[House Report 117-88]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


117th Congress }                                          { Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session   }                                          { 117-88

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            DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2022

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                              R E P O R T

                                 OF THE

                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                             TOGETHER WITH

                             MINORITY VIEWS

                        [to accompany h.r. 4432]

[GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]


 July 15, 2021.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed             
              
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Bill Totals......................................................     1
Committee Budget Review Process..................................     3
Introduction.....................................................     3
Definition of Program, Project, and Activity.....................     4
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....................................................     6
  Research, Development, Test and Evaluation.....................     6
  Defense Health Program.........................................     7
Designated Congressional Special Interest Items..................     7
Law Enforcement Training.........................................     8
Littoral Combat Ships............................................     8
Overseas Contingency Operations..................................     8
Missile Defense of Guam..........................................     8
Anomalous Health Incidents/Havana Syndrome.......................     9
Shipyard Domestic Industrial Base................................     9
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
  Skilibridge Programs...........................................    14
  Minority Outreach and Officer Accessions.......................    15
  Cultural Sensitivity Training..................................    15
  Trauma Training Program........................................    15
  Extremism in the Military......................................    15
  Sexual Assault Prevention and Response.........................    17
  Military Families and Food Insecurity..........................    17
  Military Personnel, Army.......................................    18
  Military Personnel, Navy.......................................    22
  Military Personnel, Marine Corps...............................    26
  Military Personnel, Air Force..................................    30
  Reserve Personnel, Army........................................    34
  Reserve Personnel, Navy........................................    37
  Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps................................    40
  Reserve Personnel, Air Force...................................    43
  National Guard Personnel, Army.................................    46
  National Guard Personnel, Air Force............................    49
TITLE II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE..............................    53
  Reprogramming Guidance for Operation and Maintenance Accounts..    55
  Reprogramming Guidance for Special Operations Command..........    56
  Operation and Maintenance Special Interest Items...............    56
  Quarterly Operation and Maintenance Updates....................    56
  Restoring Readiness............................................    57
  Tuition Assistance Program.....................................    57
  Military Criminal Investigative Organizations..................    57
  Pilot Shortages................................................    58
  Minority and Women-Owned Businesses............................    58
  Military Food Transformation...................................    58
  Meals Ready-To-Eat War Reserve.................................    59
  Geo-Economics, Innovation, and National Security...............    59
  Hard-To-Fill Positions.........................................    59
  Recruiting and Retention for Hard-To-Fill Positions............    60
  Advertising....................................................    61
  Language Flagship Program......................................    61
  Close Air Support..............................................    62
  Unplanned Exercises............................................    62
  Childcare......................................................    63
  Aligning Civilian and Military Education for Workforce 
    Development..................................................    63
  Vieques and Culebra............................................    63
  Indian Financing Act...........................................    64
  PFOS/PFOA Exposure Assessment..................................    64
  Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Cleanup Cost Reporting.....    65
  Perfluorinated Chemicals Contamination and First Responder 
    Exposure.....................................................    65
  Minimum Wage...................................................    65
  Housing........................................................    66
  Operation and Maintenance, Army................................    66
    Small Businesses and Army Futures Command....................    72
    United States Military Academy...............................    72
    Equipment and Facilities Sustainment.........................    72
    African Continent Security and Natural Resources Management..    72
    Camouflage Equipment.........................................    73
  Operation and Maintenance, Navy................................    73
    Submarine Maintenance........................................    79
    Airframe Maintenance.........................................    79
    MK VI Patrol Boats...........................................    79
  Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps........................    80
    RQ-21A System................................................    84
  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force...........................    84
    Air Force Pilot Shortfall....................................    90
    Pilot Training Safety........................................    90
    Aircraft Protection..........................................    90
  Operation and Maintenance, Space Force.........................    91
  Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide........................    94
    Helicopter and Tiltrotor Noise Mitigation Study..............   100
    Fossil Fuels.................................................   100
    Civilian Cyber Workforce.....................................   100
    Cyber Education Collaboratives...............................   101
    Foreign Language and Cultural Competency Education and 
      Workforce Pipeline Strategy................................   101
    Programs for Military Spouses................................   102
    Impact Aid...................................................   102
    Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program...   103
    Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility............................   103
    Military Bases of the People's Republic of China.............   103
    Report on Hostilities........................................   104
    Western Hemisphere...........................................   104
    Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low 
      Intensity Conflict.........................................   104
    Information Operations.......................................   104
    Joint Spectrum Center........................................   104
    Wartime Operational Control Authority........................   105
    Theater Special Operations Command Activities................   105
    Climate Change Report and Adaptation Roadmap.................   105
    Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report..............................   105
    Energy Resilience and Conservation...........................   106
    Support for Tribal Consultation and Nation-To-Nation 
      Relationships..............................................   106
    Audit Oversight..............................................   106
    Voting.......................................................   107
    National Guard Youth Challenge...............................   107
    Defense Security Cooperation Agency Programs.................   108
    Digital Protection...........................................   110
    Office of Special Needs......................................   110
  Afghanistan Security Forces Fund...............................   111
    Afghanistan Security Forces Fund.............................   111
  Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund..............................   113
    Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund............................   114
  Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve........................   114
  Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve........................   118
  Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve................   121
  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve...................   124
  Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard.................   127
  Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard..................   131
  United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces............   134
  Environmental Restoration, Army................................   134
  Environmental Restoration, Navy................................   134
  Environmental Restoration, Air Force...........................   134
  Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide........................   134
  Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites.........   134
  Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid.................   134
    Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid...............   135
  Cooperative Threat Reduction Account...........................   135
    Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.........................   136
  Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account   136
TITLE III. PROCUREMENT...........................................   137
  Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts................   139
  Funding Increases..............................................   139
  Procurement Special Interest Items.............................   139
  Aircraft Procurement, Army.....................................   139
  Missile Procurement, Army......................................   143
  Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army.......   147
    MK93 Machine Gun Mount.......................................   151
  Procurement of Ammunition, Army................................   151
  Other Procurement, Army........................................   155
    General Fund Enterprise Business System......................   165
    Active Hearing Protection....................................   165
    Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Acquisition.........................   165
  Aircraft Procurement, Navy.....................................   166
    Advanced Helicopter Training System..........................   174
    Navy Adversary Aircraft for Training Purposes................   174
  Weapons Procurement, Navy......................................   174
  Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps...............   179
  Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy..............................   182
    DDG-51 Flight III Destroyer..................................   186
    Icebreakers..................................................   186
    CVN-81 Electromagnetic Aircraft Launching System and Advanced 
      Arresting Gear Acquisition Strategy........................   186
    Retirement of Ohio-Class Guided Missile Submarines...........   187
    Amphibious Ships.............................................   187
  Other Procurement, Navy........................................   187
    Private Contracted Ship Maintenance..........................   199
    Centrifuge Purifiers.........................................   199
  Procurement, Marine Corps......................................   199
  Aircraft Procurement, Air Force................................   205
    C-130J Reserve Component Basing..............................   211
  Missile Procurement, Air Force.................................   212
    Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon...........................   216
  Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force...........................   216
  Other Procurement, Air Force...................................   219
  Procurement, Space Force.......................................   224
    National Security Space Launch...............................   227
  Procurement, Defense-Wide......................................   227
  Defense Production Act Purchases...............................   232
    Domestic Low-Cost Titanium Production........................   232
    Rare Earth Supply Chain Activities...........................   232
    Recycling of Strategic and Critical Minerals.................   232
  National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account...................   233
    National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account.................   233
TITLE IV. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION.............   235
  Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts................   237
  Funding Increases..............................................   237
  Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Special Interest 
    Items........................................................   237
  Other Transaction Authority....................................   237
  Booster Engine for Hypersonic Weapons Programs.................   238
  Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army...............   238
    Enterprise Information Technology as a Service...............   254
    Microgrid Reliability and Resiliency Research................   254
    Integrated Photonics.........................................   254
  Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy...............   254
    Small Business Innovation Research Program...................   274
    Navy Tech Bridges............................................   274
    Underground Fuel Storage Tank Safety Research................   274
    Talent and Technology for Navy Power and Energy Systems......   275
    Infrared Telescope Technology................................   275
    Ultra-Compact Heat Exchangers................................   275
    Lightweight Anti-Corrosion Nanotechnology Coating Enhancement   275
    Stern Tube Seals.............................................   275
    Coastal Environmental Research...............................   276
    Acoustic Monitoring for the Protection of Marine Mammals.....   276
    Oversight of Small Business Innovation Research Projects.....   276
    Electromagnetic Railgun Program..............................   276
  Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force..........   277
    Hypersonics Prototyping......................................   292
    Ground Based Strategic Deterrent.............................   292
    Long Range Standoff Weapon...................................   293
    Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Technologies...............   293
    Air Force Special Operations Command Physical Readiness 
      Programs...................................................   293
    Multi-Functional Aerospace Composites........................   294
  Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Space Force........   294
    Space Force Acquisition......................................   300
    Space Integration Readiness Report...........................   301
    Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared.................   301
    On-Orbit Servicing and Upgrade of Strategic Satcom...........   302
    Commercial Satellite Communications Systems..................   302
    Space Security and Defense Program...........................   303
    Laser Threats to Low-Orbit Satellites........................   303
  Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide.......   304
    Strategic National Stockpile of Active Pharmaceutical 
      Ingredients................................................   318
    Next-Generation Neurotechnology..............................   318
    Supply Chain Risk Management.................................   318
    Using Technology to Help Small Business Achieve Supply Chain 
      Certifications.............................................   319
    Geospatial Analytics Platform for Enhanced Intelligence, 
      Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Capabilities..............   319
    Office of Industrial Policy Career and Technical Education 
      Pilot Program..............................................   319
    Digital Engineering Enabled Workforce Development............   320
    Office of Research and Engineering, Office of Personnel and 
      Readiness--Utilizing Research and Development Grants for 
      Recruitment................................................   320
    Commercial Satellite Imagery.................................   320
    Domestic Sourcing of Critical Minerals.......................   321
    Women and Minorities in STEM Pipeline........................   321
    Bio-Based Chemical for Corrosion Control.....................   321
  Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense.......................   321
TITLE V. REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS..........................   323
  Defense Working Capital Funds..................................   323
TITLE VI. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS...................   325
  Defense Health Program.........................................   325
    Reprogramming Guidance for the Defense Health Program........   329
    Carryover....................................................   329
    Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Programs.......................   329
    Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program....................   330
    Combat Readiness Medical Research Program....................   331
    Electronic Health Records....................................   331
    Descoping Military Treatment Facilities......................   332
    Reduction of Military Billets................................   332
    Metastatic Cancer Research...................................   333
    Maintaining a Highly-Skilled Workforce in Medical Research...   334
    Mental Health Professionals..................................   334
    Rapid Deployable Synthetic Vaccine Development...............   334
    Armed Forces Retirement Homes and the Defense Health Agency..   335
    Servicemembers and Veterans with Amyotrophic Lateral 
      Sclerosis..................................................   335
    Traumatic Injury.............................................   335
    Peer-Reviewed Toxic Exposures Research Program...............   335
    Brain Injury and Disease Prevention Research.................   336
    National Disaster Medical System Pilot.......................   336
    Expanded Recovery Services for Servicemembers................   337
    Advanced Orthopedic Surgical Training for Military Orthopedic 
      Surgeons...................................................   337
    Addressing Health Barriers to Military Service...............   338
    Performance-Based Maternity Payments for Freestanding Birth 
      Centers....................................................   338
    Antiviral Development........................................   338
    Collaboration with Minority Serving Health Institutions......   339
    Post-Traumatic Epilepsy......................................   339
  Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense.............   339
  Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense.........   339
    Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities................   340
  Office of the Inspector General................................   340
    Afghanistan Security Forces Fund Monitoring Program 
      Assessment.................................................   341
TITLE VII. RELATED AGENCIES......................................   343
  National and Military Intelligence Programs....................   343
  Classified Annex...............................................   343
  Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System 
    Fund.........................................................   343
  Intelligence Community Management Account......................   343
    United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 
      Declassification of Significant Decision, Orders, and 
      Opinions...................................................   344
TITLE VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS...................................   345
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS..................   355
  Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives..........   355
  Program Duplication............................................   355
  Transfer of Funds..............................................   355
  Rescissions....................................................   357
  Earmark Disclosure Statement...................................   358
COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING ITEMS..................................   359
  Changes in the Application of Existing Law.....................   360
  Appropriations Not Authorized By Law...........................   371
  Comparison with the Budget Resolution..........................   372
  Five-Year Outlay Projections...................................   372
  Financial Assistance to State and Local Governments............   372
  Committee Hearings.............................................   372
  Compliance with Rule XIII, Cl. 3(e) (Ramseyer Rule)............   375
  Full Committee Votes...........................................   378
  Minority Views.................................................   398
  
  
117th Congress }                                          { Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session   }                                          { 117-88

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            DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2022

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 July 15, 2021.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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   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. 4432]

    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, 2022.

                              BILL TOTALS

    Appropriations for most military functions of the 
Department of Defense are provided for in the accompanying bill 
for fiscal year 2022. 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 2022 budget request for 
activities funded in the Department of Defense Appropriations 
Act totals $706,197,170,000 in new discretionary budget 
obligational authority. 


                    COMMITTEE BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS

    During its review of the fiscal year 2022 budget request 
and execution of appropriations for fiscal year 2021, the 
Subcommittee on Defense held 18 hearings and one briefing 
during the period of February 2021 to May 2021. 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 discretionary fiscal 
year 2022 Department of Defense funding is $705,939,000,000, 
which is an increase of $9,977,500,000 above the fiscal year 
2021 enacted level and $258,170,000 below the budget request.
    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 the 
$705,939,000,000 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 2022 budget request 
and held 18 hearings and one briefing.
    While the budget request was delayed, as is customary in 
the first year of a new presidential administration, 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 2022 request for the Department of Defense 
increases funding for modernization, continuing the effort to 
reorient the focus of the Department from counterterrorism to 
great power competition with well-equipped peer or near-peer 
adversaries. The Committee recommendation provides the 
resources to maintain the technological advantage which 
currently exists for the United States and provides funding in 
areas to further these efforts. It is imperative that resources 
are directed toward capable platforms and weapons that are 
effective in high-end conflicts. Additionally, the Committee 
recommendation also reflects the importance placed on the 
servicemembers and their families who protect American 
freedoms, providing uniformed and civilian personnel with a 2.7 
percent pay raise.
    The Committee recommendation includes significant 
investments to combat climate change, which is an existential 
threat to national security. The Department estimates that it 
has spent $8,000,000,000 to remedy the impacts of extreme 
weather. These events occur with greater frequency, leading to 
more instances of personnel being unable to train or facilities 
unable to be used at installations that lack resiliency. Not 
only does climate change hamper readiness, but it also 
increases instability, as rising sea levels, drought, and other 
weather events constrain resources and forces the movement of 
people.
    With regard to Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) 
funding, House Report 116-453 stated, ``The OCO experiment has 
been an abject failure and has given the Department a budgetary 
relief valve that has allowed it to avoid making difficult 
decisions.'' The Committee builds upon that statement by not 
providing any funding for OCO in fiscal year 2022. Instead of 
separate base and OCO accounts, all activities will be funded 
in base accounts, including direct war and enduring 
requirements. This change will increase transparency and 
accountability, although it necessitates adding amounts in base 
and OCO accounts enacted in fiscal year 2021 when comparing to 
recommended levels in base accounts in fiscal year 2022.

              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, 
2022, 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 2023, 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 2023.

                         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 
$166,797,135,000 for active, reserve, and National Guard 
military personnel, a decrease of $487,960,000 below the budget 
request. The Committee recommendation provides full funding 
necessary to increase basic pay for all military personnel by 
2.7 percent, effective January 1, 2022.

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

    In title II of the bill, the Committee recommends a total 
of $254,320,053,000 for operation and maintenance support to 
the military Services and other Department of Defense entities, 
an increase of $696,201,000 above the budget request. The 
recommended levels will fund robust operational training, 
readiness, and facilities needs in fiscal year 2022.

                              PROCUREMENT

    In title III of the bill, the Committee recommends a total 
of $134,288,195,000 for procurement, an increase of 
$1,742,190,000 above the budget request.
    Major initiatives and modifications include:
    $841,763,000 for the procurement of 33 UH/HH-60M Blackhawk 
helicopters, an increase of nine helicopters designated for the 
National Guard;
    $494,136,000 for the procurement of 30 remanufactured AH-64 
Apache helicopters;
    $140,900,000 for an additional five CH-47F Block II Chinook 
aircraft;
    $100,000,000 for additional modernized Army National Guard 
HMMWVs;
    $977,161,000 for the procurement of 12 F/A-18E/F Super 
Hornet aircraft, an increase of $889,329,000 and 12 aircraft 
above the President's request;
    $1,481,006,000 for the procurement of 11 CH-53K 
helicopters, an increase of two aircraft and $194,742,000 above 
the President's request;
    $8,535,811,000 for the procurement of 85 F-35 aircraft, an 
increase of $2,827,000 and the same number of aircraft as the 
President's request: 17 short take-off and vertical landing 
variants for the Marine Corps, 20 carrier variants for the Navy 
and Marine Corps, and 48 conventional variants for the Air 
Force;
    $23,486,398,000 for the procurement of eight Navy ships, 
including two DDG-51 guided missile destroyers, two SSN-774 
attack submarines, one Frigate, one TAO Fleet Oiler, one T-
AGOS(X) auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship; and one 
Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship; a total increase of 
$915,339,000 and one DDG-51 Destroyer above the President's 
request;
    $1,122,087,000 for the procurement of 12 F-15EX aircraft;
    $1,355,512,000 for the procurement of 13 C/MC/KC-130J 
aircraft, an increase of $485,780,000 and four C-130J aircraft 
above the President's request;
    $351,233,000 for the procurement of 12 MQ-9 Reaper unmanned 
aerial vehicles, an increase of $114,259,000 and six aircraft 
above the President's request;
    $2,315,315,000 for the procurement of 14 KC-46 tanker 
aircraft;
    $792,221,000 for the procurement of 14 combat rescue 
helicopters;
    $1,337,347,000 for the procurement of five space launch 
services;
    $601,418,000 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 $110,368,824,000 for research, development, test and 
evaluation, a decrease of $1,595,364,000 below the budget 
request.
    Major initiatives and modifications include:
    $1,275,355,000 for the continued development of the 
conventional prompt strike program;
    $187,541,000 for the continued development of the Marine 
Corps ground-based anti-ship missile and long range fires 
programs;
    $2,053,316,000 for the continued development of the F-35 
Lightning Joint Strike Fighter aircraft;
    $2,872,624,000 for the continued development of the B-21 
bomber;
    $619,065,000 for the development of a Presidential Aircraft 
Replacement;
    $2,531,602,000 for the development of the Ground Based 
Strategic Deterrent;
    $630,243,000 for the design, build, and test of prototypes 
for the Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft;
    $300,928,000 for planning, prototype manufacturing, and 
testing of the Army's Long Range Hypersonic Weapon;
    $264,265,000 for the Global Positioning System IIIF;
    $413,766,000 for the Global Positioning System III 
Operational Control Segment;
    $2,451,256,000 for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent 
Infrared system;
    $3,484,729,000 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 $36,658,536,000 for the 
Defense Health Program to support worldwide medical and dental 
services for active forces and other eligible beneficiaries.

            DESIGNATED CONGRESSIONAL SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

    In the explanatory statement accompanying the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2021, the Secretary of Defense was 
directed to limit Department overhead costs on all 
congressional program increases. The Committee was encouraged 
that the Army developed a system for tracking overhead costs on 
congressional program increases, and believes that all of the 
Services and Defense-Wide agencies should similarly track these 
costs to ensure that the overwhelming amount of each 
congressional program increase is used to further the intended 
program and not simply supplement or supplant established 
overhead budgets. The Committee also notes that fiscal year 
2022 Community Project Funding (CPF) provides valuable 
resources to community projects with established needs.
    The Committee again 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. In addition, the Committee directs the 
Secretary of Defense to ensure that all CPF project funding is 
awarded to its intended recipient. The Service Secretaries and 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 
may request a waiver to these requirements by submitting a 
prior approval request in writing to the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees.

                        LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING

    The Committee notes that the Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 directs the 
Attorney General to implement training programs to cover the 
use of force and de-escalation, racial profiling, implicit 
bias, and procedural justice, to include training on the duty 
of federal law enforcement officers to intervene in cases where 
another law enforcement officer is using excessive force, and 
make such training a requirement for federal law enforcement 
officers. The Committee further notes that each of the 
Services, the civilian entities that provide security, and the 
Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) funded by this Act are 
considered federal law enforcement officers and Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers partner organizations. The 
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, the Service 
Secretaries, the civilian entities, and the PFPA to adopt and 
follow the training programs implemented by the Attorney 
General, and to make such training a requirement for its 
federal law enforcement officers and any contractors providing 
security. The Committee further directs the Secretary of 
Defense, the Service Secretaries, and the PFPA to brief the 
House and the Senate Appropriations Committees on their efforts 
relating to training not later than 90 days after the enactment 
of this Act. In addition, the Committee directs the Service 
Secretaries, the civilian entities, and the PFPA, to the extent 
that each have not already done so, to develop policies and 
procedures to submit their use of force data to the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s National Use of Force Data 
Collection database. The Committee further directs the 
Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries to brief the 
House and the Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 
90 days after the enactment of this Act on their current 
efforts to tabulate and submit its use of force data to the 
FBI.

                         LITTORAL COMBAT SHIPS

    The Committee recommendation includes a general provision 
which allows for the decommissioning of only the USS Coronado. 
The Committee is disappointed that the Navy has planned to 
decommission two ships, the USS Detroit and the USS Little 
Rock, that are five and four years old, respectively. The 
Committee believes this is a misuse of taxpayer funds and 
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 on specific plans and missions for 
the USS Fort Worth, the USS Detroit, and the USS Little Rock in 
the fiscal year 2023 budget request.

                    OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

    The Committee supports the elimination of overseas 
contingency operations funding in the Department of Defense 
budget, as proposed in the budget request. This change will 
increase transparency and accountability for funds appropriated 
by Congress.

                        MISSILE DEFENSE OF GUAM

    The fiscal year 2022 budget request includes $118,300,000 
for the initial development of survivable and operationally 
effective integrated air and missile defenses for Guam. While 
supportive of the defense of Guam from ballistic, hypersonic, 
and cruise missile threats, the Committee notes that the report 
on the defense of Guam from integrated air and missile threats, 
required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021, has not yet been submitted to the congressional 
defense committees. Additionally, the lack of detailed 
information on the budget request, especially the request for 
$40,000,000 in procurement, is troubling. Therefore, the 
Committee has denied funding for procurement and reduced the 
amount recommended for research, development, test and 
evaluation until the Department submits the required report and 
adequate budgetary information for the Committee to make 
informed funding decisions on these efforts.

               ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS/HAVANA SYNDROME

    The Committee is concerned by reports of adverse health 
incidents and their origins affecting United States government 
personnel abroad. Victims should receive prompt and appropriate 
medical care and related support without unnecessary delays or 
bureaucratic obstacles. The Committee is concerned that the 
victims of anomalous health incidents, who serve or have served 
across the federal government, have been afforded inconsistent 
access to treatment.
    The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 
report to the congressional defense and intelligence committees 
not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act on the 
prompt provision of adequate medical care and related support 
to personnel affected by anomalous health incidents, as well as 
any affected family members. The report shall include the roles 
and responsibilities of the Department of Defense, and those of 
the interagency, in evaluating and treating impacted personnel; 
the plan for the Department to better manage incidences of care 
to more effectively and efficiently treat patients based on 
geography and health conditions; and the resources required by 
the Department to ensure adequate evaluation and treatment of 
impacted personnel, including the most appropriate model by 
which interagency partners reimburse the Department for medical 
services provided to interagency personnel. The Committee 
understands the hesitancy of some personnel to self-report and 
urges the Secretary of Defense and interagency leaders to 
engage affected populations to ensure care can be provided 
expeditiously.
    The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with appropriate stakeholders across the 
interagency, to ensure that all intelligence and health 
information related to anomalous health incidents is shared and 
appropriately disseminated within proper channels in a timely 
manner, and to provide a briefing to the congressional defense 
and intelligence committees on a monthly basis on the status of 
the executive branch's activities related to treating anomalous 
health incidents, including medical treatment, investigation of 
their origins, and any new incidents reported across any 
agency.

                   SHIPYARD DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL BASE

    The Committee supports the Navy's efforts to procure 
domestically sourced industrial and marine gear drives, motors, 
and generators; industrial cranes; and associated maintenance 
and installation services for use in Navy public shipyards. The 
Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to conduct a study 
examining the economic impact on domestic suppliers and their 
supply chains that would arise from the application of a 
domestic content requirement to manufactured articles, 
materials, supplies, and services. The Secretary of the Navy 
shall prioritize critical items, including but not limited to 
those previously mentioned, for executing construction at the 
four shipyards under the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization 
Program. The analysis shall include possible expansion of Buy 
America laws to the prioritized procurements. The Committee 
further directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a report 
on the study's findings to the congressional defense committees 
not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act.

                                TITLE I

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

    The fiscal year 2022 Department of Defense military 
personnel budget request totals $167,285,095,000. The Committee 
recommendation provides $166,797,135,000 for the military 
personnel accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee 
recommendations:


                      MILITARY PERSONNEL OVERVIEW

    The Committee recommendation provides $166,797,135,000 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 2.7 percent, effective 
January 1, 2022. The Committee continues to encourage 
constructive evaluations of recruitment and retention programs, 
bonus and special pay incentives, and personnel benefit 
programs for fiscal year 2022. 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 2022 budget request includes a decrease of 
1,975 in total end strength for the active forces and a 
decrease of 2,500 in total end strength for the Selected 
Reserve as compared to the fiscal year 2021 authorized levels. 
The following tables summarize the Committee recommendations 
for end strength levels, both in the aggregate and for each 
active and Selected Reserve component.

                      OVERALL ACTIVE END STRENGTH

 
 
 
Fiscal year 2021 authorized...........................         1,348,375
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................         1,346,400
Fiscal year 2022 recommendation.......................         1,346,400
    Compared with fiscal year 2021....................            -1,975
    Compared with fiscal year 2022 budget request.....             - - -
 

                 OVERALL SELECTED RESERVE END STRENGTH

 
 
 
Fiscal year 2021 authorized...........................           802,000
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................           799,500
Fiscal year 2022 recommendation.......................           799,500
    Compared with fiscal year 2021....................            -2,500
    Compared with fiscal year 2022 budget request.....             - - -
 


                                   SUMMARY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL END STRENGTH
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                                                                         Fiscal year 2022
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                                                 Fiscal year                                         Change from
                                                     2021        Budget     Committee   Change from  fiscal year
                                                  authorized    Request    Recommended    request        2021
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Active Forces (End Strength)
    Army.......................................      485,900      485,000      485,000        - - -         -900
    Navy.......................................      347,800      346,200      346,200        - - -       -1,600
    Marine Corps...............................      181,200      178,500      178,500        - - -       -2,700
    Air Force..................................      333,475      328,300      328,300        - - -       -5,175
    Space Force................................        - - -        8,400        8,400        - - -        8,400
                                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Active Forces...................    1,348,375    1,346,400    1,346,400        - - -       -1,975
Guard and Reserve Forces (End Strength)
    Army Reserve...............................      189,800      189,500      189,500        - - -         -300
    Navy Reserve...............................       58,800       58,600       58,600        - - -         -200
    Marine Corps Reserve.......................       38,500       36,800       36,800        - - -       -1,700
    Air Force Reserve..........................       70,300       70,300       70,300        - - -            0
    Army National Guard........................      336,500      336,000      336,000        - - -         -500
    Air National Guard.........................      108,100      108,300      108,300        - - -          200
                                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Selected Reserve................      802,000      799,500      799,500        - - -       -2,500
                                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
Total, Military Personnel......................    2,150,375    2,145,900    2,145,900            0       -4,475
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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 2022 
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.

                          SKILLBRIDGE PROGRAMS

    The Committee is encouraged by the Department's efforts to 
incorporate SkillBridge programs for transitioning 
servicemembers and recognizes the positive impact the program 
has among veterans. However, the Committee is concerned with 
the disproportionate demographics of participants, primarily 
the lack of some enlisted servicemembers' participation in the 
programs. The Committee directs the Service Secretaries to 
review policies that may preclude some enlisted servicemembers 
from having the opportunity to attend SkillBridge programs and 
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not 
later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act on the 
demographics of eligible and participating servicemembers in 
the SkillBridge program by Service, rank, and occupation; 
barriers to servicemembers' participation in the program; and 
recommendations to close the participation gap.

                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.

                       EXTREMISM IN THE MILITARY

    In March 2021, the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence released an assessment which 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 recent 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 October 2020 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.
    While senior leaders in the Department of Defense and the 
Services are speaking candidly about the threat of extremist 
ideologies in their ranks, their efforts to make serious 
strides are undoubtedly hamstrung by the lack of definition of 
``extremism'' and ``extremist activities'' in Department 
policy. The Department's efforts to address this threat are 
further 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. Undoubtedly, the programs the Department establishes 
in the coming months aimed at preventing and responding to 
extremist ideology among servicemembers will be a critical part 
of what should be a holistic approach to this complex problem.
    As the Department begins to implement the first 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 
90 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.

                 SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE

    The Committee believes that 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 Independent Review Commission on 
Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment recently completed its 
work and delivered its findings and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Defense. The Commission's work focused on holding 
perpetrators accountable, preventing sexual assault before it 
occurs, improving the military's climate and culture, and 
victim care and support. The Committee directs the Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Service Secretaries, to 
submit a report to the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees not later than 30 days after the enactment of this 
Act on its progress in implementing the Commission's 
recommendations and provide the funding requirements for each 
effort.
    The Committee recommendation includes $442,653,000, an 
increase of $54,500,000 above the budget request, for sexual 
assault prevention and response programs. This recommendation 
includes $7,500,000 above the request for the Sexual Assault 
Prevention and Response Office and an additional $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 guardsmen and 
reservists 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 2020. 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.

                        MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $47,973,824,000
Committee recommendation..............................    47,875,354,000
Change from budget request............................       -98,470,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$47,875,354,000 for Military Personnel, Army which will provide 
the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                        MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $35,496,879,000
Committee recommendation..............................    35,458,629,000
Change from budget request............................       -38,250,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$35,458,629,000 for Military Personnel, Navy which will provide 
the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                    MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $14,748,337,000
Committee recommendation..............................    14,595,837,000
Change from budget request............................      -152,500,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$14,595,837,000 for Military Personnel, Marine Corps which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                     MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $35,047,901,000
Committee recommendation..............................    35,016,131,000
Change from budget request............................       -31,770,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$35,016,131,000 for Military Personnel, Air Force which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                        RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $5,229,805,000
Committee recommendation..............................     5,172,805,000
Change from budget request............................       -57,000,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,172,805,000 
for Reserve Personnel, Army which will provide the following 
program in fiscal year 2022:


                        RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $2,316,934,000
Committee recommendation..............................     2,294,229,000
Change from budget request............................       -22,705,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,294,229,000 
for Reserve Personnel, Navy which will provide the following 
program in fiscal year 2022:


                    RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $881,909,000
Committee recommendation..............................       866,219,000
Change from budget request............................       -15,690,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $866,219,000 
for Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps which will provide the 
following program in fiscal year 2022:


                      RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $2,386,013,000
Committee recommendation..............................     2,374,433,000
Change from budget request............................       -11,580,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,374,433,000 
for Reserve Personnel, Air Force which will provide the 
following program in fiscal year 2022:


                     NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $9,051,344,000
Committee recommendation..............................     8,988,044,000
Change from budget request............................       -63,300,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,988,044,000 
for National Guard Personnel, Army which will provide the 
following program in fiscal year 2022:


                  NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $4,814,974,000
Committee recommendation..............................     4,818,279,000
Change from budget request............................        +3,305,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,818,279,000 
for National Guard Personnel, Air Force which will provide the 
following program in fiscal year 2022:



                                TITLE II

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

    The fiscal year 2022 Department of Defense operation and 
maintenance budget request totals $253,623,852,000. The 
Committee recommendation provides $254,320,053,000 for the 
operation and maintenance accounts. The table below summarizes 
the Committee recommendations:


     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 2022 
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
    Base support

    Space Force:
    Global C3I and early warning
    Space operations
    Contractor logistics support and system support
    Administration

    Air National Guard:
    Aircraft operations

    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:
    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 2022 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 Service's 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 2022.

                          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.

                       TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

    The Committee recognizes that servicemembers can utilize 
the Military Tuition Assistance Programs (TAP) to enroll in 
civilian education programs and commends the Marine Corps and 
the Air Force for augmenting these programs in their fiscal 
year 2022 budget requests. However, the Committee is concerned 
that the current academic and career advising programs do not 
provide structured guidance that aligns military and civilian 
workforce requirements with TAP education programs and courses. 
The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness and the Service Secretaries to submit a 
report to the congressional defense committees not later than 
120 days after the enactment of this Act with recommendations 
to augment the Services' academic and career advising programs 
to provide servicemembers with structured guidance for TAP 
education programs and courses, as if they were to attend a 
military education program. The recommendations should also 
include guidance for servicemembers who wish to transition to a 
hard-to-fill career in their respective Service. The report 
should also create an annual survey to align academic and 
career counseling and structured guidance with servicemembers' 
career goals in the military or civilian workforce.

             MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATIONS

    The Committee recognizes that Military Criminal 
Investigative Organizations (MCIOs), which include the United 
States Army Criminal Investigation Division, the Naval Criminal 
Investigative Service, and the Air Force Office of Special 
Investigations, play a critical role in bringing servicemembers 
who commit felonies to justice. As the volume and complexity of 
investigations increase, including the doubling of sexual 
assault cases over the last decade, the resources made 
available to the MCIOs by the Services have not kept pace. 
Additional resources and significant reforms to the structure 
of each of the MCIOs will help address these shortfalls. The 
Committee encourages the Service Secretaries to review the 
requirements for their specific MCIOs commensurate with their 
increased caseloads; hire, train, and equip digital forensics 
examiners capable of downloading and analyzing mobile phone and 
laptop data at each large installation; hire more civilian 
special agents; and refrain from making mid-year budget 
reductions to the MCIOs.

                            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 to work with 
higher education institutions, including Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities, 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 the 
congressional defense committees on these efforts not later 
than 90 days after the enactment of this Act.

                  MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES

    The Committee is concerned that the Department of Defense 
does not take full advantage of the products and services 
available to the Department from minority and women-owned small 
businesses. 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 Department's efforts to 
work with minority and women-owned small businesses. The report 
shall specify the number and value of Department of Defense 
contracts for minority and women-owned small businesses and 
include a description of specific outreach programs the 
Department uses to reach minority and women-owned small 
businesses. The report shall also include disaggregated data, 
to include gender and ethnicity.

                      MILITARY FOOD TRANSFORMATION

    The Committee remains concerned about the growing obesity 
crisis in the Department of Defense and its impact on military 
recruitment, readiness, and retention. To address this 
challenge, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 
establish a food transformation cell, similar to the office 
that led the Healthy Base Initiative, not later than 90 days 
after the enactment of this Act. The food transformation cell 
shall be composed of subject matter experts in food service 
operations who possess knowledge of modern healthy food 
delivery systems and an understanding of all aspects of 
Department of Defense laws and policies related to food 
service.
    This cell should develop and execute a plan for improving 
on-base accessibility to healthfully prepared and pre-prepared 
food. The plan should leverage leading practices from 
university and private-sector campus dining, and lessons 
learned from previous Department of Defense food service 
transformation efforts. The Committee directs the Secretary of 
Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 120 days after the enactment of this 
Act which provides an outline of these efforts.
    Further, the Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense 
to use the Department's proposed plan to conduct demonstration 
pilots at two installations per Service. Where appropriate, 
pilot sites should partner with the local community to improve 
the food environment and encourage smart eating. The goal of 
each pilot should be to develop and test appropriate business 
models that increase the availability, affordability, and 
acceptability of healthy performance foods. Each pilot should 
also include expansion of the use of the meal card by 
servicemembers at exchange-controlled food locations and 
morale, welfare, and recreation-controlled food locations.

                     MEALS READY-TO-EAT WAR RESERVE

    The Committee recommendation fully supports the fiscal year 
2022 request for the Defense Logistics Agency for a minimum of 
2,500,000 cases of meals ready-to-eat and reaffirms support for 
the War Reserve stock objective of 5,000,000 cases.

            GEO-ECONOMICS, INNOVATION, AND NATIONAL SECURITY

    The Committee recognizes that the long-term national 
security challenges for the United States are broad and 
encompass not just military preparedness but also the economic, 
technological, and political spheres. The Committee is 
concerned that professional military education is not keeping 
pace with rapid developments in geo-economics, innovation, and 
national security, and believes that the education of military 
officers and other national security leaders must include all 
aspects of great power competition. The Committee encourages 
the Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries to explore 
opportunities, including the establishment of public-private 
partnerships, to research, develop, and implement professional 
military education course curricula related to geo-economics, 
innovation, and national security.

                         HARD-TO-FILL POSITIONS

    The Committee supports improving the coordination of 
federal efforts involved in growing and sustaining a robust 
defense workforce. To help achieve this for the Department of 
Defense, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense and the 
Service Secretaries to provide a report to the congressional 
defense committees not later than 60 days after the enactment 
of this Act which details both civilian and military hard-to-
fill positions in the Department of Defense and the Services. 
The report should include how the Department and Services' 
modernization strategies may impact these needs and possible 
future gaps in the next five to ten years.
    The Committee recognizes that the Department and Services' 
hiring authorities can generally classify a position as 
civilian, contractor, or military. For civilian and contractor 
positions, the Department and Services must comply with the 
Office of Personnel Management's occupation codes and Federal 
Acquisition Regulations for minimal education and work 
experience requirements, respectively. The Committee believes 
there is an opportunity to leverage the variation in the hiring 
authorities' decision making on position classification, 
education, and work experience requirements for comparable 
positions to assess whether these variable categories are 
positively associated with recruitment for hard-to-fill 
positions. The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Personnel and Readiness and the Service Secretaries to 
provide a report to the congressional defense committees not 
later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act which 
evaluates the effect of these three variables on recruitment 
for comparable hard-to-fill positions in the Department and 
Services. The report should include an evaluation of the three 
variables on recruitment of women, minorities, individuals with 
disabilities, and veterans for hard-to-fill positions.
    In addition, the Committee is concerned about hiring gaps 
relating to Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Science, 
Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs and careers 
throughout the Department of Defense. The Committee directs the 
Secretary of Defense to coordinate with the Service Secretaries 
to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not 
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act that 
delineates the programs and funding levels relating to CTE and 
STEM programs in the Department of Defense. The report should 
clearly identify any programs and funding that promotes 
advancement for females, minorities, individuals with 
disabilities, military students, or veterans. For each program, 
the report should include the award recipients' funding amount, 
use, and the effectiveness of the program to recruit students 
into CTE or STEM programs or careers in the Department, 
Services, or defense industry.
    After the above-mentioned report is delivered to Congress, 
the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a 
Defense CTE and STEM Education and Workforce Pipeline Strategy. 
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide an 
initial overview of the strategy to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 45 days after the delivery of the 
above report with a final report to be provided to the 
congressional defense committees not later than 270 days after 
the enactment of this Act.
    The Secretary of Defense should coordinate with the 
Secretaries of Education, Energy, Labor, and Veterans Affairs, 
and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
on this strategy. The strategy should include an analysis of 
currently hard-to-fill positions and those in the next five to 
ten years. The strategy should also provide recommendations on 
creating and/or modifying all levels of current CTE and STEM 
programs and funding to develop a comprehensive group of 
programs to address current and possible future defense 
workforce gaps in this arena. Within the recommendations, 
particular emphasis should be placed on programs that encourage 
women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans 
to pursue CTE and STEM careers.

          RECRUITING AND RETENTION FOR HARD-TO-FILL POSITIONS

    The Committee is concerned that Department of Defense 
recruiting and retention programs are not as effective as they 
could be to employ personnel for the challenging types of 
vacancies the Department and the Services have. To address this 
need, the Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness and the Service Secretaries to provide 
an initial overview to the congressional defense committees not 
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, and 
quarterly updates thereafter on the progress of the report, 
with a final report due not later than 270 days after the 
enactment of this Act. The initial overview and subsequent 
report shall align enlisted and officer recruitment incentives, 
education and workforce development programs, retention 
incentives, and manpower requirements, for hard-to-fill 
positions for each Service.
    The report should include an annual survey to ensure 
requirements are matched to goals to fill these positions. The 
report should include desired educational and technical skills, 
retention incentives, education or workforce development 
programs and enrollment, and recruitment incentives for hard-
to-fill positions. The report should identify all relevant 
entities, an overview of their responsibilities, and a formal 
means of evaluation between entities. The report should address 
how each Service will utilize the survey to incorporate its 
modernization priorities into each of the listed constructs. 
Finally, the report should include an overview of 
modernization-related changes to these incentives and programs 
and their estimated costs.

                              ADVERTISING

    The Committee notes 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 the Secretary of Defense to 
include with the fiscal year 2023 budget submission the total 
level of expenditures for fiscal year 2022 and the requested 
level of funding for fiscal year 2023 for all contracts for 
advertising services; contracts for advertising services by 
minority or women owned businesses; and contracts for 
advertising services by socially and economically disadvantaged 
small businesses (as defined in section 8(a)(4) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4)).

                       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 $22,000,000 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 before 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 2022-2023 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, 2022 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.

                           CLOSE AIR SUPPORT

    The Committee notes the January 2021 report released by the 
Government Accountability Office entitled ``Close Air Support: 
Actions Needed to Enhance Friendly Force Tracking Capabilities 
and Fully Evaluate Training'' included recommendations to 
prevent friendly fire incidents in this type of operation. The 
Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to fully 
implement the report's recommendations. Further, the Committee 
directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the 
congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after 
the enactment of this Act on the status of the implementation 
of the recommendations.

                          UNPLANNED EXERCISES

    The Committee is aware that the Secretary of Defense, upon 
the recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, may order 
impromptu operations for each of the Services for execution in 
the different combatant commands. Given the inability of the 
Department of Defense to provide prior budgetary information 
for such unplanned exercises to the congressional defense 
committees due to the ambiguity of the schedule, the Committee 
directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a quarterly report 
on the use of operation and maintenance funds for activities or 
exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that are designated as 
unplanned activities for fiscal year 2022. The reports shall 
include, but not be limited to the title, date, location, and 
which Services and units participated (with an estimated number 
of participants); the total cost, by budget line item (with a 
breakdown by cost element such as transportation); and a short 
explanation of the objective.
    The reports may be provided with a classified annex, as 
necessary, and shall be submitted to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 30 days after the close of each 
quarter of the fiscal year.

                               CHILDCARE

    The Committee appreciates the efforts the Services have 
made over the past two years to address the readiness 
limitations that military personnel face when there is limited 
access to appropriate childcare. The Committee encourages each 
of the Service Secretaries to investigate expanding access to 
childcare for servicemembers during irregular times, such as 
evenings and weekends. The Committee directs the Service 
Secretaries to provide a report to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act which describes methodologies to meet these demands and the 
approximate costs of expanding these opportunities for military 
personnel.

   ALIGNING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY EDUCATION FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

    The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness and the Service Secretaries to provide 
a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 
120 days after the enactment of this Act that aligns enlisted 
and officer military education and workforce development 
programs with civilian education and workforce development 
programs for each Service. The report should include how each 
Service utilizes this information for servicemember recruitment 
and retention, and for transitioning servicemembers to 
translate their education and work experience into the civilian 
education system and workforce. In cases where there is an 
incomparable military education or workforce development 
program to align with civilian stackable certificates, 
associate's degrees, and bachelor's degrees, the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the 
Service Secretaries must identify and justify the lack of a 
comparable military education program on the basis of the 
Service's manpower requirements or cost efficiency.

                          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.

                          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.

                     PFOS/PFOA 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 Department 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 2019; the 
actual obligations in fiscal year 2020; the planned and actual 
obligations in fiscal year 2021; the planned obligations for 
fiscal year 2022; and the estimated cost after fiscal year 
2022.

  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.

                              MINIMUM WAGE

    The Committee concurs with Executive Order 14026 which 
increases the minimum wage for federal contractors to at least 
$15 per hour. The Committee understands that the Department of 
Defense did not budget for this level of compensation for its 
non-appropriated funded employees for fiscal year 2022. The 
Committee requires a better understanding of the scope of the 
cost for the Department and the Services for non-appropriated 
funded employees. Therefore, the Committee directs the 
Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries to provide a 
report to the congressional defense committees not later than 
60 days after the enactment of this Act that includes an 
overview of the number of non-appropriated funded personnel 
that do not receive at least $15 per hour for their employment; 
the cost to provide every non-appropriated funded employee with 
a salary of at least $15 per hour; and how those costs could be 
addressed in the fiscal year 2023 budget request submission.

                                HOUSING

    The Committee believes that providing quality housing will 
improve recruitment, retention, and quality of life for junior 
enlisted servicemembers. The Army is currently testing a pilot 
program to use commercially available technology to allow 
military personnel to request maintenance and improvements to 
installation housing via mobile applications, websites, and 
other online tools to allow the timely reporting of a 
maintenance issue for tracking and repair purposes. The 
Committee encourages the Service Secretaries to consider 
scaling this program to all government-owned and government-
leased housing on their respective installations.

                    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $54,616,397,000
Committee recommendation..............................    54,343,965,000
Change from budget request............................      -272,432,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$54,343,965,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Army which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                SMALL BUSINESS AND ARMY FUTURES COMMAND

    The Committee is concerned with the findings of the 
Government Accountability Office in its report, ``Army Future 
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 90 days after the enactment of this Act.

                     UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY

    The Committee understands the United States Military 
Academy at West Point and Army Installation Management Command 
have developed a Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization 
(SRM) Bridge Plan to ensure that facilities at Camp Buckner and 
Camp Natural Bridge can sustain cadet training along with 
associated training task force housing requirements. The 
Committee appreciates this plan, which bridges the gap to 
planned military construction investments starting in fiscal 
year 2026. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army 
to robustly fund the SRM Bridge Plan in accordance with 
programmed amounts to ensure cadets and the associated training 
task force have the facilities necessary to carry out essential 
training.

                  EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT

    The Committee notes the shift by the Army to a Holistic 
Health and Fitness system and recognizes the importance of 
equipment and facilities to a successful system. Given the 
ongoing requirement for functional fitness equipment, the 
Committee is concerned by the Army's lack of a centralized 
purchasing system for the acquisition of new fitness equipment 
and the absence of a plan for the sustainment of such 
equipment. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to 
submit a report to the congressional defense committees not 
later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act that 
details sustainment plans for fielded equipment, refurbished or 
re-equipped fitness facilities, containerized strength 
equipment, Army combat fitness test lane equipment, and other 
commercial fitness equipment.

      AFRICAN CONTINENT SECURITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

    The Committee is concerned that competition for scarce 
strategic resources and the impacts of climate change have led 
to increasing instability on the African continent. The 
Committee notes that land management and conservation efforts 
are an important tool to support security in resource-poor 
environments. The Committee recommendation includes an 
additional $5,000,000 for the United States Africa Command to 
partner with the United States Forest Service in support of 
international programs to develop land conservancies, prevent 
the trafficking of natural resources and protected animals, 
provide disaster assistance, address landscape-level water 
security, and develop a Youth Conservation Corps in African 
nations.

                          CAMOUFLAGE EQUIPMENT

    The Committee recognizes the need to equip soldiers with 
effective camouflage equipment that will enable them to succeed 
in combat against near peer adversaries. However, the Committee 
notes that inconsistent purchasing for such equipment by the 
Army has led to significant challenges for the camouflage 
industrial base. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary 
of the Army to submit a report to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act on how the Army will acquire proper camouflage equipment. 
The report should include how the Army intends to ensure the 
industrial base is robustly maintained, and how cost savings 
and operational efficiencies can be achieved while preventing 
force readiness issues.

                    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $60,441,228,000
Committee recommendation..............................    61,086,598,000
Change from budget request............................      +645,370,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$61,086,598,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Navy which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                         SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE

    The Committee notes that the Congressional Budget Office 
released a report on submarine maintenance activities which 
suggested that the Navy's actions are still off course. The 
Committee believes that the Navy must increase congressional 
confidence that the Service will be able to maintain its 
vessels effectively and efficiently. Therefore, the Committee 
directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a quarterly report 
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 submarines. The report shall 
include the amount of funding budgeted for submarine 
maintenance in fiscal year 2022 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. The report shall be broken out by shipyard and/or 
private entity (by site), by name, and type of submarine. The 
report shall also include any new efforts the Navy has taken to 
address the delays it continues to face.

                          AIRFRAME MAINTENANCE

    In addition to submarine maintenance delays, the Committee 
notes delays have been reported on airframe repair and 
maintenance programs of the Department of the Navy. 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 2022 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.

                           MK VI PATROL BOATS

    The Committee is concerned by conflicting announcements 
from the Department of the Navy regarding possible divestiture 
of Mk VI patrol boats from its inventory. Given these 
inconsistencies, the Committee directs the Secretary of the 
Navy to conduct a review prior to making any final decision on 
the program, and submit a report to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this 
Act that includes an assessment of the Mk VI platform's current 
and future mission capabilities; any capability gaps that are 
not currently fulfilled by the Mk VI fleet; any possible 
modifications necessary to ensure identified capability gaps 
are filled and the system engineering, testing, and evaluation 
data to support such conclusions; the vessel's utility in 
foreign partnership building and engagement with allies; and 
the Navy's proposal to independently fulfill current and future 
patrol boat missions.

                OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $9,024,791,000
Committee recommendation..............................     9,090,653,000
Change from budget request............................       +65,862,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,090,653,000 
for Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps which will provide 
the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                             RQ-21A SYSTEM

    The Committee recognizes that the RQ-21A system provides 
the Marine Corps and Naval Special Warfare operators a 
shipboard-capable Intelligence, Surveillance, and 
Reconnaissance (ISR) platform capable of delivering 
intelligence products directly to the tactical commander in 
real time. The Committee understands that the Marine Corps is 
implementing a gradual divestment of the current Group 3 RQ-21A 
system, adopting the Group 5 MQ-9 for medium altitude/long 
endurance surveillance, and developing future requirements for 
a new ``Group 3 Light'' long range/long endurance small 
unmanned aerial system for Marine Corps units. While the 
Committee acknowledges the need for a diversified portfolio, it 
is concerned with the omission of the RQ-21A system as a cost-
effective, operationally proven solution for ISR delivery. 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 which outlines the basis for 
the divestiture decision. Specifically, the report should 
explain the requirements driving the change, the RQ-21A's 
capacity to meet those requirements, the cost implications 
associated with the change, the estimated cost to upgrade the 
RQ-21A to satisfy the new requirements, the timeline for the 
divesture of the RQ-21A system compared to the timeline for 
fielding the new unmanned aerial system concept, and the 
strategy for addressing any gap in capability that results from 
this transition.

                  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $53,876,475,000
Committee recommendation..............................    53,756,603,000
Change from budget request............................      -119,872,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$53,756,603,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force which 
will provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                       AIR FORCE 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 this year, such as Pilot Training Next, and other 
efforts to increase training throughput and anticipates seeing 
positive results of the programs. However, the Committee notes 
that a report required by House Report 116-453, and the 
analysis associated with it, has not yet been provided to the 
Committee. 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 brief the 
House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 30 
days after the enactment of this Act on the status of the 
report and which initiatives are being considered in fiscal 
year 2022 to address the Air Force's chronic pilot shortfall. 
The Committee also directs the Commander of Air Education and 
Training Command to provide quarterly updates to the House and 
Senate Appropriations Committees beginning not later than 45 
days after the enactment of this Act.

                         PILOT TRAINING SAFETY

    The Committee is concerned that recent events have 
highlighted negligence, equipment issues, and unnecessary risk 
at Air Force pilot training centers during F-16 training and 
qualification. The Committee believes that the Air Force needs 
to prioritize pilot safety and ensure that it follows its own 
directives. The Air Force must follow emergency procedures 
regarding landing or ejecting, utilize emergency checklists, 
and ensure that equipment has received the necessary upgrades 
to protect pilots in the event of an ejection. Additionally, 
the Air Force should ensure that the flying operation 
supervision structure is staffed with individuals possessing 
the correct level of experience to successfully address 
emergency situations. To ensure these guidelines are followed, 
the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide 
a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 
90 days after the enactment of this Act which details the 
methods used to ensure pilot safety. The report shall include 
the efforts the Air Force is taking to implement the use of 
reality systems during pilot training to reduce overall 
training risk and applications during combat training 
scenarios, non-combat training scenarios, and emergency 
procedure training scenarios.

                          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 due to extensive sun 
exposure, creating additional, yet preventable, maintenance 
costs. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Air Force 
to prioritize maintenance that may provide protection for 
aircraft to prevent damage caused by weather.

                 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $3,440,712,000
Committee recommendation..............................     3,372,212,000
Change from budget request............................       -68,500,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,372,212,000 
for Operation and Maintenance, Space Force which will provide 
the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $44,918,366,000
Committee recommendation..............................    45,306,975,000
Change from budget request............................      +388,609,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$45,306,975,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide 
which will provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


            HELICOPTER AND TILTROTOR NOISE MITIGATION STUDY

    The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2021, 
directed the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation to 
begin efforts on the Noise Mitigation Communities Partnership 
program which will fund mitigation efforts for communities 
affected by jet noise. While helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft 
do not generate the same noise level as jets, their accumulated 
noise over longer periods of time, as well as their lower 
flight profiles, can have similar effects on local communities. 
In order to assess which local communities are impacted by 
military helicopter and tiltrotor noise, the Committee directs 
the Director of the Office of Local Defense Community 
Cooperation to conduct a study and submit a report to the 
congressional defense committees not later than 360 days after 
the enactment of this Act with a list of military installations 
and training routes that are in close proximity to local 
communities that are used by military helicopters and 
tiltrotors; the accumulated day-night average sound level over 
a 24 hour period for these locations; noise contour maps of the 
defined locations exceeding a 65 decibel threshold; and the 
challenges of incorporating any communities affected by 
helicopter or tiltrotor noise into the existing Noise 
Mitigation Community Partnership.

                              FOSSIL FUELS

    The Committee is concerned with the ongoing effects of 
climate change, including extreme weather events, recurring 
flooding, and sea level rise, on the Department of Defense and 
its operations. The Committee is also concerned that the 
Department is contributing to this crisis as a large consumer 
of fossil fuels and producer of greenhouse gases. While the 
Department must conduct the missions required to carry out the 
National Defense Strategy, the Committee believes the 
Department can both lower its carbon footprint and defend the 
nation. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 
submit a report, with a classified annex if necessary, to the 
congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after 
the enactment of this Act on the use of fossil fuels across all 
defense activities in fiscal year 2021. The report shall be 
categorized by Service and major activity, shall include a 
summary of efforts by the Department to prioritize missions 
which lower the use of fossil fuels, and shall include 
technological investments made by the Department to increase 
energy efficiency.

                        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.

                     CYBER EDUCATION COLLABORATIVES

    The Committee remains concerned by widespread shortages in 
cybersecurity talent across both the public and private sector. 
In accordance with the recommendations of the Cyberspace 
Solarium Commission, the Committee encourages the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to direct 
cyber-oriented units to collaborate with local colleges and 
universities on research, fellowships, internships, and 
cooperative work experiences to expand cyber-oriented education 
opportunities and grow the cybersecurity workforce. The 
Committee also appreciates that veterans and transitioning 
servicemembers could serve as a valuable recruiting pool to 
fill gaps in the cybersecurity workforce. Accordingly, the 
Committee encourages the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Research and Engineering to prioritize collaboration with 
colleges and universities near military installations as well 
as the veteran population.

   FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE 
                           PIPELINE STRATEGY

    The Committee is concerned that federal foreign language 
and cultural competency programs do not adequately invest in 
civilian early childhood, K-12, and higher education programs. 
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Director of National Intelligence and the Service 
Secretaries, to submit a report to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this 
Act that delineates the programs and funding levels relating to 
foreign language and cultural competency programs in the 
Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. The 
report shall clearly identify any programs and funding that 
promote advancement particularly for females, minorities, 
individuals with disabilities, military students, or veterans. 
For each program, the report shall include each recipient's 
award amount, use, and effectiveness of the program to recruit 
students into foreign language or cultural competency programs 
or careers in the Department of Defense or defense industry.
    Further, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 
establish a Defense Foreign Language and Cultural Competency 
Education and Workforce Strategy. The Committee directs the 
Secretary of Defense to submit an update to the congressional 
defense committees not later than 45 days after the receipt of 
the report cited above on initial concepts, and provide the 
completed strategy to the congressional defense committees not 
later than 270 days after the enactment of the Act. The 
Secretary of Defense should coordinate with the Director of 
National Intelligence and the Secretaries of Education and 
State on this strategy. The strategy should include an analysis 
of current civilian and military hard-to-fill positions for 
foreign language and cultural competencies and what is 
estimated for the next five to ten years. The strategy should 
also provide recommendations on creating and/or modifying all 
levels of current foreign language and cultural programs and 
funding to develop a comprehensive group of programs to address 
possible future defense workforce gaps in this arena. Within 
the recommendations, particular emphasis should be placed on 
programs that encourage women, minorities, individuals with 
disabilities, and veterans to pursue foreign language and 
cultural competency careers.

                     PROGRAMS FOR MILITARY SPOUSES

    The Committee believes the Department's ``Survey of Active 
Duty Spouses'' lacks necessary local data to determine whether 
military spouse unemployment and underemployment is consistent 
across domestic military installations. The Committee directs 
the Director of Military Community Support Programs to submit a 
report to the congressional defense committees not later than 
120 days after the enactment of this Act which details military 
spouse unemployment and underemployment levels from a random 
sampling of domestic military installations. The report should 
include military spouses' employment statistics by Service and 
rank, and should describe possible barriers for spouses to 
achieve employment commensurate with their education and work 
experience. The report should provide recommendations to 
facilitate local or remote military spouse employment, 
including hiring opportunities for military spouses in the 
Department of Defense or the Services.
    Multiple surveys have documented the underemployment of 
military spouses. Given this need, the Committee recommendation 
includes $5,000,000 for a pilot program, to be executed by the 
Director of Military Community Support Programs, for military 
spouse apprenticeships and fellowships. Eligibility would be 
the same as the requirements included in the My Career 
Advancement Account (MyCAA) scholarship program. The Committee 
directs the Director of Military Community Support Programs to 
provide a report to the congressional defense committees not 
later than 270 days after the enactment of this Act which 
describes the results of the pilot program, to include spouses 
securing full-time employment with the host organization or 
another organization in the same sector, and any other 
beneficial effects of the pilot program.
    Further, the Committee recognizes that military spouses 
utilize MyCAA to pursue a variety of licenses or degrees. The 
Committee is concerned that current academic and career 
advising programs do not provide structured guidance that 
aligns civilian workforce requirements with MyCAA education 
institutions, programs, and courses. The Committee directs the 
Director of the Military Community Support Programs to submit a 
report to the congressional defense committees not later than 
120 days after the enactment of this Act with recommendations 
to augment the MyCAA academic and career advising programs with 
structured guidance for recommended education institutions, 
programs, and courses. The report should include metrics that 
align academic and career counseling and structured guidance 
with military spouses' career goals.

                               IMPACT AID

    The Committee supports the Impact Aid and Impact Aid for 
Children with Disability 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 committees not later than 120 days after the enactment 
of this Act that addresses any inconsistencies and 
recommendations to close any funding gaps.

       READINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INTEGRATION PROGRAM

    The Committee recommendation includes $155,000,000 for the 
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) 
program and notes the importance of REPI and Sentinel Landscape 
Partnerships to the successful land and wildlife conservation 
activities on land buffering military installations, as well as 
activities to address the threats of stormwater, riverine, and 
storm surge flooding. Additionally, the Committee directs the 
Secretary of Defense to use $5,000,000 in funds provided for 
REPI to partner with the United States Forest Service in 
establishing habitats for the monarch butterfly on land managed 
through the REPI program.

                   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.

            MILITARY BASES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

    According to the 2020 China Military Power Report, the 
People's Republic of China is seeking to establish more 
overseas logistics and basing infrastructure. The Committee is 
concerned that the expected locations of these additional 
Chinese bases are in countries where the United States has 
strong bilateral defense relationships. These potential basing 
locations could also threaten logistics and supply lines in the 
event of conflict. The Committee directs the Secretary of 
Defense and the Director of National Intelligence to submit a 
report to the congressional defense committees not later than 
60 days after the enactment of this Act on China's efforts to 
establish military bases abroad and United States efforts to 
work with partner nations to prevent their establishment. The 
report shall describe the potential risks to United States 
national security, including in relation to the stationing of 
United States troops and the freedom of movement of United 
States and allied forces. The report shall also include a 
description of any provisioning of United States military 
equipment and detail the bilateral intelligence sharing 
relationships that exist between the United States and 
countries suspected to host Chinese bases.

                         REPORT ON HOSTILITIES

    The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 
report to the congressional defense committees not later than 
120 days after the enactment of this Act on ongoing activities 
considered hostilities under the War Powers Resolution (50 
U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).

                           WESTERN HEMISPHERE

    The Committee encourages a thorough assessment of 
activities and resources in the preparation of the report 
required by section 1265 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 and looks forward to reviewing the 
final Department of Defense report and recommendations.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND LOW INTENSITY 
                                CONFLICT

    The fiscal year 2022 budget request includes an additional 
$9,420,000 and 19 full-time equivalents (FTE) for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and 
Low Intensity Conflict. The Committee recommendation includes a 
reduction of $3,664,000 and five FTEs for the Secretariat for 
Special Operations and transfers five FTEs to the Information 
Operations Directorate within the Office of the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense of Special Operations and 
Combatting Terrorism.

                         INFORMATION OPERATIONS

    The Committee recognizes the unique capabilities of United 
States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to conduct 
operations in the information environment and supports the 
Department's efforts to enable special operations forces to 
counter Chinese and Russian malign influence. The establishment 
of the Information Warfare Center, the maturation of the Joint 
Military Information Support Operations WebOps Center and the 
regular deployments of Military Information Support Teams from 
psychological operations regiments, uniquely position special 
operations forces for great power competition. While the 
Committee recommendation includes the four requested full-time 
equivalents (FTE) for the Principal Information Operations 
Advisor and five additional FTEs for the Information Operations 
Directorate within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, the 
Committee believes special operations forces can be more 
impactful in the information environment in support of United 
States policy objectives. Additional resources to support new 
and novel operations are necessary. Therefore, the 
recommendation includes an additional $5,000,000 above the 
budget request for USSOCOM Information Operations. The 
Committee directs the Commander of USSOCOM to submit a detailed 
spend plan to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees 
not fewer than 30 days prior to the obligation of the funds.

                         JOINT SPECTRUM CENTER

    The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with an update 
on the facility chosen for the Joint Spectrum Center's 
relocation and the timeline for execution not later than 120 
days after the enactment of this Act.

                 WARTIME OPERATIONAL CONTROL AUTHORITY

    The Committee recognizes the central role the alliance 
between the United States and the Republic of Korea plays in 
maintaining peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and 
across the region. As the Department of Defense and the South 
Korean Ministry of National Defense evaluate the conditions-
based Operational Control Transition Plan, the Committee 
encourages the Secretary of Defense to continue to incorporate 
emerging regional threats into the transition process.

             THEATER SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND ACTIVITIES

    The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict, in coordination 
with the Commander of United States Special Operations Command, 
the Service Secretaries, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, to provide a report on the activities of Theater 
Special Operations Commands (TSOCs). The report shall be 
provided with the fiscal year 2023 budget request submission 
and include a detailed accounting of activities performed by 
the TSOCs in the preceding year, current fiscal year, and 
current budget request submission at the budget line item level 
of detail. The report shall include a detailed accounting of 
resources allocated by the military Services, United States 
Special Operations Command, and the combatant commands.

              CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT AND ADAPTATION ROADMAP

    The Committee notes the Secretary of Defense is required to 
submit a report which contains a list of the top ten most 
climate-vulnerable bases within each Service and provides a 
cost estimate to mitigate the risks at each of these bases to 
the congressional defense committees as directed in House 
Report 116-84. The Committee understands that the Department, 
in coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers, has completed 
the development of a tool to meet this requirement and better 
assess exposure to extreme weather and climate impacts. The 
Committee understands the Department is near completion of an 
updated report and expects the Secretary of Defense to brief 
the congressional defense committees on the updated report upon 
release. Further, the Committee directs the Secretary of 
Defense to make the report available on the Department's 
website not later than 30 days after the enactment of this 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.

                   ENERGY RESILIENCE AND CONSERVATION

    The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to 
capitalize on current growth in the fields of energy 
efficiency, management, and resiliency, and explore 
opportunities to make significant progress towards reducing 
energy costs, increasing the use of renewable energy sources, 
and reducing carbon emissions. The Department currently 
segregates energy into two categories: installation energy, 
which is 30 percent of the Department's portfolio, and 
operational energy, which is 70 percent of the Department's 
portfolio. Only installation energy, encompassing energy for 
fixed installations and non-tactical vehicles, is subject to 
federal energy management requirements. The Committee directs 
the Secretary of Defense to study the implications of applying 
federal energy management requirements to both its installation 
energy operations as well as its operational energy operations 
and to provide a report to the congressional defense committees 
not later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act on the 
Department's findings. The report should include a study of the 
implication of requiring the Department to establish energy 
security and resilience metrics to evaluate the Services' and 
the combatant commands' energy consumption, carbon footprints, 
and progress towards energy conservation.

   SUPPORT FOR TRIBAL CONSULTATION AND NATION-TO-NATION RELATIONSHIPS

    In January 2021, the Administration issued a Presidential 
Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-
Nation Relationships. The Memorandum requires all executive 
departments and agencies to create a plan of action to 
implement Executive Order 13175, which requires federal 
agencies to engage in regular, meaningful, and robust 
consultation with tribes when developing policies with tribal 
implications. The Committee expects 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 congressional 
defense committees not later than 60 days after the enactment 
of this Act which outlines the Department's progress in 
implementing its plan of action to adhere to Executive Order 
13175.

                            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.

                                 VOTING

    The Committee supports the timely distribution of ballots 
to all military personnel, including by electronic means, to 
ensure they have the opportunity to vote. The Committee 
encourages the Secretary of Defense to execute the provisions 
of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act as 
efficiently and effectively as possible to ensure 
servicemembers receive timely voting ballots.

                     NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE

    The Committee is disturbed by reports of inconsistent 
approaches taken by individual states in the execution of the 
National Guard Youth Challenge program. The Committee notes the 
last review of the program by the Government Accountability 
Office was in 2005. Therefore, the Committee directs the 
Comptroller General to provide a report to the congressional 
defense committees not later than 180 days after the enactment 
of this Act that reviews historical trends of the program; the 
consistency of mission execution by each of the states; details 
of the guidelines and lesson plans by each of the states; 
metrics for what is considered a ``successful'' program and 
those used to meet that goal; and what, if any, consistent 
oversight is being accomplished by the National Guard Bureau, 
the Department of Defense or other department or agency.

              DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY PROGRAMS

    The Committee recommendation includes $2,113,146,000 for 
programs administered by the Defense Security Cooperation 
Agency. Section 8146 of the Act requires the Secretary of 
Defense to submit a detailed spend plan for these funds, which 
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 2022 by combatant command, 
country, and authority. Amounts in the plan shall only reflect 
amounts requested in the fiscal year 2022 budget justification 
materials as modified by this Act. A similar document with 
requested amounts shall also be provided to the House and 
Senate Appropriations Committees concurrent with the fiscal 
year 2023 budget submission.
    The Committee recommendation includes $1,138,150,000 for 
International Security Cooperation Programs, $87,244,000 above 
the budget request. This includes $165,000,000 for programs 
with countries in the Africa Command area of responsibility, 
$59,571,000 above the request; $90,000,000 for programs with 
Jordan, $12,699,000 above the request; and $150,000,000 for the 
Baltic Security Initiative, $45,140,000 above the request. The 
Committee directs that not less than such amounts be specified 
in the spend plan. The recommendation also supports 
International Security Cooperation Programs with countries in 
the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, including for 
maritime security programs.
    The Committee is concerned by Russia's aggressive actions 
this year, including increased deployment of troops in the 
border region with Ukraine and the restriction of navigation in 
the Black Sea. The Committee continues to support the defense 
of Ukraine by providing $275,000,000 for the Ukraine Security 
Assistance Initiative, $25,000,000 above the budget request. 
The Committee expects the Secretary of Defense to obligate 
funds in a timely manner and continues to include legislative 
language requiring the Secretary to inform the congressional 
defense committees if funds have not been obligated 60 days 
after a notification is submitted. The Committee 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 encourages the Government of Ukraine to 
continue to adopt reforms in the defense sector, including in 
the areas of capability-based planning, defense industry and 
procurement, human resources management, democratic civilian 
control of the military, and establishing a process to review 
foreign direct investments on national security grounds. The 
Committee also supports measures to reduce corruption in 
Ukraine's security services and directs the Secretary of 
Defense to update the report required by House Report 116-84 
and to submit it concurrently with the second notification of 
funds. The Committee recommendation does not continue an 
authority included in prior fiscal years that provides 
replacement funds for items provided from the inventory of the 
United States as a similar authority is available under the 
Economy Act.
    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, section 8154 
of the Act requires the Secretary of Defense, in cooperation 
with the Secretary of State, to submit an integrated security 
cooperation strategy for assistance for certain priority 
partner countries, including Colombia, Jordan, Mexico, the 
Philippines, Tunisia, and Ukraine. 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 2022 and the prior two fiscal years; and a 
description of host country capabilities and financial 
contributions towards shared security goals. The Secretary 
shall consult with the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees not later than 30 days after the enactment of this 
Act.
    The Committee recommendation includes $6,000,000 for the 
Center for Arctic Security Studies, which is in the process of 
being established. The Committee believes the work of the 
Center should complement and not duplicate the work of other 
institutions that focus on arctic issues such as the Woodrow 
Wilson's Polar Institute, and expects the Department of Defense 
to consider such work as it establishes this Center.
    The Committee recommendation does not include funding for 
any unit of the Guatemalan Armed Forces that has engaged in a 
gross violation of human rights or has misused United States 
military assistance, especially by threatening United States or 
international personnel in Guatemala. The Committee directs 
that any notification for funds for Guatemala include a 
description of enhanced end-use agreements and other measures 
in place to avoid any misuse of equipment. The Committee 
further directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, to submit a report to the House and 
Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 45 days after 
the enactment of this Act on security cooperation programs with 
Guatemala supported by this Act, including a description of the 
goals of such programs; how such programs complement those 
supported by the Department of State; and information on 
measures taken or planned to prevent the misuse of equipment.
    The Committee remains interested in Army security force 
assistance brigade deployments and directs that any 
congressional notification made pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 321 or 10 
U.S.C. 333 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 is concerned with the recent practice by the 
Department of Defense of submitting congressional notifications 
for funds that have not been made available by Congress. On 
October 8, 2020, the Department submitted a notification for 
fiscal year 2021 security cooperation programs totaling 
$563,930,000, nearly twice the amount available under the 
continuing resolution. A second notification was submitted on 
December 9, 2020 for fiscal year 2021 funds totaling 
$228,145,000. These notifications also proposed to obligate 
funds for new programs during the continuing resolution period. 
The Committee expects the Department to discontinue this 
practice, which prejudges congressional action on 
appropriations.
    The Committee notes the significant unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations and the Committee recommendation 
includes a rescission of some of these funds. The Committee 
directs that such funds are not derived from congressional 
priorities, including programs increased by fiscal year 2021 
appropriations, and directs the Secretary of Defense to consult 
with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later 
than 30 days after the enactment of this Act.
    The Committee appreciates the Department's in-depth 
briefings provided to the Committee on certain country 
programs, which contribute to congressional oversight, help 
clarify congressional intent regarding program execution, and 
increases comity between the executive and legislative branches 
of government. At the same time, the Committee is concerned 
about organizational changes made to the Defense Security 
Cooperation Agency without congressional approval or oversight. 
In April 2021, the agency informed the Committee that it had 
undergone a reorganization, executed outside of the budget 
cycle and without consultation with Congress or key 
stakeholders. The Committee expects the Director of the Defense 
Security Cooperation Agency to consult with the House and 
Senate Appropriations Committees prior to making any further 
changes.

                           DIGITAL PROTECTION

    The Committee understands that protecting military 
personnel from a variety of social media crimes such as fraud, 
spoofing, or phishing is critically important as criminals and 
other nefarious actors attempt to use social media networks to 
try to commit fraud, harm military personnel, or spread 
disinformation. The Committee encourages the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Intelligence and Security to consider creating a 
Digital Persona Protection pilot program to protect military 
personnel from these digital scams and the spread of 
disinformation.

                        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 
encourages the Director of the Department of Defense Office of 
Community Support for Families with Special Needs and the 
leader of each Service Exceptional Family Member Program to 
establish partnerships with nonprofit organizations that offer 
coordinated and tracked services for individuals with special 
needs that focus on providing comprehensive, integrated 
medical, and nonmedical services for individuals with special 
needs.

                    AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $3,327,810,000
Committee recommendation..............................     3,045,341,000
Change from budget request............................      -282,469,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,045,341,000 
for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund which will provide the 
following program in fiscal year 2022:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request    Recommendation      Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY...............................................    1,110,234       1,108,416          -1,818
    Sustainment....................................................    1,053,668       1,053,668
    Infrastructure.................................................        1,818               0
        Program decrease...........................................                       -1,818
    Equipment and Transportation...................................       22,911          22,911
    Training and Operations........................................       31,837          31,837
AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE.............................................      517,331         517,331               0
    Sustainment....................................................      440,628         440,628
    Equipment and Transportation...................................       38,551          38,551
    Training and Operations........................................       38,152          38,152
AFGHAN AIR FORCE...................................................      758,340         807,751          49,411
    Sustainment....................................................      562,056         562,056
    Equipment and Transportation...................................       26,600          76,011
        Program increase--light attack support aircraft replacement                       49,411
    Training and Operations........................................      169,684         169,684
AFGHAN SPECIAL SECURITY FORCES.....................................      941,905         941,905               0
    Sustainment....................................................      685,176         685,176
    Equipment and Transportation...................................       78,962          78,962
    Training and Operations........................................      177,767         177,767
UNDISTRIBUTED REDUCTION............................................            0        -330,062        -330,062
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND........................    3,327,810       3,045,341        -282,469
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND

    The Committee honors the service and sacrifices made by 
United States servicemembers over the nearly two decades of war 
in Afghanistan. The Committee also expresses its gratitude to 
international allies and partners for their important 
contributions to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation 
Freedom's Sentinel. Finally, the Committee recognizes the 
sacrifices made by the Afghan Security Forces and Afghan 
citizens in defense of their country.
    The Committee recommendation provides the financial 
resources necessary for the Afghan Security Forces to sustain 
combat and counterterrorism operations. The Committee continues 
to monitor the ongoing conflict and the retrograde of the 
United States military and will consider the appropriate level 
of resources as the situation on the ground evolves. The 
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide quarterly 
briefings on the status of the conflict to the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees.
    The United States has a responsibility to Afghans who, 
often at great risk, have supported the mission in Afghanistan, 
and the Committee supports efforts to ensure that they are 
afforded a path to safety, including through the Afghan Special 
Immigrant Visa program. However, the Committee is concerned 
with the backlog of current applications and urges the 
Secretary of Defense to review and improve the Department of 
Defense's contribution to this process. Furthermore, and in 
light of the Department's unique security and logistical 
capabilities, the Committee recommendation provides $25,000,000 
to the Department of Defense to provide transport and safe 
passage to Afghans who have provided faithful and valuable 
service to the United States and who are under serious threat. 
The Committee expects the Secretary to use this authority and 
funding in relation to the dynamic security environment.
    The Committee recommendation continues to include 
legislative language that provides that funds appropriated 
under this heading may only be obligated if the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, certifies 
in writing to the congressional defense committees that such 
forces are controlled by a civilian, representative government 
that is committed to protecting human rights and women's rights 
and preventing terrorists and terrorist groups from using the 
territory of Afghanistan to threaten the security of the United 
States and its allies. The Committee directs that the 
certification include a written justification and be submitted 
prior to the first notification of funds provided under this 
heading.
    The Committee continues to be concerned with the proper 
oversight of funds, particularly given the challenges of 
administering programs from over-the-horizon locations. 
Accordingly, the Committee recommendation includes new 
legislative language requiring that funds may only be obligated 
after the Secretary of Defense certifies in writing to the 
congressional defense committees that a program is in place to 
monitor, evaluate, and oversee such funds. The certification 
shall include a detailed description of the program, including 
measures to ensure that supplies and equipment are reaching 
their intended recipients and used for their intended purposes, 
and any other measures to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
    The Committee recommendation does not include funding for 
major capital projects, major upgrades, infrastructure, or the 
procurement of new systems. The recommendation includes funding 
for Afghanistan Army personnel in line with historical levels 
rather than authorized levels. The recommendation does not 
include funding requested for the Ministry of Defense Advisors 
Program, which is instead funded under Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide, for the Defense Security Cooperation 
Agency. The Committee supports ongoing efforts to transition 
Afghanistan Security Forces costs from the United States to the 
Government of Afghanistan, and the recommendation assumes the 
transition of an increasing portion of costs related to fuel 
and facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization.
    The Committee recommendation fully funds the request for 
the Afghanistan Personnel and Pay System and continues to 
include legislative language that requires that funding only be 
used to pay personnel who are enrolled in the system. The 
recommendation also includes funding for items to reduce 
Afghanistan Security Forces casualties, including equipment for 
explosive ordnance disposal and to counter improvised explosive 
devices. The recommendation also provides funding for the 
Afghanistan Air Force to replace three light attack support 
aircraft.
    The Committee recommendation provides not less than 
$20,000,000 for the recruitment and retention of women in the 
Afghanistan National Security Forces, and the recruitment and 
training of female security personnel. The Committee directs 
the Secretary of Defense to submit an updated report to the 
congressional defense committees describing the proposed use of 
such funds, including programmatic details, personnel targets, 
and other goals and objectives to be achieved with this 
funding. The Committee directs that the report be submitted 
concurrently with the submission of the first notification of 
funds provided under this heading.
    The Administration has stated the intent to continue the 
counterterrorism mission in Afghanistan by establishing over-
the-horizon logistics and counterterrorism platforms. The 
Department has provided several updates to the Committee, but 
they lack clarity on the scope and cost of future operations. 
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 
brief the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later 
than 30 days after the enactment of this Act on plans to 
establish over-the-horizon platforms, including the number of 
United States personnel necessary to carry out these missions; 
basing agreements and arrangements with host countries; a 
description of the authorities used to conduct these 
operations; and costs during the current fiscal year and 
requested for fiscal year 2022, by program, account, and 
activity.
    The Committee notes that the Department of Defense has not 
complied with reporting requirements included under this 
heading in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2021, 
and directs that such reports be submitted not later than 30 
days after the enactment of this Act.

                   COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $522,000,000
Committee recommendation..............................       500,000,000
Change from budget request............................       -22,000,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $500,000,000 
for the Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund which will provide 
the following program in fiscal year 2022:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Iraq Train and Equip...............................................      345,000         345,000               0
Syria Train and Equip..............................................      177,000         155,000         -22,000
    Program decrease...............................................                      -22,000
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND.......................      522,000         500,000         -22,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND

    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 Committee recommendation includes 
$345,000,000 to counter ISIS in Iraq, including stipend support 
to the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs, if necessary, to ensure 
the Peshmerga's continued ability to conduct operations against 
ISIS. The Committee expects that future budget requests will 
provide a glidepath for stipend support while continuing 
training, equipment, and sustainment. The Committee also notes 
that continued insecurity in northern Iraq has hindered the 
return of religious minorities and encourages a focus on 
programs that increase security in these areas.
    The Committee recommendation includes $155,000,000 to 
counter ISIS in Syria. The Committee continues to require that 
the Secretary of Defense ensure elements are appropriately 
vetted and receiving commitments that they promote respect for 
human rights and the rule of law.
    The Committee directs that congressional notifications 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 by the Department of Defense. The 
Committee also directs the Secretary of Defense to consult with 
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees prior to 
submitting any notification for construction for facility 
fortification.
    The Committee supports efforts to normalize the security 
relationship with Iraq. In line with expected progress to 
normalize security assistance, the Committee recommendation 
reduces funding requested under Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force, for the Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq.
    No funds were requested for the Badr Organization or for 
the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces and none are provided by 
this Act.

                OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $3,000,635,000
Committee recommendation..............................     2,992,135,000
Change from budget request............................        -8,500,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,992,135,000 
for Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve which will provide 
the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $1,148,698,000
Committee recommendation..............................     1,147,698,000
Change from budget request............................        -1,000,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,147,698,000 
for Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve which will provide 
the following program in fiscal year 2022:


            OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $285,050,000
Committee recommendation..............................       286,550,000
Change from budget request............................        +1,500,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $286,550,000 
for Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


              OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $3,352,106,000
Committee recommendation..............................     3,335,606,000
Change from budget request............................       -16,500,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,335,606,000 
for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


             OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $7,647,209,000
Committee recommendation..............................     7,617,209,000
Change from budget request............................       -30,000,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,617,209,000 
for Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


             OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $6,574,020,000
Committee recommendation..............................     6,568,750,000
Change from budget request............................        -5,270,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,568,750,000 
for Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


          UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................       $15,589,000
Committee recommendation..............................        15,589,000
Change from budget request............................             - - -
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $15,589,000 
for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

                    ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $200,806,000
Committee recommendation..............................       251,008,000
Change from budget request............................       +50,202,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $251,008,000 
for Environmental Restoration, Army.

                    ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $298,250,000
Committee recommendation..............................       372,813,000
Change from budget request............................       +74,563,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $372,813,000 
for Environmental Restoration, Navy.

                  ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $301,768,000
Committee recommendation..............................       377,210,000
Change from budget request............................       +75,442,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $377,210,000 
for Environmental Restoration, Air Force.

                ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................        $8,783,000
Committee recommendation..............................        10,979,000
Change from budget request............................        +2,196,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,979,000 
for Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide.

         ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $218,580,000
Committee recommendation..............................       292,580,000
Change from budget request............................       +74,000,000
 

    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 2022 budget request.......................      $110,051,000
Committee recommendation..............................       150,051,000
Change from budget request............................       +40,000,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $150,051,000 
for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid, which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:

                                    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............................................       75,051         102,551          27,500
    Program increase...............................................                       27,500
HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION PROGRAM...................................       15,000          22,500           7,500
    Program increase...............................................                        7,500
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID..........      110,051         150,051          40,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

             OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

    The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 
spend plan to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees 
not later than 45 days after the enactment of this Act for the 
Humanitarian Assistance and the Humanitarian Mine Action 
Program. 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. The Committee further directs that such information be 
included in the justification materials that accompany the 
fiscal year 2023 budget request.
    The Committee is concerned that humanitarian assistance 
shipping programs have reduced shipments to areas of need, 
particularly in Africa and Asia. The Committee directs the 
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees not later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act on measures to ensure the equitable 
distribution of humanitarian assistance across countries in 
need, including assistance that supports basic education.

                  COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $239,849,000
Committee recommendation..............................       344,849,000
Change from budget request............................      +105,000,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $344,849,000 
for the Cooperative Threat Reduction Account which will provide 
the following program in fiscal year 2022:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination...............................        2,997           2,997               0
Chemical Weapons Destruction.......................................       13,250          13,250               0
Global Nuclear Security............................................       17,767          17,767               0
Biological Threat Reduction Program................................      124,022         229,022         105,000
    Program increase--Biological Threat Reduction Program..........                      105,000
Proliferation Prevention Program...................................       58,754          58,754               0
Other Assessments/Admin Costs......................................       23,059          23,059               0
    TOTAL, COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT....................      239,849         344,849         105,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                  COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM

    The Committee supports the biological threat reduction 
program and its crucial role in detecting, preparing for, and 
fighting emerging global diseases, including pandemics, as well 
as reducing the proliferation of biological weapons and related 
technologies and expertise. The Committee recommendation 
includes $229,022,000, an increase of $105,000,000 above the 
budget request, to expand the program's cooperation with 
partner nations to improve biosafety and biosecurity and 
surveillance of potentially dangerous disease outbreaks. The 
Committee directs the Director of the Defense Threat Reduction 
Agency to submit a plan to the congressional defense committees 
not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act 
detailing specific projects and activities that will be 
conducted in fiscal year 2022 and the associated metrics to 
evaluate the effectiveness of the program.

    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................       $54,679,000
Committee recommendation..............................        54,679,000
Change from budget request............................             - - -
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $54,679,000 
for the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development 
Account.

                               TITLE III

                              PROCUREMENT

    The fiscal year 2022 Department of Defense procurement 
budget request totals $132,546,005,000. The Committee 
recommendation provides $134,288,195,000 for the procurement 
accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee 
recommendations:


            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 2022 budget request.......................    $2,806,452,000
Committee recommendation..............................     3,215,131,000
Change from budget request............................      +408,679,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,215,131,000 
for Aircraft Procurement, Army which will provide the following 
program in fiscal year 2022:


                       MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $3,556,251,000
Committee recommendation..............................     3,496,591,000
Change from budget request............................       -59,660,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,496,591,000 
for Missile Procurement, Army which will provide the following 
program in fiscal year 2022:


        PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $3,875,893,000
Committee recommendation..............................     3,811,616,000
Change from budget request............................       -64,277,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,811,616,000 
for Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army 
which will provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                         MK93 MACHINE GUN MOUNT

    The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to 
include funding for the MK93 machine gun mount upgrade in 
future budget requests, as well as details on the Army's plan 
to develop and deploy the previously funded soft-mount upgrade. 
This capability improves existing systems and supports Army 
modernization investments that rely on the performance of the 
MK93 mount.

                    PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $2,158,110,000
Committee recommendation..............................     2,243,933,000
Change from budget request............................       +85,823,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,243,933,000 
for Procurement of Ammunition, Army which will provide the 
following program in fiscal year 2022:


                        OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $8,873,558,000
Committee recommendation..............................     8,537,213,000
Change from budget request............................      -336,345,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,537,213,000 
for Other Procurement, Army which will provide the following 
program in fiscal year 2022:


                GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEM

    The Army financial environment involves multiple financial 
systems at various stages of modernization. Only one of the 
Army systems currently is auditable and none of the systems can 
accomplish the broader Planning, Programming, Budget, and 
Execution (PPBE) process that is a fundamental part of the 
Department of Defense's financial environment. With the recent 
direction to migrate to the cloud to improve performance, it is 
prudent to investigate alternative solutions that could offer 
both a broader portfolio of capabilities and greater potential 
to accomplish the fundamental task of achieving auditability 
for the Army.
    The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army, in 
coordination with the Army Chief Information and Financial 
Officers, to provide a report to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act which provides a detailed analysis of alternatives (AoA) 
regarding the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS). 
The AoA shall compare GFEBS to other financial systems within 
the Department of Defense, including comparisons to audit 
compliance; business process support; total ownership cost; 
data dominance capability; planning and budgeting; analytics; 
support to the PPBE process; and compliance with federal 
financial governance requirements. The AoA shall also include a 
comparison of Enterprise Resource Planning cloud leaders that 
hold existing Department of Defense authorizations, have a 
roadmap for required federal financials functionality as a 
potential solution, and support a common data model for 
finance, personnel, supply chain management, and procurement.

                       ACTIVE HEARING PROTECTION

    The Committee recognizes that military hearing loss and 
auditory injuries continue to occur during training events and 
combat operations. Active hearing protection can minimize 
training and battlefield hearing loss, improve overall 
situational awareness, and increase mission effectiveness, 
safety, and survivability. The Committee recommendation 
includes an increase of $10,000,000 to acquire commercial-off-
the-shelf advanced, active hearing protection products 
evaluated to protect the hearing of soldiers.

                  TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE ACQUISITION

    The Committee notes that the strategic posture of the 
tactical wheeled vehicle (TWV) industrial base is an important 
national security priority and encourages the Secretary of the 
Army to develop a long-term acquisition strategy that 
articulates requirements and resources needed to support multi-
domain operations in future conflicts. The Army's Joint Light 
Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is expected to remain in the inventory 
for the next 20 years, and the Committee supports the Army's 
decision for a full-and-open competitive process to help 
accelerate cost savings, capability upgrades, and lifecycle 
sustainment improvements. The Committee encourages the 
Secretary of the Army to consider the potential benefits of 
alternative competitive acquisition strategies as part of the 
JLTV recompete and any future competitive TWV programs to 
support the long-term viability for a competitive TWV 
industrial base.

                       AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $16,477,178,000
Committee recommendation..............................    16,998,875,000
Change from budget request............................      +521,697,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$16,998,875,000 for Aircraft Procurement, Navy which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                  ADVANCED HELICOPTER TRAINING SYSTEM

    The Committee notes that the Navy is replacing the outdated 
TH-57 helicopter training system with the Advanced Helicopter 
Training System and believes that the Department of the Navy 
must continue to rapidly field modern rotary training platforms 
to help ensure that the next generation of naval aviators 
remains skilled and proficient in conducting sustained air 
support operations while deployed worldwide. The Committee 
encourages the Secretary of the Navy to adequately resource the 
Advanced Helicopter Training System in future defense budget 
submissions.

             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. Although the Committee is supportive of and 
commends recent efforts to increase capabilities of aircraft 
assigned to aggressor squadrons, there are remaining concerns 
about the continued use of some legacy aircraft to carry out 
this mission in the long-term. The Committee directs the 
Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the congressional 
defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment 
of this Act which provides a description of the current air 
aggressor fleet, an identification of any risk incurred by the 
continued use of legacy aircraft, and a plan to complete the 
transition of all Navy Reserve aggressor squadrons to a more 
capable aircraft fleet over a ten-year period.

                       WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $4,220,705,000
Committee recommendation..............................     3,718,711,000
Change from budget request............................      -501,994,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,718,711,000 
for Weapons Procurement, Navy which will provide the following 
program in fiscal year 2022:


            PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $988,018,000
Committee recommendation..............................       879,388,000
Change from budget request............................      -108,630,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $879,388,000 
for Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                   SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $22,571,059,000
Committee recommendation..............................    23,486,398,000
Change from budget request............................      +915,339,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$23,486,398,000 for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy which 
will provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                      DDG-51 FLIGHT III DESTROYER

    The Committee is dismayed by the Navy's decision to remove 
one DDG-51 Flight III Destroyer from the planned fiscal year 
2022 budget request. For the second consecutive fiscal year, 
the Navy has chosen to remove a major ship procurement from the 
budget request rather than make difficult funding decisions in 
a fiscally constrained environment. This represents a troubling 
trend of underfunding ship acquisition programs and then 
requesting the removed ship as the highest priority on the 
unfunded priority list. Furthermore, removing the ship from the 
budget request breaks the program's multi-year procurement 
contract, which adversely impacts the already fragile domestic 
shipbuilding industrial base. Therefore, the Committee 
recommendation reduces multiple Navy programs to include an 
additional $1,500,000,000 for a second DDG-51 Destroyer.
    Further, the Committee notes that the current multi-year 
procurement contract for the DDG-51 Flight III destroyer ends 
in fiscal year 2022 and that the Navy has already delayed the 
detail design and construction schedule of the planned follow-
on program until no earlier than fiscal year 2026. The 
Committee believes that a follow-on multi-year procurement 
contract beginning in fiscal year 2023 may be a prudent plan to 
ensure a smooth shipbuilding manufacturing and design 
industrial base transition from the DDG-51 to the follow-on 
large surface combatant.

                              ICEBREAKERS

    The Committee understands that the Coast Guard is expanding 
its fleet of polar icebreakers but is disappointed that the 
Navy has not also considered purchasing either new or used 
icebreakers. 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 which 
details the Navy's plan to address this capability requirement 
in fiscal year 2022 and the future years defense program.

CVN-81 ELECTROMAGNETIC AIRCRAFT LAUNCHING SYSTEM AND ADVANCED ARRESTING 
                       GEAR ACQUISITION STRATEGY

    The Committee is concerned by the continued delays in the 
Navy's approval of the acquisition strategy for the 
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launching System and Advanced 
Arresting Gear for CVN-81. The National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 authorized a dual-hull buy which 
allowed for equipment and shipsets to be procured earlier in 
the acquisition of CVN-80 and CVN-81, with a goal of realizing 
significant savings. However, the three-year delay in approving 
an acquisition strategy and contracting for these main mission 
components of the carrier is causing a disruption to the 
production and manufacturing processes of these essential 
components, impacting the construction and increasing the cost 
growth of CVN-81. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the 
Navy to prioritize consideration and approval of an acquisition 
strategy to procure these components.

           RETIREMENT OF OHIO-CLASS GUIDED MISSILE SUBMARINES

    The Committee notes the delicate balance of timing between 
the retirement of OHIO-class guided missile submarines with the 
delivery and fielding of the new COLUMBIA-class submarines and 
wants to ensure that undersea capabilities will not be 
adversely impacted. The Committee directs the Secretary of the 
Navy to submit a report to the congressional defense committees 
not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act which 
identifies the timeline of OHIO-class guided missile submarine 
retirements and how their mission capabilities will be 
replaced, including how the COLUMBIA-class submarines will 
integrate into existing military installations.

                            AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

    The Committee understands that the Navy has not yet entered 
into a contract for the procurement of three San Antonio-class 
amphibious ships and one America-class amphibious ship as 
authorized by Section 124 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2021. The Committee encourages the 
Secretary of the Navy to expeditiously enter into such a 
contract in order to take advantage of cost savings provided by 
contracting for more than one ship at a time. 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 which outlines the Navy's acquisition 
plan for these amphibious ships.

                        OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $10,875,912,000
Committee recommendation..............................    10,451,162,000
Change from budget request............................      -424,750,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$10,451,162,000 for Other Procurement, Navy which will provide 
the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                  PRIVATE CONTRACTED SHIP MAINTENANCE

    The Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to continue 
to provide the quarterly reports regarding private contracted 
ship maintenance as directed in House Report 116-453.

                          CENTRIFUGE PURIFIERS

    The Committee is concerned by the dependence on one 
manufacturer for centrifuge purifiers in the surface combatant 
program, despite the use of multiple suppliers for this same 
equipment in non-surface combatant ships. Dependence on a 
single manufacturer for critical equipment introduces risk, 
potential cost growth, technology obsolescence, and potential 
delays for ship construction and maintenance. The Committee 
recommendation includes $1,000,000 for the Navy to complete a 
final review and approval for additional centrifuge purifier 
providers for surface combatant ships. The Committee directs 
the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the 
congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after 
the enactment of this Act on the status of final review and 
approval of additional suppliers of centrifuge purifiers for 
surface combatants.

                       PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $3,043,091,000
Committee recommendation..............................     2,835,365,000
Change from budget request............................      -207,726,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,835,365,000 
for Procurement, Marine Corps which will provide the following 
program in fiscal year 2022:


                    AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $15,727,669,000
Committee recommendation..............................    16,628,047,000
Change from budget request............................      +900,378,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$16,628,047,000 for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                    C-130J RESERVE COMPONENT BASING

    The Committee has provided funding in recent fiscal years 
to recapitalize Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve 
(AFR) C-130H aircraft with new C-130J aircraft. The Committee 
has provided this funding on the presumption that the Air Force 
will utilize its established strategic basing process to 
determine which units and locations will receive these new 
aircraft as they are made available. This process was described 
in a recent report to Congress by the Secretary of the Air 
Force as deliberate, repeatable, standardized, and transparent. 
The Committee finds that recent basing actions by the Air Force 
have weakened the qualities of standardization and transparency 
in this process. The Committee has operated with the 
understanding that the Air Force would, at minimum, not 
announce preferred alternatives for C-130J basing unless all 
the aircraft required to equip each unit and location in 
question had been funded by enacted appropriations legislation. 
However, the November 2020 announcement of the preferred 
alternative for the location known as Main Operating Base 6 was 
made prior to funds for aircraft to equip that location being 
made available. The Air Force has defended that decision as 
preparatory based on high confidence that the funds would be 
enacted. However, the timing of the announcement was not 
necessitated by such considerations and had the effect of 
prejudicing congressional deliberations on pending legislation. 
The announcement also contradicted other communications to the 
Committee regarding the proper timing of C-130J basing 
decisions.
    In order to restore standardization and transparency to the 
C-130J basing process, the Committee directs the Secretary of 
the Air Force to submit a report to the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees clarifying when it is appropriate to 
initiate or announce each major decision point in the strategic 
basing process for C-130J aircraft appropriated for the ANG and 
AFR, as well as clarifying which offices hold responsibility 
for such decisions within the Department of the Air Force. This 
report shall be submitted to the Committees not later than 
September 30, 2021.
    In addition, the Committee is concerned that the strategic 
basing process does not consider unit readiness and performance 
metrics for existing Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve 
C-130H units in the basing criteria. The Committee understands 
that in some cases a unit's performance can be affected by the 
age and condition of its C-130H aircraft but can also be 
indicative of effective maintenance and management of the 
fleet, and believes that the Air Force should take unit 
performance metrics such as mission capable rate into account. 
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force 
to submit a report on the extent to which unit-controllable 
readiness and performance factors are, or could be, factored 
into strategic basing criteria for reserve component C-130J 
basing. This report shall be submitted to the congressional 
defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment 
of this Act.

                     MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $2,669,811,000
Committee recommendation..............................     2,529,462,000
Change from budget request............................      -140,349,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,529,462,000 
for Missile Procurement, Air Force which will provide the 
following program in fiscal year 2022:


                   AIR-LAUNCHED RAPID RESPONSE WEAPON

    The budget request includes $160,850,000 to procure the 
first twelve Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) 
hypersonic missiles in support of a rapid fielding program. 
This rapid fielding initiative overlaps, and presumes the 
success of, the ARRW rapid prototyping program. The Committee 
fully funds the ARRW rapid prototyping program in the Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force account. The 
Committee notes that the flight test regimen for the rapid 
prototyping program has become increasingly delayed and 
compressed, increasing the concurrency risk to the first 
production lot of weapons funded in this account. The Air Force 
plans to address discoveries in the remaining flight tests with 
engineering change orders that are funded here. Due to the 
increased risk, the Committee recommends a reduction of 
$44,000,000, an amount approximately equal to four missiles, to 
the request while noting that the rapid prototyping effort 
intends to provide up to four all-up round missiles as a 
residual early operational capability. Should the prototyping 
flight tests result in minimal discoveries, rendering the 
budgeted funds for engineering change orders excess to need, 
the Committee supports the use of these funds to procure 
missiles above the eight funded in this recommendation by 
utilizing buy-to-budget authority.

                  PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $795,168,000
Committee recommendation..............................       672,321,000
Change from budget request............................      -122,847,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $672,321,000 
for Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force which will provide the 
following program in fiscal year 2022:


                      OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $25,251,137,000
Committee recommendation..............................    25,292,801,000
Change from budget request............................       +41,664,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$25,292,801,000 for Other Procurement, Air Force which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


                        PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $2,766,854,000
Committee recommendation..............................     2,741,708,000
Change from budget request............................       -25,146,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,741,708,000 
for Procurement, Space Force which will provide the following 
program in fiscal year 2022:


                     NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH

    The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense and the 
Director of National Intelligence to utilize the Space Force 
launch enterprise for National Security Space Launch-class 
missions unless the Secretary of Defense and, if appropriate, 
the Director of National Intelligence, certify to the 
congressional defense and intelligence committees that an 
alternative launch procurement approach for a designated 
mission is in the national security and financial interest of 
the government, and provide a cost analysis and any other 
rationale for such a determination.

                       PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE WIDE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $5,548,212,000
Committee recommendation..............................     5,413,546,000
Change from budget request............................      -134,666,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,413,546,000 
for Procurement, Defense-Wide which will provide the following 
program in fiscal year 2022:


                    DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $340,927,000
Committee recommendation..............................       385,927,000
Change from budget request............................       +45,000,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $385,927,000 
for the Defense Production Act Purchases which will provide the 
following program in fiscal year 2022:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES                                         340,927         385,927          45,000
    Program increase--rare earth supply chain......................                       40,000
    Program increase--manufacturing of shipbuilding components.....                        5,000
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
        TOTAL, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES....................      340,927         385,927          45,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 DOMESTIC LOW-COST TITANIUM PRODUCTION

    Titanium is critical to aerospace, ground vehicle, and 
weapon system applications because of its relatively high 
strength, corrosive resistance, and lightweight properties. The 
Committee understands that the availability of domestically 
manufactured, low-cost titanium can greatly improve the 
performance and capabilities of warfighting assets and United 
States competitiveness and reduce commercial reliance on Russia 
and China. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to 
support investments through the Defense Production Act to 
assist in the creation of an alternative supply chain to 
produce non-aerospace titanium using proven low-cost production 
methods. Such investments will reduce risk for the defense 
industrial base by assisting with production and reducing 
supply risk for non-aerospace customers allowing for production 
of low-cost, non-aerospace titanium.

                   RARE EARTH SUPPLY CHAIN ACTIVITIES

    The Committee recommendation includes an increase of 
$40,000,000 for rare earth supply chain activities and 
encourages the Secretary of Defense to adequately fund, and 
accelerate, existing commercial light rare earth separation and 
processing initiatives. The Committee directs the Secretary of 
Defense to submit a report to the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees not later than 30 days after the 
enactment of this Act on the plan for executing the additional 
funding.

              RECYCLING OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS

    The Committee notes that the recycling of industrial waste 
streams is a promising way to recover rare earth elements and 
critical minerals of national security importance. Portions of 
industrial waste are exported to China to be reprocessed, 
leaving the United States unable to access valuable commodities 
of strategic importance. The Committee encourages the Secretary 
of Defense to coordinate with the Secretary of Energy, the 
Secretary of Commerce, and academic institutions to support the 
research and development of recycling of rare earth elements 
and critical minerals in industrial waste streams.

              NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................             - - -
Committee recommendation..............................      $950,000,000
Change from budget request............................      +950,000,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $950,000,000 
for the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account.

              NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT

    The Committee recommends $950,000,000 for the National 
Guard and Reserve Equipment Account. Of that amount, 
$285,000,000 is for the Army National Guard; $285,000,000 is 
for the Air National Guard; $155,000,000 is for the Army 
Reserve; $52,500,000 is for the Navy Reserve; $17,500,000 is 
for the Marine Corps Reserve; and $155,000,000 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; airborne and ground detect and 
avoid systems; containerized ice making systems; aviation 
status dashboard; crash-worthy, ballistically tolerant 
auxiliary fuel systems; counter-UAS systems; gamma radiation 
protection; helmet-mounted display system; hypervisor-based 
cross domain access solution; KC-135 aircraft forward area 
refueling/defueling stations; mobile solar power units; modular 
small arms ranges and small arms training simulators and tools; 
radiological screening portals; training systems and 
simulators; UH-72A/B S&S mission equipment modernization and 
virtual language training systems.

                                TITLE IV

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

    The fiscal year 2022 Department of Defense research, 
development, test and evaluation budget request totals 
$111,964,188,000. The Committee recommendation provides 
$110,368,824,000 for the research, development, test and 
evaluation accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee 
recommendations:


            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.

   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.

                      OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY

    The Committee notes the significant increase in use of 
Other Transaction Authority (OTA) by the Department of Defense. 
In February 2021, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment reported that the number of OTA 
prototype projects more than quadrupled, increasing from 308 in 
fiscal year 2016 to 1,434 in fiscal year 2020. Additionally, 
the amount of funding obligated using OTAs increased from 
$1,400,000,000 to $7,700,000,000, not including an additional 
$8,000,000,000 in COVID-related OTAs awarded in fiscal year 
2020. While the Committee supports the use of OTA authority 
when appropriate, it remains concerned about transparency and 
accountability of OTA awards, especially projects carried out 
under an OTA consortium model, which accounts for 74 percent of 
the obligations in fiscal year 2020. The challenges of using 
the consortium model include lack of transparency with 
reporting in the Federal Procurement Data System, the presence 
of competition for awards by the consortium managers, 
accountability of performance, and intellectual property 
rights.
    The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment to submit a report to the 
congressional defense committees not later than 120 days after 
the enactment of this Act with recommendations to revise 
current congressional reporting requirements for OTAs in a 
manner that provides greater transparency and accountability 
and makes such data available to the public to the maximum 
extent practicable.

             BOOSTER ENGINE FOR HYPERSONIC WEAPONS PROGRAMS

    The Committee notes that a new booster engine, to be used 
for both the Navy and Army offensive hypersonic weapons 
programs, is being developed as part of the Navy Conventional 
Prompt Strike system. The Committee is concerned that the 
policy against indemnification for this development may lead to 
delays and unanticipated cost increases in both programs. The 
Committee encourages the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment to take maximum practicable 
advantage of existing statutory authority under Public Law 85-
804 to provide indemnification for large rocket programs 
employing ``unusually hazardous'' propulsion systems and to 
develop a policy for consistently applying such authority.

            RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    12,799,645,000
Committee recommendation..............................    13,381,427,000
Change from budget request............................      +581,782,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$13,381,427,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Army which will provide the following program in fiscal year 
2022:


             ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AS A SERVICE

    The Army is assessing, evaluating, and deploying commercial 
solutions for data transport, end-user device provision, and 
cloud services at select installations. The Committee supports 
the Army's direction to utilize commercial best practices and 
capabilities from multiple vendors and encourages the Secretary 
of the Army to expand beyond the current pilot sites to other 
Army installations. The Committee directs the Secretary of the 
Army to provide a report to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 
Act on the plan for expansion of the Enterprise Information 
Technology as a Service (EITaaS) program and efforts to support 
a more holistic enterprise approach to take advantage of cost 
savings by leveraging a greater number of sites and user 
populations. The report shall include a detailed cost model for 
the expansion of EITaaS which shall draw comparisons from the 
current EITaaS lines of effort to the funding being utilized 
from baseline programs.

             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 operations environments. The 
Committee recommendation includes an additional $10,000,000 to 
develop advanced control technologies, maneuverability and 
portability innovations for microgrids, and advanced 
cybersecurity technologies and protocols.

                          INTEGRATED PHOTONICS

    Integrated photonics provide secured, laser-based 
communications, data networking, and weapons system signal 
processing capabilities which improve data throughput 
performance and reductions in size, weight, and power usage. 
The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to continue 
to invest in this technology which can provide long-term 
industrial benefits and improved battlefield communications.

            RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $22,639,362,000
Committee recommendation..............................    20,694,650,000
Change from budget request............................    -1,944,712,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$20,694,650,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Navy which will provide the following program in fiscal year 
2022:


               SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM

    While the Committee notes that the Navy's Automated Test 
and Retest (ATRT) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 
Phase III program has made improvements in reducing the time 
required to field new capabilities, it remains concerned that 
these programs are not properly resourced. The Committee 
recommendation includes a total of $37,805,000 for the ATRT 
SBIR Phase III program. The Committee supports the use of the 
Navy's Digital Integration Support Cell and encourages the 
Secretary of the Navy to accelerate the development and 
deployment of the Office of Naval Research's Cloud to Edge ATRT 
System and Force Level capabilities, to include virtualized 
warfare systems and edge analytics on all platforms. 
Furthermore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to 
submit a report to the congressional defense committees not 
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act which 
outlines an accelerated ATRT program schedule, efficiencies 
projected across the enterprise, ATRT demonstrated 
technologies, and a SBIR Phase III commercialization plan 
compliant with the use of the SBIR awardee when perfecting and 
scaling expansions, derivatives, or logical conclusions of 
these technologies.

                           NAVY TECH BRIDGES

    The Committee is encouraged by the development and 
maintenance of NavalX Tech Bridges which are a connected 
network of individuals from industry, academia, and the 
Department of Navy that provide access to new technologies 
through a variety of existing authorities. The Committee is 
encouraged by the collaboration and coordination with non-
traditional defense sector actors as well as continued 
partnerships with academia and believe that these partnerships 
have the potential to help the Navy transform and innovate. 
Open dialogue is critical to ensuring that the Navy meet and 
exceed its requirements through innovation and agility. The 
Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to ensure that 
the leadership of the Tech Bridges continue to make acquisition 
personnel available at Tech Bridge events so that non-
traditional defense sector companies and higher education 
institutions more fully understand the requirements of the 
Navy.

             UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE TANK SAFETY RESEARCH

    The Committee remains concerned about the safety of 
underground fuel storage tanks commonly used on military 
installations by the Department of Defense. The Committee 
encourages the Secretary of the Navy to conduct additional 
research on the safety of underground fuel storage tanks to 
mitigate any risks to drinking water supplies for military 
bases and surrounding communities. Research areas should focus 
on corrosion evaluation, automated inspection, technical 
support for the development and assessment of double-wall 
structures and their equivalents, early leak detection, and x-
ray photoelectron spectroscopy to support detailed surface 
analysis.

        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. However, technology and workforce gaps 
have prevented the Navy from optimally integrating, operating, 
and maintaining this important research. 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.

                     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.

                     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.

        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.

        OVERSIGHT OF SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROJECTS

    The Committee is concerned that there may be conflicts of 
interest in the oversight of Small Business Innovation Research 
(SBIR) projects at Navy Warfare Centers. The Committee directs 
the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the 
congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after 
the enactment of this Act that details a plan to mitigate 
professional and organizational conflicts of interest in the 
oversight of SBIR Projects by Navy Warfare Centers that may 
have the same or similar technology development activities or 
objectives. The report shall include a plan for the protection 
of SBIR awardees' intellectual property and commercialization 
opportunities from Warfare Centers that have or may have 
competing activities and a plan for establishing partnership 
arrangements for Warfare Centers to assist SBIR awardees with 
the commercialization of their projects in the defense sector.

                    ELECTROMAGNETIC RAILGUN PROGRAM

    The Committee notes that the fiscal year 2022 budget 
request does not include funding for the electromagnetic 
railgun program after the Navy has invested in the program for 
several years. The Committee recognizes that the development of 
a functional railgun has the potential to provide the Navy with 
a safe, effective, and significantly less expensive offensive 
capability than traditional legacy weapons systems. The 
Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report 
to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days 
after the enactment of this Act that details the status of the 
electromagnetic railgun program. The report shall include, but 
not be limited to, the status of the development and testing of 
the program, the amount of funding invested to date, the 
funding level necessary to achieve a fully functional system in 
the future, and the plan to incorporate this program onto Navy 
ships.

         RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $39,184,328,000
Committee recommendation..............................    39,062,352,000
Change from budget request............................      -121,976,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$39,062,352,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Air Force which will provide the following program in fiscal 
year 2022:


                        HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING

    The budget request includes $438,378,000 for hypersonics 
prototyping, comprising $238,262,000 for the continuation of 
the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) and $200,116,000 
for the new Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM). The 
Committee recommendation includes full funding for ARRW and 
$190,116,000 for HACM, but also takes action to increase 
transparency and oversight. The Committee previously has 
expressed concern with the Air Force's budgeting practices for 
hypersonics prototyping. The budget request resumes the funding 
of simultaneous prototyping efforts within a single budget line 
following last year's termination of the Hypersonic 
Conventional Strike Weapon (HCSW) effort at the critical design 
review. The funds made available by the termination of HCSW 
were critical to keeping the ARRW effort on track and 
adequately funded. In order to ensure transparency and budget 
discipline, the Committee separates the funding for hypersonics 
prototyping into two new lines, one for the ARRW effort and one 
for the HACM effort. This increases the transparency of funding 
and subjects both efforts to normal prior approval 
reprogramming requirements.
    The ARRW effort will transition to a rapid fielding program 
in this budget request. Funding for the rapid fielding of ARRW 
is addressed under the heading ``Missile Procurement, Air 
Force'' in this report. The Committee understands that the Air 
Force intends to decide on proceeding with procurement upon 
conclusion of the first of three all-up round flight tests. The 
Committee notes and commends the efforts by the Air Force to 
keep the Committee informed of the progress of ARRW flight 
testing. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force 
to notify the congressional defense committees not later than 
30 days following the initiation of the first all-up round test 
on both the result of that test and whether the result supports 
a decision to initiate procurement of the first lot of ARRW 
missiles.

                    GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT

    The Committee recommendation includes $2,531,602,000 for 
the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program, a 
reduction of $21,939,000 from the budget request. This 
recommendation supports the continuation of GBSD. The 
Department of Defense has stressed the ``just in time'' nature 
of GBSD to replace the aging Minuteman III weapon system, but 
the Committee wishes to stress the equivalent necessity of 
controlling costs. The Committee notes that the largest 
proportion of not just cost, but cost uncertainty, in the 
acquisition of GBSD lies in the procurement phase. Cost growth 
beyond affordability targets can drive perturbations in the 
schedule as surely as any other facet of the program. Given 
that the program has achieved both Milestone B and awarded a 
development contract with options for initial lots of 
production, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air 
Force to make available to the congressional defense committees 
a quarterly brief on the progress of the GBSD program. This 
brief shall, at minimum, provide consistent metrics to track 
cost and schedule performance by the prime contractor and its 
suppliers, the retirement of technical risk, software 
development, and progress on efforts to support the 
recapitalization of launch facilities, launch control centers, 
and other supporting infrastructure. The first such briefing 
shall be made available by October 31, 2021, and thereafter 
shall be made available not later than 30 days after the close 
of each fiscal quarter.

                       LONG RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON

    The Committee recommendation includes $581,042,000 for the 
Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) program, a reduction of 
$28,000,000 from the budget request. The Committee notes that 
the LRSO program achieved a Milestone B decision in May 2021 
and is poised to award a contract for the engineering and 
manufacturing development phase before the end of fiscal year 
2021. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to 
make available to the congressional defense committees a 
quarterly brief on the progress of the LRSO program. This brief 
shall, at minimum, provide consistent metrics to track cost and 
schedule performance by the prime contractor and its suppliers, 
the retirement of technical risk, and reliability and 
maintainability metrics. The first such briefing shall be made 
available by October 31, 2021, and thereafter shall be made 
available not later than 30 days after the close of each fiscal 
quarter.

             MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND OVERHAUL TECHNOLOGIES

    The Committee is concerned that technologies for advanced 
maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) processes are not 
keeping pace with the rapid pace of technology development for 
weapon systems. As the Air Force increases the development and 
procurement of critical platforms, such as the F-35A, the 
Committee believes that it should also ensure aircraft and 
other systems achieve the highest readiness rates possible. The 
Committee encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to make 
investment in advanced MRO process technologies and 
capabilities a high priority for the manufacturing technology 
program.

   AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND PHYSICAL READINESS TRAINING 
                                PROGRAMS

    The Committee supports efforts to strengthen the 
resiliency, lethality, and readiness of the military and notes 
that Special Tactics groups under the Air Force Special 
Operations Command have broad mission sets that require unique 
physical and mental performance standards. The Committee notes 
that previous research has shown that adaption of physical 
fitness and human performance programming to the specific 
demands of servicemember duties can reduce injury incidence, 
optimize physical readiness, and better achieve military 
objectives. The Committee believes development of a physical 
readiness program aligned with duty-specific tasks is warranted 
to improve performance and reduce the likelihood of training-
related injuries. The Committee urges the Secretary of the Air 
Force to support research and development of physical readiness 
training programs unique to the duty-specific demands of these 
Special Tactics groups.

                 MULTI-FUNCTIONAL AEROSPACE COMPOSITES

    The Committee recognizes that the development of scalable 
and affordable multi-functional and thermal protection 
aerospace composites manufacturing is critical to significant 
warfighter capabilities. The Committee encourages the Secretary 
of the Air Force to continue partnerships with public 
universities to rapidly advance scalable manufacturing of 
multi-functional aerospace composites.

        RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, SPACE FORCE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $11,266,387,000
Committee recommendation..............................    10,774,318,000
Change from budget request............................      -492,069,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$10,774,318,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Space Force which will provide the following program in fiscal 
year 2022:


                        SPACE FORCE ACQUISITION

    The Committee remains concerned that the Air Force has not 
taken more aggressive action in addressing longstanding space 
acquisition issues and has made little progress in defining 
what the Space Force will be doing that is fundamentally 
different than when it was a component of the Air Force.
    The fiscal year 2022 budget request is the first budget 
developed by the Space Force since its establishment, yet it 
includes many of the same type of ``big juicy targets'' that 
the current Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has 
warned against for at least four years. The Space Force lacks a 
clear plan which defines its future space architecture and 
lacks a strategy for how this architecture will be acquired.
    The plans for establishing the new acquisition unit, Space 
Systems Command, consist primarily of renaming the Space and 
Missile Systems Center and incorporating existing space launch 
units. The plan does not resolve the fundamental issues of 
overlap and duplication in roles, responsibilities, and 
authorities among the various other space acquisition units in 
the Department of the Air Force.
    The Committee believes the Space Force needs a clear and 
concrete vision for its future system architectures, based not 
on philosophy but on rigorous technical analysis with 
executable plans resourced by realistic budgets. Further, the 
Committee believes the current life-cycle based organizational 
construct of the Space and Missile Systems Center should be re-
examined and encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to 
consider organizing units around mission-based program areas 
which correspond to their operational counterparts in Space 
Operations Command. The Committee also encourages the Secretary 
of the Air Force to simplify the decision chain from program 
managers to program executive officers to a service acquisition 
executive.
    The Committee is aware of the significance of these 
challenges and notes the features that differentiate space 
acquisition from most other military acquisitions. These 
include technical complexity, long development timelines, low 
quantities of production, a unique operating environment, and 
the degree to which all other military systems fundamentally 
rely on space as the integrating utility that enables the joint 
force to project power globally and react decisively.
    Overseeing and successfully leading an organization 
attempting to deliver such technically complex systems is not a 
part-time job and should not continue to be so. The Committee 
remains concerned that the Department of the Air Force still 
does not have a service acquisition executive solely focused on 
space programs. The Committee believes the Space Force was 
established to bring greater attention and focus to fixing its 
acquisition issues because previous attempts to do so did not 
produce lasting results. Nevertheless, the Committee remains 
hopeful that with strong new leadership and a greater sense of 
urgency the Space Force can put its acquisition issues behind 
it and deliver the capabilities the nation needs.
    Therefore, the Committee urges the Secretary of the Air 
Force to seek a space acquisition professional to serve as the 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and 
Integration and to accelerate the transition of the service 
acquisition executive authority for space programs to this 
position at the earliest opportunity. Further, the Committee 
directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit to the 
congressional defense committees, not later than 60 days after 
the enactment of this Act, a report, including a draft mission 
directive, which clarifies the roles and responsibilities of 
senior civilian and uniformed leaders who have space 
responsibilities, a proposed plan for organizing the 
acquisition units of the Space Force, and a plan to ensure the 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and 
Integration has the resources, responsibilities, and 
authorities necessary for success.

                   SPACE INTEGRATION READINESS REPORT

    The Committee notes that the Department of Defense lacks a 
comprehensive system for measuring the readiness and extent to 
which space-enabled capabilities, such as satellite 
communications terminals, Global Positioning System receivers, 
and other terminals and user equipment, have actually been 
fielded into weapons platforms and systems designed to use such 
capabilities. Comprehensive and accurate metrics on the 
readiness of space-enabled capabilities actually installed in 
the field will help Department leaders make decisions on 
priorities for future investment and improve synchronization of 
plans between the space segment and the user equipment segment. 
Therefore, the Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Space Policy and the Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force for Space Acquisition and Integration to jointly develop, 
in consultation with the Service Secretaries, the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and the 
Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a recommended approach 
to measure and track the readiness of space-capabilities 
installed in weapons platforms and other systems fielded. The 
draft plan on proposed approaches for a space integration 
readiness report shall be provided to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 120 days after the enactment of this 
Act, with a final plan ready to begin implementation submitted 
one year after the enactment of this Act.

              NEXT GENERATION OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED

    The Committee remains concerned about the Next Generation 
Overhead Persistent Infrared missile warning program. Analysis 
by the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) 
concludes that the schedule to launch the first geosynchronous 
satellite by 2025 is unrealistic and that the program's cost 
estimate is overly optimistic. In another independent 
assessment, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) 
concludes that despite early risk reduction activities, the 
program faces significant technical and management challenges 
that are likely to delay the initial launch by at least a year. 
Such delays typically result in cost increases. GAO further 
reports that Space Force officials are tracking numerous 
schedule risks, while continuing to present stable costs and 
on-time schedule estimates in reports to the Committee.
    The Committee cautions the Space Force that providing 
unrealistic cost and schedule estimates undermines the 
credibility of the Space Force's management of this and other 
programs. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the 
Air Force to conduct a thorough review of the program, the 
acquisition strategy, the realism of its cost and schedule 
estimates, and the adequacy of plans to mitigate program risks. 
The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide 
a report to the congressional defense committees, not later 
than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, summarizing this 
review, including any recommendations for corrective actions. 
Further, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force 
to continue to provide quarterly briefings to the congressional 
defense committees on the status of the program.

           ON-ORBIT SERVICING AND UPGRADE OF STRATEGIC SATCOM

    The Committee notes recent advancements in robotic 
satellite servicing technology, both in government and 
commercial industry, to support extension of spacecraft mission 
life, as well as the potential to upgrade and enhance 
capabilities of systems currently on-orbit. Such a capability 
holds promise to alter the economics of space by providing 
options to repair or enhance current capabilities without the 
full cost of replacement when a spacecraft degrades, has a 
minor failure, or runs out of propellant. Further, the 
Committee believes that the ability to upgrade or enhance 
systems on-orbit provides a previously unavailable path to 
increase resilience and ease the transition to future 
capabilities. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of 
the Air Force to conduct a study to define and validate 
technical concepts, cost, schedule, risks, and benefits of on-
orbit servicing of current strategic communications satellites 
and evaluate the merits of the concept in providing a 
transition path for future capabilities. The study shall be 
submitted to the congressional defense committees not later 
than 120 days after the enactment of this Act, and may include 
a classified annex, if necessary.

              COMMERCIAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

    The Committee continues to be supportive of integrating 
commercial satellite communications capabilities into the 
national security space communications architecture. Over the 
past several years, the Air Force has carried out various pilot 
programs and pathfinder initiatives to explore and assess the 
tools and acquisition models to integrate commercial satellite 
communications systems more effectively and efficiently into 
this architecture. The fiscal year 2022 budget request includes 
$23,400,000 for commercial satellite communications. The 
Committee recommendation fully funds this request; however, the 
Committee requires greater clarity on the goals and strategy 
for this funding. Therefore, the recommendation prohibits 
obligation of these funds until the Secretary of the Air Force 
submits a report to the congressional defense committees, not 
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, which 
provides a detailed spend plan that addresses the tools needed 
to advance the operational integration of commercial satellite 
communications into a hybrid enterprise management system for 
space communications, and what acquisition models will be used 
to facilitate cost effective and efficient purchase of 
commercial satellite communications.

                   SPACE SECURITY AND DEFENSE PROGRAM

    The budget request includes $56,546,000 for the Space 
Security and Defense Program (SSDP), which was established in 
2013 by the Deputy Secretary of Defense and Principal Deputy 
Director for National Intelligence as a joint activity of the 
Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. The SSDP 
was chartered to develop and assess options and strategies for 
a more resilient national security space enterprise. The SSDP 
conducts studies, analysis, modeling, warfighter engagements, 
and prototype experimentation for more resilient space 
architectures as well as new space warfighting and force design 
concepts. The Committee supports the work the SSDP is 
undertaking across the national security space community to 
understand the threats and provide recommendations on how to 
best respond.
    The budget request also includes $37,000,000 for a new 
program to establish a unit within the Space Force, the Space 
Warfare Analysis Center, which is chartered, much like the 
SSDP, to conduct analysis, modeling, wargaming, and 
experimentation to create operational concepts. The Committee 
understands that space is a potential warfighting domain and 
the scope of work currently conducted may need to be expanded 
and tailored to more fully define the requirements, systems, 
and operational concepts to meet this specialized mission. 
However, the Committee is not persuaded that an additional, 
separate analysis unit that overlaps with the SSDP is necessary 
or that this work could not be carried out by the existing 
SSDP. Therefore, the recommendation provides no funding for the 
Space Warfare Analysis Center and provides $66,546,000 for the 
SSDP, an increase of $10,000,000, to expand the scope of its 
activities to support the space warfighter analysis tasks. 
Further, the Committee directs the Director of the SSDP to 
brief the congressional defense committees, not later than 90 
days after the enactment of this Act, on the proposed workplan 
of the SSDP for the next two years, and specifically, its plan 
to address the space warfare analysis requirements of the Space 
Force.

                 LASER THREATS TO LOW-ORBIT SATELLITES

    The Committee is concerned by the growing threats posed by 
ground-based lasers capable of damaging or destroying sensitive 
space sensors in low-orbit, and the lack of a coordinated 
strategy to understand this threat and develop concepts to 
mitigate its risks. The Committee directs the Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Director of National 
Intelligence and other stakeholders across the national 
security community, to provide a plan to collect, consolidate, 
and characterize laser threat activity data of potential 
adversaries, and to develop strategies to mitigate these 
threats. This plan shall be submitted to the congressional 
defense committees not later than 120 days after the enactment 
of this Act and may include a classified annex, if necessary.

        RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE WIDE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $25,857,875,000
Committee recommendation..............................    26,239,486,000
Change from budget request............................      +381,611,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$26,239,486,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Defense-Wide which will provide the following program in fiscal 
year 2022:


   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. In the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
2021, the Committee encouraged 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. 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.

                    NEXT-GENERATION NEUROTECHNOLOGY

    The Committee notes the success of the Next-Generation 
Nonsurgical Neurotechnology program by the Defense Advanced 
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) which aims to develop high-
performance brain-machine interfaces for able-bodied 
servicemembers without requiring the implantation of electrodes 
directly into the brain. The program also has the opportunity 
to help wounded warriors regain independence without invasive 
surgery by providing new clinical opportunities in areas such 
as controlling their own limbs via muscle stimulation and 
rehabilitation, stroke interventions, and overcoming tinnitus. 
The Committee believes that continued collaboration between 
DARPA and the Department of Veterans Affairs has the potential 
to develop and test neurotechnology for veteran movement 
rehabilitation and other clinical treatments. The Committee 
encourages the Director of DARPA to collaborate with the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify and develop 
opportunities to improve quality of life for disabled veterans 
via DARPA's minutely invasive and noninvasive brain computer 
interfaces.

                      SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT

    The Committee notes that Sections 845 and 847 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 require 
the Department of Defense to use technology and analytic tools 
to expand efforts to identify, mitigate, and monitor supply 
chain risks, including foreign ownership, control, and 
influence across the classified and unclassified defense 
industrial base. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security 
Agency's Critical Technology Protection Directorate supports 
the Department's efforts to comply with these new requirements 
for protecting supply chains aimed at further reducing defense 
industrial base risks.
    The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Intelligence and Security to provide a report to the House and 
Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 60 days after 
the enactment of this Act that enumerates and discusses the 
distinct analytic tools and innovative technological 
enhancements in which the DCSA is investing to assess, 
mitigate, and continuously monitor foreign ownership, control, 
and influence in Department of Defense contracts and 
subcontracts.

    USING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES ACHIEVE SUPPLY CHAIN 
                             CERTIFICATIONS

    The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to 
evaluate whether artificial intelligence technology, in 
combination with open-source intelligence, can increase the 
Department's visibility into the supply-chain lineage of 
software and hardware. The Committee is hopeful that this 
evaluation could eventually provide smaller businesses an 
affordable option for achieving the supply chain certifications 
that are required for contractors and subcontractors in the 
defense industrial base.

GEOSPATIAL ANALYTICS PLATFORM FOR ENHANCED INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, 
                    AND RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES

    The Committee supports the efforts made by the Department 
of Defense and the Intelligence Community to use innovative 
technologies such as those that employ artificial intelligence 
and machine learning to maximize and enhance intelligence, 
surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Regardless, the 
deluge of data generated by new and existing commercial and 
government assets increasingly inundates the analytical cadre 
and, by extension, senior leadership within the Department and 
Intelligence Community. The Committee is aware of new and 
innovative commercial platforms that automate computer vision 
applications and data interpretations of satellite and other 
imagery for rapid and effective decision-making. The Committee 
encourages the Secretary of Defense and the Director of 
National Intelligence to explore commercially available custom 
computer vision algorithms on commercial, both classified and 
unclassified, data sets to minimize analytic burden.

   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 to develop 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 
Committee directs the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Industrial Policy to submit a report to the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees not later than 120 days after the 
enactment of this Act on the priorities for this pilot program 
relative to other defense manufacturing education and workforce 
development programs. The report shall list current education 
and workforce programs and associated funding levels in the 
Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program, Industrial 
Base Analysis and Sustainment, Manufacturing Innovation 
Institutes, and National Defense Education Program.

           DIGITAL ENGINEERING ENABLED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

    The Committee recognizes the critical need to train and 
educate the defense industrial base workforce to ensure a more 
resilient and secure supply chain of aircraft systems, decoys, 
drones, missiles, and other defense and commercial aerospace 
applications. Advanced digital technology, engineering 
services, and technical support is essential to meet current 
and future workforce demands. The Committee recommendation 
includes $7,000,000 above the request to deploy advanced 
digital engineering technology, provide engineering support, 
and provide workforce education to effectively enable 
manufacturing and delivery of such systems and subsystems.

                  OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING,

              OFFICE OF PERSONNEL AND READINESS--UTILIZING

            RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS FOR RECRUITMENT

    The Committee recognizes an opportunity for the Department 
of Defense to utilize its investments in research and 
development to recruit undergraduate students, graduate 
students, post-doctoral researchers, academic faculty and 
researchers, and industry researchers for civilian and military 
hard-to-fill positions across the Department of Defense. The 
Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Research 
and Engineering to submit a report to the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees not later than 120 days after the 
enactment of this Act on programs and funding applied to 
recruitment of students and researchers for civilian and 
military hard-to-fill positions throughout the Department of 
Defense; the return on investment from those efforts; the 
utilization of grants for such efforts; and plans to increase 
or enhance recruitment of students and researchers for 
positions identified as hard-to-fill by utilizing grants or 
some other means.

                      COMMERCIAL SATELLITE IMAGERY

    The Committee notes the increasing availability and value 
of high-quality commercial satellite imagery to support a wide 
range of national security applications, including 
intelligence, military operations, disaster relief and 
response, and scientific research. However, the Committee is 
concerned that the federal government is not adequately 
leveraging its buying power to ensure the best value and is not 
minimizing the redundancy and duplication of purchases across 
all departments, agencies, and offices, including government-
sponsored activities at non-profit organizations and academic 
institutions.
    Therefore, the Committee directs the Comptroller General to 
provide a report to the congressional defense committees, not 
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, with an 
inventory of contracts for commercial imagery products and 
services across the national security community; a 
determination of the effectiveness of coordination on 
procurements for these products and services; an identification 
of any areas where there is duplication or redundant 
procurements; and recommendations on actions to improve the 
coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of procurements for 
commercial satellite imagery and related services.

                 DOMESTIC SOURCING OF CRITICAL MINERALS

    The Committee recognizes that battery metals are a critical 
resource for the domestic defense industrial base and that 
other countries, including China, are investing state funds to 
grow their own lithium-ion battery supply chains. The Committee 
directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment to develop a needs assessment study for the 
domestic sourcing of critical battery metals, including 
lithium, cobalt, and nickel, and submit a report to the 
congressional defense committees on findings from the 
assessment not later than 180 days after the enactment of this 
Act.

                 WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN STEM PIPELINE

    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, 
particularly for women and minorities. The Committee encourages 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to 
continue these efforts by partnering with Hispanic Serving 
Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and 
other Minority Serving Institutions on research, fellowships, 
internships, and cooperative work experiences at defense 
laboratories. Additionally, the Committee encourages the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to 
collaborate with Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities, and other Minority Serving 
Institutions to build a pipeline for scientists and engineers 
to enter the cyber workforce upon graduation.

               BIO-BASED CHEMICALS FOR CORROSION CONTROL

    The Committee encourages the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Research and Engineering to test and evaluate domestically 
manufactured, bio-based chemicals for corrosion control and 
mitigation as alternatives to environmentally harmful 
phosphate-based chemicals sourced primarily from foreign 
entities.

                OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $216,591,000
Committee recommendation..............................       216,591,000
Change from budget request............................             - - -
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $216,591,000 
for Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense which will provide 
the following program in fiscal year 2022:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
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OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION....................................      105,394         105,394               0
LIVE FIRE TESTING..................................................       68,549          68,549               0
OPERATIONAL TEST ACTIVITIES AND ANALYSIS...........................       42,648          42,648               0
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, OPERATIONAL TEST & EVALUATION, DEFENSE..................      216,591         216,591               0
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                                TITLE V

                     REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

                     DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $1,902,000,000
Committee recommendation..............................     1,902,000,000
Change from budget request............................             - - -
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,902,000,000 
for the Defense Working Capital Funds accounts which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:

                EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Budget     Committee   Change from
                                     Request    Recommended    Request
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY.......      384,711      384,711            0
    Industrial Operations........       26,935       26,935
    Supply Management............      357,776      357,776
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, NAVY.......      150,000      150,000            0
    Supply Management............      150,000      150,000
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE..       77,453       77,453            0
    Supply Management............       77,453       77,453
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE          127,765      127,765            0
 WIDE............................
    Energy Management............       40,000       40,000
    Supply Chain Management......       87,765       87,765
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUND,        1,162,071    1,162,071            0
 DECA............................
    TOTAL, DEFENSE WORKING           1,902,000    1,902,000            0
     CAPITAL FUNDS...............
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                                TITLE VI

                  OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

                         DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................   $35,592,407,000
Committee recommendation..............................    36,658,536,000
Change from budget request............................    +1,066,129,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$36,658,536,000 for the Defense Health Program which will 
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:


         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 budget sub-activity 
continues to be designated as a congressional special interest 
item. Any transfer of funds from the In-House Care budget sub-
activity into the Private Sector Care budget sub-activity or 
any other budget sub-activity 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 reports to the 
congressional defense committees on budget execution data for 
all Defense Health Program budget activities 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 2022, 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 2021 designated 
carryover funds to the congressional defense committees not 
less than 30 days prior to executing the carryover funds.

                 PEER-REVIEWED CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAMS

    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, $20,000,000 
for the peer-reviewed lung cancer research program, $40,000,000 
for the peer-reviewed melanoma 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 $115,000,000 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; neuroblastoma; pediatric 
brain tumors; pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancers; 
sarcoma; stomach cancer; thyroid cancer; and Von Hippel-Lindau 
cancer. 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 Commanding General, 
United States Army Medical Research and Development Command, 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 $40,000,000 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 $10,000,000 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; repairing or restoring damaged or missing 
genitourinary organs and tissue; 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; extracorporeal life support; 
myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome; 
regenerative medicine; sarcoidosis; valley fever; complementary 
health measures to accelerate return to duty; highly infectious 
disease treatment and transport; preventing and relieving 
service-related arthritis; and telemedicine.

                       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.
    The Committee notes that 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 continues to direct 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 perform quarterly performance reviews of the Department of 
Defense electronic health record deployment so that the 
Committee can further monitor implementation of the system and 
whether it is meeting predicted costs.
    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 Program Executive Office 
(PEO) for Defense Healthcare Management Systems (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 
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.

                DESCOPING MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITIES

    The Committee notes that the report required by section 703 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
submitted to Congress in February 2020, communicated the 
Department's plan to reduce or eliminate healthcare services 
for dependents and retirees at several military treatment 
facilities across the country. The Department is revalidating 
its assumptions in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The 
Committee questioned the Department's assumptions when the 
initial report was released, and is interested in the 
forthcoming conclusions related to the quality and 
accessibility of private sector care, the cost of changing the 
venue of care, and the relationship to other reforms, such as 
reducing the number of military medical billets. The Committee 
believes that Congress must be a partner in these decisions.
    The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Health Affairs, in coordination with the Director of the 
Defense Health Agency and the Service Surgeons General, to 
brief the congressional defense committees on the 
implementation plan prior to the obligation of funds in fiscal 
year 2022 to close or descope any military treatment 
facilities, including an update to the market analysis 
conducted, cost implications, timeline, impact on providers, 
and benefits or risks to the served population.

                     REDUCTION OF MILITARY BILLETS

    As directed by the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017, the budget requests for fiscal years 2020 and 
2021 included proposals to reduce the number of military 
medical personnel to increase the number of operational billets 
required for lethality.
    The Department proposed, and the Committee rejected, 
$250,000,000 in the fiscal year 2020 budget request and 
$334,613,000 in the fiscal year 2021 budget request to mitigate 
potential access to care issues caused by the reduction of 
military providers. In both fiscal years the Committee was 
willing to continue the dialogue on necessary funding once the 
analysis by the Services had been completed, and when 
satisfactory and sufficient details on the Department's plan to 
mitigate risk and access to care issues were answered. Despite 
numerous requests, information was not provided, and the 
Committee did not appropriate the requested funds. Given the 
continued lack of details regarding the quality and 
availability of care for beneficiaries, as well as a negative 
impact on readiness that may be caused by an unnecessary or 
potentially dangerous shedding of military medical providers, 
the Committee once again does not recommend funding the 
requested amount of $104,462,000 in fiscal year 2022 for the 
same purpose.
    The Committee understands that the military medical manning 
report required by Section 719 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 is expected to be 
delivered to the congressional defense committees during the 
summer of 2021. This report should respond to questions 
regarding medical manning requirements for all national defense 
strategy scenarios, homeland defense mission and pandemic 
influenza, along with an identification of affected billets and 
a plan to mitigate potential gaps in health care services 
caused by realignment or reduction in military medical end 
strength. While the Committee is cautiously optimistic about 
the details of this report, proposed reductions to military 
medical manning is occurring alongside other reforms. As such, 
the Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Health Affairs to submit a report to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this 
Act on the Department's efforts to respond to disturbing 
reports about the quality and availability of civilian 
providers, along with other concerns raised in the May 2020 
Government Accountability Office evaluation regarding the 
restructuring plan of military treatment facilities.

                       METASTATIC CANCER RESEARCH

    Research has revealed that there is a genetic basis for 
susceptibility to metastatic cancer or resistance to 
metastasis, and the Committee believes that more research is 
required to develop a comprehensive understanding of this 
complex process. Clinical trials are an important aspect of 
that process and a diverse representation of patients in 
clinical trials is integral to the development of medications 
and therapies that effectively treat the disease. The Committee 
encourages the Director, Congressionally Directed Medical 
Research Program, to continue to partner with outside experts 
and other federal agencies to implement the 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 (e.g. 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 and 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 
progress of implementing the recommendations, including an 
identification of any barriers to implementation.

       MAINTAINING A HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE IN MEDICAL RESEARCH

    The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Health Affairs, the Director of the Defense Health Agency, 
and the Commander of Army Futures Command to prioritize 
maintaining a strong workforce of highly-skilled scientists and 
researchers vital to conducting the medical research necessary 
to protect warfighters and contribute to the nation-wide 
response to current and future pandemics.

                      MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

    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. The Committee 
directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 
in coordination with the Service Surgeons General, to brief the 
House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 180 
days after the enactment of this Act on an assessment of 
eligible beneficiaries' demand for behavioral health services, 
including services provided through telehealth, and funding 
required to adequately recruit and retain behavioral health 
professionals required to meet such demand. The assessment 
shall include a review of tools, such as pay grade increases, 
use of special and incentive pays, and the pipeline development 
of increasing the number of professionals in this field through 
scholarships or programs through the Uniformed Services 
University. Additionally, the assessment should include a 
review of related regulations to determine what impact a change 
in regulations to allow the employment of clinical 
psychologists who graduate from schools accredited by the 
Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System may have on 
the Military Health System.
    The Committee is aware of the limited use of contract 
providers to provide cognitive and non-cognitive baselines 
through end-of-service assessments both individually and for 
unit readiness. As part of meeting the mental health needs of 
servicemembers, the Committee encourages the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to assess the viability 
of expanding this program widely across the Services through 
the use of contract and embedded providers.

             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.

      ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOMES AND THE DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY

    The Committee notes the important role that the military 
health system plays for the care of the military retiree 
population, especially those living in the two Armed Forces 
Retirement Homes. As the Defense Health Agency continues to 
make recommendations for the rescoping of certain military 
treatment facilities, the Committee encourages the Director of 
the Defense Health Agency to take necessary steps to ensure in-
patient care is available at a military treatment facility 
within 20 miles of each Armed Forces Retirement Home.

     SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETERANS WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS

    The Committee is aware of promising research underway 
through the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Research 
Program. The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Health Affairs to prioritize research that can 
bring effective treatments to people living with ALS as soon as 
possible.

                            TRAUMATIC INJURY

    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 
have value 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.

             PEER-REVIEWED TOXIC EXPOSURES RESEARCH PROGRAM

    The Committee is concerned by the number of known and 
unknown potentially harmful substances that servicemembers are 
exposed to as part of their military service. The Committee has 
funded research linked to exposures through various 
congressionally directed medical research programs, including 
the Peer-Reviewed Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson's 
Research Program, which started in 1997 with a focus on 
dopaminergic neurons that result in Parkinson's disease. 
Additionally, since 2006, the Peer-Reviewed Gulf War Illness 
Research Program has also received congressionally directed 
funding to study the health impacts caused by deployment of 
warfighters during the Persian Gulf War. The Committee remains 
committed to helping veterans affected by Parkinson's disease, 
Gulf War illness, and others exposed to potentially toxic 
substances which result in multiple, diverse symptoms and 
health abnormalities.
    Transitioning related research to a new, broader program 
including neurotoxin exposure treatment research, research on 
Gulf War illness, exposures to burn pits, and other service-
related exposures to potentially toxic chemicals and materials 
will allow the research community to improve scientific 
understanding and pathobiology from exposure, more efficiently 
assess comorbidities, and speed the development of treatments, 
cures, and preventions. Therefore, the Committee recommends 
$30,000,000 for a peer-reviewed toxic exposures research 
program. The funds provided in this program are directed to be 
used to conduct research of clear scientific merit and direct 
relevance to neurotoxin exposure; Gulf War illness and its 
treatment; airborne hazards and burn pits; as well as toxic 
military exposures in general, including prophylactic 
medications, pesticides, organophosphates, toxic industrial 
chemicals, materials, metals, and minerals. The Committee 
directs the Director, Congressionally Directed Medical Research 
Programs, to ensure that the program is conducted using 
competitive selection and peer-review for the identification of 
research with the highest technical merit and military benefit. 
Further, the Committee directs that this program be coordinated 
with similar activities in the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Collaborations between researchers at military or veteran 
institutions and non-military research institutions are 
encouraged to leverage the knowledge, infrastructure and access 
to military and veteran populations. The inclusion of the toxic 
exposures research program shall not prohibit research in any 
other congressionally directed research program that may be 
associated with conditions or health abnormalities which may 
have been the result of toxic exposures.

              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 and Parkinson's disease. The Committee 
recommendation includes $60,000,000 aimed at halting the 
neurodegenerative processes that follow traumatic brain injury.

                 NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM PILOT

    The Committee continues to be concerned with the fracturing 
of the military health system and is concerned that not enough 
attention has been placed on medical capabilities and capacity 
required for the homeland defense mission.
    Section 740 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2020, as amended by Section 741 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, authorized a 
pilot program on civilian and military partnerships to enhance 
interoperability and medical surge capability and capacity of 
the National Disaster Medical System. The Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2021 included $15,000,000 for the pilot 
program but the Committee is disappointed that funding was not 
included as part of the fiscal year 2022 budget request. The 
Committee recommendation includes $15,000,000 and directs that 
sufficient funding be included in the budget request for fiscal 
year 2023.
    Additionally, as was observed during the response to the 
COVID 19 pandemic, the nation lacks medical surge capacity 
beyond what is currently available. Therefore, the Committee 
recommendation includes $14,000,000 for the Department of 
Defense to initiate investment in a joint civilian-military 
modular surge facility. This type of modular and/or convertible 
medical surge facility should be adjacent to existing medical 
facilities and should include laboratories, intensive care 
units, x-rays, and be able to use the staffing and services 
available in the medical facility. The initial investment in 
the Committee recommendation should be used to initiate 
facility modifications, prepare for construction, and begin 
development of a training curriculum necessary to activate the 
surge facility.

             EXPANDED RECOVERY SERVICES FOR SERVICEMEMBERS

    The Committee recognizes the unique challenges for those 
combatting substance use disorders, especially for men and 
women serving in the military. As 80 percent of those treated 
for substance abuse disorders within the military health system 
are active duty, ongoing recovery support is essential for 
optimizing outcomes and maximizing readiness. To combat these 
issues, the Navy established the My Ongoing Recovery Experience 
(MORE) program in 2010 and has since enrolled more than 23,500 
servicemembers. The program has reported an 88 percent 
abstinence success rate among those who consistently remained 
in recovery programming, completed MORE courses, and engaged 
with recovery professionals. The Committee commends the success 
of the Navy MORE program as a substance abuse rehabilitation 
program and encourages the Secretaries of the Army and the Air 
Force to establish similar programs for their respective 
Services. The Committee also encourages the Secretary of the 
Navy to align the Navy MORE program with a peer-based recovery 
program to further enable participants to successfully build 
and sustain a life in recovery.

 ADVANCED ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL TRAINING FOR MILITARY ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS

    The Committee understands that servicemembers and their 
families regularly undergo orthopedic procedures and that these 
types of musculoskeletal injuries account for a significant 
amount 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 develop 
military-civilian partnerships that ensure that military 
orthopedic health professionals are provided with advanced 
surgical training in arthroscopic techniques and to partner 
with medical professional societies that maintain best 
practices related to arthroscopic surgery and techniques.

             ADDRESSING HEALTH BARRIERS TO MILITARY SERVICE

    The Committee is concerned that 71 percent of Americans 
between the ages of 17 to 24 are ineligible for military 
service due to obesity, mental and other physical health 
conditions, or substance abuse. The Committee directs the 
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Service 
Secretaries, to submit a report to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 180 days after the enactment of this 
Act on existing military fitness and nutrition initiatives and 
campaigns. The report shall include the metrics used to assess 
the effectiveness of these efforts in recruiting or retaining 
servicemembers; the resources available to assist applicants 
and recruits in meeting physical fitness standards in cases 
where potential applicants or recruits may be disqualified due 
to a failure of meeting standards; the return on investment 
from these efforts; and the anticipated costs of the military 
health system for treating obesity-related health conditions 
across military, civilian, dependent, and retiree populations.
    Additionally, the Committee recognizes that federal support 
for childhood nutrition, food security, physical education, 
mental and physical health, and substance abuse prevention 
benefits all Americans, including those who intend to serve in 
the military. The Committee believes that the Department of 
Defense has an obligation to both ensure a ready and fit-to-
fight force and to help promote the health of civilians. The 
Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to coordinate 
with the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human 
Services to identify ways that the Department could contribute 
to informing physical fitness or nutritional standards for 
children and young adults across the nation.

  PERFORMANCE BASED MATERNITY PAYMENTS FOR FREESTANDING BIRTH CENTERS

    Value-based health care is a health care delivery model in 
which providers, including healthcare facilities and care 
providers, are paid based on patient health outcomes. The 
Committee is aware that the Department of Defense conducted a 
pilot study from 2018 to 2021 to collect data on quality of 
care measures in maternity hospitals but understands that 
maternity care provided in freestanding birth centers was not 
studied. The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Health Affairs to conduct a pilot study to evaluate 
the value of maternity care provided in freestanding birth 
centers. The pilot study could assess the feasibility of 
incorporating episode-based funded payments in the purchased 
care component of the TRICARE program by reducing co-payments 
or cost shares for low-risk populations of covered 
beneficiaries for antepartum, intrapartum, newborn and 
postpartum maternity care services provided by certified nurse-
midwives and/or physicians within freestanding birth centers.

                         ANTIVIRAL DEVELOPMENT

    The Committee is concerned that there has been insufficient 
focus for the development of host derived broad-spectrum 
antivirals as a medical countermeasure. The coronavirus 
pandemic demonstrated gaps in therapies available to treat 
emerging infectious diseases. The Committee encourages the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to research 
host-derived broad-spectrum antivirals that can treat a myriad 
of infectious diseases to address national security and public 
health threats.

        COLLABORATION WITH MINORITY SERVING HEALTH INSTITUTIONS

    The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Health Affairs to work collaboratively in the health 
research field with Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities, and other Minority Serving 
Institutions.

                        POST-TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY

    The Committee is encouraged by the progress and results of 
the Team Approach to the Prevention and Treatment of Post-
Traumatic Epilepsy Initiative. The Committee encourages the 
Director, Congressionally Medical Research Programs to support 
innovative research tools and identify definitive biomarkers to 
better detect who will develop post-traumatic epilepsy 
following a traumatic brain injury event.

           CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................    $1,094,352,000
Committee recommendation..............................     1,094,352,000
Change from budget request............................             - - -
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,094,352,000 
for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense which 
will provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE..........................................       93,121          93,121               0
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION.........................    1,001,231       1,001,231               0
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE......    1,094,352       1,094,352               0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

         DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $821,908,000
Committee recommendation..............................       844,996,000
Change from budget request............................       +23,088,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $844,996,000 
for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense 
which will provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COUNTER NARCOTICS SUPPORT..........................................      593,250         519,097         -74,153
    Transfer to National Guard Counter-Drug Program................                      -33,696
    Project 1387 insufficient budget justification.................                      -25,457
    Reduce duplicative efforts.....................................                      -15,000
DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM......................................      126,024         126,024               0
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER DRUG PROGRAM................................       96,970         194,211          97,241
    Transfer from Counter-Narcotics Support........................                       33,696
    Program increase...............................................                       63,545
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER DRUG SCHOOLS................................        5,664           5,664               0
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
        TOTAL, DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES,            821,908         844,996          23,088
         DEFENSE...................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

             DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES

    The Committee recommendation includes $519,097,000 for 
Counter-Narcotics Support, which supports the counter-narcotics 
activities of United States Northern Command and United States 
Southern Command, including the operations of the Joint 
Interagency Task Force South. The recommendation transfers 
$33,696,000 from Counter-Narcotics Support to the National 
Guard Counter-Drug Program and reduces funding for 
international programs, which are supported elsewhere in this 
Act. The Committee notes that the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
2021, directed the Secretary of Defense to ensure that 
international programs requested and supported by this account 
do not duplicate programs funded under the Defense Security 
Cooperation Agency in the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide account. The Committee directs that any notification for 
funds submitted pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 284 indicate whether the 
notified program could be carried out pursuant to another 
authority or by another federal agency.
    The Committee recommendation includes legislative language 
requiring the Secretary of Defense to notify the House and 
Senate Appropriations Committees not fewer than 15 days prior 
to the transfer of funds between projects. Such projects are 
those identified in the PB 47 Project Definitions budget 
exhibit of the fiscal year 2022 budget justification materials 
and other documentation supporting the budget request.

                    OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL


 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 budget request.......................      $438,363,000
Committee recommendation..............................       438,363,000
Change from budget request............................             - - -
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $438,363,000 
for the Office of the Inspector General which will provide the 
following program in fiscal year 2022:

                                    EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Budget       Committee      Change from
                                                                       Request      Recommended       Request
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE..........................................      435,918         435,918               0
PROCUREMENT........................................................           80              80               0
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION.........................        2,365           2,365               0
                                                                    --------------------------------------------
    TOTAL, OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.........................      438,363         438,363               0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND MONITORING PROGRAM ASSESSMENT

    The Committee directs the Inspector General to provide an 
assessment of the Department of Defense program to monitor, 
evaluate, and oversee funds appropriated under the heading 
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, and to submit a report along 
with recommendations to strengthen the program 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, 
2022.

   CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

 
 
 
Fiscal year 2022 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 2022 budget request.......................      $634,000,000
Committee recommendation..............................       562,500,000
Change from budget request............................       -71,500,000
 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $562,500,000 
for the Intelligence Community Management Account.

UNITED STATES FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT DECLASSIFICATION 
             OF SIGNIFICANT DECISION, ORDERS, AND OPINIONS

    The Committee directs the Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the Attorney General, to 
complete, within one year of the enactment of this Act, a one-
time declassification review of decisions, orders, and opinions 
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that predate the USA 
Freedom Act, and that include a significant construction or 
interpretation of any provision of law. Consistent with that 
review, each such decision, order, or opinion shall be released 
to the public.
    Provisions of 50 U.S.C. Sec.  1872 shall apply, including 
that the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation 
with the Attorney General, may satisfy the review requirement 
by making each such decision, order, or opinion publicly 
available in redacted form; and that the Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the Attorney General, may 
waive the requirement to declassify and release a particular 
decision, order or opinion if, among other things, such waiver 
is necessary to protect either the national security of the 
United States or properly classified intelligence sources and 
methods.

                               TITLE VIII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Title VIII of the accompanying bill includes 160 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 has been amended and 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 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 provides that civilian 
personnel of the Department of Defense may not be managed on 
the basis of end strength or be subject to end strength 
limitations.
    Section 8013 prohibits funding from being used to influence 
congressional action on any matters pending before the 
Congress.
    Section 8014 prohibits compensation from being paid to any 
member of the Army who is participating as a full-time student 
and who receives benefits from the Education Benefits Fund when 
time spent as a full-time student is counted toward that 
member's service commitment.
    Section 8015 provides for the transfer of funds 
appropriated in title III of this Act for the Department of 
Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program.
    Section 8016 provides for the Department of Defense to 
purchase anchor and mooring chains manufactured only in the 
United States.
    Section 8017 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 is new and provides no requirement to submit a 
report to Congress in any covered provision of law may be 
satisfied by the submission of a report to Congress pursuant to 
another provision of law.
    Section 8026 has been amended and provides funding for the 
Civil Air Patrol Corporation.
    Section 8027 has been amended and prohibits funding from 
being used to establish new Department of Defense Federally 
Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC), with certain 
limitations, and increases funding provided for FFRDCs.
    Section 8028 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 8029 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.
    Section 8030 provides for competitions between private 
firms and Department of Defense depot maintenance activities.
    Section 8031 requires the Department of Defense to comply 
with the Buy American Act, chapter 83 of title 41, United 
States Code.
    Section 8032 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 8033 provides for the revocation of blanket waivers 
of the Buy American Act.
    Section 8034 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 8035 prohibits funding from being used to purchase 
supercomputers which are not manufactured in the United States.
    Section 8036 provides for a waiver of ``Buy American'' 
provisions for certain cooperative programs.
    Section 8037 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.
    Section 8038 provides for the availability of funds 
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 
Facility Investment Recovery Account.
    Section 8039 provides authority to use operation and 
maintenance appropriations to purchase items having an 
investment item unit cost of not more than $250,000.
    Section 8040 prohibits the use of funds in contravention of 
the First Amendment.
    Section 8041 provides authority to use operation and 
maintenance appropriations for the Asia Pacific Regional 
Initiative Program.
    Section 8042 prohibits the sale of tobacco products in 
military resale outlets below the most competitive price in the 
local community.
    Section 8043 prohibits the use of Working Capital Funds to 
purchase specified investment items.
    Section 8044 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 8045 places certain limitations on the use of funds 
made available in this Act to establish field operating 
agencies.
    Section 8046 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 $1,634,954,000 from the following programs:

 
 
 
2015 Appropriations:
    Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy:
        Expeditionary fast transport..................        $4,300,000
2020 Appropriations:
    Missile Procurement, Army:
        Stinger mods..................................         5,000,000
        Lethal miniature aerial missile system........         1,953,000
    Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat
     Vehicles, Army:
        M240 medium machine gun mods..................         4,500,000
    Other Procurement, Army:
        Bridge supplemental set.......................        13,000,000
    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
        MQ-9 reaper...................................         1,000,000
        LAIRCM........................................        30,000,000
        Increment 3.2B................................         2,000,000
        MQ-9 mods.....................................        14,000,000
    Missile Procurement, Air Force:
        Small diameter bomb...........................        40,000,000
    Other Procurement, Air Force:
        ATCALS........................................         3,000,000
        Base communication infrastructure.............        20,000,000
        Combat training ranges........................        15,000,000
2021 Appropriations:
    Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide:
        Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation
         (previously titled
        Office of Economic Adjustment)--noise                 50,000,000
         mitigation community partnership.............
        DSCA International Security Cooperation               75,000,000
         Programs.....................................
        Coalition support funds.......................        36,000,000
    Afghanistan Security Forces Fund:
        Afghanistan Security Forces Fund..............       200,000,000
    Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund:
        Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund.............       200,000,000
    Aircraft Procurement, Army:
        AH-64 Apache Block IIIA AP....................         5,000,000
    Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat
     Vehicles, Army:
        M240 medium machine gun mods..................         4,533,000
    Other Procurement, Army:
        Joint information environment.................         3,177,000
    Aircraft Procurement, Navy:
        V-22 medium lift AP...........................        15,210,000
    Weapons Procurement, Navy:
        AMRAAM........................................        50,000,000
        Standard missile..............................        16,148,000
        Drones and decoys.............................        19,956,000
        Small arms and weapons........................           931,000
    Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps:
        Pyrotechnic and demolition....................         1,744,000
        Mortars.......................................         3,450,000
    Other Procurement, Navy:
        LHA/LHD midlife...............................         3,445,000
        LCS MM mission modules........................        10,246,000
        LCS in-service modification...................        35,634,000
        AN/SLQ-32.....................................        15,000,000
    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
        MQ-9 reaper...................................        20,000,000
        MQ-9 mods.....................................        10,700,000
        B-2 post production support...................        20,000,000
        F-16 post production support..................         5,000,000
        Target drones.................................        42,000,000
    Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force:
        JDAM..........................................       339,289,000
        B61 AP........................................        12,400,000
    Other Procurement, Air Force:
        Base communication infrastructure.............        80,000,000
        MEECN.........................................        15,000,000
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army:
        Technology maturation initiatives.............        30,041,000
        Brilliant anti-armor submunition..............        20,175,000
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy:
        Advanced arresting gear.......................         4,000,000
        JNT standoff weapon system....................         5,500,000
        Cooperative engagement capability.............         7,022,000
    Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Space
     Force:
        Next generation OPIR..........................        67,000,000
        Space test and training range development.....         2,000,000
        Family of advanced BLOS terminals (FAB-T).....        15,600,000
        Satellite control network.....................        10,000,000
    Defense Working Capital Fund:
        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 Agencies 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 has been amended and 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 has been amended and 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 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 has been amended and limits the availability 
of funding provided for the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds 
appropriated for research and technology and the purchase of 
real property, 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 prohibits the use of funds for the purpose of 
making remittances to the Department of Defense Acquisition 
Workforce Development Account.
    Section 8089 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 8090 prohibits the use of funds for federal 
contracts in excess of $1,000,000 unless the contractor meets 
certain conditions.
    Section 8091 provides funds for transfer to the Joint 
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Facility Demonstration Fund.
    Section 8092 prohibits the use of funds providing certain 
missile defense information to certain entities.
    Section 8093 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 8094 has been amended and provides the Director of 
National Intelligence with general transfer authority with 
certain limitations.
    Section 8095 has been amended and authorizes the use of 
funds in the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account to 
purchase five used auxiliary vessels for the National Defense 
Reserve Fleet.
    Section 8096 directs the Secretary of Defense to post grant 
awards on a public Web site in a searchable format.
    Section 8097 places restrictions on transfer amounts 
available in the Rapid Prototyping Fund.
    Section 8098 prohibits the use of funds by the National 
Security Agency targeting United States persons under 
authorities granted in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act.
    Section 8099 prohibits the transfer of administrative or 
budgetary resources to the jurisdiction of another Federal 
agency not financed by this Act without the express 
authorization of Congress.
    Section 8100 has been amended and provides that operation 
and maintenance funds may be used for any purposes related to 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
    Section 8101 prohibits the use of funds to provide 
counterterrorism support to foreign partners unless the 
congressional defense committees are notified accordingly.
    Section 8102 requires a report related to the National 
Instant Criminal Background Check System.
    Section 8103 has been amended and 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 8104 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 8105 has been amended and prohibits funds for the 
decommissioning of any Littoral Combat Ships.
    Section 8106 prohibits certain transfers from the 
Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development 
Account.
    Section 8107 prohibits the use of funds for gaming or 
entertainment that involves nude entertainers.
    Section 8108 prohibits the use of funding for information 
technology systems that do not have pornographic content 
filters.
    Section 8109 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 8110 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 8111 has been amended and places restrictions on 
the use of funding for military parades.
    Section 8112 has been amended and provides for the use of 
funds to modify two F-35 Joint Strike Fighters per variant to a 
test configuration.
    Section 8113 provides for funding available in the Defense 
Health Program for death gratuity payments.
    Section 8114 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 8115 has been amended and provides that any advance 
billing for background investigation services and related 
services purchased from activities financed using the Defense 
Working Capital Fund shall be excluded from the calculation of 
cumulative advance billings.
    Section 8116 prohibits funds from being used to transfer 
the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force.
    Section 8117 requires the Secretary of Defense to make a 
certification prior to the transfer of any element to the Space 
Force.
    Section 8118 is new and prohibits funds to establish a 
field operating agency of the Space Force.
    Section 8119 provides funds appropriated under military 
personnel may be used for expenses for members of the Space 
Force.
    Section 8120 is new and provides that the Commander of 
United States Cyber Command shall be responsible for resources 
for the Cyber Mission Forces.
    Section 8121 has been amended and reduces funding due to 
favorable fuel costs.
    Section 8122 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 8123 has been amended and provides funding for 
mitigation of military aircraft noise.
    Section 8124 is new and prohibits funds from being used in 
a manner that does not comply with the requirements of section 
365 of H.R. 1280 as passed by the House of Representatives on 
March 3, 2021.
    Section 8125 prohibits the use of funding in contravention 
of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
    Section 8126 provides for the obligation of funds in 
anticipation of receipt of contributions from the Government of 
Kuwait.
    Section 8127 requires notification of the receipt of 
contributions from foreign governments.
    Section 8128 provides for the procurement of certain 
vehicles in the United States Central Command area.
    Section 8129 provides for the purchase of items of a 
particular investment unit cost from funding made available for 
operation and maintenance.
    Section 8130 prohibits funding from being used in 
contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
    Section 8131 prohibits the use of funds with respect to 
Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
    Section 8132 prohibits the use of funds with respect to 
Syria in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
    Section 8133 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 8134 prohibits the establishment of permanent bases 
in Iraq or Afghanistan or United States control over Iraq or 
Syria oil resources.
    Section 8135 is new and requires the Secretary to provide a 
notification when a foreign base is open or closed.
    Section 8136 is new and requires the Secretary of Defense 
to provide quarterly reports on the deployment of United States 
Armed Forces.
    Section 8137 prohibits the use of funding under certain 
headings to procure or transfer man-portable air defense 
systems.
    Section 8138 prohibits funding from being used in violation 
the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.
    Section 8139 prohibits the transfer of additional C-130 
cargo aircraft to the Afghanistan National Security Forces or 
Afghanistan Air Force.
    Section 8140 has been amended and prohibits funds for any 
member of the Taliban.
    Section 8141 limits the obligation of funding for the 
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund prior to the approval of a 
financial and activity plan by the Afghanistan Resources 
Oversight Council.
    Section 8142 has been amended and provides that certain 
support to friendly foreign countries be made in accordance 
with section 8005 of this Act.
    Section 8143 has been amended and provides lift and 
sustainment to coalition forces.
    Section 8144 requires the Secretary of Defense to certify 
the use of funds in the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund under 
certain conditions.
    Section 8145 is new and provides funding to the Department 
of Defense to provide transport and safe passage to certain 
Afghans.
    Section 8146 has been amended and provides funding for 
International Security Cooperation Programs.
    Section 8147 has been amended and provides funding to 
reimburse key cooperating nations for logistical, military, and 
other support.
    Section 8148 has been amended and provides funding to 
reimburse certain countries for border security.
    Section 8149 provides security assistance to the Government 
of Jordan.
    Section 8150 provides security assistance to the Ukraine.
    Section 8151 prohibits funds from being used to enter into 
a contract with Rosoboronexport.
    Section 8152 prohibits the use of funds to provide arms, 
training, or other assistance to the Azov Battalion.
    Section 8153 is new and prohibits funds to support military 
operations conducted by the Saudi-led coalition against the 
Houthis in the war in Yemen.
    Section 8154 is new and requires an integrated security 
cooperation strategy for assistance for certain partner 
countries.
    Section 8155 is new and prohibits funds to operate the 
detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba.
    Section 8156 is new and requires the Secretary of Defense 
to provide information and documents regarding the December 
1981 massacre in El Mozote.
    Section 8157 is new and prohibits funds to procure light-
emitting diode (LED) light bulbs for use in any Government-
owned facility or property under the control of the Department 
of Defense which were not made or assembled in the United 
States.
    Section 8158 is new and prohibits funds to support any 
activity conducted by, or associated with, the Wuhan Institute 
of Virology.
    Section 8159 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 8160 is new and repeals the Authorization for Use 
of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 
107-243).

            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. 
8091'' 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. 
8094'' which provides for the transfer of funds for the 
National Intelligence Program.
    Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 
8109'' which provides for the transfer of funds from 
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for elementary and 
secondary public schools on military installations.

                              RESCISSIONS

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

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Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy:                            $4,300,000
 Expeditionary Fast Transport, 2015/2023.......
Missile Procurement, Army, 2020/2022...........                6,953,000
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat                      4,500,000
 Vehicles, Army, 2020/2022.....................
Other Procurement, Army, 2020/2022.............               13,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2020/2022.....               47,000,000
Missile Procurement, Air Force, 2020/2022......               40,000,000
Other Procurement, Air Force, 2020/2022........               38,000,000
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, 2021/               161,000,000
 2022..........................................
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, 2021/2022....              200,000,000
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund, 2021/2022...              200,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Army, 2021/2023..........                5,000,000
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat                      4,533,000
 Vehicles, Army, 2021/2023.....................
Other Procurement, Army, 2021/2023.............                3,177,000
Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 2021/2023..........               15,210,000
Weapons Procurement, Navy, 2021/2023...........               87,035,000
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine                     5,194,000
 Corps, 2021/2023..............................
Other Procurement, Navy, 2021/2023.............               64,325,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2021/2023.....               97,700,000
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force, 2021/2023              351,689,000
Other Procurement, Air Force, 2021/2023........               95,000,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,                   50,216,000
 Army, 2021/2022...............................
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,                   16,522,000
 Navy, 2021/2022...............................
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,                   94,600,000
 Space Force, 2021/2022........................
Defense Working Capital Fund: Defense                         30,000,000
 Counterintelligence and Security Agency
 Working Capital Fund, 2021/20XX...............
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   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 Items]
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             Agency                    Account                  Recipient                         Project                  Amount         Requestor(s)
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Air Force......................  RDTE, AF..........  Texas A&M University--Central    Development of Cybersecurity         $2,990,000  Carter (TX)
                                                      Texas, Killeen, TX.              Methodologies.
Air Force......................  RDTE, AF..........  Central New York Defense         Skydome: Trusted Smart-X                200,000  Tenney
                                                      Alliance, Rome, NY.              Experimentation Environment.
Army...........................  RDTE, A...........  Georgia Southern University,     Soldier Athlete Human                 1,500,000  Carter (GA)
                                                      Statesboro, GA.                  Performance Optimization.
Army...........................  RDTE, A...........  Pennington Biomedical Research   Center for Excellence in              3,566,666  Graves (LA)
                                                      Center, Baton Rouge, LA.         Military Health and
                                                                                       Performance Enhancement.
Army...........................  RDTE, A...........  Coalition for National Trauma    National Trauma Research              1,900,000  Ruppersberger
                                                      Research, San Antonio , TX.      Repository Data Population
                                                                                       Project.
Army...........................  RDTE, A...........  APG Centennial Celebration       The Discovery Center at Water's         250,000  Ruppersberger
                                                      Association, Belcamp, MD.        Edge.
Defense-Wide...................  RDTE, DW..........  Kansas City Kansas Community     Automation Engineering                1,981,000  Davids (KS)
                                                      College, Kansas City, KS.        Technology Program.
Defense-Wide...................  RDTE, DW..........  National Center for Defense      El Paso Makes Contract Support          964,000  Escobar
                                                      Manufacturing and Machining,     for El Paso Manufacturers.
                                                      El Paso, TX.
Defense-Wide...................  RDTE, DW..........  VA Tech University, Blacksburg,  Next Generation Explosives and        1,000,000  Griffith
                                                      VA.                              Propellants.
Defense-Wide...................  RDTE, DW..........  American Museum of Natural       Novel Analytical and Empirical        1,500,000  Nadler
                                                      History, New York, NY.           Approaches to the Prediction
                                                                                       and Monitoring of Disease
                                                                                       Transmission.
Defense-Wide...................  RDTE, DW..........  The University of North          Assessing and Tracking Tactical       4,000,000  Price (NC)
                                                      Carolina at Chapel Hill,         Forces Initiative.
                                                      Chapel Hill, NC.
Defense-Wide...................  RDTE, DW..........  The University of Texas at San   Cybersecurity Manufacturing           1,000,000  Castro (TX)
                                                      Antonio, San Antonio, TX.        Innovation Park.
Defense-Wide...................  RDTE, DW..........  Institute for Digital            Systems Engineering Technician          550,000  Aderholt
                                                      Enterprise Advancement,          Education Initiative.
                                                      Huntsville, AL.
Navy...........................  RDTE, N...........  Georgia Institute of             Coastal Equity and Resilience         5,000,000  Carter (GA)
                                                      Technology, Atlanta, GA.         Hub.
Navy...........................  RDTE, N...........  Monmouth University, West Long   Coastal adaptation research for         450,000  Pallone
                                                      Branch, NJ.                      improved coastal community and
                                                                                       NWS Earle military
                                                                                       installation resilience.
Space Force....................  RDTE, SF..........  The Texas A&M Engineering        Development of a Core                 1,665,000  Sessions
                                                      Experiment Station, College      Manipulator Joint.
                                                      Station, 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 
$50,000,000 for the Procurement Technical Assistance 
Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than 
$4,500,000 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 $18,000,000 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 ``Afghanistan 
Security Forces Fund'' that provides for the use of funds for 
certain purposes; the management of contributions; and various 
notification and certification requirements. Language is also 
included that provides not less than $20,000,000 for the 
recruitment and retention of women in the Afghanistan National 
Security Forces, and the recruitment and training of female 
security personnel.
    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 to the 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 
$10,000,000 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 $1,104,000,000 shall 
be made available to the U.S. Army Medical Research and 
Materiel Command 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 no requirement to submit 
a report to Congress in any covered provision of law may be 
satisfied by the submission of a report to Congress pursuant to 
another provision of law.
    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 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 $250,000.
    Language is included that prohibits the use of funds in 
contravention of the First Amendment.
    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 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 $1,634,954,000.
    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 prohibits the use of funds for 
the purpose of making remittances to the Department of Defense 
Acquisition Workforce Development Account.
    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 five 
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 places restrictions on transfer 
amounts available in the Rapid Prototyping Fund.
    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 prohibits the transfer of 
administrative or budgetary resources to the jurisdiction of 
another Federal agency not financed by this Act without the 
express authorization of Congress.
    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 
provide counterterrorism support to foreign partners unless the 
congressional defense committees are notified accordingly.
    Language is included that requires a report related to the 
National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
    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 any 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 provides for funding available in 
the Defense Health Program for death gratuity payments.
    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 provides that any advance billing 
for background investigation services and related services 
purchased from activities financed using the Defense Working 
Capital Fund shall be excluded from the calculation of 
cumulative advance billings.
    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 funds appropriated under 
military personnel may be used for expenses for members of the 
Space Force.
    Language is included that provides that the Commander of 
United States Cyber Command shall be responsible for resources 
for the Cyber Mission Forces.
    Language is included that reduces funding due to favorable 
fuel costs.
    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 provides funding for mitigation 
of military aircraft noise.
    Language is included that prohibits funds from being used 
in a manner that does not comply with the requirements of 
section 365 of H.R. 1280 as passed by the House of 
Representatives on March 3, 2021.
    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 provides for the purchase of 
items of a particular investment unit cost from funding made 
available for operation and maintenance.
    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 requires the Secretary to provide 
a notification when a foreign base is open or closed.
    Language is included that requires the Secretary of Defense 
to provide quarterly reports on the deployment of United States 
Armed Forces.
    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 the transfer of 
additional C-130 cargo aircraft to the Afghanistan National 
Security Forces or Afghanistan Air Force.
    Language is included that prohibits funds for any member of 
the Taliban.
    Language is included that limits the obligation of funding 
for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund prior to the approval 
of a financial and activity plan by the Afghanistan Resources 
Oversight Council.
    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 lift and sustainment to 
coalition forces.
    Language is included that requires the Secretary of Defense 
to certify the use of funds in the Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund under certain conditions.
    Language is included that provides funding to the 
Department of Defense to provide transport and safe passage to 
certain Afghans.
    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 requires an integrated security 
cooperation strategy for assistance for certain partner 
countries.
    Language is included that prohibits funds to operate the 
detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba.
    Language is included that requires the Secretary of Defense 
to provide information and documents regarding the December 
1981 massacre in El Mozote.
    Language is included that prohibits funds to procure light-
emitting diode (LED) light bulbs for use in any Government-
owned facility or property under the control of the Department 
of Defense which were not made or assembled in the United 
States.
    Language is included that prohibits funds to support any 
activity conducted by, or associated with, the Wuhan Institute 
of Virology.
    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).


                 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
                                                       ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Budget                       Budget
                                                           Authority      Outlays       Authority      Outlays
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee
 allocations to its subcommittees: Subcommittee on
 Defense
Discretionary.........................................         705,939      699,803         705,939   \1\699,149
Mandatory.............................................             514          514             514       \1\514
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\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

                      FIVE-YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS

    In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the following table contains 
five-year projections associated with the budget authority 
provided in the accompanying bill.

                        [In millions of dollars]
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                                                               Outlays
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Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
    2022...................................................   \1\430,559
    2023...................................................      169,125
    2024...................................................       47,401
    2025...................................................       26,139
    2026 and future years..................................       20,561
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\1\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

          FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    In accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act of 1974 (Public Law 
93-344), as amended, no new budget 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 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022:
    The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on 
February 24, 2021, entitled ``Future Defense Spending.'' The 
Subcommittee received testimony from:
    Ms. Elizabeth Field, Director of Defense Capabilities and 
Management, United States Government Accountability Office
    Mr. Todd Harrison, Director of Defense Budget Analysis, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies
    Dr. Thomas G. Mahnken, President and CEO, Center for 
Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
    The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on 
March 2, 2021, entitled ``U.S. Military Service Academies 
Overview.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    Vice Admiral Sean Buck, Superintendent, United States Naval 
Academy
    Lieutenant General Richard M. Clark, Superintendent, United 
States Air Force Academy
    Lieutenant General Darry A. Williams, Superintendent, 
United States Military Academy West Point
    The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on 
March 17, 2021, entitled ``Climate Change, National Security, 
and the Arctic.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    Ms. Sherri Goodman, Senior Fellow, Wilson Center
    Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, Advisory Board Member, 
Center for Climate and Security
    The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on 
March 23, 2021, entitled ``Future Defense Spending.'' The 
Subcommittee received testimony from:
    Dr. James Acton, Co-Director of Nuclear Policy Program and 
Jessica
    T. Mathews Chair, Carnegie Endowment for International 
Peace
    Ms. Niloofar Razi Howe, Senior Fellow, New America
    Ms. Mandy Smithberger, Director of the Center for Defense 
Information, Project on Government Oversight
    Mr. Roger Zakheim, Director, Ronald Reagan Presidential 
Foundation and Institute
    The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on 
April 15, 2021, entitled ``United States Southern Command.'' 
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    Admiral Craig S. Faller, Commander, United States Southern 
Command
    The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing 
on April 20, 2021, entitled ``United States European Command.'' 
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    General Tod D. Walters, Commander, European Command and 
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe
    The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing 
on April 21, 2021, 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 21, 2021, entitled ``United States Central Command.'' 
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., Commander, United States 
Central Command
    The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on 
April 29, 2021, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 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 Thomas W. Harker, Acting Secretary of the 
Navy
    The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on 
May 4, 2021, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 National Guard and 
Reserves.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    Lieutenant General David G. Bellon, Commander, Marine 
Forces Reserve
    Lieutenant General Jody J. Daniels, Chief of the Army 
Reserve
    General Daniel R. Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau
    Vice Admiral John B. Mustin, Chief of the Navy Reserve
    Lieutenant General Richard W. Scobee, Chief of the Air 
Force Reserve
    The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on 
May 5, 2021, 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 John E. Whitley, Acting Secretary of the Army
    The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on 
May 7, 2021, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 United States Air 
Force and Space Force Budget.'' The Subcommittee received 
testimony from:
    General Charles Q. Brown, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
    General John W. Raymond, Secretary, U.S. Space Force
    The Honorable John P. Roth, Acting Secretary of the Air 
Force
    The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing 
on May 18, 2021, entitled ``National Security Agency and Cyber 
Command FY 2022 Posture.'' The Subcommittee received testimony 
from:
    General Paul M. Nakasone, Director, Commander, National 
Security Agency, Cyber Command
    The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing 
on May 19, 2021, entitled ``Central Intelligence Agency FY 2022 
Posture.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    The Honorable William J. Burns, Director, Central 
Intelligence Agency
    The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing 
on May 20, 2021, entitled ``World Wide Threat and FY 2022 
National Intelligence Program/Military Intelligence Program 
Posture with the Director of National Intelligence and Under 
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security.'' The 
Subcommittee received testimony from:
    The Honorable Avril Haines, Director of National 
Intelligence
    The Honorable David M. Taylor, Performing Under Secretary 
of Defense for Intelligence & Security, Department of Defense
    The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on 
May 25, 2021, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Health and 
Medical Readiness.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    Dr. Terry Adirim, Acting Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs
    Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle, Surgeon General, United 
States Army
    Rear Admiral Upper Half Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon 
General, United States Navy
    Lieutenant General Dorothy A. Hogg, Surgeon General, United 
States Air Force
    Lieutenant General Ronald Place, Director, Defense Health 
Agency
    The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on 
May 26, 2021, entitled ``Defense Environmental Restoration.'' 
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
    Ms. Amy Borman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Environment, Safety and Occupational Health
    Mr. Mark Correll, 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
    The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on 
May 27, 2021, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 Department of Defense 
Budget.'' 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

          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.] 



                             MINORITY VIEWS

    We thank the Chairs of the Full Committee and the 
Subcommittee for their efforts in producing a Defense 
Appropriations bill that includes many bipartisan priorities 
that support our national security and servicemembers. 
Unfortunately, the topline funding level proposed in this bill 
is inadequate to meet our urgent national defense requirements. 
As the Majority proceeds with proposing up to 24 percent 
increases for other domestic spending bills, this bill 
effectively cuts funding for our national defense. This is 
unacceptable at a time when all of our services face 
significant modernization and readiness challenges. 
Furthermore, this bill includes many harmful, partisan 
provisions that prevent us from supporting this bill at this 
time.
    There are many aspects of the bill of which we are 
appreciative, such as the key investments in platforms that are 
critical to our warfighters and are supported by many of our 
Members. These include, but are not limited to, the F-35 Joint 
Strike Fighter, the Columbia-class Submarine, the Arleigh-Burke 
Destroyer, and the F/A-18 Super Hornet. We also appreciate the 
funds directed toward research and development efforts for 
next-generation technologies that are essential to keeping pace 
with emerging threats in all warfighting domains.
    We are advocates of funding innovative technologies; 
however, diverting funds from urgent requirements for a vague 
promise of future capabilities is short sighted. Unfortunately, 
this is a common theme throughout the bill. For example, this 
bill does not adequately address critical Army funding needs, 
such as the funding for the Abrams tank, the Paladin artillery 
program, and the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. As a result of 
the inadequate funding requested in the President's Budget, the 
Chief of Staff of the Army has requested an additional $369 
million for the Abrams tank to avoid delaying fielding to the 
National Guard, a request that this bill fails to address. This 
request is even more important given that the Marine Corps is 
divesting its armor to reorient to the Pacific.
    Alarmingly, it is clear that the new administration has not 
shown a commitment to the Navy's need for at least 355 ships. 
In fact, the President's Budget proposes to decommission more 
ships than it plans to procure in Fiscal Year 2022. While we 
thank Chair McCollum for adding an additional Arleigh Burke-
class destroyer, the reality is that we should be buying at 
least 12 to 14 ships this year to keep pace with our 
adversaries. This bill only funds 8. The ability to maintain 
freedom of navigation, and if necessary, mobilize our forces 
around the world depends on a capable and ready Navy. This bill 
also cuts in key areas such as jamming, sensors, electronic 
warfare, digital deception, and autonomous systems. Due to the 
arbitrary topline funding level, this bill takes from today in 
the hope that our investments will outpace our adversaries in 
the 2030-time frame. 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 prohibiting funds to the Wuhan Institute of 
Virology (WIV), increasing funds for quantum computing 
initiatives, and urging the Navy to enter into agreements to 
procure more amphibious ships.
    Unfortunately, significant policy differences remain. Some 
of the priorities that the Minority tried to address during the 
markup that were denied include the following: our opposition 
to closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; our 
concerns about the partisan manner by which the Department of 
Defense is attempting to counter extremism; and our support for 
the Defense Logistics Agency's 1033 Program.
    Mr. Diaz-Balart offered an amendment that would reinstate 
the longstanding, bipartisan provisions to prohibit the closure 
of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, prohibit the 
transfer of non-citizen detainees at Guantanamo Bay to the 
United States, among other policies. Republicans are greatly 
concerned that, even though the new administration has no plan 
for the remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay, this bill 
proposes closing the facility by the end of Fiscal Year 2022. 
This is a poor strategy to ensure the safety of the American 
people and our allies. Unfortunately, despite longstanding 
bipartisan support for these policies, the amendment was 
defeated 26-31.
    Mr. Diaz-Balart also offered an amendment to prohibit the 
use of funds for the Department of Defense Countering Extremism 
Working Group until the Department provides a definition of 
``extremism'' that has been approved by the Secretary of 
Defense, briefs the Committee on the governance structure that 
will be used to apply this definition to military personnel and 
recruits, and certifies that these procedures will not violate 
the First Amendment rights of our servicemembers. Republican 
Members were unified in their support for these common-sense 
measures, but this amendment was defeated 24-33.
    Finally, Mr. Rutherford offered an amendment to strike 
Section 8124 of the bill, which limits what excess property can 
be transferred from the Department of Defense to state and 
local law enforcement agencies. Despite Republicans providing 
relevant examples of how high-grade equipment has been used by 
law enforcement to save the lives of innocent citizens, the 
amendment was defeated 23-33.
    In conclusion, we remain concerned about the insufficient 
topline funding level and partisan riders in this bill that 
could jeopardize enactment of final legislation. We want to 
work with the Majority as we proceed through the legislative 
process so that the many bipartisan issues of great national 
importance in this bill will receive the support they deserve.

                                   Kay Granger.
                                   Ken Calvert.

                                  [all]