.
Language is included that provides for the availability of
funds for the mitigation of environmental impacts on Indian
lands resulting from Department of Defense activities.
Language is included that provides that no funding for the
Defense Media Activity may be used for national or
international political or psychological activities.
Language is included that provides the minimum wage for
certain employees.
Language is included that provides funding for the Civil
Air Patrol Corporation.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
to establish new Department of Defense Federally Funded
Research and Development Centers (FFRDC), with certain
limitations, and increases funding provided for FFRDCs.
Language is included that defines the congressional defense
committees as the Armed Services Committees of the House and
Senate and the Subcommittees on Defense of the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees.
Language is included that defines the congressional
intelligence committees as being the Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence of the House, the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate, 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.
Language is included that requires the Department of
Defense to comply with the Buy American Act, chapter 83 of
title 41, United States Code.
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 provides for the revocation of
blanket waivers of the Buy American Act.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that provides funding for the National
Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
to purchase supercomputers which are not manufactured in the
United States.
Language is included that provides for a waiver of ``Buy
American'' provisions for certain cooperative programs.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
the purchase or manufacture of a United States flag unless such
flags are treated as covered items under section 2533a(b) of
title 10, United States Code.
Language is included that provides for the availability of
funds contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
Facility Investment Recovery Account.
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 $350,000.
Language is included that provides authority to use
operation and maintenance appropriations for the Asia Pacific
Regional Initiative Program.
Language is included that prohibits the sale of tobacco
products in military resale outlets below the most competitive
price in the local community.
Language is included that prohibits the use of Working
Capital Funds to purchase specified investment items.
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 programs as specified.
Language is included that provides the authority for the
Central Intelligence Agency to protect its domestic facilities
from unmanned aircraft systems.
Language is included that places certain limitations on the
use of funds made available in this Act to establish field
operating agencies.
Language is included that places restrictions on converting
to contractor performance an activity or function of the
Department of Defense unless it meets certain guidelines
provided.
Language is included that provides for the rescissions
totaling $716,375,000.
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 prohibits funding from being
obligated or expended for assistance to the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea unless specifically 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 the transfer of
Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agencies drug
interdiction and counter-drug activities funds to other
agencies.
Language is included that provides funding for Red Cross
and United Services Organization grants.
Language is included that provides funds for the Small
Business Innovation Research program and the Small Business
Technology Transfer program.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
for contractor bonuses being paid due to business
restructuring.
Language is included that provides transfer authority for
the pay of military personnel in connection with support and
services for eligible organizations and activities outside the
Department of Defense.
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 funding for Sexual
Assault Prevention and Response Programs.
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 prohibits funding in this Act
from being used 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 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 is designated as ``armor piercing'' except
for demilitarization purposes.
Language is included that 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.
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 prohibits funding to separate, or
to consolidate from within, the National Intelligence Program
budget from the Department of Defense budget.
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 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.
Language is included that provides for the transfer of
funds made available in this Act under Operation and
Maintenance, Navy to the John C. Stennis Center for Public
Service Development Trust Fund.
Language is included that prohibits the modification of
command and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command
operational and administrative control of United States Navy
forces assigned to the Pacific fleet.
Language is included that requires notification for the
rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and associated
support services.
Language is included that provides funding and transfer
authority for the Israeli Cooperative Programs.
Language is included that provides for the funding of prior
year shipbuilding cost increases.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
to initiate a new start program without prior written
notification.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that prohibits funding 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 makes funds available for
transfer for the purposes of rapid acquisition and deployment
of supplies and associated support services.
Language is included that prohibits funding 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 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.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that 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 and the purchase of
real property, which shall remain available for the current and
the following fiscal years.
Language is included that provides limitations on the
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy appropriation.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that places limitations on the
reprogramming of funds from the Department of Defense
Acquisition Workforce Development Account.
Language is included that 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. 3024(d)).
Language is included that provides that any agency
receiving funds made available in this Act shall post on a
public website any report required to be submitted to Congress
with certain exceptions.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
federal contracts in excess of $1,000,000 unless the contractor
meets certain conditions.
Language is included that provides funds for transfer to
the Joint Department of Defense--Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds
providing certain missile defense information to certain
entities.
Language is included that 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
$450,000 per vehicle.
Language is included that provides the Director of National
Intelligence with general transfer authority with certain
limitations.
Language is included that authorizes the use of funds in
the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account to purchase two
used auxiliary vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Language is included that directs the Secretary of Defense
to post grant awards on a public Web site in a searchable
format.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds by the
National Security Agency targeting United States persons under
authorities granted in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act.
Language is included that places restrictions on transfer
amounts available to pay salaries for non-Department of Defense
personnel.
Language is included that provides that operation and
maintenance funds may be used for any purposes related to the
National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
award a new TAO Fleet Oiler or FFG Frigate program contract for
the acquisition of certain components unless those components
are manufactured in the United States.
Language is included that prohibits funds for the
development and design of certain future naval ships unless any
contract specifies that all hull, mechanical, and electrical
components are manufactured in the United States.
Language is included that prohibits funds for the
decommissioning of certain Littoral Combat Ships.
Language is included that prohibits certain transfers from
the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development
Account.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
gaming or entertainment that involves nude entertainers.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funding for
information technology systems that do not have pornographic
content filters.
Language is included that makes funds available through the
Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation for transfer to
the Secretary of Education, to make grants to construct,
renovate, repair, or expand elementary and secondary public
schools on military installations.
Language is included that provides guidance on the
implementation of the Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services
for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured Active
Duty Service Members.
Language is included that places restrictions on the use of
funding for military parades.
Language is included that provides for the use of funds to
modify two F-35 Joint Strike Fighters per variant to a test
configuration.
Language is included that prohibits funds in the Act from
being used to enter into a contract or provide a loan to any
corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability.
Language is included that prohibits funds from being used
to transfer the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space
Force.
Language is included that requires the Secretary of Defense
to make a certification prior to the transfer of any element to
the Space Force.
Language is included that prohibits funds to establish a
field operating agency of the Space Force.
Language is included that provides authority to exceed
working capital fund limitations.
Language is included that provides funds for agile
development, test and evaluation, procurement, production and
modification, and the operation and maintenance for certain
software pilot programs.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funding in
contravention of the United Nations Convention Against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Language is included that provides for the obligation of
funds in anticipation of receipt of contributions from the
Government of Kuwait.
Language is included that requires notification of the
receipt of contributions from foreign governments.
Language is included that provides for the procurement of
certain vehicles in the United States Central Command area.
Language is included that requires notification for the
establishment of any overseas or foreign base.
Language is included that requires the Secretary of Defense
provide a report on any deployment of any United States Armed
Forces personnel.
Language is included that requires the Chairman the Joint
Chiefs to report on any unplanned activity or exercise.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds with
respect to Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds with
respect to Syria in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Language is included that provides that nothing in this Act
may be construed as authorizing the use of force against Iran
and North Korea.
Language is included that prohibits the establishment of
permanent bases in Iraq or Afghanistan or United States control
over Iraq or Syria oil resources.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funding
under certain headings to procure or transfer man-portable air
defense systems.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
in violation the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.
Language is included that prohibits funds for any member of
the Taliban.
Language is included that provides that certain support to
friendly foreign countries be made in accordance with section
8005 of this Act.
Language is included that provides funding for
International Security Cooperation Programs.
Language is included that provides funding to reimburse key
cooperating nations for logistical, military, and other
support.
Language is included that provides funding to reimburse
certain countries for border security.
Language is included that provides security assistance to
the Government of Jordan.
Language is included that provides security assistance to
the Ukraine.
Language is included that prohibits funds from being used
to enter into a contract with Rosoboronexport.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
provide arms, training, or other assistance to the Azov
Battalion.
Language is included that prohibits funds to support
military operations conducted by the Saudi-led coalition
against the Houthis in the war in Yemen.
Language is included that prohibits funds to operate the
detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
Language is included that allows for the transfer of fund
for cyber activities.
Language is included that provides funding and the
authority to address the issues at Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage
Facility.
Language is included that provides the Secretary of Defense
the authority to expend funding to address the Red Hill Bulk
Fuel Storage Facility issue.
Language is included that provides additional funding for
pay for military personnel.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
to reduce the availability of aircraft primarily in support of
congressional travel.
Language is included that prohibits funds from being used
to deny leave for health services.
Language is included that prohibits funds to support any
activity conducted by, or associated with, the Wuhan Institute
of Virology.
Language is included that prohibits funds for any work to
be performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research
supported by the government of China.
Language is included that repeals the 2001 Authorization
for Use of Military Force (P.L. 107-40) 240 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
Language is included that repeals the Authorization for Use
of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law
107-243).
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COMPARISON WITH THE BUDGET RESOLUTION
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives and section 308(a)(1)(A) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the following table compares
the levels of new budget authority provided in the bill with
the appropriate allocation under section 302(b) of the Budget
Act.
[In millions of dollars]
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302(b) Allocation This Bill
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Budget Budget
Authority Outlays Authority Outlays
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee
allocation to its subcommittee: Subcommittee on
Defense
Discretionary................................... 761,681 732,950 761,681 \1\732,828
Mandatory....................................... 514 514 514 \1\514
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\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
FIVE-YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS
In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the following table contains
five-year projections associated with the budget authority
provided in the accompanying bill.
[In millions of dollars]
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Outlays
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Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
2023................................................... \1\453,903
2024................................................... 185,351
2025................................................... 56,578
2026................................................... 28,929
2027 and future years.................................. 22,798
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\1\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
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 authority or outlays are
provided by the accompanying bill for financial assistance to
State and local governments.
COMMITTEE HEARINGS
For the purposes of clause 3(c)(6) of rule XIII--
The following hearings were used to develop or consider the
Departments of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023:
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
January 12, 2022, entitled ``Impact of Continuing Resolutions
on the Department of Defense and Services.'' The Subcommittee
received testimony from:
Mr. Mike McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
General David H. Berger, Commandant of the United States
Marine Corps
General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chief of Staff of the United
States Air Force
Admiral Michael Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations of the
United States Navy
General Joseph M. Martin, Vice Chief of Staff of the United
States Army
General John W. Raymond, Chief of Space Operations of the
United States Space Force
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on March 9, 2022, entitled ``United States European Command.''
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
General Tod D. Walters, Commander, European Command and
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on March 16, 2022, entitled ``United States Central Command.''
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., Commander, U.S. Central
Command
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on March 17, 2022, entitled ``United States Southern Command.''
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
General Laura J. Richardson, Commander, U.S. Southern
Command
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on April 5, 2022, entitled ``United States Strategic Command.''
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Admiral Charles A. Richard, Commander, U.S. Strategic
Command
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on April 6, 2022, entitled ``United States Africa Command.''
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
General Stephen J. Townsend, Commander, United States
Africa Command
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on April 7, 2022, entitled ``United States Special Operations
Command.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
General Richard D. Clarke, Commander, U.S. Special
Operations Command
The Honorable Christopher Maier, Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on April 27, 2022, entitled ``National Security Agency and U.S.
Cyber Command FY2023 Budget and Posture.'' The Subcommittee
received testimony from:
General Paul M. Nakasone, Director, Commander, National
Security Agency, U.S. Cyber Command
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 11, 2022, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2023 Department of
Defense.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
The Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense
General Mark A. Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on May 12, 2022, entitled ``National Reconnaissance Office and
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency FY2023 Budget and
Posture.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Dr. Christopher J. Scolese, Director, National
Reconnaissance Office
Vice Admiral Robert D. Sharp, Director, National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 13, 2022, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2023 United States Air
Force and Space Force Budget.'' The Subcommittee received
testimony from:
General Charles Q. Brown, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
General John W. Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, U.S.
Space Force
The Honorable Frank Kendall, Secretary of the Air Force
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 7, 2022, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 United States Army
Budget.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
General James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army
The Honorable Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on May 17, 2022, entitled ``United States Indo-Pacific
Command.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Admiral John C. Aquilino, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific
Command
General Paul J. LaCamera, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea,
United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 18, 2022, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2023 United States Navy
and Marine Corps Budget.'' The Subcommittee received testimony
from:
General David H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps
Admiral Michael Gilday, Chief of Navy Operations
The Honorable Carlos Del Torro, Secretary of the Navy
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on May 18, 2022, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2023 Member Day
Hearing.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
The Honorable Veronica Escobar, Member of Congress
The Honorable Steve Cohen, Member of Congress
The Honorable Donald M. Payne, Member of Congress
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on May 19, 2022, entitled ``Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency and Office of the
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security
Overview.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
The Honorable William J. Burns, Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency
The Honorable Avril Haines, Director of National
Intelligence The Honorable Ronald S. Moultrie, Under Secretary
of Defense for Intelligence & Security
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 24, 2022, entitled ``National Guard and Reserves.'' The
Subcommittee received testimony from:
Lieutenant General David G. Bellon, Commander, U.S. Marine
Forces Reserve
Lieutenant General Jody J. Daniels, Chief of the U.S. Army
Reserve
General Daniel R. Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard
Bureau
Vice Admiral John B. Mustin, Chief of the U.S. Navy Reserve
Lieutenant General Richard W. Scobee, Chief of the U.S. Air
Force Reserve
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 25, 2022, entitled ``Defense Health and Medical
Readiness.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle, Surgeon General, U.S.
Army
Rear Admiral Upper Half Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon
General, U.S. Navy
Lieutenant General Robert I. Miller, Surgeon General, U.S.
Air Force and U.S. Space Force
Ms. Seileen Mullen, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs
Lieutenant General Ronald Place, Director, Defense Health
Agency
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 26, 2022, entitled ``Defense Environmental Restoration.''
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Ms. Amy Borman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Environment, Safety and Occupational Health
Ms. Nancy Balkus, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force for Environment, Safety and Infrastructure
Mr. Richard Kidd, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Environment and Energy Resilience
Mr. Karnig Ohannessian, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Environment
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, changes in existing law made by
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets):
AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE
(Public Law 107-40)
[SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
[This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Authorization
for Use of Military Force''.]
[SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
[(a) In General.--That the President is authorized to use all
necessary and appropriate force against those nations,
organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized,
committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on
September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons,
in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism
against the United States by such nations, organizations or
persons.
[(b) War Powers Resolution Requirements.--
[(1) Specific statutory authorization.--Consistent
with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the
Congress declares that this section is intended to
constitute specific statutory authorization within the
meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.
[(2) Applicability of other requirements.--Nothing in
this resolution supercedes any requirement of the War
Powers Resolution.]
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AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION OF 2002
(Public Law 107-243)
[SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
[This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Authorization
for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002''.]
[SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS.
[The Congress of the United States supports the efforts by
the President to--
[(1) strictly enforce through the United Nations
Security Council all relevant Security Council
resolutions regarding Iraq and encourages him in those
efforts; and
[(2) obtain prompt and decisive action by the
Security Council to ensure that Iraq abandons its
strategy of delay, evasion and noncompliance and
promptly and strictly complies with all relevant
Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.
[SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
[(a) Authorization.--The President is authorized to use the
Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be
necessary and appropriate in order to--
[(1) defend the national security of the United
States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and
[(2) enforce all relevant United Nations Security
Council resolutions regarding Iraq.
[(b) Presidential Determination.--In connection with the
exercise of the authority granted in subsection (a) to use
force the President shall, prior to such exercise or as soon
thereafter as may be feasible, but no later than 48 hours after
exercising such authority, make available to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the
Senate his determination that--
[(1) reliance by the United States on further
diplomatic or other peaceful means alone either (A)
will not adequately protect the national security of
the United States against the continuing threat posed
by Iraq or (B) is not likely to lead to enforcement of
all relevant United Nations Security Council
resolutions regarding Iraq; and
[(2) acting pursuant to this joint resolution is
consistent with the United States and other countries
continuing to take the necessary actions against
international terrorist and terrorist organizations,
including those nations, organizations, or persons who
planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist
attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.
[(c) War Powers Resolution Requirements.--
[(1) Specific statutory authorization.--Consistent
with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the
Congress declares that this section is intended to
constitute specific statutory authorization within the
meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.
[(2) Applicability of other requirements.--Nothing in
this joint resolution supersedes any requirement of the
War Powers Resolution.
[SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
[(a) Reports.--The President shall, at least once every 60
days, submit to the Congress a report on matters relevant to
this joint resolution, including actions taken pursuant to the
exercise of authority granted in section 3 and the status of
planning for efforts that are expected to be required after
such actions are completed, including those actions described
in section 7 of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Public Law
105-338).
[(b) Single Consolidated Report.--To the extent that the
submission of any report described in subsection (a) coincides
with the submission of any other report on matters relevant to
this joint resolution otherwise required to be submitted to
Congress pursuant to the reporting requirements of the War
Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148), all such reports may be
submitted as a single consolidated report to the Congress.
[(c) Rule of Construction.--To the extent that the
information required by section 3 of the Authorization for Use
of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 102-1) is
included in the report required by this section, such report
shall be considered as meeting the requirements of section 3 of
such resolution.]
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MINORITY VIEWS
We thank the Chairs of the Full Committee and the
Subcommittee for crafting a Defense Appropriations Act that
includes many bipartisan priorities that support our national
security. Unfortunately, given the heightened global threats
and increased cost of materials used heavily by the military,
the topline funding level proposed in this bill is inadequate
to meet our urgent national defense requirements. With
inflation at historic levels, this bill effectively cuts
funding for our national defense. Furthermore, this bill
includes many partisan provisions that prevent us from
supporting it in its current form.
There are many aspects of the bill we support, such as the
procurement of platforms desperately needed by our warfighters.
These include, but are not limited to, the F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter, the Columbia-class Submarine, the Arleigh-Burke
Destroyer, and the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. We also support
research and development funding for next-generation
technologies that are essential to keeping pace with emerging
threats in all domains.
As the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has shown us, we must do
all we can to support our allies and partners around the world.
Weakness is provocative, and this Congress must ensure that the
Administration's failure to deter Russia does not repeat in
Taiwan or anywhere else. We can avoid further chaos by sending
a strong message to our adversaries and allies with a Defense
bill that meets our global requirements. Sadly, this bill fails
to do so in its current form.
We are also advocates of funding next generation, promising
technologies; however, diverting funds from urgent warfighting
requirements for a promise of future capabilities assumes too
much risk. Unfortunately, this is a common theme throughout the
bill, like the bill proposed by the majority in Fiscal Year
2022. For example, this bill allows for the decommissioning of
19 Navy ships, 15 Air Force E-3s, and many other platforms that
are currently in high demand. These short-sighted decisions are
a direct result of the Biden Administration's inadequate
funding request level for Fiscal Year 2023.
While we thank the Chair for funding 8 Navy ships, it is
again clear that the Majority and the Biden Administration are
not committed to a 355 ship Navy. Without a robust and capable
Navy, we will be less able to maintain freedom of navigation
and mobilize our forces around the world, if necessary. Due to
the arbitrary topline funding level, this bill takes from today
in the hope that our investments will outpace our adversaries
in future years. This is a risk we cannot afford. During the
Full Committee markup of the bill, we were pleased to find
common ground with the Majority in the Manager's Amendment to
address several issues important to our Members, such as
supporting a construct between the National Guard and Taiwan,
increasing congressional oversight of the Defense Production
Act, and requiring more information on the Air Force E-3
replacement program.
However, significant policy differences remain. Priorities
that the Minority tried to address during the markup that were
denied include the following: opposition to closing the
detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; restoring funding
to the Air Force Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon; concern
about a new partisan rider establishing leave policies for
abortions; opposition to allowing service members the ability
to choose where they are stationed based on their own political
views; and increasing basic pay for members of the Armed
Forces.
Mr. Diaz-Balart offered an amendment that would reinstate
the longstanding, bipartisan provisions to prohibit closing the
detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and prohibit transferring
non-citizen detainees at Guantanamo Bay to the United States,
among other policies. Republicans are greatly concerned that,
even though the Administration has no plan for the remaining
detainees at Guantanamo Bay, this bill proposes closing the
facility by the end of Fiscal Year 2023. Unfortunately, despite
longstanding bipartisan support for these policies, the
amendment was defeated 28-30.
Mr. Calvert offered an amendment to restore a $90 million
cut to the Air Force's Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon,
which is one of the Air Force's two hypersonic weapons
programs. These funds were offset by cutting four climate-
related activities funded in the bill that are not directly
linked to the Department's warfighting mission. With China and
Russia both outpacing the U.S. with their hypersonic
capabilities, we believe this bill must prioritize advanced
weapon systems over climate change. Unfortunately, this
amendment was defeated 27-31.
Mr. Harris offered an amendment to strike Section 8145 of
the bill, which would prohibit a service member or their spouse
from being denied leave should they seek it to access abortion
services. The Services already have policies in place to grant
leave for medical purposes. Under current policies, if a
service member is denied leave by their supervisor for any
reason, but especially for a medical procedure, there are
mechanisms in place to appeal that through the chain of
command. The Services can determine for themselves what leave
policies are necessary to maintain readiness and don't need
Congress micro-managing those policies. Unfortunately, this
amendment was defeated 26-32.
Mr. Aderholt offered an amendment to prohibit the
geographic reassignment of civilian or military personnel from
a military installation, jurisdiction, locality, or State based
on the policies or laws of that particular jurisdiction.
Earlier this year, the press reported on a leaked Army memo
that showed the Service is considering a policy that would
allow for soldiers to request relocation if they are concerned
that state or local laws discriminate against them based on
gender, sexual orientation, religion, race, or pregnancy.
Allowing Soldiers to determine their duty station based on the
criteria reportedly in the memo involves the Army in inherently
political decisions. In a functioning democracy, laws are based
on legislation approved by elected political leaders and we
expect our military to respect and adhere to those laws,
whether they are federal, state, or local laws. Our senior
military leaders understand that and have repeatedly stressed
the need for the military to remain apolitical. Yet a policy
like the one reported on would set a dangerous precedent by
upending the apolitical nature of the military and involving it
in political decisions. It would also threaten to balkanize our
military along ideological lines. This amendment was defeated
26-32.
Lastly, Mr. Garcia offered an amendment to increase the
basic pay for all service members to a minimum of $31,200 per
year. With inflation at 8.6%, the pay increase of 4.6% included
in this bill is not enough, especially for our junior service
members. They and their families should not have to be on food
stamps to survive while serving our nation honorably.
Unfortunately, this amendment was narrowly defeated 28-29.
We do thank the Chair for accepting two of our amendments,
both offered by Mr. Reschenthaler, to prohibit funds from going
to facilities and organizations tied to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Additionally, we thank the Chair for adding a critical
bipartisan amendment to the Manager's Amendment, directing the
Secretary of Defense to conduct a study of the impact of
transferring Mexico from the Northern Command area of
responsibility to the Southern Command area of responsibility
for the purposes of a more cohesive counter-drug strategy.
In conclusion, we remain concerned about the insufficient
topline funding level and partisan riders in this bill that
could jeopardize final enactment of this important legislation.
Continuing resolutions are detrimental to our military, and we
want to work with the Majority as we proceed through the
legislative process to enact a strong, bipartisan Defense
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
Kay Granger.
Ken Calvert.
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