[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
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            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]








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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  
              
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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

                                _______
                                

 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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                                                                         Fiscal year 2023
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                                                 Fiscal year                                         Change from
                                                     2022        Budget     Committee   Change from  fiscal year
                                                  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]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND.......................      541,692         450,000         -91,692
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID..........      112,800         150,000          37,200
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT....................      341,598         351,598          10,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Budget     Committee   Change from
                                     Request    Recommended    Request
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE..........................................       84,612          84,612               0
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION.........................      975,206         975,206               0
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
    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]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
        TOTAL, DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES,            855,728         878,027          22,299
         DEFENSE...................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE..........................................      475,971         475,971               0
PROCUREMENT........................................................        1,524           1,524               0
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION.........................        1,864           1,864               0
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
    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.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Army         RDTE,A.....  Florida State University,     Heated Garment Testing               180,890  Lawson
                           Tallahassee, Florida.         Equipment for Warfighters.                    (FL)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Defense-     RDTE,DW....  Florida International         Central American Open Source       1,300,000  Salazar
 Wide                      University, Miami, FL.        Research Initiative and
                                                         Coalition.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Defense-     RDTE,DW....  University of Maine, Orono,   Partnerships for                   7,000,000  Golden
 Wide                      Maine.                        Manufacturing Training
                                                         Innovation.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Budget                          Budget
                                                     Authority        Outlays        Authority        Outlays
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Outlays
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\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.]
                              ----------                              


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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